I am both taking the pi$$ and pointing out what is official policy by the BBC...they will not call any of these attacks "Terrorist attacks".
They spouted some BS about that there isn't an accepted definition of what terrorism is, so they have decided they can't and won't use the term terrorist attack, if they can't work out what is and what isn't a terrorist.
So they people involved are merely a bit militant.
These Bullingdon wannabees must have been the sort of people Chuka Umunna was trying to avoid when out in London. This is a perfect example of how to not hold a cigar.
I'll be watching Masterchef, and will look back in here later. It will be interesting to see the blue team spinning that Cameron won but that he was right to sabotage the debates as they'd give him an unfair advantage.
Never mind the debates. Look what's about to come hurtling over the horizon.
'Greece will go bankrupt in seven days, government officials have told their creditors as the fragile trust between the debtor country and its lenders shows no signs of repairing.'
Never mind the debates. Look what's about to come hurtling over the horizon.
'Greece will go bankrupt in seven days, government officials have told their creditors as the fragile trust between the debtor country and its lenders shows no signs of repairing.'
Never underestimate the EU capacity to fudge it at the last minute.
I expect another year of can kicking. I don't know how it will be done but it will. The can has taken quite a beating over the years but there is plenty of life left in it.
These Bullingdon wannabees must have been the sort of people Chuka Umunna was trying to avoid when out in London. This is not how to hold your supermarket tobacco counter bought cigar.
@SamCoatesTimes: Ed Miliband sends aide to by new shoes for him from Clarks in Manchester City Centre (& she couldn't decide which ) http://t.co/hKMztA6jTU
Outrageous. Clearly they should not be allowed to wear shoes. Such hypocrisy. Or something.
I think we need to know precisely how indecisive EdM's aide was. THE COUNTRY DESERVES TO KNOW THE TRUTH. Did she compare 2 pairs or 3? How long is the right amount of time for someone to ponder a shoe purchase before they become unsuitable to advise a future prime minister? I honestly don't know, but if Mr Coates is tweeting about it, it must be important.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for posting that tweet @Scott_P
I was starting to warm to Ed a bit, but you've planted just enough doubt in my mind to see sense and stick with Dave. I'm sure Dave's aide would never think of buying his shoes from Clarks - and even if they did, they'd walk straight into the shop and pick the most brilliant pair of shoes without even thinking about it.
So yeah, thanks Scott. Keep up the good work - and please do keep posting those tweets.
I am both taking the pi$$ and pointing out what is official policy by the BBC...they will not call any of these attacks "Terrorist attacks".
They spouted some BS about that there isn't an accepted definition of what terrorism is, so they have decided they can't and won't use the term terrorist attack, if they can't work out what is and what isn't a terrorist.
So they people involved are merely a bit militant.
This has been BBC policy since at least the 80s. The IRA were not terrorists to everyone; to some they were freedom fighters. Ergo the BBC would not use the word terrorist, unless as a direct quote.
I am both taking the pi$$ and pointing out what is official policy by the BBC...they will not call any of these attacks "Terrorist attacks".
They spouted some BS about that there isn't an accepted definition of what terrorism is, so they have decided they can't and won't use the term terrorist attack, if they can't work out what is and what isn't a terrorist.
So they people involved are merely a bit militant.
This has been BBC policy since at least the 80s. The IRA were not terrorists to everyone; to some they were freedom fighters. Ergo the BBC would not use the word terrorist, unless as a direct quote.
It was BS then, and it is BS now. I seemed to remember the BBC term they used was "dissident".
The problem for the Tories is that they have been infected by ScottP style thinking. So instead of trying to build in a coherent vision of the future that they can sell to the public - they use their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes.
Is it any wonder the Tories are incapable of winning a majority?
Sky News NewsdeskVerified account @SkyNewsBreak #Rochdale councillor Shakil #Ahmed who is the father of one of the Britons detained in #Turkey says he thought his son was in Birmingham.
These Bullingdon wannabees must have been the sort of people Chuka Umunna was trying to avoid when out in London. This is a perfect example of how to not hold a cigar.
Did my ears deceive me or did Faisal Islam just say Sturgeon "would be appealing to Labour voters in northern England"?
