politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Thursday night by-election preview by Harry Hayfield

System

politicalbetting.com » Blog Archive » The Thursday night by-election preview by Harry Hayfield

West Side and Ness (An Taobh Siar agus Nis) on the Western Isles (Eilean Siar) (Ind defence)
Result of council at last election (2012): Independents 21, Scottish National Party 7, Labour 3 (Independent majority of 11)
Result of ward at last election (2012) : Capital E denotes elected
Independents:

Read the full story here

isam

***BETTING SLIP FOR SALE***

Lib Dems to outpoll UKIP at GE £50@5/2

Will accept £44.50

TheScreamingEagles

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

RobD

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

isam

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Someone's not going to fall for a wind up and delete the thread are they?

TheScreamingEagles

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

RobD

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

"commissioned"? How are you being reimbursed for your gallant efforts?

Also, we want the smiling Daves back!

SandyRentool

Someone seems to have used up all of their left over Scrabble letters at the top of the thread.

Scott_P

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Dair

2010 vote was interesting in that McNeil might have had an reasonable increase in his majority if not for the hangover from a sex scandal.

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/sleaze-mp-my-shame-at-3-in-bed-teen-950312

Pulpstar

isam said:

***BETTING SLIP FOR SALE***

Lib Dems to outpoll UKIP at GE £50@5/2

Will accept £44.50

Dair

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

Scott_P

@Freedland: When you're explaining that your second kitchen is not really a kitchen, you're losing #EdsUneasyDiner

Flightpath

Scott_P said:

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Someone should tell Ed that food prices have fallen.
http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/03/12/food-prices-fall-fastest-since-2006/
''Over the last three months, according to Kantar Worldpanel, prices have been 1.6% lower than this time last year - the biggest fall since 2006.
This means that, as prices fall, shoppers have been able to save as much as £400 million during the quarter.''

Ave_it

Large sample poll out 8 weeks today.

Sample 40,000,000!

Scott_P

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

bigjohnowls

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Thank God I am on a promise.

Goodnight.

TheScreamingEagles

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Neil

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

TheScreamingEagles

bigjohnowls said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Thank God I am on a promise.

Goodnight.

I hope Cheltenham was suitably intoxicating and profitable for you.

bigjohnowls

TheScreamingEagles said:

bigjohnowls said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Thank God I am on a promise.

Goodnight.

I hope Cheltenham was suitably intoxicating and profitable for you.

Twas Ta

isam

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Scott_P

Neil said:

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

I said I would stop. I did. For a bit. And this thread is going to be short. And I'm done. Again. For now.

Dair

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Lousy Labour Leader Murphy Mired in Momentous Massacre

saddo

Somebody somewhere must have a few photo's of the Miliband's kitchen number 2. It must be a real dozy if the Labour media minder made them take the at home shot in the snacking kitchen.

Based upon his image history, best Labour policy from now on would be to release no pictures of him whatsoever and only do radio interviews.

notme

saddo said:

Somebody somewhere must have a few photo's of the Miliband's kitchen number 2. It must be a real dozy if the Labour media minder made them take the at home shot in the snacking kitchen.

Based upon his image history, best Labour policy from now on would be to release no pictures of him whatsoever and only do radio interviews.

Maybe the guy they used to have dub over Gerry Adams voice would be a wise further precaution for the radio interviews.

Tim_B

Scott_P said:

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Sounds like more 'taxing your way to prosperity' is coming from Mr Ed.

TheScreamingEagles

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Lousy Labour Leader Murphy Mired in Momentous Massacre

I think I might go with

"David Cameron becomes the first Tory leader in a generation to be very happy with Scottish voters"

Pulpstar

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Lousy Labour Leader Murphy Mired in Momentous Massacre

I think I might go with

"David Cameron becomes the first Tory leader in a generation to be very happy with Scottish voters"

Don't push it, I need those Nat votes to hold.

philiph

saddo said:

Somebody somewhere must have a few photo's of the Miliband's kitchen number 2. It must be a real dozy if the Labour media minder made them take the at home shot in the snacking kitchen.

Based upon his image history, best Labour policy from now on would be to release no pictures of him whatsoever and only do radio interviews.

I expect David Milliband has some old ones he doesn't want any more.

notme

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

TheScreamingEagles

Pulpstar said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Lousy Labour Leader Murphy Mired in Momentous Massacre

I think I might go with

"David Cameron becomes the first Tory leader in a generation to be very happy with Scottish voters"

Don't push it, I need those Nat votes to hold.

