PAST STIRRINGS

MAY 2001- JUNE 27th 2001

The old rubbish from Shit Stirrer

27/06/01

VAGUE AND THE NHS

What on God's earth gave Sick Willy Vague the right, in the first PM Question Time since the humiliating defeat of his bunch of nazi-loving extremists, to criticise the Government over the management of the NHS.  

This is the same Tory leader (soon to be ex-leader) who's health policy was the wholesale privatisation or even destruction of the NHS.  

The bald prat with the funny voice was utterly destroyed by the Blessed Tony.  

I have criticised the creeping privatisation which was being discussed by the Government but the latest information available suggests that it was some back-room boy making policy without the PM's clearance. Smells like Campbell again!  

But for Sick Willy to criticise a Government which is at least in favour of treatment based on critical need not ability to pay . . . that is like Dr Harold Shipman accusing the Yorkshire Ripper of being a mass murderer!  

Good riddance to the bald-headed hypocrite, once he actually departs the stage that is!

27/06/01

THE EURO -
TIME FOR A DECISION

Now that all the bluster of the general election is over it is time to start the debate on what will be the most important decision this country will have made for many a year - do we enter the single currency.  

I must declare here and now that I am in favour of a swift entry. The economic situation in this country is the healthiest it has been for a long time, thanks to good management by Gordon Brown, and unemployment is low.  

However, if we stay out of the Euro then we will find ourselves increasingly isolated with many jobs being lost to mainland Europe.  

There are no prizes to be won for delaying the decision. It is time for action. We will never have a better opportunity than we have now.  

The pound may be strong at the moment, but devaluation is not always a bad thing, it did wonders for Italy in 1992.  At the moment in the Eurozone interest rates are half of what we have here.  We would be able to attract many more jobs from overseas companies.  Businesses would find it easier to take orders from Europe as they would be able to give a guaranteed price.  We would all benefit from membership.  Once we have taken the inevitable decision to engage in monetary union it would be necessary to focus on the next logical step - political union . . . but that's another debate!

25/06/01

LET'S RECLAIM OUR PARTY!

The former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Roy Hattersley, who has always been regarded (until recently) as being on the right wing of the party wrote a stinging attack on the Government in the Observer on Sunday 24/06/01.  

The worrying thing for many of us who have supported Labour over the years is that without changing his stance one little bit Roy has moved from being on the right to on the extreme left while those who were always regarded as being on the centre-left are now in Government pushing Tory polices through via the back door.  

The likes of Straw, Blunkett and Prescott have all sold out for their ministerial limos. Just about the only one left in the cabinet with the decency to stand up to the Tory Blair is Claire Short.  

In his article Roy called for a counter coup by members of the party. Come on party members, take the blinkers off your eyes. You are being led up the Tory path and are being spun a load of ballshit by Blair & Co.  

The fightback starts here. I am calling on those members of this site who are still members of the Labour Party (I resigned my membership long ago in disgust at the Tory direction) to attempt to submit a resolution to the party conference as follows:  

"This conference demands that the leadership stop doing the Tories' dirty work for them.  Following the disgraceful attempts to privatise the NHS and schools through the back door we feel that we have no confidence in this government. We need a Labour leadership and not a Tory to lead us. We demand an immediate return to Labour values."

21/06/01

THE ALTERNATIVE
OLD BAG'S SPEECHES

On Wednesday Old Bag Bessy travelled the relatively short distance from the poshest publicly owned house in the country to Waffle Row to make a speech outlining the next year's programme by the Government. The real speech was, as can only be expected dull, meaningless and full of empty promises.  

However, I can give you two slightly different versions of what the old bag could have said following the election result and a supposedly Labour Government.  

Version 1 - The Labour Speech  

"My Government, having been elected with a big mandate in the election is determined to help those who are least able to help themselves.  

"My Government has realised that pensioners have offered a lifetime of service to the nation and that they should be cared for and should not have to suffer in their old age. Therefore my Government has decided to restore the link between pensions and average earnings.  

"My Government is committed to increasing the national minimum wage to a level which would eradicate poverty. It has also decided to abolish the age differential. The new rate of the national minimum wage will be set at £5.00 per hour.  

