The Leaders' Mass Debate

[skyscraper101]

I liked this shot from last night

 

[billy_bob]

I liked this shot from last night

Ed's internal monologue: 'That reminds me, must clear my browser history....'

 

[two sheds]

Not seen any of these but I always feel they'd be much more entertaining if the background showed readings from one of the lie detectors that insurance companies apparently use when people phone them up to make a claim.

 

[malatesta32]

sturgeon put forward the idea of a 'progressive coalition' which colud be interesting to watch with lab, snp, green and pc.

 

[killer b]

But then, Cameron's got prime minister material stamped all over his big swollen face.

Really? Are we looking at the same David Cameron?

 

[The Octagon]

starting to do the rounds on tweeter.

looks like someone wasn't all that convinced by mr farrago

"Oh no you di'nt"

 

[danny la rouge]

John Curtice says "Sturgeon again the star".

http://www.scotsman.com/news/john-curtice-nicola-sturgeon-again-the-star-1-3746280

I think he's right that Sturgeon performed best, but I think he's not really getting the Farage factor. Yes, he was left isolated, but for his fan base that's not necessarily a bad thing.

"Leftie harridans congratulate Red Ed. Our man is not part of that coterie".

Remember the UKIPy Tory woman interviewed as part of the after debate bollocks? She thought Sturgeon was an awful person.

 

[Teaboy]

Did Farrage insist on white lectern for the debate? ^^^^

 

[danny la rouge]

Did Farrage insist on white lectern for the debate? ^^^^

It was gold and blue.

 

[treelover]

His hair is starting to look like Conway Twitty's.

he is looking like a Fifties crooner

 

[treelover]

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Powerful image, but a image of a young trendy woman barfing out the Union Jack won't deter people who are thinking of voting UKIP.

 

[treelover]

I liked this shot from last night

So different than the usual politics, hope they all do well.

 

[danny la rouge]

he is looking like a Fifties crooner

Johnny Ray?

 

[billy_bob]

Really? Are we looking at the same David Cameron?

The self-satisfied, entitled toff who only manages to thinly disguise his contempt for ordinary people because he never has to encounter them except in brief, staged PR opportunities? Looks very much like a prime minister to me.

 

[killer b]

Powerful image, but a image of a young trendy woman barfing out the Union Jack won't deter people who are thinking of voting UKIP.

Did you really say 'trendy?

 

[treelover]

Yes, I would have said hipster, but the look is a bit dated for that,

 

[Maharani]

Powerful image, but a image of a young trendy woman barfing out the Union Jack won't deter people who are thinking of voting UKIP.

I just liked the vomit bit. Didn't really think about the vomiter.

 

[pesh]

mate on Facebook was just suggesting Cameron and Clegg should be sanctioned for not turning up for their job interview

 

[killer b]

The self-satisfied, entitled toff who only manages to thinly disguise his contempt for ordinary people because he never has to encounter them except in brief, staged PR opportunities? Looks very much like a prime minister to me.

Those are all things that Cameron has brought to the role though aren't they?

 

[billy_bob]

Those are all things that Cameron has brought to the role though aren't they?

Well yes, but my point was that in combining Thatcherite heartlessness and Blairite smug vacuousness with the classic, old-school governmental trait of aristocratic distance from reality he's very much 'prime minister material'. I wasn't saying it to be complimentary...

 

[belboid]

I think he's right that Sturgeon performed best, but I think he's not really getting the Farage factor. Yes, he was left isolated, but for his fan base that's not necessarily a bad thing.[/MEDIA]

except he narrowed his potential fan base down by being quite so blatantly right wing. Shouting 'everything is all immigrants fault' doesn't really appeal to people even if they think immigration has got out of control. The 'blue labourites' they were making headway amongst may have some sympathies with his points, but dont want to - or at least dont want to be seen to - blame immigrants for everything. You could see that by the response to his suggestion that new social housing be for british nationals only - there were murmurs of agreement with him on that question up until he said that, it's a blatant step too far for people who want to think of themselves as reasonable. He's no longer even aiming to speak to 20% of the electorate, down to little over 10, imo

 

[butchersapron]

I liked this shot from last night

we're all in it together

 

[bi0boy]

sturgeon put forward the idea of a 'progressive coalition' which colud be interesting to watch with lab, snp, green and pc.

How would that be progressive?

 

[malatesta32]

Did Farrage insist on white lectern for the debate? ^^^^

 

[malatesta32]

How would that be progressive?

i didn't say it would be progressive, i said it would be interesting to watch as to how it would work.

 

[billy_bob]

I liked this shot from last night

Guardian on this image: Something new is happening in British Politics. This image captures it.

If you can't be bothered to read it all, don't worry - the best bits are sure to be in next week's Pseud's Corner.

 

[brogdale]

Guardian on this image: Something new is happening in British Politics. This image captures it.

If you can't be bothered to read it all, don't worry - the best bits are sure to be in next week's Pseud's Corner.

This might just qualify for entry...

This handshake has the formal, momentous quality of, say, the meeting of Dutch and Spanish generals in Velazquez’s painting The Surrender of Breda. Sturgeon seems almost to bow, as the Spanish leader does in that masterpiece of history painting. All it lacks is someone looking out of the picture, catching our eye, commenting silently on the falseness of the moment, the complexities behind a simple image of friendship and possible alliance.

 

[brogdale]

...and another.

Anyone?

Just for reference...

 

[brogdale]

...and starts at 8.00pm if you want it warm.

 

[Dogsauce]

I'll cycle past this on the way home. Is my route going to be blocked with news trucks parking in the cycle lanes etc? Fuck this circus.