That really was a terrible line. I think Julian Fellowes may have written that speech.
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Quote: Aaron @ April 20 2010, 9:25 PM BSTThat really was a terrible line. I think Julian Fellowes may have written that speech.
Is he an undercover socialist?
Quote: Aaron @ April 20 2010, 9:25 PM BSTThat really was a terrible line. I think Julian Fellowes may have written that speech.
And this one?
Erm, I'm guessing probably not.
The Quiet Man! I.D.S.! Or C.N.T.
Whatever happened to him?
A relatively normal, low-key backbencher now. Appears on some of the smaller political programmes on occasion.
I'm very much enjoying The Sun suddenly realising that Clegg might be a threat to a Tory majority and trying to demolish him. Me thinks they might have jumped into bed too soon with the Tories, and could end up with egg on their face if DC doesn't win. And win big.
I disagree. They might have been a bit too vocal in their switch of support, but there's no way they could have kept on supporting the Labour Party, and not a chance they could have supported the Lib Dems considering their policies.
Interestingly, I heard a journo on TV on Monday saying that The Sun hasn't bothered sending a single reporter to a Lib Dem/SDP conference - ever. That goes right back until 1980.
Quote: Aaron @ April 21 2010, 12:37 PM BSTI disagree. They might have been a bit too vocal in their switch of support, but there's no way they could have kept on supporting the Labour Party, and not a chance they could have supported the Lib Dems considering their policies.
I disagree. The Sun are only ultimately interested in supporting the winner. Yes, they are right-leaning and predisposed towards the Tories, but at the end of the day they're shallow enough only to want to be on the side of the victors.
Just off the top of my head, the Lib Dems support Europe. They support the Euro (although 'not right now'). They want to remove child trust funds, and a number of other similar credits and benefits. None of those policies go down well, even with people who've otherwise switched to supporting the Lib Dems, and sure as hell wouldn't be popular with Sun readers.
Quote: Aaron @ April 21 2010, 12:53 PM BSTand sure as hell wouldn't be popular with Sun readers.
Because The Sun is bought with child benefits along with their morning Special Brew and microwave kebab wrap.
Exactly. 
Quote: Paul W @ April 21 2010, 1:10 PM BSTBecause The Sun is bought with child benefits along with their morning Special Brew and microwave kebab wrap.
Agreed. But they'll put a peg on their nose if they think somebody they disagree with is going to win. After all, Blair himself was hardly a Eurosceptic.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/parties_and_issues/8634469.stm
May be of interest to people.
Quote: chipolata @ April 21 2010, 12:40 PM BSTI disagree. The Sun are only ultimately interested in supporting the winner. Yes, they are right-leaning and predisposed towards the Tories, but at the end of the day they're shallow enough only to want to be on the side of the victors.
Actually, when you talk about the Sun you are only really talking about the Murdochs and News International. They have no desire to be 'on the side of the winner', they want to take the BBC's Markets for their Sky company. The Tories were originally in favour of abolishing the BBCs charter but have stepped back from this as it is widely unpopular. Nevertheless Cameron is committed to scraping the BBC Trust, 'auditing the licence fee' and curtailing the powers of Ofcom.
If you owned this website, Chip, the comedy content would gradually be edged out by pictures of tits. It never ceases to amaze me that people do not realise that a company that owns a newspaper pitches it's news (and often warps or creates it) to benefit its business interests.
Quote: Paul W @ April 21 2010, 1:10 PM BSTBecause The Sun is bought with child benefits along with their morning Special Brew and microwave kebab wrap.
You obviously don't get a train to work. The two most widely read 'newspapers' on trains into central London (Blackfriars and Cannon Street) are the Sun and The Daily Mail. No sign of kebab wraps or cans of lager.