Ha! I was just thinking about that sketch last night. I'd like obedient parsnips - they're tricky customers - look like potatoes and act like celery. Speaking of celery, why would anyone cook it? Like cooking cucumbers. WTF?
Weird. Raw courgettes are rather nice, I like them quick fried with almost anything.
Ha! Been a long time since I tried any fruit or veg and thought YUCK!
The most revolting was pomegranate - like unripe bananas on steroids/teeth suckingly dry - and star fruit, urgh. Oh and kumquats. I'd like to try jack fruit - they're like uber pineapples from Mexico IIRC. I'm not too keen on pineapples myself but always willing to try something new.
My mum loved exotic/novelty stuff and I endured so many I've lost count. Nothing is more horrible than school dinner stewed rhubarb. Visually revolting.
''I look forward to the passengers of the Mayflower being described as calculating criminals.''
What an absurd comparison.
It's entirely reasonable that people should want to leave poverty-stricken third world countries and settle in rich countries. And, it's entirely reasonable that rich countries should not wish to admit them in huge numbers.
Switched on the BBC Parliament, which was advertising a Conservative Live Event and what did I see ARTHUR SCARGILL LAUNCHING THE 'SOCIALIST LABOUR MANIFESTO' arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Thing is, if Miliband is weak etc etc, maybe Salmond writing the budget would be an upgrade, right? Or is he definitionally unfit to write budgets cos he's Scottish, like?
Being Scottish would not be the issue. Being by definition unconcerned with the rest of the UK might lead to difficulties in being fair in apportioning any nationwide budget. If Sturgeon was writing it (not in the literal sense obviously, even Salmond wouldn't mean that) I'm sure far fewer would have a problem with the idea - not that Salmond does not have admirers in the south, he is a formidable man, but Sturgeon seems to have more of a likability factor at the moment, as well as those Lefty credentials which, you're right, some people would see as an upgrade.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
There's no potentially about it, those comments were personally offensive. Quite a funny quip mind, but certainly Mr Salmond should be offended. I take issue with the idea that making a quip about an opponent shows a certain mentality though. It was just a reactive, cruel quip. The bile spewing back and forth between the SNP and many in England is far more vicious and far more impactful, to entire segments of the population, than a mean jibe.
Switched on the BBC Parliament, which was advertising a Conservative Live Event and what did I see ARTHUR SCARGILL LAUNCHING THE 'SOCIALIST LABOUR MANIFESTO' arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Polling by YouGov indicates young people are voting but generation rent are not.The Tory manifesto never mentioned 11 million privately-rented tenants,nor that 25% of Tory MPs are private landlords.There are votes there to be harvested.
Surely the story, if any, behind the "terrifying" Salmond video is that Salmond is still calling the shots (or he thinks he is) not Sturgeon?
Whatever differences they might or might not have, I am quite certain they are coordinating to maximum advantage in these times of plenty for the party, so it makes little difference to the opponents of the SNP even if that is the case. I mean, Salmond has more baggage and probably has more people who dislike him than Sturgeon, but he's not that much of a drag on them, certainly not in Scotland, and only a bit more in England.
Whatever the facts, if Tom Baldwin was caught editing his Wikipage, I'd be amazed if anyone cared.I noticed the Mirror had Shapps frontpage splash. Desperately core activist voter there.
Surely the story, if any, behind the "terrifying" Salmond video is that Salmond is still calling the shots (or he thinks he is) not Sturgeon?
It might seem weird to us after decades of watching internecine warfare in the upper reaches of the Westminster political parties, but it appears as though the leading members of the SNP work together for the common goals of their party, rather than for their personal aggrandisement.
What are they like? Don't they know how politics works?
I thought it was interesting that Evan Davies asked EdM the other evening whether EdBalls was going to be his chancellor if he wins the election. I don't think his reply would have filled EdB with confidence. Perhaps this is EdM's revenge for being treated like the 'tea boy' when they were in the Brown government.
Halogen oven? Interesting. Will check it out. The best hob I ever had was ceramic glass gas - totally controllable and didn't zap. All black glass and sexy looking too.
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
Given 1992 seems to be 'in vogue' as the benchmark for this years election, here's some sobering facts for the Tories:
- If Cameron does 'as well' as Major did in '92 (-40 Seats) He wont be Prime Minister.
- If Miliband does 'as badly' as Kinnock did in '92 (+42 Seats) He will be Prime Minister.
