1 + 1 = 200

Labour's misleading crime "picture"

David Davis has condemned the Government's misleading method of recording crime after it emerged that at least three million offences are omitted from the official statistics.

Read more here

http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=137287

And early release of prisoners. The first batch of 25,500 scheduled for early release left with almost £200 of taxpayers' cash in their pocket.

Which can be found here

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=465182&in_page_id=1770

Whos the mug?

Ralph Miliband

Have a look at

http://www.lipman-miliband.org.uk/about.htm

The father of David and Ed.

Brown to stage EU treaty referendum

We wish.

Now that Tony has stiched-up Brown, is it not now time for a referendum to kill it for once and for all.

http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=137281

"If that new Prime Minister, like us, really believes in power to the people, then he must hold a referendum and let the people decide."

However with our friend David is a committed Europhile, as can be seen from this

http://www.mpi-fg-koeln.mpg.de/pu/workpap/wp02-2/wp02-2.html

So long and thanks for all the Fish

So now that he has the job he wants, or so they say. He can not be bothered to keep us poor soles uptodate with what is going on.

Read more at

http://www.davidmiliband.defra.gov.uk/blogs/ministerial_blog/archive/2007/06/28/13620.aspx

Remember David you work for us and not the other way around.

The dirty dozen: Labour buries bad news – yet again

Theresa May, the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons, today revealed Labour's "dirty dozen" – twelve bad news stories buried by the Government during the fallout from the Scottish, Welsh and English local election results.

She said:

"The government that thought September 11th was 'a good day to bury bad news' is still at it. This research shows that Labour buried twelve bad news stories during the fallout from the elections.

"And they're hardly petty matters. More than £5 million was spent trying to recover tax credit overpayments. Nearly £500 million was spent by the National Health Service on clinical negligence claims last year. And more than £150,000 of taxpayers' money went to Gordon Brown's friends at Opinion Leader Research.

"This is yet further evidence that proves, whether we have Blair or Brown, Labour's spin and deceit will just go on and on."

Some number crunching

It has emerged that Labour has failed to find candidates for 40 per cent of the seats up for grabs in the May 3 polls.

Clear evidence is now available to show that the organisation presided over by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown is crumbling, as Labour fields the lowest number of candidates achieved by any Party in power at this particular stage in the local electoral cycle.

In contrast, analysis shows that David Cameron's revived Conservatives are campaigning with a record number of candidates seeking seats in the elections early next month.

Detailed number-crunching of all the 10,000-plus council seats up for grabs, and based on the lists of nominations published by each local authority, shows that Labour are only contesting 60.6 per cent - that is 6,360 - of all the available seats, reflecting a five per cent drop on the last polls.

However, Conservatives are contesting 88 per cent of seats - totalling 9,264 - which is their best ever performance at this stage in the electoral cycle; while the Liberal Democrats are contesting just 6,667 seats, or 64 per cent of those subject to ballot, which is only marginally better than Labour's worsening performance.

And Labour and the Liberal Democrats have also failed to meet the challenge poised by the BNP, which is running 717 candidates; while UKIP has 805 candidates in the field. While the Conservatives are contesting 96.7 per cent of town hall seats against the BNP, Labour is failing to run candidates against the party in 47 wards, and the Liberal Democrats are giving the BNP a free run in 129 wards.

The north Turning blue

A link to how Blue the North is

http://www.conservatives.com/pdf/Conservative-Wins-in-the-No.jpg

Councils we've gained

Councils we've gained:

• East Riding of Yorkshire for the first time ever, making 18 gains and taking the Lib Dem and Labour leaders' seats.
• South Ribble for the first time since 1995, gaining 24 seats.
• Chester for the first time since 1986, gaining 7 seats.
• Blackpool, gaining 13 seats - 12 from Labour, 1 from the Lib Dems. We last controlled Blackpool in 1987.

Across the North, we have also made gains in 33 other councils:

Allerdale, Alnwick, Barrow-in-Furness, Blackburn with Darwen, Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Castle Morpeth, Chester-le-Street, Chorley, Copeland, Crewe and Nantwich, Darlington, Eden, Ellesmere Port and Neston, Fylde, Hambleton, Lancaster, Macclesfield, Oldham, Pendle, Preston, Rotherham, Richmondshire, Salford, Stockton on Tees, Sunderland, Teesdale, Vale Royal, West Lancashire, Wigan, Wyre and York.

David Potts, CLEADON & EAST BOLDON

David Potts of the ward CLEADON & EAST BOLDON also stood in the Scottish elections in 2007. The result for that election can be found here:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/scottish_parliment/html/350.stm

Some information on the Constituency can be found here

http://www.alba.org.uk/scot07constit/m05.html

Lets also not forget he also stood in Fallkirk in the 2005 General Election. The results can be found here

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/hoc/constituency/0,,-936,00.html

Some Facts About the Local Election

1. Only 38.6% of the electorate of South Tyneside Voted
2. Breaking the above down we have Labour with 18,000 votes
3. The total votes were 44,055
4. No ward had a turnout greated than 47%

In Beacon and Bents, if any of the other parties had stood down Labour would not have won

BIDDICK & ALL SAINTS, if the Lib Dem or the BNP had stood down then Labour would have lost. BNP got more votes than the Conservative Party.

