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

andrew bridgen i think he's called. it's on PM.

oh the bbc "understands" that it is andrew bridgen (who?)

i was hoping it was nadine dorries

lol xps!

Bridgen, sort of Northern + right wing? LOL who isn't right wing in the Tory Party these days... apart from Ken Clarke

This past week with the squabbling, flip flopping and now this feels very like the dying embers of the Major administration. Unfortunately suspect it's going to be like this for a few more years.

yep, 90s revival in full swing, better start taking bets on which tory mp will accidentally hang themselves while dressed as dorothy from the wizard of oz

This Bridgen bloke is the next MP along from us (NW Leicestershire). He's mostly famous for not doing much, although I remember him sticking up for those B&B owners who hated gays (although that was before he was an MP iirc).

Oh yeah, and NW Leicestershire is one of those places that are about 99% white and are obsessed with immigration - there was a BNP councillor there until last month.

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Andrew Bridgen must be really upset at missing out on his first Telegraph front page.

It was nice to believe, just for a while, that Ed Miliband wasn't going to be another craven cock who would capitulate to the right at any given opportunity, even it it was naive.

who would believe a guy who shafted his own brother would be of poor character, crazy

Agreed, BBC headline says it all - You scrounging bastards don't vote anyway so why should I give a fuckLabour not party for benefit cheats - Ed Miliband.. He did (sort of) slag off 'fat cats' but no-one's going to read that far down. Also the end of the speech was just the worst kind of meaningless pap.

So fed up I must put this pic of Eric Pickles here just to cheer myself up.
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This latest thing is cockish but is pure politics, i.e. there's no danger of any of these ideas (i.e. tying housing benefit to employment history) seeing the light of day, is there? But yes it's worrying to realise that THIS is the type of posturing they think they need to be doing right now. WTF.

I think the moment I knew EM was not cut out for greatness was when I saw him being asked whether he believed in God or not. It wasn't what he said, exactly ("No, I don't"), as how he said it. As if he'd been caught out being naughty.

i.e. there's no danger of any of these ideas (i.e. tying housing benefit to employment history) seeing the light of day

Not sure it's necessarily pure politics, there'll be a lot of senior people in the Labour Party saying that's exactly what Miliband should be doing. Not to mention the chances of the Tories going "yes that's a great idea we're having that" and then implementing it to wrongfoot Labour.

That Eric Pickles thing is a chilling cautionary tale I must admit.

The big lad's done well to keep gaining an extra 3kgs per year.

I feel slightly sorry for Eric being in a ismilar situation myself after years of pie chomping but then I remember he still goes on about 'winterval' and 'bin snoops' and I think, fuck him. All the photos of him now look like he's actually got something stored away in his mouth in case he gets peckish in Cabinet (where I am sure they frown on you if you bring in a slice from Greggs).

who would believe a guy who shafted his own brother would be of poor character, crazy

Well, his brother was David Miliband.

Professor Susan Hallam, the research project's leader, said: "Given the current emphasis on social mobility it is surprising that so many children are streamed at such a young age.

"We know that once in a stream the opportunities for movement to another stream are limited so life chances are being determined at a very early age."

Previous research has suggested streaming pupils does not raise standards, and can damage pupils' social development.

Prof Hallam described it as a "blunt instrument" which she thought had "pretty much died out". However, she did acknowledge it made teaching easier.

Former chief inspector of schools Sir Chris Woodhead said he was surprised and delighted schools were streaming children again.

"It seems to me that streaming is rather a good thing," he told the BBC's Today programme.

Just like to remind everybody that Woodhead is still a vindictive Tory cunt.

Disappointing that he's still well enough to appear on the radio.

Balls OTM:

When I myself spoke at Bloomberg, a few weeks after the Chancellor, I explained my concerns about the state of the economy and about the impact that George Osborne's decision would have on jobs and growth.

I was - and remain - deeply suspicious that he was using the imperative of deficit reduction as convenient cover to drive through a deeply ideological programme of cuts to public services and the welfare state.

But since then, I have become more convinced that George Osborne's plan was primarily about electoral politics - rapid tax rises and spending cuts chiefly designed to fit a political timetable that:

- gets the pain over early;

- makes Labour take the blame;

- uses the Liberal Democrats as a human shield;

- hoping to store up a Tory war-chest - bolstered perhaps with the proceeds from a quick sale of Northern Rock - to cut income taxes before the election.

probably worth unpacking your abbreviation & enjoying getting to type out "Balls On The Money", since you have a chance. obviously agree w/the above, i don't know if he's been great at persuading people of this yet though?

That's a no-brainer to those of us who actually pay attention, but merely pointing it out isn't really going to win any votes.

yeah the great thing about tax cuts is that everybody knows what you're up to but most people are more than happy to be bribed

I think Balls is a bit annoyed because the Tories are just better at this sort of thing. Labour in office spent a long time focussing on making themselves difficult to attack from the right while at the same time being excessively cautious, which meant they'd do not much for a while and then start dropping unpopular and pointless shit with an election campaign looming.

Using the LibDems as a human shield is a good line though, unless a furore blows up about it being disrespectful to actual human shields.

not sure human applies to Lib Dems.

so glad that the Labour Party's finally dead and i've got some closure to naive notions of parliamentary democracy ever making this country a better place.

Some John Cleese quote about despair and hope or something here.

Tories use "Shock and Awe" tactics on spending cuts.

Also Balls going "we are governed by right-wing ideologues who don't care about the economy and by the way CUT TAXES NOW!" is not really going to wash.

- makes Labour take the blame;

so unfair! it's almost as if labour actively encouraged the reckless bubble-economy of the 2000s or something.

And Ed Balls had nothing to do with it

Labour will surely win over the public by adopting voodoo-economics (not that there aren't reasons to roll back the Tory increase on VAT, just not the ones that Balls has suggested.)

ohoh http://pastebin.com/K1nerhk0

Crikey

And... Teenager arrested on suspicion of hacking

a bit more http://www.channel4.com/news/claims-lulzsec-hackers-have-obtained-uk-census

they don't seem to be making themselves popular even amongst presumed allies http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6467131/Bethesda_internal_data

Heard about the arrest first, didn't realise it was down to massive government butthurt.

tbh I'm just excited that all the news readers are gonna have to keep saying "Lulzsec" for the next few days

Cameron will claim that "releasing" the data to the Hacking Community is just part of his Big Society initiative and shows his commitment to Open Government and Transparency.

Cameron will have his best Serious Face on for this one

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BT/TalkTalk just lost their appeal against the DEA as well. Nice day for it.

It's a great day for the stalking industry if nothing else.

ONS saying they have no evidence the data has been accessed. Seems a bit rash.

Lulzsec saying they didn't hack the census

that's what I'd say when my mates started getting arrested

Yeah, tho they're also pointing out that they haven't ever claimed to have hacked the census, unlike all their other exploits which they readily claim.

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