HYPOCRITES TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT, PART II

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Kezia Dugdale Retweeted Kevin Schofiel

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Utterly heartless

Kezia Dugdale added,

Kevin Schofield @PolhomeEditor

BREAKING: MPs vote 294 to 276 against Lord Dubs' amendment calling on the Government to accept 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees.

So, Kezia's reaction to the Tory government's decision to overturn the Lords' amendment which would have allowed these children to come to their UK, was, quite reasonably "Utterly heartless".

Pity it doesn't quite fit with their attitude at the UK elections in May last year when they took a very Tory line on immigration.

Now Munguin's Republic understands that the UK can't accept every single person who is fleeing oppression, war, poverty and destitution or any combination thereof. 

(I mean it's not like Brits would ever have had to flee anything like that, is it? Ask the Highlanders, the Irish (Brits at the time) fleeing the famine, or the folks who had the audacity to not wish to change their religion every time the king changed his! Or more recently ask the economic migrants who, after the Second World War, decided that life in America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada or South Africa seemed a better bet for their family!)

As the UK felt obliged to involve itself enthusiastically in every single war that has caused these hardships, I think it should be equally enthusiastic about helping to deal with the tide of misery that they and their allies have left behind.

And throwing money at Turkey or Lebanon to continue to house these people in massive concentration camps simply won't cut it. Safer than a war zone they may be, but life is hell there too.

Olivia Humphreys ‎@OliviaDocmaker

We had the chance to save lives we helped endanger, and we chose not to - doesn't say much for us as a nation #3000children

7:59 AM - 26 Apr 2016

The kids in question, of courses, are not in Turkey or Lebanon. They are in France and in some cases their parents are in the UK. Who knows what horrors they face as children alone. Perhaps the Establishment should be more aware of that than most of us.

But we don't suggest that the UK do what rich countries are doing. The UK can't afford it, although they always have money for a war, which is strange or possibly even magical. Ask Harry Potter.

But surely, when it comes to children, they should pretend that they have hearts instead of cash registers, hard though that might be.

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Last year, clearly before she got her state-funded dresser (strange how the Tories don't seem to mind social security when it benefits them!), Mrs Cameron attended the Save the Children Gala (looking like she'd fallen out of the dressing up hamper...you begin to see why Dave got her someone to put on her clothes for her...total embarrassment). Instead of showing any interest in the children needing to be saved, the Daily Mail went into full blown slurping sycophant mode...

Maxi-mum style! Samantha Cameron dazzles in designer floor-length skirt as she attends the Save the Children Winter Gala (Dazzles as in hurts your eyes. Her lady in waiting has a little more class, although probably less money.)

• Samantha Cameron wore a vibrant printed skirt at Save the Children ball (yep we can see that!)
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• She attended Alice in Wonderland-themed night without husband David (Oh, hint hint. Marriage in trouble...remember it's the Daily Mail. Brainless readership with lots of lonely time to fill)
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• The 44-year-old mother-of-four dazzled in a daring designer outfit (Always get in the age, becasue that's REALLY NEWS, and the fact she's a mother of four and yet still able to go out for a night on the town! Lucky to have all those servants, huh?)

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WHAT CONTRASTS....

So this is life for some Brits

And this is life for others

And justice for public servants is dependent on class

We take rather different attitudes to who can break rules and who can't.

And some people face this embarrassment...

...whist others are just this embarrassing.

QUESTIONS FOR PROSPECTIVE MPS ON THE DOORSTEP

If you Google "SNP out canvassing" you get this mass of pictures of ordinary people out there "chapping doors" right from the very first picture.

If, on the other hand, you Google "Scottish Labour out canvassing", you get Labour party publicity, and maybe 8 rows down you get this ad for joining Labour which shows people canvassing with their Labour hoodies on. Any comments Mr Murphy?

Incidentally, there were no photographs of Tories canvassing either. I didn't bother looking for Liberals. Some things are just too much effort for no return.

Talking of canvassing, this is the time when you might expect to get a phone call or a person knocking at your door. So Munguin thinks that it might be an idea to have a list of questions art the ready for your political callers.

Everyone has their own priorities, but he will be asking at least some of the following if anyone bothers to turn up here:

1. As a party representative, and also as an individual, do you think that feeding and housing people and ensuring that they have enough money to stay warm is more important than buying nuclear weapons, which we need only to ensure our continued presence at the top table, where we do what America tells us anyway?

2. Do you think, particularly in our 21st century, high tech world, that education is of paramount importance to the future of Scotland? If not ...why not? If yes, do you agree that tertiary education should be free at the point of delivery?

3. Do you believe in a free health service in Scotland run by the state and with no profit motive involved?

4. We are part of the UK and London is the UK capital. However it is true to say that many people, probably most people, in Scotland, rarely visit London, given its distance and the expense. Do you agree that items like the Crossrail project or the London sewers renewal, should be paid for equally by Scots (who have their own capital city in Edinburgh), with no Barnett Formula consequential?

