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

surely that is not going to stay in its current pristine state for too long !?

needs a photo every week as the f*cking thing becomes more and more defaced ...

an eyesore. I hope someone puts a wind turbine in front of it.

Put Nigel Farage in front of the wind turbine and you'd have a true source of renewable energy.

'Let's put Britain first, for once, instead of putting ourselves first like all the other times.'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/18/uncovered-error-george-osborne-austerity

also here Rolling US Economy Into The Shitbin Thread

Ah, thanks - I was wondering why I'd not seen anything on ILX about this.

Had a flyer through the door yesterday for the Labour candidate in the forthcoming council elections.

He's opposed to:

NHS cuts
The Bedroom Tax
Rich people getting richer

He's standing for:

Increased wages for council employees and direct council contractors
More primary schools (in a high occupancy conservation area, this can only mean evictions from under-utilised property)
"Imaginative use" of the council employee's pension funds to attract investors into building houses

It just feels like two different people wrote the flier to be honest.

At least he's attempted to offer something resembling a policy.

I recently got an email from my MP about "tackling the big issues" where he identified some issues (bedroom tax, uncertainty, jobs) and said fuck all about tackling them then:

The Tory led Government favours cuts over investment while the SNP favours the promise of tomorrow rather than the reality of today.
What became abundantly clear to me is that both Governments are failing to act in the interests of the many.

Not a word about how one goes about "acting in the interests of the many". Also it's a bit rich to talk about "the many" when your vote against same sex marriage was decided because two (2) constituents wrote to you.

heard a Labour guy on the radio the other night, didn't catch the name but he was explaining how Labour was a centrist, common sense party on the side of the hard-working man, and if you played fair they'd be on your side but if you didn't want to play fair they'd be on your back.

i find it helpful that they keep reminding me never to vote for them.

Local UKIP crazies being crazy:

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10378900.East_Sussex_UKIP_election_candidate_in_holocaust_storm/

can't understand why UKIP would attract racists and conspiracy theorists

go right to the source

http://www.secretsofthefed.com/was-pope-benedict-fired-by-the-knights-of-malta/

Also on the profile, which claims to be verified by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerburg, is the statement: “I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I am a conscious, aware, critical thinker and tired of being lied to. Are you?!”

Facebook experts: What does that 'verified' mean?

It means she typed the words

Profile Original & Official II Verified By Mark Zuckerberg✔ Facebook CEO and Founder

MArk Zuckerberg is well know for his interest in suburban nazi housewives.

So what do we think of Milliboris?

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/4/25/1366848978221/Jo-Johnson-appointed-head-008.jpg

It's like someone used software to amalgamate Boris and Dave.

Then prevented the result from getting any sleep, ever.

George Galloway not returning to Labour - Ed Miliband. Not interested in the story but this quote jumped out at me:

"The Respect MP, who has twice defeated Labour to win a seat in Parliament, recently told the Evening Standard that he found Mr Miliband "quite impressive, physically and intellectually"."

been sneaking a look in the gents

"Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, yer walloper."

It's over, :(

"I realise now that I showed poor judgement in finally agreeing to meet Miliband. An unprincipled coward with the backbone of an amoeba."

Just goes to show that relationships built on physical attraction don't always last.

backbones more important than frontbones for GG

That UKIP poster's still fucking up there and not a scratch on it. Of course he's the kind of asshole to have cameras all over his house and the station car park has cameras too. Orwellian, much?

Cover it with England flags

Bulgarian flags surely?

Phone the local council and have a chat with them about the guy's potential fire hazard/health'n'safety violations.

Then again, the Romanian flag is kind of pretty.

http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/physical-excercise-prevents-you-becoming-gay-claims-uk-councillor-candidate270413

UKIP, where just the occasional nutter slips thru the net

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22382098

"Labour is under pressure to win back hundreds of seats lost in 2009 and make progress in the south of England."

Seems a bit of an odd take considering what's happening to the ruling parties.

parties? oh yes, i forgot about them.

there is a real danger that the psycho middle-class racist party might steal a bunch of seats but on the other hand Labour are pretty unpopuar right now

:D

South Shields by-election result:
Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour) 12,493 votes 50.5%
Richard Elvin (UK Independence Party) 5,988 votes 24.2%
Karen Allen (Conservatives) 2,857 votes 11.5%
Ahmed Khan (Independent) 1,331 votes 5.4%
Phil Brown (Independent Socialist Party) 750 votes 3.0%
Lady Dorothy Macbeth Brookes (BNP) 711 votes 2.9%
Hugh Annand (Liberal Democrats) 352 votes 1.4%
Howling Laud Hope (The Official Monster Raving Loony Party) 197 votes 0.8%
Thomas Faithful Darwood (Independent) 57 votes 0.2%

Impressive showing from the Lib Dems there - comfortably holding of the Raving Loonies and with a mere doubling of their vote next time around they'll be within shouting distance of the BNP and Independent Socialists. If they can increase their votes fourfold they'll even keep their deposit.

:-(

I know I shouldn't laugh but the the BNP fielding a candidate called Lady Macbeth is 0_0

Out, damn spic!

Do by-elections gauge the state of the nation to any useful extent, or just the state of a particular region? Suspect the latter, with concessions to former

South Shields is about as safe a Labour seat as you can get so I wouldn't read too much into it, but UKIP managing to pick up nearly a quarter of the vote there should be worrying for almost everyone.

Why isn't there a prominent internationalist/left-leaning protest party? Too much like hard work to rationalise a modicum of broad-mindedness or compassion?

Or is it because the Greens are beyond-useless twats with not one clue about gaining support and influence

thank god ukip are here to sort out the wright way chumps in our local councils

they're just there to fuck the hand-driers

i like to know where they stand on things like europe i.e. standing behind its arse and pulling a sex face

Why isn't there a prominent internationalist/left-leaning protest party?

According to Nick Clegg, that's the Labour Party

groovy

According to me, Nick Clegg should die in a fire.

we're up all night to get clegg annihilated

i was listening to some hand-wringing debate on Radio 4 the other day about "how can we persuade the yoot to vote?" and Ann Widdecombe - Ann Widdecombe, mind - said "it's not about the young and the old, the real issue is that a lot of people don't see any difference between the main parties. There used to be this broad ideological struggle between Socialism and Capitalism but now most voters don't see any real difference between Labour and the Conservatives". cheered meself hoarse.

Hugh Annand (Liberal Democrats) 352 votes 1.4%

Keep up the good work, Nick