The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I followed you on twitter today Sunil - is it normally you and TSE flirting ?
The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I watched the vid - don't know why but all I thought about were tribbles..!
The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I followed you on twitter today Sunil - is it normally you and TSE flirting ?
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I watched the vid - don't know why but all I thought about were tribbles..!
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
Nige, what are you doing, all those Red Kippers are now going to go back home
Nigel Farage has said the Tories as the biggest party with enough UKIP MPs to hold David Cameron's "feet to the fire" would be the best post-election outcome for his party.
The UKIP leader has previously expressed indifference towards which of the two main parties gained the largest number of seats, but has now revealed to Sky News he would prefer the Conservatives.
The UKIP leader said he did not trust the Tory Prime Minister to hold an EU referendum "on free and fair terms".
But he admitted he had been wrong in thinking Labour's Ed Miliband would promise an in/out public vote.
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I followed you on twitter today Sunil - is it normally you and TSE flirting ?
"Months of mounting frustration between Greece and its creditors boiled over at a high-level EU meeting on Friday with eurozone finance minsters angrily accusing their Greek counterpart of backtracking on commitments and failing to grasp the deep differences that still divide them.
The antagonism became so severe during the three-hour, closed-door session that Slovenia’s finance minister suggested if talks over a financial bailout did not progress more quickly the eurozone should prepare a “Plan B” to deal with a Greek default."
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
@ Ooh, I like that. It's a bit like that trippy True Detective music.
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
The antagonism became so severe during the three-hour, closed-door session that Slovenia’s finance minister suggested if talks over a financial bailout did not progress more quickly the eurozone should prepare a “Plan B” to deal with a Greek default."
One would have hoped that they'd thought of that already.
The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I followed you on twitter today Sunil - is it normally you and TSE flirting ?
You did? Must have been under a different name. Someone from Cambridge?
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
He accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see. It was a tragic evening. Antifrank has searing memories of that night.
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
Lord A uses wordpress to host his site, like PB.
If you have threads and files set to autopublish later, people can view those prepared threads, if you don't customise your settings/change your default settings.
@ Ooh, I like that. It's a bit like that trippy True Detective music.
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
Nirvana unplugged Beck Sea Change REM night swimming country feedback etc KD Lang Constant craving
The real election issues is HSBC threatening to pull out of the UK.has the potential to shift CON-LAB votes.no wonder Crosby throwing another dead cat onto the table.
This expired feline on the table expression - what does it mean, please? It seems to be used a lot today.
If you're having an argument that you can't win, change the subject loudly by "throwing a dead cat on to the table". Suddenly everyone's talking about the dead cat.
see e.g. Fallon intervention on Ed after non-doms; Ed's speech today after SNP meme
They're going to need six dead kittens on a skewer (sorry, Plato) to stop the SNP meme.
I tweeted that to you a few months ago
I followed you on twitter today Sunil - is it normally you and TSE flirting ?
You did? Must have been under a different name. Someone from Cambridge?
@ Ooh, I like that. It's a bit like that trippy True Detective music.
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
Lord A uses wordpress to host his site, like PB.
If you have threads and files set to autopublish later, people can view those prepared threads, if you don't customise your settings/change your default settings.
It wasn't the thread, just the graphs of the polling outcome in a dozen or so Scottish seats, which were nearly uniformly showing SNP wins, and also nearly uniformly odds-against with a couple of bookmakers, whose night shifts weren't the sharpest.
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
Lord A uses wordpress to host his site, like PB.
If you have threads and files set to autopublish later, people can view those prepared threads, if you don't customise your settings/change your default settings.
It wasn't the thread, just the graphs of the polling outcome in a dozen or so Scottish seats, which were nearly uniformly showing SNP wins, and also nearly uniformly odds-against with a couple of bookmakers, whose night shifts weren't the sharpest.
It wasn't the thread, just the graphs of the polling outcome in a dozen or so Scottish seats, which were nearly uniformly showing SNP wins, and also nearly uniformly odds-against with a couple of bookmakers, whose night shifts weren't the sharpest.
