I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Doesn't the male also have to bite the back of the female's neck? Or is that just lions?
He does, but that doesn't stimulate ovulation. Cats have a reaction to the scruff of the neck being squeezed which causes them to freeze, which the mother uses to stop her kittens from wriggling about while she carries them, and the male cat uses to prevent the female from injuring him when she finds out how painful sex is for her. Male cats have this response too, I doubt it's involved in ovulation. Anyway that doesn't hurt the cat/kitten.
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Now you mention it, I've read that somewhere, but I'd forgotten. Must be careful or I'll go off on to the sex lives of foxes, with their blood curdling screams during the mating season.
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Doesn't the male also have to bite the back of the female's neck? Or is that just lions?
Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist Inflation overall is 9%. But our analysis suggests that the poorest are facing an inflation rate or around 11%. That’s because they spend a large fraction of their budget on energy and food. Their benefits of course rose by just 3.1%.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Meanwhile on PMQs total non-sequitur, non-response flapping from Boris. Any attack lines back to Labour last 1 second and Keir simply has to sit and ask his questions to win. SKS win by default.
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Now you mention it, I've read that somewhere, but I'd forgotten. Must be careful or I'll go off on to the sex lives of foxes, with their blood curdling screams during the mating season.
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
Oh, definitely bonobos. Humans are just bonobos that haven't grown up - not much hair ...
Meanwhile on PMQs total non-sequitur, non-response flapping from Boris. Any attack lines back to Labour last 1 second and Keir simply has to sit and ask his questions to win. SKS win by default.
The Tory chief whip looks very subdued compared to usual.
I understand why Rishi does not want to commit to the cost of living crisis yet but it is very poor politics
Don't worry BigG. poor people don't vote.
I do worry about those who are seriously affected by this crisis and I understand Rishi waiting until July to announce help but as I said it is not good politics
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Now you mention it, I've read that somewhere, but I'd forgotten. Must be careful or I'll go off on to the sex lives of foxes, with their blood curdling screams during the mating season.
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
Oh, definitely bonobos. Humans are just bonobos that haven't grown up - not much hair ...
Edit: Just to avoid any doubt, this is not intended to refer to Mr Bonobo the musician.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
“I am afraid that they are going to lurch from excessive easing to excessive tightening,” said Professor Tim Congdon from the Institute for International Monetary Research.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Labour has told frontbenchers not to travel to campaign for the forthcoming Tiverton and Honiton by-election in an apparent bid to give the Lib Dems a better chance of victory over the Tories:
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Normally I am as dry as dust on fiscal matters, but we are led to believe that inflation is being driven by external factors (oil and gas prices, war in Ukraine, Brexit and ongoing covid in China etc). As such, these factors will not be resolved by either interest rate rises nor reversing quantitive easing. Indeed there is a reasonable case that smoothing out what is a temporary spike in inflation by government borrowing is a sensible move. How that increase in borrowing is used, whether welfare or tax cuts is moot, but there is a case to be made.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
In terms of % of vote share, I don't think so. In terms of seat total, I think that's possible but I'm not sure. In terms of absolute votes, largely depends but again I don't think so.
But none of that really matters. What matters is your vote total against your opponents. Starmer gets the same number of votes in 2019 as Corbyn did, but the Conservatives lose 5m, then Starmer will win.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
On current polling he will be PM.
On current polling in May 2019 Corbyn was going to be PM
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Now you mention it, I've read that somewhere, but I'd forgotten. Must be careful or I'll go off on to the sex lives of foxes, with their blood curdling screams during the mating season.
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
Not sure if someone on here has fun mating? It's a moot point for sure..
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
On current polling he will be PM.
On current polling in May 2019 Corbyn was going to be PM
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Labour has told frontbenchers not to travel to campaign for the forthcoming Tiverton and Honiton by-election in an apparent bid to give the Lib Dems a better chance of victory over the Tories:
NEW: V&A urged to investigate why a Conservative fundraising event auctioned off a private tour of the museum with its chair and trustee Nicholas Coleridge - following this Sunday's MoS column
As ever with these hit pieces, the obligatory quotes they bury at the bottom tell a different story to the rest of the article.
In a statement, the V&A said: “The V&A understands that a short tour of the museum with Nicholas Coleridge was offered at auction at the spring lunch. No V&A staff or resources were involved and no special access to the museum was offered. We understand that neither Ben Elliot or Nicholas Coleridge attended the event.”
A Conservative party spokesman said that the event had been arranged by Women2Win, which campaigns to elect more Conservative women. “This was not a Conservative party event and Ben Elliot had no involvement in it.”