How the F*** is that supposed to work, then?
As follows:
In order to completely kill off the (admittedly feeble) Labour argument that a vote for the SNP is a vote for the Tories, she'll want to maximise the support she gets from south of the border. If she can get left-wing English journalists, pundits and voters to say she came over better than Ed M (which shouldn't be hard), then she'll have a good argument to use in Scotland that a vote for the SNP is a safe vote for Labour voters.
@SamCoatesTimes: Ed Miliband sends aide to by new shoes for him from Clarks in Manchester City Centre (& she couldn't decide which ) http://t.co/hKMztA6jTU
Outrageous. Clearly they should not be allowed to wear shoes. Such hypocrisy. Or something.
Decadent capitalist Clark's shoes. Ed should be buying standard issue boots directly from the factory.
The problem for the Tories is that they have been infected by ScottP style thinking. So instead of trying to build in a coherent vision of the future that they can sell to the public - they use their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes.
Really? How many example of Tories using their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes can you point to?
The debates are pointless t*ssery that do nothing other than give media executives nice big hard-ons. Add in the pointless and self-defeating worms, and you have events that utterly debase politics.
And before anyone says, this was my view before the 2010 GE debates. They only reinforced the view.
Did my ears deceive me or did Faisal Islam just say Sturgeon "would be appealing to Labour voters in northern England"?
How the F*** is that supposed to work, then?
Detoxify the SNP for wavering SLAB voters. If the SNP come across as a reasonable non-separatist movement that isn't interested in another independence referendum then it will help them hold onto a lot of the 45% and a lot of the tartan Tories who loathe Labour and have nowhere else to go.
Sky News NewsdeskVerified account @SkyNewsBreak #Rochdale councillor Shakil #Ahmed who is the father of one of the Britons detained in #Turkey says he thought his son was in Birmingham.
Labour Councillor embarrassed by son?
"are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
So I would presume it is more than just the son of the Councillor? Other relatives to? Were they on work placement as well?
BBC updates story with the name of the son, but it appears the BBC don't seem to think it is any part of the story that the Waheed Ahmed is the son of a Labour Party Councillor. Strange that.
The problem for the Tories is that they have been infected by ScottP style thinking. So instead of trying to build in a coherent vision of the future that they can sell to the public - they use their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes.
Really? How many example of Tories using their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes can you point to?
Don't be too harsh. IoS is our precious Labour spin-baby - he's a darling.
Sky News NewsdeskVerified account @SkyNewsBreak #Rochdale councillor Shakil #Ahmed who is the father of one of the Britons detained in #Turkey says he thought his son was in Birmingham.
Labour Councillor embarrassed by son?
The BBC reported the people who were detained as
"UK police are investigating a "family" of nine Britons, including two children under three, suspected of trying to enter Syria illegally from Turkey."
Does this mean they weren't all family? Pretending to be all family? Actually are all family?
Edit: "are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
So I would presume it is more than just the son of the Councillor? Other relatives to? Were they on work placement as well?
Probably a fact finding tour of vineyards in the Bekkar Valley, there are some good wines to be bought.
Sky News NewsdeskVerified account @SkyNewsBreak #Rochdale councillor Shakil #Ahmed who is the father of one of the Britons detained in #Turkey says he thought his son was in Birmingham.
Labour Councillor embarrassed by son?
The BBC reported the people who were detained as
"UK police are investigating a "family" of nine Britons, including two children under three, suspected of trying to enter Syria illegally from Turkey."
Does this mean they weren't all family? Pretending to be all family? Actually are all family?
Edit: "are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
So I would presume it is more than just the son of the Councillor? Other relatives to? Were they on work placement as well?
Probably a fact finding tour of vineyards in the Bekkar Valley, there are some good wines to be bought.
LOL....Offered by the Islamist Travel Agency, who also offer safari holidays to Kenya.
The problem for the Tories is that they have been infected by ScottP style thinking. So instead of trying to build in a coherent vision of the future that they can sell to the public - they use their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes.
Really? How many example of Tories using their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes can you point to?
Don't be too harsh. IoS is our precious Labour spin-baby - he's a darling.
Now I wouldn't say labour are in Dire Straights, but I think he is our Saltan of algorithms.
