Or should that be the British Biased Corporation. I’ve never seen such an awful balance of opinion presented and dumbed down as that of today’s Politics Show. The BBC have completely overstepped the mark. It shouldn’t be up to the Lib Dem invitee to point out about Burnley etc.
I’ve just recovered from the locals - having been agent for the indefatigable Chris Walker who took this Labour bastion for the Lib Dems.
True we were helped with the town centre being part of the ward including the terraces of Shaw Heath, the Mottram street towers with the HA/Council/Private dwellings of the Town Centre. It was on the Brinnington Estate itself where we made a good impact taking our message to these very direct but friendly residents - they saw Chris as someone they could relate to.
I had a great artworker, technical support person, I was simply trying to conduct the thing!
My great thanks go to Stuart, Andrew, Geoff, Len, Rose, Joe, Rex, Michelle, Karen and Sue! And of course Chris Walker!
I’ve mentioned before about Mariela Frostrup - i think she represents everything bad about new labour. Don’t get me wrong she does a good book programme - but on politics she doesn’t seem to have a clue.
First, she’s well-off and lives as far away as possible from a Council estate. All she experiences is her own middle-class well-heeled neighbourhood - just like a lot of Labour people.
Second, she’s not that bright politically - she seems to think that new Labour is the sum thing that can actually be achieved against the tories. She fails to understand that the system might need to change.
Third, (although latterly it’s changing) she refuses to admit she’s a staunch Labour supporter (could she be a member?)
Fourth, she says of the Lib Dems `oh that wishy-washy lot` - not having met any Lib Dems who represent ordinary people (not the Hampstead set).
New Labour have so ran out of ideas or of having any solutions to anything that they court groups of voters in a system of `divide and rule`. Witness the 10p tax - abolished to appeal to middle england or, and let’s be brutal about it, more specifically certain polling districts where people cravenly check the tax rates under Lab or Tory and vote accordingly. This was all to do with seeking votes in marginal Lab/Con constituencies thus shitting on their own people. They thought Labour people would just swallow it!
Problem is that it could have worked if people were getting good pay rises, their houses were gaining in value and prices were steady. Now that isn’t so it brings it all up in sharp relief.
People just think they have no soul - the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer.
To add insult to injury you get Mariela Frostrup being paid to do adverts to get people to claim their tax credits - someone who doesn’t have to think about paying extra for that organic focaccia from the over-priced minimart.
Then you get the fact that the solution that has been chosen to address some of the upsets of the losers of the 10p tax will be non means-tested - ie the increase in the winter fuel allowance goes to ALL pensioners including older MPs. Yet, if you’re a childless couple or a single person on less than about £12,500 you have to suffer the indignity of going cap in hand with your 40-page forms to claim that extra £20 a week.
If that wasn’t barmy enough you have the very people administering it claiming the tax credits too!
Let’s be clear it’s all an utter shambles.
I only ask because there seems to be an old colonel type mouthing the words in sync with Cameron! He does it all the time!
Ever since she was on that prog saying `I always vote Labour - Lib Dems are so wishy-washy`. Now she’s doing adverts urging people to take up their tax credits!
Nice work if you can get it. You scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours. I take it she isn’t entitled to any - the patronising rich elitist.
She represents all that is wrong with New Labour today - completely out of touch with ordinary working men and women.
Been dying to read what the bloggers at Labourhome think of the economic fiasco - guess though it’s not allowed! Nope, not a dicky bird about what’s going on about house prices etc. Has the Politburo caught its tongue!
Is it me or am I not the only one who is sick of those awful accents nu labour put on. There’s the over-emphasised estuary accents of minor Labour ministers - there’s also the `let’s emphasise my northerness` Hazel Blairs with her `cuntry` (no offence meant!).
Listening to Hazel Blairs this morning defending the Labour government I wonder what game she was playing?
It’s all to do with going through the hard times and we’ve got to stick with it. Ah, but who has caused it all?
Oh, so it’s nothing to do with this - then basically you can have any party in power as it doesn’t really matter? Which is it?
Perhaps then you can directly elect the Chancellor?
It’s a laugh but not totally unserious.
I thought Nick was really good tonight on Al-Yamamah. The trouble is we have to fight this cosy conspiracy of the establishment parties who think that saying `it’s all to do with national security` makes it right to cover things up.
He was on a head to head with Rifkind - who basically said it’s important to be screwed over by the Saudis as they had so much intelligence. How many more countries are going to screw us over? We all know the US does.
Yet another complaint about World at One and heaven forbid they answer with the usual crap i received last time.
Basically saying that on tax the Lib Dems with a solution are being silenced.