That's kinda my point, if the Nats cost Labour 35 seats, then Dave's laughing.

RobD

TheScreamingEagles said:

Pulpstar said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Lousy Labour Leader Murphy Mired in Momentous Massacre

I think I might go with

"David Cameron becomes the first Tory leader in a generation to be very happy with Scottish voters"

Don't push it, I need those Nat votes to hold.

That's kinda my point, if the Nats cost Labour 35 seats, then Dave's laughing.

Smiling daves nailed on.

AlastairMeeks

I had to attend a media training course on Tuesday, which brought home to me again (1) that I sound like a strangulated cross between John Major and Ken Livingstone and (2) that I would provide photographers with a cornucopia of awkward pictures if ever I was in the public eye.

I have a lot of sympathy for Ed Miliband on that front.

TheScreamingEagles

antifrank said:

I had to attend a media training course on Tuesday, which brought home to me again (1) that I sound like a strangulated cross between John Major and Ken Livingstone and (2) that I would provide photographers with a cornucopia of awkward pictures if ever I was in the public eye.

I have a lot of sympathy for Ed Miliband on that front.

Can you post a picture of yourself eating a bacon sarnie?

AlastairMeeks

@TSE how about "Labour MPs - red pandas?"

Tissue_Price

isam said:

***BETTING SLIP FOR SALE***

Lib Dems to outpoll UKIP at GE £50@5/2

Will accept £44.50

£40 my best offer. Reasonably confident in UKIP falling back, but can't see the LDs bouncing as much as some models say.

TheScreamingEagles

antifrank said:

@TSE how about "Labour MPs - red pandas?"

I like that.

isam

Tissue_Price said:

isam said:

***BETTING SLIP FOR SALE***

Lib Dems to outpoll UKIP at GE £50@5/2

Will accept £44.50

£40 my best offer. Reasonably confident in UKIP falling back, but can't see the LDs bouncing as much as some models say.

I'd be better off backing £125 UKIP at 1/3

AlastairMeeks

TheScreamingEagles said:

antifrank said:

I had to attend a media training course on Tuesday, which brought home to me again (1) that I sound like a strangulated cross between John Major and Ken Livingstone and (2) that I would provide photographers with a cornucopia of awkward pictures if ever I was in the public eye.

I have a lot of sympathy for Ed Miliband on that front.

Can you post a picture of yourself eating a bacon sarnie?

"Can" and "will" are two separate things.

Stark_Dawning

notme said:

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

tim overplayed his hand with the Coulson thing though. It was going to be 'the drum beat leading up to the General Election'. In fact, everyone's now forgotten about it. As for the Latvian homophobes... has that been mentioned in years?

TheScreamingEagles

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Pulpstar said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Dair said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

RobD said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Thanks for this Harry.

(Though I suspect this is going to be one of the shortest PB threads ever)

Oooooo

I have been commissioned to write a thread on tonight's Times/YouGov poll on Scotland, should be out after 10pm

Can I suggest the headline Sleazy Broken Nationalist Socialists Fail To Break 55%.

There's an idea, that said my last thread on the Scotland polling was tweeted by Angus Robertson, he liked my use of the phrase that Labour were on course for a shellacking in Scotland.

Lousy Labour Leader Murphy Mired in Momentous Massacre

I think I might go with

"David Cameron becomes the first Tory leader in a generation to be very happy with Scottish voters"

Don't push it, I need those Nat votes to hold.

That's kinda my point, if the Nats cost Labour 35 seats, then Dave's laughing.

Smiling daves nailed on.

I'm using smiling Daves for my AV thread.

AlastairMeeks

Stark_Dawning said:

notme said:

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

tim overplayed his hand with the Coulson thing though. It was going to be 'the drum beat leading up to the general Election'. In fact, everyone's now forgotten about it. As for the Latvian homophobes... has that been mentioned in years?

There's another Coulson trial in late April. You may be writing off that prediction too quickly.

Scott_P

TheScreamingEagles said:

Can you post a picture of yourself eating a bacon sarnie?

And which of your kitchens will you be in?

AlastairMeeks

Scott_P said:

TheScreamingEagles said:

Can you post a picture of yourself eating a bacon sarnie?

And which of your kitchens will you be in?

I have a strict rule of one kitchen per house.

