Why the Left are rejoicing in Mr Phoney Blameron's 'triumph'

Bluemerle · 05-05-2008, 08:35 AM

This is Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday column

Why is the Left-wing BBC trying so hard to persuade us that the Tories are on the way back? Why do you think?

Because the Tories have become Left-liberals, like the BBC. So the BBC now like them, and you shouldn't.

But it's worse than that. The ludicrous, portentous and wrong coverage of Thursday's local elections spread well beyond the BBC.

Consider what actually happened, as opposed to what you have been told by all the journalistic sheep who proclaimed a Tory triumph.

Turnout in the local elections was a piffling 35 per cent.

General Election turnout is almost twice that.

Most of those who didn't vote will be Labour supporters who will probably stir themselves at a real election.

Yes, Labour rightly did badly. But the Tories, equally rightly, didn't do well.

Why claim that they did? The Tories are still tiny or non-existent in almost all the major cities of the North of England. Their trumpeted recapture of Bury – which they should never have lost – is paltry.

London is now a separate country with its own rules. Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are independent brands, semi-detached from their parties.

As for the rest of the country, here's a small example, familiar to me.

On Thursday night, the Tories lost their pathetic two seats in the City of Oxford, which were theirs only because of defections from the Liberals.

Until quite recently, they ran the city and held both its seats in Parliament.

The Tories are still quite capable of losing the next General Election. Even if they do manage to win it, they will govern almost exactly as Gordon Brown.

Nothing will change except the face and the accent.

Something very similar happened in 1997. Millions were persuaded by conformist media coverage to vote against John Major because he was ghastly and boring and Anthony Blair was pretty and charming.

And when it was all over, the Government was almost exactly the same – high taxes, slovenly services, hundreds of thousands of people in baseball caps living off the State, feeble police and courts, mass immigration. You know the sort of thing.

Real changes in British politics don't come at elections, where we increasingly do as we are told and elect whatever is put in front of us.

They come in the form of establishment palace revolutions, helped by the media.

The biggest was the merciless public knifing of Margaret Thatcher in 1990, when she realised the true nature of the EU and began to oppose it.

But around the same time was the orchestrated takeover of the Labour Party by the constitutional, cultural and sexual revolutionaries who now run it – and who are good friends and neighbours of the people who now run the Tories.

Then there was the extraordinary destruction of Iain Duncan Smith as Tory leader and his replacement by Michael Howard, who proceeded to act as a sort
of dictator, sacking Right-wing candidates whose views embarrassed him.

The Left-wing media were once again deeply involved in what was an establishment effort to save the Tory Party from collapse.

Why did the Left suddenly fall in love with Mr Howard, whom they used to loathe? Why did they want to save the Tory Party?

Because they feared that, if it collapsed, a proper pro-British Party might rise from the ruins, a possibility they dread.

And finally there was the media-led coronation of David Cameron as Tory leader, another Establishment intervention to make sure that the Conservative Party stayed firmly in what they call "the centre" – ie pro-EU, anti-education, pro-immigration, committed to high spending and high taxes and a monstrous welfare state, useless to any decent, hard-working person.

The Establishment know that Labour are unpopular, as of course they should be. They are unpopular because their policies are stupid and wrong.

But the Establishment want to keep the policies. So at the next Election they aim to provide a safety valve for angry voters – a chance to choose
different faces, but the same awful Government.

Then, after a bit of that, it will be back to Labour again.

The only way to break this cycle is to refuse to join the game, and refuse to be fooled into electing Mr Phoney Blameron.

You ask: "How can he possibly be worse than Gordon Brown?" Just you wait and see.

Mikeuk · 05-05-2008, 08:59 AM

An excellent article by Hitchens. Says it all.

There's still all to play for. Cameron and his collection of traitorous Europhile scum can be defeated.

mkpdavies · 05-05-2008, 09:33 AM

The media decides which puppet will be milk monitor.

kernow · 05-05-2008, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

The media decides which puppet will be milk monitor.

Unfortunately , never a truer word!

Westcountryman · 05-05-2008, 03:13 PM

I've gone off Hitchens a bit recently. He talks about defending freedom, but then advocates banning 'violent' video games. At least he admits that there isn't a link between violent video games and violent crime.

As for the Tories. Didn't he predict they'd be a dead party by now?

The Tories really need to get back to bread and butter issues. I think just about everyone wants to see a reduction in the tax burden in the Country - especially now ordinary families are feeling the pinch and companies are moving HQ abroad to places like Ireland to escape high taxes.

Burning our money: Hissing At The Limits

Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy: Taxodus - Enterprises Flee UK Tax Regime

mkpdavies · 05-05-2008, 07:29 PM

The Tories don't have to do anything. Mugs keep voting for them, no matter what they do.

Deep Purple · 06-05-2008, 10:26 PM

A lot of truth here.

At the time, I was astounded at how the media manipulated the last Tory leadership campaign and how a reasonable performance by David Davis (yes- I know he has his faults, but he would have been considerably better than Cameron) was so quickly rubbished as grey and uninspirational.... guess I shouldn't have been so naieve.

But the experienced members and MPs shouldn't have been so easily duped. For instance, my local MP (who's been in parliament since 1983) hailed cameron as "outstanding". Are they really all just careerists now- even the backbenchers? And what excuse or motivation does the ordinary party member have for going along with this high consenus/ nil conviction stuff?

kernow · 06-05-2008, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkpdavies

The Tories don't have to do anything. Mugs keep voting for them, no matter what they do.

Same can be said for all three main parties! If Jack the Ripper or a howling Pansy were leading any of the three main parties they'd still get a lot of votes! Joe and Jane Public are incredibly thick!

