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Marf with her take on today's big story pic.twitter.com/fqkS1V6UPV
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The Sunday Post reported he [Salmond] also spent almost £800 on “subsistence” at the Peninsula
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/10978937/Alex-Salmond-finally-publishes-five-star-hotel-list.html
So £1.30 vs £800.......
Cherry Hogs - kids game apparently
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=h2zQAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=why+cherry+hog&source=bl&ots=L1bE_lTUli&sig=nHUyTV3nKHSDBnvkzSzCF8457Hc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5xjZVKDkG6LP7gaRx4DADw&ved=0CEUQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=why cherry hog&f=false
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nrpot-INxzoC&pg=PA94&lpg=PA94&dq=cherry+hog+game&source=bl&ots=4KmSOzM9IQ&sig=uv0OwhWuWFEYCN-fEVYeAcO6tGg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gRnZVJSPNOOC7ga24oCYAw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=cherry hog game&f=false
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How much do I owe you?
Scary. And coming to us too if Milipede wins I suspect. However I wouldn't put Camoron and May past doing something like this either, hence no point in voting Tory instead of UKIP to keep Milipede out.
Might as well vote for who I want to even if it lets Labour in. Better to have a bunch of cultural marxists who have some conscience about the poor than the present bunch who just seem to want to enrich their wealthy friends at all costs (even if that cost is pretending to be cultural marxists to keep the lower orders in check).
You have no idea how long I have spent trying to track that down. It's now clear why the 'heavy' dictionaries don't help, and the origins are obscured in the mists of time.
Those look like superb books. Where did you find them?
Strange way to express things. The wars started 10 years earlier when Edward Longshanks made the mistake of invading Scotland. All the dispatch of Comyn did was to clarify the Scottish resistance.
It would be a rare person so young who would actually be able to do the job well, but since he's not going to win, I hope he has fun at least, and the same for any other young candidates.
I also like the comment shown in the piece about how the BBC promote UKIP.
14 hours
Crude oil prices, though up slightly, aren't up much. WTI is almost $53, Brent is about $57.
That's how long it took the BQ.
With Hames and Swinson both likely going, I wonder if married coupled MPs have lost their seats at the same time before.
This also looks like a sensible statement:
If I am right, it will not be enough for the Conservatives to gain most seats to stay in power. They will need to get a sufficient number of seats so as to make it practically impossible for any other stable government to be formed.
A tough ask.
There is worldwide glut of the stuff of the size that kind of reminds me of a danger mouse episode about custard.
2.However, the media mood is fickle by nature, and the lobby will get tired of keel-hauling Miliband – at least, if the polls don’t move. What will happens if they haven’t by the end of next month?
An interesting question indeed. At some point it becomes impossible to ignore the possibility that there will not be a swing to the Tories significant enough to lead to victory, even if it is felt that would be a fair outcome.
3. I'm not even going to look at the study. Mainstream at least no-one seems to have called the financial crisis right, and every step along the way something majorly surprised economists and political thinkers. Maybe it would grow faster under Labour, maybe it wouldn't, people won't know what to believe in such a dry argument and will vote their gut. If they think Labour will not be a disaster, that will be enough, not least because if deficit reduction does slow things for the Tories, they'll just delay it again.
Some bright spark has come up with a gadget you attach to a gun barrel to make bullets 'less lethal'.
Obviously you want a low key trial to evaluate the product.
So what's the best place to have a police department evaluate it?
Yup - Ferguson Missouri.
http://rt.com/usa/229311-ferguson-police-less-lethal/
Had to say that after a truly lousy day that genuinely had me laughing out loud.
It's fortnightly on a Tuesday until the end of February and then will be bi-weekly on a Tuesday and Saturday until election day.
At IG we used to have a massive punter who phoned up for the dogs (and everything else) and first time I answered he asked "what are your cherries?"
I had no idea what he was on about!!
From what I recall all the UK fuel taxes and fees are percentage based, and represent about 75% of the pump price.
Mr. kle4, at the time I was pleased. Now, I just find shaving tedious. Still, having my voice drop practically overnight was handy. No embarrassing squeaky transition.
With the current duty rate of £0.5795 per litre and the VAT rate of 20%, the average petrol price of £1.06 per litre is: £0.1767 VAT + £0.5795 fuel duty + £0.3038 to the retailer. Just under 72% is tax. The tax take will be slightly lower as a percentage for diesel, because the price is higher.
