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

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beyond parody ..

mark e, Friday, 4 January 2013 22:39 (eleven years ago) link

He always has been.

earth of (snoball), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link

on the other hand maybe the proliferation of payday loan sharks and pawnbrokers in poorer areas is cos working class entrepreneurs are seeking venture capital

soma dude (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link

think about it you Vulcan cunt

soma dude (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:46 (eleven years ago) link

THINK? Are you MAD?

karl lagerlout (suzy), Friday, 4 January 2013 22:54 (eleven years ago) link

the worst of it is, of course, that we could live in a world where these pantomime villains wandered the margins, churning out misanthropy in exchange for the publicity they crave. that a Redwood exists is an amusing footnote in history. but every Redwood is speaking to/for a whole sorry spiteful antihuman constituency, that can't be reasoned with, that can't be persuaded, that will always do nothing but hate and exploit and sleep dreamlessly.

soma dude (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 January 2013 23:01 (eleven years ago) link

. that a Redwood exists is an amusing footnote in history.

for years this appeared to be the case.
when the c*nt came back into the fold it was an indication as to just how bad shit was going to get ..

mark e, Friday, 4 January 2013 23:04 (eleven years ago) link

jesus FUCKING christ this government

compare and contrast to "poor people don't take enough risks" a few months ago - http://www.newstatesman.com/staggers/2012/11/twisted-logic-making-poor-poorer

lex pretend, Saturday, 5 January 2013 10:23 (eleven years ago) link

utter moron - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/06/david-cameron-threat-eu-insanity

gyac, Sunday, 6 January 2013 22:30 (eleven years ago) link

This is a shell-game to remove EU human rights protections from British people.

karl lagerlout (suzy), Sunday, 6 January 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link

Stephen Lennon jailed for 10 months for using a false passport, too bad old cock

Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 7 January 2013 12:44 (eleven years ago) link

A lot of people in the UK who were very pro-welfare cuts up to now are about to realise what that actually means for them. Be interesting to see how eg. The Sun plays this given a lot of their readers will be have been claiming tax credits up to now.

Matt DC, Monday, 7 January 2013 12:56 (eleven years ago) link

why would any self-respecting leader of the EDL want to leave the country anyway? traitor.

Manhattan Transfer Window (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 January 2013 12:58 (eleven years ago) link

It is quite funny considering how much energy they spend on complaining about illegal immigrants

Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 7 January 2013 13:18 (eleven years ago) link

i assume he cdn't get into the States under his own name due to previous convictions for aggro

Manhattan Transfer Window (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 January 2013 13:20 (eleven years ago) link

He's been arrested a shitload of times according to wikipedia - beating up his girlfriend, fighting at football matches etc

Albert Crampus (NickB), Monday, 7 January 2013 13:28 (eleven years ago) link

Still, good result for Luton at the weekend, eh

A lot of people in the UK who were very pro-welfare cuts up to now are about to realise what that actually means for them.

They'll blame those people on welfare who are even poorer than them. "Simples".

Tom D is secretly an important person (Tom D.), Monday, 7 January 2013 14:12 (eleven years ago) link

xp I like the fact he tried to pass himself off as Andrew McMaster. Not MAX POWER then?

Neil S, Monday, 7 January 2013 14:27 (eleven years ago) link

The McMaster Race

Tom D is secretly an important person (Tom D.), Monday, 7 January 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link

The PM and deputy PM described their agreement as a "Ronseal deal" which "does what it says on the tin".

Good to see they're keeping up to date with their cultural references.

the so-called socialista (dowd), Monday, 7 January 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link

they're Jewson useless

Manhattan Transfer Window (Noodle Vague), Monday, 7 January 2013 16:23 (eleven years ago) link

That Ronseal thing doesn't actually make any sense.

Matt DC, Monday, 7 January 2013 16:28 (eleven years ago) link

That depends what it says on the tin, tbf.

