Post by Dan on Apr 30, 2005 17:26:44 GMT
Found an interesting article in the paper today. Doesnt completely sum up my views but is close.
NOW HIT TORIES IN THE BALLOTS
30 April 2005
I DESPISE both Tony Blair and his illegal war in Iraq (What part of "Thou shalt not kill" does our avowedly Christian Prime Minister not understand?).
David Blunkett, as Home Secretary, almost destroyed my faith in socialism and his successor, Charles Clarke, has done little to restore it.
The very mention of Peter Mandelson makes me want to wash my hands with Swarfega.
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Jack Straw is a beady-eyed political opportunist with the intellectual power of a digital watch.
Ally McCoist - sorry, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly - is arguably even more annoying.
And, yes, there is a "but"...
I would vote for Charlie Kennedy and the Lib-Dems if I thought they had a snowball's chance in hell of being elected.
Unfortunately they haven't. We know it, they know it and it's a shame.
But...
Those of us who, thankfully, grew up outside the Home Counties in the 80s know exactly what I'm talking about when I say that ballot papers should have a box marked: "Anybody but the Tories".
To that end, there is only one party that can keep the spivs, fox-hunters, social-climbing pretend- posh women, Daily Mail readers and racists at bay.
It is my sorry duty to report that it is the Labour Party.
Consequently, here are 10 reasons why I'll vote for them on Thursday:
WHY should we vote for Michael Howard when Tory MPs failed to vote for him during the 1997 leadership contest in such numbers that he came fifth out of five?
Even John Redwood secured more votes. What do they know that we don't?
LISTENING to the Tories talk about "looking after the NHS" is like letting Rose West deliver a lecture on child-care. There is "something of the night" about the whole party.
MARGARET Thatcher.
AND, mining a seam, as Doris Karloff (aka Ann Widdecombe) once said about Howard: "He has a problem... in that his first reaction to attack is denial and refuge in semantic prestidigitation."
In other words, he panics and then starts lying.
MARGARET Thatcher.
JEREMY Paxman once asked Howard the same question 13 times on Newsnight and still failed to get an answer. Howard was later overheard telling a minion: "I couldn't remember, I couldn't remember." Which is encouraging.
MARGARET Thatcher.
FORMER Tory vice-chairman Howard Flight was recently sacked and deselected for telling the truth.
His crime? Admitting that the Conservative Party will slash public services beyond the stated £35billion. "We have to say that before an election," he confessed. Hmmm.
AND, once again, Margaret Thatcher.
WOULD you buy a second-hand car from Oliver Letwin? Who? The Shadow Chancellor. No, of course you wouldn't.
I hesitate to say that they've earned it, but the Labour Party has got my vote one last time. And I mean: One. Last. Time.
*Did I mention Margaret Thatcher?
NOW HIT TORIES IN THE BALLOTS
30 April 2005
I DESPISE both Tony Blair and his illegal war in Iraq (What part of "Thou shalt not kill" does our avowedly Christian Prime Minister not understand?).
David Blunkett, as Home Secretary, almost destroyed my faith in socialism and his successor, Charles Clarke, has done little to restore it.
The very mention of Peter Mandelson makes me want to wash my hands with Swarfega.
Advertisement
Jack Straw is a beady-eyed political opportunist with the intellectual power of a digital watch.
Ally McCoist - sorry, Education Secretary Ruth Kelly - is arguably even more annoying.
And, yes, there is a "but"...
I would vote for Charlie Kennedy and the Lib-Dems if I thought they had a snowball's chance in hell of being elected.
Unfortunately they haven't. We know it, they know it and it's a shame.
But...
Those of us who, thankfully, grew up outside the Home Counties in the 80s know exactly what I'm talking about when I say that ballot papers should have a box marked: "Anybody but the Tories".
To that end, there is only one party that can keep the spivs, fox-hunters, social-climbing pretend- posh women, Daily Mail readers and racists at bay.
It is my sorry duty to report that it is the Labour Party.
Consequently, here are 10 reasons why I'll vote for them on Thursday:
WHY should we vote for Michael Howard when Tory MPs failed to vote for him during the 1997 leadership contest in such numbers that he came fifth out of five?
Even John Redwood secured more votes. What do they know that we don't?
LISTENING to the Tories talk about "looking after the NHS" is like letting Rose West deliver a lecture on child-care. There is "something of the night" about the whole party.
MARGARET Thatcher.
AND, mining a seam, as Doris Karloff (aka Ann Widdecombe) once said about Howard: "He has a problem... in that his first reaction to attack is denial and refuge in semantic prestidigitation."
In other words, he panics and then starts lying.
MARGARET Thatcher.
JEREMY Paxman once asked Howard the same question 13 times on Newsnight and still failed to get an answer. Howard was later overheard telling a minion: "I couldn't remember, I couldn't remember." Which is encouraging.
MARGARET Thatcher.
FORMER Tory vice-chairman Howard Flight was recently sacked and deselected for telling the truth.
His crime? Admitting that the Conservative Party will slash public services beyond the stated £35billion. "We have to say that before an election," he confessed. Hmmm.
AND, once again, Margaret Thatcher.
WOULD you buy a second-hand car from Oliver Letwin? Who? The Shadow Chancellor. No, of course you wouldn't.
I hesitate to say that they've earned it, but the Labour Party has got my vote one last time. And I mean: One. Last. Time.
*Did I mention Margaret Thatcher?