Monthly Archives: July 2016

The ‘great Guido’ gets it wrong – again.

28 Thursday Jul 2016

Posted by in Andrea Leadsom MP, Anti Hs2 mob, Guido Fawkes, Hs2, Victoria Prentis MP

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Hs2 antis have got very excited by a story on the execrable ‘Guido Fawkes’ website. The great ‘Guido’ has tried to make out that the appointment of a prominent anti Hs2 MP as a Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Ministers in the Department of Transport somehow causes problems for the HS2 project, leading to a “tough circle to square”. The problem is – the truth is exactly the opposite. Victoria Prentis’ opposition to Hs2 has been neutered. Why? Because as a PPS she is bound by the same rules on collective responsibility as the Cabinet are. This means she can’t speak out against Government policy as she is deemed to have collective responsibility for it! The delicious irony is that this is the second anti Hs2 MP Teresa May has effectively muzzled – the other being one Andrea Leadsom, who is now Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change!

Still, when has the Fawkes camp ever let the facts get in the way…

Poetry corner revisited

24 Sunday Jul 2016

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Here’s the latest ode from my friend Skimbleshanks…

Chorus:
Ohhhhh! We’re off to see the Wild West Show!
The elephant and the kangaroo–oo-oo-oo!
Never mind the weather, as long as we’re together,
We’re off to see the Wild West Show.

Verse the First
And in the first cage, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have …. the Thinkie-Tankie Bird.
The Thinkie-Tankie Bird? It’s fantastic, it’s incredible! What the Bloody Hell is it … ?
The Thinkie-Tankie Bird, Ladies and Gentlemen, is a marvellous beast whose cognitive activity is firmly in inverse proportion to any actual achievements. So if he Tanks, he Thinks, but when he Thinks, he Tanks!
Chorus

Verse the Second
And in the next cage, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have Andrea Leadsom.
Andrea Leadsom? It’s … etc
Well. I’d like to tell you, Ladies and Gentlemen, but I can’t. Yes you’ve got it, young feller-me-lad – Mum’s the Word!
Chorus

Verse the Third
And in the next cage Ladies and Gentlemen, we have …. HS2 Action Alliance.
HS2 Action Alliance? It’s etc
HS2 Action Alliance, Ladies and Gentlemen, is a most mysterious beast. You might call it two-faced, because you’re never quite sure which end is talking. When it goes to the Select Committee, it’s all serious and authoritative. But at the same time, it spouts nonsense like “£6.3 billion cuts to existing services”, “HS2 will cost £138 billion” and “Rugby will lose all its fast trains to London”. Listen carefully, and you will discern, Ladies and Gentlemen, that it’s HS2AA’s Directors doing a bit of freelancing from the other end. Don’t get too close, Sir, it stinks.
Chorus

Verse the Fourth
And in the next cage, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have …. HSUK.
HSUK? It’s etc
No-one really knows, Ladies and Gentlemen. Some say it’s related to the Chameleon, some say to the Cheshire Cat. The one thing we do know, Ladies and Gentlemen, is that if you ask it a question, it disappears.

Verse the Fifth
And in the next cage, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have …. AGHAST.
AGHAST? It’s fantastic, it’s incredible! What the Bloody Hell is it … ?
Dunno. Haven’t seen it today. Sure it was there yesterday. Or maybe the day before.

Ohhhhh! We’re off to see the Wild West Show!
The elephant and the kangaroo–oo-oo-oo!
Never mind the weather, as long as we’re together,
We’re off to see the Wild West Show.

Corbynwatch (No 1)

23 Saturday Jul 2016

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St Jeremy of Corbyn has been addressing his loyal disciples in Manchester today. The Manchester Evening News was there and duly tweeted one of his claims.

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So, Labour vanquished UKIP in Thanet did they? Many of us who’ve opposed UKIP for years knew this was baloney. A quick look at the Thanet District Council website confirms this.

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The only reason UKIP suffered was when five UKIP councillors defected to a Democratic Independent Group over September and October 2015 (nothing to do with Labour of course). The latest election was on the 1st of July this year and UKIP beat Labour to win that seat.

Thanet july 1

So, not only is Corbyn’s claim false, there’s a double irony. The Labour Party won control of Thanet District Council with a total of 45 seats in May 1995. They held it until they lost it to the Tories in 2003. Those were the Tony Blair years…

Social media is now suggesting what St Jeremy was REALLY talking about when he claimed that Labour had “taken” Thanet was actually the result of an election to this Parish Council seat.

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If true, then frankly, that’s not only dishonest, it’s also bloody desperate…