"My Government intends to strengthen the National Health Service. It will deliver free treatment for all based on clinical need and not ability to pay. Profits should not be made out of ill health.  

"My Government is determined to do something about the problems with transport. Therefore a programme of massive investment in public transport will begin to ensure that there is no need to rely on the motor car. There will be substantial increases in the subsidies for rural bus routes and my Government will bring the railways back into one organisation under public ownership. At the moment there is confusion as to who is to blame if there is an accident. Under British Rail there was no such problem. To begin with instead of a loan to Railtrack the Government will take 51% of the stock in return for the money they wish to receive from the taxpayer.  

"The problems on the roads will not be solved by a massive road-building programme. No new roads will be built in environmentally sensitive areas.  

"My Government is committed to increasing democracy. To that end the House of Lords will be abolished and replaced with a fully elected second chamber.  

"My Government recognises that fox-hunting should be ended. A bill to abolish it has passed through the Commons but has failed to make it through the upper house. Therefore the Parliament Act will be invoked to ensure that a manifesto committment is implemented.  

"My Government will enter the Euro at the earliest opportunity. It is essential for the retention of employment in this country that we are an integral part of Europe.

 "The tone of this Parliament will be radical and will ensure that Britian is a more just and forward looking nation in the next four or five years."  

Then there is the Tory Blair speech:  

"Following the election of a record sixth consecutive Conservative Government my Government intends to radically alter the NHS.  

"My Government will introduce private money to fund hospitals and treat more patients.   "My Government will reintroduce selection into schools by ensuring that half of all secondary schools are specialist colleges.  

"My Government will allow a free vote on fox-hunting and will not invoke the Parliament Act, despite the will of the elected chamber having been overturned.  

"My Government will embark on a massive road-building programme.   "My Government will build more prisons and will limit the rights of defendants. The right of appeal against an aquittal will be introduced.  

"My Government will not, at this stage, enter the Euro.  

"My Government will raise the salaries of MPs and Ministers substantially.  

"My Government will remove the heriditary peers from the upper house but will maintain the appointed members.  

"My Government intends to build on the achievements of the last four years and the theme will still be 'Rome wasn't built in a day' and strongly believes that the nation will benefit from another four years of Conservative rule.  

THE SAD TRUTH IS THAT TORY BLAIR CHOSE THE SECOND ONE OF THESE SPEECHES. MY OPTIMISM WAS SHORT LIVED. HE IS NOTHING BUT A TORY.

17/06/01

ON SECOND THOUGHTS

Having had the best part of the weekend to think things over I have come to the conclusion that I have been a little harsh on The Blessed Tony since the election.  

After stopping to think about what he has actually achieved in the first four years of a Labour Government I have realised that he has actually enacted several pieces of legislation which the Tories could not overturn very easily if at all. He has pulled the wool over many people's eyes, including this observer.  

I have come to the conclusion that Tony Blair is not a Tory, just a right-wing Social Democrat.  

No Tory would have removed the heriditary peers from the upper house. No Tory would ever have considered a minimum wage and all the Tories have ever done for workers is cut their rights at work. Blair's government have substantially increased the worker's rights.  

No Tory in their right mind would have ever set up a Parliament in Scotland. The Tories are the absolutist party of unionism (that means rules for the Scots and Welsh by the English). I can even vaguely (no, not that bald-headed bastard!) remember him speaking about the need to "defeat the forces of Conservatism." To be perfectly honest, he has achieved more than the last two Labour Governments put together (and they lasted 11 years!).  

OK, so some of the policies he has pursued have been Tory and his judgement may be too far to the right for me, but I must issue a public apology for calling him a Thatcherite. Please forgive the doubting Stirrer, for I am there to be converted!

14/06/01

FIRST PRIORITIES

Tory Blair freshly equipped with a huge mandate given to him by only 25% of the electorate has kept to his promise of getting down to the important business ahead of him straight away . . .  

