Xinomorph: September 2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Be the big man

John Denham, the incumbent Minister for Universities and Skills, has on tonight's Question Time just said that the Government will not hold a referendum in regards to the new European treay/constitution - and partially because the Conservatives didn't hold one in regards to Maastricht (1992), as an example.

So, now the Labour Party are not doing things because the Conservative Party didn't do them 15+ years ago? And they're using the mistakes of the past as an excuse for making new mistakes? Absolutely pathetic.

Johnson for Mayor

With a whopping majority of 11,509 votes - that's 79% of the total number of votes cast - Boris Johnson has undeniably and undisputedly been elected as the Conservative candidate for London Mayor.

New York-born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson will certainly bring a touch of colour to the race.

Now let's just hope that he can win, and rid us of that pesky Livingstone fellow for good.

Straw: No English votes

A Telegraph 'comment' article today, from the pen of Jack Straw, has once again reiterated the nonsense argument that "English votes for English laws" would break up the union.

He says,

David Cameron's policy of "English votes for English laws" might seem like a neat and tidy solution to the so-called "West Lothian Question", the debate about whether Scottish MPs should be able to vote on matters only affecting England, but in practice it would lead to constitutional chaos and the break-up of the United Kingdom.

Whether or not one agrees with the idea of "English votes for English laws", this argument is pathetic. The Scots have "Scottish votes for Scottish and English laws", and so have already created that other notorious ant-EvfEl argument; that it would create two classes of MPs in Westminster.

The Labour party are getting more ridiculous and delusional by the day. And the sad thing is that, should an autumn election be called, the brainless idiots who are the British public will once again almost certainly return them in a majority. To say that it's worrying is an understatement.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Who to blame

In an interview with Andrew Neil on Today at Conference, Tessa Jowell, the Olympics Secretary, has just stated that Tony Blair is responsible for and should be credited with winning us the Olympics.

So now we know.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

So, Microsoft is antitrust?

Yeah, and Apple are so bloody perfect. Overpriced, largely unupgradable hardware to which their OS is locked - and now this little beauty.

Really got to laugh sometimes.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Labour politician: corrupt an understatement

A "rising star" of the Labour party was on Friday found guilty of breaking election law - at recent council elections, she won a Liberal Democrat 'stronghold' seat by smearing the name of her Lib Dem opponent.

After pointing out - as if it were an horendous, abhorrent crime - that the man was gay, she then went on to accuse him of being a paedophile, with a particular penchant for oriental boys.

Since then, not only did he lose his place on the council, but he and his family have been driven from the borough after suffering abuse, threats, being spat at in the street, and even followed home, all at the hands of people foolish enough to believe a Labour politician.

I only hope that he will bring a further suit against the woman. She has been fined a measly £1,000, and been suspended from her position on the council with immediate effect. With any luck, she will be removed completely. In court, she even had the nerve to dismiss the case as a "plot" by Liberal Democrats upset by her win.

"Truth, morals and justice are never bedfellows with socialists and multiculturalists." - Never a truer word was spoken, in this case at least.

Thank God for The Sun

Well, I honestly never though that I would think, let alone publicise these words, but thank God for The Sun.

Today, they've launched a new front-page campaign demanding that Gordon Brown, as he originally promised, give the country a referendum on the new version of the EU constitution. (I'm actually almost tempted to buy a copy of the paper to see the full article.)

Although it remains to be seen what effect the new campaign will have, it undoubtedly reduces the chances of Brown calling an Autumn election, and if he does will severly slash his chances of winning. The paper's backing has been instrumental in Labour's defeat of the Conservative Party for the past 3 elections, and any tide turning against the party will be a big blow for Brown, and for Labour as a whole.

Now let's hope that the country sits up and takes note.

(Incidentally, the front page of today's edition is an actually pretty convincing mock-up of Brown sticking two fingers up from the pages to the country; his face having been superimposed over that of Sir Winston Churchill, in his famous photo.)

Nice summary

Here's quite a nice, succinct summary (via Wonko's World) illustrating the injustice, racism, persecution, and general contempt with which the English are treated by Government since 1997.

