en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/4613894 Comments by woolfiesmith http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2013/09/why-we-need-a-minister-for-consumers.html#IDComment726814686 Totally again. I'm afraid Ms Sandys talking about business is actually a bit of a laugh considering that she hasn't the first clue about business in the 21st century. I speak as a business owner in her constituency. Her government adding more regulation to the destruction of the High Street whilst employing TV personalities to front up campaigns to save retail. You could't make it up. Just how incompetent are the Tories these days Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:35:24 +0000 http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2013/09/why-we-need-a-minister-for-consumers.html#IDComment726814686 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/09/rob-gray.html#IDComment718881777 If we expand Heathrow ( or Gatwick or Stansted for that matter) by how much do we expect to expand the M25 to enable people to get there? We would be better off expanding many regional airports rather than one big one Thu, 12 Sep 2013 17:49:33 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/09/rob-gray.html#IDComment718881777 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/09/most-of-the-time-i-dont-think-about-being-adopted-any-more-than-i-think-about-the-colour-of-my-eyes-or-the-size-of-my.html#IDComment715696869 As an employer I can tell you that our education system is outdated and antiquated . The GCSE system is no longer fit for purpose and was never very relevant once it was decided that a majority of people should got to university. Education has become a results tables exercise based on memorising some key and mostly useless data. The entire curriculum is past its sell by date Sat, 7 Sep 2013 10:14:10 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/09/most-of-the-time-i-dont-think-about-being-adopted-any-more-than-i-think-about-the-colour-of-my-eyes-or-the-size-of-my.html#IDComment715696869 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/09/david-cameron-walks-tall-but-was-failed-by-pygmies.html#IDComment712135173 What an arrogant load of anti democratic nonsense from this nonentity of a person. The majority of the people are sick of politicians war mongering, if that makes us Little Englander Pygmies, fine, meanwhile Rogers is still a moron. Sun, 1 Sep 2013 18:40:47 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/09/david-cameron-walks-tall-but-was-failed-by-pygmies.html#IDComment712135173 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/from-paulmaynardmp-turn-your-back-on-hs2-and-you-turn-your-back-on-the-north-of-england.html#IDComment709447234 21stcnow ha ha ha that is irony for you someone with your moniker telling people they're against modernity when you are proposing a 19th century form of transport. You couldn't make it up, you really couldn't Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:27:57 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/from-paulmaynardmp-turn-your-back-on-hs2-and-you-turn-your-back-on-the-north-of-england.html#IDComment709447234 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment706638653 For sure if your aim is to make yourself look an utter tool....oh wait a minute Tory Party Policy Sat, 24 Aug 2013 12:43:54 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment706638653 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705955931 Oh thats alright then Axstane only members of the government in the Lords then oh and Jonathan Aitken. Blimey no problem there then Fri, 23 Aug 2013 13:07:55 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705955931 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705855403 Iain look on the bright side if UKIP are that poor YOU could stand as a candidate and you might even get chosen. Or is your failure to be picked as a candidate for the Tories after more than half a dozen attempts due to the fact that you're an amateur ? Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:05:54 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705855403 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705853769 Remind us how many Tories have been in prison in the last few years? How many are currently serving time. I think you are on very dodgy ground with that one Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:03:03 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705853769 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705852748 Oh you do stand up for the 2nd rate and we admire your Cameron loyalty and tenacity in the face of all the evidence Fri, 23 Aug 2013 10:01:28 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thecolumnists/2013/08/from--2.html#IDComment705852748 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/ukip-have-been-on-a-roll-but-their-latest-infighting-shows-they-arent-invulnerable.html#IDComment704350782 Surprised they found room amongst all the Tory, Labour and Libs doing time at HM's convenience Wed, 21 Aug 2013 14:28:01 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/ukip-have-been-on-a-roll-but-their-latest-infighting-shows-they-arent-invulnerable.html#IDComment704350782 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/andrew-lilico-mps-are-not-employed-by-voters-to-listen-to-voters-concerns.html#IDComment702859640 And then totally ignore them. Or when responding by letter have a habit of telling people far more expert than themselves why they are going to ignore them and do just what the government have decided to do anyway Mon, 19 Aug 2013 14:52:05 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/andrew-lilico-mps-are-not-employed-by-voters-to-listen-to-voters-concerns.html#IDComment702859640 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/joe-baron.html#IDComment697993577 Like you I was in my youth in the 1960's. Let me tell you what happened in the intervening 50 years. A political revolution and the end of the cold war, a technological revolution, a communication revolution yet we are STILL trying to tout 1960's qualifications as the criteria, can no-one see why this wont work? Can no-one understand that fully 50 years after IT went mainstream it is STILL not taught as a subject in UK schools. Its about time we had a very good overhaul of education to make it 1) Fit for purpose 2) Relevant to the pupils in it Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:03:25 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/joe-baron.html#IDComment697993577 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/joe-baron.html#IDComment697991192 I would disagree Gove is just trying to turn the clock back to a time when GCSE's meant something. Its the 21st century people the whole of our curriculum is not fit for purpose. After 50 years of the IT revolution UK schools have just started to look at teaching real IT skills. No wonder our young people cant get work in an economy crying out for STEM skills Sun, 11 Aug 2013 19:55:06 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/08/joe-baron.html#IDComment697991192 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/why-cant-we-be-told-how-many-members-the-conservative-party-has.html#IDComment697495445 Peter Theres absolutely no point in having a fantastic sales and marketing strategy if your product is low quality, high priced, the same as the competition and not wanted by the customers. The current Conservative Leadership could have all the worlds greatest strategists but it wont do them the slightest bit of good, Not enough people want the product Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:17:42 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/why-cant-we-be-told-how-many-members-the-conservative-party-has.html#IDComment697495445 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/camerons-everywhere-and-that-aint-necessarily-a-bad-thing.html#IDComment697351494 And 200,000 LESS members and a failure to win a majority against the worst PM in history and the biggest financial crash since the 1920's. Blimey fella you are easily pleased. Wanna buy a bridge? Sat, 10 Aug 2013 12:00:46 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/camerons-everywhere-and-that-aint-necessarily-a-bad-thing.html#IDComment697351494 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/camerons-everywhere-and-that-aint-necessarily-a-bad-thing.html#IDComment697348872 Kneejerk politics is the CAUSE of our problems NOT the solution Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:54:44 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/camerons-everywhere-and-that-aint-necessarily-a-bad-thing.html#IDComment697348872 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/camerons-everywhere-and-that-aint-necessarily-a-bad-thing.html#IDComment697347820 Er not so much everywhere as ..... all over the place. No coherent ideas, no policies no strategy . Just continued kneejerk reactions most of which have to be backed out of faster than adopted. The new Conservative Party and both their members are an abysmal joke Sat, 10 Aug 2013 11:52:02 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/thetorydiary/2013/08/camerons-everywhere-and-that-aint-necessarily-a-bad-thing.html#IDComment697347820 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2013/08/labour-co-op-mps-slam-zero-hours-contractswhile-their-own-donor-uses-them.html#IDComment694366924 So youre saying zero hour contracts are fine as long as not too many workers are on them in any one employer? Mon, 5 Aug 2013 17:47:15 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2013/08/labour-co-op-mps-slam-zero-hours-contractswhile-their-own-donor-uses-them.html#IDComment694366924 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/07/prem-sharma.html#IDComment692581719 Nobody has joined UKIP because of Peter Cruddas. Peter Cruddas might Fri, 2 Aug 2013 16:55:03 +0000 http://conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2013/07/prem-sharma.html#IDComment692581719