He has awarded himself a huge 41% pay rise whilst the Jugged-Ears One has urged the rest of us to accept wage restraint and lousy pay rises of around 2.5%.   This hypocrisy will not be forgotten. Those who actually made the effort and voted Labour put their crosses on the ballot papers for a fairer society. They expected improvements in the NHS, an end to the fat cat society and most of all they thought that the Blessed Tony and his cronies would be honest.  

How wrong they were. Tory Blair has shown that he is no different to all the other Tory PMs we have had over the years. He is only in it for himself.  

Bugger you Jack and Jackie, I'm alright! I've got a £47,000 pay rise!

11/06/01

THE MAD COW (Mk2) ENTERS THE RACE!

This site's Mad Tory Cow Of The Year Ann Widebum has been one of the first Tory idiots to consider standing for the job that no-one with any brains in British politics would actually want - the position as leader of the Tory Party!  

Those of us who are desparate to see the destruction of the Tory Party as a serious political force would see all of our dreams come true if the monkeys in blue rosettes are actually stupid enough to vote for the Virgin on the Ridiculous.   Just how many more seats would the Tories lose under Frankenstein's bride? I think it would be a question of how many seats would they hold onto!  

None of the Tories are particularly well-furnished in the brains department but surely even they are not stupid enough to vote for their own funeral? Are they????

08/06/01

CAN WE HAVE A LABOUR GOVERNMENT NOW PLEASE TONY?

Now that the election is all said and done The Blessed Tony claims that he is only interested in getting back to work and running the country for all the people.  

Hopefully with a second landslide under his belt Blair will feel able to dispense with the nicities to big business and the Tories he had been courting to win a second term.   It is time for there to be a LABOUR Government and not the pale blue imitiation of the Tories that we saw in the last term.  

We need to see massive investment in schools. That is imperative. The last thing we need is for the next generations to be semi-literate brain-dead morons. We had enough of those produced in the Tory years (just take a look at the Tories writing messages in MSN Communities!). We need teachers to be able to teach and not having to be managers. Massive investment is needed in the infrastructure of our schools where paint is peeling off the walls, whole areas are covered with graffiti and it seems nothing has changed since the 1950s.  

We need the transport situation to be dealt with urgently. That will need massive investment in new trains, track improvements, new signalling to replace the old style signals that are still in use all over the country and above all timetable planning. Rural areas need to see bus services restored. The last thing needed is savage cuts in subsidies for bus services like have just happened in East Sussex (a decision taken by the Lib Dems and Labour in coalition). The one thing that is NOT needed however is a major road-building programme. The first casualty should be the bypass for Hastings and Bexhill. This road which would cut through the middle of some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain is not needed and certainly not wanted. My solution is simple - upgrade the country lanes that are already being used as a rat-run to take more vehicles and thus relieve the main coast road.  

We need to see more concern shown for those who are poorest. The minimum wage should rise to at least £5.00 per hour. The last thing we need is a repeat of the 75p insult given to the pensioners. The new tax credits to help working families are a step in the right direction but more needs to be done.  

What we don't need to see is a Labour Home Secretary trying to outdo the Tories on the "Bang 'em Up" score. We need to see a genuine freedom of information act and not some crap drawn up by Jack Straw. Let's hope that David Blunkett doesn't follow the Widebum route of locking up all asylum seekers. We need immigration. We are a multi-cultural society and will stay that way. There is no justification whatsoever in pandering to the racists in our midst.  

At the first opportunity Britain should enter the Euro. If we try to remain outside our economy will stagnate and many jobs will be lost to mainland Europe. That is already starting to happen. We need some leadership on this issue. The last thing we need is to adopt whatever line the editors of the national newspapers are plugging.   Let's see a more radical second term. It is time to bury Thatcherism once and for all.

21/05/01

LET'S HIT THE BASTARDS!

Following on from the marvellous left jab by John Prescott on the sheep-shagging Tory bastard in Rhyll last week it is time that we all did our bit to hit the bastards where it hurts them most.  

We have to start sabotaging their campaign as best we can. My advice is that any Tory posters should be desecrated with the words "RACIST SCUM", "TORIES = NAZIS" or "KICK THE TORIES".  

