I'm unlucky enough to be living in an area which is represented by a UKIP member of parliament. Mind you, wherever you live you are going to be represented by someone or another who is probably very unsavoury, if not downright corrupt. But of course, that's the nature of politics today given that the House of Commons is a complete den of iniquity.
At the moment I'm being bombarded with a torrent of election guff which usually finds it's way straight into the dustbin. However, the latest piece of diatribe to come dropping through my letterbox did catch my eye for a moment before I consigned it to the aforementioned place reserved for rubbish.
It was from UKIP and two underlined statements on their pamphlet attracted my attention. The first read as follows:-
Support the economic recovery
I thought to myself when I read this that I must be inhabiting some sort of parallel universe since I've seen no evidence of economic recovery at all, but it was the second underlined statement which caused me the greatest consternation. It read:-
No deal with Ed Milliband. A vote for me is a vote to keep Miliband out.
Don't get me wrong, I don't blame anybody for not wanting to jump into bed with Ed, but implicit in this statement is an acknowledgment that turnout in the May election is going to be absolutely miniscule and that all the political parties will be forced to horse trade for power. Furthermore, UKIP is obviously not ruling out getting into bed with Cameron and perhaps even contemplating doing a threesome with Clegg included.
The mind boggles ! I wonder if it has also crossed their minds to consider a cross-border bed-hop with Nicola Sturgeon!
Parliament
The Den Of Thieves
Sunday, 12 April 2015
Saturday, 11 April 2015
Friday, 10 April 2015
The Times They Are A Changing
I read the following on an RT chat/comment forum.
The old Labour party is dead. Times have changed. The old union world has gone too. All political parties are now owned, bought and paid for by the defence industry, the banks and the corporations. We are run from Brussels as part of the federal European state nightmare, where 80% of the laws are made. Catch up with the times. If you want a mission, campaign to abolish MPs. They are obsolete.
Now there speaks someone after my own heart.
The old Labour party is dead. Times have changed. The old union world has gone too. All political parties are now owned, bought and paid for by the defence industry, the banks and the corporations. We are run from Brussels as part of the federal European state nightmare, where 80% of the laws are made. Catch up with the times. If you want a mission, campaign to abolish MPs. They are obsolete.
Now there speaks someone after my own heart.
Thursday, 9 April 2015
It's Time For Real Change
Workers worldwide have to take the struggle for a decent life out of the hands of corrupt union bureaucracies and pseudo-left parties that for decades have suppressed workers’ struggles.
The Labour party in Britain, Syriza in Greece and the Socialist party in France still peddle the old lie about reforming the system from within, but people know to their cost that this is unobtainable.
Bourgeois democracy stinks and that stench has reeked down the centuries since the time of Oliver Cromwell.
It's time for real change.
The Labour party in Britain, Syriza in Greece and the Socialist party in France still peddle the old lie about reforming the system from within, but people know to their cost that this is unobtainable.
Bourgeois democracy stinks and that stench has reeked down the centuries since the time of Oliver Cromwell.
It's time for real change.
Monday, 6 April 2015
The End Is Nigh
All the major political parties took part in the BBC's recent election debate but the participation of such numbers in an official televised debate is a first. It is a clear sign of the disintegration of the political set-up in Britain, under the weight of sharpening class tensions and divisions within the bourgeoisie itself.
According to opinion polls, Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party, won a sympathetic hearing from the tiny seven million TV audience, with one media poll placing her overall winner. One of the most searched for terms on the Internet was, “Can I vote for the SNP in England?”
Sturgeon’s appeal underscores the continued collapse of the Labour Party, which is widely reviled as no different than the Tories. It is committed to major spending cuts, differing only as to the speed with which they should be implemented.
Miliband’s efforts to try and present Labour as more in tune with working people, pledging to curtail zero-hour contracts and raise the minimum wage, have little traction.
According to opinion polls, Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party, won a sympathetic hearing from the tiny seven million TV audience, with one media poll placing her overall winner. One of the most searched for terms on the Internet was, “Can I vote for the SNP in England?”
Sturgeon’s appeal underscores the continued collapse of the Labour Party, which is widely reviled as no different than the Tories. It is committed to major spending cuts, differing only as to the speed with which they should be implemented.
Miliband’s efforts to try and present Labour as more in tune with working people, pledging to curtail zero-hour contracts and raise the minimum wage, have little traction.
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Friday, 3 April 2015
An Amazing Spectacle
So many liars gathered together under the one roof. An amazing spectacle!
That's my verdict on the BBC's election debate televised last night, which I never watched as I have far better things to do with two hours of my time.
The media types seem to be obsessed about who won the debate quoting a YouGov poll which interviewed just over a measly thousand people. How many actually watched the programme that's what I'd like to know. Probably only those looking for a cure for their insomnia I'd wager.
That's my verdict on the BBC's election debate televised last night, which I never watched as I have far better things to do with two hours of my time.
The media types seem to be obsessed about who won the debate quoting a YouGov poll which interviewed just over a measly thousand people. How many actually watched the programme that's what I'd like to know. Probably only those looking for a cure for their insomnia I'd wager.
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