What Are Your Policies, Mr Brown?

Back in August 2007 I wrote THIS about everyone carping on about the Conservatives having no policies. OK, probably not an original thought to be found in any of the piece EXCEPT the bit where I said the following:

"As far as I can see they (Labour) have done most of the things they set out to do in 1997 and most of it is all buggered up now and they have no new ideas. They're tired...."

None of that has changed since last August - in fact, it's far, far worse now for Brown's Labour Party - and there will be worse to come as the economy becomes much more difficult to revive, stagflation takes hold, unemployment starts to rise, house repossessions explode and the level of tax income starts to fall and Alistair Darling has to borrow even more. What happens to Brown's Golden Rule then? What happens to his reputation for financial prudence then? No more boom and bust, eh?

In the aftermath of the Crewe and Nantwich by-election disaster for Labour we are hearing their desperate ministers and MPs (those still loyal to Brown, at any rate) switching back to the only kind of spin they can now deploy which can simply be summarised as follows:

"The Tories have got no policies - but those they have got are uncosted and will result in draconian cuts of public services."

Apart from the simple fact that none of this true, it demonstrates how desperate that Labour has become. They must not be allowed to get away with this and be firmly and swiftly rebutted.

As Conservatives continue to roll-out their policy programme they must constantly remind voters that the Labour Party has no new or original ideas of their own and those they do have are just a continuation of the stale and outworn experiments that have failed and will fail again.

Most of all, they must remind people that Labour has lost all sense of principled government and are just desperate to hang on to power - even by the skin of Gordon Brown's finger tips - and there's not much of that left now! (And yes, this really is a photo of Gordon Brown's fingers!)

Is Labour Dead In The Water?*

Is Gordon Brown and his Labour Party really becalmed and drifting onto the rocks? (Some of his erstwhile cronies think so HERE.)

A lot of us would like to believe this is the case. After all, we have lived through the HEIST decade - High Expenditure and (real) Inflation and Stealth Taxes - under his stewardship and look where we are now.

Now he and his crew have no wind in their sails and no matter how many re-launches he attempts he just can't get back to a safe haven. As in the case of the Ancient Mariner he has an albatross around his the neck.

(*I claim the prize for the most maritime references to the current woes of the Labour Party!)

Is Number 10 Going To Be Repossessed?

"Labour chiefs have until the end of this month to plug a £4 million hole in the party’s finances and avert the possibility of a formal declaration of bankruptcy" according to Tribune.

Apparently, officers have identified a gap in the balance sheet of around £4 million which must be closed in order to satisfy the auditors, either by cash in the bank or certifiable promissory notes.

So Gordon Brown has led his Party to the verge of bankruptcy? A good job that he is not in charge of the country's finances then! (Of course, he was not aware of any of the dodgy loans that Lord Levy set up, was he?)

But, as well as the short-term difficulties, there are long-term worries about financing the party in the run-up to the next general election, "when it can expect big donations for the campaign".

One Labour head office worker who has seen the books said: “Whether we sort out the immediate problem or not, we are still going to have to rely on millions of donations. The money is just not coming in.”

Well, there we have it. Gordon Brown ("the greatest Chancellor of the Exchequer for 250 years") is facing repossession of his London home because he can't pay the mortgage. Brilliant!

Maybe he could ask his old mucker, Tony (Money Bags) Blair for a sub? But maybe Cherie will not agree........

Has Frank Field Been Duped By Brown And Darling?

Most people will agree that Frank Field is essentially a decent man who has, in the past, been able "to think the unthinkable" - for all the good that did him at the time.

In the last couple of weeks he has been brave enough to stand up to the Clunking Fist - that "most successful Chancellor for 250 years" (who is now our weasel-worded Prime Minister) - over his masterful ineptitude that has resulted in 5.3 million of the lowest paid people in the country having their incomes reduced even further due to the abolition of the 10p tax band.

As a result of this letter from Alistair Darling, the current forelorn Chancellor, to the chairman of the Treasury Committee of the House of Commons, Mr Field was persuaded to withdraw his amendment to the Finance Bill that would have been supported by sufficient Labour backbenchers to have defeated the clause that would have abolished the 10p tax band.

But today we have some cause to wonder if this is really the case? Look out for some usual devious spin from Labour just before tomorrow's PMQs and Brown's pathetic attempts to fire up his flagging support on the Labour backbenches.

