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Tories snatch Crewe from Labour
2008-05-23 03:31:00 Mr Timpson's win is good news for Tory leader David CameronThe Conservative Party has achieved its first by-election gain in 26 years, taking the previously safe Labour seat of Crewe and Nantwich.
By: Get rich
William Hill - Tories to win Crewe and Nantwich.
2008-05-12 08:02:00 From William Hill:GORDON BROWN IS ODDS-ON TO SUFFER CREWE CUTTHE CONSERVATIVES have been installed as hot favourites by William Hill to heap further humiliation on Gordon Brown and Labour by capturing the Crewe and Nantwich constituency in the forthcoming by-election. Hills have made them 2/5 favourites to win the former safe seat, for which Labour are offered at 9/4 with the by-election specialists, the Lib Dems, at 10/1.William Hill have made Labour the longest odds they have been since coming to power 11 years ago to win the next General Election. They are 13/8 to do so, with the Conservatives now offered at 4/9 - the shortest price they have been for a General Election since they lost power. The Lib Dems are 66/1.A Hung Parliament is a 7/4 chance.Hills make Gordon Brown 8/13 to lead Labour into the next General Election and 6/5 not to.WILLIAM HILL: WHEN WILL BROWN CEASE TO BE PM? 6/4 2010; 7/4 2009; 5/1 2008; 14/1 2015; 16/1 2017; 16/1 2016; 16/1 2014; 20/1 2013; 33/1 2012; 50/1...
By: Daily Referendum
Gordon Brown blames Tories for selling gold!
2008-04-15 20:47:00 I found this over on Iain Dale's Blog. Gordon Brown has taken the art of the bare faced lie to a new level. Watch and be amazed!
By: Daily Referendum
Tories plan to simplify agricultural regulation to help farmers
2008-03-14 10:00:00 The Conservative Party has unveiled proposals to simplify agricultural regulation and ease the burden on farmers.
By: FWi - All News
[Interesting] Tories attack British government?s alcohol strategy, calling
2008-02-07 10:05:00 Guardian
Tories plan incapacity cash curb
2008-01-05 22:56:00 The Tory incapacity reforms involve a new testing systemThe Conservatives are to unveil plans for incapacity benefit reforms which would require all claimants to be assessed to prove they cannot work.
By: Get rich
Tories unveil benefit reform plan
2008-01-05 21:08:00 The Tory incapacity reforms involve a new testing systemThe Conservatives are to unveil plans for incapacity benefit reforms which would require all claimants to be assessed to prove they cannot work.
By: Get rich
Tories Crash 6 points
2007-12-20 16:07:00 Check this out...http://ca.news.yahoo.com/-articledetail/071219-capress-to-ries_pollSo with a drop of 6 points. What are the causes!Isotopes, Bali, Mulroney - oh my!Isotopes - we need the isotopes to help make people live. To help battle cancer. People's lives are at stake. The Atomic Energy Board said close the site and then you have nuclear engineers saying that the site is old but safe. It's a though call and I personally think the political decision to keep it open was needed to help save lives. However Chalk River must be maintained, it must be safe.There have been numerous incidents the public does not know about that have ocurred at Pickering and that is a more modern nuclear plant.Bali - Baird - enough said! He probably is the wrong guy for the job. But the thing is you tell me it will take 4 years to clean up over 100 years of pollution and I'll laugh in your face.When it comes to the environment Canada needs to act fast, and be an example to the world. We've dedicated ov...
By: The Goblin's Den
Green Leader May slams Tories' handling of isotope shortage
2007-12-12 23:13:00 From CBC | Technology & Science News: Ottawa's decision to restart an Ontario nuclear reactor that produces most of the world's supply of medical isotopes is drawing praise from physicians, but also some fierce criticism. The federal government's decision to restart an Ontar
Tories say "nanner nanner" to Scary Veiled Women
2007-10-30 02:14:00 New bill to ban veiled votersOctober 27, 2007OTTAWA -- The Harper government yesterday introduced legislation requiring all voters - including veiled Muslim women - to show their faces before being allowed to cast ballots in federal elections.This same manufactured controversy is getting old. Do I have to bring out the parable of the old lady and the biker again?Some sectors of the population just love it when the mainstream legitimizes their bigotry. And politicians long ago discovered that they earn popularity points with them whenever they do or say something against marginalized minorities. Scapegoating can be good for the polls. The power differential means the bullies can have their way; how many Muslim women will get to vote on this bill?Red Jenny
By: Red Jenny
Tories ponder English-only voting
2007-10-28 14:39:00 Only MPs representing constituencies in England could be allowed to legislate on English matters, under proposals being considered by the Conservatives.
