and newpapers' list of time-waster stories. However,
as with the UK's habit, these kinds of stories are not
about informing the public. That's usually well down
the list.
The purpose is as dog-whistle messages to the
hypnotised prols. They are being instructed by
the use of certain key words, to not vote for Labour.
Mind control is possible and television has been
proven to be the perfect delivery mechanism.
The story, this time, is not about a politician but
about his father, who is said to have hated Britain,
because he was a Marxist and, by association,
they are bad people, because the USSR was
based loosely on Marxism and the USSR was
totalitarian and nasty, and not democratic.
Are you following?
It's a non-story and a disguised message. It will
also piss off millions of well-meaning politics
watchers and send them running back to their
favourite stool in the pub.
This was done because Ed promised to cap
heating fuel prices, if elected. The other oligarchs
didn't need to be told to rally to the defence of
needy, bullied international corporations. The
Red Menace had returned, and he was Ed
Mill-i-band! The order was heard:
Commence pissing in all directions.
You've even got one journo/hack telling Ed
Milliband not to bring up his own father in
public conversation, because otherwise, the Daily
Mail will verbally assault your, and our senses.
checkit: Telegraph
Dan
Hodges
If
Ed Miliband wanted his father to be off limits, he should have kept quiet about him
By
Dan Hodges Politics
Last updated: October 1st, 2013
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Comments
This
morning Ed Miliband has gone to war with the Daily Mail. Or if you prefer, the
Daily Mail has gone to war with Ed Miliband.
The
casus belli is an article written by Geoffrey Levy on Saturday in which he examined,
in critical terms, Marxist philosopher Ralph Miliband’s influence over his
youngest son. The piece was headlined “The Man Who Hated Britain”.
Ed
Miliband reacted furiously to what he saw as a crude attempt to smear the
reputation of his late father, demanding a right of reply, and tweeting: “My
dad loved Britain, he served in the Royal Navy and I am not prepared to allow
his good name to be denigrated in this way.” That reply has duly appeared,
above a re-print of the original article which now carries the headline “We
repeat: This man DID hate Britain”. An accompanying leader adds: “An evil
legacy and why we won’t apologise.”
Predictably,
the Labour Left has rallied round its leader, with the blogosphere denouncing
the Mail and its scurrilous journalism. And even amongst the hard-bitten press
pack gathered in Manchester the consensus is that the Mail has crossed a line.
But as ever, just because something represents a consensus, it doesn’t mean
it’s right.
First
there’s the Mail’s headline. Love of country is a subjective concept. Some
people think that Margaret Thatcher was a patriot who loved Britain more than
she loved life itself. Others see her as the epitome of evil, someone who
dragged the nation to its knees. Those contrasting positions are never going to
be definitively proved, disproved or reconciled.
What
is not open to debate is that Ralph Miliband was a man who served Britain in
war time and did so against a savage and barbaric enemy. If I was Ed Miliband
I’d have been furious at that headline. In fact, if a close member of my family
was criticised over anything I’d be furious, regardless of whether the
criticism was legitimate or not.
-Dan
Hodges is a former Labour Party and GMB trade union official, and has managed
numerous independent political campaigns. He writes about Labour with tribal
loyalty and without reservation.
