Charlotte Henry

Lord Ashcroft isn’t happy with the Tory’s UKIP strategy

Congratulations to the “clowns” and “fruitcakes”!!! That worked!! — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) May 3, 2013 Ouch.

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Wallace wins Wensleydale

Ed Miliband’s Labour Party have had a councillor elected in the Wensleydale ward of Northumberland County Council. Wensleydale is, of course, the favourite cheese of plasticine Miliband look-a-like Wallace. Put the kettle on Gromit, that victory needs...

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The party who should be most worried by today’s election result

Today much of the mainstream media is getting into a blather about UKIP, but there is another party who really needs to worry. We have heard next to nothing from the Greens, seemingly for months now. The post 2010 high point seems to have been a third...

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Lack of Sun endorsement today should terrify Cameron

The Sun, for the first polling day in 44 years, has chosen not to endorse an party. Instead, today’s editorial urges those voting in county council elections to “vote local”. They say: David Cameron’s Conservatives should be the best at getting value...

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Open Rights Group launch digital surveillance report – the fight for web freedom continues

The group assembled in Methodist Central Hall in Westminster on Monday probably thought that they would be coming together to rage against the growing snooper state. Then last week deputy prime minister Nick Clegg told LBC that the Communications Data...

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Why does Priti Patel have to be in the same party as her farther?

There is apparently a ‘story breaking’ that backbench Tory MP Priti Patel’s farther may be a UKIP candidate. Last time I checked we didn’t all have to be like the Johnsons or the Milibands and start dynasties in a single party. The idea that it matters...

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Shapperoned

Tory party chairman hairman Grant Shapps and a colleague arrive at Downing Street yesterday evening.   Thursday’s local elections will prove a major test for the Conservative campaigning infrastructure that Shapps overseas. Was the party chairman briefing...

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Ed Miliband – still not speaking human

Ed Miliband recently called veteran US campaigner Arnie Graf to help Labour’s ground war.   Today Labour have sent an email from Graf, containing this video. The influence of the former Obama advisor is obvious, the video has an emotive single word title...

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