Marriage? For Three Quid A Week!

Evening,

So it seems that Call Me Dave has decided that those who decide to tie the knot as well as those who get together through civil partnerships are more worthy of tax-payers money than everyone else - now considering that marriage is getting more and more uncommon nowadays why would they be pushing such a mention - wouldn't say that it was an Edwardian form of moral right - but still...

As inevitable as a plane crash in thick fog - the other major parties, with respect to the Greens - (UKIP and B*P do not constitute parties in my mind more like reptilian cults, but enough of them) have gone over the edge with their response with Labour not being able to help themselves but to lambast the Tories proposals.

But certain core demographics that the Tories are trying to win over, such as the Church of England, Saga and the Mothers’ Union have according to the Telegraph implied that they think that marriage should be explicitly recognized in the tax system. Hmmm.

Better end this post there!

Lord Adonis - Fail

Morning,

That unelected no-mark Lord Adonis has used a piece in the Independent this morning to implore those of us intending to vote Liberal Democrat to re-consider and to vote Labour. The argument being that by voting Liberal we are allowing the Conservatives in via the back door.

Perhaps if Labour didn't appoint cunts like Lord Adonis into cabinet and ignored it's core vote for well over a decade amongst other things - then perhaps we wouldn't feel that we have any other alternative. Perhaps.

For the record I'm only voting Liberal Democrats because Labour have no chance of winning down here in Folkestone and Hythe, but more pertinently, Labour has become as rabid a right wing party as the Tories are.


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Explosive Figures

Afternoon,

It has been confirmed that petrol prices has gone and hit a new high of £1.20 per litre.

The AA has also said that with Sterling's valuation against the Euro having dropped by some 13% in the last few months - that it is plausible that it will go up by another penny a litre soon.

Now, it might be me but this sounds like a good time to kick off fuel blockades whilst Labour are on it's knees.


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Walking To The Inevitable...

Morning,

I have just finished watching Chairman Brown’s press conference on Sky News – and as I have just mentioned on Twitter, but was it me or are were those journalists so fucking bored out of their skulls – perhaps they were thinking like I am beginning to think and reckon that this game is getting more and more difficult for Labour to win.

They seem to have been caught out quite decisively by the Conservatives being able to get more business leaders to back their proposal in not raising National Insurance that Labour are going to introduce in the event of a Brown victory.  Having time off work is allowing me to devote more time to the blog and give some thoughts over where I think the election is going.

Off topic, I am introducing some new hash-tags to my twitter feed:

#GE2010 – will show general coverage of the election campaign across the country – the majority of my posts will have this tag on my links.

#FkH – will show posts which relate to my neck of the woods and although I have already had a tweet from a Liberal Democrat councillor saying that their candidate is taking the battle to the Tories – I sadly cannot predict anything less than a comfortable victory for Damien Collins – who is high on Call Me Dave’s A-List – though with a reduced majority. 

Like anything in life, it’s not what you, but who you know...

The First Heckler...

Expect more of this – the people are restless...

Afternoon Thoughts

Afternoon,

Apologies for this morning's serious posts - yes that is deemed to be a serious write-up. The phone in on Five Live so riled me that something needed saying at that moment.

Anyway, on to more surrealist stuff - I watched Prime Minister's questions this lunchtime for the first time in a long time due to work - of course - but good to see that it is still representative of Britain.

Childish, Boorish and fucking pathetic.


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Is Cameron Too Posh To Be PM?

Now the cum stains have been wiped off the laptop, let gets down to business.

Five Live’s phone in this morning was in regards of the question that I put on the heading of this piece.  The argument being that Mr Cameron cannot appreciate the hard grind that someone from a working-class background has to go through on a day to day basis.  Or other statements like 'how can somebody like Cameron understand what its like to be a single mother'

There can be no doubt that whilst Cameron has come from an extremely privileged background that he has suffered tragedy in his own life – with the death of his severely disabled son, Ivan over a year ago. 

Perhaps such episodes in one’s life forces someone to question their own belief system. 

I know that going to the school that I did, with the wide-ranging spectrum of backgrounds that students came from made me more driven – in the way that in my eyes – the school catered more for those of a more privileged background – particularly in the last few years of my education where the influence of a small clique of parents of students from a particular part of Surrey became more and more pronounced and obvious swayed me towards my class warrior leanings.

Nevertheless, if we are to ask whether Cameron is too Posh, are we saying that you can someone could be too common to be PM?  For that would be preposterous to even suggest such nonsense.

Why is that this even being considered now?  Why was it not open to debate when Blair went for the Premiership, back in 1997.  For he went to Fettes which is Scotland’s equivalent to fucking Eton.  

And moving the case on from there - why does a privileged education seem to be seen as a hindrance by some?  Gandhi was educated at Oxbridge and then led the civil disobedience which ended the Raj and Partition in India and Pakistan. 

Chairman Brown's background is actually fairly humble in comparison, but still of higher standing to the average yokel;  He had parents that were from a upper-class/authoritarian background (dare I say elitist...) and was taught outside of mainstream classes in school.  Not very socialist, that seems to me...

In the end it should be down to the person who is able to show the electorate that they are the one who can show the best form of leadership that is needed in these difficult times.

It Needs Saying...

We saw a remarkable performance last night at Camp Nou.

 

The world was treated to a glorious master class by the little man.

And he is still only 22...

Is This More Accurate?

This seems far more plausible a picture of just how the country is feeling at the moment – admittedly it does show that warmth to both Clegg and Cameron has grown since the last poll of this sort back on March 19th from YouGov.

