Iain Dale is being targeted by me as an example not because I dislike him but because he is one of the high profile examples, and also one of the most obvious. Just look at his 'stat porn' as he swings his handbag around in the fight for top slots in the blogosphere.
He is a perfect example of what?
A perfect example of why we need to roll back the upsurge in people wishing to become professional politicians, and we need to get back to politicians being there first for the people, secondly for the ideology and their convictions, thirdly for their party who may Govern as a whole, and lastly for themselves. It probably started before, but Blair looks likes he could have been the first to properly exploit politics for personal gain and status. Mandelson of course was with him and to a lesser degree Brown who is too much a slave to his failed and dishonest ideology of socialism.
These people, like Dale, have no real sense of loyalty to anything other than themselves and their desire to become one of the 'movers and shakers' of Westminster. Look at Dales blog from the past few months and his coverage of the sleazy and slimy fucker Alistair Campbell, or even Mandelson. His lack of attack of these men is marked and also he has created a system where he pushes left wing and Labour blogs; his daily dozen has probably been more pro Campbell and Labour, specifically, than Tory. Why? His links have followed this trend. Why?
The likes of Campbell, unelected, disliked, corrupt and beyond contempt, and without any real scruples, ran the Government into a war. How could a press officer write the justification and intelligence that took this country to war? Who gave him the power and authority to decide whether our troops and hundreds of thousands of others lived, died and got maimed? This fucking press officer who lorded over military, intelligence and political superiors? Not to mention moral superiors. The club and Westminster insider elite is what gave him the authority, and it is that same club and authority that the likes of Dale seeks.
He is a claimed Tory and wants to become a Tory MP, but you must ask ourself why such a high profile, in the media, Tory, can't attract support for a decent seat.
Most prospective politicians seem to have fallen into this category of wannabe. Modern prospective politicians are a pussy whipped fucking shadow of their former selves as they seek to become one of the club, and will do anything and dump anyone and any ideology to become one of the club. Blair did and many others did since 1997. They are trying to be nice and not rock the boat.
Could you see Thatcher laying down and taking the lies and deceit of Brown and Labour without a fight and saying nothing as she seeks to portray herself as a kindly and good soul who doesn't want politics to descend into personal attack and anarchy? Fucking right she wouldn't, but this is what the present Tory party and hierarchy do...no more ya boo politics for them, and that is exactly what Labour wants them to do. Soft and sorry bunch who need to fight back on Alistair Campbells terms, not suck his rhetorical cock and swallow his sperm like Dale does. The Tories need to take advice from people outside the Westminster bubble, people who don't necessarily crave being in that particular club but who believe in Tory values and hate socialism for the evil that it is. They might then get into the sort of electoral lead they should be in instead of languishing at a constant ten percent.
Dale, grow some fucking balls and chuck the pink handbag away and replace it with a pink wallet. Do you never wonder why such a high profile person can not get past being a failed PPC? Concentrate on being a Tory and attack Labour and their supporters then you will get into the Westminster club. People like Campbell will bring you down if it suits their purpose, so don't fete them as you have been doing.
Be a Tory first and politician second, though why should you listen to me? I'm only one of the fucking peasants outside the Westminster bubble so know fuck all.
Isn't that right?
crossposted from here
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Ahhh, didiums!
Thanks to Lorenzo for the Baby Iain pic