Why not set up false hotmail accounts and then join the right wing communities in MSN? On June 6th post messages saying VOTE . . . (whichever is best placed to remove a Tory in your area!).   Start heckling their public meetings (if they are not cowards ducking the public).  

If you are unlucky enough to have Sick Willy Vague visit your constituency then give the bastard hell. Shout "Seig Heil" , "Racist Scum" and "Still keeping the charity's pound are you?"  

If you are extremely lucky you may even be able to fulfill our title!  

PS: The Tory candidate in the local elections in my division won't be able to start his Land Rover to do the canvassing today!

14/05/01

THE TORIES & NAZISM - THE FINAL SOLUTION?

Fuhrer Wilhelm Vague has still not managed to effectively condemn the rabid anti-European Sir Peter Tapsell for his disgusting comments of comparing a democratic German Chancellor to Adolf Hitler over the single currency.  

But since the subject of comparing modern day politicians with the Nazis has been raised by the Tories I have decided to play the bastards at their own game.   The simple fact is that the Tories have historically backed Hitler and his allies in fascism. It is a trend that continues to this day with even Sick Willy Vague and the Iron Cow prepared to meet with fascist leaders from throughout Europe. Fuhrer Wilhelm Vague himself was supposed to meet the leader of the Italian fascists earlier this year but the meeting was scuppered when discovered by the Daily Mirror.   Another meeting which did go ahead however was that between the next leader of the Tory Party (if Thatcher has her way) Iain Duncan-Smith and other Shadow Cabinet members who met the representatives of Italy's Alleanza Nationale, the heirs to Mussolini.  

This is not an isolated meeting. These same Italian fascists were guests of honour at a conference organised by the Tory youth wing.   It is also reported that 11 Tory MEPs are discussing an alliance with the Italian fascists in the European Parliament.   Senior Tories have also met several times with the Hitler apologist Jorg Haider from Austria.  

Over the past decade we have also witnessed the sick sight of the Tories praising the murderous regime of Pinochet in Chile, led by Thatcher, Subnormal Lamont and Fuhrer Wilhelm Vague.   But the big concern about the links between Sick Willy Vague's nazi-lovers and the aspirations of Adolf Hitler are the disgraceful plans which are in the new Tory manifesto to set up concentration camps for asylum seekers.   If this plan was in an election manifesto anywhere else in the World the press of this country would be condemning it as "authoritarian", "against natural justice" and "despicable" or, to use a word which has lost much of its meaning over the last few years "fascist". And yet they support these disgraceful proposals.   The most criminal thing though, as far as I am concerned, is that a LABOUR Government is trying to outdo them and cannot find it in its heart to condemn the situation where people are locked away without trial on the basis of their nationality.

This is a national disgrace. Tony Blair has been saying how he is proud to be British.  

But I'm ashamed to say that I'm British when racism is tolerated and openly espoused by a political party seeking to become the Government of this country.   Hitler talked of the Jews as a problem - Fuhrer Wilhelm Vague talks of the asylum seekers as a problem and suggests ghettos for them like the Nazis did with the Jews.  

And then, we come to the subject of the thugs which Sick Willy has secretly ordered to cause mayhem in the run-up to the election (just like Hitler had his thugs attack Jewish businesses) only instead of smashing shops these thugs are known as "fine upstanding citizens" who happen to be intent on bringing the country to a grinding halt under the guise of a "fuel protest" but in reality are the storm troopers being used to try to engineer a coup. For that is what a Tory win on the back of fuel prostests would be.  

There are no ifs or buts about it - Fuhrer Wilhelm Vague is a true disciple of Adolf Hitler and his murderous henchmen. Given free rein would he murder people on the basis of their beliefs, colour, sexual orientation etc? Quite possibly. But the subject will never be raised openly in the press because the British are ostriches - like to bury their heads in the sand and hope that they don't see anything.  

My Grandfather fought the Nazis in World War 2. I intend to fight this bunch of neo-Nazis now - and I won't stop until the final solution mentioned in the title has happened - the obliteration of the Tories as a political force in this country.

12/05/01

HELPING ONE'S OLD MATES -
VAGUE STYLE!

