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

Yeah I think that's probably going to happen whatever.

Labour could do with a bit more malcolm tucker and a bit less introspection and "learning".

This is just flat-out wrong. Labour lost the election because, aside from the economy, NOBODY LIKED THEM. Unless they work out what to do about that then the whole exercise of electing a new leader, any new leader, is basically pointless. Classic New Labour approach appears to be all thinking about what you're going to do to achieve power and not enough about what you're going to do when you're there.

― Matt DC

I wasn't saying that. I was talking specifically about the people the party has "backstage" who seriously need to get a bit tougher.

That's probably true.

Did He Jump Or Was He Pushed, Part 2

Is being "likeable" a good thing even? At the moment all I want is someone who can take Osbourne apart every time he opens his mouth. Is that too much to ask for?

xps.

Chancellors of the Exchequer aren't generally employed on the grounds of likeability, are they?

http://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/28418458743996416

what a cunt, eh?

^^^One of the reasons I want Marina Hyde to come back from wherever she's been hiding.

Almost tempted to register a twitter acct just so I can hurl abuse at that stupid motherfucker. A "good man" does not allow the illegal interception of our elected representative's telephones to happen under his watch.

Is being "likeable" a good thing even? At the moment all I want is someone who can take Osbourne apart every time he opens his mouth. Is that too much to ask for?

that'd make anyone instantly likeable.

I saw a very glum Fraser Nelson (he of the strange strangulated vowwwwyelll souuuuaaands) discussing Balls' appointment, subtext: Osborne is shitting himself. People seem to forget that before the election Osborne was considered a liability.

Yeah they really wanted Balls as leader rather than shadow Chancellor I think.

Anyway, does this mean Coulson lied under oath?

Or "doing a Sheridan" as it's known in Glasgow

what, when he got married?

"doing a Sheridan" would involve launching a defamation suit or some shit that drags on for years and eventually forces him to lie even more about himself

And being involved in a three-in-a-bed sex romp with wee Billy Davies... allegedly

god who gives a shit what Tommy Sheridan did in bed... still kind of amazed @ that whole episode

Sort of thing Andy Coulson used to have an avid (possibly bordering on illegal) interest in

Anyway LOL @ his resignation superseding Blair's appearance at the Iraq Inquiry as the main news story - is this the level of news management skillz we can expect from the Tories now Shady Andy's gone?

They still have Steve Hilton - the real Fucker.

fraser nelson george galloway duncan bannatyne and sheena easton in a room having a weird accent competition dunno who wins

Jis whit're ye tryna say, radge?

hell is other people fraser nelson george galloway duncan bannatyne and sheena easton in a room

Denis Law wins any weird accent comapetition hands doaaaooouuuuwn

Accent overload is that woman on the Daybreak "text-in" competition, offering fifty thoyzond poyndz.

why exactly is balls seen as unlikeable? any specific incidents? judging from that gcse pop quiz vid upthread he's a #1 bro

^^ quite possibly CoS material, in spite of the vaguely Brannah-ish mouth.

Balls is more right-wing than most on social issues, especially the stance he feels Labour should have taken on immigration. He was Brown's best mate. He's pugilistic fighter type. His surname is "Balls". These are not usually qualities associated with likeable blokes.

is there an ilx discussion somewhere of C4's programme called 10 o'clock live or something with the 4 people?

People seem to forget that before the election Osborne was considered a liability.

Yes. And all he's done since the election is try and act/talk tougher not toffer.

pinefox, maybe there should be! I haven't seen it.

Twitter went mad about it last night, general consensus seemed to be: Mitchell = terrified, Laverne = very good with a tough job, Brooker = okay, Jimmy Carr = woeful.

I did see the programme, mostly, though changing channel etc

I must admit these are 4 really quite big names in current media world and that in itself is kind of interesting
of the 4, I like Mitchell best

the programme really wasn't very good though!

Laverne was bad
Brooker was bad (and it is odd that he seems to have been considered for years as an amazing satirist superior to rubbish TV-land, when he goes on TV and is just as rubbish as anything else)
Carr - I don't like him but his initial stand-up was maybe the best thing in it
Mitchell does have wit but was kind of out of his depth (and he has more depth than the others)

I'm afraid the appeal of Lauren Laverne is a mystery to me

programme was bad my main gripe being the loud live audience which is one of the main selling points?

I like most of the presenters, can even stand Jimmy Carr at times, but thought the programme was almost invariably awful. The loud audience did indeed make it even more horrible to watch. Most astute tweet I saw said something like 'the funny bits aren't funny and the serious bits aren't informative' = otm.

i love these tweets:

Coulson resigns "to spend more time listening to other people's families".
@RopesToInfinity

Show your appreciation for Andy Coulson. Leave him a message of a support on your voicemail.
@davidschneider

Coulson first learned of his resignation when listening to David Cameron's voicemail.
@bristolpaul

10 o' clock was all trying to follow on from Jon Stweart (I see More 4 have recently buried Jon at 11pm). The problem you just don't think any of the presenters care about any of it (Brooker has been a commentator on the coverage, a very different thing). This thing is meant to run for 15 weeks and you almost wanna watch to see how Carr is gonna keep being interested past week 5.

dicus-ed here:

TS: Ali G vs all the other bits of the 11 O'Clock Show

Rumour is that suspended NOTW News Editor Ian Edmonson was about to turn Coulson in, hence the statement.

― Matt DC, Friday, January 21, 2011 11:30 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark

Careful now!

http://orderorder.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ed.jpg

Apparently, AJ's wife 'just left him'...

― Mark G, Thursday, 20 January 2011 16:57 (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I think I'm still safe with this one though.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12257155

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UqMyldS7Q&ob=av3nm

THE weird/ible thing is that "plus nobody i knoe got killed in south c0entral LA" sits here . today i didn#t even haveta use my ak

exactly

UGHHH tories:

Tory MP calls for 'male equality'

haha @ him saying "women, or other minorities". WOMEN ARE NOT A MINORITY

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/24/article-1350128-0CE44305000005DC-734_233x339.jpg

nobber

is he married to melanie phillips?