Dave's Spinning Cycle, New Labour's New Slogan
On holiday Guido missed out on all the fun of Dave's killer-bike-ride-of-crime last week. Have now caught up with it on the Daily Mirror's website. Tory loyalists are shooting the messenger over this, accusing the Mirror of running a smear campaign* against Cameron. Guido begs to differ, this is what a free press is supposed to do - investigate our rulers, hold them to account, exposing their hypocrisy and shortcomings. That to Guido is good popular campaigning journalism.
Elsewhere in the Mirror today Maguire makes the point that the most revealing moment of "Cameron's reckless ride to Westminster was the toff's removal of his cycling helmet." You can take the man out of PR, but you can't take the PR man out of the photo-op.
Maguire went on to moan that the Brownies electorally "hoping that Tory toff Cameron cycles through one red light too many won't work." Quite. Guido learns from Kevin that Gordon has a new slogan: "New Labour, Your Britain." Maguire helpfully suggests "with the government behind in the polls, what about: 'Labour, Not As Bad As You Think'?
Guido twice in agreement with Kevin Maguire in a single day? Must lie down...
Elsewhere in the Mirror today Maguire makes the point that the most revealing moment of "Cameron's reckless ride to Westminster was the toff's removal of his cycling helmet." You can take the man out of PR, but you can't take the PR man out of the photo-op.
Maguire went on to moan that the Brownies electorally "hoping that Tory toff Cameron cycles through one red light too many won't work." Quite. Guido learns from Kevin that Gordon has a new slogan: "New Labour, Your Britain." Maguire helpfully suggests "with the government behind in the polls, what about: 'Labour, Not As Bad As You Think'?
Guido twice in agreement with Kevin Maguire in a single day? Must lie down...
*Guido was taught at an early age that "a smear is not a smear when it is the truth".
37 comments:
I can't help but feel that holding Cameron up to some higher moral standard of cycling is a load of bollocks though. He's not behaving any differently than any other lycra-clad, helmeted buffoon.
It's clear to me that the moral purity of being a green traveller on London's roads frees you from any of the constraints on other road users.
Yes, he deserves to be strung up for riding like a cunt, but no more than any of the other tossers who insist on cycling like they own the road. I wish the tabloids would hunt down all the fuckwits who ride like this.
Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Gordon, who nearly fought the Dragon of Cameron, who had almost stood up to the vicious Chicken of YouGov, and who personally wet himself at the weekly Battle of PMQs.
No-one at the mirror found time to mention that Brown is a big fat liar and an enviro-terrorist; http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brown-breaks-promise-to-drive-green-ministerial-car-427563.html
Don't you mean:
Labour - even worse than you think.
Yeah, this is what a free press is about. No doubt they'll win a pulitzer for that.
A smear is a smear when its targeted and inconsequential. A run of targeted, inconsequential stories is known as smear job.
The Daily Mirror: Like The Sun, But the Only Boob is Kevin.
Neoliberal is right. While I cannot condone blah blah....This story will only appeal to people who think that cigarettes should be sold under the counter and that kids playing conkers should wear a helmet.
My main concern is that Dave might not look sufficiently Prime Ministerial on a bike. Surely he should be driven in a Jag?
Call Me Dave ought to reread the Highway Code, like Liam Byrne the mobile phone driver, he ought remember that laws apply to all.
I hope that it was only a rumour that Mirror Journalists were allegedly the first to barred by new wine bars and pubs in and arround Canary Whatf for boorish behaviour. The public has no doubt that the Mirror employs people of great integrity and high moral standing, but that of course could be in a parallel univerise.
So not only is Cameron a toff, but even worse, if that is possible, he's a Flashman, the wrong sort of toff. Can a man who steers his bicycle round a bollard the wrong way be really trusted to steer the ship of state? I think we all know the answer to that one.
O/T I know but have you seen this Guido?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=544468&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
I tell my kids to ride on the pavement and stuff the laws. Rarely do people get killed on the pavement - not even by cyclists. Cyclists are always being killed on the roads. The law's an ass and Cameron obviously believes it too.
The person that decided that cyclists should be forced onto dangerous roads should have his lungs punctured with meat skewers and made to drown in his own blood. Think of all the people that daft law has killed.
Evil bastards.
If you want some spin, watch pmqs at ~ 31-33 mins on global economy
(ps. this is the daily politics version, it is in his answer to 2nd q..)
he says "on this day when interest rates in one country have gone up to 15%" well, I assume he is talking about iceland, where they have gone up, but by 1.25%.
Rates for January & Febuary http://www.landsbanki.is/english/aboutlandsbanki/funds-accounts/interestrate-tariff/
wern't exactly comparable to ours to start with were they??
It is just frustrating he presents it as truth but with no contextual relevance. Only a little thing, but still . pisses me right off!
Flashman is the right type of toff!
Err, isn't he??
I find it very hard to get excited about this "story"...
*looks down*
No, nothing yet.
