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		<title>By: James Higham</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1745</link>
		<dc:creator>James Higham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Moggs and all - suggestions will be taken on board via the forum when the site&#039;s up on Wednesday.  Thanks for that.</description>
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		<title>By: FaustiesBlog</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1737</link>
		<dc:creator>FaustiesBlog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man in a Shed - superb idea!

It seems to me that the rebellion the sceptics are threatening could take the form of a Vote of No Confidence in Cameron, threatening to terminate his PMship if there&#039;s no progress on repealing Lisbon within 18 months of the start of the next parliamentary session.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man in a Shed &#8211; superb idea!</p>
<p>It seems to me that the rebellion the sceptics are threatening could take the form of a Vote of No Confidence in Cameron, threatening to terminate his PMship if there&#8217;s no progress on repealing Lisbon within 18 months of the start of the next parliamentary session.</p>
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		<title>By: Moggs Tigerpaw</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1518</link>
		<dc:creator>Moggs Tigerpaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe have a website a bit like &quot;they work for you&quot;? But publishing lists of names by how many promises they have broken and listing their party and constituency.

Does one already exist even? I figure there must be some clever bloggers about could make on if not. It would practically a public service. ^_^

Maybe if this impeach your MP thing ever comes off then use that too?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe have a website a bit like &#8220;they work for you&#8221;? But publishing lists of names by how many promises they have broken and listing their party and constituency.</p>
<p>Does one already exist even? I figure there must be some clever bloggers about could make on if not. It would practically a public service. ^_^</p>
<p>Maybe if this impeach your MP thing ever comes off then use that too?</p>
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		<title>By: Lord T</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1516</link>
		<dc:creator>Lord T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ManinaShed,

Excellent idea and it also puts the ball in our court.  If we go out and actively persue this then it will send a message to all politicians of all parties.   If we don&#039;t get enough supporters to do this then it shows what the public thinks.  Then another term of Brown should bring about enough of a change for them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ManinaShed,</p>
<p>Excellent idea and it also puts the ball in our court.  If we go out and actively persue this then it will send a message to all politicians of all parties.   If we don&#8217;t get enough supporters to do this then it shows what the public thinks.  Then another term of Brown should bring about enough of a change for them.</p>
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		<title>By: James Higham</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1512</link>
		<dc:creator>James Higham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent addition to the debate. Needs to be thought through first but action is still needed and needed now to counter Cameron&#039;s stance and Brown&#039;s disgrace.  The trick is to take sound opinion into account but not to be blunted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent addition to the debate. Needs to be thought through first but action is still needed and needed now to counter Cameron&#8217;s stance and Brown&#8217;s disgrace.  The trick is to take sound opinion into account but not to be blunted.</p>
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		<title>By: Moggs Tigerpaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>Moggs Tigerpaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What Man in a Shed said. Absolutely cool idea! Claa them on their own lies.</description>
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		<title>By: Man in a Shed</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1510</link>
		<dc:creator>Man in a Shed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If I was looking to spread fear into MPs in general I would run a random campaign on two term MPs where each general election say 3 MPs have a peoples candidate out up against them and their constituencies flooded with activists.

They would be eligible for this treatment is they had voted against any of their party&#039;s manifesto promises in the previous election in parliament.

It wouldn&#039;t be a party political campaign, but a peoples honesty campaign. ( With a flavour of the Kidderminster NHS hospital trust campaign ).

It would catch both the anti politics mood of the country and exert great pressure on all MPs (because what they really fear is getting a new job ).

It would make MPs sitting in safe seats think twice before selling out their voters.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I was looking to spread fear into MPs in general I would run a random campaign on two term MPs where each general election say 3 MPs have a peoples candidate out up against them and their constituencies flooded with activists.</p>
<p>They would be eligible for this treatment is they had voted against any of their party&#8217;s manifesto promises in the previous election in parliament.</p>
<p>It wouldn&#8217;t be a party political campaign, but a peoples honesty campaign. ( With a flavour of the Kidderminster NHS hospital trust campaign ).</p>
<p>It would catch both the anti politics mood of the country and exert great pressure on all MPs (because what they really fear is getting a new job ).</p>
<p>It would make MPs sitting in safe seats think twice before selling out their voters.</p>
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		<title>By: Moggs Tigerpaw</title>
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		<dc:creator>Moggs Tigerpaw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man in a shed. I think Edward Heath is as much a traitor as Brown, maybe more so and he was a Conservative.

