The ‘moral recession’
It's fairly tawdry, this:
He will point to the torture and near death of two young boys in Edlington, South Yorkshire, as evidence of Labour's failings.
I assume, then, that James Bulger's torture and death was evidence of the Conservative Party's moral failings, and that Cameron would put the blame for that horrific crime squarely at the door of the then administration?
No...?
While stressing that the case is not typical, Mr Cameron is expected to cite it as a shocking example of what he calls Britain's broken society, one of the key themes of the party's campaign but a diagnosis rejected by the government.
Ah, Broken Society. I see. Of course, you or I might say a society in which politicians are prepared to exploit horrific and extraordinarily rare crimes involving the terrible suffering of children whose relatives are still trying to come to terms with what's happened, for the sake of a few votes, would be pretty broken. But I'm sure we'd be wrong, wouldn't we. If only a few more of us got married, then everything would be solved, and crimes like this would never happen at all.
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January 22nd, 2010 - 09:14
nd I suppose the death of his son was the Labour party's fault, his wife's bad dress sense and oh…don't forget the little question of over-payments on his HOUSE in Notting Hill must all be down to Gordon Brown. A little responsibility and squaring up to fate / conscience / values / failings goes a long way, Mr Cameron.
January 22nd, 2010 - 09:19
For Cameron's argument to work, then we have to accept that we live in Broken Britain. That everything is bad and we're all going to the dogs, etc. etc. But my day to day experience does not match Cameron's version of reality.
Also, if the Labour government is responsible for the environment that allowed these two children to behave this way, then they are also responsible for all the children who do well, are delightful and happy. There are many of these – I know and observe them daily.
If the Labour government are responsible for everything, then they must also be responsible for Cameron's children
Either Brown and the Labour government are super powerful and responsible for everything or they are not.
If they are, then its probably a futile exercise to fight them in the next election.
If they are not, then what is Cameron on about?
January 22nd, 2010 - 09:43
Interesting how this is just another opportunity to heap more blame on ministers / the state. At no point on the bbc's coverage on this this morning mention the parents of the two kids who committed this attack. There's 4 adults there that could've had some effect that wasn't "toxic"
It's too easy and lazy to blame childrens services for failing them. And what difference would it make if two people that should've never had kids were married?
January 22nd, 2010 - 11:10
The drop in crime figures must have made him think twice of running with this tosh, perhaps he thinks voters will fall for for it and let us not forget, Harold Shipman did the majority of his killing on Thatcher's watch.
January 22nd, 2010 - 12:11
What the fuck?
Cameron's seriously going to pull that? I think I've just lost all respect for the man.
January 22nd, 2010 - 13:44
This is even beyond the worst I'd come to expect out of the Tories. Someone in the Tory strategy group heard about this story and their first instinct was to think of this in terms of winning votes.
Of course this is all dog-whistle politics anyway. People who weren't going to vote conservative any way certainly won't now but it will intensify the furore amongst the Daily Mail readers who believe that we entered the ninth circle of Hell in June 1997.
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January 22nd, 2010 - 16:26
I really think this merits little more than 'oh fuck off Cameron you exploitative prick'.
The Sun will lap it up though.
January 22nd, 2010 - 16:37
I think my latest blog post actually summed this approach up (should be linked via my name)
January 22nd, 2010 - 17:52
Hmmm …
So a politician’s thinking of exploiting the beating of two children, for potential political gain.
Surprise, surprise … !
January 22nd, 2010 - 18:27
"When parents are rewarded for splitting up, when professionals are told that it's better to follow rules than do what they think is best, when single parents find they take home less for working more, when young people learn that it pays not to get a job, when the kind-hearted are discouraged from doing good in their community, is it any wonder our society is broken?
Firstly, does anyone actually believe a word of this?
And even if they did accept that Gordon McStalin Broon ‘the scum of the manse’ is putting dole claimants into gilded mansions (etcetc) where does the advocating torture come in?
The profoundest irony is that Cameron and Brown’s shared dirty secret is their continuing support for the ‘war on terror’ when it’s obvious that torture is used extensively on innocent people.
Still, according to Cameron, Brown’s greatest collusion in torture is being too good to poor people. Don’t know if even Ayn Rand said that welfare causes people to torture each other.
‘Of course, you or I might say a society in which politicians are prepared to exploit horrific and extraordinarily rare crimes involving the terrible suffering of children whose relatives are still trying to come to terms with what's happened, for the sake of a few votes, would be pretty broken.’
My thoughts exactly.
January 22nd, 2010 - 22:14
The Labour government is at fault for a lot of things. The occassional bizarre, inhumane and tragic crime isn't one of them, because people who commit these crimes aren't exactly political anoraks, but nutters who would do it anyway, not matter whether or not the 10p tax band exists.
January 24th, 2010 - 11:59
I love (quote unquote) how the papers show their sensitive caring side with these stories. It's just lik Soham again, where, for months on end the likes of the Mail printed endless reports of where Maxine Carr (the one that wasn't a murderer, just stupid) was and what she looked like. That doesn't stir up shit at all, does it Mr Dacre.
Now, with the 'devil boys' it's the same old same old.
let's just wind up the easily wound up so they can air their fantasies about stringing up two children. Hard to see what separates these kind of tabloid driven fantasists from the people they hate.
This post was brought to you by the word 'fookwat' which was the verification word and it has amused me.
January 25th, 2010 - 14:46
Call Me Dave wouldn't blame the death of James Bulger on the then-current Government, no Sirree.
Step forward Mr Tony Blair…