Would Boris win your vote?

Posted by on Jul 16, 2007 in Uncategorized | 14 comments The reason I like Boris Johnson is because he is obviously very intelligent (and I have a weakness for brainy men), and the way he tends to smile and charm his way through life, through his various gaffes. At the end of the day, we know he is not perfect, but then who is? Ken Livingstone, perhaps? If Boris wins the Tory nomination for London Mayor, the campaign will be electric,...
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Stand Up Speak Up

Posted by on Jul 16, 2007 in Uncategorized | 5 comments David Cameron has launched an innovative online Stand Up Speak Up campaign to help Conservatives shape their future policy by “engaging and involving” the public, asking for their views which will then be considered by the Shadow Cabinet. In order to work, it means admitting when past decisions were wrong, agreeing to re-think the issue of grammar schools, for example,...
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The latest recycling row

Posted by on Jul 16, 2007 in updates | 2 comments While I am delighted the government has been recommended to re-think its fortnightly bin collections, I just wonder why it has taken so long when Labour ignored previous warnings about the potential health risks this involved. According to a government committee, plans to encourage householders to recycle more rubbish are too timid, too complicated and unlikely to work. It concludes...
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The missing – Sarah Morales Hernandez

Posted by on Jul 16, 2007 in updates | 2 comments Sarah Morales Hernandez, 14, went missing Las Palmas on July 30 last year after arranging to meet a friend in a shopping centre. According to her friend, the teenager never arrived and CCTV cameras have no footage of her ever entering the centre. Thorough and extensive searches of the island were carried out, as well as many newspaper appeals and posters being issued. Her...
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