Dirty Party Tricks

The EU referendum gets forever closer and the Tory Party tricks get worse, starting with a shocking attempt to change purdah laws, which would have allowed our British government to use our tax money to tell you via TV advertisements how to be good EU citizens, love the EU and vote for the EU, we now have the latest nasty gimmick a letter direct from the Party board, stating what TORY MEMBERS CANT DO.

Tory HQ has sent letters to Conservative Association chairs warning them not to step out of line on the EU referendum

The Party Board has decided that Party resources, which includes any buildings, equipment, or finances, must not be made available to either campaign or any third party participants in the campaign.

The letter goes on to say

    “Individual members of the Party may of course take part in the forthcoming campaign on any side they wish, but they may only do so as individuals and must not suggest that they are representing the Party nor must they make use of any party resource to which they have access.”

So local West Midland Eurosceptic Tory Party members CAN NOT say they are Tories if they campaign on the “Get Out the EU”  and quit now side?

This new rule leaves a strange anomaly, Tory leaders like Cameron and Osborne bang on about the dangers of leaving the EU and are openly Pro EU, so are we to assume the party board consider that acceptable?

Is it not time Cameron and Osborne should also work to this new rule and state:-

Who are Cameron and Osborne representing ?

Do Cameron and Osborne speak in a personal capacity or party Capacity? 
What is the point of  "Conservatives for Britain"?

Or could it be one rule for grass roots members 

and another for the boss ?

The Party now has a massive problem looming, at local level the membership is quite steadfast in its Conservatism, while the parties “select” London elite drift forever away from the grass roots, into a veritable wonderland

The end result will I fear produce a massive problem selecting election candidates for the 2016 local elections and the 2020 General election.

The London management within this misguided party elite will ensure that the candidates for both council and PPC's are “on message and EU loving”.

Trouble is the local associations will simply not select them and I look forward to multiple selection meetings, with Conservative head office sending in Management called in to force associations to have their “appointed” candidates over those locally chosen.

Blogger said

When local Tories are banned from campaigning against Europe at public meetings, they are banned from using their offices or office computers to campaign, and have to tell everyone they are not Tories one wonders whats happening within the party.

 The main trouble is their leader Cameron, who won the leadership battle saying he was Eurosceptic a plain lie, the other alternative is if he campaigns for in and the people vote OUT he has to resign 

If he campaigns for an out and the people vote IN he has to resign 
so this could be more about protecting Cameron than protecting our country

 

What has happened to democracy?