FrankBooth

antifrank said:

I had to attend a media training course on Tuesday, which brought home to me again (1) that I sound like a strangulated cross between John Major and Ken Livingstone and (2) that I would provide photographers with a cornucopia of awkward pictures if ever I was in the public eye.

I have a lot of sympathy for Ed Miliband on that front.

I always thought it was dangerous for politicians to laugh at Prescott for the way he mangled his words. Not least because the Tories were seen as rather arrogant and snide by the voters. And most voters themselves probably wouldn't consider themselves the most eloquent speakers. I can remember Hague mocking him at PMQs and thinking that actually a lot of voters would probably sympathise with Prescott's struggles.

Stark_Dawning

antifrank said:

I had to attend a media training course on Tuesday, which brought home to me again (1) that I sound like a strangulated cross between John Major and Ken Livingstone and (2) that I would provide photographers with a cornucopia of awkward pictures if ever I was in the public eye.

I have a lot of sympathy for Ed Miliband on that front.

Really? I always imagined you having the looks and voice of Richard Burton.

AlastairMeeks

Stark_Dawning said:

antifrank said:

I had to attend a media training course on Tuesday, which brought home to me again (1) that I sound like a strangulated cross between John Major and Ken Livingstone and (2) that I would provide photographers with a cornucopia of awkward pictures if ever I was in the public eye.

I have a lot of sympathy for Ed Miliband on that front.

Really? I always imagined you having the looks and voice of Richard Burton.

I always imagine that too.

FrankBooth

antifrank said:

Stark_Dawning said:

notme said:

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

tim overplayed his hand with the Coulson thing though. It was going to be 'the drum beat leading up to the general Election'. In fact, everyone's now forgotten about it. As for the Latvian homophobes... has that been mentioned in years?

There's another Coulson trial in late April. You may be writing off that prediction too quickly.

What a shame the debates won't be dominating the election campaign.

TheScreamingEagles

https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/576140384239120384

Tissue_Price

isam said:

Tissue_Price said:

isam said:

***BETTING SLIP FOR SALE***

Lib Dems to outpoll UKIP at GE £50@5/2

Will accept £44.50

£40 my best offer. Reasonably confident in UKIP falling back, but can't see the LDs bouncing as much as some models say.

I'd be better off backing £125 UKIP at 1/3

Fair enough, hadn't checked the prices

TheScreamingEagles

Sleazy Broken Nats on the slide it is then

RobD

TheScreamingEagles said:

https://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/576140384239120384

SNP collapse....

Theuniondivvie

Sam Coates Times ‏@SamCoatesTimes 30 secs31 seconds ago

EXC YouGov/Times poll in Scotland: Lab makes NO progress since Feb 2. Westminster VI still on 27% unchanged from 8 weeks ago. SNP 46% (-2)

another_richard

The policy of denial continues in Rotherham:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-31841042

And you can be sure that the South Yorkshire plods have the same mentality.

As I've said before things will only change when the collaborators in the public services start going to jail.

And 28 weeks after the Jay report how many plods, social workers, children's home managers, councillors and council officials have been charged ?

I believe the answer to be zero, zero, zero, zero and zero.

Does anyone think things are being taken seriously in Rotherham ?

Tissue_Price

Theuniondivvie said:

Sam Coates Times ‏@SamCoatesTimes 30 secs31 seconds ago

EXC YouGov/Times poll in Scotland: Lab makes NO progress since Feb 2. Westminster VI still on 27% unchanged from 8 weeks ago. SNP 46% (-2)

Implicit #torysurge?

dr_spyn

Britain Elects retweeted
Sam Coates Times ‏@SamCoatesTimes 2m2 minutes ago
EXC YouGov/Times poll in Scotland: Lab makes NO progress since Feb 2. Westminster VI still on 27% unchanged from 8 weeks ago. SNP 46% (-2)

RobD

Tissue_Price said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Sam Coates Times ‏@SamCoatesTimes 30 secs31 seconds ago

EXC YouGov/Times poll in Scotland: Lab makes NO progress since Feb 2. Westminster VI still on 27% unchanged from 8 weeks ago. SNP 46% (-2)

Implicit #torysurge?

Must be on 27%...

Tissue_Price

Ooh, there actually is a #torysurge:

NumbrCrunchrPolitics ‏@NCPoliticsUK
YouGov/Times (Scotland Westminster):

SNP 46 (-2)
LAB 27 (=)
CON 18 (+3)
LIB 4 (=)
UKIP 2 (-2)
GRN 3 (=)

Someone wake up Easterross

Scott_P

Tissue_Price said:

Implicit #torysurge?