Harton, if the Conservatives had not stood then Labour would not have won.

Horsley Hill, if it had been a straight race between Labour and Independant again Labour would have lost

Hebburn North, again if the Conservatives had not stood then the Labour would have lost. The BNP got 342 votes, the Conservatives only got 104 votes.

Monkton, If either of the Conservatives or Liberals had not stood Labour would have lost. BNP got more votes than the Conservatives.

Whitburn and Marsden, again if the Conservatives had not stood LAbour would have lost.

The above is a lot of IF's and But's however, the Labour party would have lost 7 seats.

The results in Full for South Tyneside

BEACON & BENTS Electorate: 6801, Turnout: 2689 (39.54%)
Edward Anthony Russell (Con) 174
Audrey McMillan (Lab) 905
Henry Pearce (UKIP) 130
Gordon Robertshaw (Ind) 121
Lynne Barber (Green) 126
James Hills (BNP) 358
Ahmed Khan (Ind) 872
Majority: 33

BIDDICK & ALL SAINTS Electorate: 6458, Turnout: 2116 (32.77%)
Christopher Taylor (Con) 96
Bill Troupe (Lib Dem) 308
Steve Pattison (Ind) 719
Tom Piggott (Lab) 844
David Richardson (BNP) 147
Majority: 125

CLEADON PARK Electorate: 5055, Turnout: 1915 (37.88%)
George Robert William Elsom (Ind) 1094
Anne Josephine Walsh (Lab) 618
Timothy Forsyth Williams (Con) 198
Majority: 476

HARTON Electorate: 6799, Turnout: 2861 (42.08%)
Bill Shield (Con) 267
Rob Dix (Lab) 1303
Gordon Hall Finch (Prog) 1074
Brian John Paget (Green) 211
Majority: 229

HORSLEY HILL Electorate: 6518, Turnout: 3045 (46.72%)
Mervyn Carl William Owen (Ind) 636
Patricia Anne Piggott (Con) 394
Rachel Taylor (Green) 93
Louise Clements (Lib Dem) 187
Leslie John Lovelock (BNP) 370
Iain Malcolm (Lab) 1358
Majority: 722

SIMONSIDE & REKENDYKE Electorate: 6574, Turnout: 2067 (31.44%)
Barbera Surtees (Con) 235
Nader Ashfari-Naderi (Lib Dem) 231
Michael Henry Clare (Lab) 1171
Gary John Davison (Prog) 427
Majority: 744

WEST PARK Electorate: 5908, Turnout: 1993 (33.73%)
Carole Troupe (Lib Dem) 270
Marilyn Huartt (Con) 211
Doreen Purvis (Lab) 618
Marjorie Mary Robinson (Prog) 892
Majority: 274

WESTOE Electorate 6485, Turnout: 2819 (43.47%)
Jane Branley (Ind) 2065
Anthony Dailly (Con) 226
Ken Stephenson (Lab) 516
Majority: 1549

WHITELEAS Electorate: 6603, Turnout: 2467 (37.36%)
Robin Anthony Coombes (Ind) 1009
Ernest Matthew Gibson (Lab) 1449
Majority: 440


JARROW & HEBBURN WARDS

BOLDON COLLIERY Electorate: 7134, Turnout: 2736 (38.35%)
Gerry Brebner (Con) 320
Greenwell Jewitt (Ind) 1132
Linda Isabella Waggott (Lab) 1279
Majority: 147

CLEADON & EAST BOLDON Electorate: 6942, Turnout: 3097 (44.61%)
Joan Atkinson (Lab) 1080
Donald Wood (Con) 1988
Majority: 908

BEDE Electorate: 6058, Turnout: 2202 (36.35%)
Ann Marie Wilson (Lib Dem) 285
Anita Daphne Campbell (Ind) 624
Michael Daniel Emms (Con) 133
Maisie Stewart (Lab) 1150
Majority: 526

FELLGATE & HEDWORTH Electorate: 6134, Turnout: 2313 (37.71%)
George Waddle (Ind) 1169
Bryan Leonard Atkinson (Green) 139
David Fettis (Con) 150
Moira Smith (Lab) 855
Majority: 314

HEBBURN NORTH Electorate: 6081, Turnout: 2207 (36.29%)
Martin Vaughan (BNP) 342
Peter McGinley (Lab) 847
John Norman McKie (Lib Dem) 910
Kevin Richardson (Con) 104
Majority: 63