Britannist · 07-05-2008, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mikeuk

An excellent article by Hitchens. Says it all.
There's still all to play for. Cameron....can be defeated.

Portillo implies Cameron-Tories NOT on course to win next Election

05-05-2008, 08:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Bluemerle Uber Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dorset. Posts: 3,238	Why the Left are rejoicing in Mr Phoney Blameron's 'triumph' This is Peter Hitchens' Mail on Sunday column Why is the Left-wing BBC trying so hard to persuade us that the Tories are on the way back? Why do you think? Because the Tories have become Left-liberals, like the BBC. So the BBC now like them, and you shouldn't. But it's worse than that. The ludicrous, portentous and wrong coverage of Thursday's local elections spread well beyond the BBC. Consider what actually happened, as opposed to what you have been told by all the journalistic sheep who proclaimed a Tory triumph. Turnout in the local elections was a piffling 35 per cent. General Election turnout is almost twice that. Most of those who didn't vote will be Labour supporters who will probably stir themselves at a real election. Yes, Labour rightly did badly. But the Tories, equally rightly, didn't do well. Why claim that they did? The Tories are still tiny or non-existent in almost all the major cities of the North of England. Their trumpeted recapture of Bury – which they should never have lost – is paltry. London is now a separate country with its own rules. Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are independent brands, semi-detached from their parties. As for the rest of the country, here's a small example, familiar to me. On Thursday night, the Tories lost their pathetic two seats in the City of Oxford, which were theirs only because of defections from the Liberals. Until quite recently, they ran the city and held both its seats in Parliament. The Tories are still quite capable of losing the next General Election. Even if they do manage to win it, they will govern almost exactly as Gordon Brown. Nothing will change except the face and the accent. Something very similar happened in 1997. Millions were persuaded by conformist media coverage to vote against John Major because he was ghastly and boring and Anthony Blair was pretty and charming. And when it was all over, the Government was almost exactly the same – high taxes, slovenly services, hundreds of thousands of people in baseball caps living off the State, feeble police and courts, mass immigration. You know the sort of thing. Real changes in British politics don't come at elections, where we increasingly do as we are told and elect whatever is put in front of us. They come in the form of establishment palace revolutions, helped by the media. The biggest was the merciless public knifing of Margaret Thatcher in 1990, when she realised the true nature of the EU and began to oppose it. But around the same time was the orchestrated takeover of the Labour Party by the constitutional, cultural and sexual revolutionaries who now run it – and who are good friends and neighbours of the people who now run the Tories. Then there was the extraordinary destruction of Iain Duncan Smith as Tory leader and his replacement by Michael Howard, who proceeded to act as a sort of dictator, sacking Right-wing candidates whose views embarrassed him. The Left-wing media were once again deeply involved in what was an establishment effort to save the Tory Party from collapse. Why did the Left suddenly fall in love with Mr Howard, whom they used to loathe? Why did they want to save the Tory Party? Because they feared that, if it collapsed, a proper pro-British Party might rise from the ruins, a possibility they dread. And finally there was the media-led coronation of David Cameron as Tory leader, another Establishment intervention to make sure that the Conservative Party stayed firmly in what they call "the centre" – ie pro-EU, anti-education, pro-immigration, committed to high spending and high taxes and a monstrous welfare state, useless to any decent, hard-working person. The Establishment know that Labour are unpopular, as of course they should be. They are unpopular because their policies are stupid and wrong. But the Establishment want to keep the policies. So at the next Election they aim to provide a safety valve for angry voters – a chance to choose different faces, but the same awful Government. Then, after a bit of that, it will be back to Labour again. The only way to break this cycle is to refuse to join the game, and refuse to be fooled into electing Mr Phoney Blameron. You ask: "How can he possibly be worse than Gordon Brown?" Just you wait and see.

05-05-2008, 09:33 AM	#3 (permalink)
mkpdavies Uber Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Woking Posts: 30,615	The media decides which puppet will be milk monitor. __________________ http://brits4ronpaul.blogspot.com/ http://wokinglibertarians.blogspot.com/ http://lpuk.org My ignore list Labour, Blue Labour, Lib Dems

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Westcountryman Uber Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The Westcountry. Posts: 5,701 Party: Libertarian Party	I've gone off Hitchens a bit recently. He talks about defending freedom, but then advocates banning 'violent' video games. At least he admits that there isn't a link between violent video games and violent crime. As for the Tories. Didn't he predict they'd be a dead party by now? The Tories really need to get back to bread and butter issues. I think just about everyone wants to see a reduction in the tax burden in the Country - especially now ordinary families are feeling the pinch and companies are moving HQ abroad to places like Ireland to escape high taxes. Burning our money: Hissing At The Limits Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy: Taxodus - Enterprises Flee UK Tax Regime __________________ Porthemmet Beach

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05-05-2008, 08:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
Mikeuk Uber Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fareham Posts: 5,106 Party: UKIP	An excellent article by Hitchens. Says it all. There's still all to play for. Cameron and his collection of traitorous Europhile scum can be defeated.

06-05-2008, 10:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
Deep Purple Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 126	A lot of truth here. At the time, I was astounded at how the media manipulated the last Tory leadership campaign and how a reasonable performance by David Davis (yes- I know he has his faults, but he would have been considerably better than Cameron) was so quickly rubbished as grey and uninspirational.... guess I shouldn't have been so naieve. But the experienced members and MPs shouldn't have been so easily duped. For instance, my local MP (who's been in parliament since 1983) hailed cameron as "outstanding". Are they really all just careerists now- even the backbenchers? And what excuse or motivation does the ordinary party member have for going along with this high consenus/ nil conviction stuff?