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The hustings was a disgrace, can't certain peo...

2010-07-26T12:14:45.826+01:00

The hustings was a disgrace, can't certain people in the audience see they are a blight on CF?

Tory Bear please remind me in future not to go to ...

2010-07-26T11:45:02.340+01:00

Tory Bear please remind me in future not to go to the events you suggest on your blog. That hustings was so bad, I don't want to hang around with those people.

Umm, so thus far we have a guy who Praises Gerry A...

2010-07-26T11:17:33.386+01:00

Umm, so thus far we have a guy who Praises Gerry Adams, a guy who wants the return of Slavery and the other guy. Who said the Conservative Party was in a mess.

It's funny, if you look though the "I don...

2010-07-26T09:37:37.195+01:00

It's funny, if you look though the "I don't have a problem posts" go onto Facebook account they all seem to have Ben Howlett support across their profiles! Odd that.

Just for those too slow or partizan, is: Jerry Adam's oversaw the targeting of our party, he killed innocent party members, oversaw the Brighton bomb and spent years trying to kill Thatcher, innocent party members and blew up the Carlton Club! He has never even apologised, whilst you could argue it's in the past etc, for somebody to praise his actions distasteful and offensive, for somebody to not realise this makes them a total idiot.

That hustings tonight bought shame on CF, a total ...

2010-07-24T02:08:09.560+01:00

That hustings tonight bought shame on CF, a total joke. Howlett and Cox gunning for Simon all night, both Howlett and Cox supporters behaved in an outrageous way all evening. Frankly anybody looking from the outside would think we where guilty of everything we are accused of.

Wow!!! If the future of the Conservaitve Party is ...

2010-07-24T00:46:08.019+01:00

Wow!!! If the future of the Conservaitve Party is one that spells Gerry as in Adams as Jerry as in Tom and... it is indeed a sad day.

As someone who actually was born in Northern Ireland I would say that the movement from both Adams and Paisley after the last assembly election into a position where we have a DUP Sinn Fein led executive at first totally shocked me.

The fact that the two parties have since managed to keep that ship sailing onward does speak somewhat of the amount of work the respective leaderships have put into a common shared future for Northern Ireland.

I'm not endorsing Adams as my favourite Northern Irish politician. However, based on his current performance and not on his terrorist past there is some merit as a politician. I also happen to be old enough to remember the Tories calling Nelson Mandela a terrorist though.

My goodness, what a lot of fuss over nothing (see ...

2010-07-23T21:01:20.266+01:00

My goodness, what a lot of fuss over nothing (see David Linsey's excellent post).

Lots of support for Cox and C-J (not met either). Curiously, their 'supporters' with to remain anonymous - a bit like the made-up people who appear in 'Focus' newsletters.

I will still vote for Ben - that’s if I get a ballot paper!

My goodness, what a lot of fuss over nothing (see ...

2010-07-23T20:36:34.702+01:00

My goodness, what a lot of fuss over nothing (see David Linsey's excellent post).

Lots of support for Cox and C-J (not meet either). Curiously, their 'supporters' with to remain anonymous - a bit like the made-up people who appear in 'Focus' newsletters. Such behaviour in not uncommon in youth politics. This is why I have never embraced it.

I will still vote for Ben - that’s if I get a ballot paper!

Favourite Ulster politician and a room full of rig...

2010-07-23T20:03:10.749+01:00

Favourite Ulster politician and a room full of right-wingers?

Surely the best answer would've been 'Enoch Powell'. Don't suppose any of the candidates said that, though.

I can't believe how anyone who wants to be cha...

2010-07-23T19:54:14.372+01:00

I can't believe how anyone who wants to be chairman can say such a stupid thing! Imagine if he gets elected and says something else equally as ridiculous... then the whole of CF could become a laughing-stock.

Everyone on the Labour Party must be rooting for Howlett... he's our Ed Balls!

I've been led here from Iain dale's blog; ...

2010-07-23T19:49:26.162+01:00

I've been led here from Iain dale's blog; I'm not entirely certain what the controversy is about. You can admire someone without agreeing with them. For example, I'm a classical liberal, yet I admire both Ann Widdecombe and Tony Benn as politicians for their honesty and integrity whilst vehemently opposed to both politically.

Adams somehow managed to convince hardline IRA terrorists to put down guns and enter mainstream politics - that must have been one hell of a political feat. The question isn't who this guy admires, but why. I won't condemn him until I see a full transcript.

For someone with degrees from Durham and Cambridge...

2010-07-23T19:25:38.981+01:00

For someone with degrees from Durham and Cambridge, Howlett is immensely dumb.

He clearly didn't think properly about his response and demonstrated a complete ignorance of history. In everything else he floundered and completely lacked clear ideas.

