So, what do you suggest we do about it? Or do you think all measures that can be taken have been taken?
I'm hoping for a Nabavi perspective, so please don't just quote Cameron's manifesto pledges on benefit access back at me!
The bigger puzzle to me is non-EU immigration, where the rules have been tightened up hugely (initially by Labour, and further tightened by this government). Obviously leaving the EU is irrelevant to this part of the argument, and to be honest I don't understand why the numbers haven't dropped.
I believe when HMG chose to pass control over Justice and Home Affairs to the EU last year, they passed over non-EU immigration too. So the EU is relevant here.
Did I miss the referendum on that transfer of powers ?
Miss Plato, over-used, it can be deeply irritating.
I thought Farscape was good at blending (after the initial few episodes) the two. There was a three parter about the political situation of a neutral power between the Peacekeepers and Scarrans, which nicely developed the cold war between the latter two whilst focusing primarily on the third party.
Monster of the Week was quite a compelling trope when syndication was so important to US Networks. With the shift in the market, especially with Streaming likely to overtake Syndication, fortunately serialisation is becoming far more popular. It makes for better shows.
Scotland-based PBers, I'd be interested to know how the death of Dave McKay has been covered. He may well have been the greatest player Spurs ever had. Hopefully, the tributes in the papers up there have been long and fulsome.
Telly was flooded with it last night , he was greatest Hearts ever as well. Not as big in the papers given the action on Rangers , all are full of the EGM and if there will be any board members left to sack or any left brave enough to face the crowd. Only 2 left and those are Ashley's henchmen, sacked on Friday for sure. Then it will be down to battle with Ashley to free the club.
Q: You say there won’t be a cap. But you also expect net migration to be below 50,000. Aren’t you trying to have it both ways?
Farage says there is an obsession with floors, ceilings etc. He thinks, if you talk about caps, the public will not believe you. Ukip has not abolished the cap. But it has a plan to deal with immigration. It wants to turn an issue that is divisive and make it positive.
So that's clear then - the cap's still there, just don't talk about it because you won't be believed......
The cap is the number of people with the requisite skills coming to the UK.
Q: You say there won’t be a cap. But you also expect net migration to be below 50,000. Aren’t you trying to have it both ways?
Farage says there is an obsession with floors, ceilings etc. He thinks, if you talk about caps, the public will not believe you. Ukip has not abolished the cap. But it has a plan to deal with immigration. It wants to turn an issue that is divisive and make it positive.
So that's clear then - the cap's still there, just don't talk about it because you won't be believed......
The cap is the number of people with the requisite skills coming to the UK.
It's strange some people seem to be obsessed with letting in every last European unskilled labourer on the off chance that we might have a couple of street sweeping jobs going, and are happy to educate their children, tend their sicknesses, and distribute benefits to them and their family on the off chance that this happy employment might eventually come about.
What was that about? Is Ed trying to revive UKIP on the basis that it will hurt the Tories more? TSE pointed out last night that in that poll at least UKIP were up 11% from 2010 and the Tories down 1% but it is a theory.
Maybe he was scared of bringing up health given the Furness story. But a PMQ not focussed on the NHS is a PMQ wasted for Ed. He has 3 left.
Mr. Putney, any thoughts/questions on the spread betting for F1? I don't dabble myself [if I win the prediction competition and the prize I may start], but quite enjoy our traditional pre-season chat about it.
Mr. Putney, any thoughts/questions on the spread betting for F1? I don't dabble myself [if I win the prediction competition and the prize I may start], but quite enjoy our traditional pre-season chat about it.
To be honest, I haven't really boned up yet on the new season - tend to find all the seemingly endless practising in Spain a mite tedious. I'll try to take a keener interest though ahead of the Oz GP.
What was that about? Is Ed trying to revive UKIP on the basis that it will hurt the Tories more? TSE pointed out last night that in that poll at least UKIP were up 11% from 2010 and the Tories down 1% but it is a theory.
