Score!
I have a lot of time for Andrew Sullivan, who kinda sorta wears his honesty on his sleeve, but when all is said and done, he's still a Tory.
And, to quote Pat Kane from many, many years ago, "There are no good Tories: there are only f*cking Tories."
Poor Andrew: this is exactly the kind of thing we used to say when Thatcher or Major won.
A Blair majority reduced to forty or fifty or however many it turns out to be (it's at twenty-three right now) is not a catastrophe by any means, but rather something to be celebrated: he'll have to be more careful now, more considerate of his own back benchers, and rather less presidential in his behavior. No bad thing: massive majorities, to my mind, are as dangerous as monopolies. So at worst, this brings politics in Britain back to normal - as I think Blunkett himself remarked?
And of course, the day will come soon enough when he - like her - will be tipped The Spot by his own swabs, and Long Gordy Brown will take over.
The worst part of this evening's results - which I find almost incomprehensible - is that Gorgeous George won a seat in Bethnel Green, in London? How anyone could vote for this dictator-loving sleazebag is beyond me. Shameful. But there you go. Wasn't me, anyone asks.
* Apologies for the nautical language, but I'm still recovering from this snapshot of a World of Warcraft crew of Pirates being chastised by an on-line monitor, and remaining entirely within character throughout. It's a Pirate Sign o' Respect, indeed. I'm sure I found this link on Boing-Boing, but for the life o' me, I can't find where?
And, to quote Pat Kane from many, many years ago, "There are no good Tories: there are only f*cking Tories."
Poor Andrew: this is exactly the kind of thing we used to say when Thatcher or Major won.
A Blair majority reduced to forty or fifty or however many it turns out to be (it's at twenty-three right now) is not a catastrophe by any means, but rather something to be celebrated: he'll have to be more careful now, more considerate of his own back benchers, and rather less presidential in his behavior. No bad thing: massive majorities, to my mind, are as dangerous as monopolies. So at worst, this brings politics in Britain back to normal - as I think Blunkett himself remarked?
And of course, the day will come soon enough when he - like her - will be tipped The Spot by his own swabs, and Long Gordy Brown will take over.
The worst part of this evening's results - which I find almost incomprehensible - is that Gorgeous George won a seat in Bethnel Green, in London? How anyone could vote for this dictator-loving sleazebag is beyond me. Shameful. But there you go. Wasn't me, anyone asks.
* Apologies for the nautical language, but I'm still recovering from this snapshot of a World of Warcraft crew of Pirates being chastised by an on-line monitor, and remaining entirely within character throughout. It's a Pirate Sign o' Respect, indeed. I'm sure I found this link on Boing-Boing, but for the life o' me, I can't find where?
posted by Xenoverse at Thursday, May 05, 2005
2 Comments:
I'm sure Blair's reduced majority certainly shivered his timbers. I hope your Captain Brown steers a steadier rudder and keeps an even keel. Blair must soon walk the plank ... circling sharks .... the giant squid of political reputations ... Davy Jones' Locker of Politics, etc....
I tried reading the Pirate's Lament. When I opened up the jpg, the print was...quite minute. My eyes are failing me, but now theyre even insulting me! Is there a braille version of the conversation you're referring to?
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