Isn't this an argument for Single Transferable Vote, because I keep reading instances in Ireland where Cabinet Ministers there having to break off from international summits to attend some constituency event for fear of losing their seat?
I thought passing a gay marriage law by June was decided on and ordered by a bunch of unelected EU officials in some secret vote somewhere? Unless that's just an internet myth why is everyone talking like it wasn't an EU directive our pretend government had to go along with?
Yes, cleverly spotted. The bankstas have forced them into it.
A straw in the economic wind: our big annual conference is in Boston starting Sunday. It is a complete sell out with people offering us over the odds to get in. It's always been popular, but never to this extent. All very exciting.
France has ossified. It is intellectually, morally, politically and increasingly actually bankrupt. They rage aginst the globalised world with as much chance of putting it back in its box as I do of being the next Queen of England. A true horror story of lefty statism run riot over a prolonged period. The Germans are starting to give up on them:
Thanks for that link. Although I was aware of it I have never really followed Speigel's coverge of Franco-German relations. Half an hour's train reading was really illuminating (and prejudice-confirming). How will la belle France get out of the mire? I do hope they do, and become a more positive influence on World events.
"Charles Bremner Paris Published at 12:01AM, June 6 2013
Sections of the French military have called for a coup to save the country, it emerged yesterday.
The Defence Ministry was taking seriously appeals from royalist, ultra-traditionalist Catholic groups on the internet and in a magazine for a “coup de force” as criticism of François Hollande grows.
The plotters claim that France is threatened by decadence, symbolised by the legalisation last month of gay marriage."
Awesome. I haven't watched the BBC's pretend news for ages, have they been covering the massive French aggro over the gay marriage law their pretend government was ordered to pass by the EU as well?
If an EU country were to have a coup; and thrre are some that have recent history of dictatorship, would they be expelled?
The EU without France could be more readily be reformed to a much better organisation. It would also be a sweet pleasure to say "non" when they reapply!
I just read the latest Labour policy nonsense on housing. Son of Benn wants communities to have a veto on housebuilding on their doorsteps. Mmm....
'Hello residents of Chingford, Norwich, Dorking, Broadstairs, York, etc etc etc.... We were wondering if you would mind us building 400,000 new homes for um...'social tenants', next door to you. Is that ok?'
' No' you say, 'over our cold rotting corpses' (copyright Khan!). No problem, then we will build them on the fecking moon since there's nobody up there to object to our brilliant idea.
Of course there are a few roundabouts in Walthamstow we could build 40 floor shoeboxes on. Any remaining open and green spaces in our cities will be built on, cram more and more people in.
As someone commenting on a Telegraph blog put it today; 'There isn't a housing problem, there's an immigration problem'. To most voters that's the crux of the matter.
I'd say there's more a problem with the population ponzi scheme that all politicians, (especially lefty thicko ones), seem oblivious to. We need more working age people to pay for more retired people. Then we need more working age people to pay for those retired people. Ad infinitum. Where does it stop? UK population 70 million? 80 million? 500 million?
Either tell nimbys to shut their gobs, or do something about this mental concept of filling the UK to breaking point. This b/s is your fault Labour. You let too many people in and didn't deal with the consequences.It's nothing to do with culture, colour, shoe size. Too many people. Not enough housing. Geddit? Now you blame someone else, AS ALWAYS.
France has ossified. It is intellectually, morally, politically and increasingly actually bankrupt. They rage aginst the globalised world with as much chance of putting it back in its box as I do of being the next Queen of England. A true horror story of lefty statism run riot over a prolonged period. The Germans are starting to give up on them:
Thanks for that link. Although I was aware of it I have never really followed Speigel's coverge of Franco-German relations. Half an hour's train reading was really illuminating (and prejudice-confirming). How will la belle France get out of the mire? I do hope they do, and become a more positive influence on World events.
"Charles Bremner Paris Published at 12:01AM, June 6 2013
Sections of the French military have called for a coup to save the country, it emerged yesterday.
The Defence Ministry was taking seriously appeals from royalist, ultra-traditionalist Catholic groups on the internet and in a magazine for a “coup de force” as criticism of François Hollande grows.
The plotters claim that France is threatened by decadence, symbolised by the legalisation last month of gay marriage."
