The Guardian has published an open appeal to Tory and Lib Dem voters to vote Labour in Dundee West. I think that tells you all you need to know about the Red Tories and their priorities. It is also a new low in journalism even for the fanatic and increasingly desperate Severin Carrell, who is a total disgrace to his profession. The costs of publishing the Guardian ought to be counted against Marra’s election expenses: this is not journalism in any sense, merely a puff piece for a candidate.
The five million questions project was a Labour front headed by Marra and merely one of numerous fake “independent” bodies set up to provide the corporate media with disguised sources of unionist propaganda during the election campaign. It was based in the University of Dundee. It is seven years ago that I published a piece headed Dundee University – A Tool For New Labour. The hosting of the fake five million questions “research” for the Tory-friendly Labour candidate for the University seat is yet further evidence. This Labour/Dundee University scheme linked in to the Daily Record. Dundee University administration have a close relationship with this rag. When I stood for election as Rector against the administration’s candidate, fervent Unionist Andy Nicol, the University administration arranged for the Daily Record in Dundee to come out on election day with a full front cover picture of Andy Nicol and the single banner headline “I Was Born to Lead Dundee Students”.
Naturally, I beat the conniving bastards anyway.
I can today reveal from an inside university source that it was Dundee University Principal Pete Downes who fed Alistair Darling with the nonsense about loss of funding for medical research, which Darling used against Salmond in televised debate. All of which fires my determination to stand for Rector of the University again next year and put a stop to these shenanigans.
My good friend Chris Law is an excellent candidate and a truly interesting and dynamic individual with a quick, analytic brain. He is very much his own man. I am happy to say that despite Severin Carrell, Labour have as much chance of stopping Chris Law’s election as they have of turning back the River Tay.
Easy Come, Easy Go. Yesterday British Gas completed it’s journey from the British people’s ownership into the hands of the Dutch Royals.
I wonder who will end up with today’s new oil field?
“COMMIT TO BUILDING A MILLION Y-CUBES AND GRAB THE YOUNG VOTE”
Well, they do look a step up from a cardboard box. 🙁
I’m trying to consider how disgusted at that whole notion I should be actually.
@Rob Royston “I wonder who will end up with today’s new oil field?”
Indeed RR. OIL! OIL! WE STRUCK OIL! And Scotland wants a piece of the Hydrocarbon pie? But of course, comrades, just bin your SNP cards on the way to the table 🙂
My guess is, if Scotland is anything like the UK, and it is. Most students would rather the money and fuck off from Scotland for as long as possible.
‘But we’ve made boxes, for your vote?’
Exactly.
Rob That was the BG Group which is exploration and extraction mainly. Centrica which was split off from British Gas remains as an energy supplier.
Sold. Bought. Paid for.
Does anyone remember the ‘Tell Sid’ ads? Maggie’s finest hour.
British Gas’s Tell Sid campaign was the right way to run a privatisation
Scarcely an advertising break on UK television in 1986 passed without the now famous “Tell Sid” commercial, inviting the public to invest in a soon-to-be-privatised British Gas. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10121640/British-Gass-Tell-Sid-campaign-was-the-right-way-to-run-a-privatisation.html
Torygraph approval there, naturally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nedVpG-GjkE
1986
I see Rothschild’s name at the end. That fits.
Ishmail
As I understand it Craig was forced to concede that UK law makes him responsible for the views he allows to be aired here. He hinted as such when he re-opened after a long interval. Not that he was intimidated but he appealed to us to censor ourselves from blatantly anti-Zionist comments etc.
Yesterday Syrian Imam Sheihk Abdul Hadi Arwanim was shot dead in London. Instantly the BBC broadcast two theories, firstly Assad killed him and secondly they discredited him by suggesting that he was killed in a dispute about money. Both of these are slander and lies. Assad has no power in Damascus let alone London and the whole free world condemns Assad. Secondly the Syrians are not the same as the Pakistanis who embezzle money from charity. Slander and lies.
I believe that the Syrian sheikh was going to publicise the fact that he had found out that the UK is using UK Pakistani mercenaries to prosecute its conquest of the Middle East in Syria. They are persecuting the Syrian people without mercy. The men have joined their enemy Assad to rid themselves and their families from western-backed Al-Qaida mercenaries.
No problem if I say that they can pass me off as bonkers, which i am not. But if a Syrian Sheikh spills the beans about the UK use of home-grown Islamist mercenaries against the defenceless people of Syria that is terrible news for David Cameron, being exposed as a two-faced war criminal on the eve of the election in May.
Craig has never taken back his accusation of Russian blame in the disgraceful shooting down of the Malaysian plane over Ukraine. David Cameron is a very dangerous man and sometimes it pays to leave a lie in place if the entire government machine is against you. Nobody is questioning Craig’s integrity by stating the obvious truth again and again. Nobody expects Craig to publish something that will allow war criminal David Cameron to get him closed down for, but I will say it on Craig’s behalf. It’s up to him if he thinks it prudent to take it down. i will push the truth as far as Craig allows.
