Ashcroft, Unions, and a lack of anything real to say

Monkeys flinging shit at each other:

The Conservatives have stepped up attacks on Gordon Brown over his links with the political director of the union behind the BA strike.

They say Mr Brown should have given Charlie Whelan - his former spokesman - a "wide berth" yet claim he is "at the heart of Labour operations”.

And from Labour:

Labour called it "a desperate attempt" to distract voters from the controversy surrounding Tory donor Lord Ashcroft.

Oh, Jesus fucking Christ, this is meant to be news? For as long as I came remember, the Tories have been funded by business and Labour by the Unions. And yes, the Tories are trying to distract voters from the Ashcroft “controversy” – but Labour and their tame rags have manufactured that controversy in order to distract the voters from the absolute fucking disaster that this Labour government has been.

And it is depressing – it is so depressing - that both parties seem to think that the best way in which to win votes it to shriek about how the other party has taken money from someone who won’t give them money. Do we really think that Labour would turn down money from Ashcroft if he happened to be a Labour rather than a Tory supporter? Of course they fucking wouldn’t – just as the Tories would take money from the Unions if the Unions didn’t see them as the enemy.

All this does is highlight the lack of ideological commitment from the main parties vying to form our next government. They have nothing to say other than shout “corrupt” at each other, with the constant retort of “I know you are, you said you are, but what am I?”