Nevertheless, it is a standard principle of being a trustee of any charity or public body not to take action that leads to any conflict of interest with one's primary duty to the body. There was most certainly special access to V&A resources, in the form of Mr Coleridge himself by virtye of his position. Mr Coleridge was undoubtedly quite wrong to use his connection with the museum as a political fundraising point.
Edit: as would the case be for any political organization. Even fundraising for another charity is a bit iffy.
I very much doubt it is "special access" - it may not even be one of the Trustees.
What you will probably have is a membership/donor tier at the V&A that gives you the right to a private tour with the director for a donation to the V&A of £30K or whatever.
One of those donors doesn't want to go and has simply "onsold" his/her right to that tour via this auction. It's pretty standard practice in charitable auctions - effectively maximising the charitable impact by selling the same prize twice (less common in political fundraising, but the principle is the same)
March: Labour says 'Let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'No way! Only a mad socialist remainer would suggest such a thing and anyway the energy companies will use their profits to wisely invest in renewable energy blah blah blah'.
May: Labour says 'let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'We're thinking about it and actually would have done it if we'd thought of it first'.
June: Tories: 'it was our idea in the first place, wasn't it?'.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
In terms of % of vote share, I don't think so. In terms of seat total, I think that's possible but I'm not sure. In terms of absolute votes, largely depends but again I don't think so.
But none of that really matters. What matters is your vote total against your opponents. Starmer gets the same number of votes in 2019 as Corbyn did, but the Conservatives lose 5m, then Starmer will win.
I expect the LDs to have a good GE but seat gains will be limited
I expect the Greens to have a good GE but will only Gain 1 seat maximum
I expect a Lab loss in Islington North and Tower Hamlets to Left wing Parties
If other areas repeat what happened in Tower Hamlets Lab will do terribly
I expect SKS to lose votes compared to 2017 and possibly 2019
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
On current polling he will be PM.
On current polling in May 2019 Corbyn was going to be PM
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
SKSWNBPM
Not with a Labour majority though, dependent on a coalition of LD and SNP.
And 6 months later led Labour to its most catastrophic defeat since the 1930s
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Labour has told frontbenchers not to travel to campaign for the forthcoming Tiverton and Honiton by-election in an apparent bid to give the Lib Dems a better chance of victory over the Tories:
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Normally I am as dry as dust on fiscal matters, but we are led to believe that inflation is being driven by external factors (oil and gas prices, war in Ukraine, Brexit and ongoing covid in China etc). As such, these factors will not be resolved by either interest rate rises nor reversing quantitive easing. Indeed there is a reasonable case that smoothing out what is a temporary spike in inflation by government borrowing is a sensible move. How that increase in borrowing is used, whether welfare or tax cuts is moot, but there is a case to be made.
Increasing demand will simply put us in an inflationary cycle. A fiscal stimulus now would be a disaster and hurt the poorest the most because prices will go up even faster. A £400 sticking plaster vs another year of £2000 per year price increases. The sticking plaster may get some votes but it is the wrong policy. A give away funded by cuts elsewhere could make sense but realistically no one in the government has the balls to cut spending, this isn't Dave and George.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
On current polling he will be PM.
On current polling in May 2019 Corbyn was going to be PM
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
SKSWNBPM
And 6 months later led Labour to its most catastrophic defeat since the 1930s
Precisely and his lead then was bigger than the 3% SKS lead now
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Normally I am as dry as dust on fiscal matters, but we are led to believe that inflation is being driven by external factors (oil and gas prices, war in Ukraine, Brexit and ongoing covid in China etc). As such, these factors will not be resolved by either interest rate rises nor reversing quantitive easing. Indeed there is a reasonable case that smoothing out what is a temporary spike in inflation by government borrowing is a sensible move. How that increase in borrowing is used, whether welfare or tax cuts is moot, but there is a case to be made.
Increasing demand will simply put us in an inflationary cycle. A fiscal stimulus now would be a disaster and hurt the poorest the most because prices will go up even faster. A £400 sticking plaster vs another year of £2000 per year price increases. The sticking plaster may get some votes but it is the wrong policy. A give away funded by cuts elsewhere could make sense but realistically no one in the government has the balls to cut spending, this isn't Dave and George.
Yes, but if we believe that it is external factors rather than increased domestic demand driving inflation then that is not true, and hence support for those suffering the sharp end of inflation is not fueling an inflationary spiral.
