In case the dear old Telegraph doesn’t publish my letter, here it is.
Sir,
It is a pity that your headline of yesterday (3rd. November) accused David Cameron of ‘reneging’ on his commitment to a referendum on Lisbon, when in fact he had no choice in the matter.
The pledge he gave in 2007 [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Elections’
November 4, 2009
LisbonTreaty: letter to DT
October 31, 2009
Sunset for ‘NuLabour’ – please!!
Readers of this blog must be wondering where I’ve got to. Real devotees will realise that I’ve been very much tied up with http://surbitonhillcllr.com and some may even have spotted me on Ellerton and Bond Road.
I must say that I had hoped that by now we would have had the general election the country is [...]
June 8, 2009
Good news from Ulster
Congratulations to the Ulster Conservatives and Unionists on winning the third European Parliament seat in the province. They came a close third after Sinn Fein and the DUP.
It’s great to see that Ulster is starting out on the road back into the mainstream of British politics. There are lots of Johnstons in Belfast and environs, [...]
June 8, 2009
So now we know……..
Philip Johnston (no relation, to my knowledge) in this morning’s Telegraph claims that the Euro election results were people saying ‘a plague on both your houses’ to the Tories and Labour. It might be worth pointing out to users of this tired Shakespearianism that the same electors at the same time, voted the Conservatives overwhelmingly [...]
June 3, 2009
Euro-elections 2009 Part VI: Lib Dems again,I’m afraid
This could have been called ‘Voice of despair MkII’. On the eve of poll the Lib Dems locally are trying to latch on to the Gurkhas story, claiming to have started a campaign ‘years ago’ while Nick Clegg first asked a question about it ‘last year’. Nothing at all to do with European elections but [...]
May 30, 2009
Election advice from the Telegraph
There’s a long editorial this morning, advising readers that ‘a vote for Ukip is a wasted vote’. I think I’ve made it fairly clear that I agree with that sentiment and the Editor’s stated reasons for holding it. Some people might think it a bit odd, though, when it has often seemed throughout 23 days [...]