Maybe he was scared of bringing up health given the Furness story. But a PMQ not focussed on the NHS is a PMQ wasted for Ed. He has 3 left.
Yes but one of those, in a fortnight, is before the budget statement. In practice he only has 2 to set the agenda.
So, what do you suggest we do about it? Or do you think all measures that can be taken have been taken?
I'm hoping for a Nabavi perspective, so please don't just quote Cameron's manifesto pledges on benefit access back at me!
The bigger puzzle to me is non-EU immigration, where the rules have been tightened up hugely (initially by Labour, and further tightened by this government). Obviously leaving the EU is irrelevant to this part of the argument, and to be honest I don't understand why the numbers haven't dropped.
I believe when HMG chose to pass control over Justice and Home Affairs to the EU last year, they passed over non-EU immigration too. So the EU is relevant here.
It doesn't speak well of Labour's organisation that Ed Miliband is not leading on tuition fees, given that this was this week's chosen topic for Labour.
Doesn't want to give more publicity to the fact that his tuition fee cut only helps the highest paid graduates and will starve universities of funding. Having a clip of the PM on the evening bulletin saying that Labour only wants to help the best paid graduates wouldn't be very helpful. Better to avoid it and hope that people don't realise that it is a con and that journalists continue to not hold Labour to account on these stupid policies.
What was that about? Is Ed trying to revive UKIP on the basis that it will hurt the Tories more? TSE pointed out last night that in that poll at least UKIP were up 11% from 2010 and the Tories down 1% but it is a theory.
Maybe he was scared of bringing up health given the Furness story. But a PMQ not focussed on the NHS is a PMQ wasted for Ed. He has 3 left.
Two really because the 18th March will be all about the budget
Mr. Eagles, whilst I hope Labour suffers a great defeat in the election, let's hope Miliband doesn't react the same way Samuel did at the comparable moment in history.
Sunderland Central - must be one of the favourites for first declaration.
Yes the Sunderland seats will rightly be amongst the favourites for 1st declaration but if you are looking for better value look at seats with no local elections this year .London seats , Scottish seats and my outsider Cheltenham are amongst this group .
TSE - do you still take Labour to win the most seats at GE 2015? Btw - has OGH expressed an opinion yet as regards the outcome .... a Labour win, of course, but by what extent?
Q: You say there won’t be a cap. But you also expect net migration to be below 50,000. Aren’t you trying to have it both ways?
Farage says there is an obsession with floors, ceilings etc. He thinks, if you talk about caps, the public will not believe you. Ukip has not abolished the cap. But it has a plan to deal with immigration. It wants to turn an issue that is divisive and make it positive.
So that's clear then - the cap's still there, just don't talk about it because you won't be believed......
The cap is the number of people with the requisite skills coming to the UK.
It's strange some people seem to be obsessed with letting in every last European unskilled labourer on the off chance that we might have a couple of street sweeping jobs going, and are happy to educate their children, tend their sicknesses, and distribute benefits to them and their family on the off chance that this happy employment might eventually come about.
Skilled jobs create other jobs which may or may not be as skilled as the spending power of these workers adds to demand. In the end if that demand is not met the economy fails to reach its potential and for good measure we get wage inflation which only benefits the strongest most bullying in society. I think it was Charles who pointed out the other day that we are at or very close to realistic full employment. We have record numbers of people in work. Unemployment is falling despite immigration. Amazingly this is not creating inflation. Immigration, a lot of which is non permanent economic migration, is not denying jobs to those who want them. Economic migrants will return home as their own country's economies grow. The real social disaster in Britain is all those who do not want work or are unemployable. Increasingly you can add to that those people who simply to put it politely do not like immigrants.
I agree with both stating that he really only has 2 to set the agenda as PMQs will be overshadowed by the budget (and, if he is very unlucky, his response to it) in a fortnight.
