Con Trail - Conservatives are banking on Campaigner Fatigue
Here's the blog I borrowed the photo from : http://anandgreenwell.com/?p=74
Sir
(As submitted to 'The Independent' newspaper.)
I would like to expose and condemn this government's trail of con tricks. Here is the modus operandi.
Junior ministers propose something nasty, unthinkable even, with a straight face. Like selling off national woodland. Privatising the NHS. Cruelty to animals. Censoring climate science education.
The 'greenest ever electorate' are shocked. People-powered petitions are put about, over-worked campaigners burn midnight oil, and public outrage is given voice. Pyrrhic victory ensues. Exhausted campaigners celebrate.
The 'greenest ever electorate' are shocked. People-powered petitions are put about, over-worked campaigners burn midnight oil, and public outrage is given voice. Pyrrhic victory ensues. Exhausted campaigners celebrate.
The Prime Minister steps in, sheepishly claiming to have 'listened to the public', announcing to loud applause that plans have been abandoned. Amidst the noise and confusion a slightly lesser outrage slips through on the nod. The PM is patted on the back by all concerned. The foul play goes undetected.
A slow motion re-play of recent Tory 'plays' would expose this blatant con-trick once and for all.
David Hampton
Marlow
Bucks
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