Awesome. I haven't watched the BBC's pretend news for ages, have they been covering the massive French aggro over the gay marriage law their pretend government was ordered to pass by the EU as well?
If an EU country were to have a coup; and thrre are some that have recent history of dictatorship, would they be expelled?
The EU without France could be more readily be reformed to a much better organisation. It would also be a sweet pleasure to say "non" when they reapply!
I thought passing a gay marriage law by June was decided on and ordered by a bunch of unelected EU officials in some secret vote somewhere? Unless that's just an internet myth why is everyone talking like it wasn't an EU directive our pretend government had to go along with?
Yes, cleverly spotted. The bankstas have forced them into it.
Did i say bankstas? There are two forces of darkness: bankstas on the right, nomenklatura on the left.
Regardless of all that, how Cameron and the gay marriage issue is viewed longer term depends on whether this is correct or not.
"Such are the real reasons that our Government needed to rush through last week’s vote on gay marriage. We are committed to “full implementation” of the Council of Europe’s policy no later than this June (and hence the similar law now being rushed through in France)."
Hence why i wondered if the BBC had reported the massive French demos against gay marriage.
edit: Apparently they have on their website anyway.
France has ossified. It is intellectually, morally, politically and increasingly actually bankrupt. They rage aginst the globalised world with as much chance of putting it back in its box as I do of being the next Queen of England. A true horror story of lefty statism run riot over a prolonged period. The Germans are starting to give up on them:
Thanks for that link. Although I was aware of it I have never really followed Speigel's coverge of Franco-German relations. Half an hour's train reading was really illuminating (and prejudice-confirming). How will la belle France get out of the mire? I do hope they do, and become a more positive influence on World events.
"Charles Bremner Paris Published at 12:01AM, June 6 2013
Sections of the French military have called for a coup to save the country, it emerged yesterday.
The Defence Ministry was taking seriously appeals from royalist, ultra-traditionalist Catholic groups on the internet and in a magazine for a “coup de force” as criticism of François Hollande grows.
The plotters claim that France is threatened by decadence, symbolised by the legalisation last month of gay marriage."
Awesome. I haven't watched the BBC's pretend news for ages, have they been covering the massive French aggro over the gay marriage law their pretend government was ordered to pass by the EU as well?
If an EU country were to have a coup; and thrre are some that have recent history of dictatorship, would they be expelled?
The EU without France could be more readily be reformed to a much better organisation. It would also be a sweet pleasure to say "non" when they reapply!
Berlusconi and Papandreou were arguably victims of coups.
France has ossified. It is intellectually, morally, politically and increasingly actually bankrupt. They rage aginst the globalised world with as much chance of putting it back in its box as I do of being the next Queen of England. A true horror story of lefty statism run riot over a prolonged period. The Germans are starting to give up on them:
Thanks for that link. Although I was aware of it I have never really followed Speigel's coverge of Franco-German relations. Half an hour's train reading was really illuminating (and prejudice-confirming). How will la belle France get out of the mire? I do hope they do, and become a more positive influence on World events.
"Charles Bremner Paris Published at 12:01AM, June 6 2013
Sections of the French military have called for a coup to save the country, it emerged yesterday.
The Defence Ministry was taking seriously appeals from royalist, ultra-traditionalist Catholic groups on the internet and in a magazine for a “coup de force” as criticism of François Hollande grows.
The plotters claim that France is threatened by decadence, symbolised by the legalisation last month of gay marriage."
Awesome. I haven't watched the BBC's pretend news for ages, have they been covering the massive French aggro over the gay marriage law their pretend government was ordered to pass by the EU as well?
If an EU country were to have a coup; and thrre are some that have recent history of dictatorship, would they be expelled?
The EU without France could be more readily be reformed to a much better organisation. It would also be a sweet pleasure to say "non" when they reapply!
Berlusconi and Papandreou were arguably victims of coups.
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Isn't this an argument for Single Transferable Vote, because I keep reading instances in Ireland where Cabinet Ministers there having to break off from international summits to attend some constituency event for fear of losing their seat?
That would be an argument against STV.
In the Irish electoral multi member constituencies, not only does a candidate fight against his/her opponents but also against the other candidate(s) from his/her own party !
