Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Labour, a Letter and The Sun

It's not all gossip you know. As promised, TB has started contributing longer, more thoughtful, less gossipy pieces to his

other website
here. The first such article looks at how one letter highlighted rank hypocrisy in Labour, and brings the discussion of Brown's eyesight into the open. Here is a taster:
While The Sun has pushed this story hard and is clearly out to get Brown at all costs, the reaction from the left has been somewhat hysterical.

Firstly, when you have copies of The Sun being torn up at the podium of Labour Party Conference to the hounding cheers of a blood thirsty audience, you have to expect a little retaliation. Secondly, The Sun is a tabloid, why the shock that they are using tabloid tactics? Most of the outrage from Labour is faux and manufactured, the reasons why being examined later.

It is hard not to feel a pang of sympathy concerning legibility as it was somewhat underhand to begin by attacking Brown for his handwriting. However the fervency with which Labour supporters have sustained their attacks, even when discussion has moved on to equipment, proves that the anger that is really out there. Tribal anger that The Sun is now backing the Conservatives. Labour may have laughed it off or played it down at their conference, but there is pain below the surface. It takes real desperation to attack a grieving mother but that has happened. Everyone knows that The Sun will only go for who they think are going to win, and Labour more than anyone know how accurate the paper is at gauging these things. The zeal and persistence of The Sun bashing in the last 24 hours have exposed not only the hypocrisy of Labour, but also the salt that is being poured into their already gaping wounds.

Controversially the hypocrisy of Brown’s defence, the appropriately titled having one’s cake and eating it approach, must be analysed. Any mention of Gordon’s eyesight is met with howls of derision from his supporters. Legitimate questions of whether it is affecting his work as Prime Minster are not allowed to be asked. If this is going to be the case then fine, if they believe that there is no problems there, then fine. Eyesight cannot then be used as excuse for a spectacular media disaster, if it is not allowed to be discussed on a good day. You can’t shut down discussion with outrage only to use the same topic of conversation to quell outrage elsewhere.
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HERE
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1 comments:

Alexander Hilton
said...

"Fervour", not fervency. you should now hang your head in spelling shame

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