Labour: "This is not so much a government in crisis as a crisis pretending to be a government."

This must surely be the phrase that will epitomise the last days of this discredited Labour government.

Peter Watt, the ex-General Secretary of the Labour Party, who was sacked after the 'Donorgate' scandal a couple of years ago which involved dodgy financial transactions by the Labour Party (nothing new there) has written a book about his experiences in the job. Already he is being described as a man with a grudge just trying to get revenge on those who kicked him out. Maybe so.

However, the Mail on Sunday's serialisation is likely to make for very interesting reading. Read the first part HERE.

Our children's legacy

I last posted this in February 2009 and it is still relevant today.

The real Gordon Brown revealed by Marr's incisive interviewing technique

Just have to have this in my collection:



And this too!

Are you prepared to upset people?

If you haven't got the stomach for it, turn away now.

THIS article by Neil O'Brien of Policy Exchange contains some brutal language which might upset those of you with a delicate disposition. For example,'..we need to end "nice to have" items of spending. Would you notice much if the Department for Culture, Media and Sport had its budget halved?"

OK, that was a rather mild example. Try this instead:.."the next government is still going to have to upset a lot of people. It will have to raise taxes a little at first and cut spending a lot."

Read the rest of the article and learn why tough love will be the motif for the next five years.

Read, inwardly digest and then vote Conservative!

Who can dispute that Brown is the Wrong Man to lead this country for another five years?

Just read this to remind yourself why he has been an unmitigated disaster and why he and his discredited Labour Party should be cast into oblivion at the General Election.

They have done more damage to this country than Adolf Hitler ever achieved.

Enough is enough!

According to the Telegraph the Government scheme to help protect householders who can't pay their mortgages from repossession has cost £2.5 million. Doesn't sound much, does it?

Except that only 15 households were saved. That's a massive £165,000 per case!

As Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps said: “These figures will be a slap in the face for the 1,000 families who are being repossessed every week. It’s unbelievable that during the deepest recession since records began the Government is spending millions on a scheme that has been mired in uncertainty and helped just 15 families"

Surely, no one has the stomach for another five years of this singularly incompetent Labour government?

Just remember that it's yours, your children's and your grandchildren's money that they have been wasting for the last 13 years. Don't be fooled by their class-based attacks on the Conservatives or their desperately pathetic attempts to pretend they are competent to run the economy. They are not. Vote them into oblivion.

Politics - New Zealand style

This is the way it should be done.

Trafigura Newsnight film that Carter Ruck has tried to ban

When Ian Dale asks you to do something, you do it, don't you? If you give a "Carter Ruck" you do!

The Thick of It? Who gives a f**k?

So, what has Labour really done to help business?

We are all used to hearing the Great Lord Protector of All-of-Us announcing schemes to save British business from the effects of US sub-prime bank lending-induced recession. And we are used to hearing how successful these have been in reducing the numbers of people that would have become unemployed if they had not been introduced.

But have they really been effective?

Lobbydog has been passed some interesting information by the Conservative Party which sheds some interesting light on what has really happened.

Capital for Enterprise Fund
A £75 million fund to invest in small businesses needing equity, announced on January 14th 2009. Only seven businesses have received money from the fund in its eleven months of operation.

BIS Working Capital Scheme
A scheme pledging £10 billion in guarantees to cover credit to businesses with a turnover of up to £500 million a year, announced January 14th 2009. The Government provides banks with guarantees covering 50% of the risk on existing and capital projects worth up to £20 billion. It was delayed for months, and then agreements were only signed with three banks (RBS, Natwest and Lloyds) for £2 billion, a fifth of the scheme’s original allocation. Rosie Winterton recently announced that the remaining funding for this has been reallocated.

UK Innovation Investment Fund
A £1 billion scheme to invest in innovative business, announced 6 months ago. No investments yet made. It has not appointed a fund manager.

BIS Trade Credit Insurance Scheme
The scheme allows suppliers which have seen trade credit reduced to buy taxpayer-guaranteed ‘top-ups’ worth up to £2 million, announced in April. Some £5 billion in insurance was pledged, but only 72 firms have benefited. Only £13 million – or 0.4% of the £5 billion allocated to the scheme – has been handed out.

BIS Automotive Assistance Programme
The programme involves two forms of help for car manufacturers. One involves guarantees to unlock loans of up to £1.3 billion. The other involves loans or loan guarantees to support up to £1 billion of lending. No loans have been made. A loan was offered to one car firm, but the company rejected because it thought it could get a better deal elsewhere.

So, how credible is it for Brown & Co to claim that they have done more than any previous government to help business ride out this recession? Remember that this a recession that they told us we were in a better position than other countries to survive because of their brilliant management of the economy.

Never trust a Labour Government with your money!