May 4th, 2010

Balls Backs Tactical Voting

When Guido saw Bad Al Campbell’s last tweet:

“Should not get too wound up by bizarre ramblings of candidate in unwinnable seat. Attention seeking takes many forms.”

Guido thought he was talking about Ed Balls calling for tactical voting.  Apparently not, he was blaming Sood

Ed should be careful for what  he wishes, tactical voting might not give Ed the result he wants.  Balls is as everyone knows the illiberal bullying protege of Gordon Brown, he is he admits still in contact with his friend Damian McBride.  Ed Balls represents the worst of New Labour, he is a master at spinning anonymous briefings against rivals.   Not the sort of character most LibDems would like to see in parliament.

He has a notional majority of 9,000 in the newly created Morley & Outwood seat. That should be taken with a pinch of salt, it is a new seat created after boundary changes, in local council elections over the last 2 years Labour has polled badly, even coming fourth on occasion.

With Labour nationally polling in third place, the swing against Labour means Balls’ notional lead is likely to be negligible, his Tory opponent Antony Calvert is fighting an incredibly energetic campaign, he’s raised money online for his campaign and he has caught the imagination of the media with his “Balls Moment” advert. If LibDem voters want to see the back of Gordon Brown’s closest henchmen and witness the most memorable moment of election night, just as in 1997 when Portillo was defeated, they should vote tactically. If you are up for a “Balls Moment”, LibDems have to vote Tory this time in Morley and Outwood.

UPDATE : Punters are putting their money on Calvert to take the seat, he is now favourite to win.


283 Comments

  1. 1
    Labour is the enemy says:

    Balls is shrinking.

    • 4
      Brian says:

      I’m voted out. And so is my wife.

      • 8
        Can't remember my moniker says:

        Bring back Betty Swollocks

      • 73
        Brown's a Tosser says:

        Gods knows I detest Brown but Balls comes a very close second. This is the one seat I will be watching most closely on election night and fingers crossed we can gets this odious man removed from HoC.

        • 134
          Hugh Janus says:

          Me too, I’m quite prepared to stay up all night if I can be treated to the spectacle of the Testicular One getting his P45. I’m already moist with anticipation.

          His call for tactical voting would not seem to be shared by wee Dougie on the BBC 1 O’clock News. Good to see unity in a party, it’s what wins elections – but obviously not for NuLiebour this time.

        • 137
          Charles Flaccidwidger says:

          The words ‘fat’, ‘sweaty’ and ‘wanker’ were invented for Balls. Apart from Kinnock and Brown,I can’t think of any politician I dislike as much.

        • 155
          Rog says:

          Someone needs to ask a senior Labour type whether they want to people to still vote for Sood.

          If “Yes”, then why – he doesn’t represent Labour views.

          If “No”, then it’s the mental situation of them wanting us to tactically vote LibDem whilst simultaneously fielding Labour candidates we shouldn’t vote for.

          Most entertaining UK election ever?

        • 223
          Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

          Send me a £100 and you can have a bowl of Horlicks ( an extra £20) with me.

    • 14
      PM says:

      They’re blaming Sue and Sood now.

    • 16
      Engineer says:

      The cross-hairs are locked on their target….

    • 21

      Interesting that even Labour are now saying vote Lib Dem to get 5 more years of Gordon Brown – http://whogoeshome.co.uk/?p=1029

      • 130
        Nick Clegg says:

        I’m voting conservative to put a stop to this

        • 164
          Nick Clegg says:

          My mother’s Dutch, my fathers family come from Russia, I speak 5 European languages, I am European, I am not English, I do not like the English and will surrender England to the EU. That is my pledge and my destiny.

          • Ed Bols says:

            I am also coming from the Netherlands and so is my wife – and I am pleased to say – also my husband Yvette Kuiper.

    • 23

      Yvette Copper for next leader of the Labour party

      • 33
        PM says:

        I think Katie Price should be the next leader of the Labour Party.

        • 65
          Road_Hog says:

          She wouldn’t be any worse than Brown, and at least you’d have a pair of norks to look at, at PQT. Actually, she’s quite good with money having made a shedload through having a big pair of tits, whereas Brown has lost a shedload of money being a tit.

        • 78
          Brown's a Tosser says:

          I think Vincent Price should become the next leader of the labour party. He can really clean them up.

      • 155
        The REAL Next Leader of Noo_Lie_Bore, still wearing crotchless knickers says:

        DON’T LISTEN TO YVETTE!

        I’M Going to be next leader, – cos it’s my turn, – and I’ve been waiting longer than her – and she’s already got one foot in the door – and I’m ready for anything (eh boys!?) – and I’ve done more for the country – and for wimmin – and for equality – see how all lesbos, pervs and weirdos and AlJaBeeba have flourished under my rule and recommendations – - and – - and – - she doesn’t want it as much as I do – and I like strawberries – and – and – and IT’S NOT FAIR IF SHE GETS IT!!!!

        • 231
          Peter, First Lord Everything says:

          Shut up, Harriet. I don’t want to hear from you again.

      • 226
        Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

        Piss off. She cooks my dinner.

      • 262
        Non-Working Class Peasent says:

        Yvette Cooper for giving me a blowjob more like.

        I know a blowjob queen when I see one and make no mistake and i’d wager Yvette Cooper can give monumental Blowjobs.

    • 26
      The Dirty Rat says:

      Cancer of the balls – see a specialist in one week.

      • 40
        Labour is the enemy says:

        Labour refuses to discriminate against cancer.Labour embraces and promotes cancer.

    • 150
      No-Nuts in May (hopefully) says:

      I’ll back tactical farting if it keeps the polling booths empty on Thursday.

    • 280
      Bushwacker says:

      Funny person this carpetbagger, Ed Balls.

      Coming to conquer Morley & Outwood for New Labour.

      He thought it would be a joyride.

      He’s now probably thinking “How did I ever get into this mess”.

      Morley & Outwood will be his Stalingrad.

      • 283
        Norris Stampton says:

        Ed Balls won’t blink when nervous – he hasn’t blinked in three years – he could take a tumble here.