I thought and thought about the election. 

Maybe the first thing to do is get rid of Brown, even if it means electing a cardboard dummy. Like putting on a tourniquet to stop bleeding to death, buy some time. Then look to make a really big un-ignorable comment in the Euro and possibly local elections, plus lots of steady pressure. Treat them like a referendum. 

I figure if you could basically eliminate Liberal, Labour and Conservative Euro MPs wholesale by ballot that would surely send a message.

Maybe a single issue pressure group to counter the massive Euro money/bribary/propaganda machine we saw work in Ireland. But not something that bangs patriotic drums and sounds more like the BNP. 

Lots of Sceptics sound like they hanker after the days of empire... and those who so want to surrender up sovereignty to a European state use that to make them just look like racists, nut jobs and flying saucer chasers.

Tho hammering local councils is not necessarily &#039;fair&#039; it might get the message over.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man in a shed. I think Edward Heath is as much a traitor as Brown, maybe more so and he was a Conservative.</p>
<p>I thought and thought about the election. </p>
<p>Maybe the first thing to do is get rid of Brown, even if it means electing a cardboard dummy. Like putting on a tourniquet to stop bleeding to death, buy some time. Then look to make a really big un-ignorable comment in the Euro and possibly local elections, plus lots of steady pressure. Treat them like a referendum. </p>
<p>I figure if you could basically eliminate Liberal, Labour and Conservative Euro MPs wholesale by ballot that would surely send a message.</p>
<p>Maybe a single issue pressure group to counter the massive Euro money/bribary/propaganda machine we saw work in Ireland. But not something that bangs patriotic drums and sounds more like the BNP. </p>
<p>Lots of Sceptics sound like they hanker after the days of empire&#8230; and those who so want to surrender up sovereignty to a European state use that to make them just look like racists, nut jobs and flying saucer chasers.</p>
<p>Tho hammering local councils is not necessarily &#8216;fair&#8217; it might get the message over.</p>
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		<title>By: Lord T</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1493</link>
		<dc:creator>Lord T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ManinaShed,

Cameron doesn&#039;t have us over a barrel. He just thinks he does.  When none of us vote for his party he will be out of a job.  So once the spineless gits sees which way the wind is blowing he will bend.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ManinaShed,</p>
<p>Cameron doesn&#8217;t have us over a barrel. He just thinks he does.  When none of us vote for his party he will be out of a job.  So once the spineless gits sees which way the wind is blowing he will bend.</p>
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		<title>By: Man in a Shed</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1482</link>
		<dc:creator>Man in a Shed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Guido refers to something interesting that Dan Hannan is alleged to be up to. This looks like the genesis of a very good plan to me.

Remember remember the SDP and what it did to Labour&#039;s election chances for a decade ..... 

Folks the only choice on offer is a Labour Govt or a Conservative one and that Conservative one will need as many of the candidates it stands elected as possible.

Five more years of Brown ... think about it.

Yes perhaps this is a form of cynical manipulation by David Cameron (though I don&#039;t rule out the idea that he is a genuine practical Euro sceptic ) - but lets face it even if it is he does have everyone over a barrel.

