(not satire!)
A Conservative activist has tweeted that she is losing sleep after reading about the poor prospects of the Conservatives winning the next election:
The Project Blueprint referred to by Ms Hodge is former Tory Party Deputy Chairman Lord Ashcroft‘s project to help secure a Conservative majority at the next election.
Here’s Lord Ashcroft’s latest assessment of the massive mountain the Tories will have to climb if they want to win the next election (and very interesting it is too):
Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – and the mountain the Conservatives must climb to gain a majority
Incidentally, Lord Ashcroft was sidelined by Cameron as chief party election strategist in favour of Lynton Crosby – a mistake in my opinion – but as someone who really really doesn’t want to see the Tories win the next election a happy one.
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Please feel free to comment.
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lallygag26 said:
May they all suffer perpetual insomnia. It drives you mad, you know……oh! You don’t think that’s what made them into Tories in the first place, do you?
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Terry Casey (@tcliverpool) said:
Anyone who supports the Tory Party after 3 years of their hateful attack on the poor don’t deserve to sleep at night.
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eviltorypervert said:
i dont sleep well you know im up all night wanking off to to porn.
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drew said:
What, to Maggie porn a-likes in suspenders and rubber ?
Fnarrrrr fnarrr snort!
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Boz said:
Poor Nara – bet she’s not losing as much sleep as the people being put out of their homes; the disabled, poorer families and the unemployed – still, she can always cry on Grunt Shitts’s shoulder hey
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Mike Sivier said:
Reblogged this on Vox Political.
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Joseph Smith said:
Can’t help wondering if that Ashcroft is clocking in for 30 mins for three hundred quid. We need to check if he is.
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ghost whistler said:
Poor love. Even her avatar looks stressed.
Perhaps a case of a conscience keep her awake? If it bothers her that much then do the right thing and stop supporting these evil monsters.
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ghost whistler said:
Is he paying his taxes yet?
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guy fawkes said:
IDS is only one of the reasons they will lose the next election, here is the link to another reason.
http://www.esthermcvey.com/my-expense-claims-201112/
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jaypot2012 said:
Anyone who votes conservative should not only be suffering insomnia, but really bad headaches as well as they know that they will not be in government much longer.
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Loti Roberts said:
Tories do nowt for nowt. handsomely paid and a huge bonus should he pull of the improbable.
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lordmcalpine said:
so am i
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Grant Metcalfe said:
That woman is such a fraud. Everything she tweets is for attention. Being a Tory has nothing to do with it. She’s just a sad pathetic attention seeker, trying to pretend to be an activist to get attention. Her opinion is worthless. She’s such a phony. Bad reflection on the Tory party. Not what they need at this time.
Conservative party needs to pull their socks up. Pay attention to what the real state of affairs in the UK is.
Lord Ashcroft’s report is very insightful. It’s a wake up call to the Conservative Party. They should be concerned and losing sleep over it. Lynton Crosby was a poor choice.
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Nara Hodge said:
Dear Grant
Thank you so much for your charming description of me. I am really flattered that you have spared so much of your time and have written such a detailed description of me. Regards. Nara Hodge
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mrgarethm said:
I always like the amusing ability to make an entire post/entry on a blog from one tweet. Also, I’m amused that people respect me for serving in Afghanistan but get confused when they realise I’m a conservative.
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Stephen Bee said:
Grant, I hope it ISN’T a wake up call..I would rather the Tories walk into the next election completely oblivious to their fate and then ‘smile’ at their screams of ‘foul play’ much as they did on the foodbank debate….and then play ‘Bait a Tory for 5 years..or as Miranda’s Mum would say “Such fun” For me..The gloves are off…there is nothing offlimits to get rid of them…intellectually or Physically..if thats what it takes…Been a non violent person all my liife..but this is War..To The Death! So be it..they should never under estimate the wrath of the people they are ‘supposed’ to serve!
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Stephen Bee said:
We all have a cross to bare, Gareth..I and many others appreciate yuor sacrifice…however misguided…but vote tory? Dude you got PTSD!
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FinkFurst said:
Sadly for you, in England ALL the main parties are various shades of Tory, so in fact the outcome of your next election is not in doubt.
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Florence said:
Losing sleep? I want them to be in such despair as the recent suicides of people losing their benefit. Then maybe they would understand at a visceral level what they have done to the vulnerable people of this country.
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FinkFurst said:
Florence – I’m not sure, who do you mean by “they”?
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FinkFurst said:
Your comments are a credit to the intellectual achievements of our species… and to Tom’s typical readership.