        Remember kiddies:
        If it’s Brown – Flush it down.

  2. 2
    Up sh1t creek says:

    There is no need for tactical voting, when you have postal voting fraud…..

    • 128
      Subversive Returning Officer says:

      Dunno about Tower Hamlets, mate, but here in Hackney North, Knigel Knapp is just shading it.

      • 175
        The "Angry Aberdonian" says:

        Any clues to what party benefits the most from this fraud?

        • 210
          The UK is becoming East Germany circa 1976 says:

          The party of the many ( frauds ) not the few. Because it’s the right thing to do.

  3. 3
    Mrs B says:

    Why did Sue put me with this bigoted Balls-up? It’s just ridiculous.

  4. 5
    Rog says:

    You should have seen Dougie Alexander twisting on this as Brillo grilled hi today on The Daily Politics. Hilarious.

    OT:

    A list of Sood’s admissions and criticisms really needs to be compiled and put it up as a campaign poster/ newspaper front page! Just look at his Sky interviews…

    Schools/kids out of control
    Rampant crime
    Disastrous economy
    All the money’s been spent
    Too much immigration
    Petrol prices going up day by day
    Control the number of Mosques being built
    Increased bureaucracy again and again
    Not enough respect for the country and The Queen
    GB owes everybody a grovelling apology

    …and on and on the list goes…

    Bloody hilarious!

    • 88
      Brown's a Tosser says:

      Brillo reamed Alexander it was embarrassing and you have to applaud Brillo he really does get stuck in and asks the questions we all want to ask and sometimes extracts an answer. Brillo should takeover QT and I hope he has a high profile slot on election night.

      • 149
        Angry says:

        Brillo has been the best of all the political pundits. He is the only one who has been direct and pulled people when they are spinning lies. I’m very surprised the BBC has put up with him the way he has launched into a few Labour hoons. The DP daily debates have been much better than the PM Debates and should have been on BBC2 in the evenings when more voters could have watched.

        Well Done Brillo- a true journo instead of a toothless stooge.

    • 95
      St George says:

      Bloody true too. Does he celebrate St Georges day too?

  5. 6
    Quantrill says:

    Good showing for the grey parties we dare not mention

  6. 7
    Stepney says:

    You want Labour bullying? Have a look at the Mugabe tactics now being employed by Labour in London….how much lower can they go?

    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-first-punch-came-landing-on-my-nose-sending-blood-down-my-face-1961464.html

    • 11
      eric branston says:

      vote labour get corruption

      • 24
        nell says:

        I think it’s more a question of why are ALL the police investigations ( 50 as of this morning) into fraudulent postal voting, centred on the labour party??

        There are a number of ethnic candidates standing in the other parties and yet none of them appear to be involved in this fraud.

        This is a labour scandal pure and simple.

        • 36
          Enoch Powell says:

          Ha, ha ha ha ha……. by jove that take me back to the days I was as a tory MP kicked out for my rivers of blood speech

          • Mr Ned says:

            Most of the people are not laughing at the fact that Enoch was bloody well right in that speech and labour have brought it to pass!

            There are large parts of many cities in this country on the verge of full scale race wars!

        • 99
          Backwoodsman says:

          Simple really. Conservatives are essentially competent people, some of whom believe they have sufficient skills to improve society and offer themselves for election.
          Socialists believe that their dogma must be forced on people and that any means of achieving it, even overtly criminal acts and blatant lies, are justified .

          • South of the M4 says:

            You would think, would you not, that most intelligent people would question the veracity of their politics if what they say has to have force associated with it – and that they have to cheat to win. So, are the stubborn ’28%’ stupid, or evil?

          • WhippemIn says:

            stupid gullible and most drawing benefits so very much a captive audience

        • 102
          Brown's a Tosser says:

          If Labour steal this election and let’s face they are trying to, then the demonstrations in Greece will look like small beer. The one clear unmistakable fact is this Hoon has absolutely no mandate to stay in office.

        • 109
          Anonymous says:

          Step up Tom Bradby!

      • 43
        Granny smith says:

        Vote labour get destruction.

      • 228
        Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

        Send me a £100 and I’ll say

        On second thoughts send me a £1000 and I will definitely say nothing.

  7. 9
    eric branston says:

    funny how fraudulent votes are allways for labour,wonder why eh gordo,must be your beloved immigrants who we all know are honest hardworking community types lol

  8. 10
    Anonymous says:

    Tactical voting is an integral part of f-p-t-p and in a democracy wrong as are safe seats, and MP’s sovereignty, we really do need political reform where manifestos mean something that deserving of voters approval. What say you?

    • 13

      I used to believe in Proportional Representation. Now I am not so sure that I do…

      • 57
        Anonymous says:

        The problem is that people who receive money from the government shouldn’t be allowed to vote – it’s corruption.

        • 115
          Minekiller says:

          That would mean soldiers in Afghanistan couldn’t vote….oh, I nearly forgot, they can’t anyway. Labour also engineered that piece of complimentary electoral fraud. Disenfranchise service personnel, but promote postal ballot rigging among immigrant communities.

          This reminds me why I detest labour so much and identify them as the biggest threat to UK security (on any level).

      • 58
        Mr Ned says:

        I understand the desire for PR from a purely idealistic point of view, but the problem is, it takes power from the party that has the most support and gives it to parties that have the least support and are the most hated. In that sense it is even less democratic than first past the post.

        I used to like the PR system, but then I grew out of such infantile obsessions.

        The party that gets the most votes should win outright!

      • 153
        Sir Everard Digby says:

        Labour endorse PR wholeheartedly – they just think the proportion of socialists representing the electorate need not bear any resemblance to the numbers actually voting for them.

    • 70
      Alien Mothership says:

      We’ve been suffering from 13 years of FPTP politics with over 2/3rds of voters NOT being represented.

      Now with success in sight you think its OK.

      Now that’s what I call change.

      • 185
        Johnny says says:

        All voters are represented in parliament – an mp isn’t just there to represent their supporters.

        The problem of fptp is one of demographic changes occurring faster than boundary changes, and Labour getting stuck in to boundary change issues when they were last re-drawn while the Tories played with themselves.

