You can be assured its been a very bad week for the Tories when there are so few Tory PBers around to jump to the Blues defence.
I think the defence would go something like: the HSBC data were a gift to ed, not something of his own making. Even ed could hardly screw this one up. Further such gifts are unlikely. The "ed the avoider" story may yet bite him on the arse. A week is a long time in politics, and it'll only take another couple of Yougov leads to get the blues singing again.
The HSBC data were not the gift -- the real gift was the threat to sue accompanied by the wild overreaction on twitter (and here) -- did we learn nothing from Oscar Wilde? Libel actions turn a 30-second lunchtime news item into, well, this.
I noticed a few people mentioning odds down below for the Cricket. Wondering if I should take an interest in this world cup stuff. I haven't really since the 90s. The impression I get of one day matches nowadays is that they are full of too many rules, the boundaries have been shortened and the bowlers are just cannon fodder. Is that a fair reflection?
Well remember '92 though. Certainly the best world cup I can remember with the best format of a round robin, semis and final.
Looks like Armando Iannucci will be facing a lawsuit for deformation. Unless he offers an apology.
If the allegations are completely false, I would be furious if someone attempted to trash my reputation on national television. He deserves everything he has coming to him.
Decent rebuttal letter, bet Cam wishes Lord Fink had thought of a better rebuttal than that !
That's my reading of it. And by the way I'm NOT a Tory member and the Conservatives are NOT "my" party.
I apologise if I have inferred that. My observation of your posts over time however is you write from an anti-Labour and often pro-Conservative perspective.
I'm more than happy to accept you are not a Conservative member or supporter.
I am lending the Conservatives my support at the moment. But won't be doing so forever.
Looks like Armando Iannucci will be facing a lawsuit for deformation. Unless he offers an apology.
Excellent! Someone on here correctly said he butchered Evans on the first question and she never really recovered, seems like it was a complete lie.
Hopefully a public apology will put UKIP back in the limelight.
What can you say when someone has potentially made up an accusation.
She should have been better prepared as to why UKIP did not vote on EU legislation to reduce tax avoidance. They really need to brief their spokesmen on what to say as those type of questions crop up again and again.
Missing the vote on banning ivory was another popular one that is used to attack UKIP.
A generic answer like competence creep would suffice.
What annoyed me most last night was not having an answer to the argument that the EU are able to ensure the west lives in peace. Asking the audience if they thought the Ukrainian people are European was never going to end well. She just needed to mention something like Yugoslavia and how many of the wars since WW2 have nothing to do with nationalism.
'My thesis for Tory voters is that there are around 10% of people who 'ought' to be Tories - they either currently benefit from Tory policies, have done in the past or will do in the future. On top of that are 20% plus suffering from false consciousness who mistakenly believe that the Tories are on their side. When the news is full of stories about wealthy Tory tax dodgers a few escape the clutches of false consciousness and return to sensible voting intention.'
Why do you need 80 words of waffle to say that the plebs should know their place and believe in the socialist wonderland.
The big picture remains stable, with Labour and Conservatives very close. There were a couple of Conservative leads at the start of the week, but a couple of three point Labour leads at the end of the week mean the UKPR polling average continues to show a two point Labour lead – CON 32%(+1), LAB 34%(+1), LDEM 7%(-1), UKIP 14%(-1), GRN 7%(+1). Whether those two larger leads at the end of the week are anything more than normal sample noise remains to be seen.
Brenden McCullum must be a good bet for the highest run scorer in this WC. He is in phenomenal form, he opens and he is in a team good enough to make the final. Oh and he has 60 already.
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Hopefully a public apology will put UKIP back in the limelight.
Well remember '92 though. Certainly the best world cup I can remember with the best format of a round robin, semis and final.
On that high note, goodnight!
1997 - Labour
2001 - Didn't vote.
2005 - Lib-Dem
2010 - Conservative
And in 2015:
Conservative (but could also go Lib-Dem because despite the way I take the mickey out of them, they don't deserve the hammering they are going to get)
She should have been better prepared as to why UKIP did not vote on EU legislation to reduce tax avoidance. They really need to brief their spokesmen on what to say as those type of questions crop up again and again.
Missing the vote on banning ivory was another popular one that is used to attack UKIP.
A generic answer like competence creep would suffice.
What annoyed me most last night was not having an answer to the argument that the EU are able to ensure the west lives in peace. Asking the audience if they thought the Ukrainian people are European was never going to end well. She just needed to mention something like Yugoslavia and how many of the wars since WW2 have nothing to do with nationalism.
http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/britains-timid-teens-need-to-go-to-the-pub/15485#.U9lA98lwbqC
'My thesis for Tory voters is that there are around 10% of people who 'ought' to be Tories - they either currently benefit from Tory policies, have done in the past or will do in the future. On top of that are 20% plus suffering from false consciousness who mistakenly believe that the Tories are on their side. When the news is full of stories about wealthy Tory tax dodgers a few escape the clutches of false consciousness and return to sensible voting intention.'
Why do you need 80 words of waffle to say that the plebs should know their place and believe in the socialist wonderland.
The big picture remains stable, with Labour and Conservatives very close. There were a couple of Conservative leads at the start of the week, but a couple of three point Labour leads at the end of the week mean the UKPR polling average continues to show a two point Labour lead – CON 32%(+1), LAB 34%(+1), LDEM 7%(-1), UKIP 14%(-1), GRN 7%(+1). Whether those two larger leads at the end of the week are anything more than normal sample noise remains to be seen.
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/9245