Free Beer For All The Workers
'Dance in the Smoke' by Argent is a rock track from 1970 which sounds really pretentious these days, a child of its time I suppose.
"We will light a giant burning fire tonight
"We will build it and dance in the smoke
"Every branch we'll tie somebody's worry to it
"We will build it and dance in the smoke"
I can't help thinking that if Labour's giveaway election manifesto were ever to be put to music, it would sound something like Dance in the Smoke.
Blow The Bloody Doors Off! (03/01/20)
Peter Brookes cartoon in The Times (below) reminded me of the scene from the movie 'The Italian Job' in which Michael Caine berates his accomplice in crime for rather over-egging the pudding in his attempt to blow the bloody doors off.
But if you ask me that's what happens when you produce a Labour election manifesto which was the equivalent of "Free beer for all the workers!"
Because while the idea of 'free beer' may appeal to lots of voters, there's still a giant hurdle to overcome before people have any confidence in your credibility to deliver on your promises.
Corbyn manifestly lacked credibility as an effective leader and potential Prime Minister - and that is what did for him and Labour in the end.
Quite the Year! (02/01/20)
Jeremy Corbyn has been mocked over his upbeat New Year message which completely glosses over Labour's disastrous defeat in last month's general election - the party's worst since 1935.
Instead the erstwhile Labour leader doubled down on his idiotic 'we won the argument' claim with an equally dumb boast about the outcome of the election:
"We have built a movement. We are the resistance to Boris Johnson."
Now the whole point of elections is winning not losing - and the only thing worse than losing is pretending that you played really well and actually deserved to win.
Yet the Corbyn-led Labour Party seems quite chipper about the prospect of settling back down to its 'resistance role' on the opposition benches - instead of being seen as a credible party of government.