        There is also a serious issue of the power of whips. It is a useless Labour backbench that as done as much damage as a useless opposition. All mps who are not actually ministers, junior ministers and the like have a duty to hold the Government to account. Apart from manifesto pledges whips should really have no influence at all.

        • 254
          Alien Mothership says:

          Good summation. Banks wrecking the economy. GB turning a / his blind eye. The rest of the crowd just going along and picking up their expenses.

          Its the Motherfucker of all parliaments. Bring back Cromwell.

        • 264
          The big D says:

          It is the whips who hold the power of patronage over MPs. A MP will have advancement dangled in front of him if he ignores his conscience for this vote. If not, he can kiss all hopes of a ministerial position goodbye.

          Do that for enough votes and it becomes a habit.

          I almost understand how some MPs defended their expenses fiddling companions by saying nobody intended to defraud the public when they started their political career. They may not have intended to at first, bit the practice soon become habitual.

          Bullying in the workplace is wrong. Why should it not be wrong for politicians? Hang on a moment……………

  9. 12

    Tactical voting is an integral part of f-p-t-p and in a democracy wrong as is safe seats, and MP’s sovereignty we really do need political reform where manifestos mean something. What say you?

    • 18
      Longbow says:

      We do and we demand it, no more liblabcon cabals

    • 28
      sockpuppet #4 says:

      If one believes in something like STV, then if your prefered candidate only gets 10%, then you might as well vote for your second choice.

      How active are the libdems there? If they were higher than 10% then they might be the choice for labour voters who are against brown-balls. err if you see what i mean.

  10. 15
    sockpuppet #4 says:

    On a strangely semi-related note … look carefully if you ever see that “portillo moment”, you might note the incredibly camp reaction of the chap who won his seat.

    • 63
      Mr Ned says:

      That is because Stephen Twigg MP is openly gay! Your point???

      • 74
        sockpuppet #4 says:

        He wasn’t particularly open about it at the time. Quite clearly anyone who’d known him since (e.g.) he was at university (etc.) would know this fact, but he didn’t talk about it. Gay people don’t need to be camp.

        Just watch out for it next time you see it. I bet you didn’t notice it at the time.

        • 78
          Terry Fuckwit says:

          Fuck, even I knew he was a brown hatter and I know fuck all.

        • 83
          Terry Fuckwit says:

          Perhaps you should be an investigative journalist, you’d be bloody good. Think of all your ‘scoops’. Mandy is a poofter, Balls is a Hunt, you’d get the lot.

          • Calamity Clegg says:

            The story about LibDem Mark Oaten would have been a poop scoop, I guess.

        • 106
          Mr Ned says:

          It was stated all over the news at the time and they took great delight in the fact that the ever so buch, former defence secretary, Michael Portillo had been beaten by a gay man…

          This was before Portillo “came out” himself.

          • sockpuppet #4 says:

            I’ll have to admit I can’t remember them going on about it at the time.

    • 64
      Branch says:

      He is gay, well known fact

    • 90
      sockpuppet2 says:

      If you watch ‘Over The Rainbow’ on Saturday night – you might notice that Graham Norton is rather camp.

      Am I alone in that observation ?

  11. 17
    Alexsandr says:

    Anyone see Rory Bremner mimicking Brown last night doorstepping Hazel Blears constuency orofice. Quite amusing.

    • 81
      ohmyGoodness says:

      Yes, I saw it. It was so funny – especially when her aides tried to get her out of the constituency office by sandwiching her between two “Vote Labour” posters. Hilarious.

      • 104
        Ho Chi Minh says:

        At least Osbourne smiled and tried to laugh it off,Blears ran like a criminal. She should of called in Browns ‘Last days of Saigon’ chopper.

    • 147
      ohmyGoodness says:

      Has anyone got a video clip of it? (FYI, it was in two parts – in the first part Blears scuttled into the constituency office, in the second part she was smuggled out and into a waiting car – you could just see the top of her little ginger head!)

  12. 19
    The Beast of manchester says:

    Poor McMental
    Blind but also stupid
    Mandlescum told him in 1997 to get a pair of balls
    “No not that pair Gordon, get up off your knees and give a job to Ed and Yvette”

  13. 20
    The IMF is coming says:

    Crosshairs! Excellent!

  14. 22
    Bulimic Buffoon says:

    Just noticed @johnprescott is following Gok Wan on Titter (sic). Looks like he has TV plans post-election. Time to let the TV licence lapse for a year or two?

    • 34
      Can't remember my moniker says:

      They’ll need a fucking wide angled lens! Mad Frankie may have one.

    • 103
      Thrown up my lunch says:

      I suspect not even Gok Wan could make Presclott look good naked.

      Urgh!!!

      • 154
        Charles Flaccidwidger says:

        The only way Prezza would look good naked would be if he was wearing a couple of police alsations around his throat.

    • 202
      DNTT says:

      Why only for a year or two? I wouldn’t give that bunch of biased champagne socialists another penny.

      And I’m not. I’ve had some lovely letters from TVL already. Going shopping for picture frames so I can hang their threats in the living room. Right above my TV.

  15. 25
    Roger Daley says:

    A further 2 army deaths in Afghanistan making a total of 3 so far this week (RIP)
    Brown has more blood on his hands. (1 an RTA apparently)

    I detest the dismal excuse of a man.

    • 38
      Longbow says:

      RIP

    • 72
      Mr Ned says:

      Ross Kemp has betrayed our troops by supporting that fuckwit who has underfunded our troops and sent them into a war based on lies.

      • 110
        Doctor Mick says:

        Next time he goes out there he’ll find there’s no spare flak jackets. “OK hard man there’s the front line…”

      • 131
        Brown's a Tosser says:

        Ross Kemp supporting Labour, what the fuck is the man thinking? Sorry my mistake he is not thinking and moreover I doubt the military will let him do many more exposes given his recent stance and support for Brown. The country is to hell in a basket.

    • 111
      Ben says:

      People who buy drugs are funding the people who are killing our lads and lasses. Remember that next time you do a line.

