Gordon slammed for being the “worst Prime Minister” our country has ever had

Posted by on May 4, 2010 in 2010 general election | 7 comments I was running on the treadmill at my gym early this morning listening to Sky News when the headlines flashed up about Gordon Brown being called the worst Prime Minister this country has ever had. You would expect those words to have come straight from the mouth of Conservatives, Lib Dems, or any other opponent. But they were uttered by North West Norfolk Labour candidate Manish Sood who knows...
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Cambridge candidates speak out on tuition fees

Posted by on May 4, 2010 in 2010 general election | 2 comments This is a particularly important topic for Cambridge with its world famous university. The four parliamentary candidates on the panel, Daniel Zeichner for Labour, Julian Huppert for Lib Dems, Nick Hillman for Conservatives, and Tony Juniper, for the Green Party. were asked their views about the future of tuition fees, and their replies can be heard on this video. Of course, I wish like Lib Dems...
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Nick Hillman and Cambridge’s election countdown

Posted by on May 3, 2010 in 2010 general election | 3 comments I went to a Cambridge hustings last night and the city’s election is still very much a four-man race. I was there supporting Nick Hillman, our Conservative parliamentary candidate, and he appeared to go down really well with the audience who warmed to his wit, intelligence, spontaneity, sharpness and humour. He had several cheers during the evening and, and along with Tony Juniper, stood...
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A walk with the bluebells

Posted by on May 2, 2010 in Ramblers | 8 comments I have an assortment of shoes in my car, including fuchsia pink wedges, leopard skin kitten heels, black patent peep toe stilettos and my sturdy Berghaus walking boots; you could call me the Imelda Marcos of Cambridgeshire! It was the stout, thick heeled boots that I laced up tightly this morning in search of an abundance of glorious bluebells in the historic Hayley Wood led by Cambridge Rambling...
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The Times backs the Tories!!

Posted by on May 1, 2010 in 2010 general election | 8 comments The Times refused to back the Tories at the Conservative Party Conference last autumn. You can see Times Editor James Harding state on this video that none of the major parties had so far earned their influential endorsement. He said: “We will make a decision on endorsing a party when it is clear they have earned it.” Today that endorsement has been made. Thank you James...
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