My point was not that that is what Senior Tories are doing. Rather that their belief of how to win an election has been corrupted. Hence the constant calls for a more positive take on campaigning.
SKY – “One of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross into Syria is the son of a Labour councillor. […] The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47, as well as four children aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
WFT - Mr Ahmed’s Easter family gathering is going to be a little smaller this year I'd imagine.
My point was not that that is what Senior Tories are doing. Rather that their belief of how to win an election has been corrupted. Hence the constant calls for a more positive take on campaigning.
I always wanted a pair of Clark's Commandos when I was a lad. Never got them though. They had a compass in the heel if my memory serves me right.
Is it because your parents were communists like Red Ed and didn't want to buy you decadent Clark's shoes. Ed needs to tell his assistant not to buy anything in Clark's and he should go to the debate barefoot to show solidarity with his comrades or he will be cast out. He must apologise for this dire error of sending his assistant out to buy him new shoes or the election is lost for Labour.
They don't call them terrorists because it's our national foreign policy for thousands like them to be trained and sent into Syria. To (correctly) classify them as terrorists would be to admit that we are supporting a murderous foreign backed insurgency in Syria, rather than a glorious revolution.
I always wanted a pair of Clark's Commandos when I was a lad. Never got them though. They had a compass in the heel if my memory serves me right.
Is it because your parents were communists like Red Ed and didn't want to buy you decadent Clark's shoes. Ed needs to tell his assistant not to buy anything in Clark's and he should go to the debate barefoot to show solidarity with his comrades or he will be cast out. He must apologise for this dire error of sending his assistant out to buy him new shoes or the election is lost for Labour.
I think it was because they were too much money and a bit crap ;-)
Ed's shoe gaffe is, of course, the final nail in his coffin.
Two leading executives whose firms appeared to endorse a letter warning of the risks of a Labour government have today distanced themselves from any political endorsement. The chief executive of the drugs giant AstraZeneca,and the newly appointed chief executive of Ladbrokes have recanted from signatures from their companies’ executives in the letter which first appeared in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday. The development is embarrassing for the Conservatives, who saw the letter as a way of exposing Labour’s difficulties in attracting the support of big business. Pascal Soriot, the chief executive of AstraZeneca, appeared to endorse the letter on Thursday morning. According to the Telegraph, his name was added as part of a second wave of 17 who signed the document praising the government’s economic policies. However, Soriot’s office released a brief, corrective statement on Thursday afternoon saying: “My name should not be used in the context of the letter.” The Conservatives have said Soriot allowed his name to be published, but asked for his name to be removed this morning, after the letter had already been released.
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign coupled with a frantic defense. For its stated aim of blocking a Tory majority it was an excellent campaign.
Maybe the Tories are just trying to prevent a Lab majority?
SKY – “One of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross into Syria is the son of a Labour councillor. […] The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47, as well as four children aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
WFT - Mr Ahmed’s Easter family gathering is going to be a little smaller this year I'd imagine.
I am sure once they have all undergone the 5 day rehabilitation course they will be back in society.
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign coupled with a frantic defense. For its stated aim of blocking a Tory majority it was an excellent campaign.
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign ...
Party before Country, as always.
Spot on. The only patriotic thing to have done would have been to stand down and not to contest the election. I am continually outraged that any party stands against the Tories. How dare they act against the national interest in that way?
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign coupled with a frantic defense. For its stated aim of blocking a Tory majority it was an excellent campaign.
But I'm interested in your implication that 2010's negativity would have been justified if you had won
I certainly don't think this has been a bad week for the Tories. They seem to have edged ahead of Labour, although they'll obviously have to do better than that.
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign ...
Party before Country, as always.
Spot on. The only patriotic thing to have done would have been to stand down and not to contest the election. I am continually outraged that any party stands against the Tories. How dare they act against the national interest in that way?
You'd be happy for the Tories to run a scorched earth campaign too then?
SKY – “One of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross into Syria is the son of a Labour councillor. […] The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47, as well as four children aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
WFT - Mr Ahmed’s Easter family gathering is going to be a little smaller this year I'd imagine.