  16. 27

    Which happened first then:

    A. Ed Balls tells people to vote tactically in areas like where his parents live (North Norfolk)

    B. Mansih Sood (Norfol North West) admits Gordon Brown is the worst P.M. ever

  17. 29
    Can't remember my moniker says:

    ============!!Stop Press!!============

    ***************************************
    ******Brown Steps Down Before Election******
    ***************************************

    ==================================

    (oops sorry, wrong microphone, just testing)

  18. 30
    Chris says:

    Labour are a morally bankrupt party. I have been disgusted by their calls to prevent other parties to have an opportunity to run the country. All parties have the right to present their policies and then let the electorate decide. Calling for tactical voting shows the depth that they will go to.

    • 275
      Honest View says:

      Absolutely. Tactical voting is a perversion of democracy and those who recommend it are encouraging dishonesty. Might as well rig postal vo….oh, they do that as well.

  19. 31
    Manlickscum & Sweaty Balls says:

    Balls is just a propagandist who will smear & bully his way into power. Yvette is just doormat. These individuals are now just bullshitters who will try to cling to power at any cost.
    Balls & Cooper do not stand for decency, dignity, justice or fairness. They sold out a long time ago. They want to sell us down the river with them.

  20. 35
    Grumbler says:

    Has anyone heard Yvette complain about ‘a real Balls up!’

  21. 37

    Assuming Labour’s Balls is castrated by Calvert, it will only take a few weeks for (>>insert safe labour seat here<<) to suddenly elevate their man to the 'other place' making way for Ed to re appear with a new fake local accent!

    • 93
      Mr Ned says:

      If lib/lab form a government (pass the sick bucket!!!) Why won’t labour just appoint Balls as a Lord and have him back that way. They did that with Mandelson, Sugar et al…

      Watch them drop any commitment to an elected upper chamber as the first order of business!

    • 230
      Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

      If you can fake it, you can make it.

  22. 39

    New figures show that 96% of Lab donations in Q1 2010 came from unions – http://twitter.com/henrymacrory

    Dromey for PM anyone???

    • 46
      Can't remember my moniker says:

      That little?

      • 69
        Longbow says:

        Daves whoooping war chest has managed to save him from third.
        Us lot, the unmentionals, have had to manage with the least and we have made every penny count.
        good innit

        • 75
          Wealthy BA Stewardess says:

          We’ve made a few donations to Gordon, we can afford it. The government gives Unite a grant, Unite pay us for striking, we donate to Labour.

          We have our own laundry you know!

          • Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

            Hi I am Ed your NuPM from Friday.

            Send me your money, if you know whats good for Britain.

          • Smig says:

            Fuck off blinky. I’ll send you a turd in the post. And you will be grateful for it.

  23. 41
    Not a member of the NUS says:

    I will vote for who I fecking well like. Psycho Balls can Feck off and take that stupid bint with him. What a couple of loony tunes!

  24. 42
    Geordie Scoot says:

    Sood is Norfolk and Good
    The Labour Party have Norfolk and Chance
    Broon has Norfolk and Idea.

  25. 44
    A Proctologist Repairing Balls rectum after Calvert rips him a new arse says:

    Pass me my rubber gloves. This is going to be messy.

  26. 45
    Whiffler says:

    Heard Hain on R5 Live – saying important (for Labour) to change (and retain Labour) so as to remove awfully behaved people from Parliament.

    Forgetting his own dissembling over his Deputy Leadership bid, and others.

    Venal, untrustworthy – why are BBC playing up the Tactical Voting ?. Silly question really – it’s because they’re the BBC. I’ve never heard tactical voting discussed at length other than by-elections and anti-Conservative context General elections.

    Why isn’t Dave reminding people of Labour sleaze ?.

    • 60
      Longbow says:

      Dave does not want that little chestnut blowing up in his face, like the rest of the liblabcons he has his fair share.

      • 85
        Longbow says:

        Go on, tell Dave to bring up the sleeze scandal, then i will spill what I know. Dave is doing fine at 35% as far as I am concerned. Only 1 day to go so I will save that for his maybe maye not result.

    • 66
      Mr Ned says:

      Dave needs to remind everyone that there is an even bigger anti-labour majority in the UK than the anti-tory one that labour is desperately clinging onto.

    • 101
      Doctor Mick says:

      Hain used to be a Liberal until he realised they would take him nowhere. Now it is time for the opportunist to cross back to his roots.

    • 113
      St George says:

      Hain is as big a cu*t as Balls. Utterly loathsome pond life. Fucking foreign twat like Clegg.

    • 274
      Honest View says:

      The Beeb are pushing this tactical voting for all they’re worth, virtually recommending it themselves. Desperate effort to keep Labour in, even if Lib win more votes. The Cons will anyway.

  27. 47
    CallmeDave says:

    Cameron Expenses
    So this is the man who quite soon will be asking us all to make sacrifices for the good of the nation, most likely in the form of higher taxes, pay cuts, lost jobs, reduced pensions. The same man who according to the Telegraph “paid off a loan on his London house after he took out a taxpayer-funded £350,000 mortgage on his designated second home”.

    Watch him squirm as Paxman grills him on the subject of politicians ‘over claiming’. Absolutely hilarious! So have a good laugh now and spread the good news because very soon the joke will be on us!

  28. 48
    lolol with the real lolol moniker says:

    Just listening to that guy Manish Sood on Sky,hells bells he’s mighty peed off with Brown,oh dear :-)

    • 59
      sockpuppet #4 says:

      I just heard him praising Foot. and the 1970s.

      The only sensible answer is that he was parachuted into the place to make people vote tactically.

  29. 49
    • 167
      Moley says:

      He was arrested by a gay Community policeman who was “offended”.

      The streets are safer now.

  30. 50
    End of an era says:

    Balls is just Brown with better social skills, Brown will do everything he can to get Balls leadership, surely the Labour party won’t fall for that?

    • 61
      Labour is the enemy says:

      The end of Labour.The end of an era.The end of an error.