An interesting little snippet caught my eye in amongst the excellent coverage of the election by the Daily Mirror.  

It was revealed by the only paper that really supports Labour that the ever so generous (with all of our tax money) Sick Willy Vague worked for the main beneficiaries of his generosity over the fuel tax cuts he proposes - Shell UK -before he entered politics full time (oops! I meant before he stood as a Tory candidate - that's not quite the same thing!) and even shared a flat for a while with millionaire oil trader and Tory MP Alan Duncan.  

These revelations come as no shock to me. We all know that every line of the Tory Manifesto was up for sale to whichever companies wanted to chuck a few quid in a brown envelope the way of the Tories. Sleaze is a way of life in the Tory Party. This is just yet another case of the old Tory motto of "You give my party £20,000 and I'll give you £1bn of extra profits from the taxpayers!" (But the Tories have to be elected first to deliver on these promises - and judging by the possible low turnout and Blair's ineptitude during the campaign so far that may just happen).  

More tales of Tory sleaze to come . . . right up until polling day!  

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE ON JUNE 7th -
NO VOTE = A TORY VOTE!

10/05/01

SAME OLD SHIT!

With the election now underway I have been keeping a very sharp eye on the TV news (especially on C4) and have today been watching about the "new" manifesto put out by Sick Willy Vague's mob.  

However, when it comes down to basics the Tories are just offering the same old mix of bribery and running down public services "a la Thatcher".  

The much trumpeted 6p per litre off fuel tax is nothing other than a gift to their friends in the fuel industry who have obviously in return for this gift of 6p per litre extra profits at the expense of the NHS and schools donated huge sums to the Tory Party for the election campaign.  

The Tory policy on the health issue is the beginning of the end of the NHS. The "incentives" to use private health insurance will be backed up by the stick of public health cuts which means that in reality there will be little choice if really ill.   On the economy the sums just do not add up. There is a massive black hole in the spending plans and even the best economists say that at least £1bn is missing from their figures.  

The plan to let younger people opt out of the state pension is the beginning of the end of universal state benefits for all. This plan will cause a massive black hole in the NI fund to pay for current pensioners. We will all end up paying more in the long term.  

The plan to end tax on savings is just a bribe to the rich as the Tories ALWAYS look after their own when in power. I wish Labour would do the same.  

If the Tories are elected on the back of apathy it won't take them long to get their snouts back in the trough - and all at our expense.

04/05/01

WHERE DOES SICK WILLY REALLY STAND?

Many people have, in the last few weeks, been asking the question "Is Hague the Vague a hostage to the extreme right of his party?"  

I am sure that the answer to that question is NO.   The Bald One is not a hostage of the extreme right for the simple reason that he is part of the extreme right himself. On just about every major issue over the last couple of years Fuhrer Wilhelm Vague has jumped on the extremist bandwagon, whether it is over race as shown over the last couple of months, fuel (as shown by his total support for the agri-terrorists), the little matter of the fascist Pinochet, his aborted meeting with the Italian fascist leader or even the NHS where he has supported the end of free treatment for all regardless of ability to pay.  

Sick Willy Vague has made his "foreign land" speech (which he was perfectly happy at the time to have interpreted as a racist speech), he has even boxed himself into a corner over Europe.   Whatever the latest idea of the extremists may be, the Bald One will ALWAYS back it.  

I always hated Thatcher and everything she stood for, but the prick who has a head like an arse makes her look like a liberal.  

Hague the Vague has shown no vagueness whatsoever when it comes to attacking minorities. Whether it is his crazy idea that the woman's place is in the home, his racist comments or the intolerance he has shown to those with different sexual leanings he has always been at the forefront of the intolerant ones. He panders to the basic instinct of the ignorant thug that seems to be the average English male with 14 pints of lager inside him. He is a fascist, pure and simple. I make no apologies for having him in a nazi uniform at the top of this page because it suits him down to the ground.  

God help anybody who is different if this bastard ever gets to Downing Street. If he gets in on the back of voter apathy I shall definitely leave the country as England will no longer be a safe place for the likes of me.