Loose Lips Plot Thickens
Guido reported on Friday the tale of the Lib Dem activist boasting about his spin that got the Standard to report that Kingston Hospital was under threat. Little did he know he was sitting opposite the Mirror’s Kevin Maguire while he was yelling down the phone on a train. Well it seems this was no rogue agent and was working extremely closely with sitting MP Susan Kramer, who is desperately trying to fight off Zac Goldsmith’s advances. The Liberal Democrats spun their “Save Kingston Hospital” campaign as a reaction to Labour suggesting a London wide review of hospitals. Why if this happened this month was the website “SaveKingstonHospital.org” registered by Kramer herself in early December?
There is no evidence to suggest Kingston Hospital is directly threatened any more than any other hospital in London. Yet Ed Davey and Nick Clegg have been quick to weigh in and throw they support, and faces, behind the quickly unravelling fake astro-turfed campaign. Looks like Parliament, and the Tories should start coming to terms with the dreadful idea that Zac might soon be sitting on the green benches.
Naughty libdems. Does anyone care what they do?
Only Tory twats shit scared of a hung Parliament
Not really, except that its always fascinating watching them take the most dishonourable course of action open to them, without the fig leaf of labours’ class war justification.
I thought the LimpDims were all sandal wearers not scandal mongers ??
Goldsmith is a wanker. Fuck off and join Labour you tool.
That’s Frank Goldsmith to err.. everyone. Just because he’s got a poncy middle name isn’t the only reason he’s a complete ponce.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zac_Goldsmith
Compare this chap to Rory Stewart and what you’re left with is belly button lint.
Listening to Radio 2 – every news bulletin so far today reports Comical Mandy’s warning about Tory cuts
FFS
Those thicko BBC journlists think everything Mandy says is totally true. They wouldn’t recognise electioneering if it punched them on the nose.
Zac may or may not make a good MP. Unfortunately the toff mileage Labour may get out of it means his investiture may do more harm than good. Unfortunately that’s the reality in this spin, media, soaps, reality show, global warming wafer thin excuse for a society.
So if elected he’ll be on Just a Minute in 4 and a bit years time explaining why he lost his seat. One hopes he does it as well as GB.
PS – Is there any prospect, Mr. Fawkes, that you could investigate why there are so many public information ads on at present (1 in every 5). I’ll bet you a steak (Canadian) dinner that an New Labour crony owned agency is doing rather well.
Glad someone else has noticed that.
Back in the day, the only govt ads were about safe cycling with that old cartoon bloke, not to use your car horn when passing horses, and not to put a rug on a newly polished wooden floor (might as well be a bear trap !).
And typically they were on at about 1am in the morning, just before teletext took over.
Nowadays every prime time ad break will tell me about swin flu & chlamydia & how to shop benefit cheats. Is it part of ITV / C4′s public service remit ? Or are we paying for it ? And if so, are we paying market rates ?
David Cameron says he will privatise the entire public health programme (all £3 billion of it). Under Cameron the ad agencies will be paid according to “outcomes” so, for example, the more people who give up smoking, drink less, have a chlamydia test, etc, the more the ad agencies will be paid. My guess is that you will see more TV ads.
Remember: Cameron is bluLabour, so don’t expect anything better from him than you already get from nuLabour.
Was driving back from Castle Bromwich the other day, listening to the local station ‘Galaxy’.
In one break of five adverts, four where from the government and one was for Coco pops.
The government ads covered asbestos (twice), child trust funds and some kind of remedial maths and English lessons for adults.
WTF?
I,for one,will not be sitting on the green benches.
I am hacked off with politics and will join the Libertarian Party
O/T Just read Nadines blog from the Guido’s linky thing. She has abandoned the tradtion of standing still with her back to the wall when the Speaker passes in procession. I can’t fault her logic:
If you want to drop the tradition of wearing the Speaker’s dress, then don’t expect me to honour the tradition of standing still in the corridor when you move along it. You don’t pick and choose traditions. If you do you begin to erode away at what brings millions of pounds into this country each year via our tourism economy. You erode the authority of the Speaker’s chair and, by doing so, erode the authority of Parliament itself.
Do they still do that for Mandy?
This is a misunderstanding; it is not a tradition relating to the Speaker, but a tradition relating to the current incumbent. According to rumour it started when he was in halls at Oxford.
for Mandy ? Only commonsense, surely ?
Has Mad Nads abandoned her disgusting expenses piggery & thieving and as a protest ?
I somehow doubt it.
Gosh, I’d hate it if the authority of parliament were eroded. How would I survive without all those clever people telling me what to do?
I was going to procrastinate, but I think I’ll do it tomorrow instead.
You cnuts must be scared shxxless to incessantly attack Osbourne.
Having said that your former chancellor has just spent us into the biggest debt burden in our history. Glass houses and stones spring to mind
I’m a pretty straight kinda guy
Nice one
Is she a lesbian?
The Zaclass has begun. He won’t be sitting on green benches in parliament. He won’t get elected in Richmond…
That, of course should read ZACLASH…
I live in the constituency, what backlash would you be referring to? Haven’t seen this here.
