Alex Callinicos/SWP vs Laurie Penny/New Statesman Facebook handbags

[nino_savatte]

Porter's site is fucking shite. It consists of a pdf.
http://www.arpconsultancy.co.uk/brochure2011.pdf

Here's his blog
http://aaronporter.wordpress.com/

There's been no activity since April.

 

[Random]

Judge Harry Cole is one of Guido Fawkes' team. He usually take the piss out of Penny on Twitter, and here he is handing her an award. Goes to show.

 

[butchersapron]

She has previously accused him of threatening her sister and posting stalking naked pics of her. Principles.

 

[rekil]

Deborah Orr is A LOT communism apparently.

Laurie Penny ‏@PennyRed
Honoured to have been shortlisted alongside the marvellous and inspiring @deborahjaneorr for this. #eicommentawards

 

[Random]

She has previously accused him of threatening her sister and posting stalking naked pics of her. Principles.

Well remembered. She was "in fear" of him iirc.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Aaron Porter

GET UPDATES FROM Aaron Porter

Aaron Porter is Director of the Talent 2030 campaign. He served as President of the National Union of Students 2010-11, and has served as a non-executive board member for UCAS, the Higher Education Academy and the Office of the Independent Adjudicator. He was also the first NUS President as an observer to the HEFCE Board. Aaron graduated with a BA English from the University of Leicester, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/aaron-porter/

 

[articul8]

Deborah Orr is A LOT communism apparently.

Laurie Penny ‏@PennyRed
Honoured to have been shortlisted alongside the marvellous and inspiring @deborahjaneorr for this. #eicommentawards

that's the Lib Dem Deborah Orr then is it?

 

[rekil]

that's the Lib Dem Deborah Orr then is it?

Election 2010: The Lib Dems can balance parliament

 

[DaveCinzano]

Here's his blog
http://aaronporter.wordpress.com/

He should probably not use all those rights reserved pictures teefed directly from the Grauniad, Times HE and Opinion Panel websites.

 

[Idris2002]

He should probably not use all those rights reserved pictures teefed directly from the Grauniad, Times HE and Opinion Panel websites.

Oh, it's all right, he's networked.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Oh, it's all right, he's networked.

 

[butchersapron]

Election 2010: The Lib Dems can balance parliament

People, do read that.

 

[rekil]

This one as well.

The Lib Dems won't compromise for power

It's marvellous and inspiring.

 

[butchersapron]

And the astonishing thing is that the author of those articles is still employed to offer analysis. And this is what she offers today:

Nick Clegg is surely one of the least successful politicians ever to have held a cabinet position. The deputy prime minister is always a bit of a party mascot, having no department to run. But Clegg is the coalition's mascot, and there are few people, even among Liberal Democrats, who don't hold him in contempt.

He went into coalition with the Conservatives with the aim of persuading the nation that the two parties could work together. He has persuaded the electorate instead that coalitions are largely just a way of legitimising policies that don't have a democratic mandate.

His apology for signing the tuition fees pledge has been roundly and deservedly derided. But in saying his party should not have made a promise that it could not be sure it could keep, he has given us a stark preview of what we can expect from the next Lib Dem election manifesto.

It will be short and to the point: "Vote for us. We can't promise anything. You're welcome."

from

Why didn't Nick Clegg join the Conservative party, even though he was pressed to? Why did Vince Cable start his political career with Labour, but move to the Liberal Democrats? It was because neither of them agreed with "the old parties". They wanted to be in a party that chimed with their beliefs more than they wanted careers in a "strong government". Their beliefs, by the way, include the idea that money follows power, and that if you want to redistribute – and make a society more equal – you make devolving power your first priority.

but with no apologies, no look at the sort of ill-informed arrogance or any lazy superiority that led to the original views. Just, oh look, i'm right again.

 

[butchersapron]

In fact, there are other ways in which she sounds like certain posters here:

We did socialism. We did capitalism. Now, as social democracy's moment has arrived, the political party that's supposed to champion it, the Lib Dems, is in power with the Conservatives. Nick Clegg's Lib Dems are exhausted, confused, poorly led and on the ropes. But Jon Cruddas, recently appointed to lead Labour's policy review, at least has the advantage of knowing very, very well, what doesn't work. There is hope.

 

[Random]

but with no apologies, no look at the sort of ill-informed arrogance or any lazy superiority that led to the original views. Just, oh look, i'm right again.

The Rule of the Commentariat will never cease!

 

[love detective]

total face

 

[Captain Hurrah]

Face should be brought back into more use, I think.

 

[articul8]

that's the Lib Dem Deborah Orr then is it?

I'm sure at one stage she wrote that she was joining the Lib Dems...

 

[sihhi]

Should really be disgraced home-flipping £20,000 benefit expenses cheat, forced-to-resign Labour MP Kitty Ussher. Think tanks don't care.

Kitty Ussher Research Fellow, The Smith Institute

 

[Random]

Should really be disgraced home-flipping £20,000 benefit expenses cheat, forced-to-resign Labour MP Kitty Ussher. Think tanks don't care.

Amazing all those people who were disgraced or hated, still able to sell their competence as "consultants" and experts on things.

 

[sihhi]

Stephen Hargrave Chairman of Trustees, Reform

His main role is as the Director of a investment firm, Walstead Investments.

http://www.printweek.com/Business/article/1059699/walstead-buys-st-ives-web-operations-20m-deal/

Reform is leading the charge to destroy comprehensive education, and make every school in the country a non-unionised mini-public school with vouchers for parents.