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Labour has told frontbenchers not to travel to campaign for the forthcoming Tiverton and Honiton by-election in an apparent bid to give the Lib Dems a better chance of victory over the Tories:
So utterly shit they have to tag in the party in third and bottle it. Joke of an opposition
This is just to give the appearance of being in a "progressive alliance" to the more batshit elements in their party and on social media who simply think all opposition parties like each other really. It is inconceivable they would target resource at Tiverton and Honiton when they have a winnable seat in Wakefield to target.
March: Labour says 'Let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'No way! Only a mad socialist remainer would suggest such a thing and anyway the energy companies will use their profits to wisely invest in renewable energy blah blah blah'.
May: Labour says 'let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'We're thinking about it and actually would have done it if we'd thought of it first'.
June: Tories: 'it was our idea in the first place, wasn't it?'.
The oil and gas cos operating in the north sea basically have/had a massive arb on North sea hydrocarbons with the huge market price.
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Now you mention it, I've read that somewhere, but I'd forgotten. Must be careful or I'll go off on to the sex lives of foxes, with their blood curdling screams during the mating season.
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
In terms of % of vote share, I don't think so. In terms of seat total, I think that's possible but I'm not sure. In terms of absolute votes, largely depends but again I don't think so.
But none of that really matters. What matters is your vote total against your opponents. Starmer gets the same number of votes in 2019 as Corbyn did, but the Conservatives lose 5m, then Starmer will win.
I expect the LDs to have a good GE but seat gains will be limited
I expect the Greens to have a good GE but will only Gain 1 seat maximum
I expect a Lab loss in Islington North and Tower Hamlets to Left wing Parties
If other areas repeat what happened in Tower Hamlets Lab will do terribly
I expect SKS to lose votes compared to 2017 and possibly 2019
Yep, the Bethnal Green and Poplar seats are now at high risk and that could spread towards the Hams The media are also gearing up towards a massive 'comeback kid' narrative as we approach GE I think it's a narrow Tory win on 2017 sort of seat numbers for them with labour lower, LDs higher, maybe 25 seats
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Normally I am as dry as dust on fiscal matters, but we are led to believe that inflation is being driven by external factors (oil and gas prices, war in Ukraine, Brexit and ongoing covid in China etc). As such, these factors will not be resolved by either interest rate rises nor reversing quantitive easing. Indeed there is a reasonable case that smoothing out what is a temporary spike in inflation by government borrowing is a sensible move. How that increase in borrowing is used, whether welfare or tax cuts is moot, but there is a case to be made.
Increasing demand will simply put us in an inflationary cycle. A fiscal stimulus now would be a disaster and hurt the poorest the most because prices will go up even faster. A £400 sticking plaster vs another year of £2000 per year price increases. The sticking plaster may get some votes but it is the wrong policy. A give away funded by cuts elsewhere could make sense but realistically no one in the government has the balls to cut spending, this isn't Dave and George.
March: Labour says 'Let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'No way! Only a mad socialist remainer would suggest such a thing and anyway the energy companies will use their profits to wisely invest in renewable energy blah blah blah'.
May: Labour says 'let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'We're thinking about it and actually would have done it if we'd thought of it first'.
June: Tories: 'it was our idea in the first place, wasn't it?'.
The energy paying Public are going to be very disappointed if the Tories allocate the money in the way Lab is proposing
Very few to get the £600 in Labours " up to £600"
Many will get no help eg mr and mrs average earnings
Labour as usual under SKS being totally duplicitous
Sienna Rodgers @siennamarla NEW: Labour has told frontbenchers not to travel to campaign for the forthcoming Tiverton and Honiton by-election in an apparent bid to give the Lib Dems a better chance of victory over the Tories:
So utterly shit they have to tag in the party in third and bottle it. Joke of an opposition
This is just to give the appearance of being in a "progressive alliance" to the more batshit elements in their party and on social media who simply think all opposition parties like each other really. It is inconceivable they would target resource at Tiverton and Honiton when they have a winnable seat in Wakefield to target.
Same for the Lib Dems in Wakefield.
I understand that but it's also because they are about as popular as gash rash and know they can't win from second in the teeth of a global financial meltdown and massive government corruption and ineptitude
Have got PMQs on catchup. A totally baffling performance by Bonzo. Manages to both rule out a windfall tax then answers "all things are under consideration", then responds to a list of business leaders including the head of BP in favour of the tax by screeching on about Labour wanting to tax business.
Its baffling. Its like he genuinely doesn't understand how normal people live. Can't be that, surely...
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
NEW: V&A urged to investigate why a Conservative fundraising event auctioned off a private tour of the museum with its chair and trustee Nicholas Coleridge - following this Sunday's MoS column
As ever with these hit pieces, the obligatory quotes they bury at the bottom tell a different story to the rest of the article.