His campaign is now floundering and if he has any self-respect he'll withdraw, although of course he doesn't, and will probably continue humiliating himself.

Oh. Dear.

Clearly howler was never going to say Paisley, but...

2010-07-23T19:20:20.270+01:00

Clearly howler was never going to say Paisley, but what about that Tory Lord, you know the one who won the nobel prize...?

Bit more of a conviction politician I'd say!

I cannot see the story here, unless it is what a l...

2010-07-23T19:19:48.993+01:00

I cannot see the story here, unless it is what a loyal Thatcherite this boy is. She, who first conceded joint sovereignty over Northern Ireland, had a continuous line of contact with the IRA.

Carved up between a bizarre fundamentalist sect with close ties to the 1980s Radical Right that is now “the Centre Right”, and a Marxist guerrilla organisation with close ties to the 1970s campus-based sectarian Left that is now “the Centre Left”, Northern Ireland is at the cutting edge of “centrist” politics. We all approve of that. Don’t we?

The point is that Gerry Adams's main aim in li...

2010-07-23T18:52:31.244+01:00

The point is that Gerry Adams's main aim in life is fundamentally opposed to the political ethos of the Conservative and Unionist Party.

He's a socialist and advocates breaking up the United Kingdom. You see, it's not just his means (which he has never admitted were wrong in the first place) that are the problem, but his aims as well.

You see, his aims have not changed, he simply believes there are more pragmatic ways of achieving them.

Ben Howlett should be truly ashamed of what he said. I really doubt he understands NI politics much anyway.

Jeez. How can someone so young already demonstra...

2010-07-23T17:52:10.086+01:00

Jeez.

How can someone so young already demonstrate being 'not fit for purpose'?

Unforgiveable.

If this comment is regarded in any way as libelous, idiotic, bigoted or insensitive to the naïve, bordering on ignorant, eager Conservative that is https://twitter.com/cllrbenhowlett
and anyone else feels that he should be protected, then please feel free to let me know.

Yours,

@polleetickle.
Room 101
The Grand
Brighton

Funny you always Know when Craig Cox writes about ...

2010-07-23T17:15:28.032+01:00

Funny you always Know when Craig Cox writes about himself, as he finishes every post saying how "fit" he is!

Also just a little fact check for you, Reza Shah is not involved in Simon's campaign, he was there last night. Philip Smith and Hamish Stewart are Simon's campaign directors.

@ Lauren, Simon is younger than Craig, lol! And is much closer to average member as he is a normal guy.

So, 16 Anonymous' and Reza Shah (SCJ's cam...

2010-07-23T16:12:26.573+01:00

So, 16 Anonymous' and Reza Shah (SCJ's campaign manager) and he wasn't even there...not a pinch but a shovel of salt. Vote Cox!

Craig had it. Simon was good but he's too old ...

2010-07-23T16:10:57.641+01:00

Craig had it. Simon was good but he's too old and out of touch. It seems that Craig has got a grasp of the important issues and is a solid represenative for the often under represented right wing.

He's also really fit.

I felt sorry for Ben, it was hard to watch him flo...

2010-07-23T16:08:54.185+01:00

I felt sorry for Ben, it was hard to watch him flounder and I was waiting for the coup de grace which I think might come tonight. It's a shame, he's such a nice guy.

by the host's reaction at the end and few comm...

2010-07-23T16:08:01.681+01:00

by the host's reaction at the end and few comments i heard later and what i saw... Cavalier-Jones did indeed win, Cox meerely graduated from high school and Simon put on the cap and gown of his Doctorate.

i was going to vote Cox but he blew it. Simon you have my vote.

Everything Simon said he can and will do coz lets face it he is a ''shining star of future politics -times newspaper'' he has the connections and is taken seriously already.

good luck simon.

Interesting if you read the comments above, it wou...

2010-07-23T15:24:03.258+01:00

Interesting if you read the comments above, it would seem it was a two horse race, some Craig some Simon supporters. Team Howlett seem to have disappeared today, withdrawal imminent?

I was expecting a Cox victory on what was in effect home soil, although was not there to see it, would seem that was not the case.

I went with an open Mind, Howlett who I was going ...

2010-07-23T15:09:03.935+01:00

I went with an open Mind, Howlett who I was going to support was useless. Cox was ok but very contrived, Simon was the heavyweight and came across more orginal and credable in my opinion.

Cox showed he is a true heavy weight last night, p...

2010-07-23T15:04:11.008+01:00

Cox showed he is a true heavy weight last night, pure class. Howlett on the other hand needs to jog on, poor performance. C-J deserves an honourable mention for being better than I thought he would be.

Woah! Hahaha

2010-07-23T14:56:38.131+01:00

Woah! Hahaha