Notes

Hard working MP’s

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Conservative MP Philip Davies was asked on The Daily Politics today how many MP’s would be present for the vote on giving 16-year-olds the vote in the EU referendum. Has answer was: “There’s no votes today and lots on MP’s go back to their constituencies early.” I checked my calendar, and today is Thursday. So that means these hard working MP’s have put in nearly three days of hard graft at the coalface of Westminster politics before starting their weekends.

Remember that when they bleat about how hard working they are. Bless.

What I read today…

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“Capitalism has always been progressive, something Voltaire noticed in the London Stock Exchange of the 18th century, where he saw Christians, Jews and Muslims trading together.”

Ed West. Evening Standard

Sorry Ed, capitalists trading together is not progressive. All that tells you is that capitalists stick together. They are a class, and as such they have more in common with each other, whatever their religious beliefs, than they do with the working class of the same religion.

The same goes for us – whatever our country of origin, colour, creed, gender or other characteristic, we are, first and foremost, workers. And we have more in common with our own class from anywhere in the world than we have with the ruling class of our home country.

 

 

Euphemisms

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When the Tories and Lib-Dems say “difficult decisions” they mean cuts. Cuts.

They would rather use six syllables because cuts is the C-word in politics.

So when they use the euphemism we should call them (the politicians) “difficult deNcisions” – its like Cuts, but with an extra N.

Poor Harry

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HarryPoor Harry Windsor. To support an AIDS charity he was asked to reveal a secret. His big secret is that he gets nervous before speaking in public. Well, here’s an idea: get a proper job. Not one where you have the money and the resources to live a playboy lifestyle, just a plain ordinary job. There are millions of people who do not have to worry about “speaking in public” because they are doing ordinary jobs, living on normal incomes. Join the masses, Harry. Save yourself all that stress.

P.S. How many major sporting events have you had front seats for, in the last 5 years? And how much did you pay for them?

P.P.S. Parasite.

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The Economist on Jerusalem (Nov 08 2014)

“Palestinians, but not Jews, who leave face another risk. Israel can revoke residency rights for any Palestinian absent from the city for more than five years. At least 14,000 Palestinians have in effect been banished from their birthplace.”

Racist?

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BBC reported al-Assad’s troops killed >53 protesters on Fri but did NOT use the phrase “killing his own people” It’s only for Libya stories

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When Saleh’s troops killed 39 protesters last wk BBC did NOT use the phrase “killing his own people” which it reserves for reporting Libya