In a statement, the V&A said: “The V&A understands that a short tour of the museum with Nicholas Coleridge was offered at auction at the spring lunch. No V&A staff or resources were involved and no special access to the museum was offered. We understand that neither Ben Elliot or Nicholas Coleridge attended the event.”
A Conservative party spokesman said that the event had been arranged by Women2Win, which campaigns to elect more Conservative women. “This was not a Conservative party event and Ben Elliot had no involvement in it.”
Nevertheless, it is a standard principle of being a trustee of any charity or public body not to take action that leads to any conflict of interest with one's primary duty to the body. There was most certainly special access to V&A resources, in the form of Mr Coleridge himself by virtye of his position. Mr Coleridge was undoubtedly quite wrong to use his connection with the museum as a political fundraising point.
Edit: as would the case be for any political organization. Even fundraising for another charity is a bit iffy.
I very much doubt it is "special access" - it may not even be one of the Trustees.
What you will probably have is a membership/donor tier at the V&A that gives you the right to a private tour with the director for a donation to the V&A of £30K or whatever.
One of those donors doesn't want to go and has simply "onsold" his/her right to that tour via this auction. It's pretty standard practice in charitable auctions - effectively maximising the charitable impact by selling the same prize twice (less common in political fundraising, but the principle is the same)
Surely some form of 'special access' not granted to less bountifil plebs is entirely the point of such donor schemes anyway.
But this sort of commodification - selling/raffling it like a box of chocolates - would make much more sense than MrColeridge apparently engaging in a conflict of interest which seemed such an elementary mistake. Very happy to accept that interpretation, apologies to him.
I’m sitting on a sunny terrace in Monodendri and some poor she-cat is being brutally raped by a large vicious tom cat right under the table
I never know what to do in these situations. You see it constantly with ducks. Basically all they do is quack and rape
Does one intervene, or politely look away?
How do you know she's not enjoying it. Odd creatures, cats.
Cats are 'stimulated ovulators' which means the tom has some vicous barbs on the end of his todger, the action of which causes the egg to be released. Cat sex normally starts with the queen asking for it and ends with her beating up the tom. Even it she wanted it at the start (which is normally the case) she probably isn't enjoying it.
Nature isn't fair unfortunately.
Now you mention it, I've read that somewhere, but I'd forgotten. Must be careful or I'll go off on to the sex lives of foxes, with their blood curdling screams during the mating season.
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Have got PMQs on catchup. A totally baffling performance by Bonzo. Manages to both rule out a windfall tax then answers "all things are under consideration", then responds to a list of business leaders including the head of BP in favour of the tax by screeching on about Labour wanting to tax business.
Its baffling. Its like he genuinely doesn't understand how normal people live. Can't be that, surely...
Surely everyone has a wealthy benefactor or two to sub them when, through no fault of their own, they wind up spending considerably more than they earn.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
You get what you vote for. What kind of person do you have to be to turn out to vote for *that*? And yet when @Heathener tried to describe them justly got roundly attacked for it.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
One ill advised tweet but otherwise Michael Fabricant is one of the most colourful characters in the Commons and a hardworking local MP.
Have got PMQs on catchup. A totally baffling performance by Bonzo. Manages to both rule out a windfall tax then answers "all things are under consideration", then responds to a list of business leaders including the head of BP in favour of the tax by screeching on about Labour wanting to tax business.
Its baffling. Its like he genuinely doesn't understand how normal people live. Can't be that, surely...
Surely everyone has a wealthy benefactor or two to sub them when, through no fault of their own, they wind up spending considerably more than they earn.
A Magwitch for every Pip is a very Toryesque policy
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
And not a single Labour person is able to differentiate what they would do about it for this reason. Urge the Bank to raise rates? Attacking the independence of the Bank and causing a housing crash.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Normally I am as dry as dust on fiscal matters, but we are led to believe that inflation is being driven by external factors (oil and gas prices, war in Ukraine, Brexit and ongoing covid in China etc). As such, these factors will not be resolved by either interest rate rises nor reversing quantitive easing. Indeed there is a reasonable case that smoothing out what is a temporary spike in inflation by government borrowing is a sensible move. How that increase in borrowing is used, whether welfare or tax cuts is moot, but there is a case to be made.
Increasing demand will simply put us in an inflationary cycle. A fiscal stimulus now would be a disaster and hurt the poorest the most because prices will go up even faster. A £400 sticking plaster vs another year of £2000 per year price increases. The sticking plaster may get some votes but it is the wrong policy. A give away funded by cuts elsewhere could make sense but realistically no one in the government has the balls to cut spending, this isn't Dave and George.