In PB Toryworld that translates into "winning the debate" -----------
Clear 5% swing to Labour on immigration. Probably Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells moved to Labour.
The Osborne Master Strategy cannot be faulted.
They won the debate if the debate was "you can't control immigration without coming out of the EU." The gamble - if there's any strategy to it which there may not be - is that winning that debate could drain more potential New Labour votes into UKIP than Tory ones which i think some graph said means UKIP have to getting over 16%.
TGOHF - The IFS is centre right, so no surprise there. Osborne has said austerity will last until 2017-18, assuming the Tories win, although I doubt Labour would be that much different, but by 2020, even if the Tories do win in 2015, Labour will probably be back in again with a more stimulus-driven approach. I still think Osborne should have stuck to his promise and sorted the deficit out by 2015, 5 tough years of austerity, finished by the time Cameron went to the poll, even if it was harder than now and across the board with no protected departments, it could then have been followed by a pro-growth, budget for the election and the first year of a Tory government!
Cuts,welfare,austerity & immigration,Labour has managed a u-turn on each issue after opposing for three years.
Just one more u-turn on an in/out EU referendum and they will have a complete set.
They aren't really u-turning though are they?
It's more like biting their bottom lips, gritting their collective teeth and excreting out things they don't believe in one little bit. It's pathetic to watch. Gone from no policies, except no cuts, to incoherent waffle that nobody in their right mind will buy come an election.
Everything either comes with a 'but it's nothing to do with us and most certainly not our fault', or 'the Tories forced us into it'.
I love the way the Pb lefty Miliworshippers have been trying to spin it though. Androids programmed to blurt out the party line come what may. At least the Pb Tories are a rebellious rabble who rip into the party when they screw up, the Labour bots have no clue whether what they are arguing is good or bad, right or wrong, or makes any sense at all for that matter.
@DavidL The Scottish market is consolidating rapidly in response to the current market conditions. I expect to see plenty more mergers, the flight of good partners to financially stronger practices, the enforced transfer of weaker partners to weaker practices and further redundancies at many firms.
Disclaimer: I do have a commercial interest in this process.
There's certainly two firms in London (both nudging at the top 10) that are looking to cull 25-30% of their mid levels (3-7 years PQE). Currently consulting not fair to name names
Actually, what have we learned about Labour policies really?
Immigration: 'We might not have got it right....' And what? What policy is that for the future then?
Cuts/welfare: 'Rich pensioners won't get their winter fuel allowance'. Saves 100 million. Yippee, our problems are solved. That should cover it, deficit eliminated, debt paid down.
But maybe some other unspecified reduction in payments to somebody else, or something, maybe? But we can up unemployment benefits to those who have paid in more....Which may be a great idea, but that saves money how?
As for austerity, I haven't heard any proposals from Labour on austerity. It's a swear word in the socialist dictionary. It involves reducing public spending and cutting public sector jobs....yeah right, that's gonna happen. Not.
Labours 2015 manifesto will be 3 lines of 'policies' (cough), and 63 pages of Ed squared waffling on about 'one nation'. Awesome.
But apparently there's going to be some kind of government laser aimed at each department, (maybe I didn't quite get that bit?). I'd fire a bloody laser at the HOC when they next debate how big a pay increase they all want. All bloody 650 of them will be there for that, rubbing their hands with glee.
@Alanbrooke,Alan,just noticing over the last few days that tim as been ignoring your Questions or facts,you must know by now that he doesn't reply if you catch him out ;-)
@Alanbrooke,Alan,just noticing over the last few days that tim as been ignoring your Questions or facts,you must know by now that he doesn't reply if you catch him out ;-)
It's been a tough week for labourites Ed has underwhelmed everyone with his ideas. The policy page still consists of calling people toffs.
Mildly surprised Rosberg was a shade off the pace in P2. At almost precisely the same time he was 3-4 tenths off of Hamilton. Apparently the Mercedes was a bit rubbish on long runs compared to the Red Bull.
The pre-qualifying piece will be up late Saturday evening, due to the same difference.
An EU without France might even be one that I'd like to be part of...
The more I think about, the better the idea is.
The final victory of the RosBifs would be the expulsion of the French from the EU. With the Germans we could rewrite the rules quite effectively.
Ooh please let it be possible.