By: Get rich
Tories ponder English-only voting
2007-10-28 14:39:00 Only MPs representing constituencies in England could be allowed to legislate on English matters, under proposals being considered by the Conservatives.
By: Get rich
Tories plan English MPs-only vote
2007-10-28 14:06:00 Only MPs representing constituencies in England could be allowed to legislate on English matters under proposals being considered by the Conservatives.
By: Get rich
Tories plan English MPs-only vote
2007-10-28 14:06:00 Only MPs representing constituencies in England could be allowed to legislate on English matters under proposals being considered by the Conservatives.
By: Get rich
Liberal Democrats' Sir Menzies Campbell slams Labour and Tories for scandal
2007-10-16 12:50:00 Just before his surprise resignation, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell blasted both the Labour and
Alistair Darling Rises Up To Tories Inheritance Tax Claims
2007-10-09 19:03:00 Alistair Darling has stolen the Tories? thunder by promising to cut inheritance tax while boosting investment in health and education. Delivering his first report, Mr Darling said that he would raise the threshold for inheritance tax to £600,000 for couples and to £700,000 by 2010. This comes after the Tories proposed to increase the inheritance ...
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The Tories' vision for a brave new world is built on a confidence ... -
2007-10-04 01:14:00 The Tories' vision for a brave new world is built on a confidence ...Guardian Unlimited, UK - 1 hour agoLook at all these fearsome problems that face us in what, in his closing speech to the conference, David Cameron kept calling "a new world": international ...
The Tories' vision for a brave new world is built on a confidence ... -
2007-10-04 01:14:00 The Tories' vision for a brave new world is built on a confidence ...Guardian Unlimited, UK - 1 hour agoLook at all these fearsome problems that face us in what, in his closing speech to the conference, David Cameron kept calling "a new world": international ...
Tories would 'garden grabbing' and other news
2007-10-03 08:50:00 Conservatives to scrap home packsBBC News -The Conservatives say they would scrap Home Information Packs, end "garden grabbing" by developers and cut stamp duty if they won a general election. ...See all stories on this topic 'Garden grab' homes plan blockedLancashire Evening Post - Preston,England,UKHe said: "It's a garden-grabbing exercise." "Garden grabbing" is the term used to describe developers who buy homes with large gardens, hoping to obtain ...See all stories on this topic'There's little scope for sentiment when it comes to selling up ...Sunday Herald - Glasgow, Scotland,WHAT your developers are engaged in is called garden-grabbing, and it is all the ragesouthofthe Border. Basically, gardens are classed as brownfield sites and ...See all stories on this topic'Beautiful' gardens bulldozed for new homesTelegraph.co.uk - In a further 25 districts, so-called "garden-grabbing" accounts for more than 40 per cent of new development. The scale of the problem has intensified...
Stamp duty proposals from Tories need refining
2007-10-01 22:44:00 George Osborne?s announcement at the Party Conference today that anyone who buys their first home...
Tories look at whether farmland should be designated as flood plain
2007-10-01 18:59:00 The Conservative Party is looking at policies that would designate large tracts of farmland flood plain in an attempt to ensure the nation is better prepared to deal with any future floods like the ones encountered this summer
By: FWi - All News
Give control to GPs, Tories urge
2007-09-29 01:15:00 Out-of-hours budgets should be controlled by GPs, say ToriesResponsibility for out-of-hours health services should be transferred back to GPs, the Conservative Party has said.
By: Get rich
Quebec Elections Bitter Pill for Liberals
2007-09-18 13:31:00 With three by-elections, the liberals take no seats in Quebec. Is it a surprise? Not to this electorate member.I am so happy that the bloc was held down to one seat. Why would anyone want to have representatives in Parliament Hill that have tried to break apart the country? It's just not right and very disturbing.The big winners are the Tories and the NDP here. I see this as a good move for Quebec and for both parties. Why? Because it means that Quebecers are finally making decisions to help progress their province to make the move forward with the rest of country.All polls indicate that the conservatives are moving the country forward, which in my mind is a good thing. The country must make the important decisions to move the country forward. So on that not, if you want your own riding to benefit we need to vote for the party that you expect to win. Because in a conservative government, a liberal backbencher will not be heard. Besides after the past years of theievery who would wa...
