if people were asked in1997 if blair was a slick salesman, everybody would have said yes. it's a compliment. the difference would be if they were asked if he was JUST a slick salesman - i believe the figure would have been considerably lower.
funny the interviewer didn't mention the tory lead going up 2 points. if it had been the other way around he'd have been all over it.
Cameron isn't in Government and he has to win an election to be in Government and that means everybody toeing the Party line. It's a bitch but that's the way it has to be.
Brown for me is the worst Prime Minister we've ever had and I can remember as far back as wilson.
I love that bit at about 4:46 when the light goes out, you can see the puzzlement on his face, it's like he knows he's lost the argument, and his own personal light has gone out.
@yormeey labour are split in the cabinet and between Brown and Darling on whether they say thay need cuts, presumably because of all their voters in the over sized public sector or say they don't need to start cutting. What they REALLY want to do because it's in their dna is keep borrowing and spending like there's no tomorrow. The Cons are at least looking for a mandate to get rid of most of the debt within the next parliament, which I agree with...
...Labour don't care about the debt which they racked up before the recession. They're dangerous and shouldn't be allowed near the levers of power again.
@lfc185 Get rid of the debt? This guys work for the same people as Browns guys and it aint us, we work for them while they play political puppet show for their masters in Brussels and the IMF!
It wont matter if you vote Conservatives, Libdems or Nulabour we are run from Brussels,until we leave the EU nothing will change. Vote UKIP get out of the EU then we can think about real change.
I think you'll find that Cameron is popular and seen as a plus point for the Tories, actually. This has been shown in polls for the past 2 years. People are understandably more cynical, though, after finding out they've elected an actor as their Prime Minister. The most patronising seeker of votes has to be Brown. He thinks only of his career and doesn't give a shit about our country.
When will Labour realise that these class attacks do themselves NO favours?? Tony Blair was educated at a public school ffs, since chucking him out Labour have slipped back to the pathetic politics of class!
Also, you are probably a moron, considering that George Osborne did not go to Eton and your argument against him hinges on this incorrect piece of knowledge!
I beg to differ but won't stoop to probable personal abuse!
You are right that he didn't go to Eton, and I should have checked that, but my arguement doesn't hinge on that. He did go to private school and then Oxford though and he still has no command of English and is economically illiterate.
@wesleyrd When criticising someone's English, it is not wise to misspell a simple word - (argument).
I don't believe it matters where politicians went to school (but many front bench Tories went to state schools, e.g. Ken Clarke, Hague). Also, if you are a Labour supporter, where did Tony Blair go to school and uni?
"New Labour" handprint? That makes me laugh. Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a right wing guy who also owns The Times, The Sun, crazy Fix News or Faux News or if you like Fox News as they call it.
Labour brought the question of Ashcroft up on the day 3 of their MPs were charged with fraud. Gordon Brown had quotes in the next days front pages about it. It's an old story that New Labour and lefty journalists, like well known Labour luvvy Boulton, bring up to divert attention away from New Labour's failings, whilst ignoring their own hypocrisy. Murdoch, incidently, is a business man.Even though he may have switched from Nu Labour, a tighter race and his lefty hacks let loose = better for him
I wouldn't buy a used car of this man, let alone trust him with the economy. "Make cuts in the deficit" - all he can identify are £1.5 billion out of £178 billion. That's less than 1%, he's useless.
Obviously asking a tory difficult questions is a New Labour plot since the torys aren't supposed to be accountable like all the other parties. Too many fools on the internet it seems.
Cameron is a "Slick salesman". Not my view. That's the public's view. Hardly good news for the tory boys club.
George Osborne is a man who likes to do deals with oligarch's, flip his home, make tax cuts for the very wealthy, u turn on the recession when he get's it wrong and lie. I'm fed up with Labour. So i'm voting Lib Dem.
Nice to see the Tories getting a proper grilling on Ashcroft. They 'don't know' his tax status = he doesn't pay tax in the UK but yet heads a political party in the UK.
I doubt the Democrats or the GOP in the US would let me be their Party Chairman without being a US citizen and paying tax in the US. It's a joke!
Oh, and for those saying Sky News is a Labour puppet, remember who owns Sky, Rupert Murdoch, who has come out clearly in favour of the Tory party.
The opposition face an up hill struggle not only with the electoral system being in Labour's favour but with the MSM being in partnership with the government. Blair's mate Boulton and his pals should hang their heads in shame.
Expect more of these diversionary interviews from the New Labour puppet media. Not one mention of the actual NEWS from this Labour luvvie, that 20 leading economists have been critical of Labour and agree with the Tories' plan to seriously tackle the deficit, an area where these champagne socialist, biased broadcasters have taken and advocated the government's line for the last year. George Osborne had to bring it up.