Cameron latterly suggested that he had not been particularly reticent today, something of an understatement. He now seems to be on a full war footing and Ed is still footling about. The Labour benches looked pretty miserable.
TSE - do you still take Labour to win the most seats at GE 2015? Btw - has OGH expressed an opinion yet as regards the outcome .... a Labour win, of course, but by what extent?
I'm convinced the Tories will win the popular vote more than ever.
Now I'm unsure about Labour winning most seats due to a mixture of Scotland and I'm thinking the Lib Dems are going to be mullered which helps the Tories.
If I had to bet now I'd go for the Tories to be ahead of Labour on seats by around 30.
The real social disaster in Britain is all those who do not want work or are unemployable. Increasingly you can add to that those people who simply to put it politely do not like immigrants.
I think you better go and have another look at the BES survey, especially the questions on immigration. Suspect you might be in the minority.
How many PMQ's left between now and dissolution? Can't be any more than 4?
Three but the 18th March precedes the budget and will be irrelevant
Right, so there's three PMQ's before dissolution. Dissolution is Monday 30th March, so presumably we get a final PMQ's on Wednesday 1st April - April Fools Day?
Will be interesting to see what angle Ed takes for the Pre-Budget PMQ's actually. Given he is adamant he will not, under any circumstances talk about the economy, will be fun to see how he get's around that one...
Hardly an impartial observer, I wonder what ex-Tory councillors think about the Conservatives, or ex-Labour councillors think about Labour. If we wanted to know about MEPs we could ask Mr Bashir, he could answer for all the parties at once
Q: You say there won’t be a cap. But you also expect net migration to be below 50,000. Aren’t you trying to have it both ways?
Farage says there is an obsession with floors, ceilings etc. He thinks, if you talk about caps, the public will not believe you. Ukip has not abolished the cap. But it has a plan to deal with immigration. It wants to turn an issue that is divisive and make it positive.
So that's clear then - the cap's still there, just don't talk about it because you won't be believed......
The cap is the number of people with the requisite skills coming to the UK.
It's strange some people seem to be obsessed with letting in every last European unskilled labourer on the off chance that we might have a couple of street sweeping jobs going, and are happy to educate their children, tend their sicknesses, and distribute benefits to them and their family on the off chance that this happy employment might eventually come about.
Skilled jobs create other jobs which may or may not be as skilled as the spending power of these workers adds to demand. In the end if that demand is not met the economy fails to reach its potential and for good measure we get wage inflation which only benefits the strongest most bullying in society. I think it was Charles who pointed out the other day that we are at or very close to realistic full employment. We have record numbers of people in work. Unemployment is falling despite immigration. Amazingly this is not creating inflation. Immigration, a lot of which is non permanent economic migration, is not denying jobs to those who want them. Economic migrants will return home as their own country's economies grow. The real social disaster in Britain is all those who do not want work or are unemployable. Increasingly you can add to that those people who simply to put it politely do not like immigrants.
Most people would regard static real wages as a bad thing, not a good thing.
Q: You say there won’t be a cap. But you also expect net migration to be below 50,000. Aren’t you trying to have it both ways?
Farage says there is an obsession with floors, ceilings etc. He thinks, if you talk about caps, the public will not believe you. Ukip has not abolished the cap. But it has a plan to deal with immigration. It wants to turn an issue that is divisive and make it positive.
So that's clear then - the cap's still there, just don't talk about it because you won't be believed......
The cap is the number of people with the requisite skills coming to the UK.
It's strange some people seem to be obsessed with letting in every last European unskilled labourer on the off chance that we might have a couple of street sweeping jobs going, and are happy to educate their children, tend their sicknesses, and distribute benefits to them and their family on the off chance that this happy employment might eventually come about.
