Conservatives are strange creatures. We are supposed to be the guardians of tradition and family values. We should be the party of economic prudence and sound money. So it is a little bit of a shock when we read that these two rather distinct worlds have apparently collided.
According to recent Tory output we are all 'tossers' for getting into debt. Now, readers of this website (all 54 regulars!) will know that we don't really mind being crude in our language. In fact we fucking love it! But to have the official opposition wheel out such a vulgar wrod to describe people who have a habit of reaching for the credit card is distasteful and, if I were to be honest, quite below the standard I would expect from a serious political party.
Perhaps it is just siple gimmicary. Maybe we are trying to give the chavvish impression that todays Conservative Party is as thuggish as the pricks who generally use this language. If that is the case then we may have motivated a few thousand Kappa slappers to vote for us, but at what cost?
Are we becoming the ultimate of dumbed down politics?
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Given that the level of personal debt in the UK is now over £1Trillion, does CCHQ not think it is alienating quite allot of people?
Surely labelling most of the electorate as 'Tossers' won't go down very well come polling day.
Looking at past voting patterns, these 'tossers' generally vote labour anyway (young, stupid, poor, male, lower social classes). All this campaign serves to achieve is to make them loathe us more.
I'm quite sure that the message was well intended... but should a serious political party be coming out with this sort of language?
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