Metal Reviews

The Tory press are really desperate. Clegg is a Nazi! OMFG!

Almost as amusing is this article.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog ... eculiarity

If you read nothing else, make sure you read about John Mytton:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mytton



Makes Boris Johnson seem very lame in comparison.

You wish it was fiction, Goat.

Proof, if proof be need be, of Der Fuhrer Clegg's obsession with the pure-blooded Teutonic volk:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/19/eu.germany

Who are the real losers if the Lib Dems stage a putsch on May 6th? Watch out, Poland!

I wonder if he'll be wearing his Burzum t-shirt on the debate tonight.

Heh, that'd be cool of him. Amazing how nutty the whole election is turning, some Tory candidates have been arrested for assault today:

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/publi ... ott-ground

Stepping across the Canal for a change, us Belgians are having the third government crisis in three years. Expect tomorrow's newspapers to have an article on it.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/apr/21 ... -breaking/

Gotta love it.

There should be a minimum intelligence requirement for parenthood. What a waster... >.<

EDIT: forgot a word.

Yep.
Those kids are (more likely than not) doomed before they start.

Before the edit I assumed you meant an age requirement and could see your point much to my horror. Now I'm back to thinking you are a troubling authoritarian. Balance in the world is restored, I guess.

Most of that woman's children will probably turn out to be of genius-level IQ, you reactionary bigots. Have a heart between you at the least, if you can't afford one each! Why must you trample on their dreams, Fridge and Banshee? Boo, I say, boo again.

But back to the important stuff, since the British election is much more important than Americans over-breeding and becoming burdens on society with lots of kids all called the same thing. Unless Labour gets their arses into gear, they'll come a cropper - I think Pa Broon is one of their strong points, however, and replacing him with a Miliband will impress no-one. Both Lab and we Libs need to bring our big guns - Ming Campbell was pretty terrible defending us against Hague and some tabloid harpy on QT last night.

Wat, Pa Broon is a strong point for Labour?

I think a charismatic figure in charge (e.g. David Milliband) and a renewed sense of moral purpose to the party is the best bet, assuming the worst happens in the election (which it probably will).

Cos, if the tories get in, they will be a tiny-majority government presiding over a period of economic turmoil and massive public sector job cuts... the stage will be set for Labour to romp back, cleansed of its liabilities.

David Miliband is charismatic? Not that I've seen. Broon has the figure of authority thing going strong for him, however much he tries to wreck it with throat wobbles and creepy inappropriate grins. If Labour can rally their base (who like Broon, no?) and cling to power, that return to moral purpose may well happen anyways - I'm not convinced that a single term out of office will cleanse them of the last 13 years. Either they'll be able to get over it gradually whilst still in power, and any new MPs replacing the old ones will be of the Cruddas wing, or they need to be replaced by the Libs as the opposition, in which case all bets are off, as PR will split Labour.

Of course, this is all assuming that the current polls are wrong and ignoring the diabolical results. Won't they return a Lab majority according to the current FPTP system, despite coming third in terms of votes? I predict Broon trying to push AV through, then, faced with righteous public anger, and I hope Cleggerino sticks to his guns for PR, although Cameron will see that as a lesser evil. We may be back where we started.

Milliband charismatic? Yeah, I think that put in the kind of situation I described, i.e. as the leader of the opposition, I can see him dealing Cameron a good pwning or two. (David, not Ed).

Not that I'm putting any eggs into his basket specifically... I just plucked him out the air as an example of how a labour resurgence could work.

Labour rallying their base would be nice for, say, me. But in the environment we are in where the Cleggmaster General can get called a Nazi for not abusing some German children when he had the chance, it would be a way to ensure they DON'T hang on to power.

Does Clegg really believe in PR though? I thought he had gone to something much more moderate like STV. Not that I really know what the Lib Dems are up to.

On a lighter note, whilst working at the West Yorkshire Playhouse last night, my fiance served Ed Balls an ice cream. He was there to see his daughter in a play. A brush with greatness, indeed.

Isn't STV a form of PR, rather than being two different things? Anyways, voting reform's been a part of Liberal policy for years and years now, even before the merge with the SDP afaik. Any party leader wanting to give it up would face a tough battle with the party membership, who are generally pretty suspicious of leaders. They're the ones who instituted the weird triple-lock thing that a leader has to go through before joining a coalition, fearing that Paddy Ashdown would sell us down the river to Blair. I think the minimum requirements for a coalition, or even for propping up a Labour minority, would be STV and Pa Broon out, so maybe Miliband would be up for the job. He still seems pretty blank and empty, however, a kind of toothless Chris Huhne. The way we're headed, a lot is going to depend on the outcome of this election - pretty exciting stuff.

What ice cream does Balls like, heh?

Which poll answer in the poll above do I need to select to vote Lib-Dem? McCain?

Yeah someone edit the poll for relevancy.

It appears that you can edit the poll answers, but not the results. I'd have to start a new politics thread. All in favour say aye?

Aye. Hundred pages is enough for closing.