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In its latest poll ICM has introduced a new measure – party like/dislike ratings where interviewees are asked to rate each main party on a seven point scale. The outline figures can be seen above.
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Not surprising for Ukip I suppose - a divisive party.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ukip-tops-independent-on-sunday-poll-as-the-nations-favourite-party-9069625.html
European egg production fell 0.6% in January, but was still up 5.1% year-over-year.
Smashing story.
Must you keep spoon-feeding us?
Eggcellent, cracking story.
Surely the yoke's on you?
Roux Jr quits BBC as they wouldn't let him sell tatties
CarlottaVance said:
Scotland’s finances are almost £300 per person deeper in the red than the UK’s, according to figures unveiled by Alex Salmond today that prompted warnings taxes would increase after independence.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10692466/Scotland-300-per-person-deeper-in-the-red-than-the-UK.html
MS Vance, The figures unveiled by Mr. Salmond demonstrate beyond all shadow of a doubt that an independent Scotland would be one of the wealthiest countries on the planet (on a per capita basis) and will have more than adequate capability to save up for a rainy day.
Mr. Salmond's announcement is being misrepresented and spun by Tory lickspittles, cowards, liars, stalinist revanchists, maoist running-dogs and splitters who are determined to hold Scotland back from its manifest destiny of showing the way forward for the down trodden masses labouring under the jackboot of Thatcherite neo-conservatism.
I think I covered all the points there that Messrs G and Pork would have had they been on line to read your post.
Because in France one egg is un œuf.
I'll get my coat.
LAB -4%
CON -19%
LD -34%
UKIP -39%
How much have the Lib Dem dislike scores increased since 2010? Do the ComRes favourability ratings go back that far? It could have a big bearing on their ability to win tactical votes.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-26452992
I wonder about the quality of some journalists...Shouting "Allahu Akbar", doesn't mean "God is Great", it means God is THE GREATEST, or GOD is GREATER (than everything else). Subtle but very important difference.
Whizzing down the numbers out this week:
UK +2.9% y-o-y
Netherlands 2.0%
Italy +1.4%
Spain +1.1%
Greece +1.1%
France -0.1%
The month-on-month numbers are pretty volatile, not uniformly seasonally adjusted, and not available for all countries. But, France was negative, the UK was just 0.1%, and the Netherlands was standout horrible -3.1%.
Overall, the Eurozone did -0.2% month-over-month (worse than expected), and +2.1% year-over-year (better than expected)
If I'm honest the French language is my favourite language after Latin.
DONE ON THE BOB !!!!!!!!!!!!!
£3.00 EW Single 12/03/2014 10:16:48 6.00 0.00
Is 'Akbar' a general superlative? could we be hearing 'Bradfordu Akbar' on the footie terraces in the decades to come??
A vicar was cycling round the village, visiting his parishioners ahead of his service. However, he lost his bike, and decided to do a sermon about the ten commandments (using his bicycle theft to highlight the eighth, thou shalt not steal). When he was working through the commandments, he realised what came before 'thou shalt not steal'* and remembered he'd left his bicycle outside another house...
*thou shalt not commit adultery, of course.
That's why us Muslims are such fans of Star Wars.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-26543802
The tories really must feel that 'party of the rich' is labour's most potent weapon.
It is an attempt to show everyone that you're more Islamic/religious than thou.
It is bloody annoying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_Ackbar
http://starwars.com/explore/encyclopedia/characters/ackbar/
Welsh labour education meltdown latest. Coming to a town near you if you vote for ed.
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Muslim oneupmansship is annoying.
It kind of sticks in your head. I'm someone who is a Muslim twice a year and I remember it all and I'm someone who has tried to repress it all.
I once witnessed two men argue on who was the more pious. It ended with a Quran off. On who could recite the most of the Quran memory.
Backed Captain Conan (Free Bet) to win (5/6 of a PT)
Backd Tiara Star E/W (Free Bet) ! (0.5 PT E/W)
Mr. Eagles, reminds me of China, where the chap who pays for a meal at a restaurant has the highest status. I saw two chaps literally taking the other's money out of a waitress' hand before pressing their own money into it.
Didn't see the race. What happened?
If, Mr. Eagles, you get stuck in the Serengeti and about to be attacked by a lion or a leopard, talk to them in French - it may save your life..
HE'LL PROBABLY WIN IT NOW !
I was also told to pee near them to mark my territory.
I assured my host if I saw an oncoming bear I would be peeing in every direction without his advice.
Bears are fascinating animals. Clever, omnivorous, capable of walking on all fours or hind legs, they can climb trees and swim, have great dexterity, can run as fast as a horse and have a better sense of smell than a dog.
Why are the Tories disliked more than Labour ? My theory is that most UK voters are slightly left of centre pragmatic liberals. Those on the left who may have backed the Liberal Democrats are probably now permanently with Labour. This is the reason why Labour are at about 38% in the polls and the Tories are generally 34% or below. If you look at the polling data, Labour have a larger poll lead amongst people of working age. Many of these people do not appear to believe that the coalition have implemented fair policies. The question is often raised, as to whether Women voters have a problem with the Tories and it appears that many do.
POP ! Glug glug glug glug - cheers !
He was either going to win that or bomb completely.
And he won
£15.63 profit anyway on the race.
