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Given that that Farage and UKIP are the recipients of the None of the Above voters that the Lib Dems used to attract, and are effectively the third party of Great British wide politics, in the polls at least, compared to his predecessors of the third party/second opposition party, Farage’s ratings aren’t that good.
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Not aware of her back story, but will ask around and see what I can discover...
http://sports.coral.co.uk/political-specials/uk/2015-tv-debates/all-men-to-wear-party-coloured-ties-2655209.html
All Men To Wear Party Coloured Ties?
No 6/5
Unless I'm missing something, that's a fantastic bet.
To be very generous with the odds;
EdM to wear a red tie? 1/10
Dave blue tie? 1/10
Nick yellow tie? 1/2
Farage purple tie? Evens
The acca = 2.63/1
Which you can bet against @ 6/5
The coverage, bar ITV, has almost been entirely incorrect.
http://www.endole.co.uk/company/05533114/sandyboy-limited
If he was a Tory, what would Ed call him?
http://sports.coral.co.uk/political-specials/uk/2015-tv-debates/2015-debate-matchbets-2655093.html
Thanks
Surely Farage will want to differentiate himself from the others by not conforming?
The smarter bookies only offer one side of that bet.
http://www.endole.co.uk/company/05533114/sandyboy-limited
If he was a Tory, what would Ed call him? "
Another attempted character assassination on someone for the crime of supporting Labour.
Is it any wonder the Tories are held in such loathing and contempt by most voters?
The News is no longer about reporting on what has occurred, It is increasingly more about infotainment and ensuring good viewing figures than actually reporting and analyzing what is going on.
Still if it means we don't have to watch that Berk Jeremy Vine then that will be a plus.
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/04/01/yanis-varoufakis-greece-will-adopt-the-bitcoin-if-eurogroup-doesnt-give-us-a-deal/
A Nicer version of the real two parties, but were never going yo change much
I almost voted for then in 2010 because they seemed nice...
Farage is never going to have that like ability with those that aren't kippers because he is actively taking votes off the other parties with different policies that upset the AppleCart
There are angles they can run on that have some basis in fact, not fiction:
Can Thurso hold his seat, can Moore. Will the SNP challenge put paid to Carmichael (Doubt this but hey it's a story). Can Labour make any GAINs in Scotland - Edi East, Dunbartonshire East... Is Murphy himself under threat (Probably not).
In fairness Crick has been up to Paisley to report on one of the big stories of the election.
But there are PLENTY of journalistic angles to Scotland to take.
97,01 and 10.. Forgot in 05!
He conforms to his image all right
Bookie of the week
Award.
Another way of looking at things is that Farage is almost as well-rated as Cameron (35% to 38%) and better-rated than either Milliband (28%) or Clegg (26%). But, nobody is very popular.
Is it, or is it not, appropriate to arrange your affairs in a tax efficient manner?
Or is it another case of 'do as I say, not do as I do'?
The fightback. RT @JBeattieMirror Letter to Mirror signed by 100 ppl backing Labour. Cafe workers, biz leaders,celebs
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CBhWvpaXIAIxwKn.png
I guess who ever gets more than 30-35% will be the victor.
I need 100 signatories for a letter begging political parties to stop organising supportive letters.
Who's in?
Political parties criticize famous people for doing things all the time. If a celebrity openly supports one party - and particularly if they get self righteous about it - then the other side will of course seek out negative stories about them, and spin whatever they do find in the worst possible light. If someone involves themselves in politics so publicly they are fair game, and it doesn't matter which side they are on, they will make enemies of the other side (and more crucially the press on that side).
You are criticising a political behaviour and pretending it is a partisan political behaviour.
It is just jaw-droppingly cataclysmic.
But those of us who pay tax on a PAYE basis and cannot take advantage of all these schemes and accountants are a bit fed up with being told by people considerably richer than us about the importance of paying tax and supporting public services and contributing to society etc etc when they themselves appear to do everything possible to pay as little tax as possible. Talk is free. Putting their hands in their pocket might be better.
So when the same issue arose as between Livingstone and Johnson, we found that it was Johnson who paid all his tax on the same basis as the rest of us and Livingstone who used a company to minimise his tax and who said that he thought that everyone did that. Well, no, we bloody don't.
If the amount of pious cant coming out of Labour and their supporters on tax could be turned into real money, the deficit would be paid off in no time.
'‘So I end my argument with this: I hope everyone can share in the belief of trying to lift people up rather than count people out. Those values and principles are not the exclusive preserve of one faith or religion. They are something I hope everyone in our country believes.
‘That after all is the heart of the Christian message. It’s the principle around which the Easter celebration is built. Easter is all about remembering the importance of change, responsibility, and doing the right thing for the good of our children. And today, that message matters more than ever.’'
