Why's Tim Faroon wearing a purple kipper tie ? Is he about to defect ?
It is one of my pet peeves how often party leaders in particular seem to wear ties in their party colours a lot of the time, as if the only difference between them is literally just their tie choice so we can tell them apart, so quite happy for Farron to wear anything but yellow, frankly.
Wearing party colours is fair enough on election night.
I never meant to imply it wasn't, but you see the leaders in particular often colour code throughout the year. It's not something they do universally, but when they have all at once done so it looks bloody silly, as if the cliche of their being no difference between them to the point we need a visual cue to remind us, is true.
The only thing that keeps Clegg in his position is that a majority of the LD parliamentary group are in government, getting out of the coalition means that they lose power, however there is a point where enough is enough.
Classic quote from OGH "If the Euro elections were confined to the two cities that compete in the Boat Race then Ukip would be nowhere." George W Bush would have come behind Ralph Nader if only Harvard and Yale voted
Watching the news I'm guessing the FN result will probably have far more effect on those running the EU than the UKIP vote.
I would also add that the FN vote doesn't surprise me at all having lived on the border with France for decades, worked with many French people and having worked in France.
You can call them racists and by UK standards they certainly are but I get the impression that their feelings pretty much align themselves with the general UK populace. They are just less frightened of saying exactly what they feel.
Before I purchased a business in France I was asking some French friends how some British owning the business would be taken locally.
Yep, maybe that 5/1 from Ladbrokes on his early departure is worth a second look.
All it may need is a challenge from one of their big guns ..... Ok, Ok, I know there's only Uncle Vince big enough to stand up to him.
This is a truly awful night for the LibDems, the worst in fact for many years.
Pfp is Professor Anthony King:
"This is a truly awful night for...."
Not quite stjohn - Professor saves his "awful" references exclusively for the Tories. Also, I did say "for many years" - Prof King trots out his description in every Election.
What the hell is wrong with Tower Hamlets. I just read that all of the London boroughs except TH have reported in with their results. Such a basket case.
Tower Hamlets can't even post their counted votes.
The place is a mess, but the same lot get in each year on the back of Bengali solidarity. Reminds me of some of the corrupt Democratic city machines in the US.
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In all seriousness I got the following answer:_
"You will be fine, your not Arab or Parisien