In a shock revelation ahead of the much-anticipated general election announcement, the People’s Republic of Mortimer can reveal that key Labour players have decided the Head of State’s posts on Lib Dem Voice are “too boring, involved, complex and accurate”* to respond to.
Said Alix Mortimer: “I couldn’t believe it! I got back from a pleasant evening at my local with a Chinese takeaway expecting to find a meaningful response to my earlier posts on Lib Dem Voice concerning UK domiciled tax status, and there was nothing there, literally nothing! The last three posts were from me!”
Mortimer had earlier lambasted the Tories for their “laughably simplistic” tax policies and corrected a Labourite on an obscure point of tax law, to a resounding chorus of silence from these and other commentators.
Chris Paul, a well-known Mancunian Labourite, said, “ “, which Mortimerites are interpreting as a damning indictment of her verbosity and over-precise knowledge in the area of tax, which is causing Labour and Tory advocates alike to flee for the hills before a barrage of tedious accuracy.
Mortimer: “I can only conclude that Labour and Tory readers and contributors of Lib Dem Voice are completely uninterested in tax law and the domicile question as highlighted by today’s new Tory policy and even more uninterested in my lengthy and detailed contributions to the debate thereof. I have a good mind to take my wares elsewhere!”
It remains to be seen however whether she will in fact eschew Lib Dem Voice for good or just creep back on there tomorrow as usual.
* None of these quotes are true. All suitable disclaimers are made hereby.
October 3, 2007 at 8:07 am
You see, it’s obvious that’s not a real quote from Chris Paul because his brain would just switch into default mode and spout something like ‘and how much tax will John Leech pay when he loses his seat?’
October 3, 2007 at 9:59 am
Perhaps they’re uninterested because so many Labour and Tory donors aren’t exactly “disinterested”?
Or maybe just because everyone’s panicking and throwing leaflets around madly
October 3, 2007 at 10:57 am
Not so much uniterested, more disinterested and confuzzled. Doesn’t affect me, know little about it and prefer to concentrate on More Important Stuff.
But on the grounds you made sense, sort of, and seemed to have a good point, well, yeah, agree unless someone says otherwise.
More importantly however, why aren’t you in the forums, no one’s postd this morning, very dull.
October 3, 2007 at 11:46 am
Prob cos everyone is busy putting a final shine on their anticipatory “Well, at last an election has been called and my insights are as follows” piece. I plan to keep libdemblogs open permanently this week and the minute it crashes I’ll know it has been announced.
Not me though, guv. I simply can’t get into the forum yet because I haven’t received my membership details.