BG soiled its hands by participating in the theft of Palestinian offshore gas by Israel
Why It Rains: Hamas holding “Israeli” gas reserves hostage
Jake Bower The Electronic Intifada 5 July 2006
British Gas’ logo, the company that signed an agreement to sell Gazan gas to the international market.
An unexpected energy windfall on Israel’s doorstep promises to resolve Israel’s energy security concerns for years to come. Unfortunately for Israek, it is the Palestinian Authority that controls the licensing of these reserves. So, as Operation Summer Rains washes away the administrative and political structures in the occupied territories, has Israel decided to use Hamas as an excuse to dismantle the PA and seize its energy assets?
After the Iranian Revolution cut-off energy supplies in 1979, and the loss of Sinai’s oil in 1982, Israel became dependent on expensive, long-distance energy imports. Towards the end of the 1990s, in an attempt to alleviate concerns over its energy security and reduce its dependency on imported oil, Israel decided to place a greater emphasis on natural gas. The architect of Israel’s energy strategy at the time was Netanyahu’s Minister of National Infrastructure, Ariel Sharon.
After Netanyahu’s election defeat in 1999, Ehud Barak sought to take advantage of improved relations with Egypt to import some of Israel’s gas from the Nile Delta [1]. There was, however, political resistance to the deal from within both countries and, when relations with Egypt began to deteriorate with the start of the 2nd Intifada and Sharon’s subsequent rise to power, the $3 billion deal was put on the back-burner. However, the possibility of avoiding dependence on such a politically contentious source arose in 2000 when several energy companies, including British Gas (BG), announced the discovery of “significant deposits” of natural gas off the Israeli coast [2].
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http://electronicintifada.net/content/why-it-rains-hamas-holding-israeli-gas-reserves-hostage/6068
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See Manning is on the board.
http://www.bg-group.com/23/about-us/leadership-team/
Useful tool to have handy.
Appointed in 2008
Expertise
David provides the Board with insight into international relations, gained through his career as a senior diplomat, and plays an important role as Chairman of the Sustainability Committee.
David was a member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for 35 years, serving in Warsaw, New Delhi, Paris, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Brussels. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in 2008 after four years as British ambassador to the USA.
Other appointments
●Lockheed Martin UK Holdings Ltd
●The Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)
●Gatehouse Advisory Partners
●Council of Lloyds of London
●London School of Economics IDEAS advisory board
‘Labour Appeals to Tories’ (Topic)
https://res.cloudinary.com/dods/image/upload/c_fill,g_center,h_500,w_1120/v1/UK%20politicians/PA-22672450_dkcf0o.jpg
http://www.gievesandhawkesmilitary.com/acatalog/info_201.html
See also:
http://www.fahrenheit211.net/2014/08/25/sometimes-it-gets-difficult-to-tell-man-from-pig-and-pig-from-man/
Don’t women like dresses anymore? It seems an almost unanimous feature of political culture for women.
Surly not all want to be so void of feminine sensuality.
Step away from the bottle, Ishmael.
Fair play Giyane. I’m not up to speed in this kind of detail. I’ll butt out. I just think Shame on Craig seems a bit far…and your elaboration perhaps points to that.
I don’t have one Ba’al, I rarely drink.
So my comment/idea on a memorial for iraq dead seems to have gone, between 10:36 and 10:47..
Happens to be the very thing that inspired me to have a drink last night.
Kinda makes little sense anymore.
Meh.
None of the LibLabCon con merchants appeal to me. And the “Guardian” should be renamed “The Gatekeeper”-for that is surely what it is.
I said nothing about it’s size compared to that of Berlin. I guess i’m being slighted, like i’m making it out to be just the same.
It still should have a memorial and it’s a shameful shameful event.
As is backing the US in lots of other places. Terrorising whole countries.
This should be marked in the same spirit, ie with some sort of a memorial.
God you can’t say nothing nowadays.
Fred
8 Apr, 2015 – 5:59 pm
“We had a referendum in 2011. The people voted for FPTP. Including 63% of those who voted in Scotland.”
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No Fred the people did not vote for FPTP they voted against AV; the only ‘choice’ allowed by the government.
The AV system is a system closest to FPTP so is the least form of proportional representation.
Not even the LibDems wanted AV but it was all that was on offer.
Then the two main parties attacked AV using scare stories and exaggeration; the people were deliberately misled by politicians and the MSM.
A misinformed electorate cannot be said to be exercising a democratic choice.
We also Fred, have a situation in the UK where all members of parliament, the armed forces, the security services and the police have to swear allegiance to unelected royalty.
We really must stay on top of numbers and methods of killing mustn’t we, what mode of brutality. Clearly distinguished lines that separate us from them.
I need a very long holiday.
giyane “[Craig] appealed to us to censor ourselves from blatantly anti-Zionist comments etc.”
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“the Syrians are not the same as the Pakistanis who embezzle money from charity.”
Blantantly anti-Pakistani comments are fine apparently.
“A misinformed electorate cannot be said to be exercising a democratic choice.”
That’s just the point, people aren’t interested.
If I had my way we would have full Condorcet. Look at the situation in this election, fortunately for me the candidate most likely to beat SNP is the one I would have voted for anyway but I could very easily have ended up having to vote Conservative just to stop SNP winning. With a decent voting system once I had ranked SNP last it wouldn’t have mattered how I ranked the others.