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eviltorypervert said:
oh thank you very much fink first.
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guy fawkes said:
Finkfurst
“sadly for you” who do you mean by “you”?
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FinkFurst said:
Guy – Read the whole sentence… obviously I meant you sad people in England. This is not so in Wales, Northern Ireland and especially Scotland, but I doubt that we ever cross your mind.
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
We are not all sad people in England, especially when you consider the north/south divide, the north may be the poorest but the south is the saddest. There are very few alternative parties that can afford to field candidates in the north of England and the independent’s who can afford to stand alone in our constituencies are usually more right than left thinking too – no win situation.
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FinkFurst said:
Guy – I agree almost completely with what you said. For instance, if you want nuclear disarmament, you have NOBODY to vote for in England. My only disagreement with what you said is that I don’t think it’s ENTIRELY hopeless for voters in England who consider themselves to be politically on the left… but perhaps your best option is to move to Scotland before 18th September!
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guy fawkes said:
It would be easier to move Scotland’s borders than for me to move to Scotland 🙂
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FinkFurst said:
I guess being dead for 400 years is a slight problem! Just like Tom Pride, you seem to be very happy to attack the Tories, so are you a New Labour supporter, or some other party… or none?
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guy fawkes said:
none, because as I said earlier there is nobody worth voting for in our area.
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Tanith Medium said:
totally agree with yu lallygag /and the rest that KARMA can throw at the MONSTERS x
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FinkFurst said:
So have you decided not to vote at the next election, or will you vote for a candidate you seriously disagree with, or vote for one which has zero chance of election? What kind of a choice is that?
Tom is so fixated with slagging off the Tories that he can’t see the real problems of principle and morality.
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nuggy said:
guy your talking to snp supporters theirs no point trying to use logic or reason.
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FinkFurst said:
… or spelling and grammar!
So “nuggy” – Are you saying that everybody who votes SNP is incapable of logic or reason? I am one, so why don’t we have a reasoned discussion, and that will demonstrate VERY clearly who can use logic and reason and who can’t!
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guy fawkes said:
That’s British democracy for you – Hobson’s choice.
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FinkFurst said:
Guy – No, that’s ENGLISH democracy for you!
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
I’m considered to be English but I do not think or act like those on the right fringes of society, but I do know that there are good and buy guys everywhere in the British Isles, obviously present company excepted.
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FinkFurst said:
I think you’re missing the point. I’m saying there is a huge difference between democracy in England and democracy in Scotland. Would you agree?
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Florence said:
The Tories.
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guy fawkes said:
Yes, in so much as there is more solidarity amongst the voting population, they by and large kept the tories out of Scotland, but it leaves them isolated in parliament.
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guy fawkes said:
I will rephrase that, it leaves them isolated in Westminster not the Scottish parliament.
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Peachy said:
I lose sleep every night (Carers Worker worked out that I never have more than 4 hours), mainly due to the boys but I wake every night worrying about money, and their future- from whether one will have a comp to go to, to whether UKIP will get in a demonise the disabled.
Does the woman want sympathy?
And the Scotland / England thing: hello? (from Wales!)
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FinkFurst said:
Ah… so you don’t mean the government. In that case you are wrong.
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FinkFurst said:
I did mention Wales and Northern Ireland earlier, but you aren’t looking at the prospect of independence from Tory England yet…… so it’s about time you got your act together!
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guy fawkes said:
solidarity.
http://dpac.uk.net/2014/01/anti-tory-songs-now-illegal/
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FinkFurst said:
What’s the point you’re making?… That somebody attending the Tory conference pulled some strings with the police in Stirling to get him arrested? Probably so, but I predict that he will not be found guilty and the police will be made to look very stupid.
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guy fawkes said:
Your correct of course about the police looking stupid, but I was referring to the solidarity behind the anti-bedroom tax campaign in Scotland and the north east.
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FinkFurst said:
I agree….. so perhaps we’ll see a campaign for freedom from corrupt Westminster rule for the north east of England too!!!
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
The north east is renowned for it’s militancy against injustice and the tories in particular, but are foolish enough to still believe that New labour represents them as old labour did.
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Loti Roberts said:
It is easy. One always votes for the candidate you dislike least.
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FinkFurst said:
You think the north east is militant but foolish? I suspect some people in that area might disagree with your in-depth analysis.
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
I can see you just want someone to argue with by misinterpreting what I have said, but carry on, we were still part of the NUM and fighting the miner’s cause when the Welsh were forming a new union and keeping their own pits open.