And what of the Mirror's cyclist who managed to produce such "stunning" video, it could only have been done hand held. So the Mirror's cyclist was also driving a vehicle in a dangerous manner. Better not add that to the article in case it shows the New Labour nut-jobs for the hypocrites that they are.
How about New Labour, You're Joking?
(Or, perhaps with our marvellous AAA* education system, that should read New Labour, Your Jokin'?)
Who the hell worries about what Maguire thinks - Browns's personal arselicker is all we need to know.
anonymous 2.23pm
the safest way to travel is to drive in reverse.
There are no accidents recorded for any driver having an accident driving in Oxford Street, in rush hour or any other time in reverse!!
So set a trend drive in reverse!
This story will only appeal to people who think that cigarettes should be sold under the counter and that kids playing conkers should wear a helmet.
Got it in one.
Who cares. Gordon's biggest problem is that he seems like the type of person who would fret if he put a comma in the wrong place. At least Call me Dave is a normal person.
Anon at 2.23 - pavements are for PEOPLE - if you think the roads are too dangerous, don't ride a bike! Pedestrians shouldn't have to leap out of the way of a furiously pedalling cyclist.
Stuff the laws? Stuff you and every other selfish arrogant creep pedalling on the pavement expecting pedestrians to get out of your way.
To the old, young, infirm, blind and deaf a cyclist riding at 10mph or more on the pavement can be very very scary.
On slogans how about this?
Labour, what did you expect?
So glad you linked that Mirror video again, Guido. Watch the cameraman nab Dave cycling the wrong side of the bollard then following exactly the same line himself.
And so what if he didn't wear one of those stupid fucking helmets that make you look like a creature out of Star Trek II?
What's the Mirror got lined up next? SHOCK REPORT: DAVE ONLY EATS FOUR OUT OF FIVE VEG A DAY.
Hypocrites.
Labour, we don't give a fuck.
Labour, who cares?
Labour, it wasn't us... honest guv.
New Labour, Your Wallet.
"New Labour, Your Problem"
"Stuff the laws? Stuff you and every other selfish arrogant creep pedalling on the pavement expecting pedestrians to get out of your way."
They are my kids and I have a duty of care over them. Sorry, but that happens to conflict with my concern for petty laws as they pedal to school. So fuck you and every arrogant creep that thinks its OK for little kids to dice with death every time they go to school. Maybe you'd like to pay for them to take a taxi? Because they sure as hell aren't getting a free bus for the two and a half miles they have to travel to school. Hey they might give someone a few bruises if they aren't too careful. So sue me.
No doubt it's "Your Britain" in the form of a short-term loan, to be repaid with interest via lots of new taxes.
New Labour, Fuck Off.
New Labour - if its Brown, its shit...
NULABOUR! You were fucking told but you just wouldnt fucking listen would you?
NULABOUR! Just what the fuck did you think would happen you fucking retarded spastics?
NULABOUR! In 1997 you fucking retards got taken in by a greasy lying spiv called Bliar and you swallowed all his bullshit and lies AND you kept voting in these sewer rats for 3 elections! What does that say about YOU?
shame on all of you, this is trivial beyond compare
get a grip will you
Lets see now, who do we want as PM?
Brown ... Flashman? Flashman ... Brown? hmm... Brown ... Flashman? Flashman ... mmm ?
Sorry, no prizes being given.
As a driver I find cyclists on the road to be a nuisance so all power to those who ride on the pavements.
The Mirror Man who admits breaking the law himself and has video evidence to prove it, what a dick.
New slogan for Labour:
"So What? It's Balls!"
I think that tells us all we need to know about Labour.
Brown's official slogan:
"New Labour, Your Britain"
What Brown really means:
"Your labour, Our Britain"
technointheafternoon et al.. did anyone else notice Brown have a go at the banks for off-balance sheet activities.
Fucking rich that! What with all the off-balance sheet PFI and NR finance, Brown has got fuck-all room to talk.
The more I see/hear the mendacious bastard, the more my blood pressure increases.
Slogan for Labour:
New Labour; If it looks shit and smells like shit, it's Brown.
Lets see now, who do we want as PM?
Brown ... Flashman? Flashman ... Brown? hmm... Brown ... Flashman? Flashman ... mmm ?
Sorry, no prizes being given.
hell, I'd vote for General Sir Harry in a New York minute. A man with most of the venality of the current shower, but a soupçon of backbone when required, standards, and none of the sanctimony.
I'm sure he'd tax petrol to the skies, but only to keep hoi polloi off the roads and pay for brandy and whores. He wouldn't pretend it was to "save the planet." Shame he's a fictional construct really. The only person I can see him losing to is the Hon Charlie Mortdecai, sadly also not real.
I think the story that the dead tree press is ignoring is the woeful number of flights that PR Dave keeps taking. It's a bit like the way Labore campaigning for scrapping plastic carrier bags and for Heathrow expansion at the same time ...
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