He's an f.in horrible man.
mistaben2k 2 months ago
Oooh Gideon you are a card.
sail1948 5 months ago
THE TORIES HAVE JUST LET VODAFONE OFF WITH £6 BILLION IN TAXES!!!!
For more info check out Private Eye article "BRITAIN’S £6BN VODAFONE BILL"
This is tax evasion and corruption at the highest levels!!
andlookmore 1 year ago
Osbo always has a habit of looking slightly off camera as if he is being threatened
LollieSmith 1 year ago
Mr pickles....lolll george osborne is a toad
10williams2 1 year ago
A slimy horrible cunt. Question: Would you buy a used car from this man?
sail1948 1 year ago
sorry, meant 4 pts
jas407 2 years ago
if people were asked in1997 if blair was a slick salesman, everybody would have said yes. it's a compliment. the difference would be if they were asked if he was JUST a slick salesman - i believe the figure would have been considerably lower.
funny the interviewer didn't mention the tory lead going up 2 points. if it had been the other way around he'd have been all over it.
jas407 2 years ago 6
Slimy Tory toad...
Wouldn't trust him as far as I could spit him.
How true the car salesman analogy is...
mightydannymonkeydru 2 years ago
What a pompous prick! Like Cameron theres a real nastiness in the tory party.
ilc, I bet to differ........Gordon Brown is as passionate and well able to run the country than Wilson was.
elaineS 2 years ago
Ow right Osborne, so it's between Brown or Cameron. The election will prob be rigged but I will not be voteing liblabcon
withnielandi 2 years ago
What a slippery chap he is.
Rick1883 2 years ago 3
@Ifc... I don't actually like Brown but for goodness sake, I won't let my emotion overtake. my sense of reasoning.
DC talks of new politics of openness and transparency, yet he practices nepotism and centralises power.
Even The Mail reports 2day that some of Tory party candidates are either his Etonian friends or associates. Is that the change he talks about?
GB has the grasp of issues more than Cameron. I honestly believe DC's simply a salesman
yormeey 2 years ago
Cameron isn't in Government and he has to win an election to be in Government and that means everybody toeing the Party line. It's a bitch but that's the way it has to be.
Brown for me is the worst Prime Minister we've ever had and I can remember as far back as wilson.
lfc185 2 years ago 2
LIB LAB CON are all salesmen.
there all the same.
spoil your ballot of vote ukip or independent or MRLP.
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VOTE WWE
theoneali 2 years ago
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gisanotherpint 2 years ago
no thnx
theoneali 2 years ago
I love that bit at about 4:46 when the light goes out, you can see the puzzlement on his face, it's like he knows he's lost the argument, and his own personal light has gone out.
sphdjl 2 years ago
Well done Tim.Make that oleagenous worm squirm.
Its very worrying that people on here think SKY and Murdoch are Labour supporters.Those people have a vote.Frightening times.
toadieisgod 2 years ago
David Cameron (DC) believes in "openness" of politics but not when it concerns Lord Ashcroft.
DC a man who can't even explain or spell out a policy he's been banging on about for about 2 years- Marriage Tax.
DC, bless him, just a little economy recovery, he went from "immediate cut" to " no swingeing cut"?
DC says he believes in the concept of decentralization but has centrilsed is own party- part leaflets
I simply won't vote for David Cameron's Tory!
yormeey 2 years ago 4
@yormeey labour are split in the cabinet and between Brown and Darling on whether they say thay need cuts, presumably because of all their voters in the over sized public sector or say they don't need to start cutting. What they REALLY want to do because it's in their dna is keep borrowing and spending like there's no tomorrow. The Cons are at least looking for a mandate to get rid of most of the debt within the next parliament, which I agree with...
lfc185 2 years ago
...Labour don't care about the debt which they racked up before the recession. They're dangerous and shouldn't be allowed near the levers of power again.
lfc185 2 years ago
@lfc185 Get rid of the debt? This guys work for the same people as Browns guys and it aint us, we work for them while they play political puppet show for their masters in Brussels and the IMF!
withnielandi 2 years ago 2
It wont matter if you vote Conservatives, Libdems or Nulabour we are run from Brussels,until we leave the EU nothing will change. Vote UKIP get out of the EU then we can think about real change.
wrathofgod86668 2 years ago
He's a bit Slitheryn, this lad.
JJAAAACCKK 2 years ago
I think you'll find that Cameron is popular and seen as a plus point for the Tories, actually. This has been shown in polls for the past 2 years. People are understandably more cynical, though, after finding out they've elected an actor as their Prime Minister. The most patronising seeker of votes has to be Brown. He thinks only of his career and doesn't give a shit about our country.
midr06 2 years ago
I think Mr Osborne did very well what a rude interviewer
TomSanderson100 2 years ago 3
@TomSanderson100 .......... no just no.
