tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post8263469707873086552..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: You Know You're a Conservative When...Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-33562719306605400342007-09-02T01:08:00.000+01:002007-09-02T01:08:00.000+01:00When you have a mortgage and suddenly realise high...When you have a mortgage and suddenly realise high taxation isn't a great idea after all.<BR/><BR/>When you know that despite what some lefties claim, this country was a more civil place to live decades ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19442224618422596672007-09-02T00:11:00.000+01:002007-09-02T00:11:00.000+01:00You know you're a Conservative when... you exercis...You know you're a Conservative when... you exercise the courage of your conviction. <BR/><BR/>I will renew my membership when the party withdraw from the EPPAnoneumousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825132566496729272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77543849759932048822007-08-25T03:58:00.000+01:002007-08-25T03:58:00.000+01:00When you consider joining UKIP...When you consider joining UKIP...Crushedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479751225625007588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24877053904762555102007-08-25T00:41:00.000+01:002007-08-25T00:41:00.000+01:00When you've discovered you've been shafted...........When you've discovered you've been shafted...........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65539549688474142582007-08-24T18:54:00.000+01:002007-08-24T18:54:00.000+01:00You know you're a Conservative when, in spite of t...You know you're a Conservative when, in spite of the fact that you just donated money to the Labour Party, they offer you the chance to be their candidate in a by-election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-86222594250007375232007-08-24T16:28:00.000+01:002007-08-24T16:28:00.000+01:00....... the government announces a new policy and .......... the government announces a new policy and you immediately foresee the unintended and undesirable consequences based on your understanding of human nature, basic economics and common sense. Two or three years later and at great expense your predictions are proved entirely correct."The Remittance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104149259707414863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-15293382899388766192007-08-24T15:18:00.000+01:002007-08-24T15:18:00.000+01:00I at 14 Margaret Thatcher rather than Jordan rocks...I at 14 Margaret Thatcher rather than Jordan rocks your boat, you're gay - regardless of politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-27626425267892072182007-08-24T14:47:00.000+01:002007-08-24T14:47:00.000+01:00When you have a rouge hair growing on your face., ...When you have a rouge hair growing on your face., you have a wonky mouth, a strange eye brow, a slight speech impediment and one leg is a bit longer than the other?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-11139507411878998622007-08-24T12:16:00.000+01:002007-08-24T12:16:00.000+01:00when you want to take away the rights, freedoms, a...when you want to take away the rights, freedoms, and money of everyone but your own kind.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-12654739774536689462007-08-24T02:04:00.000+01:002007-08-24T02:04:00.000+01:00...when you keep checking back to see what's the l......when you keep checking back to see what's the latest on this list, and sit back and nod in agreement to a lot of them!Wilberforce (Will) Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834363831204565984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46589572268236513592007-08-24T01:26:00.000+01:002007-08-24T01:26:00.000+01:00Whenever an anti-democratic moron (Shami Chakrabat...Whenever an anti-democratic moron (Shami Chakrabati par excellence)<BR/>is introduced as a "liberal" by the BBC, you think "That's MY word, God damn it!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-54055329244953978022007-08-24T01:18:00.000+01:002007-08-24T01:18:00.000+01:00...when Brown makes overtures to Campbell the capt......when Brown makes overtures to Campbell the caption in your brain is "Asperger's meets Alzheimer's"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37200790224030402932007-08-24T01:12:00.000+01:002007-08-24T01:12:00.000+01:00... when you can find the Falklands straight away ...... when you can find the Falklands straight away on a map, but not Hull.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16435269564109223312007-08-23T16:58:00.000+01:002007-08-23T16:58:00.000+01:00You think Global Warming is probably caused by Ted...You think Global Warming is probably caused by Ted Heath stoking the fires in hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77871096571152889552007-08-23T16:43:00.000+01:002007-08-23T16:43:00.000+01:001....you don't smoke, but you feel sorry for the p...1....you don't smoke, but you feel sorry for the pooor buggers sat outside in the rain because they still choose to<BR/><BR/>2....you still believe that you know how to spend your own money better than Gordon Broon!