Sep/10
18:07 7
Why Dizzy is wrong on Cameron’s lies to pensioners
Scrapbook isn’t the first lefty blog to be fisked recently by (the most entertaining) Dizzy Thinks. Our attack video on David Cameron’s lies to pensioners did not impress Mr. Hendren, who described it as a “steaming pile of bullshit”.
His argument is that, rather than being axed completely, entitlement to schemes such as bus passes and winter fuel payments will have been “changed”. This means waiting another five years for free bus travel and money given to older people for heating bills will not only be further age restricted but also cut by up to £100 for the most elderly recipients. Having promised to keep them, Tories have been in discussions about axing pension credits.
In the context of Cameron’s near hysterical outbursts about “Labour leaflet lies” during the election campaign, Scrapbook stands by our video. Indeed, as Sky News tackled the issue of cuts, ahem sorry, “changes” to bus passes:
It would be “entirely fair” for pensioners who watched the debate to assume [David Cameron's] comments meant the scheme would not change, particularly as Mr Cameron made several angry denials during the course of the campaign.
In that vein, hats off to Bob Piper for subsequently unearthing this pledge from Cameron, given at a press conference in March:
“We will keep what we inherit in all these areas. All these things that Labour are saying are complete and utter lies, and they know it too.”
Perhaps Dizzy can explain how such a categoric statement is consistent with the subsequent “changes”?
To check out our original attack video click here.
Sep/10
11:19 54
WATCH our attack video: David Cameron’s “pure and simple lies” to pensioners
Impatient? Click here to jump straight to the video!
“The Tory leader is furious that Labour campaigners around the country are telling the elderly that their free bus passes and winter fuel payments would go if the Conservatives were elected”, reported The Telegraph in March. Cameron slammed the ”appalling people” with the temerity to suggest that he wasn’t being straight with pensioners:
“You know you are getting letters from the Labour Party that say the Conservatives would cut the winter fuel allowance, would cut the free bus travel … These statements by Labour are quite simply lies. I don’t use the word ‘lie’ very often, but I am using it today because they are lies.” – David Cameron, 23 March
Dave from marketing returned to this theme during Sky News’ televised debate on 22 April, telling viewers suggestions the Tories would slash entitlements to Winter fuel payments, pension credits and free bus passes were ”pure and simple lies”.
“We will keep the pension credit, we’ll keep the winter fuel allowance, we’ll keep the free bus pass. Those leaflets you have been getting from Labour, the letters you have been getting from Labour are pure and simple lies.” – David Cameron, 22 April
The pledges have already been cast as a David Cameron “read my lips” moment. But we thought the cynical mock outrage with which he delivered these fibs merited an attack video. ”Pure and simple lies”, Dave?
Free bus passes at 60? Don’t count on it. The pension credit? Chris Grayling wants them “phased out”. Winter fuel payments? Restricted and cut.
Same old Tories. Same old lies.
Aug/10
09:26 34
New David Cameron baby photo released
Of course, like all babies, within three years it will be throwing tantrums in public, answering back and saying “no” to everything.
Source: Facebook
Aug/10
15:42 14
Nick Clegg sends a gift for Florence Rose Endellion
It’s fantastic to see Beau Bo D’Or (@BeauBodOr) is back and in rude health with the creation below. Eschewing baby toys for a more practical gift, a well placed source tells Scrapbook that a bumper pack of “Cleggies” was dispatched to the Camerons via courier this morning.
Vince Cable wet wipes were also included.
Aug/10
19:07 16
David Cameron to slash beer duty!
David Cameron is apparently under the influence impression that 20 cans of Stella Artois can be purchased in a British supermarket for £5. That’s 25p per can! Scrapbook can only assume that a precipitous reduction in beer duty will be announced at the next pre-budget report.
Or perhaps Cameron doesn’t need to drink premium lager to talk sh*t?
Aug/10
12:05 10
That coalition diplomacy in full
Have Messrs Cameron and Clegg are quite finished putting their foot in it?!
Alastair Campbell remarked famously that the Blair government didn’t “do god”.
Looks like the coalition don’t really “do foreign policy”.
Aug/10
14:30 1
Quote of the day: straight choice edition
Has Simon Hughes bedded in to his role outside the tent p*ssing in as left-wing conscience of the Liberal Democrats? On the evidence of this soundbite, given to R4′s World at One in response to David Cameron’s intention to end lifetime tenancies on council houses, the answer would be a resounding “yes”:
“It is a Prime Ministerial idea. It has no more validity than that”.
These “Prime Ministers”, eh? Who the hell do they think they are!
Hat-tip: Mark Hookham/Paul Waugh
Jul/10
12:39 11
Daily Telegraph: David Cameron is getting fat
There is some conspicuously lowbrow reportage in today’s Daily Telegraph, whose Andrew Brown notes the prime minister’s expanding midriff:
Mr Cameron’s shirt … now appears to be a size too small. And he’s notably thickening around the midriff. As doctors like to point out, this centrally-distributed adiposity is a particularly perilous kind of weight gain, since it is associated with an increased risk of heart problems.
Of course, people have been remarking on Mr Cameron’s chubbiness for years now. Before the election, some Conservatives worried that his well-nourished appearance was off-putting to the electorate, making him appear overly prosperous, soft, cosseted and out of touch.
What is surely missing from the Torygraph’s coverage, however, is a Heat Magazine-style “circle of shame”. Please allow Scrapbook to oblige:
Buttered crumpets for elevenses?
Jul/10
16:11 5
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg holds e-government webchat with left-wing goat
As seen on Scrapbook and elsewhere, Left wing bloggers have ridiculed the coalition’s “Cuts…”, ahem sorry, “Spending Challenge” Facebook page by creating a goat-themed alternative with nearly ten times as many followers.
The government’s initiative was launched with an absolutely cringeworthy webchat between Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and a fawning David Cameron. In the interests of political impartiality, activist John Wood has since approached Facebook, who cleared time in Zuckerberg’s diary to speak to the left’s favourite goat:
What’s so wrong with the nanny* state?
*Geddit? Goat? Nanny goat? [you're fired - ed].
Jul/10
10:00 8
David Cameron’s “respect agenda”
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Our new Prime Minister promised a “respect agenda” with the Scottish Parliament and Executive. So ten weeks into his government, here are some of the highlights of that agenda:
- Appoint a Secretary of State for Scotland who hates the job so much he wants to scrap it. Then, to add insult to injury, give him the promotion he covets at the earliest opportunity.
- Go to the U.S. and trash a decision of the Scottish Government. Tantalise the Americans with a public enquiry into a matter wholly and exclusively within the competence of the Scottish Government.
- Schedule a referendum on changing the voting system for the same day as Scottish Parliament elections. Then when Holyrood proposes to use the powers granted to them by the Scotland Act to vary the date of their own elections, amend the Scotland Act to remove this power.
All Cameron promised Scotland was some respect – but evidently he meant just a little bit.
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