I really hate this trend for mid-season breaks.
OH SHIT TYREESE!
It possibly has implications on Labour's direction after May as well, the left will start to look very crowded with a rejuvenated Farron led Lib Dems, as well as the nationalists and Greens around.
The dogs were always a good medium for shrewd punters. If you went regularly to the same track, as my Dad did, you got to know the form inside out and if you bet sensibly, you could easily outdo the bookies.
Although my family was unquestionably working class, we never went without and enjoyed many luxuries. It was all paid for by Clapton dogs !
In addition, even if that weren't the case, the decision will be taken by the whole party, not just the MPs. The New Statesman article which antifrank dismisses (loftily, as is right and proper for a lawyer!) actually makes a very good point about the probable 2015 LibDem voters, as opposed to MPs.
And then there are the activists, who will have the key say. The Labour-lite ones have gone, have they not? So we should expect that the rump of the party is less left-wing, not more left-wing, than its 2010 counterpart.
BBC / Guardian have been hyping this story up as scandal of the century and in 25 mins basically you don't ever really find out very much beyond the broadest of overviews, plus doorstepping some random bloke who runs a small shop in London doesn't really add to the story.
What I can't really work out was what new we learned since 4-5 years ago? A suggestion that maybe HSBC still talk to high value customers about arranging their wealth to minimize tax?
The computer guy stole his info in 2007, tax man got it in 2010, most people have now declared accounts that were previously hidden and paid up.
I notice they managed to avoid mentioning that a certain dodger gave Labour £2 million though.
Then Talking Dead comes on, live, featuring a couple of folks from the cast and crew, and they talk and take viewers questions on the episode for an hour. It's bizarre.
Face it though... Even a poor WD series is better than no series at all...
Need my Zombie Fix.
It's a bit odd with TV on demand and some stuff on pay TV or free-to-air just how people can be at completely different places with TV programmes. It's interesting describing stuff precisely enough that others know exactly what you mean if they've seen it, and have no idea if they have not.
That said, The Last Of Us is arguably the best videogame ever made. If you have a PS3 or PS4 and haven't played it, I would strongly advise doing so.
Lord Ashcroft retweeted
The Screaming Eagles@TSEofPB·59 mins59 minutes ago
@LordAshcroft We all make mistakes, at least one of your polls wasn't accused of costing the UK £45bn http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2763847/Did-rogue-poll-cost-Britain-45bn-Analysis-SIMON-WALTERS.html …
What I really hate is E4 having random gaps in Big Bang Theory even though it is currently their highest rating show and is continuing without breaks in the US.
WARNING - as soon as you get to the page you will know what happened in the latest episode.
That said, it's absolutely not child-friendly.
Mr. Tyndall, weirdly, Channel 4 don't seem to be picking up Agent Carter.
Still waiting for the mid-season breaks of Gotham and Supermodels of SHIELD to end.
In other programming notes, the sequel to Breaking Bad started last night, with the second episode this evening.
Is Gotham any good?
Of course, it all takes a back seat on April 10th
What happens on the 10th of April?
Edited extra bit: well, it's out for PS4 and that generation will last probably until 2022 or longer.
Mr. B, I've been watching Game of Thrones entirely on DVD.
I have no particular interest in this rubbish except my (then) partner was on the Visit Scotland/ Scottish Enterprise "Ryder Cup" trip.
Salmond was first accused by the Telegraph of spending £500,000 at the golf. Then when it was pointed out that this was the ENTIRE cost of the Visit Scotland promotion and advertising of the country to the billion strong TV audience he was accused of spending £50,000. Then it was pointed out that this this was the cost of the ENTIRE Scottish Government delegation including travel he was accused of spending £3,000 on the Peninsula Hotel when everyone else was at the golf hotel. Then when it was pointed out that Salmond actually stayed at the course hotel he was accused of needlessly spending £3,000 in Chicago. Then when it was pointed out that this was the hotel bill including the rooms used for all of the Scottish Government investment meetings in the week before the golf he was accused of spending £800 on subsistence. In fact a few minutes research will show you that this is the Telegraph repeating a Sunday Post claim that the difference between £3,800 on a card and £3,000 on a hotel bill must be subsistence. In fact it is clear from the original information is that the civil service card was used to pay for all meeting rooms and hospitality for inward investors. Finally my former partner is not of my persuasion but freely testifies that as a civil servant he has never seen anyone work harder or more successfully than Salmond when chasing investment for Scotland. A link to what was achieved that week in 2012 can be found on this release from Visit Scotland
PROMOTING SCOTLAND AS THE NEXT HOST OF THE RYDER CUP
In other words the entire story was always a cooked up Telegraph crock of nonsence and it is ludicrous to see you repeating it now.
