AN ASHES TO ASHES ELECTION SPECIAL

My name is Tony Clarke I was fighting a general election campaign in May 2010 when I was shot down at point blank range by Political Activists from the Lab/Lib/Tory party. The next thing I know I am in Dun Laoghaire, Rep of Ireland and its 1982!

As if waking up in flares and a jean jacket with a fur collar attached were not bad enough on their own to cope with, I have also just remembered that Margaret Thatcher is still in Number 10 across the water and wallowing in the glory of the Falklands War, Ultravox are top of the charts singing about Vienna........................Thank God the new me is an Irish Citizen!

So have I lost the plot? Probably lost that a long time ago! but the story below which came from the Irish Election Literature Blog  https://irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com/2010/04/21/election-lookalikes/ has spooked me completely!!

Can two candidates who share the same name, the same facial features and the same political thought possibly stand for election 30 years apart in two different countries!

I guess so? Now where did I put my "COAL NOT DOLE" badge?


 VOTE TONY CLARKE NORTHAMPTON 2010

VOTE TONY CLARKE DUN LAOGHAIRE 1982

TOTAL CON-DEM-NATION

Oxford Dictionary definition:

condemnation

 • verb 1 express complete disapproval of. 2 (usu. condemn to) sentence to a punishment, especially death. 3 force (someone) to endure something unpleasant. 4 officially declare to be unfit for use. 5 prove the guilt of.
  — DERIVATIVES condemn noun condemnatory adjective.
  — ORIGIN Latin condemnare, from damnare ‘inflict loss on’.

And so it is....................as per the above dictionary definition David Cameron with Nick Clegg's support  has "inflicted his party's loss on" us all by agreeing a dodgy deal with the party who finished third in the election.

All this despite the country's "express and complete disapproval of" the horse trading that has been going on behind closed doors, meaning that we are now "sentenced to the punishment" of a parliament under the control of Mssrs Cameron and Clegg.

No doubt that our public services will now also have to "endure something unpleasant" as the inevitable and jointly imposed cuts hit home hard in closures, reduced services and job losses. 

Well let me be the first to declare this unholy marraige totally "unfit for use" and worry ye not!  at every step and every turn in both the County Council and Borough Council chambers I will reminding the public of the complicity of these two unatural bedfellows as the truth unfolds as to the details of the deal that has been agreed behind closed doors.

What are the County Tory administration and the Lib Dem Borough administration going to do in their respective chambers are the Lib Dem and Tory oppositions in both now to be a party within a party? Will they both approve any government imposed cuts? and where will the opposition to those cuts now come from?


One thing though is for sure, with both partys taking a short term grab for power they will in future pay a very heavy price both in next years local elections and in the next general election for their decision and also for the impact that Tory economic policy will have on both public services, the financial markets and in our pockets.

Finally both parties may be unaware of the "Progressive Democrats" in Ireland? but I think the logo of the Irish Party should suit their newly created fudge very well? Although "Aggressive Autocrats" might be a more accurate description?

What do you think?

THE 2010 GENERAL ELECTION (IN SHORT)

Following on closely in the BBC's footsteps I have decided to animate my own version of the just passed 2010 election.

The BBC of course spent a fortune with their "Apple Daily" of Taiwan video clips to bring you their version of what happened.

Mine cost me 2"/6d and a half hour at the screen.

I hope you enjoy.