Tonight's Opinium taken before Roch/Str result. Lab 33(nc) Con 30 (-4) Ukip 19(+1) LD 7 (+2)
Snp 5 Greens 4
Well, as predicted by some on here, the midweek "it just slipped out" Opinium, which got a few very excited, has turned out to be a shade of an outlier.
The Conservatives on 30% - how soon before we see the Tories back in the 20s after Rochester ? Slight revival for the LDs as well which I'm sure you're all delighted to see.
Labour now moving into mega "China Syndrome"meltdown mode. Quite staggering that it has all fallen apart over one twittered photo. They will never survive months on the hustings, they just won't.
Sunday Telegraph
Emily Thornberry row: MPs like Ed Miliband are out of touch, says Hazel Blears
Career politicians like Ed Miliband are out of touch with voters because they lack experience outside Westminster, Hazel Blears warns, after Emily Thornberry's resignation over her 'sneering' white van man tweet
Ed has got off lightly by Ms Blears – she once described the Labour party as “wicked and malicious” so “out of touch” is her way of flattery…
Because they aren't doing anything illegal, perhaps?
They don't have to follow the National Curriculum and those independent schools seem to be following a Islamic orientated curriculum.
It is a free country, but some people seem to have forgotten that.
It won't be a free country if a generation of kids are raised to believe in crap like conservative Islam. If people want to have their kids raised in the culture of rural Pakistan, they can move there. If your kids are in this country, they need to be taught to integrate with the rest of country, and the values of British liberal democracy, which are overwhelmingly superior to those of Islamic autocracy. The rest of society shouldn't have to deal with the consequences of children being brought up to be intolerant and backwards.
Oh, and one of the schools was funded with taxes too.
Remind me which country created Pakistan, a supposed "homeland" for Muslims. As you sow...
(This may be an urban myth) when Mountbatten was asked what his views were on Partition, with hindsight he replied "Well, I really f***ed that one up, didn't I?"
I have a theory - which is probably bollocks! - that this picture may give a clue as to how Mountabatten really thought of Nehru. Note how his wife Edwina shares a laugh with India's first PM while he looks on aloof...
The SNP seem to be benefiting from some sort of "sympathy vote" following the referendum. If YES had won, I imagine it would be Labour experiencing a big membership boost.
Why on Earth do you think it is a sympathy vote?
It's about 60,000 Scots deciding that they didn't do enough to help make Independence happen, and signing up to be members of the SNP (or Scottish Greens) as the most obvious first step to making sure that they do everything they can to win the next referendum.
It's about 60,000 Scots who joined the SNP "AFTER" Salmond resigned. As I have mentioned before, Salmond is marmite personified. Even within the SNP, there were too many to have him at the helm as the only chance in a lifetime of a referendum vote while keeping their respective orifices shut and keeping the mouths of any dissenters closed.
Unfortunately, for them, they couldn't fix the ballot box. Too many people regarded Salmond's view of an Independent Scotland as a danger to themselves.
Sturgeon is a different kettle of fish (always wanted to use that pun) in that she is, too honest.
Whether she can get the new members to bite on her hook is an interesting question. She has made the right noises and laid out the tempting bait but is it the right Green Highlander to keep the North East base that Salmond so assiduously targeted while her reputation as a Red Night Hotty Fishing Fly frae Glasgae lose her prey voters in amongst the Frozen Chosen.
Because they aren't doing anything illegal, perhaps?
They don't have to follow the National Curriculum and those independent schools seem to be following a Islamic orientated curriculum.
It is a free country, but some people seem to have forgotten that.
It won't be a free country if a generation of kids are raised to believe in crap like conservative Islam. If people want to have their kids raised in the culture of rural Pakistan, they can move there. If your kids are in this country, they need to be taught to integrate with the rest of country, and the values of British liberal democracy, which are overwhelmingly superior to those of Islamic autocracy. The rest of society shouldn't have to deal with the consequences of children being brought up to be intolerant and backwards.
Oh, and one of the schools was funded with taxes too.
Remind me which country created Pakistan, a supposed "homeland" for Muslims. As you sow...
(This may be an urban myth) when Mountbatten was asked what his views were on Partition, with hindsight he replied "Well, I really f***ed that one up, didn't I?"
To be fair he was distracted by his wife getting boned by Nehru.
So we can really blame the disaster of partition on the Indians and the Labour government.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5tUc1S3cc
The Conservatives on 30% - how soon before we see the Tories back in the 20s after Rochester ? Slight revival for the LDs as well which I'm sure you're all delighted to see.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/09/25/article-1216186-0696884D000005DC-200_468x552.jpg
Unfortunately, for them, they couldn't fix the ballot box. Too many people regarded Salmond's view of an Independent Scotland as a danger to themselves.
Sturgeon is a different kettle of fish (always wanted to use that pun) in that she is, too honest.
Whether she can get the new members to bite on her hook is an interesting question. She has made the right noises and laid out the tempting bait but is it the right Green Highlander to keep the North East base that Salmond so assiduously targeted while her reputation as a Red Night Hotty Fishing Fly frae Glasgae lose her prey voters in amongst the Frozen Chosen.