Comments on: Crewe and Nantwich: it all comes out in the wash http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/ 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: Friendly Fire http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-39814 Friendly Fire Fri, 23 May 2008 21:31:19 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2496#comment-39814 gets gets

]]> By: Friendly Fire http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-39813 Friendly Fire Fri, 23 May 2008 21:30:15 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2496#comment-39813 Do you know that your page load is defaulting to the brilliant Olberman piece below? It get annoying after a while! Do you know that your page load is defaulting to the brilliant Olberman piece below? It get annoying after a while!

]]> By: fatboyfat http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-39812 fatboyfat Fri, 23 May 2008 18:33:32 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2496#comment-39812 Anyone seeing Hazel Blears' display on QT last night, no matter what their own personal political colour, is just going to be ever-so-slightly triumphant today, simply at the thought of "her lot" getting a kicking. I'm not entirely sure that's a healthy way of thinking, although it is only human, after all. Unlike the afore-mentioned Ms B, who jerked and grimaced her way through the evening like T1000's faulty auntie. fatboyfat's latest blog post... <a href="http://makelardhistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/let-them-eat-cake.html" rel="nofollow">Let them eat cake</a> Anyone seeing Hazel Blears’ display on QT last night, no matter what their own personal political colour, is just going to be ever-so-slightly triumphant today, simply at the thought of “her lot” getting a kicking.

I’m not entirely sure that’s a healthy way of thinking, although it is only human, after all. Unlike the afore-mentioned Ms B, who jerked and grimaced her way through the evening like T1000’s faulty auntie.

fatboyfat’s latest blog post… Let them eat cake

]]> By: Toby http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-39810 Toby Fri, 23 May 2008 14:47:30 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2496#comment-39810 The triumphant celebrations at wins like this aren't ever going to go away - look what happened the last time we had a massive swing like this - I remember the New Labour bus going past my window playing loud music and encouraging people to celebrate their win. This was not appreciated at 9am in the middle of Student-ville in Southampton when most of us had stayed up late watching the election coverage (Election night armistice, anyone?) Plus ca change... Did you dislike the triumphalism then? The triumphant celebrations at wins like this aren’t ever going to go away – look what happened the last time we had a massive swing like this – I remember the New Labour bus going past my window playing loud music and encouraging people to celebrate their win.

This was not appreciated at 9am in the middle of Student-ville in Southampton when most of us had stayed up late watching the election coverage (Election night armistice, anyone?)

Plus ca change… Did you dislike the triumphalism then?

]]> By: Nosemonkey http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-39808 Nosemonkey Fri, 23 May 2008 10:58:10 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2496#comment-39808 To ascribe the defeat entire to the growing disillusionment with Brown/Labour (as everyone everywhere seems to be doing) is also unfair - it ignores the central problem that the local Labour candidate was an arse. Based on every bit of footage I've seen of her, and every interview on the radio and in the papers, Dunwoody Jr isn't even close to being a shadow of her late mum, and repeatedly came across as a lary, unpleasant cow throughout the whole process. I'm also hoping this is the end to the pathetic Labour "we hate posh people, you hate posh people - come on, vote based on outmoded class antagonisms, petty misplaced jealousies and negatives, negatives, negatives, never positives" electoral strategy. They tried it in London with Boris, and it failed dismally; they've tried it in Crewe and it's failed even more. Serves them right - replace "posh people" with "darkies" and all they're doing is repackaging the BNP's electoral strategy from the 70s/80s. Deeply unpleasant. And yes, yes I do say this in part because by Labour's standards I'd count as posh. They're effectively saying "piss off, chum - we don't want your vote", and rather neglecting to realise that in the process they're saying the same thing to all the New Labour-voting middle classes that switched en masse from blue to red in 97, giving them a decade in Number 10. The fucking idiots. Nosemonkey's latest blog post... <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NosemonkeyEurophobia/~3/295058193/" rel="nofollow">Nosemonkey is not dead, honest</a> To ascribe the defeat entire to the growing disillusionment with Brown/Labour (as everyone everywhere seems to be doing) is also unfair – it ignores the central problem that the local Labour candidate was an arse. Based on every bit of footage I’ve seen of her, and every interview on the radio and in the papers, Dunwoody Jr isn’t even close to being a shadow of her late mum, and repeatedly came across as a lary, unpleasant cow throughout the whole process.

I’m also hoping this is the end to the pathetic Labour “we hate posh people, you hate posh people – come on, vote based on outmoded class antagonisms, petty misplaced jealousies and negatives, negatives, negatives, never positives” electoral strategy. They tried it in London with Boris, and it failed dismally; they’ve tried it in Crewe and it’s failed even more. Serves them right – replace “posh people” with “darkies” and all they’re doing is repackaging the BNP’s electoral strategy from the 70s/80s. Deeply unpleasant.

And yes, yes I do say this in part because by Labour’s standards I’d count as posh. They’re effectively saying “piss off, chum – we don’t want your vote”, and rather neglecting to realise that in the process they’re saying the same thing to all the New Labour-voting middle classes that switched en masse from blue to red in 97, giving them a decade in Number 10. The fucking idiots.

Nosemonkey’s latest blog post… Nosemonkey is not dead, honest

]]> By:   Crewe Goes Bright Blue! by The ThunderDragon http://www.chickyog.net/2008/05/23/crewe-and-nantwich-it-all-comes-out-in-the-wash/comment-page-1/#comment-39807   Crewe Goes Bright Blue! by The ThunderDragon Fri, 23 May 2008 09:39:44 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/?p=2496#comment-39807 [...] that’s enough triumphalism. Justin McKeating is right [...] [...] that’s enough triumphalism. Justin McKeating is right [...]

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