Hardline Tories will want to switch to Waitrose (backs Co-operative Party) or Tesco (backs LibDems), buy organic from your local Tory huntin’ ‘n shootin’ farmer and boycott the GM loving, Blair backing, Lord Sainsbury.
Crick in his report ruled out Johan Eliasch giving the Tories money – he actually gave £2.6 million. (Guido had guestimated he gave a £1 million.) Guido had also guestimated Michael Spencer had given a £1 million in cash and kind, Crick ruled Spence out as well. The Times quoted Spencer later in the week saying it was not quite a million. Crick’s glory days are clearly behind him.
The full list is here.
Will there turn out to be any bogeymen financing the Tories?
UPDATE : Cameron says he will meet Blair on Monday.
UPDATE : 3.30pm now.
Guido will definitely be supporting this General Strike.
The TaxPayers’ Alliance has emailed its 10,000 supporters, urging them to withhold 1/365th of their council tax for the loss of local services on Tuesday. The Taxpayers’ General Strike involves strikers writing to their local councils advising them that they will be withholding 1/365th of their annual bill when they make their payment next month.
Strike leader Matthew Elliott says: “Council taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay for the local services they missed on Tuesday due to the strike action, so we urge taxpayers from across the UK to support the first ever Taxpayers’ General Strike. The principle is simple: no services, no council tax. Join the strike this Saturday.”
When an MP on the government payroll, even in a position as lowly as Hilary Benn’s PPS, attacks the PM, he is fired. No question about it he has to go.
What does it say about the fragile state of the Blairite’s grip on control of the party that Ashok Kumar can hold on to his job after telling the PM to go, and go soon?
Guido thinks that those Blair Switch Project odds are looking attractive on Betfair again.
