The Sun shines on Miliband

Nicholas

As is to be expected Milliband's article is badly written, hyperbolic drivel. The idiot should ask himself why "10,000 police officers" are being cut. And if his party hadn't stuffed the statute books full of thought crime offences for the police to waste time and resources chasing maybe we wouldn't be here.

Trust me, the ones dressing up in burkas or in the special units monitoring "homophobic hate crime" or what people look at on the internet won't be missed.

strapworld

It matters not that it was badly written, Nicholas. The fact is is less than a year Cameron is losing support of almost every newspaper. Obviously News international are firing shots across the Coalition's path. If they do not get Sky then expect more than a few salvoes. It will not be pretty.

Whatever you may think of The Sun it is still the newspaper that sells more than any other. The Daily Mail is next and they are not Cameron friends either.

Cameron had better shake up his Press and Public relations. The presentational skills of the coalition are incredibly bad. They are losing on all issues.

The armed services. Schools. NHS. The cuts. Pensions. Disability grant cut back proposals. The Society nonsense! Everything, they are now on the back foot. They have to improve rapidly or, as the poster said, The end is nigh!

Publius

A part of me would love to see the pathetic Miliband forced to clear up his own shit.

But, as before, Labour (i.e., Mr Balls) would deal with unwelcome figures by recalibrating them. Bad exam results? - Lower the pass mark. Bad crime figures? - Redefine crime. Bad borrowing figures? - Redefine what borrowing means.

By the way, any news yet on why Mr Forsyth thinks the BoE should stop targeting inflation?

TrevorsDen

But again Strapworld what do you suggest? Just spend and borrow more to appease a few newspaper editors?

Obama has just announced $78 billion of defence cuts with the Marine Corps being cut by 15000.

He has found funding for some extra F18's because of delays in the F35 programme. F18's which Brown should have ordered in the first place. The carriers and these F35s are just one of the reasons why our defence budget is in a mess.
(its quite possible the GE/RR versions of the F35 engine will be cancelled).

Its quite a laugh really as the anti Camerons and socialist dickbrains were saying that OUR defence cuts were a danger to the special relationship.

JohnAnt

It really wouldn't matter if the clouds parted and the Voice of Murdoch were heard claiming Mili to be his only beloved son in whom he is well-pleased. Mili is a disaster for Labour. He can't speak, he can't articulate or convince, he's another dour chip-on-shoulder Gordon Brown but without the jokes or the charm.

strapworld

Trevors Den when will you grow up? We are not talking about spending and borrowing. Indeed both newspapers I quoted are having a go at local authorities. You ignore newspapers then, I will not and going from most comments the majority are seriously concerned about Cameron and his poor PR.

What I am saying, and you being a Cameron groupie ignore, is that the Public relations of this coalition is bordering on a joke. Like you are with your ignorant rants and abuse of others.

I have met many empty barrels like yourself. They certainly, as you do, live up to the saying Empty barrels make the most noise!

Scotty

It unfortunately true that the coalition is not good at spin - they are too open and naively honest - they need to learn some of the dark skills of labour and spin a bit more - but I pray that they do not go down the brown, balls, mcbride and campbell route, the government are on the right track and need to have stickability rather than labours lieability.

Simon Stephenson

strapworld : 3.47pm

" ... The fact is is less than a year Cameron is losing support of almost every newspaper.

... Cameron had better shake up his Press and Public relations. The presentational skills of the coalition are incredibly bad. They are losing on all issues."

I'm sorry, but I don't think presentational skills really come in to it. What appears good presentationally is what people want to hear. Such is the economic catastrophe that the coalition inherited, and such is the predilection of so many to insist that its repair is "not my problem", that there really isn't much that a conscientious politician can say that will make people happy.

The terrible truth is that as a country we're fast making it impossible for us to be governed by anyone who's any good.

Norman Dee

Scotty, the last thing we want is for them to be good at spin, I think most of us would be happy if they got the basic message over better, let alone try to spin it.

Holly ......

What we have lost during the Labour decade is government.What changed was 24 hour news.
People think the Coalition are rubbish at PR because we only hear the Labour side of stuff.They excel in PR.
They LOVE the spotlight,they have had it and
manipulated it for so long.
I do not want this government,or any future government to be held ransome to the TV cameras simply because news channels need a
political story.
Let the Labour bods say whatever they want.
We all know that Labour will not get the percentage the polls are showing in a GE,so why pretend they might/may/will or could.
If you want someone good at PR or getting their message out,regardless of whether it is true or not,re elect Labour and you can marvel at their ability on camera,while bankrupting the country.
A bit like the last decade turned out to end up.
Whatever is coming from the Coalition,is coming,we had our splurge and now we have to grow up and pay it back.
PR,good or bad will not male anything easier
or shrink the deficit,or create jobs,or cut crime,improve our schools or fix the heartless NHS.
It is the blanket media needing their 'fix' that is the problem.

TGF UKIP

The only surprise is that it's taken Rupert nine months to conclude that almost anybody's better than Dave and when he's prepared to give time of day even to the Swivel Eyed, it really should make the CH resident Camerluvvies start to think.

Holly ......

Apologise for the errors,but cat claws in your leg tend to be off putting.
He's being a little artichoke at the moment.

Paddy

strapworld: "The coalition are losing on MOD, NHS and schools".

You are joking!

After the incompetence and downright dishonesty of Brown and his henchmen.....Labour will never taste power again.

They are a disgrace.

libertarian

Dear Trevors Den

Borrowing and spending is EXACTLY what Cameron is already doing. They've borrowed £1,300 billion already ( enough to scrap all taxes for a decade)

Cameron has lost the plot ( if he ever knew it) he's just another centre left socialist. Next

VEBott

Remember, the only thing NI cares about is 'more money for old Rupe'. From this point of view, there's no point in just backing winners, those winners also have to give you what you want.