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FinkFurst said:
I just don’t like stereotyping groups of people (good or bad), it’s unhelpful and eventually destructive.
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guy fawkes said:
I am not stereotyping people, I am talking about the facts. The fact is that the majority of voters in the North East still foolishly vote for Labour, which does not represent the working class any longer. how is that stereotyping?
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FinkFurst said:
You made assertions about militancy and foolishness in the north east. If you have facts to support your assertions then I would be very surprised.
You probably still don’t get it, so ask yourself what is the factual difference between the following two sentences:
“The majority of voters in the North East still foolishly vote for Labour”.
“The majority of voters in the North East still vote for Labour”.
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
You are complaining against your initial argument which was “sadly for you in England all the main parties are a shade of tory”.
I will end the discussion here as Nuggy suggested earlier I should do.
Good luck with independence.
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FinkFurst said:
No you’re wrong, my assertion was based on well-documented current and previous actions of the three main parties in England, and their published policies. We could start with their policy on weapons of mass destruction if you like……
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FinkFurst said:
P.S. Perhaps I could suggest that a good general principle is NOT following what Nuggy says… assuming that you can even understand it!
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guy fawkes said:
I thought you would fall into that trap of stereotyping people like nuggy, ( whose spelling by the way is his own business) I understand him and find his views pertinent, logical and in this instance good advice.
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FinkFurst said:
No, I am not stereotyping Nuggy, I just read what he actually says. I agree that his spelling and grammar are his own business, except when his meaning becomes obscured because of it, and it sometimes is. I meant statements such as “your talking to snp supporters theirs no point trying to use logic or reason” (and many others like it). Do you agree with Nuggy that SNP supporters are unable to understand logic or reason? As I said to Nuggy, I am one…….
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
Of course I don’t think SNP supporters are unable to understand logic or reason any more than I think NE militants are foolish, especially given that the militants would no more vote for any of the mainstream parties, than Nuggy would vote SNP it seems, but such militants are from a bygone generation unfortunately.
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FinkFurst said:
So now you DON’T find find Nuggy’s view “pertinent, logical and in this instance good advice”!!!! I wish you would make up your mind.
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guy fawkes said:
The Gist of Nuggy’s advice was that you would argue that black was white, you’re a nit picking sciolist from where I am standing.
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FinkFurst said:
“The Gist of Nuggy’s advice was that you would argue that black was white” – No it wasn’t (and I can’t and don’t want to). If that was what he meant then he could have said exactly that, but he didn’t. He made a VERY plain statement about SNP supporters. You can spin it to fit your mistakes if you like, but you’ll just look daft.
Can a sciolist recognise sciolism? I think you just proved that he can’t. You could test the depth of my understanding if you like. Do you want to?
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guy fawkes said:
What depth of understanding?
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FinkFurst said:
You’re kidding!!!!! Is that the best question you could think of? Come on, try again. In the mean time, I’ll try one on you… Has the UK’s nuclear deterrent worked?
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guy fawkes said:
Why not just give us your monologue on UK’s nuclear deterrent, because any viewpoint other than your own is apparently worthless?
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FinkFurst said:
I said no such thing. I asked you for your opinion because I would like to hear it. What do you think?
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guy fawkes said:
Would you like my succinct opinion or the in depth wikipedia one from the time the atom was split?
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FinkFurst said:
Preferably your own opinion, succinct or not. Your second suggestion is daft and does you no credit. Have you thought of a question for me yet?
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FinkFurst said:
P.S. I have to go now. Maybe I’ll see your reply later.
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FinkFurst said:
P.P.S. As you called me a sciolist, you might want to make your answer such that I can’t throw exactly the same description back at you!
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guy fawkes said:
FinkFurst
I think you had better Fink Furst before you start giving your opinion on what does or does not give me credit, playing to the gallery will get you nowhere.
Here’s a question for you is your arrogance inherited?
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guy fawkes said:
Any descriptive noun can reversed by the recipient, but it is meaningless if they do reverse it, portraying themselves to be of a petty, oneupmanship personality, who can’t think for themselves.
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guy fawkes said:
“be” reversed.
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FinkFurst said:
So your response is to try to insult me and also my parents? How sad. That shows very clearly what sort of person you are.
I asked for your opinion about nuclear deterrence because I actually would like to hear it. You could still answer if you like, and you could still ask me a real question…
There is no gallery here. Nobody else gives a **** what you or I say.
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guy fawkes said:
What sort of person am I? Regarding insulting you, if the cap fits wear it, with regards to your parents, you did not answer my question so I have no way of knowing if I insulted them also.
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