Protest in the local elections if you want that registered. Protest in the Euro elections ( as many Conservative members do ! ). But aim your fury at Brown, the traitor and destroyer of our nation, in the general election in the best way possible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Guido refers to something interesting that Dan Hannan is alleged to be up to. This looks like the genesis of a very good plan to me.</p>
<p>Remember remember the SDP and what it did to Labour&#8217;s election chances for a decade &#8230;.. </p>
<p>Folks the only choice on offer is a Labour Govt or a Conservative one and that Conservative one will need as many of the candidates it stands elected as possible.</p>
<p>Five more years of Brown &#8230; think about it.</p>
<p>Yes perhaps this is a form of cynical manipulation by David Cameron (though I don&#8217;t rule out the idea that he is a genuine practical Euro sceptic ) &#8211; but lets face it even if it is he does have everyone over a barrel.</p>
<p>Protest in the local elections if you want that registered. Protest in the Euro elections ( as many Conservative members do ! ). But aim your fury at Brown, the traitor and destroyer of our nation, in the general election in the best way possible.</p>
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		<title>By: The Economic Voice</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1466</link>
		<dc:creator>The Economic Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent....good effort James!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent&#8230;.good effort James!</p>
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		<title>By: James Higham</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1465</link>
		<dc:creator>James Higham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes - doing job things and then I&#039;ll put together a post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes &#8211; doing job things and then I&#8217;ll put together a post.</p>
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		<title>By: The Economic Voice</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1462</link>
		<dc:creator>The Economic Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is there a plan of action here?....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is there a plan of action here?&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: James Higham</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1460</link>
		<dc:creator>James Higham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Any vote that isn’t a Conservative vote makes Gordon Brown winning his first contested national election more likely.

This is why, MiaS, I wrote that we need to stick to our parties for now and why disaffected Tory MPs would do better doing what Dan Hannan is doing - staying in but organizing a bloc.

Cameron, now that he&#039;s put the stake in the ground, will only preside over a minority government in a hung parliament - people just ain&#039;t going to vote for him. With a new leader and the Eurosceptic bloc combining in coalition with the UKIP and LPUK, we have a chance of victory and of dragging the country back from the brink.

Cherie - look at this:

&lt;a href=&quot;http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2007/07/enoughs-enough-new-tory-leader-required.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2007/07/next-pm-have-we-found-him.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2007/09/cameron-if-you-love-tories-stand-down.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.

What&#039;s with the &quot;but nobody on here was listening! Or perhaps they just didn’t want to see the truth&quot;?  I&#039;ve been saying it for two years.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Any vote that isn’t a Conservative vote makes Gordon Brown winning his first contested national election more likely.</p>
<p>This is why, MiaS, I wrote that we need to stick to our parties for now and why disaffected Tory MPs would do better doing what Dan Hannan is doing &#8211; staying in but organizing a bloc.</p>
<p>Cameron, now that he&#8217;s put the stake in the ground, will only preside over a minority government in a hung parliament &#8211; people just ain&#8217;t going to vote for him. With a new leader and the Eurosceptic bloc combining in coalition with the UKIP and LPUK, we have a chance of victory and of dragging the country back from the brink.</p>
<p>Cherie &#8211; look at this:</p>
<p><a href="http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2007/07/enoughs-enough-new-tory-leader-required.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Here</a>, <a href="http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2007/07/next-pm-have-we-found-him.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://nourishingobscurity.blogspot.com/2007/09/cameron-if-you-love-tories-stand-down.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s with the &#8220;but nobody on here was listening! Or perhaps they just didn’t want to see the truth&#8221;?  I&#8217;ve been saying it for two years.</p>
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		<title>By: CherryPie</title>
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		<dc:creator>CherryPie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Lord T

&lt;i&gt;A tory win with cameron at the head is not going to be that much different from what we have now.&lt;/i&gt;

I have been saying for some time now that the two parties were virtually the same but nobody on here was listening! Or perhaps they just didn&#039;t want to see the truth.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Lord T</p>
<p><i>A tory win with cameron at the head is not going to be that much different from what we have now.</i></p>
<p>I have been saying for some time now that the two parties were virtually the same but nobody on here was listening! Or perhaps they just didn&#8217;t want to see the truth.</p>
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		<title>By: Jailhouselawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jailhouselawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think all Tories should be disinfected...</description>
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		<title>By: Lord T</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lord T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ManinaShed,

If the tories want my vote they will need to put someone in I want to vote for.    If the UKIP and the LPUK work strategically and only compete in areas where there is a proEU candidate then that would work.   AntiEU tories would get in and if tories lose overall then so be it.   That is camerons decision knowing the publics view.  He is playing on the fear of more labour because we split our vote.   This is playing a stategic game when he should be stating his principles and sticking to them.   By the time we get to the election the guy will have changed his policies so many times we won&#039;t now what he is supporting because he is just following the crowd.  Just like gordo.