Take out the word Easter and he could be talking about absolutely anything
http://www.sunnation.co.uk/if-zero-hours-contracts-are-so-bad-how-come-these-68-labour-mps-used-them/?CMP=spklr-Editorial-TWITTER-SunNation-20150401-SunNation-163416812
Didn't he kick up a HUGE fuss about someone opening a Swiss bank account.......
......when they lived in Switzerland?
Our bet at £40 to £20 is agreed. You pay to LUPUS UK < I pay to Oxfam. If a tie we both donate to each others charities at the agreed amount. The tie is only valid on the first count as we could get to the stage of a coin toss.
IF I was unnecessarily direct, I unreservedly apologise and I hope we can agree in future that my ability and readiness to settle any bet I may make go unquestioned.
Labour MPs hypocrites?
Never!
You'll be suggesting the indulge in 'legitimate tax planning' next!
I get the don't turn left or right message. But why did it finish with the guy driving straight on.... into a pedestrian precinct!
What are the odds on 5 different winners...
The statistics do not and cannot show an “epidemic” in zero hours contracts. Comparisons of the number of people on zero hours contracts over time are not reliable, as the Office for National Statistics makes clear.
The statistics do show that 66% of people on zero hours contracts fall in the category of ‘does not want more hours’. The statistics alone do not show that everybody on zero hours contracts, or even a majority of them, are dissatisfied.
The latest ONS release shows that people whose main employment is a zero hours contract account for 2.3% of people in employment. This is 1 in 43 – or to a round number 1 in 40, not 1 in 50 as the Conservative Party has said.
https://fullfact.org/factcheck/economy/zero_hour_contracts_facts-41165
Hmm, with £40 at stake, I'd better do some canvassing instead of faffing about here, eh?
"Not a character assassination at all unless you think that arranging your affairs legally to minimise the tax you pay is somehow a bad thing."
Then what has the tax affairs of his girlfriend got to do with anything. Are we so old fashioned that we think a woman cant deal with her own affairs without a man taking responsibility?
I think 'girlfriend' might be slightly underplaying Ms Abbington's role in his life ('partner of 15 years and mother of their two children')......
Then presenter says round-up of other election news - 10 seconds on Clegg (without him speaking), 10 seconds on UKIP (without any UKIPer speaking), 10 seconds on Samantha Cameron(!)
This pattern appears to be getting firmly established. If it carries on I can see Con + Lab getting 73% combined - ie 39/34, 38/35 or 37/36 - in whichever order you prefer.
LD, UKIP and Green are not going to have a chance - LD 9, UKIP 8, Green 4 would be my best guess.
Sad music start...
Among the 103 signatories of the letter, published on the front page of the Daily Telegraph this morning, are four Conservative members of the House of Lords – all ennobled by David Cameron.
The Prime Minister also doled out 18 MBEs, OBEs, CBEs and knighthoods to signatories of the letter over the last parliament.
A total of 32 of the signatories are Conservative donors, having donated a total of £9m to the party when family and company donations are taken into account.
Nine of those who signed the letter had given at least six-figure sums, with the smallest donation still well over a thousand pounds.
"Absolutely, and i apologise for any unintended slur.
Hmm, with £40 at stake, I'd better do some canvassing instead of faffing about here, eh?"
I'd be curious to know the effect of the business people's signatures. My suspicion was that it would backfire. The connection between big business and Tories being inherently unattractive. I'd be curious to hear your feed back
He minimises his tax by using a company. Good for him. I wish I could do the same. I can't. I pay all the tax that is due and have a pretty high marginal rate. I probably pay more tax than a lot of people who have more money (both income and assets) than me.
I will probably get shafted by Labour should they come to power. That's life and democracy for you.
What I don't need or care for is a lot of Labour luvvies pretending that they are morally superior to me because they support Labour and I don't.
I judge people on their deeds not their words. It's easy to be charitable with other people's money.
% of all workers on zero hour contracts = 2%
% of Labour MPs that have employed people on such contracts = 26%
motes and beams
Doesn't work as well as cleggasm, farage having a soft g.
Would suggest, for future threads, OGH uses the term "faragaculation".
Works much better In the northern england, where garage is pronounced "garridge" thus the locals might refer to farage as "farridge".
Scots may wish to substitute "Sturgaculation",
And to forestall argument, yes that would apply to Tories pretending they are morally superior to me because they support the Tories and I don't, which does happen, although my feeling is that for the lazy type of attachs while Labour fall back on the condescending implication that they are inherently more decent and moral than the Tories, the Tories fall back more often on the implication only fools vote for someone other than them.
This only applies to the very laziest of attacks mind you, the basest of tactics.
Everyone knows that if you keep going straight,you`ll end up in a crash.
Whole thing is bizarre, poorly judged and executed.
It's a straight choice.
ps - Since Cable, Farron, Kennedy and Ashdown etc all state that the Lib Dems are a party of the left, when will the eruption happen inside the Lib Dems?