Tag: god save the queen

British workers have suffered the longest fall in living standards since the 1870s, and the Tory offer is making pints of beer 1p cheaper and cutting bingo tax. Oh, and the Bingo Association has pointed out that reducing duty of bingo hall profits from 20% to 10% will have “no money-in-the-pocket effect for customers”, so let’s park that in the “patronising and irrelevant” box.

According to the polls, over half of the population believe that the Tories only represent the interests of the rich. The cabinet is dominated by white, privately educated men, the sort of government that would not look out of place in 19th century Britain.

David Cameron mocked for paying for Facebook friends

Poor old David Cameron. Last week the prime minister was mocked after tweeting a photograph of himself phoning Barack Obama to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. Now it appears the PM has made another social media gaffe – buying friends on Facebook. The Mail on Sunday reports that the Tories have spent thousands of pounds on advertising to encourage Facebook users to “like” Cameron’s page. Marketing experts estimated that the campaign cost about £7,500, and succeeded in boosted Cameron’s “likes” by 47,000 to 127,000, overtaking Nick Clegg’s 80,000 in the process. Labour MP Sheila Gilmore said: “It looks as if David Cameron is buying popularity. There is no end to his ego, paying for fake Facebook friends.”