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Sunday, March 05, 2006

Tessa Jowell

I note that 44% of people think Tessa Jowell should stay in her job. 29% think not. That is roughly where the Tory party is today.

You can see why the Tory Party is still the "nasty party"! Along with one or two fellow travelers Dan!

Very nicely spun.

Worthy of the editor of the Sunday Times News Review Section.

Yep, I am absolutely nasty. I have never done business with the mafia, I have never lied on court to save the sullied reputation of the head of a government composed of neo-fascists and I have never used bribes to pay for my mortgage. I am also a member of the Labour Party and the Fabian Society, as you know Clive.

When the overwhelming majority of the population was against the invasion of Iraq, you did not appear to take much notice of opinion polls. It was "the right thing to do", you said. The opinions of the public only seem to matter when they converge with your own. Is that the behaviour of a democrat?

Clive: Can I ask you a question? If your wife suddenly came up with £350,000 to pay off your mortgage, wouldn't you wonder where the hell it came from? This is 14 or 15 times the average annual salary, conjured up from thin air. Would you not wonder where it came from? If this had not entered Jowell's head, then she must be incredibly thick. Someone that does not understand their own family's finances should not be in control of government departments. Call me nasty if you want, but at least look at the matter with some objectivity and common sense.

Tessa Jowelll is the perfect politician. Complete mercenary attitude to everything in life. I've heard of people distancing themselves from parliamentary colleagues when their job depends on it, but leaving her husband? Here's a prediction - If she gets to keep her job, her "hurt" at her husband's "abuse of trust" will miraculously vanish, and they'll be back together in an instant, spending Berlusconi's cash.

Also, is it any wonder that Blair exonerated her, given his own close links with Berlusconi - especially his holidays in Tuscany subsidised by the Italian tax payer (why is it that the more money people make, the cheaper they get?) I was once a civil servant, and when we went overseas we had to declare any gifts worth more than 100 pounds. Any idea how much a Tuscan holiday costs?

Incidently, I remember when Tessa Jowell tried to stop the Feb 2003 anti war protest with the excuse that she had a duty to protect the grass at Hyde Park. Seems she has a history of thin excuses. That one didn't last long either.

S.

Bernie Ecclestone, Lakshmi Mittal, Richard Desmond, Silvio Berlusconi - who is the next customer for British democracy?

Margaret Beckett talked of a witch-hunt. Andrew Gilligan, Gavyn Davies and Greg Dyke were also victims of a witch-hunt. Sadly, they were not fortunate enough to get away with their "wrong-doings" (ie defending the truth). After all, they are not protected by the prime minister and they are not super-rich, so they should be expected to be the victims of Blair's rough justice.

"Someone" is right to raise the issue of Blair's close friendship with Berlusconi, the leader of a coalition government including not one but two far-right parties. One of those parties is the successor to Mussolini's MSI, whose minions chased my relatives out of Italy because they were Jewish. Berlusconi also has sympathies for fascist ideologies. He claimed that "Benito Mussolini's regime hadn't killed a single person" and that Mussolini "just used to send opposers on holiday". Italy-watchers will know that Berlusconi has been crawling on his knees to get Alessandra Mussolini back into the Casa delle Libertà.

Blair must enjoy Berlusconi's hilarious sense of humour - his jokes about AIDS victims, the Holocaust and Finnish cuisine. What was it he told German MEP Martin Schulz in his address to the EP? He should play the role of a Kapo in a Nazi concentration camp. My, those Italian fascists are hilarious!

I wonder whether Blair's Third Way is democratic socialism or national socialism. I can't make up my mind. Perhaps he and Tessa Jowell need a little distance from the dark corners of Italy's mafia-linked far-right and perhaps listen to Labour party supporters for a change. They my earn less, but the would learn far more.

“He claimed that "Benito Mussolini's regime hadn't killed a single person" and that Mussolini "just used to send opposers on holiday".”

Mussolini's occupation of Libya was one of the most brutal in the history of North Africa. Libyan provinces which resisted occupation saw more than 50% of their population murdered or starved to death. The Italians also helped to pioneer the use of concentration camps, into which they forced tens of thousands of men, women and children. According to the Italian Army Health Department Chairman at the time only 45% of those who entered the camps left alive [from the book “Cerinyca Today” by Todesky, 1930].

Clive - How many other fascist apologists does Blair regard as close personal friends? My mother always told me that you can tell a person by the company they keep. George Bush, a brain dead alcoholic war monger with messianic delusions and Sivlio Berlusconi, a corrupt closet Nazi with links to the Mafia – what does that say about the character that runs this country? On the other hand, perhaps he feels less alone when he spends time with other leaders whose people regard them as embarrassments.

S.

Quite frankly TJ should not be given, or have, a job in government that involves money management.

Thus, what's left for her in government?

Regs, Andy

"what's left for her in government?"

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. A pointless post reserved for spin doctors, witless loyalists and pariahs.

As a Labour party member, I hope Labour loses the next election so that we can have an overhaul. In terms of policy-making, it won't make much difference if Blair or the Tories are in power as their policies are almost identical. The only way to get rid of this corrupt war-mongering shower is to have them kicked out of power and renew the Labour party.

I have just been reading the Guardian website and the Blairite reaction to the Jowell-Berlusconi corruption affair is nauseating. It seems that the Blairites are portraying this as an attack on women responding with female solidarity among government ranks. Since when has the issue been about Jowell's gender? I've not read any criticism of her that could remotely be regarded as sexist. In fact, two of her leading critics are Glenda Jackson and Kate Hoey. Why are Blairites trying to deflect attention from the real issue? - that Jowell has personally benefitted from a big payment to her husband David Mills made by a mafia associate of Berlusconi and he appears to have confessed in a letter that the money had been a "gift" after he committed perjury to protect Berlusconi from corruption allegations. It is absolutely sickening that the Blairites should stoop so low as to make this a gender thing. This is a serious case of corruption in high office, a case that is not being subject to an independent investigation but a whitewash.

On the issue of female solidarity, I note that Ruth Kelly is one of those rallying behind Jowell. Kelly is a follower of the extremist Opus Dei sect and I doubt she is in favour of a woman's right to choose abortion!

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