      • 80
        Lizzie says:

        If the voters of Morley and Outwood have any sense they will do their duty to their country and get rid of Balls

    • 98

      Why not? They fell for the chump Gordon’s moral compost.
      They fell for Blair when his political life depended on a conference speech in 2004. The nonces all went into the hall determined to punish Blair for Iraq and came out crying and saying how Tony was the one true God.

      If Gordon can just bring himself to weep openly tomorrow at some event..Maybe yet another hospital .Full to the brim with activists..A grubby,disabled child wheelchairs herself to the front row and calls out in a thin voice ‘please sir, will the Tories get into power tomorrow and kill me sir!”

      “Never! i will never allow it my poor child..I will fight for your right not to be murdered by Tory cuts. You all have that right! I won’t let the mill owners persecute us poor ordinary folk. What kind of beast would sent this poor, crippled child up a chimney for not even minimum wage? For shame David Cameron..FOR SHAME!”
      Bursts into tears and gains 3 points among the fickle faithful.
      Piers, Alistair and Peter can manage the whole thing. Chuck some wedge Max Clifford’s way and its election in the bag.

    • 106
      Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

      The Labour party WILL fall for me.

      On Friday, I will be NULab PM.

      A new 1000 year era,

    • 120
      Balls out says:

      Balls has social skills? He hides the fact with consummate ease.

  31. 52
    Lizzie says:

    Sood is on a roll with the media, he is starting a “Gordon must go” campaign even though the country has not done their duty and got rid of Brown yet. Sood told Mandelson to mind his manners! hilarious.

  32. 53
    TheDukeOfHunslet says:

    The biggest ‘unknown’ in this seat is the effect that the “Locals V’s BNP” brigade has.

    Morley has a local ‘party’ called Morley Borough Independants (MBI). They campaign on one front claiming to be the voice of Morley against Leeds Council control. However it is almost certainly a front for a group of people who want to keep the BNP from seizing 6 seats on leeds council. Be thankful for small mercies I guess.

    However this local ‘army’ make it hard to predict the national feeling of the local population.
    In the 2005 general election MBI fielded a candidate (Robert Finnigan) who took almost 11% of the vote – despite a previous life as a Labour party councillor who was kicked off the council after getting caught downloading pornography on his computer. Much has been made of this by the BNP in the last 2 years in an attempt top descredit him.

    This might explain his reluctance to stand again but since no one is replacing him there is about 5,000 votes going begging for anyone who campaigns hard enough for them.

    Antony Calvert has spotted this and publicly welcomed MBI personnel into his team. The Lib Dems only poll 3% of the vote. The Tories were a couple of percent behind Labour in the last local election with the rest (a massive 70%) being split between MBI and the BNP.
    The chance to rip Ed Balls from the Govt. is too big an opportunity for BNP supporters (who see themselves as the ultimate protest vote) to miss and this may be, on top of the MBI no-show, a factor not previously considered.

  33. 55
    A Firm Pair Of Breasts says:

    I want to piss on Labour’s grave on Friday.

  34. 62
    Castrato says:

    Balls & Cooper are just twittering like a couple of budgies. Have you heard the drivel they come out with? Jeez

  35. 66
    MI5 says:

    NEW LABOUR = THE OBSCENE PARTY

    Amazing to know that the heart of New Labour consists of SMEARERS, FRAUDS AND BULLIES – ALL PROVEN AND ON THE RECORD

    WHELAN – threatening and bullying smearer who even harrasses the staff at Unite/Teamsters trade untion- which then has to pay more than £ 100,000 to settle bullying charges against Whelan from their own employees…

    MANDELSON – also mortgage fraud – repeated influence peddler – the queen of smearers

    CAMPBELL – creates the Dodgy Dossier and destroys Britain’s international reputation – permament liar, fraud and smearer (in between making porn movies, alcoholic fits and nervous breakdowns)

    and the list of smearers goes on and on

    Macbride -caught red handed by Guido sending obscene e-mails from Brown’s No 10 Downing Street as Brown’s (sic) Chief of Strategy

    Dolly “absolutely brillant” smearer Draper – protege of above mentioned Mandelscum…

    Balls – power crazed lunatic and smearer even hated by his own Party and as you say FRIEND OF MACBRIDE…protege of hate filled Brown

    Wee Wee “garden Gnome” Alexander…enough said…

    Pregant Whale Watson (will sommeon put a pin in this man to make him explode like a baloon !) Former Minsiter for Mud SLinging

    NEW LABOUR IS OBSCENITY WRIT LARGE

    APOLOGISE FOR THE DISGRACE YOU HAVE BROUGHT ON BRITAIN AS YOUR OWN CANDIDIATE SUGGESTS

    RID US OF THIS SCUM

  36. 71
    The Golden Shot says:

    “Up, up, up, left a bit, down a bit, left a bit, FIRE!”

    “Bernie…the bolt!”

  37. 77
    An optimistic pessimist says:

    So Labour want to reduce the rights of a section of the country by devaluing their vote. Note to Gordon..ITS A FUCKING DEMOCRACY. My vote should count as equal alonside any other vote. Asking a voter to support a party not of choice but to tactically stop another party is undemocratic.
    Maybe I’ve only seen selected bits of news today but why is Gordon always on? Have Clegg or Camaron thrown in the towel?

    • 194
      Charles Flaccidwidger says:

      The more Brown is on the TV, the more he fucks up. I suspect Cameron and Clegg are leaving him and his cronies to bury themselves.

  38. 86
    Knockabollockoff says:

    Balls is toast. And a thug. And he can’t pronounce the letter R, the retard.

  39. 89
    Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

    First Guido get knotted.

    Now to business .

    Voters of

    Ardsley und Robin Hood

    Morley North

    Morley South

    Stanley und Outwood East

    Wrenthorpe und Outwood West

    Vote for me

    Destroy twat Calvert an opportunist mercenary who is unfit to represent you. And rob me of my expenses.

    You know I will never abandon you.

    I will stand by you and my expenses for a 1000 years if you know whats good for you.

    There will be a tractor stats speech after my free endogonous lunch.

    For you lot there is no such thing as a free lunch. Unless Yvette cooks it.

    Destroy Calvert.

    Go Balls.