The problem is that (1) @Foxy is right, raising interest rates do nothing to sort the external factors such as energy supply, (2) that, on the consumer side, a lot of the inflationary price increases are being driven by the wealthier parts of society as asset values increased massively due to Government QE programmes which benefited them the most (look at Burberry results today) and (3) to tackle (2), raising interest rates is a very poor tool because it doesn't sort out the root cause i.e. a lot of people have made out like bandits.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
One ill advised tweet but otherwise Michael Fabricant is one of the most colourful characters in the Commons and a hardworking local MP.
Hence he got 64% of the vote in Lichfield in 2019
He is an absolutely horrid man, but with luxurious hair.
I hope he is not one of your role models for when you take your seat in the HoC.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
One ill advised tweet but otherwise Michael Fabricant is one of the most colourful characters in the Commons and a hardworking local MP.
Hence he got 64% of the vote in Lichfield in 2019
He is an absolutely horrid man, but with luxurious hair.
I hope he is not one of your role models for when you take your seat in the HoC.
He is a character as is Rees Mogg, the Commons has too few characters already so long may he stay!
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
One ill advised tweet but otherwise Michael Fabricant is one of the most colourful characters in the Commons and a hardworking local MP.
Hence he got 64% of the vote in Lichfield in 2019
He is an absolutely horrid man, but with luxurious hair.
I hope he is not one of your role models for when you take your seat in the HoC.
He is a character as is Rees Mogg, the Commons has too few characters already so long may he stay!
If being absolute arses makes each of them a "character", you are correct.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
One ill advised tweet but otherwise Michael Fabricant is one of the most colourful characters in the Commons and a hardworking local MP.
Hence he got 64% of the vote in Lichfield in 2019
He is an absolutely horrid man, but with luxurious hair.
I hope he is not one of your role models for when you take your seat in the HoC.
He is a character as is Rees Mogg, the Commons has too few characters already so long may he stay!
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
One ill advised tweet but otherwise Michael Fabricant is one of the most colourful characters in the Commons and a hardworking local MP.
Hence he got 64% of the vote in Lichfield in 2019
He is an absolutely horrid man, but with luxurious hair.
I hope he is not one of your role models for when you take your seat in the HoC.
He is a character as is Rees Mogg, the Commons has too few characters already so long may he stay!
If being absolute arses makes each of them a "character", you are correct.
Unsuitable for public office is my take.
I'd agree. There's too much sugar coating of these arses as 'just a bit daffy' etc No, they are arses.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread so, erm, Fabricant was right.
That's the difference between outsiders discussing practicalities of where we are and a colleague having a bit of fun with it. The latter is distasteful.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Yeah, I don't see what is so outrageous. He's saying what most of that cohort are thinking.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Yeah, I don't see what is so outrageous. He's saying what most of that cohort are thinking.
I think it's that it shouldn't be a game. Given the gravity of the accusations.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Yeah, I don't see what is so outrageous. He's saying what most of that cohort are thinking.
I think it's that it shouldn't be a game. Given the gravity of the accusations.
Saying you are going to show your face in the Commons so people don't falsely accuse you of being a rapist doesn't seem like a particularly bad idea in this day and age.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
On current polling he will be PM.
On current polling in May 2019 Corbyn was going to be PM
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
SKSWNBPM
And 6 months later led Labour to its most catastrophic defeat since the 1930s
Precisely and his lead then was bigger than the 3% SKS lead now
Corbyn had two goes and lost twice and ushered in the Boris eta leaving Labour bitterly divided and with a vote back at 1930s levels. Hard to imagine him doing worse.
My view is that Tiverton & Honiton will go LibDem in a big way. It could be pretty seismic and will continue a huge yellow surge in the blue wall.
Wakefield ought to be a Labour win and they've finally settled on a good candidate but the initial rumpus over selection was not very smart by Starmer's aides and it tells me that they STILL don't get the new Conservative red wall voters.
That bodes badly in my opinion for Labour in the General Election. I'm expecting them to do fail in the former red wall seats. Uneducated and unethical people will stay loyal to Boris. He will lose his majority but Labour's failure to engage with the Brexit mob (as I have just failed to do) will cost them.
I agree with you about Labour possibly struggling in Wakefield, Heathener. If your messaging and persuasive skills can’t even prevent the local party resigning on mass, how is it going to persuade voters to switch?
Yesterday I placed bully on Tories at 6-1. Any sort of candidate from ‘disgruntled, red wall, leave their entire lives labour’ splitting the vote surely hands this one to Tories?
