Post of the Day

From the archives of the frankly loopy Dirty European Socialist (tag line: I LIKE POLITICS):

Tebitt said get on your bike. What if you have no bike.
He did not think of that did he. What if you have no shoes or no money? We have to have a welfare state so people can get back on gear.
The government should provide opportunities for people.

We have to assume he is talking about Norman Tebbit, but spelling is not one of Dirty European Socialist's strengths. And presumably he is talking about this comment Tebbit made about his father:

I grew up in the 30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot; he got on his bike and looked for work and he kept looking 'til he found it.

I'm not sure whether DES is being intentionally obtuse or is just a fucking moron, but he seems to have missed the point of Tebbit's comment, which is about being pro-active when trying to find work. Whether you have a bike or not is irrelevant. Tebbit was banging on about taking responsibility for your own actions. Although such concepts as taking responsibility and ownership for your own actions and life may well be alien to the type of trogg who proudly adopts the moniker of Dirty European Socialist.

Still, we get an insight into the mind of a simple socialist. I can imagine DES's campaign slogan if he ever won power. "Bicycles for all under the Dirty European Socialist!" Yeah, that'll sort everything out!

What a colossal chopper.