I am sure once they have all undergone the 5 day rehabilitation course they will be back in society.
Their experiences will add diversity and vibrancy to boring old England #freedomfighters
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign ...
Party before Country, as always.
Spot on. The only patriotic thing to have done would have been to stand down and not to contest the election. I am continually outraged that any party stands against the Tories. How dare they act against the national interest in that way?
You'd be happy for the Tories to run a scorched earth campaign too then?
I think the Tories are no more or less negative than any other party at election time. And I find the constant need to claim moral superiority in what is a dirty game slightly puzzling. All parties do what they accuse their opponents of doing.
SKY – “One of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross into Syria is the son of a Labour councillor. […] The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47, as well as four children aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
WFT - Mr Ahmed’s Easter family gathering is going to be a little smaller this year I'd imagine.
I am sure once they have all undergone the 5 day rehabilitation course they will be back in society.
Their experiences will add diversity and vibrancy to boring old England #freedomfighters
You couldn't make it up.
Sadly, it is only a matter of time before one of these people who have been let off with a slap on their wrist go on to commit a horrific crime against innocent members of the public. What about their human rights?
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign coupled with a frantic defense. For its stated aim of blocking a Tory majority it was an excellent campaign.
What's your excuse for 2005, then?
Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
That was one of the silliest campaign slogans I've ever come across. The response it invites is 'Dunno, mate, what are you going on about?'
I don't see it as a morally superior. Just whether it is working or not.
I argue if they are trying to win a majority then the Tories are being too negative.
I understood the point you were making. And I agree with it to an extent. But on the whole I reckon that the Tories are probably right to believe that Labour weakness is their best hope of winning a majority - or getting close to one.
SKY – “One of the nine Britons detained in Turkey for allegedly trying to cross into Syria is the son of a Labour councillor. […] The five adults, aged 21, 22, 22, 24 and 47, as well as four children aged one, three, eight and 11, are believed to be related and currently live in Rochdale."
WFT - Mr Ahmed’s Easter family gathering is going to be a little smaller this year I'd imagine.
I am sure once they have all undergone the 5 day rehabilitation course they will be back in society.
Their experiences will add diversity and vibrancy to boring old England #freedomfighters
You couldn't make it up.
Sadly, it is only a matter of time before one of these people who have been let off with a slap on their wrist go on to commit a horrific crime against innocent members of the public. What about their human rights?
Good comeback for Farage if anyone tries to pull about his '5th column' comments
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign ...
Party before Country, as always.
Spot on. The only patriotic thing to have done would have been to stand down and not to contest the election. I am continually outraged that any party stands against the Tories. How dare they act against the national interest in that way?
You'd be happy for the Tories to run a scorched earth campaign too then?
I think the Tories are no more or less negative than any other party at election time. And I find the constant need to claim moral superiority in what is a dirty game slightly puzzling. All parties do what they accuse their opponents of doing.
As far as I'm aware no other party went as far as McBride's sick antics.
But it might be best not to remind you of that story.
Well, I'm probably committing a cardinal PB sin, but I've decided to go to the pub and miss the whole shooting match and just catch up on the TV catch-up when I get in later.
These Bullingdon wannabees must have been the sort of people Chuka Umunna was trying to avoid when out in London. This is a perfect example of how to not hold a cigar.
Just watching the UKIP PPB. It seems he is so deluded he thinks he is not part of the political class.
LOL.
Has anyone checked the roads around Manchester for immigrant-induced traffic jams? Perhaps people should top their kids playing in the street in case it delays his cavalcade.
Well, I'm probably committing a cardinal PB sin, but I've decided to go to the pub and miss the whole shooting match and just catch up on the TV catch-up when I get in later.
Go Sturgeon though (purely for betting reasons).
Hurrah. I'm not the only person avoiding it. I might dip in at some point but the whole thing is not whetting my appetite.
Do we know when it gets to the 14 minute "debate" sections, how each person gets to make their point. If it that you have to put your hand up, like if you needed the toilet when you were are primary school?
Just watching the UKIP PPB. It seems he is so deluded he thinks he is not part of the political class.
LOL.
Has anyone checked the roads around Manchester for immigrant-induced traffic jams? Perhaps people should top their kids playing in the street in case it delays his cavalcade.