"Value for money cannot be achieved whilst the workforce continues to grow at this rate and schools are restricted by national pay agreements. Even where there is the flexibility to pay good teachers more, schools have been reluctant about deviating from national pay policies. As Reform’s recent survey of academies demonstrated, 60 per cent of schools said the existence of national pay and conditions made it culturally difficult for them to vary pay and conditions in their schools. The key to achieving better value is maximising the quality and capability of teachers rather than increasing the size of the workforce"

http://www.reform.co.uk/content/147...ucing_costs_and_improving_outcomes_in_schools

 

[chilango]

His main role is as the Director of a investment firm, Walstead Investments.

http://www.printweek.com/Business/article/1059699/walstead-buys-st-ives-web-operations-20m-deal/

Reform is leading the charge to destroy comprehensive education, and make every school in the country a non-unionised mini-public school with vouchers for parents.

"Value for money cannot be achieved whilst the workforce continues to grow at this rate and schools are restricted by national pay agreements. Even where there is the flexibility to pay good teachers more, schools have been reluctant about deviating from national pay policies. As Reform’s recent survey of academies demonstrated, 60 per cent of schools said the existence of national pay and conditions made it culturally difficult for them to vary pay and conditions in their schools. The key to achieving better value is maximising the quality and capability of teachers rather than increasing the size of the workforce"

http://www.reform.co.uk/content/147...ucing_costs_and_improving_outcomes_in_schools

Yeah, but that's irrelevant to the smartest girl at the smartest school, no?

 

[sihhi]

Yeah, but that's irrelevant to the smartest girl at the smartest school, no?

Its health wing is equally bad tbh.

Keep Our NHS Public notes: "Originally set up by a Conservative MP and a Tory strategist, the membership of Reform's Advisory Board points to its funding: chief executives, chairmen and directors of major pharmaceutical companies, global investment banks, and accountancy firms. These include Sir Christopher Ghent, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline pic and non-executive director of Lehman Brothers Bank: Oliver Pawle, vice-chairman of UBS Investment Bank: Derek Scott, a consultant to KPMG and former adviser to Tony Blair: and Jeremy Sillem, former Chairman of Bear Sterns International (the European arm of a US investment bank). The Board also contains Frank Field, former minister for welfare reform, and, more importantly, Sir Steve Robson, ex-arch-privateer from HM Treasury - extremely influential in pushing the PFI programme. The Advisory Council, meanwhile, includes the CBI's Dr Adrian Bull, MD of Carillion Health, a major player in the PFI hospitals market and in the independent sector treatment centre program."

 

[DotCommunist]

total face

she did a sex column in the indy once upon a time.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Its health wing is equally bad tbh.

Keep Our NHS Public notes: "Originally set up by a Conservative MP and a Tory strategist, the membership of Reform's Advisory Board points to its funding: chief executives, chairmen and directors of major pharmaceutical companies, global investment banks, and accountancy firms. These include Sir Christopher Ghent, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline pic and non-executive director of Lehman Brothers Bank: Oliver Pawle, vice-chairman of UBS Investment Bank: Derek Scott, a consultant to KPMG and former adviser to Tony Blair: and Jeremy Sillem, former Chairman of Bear Sterns International (the European arm of a US investment bank). The Board also contains Frank Field, former minister for welfare reform, and, more importantly, Sir Steve Robson, ex-arch-privateer from HM Treasury - extremely influential in pushing the PFI programme. The Advisory Council, meanwhile, includes the CBI's Dr Adrian Bull, MD of Carillion Health, a major player in the PFI hospitals market and in the independent sector treatment centre program."

That could be a very useful list of potential clients for special treatment come the Revolution.

 

[sihhi]

Rebecca Miller Senior Media Relations Executive, Office of the Mayor of London

She is the chief PR appendage to Boris Johnson.

"Rebecca Miller ‏@pr_bex
@WeAreZizzi Just experienced some SHOCKING service at Shad Thames. After 85 mins, still no main course & the staff couldn't care less #fail

Rebecca Miller ‏@pr_bex
Bikram almost kicked my ass tonight. Almost. But I managed rally and dig in #lovetosweat

Rebecca Miller ‏@pr_bex
Last fortnight hamstring, knee and hand injuries and virus. Check. Now to get off the mat and get my groove back #beeninthewars

Rebecca Miller ‏@pr_bex
Nice to have added some diversity to the Regents Park road cycling massive. I didn't see any other female cyclists amongst them.

Rebecca Miller ‏@pr_bex
which made it even sweeter when i overtook the lanky lycra-clad lads on my hybrid wearing diamante trainers! #doingitforthegirls"

The right-wing version of Laurie Penny. Going to Bikram (yoga) is like a war-zone.

 

[articul8]

she did a sex column in the indy once upon a time.

a one woman effort to prevent premature ejaculation - her face = anti-aphrodisciac

 

[sihhi]

she did a sex column in the indy once upon a time.

I read a Guardian Saturday supplement when she mentioned doing up her (and Will Self's) house in Islington. Then read somewhere else that their house was on the same street as a government minister's.
I can't remember where though.

 

[sihhi]

a one woman effort to prevent premature ejaculation - her face = anti-aphrodisciac

That really is a sexist comment. DO's problem is that she is a rich Lib Dem supporter, not that she's a woman. Is that hard to understand?