Progressive Politics

Capitalists of course will say, "Gutter? Why should I pay for one of those?"

 

if i where not in de gutter i would have bugger all to moan about, then what will i do with my time?

 

saying that, if i where to have a few more years like the last month, i could be avoiding tax and running for a knighthood. .

 

fin, you don't "run" for a knighthood.

You pay for one!

 

cool, gimme two.

 

"Progressive" is in the same politicians dicktionary as


" Let me be absolutely clear on this....... " ( whilst I fumble for the pin on the smoke grenade I am about to let off in this palace of mirrors)

And

" I'm glad you asked me that question........" ( cos I now what you want to know, and now I can ramble off in a completely different direction and answer a question, I'd actually like to ask myself, and which has no relevance to your question)

 

On one occasion back in the 1980s, when Lord Hailsham was the Lord Chancellor, I had the duty of preparing the LC's briefing notes for a short debate in the House of Lords on a certain topic (it was about Social Security Commissioners). I was allowed to observe the session from the officials' box. My briefing naturally included a list of answers to possible questions the opposition might ask.

When the first question was asked, Lord Hailsham gave the first answer in my list; to the second question he gave the second answer; and so on. He completely ignored the content of the questions, and simply made the points he wanted to make, i.e. the points I had drafted, in sequence.

I learned from this two of the cardinal rules of briefing ministers:
1. Make the best points first, because whatever you put on page 2 will probably never be reached.
2. It doesn't matter what the questions are, it is the answers which count.

 

I can't really see what real difference there is these days between Labour and Tories. They both look like the same dish with some differences in seasoning.
They seem to say much the same things. Whatever sleaze there is in the Tories, you can bet that some other sleaze will come to light in Labour.
So if they were in coalition, I'm not sure which manifesto policies they would have to ditch - nothing that would make a great deal of difference. The Labour party is massively socialism lite these days (maybe not such a bad thing). Both parties bleat on about the "hard working people" and pensioners and how the Nat. Health Service ought to work better. It's not as if Labour have a policy of nationalisation, or want to boost union membership. And no one seems to have any real vision for how they think they can make the UK rich and marvellous.
Have they been talking about serious bank reform? No. So the shit will all hit the fan again soon. Sorry folks.