{"id":833,"date":"2005-09-27T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-27T12:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/09\/27\/112782026030128334\/"},"modified":"2005-09-27T12:19:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-27T12:19:00","slug":"112782026030128334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcm.org.uk\/blog\/2005\/09\/112782026030128334\/","title":{"rendered":"112782026030128334"},"content":{"rendered":"
More proof, as if any were needed, that Charles Clarke is a fucking tool:<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Prime Minister was elected earlier this year in a very strong election result. He said he would go before the end of this Parliament – that means by May 2010 – and he will go towards the end of the Parliament.<\/p>\n

“I would urge him myself to stay right up towards the end of the Parliament”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, you know, just spring a new, untested leader on the public right before a general election, giving them no chance to formulate their own policies, appoint their own people to the positions they want, or to allow the public a chance to get used to them? Genius.<\/p>\n

(Although actually, considering the Tories are still likely to be fucked by 2009\/10 and the voting system won’t have been reformed, Labour could put a donkey in a leotard up for PM and still get in with a majority – maybe Clarke’s got a point after all…)<\/p>\n

Update:<\/b> More guff on this at the Guardian<\/a> – vaguely interesting, actually, which makes a change from the usual Blair vs. Brown stuff that gets churned out whenever any paper’s got space to fill…<\/p>\n

Update 2:<\/b> For fuck’s sake – won’t somebody rid me of this troublesome Home Secretary?<\/a> It would appear that he’s now proposing to execute every single teenager in the country – that’s the only way I can envisage that he’ll be able to “eliminate disrespect and antisocial behaviour”. What a twat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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