Not that anyone here would take advantage of such a thing, of course.
@ Ooh, I like that. It's a bit like that trippy True Detective music.
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
Nirvana unplugged Beck Sea Change REM night swimming country feedback etc KD Lang Constant craving
It wasn't the thread, just the graphs of the polling outcome in a dozen or so Scottish seats, which were nearly uniformly showing SNP wins, and also nearly uniformly odds-against with a couple of bookmakers, whose night shifts weren't the sharpest.
Not that anyone here would take advantage of such a thing, of course.
I was merely helping the bookmaker to correct their prices by placing modest maximum bets which I felt sure they would notice.
@ Ooh, I like that. It's a bit like that trippy True Detective music.
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
Nirvana unplugged Beck Sea Change REM night swimming country feedback etc KD Lang Constant craving
@ Ooh, I like that. It's a bit like that trippy True Detective music.
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
Nirvana unplugged Beck Sea Change REM night swimming country feedback etc KD Lang Constant craving
The most difficult challenge for doorstep activists is what one Tory dubs the "child or dwarf?" problem: whether to ask a freshfaced person on the doorstep if their mother or father is in. "Once you have asked a fortysomething if their parents are in," they explain, "There is no way back for you."
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
He accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see. It was a tragic evening. Antifrank has searing memories of that night.
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
He accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see. It was a tragic evening. Antifrank has searing memories of that night.
There has been some speculation this morning that this speech represents an attempt to generate a “dead cat bounce” – a distraction from the Tory’s successful attempts to turn the election spotlight on a potential Labour/SNP government. I think that speculation is correct. It can be the only rational explanation for why Ed Miliband decided to deliver a speech of such breathtaking hypocrisy and venality.
...
Labour’s leader may well get his wish. His speech is leading the bulletins, and he has successfully knocked David Cameron’s English votes announcement from the headlines.
Ed Miliband’s dead refugee bounce. He should be pleased. And proud.
The most difficult challenge for doorstep activists is what one Tory dubs the "child or dwarf?" problem: whether to ask a freshfaced person on the doorstep if their mother or father is in. "Once you have asked a fortysomething if their parents are in," they explain, "There is no way back for you."
Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?
A £1 million within 24 hours, OF THE ELECTION? a) Will we have a government by that time, and b) what about due diligence?
Exactly. Not to mention the fact that much of his promises appear to be [edit] dealing with matters which are devolved in a Scottish context. Do you think he means the Holyrood election in 2016?
There has been some speculation this morning that this speech represents an attempt to generate a “dead cat bounce” – a distraction from the Tory’s successful attempts to turn the election spotlight on a potential Labour/SNP government. I think that speculation is correct. It can be the only rational explanation for why Ed Miliband decided to deliver a speech of such breathtaking hypocrisy and venality.
...
Labour’s leader may well get his wish. His speech is leading the bulletins, and he has successfully knocked David Cameron’s English votes announcement from the headlines.
Ed Miliband’s dead refugee bounce. He should be pleased. And proud.
Have a feeling the R&S Ashcroft will be bad for UKIP.. 2.62 to back on the fair and biggest price matched is 2.6...
In fairness to Mr Ashcroft, his polls have generally not leaked out into the betting markets before publication. Well, apart from that time he accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see!
That was a tragic evening.
I have such searing memories of that night.
What happened, can't believe this is the first I've heard of it!
He accidentally left the back end of his website open for all the world to see. It was a tragic evening. Antifrank has searing memories of that night.
Thanks....
No Problem!
You forgot to mention "and RobD had no idea it had happened".
There has been some speculation this morning that this speech represents an attempt to generate a “dead cat bounce” – a distraction from the Tory’s successful attempts to turn the election spotlight on a potential Labour/SNP government. I think that speculation is correct. It can be the only rational explanation for why Ed Miliband decided to deliver a speech of such breathtaking hypocrisy and venality.
