The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

The campaigning has stopped.
The Tory lies has been told.
The votes are cast.

And now we wait.

We wait for the hopeful demonstration of judgement.

Of their lies.
Of their corruption.
Of their hypocrisy and shame.
Of their wilful disregard of care.
Of their viscous attacks on the young, the poor and the NHS.
But most of all, we wait – I hope – for the people’s revenge.

And yet there are those that will still vote for them.

Who spout lines such as, “taxes will be higher under a labour government” … and then quoting the 1970’s, while conveniently ignoring the destruction of a country and it’s people’s in the present day. A present day that has been presided over by the government they still see as positive despite the last 14 years.

As I said to someone yesterday, if you can still see the good in them, then you’re either very rich or very evil.

And it got worse …

I’ve seen some ad agencies putting out [obviously self-funded] ‘ads’ that tell people what policy they should vote for. Except they show no political affiliation and the cause they’re ‘standing for’ is rather ambiguous … mainly because it’s pretty obvious their real motivation is to try and hijack the moment to gain some PR for their ego.

It’s embarrassing.

Actually it’s more than that, it’s insulting – given the poverty and depravation millions are trying to deal with.

If you want to take a stand, say it.
If you want to make a difference, try harder.
But if you have nothing to say, shut the fuck up.

But there was a bright point …

A clip that beautifully and systematically surmised and destroyed the incompetence of a Tory Government who forgot their job was to lead the country, rather than serve themselves.

And within this clip was a line, that is possibly the best bit of writing since Arsène Wenger said, “Kevin Keegan thinks tactics are a small mint” … and I include all of Succession’s viscous tongue masterpieces in this declaration as well.

It was this:

[ex-Minister of culture] “Nadine Dorries. A woman so stupid, she thinks Channel 4 is a brand of perfume”.

How good is that?

What a reminder of the power of words. The art and craft of them.

How tragic so many brands think they’re just for decoration around a product shot or a Getty Image pic.

But that aside, check out the clip.

I should warn you it’s NSFW. However it is very appropriate to describe 14 years of Conservative lies and destruction.

So click on it as we wait.

And hope sanity finally prevails.