Skilled jobs create other jobs which may or may not be as skilled as the spending power of these workers adds to demand. In the end if that demand is not met the economy fails to reach its potential and for good measure we get wage inflation which only benefits the strongest most bullying in society. I think it was Charles who pointed out the other day that we are at or very close to realistic full employment. We have record numbers of people in work. Unemployment is falling despite immigration. Amazingly this is not creating inflation. Immigration, a lot of which is non permanent economic migration, is not denying jobs to those who want them. Economic migrants will return home as their own country's economies grow. The real social disaster in Britain is all those who do not want work or are unemployable. Increasingly you can add to that those people who simply to put it politely do not like immigrants.
Most people would regard static real wages as a bad thing, not a good thing.
Depends whether you've just suffered the worst economic crisis for 80 years, I guess.
@paulwaugh: One key lesson from TV debates fiasco. Tories have run rings round the broadcasters, playing em like a cheap fiddle.
I think what the broadcasters have failed to see is that yes lots of people watched them and will watch them, but inside the bubble they seem a lot more important than they really are. In the broadcast bubble they biggest thing going and talk of who is / isn't in them is big big news, in the real world, totally different kettle of fish. What matters is stuff like jobs, NHS, etc, not which windbags are / aren't going to be in a debate and how many of these debates there might be.
@paulwaugh: One key lesson from TV debates fiasco. Tories have run rings round the broadcasters, playing em like a cheap fiddle.
I remember thinking when the subject first came up that it was obvious Cameron was working from a script delivered by gaming theory...
I remember thinking of clever way Varofakis played his hand at the EU, and how it was almost a model of trying to get the best out of a poor hand (In the end it may transpire that his hand was just too weak regardless of the skill of the player) and wishing Cameron would play our EU negotiations with a similar flair. The fact that his hasn't, and yet he has played the TV debates to perfection is.... interesting.
@faisalislam: income gains most for richest under Brown... Lose most under coalition, accounting for rates of inflation by income: http://t.co/VveTFmdnz5
TSE - do you still take Labour to win the most seats at GE 2015? Btw - has OGH expressed an opinion yet as regards the outcome .... a Labour win, of course, but by what extent?
I'm convinced the Tories will win the popular vote more than ever.
Now I'm unsure about Labour winning most seats due to a mixture of Scotland and I'm thinking the Lib Dems are going to be mullered which helps the Tories.
If I had to bet now I'd go for the Tories to be ahead of Labour on seats by around 30.
Have another look at the betting market this thread is based on, and tell me what exactly Labour could focus on?
Absolutely nothing, zilch, zero. Basically they are completely screwed and there is not one topic they can focus on without getting slaughtered for their past record, or current as in NHS/education in Wales.
I've backed Tory minority but might have a dabble at Tory majority as a back up.
@faisalislam: income gains most for richest under Brown... Lose most under coalition, accounting for rates of inflation by income: http://t.co/VveTFmdnz5
Top tax rate for the entire Labour 13 years was 45% and put to 50% only in the dying moments of Brown's premiership as a 'fuck you very much' for Dave. And now the cynical bastards decry Ozzy if he suggests going back to 45%, even if that raises more revenue. Hypocrites.
@paulwaugh: One key lesson from TV debates fiasco. Tories have run rings round the broadcasters, playing em like a cheap fiddle.
I think what the broadcasters have failed to see is that yes lots of people watched them and will watch them, but inside the bubble they seem a lot more important than they really are. In the broadcast bubble they biggest thing going and talk of who is / isn't in them is big big news, in the real world, totally different kettle of fish. What matters is stuff like jobs, NHS, etc, not which windbags are / aren't going to be in a debate and how many of these debates there might be.
Nevertheless, if a several way discussion is announced on BBC or ITV and Cameron isn’t there those lots of currently uninterested people will suddenly become so.
@faisalislam: income gains most for richest under Brown... Lose most under coalition, accounting for rates of inflation by income: http://t.co/VveTFmdnz5
Top tax rate for the entire Labour 13 years was 45% and put to 50% only in the dying moments of Brown's premiership as a 'fuck you very much' for Dave. And now the cynical bastards decry Ozzy if he suggests going back to 45%, even if that raises more revenue. Hypocrites.
