Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Gordon's control-freakery reaches LabourHome?

It's been well reported in the press that Gordon Brown has been trying to curtailing the ability of Labour Conference to raise contemporary resolutions that criticise the Labour leadership. As one would expect this has certainly upset some of the Labour blogosphere who fear for democracy at the heart of their party.

The curtailment on their right to speak is, one imagines, merely the icing on the cake after the woman they consider the "she-devil" was welcomed by Gordon into Downing Street at the end of last week. In fact, as Guido points out, the membership of LabourHome 'Back to the Roots" has reacted strongly to the visit of Thatcher by posting the following animated gif pointing out what Gordon said, and what he now does.


Sadly the original post with the image that Guido linked too appears to have been deleted, presumably by the site admin who is also hopeful prospective MP, RecessMonkey. I guess the Gordon Brown meme of restricting any internal dissent whilst telling everyone he's listening has now reached the Labour blogosphere? Well, at least maybe the bit that wants to get somewhere in the party appparatus?

Update: Animation pixelated and re-hosted to protect the innocent.

9 comments:

kinglear said...

I think whoever added a prosthetic - he is, as someone on Guido remarked, just a little P@!$k from Fife

Anonymous said...

Recess Monkey wants to become an MP ?

Now I know you're talking bollocks.

Barnacle Bill said...

Are you sure Recess Monkey isn't a Manchurian Candidate?

Anonymous said...

It's still their, they just been moving it around to make it more difficult to find.

'Gordon meets Maggie!'
http://www.labourhome.org/story/2007/9/13/12238/8969

Anonymous said...

it was posted by someone under the name mcdonnelite97, who i have now banned. the account was set up using mailinator and an IP anonymiser. due to the technical ability of the poster and the fact that I deleted it within minutes of it appearing, I suspect either Dizzy or Guido is the perpetrator.

Very funny guys - we have an transparent editorial policy and this fell outside the realm of "comradeliness"


Alex Hilton
alexhilton@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

due to the technical ability of the poster and the fact that I deleted it within minutes of it appearing, I suspect either Dizzy or Guido is the perpetrator.

Huh? Because he deleted it within minutes of it appearing he suspects either Dizzy or Guido?

dizzy said...

I have come to expect this sort of accusation now. It's not the first time that something technical has been done on a blog somewhere and I have been floated as a suspect because "he knows alot about puters"

Old BE said...

Or perhaps it was someone in the Labour party who doesn't like Brown? There must be quite a few.

Mr Hilton is probably too young to remember the days when not all Labour members agreed on everything.

Anonymous said...

anon @ 1.36 - why did Recess Monkey stand as Labour candidate in Canterbury at last GE if he didn't want to be an MP?

Why is he upset that Labour have already decided on an all-female candidate list in his old home constituency?