Hazel is going nuts in The Guardian.Corrosive cynicism, fuelled by politically nihilistic blogs and a retreat from dispassionate reporting, is endangering British political discourse, Hazel Blears, the communities secretary, will tell a Hansard Society conference today on growing political disengagement in Britain.
Er right. Okay so nothing to do with the fact that MP's even if you can get access to one 99.9999 times out of a hundred refuses to listen to anything us plebs have to say. Maybe she will say that is nihilistic but it is also true.
Now Nihilists deny that an objective morality exists, hell if anything could describe New Labour then that word is it.
She will lambast the growth of a hermetically-sealed professional political class and call for a support network on the lines of the political women's action group Emily's List to help more people from ordinary careers into full-time politics.But under who's government has the so called hermetically sealed professional political class moved away from the public? Labour. The top down dictate style is demonstrated by her boss one James Gordon Brown.
But that is the problem they don't want to know us, care not a proverbial flying about our lives, problems and social issues just so long as we come out and vote for them each election.
In a hard-hitting speech, she will warn that the fall in turnouts among working class voters in some British cities is now so marked that it amounts to a reversal by stealth of 19th century reforms that spread the franchise.
Well look at how government tells them how to behave, doles out money to the indolent, the workshy, wastes billions on projects that they care little about - how many on council estates will travel to the Olympics in 2012? - All the while they can not get anyone from the hermetically sealed professional political class " in the local council to remove troublemakers, clean up the streets of rubbish and sort out vandalism.
No matter if a blue or red flag waves above the council offices, but try holding back council tax and the authorities will notice you then.
Blears contrasts the apparent collapse of interest in British politics with the surge in turnout in the US elections.
All political parties will have to learn how to use the web as a campaign and fundraising tool, she will say, and how to engage ethnic minority groups and the working class.
"We are witnessing a dangerous corrosion in our political culture," she says. In part she will blame "a shrinking and increasingly competitive newspaper market" which demands more "impact" from its reporting - the translation of every political discussion into a row, every difficulty a crisis, every rocky patch for the prime minister into the "worst week ever".
Well that is quite simple Hazel, no one voted for your boss. They see their taxes spiral upwards, services falling apart and he blathers on about "fairness". As for the newspapers going for shock headlines, well they have always done that as Hazel knows very well, to say otherwise is to patronise the public.
She will, however, also turn her fire on some political bloggers.
"Perhaps because of the nature of the technology, there is a tendency for political blogs to have a 'Samizdat' style. The most popular blogs are rightwing, ranging from the considered Tory views of Iain Dale, to the vicious nihilism of Guido Fawkes. Perhaps this is simply anti-establishment. Blogs have only existed under a Labour government. Perhaps if there was a Tory government, all the leading blogs would be left-of-centre?
Had said Tory government been as self serving, sleaze ridden, corrupt and dubious as yours then you can bet your red pelt that we would be ripping them apart. The reason a lot of left wing blogs do not get so popular is due to a habit of reproducing tractor production targets from HM Govt about crime going down when people see their areas becoming like downtown Mogadishu of an evening.
"But mostly, political blogs are written by people with disdain for the political system and politicians, who see their function as unearthing scandals, conspiracies and perceived hypocrisy.
But that is the problem they don't want to know us, care not a proverbial flying about our lives, problems and social issues just so long as we come out and vote for them each election.
In a hard-hitting speech, she will warn that the fall in turnouts among working class voters in some British cities is now so marked that it amounts to a reversal by stealth of 19th century reforms that spread the franchise.
Well look at how government tells them how to behave, doles out money to the indolent, the workshy, wastes billions on projects that they care little about - how many on council estates will travel to the Olympics in 2012? - All the while they can not get anyone from the hermetically sealed professional political class " in the local council to remove troublemakers, clean up the streets of rubbish and sort out vandalism.
No matter if a blue or red flag waves above the council offices, but try holding back council tax and the authorities will notice you then.
Blears contrasts the apparent collapse of interest in British politics with the surge in turnout in the US elections.
All political parties will have to learn how to use the web as a campaign and fundraising tool, she will say, and how to engage ethnic minority groups and the working class.
"We are witnessing a dangerous corrosion in our political culture," she says. In part she will blame "a shrinking and increasingly competitive newspaper market" which demands more "impact" from its reporting - the translation of every political discussion into a row, every difficulty a crisis, every rocky patch for the prime minister into the "worst week ever".
Well that is quite simple Hazel, no one voted for your boss. They see their taxes spiral upwards, services falling apart and he blathers on about "fairness". As for the newspapers going for shock headlines, well they have always done that as Hazel knows very well, to say otherwise is to patronise the public.
She will, however, also turn her fire on some political bloggers.
