Our suicide pact
Today the ugly truth dawned. Bar a miracle, we have no hope of winning the next election.
I watched, cringing in pain, as Mr Howard humiliated himself in the Commons by attacking Mr Blair over a war he and most Tories supported. I give Mr Blair credit for not bursting out laughing.
Such unashamed displays of cynical hypocrisy win no friends, no votes, no respect and no victory. Mr Blair would not expose himself in such a laughably crude attempt to curry votes. Mrs Thatcher would consider this behaviour unthinkable.
Without moral backbone the Tories have neither integrity nor electability. They have taken the Kerry-trail; flip-flopping, appealing to all sides, taking no stand, backing down at every opportunity; they have out LidDem-ed the LibDems. Substituting insults for policy has never been a vote-winner.
We’ll be hammered by IKIP, the BNP on the Right; with the LibDems, and loyal and reluctant Labour voters on the Left.
With no policies, no backbone, no direction and no leadership the party of Thatcher and Churchill looks to spend another 4 years in the wilderness. gazing longingly as Labour grandees discard what little soverinty we retain, and destroying the last vestiges of a healthy economy it took the Tories 12 years to create.
My only consolation is that Bush looks likely to keep the USA steady in the war against Islamo-fascism.
Those with assets woudl be wise to consider joining the general exodus to Spain.
1 commentClever idea?
A dumb one? Or are some people just a wee bit too senstive? I, for one, am a bit bummed no one said we were over-rated. Because of my daft view of things I would be flattered to have been nominated.
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Its not global warning, its solar warming stupid.
What you wanna bet someone on the left blames Bush/Americans/Jews for this?
Comments are off for this postQuote of the week
As seen on a Swedish delagate’s chest at the EYC/IYDU conference last night (more later):
“The only French they need to know in Brussels is Laissez-Faire!”
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Re: Important distinction
Date: 18 July 2004
Will Cummins’s two recent articles on Islam (Opinion, July 4 & 11) have been excellent, and we commend you for having the courage to publish them. There is an important distinction between being Islamophobic and telling the truth.
We must not create a climate of hatred towards Muslims, for many are peaceable and law-abiding. But in order to prevent irrational Islamaphobia, we have to confront the harsh realities of the militant Islamist agenda.
In many countries, Islamism has resulted in horrific violence and persecution of other religious groups – and, indeed, of moderate Muslims. In Pakistan, the blasphemy laws and Hudood Ordinances [covering theft, prohibition and unlawful sexual intercourse] have led to unjust imprisonment, torture, rape and even death for many, Christian and Muslim alike.
In Sudan, thousands, both Christian and Muslim, have been enslaved or displaced as a result of the jihad unleashed by the National Islamic Front. In Indonesia, the Laskar Jihad and other militants have deliberately destabilised communities.
In Nigeria, Christians face continuing attack. In Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran and elsewhere, other faiths are restricted or driven underground, and Christians have been imprisoned and killed.
While we in this country display an extraordinary level of tolerance to other faiths, much of the Muslim world has not reciprocated.
From:
Stuart Windsor and Benedict Rogers, New Malden, Surrey
Speaking of Mr Cummins, he has a rather good piece on the Tories and Islam in today’s Sunday Telegraph.
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