tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post4964758626486273538..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Things to look forward to when Britain votes Remain include the end of Dave and Gideon and a major realignment of our political partiesScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-70752748225067058392016-06-22T23:06:37.236+01:002016-06-22T23:06:37.236+01:00I'm sure the reason Cameron went full project ...I'm sure the reason Cameron went full project fear from Day One was that he simply had no carrots available - after all, he could hardly claim that he was going to sort out the EU in our favour, having conclusively proved that he has absolutely no power to change anything whatsoever. He had carrots aplenty to dish out during the Scottish referendum campaign (paid for by English taxpayers, as usual), but this time there were only threats and lies available, which he deployed relentlessly and without conscience - while quite illegally using the machinery of government to do so. In the old days he would have been described as a cad and a bounder - these days I think we would probably all agree that the chap has proved himself to be an unmitigated shit.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-80236347579319596242016-06-22T22:57:22.004+01:002016-06-22T22:57:22.004+01:00I'm with you on A, B and D - but that's ba...I'm with you on A, B and D - but that's basically maintaining the status quo. I'll keep my BBC attack/praise ratio just about where it is. As for E - I'll carry on being nasty about pretty much the same politicians I've always been nasty about, but with a few Tory turncoats added to the lengthy blacklist. <br /><br />Meanwhile, I'll dream about the new mainstream right-wing party described above emerging - a genuine one-nation coalition of like-minded people from all the classes - and enjoy the Tory bugger's muddle that's about to ensue after the triumph of Project Fear.<br /><br />It always surprises me when people who should know better assure us that negative campaigning never works - it ALWAYS works!Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-55741877035128360402016-06-21T23:18:45.322+01:002016-06-21T23:18:45.322+01:00And I am utterly fed up with waking every morning,...And I am utterly fed up with waking every morning, without fail, to the sound of a new threat from the Remain campaign. "Where are their carrots?" I have asked myself. Alas, answer came there none. Anyone undecided may well have been whipped into obedience by the bullying tactics of the Remains. Helennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-10800195055620165002016-06-21T20:36:40.092+01:002016-06-21T20:36:40.092+01:00As far as I am concerned, if we lose the referendu...As far as I am concerned, if we lose the referendum it will because we have had it stolen from us and I shall consider that an act of war by the government and its associated establishment. <br /><br />From that point on I will A/ Never vote Conservative again (not that I have for the past few years anyway, but even so... B/ Look for every opportunity to deprive the government of any economic benefit from my labour, C/ Double my efforts to undermine the BBC in any way possible, D/ Ditto the bloody EU, E/ Aim to subvert, ridicule and frustrate any politician from the big two-and-one-tenths parties. <br /><br />I may not be Atlas but I am bloody well going to shrug. GCoopernoreply@blogger.com