Tim, Monday, 7 January 2013 16:30 (eleven years ago) link

They could be on an inspired-by-Piero-Manzoni tip, is what I'm saying.

Tim, Monday, 7 January 2013 16:33 (eleven years ago) link

lol

jed_, Monday, 7 January 2013 17:31 (eleven years ago) link

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jan/07/nick-clegg-protests-shirkers

Clegg: "I don't think it helps at all to try and portray that decision as one that divides one set of people against another, the deserving and the undeserving poor, people in work and out of work."

O RLY?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3341539/.html

Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 10:16 (eleven years ago) link

What a fucking cunt.

scattered to the nine vectors (snoball), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 11:04 (eleven years ago) link

Today Labour Are Voting To Maintain a System That Allows Employers to Pay Workers Less Money Than They Need to Live On

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:12 (eleven years ago) link

what a horribly formed sentence

kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link

xp!

kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link

Also In Case You Haven't Noticed Workers Wages Have Been Consistently Cut Since We Came to Power

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link

So Really What They're Voting For Is for Benefits To Be Cut Less Aggressively Than Low Paid Workers' Wages

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link

Arbeit Macht Frei, That Will Be All You Plebs

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:14 (eleven years ago) link

Their sudden concern over public service workers' wages strikes me as, uh, somewhat less than convincing

Designated Striver (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:17 (eleven years ago) link

we're all in this together - not you, tax credit scum

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link

private sector workers have been taking real terms pay cuts as well tho, right? almost as if the current government was creating a climate where that was okay and people were too frightened for their jobs to fight back

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link

"It's just not on, these scroungers and scumbags are getting larger benefits rises than ummmm, the, ummmmm, hard-working public sector workers who we were characterising as layabouts and spongers, uh, last year"

Designated Striver (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:19 (eleven years ago) link

private sector workers have been taking real terms pay cuts as well tho, right? almost as if the current government was creating a climate where that was okay and people were too frightened for their jobs to fight back

Vote Liberal Democrat

Designated Striver (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:20 (eleven years ago) link

Sick of seeing Lib Dems saying, "We don't agree with this characterisation of people on benefits as layabouts and scroungers", in other words "We don't care if you live or die either but at least we're nice about it, you've got to give us that at least"

Designated Striver (Tom D.), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link

Ugh. That propaganda is already hanging over the underpass bit of the Holborn one-way system, sandwiched in between American Apparel and some other shite.

karl lagerlout (suzy), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link

I don't think anyone wants to be governed by people who are essentially trolling the 64 per cent of the population who did not vote for them.

karl lagerlout (suzy), Tuesday, 8 January 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20978487

Tory MPs want to be paid £20k more than Lib & Lab MPs.

Stop Gerrying Me! (onimo), Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:45 (eleven years ago) link

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

Broken Clock Britain (Noodle Vague), Friday, 11 January 2013 00:29 (eleven years ago) link

"we are cunts in power."

mark e, Friday, 11 January 2013 01:06 (eleven years ago) link

Fuck me, the next two years worth of tabloid political discourse are going to be even worse than the last few, aren't they?

Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:02 (eleven years ago) link

2017, ffs.

stet, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:03 (eleven years ago) link

What options does this leave Labour? A) Promise referendum too, which they don't want to do, or b) face endless "why won't you give the people a voice on the hated Europe" shit during election.

stet, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:04 (eleven years ago) link

It leaves them in trouble from what I can see. Miliband looks weak if he agrees to a referendum and undemocratic if he doesn't. Both promised referendums have the added advantage of shafting Labour from what I can see, especially if Scotland votes for independence.

Given Cameron's already committed to campaign against an exit I doubt this will quite be the boost to the Tories they imagine it will be, and probably not enough to secure them a majority unless something radically changes with the economy. Surely a referendum will be off the table if the Tories have to go back into coalition with the LibDems and much of the right of the country (and the Tory party themselves) will erupt in fury if that happens.

Matt DC, Wednesday, 23 January 2013 11:14 (eleven years ago) link


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