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

ver queen of h'england, wot a ledge

this fuckin' country

"you can say what you like about the queen but she only ever shivved her own. or ethnics."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-councillor-david-stephenson-sacked-over-dead-manchester-pcs-joke-8175322.html

assume they've decided to privatise the police force at this stage

letterman vs beluga head was critically dull

Poor David

http://i.imgur.com/iDsoW.jpg

so psyched that the ex-Labour party is looking for guidance to its spiritual leader, Disraeli.

Don't think that actually means much outside a convenient slogan. People like Cruddas are even talking about reclaiming 'Big Society', apparently not realising why Cameron never mentions it any more.

Obviously they're largely right-wing twats anyway at this point but this is more of a rhetorical landgrab, I think.

Talking about an EU referendum is the sort of thing that will get them thoroughly clowned later down the line, though.

it's a soundbite, yes. the stated aim of reaching out to all voters and uniting the nation is pretty clear indication that the pursuit of the couple of hundred thousand middle class voters who can actually swing an election is still the party's core "value" tho

the sheer gall of pretending that there's a common ground between individuals and companies that seek to maximise their profit at any cost, the idiot running dogs that support them, and um, everybody else is the sort of shite i'd expect from a Macmillanite too

"the NHS is not like the gas, electricity and water industries"

yeah because their privatisation has worked out really well, which you appear to be tacitly approving you ridiculous douche

saw Eddie Izzard briefly on Channel 4 news last night, hope he gets hit by something large and fast, soon

presumably every other former celeb Lib Dem will be finding themselves right at home with Miliband's shitshower too

Eddie Izzard's been a Labour True Believer forever hasn't he?

nah, he was shilling the LDs at the last election at least, he believes that all extremism is bad, mmmmkay?

"most people are centre left or centre right", he said, presumably unaware that the currency's been devalued to the point where being "centre left" in 2012 puts you somewhere on a level with Ken Clarke

sorry, i don't even know why i'm rambling any more, fuck this party, fuck this country, fuck this planet, peace out

xxp are you sure? If he was stanning for the LDs then he had a very subtle way of doing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1YtLMrPTD0&hd=1

i stand corrected. he's still a wanker.

at the labour conference, i witnessed tom watson and jack straw's son doing a karaoke duet to the kaiser chiefs

never voting labour again

(not, sadly, "i predict a riot")

'I predict a riot'?

lol xpost

i sounded grumpier than i am. i'm just done with caring about this stuff. i feel like uk politics has reached an endgame that's gonna remain more or less grimly unchanged until the sea rises enough or the food runs out enough and if that's what people are happy with then ok, good day to you ladies and gentlemen.

Pretty sure I've said this before but I'm pretty sure that politicians still cling to the idea of a "centre ground" (which has failed and very very nearly fell out below everyone's feet) because the bailout of the banks insulated many people from it, or at least massively slowed down the pain. So many people don't even realise the extent to which it's actually failed. Until that happens we're probably still stuck in this same holding pattern.

Also lack of imagination, lack of political courage, etc etc.

Cripplingly dull conference speech by Osborne, including Godwin's law-style mention of the Ps of E: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/george-osbornes-speech-conservative-conference-full-text

"We will finish the job we have started."

Oh please don't

What jobs that then? Ensuring that benefit claimants kill themselves in record numbers?

But just as we should never balance the budget on the backs of the poor;

So it's an economic delusion to think you can balance it only on the wallets of the rich.

T/S broken back vs. broken wallet... either way, it's Broken Britain folks!

Headline on front of last night's Standard: "WORKERS URGED TO GIVE UP RIGHTS." Never in my worst nightmares did I dream, etc. How the fuck did we get to this, allow this to happen?

They must think people are complete idiots. If the idea is that your employer is struggling to the extent that it can't afford basic employment rights, then why on earth would any sane person give up those rights for shares in it?

Obviously it won't be voluntary and some firms will probably hire entire workforces on that basis. Assuming this can clear every obstacle and legal objection on the way which I find unlikely.

How the fuck did we get to this, allow this to happen?