Brown is really desperate now so David Cameron needs to be on top form.

Update: Cameron was on the top of his game against an abject Brown. And I think Frank Field knows the game is up too, judging from this article in The Spectator.

The End Of The Beginning Of Labour's March Into The Wilderness?

Is this where it begins?

In the latest Populus poll in The Times, 55% of Labour supporters think Gordon Brown should be replaced as the leader.

Brown is patently not up the task of being Prime Minister and, worse still, he "leads" a bunch of no-hopers with no one of any significant talent who can step into his place.

How long will it take before they are all driven from office and we can have our country back?

"What's That Terrible Smell?"

That was the question being asked all over the country yesterday.

The official explanation was that it was the result of farmers in Europe carrying out their annual muck-spreading operations. It is quite normal for them to use the copious amounts of brown stuff produced by their heavily-subsidised livestock, particularly pigs, to increase crop production.

Some of us choose to believe that it is too much of a coincidence that this event occurred on the very day that Gordon Brown returned from the USA after his no-profile visit. After all, isn't he shitting himself about what to do about his inept handling of the elimination of the 10p tax band?

God Moves In Mysterious Ways

For a moment, when I saw this photograph of Gordon Brown at today's meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, I thought (and hoped) "Is he dead?" (Not a very Christian thought I know.)

Was the Pope exacting some sort of un-Christian revenge on the mad Scotsman for having the audacity to upstage his own historic visit to the USA?

But unfortunately it wasn't true! Benedict hadn't performed a miracle and shuffled Gordon off this mortal coil.


Oh well, we'll just have to do that at the next General Election - if his own party don't do it before!

Another Good Poll Result For Labour - Why?

Another Sunday, another opinion poll. Last month I asked why the Conservative lead was not higher?

This time I am amazed that support for the malignant Gordon Brown and his awful little followers is still as high as 28%. Why are there so many people who still think that this abject group of no-hopers should be running the country?

Oh yes, I remember now. They are the ones who have been given all the extra taxes that my family has paid over the last 11 years to keep them in their feather-bedded jobs which give them inflation-proofed pensions in local government, the civil service and those who live off the swollen benefits regime that has been put in place. We are all paying for the client state that this doomed band has created to keep them in power.

It's going to take years to dismantle this socially-engineered mess that "New" Labour has constructed. But dismantle it we must.....

Buying Our Votes? We're Not That Stupid, Gordon!

If you were one of those "naughty" nurses that I knew in my youth you would not be averse to an offer to pay for your dinner, a few drinks and a lift back to the nurses home. You were girls that liked to have fun as a distraction from the long hours and hard work you put in on "Emergency Ward 10". And I was happy to do it for no other reward than I liked your company - well, maybe a small snog on the doorstep too before Matron bolted the doors!

But I suspect that today's generation of nurses - whilst still fun-loving, I'm sure - will not appreciate the blandishments from our super-suave Prime Minister and his beleaguered band of no-hopers.

Gordon Brown has never struck me as a ladies man but he seems to have come up with a terrific wheeze to woo you over to his side at the coming local elections. How do you fancy an 8% pay rise? Yes, of course you do.

How do fancy an 8% pay rise spread over three years? OK, there would be an increase of 2.75% from April 2008 followed by further increases of 2.4% in 2009/10 and 2.25% in 2010/11. Still interested?

Hmm, thought so. Not such a good sport is our Gordon, is he? He knows that real inflation is much higher than this now and will get much worse over the next few years. But, of course he's been rigging the inflation figures for years by choosing to use the CPI measure rather than RPI.

Don't believe me? Have a look at Dr John Crippen's blog on this and follow the link to Wat Tyler's site to see how worthless this offer is.

I don't know about you but the last thing I would want to give Gordon is a snog (UGH!) - because he deserves another kick in the "Balls" on 1st May - and if he complains - just say "so what"!

Gordon Brown Speaks With Forked Tongue!

Anyone who has ever suspected that Gordon Brown is a devious lying toad should read this invaluable expose in the Spectator's Coffee House blog today.

If the Lisbon Treaty isn't a European Constitution then I'm a Dutchman!

Of course, you might choose to think he's not bad - just mad - at least if this item in the FT Westminster blog is to be believed.