Now for those not in the know Polly Toynbee is a 2nd, correction 10th rate socialist hack paid a fucking fortune by El Guardian to brown nose the socialist shit in favour of Blair and the other talentless spivs and shit mongers that make up this government.
'Rottweiler Warning," the headline flashed up on Sky News, just as John Reid stopped speaking. It turned out to be a dog-eat-child story, not the home secretary at all. One delegate was heard to hiss loudly: "I'd vote for Cameron if Reid won the leadership. I'd rather have the nice Tory than the nasty one."
** Seems she dont like John Reid from the opening part of her article, now if she would only shut her legs that she keeps open for Gordon Brown...This must have been one of the most unpleasantly jingoistic, rightwing rabble-rousers a Labour conference has heard in quite a few years. This was Britishness as from the Millwall terraces. "No no-go areas," he boomed: "We will go where we please, we will discuss what we like." No fool, he's hard to fault on particulars: the poison is all in the sentiment and tone. How proudly he gloated that Cameron had found his policies too extreme. Indeed, if he was one of Cameron's team, that speech would have got him fired.
** About time it was said, yes its cheap and cheerfull and as its from John Reid we know that its just soundbite policies, the same shit we had off Blunkett when he was not playing guess the father with the office bike he was fucking rather than being a decent Home Sec.
Reformed old communists have this in common: when they swing the other way, they always go that bit too far. They never take off their combat kit: the progressive social democratic gene is alien to their psyche. So there was nothing progressive about his performance yesterday.
** The same way Guardian hacks never change unless told to by the owners of Guardian Towers...
Roy Hattersley will not be alone: his threat to shoot himself if Reid becomes leader could turn into a mass die-in of Labour supporters. But there was Tessa Jowell, first up within seconds to tell the BBC what a wonderful speech it was. Indeed, rhetorically it was a barn-stormer. So is this it, the last throw of the shrinking group of Blairites? Is this war, after all? No, take a deep breath. It probably isn't quite.
But it is a sign of something almost as depressing. I lost count of the number of times Reid used the word "leadership" in his tough, tough, tough speech, as he put his marker down to be first among possible challengers. So far it's just a threatening gesture from the bruiser lurking in the alleyway. It smacks of both bullying and cowardice: without the bottle for a fight, he will hang about flashing that stiletto under his coat, hoping Gordon trips up all by himself during the next excruciating months of uncertainty. Only then might Reid, more hyena than rottweiler, scavenge up his 44 nominations from MPs, only making a move if he senses a smell of death around the Brown camp.
**Ah now we see our Pollys colours she is refering to John Reid as a hyena in the hope that she gets her man cyclops, sorry Gordon Brown in after Blair finally fucks off to Europe or hell or where ever. Maybe then she can bask in the reflected glory of Brown in No.10 still making pr off his dead baby. Total fucking cunt that he is.
What will be the effect of this lurking? It is designed to make sure Gordon Brown strays not one step from the Blairite straight and narrow: at home on the NHS and public-service reform, abroad on the war and Bush. He will make this interregnum yet more needlessly fraught, flashing that glint of a knife whenever Brown tries to shape his own style and agenda. If they hobble him sufficiently, he may flounder, and Reid can step up. Or some anyone-but-Reid challenger might charge through the middle, anything better than the old attack dog himself. Who knows? It will spawn enough conspiracy theories to keep the media happy and the voters bored and angry - deeply damaging to Labour.
** Damageing for Labour that shounds good, seems by the tone of her whitterings that Polly dislikes the war on terror, Bush and so on. Still lets hope it does make some people not vote for this shower of shit.
So what gave Reid the chutzpah to test the water? He must have been excited by a spectacular item on Newsnight. The US pollster Frank Luntz explored the popularity of Labour's possible leadership contenders. He showed brief video clips of each to 30 Labour-minded voters, who turned dials up and down as they watched each contender speak. Most of the candidates' clips seemed chosen for pallid dullness - except for the crucial two: one showed Brown a bit hesitant when interviewed under pressure after the coup attempt. The other showed Reid in full-on harangue: "Any court judgment that puts the human rights of foreign prisoners ahead of the safety and security of millions of British citizens is wrong! Full stop. No qualification!" Of course Reid beat Brown by miles. (Watch it yourself on the Newsnight website).
**For a good fisking of Polly, no I shall correct that a brilliant fisking of Polly check out: http://factcheckingpollyanna.blogspot.com/
As a piece of theatre, it was good TV. As serious polling, it was, according to Deborah Mattinson, the chief executive of Opinion Leader Research, "rubbish". She says she tested that "people meter" polling method for Labour 15 years ago. "It's very crude and you have no idea what they are approving or disapproving of. Of course the group went for the crowd-pleasing rhetoric. What's more, if you have cameras there, the loudest voices speak out and influence the rest." She was conducting focus groups with women last week. "Reid is seen as very aggressive. Scots, old, bald, and he's hardly known. Brown has undoubtedly suffered a bit in recent weeks - but these ordinary women voters hadn't noticed the coup. He has to be more cheerful, but he has enduring strengths with them."
** Ah notice the cheap jibes at the end there, he is seen as very aggressive. Scots, old bald. Nothing like a cheap shot is there Polly you withered old fucking harridan. Yes I know the quote was by Deborah Mattinson but fuck it calling you a withered old fucking harridan makes me feel good and yes I reprinted it the way you reprinted someone elses comments on John Reid so as to make Brown look better to the misguiden Guardian readers who think you something to say to the world worthy of note.
She is as critical too of the recent Guardian poll that assessed Brown and Cameron's personality qualities. "It's pretty meaningless to ask about a list of attributes. Most of these have nothing to do with how people actually vote for a prime minister. It's not an application to be a charming receptionist. Cameron may come out as nicer, but this isn't about niceness. If it was, Neil Kinnock would have beaten Mrs Thatcher easily. Mrs Thatcher was never seen as 'nice', but she was admired and respected. Gordon Brown need not be rattled by this stuff. Concentrate on his strengths. Some of this polling seems designed to trip him up."
** Fuck it I cant stick her inane babble any longer, read the rest of her drivel at polly toynbee is a withered old crone who should fucking die or better still just ping her some abuse at polly.toynbee@guardian.co.uktag:Polly Toynbee
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