"Not Bullied To Death"

On the day when a undemocratic, unrepresentative and unaccountable body fails to stop a nominally socialist party from implementing a policy worthy of the far right; on the day when a man who is probably brain dead from a stroke wins an election in one of the most troubled areas of the world; and the day after the Bush administration starts to admit (in a roundabout way)that things are not on track there's me, the ultimate political observer, worrying about something other than politics. This.

Something really bad happened there. I have no idea whether it was murder or suicide caused by bullying. I am sure, however, that it was not just co-incidence. And in spite of all the enquiries and all the media attention we are no closer to understanding what happened. From where I am sat, and from what I have read, there is some sort of cover-up going on here.

Four young people are dead. And no-one seems to be able to say why.

Goin' Solo

Just as Paul Weller formed the Style Council, just as Paul McCartney formed Wings and just as Mick Jones formed Big Audio Dynamite, so the Nameless Tory has embarked on his own solo project.

For those of you who have no idea what I am talking about (and I think that probably covers most of the population) I have been an occasional contributor to the Moai's excellent Kalahari Lighthouse and have become a collaborator with him on the new, and hopefully equally excellent, UK Democratic Forum (that's UKDF for those who like abbreviations and aren't intimidated by Forums who sound like Irish terrorists organisations from the 1970's). Most of my sensible, coherent ideas will be on the UKDF. This blog will be more about my caustic observations on modern life than anything useful.

It is probably worth noting that I am neither Nameless nor a Tory. I have a name, and am also not a Tory. True, I voted Tory in 2005, and actively campaigned for this man against this one. But in 2001 I voted Labour, and was briefly a member of the Student Labour Party whilst at university. Basically I support any party has policies that make sense to me. If I had to define myself, it would be as a Democrat (a Lyndon Johnson style Democrat, rather than Hilary Clinton style neo-Republican). "The Nameless Tory" is a wry comment from the Moai about the fact that, compared to him, I am right wing. Don't be scared of my apparent support for the party of Margaret Thatcher...