Political Buzzword Watch

[ItWillNeverWork]

'Migrants Crisis' is becoming rather tiresome by now. Especially since it is clear this is a crisis of humans displaced by war, not people going on holiday for a bit of a jolly.

 

[The Pale King]

Props to J Ed for linking to this on another thread: A progressive Labour will choose a woman for leader, regardless of her policies

"Progressive"

 

[DotCommunist]

Props to J Ed for linking to this on another thread: A progressive Labour will choose a woman for leader, regardless of her policies

"Progressive"

we've seen it with the tories who've tried to clothe themselves in the rhetoric of liberalism by not hammering on gays and non whites anymore. Social liberalism, utter fiscal conservatism. So entrenched an orthodoxy the merest hint of dissent is the second coming of trotsky (corbyn)

 

[stavros]

"Leader of the free world", in reference to whoever the American president is at the time.

 

[Evander]

Is that Priti "Vacant" Patel?

I've never heard her speak, but reading what's written about what she says, I could imagine her being very much the "shut up and listen, BECAUSE I AM RIGHT" type.

She who is unaware that there's a 'g' in the English language. I'm sure the silly moo drops them all the time to piss us off!

 

[DotCommunist]

"Leader of the free world", in reference to whoever the American president is at the time.

rings hollow when that presidents own country jails more of its citizens than anyone else in the world

 

[stavros]

rings hollow when that presidents own country jails more of its citizens than anyone else in the world

Oh be fair; they do bring the prison population down strategically in some states. Dubya was particularly adept at this when governor of Texas.

 

[Libertad]

"Security"

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

"we do not recognise the allegations"

 

[nino_savatte]

David Cameron is full of these soulless phrases.
I'm sure he is a robot.

He's also a pig fucker.

 

[brogdale]

pork barrel politics

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

The Commentariat

 

[isvicthere?]

One that annoys me immensely is the BBC frequently referring to "Britain's nuclear deterrent."

 

[isvicthere?]

"Leader of the free world", in reference to whoever the American president is at the time.

This should have died with the Cold War, but it seems to persist.

 

[DotCommunist]

Its ok if its said with a sneer in your voice.

 

[J Ed]

One that annoys me immensely is the BBC frequently referring to "Britain's nuclear deterrent."

They should call them Britain's WMDs

 

[tim]

This should have died with the Cold War, but it seems to persist.

Probably, because the wrong side won the Cold War.

Anyway "new cold war" is becoming a well-established cliche.

 

[J Ed]

'Social Democrat' to describe people like Tristam Hunt or Liz Kendall

 

[ricbake]

"Threat"

 

[stavros]

Words to the effect of "Well I'm sure I don't need to say that our hearts go out to...". Well don't say it then. Ration your speech to things that do need to be said in the limited time you have, not just what your Malcolm has told you to say.

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Moderates!