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

George Osborne finger-weenie LOL:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10671404_10153067671742433_4845460849621350421_n.jpg?oh=1e43fc12150c7a74dabe18a0bafd2c5c&oe=5553198D&__gda__=1432373147_512c54b4826aaae77cec59cdbb6698b9

Would recommend checking out Douglas Carswell's Twitter right now before his most recent post gets deleted.

for posterity:

http://i1247.photobucket.com/albums/gg622/bizarrogazzara/Carswell_zpsb4403ec6.jpg

retweeted

Running on a non-feline repatriation ticket.

if that's what a post ukip-victory britain will look like i'm all for it tbh

retweeted

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B9JyefGIcAAZXLF.jpg:large

imo everyone standing for office should be forced to try and draw a world map from memory so we can assess their insane prejudices

really unsure about their plan to physically merge the indonesian islands.

Britain & Ireland, larger than Norway and Sweden combined, or equal to half of the Australian continent

oh I didn't really look at the map and was instead lolling/nodding at the confirmation of something suspected from Daily Mail/BBC comments sections about expats, their ideas about other countries' expats, the cost:benefit analysis of a targeted advertised campaign based on such, etc

now you point it out I can find time to lol at both of course

it's all good!

there's also a contradiction in ukip's stance on the west lothian question and their keenness to reach out to as many absent bigots as possible to vote on who makes our lives a misery for the next x years

although the irony of ex-pats in Spain voting for a party that would end their overseas residency rights is pretty amazing

i'd wager many ex-pats in Spain wouldn't know voting for UKIP was voting for that, too

there's probably some UKIP hand-waving to the contrary but I can't exactly see France & Germany giving much of a shit about UK ex-pats should a Brexit occur

it's still there: https://twitter.com/DouglasCarswell/status/562568072415154176

https://twitter.com/DouglasCarswell/status/562635173712658434

^ yeah whatever

http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/02/24/the-day-the-green-party-surge-hit-a-cliff

Ouch. I listened to the Natalie Bennett interview in question earlier today and wanted to curl up and die afterwards, as I'm sure does she.

She is a disaster. On a happier note,, delighted to see the careers of those two arseholes, Rifkind and Straw, end in ignominy and shame.

She then took the degrees of Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc Hons) at the University of Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) in Asian Studies at the University of New England, and Master of Arts (MA) in Mass Communication from the University of Leicester.[3][5]

Course aims

To provide you with a thorough grounding in the theories, approaches and research necessary for studying, analysing, and understanding media and communication processes in both national and global contexts. Building on a comprehensive overview of the history of the study of media and communication, the course enables students to critically engage with contemporary debates on the social, political and cultural roles of media and communication in modern societies. Emphasis is given to training in the full range of quantitative and qualitative methods and approaches necessary for analysing all aspects of the communication process, from media organisations, media professionals and production to media content, audiences and cultural consumption.

still the least worst option

Disappointed that neither Straw or Rifkind have delivered 'this facial expression' as yet.

surely only a matter of time, but have this nightmarish vision to tide you over until the inevitable:

http://i.guim.co.uk/static/w-620/h--/q-95/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/24/1424759633885/ebfe5b28-8749-4aef-86ae-e75eca94f772-1020x612.jpeg

Ed Balls on Mumsnet: Shadow Chancellor says he is a 'long, slow burn' in the bedroom when asked about being named a 'sexy beast' by mums

liddle bidda polidicks

A Nazi-themed troupe of dancers and a 16-tonne Second World War tank gatecrashed the start of Ukip’s spring party conference.

Performers in hot pants, jackboots and Nazi insignia high-kicked to the Springtime For Hitler tune as delegates arrived.

The dancers, from Mel Brooks’s musical The Producers, caused the scene outside Ukip’s conference venue - the Winter Gardens in Margate, Kent.

The seven-strong troupe of female dancers performed a choreographed routine as Springtime For Hitler blared from a PA system on the tank turret.

It emerged that the cast were in Margate to promote the new touring production of Brooks’s acclaimed musical comedy, which opens in Bromley on March 7.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-1vWv4UEAEORv3.jpg

http://www.psywar.org/psywar/images/SSGBpostcard.jpg

Afzal Amin suspended by Conservatives in Dudley North
The Conservative candidate trying to become an MP for a battleground Black Country seat has tonight been suspended by his party, accused of trying to work with the far-right English Defence League.

Afzal Amin was filmed allegedly telling members of the protest group that they should organise a march against the planned multi-million pound new Dudley Mosque, then for it to be called off so he could take the credit, the Mail on Sunday has reported.
The newspaper said the plan was that in return for the EDL's co-operation, he said he would be their 'unshakeable ally' and bring their views into the mainstream if he won election to Parliament

Noticing a lot of talking up of George Osborne at the moment, Tim Montgomerie popping up everywhere to say how much popular he is with public than he used to be (stats please). I'm assuming this is to head off any post-Cameron leadership challenge from Boris.

No UK election 2015 thread yet? US posters have had their 2016 threads running for months.

it's so fucking depressing

Cameron won't serve third term

Ha! I knew something was going on!

Pretty smart move all things considered. I'm not sure it'll play to much electoral advantage but there's no way he's winning an outright majority and it'll head off the threat of regicide. The Tories would otherwise almost definitely try and unseat him as the head of a minority government, and maybe even as the head of another coalition.

Don't know how this made lead item on the news, never mind how it took the whole of the first 14 fucking minutes

come on UKers, this is an important and sensible discussion forum for the important debate around what colour rosette the next govern ment prime minister will be wearing come May!

Yes, I've still got a good few weeks to pretend it makes any difference whether I vote Green or Labour.

full body cringe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=31&v=A1J0lwqDPgk

UK political parties should be forced to use only death metal in their campaigns.

christ

https://shop.labour.org.uk/products/pledge-4-mug-controls-on-immigration-551/

hashtag why not join the labour party

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2gqsaMdcoY

In stock (498 available)

might get a few of those to send as gifts to the next "but they're better than the Tories" apologists i come across online

Despite everything, including that mug, they still are.

http://i.giphy.com/SFO2VjsS7m0ak.gif

I mean, it's a pretty low bar pit

This would be grim and exasperating even without the never-acknowledged current of anti-Semitism behind a lot of Miliband criticism.