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new puritan · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:50 pm

Credit to the five Lib Dem MPs who rebelled. The rest of them can go and fuck themselves. I really hope that party gets another tonking in the locals come May.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:26 pm

Who were they?

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:32 pm

Andrew George
David Ward
John Pugh
Greg Mulholland
Adrian Sanders

George, Sanders, Ward and Mulholland are very frequent rebels. Hope they are among the few to keep their seats.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:40 pm

Ta. Not Tom Brake, then?

What a massive surprise - he's another neo-lib entryist, to the right of most Tories we now discover...

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:49 pm

It wasn't one of his 3 rebellions (out of 410 votes), no.

Althea · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 10:57 pm

So, are we all now royally frakked by the bullheaded cockface that is Lansley?

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:04 pm

There are pretty low expectations for the bill. Watch the "look! the world hasn't ended!" media fightback.

Althea · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:06 pm

Is this "Look! The world hasn't ended.... but we're all on fire, bald and sterile" or "Look! The world hasn't ended... and Waitrose is still open"?

Winegums · **Joined:** Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:04 pm **Posts:** 709

Links! Links for everyone!
http://t1ber1us.wordpress.com/2012/03/1 ... oming-law/

As people have said on twitter, poll tax was revoked 6 months after being setup. However, I don't know if there's the widespread awareness and condemnation of these reforms that there was for the tax. Also, it's probably easier to stop charging a tax than to undo changes to the structure of a health service.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:24 pm

Precisely. After it has been sold off it would have to be bought back, and I very much doubt that any government would be able to afford that.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:30 pm

Althea wrote:

Is this "Look! The world hasn't ended.... but we're all on fire, bald and sterile" or "Look! The world hasn't ended... and Waitrose is still open"?

Yeah, exactly that.

Like Tim Lovejoy (quoted by Taylor Parkes in his review). "Look at the Glazers. You'd have thought they were going to sell Old Trafford to Tesco!"

Winegums · **Joined:** Fri Jan 15, 2010 11:04 pm **Posts:** 709

Record of votes, should anyone want to know which bastards voted against the interests of the people.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publi ... known/328/

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:35 pm

Ah, no David Ward. But Martin Horwood rebelled. Apologies to him.

Malcolm Armsteen · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:41 pm

Tweet by a friend:

Quote:

Let's all sleep now & wake up in April 2010. If Gordon Brown having a weird smile would still influence your vote you're an idiot.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Mar 13, 2012 11:43 pm

Newsnight have dug up Charles Clarke to do the "some in Labour are saying the state is unaffordable" bit.

And here comes Lord Butler to state the obvious and be told he's clever. Like, I imagine, he has his entire life.

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