What a lovely day, the news is so cheery

I see that the Erith and Thamesmead election of a Labour candidate is bringing to fore the matter of vote-rigging. I note that the BBC have yet to cover this story, although if it was happening in the Conservative party it would be headline news, however the story must become more prominent soon...

The BBC do manage to report the news that

"Lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone has withdrawn her support for Labour in anger at its economic policies.

The Scottish boss of the Ultimo bra empire said the UK Government's recent moves risked alienating business and damaging the economy.

The 37-year-old branded the new 50p top rate of tax "a disgrace".

Leading Scots QC Paul McBride also announced he had abandoned lifelong support for Labour and joined the Conservatives.... Mr McBride said Labour were now "mendacious and incompetent", relying on smears rather than policy."

More of this sort of news will come every week now as people realise how doomed Labour are.


The Times report that:

"TWO Labour peers at the centre of the lords for hire scandal have been found guilty of misconduct by a sleaze inquiry and face suspension from parliament, according to senior House of Lords sources.

Senior peers have concluded that Lord Taylor of Blackburn and Lord Truscott have broken the code of conduct of members of the upper house.

The investigation began after undercover Sunday Times reporters posing as lobbyists found that the two peers were prepared to help to amend legislation in return for cash.

They could now be barred from parliament for up to a year and lose tax-free allowances of up to £335 a day.

A senior Lords source said: “The committee has taken the allegations very seriously and is determined that a message is sent out that this sort of behaviour will not be tolerated.” "

I don't like the "up to a year" phrase and am unsure as to why they should get off so lightly. Their actions make them unworthy to sit n our Upper House and they should have been expelled from it.

Finally The News of the World reports

"GORDON Brown has been warned he will lose the next General Election because of the scandal of MP expenses.

New Labour Party internal polling shows the public are completely SICK of MPs twisting the rules over their allowances to claim tens of thousands of pounds.

...

The internal polling - based on polls and focus groups carried out over the past two weeks - are grim reading.

They show:

* Labour CANNOT win the next General Election.

* Voters think Labour are now SLEAZIER than the Tories.

* Even if Brown fixes the economy, voters still don’t want another Labour government.

One senior Labour insider told the News of the World: “This is an awful toxic mix for us. The research shows we have lost the one advantage we had over the Tories.

“People always thought Labour stood for helping other people, for social justice, while the Tories stood for self interest.

“Now they think we are sleazier than the Tories.”

Amazingly, the polling also revealed the MP expenses scandal was more damaging than the Damian McBride scandal, where Brown’s top advisor was forced to quit after plotting to smear Tories via a website.

Voters were asked for the main reason they no longer supported Labour - the expenses scandal, McBride, the Economy, Afghanistan or Brown’s leadership style.

They told researchers their top problem was expenses, followed by Brown’s leadership, then the economy and McBride. "

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear; I am finding it hard not to jump for joy at the thought of how depressed and angry Gordon Brown must be. The man who has done so much to destroy the UK's economy must be in anguish at all of this bad news and it bloody well serves him right.