40% not 45% under Labour. (Hypocritical w*nkers)^10.
@faisalislam: income gains most for richest under Brown... Lose most under coalition, accounting for rates of inflation by income: http://t.co/VveTFmdnz5
Top tax rate for the entire Labour 13 years was 45% and put to 50% only in the dying moments of Brown's premiership as a 'fuck you very much' for Dave. And now the cynical bastards decry Ozzy if he suggests going back to 45%, even if that raises more revenue. Hypocrites.
@paulwaugh: One key lesson from TV debates fiasco. Tories have run rings round the broadcasters, playing em like a cheap fiddle.
I think what the broadcasters have failed to see is that yes lots of people watched them and will watch them, but inside the bubble they seem a lot more important than they really are. In the broadcast bubble they biggest thing going and talk of who is / isn't in them is big big news, in the real world, totally different kettle of fish. What matters is stuff like jobs, NHS, etc, not which windbags are / aren't going to be in a debate and how many of these debates there might be.
Nevertheless, if a several way discussion is announced on BBC or ITV and Cameron isn’t there those lots of currently uninterested people will suddenly become so.
I don't disagree if we get to that stage...I was talking more about this false war....to the BBC or ITV or Sky etc this is all a huge deal, to the public it really isn't.
My point is how we get to the debates and what format they take wont register...it will register if Cameron is empty chaired, but that wont happen. Either the whole thing will get tied down in legal challenges and everybody falling out, or Cameron will turn up.
As currently laid out, I think Cameron has got a good deal out of his posturing. TBH, nobody can win a 7 way debate, and if Cameron doesn't think he can out argue Ed Miliband, well not sure he deserves another go in No. 10.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust said it stood by its funding.
"We believe (Cage) has played an important role in highlighting the ongoing abuses at Guantanamo Bay and at many other sites around the world, including many instances of torture," it said in a statement.
Disgraceful. To be conned into giving money to an organisation that isn't quite what it seems is one thing, but this is totally different. How much evidence do the people who run the Trust need? I can't image what Quaker Joseph would think.
@FrancisUrquhart Cameron is not in a good place if he avoids the debates. Every time he prevaricates and wriggles in the media, it will be matched by his statements about the debates before the last election. A new intern in an ad agency could assemble a pretty awkward campaign about it, just from YouTube alone.
@paulwaugh: One key lesson from TV debates fiasco. Tories have run rings round the broadcasters, playing em like a cheap fiddle.
I remember thinking when the subject first came up that it was obvious Cameron was working from a script delivered by gaming theory...
I remember thinking of clever way Varofakis played his hand at the EU, and how it was almost a model of trying to get the best out of a poor hand (In the end it may transpire that his hand was just too weak regardless of the skill of the player) and wishing Cameron would play our EU negotiations with a similar flair. The fact that his hasn't, and yet he has played the TV debates to perfection is.... interesting.
If you invent a theory like that its easy to 'prove' it. Varofakis did not play his hand well. The 'poor hand' was dealt entirely by himself and from the bottom of the pack. To his credit its probably the only way the Greeks would have elected a mad socialist to doubly ruin their country.
Scotland-based PBers, I'd be interested to know how the death of Dave McKay has been covered. He may well have been the greatest player Spurs ever had. Hopefully, the tributes in the papers up there have been long and fulsome.
Afternoon, Mr O.
A fair chunk of the sports coverage in the National this morning. Should be on the website thenational.scot or national.scot or similar.
