CPC464 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Like most people I thought this was a spoof yesterday..... http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/19/grant-shapps-bingo-and-beer-joke-causes-twitter-storm Even the writers on 'The Thick Of It' thought it too far fetched Genuinely, if that Conservative beer & bingo ad had come up at a Thick Of It script meeting we’d have rejected it as being too far-fetched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 That world-renowned leftist organistion the BBC are also having a bash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPC464 Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 That world-renowned leftist organistion the BBC are also having a bash Right wing you mean... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/bbc-leftwing-bias-non-existent-myth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Just saw it. I have to say, I did think the cut on bingo-tax was ridiculous, the beer-tax I can understand (pubs have been campaigning for it for years) but the bingo-tax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not sure what to think. Probably the weirdest bit of budget propaganda ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Oh I don't know, the Tories 'beer and bingo' ad proves beyong reasonable doubt that the Tories really are the party of the workers and the underdog. Never let it be said that the Tories doesn't know what it's like to be patronised and looked down upon for not having sufficient money to be considered one of the "in crowd" - Gorge Osborne, for example, was even called "oik" at Oxford by other members of the Bullindon Club because he attended St. Paul's rather than Eton http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-bullingdon-club-when-gentlemen-fall-out-973702.html I say, Eton's Den, number 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Not sure what to think. Probably the weirdest bit of budget propaganda ever. I agree. Its very condescending. I look forward to finding out more about this ad, whether its official and was sanctioned by the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawny1970 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I agree. Its very condescending. I look forward to finding out more about this ad, whether its official and was sanctioned by the party. Even if it was, they will deny it was approved message!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I agree. Its very condescending. I look forward to finding out more about this ad, whether its official and was sanctioned by the party. It appeared on Twitter initially tweeted by Grant Schnapps account. There's every chance he knocked it together himself being the internet wizard that Green Shapps is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bloom Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 It shows how out of touch and out of their depth the Tory party really are. They're attempting to put sticky tape across the stable door, long after the horse has bolted. The jobs at thousands of bingo halls are gone and will not return. The pubs have gone and will not return. Gone are the days when the majority of hardworking people can afford either pleasures whilst they struggle to pay for the essentials. The only people who are not feeling the recession in a negative way is the super rich. This budget is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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