"Perhaps because of the nature of the technology, there is a tendency for political blogs to have a 'Samizdat' style. The most popular blogs are rightwing, ranging from the considered Tory views of Iain Dale, to the vicious nihilism of Guido Fawkes. Perhaps this is simply anti-establishment. Blogs have only existed under a Labour government. Perhaps if there was a Tory government, all the leading blogs would be left-of-centre?
Had said Tory government been as self serving, sleaze ridden, corrupt and dubious as yours then you can bet your red pelt that we would be ripping them apart. The reason a lot of left wing blogs do not get so popular is due to a habit of reproducing tractor production targets from HM Govt about crime going down when people see their areas becoming like downtown Mogadishu of an evening.
"But mostly, political blogs are written by people with disdain for the political system and politicians, who see their function as unearthing scandals, conspiracies and perceived hypocrisy.
Well no Hazel has it wrong. Blogs be they left, right or middle are written by people with concerns, concerns that they want to tell people about. As for unearthing scandals, well if some MP is caught out hand in till or pants down after complaining about other folk doing the same then good.
One point I have read regarding the hypocrisy is that of MP's earning a fair wedge whilst telling us to tighten our belts, whilst claiming £400 a month food allowance, whilst claiming the so called "John Lewis" list, the 24K 2nd home allowance and so on.
Getting to her point on disdain for the political system. Yes and no to that. Now I value democracy, unlike New Labour who has made it almost impossible to protest outside Parliament. Sadly I had the sleazy, duplicitous, hypocritical bastards who are the majority of our MP's. Maybe Hazel could look into how for example an MP can play the "caring MP" card about say saving the local Post Office and then vote for a government bill on closing Post Offices. As Jessica Morden MP did.
Getting to her point on disdain for the political system. Yes and no to that. Now I value democracy, unlike New Labour who has made it almost impossible to protest outside Parliament. Sadly I had the sleazy, duplicitous, hypocritical bastards who are the majority of our MP's. Maybe Hazel could look into how for example an MP can play the "caring MP" card about say saving the local Post Office and then vote for a government bill on closing Post Offices. As Jessica Morden MP did.
"Until political blogging 'adds value' to our political culture, by allowing new voices, ideas and legitimate protest and challenge, and until the mainstream media reports politics in a calmer, more responsible manner, it will continue to fuel a culture of cynicism and despair."
Oh now what in the name of all that is holy is she on about here. Seriously has the woman not read any of the legitimate protest on many of the blogs out there? As for challenge, well many of them challenge her governments views on things like ID cards, the DNA database, the NHS computer fiasco, data losses on a daily basis.
Legitimate protest, well her government is a fine one to talk about that. When folk can be accused of being terrorists for taking a camera out in public by some SS style PCSO with an large attitude problem and a small penis. Or even stopped near the mother of all Parliaments just for going for a walk in a mask.
Legitimate protest, well her government is a fine one to talk about that. When folk can be accused of being terrorists for taking a camera out in public by some SS style PCSO with an large attitude problem and a small penis. Or even stopped near the mother of all Parliaments just for going for a walk in a mask.
And so she carries on, truly I can not be even bothered to rip her squirrel shit apart any more, the rest of her squeaking can be found here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/nov/05/hazel-blears-politics-media-labour
Guido has a rather good retort on the red pelted one: http://www.order-order.com/2008/11/not-nihilistic-realistic.html
The last part is a blinder and so I shall do a copy & paste to finish:
What has deservedly brought about disengagement from and cynicism towards politicians is spin, triangulation, focus group derived policies, positioning purely for partisan advantage, vacuous slogans and meaningless promises. Add in personal self enrichment from expense fiddles, petty corruption and barefaced lying to that toxicosis. Hazel has herself personally defended with repulsive sophistry everything from 45 minutes to mass destruction and cash for honours in her time. Who has really fueled corrosive political cynicism? Look in the mirror Hazel.
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Why has the ugly cow's article got no comments on?
Verification=hoolads--should be hoodlads surely?
And with your final comments you prove her point on Nihilism.
From what I can ascertain it's true, nobody really gives a flying fuck anymore. It goes with the government of the day.
The last time we had a Left wing, and utterly incompetent Socialist leadership, didn't the Sex Pistols turn up, essentially reinventing the word Nihilism.
Johnny Rotten for P.M. I say! - he'd no doubt be a damned sight better than the unelected one eyed cretin that currently oversees our Countries demise.
The surge in turnout in the US elections is because all the black people have turned out to vote for the black candidate, regardless of his politics, the racist cunts.
That being said, Blears is a real joke in and out of the Labour party.
They turned out because black people make great presidents ... ref: Robert Mugabi
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