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Conservative MP Alan Duncan says he doesn’t like it when people say an election is a “straight choice” as the only people who would say that are nasty horrible homophobic people.

So he must been busy calling for expulsion from his party of a past general election candidate and also a past leader, both of whom have also used the dreaded “s” word. After all, Mr Duncan wouldn’t be making up spurious attacks or turning a blind eye to homphobia in his own party would he?

He’d better add to the list of people he wants expelled then the Welsh Conservative Nick Bourne …

I’m sure Alan Duncan wouldn’t want to come over as hypocritical fool who throws around false accusations of homphobia just to suit his own political ends, so he’d better get a move on with calling for Michael Howard to be drummed out of the Conservative Party.

Why? Well you see, Mr Duncan doesn’t like it when an election is described as a “straight choice” between two different parties; he thinks its evidence of homophobic bigotry.

But what did Michael Howard say about the Leicester South by-election?

Go on.

I think you can guess?

Yes you can.

And yes you were right.

Howard said the Conservative …

Mark Bowen was the (unsuccessful) Conservative candidate in Feltham and Heston at the 2005 general election.

In February 2005 he gave a speech to the local Conservative Party AGM. No surprises there. And he said the contest in the seat was between himself and Labour. No surprises that he should that either. But I think you might be able to guess what’s coming…

Oh yes, this is what Mark Bowen said in his speech (taken from the official local Conservative Party website):

I  had thought that this coming election would be a straight choice between the man in Feltham North and

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The BBC has the story about the latest twist in the Tory in-fighting involving Ali Miraj. I guess he didn’t like David Cameron being against rain.

You may have seen some of the news coverage about the latest infighting in the Tories following the attack on David Cameron by Ali Miraj, their 2005 general election candidate in Watford.

But if you went looking on the internet to find out more about him this morning, you’d find that his website, www.alimiraj.com is “temporarily closed”. Good thing then that at least one of his previous blog postings on the subject of how the Tories behave is still avaiable elsewhere, courtesy of Pickled Politics.

UPDATE: There a good piece about Ali Miraj over on Eaten by Missionaries, …

YouTube’s not just for young, hip politicians you know. Amongst the Lloyd George appearances on YouTube are:

• Lloyd George visits Chequers– a silent movie, like the others (and therefore perfect for those who, shock horror, browse the internet whilst at work).
• Lloyd George quits as PM.
• Lloyd George visits Hitler.

If you don’t know much about Lloyd George, the Liberal Democrat History Group’s website has a biography of Lloyd George.

Ooops.

A very silly mistake, courtesy of www.ealingsouthallconservatives.org.uk

Click on the thumbnail and read the text next to the cross I’ve added.

One delivery round down, many to go here in Ealing.

Number of illegally flyposted Labour posters spotted during the one delivery round: 19. This includes two sites where the illegal flyposting has clearly been twice cleared and has been done for the third time.

Now, remind me. Which is the party that loves talking so tough about anti-social behaviour? Perhaps Labour will apply for an ASBO against itself?

Halifax Today has the news:

FORMER Tory councillor Nick Yates, who was in the running to be this year’s Deputy Mayor of Calderdale, has joined the Liberal Democrats.

His decision leaves the control of Calderdale Council even more finely balanced – the Conservatives have 18 seats and the Liberal Democrats 17.