Scottish Tories raise the game...

TB just spotted this on

ConservativeHome.

This postcard is being sent to young voters in Scotland's target seats to raise the awareness of the SNP's continuing implementation of the nanny state.

TB was in the gallery to watch Murdo Fraser's

barnstorming performance

in the parliament the other day that saw the idea defeated by nearly two votes to one this is an excellent sign of

a that the Party in Scotland is getting into gear. Students from all political parties turned out in the morning to rally outside parliament against this measure and they threw their weight behind the Tories. It's amendments and moments like this that show just how powerful the Conservative grouping in Holyrood really is. In a minority government situation, twenty odd votes make all the difference and have a very strong voice.

With the right campaign, the party in the north could really begin to turn things round in the next 18 months. The Scottish seats have some of the youngest and brightest candidates in the country selected. It was a pleasure to meet so many of them at conference and again last night at the excellent dinner put on at Edinburgh's New Club to honour the combined service of over eighty years clocked up by former leader David McLethchie MSP and Edinburgh councillor Alan Jackson. The potential is on the ground and now Scottish Central Office must continue this good start and keep up the momentum.

The election in Scotland must not be fought slagging off the SNP. The election must be fought on the grounds that the only way to get rid of Labour nationally is to vote Conservative. This message must be rammed home, but like this leaflet shows, there is no harm in having a crack at the nats...

TB technical problems.

TB is trying to edit massive swaths of video and it seems his laptop is getting grumpy. The newly designed site is nearly ready and the video content will defiantly be up on that.

Watch this space - sorry about the delay.

Caption Contest

The return of the Prince of Darkness...

TB just got thinking about Mandy's return to the cabinet. He joked outside Downing Street that it would be "third time lucky". Luck had nothing to do this. This is a calculated and well thought out move on the part of a very desperate man.

Brown hates Mandy, he felt betrayed by him and the loathing was very public. He must be in a truly desperate state to feel that having this scorpion in his cabinet somehow made his position stronger. For Brown to need his enemy then surely the end is nigh...

No wonder Mandelson said he felt "proud" - Proud of his victory over an enemy... and rather chuffed no doubt with a cheeky peerage on the side!

TPA guest blog

Apologies for the lack of blogging today, TB has been sorting out his life after spending five days in the tory bubble. Can't quite believe Mandy is back in the Cabinet- surely it's worth putting a tenner on him having to resign again? Although Dave said he had no intention of tweaking the front bench, these new developments have spiced things up a bit. There is a spare spot on top table and TB reckons it's time for Greg Clark to be promoted.

Will spend the weekend editing conference videos and have some up very soon. In the mean time TB did a guest post for Tax Payers Alliance blog today so have a read...

"Despite the fantastic irony of it, why when I walk past a high street shop do I see CCCP t-shirts in the window and Che Guevara emblazoned across the chests of a brainwashed youth? Why do we celebrate an ideology that evokes massive state controls and influence over our lives rather than celebrate the freedom of a society that allows such an expression of personal views."

You can find the whole post

here

.

As predicted...

This

is what happens when you give Labour candidates passes to conference...

Just out of interest...

One of the reasons given for reforming the Conservative Future structure and elections was the fact that last year's cost over seven grand... How much was behind the bar at the CF 10 year anniversary bash because that was a long night!?

Not to say it wasn't a great party...

Hague, cake and at least one significant hatchet buried over a friendly chat.

Freedom

The Freedom Association had their annual anti-smoking ban party on Tuesday. The Freedom Zone had some fantastic events of the last few days but as

Donal Blaney

found out when he was asked to leave, the actual smoking ban was very much in place...

Donal and YBF put on some fantastic events throughout conference... The media training on Saturday was such a good idea - nearly a hundred young conservatives left fully trained in dealing with exactly what they would be facing for the next few days - exactly how to deal with a camera and microphone being thrust in their face.

Anyone who has even the slightest interest in getting involved with the conservative movement should make

ybf.org.uk

their first stop.

+++He's Ready+++

Just saw this on

ConHome

...

Wow!

What a week...

TB was sitting in the third row from the front as Dave gave what can only be described as an epic speech. Despite what the BBC were spinning DC had the room eating out the palm of his hand. TB reckons this speech is going to take it to a new level. The room was electric after another flashy video and well chosen warm up speakers...

It was like the Tory Oscars...

Then a whole new side of Dave came through - Serious DC. The speech hit all the right buttons - apart from the unnecessary rejection of libertarian values that could have been worded a lot better. However one comment can't bring down a fantastic hour and a game changing call to arms.

Tory Bear has just got home and is watching Dave on BBC Parliament. He is cool.

Will post a full conference round up tomorrow and try get some ToryBearTV vox pops up. TB has spent seven hours trying to get home thanks to the charming people at Virgin Trains. It was a brilliant few days and thank you to everyone who came to the TB bash last night.. what a night!


Oh and of course there will be euphoric trance remix of the speech.

