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ThunderDragon.

I just realised that this is to be my one thousandth post here on this blog.

It really doesn't seem all that long ago that I posted for the first time, and even less so when 100 posts was quite a number!

Since I started, this blog has been through a couple of template redesigns and a new domain name, and posts covering a wide number of political - and non-political - issues.

I have enjoyed writing the past thousand posts,and I hope you have enjoyed reading all of the ones which you have read - and I thank for doing so. I have enjoyed reading the comments which readers have posted, and long may it continue!

Hopefully you'll stick around for, and enjoy reading, my next thousand posts!

The top 500 political blogs in the UK.


54 in the Top 100 Centre-Right blogs and 135 in the top 500 Political Blogs. I'm happy with that!

This quiz knows it's stuff. I am a red dragon - even though I'm not a socialist!


A RED Dragon Lies Beneath!

My inner dragon is the most vile and crafty of all dragons. Remember Smaug? He was a red dragon, just like me! And just in case that's not cool enough for you, reds are Fire Elemental dragons, too.
Click the image to try the Inner Dragon Online Quiz for yourself.

Yes, we are! Even if the monkey with a blue rosette doesn't think so. He included Mutley the dog, and the Millennium Elephant, but not me, ThunderDragon!

When I first came out as a Conservative, nobody believed me. "Why do you want to be a Tory? You can't be a Tory!" they cried. "Is it 'cos I is red?" I asked. Yes, they said. It was 'cos I am red. They thought that all red dragons must be Communists or, at least, Socialists. That offended me.

I didn't choose my colour! I was just made born that way! It's not my fault that my mother, StormDragon, and father, LighteningDragon, happened to be a shade of red! But they cast that curse down to me. Why couldn't I be a nice blue colour like the dragon image I use on here? I'm jealous of the monkey's blue rosette. I want one! People still make the mistake of thinking that I, ThunderDragon, am a Leftie. But I soon put them right. But I wouldn't have to if I had a blue rosette...

Whatever you do, don't forget that dragons are political animals too! Just because I am red doesn't mean that I support Labour! Below is a picture of me with some of my Tory-supporting mates [apologies for the bad photography - the human I employ to do that kind of stuff, including type these posts (you have no idea how many keyboards I ruined at first) isn't very good at it. But you know what they say: if you pay beer, you get a student!]: