nicko31
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Been thinking, surely these Arch Brexiters in the Tory party must be part of the anti-growth coalition?
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[Politics] Liz Truss **RESIGNS 20/10/2022**
- Thread starter Ethelwulf
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Been thinking, surely these Arch Brexiters in the Tory party must be part of the anti-growth coalition?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It doesn't surprise me. He offered to house an asylum processing centre in France previously, but Theresa May turned him down. It's almost as if they need an 'enemy' to blame and tell the electorate they're 'protecting' them.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You'd think so, seeing as they turned their back on trading with millions of people on our doorstep.
A very cross Mike Pickering (founder of M-People) speculated that the Government might believe that he is part of the AGC following his criticism of their decision to use one of his tracks. He did not confirm whether he is actually a member.
The politics of hate and division always needs a target. As the Tories try and redistribute as much wealth from the poor to the rich in their last two years in office, it seems that the new enemy of the people is going to be the AGC. I fully expect rags like the Mail, Sun and Express to be outing ‘members’ of this sinister organisation and shaming them in public.
Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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All this tosh has brought to my mind the title track from one of the greatest albums ever made. With apologies to Ray Davies:
We are the village green anti-fracking society,
The government we didn''t elect has caused untold anxiety,
We are Lizzy Truss's Anti Growth Coalition,
We're all in deeper debt cause her brains don't match her ambition,
We are the mort-gaged up to our eyeballs consortium,
Food, heat, electric light: Remember when we afforded them?
We are run by fools with a Reaganomics anthology,
God save us please from trickle down ideology,
We're down on our knees, dying as a community,
But we'll be rid of you, just give us the opportunity.
We are the village green anti-fracking society,
The government we didn''t elect has caused untold anxiety,
We are Lizzy Truss's Anti Growth Coalition,
We're all in deeper debt cause her brains don't match her ambition,
We are the mort-gaged up to our eyeballs consortium,
Food, heat, electric light: Remember when we afforded them?
We are run by fools with a Reaganomics anthology,
God save us please from trickle down ideology,
We're down on our knees, dying as a community,
But we'll be rid of you, just give us the opportunity.
There can't be that many people that wouldn't want the economy to grow and yet our feeble-minded PM is allowing them to dictate the political agenda (if the AGC actually existed, which of course it doesn't, she has just dreamt it up to cover for her inadequacies).
The problem with the growth thingy is that the Tory party chairman was asked numerous times by Andrew Neill at weekend "when will we start to see growth".
He didn't have an answer. He didn't have a clue.
The problem with the growth thingy is that the Tory party chairman was asked numerous times by Andrew Neill at weekend "when will we start to see growth".
He didn't have an answer. He didn't have a clue.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 15,658
I'm no fan of Truss, but I can kind of see why she went with that song because the "I'm moving on up" is clearly her and the "You're moving on out", could be 'Boris', anyone who doesn't like her, or – let's face it – any of the poor buggers who have their homes reposessed because they can't afford the new crippling mortgage rates.
So if Liz Truss is Heather Small, it does make sense, but it's a dodgy choice, which can –*as we've all seen – leave her wide open to criticism and probably plenty of people will be singing/quoting it back at her at some point in the coming weeks/months when she gets turfed out of No. 10.
With regards the permission thing, did she need to get it, or are they free to use it whatever? Clearly it would be common courtesy to ask the artist beforehand even if they ARE allowed to, but that not what this mob are all about, is is. They literally DGIF.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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like playing M-People in a pub or at start of Stairs Manufacturers Annual Conference, venue need a public performance licence, otherwise no permissions needed. everyone involved knows that, but want to make a fuss.
though the fuss highlights how content free the speech was.
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Hmm. Wouldn't a "cease and desist" letter work if served for infringement of copyright?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
It would, and the centre at Birmingham couldn't have used it. Listen to Mike himself.
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Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Yep, I just read that and the fella said his legal department said they couldn't stop them using it. Bit silly because Labour had also used it apparently?
Maybe it was all part of the plan to have something that distracted people away from the content (or lack of) in the speech? But, on second thoughts, I'm not sure they are that clever.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
See my post above where Mike is on the phone, and he was happy for Labour to use it.
They applied for permission to use it too.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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Posted at the same time as yours!
Yeah, I read the BBC report, which gave an abridged version of the interview, by the sounds of it.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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doubt there was any thought beyond someone liking it and the positive notion of the chorus. as noted elsewhere, the rest of the lyrics make for a poor choice.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Drama in the audience...
You'll notice they have lanyards on, so they are Tory party members. What they were saying is the 2019 manifesto was against fracking, but Liz has gone against that.
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Ethelwulf
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The bad news Truss is the worst PM ever and this country will suffer for 2 years
Great news the tories will never recover from this and we never will have to put up with those see you next Tuesdays in power again this will be for the tories the same as the liberals after WW1
Great news the tories will never recover from this and we never will have to put up with those see you next Tuesdays in power again this will be for the tories the same as the liberals after WW1
It’s very interesting seeing how these two women are dealt with. Initially, male Tory hands everywhere trying to rip the banner from their hands. Next, the security guard seems to take a grab at one of the women’s chest.
Finally, they have their lanyards ripped off their necks by yet another male as the Tories all boo them (pantomime style) then Liz Truss triumphantly outs them as members of this sinister new Anti-Growth-Coalition organisation that exists exclusively in her head.
The amount of male hands all over those two petit women tells a story itself.