redrooster's Blog

To coincide with the release of 'The Dark Knight...'

... people with photoshop skills need to create lots of pictures of David Cameron spliced with Margaret Thatcher, the tagline of which is:

"THE REAL TWO-FACE"

Get to it! 


BBC asks: Are you planning to stand for election in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election?

The beeb is asking people who are planning to stand against David Davis to notify them via their website.



BBC and Tories agree- we're not hard enough on asylum seekers


Hubris

1.  "Arrogant pride, or presumption."

2.  "Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors."


Is this a Thing, or am I getting paranoid?

According to the IFS website, the government is due to publish new figures on relative poverty and income distribution on Friday 2nd May- the day when 99% of active Labour Party members will likely be in bed from either exhaustion or a hangover.

Is Contact Creator making us complacent?

The way Labour's New Weapon displays CLP statistics could be giving a feeling of false security to campaigners who don't properly understand what they're seeing.


Do northerners know what southern Tories are saying?

Conservatives campaigning in the south of England have been given a new line to push over the last year- that cuts to local services are due to Labour diverting money 'up north.' 


Bob Russell- evidence of too much oxygen in the world?

Bob Russell MP has called for mandatory regulation on all businesses to stop them using American spelling.  Is he a complete waste of life?

Are political researchers especially insulated from the effects of globalisation?

"According to Gene Grossman and his colleagues at Princeton University, any service job can in principle be outsourced if it displays the following four characteristics: it involves the heavy use of IT, its output is IT-transumatable, it comprises tasks that can be codified and it requires little face-to-face interaction."

- Tony Giddens, 'Over to You, Mr Brown'


Top Tory PPC exploits breast cancer charity

Women living in the Romsey and Southampton North constituency have been sent a survey from A-listed Tory PPC Caroline Nokes, which incorporates the logos of both Breast Cancer Care and the Conservative Party.

If we had state funding for political parties, we wouldn't be in this mess

There is only one way to clear up the mess of dodgy donations, and much like modern campaigning, it isn't cheap.