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

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/31/abused-women-suffer-legal-aid-cuts

'The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has said he wants to get rid of the "compensation culture" that flourished under the Labour government.'

is that the compensation culture that blossomed when solicitors were able to aggressively chase "no win no fee" cases through advertising after the laws allowing solicitors to advertise on TV were changed by the Major government?

Yes, like everything else:

Wheelybins, 2 weekly collections, and fines for 'too much stuff' or 'not enough recycling' is all due to the outsourcing of council bin collections to private companies who insist, rightly, on having 'service level requirement' statements so they can stay profitable.

hope something really old testament happens to mr clarke

"... and bring here the fatted Clarke, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry"

(sorry, that's New Testament)

why does the BBC claim that St Paul's has been "forced" to close by the Occupy Rag Week posse?

Is that the same Ken Clarke who was once a director of British American Tobacco, against who the Nigerian government began a $42 billion claim for compensation during his time there as a director? xp

Poor guy is the only man in Britain to receive an email from a mysterious Nigerian minister asking for his money back.

Right, that'll be on "Have I got news for you" then.

Fucker: http://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/132851409967263744

Sralex a Labour supporter so fair enough

it is funny that a politician determines success by 'how long you were in charge for' rather than the specifics of what you accomplished

funny in that special way that makes you cry, yes.

lol

it is funny that a politician determines success by 'how long you were in charge for' rather than the specifics of what you accomplished

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYjlP6fjFA

Assumed Sralex was some kind of arms company before I read the tweet.

dubstep producer iirc

Bunch of Jeremy Hunts:

The Government has spent nearly £750,000 on tickets for the London 2012 Games.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been allocated 8,815 tickets, including 213 for the opening ceremony. These alone cost £194,525.

They include 41 of the top-priced opening ceremony tickets costing £2,012.12.

They have also paid out £71,490 for 143 tickets for the closing ceremony, according to the figures revealed in a Freedom of Information request by Sky News.

that's cute they price the top tix at £2,012.12

LOLz

maybe i should persuade the govt to rent my flat for the duration of the games

STFU and stick to rugby and the Eton wall game

why is this a thing this year and not one of the previous 90-odd?

Because LolTories?

Probably because some twat in the Sun or on talk radio's been kicking up a fuss about it and Tory Central Office has got the idea in their head that the proles are exercised about it

good luck uk

I'm far more offended by John Terry not wearing a poppy than I am by John Terry wearing a poppy or John Terry not being set on fire.

haha I'm just offended by John Terry always having his mouth wide open. Is he in the middle of a marathon gurning competition with Ricky Gervais or something?

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56598000/jpg/_56598258_campoppy.jpg

David Cameron, clearly not wearing a poppy.

They could get Shirley Porter to run this:

More than 130,000 households in the capital will not be able to pay their rents if government welfare reforms go ahead, a report claimed today.

London Councils warned that families could face financial disaster if the Coalition's Universal Credit benefits cap is introduced as planned between 2013 and 2016.

Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith wants to replace dozens of benefits with a single Universal Credit and to cap the total amount that workless households can receive.

Speaking as someone who has been to a UC preparatory meeting or two recently, you have absolutely NO IDEA how much of a GIGANTIC clusterfuck that's going to turn into...

But...but...Poppy on a shirt! The only people worth caring about died about 90 yrs ago.

The Member of Parliament for Newark, Patrick Mercer (pictured right), is reported by Vincent Moss, of the Sunday Mirror, and Nigel Nelson, of The People, to have called David Cameron "an arse" and a "despicable creature". Mercer is also reported to have claimed "I would take a beggar off the streets rather than have Cameron", and said "Cameron is the worst politician in British history since William Gladstone."

that patrick mercer bloke's a cunt conservativehome.blogs.com/torydiary/2007/03/patrick_mercer_.html

" Speaking as someone who has been to a UC preparatory meeting or two recently, you have absolutely NO IDEA how much of a GIGANTIC clusterfuck that's going to turn into..."

Having trouble seeing how the combination of this and housing benefit cuts won't lead to poll tax level unrest and probably more.

Don't think it'll save much money either unless the govt sneakily removes councils' obligation to rehouse in the event of involuntary homelessness. They might end up spending more.

that might put the onus onto the councils tho, who'll get the flack for having to spend more on housing by cutting back on fripperies like libraries and meals on wheels.

Currently Housing Costs are planned to be included as part of UC, so yeah.

Having trouble seeing how the combination of this and housing benefit cuts won't lead to poll tax level unrest and probably more.

GBP don't give a fuck about people on benefits, in fact they increasingly despise them

it's almost as if the gov were tory cunts or something. thank god there's a popular, articulate leftist party waiting to step in and repair this damage

Not sure who's going to be on the streets protesting about the plight of people on benefits tbh

you might be putting it a bit strong, that awful benefits culture extends right thru to Hardworking Families © too nowadays

I suppose, and of course the Liberal Democrats will be there to protect them

well, microscopic redistribution of wealth via a benefits system is a liberal invention after all, albeit stolen from arch-liberal von Bismarck. kinda makes you wonder if the labour movement took a wrong turn making it a central plank of their economic thinking for the last 70-odd years

or drags me to the insanely cynical conclusion that the benefits system exists partly for the purpose of threatening to withdraw it from moral deviants

And it's a sharp jab to the kidney region, then a swift uppercut to the jaw, and he's OUT and he won't be getting up from that!

Significant little dip at the end of the blue line where the yellow line stays steady.

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56694000/jpg/_56694763_unemp464x248.jpg