Voting Motivation
Posted: Thu 6 May, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, Politics 1 Comment »Ever needed (another) good reason for not voting Conservative today?
Here you go – Robert Mugabe gives the Conservatives his support, and says we’d have better relations with Zimbabwe under a Conservative government.
Election Day
Posted: Thu 6 May, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, Politics, Thoughts Leave a comment »In this democracy I as a citizen reserve the right to stand up for what I believe in
In this democracy I as a citizen I’m not accountable to the government
In this democracy the government is accountable to us, the people
In this democracy the government is elected by us, the people
To represent us, the people
In our best interests, on a national and international scale
And if they’re not doing so, In this democracy, I as a citizen reserve the right
To rise up
I will not move, I will not change
I will not bend or play their games
I will stand tall with a full frame
I will take pride to stake the claim
I swear, as a citizen of this country
To stand up for what I believe in
I swear, as a citizen of this country
To not just sit around, bitching and mourning
I swear, as a citizen of this country
To take action if action be needed
I swear, as a citizen of this country
To realize that the power is with us
And no one else…
I will not move, I will not change…
I will stake a claim
I will stake a claim
I will stake a claim
I will stake a claim
I will not move, I will not change…
© Scroobius Pip “Stake A Claim” (You can also find out more about Scroobius Pip here)
SNP and Equality
Posted: Thu 29 April, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, News, Politics, Thoughts Leave a comment »Yesterday the Scottish National Party were told that they won’t get a plinth in the final televised election debate. And quite right too.
The debates are for the national parties, the three with a chance of national rule. The SNP (and Plaid Cymru) haven’t got a chance of that. They’re not running a national campaign – so why should they have a national mouthpiece ?
I’m just a posh boy
Posted: Thu 22 April, 2010 Filed under: Advertising, Creativity, Cynicism, Politics Leave a comment »Saw this today and loved it. Now if only we could get the Conservatives to use it…
The kind of thing Photoshop was meant to be used for (Click to embiggenify)
Electioneering
Posted: Fri 16 April, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Cynicism, Politics, Thoughts 2 Comments »So it’s the run-up to another General Election – don’t tell me you’d missed it!
This time round I wonder who people will vote for. It’s hard to tell the difference between the two main parties, they seem to be Siamese Twins (sorry, conjoined twins) rather than polar opposites. In both cases their policies (or lack thereof) seem only to differ in punctuation and tiny things to argue about while the main points lumber through regardless. The options seem to be a dour Scottish tosser that we know is a scumbag or a perma-tanned PR weasel who’s slicker than greased owl-shit, and who we simply are pretty certain is a scumbag. More a case of “whichever devil you know”.
All of which makes me think that perhaps this election is the Liberal Democrat‘s best chance ever.
I wonder how many other people are thinking “Well both Brown and Cameron are cunts I wouldn’t trust to run a bath, let alone a country. Maybe I’ll go for the Libdems, see what they’ve got“. (Or at least words to that effect)
All Nick Clegg has to do really is look like less of a fuckwitted u-turning scumwad than the other two and (in my opinion) he’s got a real chance at being the next PM.
Maybe it’s time for that third way.
Political Contacts
Posted: Sun 11 April, 2010 Filed under: 1BEM, Advertising, Cynicism, Politics, Work-related | Tags: #debill, east falkirk, election, Labour, linlithgow, morons, Politics 3 Comments »via Twitter/TwitPic, another fine example of why politicians should never ever be allowed to control the internet, or access to it…
How not to do it.
So a few pointers…
- You really expect your voters to type in www.linlithgowandeastfalkirklabour.org.uk ? Get real.
- And separate sites for each constituency? Really? I guess joined-up communications and corporate message just kind of got by-passed.
- A hotmail email account? For politicians? You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. (Mind you, the actual site doesn’t even appear to list proper email addresses, and just uses a contact form)
- It really helps to have the proper names in your Twitter and Facebook contact details. Not “site.com/yourname”. FFS.
And these clueless fuckers are indicative of the type of politicians who brought in the Digital Economy bill? Jesus H. Christ on a shiny metal bicycle.
Budgetary Concerns
Posted: Wed 24 March, 2010 Filed under: Cynicism, News, Politics Leave a comment »So, the 2010 Budget then…
- A “staggered” 3p rise in fuel tax – great, that just means the companies will add on 2 or 3p per rise, rather than one big rise. Overall it’ll mean about 10p on a litre, rather than the 5p that would’ve come from a 3p rise
- No stamp-duty for first-time house-buyers on houses <£250,000. – Big deal. The entire “first-time buyer” thing’s a bag of shit anyway in my experience. My “first-time buy” was nullified by the fact it was Herself’s second buy, so we couldn’t get any of the first-time buyer deals. Cunts.
- No changes to allowances on incomes <£100,000 – Well thanks a bundle for fuck-all.
- No other changes to VAT or income tax – that does surprise me, as a change to these would’ve been an almost certain vote-loser, and I’m still generally convinced that Labour want to lose this election, which’ll make the current shit-fest “the next person’s problem”. But then, I’m a cynic.
- Wine, beer and spirits up by 2% – Guess they’re not wanting us to drink our way out of recession then
- Tobacco tax up by 1% – Or smoke
- Cider duty up by 10% – Seriously? 10%? Guess Labour aren’t worried about the cider-drinking voters then.