Why we must dump Labour

Over on LabourList is a deeply scary and worrying post that seems to show all that is wrong with the Labour mindset. This government has seriously eroded our civil liberties and has demonstrated that it will continue to do so in order to stay in power.

The post effective says that in order to keep Labour policy in the event of a Conservative victory at the next election, Labour should legally entrench these policies in order that the Conservatives would think twice about repealing them.

Its the fact that a Labour supporter would even think about such a thing worries me. It smacks of authoritarianism on a grand scale. The point about elections is that they allow the voters to dump parties and policies they don't like.

It wasn't me honest...

" Alice Cooper fan 'hit man with false leg'

A rock fan removed his false leg during an Alice Cooper gig and punched a fellow fan in the face 10 times after he was asked to calm down, a court heard."

Full story over at the Telegraph

Iconic

Just had this fly over the house ... spectacular sight!

Heartless

This story must be one of the most heartless imaginable. A disabled man - recovering from spinal surgery - was done for parking because he had placed his disabled badge upside down on the dashboard.

Apart from the lack of commonsense from ‘Civil Enforcement Officer number 15’ (WTF is that in English??!!!) , attitude of Herefordshire council is truly astonishing:

"Alison Cook, of Herefordshire Council, said: “All blue badge holders are requested to display their badge the right way around so that the expiry date is visible.

“Instructions on how to display the badge are clearly laid out in the terms and conditions of use issued with the pass. If it is not displayed properly, this may result in a penalty notice being issued. “Regarding the case under discussion, the badge was displayed the wrong way around, which is why a penalty notice was issued.”!

Hope that the nationals pick this one up ...

Crispy bacon !

How an electric fence can ruin a good day !!





Hat tip CJ

Over the precipice

Apparently Labour MPs banged their desks and clapped Gordon Brown when he entered the committee room earlier.

Brown is safe... and Labour are doomed. They have blown their only chance of winning the next election.

A warning for the regulators

I notes with wry amusement that the Swedish Pirate Party has - to every one's astonishment - won a seat in the European Parliament. This is going to throw a major spanner in the works of the regulators .

The Pirate Party are the er er political wing of the Pirate Bay website who advocate Internet file sharing (note: they are NOT file sharers themselves but provide tools for searching for such) who were recently convicted by Swedish courts - 1 year in slammer and ordered to pay £2.5m....

It seems that although they are most famous for their file sharing activities, they stood on a platform which contested Swedish surveillance laws which allow the authorities to monitor telephone, Internet and email traffic. They should be at home in the European Parliament then ......