Watch at YouTube now.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Autumn election

Here at the dawn of the 2007 Labour Party conference, there is increasing speculation that Gordon Brown will call an autumn election. But will he?

My instinct is no.

The polls, undoubtedly, do appear to be in his favour at the moment. But in my opinion he has far more to lose than he has to gain. The man has been waiting for more than a decade now to get into power. He's not going to risk it - because let's face it, that's what it is - after just a few months.

Over the past week or so, we've had a small-scale economic crisis, so no matter what the opinion polls say at the moment, the public are wary of economic stability. He has the added burden here of having been the Chancellor of the Exchequor for more than 10 years, so any further problems could quite easily find their way back to him.

And of course, even if they did before, there's no chance of anything remotely resembling a "rural vote" advantage for Labour. The past month-and-a-bit has seen foot and mouth disease spring up in two batches, the second of which has seemingly been caused by cross-infection after the Government lifted restrictions on vehicles, goods and livestock (etc) far too early. If that wasn't enough to content with, there's now this bluetongue virus. Admittedly that can't quite be traced back to the Labour party in quite the same way - or hasn't been so far - but it's just another factor in demoralising Britain's farming and agricultural communities.

A week is a long time in politics. Any one of those points could settle right down, or could equally easily balloon very quickly, and of course there's no telling what else might happen.

Does he really want to chance it? After waiting so long to get into power, will he risk becoming one of the shortest ever Prime Ministers to hold office? He's got almost another 3 years guaranteed in power, should he want it. Apart from waving off the "no mandate" image, what would he actually have to gain from it? Nowehere near enough to take such a gamble.

And in any case, there's still the West Lothian Question.

Friday, September 21, 2007

Richest Gates again

This year's Forbes rich list has placed Microsoft founder Bill Gates as the richest man in America for the 14th year running.

The magazine estimates his personal fortune at $59,000,000,000. Or, if you're American and can't count, $59 billion.

I think he should donate some of that to my personal charity.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

I want a referendum

As the political scene heats up with increasing speculation of Gordon "Britishness" Brown calling an autumn election during Labour's party conference next week, it is becoming more important that we don't just blindly sit back and accept "new" Labour's back-and-forth policies.

Under Tony Blair's disasterous premiership, we were promised a referendum with regards to the adoption of the EU constitution. This was, of course, pointless when both the Netherlands and France held referendums with a resounding "no". But the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was determined to force the constitution upon the peoples of the now as-good-as-Nazi EU, and so a new treaty was drawn up. And now, despite it clearly being just a trimmed down and streamlined version of the rejected constitution, our lovely not-at-all-dictatorial-or-corrupt Government are forcing it upon us, flatly denying that it is anything like the original constitution - which is blatant bollocks - and consequently refusing any need for a referendum on the issue.

If anything, we need to be moving further away from Europe, not closer. It's a criminally expensive experiment which has gone horrendously wrong (or right, depending how one chooses to look at it), and it needs slimming and returning to its trading link roots, not pushing for further integration. If this new treaty is approved, we will lose further power to the unaccountable, undemocratic, and wholly anti-British Nazi institution which is the European Union.

Show your support for a referendum on the new treaty by signing up to "I want a referendum" now - before it's too late.

Friday, September 07, 2007

Police suspect mother

Well well well, the Portugese police now suspect that Kate McCann was involved in the disappearance of her 3-year old daughter in May. She was questioned for almost 12 hours yesterday, after British forensic scientists reportedly found traces of 'poor missing Maddie''s blood in their hire car - a car which they did not get until 25 days after the disappearance.

Although she has only been named as an arguida (official suspect), which allows police to put different questions to her and gives her the right to silence, it is expected that they will charge her in connection with the disappearance/death at some point over the next few days.

Is anyone else only surprised that this couldn't have happened sooner? The parents - the mother particularly - have been on the defensive since day 1, and seem to have been far more interested in self-promotion and spending as long as possible trailing around Europe than finding their daughter. They've not even been realistic and still believe (publically at least) that she is alive!

Let's just wait and see what happens. :)

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