HYPOCRISY RULES, OK

Hypocrisy is the pretence of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess. It is somewhat different to lying, which is the telling of untruthful statements. Lying is often applied to politicians, albeit in more Parliamentary language. Hypocrisy, however, is not so readily applied, so lets have a go.

David Cameron. You may have heard of him. He is the shiny faced smug twat that runs the Conservative Party and is currently leader of the coalition government. He is quite quick to condemn others for their behaviour. About a year ago, you will recall, students marched through London. A small number of them caused a bit of bother in central London. His immediate knee jerk reaction was to state that those that caused trouble should face the full force of the Law. On the face of it that seems a perfectly reasonable response for a Tory. However, Mr Cameron had previously come out with the following – “we smashed the place up a bit and Boris set fire to the toilets”. Boris, of course, is Boris Johnson the current Mayor of London. This quote was said after a particularly boisterous night out with the Bullingdon Club – an Oxford University club famed for the wealth of its members and its destructive binges. So, Cameron freely admits to smashing places up when he was a student. Did he face the full force of the Law? I think you know the answer.

Now, step forward the Rt Hon Member for Horsham. The one and only Francis Maude. Francis is currently not negotiating with the unions over public sector pensions. I would put a definition for “negotiation” but it seems there is somewhat of a difference of opinion between the standard English Dictionary and the Tory version of the word. The latter pretty much defining it as “telling you how it is with no room for manoeuvre”. Anyhow, Maude will tell anyone who listens that public sector pensions are unaffordable and unattainable (and this falls into the “politicians lying” category). What he doesn’t confess to is his own public service pension. A pension that will see him get a lump sum of £731000 and a yearly payment of £43000. He is happy to take and steal from those that can’t afford, but his own pension pot is secure and not faced with a cut. Francis, not only do you lie, you a hypocrite of the highest order.

And finally, Michael Gove, the floppy faced Education Minister. Recently on SKY news he described my union (PCS) as a bunch of Trotskyites. He preferred to sling names at trade unionists rather than negotiate with us. He also debunked unions and those that take action. Back in the 1970s Gove was a journalist, not only that, he stood on picket lines during times of Industrial Action. So, when it is good enough for Gove to stand in the howling wind and slashing rain to defend his terms and conditions that’s fine. When it is someone else doing it, we are demonised as Trotskyites. Gove, I am embarrassed that you were ever a member of a Trade Union.

Of course the biggest line in hypocrisy belongs once again to the Shiney Faced Smug Twat. He says “we are all in this together”. What a crock of shite, clearly some of us are all in it together. The "it” is brown, smelly and sticky and the “some of us” are those of us unfortunate not to be independently wealthy, taxing off shore or running the Government. What he should have said is “you lot are all in it together, whilst I and my kind will continue to have our noses in the trough”.