[Tubby Isaacs]

More genius policy in action. It doesn't seem to have moved on since Michelle Donelan was embarrassed by exactly the same point (about Holocaust Denial).

[Tubby Isaacs]

God, look at this liar.

[Youngian]

A lot of nominations for dimmest MP and Lucy Allan is a strong contender. Periodically makes very daft remarks.

[Tubby Isaacs]

One of the worst. If this message ever happened, there's no excuse for leaving it up when pointed out by the actual chair of the Barbican Centre that it's bollocks.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Christ. Council changes the lights, like she wants. as soon as they could have- funnily enough people to do the job aren't sitting around over the weekend on the off chance a war starts. She's still attacking the display as having been "inappropriate". There are rightwing Republicans who'd not bother with this attack.

[Andy McDandy]

That's why you don't let them get a foot in the door. Because before you know it, you're into "to my satisfaction" territory, and you will never win.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ha ha ha ha.

This'll get the under 40s voting for them. "You know those other Tory Prime Ministers you can remember? They were all shit. You know who isn't? The current one. Yeah, that guy you really don't like. He's great. Sorry we told you others were all good when they were up for election.."

Seems like "this stuff worked for Cameron, let's try it again". Even Nick Macpherson, the very austere former Permanent Secretary at the Treasury, has said they should have borrowed more at low interest rates in that era.

(btw, why is there no controversy about Macpherson massively endorsing Tory policy after his retirement? Seem to have missed all the “right wing civil service” stuff)

[Yug]

Short term politics? What, like promising £36 billion in rail projects one day and then cancelling them all the next? That sort of short term politics?

[satnav]

How can a party that has had 5 leaders in 7 years accuse its opponents of short term politics?

[Youngian]

How can a party that has had 5 leaders in 7 years accuse its opponents of short term politics?

Stick with us and they’ll be jam tomorrow. Echoes of Thatcher, we tighten out belts now and good times will emerge. Accept this shit is on them, any good stuff we had they’ve wrecked it.
‘Get our future back’ does have a ring to it.

[Crabcakes]

How can a party that has had 5 leaders in 7 years accuse its opponents of short term politics?

I suspect this was thought through no further than Sunak’s slogan for the Tory shitshow was ‘long term solutions’ (because 13 years not enough, seemingly), and accusing Labour of being short term is the opposite.

And that’d be it.

[Andy McDandy]

Long term just means don't expect results any time soon.

[Crabcakes]

Long term just means don't expect results any time soon.

Or, in the case of the current lot, ever.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Relatively sane Tory, Neil O'Brien, here, doing awful dogwhistling. To which the target audience is likely to say "Didn't you let them in?" The politics doesn't even make sense on its own terms.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ouch.

[Youngian]

Peter Hitchens blames the permissive society for the housing shortage which has caused rocketing divorce rates. A novel angle that the Tories could have played when they were the responsible daddy party. Instead of the deadbeat absent father’s party.

[Tubby Isaacs]

That one rather died on its arse in the John Major era.

Does Hitchens think that everybody who gets divorced is a 1970 Haight-Ashbury hippy? Only that's not my experience. Some of the most religious people I know have got divorced.

[Youngian]

Hitchens blamed Engelbert Humperdinck

[Andy McDandy]

Next - the numbers of stray and dangerous dogs. The disturbing parallels between them, and the release of the Baha Men's "Who Let the Dogs Out?".

[Yug]

Today I have learned of the existence of Neil 0-Brain. A genuine modern Tory: he can't stop fucking lying.