    • 116
      Anonymous says:

      As you two were claiming £600 a month for food eaten away from home as part of your ACA I can’t imagine Yvette was cooking very often.

  40. 91
    anonymous says:

    Most of the marginals are Labour/Tory. Balls should be careful those don’t get confused and vote LibDem. Remember, it’s the electorate we’re talking about here.

  41. 94

    13:30 Lord Mandelson is “urgently trying to get hold of me,” Labour candidate Manish Sood tells Sky News – http://bit.ly/9zNn7J

    • 151
      Bob says:

      Thanks Sir Trev

      HERE IT IS

      13:30 Lord Mandelson is “urgently trying to get hold of me,” Labour candidate Manish Sood tells Sky News.

      He tells Sky News what Mandelson had said to him: “He was saying to me basically that, you know, I’m not going by the Labour party policies and the procedures and therefore, you know, I need to abide by that and so forth and so forth.

      “My response to him was very very simple. That number one, he needs to learn some basic manners. Number two that Gordon Brown, whatever he is doing, is doing wrong.”

      Amazing that it took a Labour Candidate to tell Gutter Boy Mandelson the truth

      YOU NEED TO LEARN SOME BASIC MANNERS MANDELSCUM !!

    • 247
      Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

      Didnt think Sood would be Mandy’s type.

      Theres no accouning for taste, as Peter Hain says.

  42. 96
    Anonymous says:

    Cast your eyes for a moment at Holborn St Pancras where big Frank is facing the fight of his life. Tory voters (particulalry in some of the affluent mansion blocks south of the Euston Road) are professional people (doctors and lawyers and the like) whose tactical shift to a very strong libdem challenge could steal the seat from Labour.

    It’s the dark horse for the story of the night (should Balls and Straw cling on)
    cheers

  43. 100
    Postal Vote says:

    Balls will surely get the vast majority of postal votes, like labour will all over the country.

    The real reason the general election takes place 6 May is that it coincides with the local elections. Hence local party activists will do their utmost to optimise the postal vote (to put it euphemistically). It’s not just the local MP’s job on the line, it’s that of local polticians too.

    • 114
      I hate New Labour says:

      Yep, he will.

      That’s why he’s hardly campaigned – he knows it’s literally in the bag.

      I’m convinced Labour are going to win this now, what with all the postal fraud and the Mirror telling it’s idiot readers how to vote.

      I’ve said it all the way through this campaign – why the f*** did the Tories choose an Old Etonian, they just handed the Socialist scum a weapon that they were obviously going to exploit.

  44. 105
    lolol with the real lolol moniker says:

    Last time I was in that ASDA store in Telford the bitch wouldn’t serve me at the deli because I hadn’t picked up a ticket,not really a problem when there is a queue but I was the only f*cker at the deli,so I dumped the things I had in a basket on the counter and walked out.

    PS Brown is making things up as he goes along,he’s mad as a hatter.

    • 168

      That’s why smart people say: “bugger this! I’m off to Wellington for the proper old market, Morrisons and all the free parking.”

  45. 119
    Psycho Balls says:

    Smearer, liar, bully, trougher, Brown Whelan arse licker, scumbag, married to a poisonous, doormat witch with no dress sense or common sense.Muggers of the Public Unite.

  46. 121
    Minekiller says:

    Slightly OT, but check out La Loony Toynbee’s latest bilge – and being the Gruany, the comments are priceless!

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/04/clapham-park-estate-tactical-voting

  47. 124
    Adios el Gordo says:

    2 questions in for gordo in asda in telford – 2 questions he has had to refer on.

    • 129
      Anonymous says:

      He has not answered ANY of the questions to put to him by the Asda staff.

      Browns way of dealing with the questions:

      1) Ask the person lots of questions about themselves to make them feel liek he cares about them
      2) Waffle on about something else irrelevant
      3) Refer them to someone else.

      • 178
        Charles Flaccidwidger says:

        4) Make unguarded comments about the person whilst being driven away.

    • 216
      Sir William Waad says:

      1. Do you need a carrier bag?

      2. Are you collecting the tokens?

  48. 125
    Gordon in trouble says:

    Gordon is getting some very intelligent and difficult questions from the asda workers which he can not properly answer

    • 139
      Anonymous says:

      One of the girls did her degree in Wales, she said. Great advert for a very expensive university education and student debt – end up working in Asda.

      At end of questions Gordon said – before I go, does anyone want to ask questions on the working tax credit? No one did, poor Gordon

      • 148
        Anonymous says:

        In last comment at 2.11 I really, really didn’t want to imply there was anything wrong with working in Asda. Just that a degree is an expensive way of getting there.

        • 177
          Asda food tastes worse than the box it comes in says:

          Thats Ok,after leaving Uni with a degree in leasure and towel folding it was a stark choice.
          Asda or ‘Scabs’ lap dancing club.

        • 191
          lolol with the real lolol moniker says:

          Maybe marraige ,could be anything that’s got in her way and stopping her getting up the greasy pole,maybe she is half way up the greasy pole and has an ASDA uniform on and is just infill with the mob maybe she’s part of Brown’s crowd and is part of his usual setup,as ASDA is a business and won’t stop if a nutcase PM shows up for pictures.
          only way of knowing is to ask her.

      • 245
        Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

        That’s why I will NuLabPM on Friday.

  49. 127

    Remember Labour’s ‘scum-sucking-pig’ twitterer David Wright MP? – Well Gordon Brown is supporting him now with a live speech in Telford – http://bit.ly/bJ3Tz4

    • 142

      You can put lipstick on a pig but it will still look like Harriet Harman.

      • 158

        How very dare you!

        • 169

          Shouldn’t you be campaigning Jack?
          Only a 20,200 majority in your all women safe seat. I wouldn’t take that for granted.

        • 204
          Sir William Waad says:

          The Dromey and the dromedary have this in common: they’ve only ever had a single hump.

          The camel has a single hump
          The dromedary two
          Or else the other way around
          I’m never sure, are you?

