Don't tell me, he's from Hillingdon too
Yazan: sarabedford | 08 August 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Conservatives, councillors
The Mirror has the story of Conservative councillor Philip Thomas, who used his blog to claim that knives aare cool and to post films of fights. Mr Thomas boasted he has “a huge meat cleaver and two massive machetes” he bought “as much because I found them cool as their practical use”. He threatened to [...]
What shall we do with the little toerag?
Yazan: sarabedford | 07 August 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Conservatives, Ian Oakley, Uncategorized, Watford
Those Tories still don’t want to make any official comment on Ian Oakley, but they continue to suggest how he should be treated. I am thankful to the current Chair of the Watford Conservatives and failed Watford Mayoral candidate Steve O’Brien for the following: We have the finest police force in the world and I [...]
Tories running out of excuses
Yazan: sarabedford | 06 August 2008 | 1 Comment
Categories: Conservatives, Uncategorized
It’s not been a good day for former Hillingdon Conservative councillors. I thought the excuse was a little limp though and I’d love to know how many seconds the police define as ‘several’
What message should we send, Mr Oakley?
Yazan: sarabedford | 06 August 2008 | 2 Comments
Categories: Conservatives, crime, Ian Oakley, LibDems
Yesterday Ian Oakley was warned by the Chair of Magistrates of the seriousness of the offences that he had committed. Mr Barry Northrop said that the offences were so serious that ‘custody is an option’. These remarks drew gasps from several people in the public gallery. I can only assume that these people were not [...]
Nothing to do with us, mate
Yazan: sarabedford | 05 August 2008 | 10 Comments
Categories: Conservatives, crime, Ian Oakley, Watford
From the comments on various web sites, it appears that the Conservatives have decided to pretend that Ian Oakley was never anything to do with them. They take offence at his description as a Conservative candidate – a post that he clearly held when he committed the offences and are seeking to remove every trace [...]
The divorce isn't final yet
Yazan: sarabedford | 05 August 2008 | 4 Comments
Categories: Conservatives, Ian Oakley
It appears that Ian Oakley’s fall from grace and the Conservative Party isn’t quite complete. Remarkably, the Watford Conservatives still feature him on their front page. Here it is, with the date clearly stated in the story below.
And there's more …
Yazan: sarabedford | 05 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Conservatives, crime, Ian Oakley
Trying to save your fingers, bandwidth and the forests of Scandinavia, here are the latest comments on the Ian Oakley case: the Watford Observer have covered it here and here. Liberal Democrat Voice has an article with comments from a wider LibDem membership and some Tories. Cllr Iain Sharpe has his thoughts. Sal Brinton has written a [...]
Removing the cancer from Watford's politics
Yazan: sarabedford | 05 August 2008 | 9 Comments
Categories: Conservatives, crime, Ian Oakley, LibDems, Watford
Over the past three years, members of the Watford constituency LibDems (of which I am a member) have suffered from a sustained campaign of harassment, intimidation and hate. Today the Conservatives’ parliamentary candidate Ian Oakley, who stepped down only after he arrested and then charged two weeks ago, pleaded guilty to seven specimen offences and asked for a [...]
The sorcerer's apprentice
Yazan: sarabedford | 29 July 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Conservatives, Labour, MPs
It can’t be much fun being Gordon Brown at the moment. Even on holiday, he’s faced with derogatory comments about his dress sense and looks about as relaxed as you would expect for someone who’s become a dead man walking. It’s not much more than a year since he was crowned Labour leader and Prime [...]
Still the nasty party
Yazan: sarabedford | 25 July 2008 | 4 Comments
Categories: Conservatives
From the comments that have appeared since Ian Oakley’s arrest, it appears that there are some in the Conservative Party who haven’t learned to hug an opponent, if these online comments are anything to go by. Posted by Rachel Joyce, Harrow West PPC at ConservativeHome: ‘Ian was nothing other than supportive, helpful and kind as a [...]