In a way, as a wake up call (see what I did there) it might be some good for Labour, slapped with a wet cold haddock to realise now rather than two years they have problems appealing in the red wall Tory seats, this failure coming soon after similar struggles recent local election night.
However, it also gives Tory’s a path back to Downing Street, if they are really underhand and despicably not playing by the rules to take it - to find and field anti Starmer labour splitters in all the red wall defences at next election. The story of election night would be, Tories 21K, Labour 19K, Leave Labour ‘protect brexit’ 5K, over and over throughout the night.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread so, erm, Fabricant was right.
That's the difference between outsiders discussing practicalities of where we are and a colleague having a bit of fun with it. The latter is distasteful.
I think it is more that politicians somehow still don't understand what twatter is. It is not an extension of your mates who can share an in joke and the chaps will either find it funny or tolerate it. It is publicly broadcast and intensely searched by your opponents for any weakness.
If a politician must tweet, and at the top they must, then understand exactly what it is you are trying to achieve and how it will be interpreted before pressing send.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Yeah, I don't see what is so outrageous. He's saying what most of that cohort are thinking.
I think it's that it shouldn't be a game. Given the gravity of the accusations.
Saying you are going to show your face in the Commons so people don't falsely accuse you of being a rapist doesn't seem like a particularly bad idea in this day and age.
No, but the stupid emoji trivialises it all. That's my main gripe. Plus he risks casting doubts over anyone who couldn't be there for legitimate reasons
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Yeah, I don't see what is so outrageous. He's saying what most of that cohort are thinking.
I think it's that it shouldn't be a game. Given the gravity of the accusations.
Saying you are going to show your face in the Commons so people don't falsely accuse you of being a rapist doesn't seem like a particularly bad idea in this day and age.
No, but the stupid emoji trivialises it all. That's my main gripe. Plus he risks casting doubts over anyone who couldn't be there for legitimate reasons
People were going to speculate on who was or was not there even if he hadn’t tweeted. It’s not as if he suddenly gave them the idea. He’s just saying what a lot of them are actually thinking.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread so, erm, Fabricant was right.
That's the difference between outsiders discussing practicalities of where we are and a colleague having a bit of fun with it. The latter is distasteful.
I think it is more that politicians somehow still don't understand what twatter is. It is not an extension of your mates who can share an in joke and the chaps will either find it funny or tolerate it. It is publicly broadcast and intensely searched by your opponents for any weakness.
If a politician must tweet, and at the top they must, then understand exactly what it is you are trying to achieve and how it will be interpreted before pressing send.
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @Mike_Fabricant I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today. Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
Disgusting
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Tone deaf. Not a clue
And the same point was made on pb in the last thread or two so, erm, Fabricant was right.
Yeah, I don't see what is so outrageous. He's saying what most of that cohort are thinking.
I think it's that it shouldn't be a game. Given the gravity of the accusations.
Saying you are going to show your face in the Commons so people don't falsely accuse you of being a rapist doesn't seem like a particularly bad idea in this day and age.
No, but the stupid emoji trivialises it all. That's my main gripe. Plus he risks casting doubts over anyone who couldn't be there for legitimate reasons
People were going to speculate on who was or was not there even if he hadn’t tweeted. It’s not as if he suddenly gave them the idea. He’s just saying what a lot of them are actually thinking.
Sure. Not going to argue otherwise but he's trivializing accusations of rape with his tongue out emoji. He might as well type 'lolz'. Given where parliament is right now with 50 MPs being looked into its very wrong headed.
March: Labour says 'Let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'No way! Only a mad socialist remainer would suggest such a thing and anyway the energy companies will use their profits to wisely invest in renewable energy blah blah blah'.
May: Labour says 'let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'. Tories: 'We're thinking about it and actually would have done it if we'd thought of it first'.
June: Tories: 'it was our idea in the first place, wasn't it?'.
The energy paying Public are going to be very disappointed if the Tories allocate the money in the way Lab is proposing
Very few to get the £600 in Labours " up to £600"
Many will get no help eg mr and mrs average earnings
Labour as usual under SKS being totally duplicitous
The £600 is for the poorest, those on disability benefits etc. You're a weird sort of socialist who doesn't think state help should be targeted at the poorest rather than average earners, in the first instance.
Obviously those of us who do not work there won't know the details and such bullying should be challenged and addressed, but it is remarkable how many strike days on TfL seem to occur on or around weekends and bank holidays. Prediction - if the weather is wet and miserable that day, it will get resolved, if its sunny, the strike will go ahead.
Not watched PMQs for ages, and now I remember why.