Sounds like good tactics to me. NuLab has spent the best part of the last 15 years lying its arse off, smearing opponents, not to mention bribing and cowing people into voting for them (with public money, too), so why shouldn’t the Lib Dems?
I like the Lib Dems’ strategy. Indeed, the more outrageous the accusations, the better because ministers and MPs will have to spend all their time refuting them.
We know, for instance, that Brown plans to introduce new taxes on windows and gardens: the more windows and bigger the garden, the more tax you will pay. Brown also plans to tax dog ownership, second-hand books and double garages.
I bet you won’t find this in the Labour manifesto. That is because they won’t tell you.
Moreover, Brown is also planning incentives for voting Labour: he will promise increased central government funding for those constituencies that return Labour MPs.
Dur! I forgot – his government already do this.
excellent post
Susan Kramer writes: “Thanks to everyone who has joined the Kingston Hospital campaign over the last few days. Nearly 4000 people have already signed the petition and over 6500 joined the Facebook group . . Edward Davey MP and I have been told face to face, by four NHS chief executives and one senior clinician, at four separate meetings that this proposal is being actively considered . . Edward and I had hoped that the campaign to save the A&E and Maternity services and could be a cross-party campaign. Disappointingly the Conservatives seem to be seeking to undermine the campaign and are choosing to play petty party politics with the issue. But it is not too late for them to come on board . . “
No doubt she will also thank Guido for giving the campaign the oxygen of publicity on his widely read website.
hats off to the lib dems – now Kingston Hospital have to waste time denying it to worried hospital and staff:
http://www.kingstonhospital.nhs.uk/kh2/UserFiles/File/An%20open%20letter%20to%20Patients%20and%20Members%20of%20the%20Hospital.pdf
a great waste of time and money when given my experience of the place they could be giving it a good clean.
It’s true ! Honest !!
C’mon! It is quite funny that LD astrovists are so fucking stupid they can’t even recognize Kevin Maguire. Wow! Lib Dude! You’re so in the fucking loop…. not!
http://www.redragonline.com/2010/02/more-labour-lies-exposed-unemployment.html
Why let the facts get in the way of a good local campaign, after all the electorate believe everything they read in the local papers.
Well, they all believed what I told them as well.
O?T but “a former Lloyds boss who led the bank’s disastrous takeover of HBOS, has been handed a new job with the Government, Sky News has learned.”
So McTwat pays off his mate Blank for keeping his gob shut about what really happened when Lloyds were cornered by McTwat into taking over HBOS by the Saviour of the Planet, Gordon Fucking Brown.
It’s enough to make a sane mane stab his nearest relative…
If only my hands didn’t shake as much…
I’ve still got the Knighthood which McSnot gave me !!
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So what?
EVEN THE POPE HATES NEW LIEBOUR
Are UKIP or BNP standing in Richmond?
They should get enough votes to thwart the EcoToff pseudo-conservative knob.
I live in Susan Kramer’s constituency and I was under the impression she was dead. Her constituency minions are forever putting junk mail through the door claiming the credit for all Zac’s campaign’s and initiatives but no-one has seen hide nor hair of her for years – except in publicity photos. How can anyone be expected to vote for a woman who tries to keep her job by indulging in lies and slander?
Same here; Ms Kramer has been incredibly quiet for many years but seems to have suddenly burst enthusiastically into life. Is there a General Election in the offing ?
That hospital is heaving with Common Purpose robots.
I was taken into a ward suffering 105 temperature, and nasty symptoms. Next day a robot woke me at 5 am, told me I must have been taking drugs to be so sick, and that my illness must be my own fault and that I should not be treated.
I left and went to a Private Hospital which diagnosed a life threatening condition of a malfunctioning nervous system. It cost me £20,000 overall to get well again, but it’s not the money that matters. Robots with programmed brains should not be running hospitals or public services.
No doubt a robot will come up with a false document to add evidence to the closure story. The nurses and doctors were first class. But the political apparatchiks in there are killing people. The Police State is alive and well inside Kingston Hospital.
See here a video of how an NHS robot is programmed to kill.
http://the-tap.blogspot.com/2010/01/brainwashing-techniques-kill-common.html
Julia Middleton: “Sometimes you have to be a leader and travel light”
Gordon Brown: “Sometimes you have to give up being a leader but can’t see the light”
Refers to 41
Brilliant clip – this was made for Broon!
Too late to be known as Gordon the First, he’s bound to be known as Gordon the Worst!!!
Zac Goldsmith, just one of the reasons I’m not voting for Dave.
I used to work with this Guy and had some respect for him but I have to say now this has gone. A decent man !!!! corrupted by his ghastly Master.
Who ? Me ?????
It’s sad to see this scaremongering- and, of course, the people of kingston are falling for it… over 11 thousand on the ‘Save Kingston Hospital’ facebook group already, with Kramer & Davey becoming overnght heroes.
PLEASE join our “Save Kingston Hospital’ WHATEVER… it’s not closing!!’ group… it’s only been up for 5 days but we’re gaining ground :-)
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=312891952064&ref=ts
Please check out the link below…
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=312891952064&ref=ts