Conservatives defy gravity

So, after a spiteful and negative campaign from Labour, lies about the cuts THEY would have made (£7 of every £8 the coalition is making) and the entire shadow cabinet supporting AV we have the result.

Ugly bugger isn't he.

2/3 of the electorate rejected AV.

Scotland rejected the Labour Party and overwhelmingly voted SNP - despite Labour having "designed" the Scottish electoral system so that the SNP would NEVER get a majority (so much for Labours democratic "credentials").

More people voted Conservative than Labour. The Conservatives INCREASED the number of councils they control.

The only reason Labour had any gains were due to disaffected LibDems switching votes - surely not "bankers" for a General Election - easy come - easy go !

And where were the gains made? In Northern/Midland cities - full of Labours underclass, Labours public sector workers and Labours tame ethnic "communities". - imported into the UK for just that purpose.

BUT now Labour councils will have to bear the consequences of power - take responsibility for how they handle the cuts, how they innovate and how they treat the people who voted for them.

Now, roll on the referendum for Scottish independence and/or a denial of the rights of Scots and Welsh MP's to vote on English only matters in Parliament.

Roll on the equalisation of constituency sizes.

Roll on the mass inflow of Tory peers to counter Labours gerrymandering of the Lords.

Roll on extensive investigations of Labour voting fraud.

Roll on the new controls on strikes not supported by more than 50% union members.

Roll on Third World immigration controls.




 

Sir Edward Elgar

Why on earth is this guy on my blog? He's from Worcester ooooh thats about 12 miles away!

Well he had a sister live in Bromsgrove and he spent a lot of time here for one particular reason, apart from the sister he loved of course - I suppose thats two reasons.

Elgar was Catholic - a difficult thing to be for an Englishman after the Reformation and the Penal Years when fear and suspicion was directed towards Catholics despite, as St Edmund Campion said prior to his execution, having refused to convert to protestantism :-

"  "In condemning us, you condemn all your own ancestors, all our ancient bishops and kings, all that was once the glory of England -- the island of saints, and the most devoted child of the See of Peter."

The English had, through the long years, after being initially forced to alter their religion, come to view the beliefs of  their ancestors to be somehow foreign.

That changed. After the Relief Acts Catholics were able to enter the professions, military and so on. Many small communities of Catholics who had remained faithful (such as my fathers forbears in deepest Warwickshire) could "come out" and Catholic landed gentry would fund the building of churches again.

One such is St Peters in Bromsgrove.

Hence Elgars visits - he worshipped there.

He also became known as one of Englands, and the worlds, greatest composers.

He also wrote a special piece of music for the church - this would be extremely valuable by now - but some fool of an organist gave it away and it has disappeared without trace !!!

Anyway, here is a little of what he wrote for all of us:-