All the Tory commentators are agreed on todays PMQs
The most one sided of the entire parliament...and all in favour of Mili junior being the winner by a country mile
Iain Dale reckons it was the most embarassing performance by the PM he could remember
Not seen it myself so I cant judge yet but if correct thats the second week running that Dave has been humiliated...little wonder he is desperate to avoid any debates at all next month
All the Tory commentators are agreed on todays PMQs
The most one sided of the entire parliament...and all in favour of Mili junior being the winner by a country mile
Iain Dale reckons it was the most embarassing performance by the PM he could remember
Not seen it myself so I cant judge yet but if correct thats the second week running that Dave has been humiliated...little wonder he is desperate to avoid any debates at all next month
Basically, Miliband had the stronger arguments (as you'd expect, given that he picks the topic!) but Cameron looks like a winner and Ed, bluntly, doesn't.
All the Tory commentators are agreed on todays PMQs
The most one sided of the entire parliament...and all in favour of Mili junior being the winner by a country mile
Iain Dale reckons it was the most embarassing performance by the PM he could remember
Not seen it myself so I cant judge yet but if correct thats the second week running that Dave has been humiliated...little wonder he is desperate to avoid any debates at all next month
So humiliated that BBC presenter name checks David Miliband as leader of Labour Party, so much for the strong Red Ed brand.
Red Box interesting as usual, this time showing that people say they become more extreme in their politics (the left go further left, the right go further right) as they get older, which is maybe not what we'd expect. Fed up with compromises, want the real thing, maybe? Finkelstein on immigration worth looking at too - essentially the salience point: if you 'own' a key issue, you always win when it's debated, even if the coverage is negative for you. (The reverse is true too, I think - if we adopt a popular policy on something people don't associate with us, we don't gain much.)
@paulwaugh: One key lesson from TV debates fiasco. Tories have run rings round the broadcasters, playing em like a cheap fiddle.
I remember thinking when the subject first came up that it was obvious Cameron was working from a script delivered by gaming theory...
I remember thinking of clever way Varofakis played his hand at the EU, and how it was almost a model of trying to get the best out of a poor hand (In the end it may transpire that his hand was just too weak regardless of the skill of the player) and wishing Cameron would play our EU negotiations with a similar flair. The fact that his hasn't, and yet he has played the TV debates to perfection is.... interesting.
Wait: Greece got nothing.
The deal for Greece remains exactly what it was: maturity extensions, coupon reductions, and repayments linked to GDP. And in return, they need to run a budget surplus and enact structural reforms.
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Missed out the "to" reality, as well.
Caffeine deficiency!
I was sure he asked Dave about his attendance at the forthcoming debates.
The Conservatives must get a different feed?
http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/01/hazel-grove/
http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/hazel-grove/winning-party
Clearly you are the Master.
So Ed's main questions were "Cameron, you swine, you've failed to do what we didn't want you to do."
Hmm ... not sure about that one.
Maybe he was scared of bringing up health given the Furness story. But a PMQ not focussed on the NHS is a PMQ wasted for Ed. He has 3 left.
hats off to the Nats !
Ouch.
I'll try to take a keener interest though ahead of the Oz GP.
Interesting article by the last US ambassador to the Soviet Union on the Nemtsov killing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kleidion#Prisoners
[Also, I'm pleased to see you recognising Basil II's undoubted excellence].
TSE - do you still take Labour to win the most seats at GE 2015?
Btw - has OGH expressed an opinion yet as regards the outcome .... a Labour win, of course, but by what extent?
I think it was Charles who pointed out the other day that we are at or very close to realistic full employment. We have record numbers of people in work. Unemployment is falling despite immigration. Amazingly this is not creating inflation. Immigration, a lot of which is non permanent economic migration, is not denying jobs to those who want them. Economic migrants will return home as their own country's economies grow.
The real social disaster in Britain is all those who do not want work or are unemployable. Increasingly you can add to that those people who simply to put it politely do not like immigrants.
Cameron latterly suggested that he had not been particularly reticent today, something of an understatement. He now seems to be on a full war footing and Ed is still footling about. The Labour benches looked pretty miserable.