Up 20% ...

@SamCoatesTimes: YouGov / Times HoC VI in Scotland
SNP 46 (-2)
Lab 27 u/c
Con 18 (+3)
LD 4 u/c
Green 3 u/c
Ukip 2 (-2)
(since Feb)

Theuniondivvie

Ouch.

Sam Coates Times ‏@SamCoatesTimes 55 secs56 seconds ago

YouGov Times in Scoltand: Drop in Jim Murphy's approval. % thinking he's doing well as Labour leader 26%, down from 33% on Feb 1

RobD

Tissue_Price said:

Theuniondivvie said:

Sam Coates Times ‏@SamCoatesTimes 30 secs31 seconds ago

EXC YouGov/Times poll in Scotland: Lab makes NO progress since Feb 2. Westminster VI still on 27% unchanged from 8 weeks ago. SNP 46% (-2)

Implicit #torysurge?

Actually, it's Con +3, huge!

Scrapheap_as_was

UKIP slump 50%.

Smarmeron

@another_richard
How long did it take for the latest Hillsborough inquest to get under way?

"Ex-South Yorkshire police officer, in charge at 1989 semi-final, admits lying about ordering a gate opened but says it did not start a conspiracy"

Britain works on a strict non accountability basis for everyone in power.

AlastairMeeks

There is absolutely nothing to suggest that the polling in Scotland is going to change much between now and 7 May. The arguments for Scottish Labour are all being aired and, it seems, being disregarded by the intended audience.

foxinsoxuk

antifrank said:

Stark_Dawning said:

notme said:

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

tim overplayed his hand with the Coulson thing though. It was going to be 'the drum beat leading up to the general Election'. In fact, everyone's now forgotten about it. As for the Latvian homophobes... has that been mentioned in years?

There's another Coulson trial in late April. You may be writing off that prediction too quickly.

With the Mirror investigation running at the same time it may well have lost a lot of the sting from Coulson.

Floater

Tissue_Price said:

Ooh, there actually is a #torysurge:

NumbrCrunchrPolitics ‏@NCPoliticsUK
YouGov/Times (Scotland Westminster):

SNP 46 (-2)
LAB 27 (=)
CON 18 (+3)
LIB 4 (=)
UKIP 2 (-2)
GRN 3 (=)

Someone wake up Easterross

should that be "och" not ooh?

FrancisUrquhart

foxinsoxuk said:

antifrank said:

Stark_Dawning said:

notme said:

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

tim overplayed his hand with the Coulson thing though. It was going to be 'the drum beat leading up to the general Election'. In fact, everyone's now forgotten about it. As for the Latvian homophobes... has that been mentioned in years?

There's another Coulson trial in late April. You may be writing off that prediction too quickly.

With the Mirror investigation running at the same time it may well have lost a lot of the sting from Coulson.

Really....There is a massive court case going on at the moment with the Mirror and you would hardly know...I have no idea why.

RobD

Has the Tory surge crashed the server? Can't seem to connect through PB.com....

Smarmeron

@FrancisUrquhart
Possibly because we prefer talking about trivia?

foxinsoxuk

Incidentally it is quite popular to have two kitchens in Leicester. Asian families often have the extended family in residence and dual kitchens help resolve female territorial disputes.

Two living rooms is also quite popular. The big old houses around East Park rd are quite popular as they allow for this.

FrancisUrquhart

foxinsoxuk said:

Incidentally it is quite popular to have two kitchens in Leicester. Asian families often have the extended family in residence and dual kitchens help resolve female territorial disputes.

Two living rooms is also quite popular. The big old houses around East Park rd are quite popular as they allow for this.

Observant Jews often (at least used to) have two, so they don't mix meat and diary.