If Labour are plus 42 seats, they will have taken 80-90 off the Tories and Liberals If the Cons lose net 40, they'll have lost ca 60 to Labour,
Your maths are wrong. To win most seats allowing for, say, 5 SLAB MPs to be saved, LAB needs to make 41 gains off CON assuming that both parties are equal in net terms from LD and UKIP battles.
41 gains would put LAB on 263 and reduce CON to 262. Add on to that the net seats from LD/UKIP encounters with CON and LAB .
LAB would get to 41 gains from CON on a theoretical 3.51% CON to LAB swing in England+Wales.
That's a different equation Mike. For Labour to gain net 42 seats they will need to take about 80 off the Libs and Tories. I didn't say for Labour to be largest party now did I?
Not correct. They won't. Every LAB gain from CON counts double in terms of plurality. LAB total up 1 CON total down 1 so gap moves by 2.
No...
He's saying to gain net 42, assume lose 40 to SNP --> need to gain 82 elsewhere. 82-40=42!
@bbcnickrobinson: Are you shocked or amused ? Was Alex Salmond boasting or joking when he he told an @SNP meeting "I’m writing the Labour Party Budget!”
The clue is in whether Eck laughed - he laughs at all of his own jokes - a psychology student could probably expand on the reasons why.
It was ment as a joke but it demonstrates the SNPs mindset
Guido Fawkes retweeted Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick 14m14 minutes ago New Shapps twist: Richard Symonds, Wikipedia adminstrator who blocked Contribsx, calls himself on Twitter "Liberal Democrat (to the last)"
Halogen oven? Interesting. Will check it out. The best hob I ever had was ceramic glass gas - totally controllable and didn't zap. All black glass and sexy looking too.
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
snip
I seem to remember the Belgians bake asparagus with ham wrapped around it in a white sauce. Mind you that used the fatter white asparagus.
Sadly, it can only be a matter of time before people who attack Christians in the Middle East seek to do the same in Europe.
I do think that the failure of our politicians in this election to say anything sensible about foreign policy, security, the terrorist threat and related issues is lamentable.
kle: "There's no potentially about it, those comments were personally offensive. Quite a funny quip mind, but certainly Mr Salmond should be offended. I take issue with the idea that making a quip about an opponent shows a certain mentality though. It was just a reactive, cruel quip. The bile spewing back and forth between the SNP and many in England is far more vicious and far more impactful, to entire segments of the population, than a mean jibe."
Tish tish. They are all politicians, and all roundly disliked. There are plenty of Scots who violently loathe Salmond, probably more than any English people, who have not had to suffer his smugness.
Likewise the English Left probably hate Cameron and Osborne more than the vast majority of Scots, as the UK government is now once removed from Scots affairs by Holyrood.
Deep down the average English and the average Scots will rub along like grumbling brothers, much as they have always done.
I hope so.
I must say though Cameron does seem to do a fairly good line in cruel, funny jokes that don't sound too scripted. His 'It's not like we're brothers' line was one of the few PMQs lines that sticks in the memory.
I remember some years ago, Sean T made some posts here about the things that were done to condemned women in the Roman Arena. There are members of our society who'd have loved it.
Oooh yummy! Will try that too. Fridge is heaving with all the required things too. What sort of white sauce? I associate that with Christmas pudding so assume it's another sort?!
Halogen oven? Interesting. Will check it out. The best hob I ever had was ceramic glass gas - totally controllable and didn't zap. All black glass and sexy looking too.
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
snip
I seem to remember the Belgians bake asparagus with ham wrapped around it in a white sauce. Mind you that used the fatter white asparagus.
Oooh yummy! Will try that too. Fridge is heaving with all the required things too. What sort of white sauce? I associate that with Christmas pudding so assume it's another sort?!
Halogen oven? Interesting. Will check it out. The best hob I ever had was ceramic glass gas - totally controllable and didn't zap. All black glass and sexy looking too.
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
snip
I seem to remember the Belgians bake asparagus with ham wrapped around it in a white sauce. Mind you that used the fatter white asparagus.
The white sauce was a savoury not sweet one - not sure of the details. I'm going from memory of a Belgian lunch from long ago - but a quick google confirms that this is right, and will suggest some recipes for you for the white sauce.
@bbcnickrobinson: Are you shocked or amused ? Was Alex Salmond boasting or joking when he he told an @SNP meeting "I’m writing the Labour Party Budget!”