...
Labour’s leader may well get his wish. His speech is leading the bulletins, and he has successfully knocked David Cameron’s English votes announcement from the headlines.
Ed Miliband’s dead refugee bounce. He should be pleased. And proud.
All the Tories need to do is feign disgust and start accusing Labour of being the party that took us into an illegal war in Iraq, blah blah blah. Go for the throat of the protagonists and then we'll have Blair, Campbell and Hoon on screen defending Shock and Awe.
The Lib Dems will be mega chuffed, then Labour will be fighting on all fronts
There has been some speculation this morning that this speech represents an attempt to generate a “dead cat bounce” – a distraction from the Tory’s successful attempts to turn the election spotlight on a potential Labour/SNP government. I think that speculation is correct. It can be the only rational explanation for why Ed Miliband decided to deliver a speech of such breathtaking hypocrisy and venality.
...
Labour’s leader may well get his wish. His speech is leading the bulletins, and he has successfully knocked David Cameron’s English votes announcement from the headlines.
Ed Miliband’s dead refugee bounce. He should be pleased. And proud.
WTF was Jimmy doing there? Depriving Rooty of his triple hundred.
No idea. Head in the clouds. MIght have cost Root the double ton, but at least he didn't shaft his average at the same time. Still - words will be had, I'm sure.
Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?
A £1 million within 24 hours, OF THE ELECTION? a) Will we have a government by that time, and b) what about due diligence?
Maybe he's going to donate money from his charity............
I'll get my coat.
No, that is a perfectly reasonable suggestion as it is the only one that makes sense, and no, it doesn't seem to be intended given that other proposals are plainly outwith his charity's ability to change.
"It is not clear in what capacity Brown is making these promises. [...] As well as the money for [foodbank] stock, Brown said that Labour would:
- Offer assistance with bus fares for people in villages and remote areas who live far from foodbanks
- Offer help with fuel bills and cookers to produce hot food;
- Ensure loans were protected from pay-day lenders.
None of the proposals mentioned last night appear in the Scottish Labour manifesto or in the UK wide Labour Party manifesto. It is also not clear if these proposals are UK wide of for Scotland only."
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
WTF was Jimmy doing there? Depriving Rooty of his triple hundred.
No idea. Head in the clouds. MIght have cost Root the double ton, but at least he didn't shaft his average at the same time. Still - words will be had, I'm sure.
Root's already within 200 runs of making the top 50 English test run scorers list. Next test?
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
The Clunking Fist has gone rogue.
-Free Bru and Tennants for the over 5's
-Subsidised curry
-State sponsored kilt shops
Still not a £30bn black hole with that lot though
Is it something to do with a deficit in the NHS Pension Fund due to the bottlers who were frightened of Lansley, and took early retirement?
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
The Clunking Fist has gone rogue.
-Free Bru and Tennants for the over 5's
-Subsidised curry
-State sponsored kilt shops
Still not a £30bn black hole with that lot though
Is it something to do with a deficit in the NHS Pension Fund due to the bottlers who were frightened of Lansley, and took early retirement?
No did you not read the IFS report.
More to do with Tories making it up as they go along.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
Anecdote alert! I spoke to someone yesterday who was under the misguided opinion that UKIP would have lots of mps in the next parliament because they are on about 15% in the polls and I had to explain. It will probably be 5 maximum probably 2 or 3. This is someone who is degree educated who does not have a clue how FPTP works. Is this common?
I have just had a similar discussion over lunch - so would have to say yes.based on that and other experiences.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
The Clunking Fist has gone rogue.
-Free Bru and Tennants for the over 5's
-Subsidised curry
-State sponsored kilt shops
Still not a £30bn black hole with that lot though
Is it something to do with a deficit in the NHS Pension Fund due to the bottlers who were frightened of Lansley, and took early retirement?
No did you not read the IFS report.
More to do with Tories making it up as they go along.
