Who Has Confidence in Jo Swinson?

So it seems that the chance to remove Boris Johnson from office and replace him with a caretaker unity government has fallen...all because of Jo Swinson.

You see, Swinson has an overwhelming contempt for Jeremy Corbyn. Unfortunately for Swinson, Corbyn is the leader of the opposition and so any caretaker government should have him at its head. Swinson can't stomach this because, arguably, she wants power for herself. But she doesn't seem to realise that she doesn't have the numbers. She may be getting MP's from other parties crossing the floor to join the Lib Dems, but these are not actually elected Lib Dem MP's. Therefore not only does Swinson have contempt for the official opposition, she also has extreme delusions of grandeur that her party, with her at the helm, ought to be in that role.

Swinson needs to realise that, if she loathes the idea of a Boris Johnson Brexit, she needs to put aside her hatred of Jeremy Corbyn and commit to a vote of no confidence in our so-called PM. But she won't do this, because in reality, her politics are more in keeping with the Conservative party that alleged PM leads.

Let's look at her voting record;

And incidentally, if Swinson hates Brexit so much and if the Lib Dems are, as she repeatedly says, the only real remain party out there, then where was she during the national day of protest at the prorogation of parliament?

That's right, she was on holiday.

Where was Jeremy Corbyn, a man she repeatedly claims is not interested in Brexit?

That's right, he was out there among the protesters, delivering impassioned speeches.

Perhaps we should be arguing for a vote of no confidence in Swinson and the Lib Dems too?

Lastly, I must point out that the photo of Swinson above comes from the excellent political blog Vox Political. I apologise for anyone who was physically sick as a result of the image. One to put atop the mantlepiece to keep the kiddies away eh?

I Stand With Naga

Words fail me as to why the BBC upheld a complaint about the BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty pointing out that Donald Fart, sorry Trump's comments that senators of colour should 'go back to places they came from' are racist. I am especially at a loss regarding their decision when you consider that the extremely biased, white political editor Laura Kuenssberg (ostensibly the Secretary of State for Propaganda) receives thousands of complaints on more than one occasion and yet the BBC defend her to the hilt.

If, like me you, stand with Naga, then please sign these petitions to get the BBC to reconsider their decision.

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Out On Blue Six: Matt Bianco

Disappointing edition of Top of the Pops from 1988 on BBC4 tonight. Seeing Peter Powell and 'Ooh' Gary Davies wearing shorts and labouring under the misapprehension that this is somehow funny (oh how I miss John Peel) was bad enough, but the 'live' performances were awful. On video, there were just two really good songs in this half hour (Tracy Chapman's Fast Car and Salt-N-Pepa's Push It) but both were cut short. Which left the only good tune on offer to surprisingly come from an outfit that one caller on Saturday Superstore once memorably described as a bunch of wankers; Matt Bianco and Don't Blame It On That Girl

I like that the frontman Mark Reilly (many presume that the singer's name was Matt Bianco, but that is the name of the group; Matt Bianco was meant to suggest a 1960s spy character, echoing their love of spymania from that era and their film/TV scores) looks like he's just stepped out of Expresso Bongo here - late '50s Soho coffee bars being their natural spiritual home.

And then, to round off a particularly disappointing evening's entertainment I watched the terminally boring spy film Red Joan and then The Mash Report which didn't feature the excellent Rachel Parris but did feature the loathsome little ball of greasy spunk that is right wing 'comedian' Geoff Norcott. Yuk.

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#FuckBoris

Utterly disgusting display from the alleged PM tonight. If proroguing parliament wasn't about Brexit (yeah right) then how come the Tories are banging on about the supreme court blocking Brexit? FFS, at least Thatcher's mob were actually good at lying. 

But worse was to come. To sit and listen to the impassioned pleas to moderate his dangerous language from Paula Sherriff and Tracey Brabin, and then to dismiss the former with "I've never heard so much humbug in my life" and the later with the idea that the best way to honour their friend and colleague Jo Cox's memory is to "get Brexit done" is shameful, disgraceful, unfeeling and morally bankrupt. Jo Cox was murdered by a far right terrorist who condemned her in his tiny, sick mind as a traitor for her campaign to remain in the EU. Boris Johnson continues to call MP's who do not back his disastrous plan for a no deal Brexit 'traitors' who are intent on 'surrender'. There is a clear line here between his words and some very dangerous actions and he knows that is the case deep down, it's just that he doesn't care. How many people must die or come to harm to ensure that his dream of a hard Brexit and a subservient brown-nosing bromance with Trump comes true?

Every Tory MP who applauded their dictator tonight, every supporter out there who thinks he's standing up for them (he's really not you know) should hang their heads in everlasting shame. This man is sowing the seeds of division and hate across this land and breaking the law. Why? Because it suits him to. It is he and his privileged chums alone who will prosper from a No Deal Brexit not 'the people' they keep referencing who they actually care very, very little about. 

Putting it simply, this man was never a clown. He was never a bumbling oaf. He was never a bit of fun and he is certainly not some kind of champion against the establishment, because he is the establishment. he is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and he is a...

Out On Blue Six: The Clash

This suitably apt song is going out to our alleged Prime Minister, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, pictured above with his pet polecat Dominic Cummings. Sadly those aren't prison bars they're behind...not yet. 

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Boris Johnson Must Go

And so it has been found that the alleged Prime Minister's suspension of parliament was unlawful. 

This is a huge victory for the democracy that hard brexiteers like Johnson falsely claimed leaving the EU was about returning to this country. But we need to go one further; we need to show that Boris Johnson's position is untenable. Please sign this petition demanding he resign now.

Out On Blue Six: The Timelords (aka The KLF)

This week's repeat of Top of the Pops had a rare treat at number one - Doctorin' The Tardis by The Timelords, once described by Pete Paphides as 'the one novelty record most people admit to liking' and by The Timelords themselves as 'probably the most nauseating record in the world'

All I know is that, as a kid sat in front of the TV in 1988, I loved it. And I still do now if I'm honest! It's pointed title (sending up the recent hit Doctorin' The House by Coldcut feat Yazz) mix of the Doctor Who theme tune, Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Parts 1 and 2, The Sweet's Blockbuster and football-style chanting was the perfect primer for what was to come with The KLF.

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