The clue is in whether Eck laughed - he laughs at all of his own jokes - a psychology student could probably expand on the reasons why.
It was meant as a joke but it demonstrates the SNPs mindset
I think the key is it it would not have been funny if the possibility of it being partly true were not present. 'I'm writing the Tory part budget' would not have been funny at all, as it would just be silly.
Anecdote alert. A friend of mine answered the door to a labour canvasser yesterday who asked who she would be voting for. She replied that she'd rather not say, the canvasser said:
Well that's progress, everyone else round here says they're voting ukip.
The point is nobody, whether within ukip, the media or other parties has a clue how ukip will do on May 7th.
I think we can be pretty sure we will not have Farage as PM.
Oooh yummy! Will try that too. Fridge is heaving with all the required things too. What sort of white sauce? I associate that with Christmas pudding so assume it's another sort?!
Halogen oven? Interesting. Will check it out. The best hob I ever had was ceramic glass gas - totally controllable and didn't zap. All black glass and sexy looking too.
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
snip
I seem to remember the Belgians bake asparagus with ham wrapped around it in a white sauce. Mind you that used the fatter white asparagus.
A nice bechamel sauce. Or if you wanted something lighter a hollandaise sauce is nice. Mind you, fresh asparagus is lovely just steamed with some warm butter and a bit of salt.
Channel 4 will shut down E4 on the day of the general election, pulling the plug on a schedule including hit US comedies The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, in a bid to encourage more young people to vote.
Viewers tuning in on 7 May will see “Darren”, the man responsible for keeping E4 on air, manning the control room in place of its regular programming.
The first time in the UK a channel has closed down to encourage people to vote, a pre-election marketing campaign will tell viewers: “How many times have you missed life-changing events because you wanted to watch your favourite show?
“May 7 is election day and Darren is going to turn E4 off so you might as well go and vote. You won’t forget will you Darren?”
Again, I find myself contemplating the idea of capital punishment. We can slaughter innocent people from afar with bombs. But we cannot hang men like this. There is no logic.
That's what I thought as well.. but too many people on here will defend their right to something or the other, and I cant really be bothered getting into that argument again
Channel 4 will shut down E4 on the day of the general election, pulling the plug on a schedule including hit US comedies The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, in a bid to encourage more young people to vote.
Viewers tuning in on 7 May will see “Darren”, the man responsible for keeping E4 on air, manning the control room in place of its regular programming.
The first time in the UK a channel has closed down to encourage people to vote, a pre-election marketing campaign will tell viewers: “How many times have you missed life-changing events because you wanted to watch your favourite show?
“May 7 is election day and Darren is going to turn E4 off so you might as well go and vote. You won’t forget will you Darren?”
Let's hope they get life and that, in this case, life really does mean life.
Let's hope they're put into the prison's general population. Even if they aren't I suspect every meal they have will be contaminated with bodily substances.
Oooh yummy! Will try that too. Fridge is heaving with all the required things too. What sort of white sauce? I associate that with Christmas pudding so assume it's another sort?!
Halogen oven? Interesting. Will check it out. The best hob I ever had was ceramic glass gas - totally controllable and didn't zap. All black glass and sexy looking too.
And it's very hard for Salmond to claim it is an obvious joke, given his record on this
He seems to do a half chuckle about everything serious anyway - to show how laughable his opponent's positions are, I presume - so it wouldn't be that different from his serious words even if it is an obvious joke.
Had that for lunch today about 2 hours ago - tend to bake it for 12-14 minutes.
Though I also had a poached egg with my asparagus,
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven.
I also don't see any PB Tory shock at the potentially personally offensive comments by Mr Cameron about Mr Salmond being a thief... it does show a certain mentality, and one that won't help the Tory revival in Scotland.
snip
I seem to remember the Belgians bake asparagus with ham wrapped around it in a white sauce. Mind you that used the fatter white asparagus.
A nice bechamel sauce. Or if you wanted something lighter a hollandaise sauce is nice. Mind you, fresh asparagus is lovely just steamed with some warm butter and a bit of salt.
It is just amazing that at the exact moment the Alex Salmond video is released so is "Boris'. Been interviewed by Kay Burley featuring the video, and now with Norman Smith on the BBC again with the video. As this will be repeated on the hour on both channels for the rest of the day and the print media will also be all over it, though maybe not the Guardian, this is a disaster for labour who again are not in control of the headlines
Channel 4 will shut down E4 on the day of the general election, pulling the plug on a schedule including hit US comedies The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, in a bid to encourage more young people to vote.