Starmer going on inflation. But what's the solution? I've never wanted to subscribe to the thought that "they're all the same", but when it comes to monetary policy, they are the same.
Indeed most common comment on the doorstep.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
Indeed it went away big style as people reacted with horror at Corbyn and said "anyone but him".
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
So SKS will do better than 2017 then?
No chance
On current polling he will be PM.
On current polling in May 2019 Corbyn was going to be PM
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
SKSWNBPM
And 6 months later led Labour to its most catastrophic defeat since the 1930s
Precisely and his lead then was bigger than the 3% SKS lead now
Corbyn had two goes and lost twice and ushered in the Boris eta leaving Labour bitterly divided and with a vote back at 1930s levels. Hard to imagine him doing worse.
Indeed. I believe leafy, remainey Huntite/Cameronite conservative seats would have been very fertile ground for LibDems in 2019 but for the fact that a vote for the LibDems risked a Corbyn premiership. Centre left voters held their nose to vote for Corbyn and against Boris but I think the opposite was also true. Personally, faced with such a choice, I can't really blame anyone for voting for Boris or Corbyn.
That's not such a problem anymore, because Starmer is much less of a threat. 'Vote LibDem and get Starmer' isn't going to keep anti-Boris Tories in line in quite the same way.
My view is that Tiverton & Honiton will go LibDem in a big way. It could be pretty seismic and will continue a huge yellow surge in the blue wall.
Wakefield ought to be a Labour win and they've finally settled on a good candidate but the initial rumpus over selection was not very smart by Starmer's aides and it tells me that they STILL don't get the new Conservative red wall voters.
That bodes badly in my opinion for Labour in the General Election. I'm expecting them to do fail in the former red wall seats. Uneducated and unethical people will stay loyal to Boris. He will lose his majority but Labour's failure to engage with the Brexit mob (as I have just failed to do) will cost them.
I agree with you about Labour possibly struggling in Wakefield, Heathener. If your messaging and persuasive skills can’t even prevent the local party resigning on mass, how is it going to persuade voters to switch?
Yesterday I placed bully on Tories at 6-1. Any sort of candidate from ‘disgruntled, red wall, leave their entire lives labour’ splitting the vote surely hands this one to Tories?
In a way, as a wake up call (see what I did there) it might be some good for Labour, slapped with a wet cold haddock to realise now rather than two years they have problems appealing in the red wall Tory seats, this failure coming soon after similar struggles recent local election night.
However, it also gives Tory’s a path back to Downing Street, if they are really underhand and despicably not playing by the rules to take it - to find and field anti Starmer labour splitters in all the red wall defences at next election. The story of election night would be, Tories 21K, Labour 19K, Leave Labour ‘protect brexit’ 5K, over and over throughout the night.
You're thinking that Brexit is still popular in the ex-Red Wall seats. If so why would the 'Leave Labour ‘protect brexit’ candidate not hurt the Tories? No the Tories won those seats by convincing voters that the Tories would not ignore them as Labour had for years.
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Oops! It appears I have fallen over again. How do I rotate the photos in vf?
PPS Quba is near the Caspian Sea and the border with Russia (Chechnya)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x2Qdi4AA_U
IIRC humans and dolphins are about the only species of mammals which have fun mating. Not sure about bonobos, but I'm certain someone here does.
Paul Johnson
@PJTheEconomist
Inflation overall is 9%. But our analysis suggests that the poorest are facing an inflation rate or around 11%. That’s because they spend a large fraction of their budget on energy and food. Their benefits of course rose by just 3.1%.
https://twitter.com/PJTheEconomist/status/1526818629429477377
It's tough.
The idea that we can simply borrow another £100bn and spunk it on tax cuts, benefit rises or subsidies will do nothing and just increase our inflation rate by pushing demand up.
How about the BoE actually does it's fucking job and stops worrying about the social impact of raising interest rates because that's the remit of the fucking politicians.
Completely went away in 2017
Now back big style according to the few former comrades still flogging a dead horse for Labour
“I am afraid that they are going to lurch from excessive easing to excessive tightening,” said Professor Tim Congdon from the Institute for International Monetary Research.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/05/17/scapegoat-lynching-governor-bailey-becoming-dangerous/
Voters think they're all the same is big progress for Labour.
@DPJHodges
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14m
Clear win for Keir in the end. Windfall Tax is nailed on now.
https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1526885218732359692
No chance
@siennamarla
NEW: Labour has told frontbenchers not to travel to campaign for the forthcoming Tiverton and Honiton by-election in an apparent bid to give the Lib Dems a better chance of victory over the Tories:
https://twitter.com/siennamarla/status/1526862338292334599
Better than 2019? Almost certainly.
