WTF is so horrendously embarrassing about the Shale memo? Seems like business as usual in any - I mean the average - I mean our - local constituency Conservative Association. Except for the amount of moolah the late Mr Shale (RIP) thought he could wring out of his neighbours, of course. (Our chairman would faint from pleasure...) Apart from that, nothing to see here. Move along. Really. Our political journos really do need a break.
Mass party memberships are a thing of the past. The two per cent of the electorate who are politics-heavy [mostly] already belong to or volunteer as foot soldiers at election time for one party or another. Round our way, anyhow. Waste of time chasing after the other 98 per cent. In present circs, at least. Hold an In-or-Out referendum, though...
The main difference between Labour and Conservative local party organisations is that with the Tories no-one can ever find the rule book... 'You mean there is one?' ... and there are just two kinds of business: getting elected and social/fund-raising events. By contrast, local Labour activists are obsessed with their own organisational processes: The Rule Book. When they are not suppressing and anathematising each other (it's a Left thing) they also have Earnest Political Discussion, unlike local Tories who merely share a number of non-doctrinaire tacit assumptions. What? Oh, the LibDems? God alone knows. Ah, yes - potholes! And fair-trade coffee. And wind farms... which got them wiped out hereabouts. Mwahahaha...
Both lots need campaigning funds, of course. Mr Shale merely stated the bleedin' obvious, larding it with a bit of big-time 'Why Not?' for fun. Can't see what the fuss is about, myself. As for the stately homes, well, some constituencies are stiff with them, and even the SH set are entitled to parliamentary representation in this great democracy of ours so why not rifle their pockets? It worked for Mr Tony.
Poor old Ed. Only the union bosses to fall back on, and now Mad Frankie's coming for them. What a hoot. More Pimm's, dahling?
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