By George, Labour has no backbone!

"When these invertebrates are booted out of office, they will have no one to blame but themselves."

Who said this? Some ranting right-wing blogger? The German finance minister? The Duke of Edinburgh? (OK, the last one was just one of my fantasies!)

No, it was that uber-greenist and leftie George Monbiot! He who opposes the third runway at Heathrow (amongst many other things) and suggests that many people will vote Conservatives at the next election purely to ensure it doesn't go ahead.

I just hope he is right.

Lord Tebbitt Gives Cameron A Job Reference

Lord Tebbitt has today given his full support to Boris Johnson's bid to become London mayor, especially his stance on the expansion of cycling in the capital. Speaking from his office behind the bike sheds at Westminster he said: " It's important to encourage young people to get off their arses and go and look for a job. That's what my father did and that's what all these feckless youths need to do now."

Boris Johnson welcomed this strong support from the former airline pilot but pointed out all job applicants who follow his advice should ensure that they comply with the law. He called for "zero tolerance" of cyclists who break the rules. He said: "I am a militant cyclist myself and I love cycling and I want more people to cycle in London, but part of the deal has got to be that if we are going to expand cycling in London ... we cyclists have got to obey the laws of the road." Mr Johnson is known to oppose a third runway at Heathrow Airport.

In the meantime, David Cameron - who has recently applied for the job of Prime Minister - has been accused of reckless cycling and failing to go left at a bollard. The Daily Mirror reported that he always went to the right. If only!

Why So Low?

The latest ICM poll is reported at ConservativeHome together with their own running "average" of all recent polls. (How they work out the latter is a mystery to me but I assume it is on some sort of scientific basis.)

What worries me is why are the Conservatives so low in the polls?

A 13% lead looks good but, surely, it should be 25% by now. The LibDems should be losing support - down to their bedrock vote of 15% or 16% rather than rising - and Brown's shamblers should be viewed as dead in the water. They have lost the argument and they should be on a downward trajectory.

Over to you Mr Cameron!

Join the Conservatives Now - you know it makes sense!

On 5th July 2007 I wrote this:

"An extremely elderly man in a Savile Row suit, looking like Bill Deedes's older brother, apparently leads the Liberal Democratic Party. Well, for the time being, anyway, if the rumours are to be believed.
"The latest betting for the LibDems to win the next General Election is 150/1 - not much surprise there. But for some reason there are members of his party who think they should change their current leader as this would improve their electoral chances.

"I don't know what you think but if someone takes on this job they will have to be a bloody superman (sorry, superperson). My advice is stick with Ming - it's steady as you go, LibDems."

Today Ming has gone- apparently in a bit of a huff as he didn't even make the announcement himself. I can't blame him.

They are a wobbly lot these Liberal Democrats - always have been. "Masters of spin and obsfucation" is the least of the charges that can be laid at their door in local politics and, on the wider stage, their policies often lack coherence and credibility. They are a rag-bag party, claiming the moral high ground on Iraq and the environment. But what do they actually stand for? What is their "vision"?

Now is the time for true Liberals to "come home" to the only true liberal party in the country - the Conservatives. Together we can oust this awful Labour government and make some sensible progress. You know it makes sense!