          • poetic storeman this time round says:

            The sexual life of a camel is harder than anyone thinks.
            One night in a fit of passion it tried to roger the Sphinx.
            But the Sphinx’s vaginal orifice was filled with the sands of the Nile -
            which accounts for the hump on the camel and the Sphinx’s inscrutable smile.

            Not a lot of people know that!

  50. 132
    Gordon in trouble says:

    Gordon getting desperate. In a cynical move he says has anyone got any questions on child tax credits obviously so that in his answer he could attack Dave. But the Asda employees do not bite and give him hard times

    • 143
      Telford Asda Worker says:

      Worts credit meen?

    • 184
      Jack says:

      Those tax credits are my money you are giving to others to try and buy their votes you fraud Brown…

      • 276
        Honest View says:

        And here I was thinking all these tax credits and benefits came directly from St Gordo’s own purse.
        I am disillusioned to discover that it’s other people’s money that St Gordo is giving away while smiling so beatifically.

  51. 135
    lolol with the real lolol moniker says:

    AlJabeeb cutting from Brown to Cambo,they must be preparing for the new king,I wonder if they have any champers left from the 1997 do

  52. 136
    CYRIL UNREST says:

    Brown is fucking “Barking” he has just asked “Any one want to ask me a question about tax credits ? tax credits anyone
    Oh good i’ll be with you in a minute
    whats wrong Gordon are the questions they want to ask
    to fucking hard for you

    • 161

      Here’s one on Tax Credits for Gordon.

      I know six families and couples who signed up for Family or Working Tax Credits. All SIX ended up being told the Inland Revenue had made mistakes. All SIX ended up having to pay back MORE than they received in Tax Credits. How did that work, Mr Brown?

      • 197
        sockpuppet #4 says:

        “Don’t over-complicated solutions tend to fail to do what they’re supposed to?”

    • 162

      He’s gone a bit Dimbleby..

      “Yes..lady at the back..no not you..you look a bit white..the next row..big hat..yes madam..No..no..you look a bit pensionerish..I’ve had a bad experience with pensioners..Yes..the man next to you..Are you wearing a military uniform..no, not you then..
      Look..lets make this easier..
      Is there a 25-35 year old primary school assistant from a Northern background,unemployed husband, but long term, not caused by me recently, and maybe you have a granddad who used to be a miner and a father that was in manufacturing, but not Rover or Nissan or LVT..Not in steel either… or in transport in any way…Anyone?..anyone?”

      • 190
        Special needs worker who Asda are required by law to employ says:

        I have a question:
        Will this wind be so mighty as to lay low the highest mountain?

      • 242
        Anonymous says:

        Reminds me of this guy choosing from a crowd who he wants to fight (About 40 seconds into the clip)

  53. 138
    David Kelly says:

    Don’t vote for labour they murdered me

    • 199
      Mr Ned says:

      I shall remember you on polling day. And I shall remember the evil bastards that murdered you and those evil fuckers that put them up to it!

  54. 140
    Psycho Balls says:

    Stick a couple of leeches onto his gonads & watch Balls shrivel.

  55. 141
    Daily Politix debate says:

    Fire up the anti spin room Guido. farage is debating on immigration with brillo at 14:15

  56. 144

    Balls is a Hunt

  57. 157
    WHITE Elephant says:

    Immigration debate?

    Isn’t somebody missing?

  58. 159
    Catflap says:

    What pisses me off is the amount of bites at a cherry the Socialist Scum get.
    The LibDems are more lefty than Labour and are presented as a third way party to the electorate which they certainly are fucking not.
    It is bad enough we have a lefty Conservative party playing the great pretender.
    There is a lot to say for two party politics.
    If the Cons had all the UKIP/B&P/Anti EU shitkickers in the party then they might be worth voting for.
    Ban the Socialist last chance saloon party called the LibDems.

  59. 160
    David Kelly says:

  60. 174
    Bob says:

    WHO IS THIS UNELECTED PRICK MANDELSON ?

    NOT EVEN STANDING IN THE ELECTION

    GIVING LESSONS TO ALL AND SUNDRY

    STAND FOR ELECTION MANDELSCUM..

    OR DON’T YOU BELIEVE IN ELECTED DEMOCRACY ?! ?

    • 219
      satan says:

      he is the Rothschild stooge you know those that really run the show and pull the strings

  61. 176
    Tattooed_Arry says:

    Have I missed something?
    I understood that Rupert Murdoch had effectively endorsed Cameron when “The Sun” came out in favour of the Conservatives.
    And yet for the past two days or so I have seen wall-to-wall coverage of Brown’s Election Campaign on Sky TV.
    If I were conspiracy minded, I would be tempted to think that Murdoch’s endorsement was a fit-up designed to damage Cameron’s electoral hopes.
    Firstly the Conservative lead was damaged by the Sky-led campaign for televised debates. And now in the latter part of the campaign we have wall-to-wall Brown and “Beard” on Sky News.
    Sky seems to have wandered off the “anyone but Brown” path, onto a “nothing but Brown” roller-coaster.

  62. 181
    Daily Politix debate says:

    I can’t understand the Lib Dem logic. They will offer an amnesty to any illegal immigrant who has been here for 10 years but has not got a criminal record. Surely if someome is here illegally is a criminal by the very definition.

    • 243
      Trustmei'veanhonestface says:

      And, if they have been here illegally and below the radar, how do we know they have been here 10 years. Maybe we just accept their word for it?

    • 277
      Honest View says:

      Apparently, to the LibDems, you’re only guilty if you’re caught.

  63. 182

    Bring back the gladiators and settle elections by a fight to the death. Lord Ashcroft would ensure that we have all the best weapons and armour. Labour and the Lib-Dems would just have a bit of netting, wooden swords and mandlesons arse as their weapons

  64. 183
    Yuri the gangsta says:

    listen you Brits. I run my gang with fear. They do what the fuck I say or else. It don’t matter if they are legal here or not. So don’t go giving them false hopes of amnesty,it just gets them me am nasty and my nasty boys going round and giving them some don’t try and get your hopes up stick,most of them don’t understand a word of English anyway so why bother.

