Suuure Al
Labour was all about equal opportunities wasn't it? Let's not forget who fostered the culture that has led to the current situation shall we?

And I'll be fine in all liklihood
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:05, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Conservative, Labour..
They're all a bunch of Old Boy Network, self-serving, fuck-the-proles, greedy dinosaurs. The baby boom generation fostered this culture of greed, which in turn has lead to the cultures of entitlement and someone's always to blame.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:08, Reply)

it just happens to be Labour
/only looking at last bit
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:10, Reply)

I blame you

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:11, Reply)

I do too
For not marching on Downing Street and Canary Wharf with a plethora of medieval weaponry.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:13, Reply)

"MEN! Fetch my Trebuchet, and a very large rock!"

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:16, Reply)

Manchester Evening News?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:17, Reply)

You commoner

(Bazongaloid, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:20, Reply)

Called a commoner by a Geordie,
and not even a real one!

How has my life gone so, so wrong?

*moves to Canterbury*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:22, Reply)

They make chickenladies in Canterbury
and PJMs
(Bazongaloid, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:23, Reply)

They also make my ghastly ex and her gyppo family...
It's not all rosy down Canterbury way.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:24, Reply)

Al is proud of his middleclassness.

( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:25, Reply)

He's also proud of that spasticated bicycle.
What's your point?
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

He wants a rib or two removed but won't ask the NHS.

( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

He needs more than a fucking rib or two removing,
the fat cunt. One day soon the fire brigade are going to have to knock one of his walls down to get him out so he can go to hospital and it'll be live on Jerry Springer and he'll be crying and everything.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:34, Reply)

Mrs Al will be there in the background with a tray of burgers.
She'll be saying, 'I don't know how he got so fat,' and, 'I think he's cuddly,' but the neighbours will be waiting to get their pet cat back from his rolly bits.
( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:36, Reply)

read the answer on QOTW
quite scary actually
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:36, Reply)

More like "MEN!" In a loud and commanding voice, such as may be used by the Duke of Wellington.
Although he would never have called for a trebuchet.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:29, Reply)

I wonder if I could nick the trebuchet from Warwick Castle
And lug it to London...
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:21, Reply)

No need, eh?
My brother's chum owns one.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:23, Reply)

Is it as awesome as the Warwick Castle one?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:24, Reply)

I seriously doubt it.
But it's big enough to fire pianos.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:25, Reply)

That'll do
I'm sure a piano cobbed through Citibank tower would shit folk up.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:31, Reply)

You need some slaves, matey.
Get them to drag it for you. It wouldn't be seemly for a commander to drag his own trebuchet now, would it?
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:30, Reply)

So by starting a "War" on benefit cheats and mismanagement
while not kicking out Lord Ashcroft despite promising to do so, in fact by discussing how they will give him a new job in the government, and getting Phillip Green, another well known tax dodger, the Tories are certainly not showing that they haven't changed a bit are they.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:14, Reply)

benefit cheats and mismanagement
need to be dealt with. That doesn't make Lord Ashcroft right. It just means that so far they've got less wrong than Labour, which thought both of these things were perfectly acceptable
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:16, Reply)

So the fact that tax avoidance means we lose something like 75 billion quid
while benefit cheats are less than a billion and mismanagement is only about 2-3 billion and you can't possibly reduce that to nothing mean they are taking the right approach?

Stop talking about Labour, I have never said that Labour were right in their attitude to closing tax loopholes etc. I'm gunning at the Tories, what Labour did or did not do is irrelevant.
(Bazongaloid, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:19, Reply)

Of course it's relevant
you can only judge something in context. Taken out of context of other parties/previous governments the Tories are a bunch of selfserving cunts. Compared to Labour and the alternatives they are the best option currently.
And we've had this discussion before. Benefit cheating is not just about the money, it's part of an entire cultural attitude that there needs to be steps to shift
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

Less than a billion?
Oh that's alright then. Vipros can make up the shortfall from his immense wages.
( thealternativefact, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:26, Reply)

I fucking wish

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 26 Aug 2010, 17:51, Reply)