Prescott on Milburn in the Coalition

I have no time for Alan "Nu Labour's answer to Alan Beresford B'stard" Milburn whatsoever, and I'd argue that his new role in the government is nothing other than naked politicking from the coalition - something that even a charlatan like Cameron should be opposed to if he genuinely wants to close the door on the Nu Labour era of politics. After all, that obsequious little turd Milburn actually cared about social mobility then he would have done something meaningful about it when he was in office.

But what is striking about this deeply cynical move from both the Con-Dems and Milburn is just how idiotic it can make the Labour party look. And to prove that, we can look at the crown prince of Labour idiocy, "Lord" Prescott:

Lord Prescott wrote on his Twitter page: "So after Field & Hutton, Milburn becomes the 3rd collaborator. They collaborated to get Brown OUT. Now collaborating to keep Cameron IN."

Ah, the word "collaborator" - a word so loaded it is unbelievable. But let's think about other collaborators, shall we? Let's take one in particular: what about a former trade unionist member of the Labour party, a traditional Labour MP who decided to collaborate with Tony Blair? A Labour MP who collaborated with a fundamentally centrist upper middle class Labour leader in order to give that centrist's leadership some much needed working class credibility? A Labour MP who became Deputy Prime Minister in the Blairite government, and reaped the rewards of said collaboration through his games of croquet at a grace-and-favour home... yes, I'd imagine Prescott is well placed to know what a collaborator looks like, because he is the very definition of a class traitor, and if you looked up collaborator in the dictionary it would have a picture of his fat fucking face next to it.

And yes, you can argue that the trio mentioned in Prescott's tweet campaigned to get Brown out. And guess what? Had they succeeded, they might have helped Labour limp to a fourth election victory. Furthermore, even if that (highly unlikely) event didn't happen, then the results of the hung parliament may have been very different - since Brown was one of the major things that pushed Clegg into the arms of Cameron. So guess what, Prescott, you jowly cretinous fuckwad? These people may have been collaborating against Brown, but in doing so, were acting in the best interests of the Labour party. Blind loyalty isn't always a virtue, you know - particularly not if your leader is someone like Brown, and the electoral equivalent of a lethal injection.

Finally, keeping Cameron in? Is someone like Milburn credible enough with any constituent part of the British electorate to actually achieve that? Of course he isn't. All his presence does is allow for Cameron to claim bipartisan support for his social mobility programmes; a claim that will not stand up to even the most basic scrutiny - assuming that the next Labour leader will be capable of even offering that level of scrutiny.

The thoughtless, crass and purely party politically based bile of Prescott eclipses even the shallow cynicism of the Con-Dems' no doubt fleeting alliance with Milburn. And it takes something as radical as the incredible fool that is John Prescott to add credibility to Milburn's dubious appointment to a role to the coalition government.