Ask Nick Clegg

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPELE JUST ALAJRLKJ ARL;KJKLA;WEJR LNMAWEL;RKJ LAKSDJR OPENING UP ANY SOURCE OF NEWS AT ALL IS AN IMPOSSIBLE SOURCE OF RAGE AT THE MOMENT PLEASE CAN I JUST BE PUT TO SLEEP FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS OR POSSIBLY FOREVER IF THEY WIN THE NEXT ELECTION TOO.

Sorry I wish I had something more coherent to say any more, but just AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH.

Boris is cute, though!

i am currently at the tory conference. woke up this morning, blearily saw this headline, assumed i must have misread, straight into breakfast meeting where i heard dude from the CSJ waxing lyrical about this fucking policy! only barely a paraphrase: "why are we so worried about the ~perfect job~ when all young people want is any sort of job at all?"

so glad i was sitting next to a lady from unicef who was as outraged by it all as i was (she kept her cool admirably when fraser nelson told her off for linking child poverty to the cuts)

btw this is my 4th tory conference and the level of sheer...unpleasantness and smugness is way way above any previous one i've been to. was trapped in boiling room with daniel hannan yelling endlessly about europe for 1.5 hrs yesterday ;_;

uproarious tory laughter is one of the most unpleasant sounds known to men

I note they've taken this moment to pander to the Daily Mail and say its now basically okay to shoot whoever you want on your land.

i am currently at the tory conference

My thoughts are with you at this dreadful time

In other news the Scottish Labour Party are proposing to:

Abolish free care for the elderly
Abolish free travel for the elderly
Abolish free prescriptions
Introduce top-up education fees
Withdraw any Council Tax freezes in place
Significantly reduce the number of apprenticeships available

because Scotland cannot be "the only something for nothing country in the world."

fraser nelson told her off for linking child poverty to the cuts

She should have told him of for his stupid made-up accent

Well, that's any move back to Scotland scuppered. Also any possibility of my ever voting Labour again.

Boris is cute, though!

HOLY FUCKING CHRIST IS THAT ALL THAT MATTERS TO YOU FUCKING RETARDED PEOPLE, FOR FUCK'S SAKE MANKIND, EVOLVE AND EVOLVE NOW!!!!!

Sorry, I am aware that there was probably a huge amount of irony in that post but you know, had to let it out somehow because that's exactly the basis that dumbass British people will use for voting next time. See also USA where apparently getting bin Laden and reducing unemployment to 7.8% don't count for as much as having "killer one-liners."

It's like, in 2015, why even bother with policies or manifestos? Why not just line the leaders up on a catwalk with signs around their neck and people can vote for them on the basis of how "fit" they are?

She should have told him of for his stupid made-up accent

i keep wondering what his accent IS/is meant to be, some kind of strangulated transatlantic-with-hint-of-scottish thing?

I think it's a "right wing tosser and therefore ashamed to come from the only something for nothing country in the world" accent

Michael Gove Syndrome, then. I apologise for not having done something about Mr Gove when I had the chance.

.. and, by the way, if anyone would know about getting something for nothing it would be the Scottish Labout Party, they've been getting votes for years and doing sweet FA in return

(xp) Then there's Norman Lamont who's too ashamed to even pronounce his own name properly!

"In Politics" by Norman Lamont; sexy book (if your idea of "sexy" is endless balance sheets and minutes of meetings).

I note they've taken this moment to pander to the Daily Mail and say its now basically okay to shoot whoever you want on your land.

tory guy on r4 this morning used the phrase "grossly disproportionate" about 12 billion times, discussing this nonsensical plank, and saying the law should ensure the courts don't get involved (um?).

So basically it's the Magnum Force argument of shooting your neighbour because his dog peed on your lawn. Given that was dialogue spoken by Clint "Like Chair, Like Brain" Eastwood, that shows how far this nuttiness has gone.

they do seem to be cadging from the republican playbook at the moment - can only imagine this limit-abortions-to-12-weeks garbage is an attempt to shore up some kind of religious fundamentalist support/a chance to engage in some "morality"-fuelled slut-shaming and general misogyny.