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

If Libya goes the way it's looking, then its consequences are unlikely to be containable or tidy the way kosovo (or the falklands) could soon seem, headline-wise: just as likely to lead to problem -- from DC's perspective -- as seemingly solve them; and quite likely quite quickly

Well, yes, but what I meant is even LOL Bliar started with a foreign policy 'success' and it was rapidly downhill from there.

Was that when he fixed Ireland?

yeah tbf we'd have to give him that. Responsible for riverdance n all the same man

Smooth façade, lots going on underneath.

Wasn't he going to fix Palestine in his post PM career? How's that going?

Don't think Cameron really has Blair's Messiah complex.

he got some superb olives xp

'ha you couldn't even fix israel/palestine' not really oh-snap material
xp

I think he was convinced he could.

yah cameron doesn't really care about politics as praxis any more than as ideas

it's like he drew the short straw twenty yrs ago and had to go run the conservative party while his chums got to make proper money

^ precisely

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/aug/24/prison-inmates-painting-jacqui-smith

Everyone's a winner, baby!

That is just too deliciously fucked.

I expected more, after that url

Her husband won't have a minute to himself...

I mean FFS! I know it's just an amusing LOL-typical story on the surface but it is SO FUCKING TYPICAL it basically sums up my misgivings of this whole debacle in one story.

would just like to take this opportunity to thank the heroic class warrior rioters for enabling this sort of shit

They're lucky if they make it that far tbh. Seems like the police have adopted a policy of randomly offing suspects. Three dead so far this week (two tasered to death, one dead after pepper spray) - what the hell's going on?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/aug/23/volunteered-work-cameron-blair

john harris on the mandatory work placements thing

would just like to take this opportunity to thank the heroic class warrior rioters for enabling this sort of shit

― Once Were Moderators (DG), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 13:07 (46 minutes ago) Bookmark

Not sure I fully understand this post

beginning to wonder if i should include footnotes w/all my posts

― Once Were Moderators (DG), Friday, August 19, 2011 4:00 PM (5 days ago)

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monmouth_Rebellion

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Assizes

dorries and co really are a fucking nuisance eh

but then http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/31/downing-street-uturn-abortion-proposals, so
but yes obviously totally

Manufacturing led recovery carries on apace

If we can manufacture enough LEDs we'll be out of this recession in no time.

LED zeppelin

Zeppelin Led recovery

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2011/09/01/361500/hybrid-airship-set-for-cargo-development.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/sep/05/david-cameron-court-verdicts-televised

Televising just the sentencing seems completely pointless.

it'll make a good intro to the public floggings

how to get people back into politics via things we learnt from the rodney king trial

http://i.imgur.com/zrLA0.jpg

FFFFFFFFFFFFFU

calm down dear

get a lawyer, morans

is this a thing worth getting aggravated abt?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/6989408/Andrew-Lansley-bankrolled-by-private-healthcare-provider.html

I'm easily aggravated

Lansley has one of the easiest jobs in the cabinet. He's also the least trustworthy. I hope he goes.

there it is http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/05/punishment-rioters-help

Is Health really one of the easiest jobs in the cabinet?

I don't know how you would judge these things but he must be responsible for a hell of a lot of budget, in a high profile area (if not the highest), and have to deal with powerful stakeholders like the GMC. Plus there are the massive changes that the Coalition are trying to put through, while he seemingly gets little support from Cameron.

Of course it isn't one of the easiest jobs in the cabinet, that's complete nonsense.

Also that Telegraph article is dated January 2010 so I doubt it's going to have much effect on Lansley now.

probably nagl to be lold at by your own leader

nagldine dorries <---subtle that

12.32pm: Labour's Huw Irranca-Davies asks if Cameron agrees that housing minister Grant Shapps is a star - because he is promoting house boats as a response to the housing crisis.

Cameron says Shapps is doing a great job.

2.24pm: Nadine Dorries's amendment has been defeated by 368 votes to 118 - a majority of 250.

(xp) House boats, prison ships, seem the Right are obsessed with getting the British on the water to relive our glorious nautical heritage

House boats and prison ships for the poor; punting, Henley and Cowes for the rich.

The occasional booze cruise for the squeezed middle.

newsnight getting bizarre

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/3/30/1269963294471/Conservative-poster-featu-001.jpg