So 'not part' of the political class, that he's joining the rest of them in Salford this evening, after clamouring to be included.
IOS same username from 3 or 4 years back I think. definitely had the bet with you. I hardly ever post so should be easy enough to find if someone could advise how to search please!!
Do we know when it gets to the 14 minute "debate" sections, how each person gets to make their point. If it that you have to put your hand up, like if you needed the toilet when you were are primary school?
There is an order of play, it was posted on here earlier.
Do we know when it gets to the 14 minute "debate" sections, how each person gets to make their point. If it that you have to put your hand up, like if you needed the toilet when you were are primary school?
There is an order of play, it was posted on here earlier.
How long does each person get with there turn in the debate portion?
As part of my decision on who to vote for at this GE, I've done a survey of the candidate's websites in my constituency to see how they tackle or mention local issues. Perhaps because this is a safe seat, the result is awful. With one exception, the websites are either non-existent (relying on twitter and/or FB), or do not mention local issues.
As an example, the Labour candidate's website is a large bandwidth-hogging page which details his twitter address, email and phone number. Nothing else. And his twitter feed was, until the last few days, just filled with the usual national issue retweets from Labour HQ.
The Lib Dem seems a nice chap, but his twitter feed has not been updated for months, and his website is so templated that it even has a 'sample page' link.
A suggestion: don't vote for a candidate who cannot even be bothered to create a website detailing their views on the issues that are important in the local community. (Something that Nick Palmer does quite well).
BBC have just about managed to a drag themselves to headline of "councillor son"....it is like Rotherham all over again...don't mention the L word and when you do only mention it once in a blue moon (for balance and all that).
Given the information releases states they are all "family", I presume it isn't just this guys son who went on an unauthorized field trip.
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They spouted some BS about that there isn't an accepted definition of what terrorism is, so they have decided they can't and won't use the term terrorist attack, if they can't work out what is and what isn't a terrorist.
So they people involved are merely a bit militant.
https://twitter.com/WikiGuido/status/583575530529759232
But another day down for Ed and another day (so far) without any cock ups.
just over 30 more days like that and he's PM.
Beatrice Bazell who screamed no opportunities....only for her father to say completely the opposite.
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for posting that tweet @Scott_P
I was starting to warm to Ed a bit, but you've planted just enough doubt in my mind to see sense and stick with Dave. I'm sure Dave's aide would never think of buying his shoes from Clarks - and even if they did, they'd walk straight into the shop and pick the most brilliant pair of shoes without even thinking about it.
So yeah, thanks Scott. Keep up the good work - and please do keep posting those tweets.
The IRA were not terrorists to everyone; to some they were freedom fighters. Ergo the BBC would not use the word terrorist, unless as a direct quote.
How the F*** is that supposed to work, then?
https://voteforpolicies.org.uk/
I am 50% LD; 25% each Green and Labour.
The problem for the Tories is that they have been infected by ScottP style thinking. So instead of trying to build in a coherent vision of the future that they can sell to the public - they use their airtime on nonsense about buying shoes.
Is it any wonder the Tories are incapable of winning a majority?
@SkyNewsBreak
#Rochdale councillor Shakil #Ahmed who is the father of one of the Britons detained in #Turkey says he thought his son was in Birmingham.
Labour Councillor embarrassed by son?
In order to completely kill off the (admittedly feeble) Labour argument that a vote for the SNP is a vote for the Tories, she'll want to maximise the support she gets from south of the border. If she can get left-wing English journalists, pundits and voters to say she came over better than Ed M (which shouldn't be hard), then she'll have a good argument to use in Scotland that a vote for the SNP is a safe vote for Labour voters.
And before anyone says, this was my view before the 2010 GE debates. They only reinforced the view.
So I would presume it is more than just the son of the Councillor? Other relatives to? Were they on work placement as well?
Edit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32165337
BBC updates story with the name of the son, but it appears the BBC don't seem to think it is any part of the story that the Waheed Ahmed is the son of a Labour Party Councillor. Strange that.
Especially as..
"I don't need to whip out my wad for it to be true that Farage will not be included in any TV debate as an equal with Cameron, Clegg or Miliband.
