Meaningless words

The news that Gordon Brown is to unveil Labour's election themes at the weekend, but that they are known now, leads me to believe that Gordon Brown will be calling an early general election, presumably because the economic news coming down the tracks is even worse than many believe possible.

The slogans are the sort of meaningless crap that we have come to expect from Labour politicians:
ensuring the economic recovery
protecting frontline public services
standing up for the many
protecting future jobs

When I hear a slogan I always try and see if proposing the opposite was a possibility and deduce that if the answer is no then the slogan is meaningless. So in that spirit:
endanger the economic recovery - well nobody would propose that, the question is whose policies best ensure the economic recovery

harm frontline public services - again nobody would propose that and the question is what policies would best protect public services

stamping down on the many - again nobody would propose that. Of course here Gordon Brown is trying to keep pushing one of his favourite diving lines that the Conservatives are for the few and Labour fort the many; it's rubbish but since when has that stopped Gordon?

attacking future jobs - again nobody would propose that and the question is what policies would best protect future jobs


This launch is all about creating dividing lines, giving the BBC some headlines to use rather than covering the dreadful economic figures that seem to come out day after day and trying to steal back the initiative from the Conservative party.

So with the possibility of the 0.1% rise in GDP in the fourth quarter of 2009 being revised down at the beginning of April and Alistair Darling saying that he was planning to deliver a March Budget, who would say that Gordon Brown is not preparing to cut and run with a March election?



Meanwhile here's some "Meaningless songs in very high voices"