Cameron is finished.  He needs to go and be replaced.  I bet there is more AntiEU tories than there are ProEU and they should take over.  Then the tories would be worth voting for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ManinaShed,</p>
<p>If the tories want my vote they will need to put someone in I want to vote for.    If the UKIP and the LPUK work strategically and only compete in areas where there is a proEU candidate then that would work.   AntiEU tories would get in and if tories lose overall then so be it.   That is camerons decision knowing the publics view.  He is playing on the fear of more labour because we split our vote.   This is playing a stategic game when he should be stating his principles and sticking to them.   By the time we get to the election the guy will have changed his policies so many times we won&#8217;t now what he is supporting because he is just following the crowd.  Just like gordo.</p>
<p>Cameron is finished.  He needs to go and be replaced.  I bet there is more AntiEU tories than there are ProEU and they should take over.  Then the tories would be worth voting for.</p>
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		<title>By: Man in a Shed</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1456</link>
		<dc:creator>Man in a Shed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>None of can be sure what David Cameron will be like at PM. That&#039;s politics. There&#039;s evidence for whatever view you want to take and people tend to project their hopes and fears onto leaders before they are in office in irrational ways.

The UK will be far far better off with a Conservative Govt lead by David Cameron than a Labour one under Brown ( or any of his non entity hangers on ). Any vote that isn&#039;t a Conservative vote makes Gordon Brown winning his first contested national election more likely.

This idea of wanting this to get much worse so the revolution will come is the council of despair and is more at home with the Trots and Socialist workers.

Note that Hannan co are staying in the Conservative party to win over its soul. That&#039;s what matters.

If the Eurosceptics leave the Conservative party it will have the same impact on us as the moderate Labour wing leaving for the SDP - 10 more years of the opposite party.

The left are desperate for us to fall out amongst ourselves just before victory - its their last chance. That&#039;s why Chris Bryant is on TV these days crowing away, rather than now Lady Kinnock.

The lesson from Labour is that it is possible to win over the whole party - but not if you leave.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>None of can be sure what David Cameron will be like at PM. That&#8217;s politics. There&#8217;s evidence for whatever view you want to take and people tend to project their hopes and fears onto leaders before they are in office in irrational ways.</p>
<p>The UK will be far far better off with a Conservative Govt lead by David Cameron than a Labour one under Brown ( or any of his non entity hangers on ). Any vote that isn&#8217;t a Conservative vote makes Gordon Brown winning his first contested national election more likely.</p>
<p>This idea of wanting this to get much worse so the revolution will come is the council of despair and is more at home with the Trots and Socialist workers.</p>
<p>Note that Hannan co are staying in the Conservative party to win over its soul. That&#8217;s what matters.</p>
<p>If the Eurosceptics leave the Conservative party it will have the same impact on us as the moderate Labour wing leaving for the SDP &#8211; 10 more years of the opposite party.</p>
<p>The left are desperate for us to fall out amongst ourselves just before victory &#8211; its their last chance. That&#8217;s why Chris Bryant is on TV these days crowing away, rather than now Lady Kinnock.</p>
<p>The lesson from Labour is that it is possible to win over the whole party &#8211; but not if you leave.</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1455</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No politician is going to move unless he knows he has support from a good number of the electorate first. 

I realise that little people like us have no power but quite honestly, I can´t just sit by and do nothing and hope that someone else is going to do the job. They won´t. There´s been far too much complacency already, that´s why were are living in a Police State within an authoritarian superpower!

I think Lord T is right, once Cameron´s in power, we´ve already lost.