I think you should let this one go.
When Farage is not in the debates you can thank me "
Was ScottP's reply to my challenge of a bet on Farage being in the debates last January
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32165337
Feels about right
(UKIP made a lot of short-lists, but ultimately their proposals were simplistic)
My point was not that that is what Senior Tories are doing. Rather that their belief of how to win an election has been corrupted. Hence the constant calls for a more positive take on campaigning.
WFT - Mr Ahmed’s Easter family gathering is going to be a little smaller this year I'd imagine.
We aren't the governing party!
Ed's shoe gaffe is, of course, the final nail in his coffin.
Interestingly enough, the results from my Constituency, where Cons are big favs, had them in last place of the five!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3022769/Syria-bound-Brits-deported.html
Did we win in 2010?!?
But I'm interested in your implication that 2010's negativity would have been justified if you had won
Two leading executives whose firms appeared to endorse a letter warning of the risks of a Labour government have today distanced themselves from any political endorsement.
The chief executive of the drugs giant AstraZeneca,and the newly appointed chief executive of Ladbrokes have recanted from signatures from their companies’ executives in the letter which first appeared in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday.
The development is embarrassing for the Conservatives, who saw the letter as a way of exposing Labour’s difficulties in attracting the support of big business.
Pascal Soriot, the chief executive of AstraZeneca, appeared to endorse the letter on Thursday morning. According to the Telegraph, his name was added as part of a second wave of 17 who signed the document praising the government’s economic policies.
However, Soriot’s office released a brief, corrective statement on Thursday afternoon saying: “My name should not be used in the context of the letter.”
The Conservatives have said Soriot allowed his name to be published, but asked for his name to be removed this morning, after the letter had already been released.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/02/astrazeneca-and-ladbrokes-withdraw-support-for-pro-tory-election-letter
Labour went into that election knowing that it couldn't win a majority. So it decided to run a scorched earth campaign coupled with a frantic defense. For its stated aim of blocking a Tory majority it was an excellent campaign.
Maybe the Tories are just trying to prevent a Lab majority?
Sadly, it is only a matter of time before one of these people who have been let off with a slap on their wrist go on to commit a horrific crime against innocent members of the public. What about their human rights?
I don't see it as a morally superior. Just whether it is working or not.
I argue if they are trying to win a majority then the Tories are being too negative.
STV News @STVNews
Number of registered voters in Scotland falls by more than 145,000 bit.ly/1EL4bq4
Wonder how that will affect SNP v SLAB
Not unless you have a new username.
But it might be best not to remind you of that story.
Go Sturgeon though (purely for betting reasons).
We'll see if there's an instant pile-up, or if they all make it to the end of the race.
Mr. Jessop, indeed.
"we know that you can hear us, Earth men....."
LOL.
Has anyone checked the roads around Manchester for immigrant-induced traffic jams? Perhaps people should top their kids playing in the street in case it delays his cavalcade.
It's wrong anyway as they're using the previous registration not the new Individual Voter registrations.
https://twitter.com/willscobie/status/583599778426036225
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39399000/jpg/_39399648_tory_boy203.jpg
BBC 4 at 22.00. Building Burma's Death Railway.
Might be of interest to the historians / military fans / railway nuts.
As an example, the Labour candidate's website is a large bandwidth-hogging page which details his twitter address, email and phone number. Nothing else. And his twitter feed was, until the last few days, just filled with the usual national issue retweets from Labour HQ.
http://dangreef.org.uk/
The Lib Dem seems a nice chap, but his twitter feed has not been updated for months, and his website is so templated that it even has a 'sample page' link.
A suggestion: don't vote for a candidate who cannot even be bothered to create a website detailing their views on the issues that are important in the local community. (Something that Nick Palmer does quite well).
https://twitter.com/PaulTMRetail/status/583692423886462977/photo/1
I was wrong.
Enjoy your night.
Given the information releases states they are all "family", I presume it isn't just this guys son who went on an unauthorized field trip.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32165337
Well fancy that, and from Rochdale too.
The party leader setting out his solutions to the problems of the country as he sees them
More straightforward, less spin, more believable than hiring actors etc
Very good