Last night Gordon Brown and New Labour suffered another devastating blow losing the ‘Rock Solid’ Labour seat of Glasgow East to the Scottish National Party (SNP). Clearly rock solid is a thing of the past, and the sands of time are crumbling beneath this terrible Labour Government. Got the message yet Gordon? ‘It’s time for change. [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Oh Dear Gordon…….
Posted in Campaigning, Conservatives, tagged Glasgow East, New Labour, Parliament, SNP on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another Bloody Nose Gordon?
Posted in Campaigning, tagged By Election, Conservatives, Glasgow East, New Labour, Parliament, SNP on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At 7am today the pollng stations opened for voting in the latest parliamentary by-election in Glasgow East, polls close at 10pm. I wish our candidate, Davena Rankin the very best of luck in what is not an easy seat to contest, however I am sure she will do well. The predictions are that Labour will [...]
Tonight it was Moreton’s Turn!
Posted in Campaigning, Chris Blakeley, Community, Conservatives, Simon Mountney, tagged Canvassing, Local Conservatives, Moreton, Simon Mountney on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier tonight I was out with my colleague, Cllr Simon Mountney and seven other members of the Ation Team knocking on doors in Edgehill Road, Kestrel Road and Mallard Way (A night off for Denis). Lots of issues were raised from parking to bin collection. All the issues raised will be dealt with by Simon [...]
News updates to your Inbox
Posted in Chris Blakeley, Community, tagged Chris Blakeley, eNews, Local Conservatives on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of weeks ago I set up Feedburner on this blog. Feedburner simply allows readers to be kept up to date with the news from this site. The response then was fantastic with lots of people signing up. If you want to take advantage and sign up for e news, you can do so by clicking on the [...]
While the Cats Away
Posted in Campaigning, Conservatives, tagged Angela Eagle, New Labour, Poulton, Seacombe on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured above L to R. Eve Sorrell, Marg Kalil, Ian Lewis, Leah Fraser, and Me. (thanks to Simon Mountney for taking the pic) Whilst Seacombe New Labour Councillor Denis Knowles is away on Council business, me and the Action Team were knocking on doors on Poulton Road and roads off earlier tonight. Mind you it matters [...]
Back Out On The Knocker
Posted in Campaigning, Conservatives, tagged Conservatives, Council, New Labour, Poulton, Seacombe, Wallasey on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This evening sees the Action Team back out knocking on doors in Seacombe. New Labour Councillor Denis Knowles, in an email to me recently described Seacombe as ‘Rock Solid Labour’. (read that email by clicking here) Well Denis your leader Steve Foulkes described Leasowe the same way, and yet my colleague Ian Lewis won the [...]
Tall Ships, Parade of Sail
Posted in Community, tagged Liverpool 2008 Capital Of Culture, Parade of Sail, Tall Ships on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, along with my wife Sandra we are off to WoodsIde Ferry Terminal to watch the magnificent tall ships parade of sail. The event is expected to attract over 300,000 people on the Wirral side of the river and a further 500,000 on the Liverpool side and is one of the highlights of Liverpools Capital [...]
Congratulations, Lewis Hamilton and Padraig Harrington
Posted in Challenges, tagged Formula One, Golf, Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes, Open Championship, Royal and Ancient, Royal Birkdale on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What another brilliant and scintilating display of driving from Lewis Hamilton today to win the German Formula One Grand Prix. Well done Lewis. And not to be outdone, Padraig Harrington showed tremendous spirit and some wonderful golf shots to win back to back Open Golf Championships. Well done Padraig.
Lewis Hamilton at Hockenheim
Posted in Challenges, tagged Formula One, Germany, Grand Prix, Hockenheim, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren Mercedes on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, Lewis Hamilton takes on not only the world’s greatest Formula One drivers, he also takes on the Hockenheim Course in the German Grand Prix. Today’s race is round 10 of the 2008 Formula One Championship and promises to be as exciting as previous encounters this year. Yesterday saw Lewis complete a scintilating last lap qualification [...]