    • 225
      мафия says:

      Yuri?
      Last time I spoke with you and your people, you didn’t use a West-Indian term such as “stick” or “gangsta”. And what happened to the encryption that was used religiously when venturing onto the internet.
      Naughty, naughty, Leroy the Rasta!
      Yuri will be very upset with you for pretending to be what you are not, and he won’t care whether you are here legally or illegally.
      до свидания

  65. 188
    Sir William Waad says:

    They say Lynn News is going to run a regular column called Sood’s Corner.

  66. 192
    Nick2 says:

    Christ – Woolas on DP atm – what a shit!

    • 198
      Universal hiss says:

      I’m just watching. Another Libour personage who has trouble with figures.

      They could have given him a box to stand on.

  67. 195
    Dick Robinson says:

    Woolarse looking wobbly on the immigration debate. No great surprises.

    • 217
      Phil (Cotton) Woolarse says:

      Just don’t check my expenses FFS.

    • 252
      Ordinary BlokE says:

      Why is it that I really want to punch gurning snearing Phil Woolas’s lights out.

  68. 200
    Moley says:

    The Labour Party want all their supporters to vote for the Lib Dems.

    I trust Cameron is going to re-inforce the message and provide a helpful list of constituencies. (All of them).

    Don’t vote Labour; Vote Lib Dem.

    You know it makes sense.

    • 244
      Moley says:

      It is official Labour Policy that the Labour Party wants its followers to desert them and vote for the SDP?

      It is official labour Policy that the Labour Party wants its supporters to vote Liberal Democrat so that the Liberals beat Labour into second place and become the official opposition?

      For every one vote that goes from Labour to the Liberals, the Liberals benefit by a net two votes. (Labour has one less, Liberals have one more).

      It’s strategy Jim, but not as we know it.

  69. 205
    Red Indian says:

    Them 4 on DP are just arguing with each other. You won’t get nothing done with the argumentative fighting each other. They need to roll a fat one and smoke the chill pipe and do some pow wow.

  70. 206
    Dazed & Confused says:

    Balls is now heavily odds on (14:37 P.M.)…..No doubt that will be the tax payers money again, pissing against the wind, as the sun sets on Eds despicable junta, for once and for all.

    • 238
      Thirsk and Malton. says:

      On Betfair he’s 5/6 not that heavy.

      • 269
        Dazed & Confused says:

        It’s the “smart markets” that Guido’s attempting to push that are a standing joke. Ed Balls near 4-9 0n, and yet the Tory is only Even Money, with the Lib Dem 7-1.

        Christ, even Ladbrokes wouldn’t try it on with those particular prices, and their greed knows absolutely no bounds what-so-ever.

    • 239
      Bunkered Blinky Balls says:

      That’s what Tax Payers money is for.

      Silly Billys.

  71. 207
    Mrs Bigot says:

    I never realised any EU citizen can come to Britain and have full access to our social benefits. How can that be?

    • 211
      Gordon ( I AM a moron ) Brhoon says:

      It’s the right thing to do.

    • 255
      The UK is becoming East Germany circa 1976 says:

      Because you voted for it? What, you didn’t know what you were voting for? Perhaps you should pay more attention.

  72. 212
    Nick2 says:

    Farage is just watching the other three squabble in bemusement!

  73. 213
    realistic says:

    Politicians go into politics for power. Anyone tells you different they are a liar.

    • 220
      Gordon ( SoldGoldAtThe ) BottomBrown says:

      I came into politics to make a difference – look all around, you see what a difference I made to England……………………………………………

  74. 215
    Mrs Bigot says:

    Damien Green has just had his figures blown apart, Seems to me only Farage knows his subject

  75. 218
    Anonymous says:

    Woolas just said Conservative policy has just collapsed and it’s no different to ours. Eh?

  76. 229
    Maladroit Labour Chump says:

    WTF !!! Liebour have been conditioning everyone to ‘celebrate the rich multi-cultural society’ for 13 years and now Phill Cotton Woolarse says, ‘Nah, we’re trying to integrate more now’ Eh ????

    • 259
      The UK is becoming East Germany circa 1976 says:

      What no more celebrating diversity? Integrate and homogenisation now? They really have no clue whatsoever, the appalling decision to, “rub their faces in it” was a mistake and now they want to change? Way too little, way, way too late.

    • 278
      Honest View says:

      There’s a basic confusion in the Labour view on immigration, which I’m waiting for someone to point out to them.
      If mass immigration is so wonderful, why are they trying to limit it?

  77. 233
  78. 235
    Nick2 says:

    IMO…

    Farage won by a mile – his only weak point was the Burka ban
    next Green – but he was weak.
    Woolas third – procrastinating & unclear
    Finally the Lib Dems – hadn’t thought their amnesty policy through.

    Roll on the next debate!

    • 237
      satan says:

      The trick is ban all face coverings,it could be a robber. gets you off the burka shit hook

  79. 258
    Digger Graves says:

    Afternoon cobbers. fack me boys your havin a right old time of it over there with the labour party. my old spar grave Digger over there asked me if I thought he should start digging one for the labour party. too right mate I sez

  80. 261
    WERE IS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ON THE GOLD says:

    WERE IS THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ON THE GOLD

  81. 263
    Bunkered Blinky Balls : Battle Order from the Bunker says:

    Whelan/McBride/Draper

    Knuckle Sandwich Darling.

    How dare he contradict my devious strategy of toadying to the LibDims…asking them to vote for us in return for us voting for them..as if we had ANY votes to spare.

    And then the smug schweinhund prattles on about how safe hif f****** seat is. That is provocative to a sensitive nature as mine.

    Well the bastard is going to find out I have my own WMD…..Whelan Mcbride and Draper.

    Get him. Now!!

  82. 267
  83. 270

    Do Ed Balls, Peter Hain and Tessa Jowell want Lib Dems in the North to vote Tory? Northern Lib Dems are as viscerally anti-Labour as Southern Lib Dems are anti-Tory.

    I have a tactic: vote for what you believe in. If that is not on the ballot paper, then why aren’t you?

  84. 273
    J. lewis-list says:

    If Calvert kick Balls in the balls it will be the best £20 worth I have spent this year.



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