Viewers tuning in on 7 May will see “Darren”, the man responsible for keeping E4 on air, manning the control room in place of its regular programming.
The first time in the UK a channel has closed down to encourage people to vote, a pre-election marketing campaign will tell viewers: “How many times have you missed life-changing events because you wanted to watch your favourite show?
“May 7 is election day and Darren is going to turn E4 off so you might as well go and vote. You won’t forget will you Darren?”
Spousal anecdote (in likely big SNP win seat) alert
The wife was intending to vote Tory, but was so unimpressed by their leaflet ('I don't want any of this **** they are trying to impress me with') that she started going through the manifestos online.
UKIP - Really likes some of the policies (including non-VAT on sanitary products and attitude towards homeschooling) but disagrees fundamentally on immigration and defence [not far off my opinion but I'll take those in return for certain constitutional positions and the other parties don't have coherent immigration policies anyway]
Tory - 'This is creepy! They have a plan for my whole life!'
LibDem - 'What's the point in being halfway between Labour and the Tories?'
SNP - Likes a lot of their stuff but disapproves of their economic stance. Likes the idea that Labour hate them. Er, yeah, but have you been watching the news lately dear?
She didn't look at the Labour manifesto.
Now she is pondering not voting or spoiling her ballot paper....
Let's hope they get life and that, in this case, life really does mean life.
Let's hope they're put into the prison's general population. Even if they aren't I suspect every meal they have will be contaminated with bodily substances.
Spousal anecdote (in likely big SNP win seat) alert
The wife was intending to vote Tory, but was so unimpressed by their leaflet ('I don't want any of this **** they are trying to impress me with') that she started going through the manifestos online.
UKIP - Really likes some of the policies (including non-VAT on sanitary products and attitude towards homeschooling) but disagrees fundamentally on immigration and defence [not far off my opinion but I'll take those in return for certain constitutional positions and the other parties don't have coherent immigration policies anyway]
Tory - 'This is creepy! They have a plan for my whole life!'
LibDem - 'What's the point in being halfway between Labour and the Tories?'
SNP - Likes a lot of their stuff but disapproves of their economic stance. Likes the idea that Labour hate them. Er, yeah, but have you been watching the news lately dear?
She didn't look at the Labour manifesto.
Now she is pondering not voting or spoiling her ballot paper....
Morley & Outwood postal update [I know you're all super-interested]: In recent days I've had two letters from Balls A general leaflet from UKIP A faux newspaper from the Greens Oddly, nothing from the Conservatives (I have had a fair amount from them in the past, and expect more ahead of the election) Nothing from the Lib Dems, BNP [they did well here last time] or Yorkshire First
I mean we all know politicians are less than 100% with the truth, but it was the massive play made of being honest with the electorate that has seen them go sub 10%.
Morley & Outwood postal update [I know you're all super-interested]: In recent days I've had two letters from Balls A general leaflet from UKIP A faux newspaper from the Greens Oddly, nothing from the Conservatives (I have had a fair amount from them in the past, and expect more ahead of the election) Nothing from the Lib Dems, BNP [they did well here last time] or Yorkshire First
Morley & Outwood postal update [I know you're all super-interested]: In recent days I've had two letters from Balls A general leaflet from UKIP A faux newspaper from the Greens Oddly, nothing from the Conservatives (I have had a fair amount from them in the past, and expect more ahead of the election) Nothing from the Lib Dems, BNP [they did well here last time] or Yorkshire First
Natashca has mailed me more than Lee. Labour putting in the effort in their Northern strongholds like never before lol.
How refreshing to see a Smithson thread on how the Tories are doomed and Labour will do better than expected. I'll bet it chimes with what Nick is hearing on the doorstep in Broxtowe too.
I'm holding out for a 'The LibDems face destruction on May 7th' thread.
Don't hold your breath - the Lib Dems are winning here....and have bar charts to prove it.
Again, I find myself contemplating the idea of capital punishment. We can slaughter innocent people from afar with bombs. But we cannot hang men like this. There is no logic.