Hmm a UK Germany merger. It has a lot going for it.
We adopt the German federal system and ditch Westminster centralism They adopt the queen instead of a president ( their presidents keep goofing up ) The world leader in industry with the world leader in finance 150 million consumers who believe in working for a living and like beer and sausages. Germans get a presence on the security council, brits get France as their bitch.
An EU without France might even be one that I'd like to be part of...
The more I think about, the better the idea is.
The final victory of the RosBifs would be the expulsion of the French from the EU. With the Germans we could rewrite the rules quite effectively.
Ooh please let it be possible.
Hmm a UK Germany merger. It has a lot going for it.
We adopt the German federal system and ditch Westminster centralism They adopt the queen instead of a president ( their presidents keep goofing up ) The world leader in industry with the world leader in finance 150 million consumers who believe in working for a living and like beer and sausages. Germans get a presence on the security council, brits get France as their bitch.
An EU without France might even be one that I'd like to be part of...
The more I think about, the better the idea is.
The final victory of the RosBifs would be the expulsion of the French from the EU. With the Germans we could rewrite the rules quite effectively.
Ooh please let it be possible.
Hmm a UK Germany merger. It has a lot going for it.
We adopt the German federal system and ditch Westminster centralism They adopt the queen instead of a president ( their presidents keep goofing up ) The world leader in industry with the world leader in finance 150 million consumers who believe in working for a living and like beer and sausages. Germans get a presence on the security council, brits get France as their bitch.
I just read the latest Labour policy nonsense on housing. Son of Benn wants communities to have a veto on housebuilding on their doorsteps. Mmm....
'Hello residents of Chingford, Norwich, Dorking, Broadstairs, York, etc etc etc.... We were wondering if you would mind us building 400,000 new homes for um...'social tenants', next door to you. Is that ok?'
' No' you say, 'over our cold rotting corpses' (copyright Khan!). No problem, then we will build them on the fecking moon since there's nobody up there to object to our brilliant idea.
Of course there are a few roundabouts in Walthamstow we could build 40 floor shoeboxes on. Any remaining open and green spaces in our cities will be built on, cram more and more people in.
As someone commenting on a Telegraph blog put it today; 'There isn't a housing problem, there's an immigration problem'. To most voters that's the crux of the matter.
I'd say there's more a problem with the population ponzi scheme that all politicians, (especially lefty thicko ones), seem oblivious to. We need more working age people to pay for more retired people. Then we need more working age people to pay for those retired people. Ad infinitum. Where does it stop? UK population 70 million? 80 million? 500 million?
Either tell nimbys to shut their gobs, or do something about this mental concept of filling the UK to breaking point. This b/s is your fault Labour. You let too many people in and didn't deal with the consequences.It's nothing to do with culture, colour, shoe size. Too many people. Not enough housing. Geddit? Now you blame someone else, AS ALWAYS.
The proposals for Essex are for some tens of thousands of new houses.
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Yeah, genuinely shocking.
Vice has an article about the memorial:http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/i-went-to-the-memorial-gatherings-for-the-murdered-french-anti-fascist
The EU without France could be more readily be reformed to a much better organisation. It would also be a sweet pleasure to say "non" when they reapply!
'Hello residents of Chingford, Norwich, Dorking, Broadstairs, York, etc etc etc.... We were wondering if you would mind us building 400,000 new homes for um...'social tenants', next door to you. Is that ok?'
' No' you say, 'over our cold rotting corpses' (copyright Khan!). No problem, then we will build them on the fecking moon since there's nobody up there to object to our brilliant idea.
Of course there are a few roundabouts in Walthamstow we could build 40 floor shoeboxes on. Any remaining open and green spaces in our cities will be built on, cram more and more people in.
As someone commenting on a Telegraph blog put it today; 'There isn't a housing problem, there's an immigration problem'. To most voters that's the crux of the matter.
I'd say there's more a problem with the population ponzi scheme that all politicians, (especially lefty thicko ones), seem oblivious to. We need more working age people to pay for more retired people. Then we need more working age people to pay for those retired people. Ad infinitum. Where does it stop? UK population 70 million? 80 million? 500 million?
