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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2009-06-08 11:55 pm

Fuckity fuck ...

Dear BNP,
Fuck off.

Dear Labour Voters who voted for the BNP,
It may shock you to realise this, but David Cameron is a decent person and while I may personally disagree with many of his party's policies, they will not destroy the country. Giving power to a bunch of racist thugs will. If you must protest, and I accept there is a lot to protest, vote for the Conservatives. That you should vote for those execrable scum in the BNP at the same time as celebrating the 65th anniversary of one of the greatest stands against fascist bigotry the world has seen should fill you with shame.

B

[identity profile] calanthe-fics.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I 'did' the count in our county on Friday for the local seats, and one borough in our county had four (count 'em) second and third place placings for BNP district councillors. We were actually resigned to getting at least 2, so the fact that the seats went Tory instead has been counted as a blessing, and I never thought I'd hear myself say that.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
It's all a question of perspective, isn't it? I keep looking at Cameron and thinking 'Well, you're not a complete cock, it's not the worst option.' Of course, today I found myself thinking that Lord Mandelson was being kind and thoughtful, so clearly these are strange days indeed.

[identity profile] calanthe-fics.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Mr Cal, who has never voted in his life (don't get me started...) likes Cameron. I don't particularly although at least he doesn't look like an automaton when he smiles, unlike Brown. Problem with the Tories (yes, lots of them I know) is that Mr Cal and I will likely both be out of work when they inevitably get into power.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It won't be such an issue if you've a book on the bestseller lists by then, though.

And actually, will you? I would think that after shamelessly flogging every single 'We fail these children!' case for the last five years they would be honour-bound to increase services. Or is that hopelessly naive?

[identity profile] calanthe-fics.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
The Tories do not believe in the youth justice system, and nor are they in favour of ensuring the plebs and downtroddens in every community are given a voice and allowed to contribute to decision making in their locality. So yeah - shit for us.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 03:02 pm (UTC)(link)
So, youth crime and violence will still be Labour's fault because they failed to solve it while spending money on it? That's Thatcher redux!

[identity profile] calanthe-fics.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I think you'll fid the stance they use is that Labour took a namby-pamby approach to problems that needed electric cattle prods, a remote island, and a canister of botulism.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2009-06-08 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Kinder, gentler conservatism sounds just like old school conservatism, then.