Monday 12 April 2010

I have a sudden craving for cornflakes...

 ...all it needs is a cockerel in the foreground.

'Labour will be restless and relentless reformers' says the PM, launching Labour's new range of cereals General Election manifesto. Sounds like all that is solid will melt into air in an alliterative manner. I cannot imagine that this this sort of stuff appeals much to what I imagine is quite a large slice of  the electorate that wants a quiet easy life and just wish things were left alone. A good critque of Labour's use of the R-words can be found here.

Splintered Sunrise examines the General Election in Northern Ireland, and particularly the allies of 'Call Me Dave' over there. Suffice to say, it is not going all hunky-dory for them.

For those of you who despair of the 'dumbing down' of  politics, more evidence of the country going to the dogs is here.

6 comments:

Madam Miaow said...

But of course the dumbing down serves a a purpose. Politicians and business don't want anything to change. They're busy hoovering up wealth and power so as long as nothing threatens that, they can squabble over minutiae between them but the process continues.

Anglonoel said...

I agree, but I'm sure it wasn't as bad as this in the past.

Anonymous said...

Noel
Did you notice how the Labour manifesto has a chapter entitled Crime and Immigration, like they were somehow linked? Very strange or perhaps attempting to win back BNP voters? Hardly what you would expect from a supposedly progressive party.
JW

Anglonoel said...

Of course, allowing companies
(whether nominally British or not)to close down workplaces here and move abroad is NOT a crime...

Anonymous said...

A combination of Kellogs and socialist realism...
JW

Anglonoel said...

...promoting the virtues of nuclear power...