Comments on: Re-branding the herd http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:26:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: redpesto http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/comment-page-1/#comment-34252 redpesto Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:24:30 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/#comment-34252 Richard, what amuses me is the idea that the Tories are going to 'consult' on a decision they've already taken (to reject the treaty). Why waste our time with a referendum if they think they can claim a 'mandate' from an election victory? Is it to rub the noses of the EU/pro-Europeans/Ken Clarke in it? (And just wait until they try to ratify a European treaty they <i>do</i> want... heh heh heh...) Oh, and they'll also have a fun time explaining what they want from scrapping the Human Rights Act. (Will they be overruled in Europe or do they want out of the full Convention?) Richard, what amuses me is the idea that the Tories are going to ‘consult’ on a decision they’ve already taken (to reject the treaty). Why waste our time with a referendum if they think they can claim a ‘mandate’ from an election victory? Is it to rub the noses of the EU/pro-Europeans/Ken Clarke in it? (And just wait until they try to ratify a European treaty they do want… heh heh heh…) Oh, and they’ll also have a fun time explaining what they want from scrapping the Human Rights Act. (Will they be overruled in Europe or do they want out of the full Convention?)

]]> By: richard hannay http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/comment-page-1/#comment-34211 richard hannay Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:14:46 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/#comment-34211 Hey hey, that's the one, Redpesto! On Tory-related matters, I am enormously entertained (to the point of uttering helpless guffaws) by their whining on about a referendum on further Euro-entanglement-enablement-treaty-indenture-whatever... Hmm, not such a bad idea, really (I am very pro-Europe, to the point where I`d love to live in a united Europe with a real functioning democratic system, rather than the screwed-up, bureaucratic abortion we have just now)(but nationalistic tendencies being what they are, I can't see such Euro-harmony arising for another generation). Anyway, the point is that you don't ever, ever, EVER hear these Tory whiners demanding a national referendum on something like, say, invading another country at the behest of the USA's barking president. Isn't it funny that the Europhobes are almost always pro-Yank, White House-adoring ra-ra-ra types? Hey hey, that’s the one, Redpesto!

On Tory-related matters, I am enormously entertained (to the point of uttering helpless guffaws) by their whining on about a referendum on further Euro-entanglement-enablement-treaty-indenture-whatever… Hmm, not such a bad idea, really (I am very pro-Europe, to the point where I`d love to live in a united Europe with a real functioning democratic system, rather than the screwed-up, bureaucratic abortion we have just now)(but nationalistic tendencies being what they are, I can’t see such Euro-harmony arising for another generation). Anyway, the point is that you don’t ever, ever, EVER hear these Tory whiners demanding a national referendum on something like, say, invading another country at the behest of the USA’s barking president.

Isn’t it funny that the Europhobes are almost always pro-Yank, White House-adoring ra-ra-ra types?

]]> By: redpesto http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/comment-page-1/#comment-34189 redpesto Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:08:06 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/#comment-34189 Is <a HREF="http://www.myconfinedspace.com/2007/09/15/vote-cthulhu/" rel="nofollow">this</a> what you meant, Richard? Is this what you meant, Richard?

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/comment-page-1/#comment-34186 sanbikinoraion Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:54:14 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/#comment-34186 C'mon, Rich, did you see the banner he was speaking in front of? "Conservatives - time for a change" Er... I thought the idea was that conservatives were supposed to be <i>against</i> change... Talk about mixed messages. C’mon, Rich, did you see the banner he was speaking in front of?

“Conservatives – time for a change”

Er… I thought the idea was that conservatives were supposed to be against change…

Talk about mixed messages.

]]> By: richard hannay http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/comment-page-1/#comment-34183 richard hannay Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:25:14 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/#comment-34183 I can't figure out who's more loathsome, New Labour who have done their best to tear out the soul of this country or the Tories who'd want to do the same but without the cuddly buzzwords. Cameron et al believe in the same things as their Imperious Overlordmistress, La Thatch, you know the whole market-forces-alchemy-panacea litany, that drivelling melange of planet-crushing greed and self-righteous arrogance. Part of me almost wants the Tories to win the next election, just so that we can all finally understand that there`s no difference between Labour and Tories. Out there on the web, someone`s done a picture portraying the great god Cthulhu (see under Lovecraft) as a politician, with the tag line - "Vote Cthulhu - at least he admits he's evil". Maybe that's one that Dave Cameron should use - 'Vote Tory - we won't lie about being complete bastards'. I can’t figure out who’s more loathsome, New Labour who have done their best to tear out the soul of this country or the Tories who’d want to do the same but without the cuddly buzzwords. Cameron et al believe in the same things as their Imperious Overlordmistress, La Thatch, you know the whole market-forces-alchemy-panacea litany, that drivelling melange of planet-crushing greed and self-righteous arrogance. Part of me almost wants the Tories to win the next election, just so that we can all finally understand that there`s no difference between Labour and Tories.

Out there on the web, someone`s done a picture portraying the great god Cthulhu (see under Lovecraft) as a politician, with the tag line – “Vote Cthulhu – at least he admits he’s evil”. Maybe that’s one that Dave Cameron should use – ‘Vote Tory – we won’t lie about being complete bastards’.

]]> By: Joe Otten http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/comment-page-1/#comment-34182 Joe Otten Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:15:58 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/10/03/re-branding-the-herd/#comment-34182 Transcript-ish: http://davenicebutknave.blogspot.com/2007/10/that-conference-speech-in-full-again.html Transcript-ish:

http://davenicebutknave.blogspot.com/2007/10/that-conference-speech-in-full-again.html

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