Dan Hannan would have no trouble winning a bi election and even PM, there are some that even want him for President in the United States!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No politician is going to move unless he knows he has support from a good number of the electorate first. </p>
<p>I realise that little people like us have no power but quite honestly, I can´t just sit by and do nothing and hope that someone else is going to do the job. They won´t. There´s been far too much complacency already, that´s why were are living in a Police State within an authoritarian superpower!</p>
<p>I think Lord T is right, once Cameron´s in power, we´ve already lost.</p>
<p>Dan Hannan would have no trouble winning a bi election and even PM, there are some that even want him for President in the United States!</p>
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		<title>By: Lord T</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1452</link>
		<dc:creator>Lord T</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Maybe I&#039;m a kind of salt the earth guy but I think that concern on splitting the vote is what cameron is relying on.   I&#039;d rather remove that concern from the table and cause the wheel to speed up in its turn towards revolution than give cameron a PMs salary based on what he wants to do.  He doesn&#039;t deserve it.   A tory win with cameron at the head is not going to be that much different from what we have now.

We want a real tory at the helm and Hannon would do nicely.  That would ensure no split votes and we would get some changes, not more of the same.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe I&#8217;m a kind of salt the earth guy but I think that concern on splitting the vote is what cameron is relying on.   I&#8217;d rather remove that concern from the table and cause the wheel to speed up in its turn towards revolution than give cameron a PMs salary based on what he wants to do.  He doesn&#8217;t deserve it.   A tory win with cameron at the head is not going to be that much different from what we have now.</p>
<p>We want a real tory at the helm and Hannon would do nicely.  That would ensure no split votes and we would get some changes, not more of the same.</p>
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		<title>By: James Higham</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1451</link>
		<dc:creator>James Higham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I didn&#039;t mean this, MiaS.  I agree with you that delivering victory to Labour would happen if we stood against the Europhiles.  I think the MPs just stand in their own constituencies as normal but they have mentally moved to the new bloc which will have its policies in place at the election.

Combined with UKIP and LPUK, I&#039;m sure the numbers are there for the Queen to call on Dan Hannan in 2010.  

Sue, it needs more.  It needs organization now and it has to be elected MPs in it because they are already in there, with party backup.  Dan Hannan would need a constituency with a weak Labour candidate in place at the moment and not much of a margin.

I agree it would be better with no pollies in there at all but we must be practical.  We are here now.  We want to be there then.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I didn&#8217;t mean this, MiaS.  I agree with you that delivering victory to Labour would happen if we stood against the Europhiles.  I think the MPs just stand in their own constituencies as normal but they have mentally moved to the new bloc which will have its policies in place at the election.</p>
<p>Combined with UKIP and LPUK, I&#8217;m sure the numbers are there for the Queen to call on Dan Hannan in 2010.  </p>
<p>Sue, it needs more.  It needs organization now and it has to be elected MPs in it because they are already in there, with party backup.  Dan Hannan would need a constituency with a weak Labour candidate in place at the moment and not much of a margin.</p>
<p>I agree it would be better with no pollies in there at all but we must be practical.  We are here now.  We want to be there then.</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don´t think ordinary people respond very well to organisations which look like they have been set up by &quot;more politicians&quot;... you won´t get your average man/woman in the street joining an ACU like movement and if we really are about democracy, it has to be mainstream stuff that everyone recognises. Remember, we´ve had a generation of bad education, Big Brother (on TV and the reality) and X Factor (God help us)...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don´t think ordinary people respond very well to organisations which look like they have been set up by &#8220;more politicians&#8221;&#8230; you won´t get your average man/woman in the street joining an ACU like movement and if we really are about democracy, it has to be mainstream stuff that everyone recognises. Remember, we´ve had a generation of bad education, Big Brother (on TV and the reality) and X Factor (God help us)&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1449</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If nothing else, if we get MSM recognition, it may just stir the Conservatives into action. That has to be a good thing!

