I told you people it was only a matter of time ! Seems like Shadrack and the Man Dem have caught a break, clothswear stallwarts Boxfresh seem to have a finger in this pie, and judging by what little is online, the super sexy sounding 'Guns and Pork' could be a fuckin riot, or it could be a complete disaster, here's praying for the former....
Oh yeah nearly forgot, and theres a new episode of Hood Stuff out the also ! peep below for EP03 faeturing a raw freestyle sending out for Skepta and Wiley
Wednesday 14 April 2010
Saturday 10 April 2010
KEEPING DAVE OFF THE THRONE - WHY (WHERE) NOT TO VOTE LIB-DEM
[above] 2005 general election injustice in pie chart form
I know this is a little odd coming from a supposed Lib-dem supporter... but hear me out...
Whats your agenda for this election ? Reaffirmation of long standing allegiances ? To follow your gut feeling ? Perhaps you fear the march of the left, or resent the ideology of the right ? Either way there is more to play for in this election compared to any in the previous few decades, and the nature of Britain's' political identity hangs in the balance.
This week saw one time Lib-dem, Lord Adonis reach out to the orange voter with a request to assist in the fight against a Cameroonian majority by switching over to the red team, the suggestion being ideological similarities between Labour and the Lib-Dems make the organisations interchangeable as agents of Tory demise. So how does this schemin' work ?
Well since its a winner takes all system, a vote cast for a candidate who places in any position other than first is an inconsequential contribution. So how can you maximise the impact your vote has over the Tories ? By tailoring your decision to suit the political landscape of your local constituency, and that means voting for the favoured challenger rather than the party of your choice, although they well be the same thing.
Whatever your reasoning, you may not feel too happy with a sudden (if not slight, and perhaps beneficial) jerk to the right after 13 years of centre-left governance. So with that, I give you the top 30 seats the Tories are looking to steal, and who the best party is to vote for if you want to keep them off the top spot.
01 GILLINGHAM & RAINHAM - LABOUR
02 CRAWLEY - LABOUR
03 YORK OUTER - LIB DEM
04 ROMSEY & SOUTHAMPTON NORTH - LIB DEM
05 HARLOW - LABOUR
06 CHELTENHAM - LIB DEM
07 CROYDON CENTRAL - LABOUR
08 PORTSMOUTH NORTH - LABOUR
09 BATTERSEA - LABOUR
10 HOVE - LABOUR
11 SOMERTON AND FROME - LIB DEM
12 EASTLEIGH - LIB DEM
13 WESTMORLAND & LONSDALE - LIB DEM
14 MILTON KEYNES NORTH - LABOUR
15 STROUD - LABOUR
16 DARTFORD - LABOUR
17 BASILDON SOUTH & THURROCK EAST - LABOUR
18 EALING CENTRAL AND ACTON - LABOUR
19 CITY OF CHESTER - LABOUR
20 HEREFORD AND SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE - LIB DEM
21 COLNE VALLEY - LABOUR
22 CARDIFF NORTH - LABOUR
23 HASTING & RYE - LABOUR
24 CALDER VALLEY - LABOUR
25 STOURBRIDGE - LABOUR
26 CARSHALTON & WALLINGTON - LIB DEM
27 MILTON KEYNES SOUTH - LABOUR
28 CORBY - LABOUR
29 TAUNTON - LIB DEM
30 PERTH & NORTH PERTHSHIRE - LABOUR
Whats your agenda for this election ? Reaffirmation of long standing allegiances ? To follow your gut feeling ? Perhaps you fear the march of the left, or resent the ideology of the right ? Either way there is more to play for in this election compared to any in the previous few decades, and the nature of Britain's' political identity hangs in the balance.
This week saw one time Lib-dem, Lord Adonis reach out to the orange voter with a request to assist in the fight against a Cameroonian majority by switching over to the red team, the suggestion being ideological similarities between Labour and the Lib-Dems make the organisations interchangeable as agents of Tory demise. So how does this schemin' work ?
Well since its a winner takes all system, a vote cast for a candidate who places in any position other than first is an inconsequential contribution. So how can you maximise the impact your vote has over the Tories ? By tailoring your decision to suit the political landscape of your local constituency, and that means voting for the favoured challenger rather than the party of your choice, although they well be the same thing.
Whatever your reasoning, you may not feel too happy with a sudden (if not slight, and perhaps beneficial) jerk to the right after 13 years of centre-left governance. So with that, I give you the top 30 seats the Tories are looking to steal, and who the best party is to vote for if you want to keep them off the top spot.
01 GILLINGHAM & RAINHAM - LABOUR
02 CRAWLEY - LABOUR
03 YORK OUTER - LIB DEM
04 ROMSEY & SOUTHAMPTON NORTH - LIB DEM
05 HARLOW - LABOUR
06 CHELTENHAM - LIB DEM
07 CROYDON CENTRAL - LABOUR
08 PORTSMOUTH NORTH - LABOUR
09 BATTERSEA - LABOUR
10 HOVE - LABOUR
11 SOMERTON AND FROME - LIB DEM
12 EASTLEIGH - LIB DEM
13 WESTMORLAND & LONSDALE - LIB DEM
14 MILTON KEYNES NORTH - LABOUR
15 STROUD - LABOUR
16 DARTFORD - LABOUR
17 BASILDON SOUTH & THURROCK EAST - LABOUR
18 EALING CENTRAL AND ACTON - LABOUR
19 CITY OF CHESTER - LABOUR
20 HEREFORD AND SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE - LIB DEM
21 COLNE VALLEY - LABOUR
22 CARDIFF NORTH - LABOUR
23 HASTING & RYE - LABOUR
24 CALDER VALLEY - LABOUR
25 STOURBRIDGE - LABOUR
26 CARSHALTON & WALLINGTON - LIB DEM
27 MILTON KEYNES SOUTH - LABOUR
28 CORBY - LABOUR
29 TAUNTON - LIB DEM
30 PERTH & NORTH PERTHSHIRE - LABOUR
So there is it. Sabres guide to fiddling the system. Sorry its such a cynical exercise but the rulebook is crooked...
Tuesday 6 April 2010
LETS TALK VOTES
Election season is upon us, the worst kept secret in politics has been confirmed, and the yellow, blue and red brigades are frantically scrambling to the key marginals to make the best of our hugely flawed, 'first past the post' political system.....
As we prepare ourselves for a shitstorm of media spin, insincere political posturing and an 'Obama 08' style social networking spam-a-thon; the most pertinent questions will probably go unansweed as our media outlets scramble to impress upon each other a jealously-inducing sense of magnitude and proximity to powerful contacts.... well I have no-one to impress, and no real reputation to bolster; so from my relatively uncomprimised observational watch tower, I'm goint to have a crack at outling some of the main points over the coming weeks, but there is one catch and I best state that upfront... I'm voting Libdem because I'm in a key marginal,so there is going to be a touch of propaganda, but I promise to be as impartial as I can be because the rest of the time, I'm a pragmatist / floating voter.
Part 1..... "Why not to vote Lib dem" ....coming in a bit.
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