Politics and Daily Fail
Apr. 8th, 2010 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lokifanI assume most of you have seen this song. If you haven’t, watch it immediately! It’s a fantastic song made up entirely of made-up Daily Mail headlines, and one of the funniest things I’ve seen ages.
Bureaucratic red tape,
Facebook gang rape,
Gordon out Dave in before the country caves in.
Ian Huntley gets his own Jacuzzi and a gym in jail,
It’s absolutely true because I read it in the Daily Mail.
Speaking of politics...well, I’m a student away from my idealistic fellows and it’s the general election in under a month. So I am going to talk about politics! And be very judgemental!
The part about the Chancellors' debate and the general election:
The Chancellors’ debate contained few surprises: Cable came out on top, both because he’s brilliant and because Darling and Osbourne focussed on attacking each other. Darling played the “pragmatist politician” to the hilt and did okay. Osbourne was pretty awful: Cable called him out on playing the “efficiency savings” card after scorning Labour’s attempt to do so.
The Tories’ habit of announcing policy at the last minute and changing their ideas all the time is seriously concerning this close to the election – they are clearly not prepared for office, whatever they say. I’m starting to think we’ve been asking the wrong question all this time: it’s not if they’re evil that matters, but if they’re incompetent. Michael “something of the night” Howard, not to mention Thatcher, were pretty evil but they weren’t amateurish.
The part about the gay vote:
LOL, CAMERON!FAIL. This is a man who voted against the repeal of Section 28; it’s due to men like him that when I started school (and I’m twenty, this was not very long ago) my teachers could be FIRED for mentioning the existence of gay people. 65% of Tory MPs do not believe in gay equality; 85% of them voted against us having protection from discrimination in the provision of goods and services a few years ago. When the Tories’ fail on queer issues is spelled out – particularly in such an embarrassing, um-ah-ish way – I do an unseemly dance of glee.
Explanations for curious Americans/Canadians:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the bloke in charge of the economy, effectively. Darling is the current Chancellor, and therefore is Labour. Osbourne is the Tories’ man. (‘Tories’ being slang for the Conservatives.) Cable is the Liberal Democrats’ shadow Chancellor and commands something of a cult of personality, far more so than the leader, Nick Clegg. Michael Howard was the last Tory leader, who campaigned in the 2005 general election with a v racist campaign.
The part about European politics:
Much as it always pleases me to see Silvo-bloody-Berlesconi lose a little power, it was distressing to see the Northern League gain two regions in the election. They’re a bunch of horrid little fascists, and this can only mean bad things for Italy.
I’m afraid my reaction to Sarko’s decreasing power was uncharitably amused. He’s been unfairly sarcastic about Obama and it was satisfying that he had to go cap-in-hand for a bit of positive publicity. I’m willing to admit I dislike Sarko largely for his policies, but also for personal reasons: Jacques Chirac has his flaws but Sarkozy’s betrayal was revolting. Besides, Sarko is often seen with Angela Merkel, particularly during the recent wrangling over the Greek bail-out – and that really does him no good. Merkel’s a stateswoman, and Sarko’s a mosquito.
And now I am done! Feel free to tell me your thoughts, even if you entirely disagree.
Bureaucratic red tape,
Facebook gang rape,
Gordon out Dave in before the country caves in.
Ian Huntley gets his own Jacuzzi and a gym in jail,
It’s absolutely true because I read it in the Daily Mail.
Speaking of politics...well, I’m a student away from my idealistic fellows and it’s the general election in under a month. So I am going to talk about politics! And be very judgemental!
The part about the Chancellors' debate and the general election:
The Chancellors’ debate contained few surprises: Cable came out on top, both because he’s brilliant and because Darling and Osbourne focussed on attacking each other. Darling played the “pragmatist politician” to the hilt and did okay. Osbourne was pretty awful: Cable called him out on playing the “efficiency savings” card after scorning Labour’s attempt to do so.
The Tories’ habit of announcing policy at the last minute and changing their ideas all the time is seriously concerning this close to the election – they are clearly not prepared for office, whatever they say. I’m starting to think we’ve been asking the wrong question all this time: it’s not if they’re evil that matters, but if they’re incompetent. Michael “something of the night” Howard, not to mention Thatcher, were pretty evil but they weren’t amateurish.
The part about the gay vote:
LOL, CAMERON!FAIL. This is a man who voted against the repeal of Section 28; it’s due to men like him that when I started school (and I’m twenty, this was not very long ago) my teachers could be FIRED for mentioning the existence of gay people. 65% of Tory MPs do not believe in gay equality; 85% of them voted against us having protection from discrimination in the provision of goods and services a few years ago. When the Tories’ fail on queer issues is spelled out – particularly in such an embarrassing, um-ah-ish way – I do an unseemly dance of glee.
Explanations for curious Americans/Canadians:
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the bloke in charge of the economy, effectively. Darling is the current Chancellor, and therefore is Labour. Osbourne is the Tories’ man. (‘Tories’ being slang for the Conservatives.) Cable is the Liberal Democrats’ shadow Chancellor and commands something of a cult of personality, far more so than the leader, Nick Clegg. Michael Howard was the last Tory leader, who campaigned in the 2005 general election with a v racist campaign.
The part about European politics:
Much as it always pleases me to see Silvo-bloody-Berlesconi lose a little power, it was distressing to see the Northern League gain two regions in the election. They’re a bunch of horrid little fascists, and this can only mean bad things for Italy.
I’m afraid my reaction to Sarko’s decreasing power was uncharitably amused. He’s been unfairly sarcastic about Obama and it was satisfying that he had to go cap-in-hand for a bit of positive publicity. I’m willing to admit I dislike Sarko largely for his policies, but also for personal reasons: Jacques Chirac has his flaws but Sarkozy’s betrayal was revolting. Besides, Sarko is often seen with Angela Merkel, particularly during the recent wrangling over the Greek bail-out – and that really does him no good. Merkel’s a stateswoman, and Sarko’s a mosquito.
And now I am done! Feel free to tell me your thoughts, even if you entirely disagree.
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Date: 2010-04-09 04:02 pm (UTC)My most favourite quote from the mail ever was from an article clipped out and stuck up in the maths department. It was about someone who'd memorised a record-new number of digits of pi, and then it helpfully explained "pi has more than 3 billion digits". I was overawed by the accuracy of their reporting: that sentence was very, very true :)
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Date: 2010-04-11 02:18 pm (UTC)*collapses in laughter*
Oh. My. God. That's fantastic.
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Date: 2010-04-13 09:11 am (UTC)