Hurrah
In terms of seat total, I think that's possible but I'm not sure.
In terms of absolute votes, largely depends but again I don't think so.
But none of that really matters. What matters is your vote total against your opponents.
Starmer gets the same number of votes in 2019 as Corbyn did, but the Conservatives lose 5m, then Starmer will win.
2 years before a GE with a cost of living crisis worse than for a generation any other Labour leader would be nailed on
SKSWNBPM
Joke of an opposition
What you will probably have is a membership/donor tier at the V&A that gives you the right to a private tour with the director for a donation to the V&A of £30K or whatever.
One of those donors doesn't want to go and has simply "onsold" his/her right to that tour via this auction. It's pretty standard practice in charitable auctions - effectively maximising the charitable impact by selling the same prize twice (less common in political fundraising, but the principle is the same)
Tories: 'No way! Only a mad socialist remainer would suggest such a thing and anyway the energy companies will use their profits to wisely invest in renewable energy blah blah blah'.
May: Labour says 'let's have a windfall tax on the huge excess profits of the energy companies to help with household bills'.
Tories: 'We're thinking about it and actually would have done it if we'd thought of it first'.
June: Tories: 'it was our idea in the first place, wasn't it?'.
I expect the Greens to have a good GE but will only Gain 1 seat maximum
I expect a Lab loss in Islington North and Tower Hamlets to Left wing Parties
If other areas repeat what happened in Tower Hamlets Lab will do terribly
I expect SKS to lose votes compared to 2017 and possibly 2019
And 6 months later led Labour to its most catastrophic defeat since the 1930s
Same for the Lib Dems in Wakefield.
The media are also gearing up towards a massive 'comeback kid' narrative as we approach GE
I think it's a narrow Tory win on 2017 sort of seat numbers for them with labour lower, LDs higher, maybe 25 seats
Very few to get the £600 in Labours " up to £600"
Many will get no help eg mr and mrs average earnings
Labour as usual under SKS being totally duplicitous
Its baffling. Its like he genuinely doesn't understand how normal people live. Can't be that, surely...
Michael Fabricant 🇬🇧🇺🇦
@Mike_Fabricant
I am expecting a strong turnout of Conservative MPs at Prime Minister's Questions today.
Not only to demonstrate their strong support for #Boris (!!). BUT also to prove they are NOT the one told by the Chief Whip to stay at home. I'll be there!😜
But this sort of commodification - selling/raffling it like a box of chocolates - would make much more sense than MrColeridge apparently engaging in a conflict of interest which seemed such an elementary mistake. Very happy to accept that interpretation, apologies to him.
Tory whips have asked him to remove it according to BBC2
What are the people of Lichfield thinking electing such a twat
Hence he got 64% of the vote in Lichfield in 2019
I hope he is not one of your role models for when you take your seat in the HoC.
Welsh Secretary Simon Hart responds to Conservative Michael Fabricant's tweet on MP accused of rape
#PoliticsLive https://bbc.in/3wye9v3 https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1526899109378113536/video/1
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history/2017/12/soviet-military-program-secretly-mapped-entire-world/amp
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1526896573904474114
Unsuitable for public office is my take.
No, they are arses.
Yesterday I placed bully on Tories at 6-1. Any sort of candidate from ‘disgruntled, red wall, leave their entire lives labour’ splitting the vote surely hands this one to Tories?
In a way, as a wake up call (see what I did there) it might be some good for Labour, slapped with a wet cold haddock to realise now rather than two years they have problems appealing in the red wall Tory seats, this failure coming soon after similar struggles recent local election night.
However, it also gives Tory’s a path back to Downing Street, if they are really underhand and despicably not playing by the rules to take it - to find and field anti Starmer labour splitters in all the red wall defences at next election. The story of election night would be, Tories 21K, Labour 19K, Leave Labour ‘protect brexit’ 5K, over and over throughout the night.
If a politician must tweet, and at the top they must, then understand exactly what it is you are trying to achieve and how it will be interpreted before pressing send.
Jeremy Corbyn, for one, would disagree with you.
Toxic workplaces should not be tolerated.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/tube-strike-announced-for-jubilee-weekend/ar-AAXpANs?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=73c2edc67d824863a2a98007294c91d6
That's not such a problem anymore, because Starmer is much less of a threat. 'Vote LibDem and get Starmer' isn't going to keep anti-Boris Tories in line in quite the same way.
No the Tories won those seats by convincing voters that the Tories would not ignore them as Labour had for years.