DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived Cleggeron era

Every Tory minister interviewed now has to mention "the mess they've been left with" every third sentence. Kudos to the on-messageness.

I know I shdn't be surprised but they are gonna pull off a really staggeringly right wing reshape of the country and 95 percent of the populace - including the people paid to report about it - aren't even gonna blink?

Thanks once again, Liberal Democrat voters wherever you are

Don't worry tho, I'm sure Nu Nu Old Labour will get on the job once they've got a leader in place. October 2011, isn't it?

xpost hey, they weren't to know, were they?

Royal Mail to be privatised or sold, government says

Here's hoping nobody in the Hebrides needs any letters delivered in future.

The ones who voted SNP and Labour are fucked, some compromise can no doubt be found to deliver Liberal Democrat voters' mail. No-one voted Tory.

Privatisation of Royal Mail has been on the cards for, what, three or four years now? Does anyone actually want to buy it?

It would be nice if Osborne waited until there were actually some jobs in this country before pretending that millions of people are on the dole for shits and giggles. He seems utterly unapologetic about the fact that he's only doing it for the sake of saving money, the justifications seem increasingly half arsed. At some point he'll just ask Cameron if he's allowed to stop bothering with them.

A few LibDems MPs have finally started going "hang on, this isn't what we signed up for". Surprised we haven't had a defection yet.

I'm told one or two might be in the offing (from what you might call left-ish LD sources) but they might just be saying that. You know, like all that stuff they said before the election. One or two is not enough though is it?

No, and even half a dozen simultaneous defectors would probably just be roundly disparaged as traitors/trots/milquetoasts by the filth press

The narrative of delicately-poised but sensible Tory/Lib Stockholm syndrome partnership has been established and short of another recessive spiral will probably survive for some time

Yeah, I can't see it happening myself (ok, maybe Charles Kennedy) this is their one best shot at having any kind of power. I guess if I was an MP and I saw local by-elections going against me I might be tempted though. Hello Simon Wright of Norwich South...

Trying to wonder what the slurs against Labour MP Charles Kennedy will centre around.

guess if I was an MP and I saw local by-elections going against me I might be tempted though. Hello Simon Wright of Norwich South...

For that you'll have to wait to part II of the now feature length Cleggeron extravaganza

Who is "businessman richard hooper" and why does he get a say in one of the country's national resources getting sold off? Shit like this makes my blood boil.

Richard Hooper = former Chairman of OFCOM and he was working for the Labour government on Royal Mail as well fwiw.

Better get on and post the letter to NI sitting on my kitchen table before BT postcodes have a £5 surcharge

Well done to Brendan Barber for coining the "demolition government" pun. Only took four months.

http://www.gearbits.com/images/thumbs-up.gif

That's about the only notable thing he's done in his entire career

Shit like this makes my blood boil, reminds me why I hated so many of the last government's Home Secretaries.

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Mehdi Hasan
Did the Israeli army sexually abuse Palestinian children?

ah, good old new statesman

I cannot find any reference to this story, or any follow-ups on the allegations, on any mainstream, news websites, perhaps because the claims are "uncorroborated" - or, perhaps, because of the pro-Israeli bias of much of the western media.

better get lorax on the case

"Moslem"

the model on their 'france turns right' cover is looking to their left, nice work guys

and yeah lol at 'pro-Israeli bias'

the model on their 'france turns right' cover is looking to their left, nice work guys

LOL, couldn't-make-it-up etc

We're all in this together

You've lost your job, now buy the t-shirt

limited shelf life surely

Reverse says "Blame him, he voted Lib Dem"

With the arrow, obv.

Getting sick of the Tories hijacking a perfectly pleasant High School Musical song.

Nu Old Nu Labour need to hit back, maybe something from Hairspray? "The Nicest Kids in Town" sounds like a winning slogan.

what, "Stick to the Status Quo" ? (xpost)

I'm not sure I care very much about the Queen's speech but can you imagine if the last gov had tried it?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/sep/13/government-cancels-2011-queens-speech

Look forward to Peter Hitchens going mental in the Mail about the destruction of our ancient constitution and liberties.

That gives the coalition a very long time to get a lot of controversial and unpopular policies through the houses. Dodgy as fuck.

"In order to save democracy it was necessary to suspend democracy"

The first of the two walkouts could disrupt coverage of the Conservative Party conference while the second would fall on the day the government publishes the details of its planned cuts to public spending.

This will end well for the BBC.

anyone in the bbc on a permanent contract who thinks they have it hard can fuck off and die imo

eg anyone i know is on rolling or 6 month contracts max, and doesn't complain if they are asked to do something or the paperclips are changed or their chair allowance is revoked or whatever the hell...

anyone in the bbc on a permanent contract who thinks they have it hard can fuck off and die imo

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 13 September 2010 23:09 (14 minutes ago)

this a precursor to the coalition's eventual policy in which everyone at the bbc will be asked to fuck off and die

they should just do a logans run style cull, pretty much guarantee anyone who supports this strike is a lifer/the typical whingebag anyone in the beeb who actually wants to do their job has to suffer on a daily basis.

R, that actually sounds a little bit Thatcherbaby.

"a little"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEeCh4d9wIw

... and people wonder why I left.

I think that fellow first got involved with local politics when he was disallowed from putting a flagpole in the tiny front garden of his little Sidmouth guest house ("Fawlty Towers", honestly), and he responded by painting the whole front of the place in the colours of the union flag.

He initially stood for the Monster Raving Loony party, I think. Certainly he stayed involved with various Loony splinter groups for some time. He's a Tory now, I see. There's a shock.

OK, I'm confused.

Is it that the BBC is institutionally left wing, or is it the unions?

The way the Daily Mail is reporting it, is that the unions are saying "We Strike" and the management are going "Splendid! Why not pick two days when the conservatives are outlining their brave new world to the masses? Then NO ONE WILL KNOW!!!