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Wroxham on Broadland (Liberal Democrat defence) Result: Lib Dem 482 (48%), Con 341 (34%), UKIP 112 (11%), Lab 63 (6%) Liberal Democrat HOLD with a majority of 141 (14%)
Farewell Sir Peter Tapsell! Sir Peter gave up a lucrative City career for 50 years of service on the backbenches and was a great authority of expertise, particularly on foreign policy. He was also like me an Old Tonbridgian. I wish him a well deserved retirement
You could always have him make gunpowder. Flowers of sulphur were a traditional cure for many ills and may well be a pot of it in a fantasy larder. Saltpeter was used as a food preservative so likewise might be found in a larder. Charcoal I am sure you can come up with
Evening all and for any SNP friends who may be hovering, there were over 1100 registered delegates at the Scottish Tory Conference in Edinburgh last weekend.
Evening all and for any SNP friends who may be hovering, there were over 1100 registered delegates at the Scottish Tory Conference in Edinburgh last weekend.
New Labour is to blame for bringing about the Scottish independence referendum because it abandoned the interests of its core voters, one of the party's own MPs claimed yesterday.
Ian Davidson said Tony Blair's adoption of privitisation and "cow-towing" to America drove Labour supporters into the arms of the SNP despite their separatist policies........
They appear to run against the Scottish Labour leadership's attempts to paint the independence referendum as an Alex Salmond obsession which runs against the desires of most Scots.
New Labour is to blame for bringing about the Scottish independence referendum because it abandoned the interests of its core voters, one of the party's own MPs claimed yesterday.
Ian Davidson said Tony Blair's adoption of privitisation and "cow-towing" to America drove Labour supporters into the arms of the SNP despite their separatist policies........
They appear to run against the Scottish Labour leadership's attempts to paint the independence referendum as an Alex Salmond obsession which runs against the desires of most Scots.
Yes, well, we can rely on a certain amount of spin and licence but there's an underlying point.
In a week where the Budget has been widely seen as being aimed at UKIP's core support, it suits both Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband to raise the profile of both parties by creating a tension between them.
Farage knows a potentially successful Budget and a Conservative revival renders him and his party increasingly irrelevant (and no politician likes that) while Miliband knows his route to No.10 will be greatly eased by a solid 7-10% UKIP vote.
New Labour is to blame for bringing about the Scottish independence referendum because it abandoned the interests of its core voters, one of the party's own MPs claimed yesterday.
Ian Davidson said Tony Blair's adoption of privitisation and "cow-towing" to America drove Labour supporters into the arms of the SNP despite their separatist policies........
They appear to run against the Scottish Labour leadership's attempts to paint the independence referendum as an Alex Salmond obsession which runs against the desires of most Scots.
Just to confirm - the spelling is the reporter's not the PBer's. And the DT doesn't allow comments on the article.
One up to The Herald:
When Labour in Scotland attached themselves to New Labour, with its policies of privatisation and kowtowing to the Americans, we quite clearly got ourselves out of step with the majority of Scottish opinion.
Regular readers of PB might have noticed that I've been banging on for many months about how the financial markets have been underestimating the 2015 political risk in the UK.
Looks like they're waking up - see the lead story (and the rather good front-cover graphic) here:
When James Clunie, manager of Jupiter Asset Management's Absolute Return Fund, was asked at a recent media gathering how scared investors should be of Ed Miliband, he replied: "Very scared - on a scale of one to 10, eight or nine."
Even though the markets are now aware of the Miliband risk, I don't think they've quite yet cottoned on to the no-viable-government risk, which IMHO is an even greater worry.
Where the LD's have a history and an organisation ….. good result. Where they haven't …… disaster.
Poor night for UKIP too.
Not sure how you get that idea. In three wards where they did not previously stand candidates they gained 11%, 17% and 19% of the vote. From nothing. In two of those wards they beat the Lib Dems.
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GoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaL !!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152027408184033&set=a.90656209032.79792.742234032&type=1&theater
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26681236
Poor night for UKIP too.
After a good breakfast.
FPT
@MorrisDancer
You could always have him make gunpowder. Flowers of sulphur were a traditional cure for many ills and may well be a pot of it in a fantasy larder. Saltpeter was used as a food preservative so likewise might be found in a larder. Charcoal I am sure you can come up with
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2586162/Would-live-house-garish-Three-bedroom-home-Londons-Primrose-Hill-looks-like-strip-club-goes-sale-2m.html
The 1p off a pint seems to have multiplied the pub population by 10. Or everyone is so depressed they are drowning their sorrows.
It's good to see this government produce a budget policy that won't advantage Ed Miliband. After all, when was he last seen drinking a pint? ;-)
New Labour is to blame for bringing about the Scottish independence referendum because it abandoned the interests of its core voters, one of the party's own MPs claimed yesterday.
Ian Davidson said Tony Blair's adoption of privitisation and "cow-towing" to America drove Labour supporters into the arms of the SNP despite their separatist policies........
They appear to run against the Scottish Labour leadership's attempts to paint the independence referendum as an Alex Salmond obsession which runs against the desires of most Scots.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/scottish-independence/10715010/New-Labour-are-to-blame-for-the-Scottish-independence-vote.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2586264/Labour-hires-dedicated-Ukip-monitor-Farage-says-braced-vicious-insulting-attacks-Milibands-party.html
I see a Top Gear special in the offing.....
In a week where the Budget has been widely seen as being aimed at UKIP's core support, it suits both Nigel Farage and Ed Miliband to raise the profile of both parties by creating a tension between them.
Farage knows a potentially successful Budget and a Conservative revival renders him and his party increasingly irrelevant (and no politician likes that) while Miliband knows his route to No.10 will be greatly eased by a solid 7-10% UKIP vote.
When Labour in Scotland attached themselves to New Labour, with its policies of privatisation and kowtowing to the Americans, we quite clearly got ourselves out of step with the majority of Scottish opinion.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/labour-politicians-our-complacency-opened-the-door-to-indyref.1395417053
Looks like they're waking up - see the lead story (and the rather good front-cover graphic) here:
http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/
The article itself is paywalled:
http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/2014/03/21/shares/hazard-warning-s9ba3fXiqExPWo8sGKdh2H/article.html
Key quote:
When James Clunie, manager of Jupiter Asset Management's Absolute Return Fund, was asked at a recent media gathering how scared investors should be of Ed Miliband, he replied: "Very scared - on a scale of one to 10, eight or nine."
Even though the markets are now aware of the Miliband risk, I don't think they've quite yet cottoned on to the no-viable-government risk, which IMHO is an even greater worry.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10714907/Revealed-the-final-54-minutes-of-communication-from-MH370.html
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/95012/the_daily_telegraph_saturday_22nd_march_2014.html
I thought the BBC were full of lefties !