
This morning I will be laying wreaths at the war memorial and at Canadian Corner, a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Orpington. This afternoon I will be a a service of remembrance in Welling.

Before anyone "goes off on one" over the position we now find ourselves in, there are a few points I think we should consider.We are not the bad guys here! While it is very flattering for the Conservatives to be talked about as if we are already in government, we're not...

I've written a post for the Conservative party's in house blog about the TA funding announcement and subsequent U-turn.You can read it here

Guido Fawkes has a long running series of posts about Gordon Brown's unnerving ability to jinx the things he supports...

"Order, counter-order, disorder" is an old saying in the army, you only really understand its significance when you are put into a position of command are are trying to get soldiers to the right place, at the right time, with the right kit...

The BBC had a golden opportunity with tonight's Question Time, and they blew it.The BNP thrive on being vilified, being picked on, being treated as a special case...

Over the last few days there has been speculation about the London Assembly being scrapped and the £8 million of savings that it could bring. I am a low tax, smaller state Tory and as such I have given the idea some serious thought....

After seeing the qualification results from yesterday I thought that this season would go to the wire but Button pulled it out of the bag...

I have been feeling pretty ill over the last few days so I've been coming home and getting early nights.I'm feeling better now so I'll get more of my thoughts on-line from now on.

I was at the executive meeting of the Orpington Conservative Association on Friday of last week when John Horam dropped a bit of a bombshell. He has decided not to stand again at the next General Election.I decided not to blog about it until John made his intentions public (aren't I disciplined)...