Sean think of it as Death By Prison. Actually ending a convicted felon's life I have decided is not on as there is always a significantly non-zero chance of being wrong (I used to be pro hanging). Now I feel that if you take away the key forever you merely give them a period of pain/unhappiness/remorse/hopelessness to suffer from before an inevitable actual death whilst still in prison. From a punishment perspective this is perhaps worse. Hindley, Sutcliffe, Shipman, etc - their lives are already over. They merely await the final medical event. I hope they are unhappy (the fucking bastards). That's what punishment for such crimes is about. But...the KEY point is that where for some crimes we might have previously given a death sentence we must now ensure there is absolutely no possibility of release ever. Otherwise they can hope. It IS a death sentence. The method of execution - rotting forever in a hopeless shitty cell until they croak.
TBH, I spent the entire PEB wondering if the leaflets were CGI'd or not. And if not, who picked them all up.
The message is a total killer for anyone with two braincells to shout LIAR!!!!
If only Cleggers hadn't had his team vote for it in the end. IIRC the Tories could've pushed it through on their own. St Vince dilly-dallying about his own policy recommendation just added grist to the mill.
I mean we all know politicians are less than 100% with the truth, but it was the massive play made of being honest with the electorate that has seen them go sub 10%.
Again, I find myself contemplating the idea of capital punishment. We can slaughter innocent people from afar with bombs. But we cannot hang men like this. There is no logic.
Why do you think somebody against the death penalty would be in favour of "slaughtering innocent people from afar"?
How refreshing to see a Smithson thread on how the Tories are doomed and Labour will do better than expected. I'll bet it chimes with what Nick is hearing on the doorstep in Broxtowe too.
I'm holding out for a 'The LibDems face destruction on May 7th' thread.
Don't hold your breath - the Lib Dems are winning here....and have bar charts to prove it.
Again, I find myself contemplating the idea of capital punishment. We can slaughter innocent people from afar with bombs. But we cannot hang men like this. There is no logic.
Sean think of it as Death By Prison. Actually ending a convicted felon's life I have decided is not on as there is always a significantly non-zero chance of being wrong (I used to be pro hanging). Now I feel that if you take away the key forever you merely give them a period of pain/unhappiness/remorse/hopelessness to suffer from before an inevitable actual death whilst still in prison. From a punishment perspective this is perhaps worse. Hindley, Sutcliffe, Shipman, etc - their lives are already over. They merely await the final medical event. I hope they are unhappy (the fucking bastards). That's what punishment for such crimes is about. But...they KEY point is that where for some crimes we might have previously given a death sentence we must now ensure there is absolutely no possibility of release ever. Otherwise they can hope. It IS a death sentence. The method of execution - rotting forever in a hopeless shitty cell until they croak.
Something more than life imprisonment is needed.
As per my suggestion for the beheaders of Lee Rigby, baseball bats to the head and body as a wake up call every morning seems fair
Morley & Outwood postal update [I know you're all super-interested]: In recent days I've had two letters from Balls A general leaflet from UKIP A faux newspaper from the Greens Oddly, nothing from the Conservatives (I have had a fair amount from them in the past, and expect more ahead of the election) Nothing from the Lib Dems, BNP [they did well here last time] or Yorkshire First
It doesn't look like you have a BNP candidate this time. I think I read that they were only standing 8 (eight) candidates this time.
Again, I find myself contemplating the idea of capital punishment. We can slaughter innocent people from afar with bombs. But we cannot hang men like this. There is no logic.
Why do you think somebody against the death penalty would be in favour of "slaughtering innocent people from afar"?
Mr. Me, cheers for that link. The UKIP rise is probably bad for the blues, but the Greens and Yorkshire First (alas) are likely to take more leftwing votes. Lib Dem collapse means 8k votes flying away, and that will probably help Balls over the line.
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The notion of reservations is just WTF.
Weird. Raw courgettes are rather nice, I like them quick fried with almost anything.
And #Cameronettes at #2 mind.
Ed will be dissapointed not to have #Edmilifandom not trending still, but thats yesterday's chip wrappers.
I switched to a Halogen oven, which is a bit small for a big proper dinner, but for one-two people it works very well and I swear has improved many things compared to the gas oven. There's no potentially about it, those comments were personally offensive. Quite a funny quip mind, but certainly Mr Salmond should be offended. I take issue with the idea that making a quip about an opponent shows a certain mentality though. It was just a reactive, cruel quip. The bile spewing back and forth between the SNP and many in England is far more vicious and far more impactful, to entire segments of the population, than a mean jibe.
