http://www.blueidea.co.uk A Conservative-supporting thinking blog. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:45:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Not that they'd give you much of a chance to vote... As an extra treat, here's the Dalek song! http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/vote-dalek.html The big announcement in George Osborne's speech today was that the next Conservative government is to freeze council tax for two years. Not as electrifying as last year's inheritance tax proposal, and harder for a Labour government to steal. Obsorne said: The country may not be able to afford upfront tax cuts ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/putting-council-tax-on-ice.html Quite obviously the man who has presided over it, either as Chancellor, with responsibility for managing the nation's finances and economy, or as Prime Minister, ultimately responsible for all govenment policy. As Cameron said yesterday: Who was it who said that he, and he alone, had rewritten the laws of economics to ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/whos-responsible-for-the-age-of-irresponsibility.html Apparently Little Britain USA is too "crude" for American audiences. Variety magazine complained that the show's wit "seldom rises above what's scrawled on a school bathroom wall". (BBC) Yes, they're serious [stop laughing at the back]. Little Britain is hardly a purveyor of the most highbrow humour, true, it's no Blackadder or Yes, ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/too-crude-for-america.html Two indisputable reasons to vote Conservative: "A Conservative government could hold a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty even if it has already been ratified, William Hague has said." Unfortunately it's still only a "could", but it is promising. "A flagship database of every child living in England, which is due to ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/two-reasons-to-vote-tory.html I've just seen an advert for Bradford and Binglry on TV. Their tagline was something like: Your savings are safe with Bradford and Bingley Rather ironic, considering today's news. One would have thought that the adverts would have been pulled already. http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/bradford-and-bingley.html Nick Clegg is a party-pooper. And a control-freak one at that. Nick Clegg, the Lib Dem leader said it should be made illegal for shops to sell alcohol at a loss. Branding big supermarkets "irresponsible" for aggressively promoting alcohol sales, Mr Clegg told the Sheffield Alcohol Conference that many big stores are ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/party-pooper-clegg.html The new Conservative website looks quite pretty. It is far prettier than the old version, certainly, and has more and better information on it. However, it is really quite "safe" in the end, and nothing is really very "eye grabbing" in aesthetic terms. There is a nice number of sections on ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/conservativescom.html http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/the-problem-with-logic.html It was proposed and rejected by the Attorney General just back in April, but now it has come up again: Downing Street has drawn up plans to end the 300-year-old exclusion of Catholics from the throne. The requirement that the succession automatically pass to a male would also be reformed, making ... http://www.blueidea.co.uk/2008/09/definitely-reform-the-succession.html