1) Labour are a bit more about playing the man, not the ball
2) Labour's strengths are soft and fuzzy (health/education), the Conservatives' are tough (law and order/defence)
3) The criticism of Labour is often they're nice but dim, whereas the Conservatives are likelier to be seen as heartless (it's easier to like a moron who tries than a stone cold chap who happens to be competent)
On women: they're likelier to be more interested in the softer areas I mentioned above. I think it's as simple as that (well, maybe that and the feminist sisters of Labour playing identity politics, though thankfully the vast majority of women are above such tosh).
The obvious conclusion is that cats speak French innately, and it was them that taught it to the
French.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/10692558/George-Soros-Scotland-sharing-the-pound-after-independence-is-impossible.html
Trouble is, 4 out of 5 of all these people work in the private sector. Ed is no friend to the private sector.
Agree that bears are fascinating creatures though.
His white blaze reminds me of Our Conor though ;(
How can you tell the difference between a black bear and a brown bear?
Climb a tree. If it's black, it'll climb up after you. If it's brown, it'll push the tree down.
Silly as it sounds but the Rough Guide to Canada recommends talking softly to a bear . May be the most important speech of your life!!
It's worth remembering how statistics office collect and publish data. They send out surveys to a subset of businesses, who take their time in completing and returning them. As more data is received, economic statistics get revised time-and-time again. Because early ones contain considerable amounts of estimations, they can be wildly wrong. In months where economic activity tends to be naturally modest (like January) or in a period where there are other factors (like the weather in the UK this January and February) these discrepancies can be large.
Revisions to GDP and industrial data tend not to recieve as much attention as headline numbers, which is a shame.
Since mid 2013, growth statistics have tended to be unduly pessimistic in Europe (the same was true of the US between mid 2012 and the end of 2013), and there have been more upward revisions than downward ones. However, there is no guarantee this will continue. I prefer to put more faith in the Markit, Adecco, and SWIFTdata than the official government statistics.
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Until they commit to use the Euro, rather than some half-arsed arrangement with the pound, why would Brussels even consider Scotland truly an independent country wanting to join the EU?
When you say Ed is not a friend to the private sector, what specific policies are you referring to ? What policies are the Tories offering which are better for the private sector ? I can remember Labour introducing many investment or tax incentives to private sector companies and there were large numbers of private sector start ups when Labour were in government. There was a bad period following the 2008 recession and it has picked up again over recent years.
Richard N on the last thread assures us that there will be a referendum in 2017 under a Tory government even without a Treaty. Tell us more! Let's assume that negotiations are statting to get under way, and the Government has asked for X, Y and Z, Do we know what the question will be? "Yes, let's stay in if we get X, Y and Z" vs "No, let's leave"? Or "Yes for the status quo" vs No? Or something else?
But bear advice, it depends on the if a black or brown / Grizzly bear (who can also be almost black in colour all the way through to blonde), what should be your defacto approach i.e softly softly quiet, or making as much noise as possible.
The real fun comes when you enter an area where both types are known to co-exist...it is a bit late by the time you work out which of these beasts is within spitting distance of you.
The best advice I got from a local in Yellowstone was "lots of bear spray and a big ass gun [which is allowed in the park, but I ain't going in there without one]"
What we're discovering, and the reason it's going to be NO, is that Scotland doesn't really have currency options. The only viable option if they want independence is the Groat - and all the risks and finanical services exodus that would entail. Let's just agree on devomax and STFU.
By the way, I said a post or so ago that the most exotic place I am likely to visit is Normandy. That isn't true. Herself, who read that post, has reminded me that we have plans to re-visit Yorkshire, North Lancashire and Northumberland - all of which are far more exotic than Normandy.
Rather than obsessing on individual years I think the following points are relevant:
The figures show the volatility of the Scottish budget depending on the oil tax revenues in any one year.
Although these are indeed volatile the trend is very clear and it is sharply downwards. Bluntly in economic terms independence in 1974 was a no brainer. In 2014 not so much...
Although (thanks to north sea oil) Scotland contributes a significantly higher than average tax contribution it spends it all too (much of this because of the costs of providing services to rural areas of which we have an excessive number). In the last year we spent all the extra tax and then some.
Scotland would in each year be running a significant deficit. All that stuff about oil funds to provide for future generations is 1974 style tosh. Yet another example of Salmond dishonesty.
Another example was the Yes paper delivered in my area last month which claimed we would be better off by £600 (I think, may have been £300) a head. No doubt this will be carefully corrected in the next issue.
A new country with such a deficit would have obvious credibility issues in the markets. As a small country without the ability to print its way out of trouble default is a real possibility. That borrowing is going to be a lot more expensive than it is for the UK.
The pressure would be on to cut public spending. As a tory I think this might in itself be a good thing but other views are available, especially in Scotland.
Inside the Euro, Ukraine would have all the financial independence of Greece. And be clear that the Eurozone is genuinely going to need central tax and spend control. Being in the Eurozone core and its emerging fiscal harmonisation is simply not compatible with the concept of independence. Fine if the Ukrainians want to tell the Russians to F off then fine - but the upshot in the Euro would be that Draghi and Brussels call the tune.
I would like to point out one thing re the Euro.
So long as you run a budget surplus, keep government debt to a minimum, don't have a debt fuelled housing boom and don't have a large indigenous finance industry, then you'll do fine.