<BR/><BR/>3....you are tempted to vote UKIP<BR/><BR/>4....you don't see why drinking the problem with warm beer served in a jug makes you look old fashioned<BR/><BR/>5....you think fashion is generally overrated anyway<BR/><BR/>6....but you think tweeds and moleskins are timeless<BR/><BR/>7....you like the banjo and the Wurzles (OK, I admit that one is just me)<BR/><BR/>7a....you believe a sentiment is better than an ideology<BR/><BR/>8....you pretend otherwise, but actually, you don't give a toss what consenting adults do in private, and care less about whom they do it with<BR/><BR/>9....when you wish someone in your party would say "actually, we think we should cut some taxes in order to fuel the economic growth, the proceeds of which we intend to share"<BR/><BR/>10....you cannot understand why we allow foriegn born terrorists committed to this country's destruction to live here, but not Ghurka soldiers decorated for bravery in defending this country!<BR/><BR/>11.....You think that Heffer and Hitchen's are a bit mad and eccentric, but have a point though!<BR/><BR/>12....you think the best way to help people escape poverty is by helping them into work, reducing the taxes they pay, supporting their aspirations for poverty, liberty and family, and that the benefit and tax system achieves exactly the opposite of this<BR/><BR/>13....you don't believe that the state has a monopoly on wisdom and provision of public services<BR/><BR/>14....you instinctively distrust politicians - especially those on your own side<BR/><BR/>15....you still apologise when you bump into people, and hold doors open for ladies<BR/><BR/>16...you think feral youths whould be birched a few times<BR/><BR/>17 ....when you believe in 'carrot' and 'stick', and not just one or the other!<BR/><BR/>18....when you admire people who have acheived great success, not resent them<BR/><BR/>19.... you respect the working poor as much as you admire the working rich<BR/><BR/>20....and finally, despite all the crap, you still love this bloody country, and want it back from those determined to wreck itScipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514885826616402615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16593029714604181632007-08-23T16:16:00.000+01:002007-08-23T16:16:00.000+01:00You feel that this sort of post is complete tripe....You feel that this sort of post is complete tripe.Dan Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18003419431016626023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-88421927542953405652007-08-23T15:55:00.000+01:002007-08-23T15:55:00.000+01:00You have Tory Boy Cameron as leader and think how ...You have Tory Boy Cameron as leader and think how in the name of all thats holy did we ever end up with this fool as party leader?Fidothedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13588552210424845667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-57390567608108989242007-08-23T15:53:00.000+01:002007-08-23T15:53:00.000+01:00you lose the next election whichever one it might ...you lose the next election whichever one it might beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-22318698905460447432007-08-23T15:39:00.000+01:002007-08-23T15:39:00.000+01:00You know you’re a Conservative when your thr...You know you’re a Conservative when your three biggest heroes are <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/President-Pope-Prime-Minister-Changed/dp/1596980168" REL="nofollow">Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and the Pope</A>.Laurence Boycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17838530535994771528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8331064958621854512007-08-23T15:05:00.000+01:002007-08-23T15:05:00.000+01:00....when you think that Norman Tebbit still makes .......when you think that Norman Tebbit still makes sense, that Arthur Scargill deserved a damn good kicking, that PW Botha was misunderstood, and that Cameron should stick to primary school where he belongs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-82258318993916966022007-08-23T14:50:00.000+01:002007-08-23T14:50:00.000+01:00... when you justify your desire to emigrate ASAP ...... when you justify your desire to emigrate ASAP by claiming that the country we live in now is not the Britain we know and love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3953257525632651022007-08-23T13:41:00.000+01:002007-08-23T13:41:00.000+01:00You know you're a conservative when you think that...You know you're a conservative when you think that Ken Clark and Michael Heseltine (and maybe David Cameron) do not qualify for membership of the Conservative Party.<BR/><BR/>Hello UKIP, here I come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-67631825032013495312007-08-23T13:24:00.000+01:002007-08-23T13:24:00.000+01:00...nobody likes you....nobody likes you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-266053900885202792007-08-23T13:16:00.000+01:002007-08-23T13:16:00.000+01:00...you politely ask other parties' activists "how'......you politely ask other parties' activists "how's it going?" on election day, and it's not an attempt to sabotage them.<BR/><BR/>...you do the above, and get told to eff off...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-61862687364337768472007-08-23T13:05:00.000+01:002007-08-23T13:05:00.000+01:00... you're a soulless corporate whore temporarily ...... you're a soulless corporate whore temporarily masquerading as a tree-hugging eco-friendly chappie, all the while biding your time until you can reveal your true agenda of jobs for the boys, tax cuts to the rich, punishing people for being poor and promoting oligarchy and monopoly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com