Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Get Darling Barred - the campaign continues (updated Wednesday lunchtime)
I'm delighted to say that [as of Tuesday afternoon] the Snob's campaign to get Alistair Darling barred from every pub in the land has now crossed over, with today's Edinburgh Evening News covering the story.
News of the first pubs to take action is also now trickling in. Let's just say I wouldn't go to Lewes on my summer hols if I were him.
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: Hitting the big time. A small sidebar in today's super soaraway Scottish Sun: a larger piece planned for the national edition tomorrow, I believe. Matt Wardman has the audio clip from the BBC Radio 4 news and, as you can see above, the BBC website have a big feature on the Scotland pages. The Guardian comes on board, as does the Telegraph.
Licensee website the Morning Advertiser carries the story (and claims credit for starting the campaign). Darling's spokesman is forced to respond, and Al Murray is ruminating over our offer to front the campaign. You've created a monster, Snob...
WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME UPDATE: We've made it onto PMQs. Cameron uses it as a stick to beat Brown and Darling with. Which is nice. If anyone can stick that up on YouTube that would be even nicer. In the meantime the BBC has PMQs up here (9min in)
And, in a neat demonstration that he needs little excuse to nip down the pub in the middle of the day, Nigel Farage has even taken our little campaign to the heart of Brussels, as this picture illustrates:
In addition, Radio 5 Live will be reporting on the story tonight [Wednesday] at 6:35pm.
I guess the lesson is this: in the age of the internet, you don't need to climb onto the roof of the Palace of Westminster or stand outside Downing Street with a loudhailer to tell your politicians what you think of them. All you need is a free blogging platform and a bit of time. Et voila! Alistair Darling is left in no doubt; everyone thinks he's a dick.
A shame we can't get our media to exhibit similar interest when lives are at stake.
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But he was right to increase taxes on drink. We need to drink less. The problems with the drinks industry are from the big pub companies, as it is in petrol stations, not the taxes. You can make people drink as much as they want. If big pub chains take all custom so what. If people want to go to pub chains rather than supply small companies that is the people's fault no the chancellor whether you like it not.
'But he was right to increase taxes on drink. We need to drink less.'
Yep, you're a socialist alright.
I'll tell you what I need to do, and that's drink exactly how much I like, whenever I like. What I really need is to be left alone to live my own life without every Tom, Dick and fuckwipe telling me what to do.
If you want to moderate your drinking, then do so. What I do is my affair. End of.
Yep, you're a socialist alright.
I'll tell you what I need to do, and that's drink exactly how much I like, whenever I like. What I really need is to be left alone to live my own life without every Tom, Dick and fuckwipe telling me what to do.
If you want to moderate your drinking, then do so. What I do is my affair. End of.
I got the Licencee website to run the story, and The Publican will be featuring it in the trade magazine - or so they tell me.
CAMRA are being rather snooty about it, even though a number of CAMRA bloggers are carrying the story.
Time to rip up my CAMRA membership methinks.
CAMRA are being rather snooty about it, even though a number of CAMRA bloggers are carrying the story.
Time to rip up my CAMRA membership methinks.
"I'll tell you what I need to do, and that's drink exactly how much I like, whenever I like. What I really need is to be left alone to live my own life without every Tom, Dick and fuckwipe telling me what to do."
I can tell any fuckwipe when to watch his drinking. I do not want drunk drivers, wife beaters, loud mouthed yobs abusing people down the street.
Abuse must be stopped.
It is the drinks industry that manipulates you to drink too much. The government is looking after you. Be grateful. You inconsiderate tory.
It is the job of the government to maintain order.
I can tell any fuckwipe when to watch his drinking. I do not want drunk drivers, wife beaters, loud mouthed yobs abusing people down the street.
Abuse must be stopped.
It is the drinks industry that manipulates you to drink too much. The government is looking after you. Be grateful. You inconsiderate tory.
It is the job of the government to maintain order.
The government is looking after you. Be grateful.
Thank you, o benevolent Darling! You have saved me from myself!
(Well, made me pay 50p more for a bottle of whisky.)
Thank you, o benevolent Darling! You have saved me from myself!
(Well, made me pay 50p more for a bottle of whisky.)
It is the job of the government to maintain order
It is the job of the government to be honest, be open, be frank, and offer choices.
This isn't happening.
It is the job of the government to be honest, be open, be frank, and offer choices.
This isn't happening.
It is the job of the government to maintain order
You mean if they told the truth there would be disorder? @ DES
You mean if they told the truth there would be disorder? @ DES
"Yep, you're a socialist alright."
No, he's/she's an attention seeking idiot who is making the CiF articles even more unreadable than normal by commenting there under various different usernames.
No sense in replying to it as if it was a human being interested in discourse - it's merely the equivalent of a nasty Windows virus.
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No, he's/she's an attention seeking idiot who is making the CiF articles even more unreadable than normal by commenting there under various different usernames.
No sense in replying to it as if it was a human being interested in discourse - it's merely the equivalent of a nasty Windows virus.
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