TheScreamingEagles

New Thread

foxinsoxuk

FrancisUrquhart said:

foxinsoxuk said:

antifrank said:

Stark_Dawning said:

notme said:

isam said:

Neil said:

Scott_P said:

@gilescoren: I don't usually rate Ed Miliband's ideas, but a second handy 'snack' kitchen is a great idea when your London mansion is annoyingly huge

You lied when you promised to stop channeling tim.

tim was occasionally funny as well

and put his money where his mouth was £££

Tim was purely from the Alistair Campbel and Mcbride school of politics though. It was all about the game, he couldnt care either way about the policy. He pushed a number of fronts, some of them he was spot on. He was spot on about Andy Coulson and pushed it and pushed it. He was also spot on about oil tax wheeze that Osborn carried out which wiped out north sea exploration. He was kind of right about Hague joining up with the Polish SS (as he called them) in the european parliament.

tim overplayed his hand with the Coulson thing though. It was going to be 'the drum beat leading up to the general Election'. In fact, everyone's now forgotten about it. As for the Latvian homophobes... has that been mentioned in years?

There's another Coulson trial in late April. You may be writing off that prediction too quickly.

With the Mirror investigation running at the same time it may well have lost a lot of the sting from Coulson.

Really....There is a massive court case going on at the moment with the Mirror and you would hardly know...I have no idea why.

Banging on about Coulson could bring the Mirror to the fore. Not worth it.

Casino_Royale

Tissue_Price said:

Ooh, there actually is a #torysurge:

NumbrCrunchrPolitics ‏@NCPoliticsUK
YouGov/Times (Scotland Westminster):

SNP 46 (-2)
LAB 27 (=)
CON 18 (+3)
LIB 4 (=)
UKIP 2 (-2)
GRN 3 (=)

Someone wake up Easterross

That makes the odds on the Tories in D&G look even more interesting.

weejonnie

Tories grabbing the NO vote.

another_richard

Smarmeron said:

@another_richard
How long did it take for the latest Hillsborough inquest to get under way?

"Ex-South Yorkshire police officer, in charge at 1989 semi-final, admits lying about ordering a gate opened but says it did not start a conspiracy"

Britain works on a strict non accountability basis for everyone in power.

Likewise the Westminster paedophile ring.

And when they can't keep things quite, eg the banks, they still ensure that the fatcats walk away without punishments but with full payoffs and pensions.

TheWatcher

FrancisUrquhart said:

foxinsoxuk said:

Incidentally it is quite popular to have two kitchens in Leicester. Asian families often have the extended family in residence and dual kitchens help resolve female territorial disputes.

Two living rooms is also quite popular. The big old houses around East Park rd are quite popular as they allow for this.

Observant Jews often (at least used to) have two, so they don't mix meat and diary.

The unobservant have one for Kosher, and another for Bacon Sandwiches.

DavidL

So the Scottish Lib Dems on 4% but on 30% in Kincardine eh? #wishfulthinking

Maybe I was being optimistic in thinking the Lib Dems will come third.

At this level of polling Labour could come 3rd in D&G as well. But who would come first? It could be very close.

OldKingCole

Flightpath said:

Scott_P said:

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Someone should tell Ed that food prices have fallen.
http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/03/12/food-prices-fall-fastest-since-2006/
''Over the last three months, according to Kantar Worldpanel, prices have been 1.6% lower than this time last year - the biggest fall since 2006.
This means that, as prices fall, shoppers have been able to save as much as £400 million during the quarter.''

Petrol prices on the rise again, though!

OldKingCole

Flightpath said:

Scott_P said:

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Someone should tell Ed that food prices have fallen.
http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/03/12/food-prices-fall-fastest-since-2006/
''Over the last three months, according to Kantar Worldpanel, prices have been 1.6% lower than this time last year - the biggest fall since 2006.
This means that, as prices fall, shoppers have been able to save as much as £400 million during the quarter.''

Petrol prices rising again though!

OldKingCole

Flightpath said:

Scott_P said:

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Someone should tell Ed that food prices have fallen.
http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/03/12/food-prices-fall-fastest-since-2006/
''Over the last three months, according to Kantar Worldpanel, prices have been 1.6% lower than this time last year - the biggest fall since 2006.
This means that, as prices fall, shoppers have been able to save as much as £400 million during the quarter.''

Petrol prices on the rise again, though!

OldKingCole

Flightpath said:

Scott_P said:

@steve_hawkes: Ed Miliband: "Britain needs a recovery that reaches your kitchen table." Which one?!

Someone should tell Ed that food prices have fallen.
http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/03/12/food-prices-fall-fastest-since-2006/
''Over the last three months, according to Kantar Worldpanel, prices have been 1.6% lower than this time last year - the biggest fall since 2006.
This means that, as prices fall, shoppers have been able to save as much as £400 million during the quarter.''

Petrol prices rising again though!