Everything That Sucks About: Labour
1st May 2015
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Welcome to Everything That Sucks About, the series that takes each political party and points out all the biggest the problems, idiots and gaffes associated with them.
We’ll do each party, so don’t get upset if we rip the piss out of the one you like. Just take some deep breaths and we’ll be mocking someone you hate before you know it.
This time we’re doing:
Labour
Okay, now we’re getting into the real parties. And somehow when they mess up it’s much worse.
Parties like the Greens can have crazy policies because, at the end of the day, they have less power than Miss Universe. When Labour make a blunder we end up sending people to the desert to look for WMDs Bush could have sworn he saw.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d much rather keep taking potshots at UKIP than have to read through Labour’s mainly sensible manifesto. And no one gives a fuck if you slam UKIP.
But you make a jab at Labour or the Tories you can expect thousands of angry CAPS LOCKED comments and hate tweets.
Just know that I have a pet internet troll at my 24 hour disposal. Having said that, let’s get started with:
The Leader
Everyone’s second favourite Miliband brother, Ed Miliband.
In a world where most politicians are robots, Ed is C3PO. Prissy, awkward and constantly out of his depth. I know he impressed everyone with his big “I’m tough enough” reply to his Paxman grilling. But really, what was he going to say? “Nah, your right. Guess I’m not tough enough to run the country. Now let me lick your shoes Paxo.”
The Gaffes There’s still plenty of campaigning left to go and there have already been enough Labour gaffes to make Malcom Tucker piss blood. Admittedly none as bad as when Gordon Brown straight up called an old lady a “bigot” behind her back. But still… First up we had the whole pink bus debacle, when Labour decided the only way to connect to female voters was to send Harriet Harman on a roadtrip in a vajazzled van. And as if that wasn’t condescending enough, it had “Woman to Woman” written on the side… which does kinda sound like the tagline from a tampon ad. I can’t wait until Labour try and pander to male voters by renting out The Bang Bus. I just hope the side says “Woman on Woman” instead. Labour followed this up by printing their policies on mugs, including the “controls on Immigration”. You know what? No-one wants a mug with political policies on. I don’t care how much you think VAT should be, don’t put it on something And especially, I can’t stress this enough, people don’t want a mug that has immigration policy on it. You know how to ruin a Sunday morning? Having a four hour debate about immigration with your flatmate, because neither of you know how to back down. Plus that video from 2011 where Ed Miliband just repeats himself over and over is trending again. I know it’s not technically a recent gaffe but it’s being spread faster than the clap at a sex addiction clinic.
The Policies I’m not a fan of Labour’s plan to “give to 16 and 17 year olds the vote”. First of all, if you’re giving 16-year-olds the vote then you don’t have to explain you’re giving it to 17-year-olds too. Secondly, most people (myself included) were definitely too dumb to vote at 16. They also want to get rid of the badger cull. Because you know what rocks? TB. Labour also wants to bring in a policy that would make illegal any discrimination and abuse against soldiers. This is a tough one. The discrimination part I’m TOTALLY behind. So much that I didn’t just hit caps lock a couple of times for that “totally”. I held down the shift key for the entire word. My point is no one should be allowed to discriminate against someone who fought for this country. They’ve done what most of us have only ever done on C.O.D. But the abuse apart I can just see being used to punish dumb teens on the internet, who make one shitty post to Facebook and go to jail for. And it’s so unnecessary. If there’s any group who don’t care if you call them a dick on the internet it’s probably the guys who know what it looks like to see someone die.
Okay, now we’re getting into the real parties. And somehow when they mess up it’s much worse.
Parties like the Greens can have crazy policies because, at the end of the day, they have less power than Miss Universe. When Labour make a blunder we end up sending people to the desert to look for WMDs Bush could have sworn he saw.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d much rather keep taking potshots at UKIP than have to read through Labour’s mainly sensible manifesto. And no one gives a fuck if you slam UKIP.
But you make a jab at Labour or the Tories you can expect thousands of angry CAPS LOCKED comments and hate tweets.
Just know that I have a pet internet troll at my 24 hour disposal. Having said that, let’s get started with:
The Leader
Everyone’s second favourite Miliband brother, Ed Miliband.
In a world where most politicians are robots, Ed is C3PO. Prissy, awkward and constantly out of his depth. I know he impressed everyone with his big “I’m tough enough” reply to his Paxman grilling. But really, what was he going to say? “Nah, your right. Guess I’m not tough enough to run the country. Now let me lick your shoes Paxo.”
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The Gaffes There’s still plenty of campaigning left to go and there have already been enough Labour gaffes to make Malcom Tucker piss blood. Admittedly none as bad as when Gordon Brown straight up called an old lady a “bigot” behind her back. But still… First up we had the whole pink bus debacle, when Labour decided the only way to connect to female voters was to send Harriet Harman on a roadtrip in a vajazzled van. And as if that wasn’t condescending enough, it had “Woman to Woman” written on the side… which does kinda sound like the tagline from a tampon ad. I can’t wait until Labour try and pander to male voters by renting out The Bang Bus. I just hope the side says “Woman on Woman” instead. Labour followed this up by printing their policies on mugs, including the “controls on Immigration”. You know what? No-one wants a mug with political policies on. I don’t care how much you think VAT should be, don’t put it on something And especially, I can’t stress this enough, people don’t want a mug that has immigration policy on it. You know how to ruin a Sunday morning? Having a four hour debate about immigration with your flatmate, because neither of you know how to back down. Plus that video from 2011 where Ed Miliband just repeats himself over and over is trending again. I know it’s not technically a recent gaffe but it’s being spread faster than the clap at a sex addiction clinic.
The Policies I’m not a fan of Labour’s plan to “give to 16 and 17 year olds the vote”. First of all, if you’re giving 16-year-olds the vote then you don’t have to explain you’re giving it to 17-year-olds too. Secondly, most people (myself included) were definitely too dumb to vote at 16. They also want to get rid of the badger cull. Because you know what rocks? TB. Labour also wants to bring in a policy that would make illegal any discrimination and abuse against soldiers. This is a tough one. The discrimination part I’m TOTALLY behind. So much that I didn’t just hit caps lock a couple of times for that “totally”. I held down the shift key for the entire word. My point is no one should be allowed to discriminate against someone who fought for this country. They’ve done what most of us have only ever done on C.O.D. But the abuse apart I can just see being used to punish dumb teens on the internet, who make one shitty post to Facebook and go to jail for. And it’s so unnecessary. If there’s any group who don’t care if you call them a dick on the internet it’s probably the guys who know what it looks like to see someone die.
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