But people who actually give a shit are few and far between these days People don’t understand and don’t want to understand, they have other interests.
Jim Murphy has been contradicted by Ed Balls,Murphy promised no cuts,last night in the debate,yet his boss Ed Balls insists cuts will have to be made.
Murphy cant promise anything,he has no power,he’s a branch manager,who cant even speak at Holyrood,and to make matters worse for the man,he may even lose his seat come May 7th.
Infact Scottish Labour doesn’t even exist,its not registered with the Electoral Commission,it’s just a branch office of London Labour.
Murphy can’t promise anything,until Miliband gives it the nod.
So the Judas Jock,and Conservative Michael Gove,said he’d rather see a Labour MP in Westminster than an SNP one.
Gove who was born in Edinburgh,and the adopted by a family from Aberdeen,is what I call a Judas Jock, they forget Scotland and are seduced by the bright lights of London.
Getting back to the point though,a Tory minister hoping a Labour MP gets elected,there’s no difference between Labour and the Tories.
Looking back at the history of Labour,in 1997,they came to power in a landslide victory.They had a freehand to change things for the better did they?
Again in 2001 labour flourished with a comfortable majority,again Labour had the power to change UK society for the better,did they do it then?
No they didn’t, Labour have had their chance to prove,that they’re a socialist party,they failed miserably.
A Labour party,elected on its own,forgets why,it was elected in the first place,if the SNP obtain enough seats,and form a loose coalition with Labour,then they will be held to account, and reminded,why they were formed in the first place.
Saturday the 25th of April,is the date that a Hope over Fear rally,will be held in Freedom Square,aka George Square,in Glasgow.
It’s free to attend,and they’ll be music, food,and very good company,come along and enjoy,bring your YES placard with you.
ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO DEMAND
EXPLANATIONS FOR ESPIONAGE AND MILITARIZATION, AS WELL AS FOR ILLEGAL
HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION IN THE MALVINAS ISLANDS.
Fred
9 Apr, 2015 – 4:10 pm
“If I had my way we would have full Condorcet.”
“Look at the situation in this election, fortunately for me the candidate most likely to beat SNP is the one I would have voted for anyway but I could very easily have ended up having to vote Conservative just to stop SNP winning. With a decent voting system once I had ranked SNP last it wouldn’t have mattered how I ranked the others.”
“But people who actually give a shit are few and far between these days people don’t understand and don’t want to understand, they have other interests.”
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I have to admit Fred that I hadn’t heard of the Condorcet method of voting before but after a quick gander it seems to be a variation of FPTP and AV only more complex. Something the electorate are not likely to be comfortable with and thus less likely to take an interest in participatory democracy.
Also; perhaps you are saying that only people who can show an interested in politics should be allowed to vote because “…people don’t understand and don’t want to understand, they have other interests.”
Or perhaps Fred, only well educated people should have the vote or only men…we know how fickle women can be.
Condorcet is not currently in use in government elections anywhere in the world. So why are you so enthusiastic about it Fred?
Can you explain why you think Condorcet is a more democratic method than FPTP or AV or any other voting system?
‘Only 51 days to the Isle of Man TT’
thanks odin for that, Guy Martins last year, so he says, maybe this year he’ll manage to win.
@Porkfright
9 Apr, 2015 – 2:48 pm
It seems the Guardian sold out a number of years back. The smashed ‘Snowden hard drives’were about as ridiculous as it gets. The recent revamp of the Guardian web site also seems to be part of this sell out (go look at the code).
The Guardian smashed hard drives are now on display in a London museum…
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2015/03/27/edward-snowdens-smashed-computer-acends-to-art-at-london-vas-all-this-belongs-to-you/
The Guardian’s recent ‘Keep it in the ground’ campaign has also been an utter travesty (and mostly ridiculed by readers), given that the Pacific Ocean is now on its last legs, and not one peep about it from the Guardian, nor the fact that there are three reactor cores still in complete meltdown in Japan, and still completely out of control, and still pumping eye-watering amounts of radionuclides into the environment 24/7.
If future generations survive what we’ve inflicted on them, they will quite rightly call us scum of the Earth.
‘Also; perhaps you are saying that only people who can show an interested in politics should be allowed to vote because “…people don’t understand and don’t want to understand, they have other interests.”’
No, I’m saying exactly the opposite. Everybody should be able to go along and just put a cross next to the candidate they like best. Start making it more complicated and you might start putting people off voting.
“Condorcet is not currently in use in government elections anywhere in the world. So why are you so enthusiastic about it Fred?”
Yes, I have said why it quite rightly isn’t in use, I also said why I would have preferred it. In the coming election there will be a lot of people voting for a party they don’t want to keep a party they don’t want even more out. With Condorcet that wouldn’t be necessary and the results would be a better representation of what the people really wanted.
Best in theory and best in practice are not always the same thing.
Dedicated to all the Bullshitters on this Blog;
The connection between BS & CTs;
http://original.antiwar.com/Vladimir_Golstein/2015/04/08/politics-bullshit-and-ukraine/