Pass the crisps: UK Election watch
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Doncha just love it when a right winger comes out with a line like "We will look after the frail, the elderly and the poor" Do they sell Tui's in Pomgolia?
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Doncha just love it when a right winger comes out with a line like "We will look after the frail, the elderly and the poor" Do they sell Tui's in Pomgolia?
"Now some of my best friends are the frail, the elderly and the poor, but...."
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God, I hate being right...
Well then, come over from the dark side, you know you want to, we're all so friendly and cuddly over here.
And what's with the fag end for an avatar?
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Ah yes... wasn't it generous of Samantha's uterus to get with the media strategy?
Well, she's married. Thank god for that. None of this solo mother dependancy crap.
Dont you just love photo op no.10(previous link). The "Get them whilst they're young". ;) -
And what's with the fag end for an avatar?
It's Abu Ghraib Lassie -- or what the proverbial puppy gets if you don't do exactly what I say. You have been warned, I so dislike repeating myself. :)
Well, she's married. Thank god for that. None of this solo mother dependancy crap.
Screw that -- pack marching the campaign trail while five months pregnant? That's not being "supportive", it's grounds for divorce. :)
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I've a deep desire to reframe door stop speeches such as given by Cameron along the lines of "there are no challenges, the people are happy, well fed, better housed, more healthy than they were 10 years ago, we enjoy a standard of living better than our grandparents. Our government will do nothing as there are no challenges. Our values are a boho lifestyle, a terrific unfairness to nasty things, and above all, adherence to the slow city movement." etc etc.
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It's Abu Ghraib Lassie
Sir, I bow to your superior animal torture prowess.
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Sir, I bow to your superior animal torture prowess.
I do draw the line at making AGL wear a knitted sweater and allegedly cute beanie -- that's just nasty.
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And what's with the fag end for an avatar?
I was gonna say it might mean
The butt stops here!
but now I see it is merely a
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Trident nuclear deterrance? Did we jump back to the 1980s and the cold war? How is that still a not negotiable priority for anyone?
Especially when Britain really does not have £130 billion to spend on symbolism.
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Oh, and Fran O'Sullivan makes an important point about fiscal deficits, but it's really going a long way too far to start bringing Greece into it.
We did have near zero net government debt when the credit crunch struck. Greece is not the word for us, whatever present difficulties we face.
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Trident nuclear deterrance? Did we jump back to the 1980s and the cold war? How is that still a not negotiable priority for anyone?
It does seem to be a little more nuanced than that. From The Guardian's live blog:
A commitment to maintaining Britain's nuclear deterrent. Renewal of Trident will be scrutinised to ensure value for money. Liberal Democrats will be free to continue the case for alternatives.
So there is a commitment to the nuclear deterrent, but not necessarily Trident.
How that will work in practice, and whether a deterrent is needed at all, is a debate for another day.
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We did have near zero net government debt when the credit crunch struck. Greece is not the word for us, whatever present difficulties we face.
I find it funny that the exact same people arguing for fiscal discipline and cutting debt were only 5 years ago moaning about the size of the surplus
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I find it funny that the exact same people arguing for fiscal discipline and cutting debt were only 5 years ago moaning about the size of the surplus
There is that, yes. If I were Labour's research unit, I'd be making a list of those statements.
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There is that, yes. If I were Labour's research unit, I'd be making a list of those statements.
I hope my linebooks are still there...
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Via TPM, Fox News's hopeless reporting:
Queen Elizabeth accepted the invitation of Conservative Party leader David Cameron to become Britain's new prime minister Tuesday night after Gordon Brown resigned following his failure to form a coalition government with another liberal party.
Very nice of Mr Cameron to extend the invitation though.
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A corgi cabinet
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Heh. From the NY Times, ways in which David Cameron is not like John key:
Mr. Cameron then went to Eton, the traditional finishing school for Britain’s ruling classes, where it was reported that, as punishment for getting caught smoking marijuana, he was made to copy 500 lines of Latin text. At Oxford, he was a member of the notorious Bullingdon Club, whose agenda consisted of getting dressed up, getting drunk and getting out of trouble by paying off the people whose things were destroyed in club bacchanalias.
Joking side, the story is quite good on Cameron's role in the Conservatives' resurrection.
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Via TPM, Fox News's hopeless reporting:
Also been rather amusing watching the usual Tea Bags wrinking their noses at that Maoist infidel Cameron and those funny old Brits. After all, we all know litigation is infinitely superior to negotiation when it come to settling close elections...
Joking side, the story is quite good on Cameron's role in the Conservatives' resurrection.
*sigh* But they totally missed the real question: Did the Prime Minister ever engage in le vice anglais with McNulty from The Wire? If you're going to trot out all the Bridehead Revisited Tory toff cliches, don't forget institutionalised jailbait homoerotic BDSM.
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Especially when Britain really does not have £130 billion to spend on symbolism.
130 billion to continue something that most people consider ended about 20 years ago? Cheap at twice the price!
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In 1956 the United States scolded the United Kingdom and directed it to stop its little war on Egypt. The UK was forced to obey the new master's voice.
54 years later, at £130 billion Trident is probably considered cheap if it allows the decadent British establishment to continue the delusion that Suez never happened. -
If you're going to trot out all the Bridehead Revisited Tory toff cliches, don't forget institutionalised jailbait homoerotic BDSM.
Always on my mind.
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At Oxford, he was a member of the notorious Bullingdon Club, whose agenda consisted of getting dressed up, getting drunk and getting out of trouble by paying off the people whose things were destroyed in club bacchanalias.
The question is, with his trident in hand, did he impale?
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Interesting NYT article.
I've got to say that if the punishment at Eton for being caught smoking dope is merely "copying 500 lines of Latin" then perhaps we could relax here in the Antipodes a bit.
Do like the NYT's unselfconscious reference to "England's ruling classes." Perhaps they could do a feature on the US ruling class some time.
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