Now I'm unsure about Labour winning most seats due to a mixture of Scotland and I'm thinking the Lib Dems are going to be mullered which helps the Tories.
If I had to bet now I'd go for the Tories to be ahead of Labour on seats by around 30.
"#UKIP is run by dirty old men in anoraks." Cllr Tony Hooke (former UKIP Councillor)
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11271494._/
Will be interesting to see what angle Ed takes for the Pre-Budget PMQ's actually. Given he is adamant he will not, under any circumstances talk about the economy, will be fun to see how he get's around that one...
I remember thinking when the subject first came up that it was obvious Cameron was working from a script delivered by gaming theory...
√-1 2^3 ∑ π - it was delicious!
Do you think PMQ's are debates?
I ate some pie, it was delicious?
Not sure about sigma being 'some', but fairly sure of the rest.
Anyway, there's no need to go off on a tangent.
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I ate some pie
Absolutely nothing, zilch, zero. Basically they are completely screwed and there is not one topic they can focus on without getting slaughtered for their past record, or current as in NHS/education in Wales.
I've backed Tory minority but might have a dabble at Tory majority as a back up.
who had a hexagonal ball,
Whose balls were of different sizes
One was so small it was no ball at all
But the other one won several prizes
But Survation say he's 102 RT @MrHarryCole: It's @LordAshcroft's birthday. A snapshot of his age is between 68 and 70.
Mohammed Emwazi's family being put into a safe house by counter terrorism officers
Kostandinos Erik Scurfield dies fighting IS for the British Army
Looks some immigrants assimilate better than others...
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/18/productivity-gap-uk-g7-output
Never mind the quality, feel the width?
My point is how we get to the debates and what format they take wont register...it will register if Cameron is empty chaired, but that wont happen. Either the whole thing will get tied down in legal challenges and everybody falling out, or Cameron will turn up.
As currently laid out, I think Cameron has got a good deal out of his posturing. TBH, nobody can win a 7 way debate, and if Cameron doesn't think he can out argue Ed Miliband, well not sure he deserves another go in No. 10.
"We believe (Cage) has played an important role in highlighting the ongoing abuses at Guantanamo Bay and at many other sites around the world, including many instances of torture," it said in a statement.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/04/uk-mideast-crisis-jihadijohn-cage-idUKKBN0M00IS20150304
Disgraceful. To be conned into giving money to an organisation that isn't quite what it seems is one thing, but this is totally different. How much evidence do the people who run the Trust need? I can't image what Quaker Joseph would think.
Cameron is not in a good place if he avoids the debates. Every time he prevaricates and wriggles in the media, it will be matched by his statements about the debates before the last election.
A new intern in an ad agency could assemble a pretty awkward campaign about it, just from YouTube alone.
"..not Yewtree again."
Varofakis did not play his hand well. The 'poor hand' was dealt entirely by himself and from the bottom of the pack. To his credit its probably the only way the Greeks would have elected a mad socialist to doubly ruin their country.
A fair chunk of the sports coverage in the National this morning. Should be on the website thenational.scot or national.scot or similar.
The most one sided of the entire parliament...and all in
favour of Mili junior being the winner by a country mile
Iain Dale reckons it was the most embarassing performance
by the PM he could remember
Not seen it myself so I cant judge yet but if correct thats the second week
running that Dave has been humiliated...little wonder he is
desperate to avoid any debates at all next month
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/03/pmqs-review-confident-cameron-blusters-through-immigration-and-tv-debates
Basically, Miliband had the stronger arguments (as you'd expect, given that he picks the topic!) but Cameron looks like a winner and Ed, bluntly, doesn't.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Ik-gKDMpoza1hwUG5Oa3VnSlE/view?pli=1
http://times-deck.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/projects/07a96b1f61097ccb54be14d6a47439b0.html
The deal for Greece remains exactly what it was: maturity extensions, coupon reductions, and repayments linked to GDP. And in return, they need to run a budget surplus and enact structural reforms.