OUR BELOVED MONARCH'S FACE BEFORE AND AFTER TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT

Osborne, one is down to ones last trillion.
What are you going to do about it?

All for one?

How marvellous.

Doncha just love this union? Here we are, all in it together, pooling and sharing our poverty and misery, so that she can get a couple of million pay rise. Fair!

IAN MURRAY AND THE WILLIE BAIN CONVENTION

"It is a long-standing PLP convention that we do not support motions put forward by the SNP". So said that great political thinker of our times, Willie Bain.

When I said thinker, I meant, well... dim ex MP. 

NICE TO SEE YA....

TO SEE YA... 

OH WAIT, THAT WAS THAT OTHER BABBLING IDIOT

Seriously, in all your born days, did you ever see anything more... hmmm... nauseating?

No... listen, don't laugh. Someone must have actually proposed that they take this portrait standing like a bruised lemon at the bottom of some stairs pretending to be Hughie Green...except that instead of 'double your money', this little reprobate will halve it.

Image the conversation...

"Now Mr Mundell, look statesman like; no? Well, ok, look man like; too hard? OK, erm, well just stand there and look your ordinary useless self."

"Aye, well".

For those who don't know "Double Your Money" was an incredibly badly produced, cheesy, early STV/ITV quiz show (1960s/70s), much loved by my late grandmother. It was hosted by super-slimy Hughie Green, who could make your flesh creep at 100 meters.

And he wasn't half as bad as this baw heid, who, for those of you who don't know, is the Scottish Viceroy, the bloke that presented the Scotland Bill, which two committees in the Lords have pointed out is completely financially unsound and incompetent.

...AND THIS IS WHAT JEREMY CORBYN'S SUPPORTERS HAVE TO SAY

As the campaign page for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the Labour Party, we have accepted the responsibility to adhere to Jeremy's call for a new kind of politics, that engages in serious debate rather than personal attacks. We intend to stick to that, not simply out of loyalty to Jeremy, but because over the summer, it became patently obvious that this is what the overwhelming majority of the party members and supporters want. Debate is good, as is opinion, however strongly held. But it must be respectful, comradely - and never descend into abuse.

So we didn't really want to engage in this. At all. But here's the thing. For too long, the voice of party members has been silenced. That stopped the day Jeremy Corbyn was elected. As he said throughout the campaign, this was not about a man, it was about a movement. So we say this to express what we believe is the view of the vast majority of Labour Party members. We say this to give them a voice.

What we have seen from a small section of the Parliamentary Party and some New Labour "grandees" recently isn't opinion and it's not about debate. It is a constant sniping, undermining and, at times, bitter attack. It's designed to create an atmosphere of chaos. We are here to tell you that we're sick of it. Not only is it now boring, but it is entirely destructive instead of constructive.

Of course, it's just a tiny minority of the Parliamentary party who have chosen to indulge in such attacks, but they are a loud minority. The reason that they are so loud is because they have the ear of the right wing and tabloid press: those journalists and commentators who have no interest in the future of the Labour Party or the views of the membership. It's easy to get a column inch or two in those rags. You are doing them a service. However, you are doing the membership of this party a massive disservice - the membership who voted not just for Jeremy himself, but the policies he stood for. It's time to acknowledge that, and work for the common good. That means targeting the Tories, not our leader. That means targeting poverty and injustice, not the members of the party.

That's why we respectfully ask you to stop the off-the-record briefing, the on-the-record attacks and the machinations behind the scenes. 

Do your job and represent us.

Thank you,

The ‪#‎Jeremy4PM‬ team

This article was lifted directly from the Jeremy4PM Facebook page via this article and without permission.

THEY EITHER ABSTAIN OR THEY DISAPPEAR ALTOGETHER. WHAT ARE THEY PAID FOR?

Yesterday, during the Defence Review, the Labour front bench either decided to do their Christmas shopping, wash their hair, stay in the bar for another few bottles of not-quite-Lords'-standard champagne, or sit on the Tory side of the House. For next to their leader none was to be found.

