A Recess Monkey source, on his way to The North, this morning called me in a panic after being surrounded at Euston station by an army of preppy young men in Chinos.
“Aha!”, I said, reassuring the young man. “You have not happenstanced across a Rick Astley convention. Obviously, you have encountered a gaggle of young Conservatives on their way to Crewe.”
No doubt, a strict directive has been issued to all Tory activists to dress down when migrating to The North, so the natives don’t see them as “Toffs”. Hence the uniform chinoage.
Indeed, as the Toffs in mufti arrived at Crewe, they were seen with one Ms Theresa “Nasty Party” May, by way of confirmation.
And in the distance, we hear Frank Field singing to Gordon: “never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you…”
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Ramon said this on May 15th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Is “gaggle” really the collective noun for Tory activists?
Jimbob said this on May 15th, 2008 at 10:42 am
And what is the correct dress code in Crewe? Donkey jacket and flat cap?
sue said this on May 15th, 2008 at 10:42 am
If the Tory candidate at Crewe is a toff on the basis that he lives in a £ 1 million mansion,what goes that make Tony and the vulgarian who have two mansions each worth £ 4 million?
kevin said this on May 16th, 2008 at 9:32 am
I used to think highly of F Field, but he believed Brown and Darling on the 10p, so has obviously developed amnesia or senility. Pity, but scratch a labour politician and you always get a turncoat
beachhutman said this on May 16th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Fantastic New Labour strategy at C&N managing to drive away voters in droves,has nobody told Steve McCabe that the class war finished in the 60’s (even in sunny Glasgow).
What a total tithead.
kevin said this on May 18th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Good ol’ Labour eh? Always there to fight prejudice. Except prejudice against people they don’t like. In which case, they’re always there to deal it out. Which, for conservatives, is great news because we can just add this to the long list of their weaknesses and wrongdoings.
Is that the sound of an election campaign backfiring I hear..?
Gary Monro said this on May 19th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I think you might have bumped into some of our chaps. But most of us are heading down the A40 to meet up at Moyra’s country estate ready for canvassing in Crewe on Wednesday. See you there?
Luke Akehurst said this on May 19th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Crewe and Nantwich by-election battering quiz. Simple questions. Multiple choice answers. No prizes, not even for toffs. Just see you how get on.
http://plattitude.blogspot.com/2008/05/crewe-and-nantwich-by-election.html
steve platt said this on May 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 am
Tories 49%, Labour 30%
A FREE BRITAIN, A CONSERVATIVE BRITAIN!
Sunil said this on May 28th, 2008 at 10:05 am