David Davis the Lionheart? Maloney!

There are some who say that the past is a different country and they do things differently there; those people aren’t involved in politics. For people who are, there are valuable lessons to be learnt from the history books — not least when deciding whether or not it is advisable to eject one’s Parliamentary toys out of one’s pram.

On 20th November 1997 a by-election was held in Winchester. It was technically a re-run of the General Election that May which the Liberal Democrat candidate Mark Oaten (of later infamy) won by a mere two votes. The deposed Conservative — one Gerry Malone — had contested the result and the voters of the area duly returned to the ballot box. They weren’t the only ones who were returned: the Conservative vote collapsed the second time around leaving Oaten with a majority of 21,556, a swing of 19.72 percent from the Tories to the Liberal Democrats.
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Tories in trouble? Blame the BBC!

Via the CoffeeHouse come Nadine Dorries’ latest thoughts on what she sees as a Government orchestrated witch-hunt against poor wickle Caroline Spelman perpetrated by Labour’s Secret Police: the BBC.

Apparently.

The frenzied attack against Conservative MPs and MEPs, orchestrated by and emanating from the left wing BBC and press has equalled that of an animal in its death throes. The more terminal the position looks for Labour, the more desperate the BBC and left wing press become.

Right. Remember people: when, say, Wendy Alexander gets done for accepting a donation from a private individual that totals an amount that wouldn’t get you much change from a round at the Bullingdon Bollinger night it is Evidence Of The Sleaze That Is Endemic In This Sleazy ZaNuLabour Party.

[For more on this read Guido's account of his smack-down with Nadine on the issue: quality!]

So, when a Tory personally enriches him/herself at taxpayers’ expense and is then put bang-to-rights, it is Evidence That The BBC Is Staffed By A Bunch Of Pinko Commies.

All clear now? Good.