By: The Goblin's Den
Blogging Tories = Spineless Toadies
2007-08-07 17:01:00 "I wonder what Stephen Taylor has where most men have balls" The actions of Stephen Taylor and the Blogging Sycophants are beneath contempt. Taylor is clearly a coward, refusing to join the fight for free speech that threatened us all with the recent CHRC Kangaroo Court Threat against Free Dominion. Stephen, a principled stand against obvious tyranny is clearly beyond your capacity, what a farce you have made of the Blogging Tories with your cowardly stance.More at Sobering Thoughts.
By: BlazingCatFur
Tories push DEFRA for more PCR research
2007-07-17 11:30:00 The Tory Party is pressing DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn to adopt a test which can identify disease infected badger setts as a mainstay in the fight against bovine tuberculosis
By: FWi - All News
Tories push for more PCR research
2007-07-16 02:00:00 The Tory Party is pressing DEFRA secretary Hilary Benn to adopt a test which can identify disease infected badger setts as a mainstay in the fight against bovine tuberculosis.
By: FWi - All News
Terrorist threat helps Brown and hurts Tories
2007-07-02 19:21:00 After months of leading in public opinion polls, the Conservatives under David Cameron are now in second place behind the Labour government of newly installed Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
By: RightWingWorld
Tories in Independence Referendum Shocker!
2007-06-17 09:59:00 From the Scotland on Sunday today ..... Tories back vote on independence EDDIE BARNES POLITICAL EDITOR A REFERENDUM on Scottish independence could be held as early as next year after…
Tories Cook up a storm
2007-06-11 16:22:00 You all scoffed last week when I hinted the Conservatives might try and bring down the government over lack of movement on a new Welsh language act.But with travel agent Thomas Cook appearing stubbornly monoglot in its unwillingness to embrace the Welsh language, the Tories made the first move.They are calling for a review of the Welsh language act. You'll remember that Labour's legislative proposals stopped short of it, though it's a big deal in the proposed rainbow coalition programme for government.Plaid have since chipped in with their own calls for increased Welsh language legislation. Well, they do everything together these days, don't they?Labour's masterplan is to exclude the Conservatives from the consensus they have been seeking. They are trying to raise issues which isolate the Tories. But the men in blue are attempting quite the reverse and on today's form, seem to be having some success.UPDATE: Q: What's the worst thing you can do when you're embroiled in a stor...
Tories return to Victorian values
2007-05-24 14:31:00 The Conservative Party is preparing for a new year annoucement giving details of its Victorian Values based ideology should it win the next General Election. Centrepiece of the proposals will be the re-introduction of workhouses into the nation's inner cities. "Entrance to this elite employment... [Visit website for more]
Tories return to Victorian values
2007-05-24 14:31:00 The Conservative Party is preparing for a new year annoucement giving details of its Victorian Values based ideology should it win the next General Election. Centrepiece of the proposals will be the re-introduction of workhouses into the nation's inner cities. "Entrance to this elite employment... [Visit website for more]
Manitoba Tories promise to bring back the Jets...if they win
2007-05-08 04:06:00 It's been a week of Canadian politicians using hockey as a platform for possible election. First the Doan saga, and now this: Manitoba's provincial election campaign has turned its attention to hockey with the Conservatives promising to bring the NHL back to Winnipeg.Standing alongside former Winnipeg Jet Thomas Steen, Tory Leader Hugh McFadyen said he'll work with the private sector to bring back the team, who left Manitoba a decade ago.McFadyen won't say how much taxpayer money he'd be willing to put up, but says the government could follow Manitoba Hydro's example and raise money by issuing bonds.He also says he would consider a special lottery to raise money as well as a players tax similar to one implemented in Alberta at one time.The Tory leader says an NHL team would make Manitoba more attractive to young people and help stem the tide of university graduates who leave for Alberta.From Sportsnet.A pretty ballsy call from these guys, and a great idea. However, if these s...
