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

Looking like he could do with some exercise these days

Tell your local Liberal Democrat MP how much you love them

xp

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Gove: "We cannot say often enough that what we saw this summer was a straightforward conflict between right and wrong."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14748268

"When fines are imposed they are often reduced to take account of an adult's expenditure on satellite TV, alcohol and cigarettes," Mr Gove said.

big shout out to Daily Mail comments land there

Can't say it often enough that Tory MPs are disgusting fucking vermin.

from October
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-11606799

The Conservative-controlled authority said it faced a 25% funding cut over the next four years.
...

Truancy officers will have 75% of their funding cut

dunno how this (and a hundred similar stories up and down the country) square with the review of truancy sanctions

Wholesale attack on the principles of the welfare state, innit.

need tougher fines for ventriloquist's dummies that escape their boxes and stand for parliament imho

Gove, yesterday

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However, the changes are set to cause problems for key coalition figures. Chancellor George Osborne’s seat in Tatton, Cheshire, looks likely to be merged with another, while the Sheffield Hallam constituency of Nick Clegg, deputy prime minister, is expected to be redrawn significantly to bring in new wards.

Psephologists forecast high-level disputes between MPs whose neighbouring constituencies may be condensed into one, including Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury, against former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy and Ed Balls, shadow chancellor, against fellow Labour MP Hilary Benn.

Grant Shapps, housing minister, and Chris Huhne, energy secretary, could also see their seats placed under threat.

The Chancellor caused more embarrassment backstage when he demanded a flunkie get rapper Tinie Tempah’s autograph for his daughter. When it was produced, he snapped: “It’s not for my daughter, it’s for my son. Now please go and rectify the matter.” His demand was ignored.

o_o

wotta dick

(assuming the quote is accurate)

(not that there isn't a cornucopia of other evidence, obv)

His demand was ignored.

lol

deliciously unspecific

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Would take a squat on a Tory, says Gideon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14960364

Hiring 2000 tax collectors is a fantastic policy from the LDs. It's as if they are truly of one mind with the electorate. Plus good job BBC on a fantastic Danny Alexander pic.

Is it a move to allow them to say that they've found so much extra revenue they can cave on the 50p rate?

David Cameron was on hand to open the new Freeland Village Hall after a two-year, £500,000 campaign yesterday afternoon.

It came hours after Witney's Tory MP was on the streets of Tripoli, in Libya, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy giving support to rebel forces battling to oust Colonel Gaddafi.

And Mr Cameron told Freeland villagers: "It is lovely to have a warm reception instead of people shouting Allahu Akbah and firing AK-47's into the air."

Well, as a friend pointed out to me this week - Cameron looked as if he was in a blue funk while doing his Libyan stint, especially next to the apparently unruffled Sarkozy.

allahu akbar is a pretty warm reception tbh

If this isn't a warm welcome I don't know what is.
http://images.ctv.ca/archives/CTVNews/img2/20110915/800_sarkozy_cameron_libya3_ap_110915.jpg
Although tbh Sarky seems to be getting more of the love.

ak-47 actually a kind of digital camera

since the lib dem conference thing has been at the top of the guardian site there have been all of these opportunities to c+p really just anything from there & post it here with some kind of incisive & righteous comment but just oh god it is so depressing, i can't believe how bad & unpromising a state of affairs we are in

After apologising by text to anti-abortion Tory MP Nadine Dorries, text-mad David Cameron wants revenge on Boris Johnson for beating him in a tennis match in Trafalgar Square to promote the Paralympics. ‘As u are up for re-election, thght id let u win,’ Dave messaged the London Mayor. ‘But if u fancy proper mtch at Cheqrs let me know.’

BJohnson: "w,l"

Apparently Cameron is also fond of the game 'Snake' and has been known to play it for hours after putting the kids to bed.

...fond...'Snake'...kids...bed

Although tbh Sarky seems to be getting more of the love.

Absolutely, most of the crowd were like, "Who's that fat bloke stood next to Sarko?" I didn't see a Union Jack but I did see a Scottish flag! Obv. left over from the celebrations for al-Megrahi's release, I'm surprised nobdy picked on it.

... picked up on it, that should read

Gove: the Next Chapter

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If Gove and Lansley survive another year in cabinet I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Lansley's not really fucked up that much has he? I mean he's pushing through a load of hateful shit and alienating an entire profession or two but that's what Cameron wants to do. Gove's career is already a list of embarassing fuck-ups and he seems to be largely immune, presumably because he's so matey with Cameron and Osbourne?

Like I said. These fuckers are here to stay. Good luck, etc...

Fucking assholes

Hitting dying scroungers right where it hurts. Makes you proud to be a Liberal Democrat.

The changes will be retrospective

xps I mean, I keep hearing much wishful thinking from people about those two (often from LDs and tories funnily enough) but really, it's going to take something else to get rid of them. Apart from anything else I'm sure Cameron is quite happy for other members of his cabinet to take the heat while he shakes hands with grateful members of the Libyan public.

http://www.thedrum.co.uk/pub/files/photos/news/26367/master.BBC4.jpg

The Government has spent £510,000 developing the GREAT Britain brand, which will be used at business receptions abroad and in advertising by Visit Britain.

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ha ha that is kind of stunningly literal. picture of an entrepreneur + union jack + ENTREPRENEURS ARE GREAT + mis-firing play on 'great' britain, britain a clumsy footnote

But I thought with all those horrible taxes, red tape, planning obstacles, 'elf and safety and lazy, feckless youth Britain was a terrible place to invest?

"Beig Rich is Brilliant!"

xpost, and in a sense, not xpost too.

they're not saying it isn't terrible just that it's easy

Don't forget terminally ill scroungers who won't even allow the fact that they are dying to stop them claiming benefits

http://www.visitbritain.org/Images/great-pillars-animated-v2_tcm29-28016.gif

1. The UK is the world’s greatest market for music consumers,
buying more albums per head than anywhere else globally.
2. The value of UK music exports exceeds £17 billion every year
and British artists account for almost 12% of global sales of
recorded music.
3. From Glyndebourne to Glastonbury, the UK hosts the world’s
greatest music festivals.
4. The Beatles are the No1. selling artists of all time.
5. Adele had the longest running top ranked UK record in the
billboard charts for 20 years.