Like a certain Troll
Is that the IFS report that said Labour has been "considerably more vague about how much they would want to borrow”, and would leave Britain with £90billion more debt than the Tories? The same Think Tank who's figures Labour regularly dispute, and dismiss as nonsense.
If you want 'made up figures', listen to Chris Leslie floundering over the Mansion Tax on yesterdays Today programme, at around 8.30 am.
@SkyAnushka: Tories here think they've got chance - although will be challenge. I suspect somewhat symbolic for pm to choose to come into UKIP bear pit
It wasn't the thread, just the graphs of the polling outcome in a dozen or so Scottish seats, which were nearly uniformly showing SNP wins, and also nearly uniformly odds-against with a couple of bookmakers, whose night shifts weren't the sharpest.
Not that anyone here would take advantage of such a thing, of course.
I was merely helping the bookmaker to correct their prices by placing modest maximum bets which I felt sure they would notice.
Good times.
When Ashcroft released his second set of Scottish polls (which included Edinburgh SW) some bookmakers (Betfair Sportsbook) just took down the named seats and left all the other Scottish seats up. I extended my position in Edinburgh with haste.
It has emerged that Ed Miliband has been taking “leadership lessons” from a private consultancy called Extended Mind. The company offers to “build leadership skills” using business psychology and neuroscience. Miliband told Sky News he takes advice from a “range of people”, adding that he’d leave it to others to judge his performance.
The Conservatives have cited this news as an example of Miliband’s authenticity. The party’s Michael Ellis said: “There’s nothing authentic about Ed Miliband. He’s had to hire someone to tell him how to act like a leader. Even after all his extensive coaching, could you imagine him standing up to Putin on the world stage? He should ask for his money back.”
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
If a former Tory leader went around promising things with no authority it would lead the news.
I think what Gordon Brown has done shows the structural problem for Scottish Labour. All they had to do up to now was promise a shopping list to locals, with no campaigning or trying to convince people. SNP have slightly out flanked them to the left with a positive vision and they have neither the skills or canvass returns to even put up a fight.
@SkyAnushka: Tories here think they've got chance - although will be challenge. I suspect somewhat symbolic for pm to choose to come into UKIP bear pit
Harwich for the continent, Frinton for the incontinent.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
The Clunking Fist has gone rogue.
-Free Bru and Tennants for the over 5's
-Subsidised curry
-State sponsored kilt shops
Still not a £30bn black hole with that lot though
Is it something to do with a deficit in the NHS Pension Fund due to the bottlers who were frightened of Lansley, and took early retirement?
No did you not read the IFS report.
More to do with Tories making it up as they go along.
It has emerged that Ed Miliband has been taking “leadership lessons” from a private consultancy called Extended Mind. The company offers to “build leadership skills” using business psychology and neuroscience. Miliband told Sky News he takes advice from a “range of people”, adding that he’d leave it to others to judge his performance.
The Conservatives have cited this news as an example of Miliband’s authenticity. The party’s Michael Ellis said: “There’s nothing authentic about Ed Miliband. He’s had to hire someone to tell him how to act like a leader. Even after all his extensive coaching, could you imagine him standing up to Putin on the world stage? He should ask for his money back.”
It wasn't the thread, just the graphs of the polling outcome in a dozen or so Scottish seats, which were nearly uniformly showing SNP wins, and also nearly uniformly odds-against with a couple of bookmakers, whose night shifts weren't the sharpest.
Not that anyone here would take advantage of such a thing, of course.
I was merely helping the bookmaker to correct their prices by placing modest maximum bets which I felt sure they would notice.
Good times.
When Ashcroft released his second set of Scottish polls (which included Edinburgh SW) some bookmakers (Betfair Sportsbook) just took down the named seats and left all the other Scottish seats up. I extended my position in Edinburgh with haste.
Actually, the most chaotic time for the Scottish constituency polls was last weekend after the updated polling from Lord Ashcroft. By that stage far more bookies had entered the fray and they were being pushed all over the place.
