Here is another in my triumphant series of educational posts "What to think about..." Their purpose is to summarise correct thinking and help steer people clear of obvious mental pitfalls. They are presented in a bullet-pointed style because management consultants tell us that no subject in the world is too complex to summarise in bullet points and because I have also switched my brain off I can't help but agree.
WHAT TO THINK ABOUT THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
- The Liberal Democrats lied at election time, thus further undermining (aim ever higher!) confidence in politicians
- We know that all politicians lie but this time they have been called on it, which is a surprise to everyone, especially the mainstream media who have got used to not doing it themselves
- The Lib Dems positioned themselves as the most 'social' party at the last election and should not now betray those who voted for them, nor show such indecision if they want to be 'credible'
- They make unnatural bedfellows with the Conservatives and should not have gone into coalition with them if they can't wring any more concessions from them than a hostage could get from their armed kidnappers
- Nick Clegg is a two-faced lying careerist scumbag to rival the best that Westminster School and Cambridge have produced
- The Liberal Democrats are an economically right-wing party who, along with the Conservatives and New Labour, believe that the rich should be left alone to do what they do best - make money for themselves
- The Browne Education Review, the plan - by a millionaire Labourite businessman who oversaw the greatest oil disasters of our time - to not only increase fees but to thoroughly 'marketise' education was commissioned by Labour and picked up by both the Conservatives and the Lib Dems
- The Lib Dem's 'love me please' social posturing has always been contradicted by their economic ideals - if you look at their record in local government it is clear how they always resolve the 'contradiction'
- Nick Clegg heads a party of two-faced lying careerist scumbags (Note: subjective idea not to be trusted) who like every major party in the country want to dismantle the welfare state and reduce government spending (not so subjective - careful now!) on people - though interestingly not on private companies - and are therefore getting most of what they really want from the coalition
- Our 'democratic' political system forces politicians to lie - the crime is to get caught. The real danger here would be allowing yourself to think that a parliamentary system in which everyone lies might be presenting itself to us dishonestly, might not even exist for your benefit at all (see first point in this list for clues on the most grievous error to avoid here)
- The Lib Dems don't need their minds changing on tuition fees, they need their minds changing with surgery, perhaps swapping them with Doberman brains, which are much more trustworthy
I doubt that the £134,565[0] salary for cabinet ministers (£83,113.75 after tax or £415,568.75 net over the term), had anything to do with the formation of this coalition.
ReplyDeleteI would start listing the jobs that cabinet members of the last government now have. But I am sure that has nothing to do with it either.
[0] http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-information-office/m06.pdf
Although I agree that the LibDems have lied, if we target all of our anger towards them, David Cameron can hide behind Nick Clegg and let him take all of the blame when he is just as much if not more really, to blame for all of this.
ReplyDeleteLabour is also as much to blame. That was one of the points I was trying to make.
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