5. Reports suggest that the Westminster parliament buildings are falling into disrepair. It is estimated that the cost of these repairs will be many billions of pounds. Do you think that that is a sensible use of money or could some other cheaper alternative be found, given the financial situation of the country?

6. By most people's standards MPs are relatively well paid. At £66,000+ per annum, with generous expenses and subsidised food and drink, they earn well over three times the average wage. If you are elected will you guarantee to give the expected 11% pay rise, in its entirely to a local charity?

7. Do you think that people should have a bar selling cheap alcohol in their workplace? If not will you campaign to close the bars in the houses of parliament? If yes, will you campaign for subsided bars in every establishment employing more than say 100 people?

8. Do you think that it is reasonable or democratic that an unelected house of parliament, comprising hereditary aristocrats, bishops of only one church, political appointees (often generous donors) and retired or failed politicians has the right to make our laws? If not, what will you do about it?

9. Do you consider it right that members of the royal family as far down as 46th in line to the throne, should be entitled to grace and favour residences at our expense? Do you further agree that it is necessary for there to be five royal palaces set aside in and around London for one family, along with another in Edinburgh, while other British people are homeless? If not, what will you do about it?

10. Would you agree that after the scandal of MPs' expenses, the cross party agreement to bring in "MP recall" options for constituents was the right thing to do, and the refusal, once the election was over, to actually implement it, was wrong? What would you do about this in the new parliament?

I bet you can add to Munguin's list...

SNAPS FOR SATURDAY

Painstakingly made by reader, Arthur and sent to Munguin.
Proud!

Which one would you trust?

Better get him a bigger tin then...

Here's yer choices.

What colour is his hair today?

Kind of explains some of the legislation.
Tony Blair admitted a drink problem, and Maggie was
rumoured to be a drunken old lush.

No wonder they made it illegal to die in the Lords
It's like an old folks home without the telly

All the time banging on about transparency  and deleting their past.

It's far from perfect. But it's improving,
 and it's better than the rest of the UK.
We have a first rate, utterly committed Cabinet Secretary and she'll
continue to make it better.

I wonder what the Tories get in return?

We're ordering him some Brasso for his neck, Stewart.

Nobody thinks it's a good idea.
The military top brass would rather the money was spent on troops.
Blair even admitted it was just an entrance ticket to the top table.

Not surprised he's got a thing for IDS.
They have a lot in common.

Jim's past is somewhat unclear too.
Some of what he says doesn't add up;
most of what McTernan says makes no sense.

Jackie, bless her, thinks that £383 million is less than £100 million.
She's nearly as good with numbers as her mate Gideon.

Two car crashes in the same picture.

Well, you really can't tell the difference any more.

SNAPS ON SUNDAY

Notice on door.

Because we are all one great nation ...

The Alexander BOTHERS

Lazy bitch. Get down the food bank and help out
if you don't have a job.

So... they might as well not bother publishing Chilcot.

What kind of inhuman society is responsible for this?

Ah, yes, the plague that is IDS.
Just think, starving this kid will probably save £5,000.
As ye sew, so shall ye reap, you bastards.

That's why all four nations must agree to withdraw
before any action is taken.

Just as well that I'm not in charge.
They'd freeze before I gave them a cent.

Easy. She doesn't matter, and being big shots does.

But you don't get Congressional Medals for feeding
hungry kids, do you Mr Blair?

Bunch of profiteering scum.

THE LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE...

Oh the vision...
the breathtaking progressiveness
 of the Labour Party of today.
This could be the prime minister in 6 months
Be afraid.

Imagine anyone trying to out-vile McVile?
No? Well here we have Rachel Reeves
The poor man's Lord Fraud.

And then we have someone
who is trying to out-idiot Gidiot?
Hard one.

Ah yes, Baillie!
The question would have to be, has she broken the habit
of a career, and told the truth about this?

How repugnant is Ian Davidson on a scale of 1 to 10
where 1 is mildly sickening and 10 is utterly vomit inducing?
No Munguin, you can't say three trillion.
Oh ok , you can.

It fills most of us with revulsion too, John. You're well out of it.
They are a pile of racists and elitist. And thats the nice ones.

Ah, but how many have left?

This may well be the funniest thing I ever saw in my life.
Save the world, change the world?
Nah, we'll just get our greedy snouts in the trough
like we always have.

Well, its probably over 20,000 by now.

Scottish speeches at the Labour party Conference in England.
In short no one appears to give a ...
What's new?

Still there is one business in Scotland doing well.

Fortunately in Dundee...

and in Glasgow... there are people who try to
meet the needs of the poor that
London cares not a stuff about...

...Because they are too busy dressing
up in fetish costumes and
 playing the part of perverted jackasses
at (£300 a day tax free) our expense.