tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post1949947427549615251..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: Telling porkies for a livingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-12744697462168762822014-05-11T01:03:15.268-07:002014-05-11T01:03:15.268-07:00The Tories have played a blinder (with the help of...The Tories have played a blinder (with the help of the overwhelming right-wing media bias) feeding off the ignorance and prejudice of the British public (influenced by the overwhelming right-wing media bias) to introduce oppressive policies that target almost exclusively one section of society - the unemployed.<br /><br />See here: <br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-public-wrong-about-nearly-everything-survey-shows-8697821.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-46403523259822213332014-05-10T13:13:05.300-07:002014-05-10T13:13:05.300-07:00That reply to you, TheKightsShield, sounded very ...That reply to you, TheKightsShield, sounded very tetchy, and it wasn't meant to be. I value your input, but I do have pretty strong opinions about political engagement.<br />And to the anonymous fool who thinks that my involvement in politics tells him something significant, I can only say you should try it some time.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-22878203745682674142014-05-10T11:12:55.739-07:002014-05-10T11:12:55.739-07:00Classic divide and conquer tactics. Use loaded lan...Classic divide and conquer tactics. Use loaded language such as "war on handounds, feckless, workshy, etc. to stigmatise one section of society. Then at the same time give others a patronising pat on the head by using terms like "hard working families, workers not shirkers, doing the right thing" and so on.<br /><br />Sadly there are too many who'll be fooled by such basic and low intelligence language and blatant tactics used by papers such as the tacky Express and government ministers. Just as sad are the people whose ignorance and prejudices are simply confirmed in their eyes. <br /><br />I've said it before. The DWP is a rogue department and is a law unto itself. It is increasingly acting like a cheerleader for Smith and his increasingly desperate and ideological policies. <br />iMattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-18910180142947933522014-05-10T09:22:34.721-07:002014-05-10T09:22:34.721-07:00We won't prolong this argument. I was involve...We won't prolong this argument. I was involved in local politics for years. The people who had been in power for years, and never thought they would lose power, became corrupt. Most of the people I knew worked hard for the people they represented. There's a huge amount wrong with the way politics works in this country, but a lot of people are working to try to change that.<br />Opting out altogether makes no sense to me, when we've had universal suffrage for less than a century. <br />But, as I said, we'll leave the argument there.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-24001638672250531612014-05-10T09:13:59.940-07:002014-05-10T09:13:59.940-07:00"But there will still be a government the day..."But there will still be a government the day after the election."<br /><br />Exactly. ;) I'm sure you know why people choose not to vote. At the end of the day, you're only one person and you only have one voice. You can vote for one party and another will get into power simply because more people vote for them. Simple fact of life: someone always loses. So why get involved?!<br /><br />In MY view, politics and the press ARE odious (my opinion, remember), not purely because they exist, that was never my point, but because of what they've both become: corrupted (again, my opinion, although shared by many).<br /><br />Gotta love politics, right? They bring us together at the same time as pushing us apart. Typical. I don't do religion, either (fighting words *nudge* *nudge*). XD<br /><br />I'm good at respecting other people's opinions, which is why I'm so much better at being on the "outside" as it were. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842058748829949605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-36878999343726776102014-05-10T07:47:48.758-07:002014-05-10T07:47:48.758-07:00"Politics" isn't odious. It's t..."Politics" isn't odious. It's the only means we have of governing ourselves. Some politicians are indeed odious when they are trying to get, or hang onto, power. You have the freedom not to vote. But there will still be a government the day after the election.historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-86141186341660793102014-05-10T07:40:52.992-07:002014-05-10T07:40:52.992-07:00This is why I don't read "newspapers"...This is why I don't read "newspapers" or want anything to do with politics; they are both odious and I feel dirty just reading about either of them. Historian, you recently said you have no patience for people who don't vote (for which I'm one), so here is your reason as to why some people don't. X(<br /><br />As for this ongoing nonsense of "workshy" people, when will the "press" realise that there are people out there doing as much as them, just to get a state benefit and that they have little or no say in wether they actually get any of the jobs that they apply for?! WHEN?! Probably NEVER!! This is one of those times when "talk is CHEAP" to some people with a voice (or a paper to print)!!<br /><br />Thankfully, not everyone talks a load of... nonsense. ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01842058748829949605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-11498246571251686562014-05-10T05:18:16.394-07:002014-05-10T05:18:16.394-07:00I suspect we can expect to see much more of this i...I suspect we can expect to see much more of this in the run up to the election as IDS frantically attempts to polish a turd. Since the start of March the DWP's director of communications has been Richard Caseby, highly confrontational ex-managing editor of The Sun and The Sunday Times. John Shield, his predecessor at the DWP, is now director of communications for the BBCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com