Issues around Labour’s leadership
The Labour Party? Remember them? Bunch of tossers who sporadically bugger the country up even more than the Conservatives?
For some reason there is a line of characters wanting to lead this rabble.
One’s called Ed (sic) – presumably ne Edward – Millipede. And this is what he had to say to The Guardian last weekend about his brother, the also-standing Dave Millipede:
“He’s made a huge contribution in terms of the empowerment agenda. ”
And of himself?
“I have tried to inspire a new generation of young people around the environment.”
Why just young people, Ed? And what’s with this very new Labour/media/quango word “around”?
Do you mean ‘about the environment’?
You see, I’ve got issues (aka a problem) around (aka with) glib career politicians telling everyone what’s what and using ingratiating little buzz-word euphemisms instead of giving it to us straight. Do you guys never learn?
Oh, and a special mention for Dianne Abbot, who on Radio 4’s Broadcasting House praised the new Miss USA. Did I mention she was a muslim?
So here’s the deal. If you are a honky Miss USA, you get scorned by Dianne – beauty contests objectify women etc etc etc. But if you are a muslim Miss USA, you get patronised by her.
Not sure which is worse. But do bear in mind that Ms Abbott is only standing for the Labour leadership because she is a woman. Not because she thinks she would be any good at it – though God knows she couldn’t do a worse job than her predecessors.
Either way, there’s a thousand messages in this little story. May the best person win. And then lose.