It is said that some pundits who actually bet on these type of events – actually take far greater notice of these polls, rather than the polls concerning party support – which make also show why there has been concern for many years that we are heading towards a more presidential type of politique, rather than the party and ideological driven politics that we have had since year dot.

Safe to say that as the big day gets ever nearer, that we will see more of these sort of polls getting churned out by the Fourth Estate – it will be interesting to see how leader approval rating compares with the actual election result come the early hours of the 7th May. 

With regards to PoliticalBetting.

A Throwback...

From Now On...

I have been wondering how I will be able to update my thoughts on a constant basis between now and the big day on the 6th May – I am in the process of trying to find a twitter ticker-tape style tool which can go in between the title and the posts – where you’ll be able to read my twitter thoughts.

As well as that – I am wanting to find a specific feed for the latest news from the campaign trail, across the country.

This is going to be a momentous moment in our nation’s modern history – who knows, we might be in the same shithole in about six months!

And So It Begins...

30 days of full-scale orgasmic electioneering began just before 11am this morning when Chairman Brown, flanked by the full set of the Politburo stood outside Number 10 and said that the election will be on the 6th May.

The latest polls suggest a lead for the Tories of anything between 4% and 10% dependant on which poll you go for. 

The debate dates have also been announced - The first of the 90-minute sessions will be screened on ITV1 on Thursday April 15, the next by Sky on April 22 and the last by the BBC on April 29.

I get the feeling that the ICM poll that shows that the Tories only have an 4% lead is sadly a rogue poll – as it was carried out during the Easter weekend.

Ambulance Chasers...

I am currently watching what seems to be a TMZ/Perez Hilton cunt-fest whilst Tiger Woods tries to answer questions prior to starting his comeback at the Masters at the Augusta National.

It seems to me that once they have asked him the inevitable trash questions involving that infamous night in Florida, last November – that they are trying to see what other shit they can throw at the poor sod.

I hope he annihilates the field this week – and stick two fingers up to all the fucking ambulance chasers and other fuckwits who have tried to trouser a fortune out of what has been a terrible situation for the golfer and his family.

Let’s be fair, would any of us be surprised?

This cunt has finally met his end...

And not before time...

A notorious white supremacist who once threatened to wage war rather than allow black rule in South Africa was hacked to death at his farm yesterday following an argument with two employees.

Eugene Terre'Blanche's mutilated body was found on his bed along with a broad-blade knife and a wooden club, police said.

Terre'Blanche, with striking blue eyes and white beard, was the voice of hard-line opposition to the end of racial apartheid in the early 1990s, and the AWB was infamous for its swastika-like symbols and neo-Nazi anthems.

But he had been in relative obscurity since his release in 2004 after a prison sentence for beating a black man nearly to death.

One less Nazi in the world – not a bad thing that.

Reflective...

Afternoon,

As I look into the algae covered pond here in Radnor Park - I am looking back across the past year as I bead towards my 28th year. It has been a chequered and at times, squalid year for me personally. Something that has to come to an end sooner rather than later.

The way that I have allowed my depression to cloud my judgement in past months is something that on reflection confused and worried me. Is this the end game before the inevitable end of life - via some form of sadistic way. Am I allowing situations both at home and at work to ferment towards the point where the only way that I can regain some form of control is to lose it in the first instance.

That in itself would force me to ask some further uncomfortable questions - why is it that I am allowing it to happen? Is it that I feel that I am losing a form of status or respect for myself and that in a way is causing me to react in such a fashion. Is it that with the massive changes that have happened with my own job security that I feel threatened of my own personal security - financially and wellbeing.

Or perhaps it is something else: perhaps it is in my eyes that with such changes, people come and go - particularly those whom you become friends with and when they go elsewhere in future of fortune - comparing them to those who come in their place are not going to be on the same wavelength as those previously your friends. And as a direct result - such reactions are an inevitability.

As I say, difficult and brutal questions to be asking myself this weekend - and as the rain begins to fall again and the raindrops hit the pond with effortless ease - perhaps with a week off after this bank holiday, this is the time to be asking those questions.


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Paradise Or Hell

Evening,

Heading back from my monthly shop to Canterbury - did not go exactly to plan. Spent only £50 when expected to spend close to four times that. Was trying some jumpers for mine and my mates piss up on Thursday and the top of them seemed decidedly tighter than normal.

It seems where I have pulled something in my chest that both of my nipple regions have for some odd reason swelled up.

Concerning. Still - off we go to All Saints when we get home for some decisive shopping - need some boots as well.

Mind how you go.


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Thinking Of The Election...

The government – under the stewardship of Chairman Brown (passim) seems to have a un-nerving habit of being able to help itself into another heap of shit. 

Today it is the ever-concerning situation regarding the unions threatening further strikes with BA and the railway network – yet the unions are desperate for Brown to win the election against Call Me Dave.

Funny way of going about it...

The New Design

Evening all,

I thought that with the election coming up it would be a fabulous opportunity to refresh the website with a few subtle changes.

Normal service will resume shortly!

The Car Crash Budget

Morning,

I'm at the gym right now and as always they have Auntie on the tellies. Darling's budget is little less than 4 hours away and the so-called experts are trying to predict just what will Alistair come up with.

One thing for certain, although there will be inducements this time round - they are not going to be as generous as in previous years and will probably only be aimed at certain demographics.

We must hope that the current chancellor is the one who is given the mandate to carry out what is proposed after the General Election which will be called imminently.

For all of our sakes...



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Dispatches

Last night's programme on Channel 4 was as bad as it was predicted for those of us of a red hue.

At least the bastards have been given the whipping of their lives.

Whether it's enough to save Labour is another matter..


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