Everyone is just so frustrated at the moment. They have nowhere viable to turn and as I said before, the alternative for ordinary people will be the BNP and we really can´t have that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If nothing else, if we get MSM recognition, it may just stir the Conservatives into action. That has to be a good thing!</p>
<p>Everyone is just so frustrated at the moment. They have nowhere viable to turn and as I said before, the alternative for ordinary people will be the BNP and we really can´t have that!</p>
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		<title>By: Man in a Shed</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1445</link>
		<dc:creator>Man in a Shed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We need to take the electoral system into account. The problem with splits is they deliver victory to the other side. And quite frankly the country is on the edge of a economic precipise - EU or no EU ( though no EU would help the finances a bit ).

Perhaps a more US type organisation is needed like the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.conservative.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ACU&lt;/a&gt; ( I noted from following the US house of representatives bye election in New York that minor parties often support other candidates, but can if they organise their alliances right challenge those parties ).

Standing candidates for Westminister against Conservtaive candidates will just deliver victory to Labour.

I&#039;ve seen this work in reverse having lived in Aberdeen South when we won the seat thanks to a 4 way split of the vote ( SNP, Lib Dems and Labour - those who voted for them were generally very anti-Tory at the time. But they got what the wanted least because they couldn&#039;t straighten themselves out. )

Note that Hannan and Helmer stay in the party - even though perhaps they have more in common with UKIP - &lt;i&gt;because they want to have an affect as well as winning the argument&lt;/i&gt;.

Splits on splits just won&#039;t deliver this.

We need something like the ACU or Tax Payers alliance as a mass movement which people of all parties and none can join who wish to oppose the EU super state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We need to take the electoral system into account. The problem with splits is they deliver victory to the other side. And quite frankly the country is on the edge of a economic precipise &#8211; EU or no EU ( though no EU would help the finances a bit ).</p>
<p>Perhaps a more US type organisation is needed like the <a href="http://www.conservative.org/" rel="nofollow">ACU</a> ( I noted from following the US house of representatives bye election in New York that minor parties often support other candidates, but can if they organise their alliances right challenge those parties ).</p>
<p>Standing candidates for Westminister against Conservtaive candidates will just deliver victory to Labour.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve seen this work in reverse having lived in Aberdeen South when we won the seat thanks to a 4 way split of the vote ( SNP, Lib Dems and Labour &#8211; those who voted for them were generally very anti-Tory at the time. But they got what the wanted least because they couldn&#8217;t straighten themselves out. )</p>
<p>Note that Hannan and Helmer stay in the party &#8211; even though perhaps they have more in common with UKIP &#8211; <i>because they want to have an affect as well as winning the argument</i>.</p>
<p>Splits on splits just won&#8217;t deliver this.</p>
<p>We need something like the ACU or Tax Payers alliance as a mass movement which people of all parties and none can join who wish to oppose the EU super state.</p>
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		<title>By: James Higham</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1443</link>
		<dc:creator>James Higham</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s the way to go.  This is an evening thing tonight - have to run to work related matters now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s the way to go.  This is an evening thing tonight &#8211; have to run to work related matters now.</p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
		<link>http://nourishingobscurity.com/2009/11/05/short-open-letter-to-disaffected-tories/comment-page-1/#comment-1442</link>
		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Give it a name not associated with any party but something to stir some British Pride... I don´t know, something like Magna Carta... other people are better than me at thinking of these things :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Give it a name not associated with any party but something to stir some British Pride&#8230; I don´t know, something like Magna Carta&#8230; other people are better than me at thinking of these things <img src='http://nourishingobscurity.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Sue</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Perhaps we need to set up a collective site. I´m not really a facebook fan but it seems to draw people´s attention. We could put your open letter on there, invite disaffected MP´s to the site and make the site open to join for anyone else.

It´s probably the best way to bring everyone together and is a great way for everyone to express themselves democratically!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps we need to set up a collective site. I´m not really a facebook fan but it seems to draw people´s attention. We could put your open letter on there, invite disaffected MP´s to the site and make the site open to join for anyone else.</p>
<p>It´s probably the best way to bring everyone together and is a great way for everyone to express themselves democratically!</p>
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