Category Archives: Anne Milton
Theresa May, the ‘nasty party’, and a path to kinder, gentler politics
“You know what some people call us: the nasty party.” – Theresa May, speech to the Conservative Conference, 2002 For more than a decade I’ve been publishing warnings about the dark places social media will take us when politicians do … Continue reading
Barely-literate passive-aggressive bigot WLTM xenophobic mob. Object: acrimony
I found this letter (embedded below) pinned to the wall of a bus stop shelter in Shalford (Surrey, UK). Further examples have been posted to local community messageboards that are unmarked, suggesting that the ‘pikey’ changes are by someone who … Continue reading
Sir Douglas Morpeth & the corruption of Shamley Green Conservatives
In late 2006, two Conservative activists including an executive with a local fundraising group Guildford Conservatives sought to anonymously smear an opponent as a paedophile, and me as an unfit parent and an undesirable alien with commercial interests in pornography. … Continue reading
Anne Milton, Nadine Dorries, LIFE, bpas and fiction
[Background/details for those who are new to this; the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health (Anne Milton) has surprised many (including me) by inviting a religious pro-abstinence, anti-abortion group (LIFE) to take part in “a new sexual health forum … Continue reading
Jeremy Hunt approves of all sorts of odd things
CCC11-02 – Jeremy Hunt rhymes with something The latest edition of Conservative Change Channel is (finally) out and it includes two special moments from Jeremy Hunt (recorded just prior to the 2010 General Election): 1. The first is classic Hunt. … Continue reading
Anne Milton: out of the blue
In early 2009, a man appeared out of nowhere offering me dirt on some of his former colleagues. One of those former colleagues later reported* that this same person approached them at the same time, first warning them that I … Continue reading
Boris Johnson and the dangerous Tory smear campaign
I was producing/administrating Boris Johnson’s weblog at the time Anne Milton’s activists were smearing an opponent as a paedophile, but I went out of my way to avoid jeopardising the all-too-rare example of a Conservative MP subjecting themselves to a … Continue reading
Exposing Nadine Dorries and the little gang of Conservatives who cried ‘stalker’
Nadine Dorries is currently attempting to explain away an enormously damaging admission about misleading her constituents with a compelling sob story about stalkers. This is no better than her hiding behind a human shield at the height of the expenses … Continue reading
Iain Dale: crocodile tears for a fellow Tory
Iain Dale is currently very busy putting himself about in the mainstream media taking a ‘principled’ stand against the way Paul Staines (‘Guido Fawkes’) has been running his site like an open sewer. To cover his arse, on TV/radio he … Continue reading
Zac Goldsmith, Anne Milton and the 50:50 split
Let’s begin with this segment of the interview between Jon Snow and Zac ‘Comedy’ Goldsmith: Jon Snow: Why is a poster that has your face and your name on then paid for by local councillors who are fighting the council … Continue reading