Going green is an economic plus, but Tories won't do it
2007-05-01 02:03:00 While surfing the news online (I mostly use the highly customizable Google News but I have other alternative sources too) I spotted The Province, a canada.com CanWest Global paper from Vancouver BC. Here are a few links and story excerpts on the latest green plan from the Harper Government...Tory Green Scheme Kills Kyoto With Hot AirCLIMATE CHANGE: Greenhouse gases to continue rising under weak planJames McNulty, The ProvincePublished: Sunday, April 29, 2007Perched on a sunny Vancouver hotel rooftop last fall, Stephen Harper pitched his then-new Clean Air Act as the golden eagle of climate-change plans.It would soar through greenhouse gases like a bird and sting pollution like a bee, Harper told the glorious photo-op, which cost taxpayers $75,000 to stage.Nuts, said the opposition parties. The Liberals and NDP claimed the Clean Air Act was a partisan time-waster, when GHGs and smog-causing pollutants could be regulated under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.Nuts, said Harpe...
THOMSON FINANCIAL NEWS TOP STORIES Europe 1105 BST
2007-04-29 08:23:00 Forbes - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Swiss engineering group Sulzer said it will not pursue its attempted takeover of Bodycote International after its UK rival knocked back an indicative 344.5 pence... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
THOMSON FINANCIAL NEWS TOP STORIES UK 1105 BST
2007-04-29 08:23:00 Forbes - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Swiss engineering group Sulzer said it will not pursue its attempted takeover of Bodycote International after its UK rival knocked back an indicative 344.5 pence... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
THOMSON FINANCIAL NEWS TOP STORIES Global 1105 BST
2007-04-29 08:23:00 Forbes - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Swiss engineering group Sulzer said it will not pursue its attempted takeover of Bodycote International after its UK rival knocked back an indicative 344.5 pence... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Ubuntu Linux Tip of the Day - How to Add Extra Repositories (Feisty, Edgy,
2007-04-29 00:00:00 Thanks to Ubuntu Wiki What are Ubuntu Repositories? There are thousands of programs available to install on Ubuntu. These programs are stored in software archives (repositories) and are available for installation over the Internet. This makes it very easy to install new programs. It is also very secure, because each program you ...
Canadian Tories Deny Prisoner Abuse Allegations
2007-04-28 23:00:00 Gordon O'Connor, Canada's Defence Minister, isn't up to the job and he needs to step down. Half the time he gives the appearance of being asleep-at-the-wheel, and now we are learning that he isn't clear on the details when it comes to detainee transfers in Afghanistan.In March O'Connor apologized for leading the House of Commons up the garden path by stating that the Red Cross would release key information to Ottawa relating to alleged abuse of detainees. It turns out that the Red Cross is under no obligation whatever to inform Ottawa of its findings when it comes to alleged abuse of prisoners handed over to Afghan agencies. Although O'Connor claims his statement was made on good faith, not a few on the opposition benches had difficulty buying that.Then there is the recent business of an internal Foreign Affairs Department report, which alleges that Afghan agencies to which Canadian forces entrust prisoners, have been engaged in everything from arbitrary arrest, torture and ki...
By: Aidan Maconachy
A close look at recent stories about Cuba?s life expectancy
2007-04-28 16:43:00 La Nueva Cuba has an excellent piece on the recent fawning news articles about Cuba’s impressive-sounding life expectancy, or, as they put it, “Cuba’s Long Lie Expectancy.” It seems the MSM was quick to jump on any news that makes Castro’s dictatorship look good, especially if it makes the U.S. look bad by comparison. ...
THOMSON FINANCIAL NEWS TOP STORIES UK 1105 BST
2007-04-28 09:14:00 Forbes - ZURICH (Thomson Financial) - Sulzer AG said it has raised its offer for UK competitor Bodycote International to 344.5 pence per share from a previous 332.0 pence, but no agreement has been... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
My Stories Will Continue on Monday
2007-04-27 19:20:00 I've run into some technical difficulties getting pictures posted here so I won't be putting my road stories up again until next Monday (April 30th). In the meantime, please take a look at some previous stories and you can even review my 2001 ride from the links in the previous post. Also, if you haven't do so, please take a look at my sponsor and donation pages and SUPPORT the great people and companies that are supporting me! Without them, this ride wouldn't be possible. Finally, I've done some good interviews on radio shows lately: The Mitch Albom Show The John Tesh Show The Jim Bohannon Show I'm not sure if the audio from my interviews in available on those sites, but please visit the sites and thank them for helping to promote A Ride For 3 Reasons. And if you are looking for inspiration, how about Stephen Hawking's zero gravity experience yesterday? Despite being a quadriplegic from ALS, Hawking continues to impress and inspir...