HEBBURN SOUTH Electorate: 6154, Turnout:
2602 (42.28%)
Billy Robinson (Lib Dem) 357
John Dagg Coe (Con) 181
Mac Hardy (Ind) 710
Henry Edward McAtominey (Lab) 1347
Majority: 637


MONKTON Electorate: 6430, Turnout: 2408 (37.45%)
Alan Kerr (Lab) 863
Caroline McLaughlin (BNP) 221
Susan Heather Troupe (Lib Dem) 282
John Bissett (Soc GB) 78
John Cameron (Con) 217
John Hodgson (Ind) 743
Majority: 120

PRIMROSE Electorate: 6164, Turnout: 2061 (33.44%)
Barrie Scorer (Lab) 1066
Walter Featherston Armstrong (Con) 270
Christopher Michael Haine (Green) 221
Peter Hodgkinson (BNP) 504
Majority: 562

WHITBURN & MARSDEN Electorate: 5881, Turnout: 2457 (41.78%)
Fiona Anne Milburn (Con) 606
Harry Norman (Ind) 883
Sylvia Spraggon (Lab) 960
Majority: 77

List of Candidates Local elections 2007

A full list for the whole of South Tyneside can be found at

http://www.southtyneside.info/localdemocracy/elections/candidates_2007.asp

The Conservative candidates for South Shields are

• Beacon and Bents
  Russell
  Edward Anthony
• Biddick and All Saints
  Taylor
  Christopher
• Cleadon Park
  Williams
  Timothy Forsyth
• Harton
  Shield
  Bill
• Horsley Hill
  Pigott
  Patricia Anne
• Simonside and Rekendyke
  Surtees
  Barbara
• West Park
  Huartt
  Marilyn
• Westoe
  Dailly
  Anthony

A history lesson for Miliband: favourites always stumble

An interesting article posted by the Times..

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/article1459223.ece

To quote the Article

"Supporters of David Miliband — such as Mr Field — point out that their man was not even in the Cabinet when the Iraq vote took place. He carries none of the baggage of the past ten years that weighs down Gordon Brown."

This is a fair comment, the other is that will the "English" like to be ruled by a guy sitting in Scotland, thats the country where English MP's can not vote on Scottish issues, however Scottish MP's can vote on English Issues. How many of the New cabinet under Gorden will be from Scotland?

Reid will back Miliband for PM to block Brown

So the gloves are off, at last we could have a contest on for the leader of the Labour party.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/08/nlab08.xml

It is interesting to note that Miliband is on holiday in France, I do hope he has went green and used the train and local transport and not used 4 wheel drive to go to the airport, hop on a plane and then drive to his holiday home? His carbon foorprint is now at a size 14, can you get any bigger?

Also reported at

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=444452&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&ct=5&expand=true

David Miliband "flattered" to be a gay icon

So the darling David is now classed as a twinky

For more information on what a twinky is have a look at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twink_%28gay_slang%29

More on the Gay Icon

http://blog.pinknews.co.uk/2007/03/david_miliband_.html

Miliband defends bird flu moves

Which do you safeguard, jobs in Hungary or peoples lives in a country that you have been elected to serve?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6351489.stm

Now I believe that France and Germany and, lets say not allowing any food in from this country. However Milliband has interpreted the rules to say that we have to allow this meat in. So the laws are made so that our health and saftey are not taken in to account.

I forogt, Milliband says it was a breakdown in there "had been a lapse in bio-security"

Tory group will probe 2012 Olympic costs

See
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6347073.stm

Along with
http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=news.story.page&obj_id=134945

Now, everytime someone mentions how much it will cost to stage the Olympics it goes UP. I do not expect that cost go down, find a public achievement that was under budget or cost less than originally budgeted for. However, I do think we should keep the costs in check, this can not turn in to another Wembley or Dome or CSA or even Passport overrun. Someone must keep a check on this.

On another point who actually thinks this 2012 Olympics will benefit anyone living north of Watford? Will Manchester benefit, Newcastle or even Teeside? I for one will not make the trek South to watch the Olympics, for one it is quicker to fly to Paris than it is to use public transport to London and then to get out to the site of the Olympics.

I think the Olympics should have either been staged say at Birminghan or even Manchester.

Education,Education,Education

Tony Blair asked for this trust. He gave a speech back in 1996 which captured the nation's imagination.

"Ask me the three main priorities for government and I tell you," he said. "Education, education, education."

But it's now clear he's failed. On all three counts. Let's look at the facts...

• One in four pupils aged 14 is unable to read and write properly.
• Over 3 million pupils are in schools which are officially deemed "inadequate".
• Today's 11-year-olds are THREE YEARS behind their 1976 counterparts.
• GCSE exam improvement has been slower than under the Tories.
  

Britain is plunging down the world education league tables, now 26th out of 30 rich countries.