Cleggy signals the victory of the political class

So Nick Clegg ran out the winner beating Huhne to the leadership of the Lib Dems by a few hundred votes. Did you see his victory speech zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

The really interesting thing about Clegg's victory (apart from the fact that he must be the first leader of a major party to be openly atheist) is that now all 3 parties have professional politicians as leaders.

Cameron is a political advisor and press man, Clegg an advisor and ex MEP, and Brown has been in politics since his teens with a brief stint as a journo.

I think it is actually rather sad. The people in charge may well be very bright and capable but they have never had what I would call a 'proper' job. They have never had to run anything - they have zero business experience and limited horizons outside of Westminster.

Career politicians are a bad bad thing.

ps - there have to be lots of jokes about Cleggy & Compo

This is why the English national side are screwed

Watched 'The Mighty' Blackburn Rovers last night vs the Gooners in the 1/4 final of the League Cup. Arsenal ran out 3-2 winners after extra time.

The average age of the Arsenal team was under 21. They made the Rovers look like fools in the first half. Great pass and move, finding space, great pace. Savage ran around like a head-less chicken trying to keep up - almost comical.

We were lucky to get back level, given the number of our players who were under-par. Reid at right back was useless (not his fault as that isn't his position) and he gave away 2 goals either by losing his man at the back post (1st goal) or playing them onside.

Hughesy needs to get a grip together and get the Blue and White Army firing on all cylinders again. As for Wenger and his kids - amazing, they could probably beat most teams in the Premier League but unfortunately most of them aren't English.

Fiasco on the Toon

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7149405.stm

So our friends in the North have been bailed out again. The contingent liability the government now has is $100billion!!!

The bank & its senior management are a disgrace. The business model was fundamentally flawed. Now we have the government propping up their allies in Newcastle with billions of taxpayer's cash to save face with its fat, pie eating, dole loving geordie comrades.

The north east of England is fucked. It has levels of public sector spending as a % of GDP that would have made the old East German regime blush. My wife's family is from Newcastle & Co. Durham. Every single person I can think of in the family & friends we have in the north east works for the state. Either in schools, healthcare, councils, universities.

Dependence on the state screws any hope that the private wealth generating sector can pull the region out of its current malaise.

Sad state of affairs.

The hitch is dead... or is he

http://returnofthehitch.blogspot.com/

That mighty king of blogging, the Hitch,has signed off again. Lets hope he returns after christmas. The man is a legend.

Fat Scally Bird does it again

http://www.holymoly.co.uk/news/28/kerry-katona-spills-some-wisdom-2075.html

oh my god, this tramp won 'Mum of the Year' - what from a bunch of blind, deaf and dumb idiots! She advertises Iceland - that chav scally shop which sells deep fried cheap E number stuffed food, she has a nose like a vacuum cleaner, and she still won Mum of the Year!

some people actually look up to this troll!

pass the shotgun

TFI FRiday

The wifey decided to go out and get smashed last night with her old work mates. Stumbled in at some ungodly hour reekin of booze.

She was out with one of her old bosses. Proper sleaze merchant. Started telling stories of sleeping with whores in eastern europe & of how he has two mistresses. The fact my wife still insists on going out with him and his cronies is rather off-putting.

Nevermind i can always get a blow-torch and a pair of pliers and get medieval on his ass.

That'll learn him.

one-eyed cock jockey

There we go then. Mr Broon has signed away yet another piece of UK sovereignty by signing the new European reform treaty.

Such a bunch of arrogant arses. The political elites know very well that if given a choice, the British electorate would never back the euro or the march to a federal europe. But they conspire to remove that choice from the people via a referendum - despite promising one!!!!!

Wankers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7141279.stm

This is new fangle

Does this mean I'm now down with the kids (surely that should be kidz - ed)?

Not quite sure whether this will be a passing fad or if a long-term blogging future awaits. I may turn out to be the bastard son of that Iain Dale chap (now that would be a surprise if he had a son!!).

Watch this space.........................