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

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?

While we have some of the toughest anti-discrimination laws in the world, we are blind to some of the most flagrant discrimination - against men.

http://www.charlieglickman.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/tiny-violin.jpg

Tory MP to legalise male pregnancy — report

Yes it is about time that men stood up for themselves and the feminsts why dont they just STFU

Judging by PMQs the Labour tactic now appears to be to get Cameron and Osbourne to say "we will not change course" as many times as possible so they can throw that quote back in their faces when the country goes back into recession. Possibly astute, they're fabricating Cameron's own "end to boom and bust" and I'm surprised he's falling for it.

jacob rees-mogg is a bit of a cunt isn't he

although I know nothing willing to bet annunziata rees-mogg also a cunt

don't really want grammar schools back thx neil

Love how the 'Big Society tsar' doesn't like working for free out of hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2011/02/holding.html

New Coulson dude. Can't wait for the wave of cognitive dissonance to hit all the comments box nutters when they discover a BBC journalist might possibly be right-wing.

not unlike Nick Robinson?

Can't save libraries, can save some pots:

Rare decorative Japanese porcelain which once belonged to the family of Diana, Princess of Wales, has been temporarily barred from export to allow time for a fundraising campaign that may keep it in the UK.

Culture minister Ed Vaizey has halted the movement of the lacquered pieces that were sold last year by auction house Christie's to an anonymous buyer for almost £110,000.

The three lidded jars and two trumpet vases from the late 17th century had been in Diana's family for more than 250 years.

They were auctioned in July as part of a large sale of furniture, art and other Spencer family treasures which raised just over £21 million in total.

Ahh, Ed fuckin' Vaizey.

love and kisses,
former constituent and current holder of an Oxfordshire libraries card

Vaizey likes a vase.

(US Pronounciation, obv)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8303000/Sally-Bercow-photoshoot-made-me-look-like-a-complete-idiot.html

kind of an amusing sideshow

"Hey, wrap youself in a sheet and go stand next to the houses of parliament luv, oh, and how sexy is the HOP?"

Hmm, might not be a good look?

Nobody here vexed about tree ownership?

I bet the government loses that vote.

I sense a u-turn coming up, fatboy + his bum chum are for turning. Plus Big Society LOLs.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/8303000/Sally-Bercow-photoshoot-made-me-look-like-a-complete-idiot.html

kind of an amusing sideshow

― history mayne, Friday, 4 February 2011 11:45 Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Good to know the Telegraph has its fair share of comment nutters.