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Wednesday 7 March 2018

A mind too boggled


A problem with the news is the increasing number of stories which simply boggle the mind. From the recent past we have ousted UKIP leader Henry Bolton's attempt to form a new political party called OneNation.

The ousted former leader of the UK Independence Party, Henry Bolton, says he is setting up a new political party.

Mr Bolton, who was voted out last month at a meeting of UKIP members, said his new party would "campaign unceasingly for our full independence from the EU".

He said "there is an urgent need for a new way of doing politics that truly involves communities".

When one considers his ignominious ousting from UKIP the mind boggles at his lack of political self-awareness. Please excuse the language, but maybe if he’d called his new party the Philandering Twats Party minds would be less inclined to boggle.

Next we have the case of Munroe Bergdorf, Jeremy Corbyn’s stunningly inept effort at finding suitable members of a Labour advisory panel for LGBT+ issues. A major mind-boggler this one, but that’s Jeremy for you.

Another fine example is the Washington Post’s claim that Donald Trump is supercharging the celebrification of politics.

Politics is downstream of culture. Trump’s election would never have been possible without systemic cultural shifts, enabled by reality TV and social media, that increased the premium average Americans place on celebrity for celebrity’s sake.

Strewth - presumably we are supposed to accept that Obama was above all that and Hillary Clinton would have shunned the celebrity game too. Yet again the mind boggles.

4 comments:

Sam Vega said...

"Ah, do come in, Miss Bergdorf. Tea and a Hobnob? Or maybe a fairy cake? I'd like to start by expressing my sincerest thanks for your acceptance of the post. Some friends at the Guardian said that we needed a chap like you to add a bit of spice to our team, and to help get the Millennials out next polling day. But today I'd like to start by picking your brains, if I may, about how to gain international funding to underwrite the NHS until 2035..."

wiggiatlarge said...

Jezza has a back up plan re Munroe Bergdorf, it is called Lily Madigan who is trying very hard to get selected via Labours women only short lists...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/feb/01/labour-to-clarify-policy-over-trans-women-on-all-female-shortlists

it appears that the smaller and freakier the minority the more Labour push to have them at the top of the food chain.
"Lily" had this bizarre interview with Julia Hartley-Brewer on Talk radio where when Julia suggested that anyone could claim to be whatever they wanted and had to be believed was told yes, even if I believe I am a table asked Julia, er yes, we are in the last stage of self inflicting lunacy, time for someone to stand up and say enough of this nonsense.

https://youtu.be/d2EvPqQeLE0

Sen. C.R.O'Blene said...

I really am totally confused now...

What on earth are all these people on about?

A K Haart said...

Sam - "the NHS? That's a racist conspiracy by white people..."

Wiggia - it is nonsense and I think most people know it, but it is fashionable nonsense and that matters.

Scrobs - they are on virtue-signalling, a powerful narcotic that sends people mad.