It was a fine sunny morning, cold but fresh, when I arrived at the cafe to eat my British breakfast. I usually drink black coffee…called an ‘Americano’ in the modern way, and not wishing to baffle the Lithuanian waitress by asking for a British black coffee, I compromised my early morning patriotism and ordered the Americano.
The patriotism thing started by David Cameron has descended into a very ‘British farce’ with the Home Secretary weighing in with his comments about Lord Ashcroft’s un-patritotic behaviour only for Eric Pickles et al to lob in those great British patriots who support Labour – Lord Paul, Mittal et al. I was both delighted and ‘pleased’ that John Rentoul, chief political commentator at The Independent gave me a hat tip for my obvious parody of Cameron as Lord Kitchener.
The Polls this morning reveal that Labour has gone down, the Tories up and the gap is now 5 points. This is still not enough to avoid a hung parliament – and the markets showed their displeasure at the prospect of a hung parliament yesterday by letting the pound drop. Some say that the currency speculators view Britain as the ‘New Greece’ and are closing in. Britain’s credit rating is dropping. Yesterday there was a report that we are paying more than Italy for international money.
Capitalists@work (a blog I heartily recommend) has a very blunt message…. Just Vote Labour
The post is amusing and well crafted and makes some very good points about ‘floaters’… or floating voters who haven’t made their minds up yet. Worth a read. Here is an extract!
….But don’t ponce about saying you’re not yet convinced because all the information you will ever need is only a click away on your laptop. All the benefits or otherwise are just a stroll down your local high street, a visit to the health centre, school or a tour of your workplace. If you think that Dave is a lightweight and you’re unsure then vote for Brown. The Lib Dems or any of the smaller parties are not going to win power. It is red or blue.
The choice my floating friends is painfully simple. If you are happy with what you have, then stick with it. If , like me, you think that five more months, let alone years, of the Prime minister will result in the UK becoming an”abandoned fairground for all” then vote for Cameron and at least the hope of something different…But stop kidding that there is some magical word or phrase that would swing it all around. You either like it as it is or you want a leap into the unknown and whatever that brings with it.
The Sun… (Britain’s most ‘Patriotic’ newspaper?) ran riot today with polls, surveys and comment. After lobbing a bit of ‘fresh salacious meat’ to the circling readers in the form of a story about a BBC reporter who may have hanged himself during a private sex act and agonising about Ashley Cole who has apparently ruined his life by texting pictures of himself in his underpants to various hot birds – The Sun got back to the business of promoting the Tories.
THE Tories’ lead over Labour has bounced back to seven points thanks to David Cameron’s daring “no notes” speech on Sunday, a Sun poll reveals.
The Sun thundered……. “A MASSIVE 72 per cent of Sun readers believe family life has crumbled under Labour, our poll reveals……And 43 per cent blame the booming benefits culture….The same number say children should be raised in a married family”
But then… on page 6…came the headline…
Poll Panic Sparks Pound Meltdown
permitting them to come up with a wonderful blast from the past…
“A weak currency arises from a weak economy which, in turn, is the result of a weak government’
Gordon Brown 1992
Well…there we are… orf to listen to a bit more Elgar while I sit in the sun and read the sensible (if less influential in terms of reaching voters) newspapers.
Have a patriotic day… it is your duty… for the country we ALL love.
UPDATE: You may wish to have a look at this?
“A MASSIVE 72 per cent of Sun readers believe family life has crumbled under Labour, our poll reveals……And 43 per cent blame the booming benefits culture….The same number say children should be raised in a married family”
and FOUR of them can actually read!!! good job there is still an NHS for those knee injuries from repeated jerking.
Sir,
I believe that the Sun newspaper originally intended going with the headline:
“Another poof dies in asphixiwank scandal”
Sadly the Conservative party refused outright to lift their copyright.
I could be wrong…
Cheerio,
JB
Sir James… indeed…. I believe that there were no satsuma oranges involved on this occasion, though.
Lunch…. in town, usual place… Friday?
Will your new personal assistant be joining us to give us some help with the non-dom paperwork?
Best
C
Sir,
I can confirm my presence on Friday. I have reserved our usual table at Langhams, and the dessert course this week will be of a Swedish nature.
I do hope you bring your trunks.
Cheerio,
JB