Has Elvis been found living with Shergar, or something?
*Gulp*
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-32415303
Stephen Gilbert caught speeding in August, slow pace of justice in Cornwall.
They are focussing on the important issues
BBC Politics @BBCPolitics 20m20 minutes ago
Where we are with Grant Shapps and Wikipedia, @xtophercook asks http://bbc.in/1HkK8zD pic.twitter.com/bE7dWiJijS
What are they like? Don't they know how politics works?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32413502
Inverness, surely? You're either SNP, or you vote for danny boy.
The problem, for danny boy, is that 50% are going to vote SNP. It might be tighter than the odds suggest - but he's still going to lose.
He's saying to gain net 42, assume lose 40 to SNP --> need to gain 82 elsewhere. 82-40=42!
Nothing to do with gaps or largest party
For Tesco read Scottish Labour and vice-versa.
Jim Pickard retweeted
John McDermott @johnpmcdermott · 1m1 minute ago
@PickardJE For SNP read unidentified item in baggage area.
In pictures: Nigeria's frog kebabs
"Smoked frogs are a delicacy for some, but not all, Nigerians."
If you want a bit of light relief from the other news on BBC (NB: no recommendation is offered as to its suitability with or without asparagus).
Mr. F, that story's sickening.
Michael Crick @MichaelLCrick 14m14 minutes ago
New Shapps twist: Richard Symonds, Wikipedia adminstrator who blocked Contribsx, calls himself on Twitter "Liberal Democrat (to the last)"
Dirty tricks from LDs...
Sadly, it can only be a matter of time before people who attack Christians in the Middle East seek to do the same in Europe.
I do think that the failure of our politicians in this election to say anything sensible about foreign policy, security, the terrorist threat and related issues is lamentable.
I must say though Cameron does seem to do a fairly good line in cruel, funny jokes that don't sound too scripted. His 'It's not like we're brothers' line was one of the few PMQs lines that sticks in the memory.
Not a skill he can readily use I suspect.
With garlic?
Or lightly killed, and sealed in a succulent, Swiss, quintuple-smooth, treble-milk chocolate envelope, and lovingly frosted with glucose.
http://www.montypython.net/scripts/crunchy.php
What to say?
That's quite a nice idea
Anyway, isn't it still Labour's NHS millennium at the moment?
#Justsayin'
The wife was intending to vote Tory, but was so unimpressed by their leaflet ('I don't want any of this **** they are trying to impress me with') that she started going through the manifestos online.
UKIP - Really likes some of the policies (including non-VAT on sanitary products and attitude towards homeschooling) but disagrees fundamentally on immigration and defence [not far off my opinion but I'll take those in return for certain constitutional positions and the other parties don't have coherent immigration policies anyway]
Tory - 'This is creepy! They have a plan for my whole life!'
LibDem - 'What's the point in being halfway between Labour and the Tories?'
SNP - Likes a lot of their stuff but disapproves of their economic stance. Likes the idea that Labour hate them. Er, yeah, but have you been watching the news lately dear?
She didn't look at the Labour manifesto.
Now she is pondering not voting or spoiling her ballot paper....
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02n7ffp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmT1jXKEwQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEYMIaq0GgM
In recent days I've had two letters from Balls
A general leaflet from UKIP
A faux newspaper from the Greens
Oddly, nothing from the Conservatives (I have had a fair amount from them in the past, and expect more ahead of the election)
Nothing from the Lib Dems, BNP [they did well here last time] or Yorkshire First
It's the start that is the killer -
Say goodbye to broken promises; No tuition fees.
I mean we all know politicians are less than 100% with the truth, but it was the massive play made of being honest with the electorate that has seen them go sub 10%.
Here's a tweet from a full time Thurrock activist
Dan Jukes (@DanJukes17)
22/04/2015 14:47
The local paper @ThurrockGazette makes essential reading once again this week pic.twitter.com/IMBfjjaCdh
The message is a total killer for anyone with two braincells to shout LIAR!!!!
If only Cleggers hadn't had his team vote for it in the end. IIRC the Tories could've pushed it through on their own. St Vince dilly-dallying about his own policy recommendation just added grist to the mill.
https://twitter.com/Sunil_P2/status/588025567427043330
As per my suggestion for the beheaders of Lee Rigby, baseball bats to the head and body as a wake up call every morning seems fair
http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn00616.pdf