Which ever it was, this is not what they get paid for. This Defence Review is an incredibly important part of their job, it's not like it was a discussion on a bypass for Hereford. They should have been on that bench. It was almost like there was no official opposition party there. 

Of course, it could be said that as most of them probably agree with Cameron rather than their own leader, that we should spend money on bombs rather than bairns, there wouldn't have been an opposition party there anyway. So upon reflection they were probably as well washing their hair or getting pissed.

Quite clearly most of them don't support Corbyn on almost anything, but I wonder if they can see what asses they are making of themselves and how they are pulling their party apart. 

Given that nearly 60% of the membership voted for Corbyn as leader, I'm seriously surprised that they cannot see that this membership...ie the people who vote for them; the people who canvas for them; the people who deliver leaflets, man the phones, etc, etc, want Corbyn to succeed.

I wonder how many of them got 60% of the vote in their constituencies.

They'd better start shaping up, or they may find themselves with no one to canvas for them at the next election.

Someone should remind them too, how much good it did Slab, siding with the Tories during the referendum. They should go ask one of the Scottish Labour MPs... Oh... yeah, I forgot... well, you know what I mean.

YESTINY

B IS FOR BAHRAIN, BLOODY, AND BAD

One of the Middle East's more repulsive regimes is that of Bahrain. it, along with Saudi Arabia, is reputed to be funding the utterly ruthless ISIS...that's the ones that Dave now thinks he wants to go to war with. Incidentally that's interesting becasue the last time he wanted to go to war in Syria it was against Assad, who is currently fighting ISIS. 

Needless to say, alongside the royal family of Saudi, the royals of Bahrain are close friends of the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas and the PM (prime minister, or pig man if you prefer).

This short video (90 seconds) summarises the relationship between the Brits and the Bahrainis. 

Apparently they are incredibly rich and buy vast amounts of arms from us, but rarely seem to use them for anything except putting down their own people... Plenty spare to be giving to ISIS then?

Incidentally, if you're confused about which side the UK is on, or should be on, or may end up on, then the Rev Stuart's piece here may (or may not) help you to make up your mind. 

It won't make any difference, of course, what you think, or even what Dave thinks, because the UK will be on the side that Mr Obama decides it is on.
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Update: Some more news about the people we do business with.

SOPPY SUNDAY

AIR FARCE ONE

You might find this a little hard to take so make sure you are sitting down.

The Independent is reporting that David Cameron is to get a scaled down version of the American President's Air Force One. A private plane all to his little prime ministerial self. Sweet.

That's right. As we are cutting and trimming and letting die or indeed actively killing off poor people, closing down offices, hospitals, public heath, reducing expenditure, dismantling the welfare state, Daft Dave the Piggy Fiddler of Old London Town is to get his own private plane.

Well, some of you will say, and so he should. He went to Eton and Oxford.

Of course it has been pointed out that members of the royal family may be able to use it too... so I imagine that Airmiles will have it on permanent loan doing trips from London to St Andrews in accordance with His Royal Fatness's tee times!

The plane will be apparently be refitted at a cost of a mere £10 million (given their ability to get nothing done on time or on budget, call that £20 million) and will replace the cost of chartering flights, because of course someone as important as the Eton Boy couldn't possibly take a scheduled flight like other people, including the Queen!

The story they are putting out is that it will save money in the long term...but it has also come to light that every other attendee at the recent G20 meeting came in his or her own private plane.  Dave was the only leader in the top ranked countries to arrive on the bus. And he doesn't like that at all. Some dreary politician was on the radio this morning whining about the status of the country was at stake. 

It is claimed that the plane will not be luxurious... so why is it costing at least £10 million for the refit? Seriously, if it is to save money transporting the PM about the world, why would refits be necessary? What is good enough for soldiers off to risk their lives should be good enough for a pompous oaf off to agree with everything President Obama says, or a fat useless old man off to play golf.

This idea of a presidential-style plane was previously proposed by Blair, who wanted a "Blair Force One", but Gordon Brown to his credit, stopped the project. I guess it must be a necessary accessory for the warmongering idiot about town... with an inflated opinion of his own worth.  

