Category: Polithicks
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e.phemera: Worst Political Interview Ever
This speaks for itself, and is worth watching to the very end. Annoyingly, they will still get votes. We’re an odd bunch. (via @dannythefink)
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Thought Vomit #127: ft. Cleggy Balboa
In part one, all Cleggy wanted was to go the distance in the debates. But as part two looms and his stock has risen, he now wants to win. His best moment in the first debate was a real piece of honesty: “Ah come on, Britain, it’s true. I was nobody. But that don’t matter…
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Thought Vomit #126: ft. Nick The Clegg Diddle Iddle Iddle Um
If the Lib Dem bounce in the polls is borne out at the ballot box, we could see one of the more stupid consequences of our electoral system. Labour could conceivably finish third in terms of total votes, but actually win an overall parliamentary majority. A lot of this has to do with the giant,…
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Thought Vomit #125: ft. The Debate
I’m fed up with political commentators opining that “the people just aren’t engaging with the election”. Andrew ‘Vomit In My Eyes’ Neill just said it on his heinous apology for a political show, This Week. He continued on to say that “us in the media village are enjoying it, but not the electorate”. And that…
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e.phemera: The Single Mother’s Manifesto
This won’t be available for too long, what with the Times Online retreating behind a pay-wall, but J.K Rowling’s opinion piece today is marvellous. I urge you to read the whole thing, but here are a few choice nuggets. Talking of Cameron’s assertion that his marriage tax break is a token gesture, saying it’s not…
