Tory wannabe Rachel Joyce uses her blog to give Recess Monkey a lecture on ethics. While Recess Monkey doesn't claim to be demonstrably ethical, he isn't a Tory and therefore hasn't dedicated himself to lining up the world's poor and buggering them one by one. I suspect Ms Joyce is still smarting from Recess Monkey's outing of

A senior member of David Cameron's Conservative team says "recession can be good for you" as anyone who loses their job will be able to spend more time with their family! Andrew Lansley's offensive comments, made on an official Conservative Party website, are revealed on the Recess Monkey blog. As the Monkey says, Lansley has let the cat out of the Tory bag and provided proof if it were ...

1. Country Baronet Gideon George Osborne urged people to get out of the red and keep in the black. 2. Guido Fawkes is causing embarrassment to the Tory high command by attracting raucous cheers wherever he goes, notably more so than any Conservative politicians. 3. Tooting Tory PPC Mark Clarke is even less popular than Recess Monkey’s

Guido stalks the Tories I hope his presence does some good, Recess Monkey is reporting that Guido Fawkes is causing embarrassment to the Tory high command by attracting raucous cheers wherever he goes, notably more so than any Conservative politicians. (I do hope that Guido is sober) As Cameron tries his best to look ready for government

Conservativehome raises two issues today that I felt Recess Monkey readers should know about. Firstly, Tory Harrow Councillor Eileen Kinnear (pictured) has been expelled from Harrow Conservative Group. Just thought you should know. Though I have no idea what she did to piss off the Harrow Tory hierarchy. The Tories have also cancelled their selection of a parliamentary

Online Tory Magazine Conservativehome publishes this performance ranking of the Shadow Cabinet. While Caroline Spelman’s recent buffeting explains her ranking “plunge”, Recess Monkey notes that five of the bottom six spots are taken by women. The only other woman in the Shadow Cabinet is Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, who breaks into the heady heights of popularity with

That cheeky scamp Alex Hilton, Labour’s candidate for Chelsea and Fulham at the next General Election aka Recess Monkey has got two polls going at the moment. On RM he asks: By Spring 2009, George Osborne will be… * Shadow Home Secretary * Chairman of the Conservative Party

I rather approved of Michael Gove's complaints about lads' mags yesterday. Their values are crass and it ought to be possible for a politician to criticise something without being assumed to be calling for it to be banned. But now Recess Monkey had discovered that in April 2005 (in other words, in the run up to the general election at which he was first elected) Gove's constituency ...

In an exclusive poll for Recess Monkey International, the political establishment has cast its die. George Osborne’s career is over! With over 300 votes cast, Recess Monkey’s eminent and respected readership has declared that by the Spring of 2009, the Shadow Chancellor of thew Exchequer will be out of his post and earning a living as

Alex Hilton, the man (presuming Alex is short for Alexander, not Alexandra) behind Recess Monkey, has tried to do a hatchet job on me on his once widely read blog (he's clearly given up: only two posts since the start of the month: tsk!). Alas he was as successful as John McCain in the presidential poll this week. Poor fellow.  While taking part in Iain Dale's coverage of the electi...