Labour has suspended one of its general election candidates in Scotland after he appeared in court accused of driving offences. Sumon Hoque, 32, was standing in Banff and Buchan. He appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court today, where he denied five breaches of the Road Traffic Act, including driving without a licence and being over the legal drink-driving limit. You can find a full list of candidates standing in the constituency here .
A Scottish Labour spokesman said:
Sumon Hoque has been suspended from representing the Labour Party and we have, therefore, withdrawn support from him as the general election candidate."
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
Gordon Brown saving the Party?
Going AWOL, again. Just like the promise of a new Home Rule bill - which threw Labour, Tories and LD into utter chaos.
If it had been official we'd have heard a lot more about it - the lack of reaction so far has surprised me. Gordonzilla running riot again, as you suggest, it seems.
The Clunking Fist has gone rogue.
-Free Bru and Tennants for the over 5's
-Subsidised curry
-State sponsored kilt shops
Still not a £30bn black hole with that lot though
Is it something to do with a deficit in the NHS Pension Fund due to the bottlers who were frightened of Lansley, and took early retirement?
No did you not read the IFS report.
More to do with Tories making it up as they go along.
Like a certain Troll
Is that the IFS report that said Labour has been "considerably more vague about how much they would want to borrow”, and would leave Britain with £90billion more debt than the Tories? The same Think Tank who's figures Labour regularly dispute, and dismiss as nonsense.
Yes thats the one.
They say Tories cuts will be massive but are mainly unexplained as with £30bn black hole in funding promises from Magic Money Tree.
Perhaps you could hellp with two of the main elements.
What cuts will make up the £12bn welfare reduction?
Where is the additional £8bn NHS monies coming from?
Please copy the IFS into your response.
An NHS retirees pension being the main cause might impress them give it a try, they are reporting again next Tuesday
The best father and son song was written by a man who has just been given a lifetime achievement award for folk music by the BBC. I'm sure we can all applaud this overdue recognition of a supremely talented artist.
Are we talking about the convert who said Salmon Rushdie should die?
I think that if Reckless loses he will take Roger Bird's old job as general secretary. They have not filled the vacancy since he stepped down several months ago.
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All the same, it is a strange comment from Farage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ6LC-olw9Q
That's nearly 700,000 voters, I call that significant.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/962eac8a-ea83-11e4-a701-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/brussels/feed//product&siteedition=uk#axzz3YEpTvaZu
"Months of mounting frustration between Greece and its creditors boiled over at a high-level EU meeting on Friday with eurozone finance minsters angrily accusing their Greek counterpart of backtracking on commitments and failing to grasp the deep differences that still divide them.
The antagonism became so severe during the three-hour, closed-door session that Slovenia’s finance minister suggested if talks over a financial bailout did not progress more quickly the eurozone should prepare a “Plan B” to deal with a Greek default."
I've always liked sad songs which is a bit weird given I'm a really happy person. Songs like Joni Mitchell's A Case of You, Aimee Mann's Wise Up and Damien Rice's The Blower's Daughter. They don't get the party going but they are good for the comedown
I fear - the way this GE is going - I'll be listening to them when Ed is measuring up the curtains to No 10.
You did? Must have been under a different name. Someone from Cambridge?
If you have threads and files set to autopublish later, people can view those prepared threads, if you don't customise your settings/change your default settings.
Beck Sea Change
REM night swimming country feedback etc
KD Lang Constant craving
Great sad songs!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0
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Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?
http://www.thenational.scot/politics/promises-promises-its-deja-vow-as-gordon-brown-intervenes.2327
Gordon Brown, war in the Middle East - it's a lovely day for a trip down memory lane. Blair and Mandy will be along shortly.
I'd go for Sail Away by David Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMF7Uq-mHZAvid Gray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrgSzcctUyY
The most difficult challenge for doorstep activists is what one Tory dubs the "child or dwarf?" problem: whether to ask a freshfaced person on the doorstep if their mother or father is in. "Once you have asked a fortysomething if their parents are in," they explain, "There is no way back for you."