Monday roundup...

Today in a sentence... a long lie-in and freedom.

Hit the room service and didn't make it to lunch. Instead arose late and headed for the blogger love in with Dale, Dizzy, Guido and the Devil... and even Nadine Dorries. Was a great little celebration of the blogsphere and an interesting chat.

The next few hours are slightly blurry but the TB hit the pub before emerging yawning in time for Dave speaking the Scottish Tories and preparing to hear Billy Hague at the Conservative Future 10 year anniversary party...

Just warming up for it with a drink or two with Guido and errr.... cough.... Alex Hilton.

Interviewed him for TBtv... watch this space...

Quote of the day: Overheard at the social action project... "Please can I have the shadow cabinet timetable, what's the point of me being here if they're not?"

Haha wonder who that could be.

Alex bloody Hilton - WTF?

TB is drinking in a strictly non-complacent fashion in the main bar of the Conference hotel...

He choked on his white wine (strictly no champagne!) when

Alex Hilton

- editor of the

LabourHome

and the once slightly witty, now desperate

Recess Monkey

blog and now Labour candidate for Kensington and Chelsea.

What the hell is a Labour candidate and known Tory hater doing at our conference? Who the hell approved his pass? What the hell is this jumped up and slimy bastard doing here?

And also while we are dealing with the "media" whoever designed this years press passes have made a fundamental error as the only way to distinguish them from normal members passes is the 08 is yellow rather than blue.

Press passes should scream - I AM A HORRIBLE HACK, DO NOT TALK TO IF YOU ARE DRUNK.

TB predicts that more than one story will be born out of this fact. The hacks are out in force waiting to bring us down a peg or two.

Why make their job of tricking us any easier?

TB despairs.

The Future

TB has just got out of the Area Chairman reception that turned into an utter farce.

TB is blogging angry which is never good but hey. There was shouting, swearing and slagging off.

Good buffet though.

On a serious note though the reform debate descended into everything wrong with Labour and the NUS. It was a joke. If this is the future of the party then well... fuck.

Each candidate held their own but the crowd was baying for blood.

Very Labour Students.

TB 4 Freedom...

David Davis is smiling...

Is he up to something?

TB and the BBC

Having been on Radio5 this morning and now running into Nick Robinson...

... and Andrew Neil at lunch -

TB is beginning to feel a bit bad about laying into Justin Webb quite so harshly the other day...

Just hope the coverage is as charming...

+++TB the networker+++

Mr Gove was charming... As was Mr Pickles:

Just spotted the higher powers of the BBC lunching together...

Pictures to follow...

Saturday Conference roundup

TB has just got back from the YBF fringe event... a few too many pints for his early start tomorrow. 

Your Country needs you...

Haven't seen a nightclub so full with tories.. joking apart there really is a hell of a lot of young members here this year and pretty ones at that! This years Saturday night turnout puts the Blackpool Walkabout 2007 posse to shame. 

Was a busy day... Starting with early flight, TV training, seeing DC (video to follow!) and copious amounts of booze tonight...

Even ran into the ever charming Jonathon Isaby from the Telegraph and soon to be co-editor of ConservativeHome.

Up at six for Radio 5 interview.... ugh.

Radio ga ga

Tory Bear will be on Radio 5 Live tomorrow at 7am talking about Dave etc.

Live Blogging.

For the next few days TB will give you live updates from Conference...

Landed... Checked in....

Off to YBF/CF training day...

17:00 - Just heard speech from Douglas Carswell MP about his new book - "The Plan" 

Sound!

Biased BBC

Here follows the live blog commentary from Justin Webb the BBC Washington correspondent. This man is meant to uphold some element of neutrality toward the GOP and Democrat candidates. However as the following blog posts reveal, Mr Webb can’t help but reveal his true political colours:

2010 BBC North America editor Justin Webb: When McCain said "I haven't been feeling too good recently" it certainly got my attention - but he meant about the country.

2012 Obama says "for years the reigning economic ideology has been what's good for Wall Street, not what's good for Main Street". Obama revives McCain's much-derided recent statement that the fundamentals of the American economy are sound.

2039 Another clash as Obama refers to Bush's "orgy of spending". He tries to hang McCain's congressional voting record, which he claims has been with Bush 90% of the time, as a political albatross around his opponent's neck and saying it proves he cannot bring change to Washington

This is the most appalling case of BBC bias TB has ever seen.

2042 BBC North America editor Justin Webb: Now Mr Obama is on the attack with the idea that Mr McCain is a Bush clone and must take responsibility for the Bush years. Mr McCain parries successfully with the fact - and it is a fact - that he and the president have not seen eye to eye on some pretty important questions. Stale. Boring.

2043 Obama says the first question on Iraq is whether they should have gone to war, he points out he opposed it six years ago at huge political risk to himself and says US hadn't finished the job in Afghanistan and caught Bin Laden when it went to war with Iraq

This man is inherently biased toward Obama and should resign.