As its a slow news day, I might as well highlight this blog post at the Guido Fawkes blog. Paul Staines asks: ‘Is Brown bonkers?’, adding later on that:It is low politics to hurl cheap abuse at opponents, but this is not borne of malice towards Brown, Guido feels like the boy who pointed at the naked emperor and said what everyone was too embarrassed to say.
Erm, yeah right. He’s as concerned about Brown’s sanity as I am about trainspotting. What Staines is doing, and what the political right excels at, is starting and constantly promoting malicious narratives. Their hope is that it becomes a talking point for the mainstream media and that is how he becomes framed. The Republicans in the United States have been great at this for decades.
One inch to the right of this, and two inches down, we have a comment on this story at the Liberal Conspiracy:
McCain: 'Off-balance and dangerous' by, er, Sunny Hundal.
Michael Tomasky is right, John McSame shouldn’t be near the US presidency.
Are you promoting a malicious narrative, Sunny?
Just asking is all.
Update: Just spotted "Boris: The gaffopedia" Clearly, no "malicious narrative" here! (Even though I think Boris is a bit of a disappointment, myself.)
5 comments:
Since you mentioned Gordon Brown, I need to have a rant.
They’re at it again - The liberal paternalists are proposing to ban the display of tobacco in shops and are currently soliciting the opinion of their electorate.
Banishing cigarettes will cost ordinary taxpayers more money, inconvenience thousands of consumers, and threaten the livelihoods of shopkeepers all over the UK.
I’m sick and tired of more of the same from Nanny - obsessed with dictating how people live their lives but sweeping the big issues, like knife crime and recession, under the carpet. They’re planning to hide tobacco, and they are already policing alcohol, red meat, fatty foods, and salt to name a few.
I’m sick of seeing pubs closing down where I live. I’m sick of being made to feel guilty because I eat and drink as I please.
I’m sick of Nanny. How about you? Register your support – Say NO to the Nanny State
Ceej
Chortle.
In all seriousness, there does appear to be a trend here. Remember Blair's staring eyes? There was something insane about that man. And, frankly, towards the end of her tenure, Thatcher seemed to be going off the rails, too. John Major appeared to avoid this. I wonder what he had that they didn't?
And as for Sunny's comments about the Republicans, the whole of the Regan presidency was awash with such speculation.
Is it me, or is Sunny being, er, somewhat selective?
"John Major appeared to avoid this. I wonder what he had that they didn't?"
Other interests besides politics, perhaps?
Cricket, wasn't it? But, yes, that's a fair point.
I tell ye, history has not been kind enough to Sir John Major. Besides not going mad and quitting with a smile, he had proper cabinet gummint (him, Clarke, Hurd and Howard), he got us out of ERM, allowed Sunday shop opening, extended pub opening hours and houses were cheap. And he introduced the cones hotline and The Lottery, an ingenious tax on the stupid.
Ah well. It's quicker listing the good points than the bad ones.
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