Ah, teh lulz
That is all
The Tories, in their enthusiasm for all things Web2.0rhea, launched an ill-conceived Facebook Connect campaign over the weekend that they hoped would encourage people to gripe about Labour's ties to the Unite union. As is the norm in these, er, web-enlightened days, the Conservative Party hoped to turn "#cashgordon" into a " …
"a party funded by millions of people living in the UK"
Two million (# of Unite members) is not a big number set against total populace, and let's take into account that those two million are either dribbling trot mentalists or are retards who are easily led by such. This makes it easy to question whether their 'opinions' count for more than a fart in a bucket. (A clue : No)
You also seem to have failed to understand that there are more than two choices.
I think you'll find that BA management were doing a fine job of loosing millions of pounds well before the current strike action. Hence their desperation to tie up with Iberia.
Back to the main point: the Tories couldn't have chosen a better topic than party funding to cock up their foray into Web2.0ness - hypocrisy neatly wrapped up in incompetence.
And for balance: expect Labour to produce a Bebo page on university finance: "for the kids".
For the last couple of years parties of all stripes have become obsessed with blogs, facebook and twitter. I suspect it's because they get instant feedback, which is obviously gratifying their desperate need for attention.
Unfortunately, when it comes time to put our X in the box to decided which group of liars and thieves have the best posters, the fact that 90% of the electorate couldn't give a blue fuck about tweets, blogs, and facebook is going to bite them all in the arse because the only people they've been up close with are their grassroots activists who will see them to do no wrong and worship at their altar, and those of their opposition who honestly believe that they eat babies. And aren't they going to get a nasty surprise then.
And I shall laugh. Even harder than when the apparently very thin skinned 'Twitter Tsar' blocked me on twitter, even harder than we she was questioned about it in an interview. Even harder than at the comments on government shill site labourlist. Probably even harder then when Tom Harris chucked his toys out of his twitter pram after being called a fucktard.
Their whole on line presence of the political parties has been a complete disaster, it is an echo chamber filled with morons and trolls. And it is hilarious. until you realise whose money they're spending on it. After that, not so much. They haven't understood this yet.
They have all completely failed to realise that the only people who search for/follow/join these groups are already supporters.
Furthermore, I use twitter/facebook everyday for social networking/just getting marketed at by everyone and I wouldn't give a hoot what was said on them by a political party. They're all run by people who are paid to say stuff and all that, its just PR and spin, but clearly thats the way the government thinks politics works now.
Ashcroft's donations to the Tories account for less than 1% of their funding.
What proportion of Labour's funding come from Unite's direct contributions or the £18m that Labour have transferred to various Unions through slight of hand with public funding that was not intended for Union use?
"Ashcroft's donations to the Tories account for less than 1% of their funding."
His personal donations, yes. His company's donations make up rather a larger chunk.
I've been out of the UK for a while, so can someone please explain to me exactly why the Tories think there's a ton of mileage in acted shocked and surprised that the *Labour* party is supported by trade unions? This is the Labour party, yes? The party of labour? The party that was expressly founded by, out of, and to represent the interests of the unions?
I mean, y'know, you can think it's a bad thing, but to act as if it's a shocking, dirty secret seems a tad implausible.
eton toffs/tories: if they cant organise a decent advertising campaign and marketing strategy 'on' OR 'off' line which they have absolutely failed at in every single quarter - theres NO HOPE they can actually run the country properly IMHO... they had the cash; they had the brains; they had a mediocre incumbent administration... they have FAILED to take advantage in a spectacular way - they SHOULD be a country mile ahead... ask yourselves why they continue to f**k up the simplest of operations... very very poor FAIL! DOUBLE FAIL.
Shock! Labour funded by trade unions. That'll be news to people, I don't think.
Horror! Modern career-politicians haven't a clue how to talk to people, and screw up attempts to use technology. Nope, no surprises there either.
And then these wannabe presidentards wonder why turnout is so low...