Ho hum...

I wonder how many people they'll have to throw off Incapacity Benefits to pay for this!

LETTER FROM MUNGUIN

To the BBC

Teaching the Libations a few chords before my big number

London 
England

Dear BBC,

We know that you are based in England, and that most of your staff are English.

Given the respective sizes of our UK constituent  countries, this is only to be expected. It's quite fair, and we have no problem with it. We just wish you would spend a little more of your money in our counties, instead of the bulk of it being spent in London and Manchester.

But it is important as a news organisation to remember that what you are broadcasting, although mainly for consumption in England, does go out in other countries too. You know, that is not unfair, given that citizens of the other countries pay licence fees at exactly the same rate as the English do.

It is, therefore, very important for you to distinguish, in your reporting of a news item, which countries you are referring to.

In many cases your failure to make it clear is little more than an irritation; a discourtesy, and what minor misunderstandings your misreporting of events cause are of no real significance. 

However, your reports about junior doctors' intention to take strike action, do not come into that category.

There are in fact four NHSs in the UK. The English one is the biggest of course, but in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, thankfully, Jeremy Hunt is NOT the Health Secretary. 

Mark Drakeford is Minister for Health and Social Services in the Welsh Government. In Northern Ireland Simon Hamilton is Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety, and in Scotland, as seen above talking about junior doctors,  is the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Well-being, Shona Robison.

Mr Hunt has badly handled the dispute with junior doctors and strike action applies only to his fiefdom In the other countries more mature and sensible heads have prevailed.

 MEDIASTORM Retweeted

Nicola Sturgeon ‏@NicolaSturgeon  14h14 hours ago

Nicola Sturgeon Retweeted Kay Burley

This is a massive vote for strike in England. NHS Scotland open to junior docs who want to be valued by government.

Nicola Sturgeon added,

Kay Burley @KayBurley

BREAK: Junior doctors vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike action. 98% in favour on a turnout of 76%

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It matters so much this time becasue those who are ill, or expecting to be taken into hospital for routine procedures, or have outpatients appointments, or indeed friends or family of these people in the Celtic countries of this union, should not be alarmed by today's news. It doesn't apply to them.

When things are geographically specific, you should report them as such. You wouldn't, for example, warn everyone across the UK to evacuate their houses becasue of an unexploded bomb in Brown Street in Bristol, would you? 

No, because even if the bomb went off in Bristol, people in Cardiff or Derry or Aberfeldy wouldn't be affected. 

Same thing then with cancelled appointments in Scotland. They are not going to happen.

Now for heaven's sake it's not that difficult, BBC. 

Britain is not England is not Britain.

Try saying it over to yourselves a few times and see if eventually it sinks in.

Oh, and one last thing, before I go. If you seriously think that you can address the democratic deficit in your reporting in Scotland by appointing Sarah Smith, another of you Labour Party friends to be your Scotland Editor, then please, think again. We're not impressed, in fact we are howling with laughter at your ineptitude.

It's a bit like trying to fight a fire with paraffin. And we are beginning to wonder if you are doing this on purpose.

Kind regards

MUNGUIN

RANDOM THOUGHTS

So that's worked out well for us, hasn't it?

Quite a lot better for "them".

Well, it's not like we weren't warned.

Yes, we know.

And when you're sanctioned you don't like it.

Yes, turned my stomach too, or would have if I could have forced myself to watch all the hypocrisy

Be nice to leave you behind. You look charmless.

Well you can trust Queen Michelle to do the right thing by Scotslan.. by Michelle.

The Scotland Bill. Off to the bars  and stagger in at 7.30 to vote, hic.
Who cares what the haggis have to say?

I could work big time on that deficit Gideon.

Underwater hair-dryer comes to mind

No bloody wonder. 

Yes, this is hard hitting. Sorry. It's a dead kid.

But it's not just the West that has casualties.

And for the life of me I can't see this wee lass in Isis, can you?

It doesn't detract for a second from the horrific grief now being suffered by the families of the Parisian victims. 

But Syrian grief is every bit as painful as French grief.

Just geographically farther away from us.