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 ‘Lib Dems’
November 4, 2009
LisbonTreaty: letter to DT
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 27, 2009
Euro-elections 2009 Part IV: Conservatives
The Conservative literature arrived only yesterday, some five days after my postal ballot paper. This was disappointing and might have cost the party some votes as many postal voters will have returned their papers already, without having read much from the Tories. This is a shame because, as a presentation, it’s the best and most [...]
May 24, 2009
Sauce for the goose…………?
In an earlier post I suggested that the Telegraph was concentrating on the second homes issue to the exclusion of all else. It appears that, when it suits their purpose, they are prepared to bring up issues they have ignored elsewhere.
The communication allowance is a case in point. I note that this morning’s Sunday Telegraph [...]
May 21, 2009
Euro-elections 2009 Part II: Liberal Democrats
Give the Lib Dems their due, they are the most avowedly Europhile party to communicate with this household so far. Obvious, you might think, but in some parts of the country (parts of Somerset and Cornwall, for instance) they strive to give the opposite impression.
Mind you, anyone receiving the literature circulating in this constituency (Kingston [...]
May 19, 2009
What ‘The Daily Telegraph’ ISN’T telling you
While I was pleased to see local MP Edward Davey listed as a ’saint’ this morning, I am intrigued by the following figures obtainable from the Internet and relating to last year. Credit where it’s due, he isn’t claiming for a second home and it’s on this that his ’saintly’ status rests. However, one might [...]