TheAxisRising 2 years ago
@TheAxisRising To what part?
TomSanderson100 2 years ago
Osborne - what a tosser! If this is an Eton education then someone has wasted their money. No command of English and economically illiterate.
How many times are the Tories going to be asked about Ashcroft without having an answer?
wesleyrd 2 years ago
@wesleyrd
When will Labour realise that these class attacks do themselves NO favours?? Tony Blair was educated at a public school ffs, since chucking him out Labour have slipped back to the pathetic politics of class!
Also, you are probably a moron, considering that George Osborne did not go to Eton and your argument against him hinges on this incorrect piece of knowledge!
instantface 2 years ago
I beg to differ but won't stoop to probable personal abuse!
You are right that he didn't go to Eton, and I should have checked that, but my arguement doesn't hinge on that. He did go to private school and then Oxford though and he still has no command of English and is economically illiterate.
Still no answer on Ashcroft!
wesleyrd 2 years ago
@wesleyrd When criticising someone's English, it is not wise to misspell a simple word - (argument).
I don't believe it matters where politicians went to school (but many front bench Tories went to state schools, e.g. Ken Clarke, Hague). Also, if you are a Labour supporter, where did Tony Blair go to school and uni?
Still no answer from Labour over Lord Paul!
instantface 2 years ago 2
lol, Osbourne is getting pwned... I love watching the Tories squirm
benmols 2 years ago 3
"New Labour" handprint? That makes me laugh. Sky News is owned by Rupert Murdoch, a right wing guy who also owns The Times, The Sun, crazy Fix News or Faux News or if you like Fox News as they call it.
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yormeey 2 years ago
Labour brought the question of Ashcroft up on the day 3 of their MPs were charged with fraud. Gordon Brown had quotes in the next days front pages about it. It's an old story that New Labour and lefty journalists, like well known Labour luvvy Boulton, bring up to divert attention away from New Labour's failings, whilst ignoring their own hypocrisy. Murdoch, incidently, is a business man.Even though he may have switched from Nu Labour, a tighter race and his lefty hacks let loose = better for him
midr06 2 years ago
Haha, yes, Rupert Murdoch, well known figurehead of international socialism *rolls eyes*
matsimpsk2 2 years ago 3
I wouldn't buy a used car of this man, let alone trust him with the economy. "Make cuts in the deficit" - all he can identify are £1.5 billion out of £178 billion. That's less than 1%, he's useless.
richardblogger 2 years ago
Obviously asking a tory difficult questions is a New Labour plot since the torys aren't supposed to be accountable like all the other parties. Too many fools on the internet it seems.
TheSleepyhippie 2 years ago 3
Sky News a 'new labour puppet'? The Rupert Murdoch-owned, sister channel of Fox fucking News is a liberally biased? Are you lot on drugs?
It's got nothing to do with media bias and everything to do with Georgie Boy being clueless and his leader being nothing more than a empty suit.
AlbertBundy 2 years ago 7
Cameron is a "Slick salesman". Not my view. That's the public's view. Hardly good news for the tory boys club.
George Osborne is a man who likes to do deals with oligarch's, flip his home, make tax cuts for the very wealthy, u turn on the recession when he get's it wrong and lie. I'm fed up with Labour. So i'm voting Lib Dem.
zzzoe11 2 years ago
Nice to see the Tories getting a proper grilling on Ashcroft. They 'don't know' his tax status = he doesn't pay tax in the UK but yet heads a political party in the UK.
I doubt the Democrats or the GOP in the US would let me be their Party Chairman without being a US citizen and paying tax in the US. It's a joke!
Oh, and for those saying Sky News is a Labour puppet, remember who owns Sky, Rupert Murdoch, who has come out clearly in favour of the Tory party.
kopmatt07 2 years ago 5
NLP
scrufduf 2 years ago
Damn, what an asshole interviewer.
DantesObjective 2 years ago
One of the many reasions i don't watch Sky news.
loveEUROPEhateEU 2 years ago 2
The opposition face an up hill struggle not only with the electoral system being in Labour's favour but with the MSM being in partnership with the government. Blair's mate Boulton and his pals should hang their heads in shame.
midr06 2 years ago
Expect more of these diversionary interviews from the New Labour puppet media. Not one mention of the actual NEWS from this Labour luvvie, that 20 leading economists have been critical of Labour and agree with the Tories' plan to seriously tackle the deficit, an area where these champagne socialist, biased broadcasters have taken and advocated the government's line for the last year. George Osborne had to bring it up.
midr06 2 years ago