Taking off - by Richard... Saturday, November 28, 2009

Taking off - by Richard... Saturday, November 28, 2009

And where is the MSM?

Come to think of it, where is supposi-tory Boy? Ah! he speaks: "The Copenhagen summit is of historic importance".

The comments are priceless.

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A "splending" pledge - by Richard...

Gordon Brown has announced a "splending" pledge to help fight climate change fraud (look at the caption to the pic).

That is a $22bn (£13.3bn) global fund to respond to the world's "climate emergency fraud" by fast-tracking funds to poorer countries from next year – of which £800m is (or will be) our money.

The new word, coined by the Guardian, is rather appropriate. Since Mr Brown hasn't stolen the money from us yet, he is going to have to get some poor fools to lend it to him, so that he can spend it ... hence "splending". They lend, he spends..

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This is complete fraud - by Richard...

No ifs, no buts ... it's fraud.

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A deal rejected - by Richard...

There seemed to be more to David Cameron's refusal to hold an EU referendum than just a decision based on a careful assessment of the options. His petulant style and manner suggested something more deep-seated.

And now we learn from Lord Pearson that that was indeed the case, as he reveals to The Times that he personally offered the supposi-tories a deal that would have UKIP standing down at the general election in exchange for a referendum.

This was six months ago, immediately after the EU parliament elections, when Pearson personally met with the supposi-tory leader in the Lords, none other than Lord Strathclyde.

Strathclyde confirms that the meeting took place, but there was no follow-through. The offer having been made, the supposi-tories acted in their normal fashion – they simply did not respond directly. The answer was given when the Boy stood up and offered his faux EU policy some months later. 

Pearson, himself a High Tory of the old school, has his own explanation for the Boy's silence. "A referendum on a ratified Lisbon Treaty would have become about in or out," he says, "which is why the political class wouldn't do it."

A representative of that political class, little Mark Francois, the supposi-tory shadow Europe minister, tries to make the best of it, blathering: "We don't make policy on the basis of secret deals with other parties. We decide our policies on the basis on what is right for the country."

Pearson though – like the rest of us – is unconvinced. Speaking after his election as UKIP leader, he declared that his ambition was "... for UKIP to do well enough at the next general election so that we can force a hung parliament and a realignment in British politics."

With the supposi-tories twittering about how well they are doing in the marginals, Pearson aims to rain on their parade, taking at least 50 seats from them – the so-called UKIP-effect that we saw in the 2005 election.

The supposi-tories counter that such a strategy risks letting Gordon Brown back into power, but Pearson's revelation now demonstrates that they are to blame if that happens - not us. They were given an opportunity to pull in the eurosceptic vote and, as we observed at the time, little Boy supposi-tory deliberately turned his back on a million-plus voters.

For us now to smile sweetly and vote him into office is a non-starter. Cameron has made his decision. We did warn the Boy ... no referendum, no vote. Pearson has set the measure for our response.