Either tell nimbys to shut their gobs, or do something about this mental concept of filling the UK to breaking point. This b/s is your fault Labour. You let too many people in and didn't deal with the consequences.It's nothing to do with culture, colour, shoe size. Too many people. Not enough housing. Geddit? Now you blame someone else, AS ALWAYS.
Regardless of all that, how Cameron and the gay marriage issue is viewed longer term depends on whether this is correct or not.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/9859036/Gay-marriage-the-French-connection.html
"Such are the real reasons that our Government needed to rush through last week’s vote on gay marriage. We are committed to “full implementation” of the Council of Europe’s policy no later than this June (and hence the similar law now being rushed through in France)."
Hence why i wondered if the BBC had reported the massive French demos against gay marriage.
edit: Apparently they have on their website anyway.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22671572
Berlusconi and Papandreou were arguably victims of coups.
@tim
Ashcroft poll Immigration
"Which party do you trust on immigration"
January
Con 38
Lab 28
LD 13
June
Con 33
Lab 33
LD 13
In PB Toryworld that translates into "winning the debate"
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Clear 5% swing to Labour on immigration. Probably Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells moved to Labour.
The Osborne Master Strategy cannot be faulted.
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It is a different matter of course to believe him!
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ed-miliband-pledges-tougher-line-on-immigration-after-past-mistakes-8521716.html
'I'm told Nadine Dorries will be investigated by Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. Complaint made and accepted this week.' rosshawkinsbbc
Cuts,welfare,austerity & immigration,Labour has managed a u-turn on each issue after opposing for three years.
Just one more u-turn on an in/out EU referendum and they will have a complete set.
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/scotsol/homepage/news/4958806/Alex-Salmond-makes-fresh-call-for-independence-debate-with-David-Cameron.html
Why ? Cameron doesn't even get to vote on the matter.
2. With Cameron he gets to play the anti-english card.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/the-northerner/2013/jun/07/south-tyneside-councilllors-defect-ukip
It's more like biting their bottom lips, gritting their collective teeth and excreting out things they don't believe in one little bit. It's pathetic to watch. Gone from no policies, except no cuts, to incoherent waffle that nobody in their right mind will buy come an election.
Everything either comes with a 'but it's nothing to do with us and most certainly not our fault', or 'the Tories forced us into it'.
I love the way the Pb lefty Miliworshippers have been trying to spin it though. Androids programmed to blurt out the party line come what may. At least the Pb Tories are a rebellious rabble who rip into the party when they screw up, the Labour bots have no clue whether what they are arguing is good or bad, right or wrong, or makes any sense at all for that matter.
Immigration: 'We might not have got it right....' And what? What policy is that for the future then?
Cuts/welfare: 'Rich pensioners won't get their winter fuel allowance'. Saves 100 million. Yippee, our problems are solved. That should cover it, deficit eliminated, debt paid down.
But maybe some other unspecified reduction in payments to somebody else, or something, maybe? But we can up unemployment benefits to those who have paid in more....Which may be a great idea, but that saves money how?
As for austerity, I haven't heard any proposals from Labour on austerity. It's a swear word in the socialist dictionary. It involves reducing public spending and cutting public sector jobs....yeah right, that's gonna happen. Not.
Labours 2015 manifesto will be 3 lines of 'policies' (cough), and 63 pages of Ed squared waffling on about 'one nation'. Awesome.
But apparently there's going to be some kind of government laser aimed at each department, (maybe I didn't quite get that bit?). I'd fire a bloody laser at the HOC when they next debate how big a pay increase they all want. All bloody 650 of them will be there for that, rubbing their hands with glee.
The final victory of the RosBifs would be the expulsion of the French from the EU. With the Germans we could rewrite the rules quite effectively.
Ooh please let it be possible.
Mildly surprised Rosberg was a shade off the pace in P2. At almost precisely the same time he was 3-4 tenths off of Hamilton. Apparently the Mercedes was a bit rubbish on long runs compared to the Red Bull.
The pre-qualifying piece will be up late Saturday evening, due to the same difference.
We adopt the German federal system and ditch Westminster centralism
They adopt the queen instead of a president ( their presidents keep goofing up )
The world leader in industry with the world leader in finance
150 million consumers who believe in working for a living and like beer and sausages.
Germans get a presence on the security council, brits get France as their bitch.
Sold.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-22811106