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Sad though it may be, I would recommend recording some of the things on BBC Parliament. Lots of the small features and round ups give you an idea of who is doing what and where. It's not trying to be entertaining like the Daily Politics.
They are the sort of people who were presidents of the student's union, or ran societies and clubs: in other words, monumental stiffs, who didn't have any real mates.
Also, and much more importantly, they don't know how to dress well.
Mrs Thatcher announcing from time to time how many new beds the NHS had got that week. It later turned out that moving an old bed into a different ward would somehow cause it to become 'new'.
Mr Blair's '45 minute' dossier. He must have known.
Mr Cameron (IIRC) promising a standard £150ish a week pension for 'everyone'. Turns out that your first ten years of NI contributions only enables you to qualify for a pension. ie someone with nine years and eleven months gets precisely nothing whereas under the old scheme they'd have gotten nine thirty'ths. So leaving thousands worse off. Forgot to mention that did you Mr C?
The world is generally full of shit. Most media items are hyped to the limit, and facts are very hard to come by. Its got to the point where I don't listen to, or watch news, and tbh read very little. It is mostly bullshit and opinion.
"snap election" - that is getting on my pip too. Why not call it an "election"?
Corbyn - not playing by "their" rules: ffs man, speak clearly. Everything has to be a soundbite or slogan, thin and glib.
and every stiff softarse politician starting every single bleeding sentence with "look....". I'll give you look sunshine. Don't get so lippy. If you started your setnences like that in a pub in most places you'd get the hard end of a clip for your aggressive gob.
aye, that'll learn em.
Corbyn though, he just makes me cringe. Sitting on his fat pile of cash, bit wedge of a pension, and playing the ordinary man card. My arse.
And all these pillocks who rattle on about "working class". Oh give me a break you chip on the shoulder melon: no such thing as working class, the term is irrelevant and is used as another weapon of prejudice.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
I thought of suggesting him too, but thought I'd be accused of being a ginger beard hugging freak or something around here.
Donald Dewar too - hope people here still remember him...
Plus, with Robin Cook you could see beyond it and realise he was just a bloody nice bloke.
Love Rat though....
(Which was still a big deal in those days, nowadays MPs' private lives barely make the news. Times have changed.)
After writing to him to ask about the possibility of various cycle paths, he not only wrote back but immediately started working towards getting them. They are now in place, mostly, and very few stretches my brother mentioned were left out (and probably were for budget or practicality issues).
Even when he's been unable to help, he's always gotten back in touch. That sort of thing goes a long, long way in this very cynical world.
Does a lot of good work and genuinely cares for the community around.
I doubt most people could name even 100 of the prominent ones, which still leaves over 500 who probably just get on and do their job.
But I may be feeling overly generous this morning .
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Watching those clips of Blair is quite worrying too - he's so incredibly falsely sincere in both of them. He looks like an estate agent, only less trustworthy. Did he really seem like the bright new hope after the dull old John Major? And I admit to voting Labour in '97 too.
Oddly enough Michael Foot comes over slightly better than I remembered. That appalling haircut was at least part of his un-appeal, I think.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
20mph speed limits in Brighton led to almost immediate rush-hour gridlock (and hence increased carbon output, not reduced). She also wants formula milk for babies to be available on prescription only, presumably because she's a lunatic.