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2015/04/naked-men-diminutive-voters-existential-questions-what-really-happens-doorstep
Was it Tom Baldwin who came up with this latest line to take?
http://www.thenational.scot/politics/promises-promises-its-deja-vow-as-gordon-brown-intervenes.2327
I'll get my coat.
Isn't a dead cat bounce a lift in the polls for someone who is finished but gets a random uptick
All the Tories need to do is feign disgust and start accusing Labour of being the party that took us into an illegal war in Iraq, blah blah blah. Go for the throat of the protagonists and then we'll have Blair, Campbell and Hoon on screen defending Shock and Awe.
The Lib Dems will be mega chuffed, then Labour will be fighting on all fronts
Yes a dead cat bounce is something else entirely.
"It is not clear in what capacity Brown is making these promises. [...] As well as the money for [foodbank] stock, Brown said that Labour would:
- Offer assistance with bus fares for people in villages and remote areas who live far from foodbanks
- Offer help with fuel bills and cookers to produce hot food;
- Ensure loans were protected from pay-day lenders.
None of the proposals mentioned last night appear in the Scottish Labour manifesto or in the UK wide Labour Party manifesto. It is also not clear if these proposals are UK wide of for Scotland only."
http://www.thenational.scot/politics/promises-promises-its-deja-vow-as-gordon-brown-intervenes.2327
horizon.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11560935/Shocking-CCTV-shows-Buckingham-Palace-Guard-and-other-soldier-stamping-on-victim-but-they-still-walk-free-from-court.html
-Free Bru and Tennants for the over 5's
-Subsidised curry
-State sponsored kilt shops
There is no ref...
...but perhaps there should be.
Would be interesting if politicians were sin binned (banned from the airwaves) after certain dodgy tackles (statements/attacks)
Mr. D, that sounds as abhorrent as giving the politicians a whip hand over the media with oppressive regulation.
More to do with Tories making it up as they go along.
Like a certain Troll
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32454597
If you want 'made up figures', listen to Chris Leslie floundering over the Mansion Tax on yesterdays Today programme, at around 8.30 am.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjh
@SkyAnushka: Tories here think they've got chance - although will be challenge. I suspect somewhat symbolic for pm to choose to come into UKIP bear pit
When Ashcroft released his second set of Scottish polls (which included Edinburgh SW) some bookmakers (Betfair Sportsbook) just took down the named seats and left all the other Scottish seats up. I extended my position in Edinburgh with haste.
I think what Gordon Brown has done shows the structural problem for Scottish Labour. All they had to do up to now was promise a shopping list to locals, with no campaigning or trying to convince people. SNP have slightly out flanked them to the left with a positive vision and they have neither the skills or canvass returns to even put up a fight.
MY FRIEND GOT AN ED MILIBAND CUT OUT IM CRYING #milifandom #milibae #VoteLabour
https://twitter.com/SherlockHolmxs/status/591624979420160000
Nothing wrong with taking training to improve one's performance. And though the Tories have mocked it, it seems to have been fairly successful given Ed's improvement in his ratings.
Candidate suspended
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Labour has suspended one of its general election candidates in Scotland after he appeared in court accused of driving offences. Sumon Hoque, 32, was standing in Banff and Buchan. He appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court today, where he denied five breaches of the Road Traffic Act, including driving without a licence and being over the legal drink-driving limit. You can find a full list of candidates standing in the constituency here .
A Scottish Labour spokesman said:
Sumon Hoque has been suspended from representing the Labour Party and we have, therefore, withdrawn support from him as the general election candidate."
They say Tories cuts will be massive but are mainly unexplained as with £30bn black hole in funding promises from Magic Money Tree.
Perhaps you could hellp with two of the main elements.
What cuts will make up the £12bn welfare reduction?
Where is the additional £8bn NHS monies coming from?
Please copy the IFS into your response.
An NHS retirees pension being the main cause might impress them give it a try, they are reporting again next Tuesday