The Enemy are Rattled
That The Guardian would chose to use their
front page
and a whole subsequent news page
to attempt to have a dig at the Young Britons' Foundation
shows the organisation is working.The lazy article assembled from a few blog posts, some stock photos and a sprinkle of Hannanphobia is some fantastic free press for YBF. TB understands that on the back of this article alone the 10 grand was donated earlier today to continue to the fight against the leftist establishment.You can tell a non-story as soon as you hit the quote from John Prescott. The article itself ends up turning into a press release about the success and as a graduate of some of the fantastic YBF training, TB was particuarly chuffed with the last few lines:
The YBF claims to have trained 2,500 party activists and sources familiar with Conservative central office said there is an informal understanding that the YBF is the main provider of training for young Conservative activists.As for Comrade Blaney? Well his views are well known, he has rightly never been afraid to express them, but to suggest that YBF is some sort in indoctrination brain washer is ridiculous. Just a cursory glance over the list of speakers from last weeks event shows that there was a mixture of painfully party line stuff and some more interesting ideological suggestions from the right. The range of PPCs and journalist YBF has helped, again shows the broad-church of conservative thought nurtured by such a vital organisation. There was even some orange-bookers at the event last week.
But most significantly, at least 11 Tory parliamentary candidates have either been delegates or speakers at its courses since 2003. With many in winnable seats, it seems the graduates of the "Conservative madrasa" could be about to take power.
Donal has done a fantastic job with YBF and to be so sloppy to suggest that one man's personal opinions on a handful of issues must therefore be reflected by everyone he has ever helped shows just how lazy The Guardian piece is. Well done also too CF's press officer Michelle Donelan for handling what was quite clearly an attempted hatchet job with ease.
Right, must dash, TB has got to practice his water-boarding skills.
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There were orange bookers there? I always assumed it was possible to spot them; obviously not...
£10k donated!! ROFL
Did this figure perhaps come from Comrade Blaney??? Absolutely make believe.
As my comment a couple of days ago about the lack of amazing surprise security restricted speakers arriving at the YBF rally suggested, YBF is run by exaggeration upon exaggeration!
Why do you think Pickering and Smith quit??
and why has Donal taken his blog offline?
But they do need to be thanked for labelling it a "Conservative madrasa". I'm sure the image will stick - and who is the mad mullah
More desperate than merely rattled. I suspect. All one has to do is to imagine oneself as the paper's editor: what would induce an editor to do this, and in that manner?
Yes, it becomes self-evident then, doesn't it?
Beyond the public arena, privately it is known that whatever the polls and the news media try to suggest, the Conservatives are still well on track for a reasonable-to-good overall post-election majority.
The Lefties (who comprise much of the media, and esp. the Guardian and Mirror) are becoming frantic, and will subvert their own publications to the express aim of hurting the Conservatives as much as they can.
Believe me: if Martians came to visit, that story would be relegated to an inner page: their own political agenda is far more important to them.
However, in reality there is little harm they can now do, as their credibility (and readership) is dwindling, especially The Mirror. The Independent and Guardian have been struggling too, despite the latter's enormous "tax break" (reported elsewhere, I think by Guido). Their influence is fading...
"his views are well known, he has rightly never been afraid to express them" ... until now!
anon 20.43:
They coined nothing, the madrasa line has long been an internal joke.
Just as an aside: The precise origins of the "conservative madrasa" term comes from YBF's 4th conference when Iain Dale was talking to David Davis ahead of Davis giving a speech to the conference later that day. They were talking about YBF's work and I was stood with them trying not to let my hangover get the better of me when Iain coined the term as a joke. Davis then used the line in his speech later and since then it's been doing the rounds for years.
Very fond memories of that conference. Ah, those were the days...
I've not read the article - I refuse to add (even slightly) to the grauniad's statpr0n.
However, it's interesting that the left are so rattled they'll use the word 'madrasa' as a term of abuse - suggesting indoctrination or brainwashing (in this case a finishing school for right-wing terrorists). It seems even islamic appeasement is secondary to trying to dig up dirt on their opponents!
Sorry to upset you Political Crapbook, but I will be back online shortly. I can tell you are missing me too much already :p
There was a Guardian journalist meant to be covering the YBF Parliamentary rally. I met him in the the foyer but he didn't turn up to the actual event. The Guardian obviously prefers to use blogs as sources.