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

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.

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The hell with it - this pic has to go somewhere.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/14/article-2061295-0ECABBCC00000578-892_308x652.jpg

"oos that gut-lord marching?"

(Obvious caption no 4512)

George obviously tired and shagged out after a session with a black dominatrix down the gym.

Trying to get in with the PM after seeing the pics of Cameron and Alex James having a lark with Clarkson.

Poor guy has probably jogged round all the way from No. 11 to see the PM.

xps
Talking of which...

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a349958/blurs-alex-james-apologises-as-harvest-festival-hits-administration.html

See, we really are all in this together, etc.

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feel like it doesnt matter that the labour party dont have a charismatic leader or any policy or anything, they should just turn this into a sticker and swot it on cams head everytime he gets up to speak in parliament.

Dunno tbh if you zoomed in on the last few years it tells you unemployment ramped up under Gordon Brown and Cam has stopped the rot while reducing the total claimants.

Yeah a large section of the population would view reducing claimant numbers as a worthy achievement, irrespective of whether (or especially when) unemployment is not falling.

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

Combination of lefty usual suspects and the thousands of people out on the street smashing stuff up because they suddenly can't afford to live. The idea of the working poor and the fact that a sizeable proportion of benefit claimants are already in jobs is seemingly completely edited out of public discourse. Obviously this is 1x massive failure on Labour's part.

Did anyone see that horrible episode of Police Camera Action dressed up as an 'England Riots' episode of Panorama last night?

Briefly, not enough to make an impression either way.

I find those PCA shows fascinating, from the viewpoint of 'blatant editorialising'..

Commentator: "hurn.. not so smart now, banged up overnight!"
(....)
Commentator: "he was later released without chaaarge..."

'Look at this bozo...What is he thinkin'?'

Nah, I grew up thinking shows like Dispatches and Panorama were supposed to be gritty, unbiased, hard-factual documentaries but this was about 25 minutes of footage of people throwing bricks at cops while police chiefs go on about "wanton violence and destruction". The penultimate 4 minutes they asked "Is there maybe a reason why this is happening? And are the gaol sentences too harsh and generalised for crimes such as nicking a pack of fags or telling a policeman to fuck off?". And in the last minute a police chief came on and said "no, it's wanton violence and destruction". And then it ended.

The first show I saw Paul Ross presenting was one of those "Police 5"/"Crimewatch" type shows. The first part was the usual (and reasonable) "do you recognise this lad breaking into a granny's house" type stuff.

Part two were freeze-frames of the anti-polltax demonstration and "If you know this girl, ring Westminster police on ..."

At that point, I decided I did not like Paul Ross.

Funnily enough, nothing he's done has been good enough to revise that opinion (his bro J has at least done the occasional interesting thing)..

Anarchy in the UK: 20 years on from the Poll Tax & Strangeways riots

Can't wait for Dave's impression of Goodluck Jonathan.

Ed Miliband will call for "more responsible capitalism", amid mounting fears of a double-dip recession and record youth unemployment.

He will follow this up with a call for "less ugly politicians" and "dryer water".

"bankers and protestors should shake hands. that would verse them well in compassion"

Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits

Like someone said on FB: "Cunts" is the word.

The first show I saw Paul Ross presenting was one of those "Police 5"/"Crimewatch" type shows

Me too! and he did it so badly that for the first 5-10 minutes I was convinced it was a *spoof* of a "Police 5"/"Crimewatch" type show.

At last my crappy star spotting comes in handy - I once saw Paul Ross and his lovely wife sharing a table with Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and his lovely wife at now defunct London eaterie Mash. I could him from the cheap seats.

you never him

Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits

Like someone said on FB: "Cunts" is the word.

Corvee labour.

It's eighties work experience back again. Doesn't begin to replace apprenticeships but it's not exactly Indonesia.