http://www.blueidea.co.uk A Conservative-supporting thinking blog. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I got a joke via text message in the past week. Well, several truth be told, but one I want to mention read as this: The Labour Party has decided to change its logo from a rose to a condom, believing it more accurately reflects their policies. This is because a condom ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/what-goes-around-comes-around.html indexed http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/alcohol-and-sharp-pointy-things.html Gordon Brown is cold-calling people at home on a regular basis. This is, apparently, part of a plan to "humanise" him. I assume that this is to go alongside his online PMQs. Seriously, what is he - a Martian?! Rather than "humanising" him, cold-calling voters just makes him look like a ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/salesman-brown.html The man who first didn't "do God", said that those who talk about religion are regarded by the public as "nutters", and then made a massive hoohah over converting to Catholicism is now going to devote his life to faith. Yes, Tony Blair has proclaimed that he is going to "spend ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/and-he-isnt-even-being-ironic.html Firstly, the news that Labour have slumped to what is claimed to be their lowest level of support since polling began - with them on 23, the Lib Dems only just behind them on 18, and the Conservatives leading on 47 [a lead of 24 points - which is larger ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/two-good-polls.html http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/deleting-cookies.html They're ahorrent. The very way they act is just morally unacceptable in the modern world. Their use in modern warfare just cannot be justified, especially considering that "normal" wars between massed armies no longer actually happen. So cluster bombs are just killing innocents [or at least non-combatants]. So this treaty signed ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/cluster-bombs.html Nick Clegg is right that there is "insurrection in the air" and that the British people "are ready for change". As Alice Miles explains: An administration that everyone from backbenchers to truckers now dares to hold to ransom cannot manage a way through the next two years. But they'll keep on truckin' ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/insurrection-is-in-the-air.html Brilliant post from Norfolk Blogger on "New" Labour's switch back to Real Labour: Yesterday parts of the country had power cuts, fuel prices are rocketing and industrial action is now common place in the public sector and also in the wider community (as can be seen from the fuel protests yesterday). So ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/real-labour.html I just can't believe that this idea was proposed. I just can't believe it. I am utterly gobsmacked. How could they possibly think that it would be a good idea? In any respect? Seriously, just giving MPs a block grant £23,000 per year to pay for "expenses" and having absolutely no ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/05/mps-remuneration-package.html