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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:06:09 -0800

Quote of the day
“I was taught a very good rule by my two Masters at Law, both of whom are now judges: never admit anything unless you...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:45:30 -0800

Snow clearing
I have received a number of complaints about the state of pavements, side roads and main routes. I am taking these up with the...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:24:13 -0800

China had no choice but to execute Akmal Shaikh
It is a haunting picture, given that this man has now been executed by the Chinese government. What I find hard to escape,...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:03:35 -0800

Prospects for the next decade
In 2004 I wrote Superpower Struggles (published in 2005). I concluded: “By the time of the Beijing Olympic games in 2008...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:59:12 -0800

First Class posts on Tuesday
1. Moments of Clarity thinks that opponents of class war are intellectually vapid. 2. Tory Outcast wonders what the...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:48:00 -0800

Quote of the day
“strong sense of colour and different sense of distance” - the attributes possessed by women according to Wang...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:57:46 -0800

Another slap in the face for Grayling?
Dear readers, The recent remarks by Chris Grayling about homeowners supposedly being given more powers to defend their home was...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:47:07 -0800

Too many laws
One cheer for the Today programme. They ran today a piece on civil liberties, centred around a rare answer to a Parliamentary...
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AlwynapHuw posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:15:00 -0800

Lib Dems - Abiding by the will of the people?
In a comment on his blog regarding which party the Liberal Democrats might support if there is a hung parliament after the next...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:21:59 -0800

First Class posts on Monday
1. Grumpy Optimist discovers that the Conservatives have start a ‘class war’. 2. Longrider declares that Sat Nav...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:54:15 -0800

Quote of the day
“If they really think it’s worth spending vast sums of money on these measures then [the Government] should be...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:24:14 -0800

Ed Balls is back in favour at Number 10
Let’s recap on the last few days: Tessa Jowell, in an interview with the Telegraph, had this to say about class...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 01:03:02 -0800

The BBC Today programme guest editors
This morning the one item I heard sent me rushing for the off switch. Today’s guest editor wanted to give airtime to the...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:15:42 -0800

You can star in your own drama
Labour’s failure to stem the tide of inequality should come as no surprise. It is an unfair but amusing jibe to point out...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 08:48:37 -0800

Quote of the day
“2009 was the year that politicians learned to both cower and swoon at the feet of Joanna Lumley. Personally, I have...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 01:15:34 -0800

The arrested development of Police Community Support officers
Some police officers have always been sceptical of the effectiveness of PCSOs and argue that the public is ill-served by...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:41:37 -0800

More guards, guns and gates are not the answer
Today we will be drowned by the usual Pavlovian cries after another alleged terrorist incident. Physical security will be...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:34:33 -0800

Quote of the day
“An engaging book about an absolute bastard” - Edwina Currie describes a new biography of the late Tory MP Alan...
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The_Wilted_Rose posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 05:02:03 -0800

Foxhunting – back the ban
I have little time for Labour and would never vote for them. Their policy on Northern Ireland, and how they gave innocent 16-...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:32:33 -0800

Talk about a waste of money
From the Telegraph: Tony Blair is costing British taxpayers £6 million a year to protect – more than the current Prime...
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:15:07 -0800

Hunting and repeal?
Just as expected, Labour’s class warriors are out early on the day after Christmas. We can expect a detoffication agenda...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:15:02 -0800

Merry Xmas to all my readers
So very true. Hope you get more presents from Santa than Gordon will this year. Best wishes A.Tory
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Mike Rouse posted a blog entry

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:12:59 -0800

Happy Christmas!
Let the turkey be roasted And the chestnuts toasted Ring out the Christmas bell Stoke up the fire well ...
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AlwynapHuw posted a blog entry

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:55:00 -0800

Why Didn't Santa Visit Wales?
This is a short brake in my blogging hibernation in order to raise a question of the utmost importance. Why didn't Santa visit...
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Letters From A Tory posted a blog entry

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:51:22 -0800

Quote of the day
“O=11xC/L+5xQ” - the formula devised by British researchers which they claim is the perfect method of pulling...
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