Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The Telegraph's report that "A secretive company run by the brother of Tony Blair’s main adviser is profiting from being a key player in the development of Libya’s lucrative tourist industry" seems interesting and worthy of comment but I cannot see any coverage in the blogosphere, why? The Telegraph report much that is of interest in this article and in fact you really need to...
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
While Nadine Dorries has settled her claim for libel against Damian McBride (with Damian having to pay legal costs including for Guido’s time spent serving him with the papers) she has not yet settled her claims against HM Government. She has until April to commence proceedings, just in time for the whole Smeargate saga to be [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
MP for Mid Bedfordshire says former No 10 spin doctor has settled with her for unconfirmed sum A Tory MP who was targeted by the so-called "smeargate" emails has said that she has been paid damages by the Downing Street adviser who resigned over the scandal. Nadine Dorries welcomed the decision by Gordon Brown's former spin doctor Damian McBride to settle and expects it to strengthen her...
Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Another Black Day for Gordon - SpeccieTory MP Receives Damages For ‘Smeargate’ – SkyThe Cameroon ‘Blair Complex’ – ConservativeHomeLamentable’ failures led to Nimrod crash that killed 14 – IndyBernard Jenkin Must Repay £63,000 - MirrorLabour MP: Mandelson Briefing Against Brown - Tory RascalVoters Say State Too Big – IndyHomophobia is a Right...
OberonHouston (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Yesterday Tom Watson , the former Minister for Digital Engagement and close ally of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, received £50k in damages from the Mail on Sunday (MoS) and The Sun Newspapers over an article written by top political blogger Iain Dale. In the MoS article written by Iain Dale it was asserted that Tom Watson had been cc'd on the Smeargate emails between Damian McBride and Derek...
Guy Fawkes' blog (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Sort of jealous that Guido’s old sparring partner Tom Watson has reputedly trousered circa £50,000 from the combined damages he received from the Mail on Sunday and the Sun. Tax free as well, that will more than make up for his loss of £400-a-month cash he claimed (no receipts necessary) in expenses for groceries. Guido [...]
Tory Bear (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Apologies for the delay in the write up but TB had some serious sleep to catch up on. The last weekend at Wellington College for YBF6 was an extremely sound gathering of some of the brightest minds in the grassroots movement of both today and the next generation. It was a refreshingly honest look at where conservatives in this country really are at. Behind those closed rural doors people were a lot...
Ellee Seymour (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
I spotted Guido Fawkes – the man who claimed the scalp of Derek Draper and Damien McBride in the Smeargate scandal – as he left the Conservative conference and asked his views about David Cameron’s speech. I finished by asking whether he would vote Conservative. You will have to play the video to find out his [...]
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
A BAE Systems insider from the AL-Yamamah and AL-Salam Projects in Saudi Arabia, is supplying internal BAE, Saudi, and UK MOD documents to the US Department of Justice (DoJ) which is carrying out an investigation into alleged corruption. The samples we have seen include correspondence between high ranking officers in the British and Saudi military responsible [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/10/2009
Serious Fraud Office set to prosecute UK arms giant BAE over cash-for-contracts claims after plea bargaining talks stall The Serious Fraud Office is expected to announce this morning that it will take the politically momentous decision to seek to prosecute BAE over bribery allegations. The UK arms giant failed last night to meet a deadline to settle the case or face the courts. The company is accused...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
• Arms giant given deadline to plead guilty in deal • Company firmly denies all allegations of wrongdoing The Serious Fraud Office is expected to announce shortly whether it will seek to prosecute BAE over bribery allegations after the arms giant failed tonight to meet an ultimatum to settle the case or face the courts. Sources close to the SFO said the agency would decide what to do tomorrow...
Tory Bear (Free subscription) | 30/09/2009
It seems that Paul Waugh did a double take too when listening to Harriet Harman's sexist rantings this lunchtime. As TB said at the time , it seems Ms. Harman has been attending evening classes at the Damian McBride School of Political Studies. Paul goes into more detail : Contrasting Labour's record on equalities and feminism with that of the Tories, she said that David Cameron would extend foxhunting...
And another thing... (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
RIGHT wing bloggers have been banging on for months about “Smeargate”, insisting (and probably believing in their own minds) that what McBride and Draper were up to was somehow typical of the Labour Party. They’re wrong, of course. What McBride was suggesting was vile and reprehensible and the Labour Party immediately recognised that. Smears are not [...]
OberonHouston (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I tell you what , I've got to give Tory Bear a big Hat-Tip right up-front. He is an observant wee boy. Let me explain, much of the really good stories in the blogosphere are attributed to investigative work, but most of this is mundane and time-consuming searching on the web. It might sound easy, but it's not. If a developing story was easy to spot, everyone would be running with it. The fact is that...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/09/2009
Five months after the event, the legal tussle over "Smeargate" has begun. Nadine Dorries, pictured, the Tory MP falsely accused by Labour spinners Damian McBride and Derek Draper of having an affair, has sued her accusers for libel.
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