tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post115615295528592256..comments2023-11-03T15:48:35.688+00:00Comments on Paul Linford: Tories go into conference season in by far the best shapePaul Linfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1156855625848246262006-08-29T13:47:00.000+01:002006-08-29T13:47:00.000+01:00ElleeMany moons ago I was local government reporte...Ellee<BR/><BR/>Many moons ago I was local government reporter on my local paper at a time when the county council was Labour-controlled and the city council was Tory-run. The city Tories were convinced I was a raving red socialist, while the county Labourites were sure I was a lickspittle lackey of Thatcherism. I concluded that this wasn't a bad place to be for a political journalist.<BR/><BR/>Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1156837818676049492006-08-29T08:50:00.000+01:002006-08-29T08:50:00.000+01:00Iain is putting together a list of Tory bloggers f...Iain is putting together a list of Tory bloggers for the conference and asked for recommendations, so I naturally included your site, and was then reminded that you are not a Tory blogger. I don't know why I keep making that mistake. I would like to respond to this, but need to check my facts first, I need some confirmation from you about this one way or the other. I remember you hedging this Ellee Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647480320978146418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1156806120969052572006-08-29T00:02:00.000+01:002006-08-29T00:02:00.000+01:00I may have dropped a clanger on Iain's comments ab...I may have dropped a clanger on Iain's comments about Tory bloggers and the Party conference today when I recommended your site as being a Conservative one that should be included on the list. Now where did I get that impression from? Are you offended? I think I asked you about this before and you never answered. Am I right or not so I can respond to my public correction on Iain's site? <BR/><BREllee Seymourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647480320978146418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1156353921835248302006-08-23T18:25:00.000+01:002006-08-23T18:25:00.000+01:00Pssst, don't mention tax cuts or immigration!Pssst, don't mention tax cuts or immigration!Snafuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069053283344578792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1156193603083939192006-08-21T21:53:00.000+01:002006-08-21T21:53:00.000+01:00True, but only by default. Labour is still divided...True, but only by default. <BR/><BR/>Labour is still divided by the succession and restless for the change, while the Liberal Democrats are running on the spot, trying to keep up, but seeing the Tories invading their political territory, with Ming impotent in the face of the young pretender.<BR/><BR/>The Tories do seem to have a renewed spirit about them, but there's still this policy vacuum. To PoliticalHackUKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415484385177871124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12845739.post-1156178302406622722006-08-21T17:38:00.000+01:002006-08-21T17:38:00.000+01:00Sort, of Paul. They're in good shape in the sense ...Sort, of Paul. They're in good shape in the sense that there are (A-list murmurings aside) no obvious intergalactic Battles of the Ego about to be unleashed.<BR/><BR/>But as for policy it all remains pretty much formless.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, I suppose that's what passes for good shape these days.<BR/><BR/>Our best hope is for some forceful outbursts about A-lists, with the conference doubters MorrisOxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11952846056079111473noreply@blogger.com