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Lynton Crosby's face is not yet known so he has to carry a caption around with him always.
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This all started with the delays in government policy over
plain cigarette packaging and minimum alcohol pricing. Labour said "aha, this
is because Lynton Crosby also works for a tobacco company and is thus lobbying
the Prime Minister." However, there is no evidence for that at all. The Labour Party are just
finding casual links. Nick Clegg, the PM, Lynton Crosby, the Conservative Party
and virtually everyone except Red Ed have said that there has been no lobbying.
Indeed it is more likely, that if there was any lobbying it was from Ken Clarke
who is actually in the government, works for tobacco firms and is well known to
like a drink.
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Maybe Ken Clarke is the one lobbying the government, if that is happening at all.
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There are many alternative ideas to Labour's ripping open a
live kid goat thesis on plain packaging and alcohol pricing. Let's say Lynton
Crosby is involved in the decision to ditch the cigarette and beer policies. It
could be because as Lynton says "he is getting rid of the barnacles off the
boat." These policies could be seen as negative to the electorate and not on
beat with his proposed message for the Conservatives in 2015 and is thus
ditching them. Personally I don't see this as very likely considering how
awfully in favour Dave is in limiting people's choices of late.
The Government's reason for having the delays is to see the results of what is going on
in Australia and in Scotland may be what is going on. This makes most logical
sense considering all these new policies are so new in implementation we don't
know yet if this actually is a benefit to health. It may not be and thus
cheesing off ordinary people is not necessary.
And on cheesing off it could be that the Government have
decided that they don't like this idea. This is actually consistent with what
Labour say. For all their hot air over plain cigarette packaging and minimum alcohol
pricing all previous Labour Health Secretaries think it would be a disaster
(seefor the full details http://order-order.com/2013/07/13/labour-ministers-opposed-plain-packaging/
). Andy Burnham, Labour Shadow Secretary State for Health, has said "No studies have shown that introducing plain packaging of tobacco products would cut the number of young people smoking .... we would need strong and convincing evidence showing the health benefits of this policy before it would be acceptable."
Then we move into the manifest absurdities which make up the
twisted logic of Labour Central Office. They're now saying Lynton Crosby was responsible
for the 'privatisation of the NHS' in the early stages
of the government. Just ignore for the moment the stupidity of not using facts, the NHS hasn't been privatised. Indeed Lynton after the general election did get employed by
a health company but wasn't employed by the Conservatives till November 2012,
not starting till January 2013. But the Health and Social Care Act received
Royal Assent in March 2012 so Lynton couldn't possibly be lobbying for the
non-'privatisation of the NHS' because he wasn't anywhere near the government
till almost a year after it was passed. Unless Red Ed believes Lynton Crosby
has invented a time machine then I think he should take a look at his brain and
try reassemble the lobes to try form a coherent argument.
I actually feel a bit for Lynton Crosby. The Labour Party
say he is the most evil being since Satan himself, but even if that were true
he is being wrongly targeted. It's quite clear Labour are either victims of their
own poor policies on education, and thus have no logic, or are just causing
trouble. And they are doing this probably because they are running around with
arms waving in the air panicking about a diminishing poll lead.
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The logical lunatics have taken over the Asylum (other wise known as Red Ed's brain).
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