The mad thing is that the roads (dirt tracks) are owned by the residents not the council, and so are in a permanent state of disrepair.. a really sad atmosphere there, but big potential its in a great spot!
You need to get with it. Oil went through $60 at 6 pm this evening and will be around in 50 years time.
I'll tell you something weird. Apparently, the Flash and Green Arrow (from the series) will not be the same Flash and Green Arrow (either actors or continuity) when DC finally makes whatever its equivalent of the Avengers is. So, they'll have two parallel continuities for TV and film running.
Maybe it'll work, but Marvel's integrated approach with SHIELD seems far better to me.
http://www.golf.com/tour-and-news/nbc-decides-broadcast-entire-2014-ryder-cup-live-first-time-ever
Wasn't the info leaked to HRMC in 2007? Perhaps it was on the disk they lost.
In contrast, I also used to live in one of the rougher corners of nearby Colchester, which was very much a Labour fortress (and felt it, at election times).
Hope Yawn of Justice turns things around.
Revolution (now cancelled) seemed to almost be a stealth plot into a fantasy story (read nanites for magic/god) and Person of Interest morphing into something else entirely as it went along is another example.
I must say I like the trend of sneaking in interesting concepts and characters after hooking people in with more familiar settings and plots. People find a way to get more creative or at least riskier prospects out there somehow.
Though Once Upon a Time remains the most unexplainably popular show I can think of.
8. I like how the number of current UKIP supporters who voted UKIP in 2010 is the same as the number of ones who voted LD.
It's worse than it being owned by the residents, isn't it? At least the time I was around those parts, the roads belonged to the development company that built the estate/resort in the first place, but the company itself was long-since bankrupt. That's why there was no maintenance being done.
Most of the housing there is not suitable for human habitation, and certainly not for the current level of overcrowding - it was only designed for summer holiday lets. It looks and feels like a shanty town.
Incidentally, if you ever get the chance to look at old photos of the Plotlands developments that Basildon got built over - more down your neck of the woods, and within folk memory of your older relatives I should think - you'll see what the development of the New Town there spared the good denizens of South Essex from. A Fate Worse Than Jaywick (albeit with less risk of being swept out to sea) ... after seeing that I decided to quit complaining about what a tip Basildon is.
https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/564907630804877312
He reckoned Clapton, Walthamstow and Wimbledon were straight. Not so sure about the others.
My cousins live there, and my aunt and uncle used to run The Long Riding Pub..
Uncle was Polish, that was going to be my USP as a UKIP candidate if I got the S Bas & E Thurrock gig!.
Unfortunately, he was more often on the wrong end of such betting coups. I remember the jockey on one of the horses he owned telling him it could have won by ten lengths. When dad asked why it hadn't then, the answer was "I had orders not to win..."
The 100's very enjoyable. Cheers for persuading me to stick with it when I was about to stop halfway through the first series. Now you mention it, the second is a bit darker.
Mr. kle4 (part two), Gotham's pretty good. Slow start, and Gordon's girlfriend is a muppet, but the Penguin's nigh on perfect.
(2) Adjacent Clacton was also the work of a developer, the core of the town being designed for the pleasure of Victorian tourists who would be unloaded by steamboat - and later the development got connected to the railway. But for some reason Clacton seems to have "worked", whereas Jaywick has, by any sensible definition, failed.
(3) Jaywick's seafront (realistically: seawallfront) has some bizarre roadnames that make it sound more picturesque than it really is. Not that that's a hard task, but the discrepancy between nominal plushness and the grotesque reality is greater than anywhere else I can think of (other suggestions welcome). From east to west along the front, they go Badminton Road, Sea Cornflower Road, Sea Rosemary Way, Sea Glebe Way, Sea Flowers Way, Sea Lavender Way, Sea Thistle Way, Sea Shell Way, Sea Pink Way and Sea Holly Way. Each is dreadful.
However I think that Scotland has the highest attrition rate for actual turnout compared to polled intention at the las election so would make a betting based on it interesting.
I miss the berfair indyref banded turnout market that topped out at 75%+. I miss even more the ludicrous odds against money that people offered on the market.