It's been quite a good week for lovers of schadenfreude. It began with Rupert Murdoch being declared unfit to run an International company, then the FA blew a huge raspberry at Harry Redknapp for the England job and then last night the Conservatives were handed a bloody nose and couple of black eyes by the British voting public.
Yes it was only local elections but they are a flavour of public feeling and what the public are feeling are that the coalition Government is not to their taste.
The Conservatives lost 400 seats and the Lib Dems 300 while Labour gained 700, a result which forced David Cameron to apologise to all his fellow Tories that were kicked out of the Councils up and down the country.
One minister, Gerald Howarth, blamed Cameron's decision to back gay marriage as the reason for the Tory collapse which is an interesting argument although it slightly overlooks the NHS privatisation, pay freezes, the extortionate cost of petrol, double dip recession, tax cut for the rich, the £11Bn Olympics, the Leverson enquiry, internet snooping, petrol shortage, savage cuts, redundancies in the public service, 3m unemployed, granny tax and student fees which many may argue are more on peoples minds at the moment than allowing a gay couple to get married.
This kind of drubbing should make the Conservatives and Lib Dems think twice about how they have been doing things so far although that's not the sense coming from David Cameron who said: 'These are difficult times and we need to make tough decisions and we'll go on making those decisions because we've got to do the right thing for our country."
Nothing like the arrogance of ignoring the people who voted you into power although that may soon be remedied as the array of political analysts on the TV pointed out that if the result was extrapolated for the general election, Labour would win a majority in Parliament in 2015.
Dave, Nick, the people have spoken boys and what they are saying is you suck.
2 comments:
I think any real feelings of schadenfreude regarding the England manager's job should actually directed at the British press. They report stories as being 'nailed on' on a daily basis, and the fact that they're so consistently wrong doesn't put them off one whit. Hence their take on this story, when ended up being 180 degrees from the reality.
The inside word is that Harry lives in Dorset and wasn't going to move, and one of the non-negotiable requirements of the job was being able to get to the new St Georges National Football Centre in Burton-on-Trent on a daily basis. Add in the £10 million pound pay off that Spurs required, and the fact that Harry doesn't get on with the most influential member of the selection committee (Brooking) and it's easy to see that Hodgson getting the job is about the least surprising thing since a few April showers came down.
And the press are starting to report this stuff now. Well done boys! On the ball as ever!
And oh yes, the Tories got battered. Nice :)
As soon as i saw how much it was going to cost the FA i thought they may cast their eyes elsewhere. My main objection was the tax thing and his part in the Pompey downfall which Pompey fans blame him for. Actually it was all of them at the top including Harry but they seem to want to blame Redknapp. Yes he was found innocent of tax evasion but it was all very suspicious with off shore accounts in his dogs name and Pompey fans never got over the way he left them for Southampton. Hodgson is actually in quite a good place because nobody is expecting England to do much in the Euros so he can only exceed expectations.
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