Latest poll shows Plaid surge as Tories falter #2
2007-04-27 10:54:00 The Western Mail has now published its poll. And to the delight of Plaid and the dismay of almost everyone else, the results reinforce yesterday's ITV poll. Can we now call this a trend? Even if - given our idiosyncratic electoral system - the science is a bit dodgy, is there not a pattern emerging?UPDATE: William Hill puts the Tories much closer to Plaid than the great Welsh public (or at least a contentiosuly drawn sample of them). Worth a bet?
Book review: Telling True Stories
2007-04-26 22:56:00 Telling True Stories Mark Kramer and Wendy Call, editors Creative non fiction is a sort of writing, a sort of approach to communication, that adds depth and humanity and insight to the reporting of fact and the relating of narrative. It?s also a genre that gets a lot of people in trouble, just by its very name. ...
Latest poll shows Plaid surge as Tories falter
2007-04-26 19:07:00 Could you detect a hint of smugness as the Tories reacted to the first poll of the campaign earlier this month, putting them in second place ahead of Plaid Cymru? 'Corporal Jones tells Plaid: don't panic' scoffed Nick Bourne (via the press officer). Others were slightly more cagey. Not so Glyn Davies, who insisted the poll was "precisely the same as I've been predicting for months. Which is rather good news for the Conservatives."Well, Glyn, I bet you haven't been predicting this:Constituency vote %:Labour 32 (-8)Plaid 26 (+5)Con 19 (-1)Lib Dem 15 (+1)Others 8 (+4)Regional vote %:Labour 34 (-3)Plaid 24 (+4)Con 18 (-2)Lib Dem 15 (+2)Others 9 (-3)Seat prediction:Labour 25 (-4)Plaid 15 (+3)Con 10 (-1)Lib Dem 8 (+2)Independent 2 (=)As before, these results need to be taken with a McDonald's chip servery-sized pinch of salt. Last time, some Tories went large and now look a bit silly. It is, of course, still worth remembering that the way the poll data is gathered and the way the pr...
Winds of War: Telling Stories of Jihad and Freedom
2007-04-26 18:38:00 From The Gathering Storm Blog Every culture has a story or a narrative that it lives by. Throughout history, cultural stories have come into conflict with each other many times resulting in war. We have three major cultural narratives in conflict today - the secular narrative of freedom loving people, the socialist narrative of Marxism, and the ...
Campionat Barcelona Juvenil Figures obligatòries: Cristina Suárez
2007-04-26 09:51:00 Aquest diumenge 29 la nostra patinadora Cristina Suárez participa en el campionat de Barcelona Juvenil de figures obligatòries a Sant Feliu de Codines. leer más
Insider Tricks - Polishing Your Hypnotic Stories
2007-04-26 02:53:00 Stories and hypnosis go together very well and story telling will be a powerful and important part of your job. The stories you tell will be used to do many things you have already learned. They can assist you in any of the steps in the 4 Stage Protocol. A ...
By: Motivation Works
PM Emails Road Pricing Signatories - (Tony's Response from Number 10)
2007-04-26 00:00:00 Road Pricing Response Well like millions of other brits who had signed the petition (and who had given a valid email address {now to be added to the MI5/6 list of 'people to keep an eye on department'}), I received my reply from Tony Blair. 21 February 2007 Tony Blair has written a reply to more than 1.7 million people who signed a petition on the Downing Street website against road pricing. The petition, created by Peter Roberts from Shropshire, has been by far the most popular on our e-petitions site since it was launched last November. In his reply, the PM sets out the government's views on national road pricing, stressing that no decision has yet been made. Mr Blair says he sees the petition and his email as "the beginning, not the end" of the debate. Read the full response on the 10 Downing Street Webiste. Good or Bad Response? Well to be honest, I think it was quite a good reply. (And don't even think for one minute I am a Blair fan). After all, the thing t...
SubPrime Lending - Real stories from the front line…
2007-04-25 17:21:00 When I first started in this business about twenty years ago there was a definite amount of respectability across the board in the industry. My position as a loan officer for a major savings and loan was viewed in large part as a professional endeavor. Borrowers were respectful of lending guidelines and of my position relative to their having access to information and loan product in general. Mortgage brokers were thankful for the service provided by lenders in the issuance of mortgage product for their clients. All in all it was an industry where all parties involved respected each other’s roles and a general sense of continuity existed in the dynamic that was the real estate lending industry. Then subprime lending came along. I have written extensively in this blog regarding the outright demise of a respectable business in the wake of subprime and every day I am reminded of the virus it brought - and not just to me, but to you, and your neighbor, and our housing ma...
By: QuiggleMe
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