Our own omnishambles...

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By "Our" of course I mean a UK based omnishambles as against the ones enveloping poor old Obama or anything remotely to do with Ows or my friends, family or associates, OK? The Labour Party in the UK is becoming embroiled in several scandals that seem to be festering in the background plus one massive one that is starting to boil over (as it should). And I'm not even talking about the worse one, their immigration - demographic genocide - scandal (nor any of hundred or so others over the last 15 years).  Now, there's Falkirk, Grangemouth and - even closer to home and far more shocking - the Coop-Flowergate scandal, the rise and fall of the 'crystal Methodist'. As David Cameron said today "There are clearly a lot of questions that have to be answered" and for some reason, for once, Ed Miliband doesn't want an inquiry.

Our own omnishambles...

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By "Our" of course I mean a UK based omnishambles as against the ones enveloping poor old Obama or anything remotely to do with Ows or my friends, family or associates, OK? The Labour Party in the UK is becoming embroiled in several scandals that seem to be festering in the background plus one massive one that is starting to boil over (as it should). And I'm not even talking about the worse one, their immigration - demographic genocide - scandal (nor any of hundred or so others over the last 15 years).  Now, there's Falkirk, Grangemouth and - even closer to home and far more shocking - the Coop-Flowergate scandal, the rise and fall of the 'crystal Methodist'. As David Cameron said today "There are clearly a lot of questions that have to be answered" and for some reason, for once, Ed Miliband doesn't want an inquiry.

Obama omnishambles II...

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Well, really it's part 600, or DC in Roman numerals. When it rains it pours: the scandal ridden remains of hope and change takes another dive. The BLS, (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) instead of being known as the Bureau Of Lies And Subterfuge will soon just be BS...and stinking to high heaven. The October 2012 pre-POTUS election jobs figures - roundly questioned at the time (but the 'conspiracy theorists' were shouted down) - was 'faked'.

"The decline - from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September - might not have been all it seemed. The numbers, according to a reliable source, were manipulated...And the Census Bureau, which does the unemployment survey, knew it."

[source NYP, hat-tip: Zero Hedge] The image, click to enlarge, 'The Strangest Number' (the data-set showing employment of workers in the 20-24 yrs old) was just one of the indicators back then that something was amiss.



Update 1:50 pm: of course back then there were one or two things that the electorate needed distracting from and lying about the recovery was a sure way to do that.

Obama omnishambles II...

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Well, really it's part 600, or DC in Roman numerals. When it rains it pours: the scandal ridden remains of hope and change takes another dive. The BLS, (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) instead of being known as the Bureau Of Lies And Subterfuge will soon just be BS...and stinking to high heaven. The October 2012 pre-POTUS election jobs figures - roundly questioned at the time (but the 'conspiracy theorists' were shouted down) - was 'faked'.

"The decline - from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September - might not have been all it seemed. The numbers, according to a reliable source, were manipulated...And the Census Bureau, which does the unemployment survey, knew it."

[source NYP, hat-tip: Zero Hedge] The image, click to enlarge, 'The Strangest Number' (the data-set showing employment of workers in the 20-24 yrs old) was just one of the indicators back then that something was amiss.

Update 1:50 pm: of course back then there were one or two things that the electorate needed distracting from and lying about the recovery was a sure way to do that.

Ongoing omnishambles...

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Omnishambles in general, a phrase coined for New Labour but used effectively against the Coalition. David Davis on ConHome this morning gives us a very good explication of why we appear to have an omnishambles - relating to Steve Hilton's California dreaming ("Did he actually think Yes Minister was fiction?" The Week). Although we know that most politicians have struggled with the Civil Servants Davis adds meat to the bones: "There was, throughout the Blair years, a serious corrosion of the standards of the Civil Service. It started with the now infamous Order in Council, allowing political appointees, in the form of Alistair Campbell and Jonathan Powell, to give orders to civil servants."... ..."So the problem has got worse, to the point that the reality has overtaken the “Yes, Minister” caricature. The comedy has become the training film." And finishes with a sucker punch for David Cameron:

"But what Mr Hilton needs to remember is that either car [great/good government machine] will get you to your destination, so long as the driver knows where he is going."

Ouch!

Ongoing omnishambles...

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Omnishambles in general, a phrase coined for New Labour but used effectively against the Coalition. David Davis on ConHome this morning gives us a very good explication of why we appear to have an omnishambles - relating to Steve Hilton's California dreaming ("Did he actually think Yes Minister was fiction?" The Week). Although we know that most politicians have struggled with the Civil Servants Davis adds meat to the bones: "There was, throughout the Blair years, a serious corrosion of the standards of the Civil Service. It started with the now infamous Order in Council, allowing political appointees, in the form of Alistair Campbell and Jonathan Powell, to give orders to civil servants."... ..."So the problem has got worse, to the point that the reality has overtaken the “Yes, Minister” caricature. The comedy has become the training film." And finishes with a sucker punch for David Cameron:

"But what Mr Hilton needs to remember is that either car [great/good government machine] will get you to your destination, so long as the driver knows where he is going."

Ouch!