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  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?


    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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 ?
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821

    But he admitted he had been wrong in thinking Labour's Ed Miliband would promise an in/out public vote.

    Yeah, well, he should have asked me, or indeed anyone with even the faintest understanding of UK politics.
  • taffystaffys Posts: 9,753
    ''Only people with Hodge tendencies still though red kippers were going to be significant.''

    All the same, it is a strange comment from Farage.
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxXZ_uEVr9c

    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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..!


  • But he admitted he had been wrong in thinking Labour's Ed Miliband would promise an in/out public vote.

    He must look in the bathroom mirror some mornings, and think 'Yep, messed it up big time'.

    It was obvious to most Lab were never offering a plebiscite.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044
    TGOHF said:

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?


    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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 ?
    Someone is jealous... :D
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    edited April 2015
    isam said:

    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!
  • PlatoPlato Posts: 15,724
    I :heart: tribbles

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ6LC-olw9Q

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxXZ_uEVr9c

    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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..!
  • NemtynakhtNemtynakht Posts: 2,329
    Plato said:

    Thnx for the recommend

    Have you tried The White Buffalo and Darlin' What Have I Done? He features on Sons of Anarchy and excellent.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48dQMECiv48

    Fenster said:

    Elliott Smith's Twilight is a very sad song, released after he committed suicide.

    His song Between the Bars, about his alcoholism, is also brilliant.

    Elliot Smith was amazing such a sad loss
  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039
    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.
  • 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.

    http://news.sky.com/story/1471525/farage-tory-ukip-alliance-is-best-option

    Only people with Hodge tendencies still though red kippers were going to be significant
    This morning's YouGov shows that 8% of 2010 Lab supporters are now voting UKIP.

    That's nearly 700,000 voters, I call that significant.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,149

    I still haven't worked out what I'd most like to see on May 7th/8th.

    i) A Tory majority

    or

    ii) Mark Reckless losing his seat

    iii) Clegg re-elected? :)
  • TGOHF said:

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?


    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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 ?
    That's not flirting.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    Other news intrudes:

    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."
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821

    I still haven't worked out what I'd most like to see on May 7th/8th.

    i) A Tory majority

    or

    ii) Mark Reckless losing his seat

    iii) Clegg re-elected? :)
    I'd happily settle for all three.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044
    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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!
  • FensterFenster Posts: 2,115
    @ 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.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821
    antifrank said:

    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.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,149
    edited April 2015
    TGOHF said:

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?


    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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?
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.
  • RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.
  • isamisam Posts: 41,118
    Fenster said:

    @ 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

    Great sad songs!
  • TGOHFTGOHF Posts: 21,633

    TGOHF said:

    Plato said:

    The alternative McVities advert?


    Anorak said:

    Carnyx said:

    SMukesh said:

    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?
    (y)
  • PlatoPlato Posts: 15,724
    I love White Rabbit if you like trippy stuff - and Warrior On The Edge Of Time by Hawkwind - I was a back-stager. Err...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0
    Fenster said:

    @ 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.

  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039

    RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.
  • RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.
    Yeah, it was those graphs files wot did it.
  • DanielDaniel Posts: 160
    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,591
    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?

    I hope he's not stoking Scottish nationalism - we were told stoking english nationalism was beyond the pale.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 43,393
    edited April 2015
    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?

    Not even sure it is [edit] specifically for Scotland - whether £1m or whatever.

    http://www.thenational.scot/politics/promises-promises-its-deja-vow-as-gordon-brown-intervenes.2327

  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited April 2015
    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?

    Another 'bribe', paid for no doubt from the Mansion Tax.

    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.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821

    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.
  • PlatoPlato Posts: 15,724
    edited April 2015
    REM Everybody Hurts is lovely, but impersonal.

    I'd go for Sail Away by David Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMF7Uq-mHZAvid Gray
    isam said:

    Fenster said:

    @ 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

    Great sad songs!
  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039

    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.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,149
    edited April 2015
    Plato said:

    REM Everybody Hurts is lovely, but impersonal.

    I'd go for Sail Away by David Gray www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMF7Uq-mHZAvid Gray

    isam said:

    Fenster said:

    @ 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

    Great sad songs!
    "Drive" by the Cars

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrgSzcctUyY
  • Blue_rogBlue_rog Posts: 2,019
    Plato said:

    REM Everybody Hurts is lovely, but impersonal.

    I'd go for Sail Away by David Gray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMF7Uq-mHZAvid Gray

    isam said:

    Fenster said:

    @ 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

    Great sad songs!
    Mad World from Donny Darko
  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039
    Some excellent canvassing anecdotes here:

    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
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044
    Pong said:

    RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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.... ;)
  • PongPong Posts: 4,693
    RobD said:

    Pong said:

    RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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! :)
  • glwglw Posts: 9,956
    edited April 2015
    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    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?

  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Well Dan liked it...
    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.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11561427/Ed-Miliband-should-be-proud-hes-used-dead-refugees-to-bump-David-Cameron-off-the-agenda.html
  • PlatoPlato Posts: 15,724
    Lol that's worse than when you're due. Ha

    Some excellent canvassing anecdotes here:

    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

  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,207
    Scott_P said:

    Ed changed his speech from the briefing last night.

    Coward

    Or he has discovered some morals.

    Was it Tom Baldwin who came up with this latest line to take?

  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 43,393
    edited April 2015
    glw said:

    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    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?

    http://www.thenational.scot/politics/promises-promises-its-deja-vow-as-gordon-brown-intervenes.2327
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    Floater said:

    Was it Tom Baldwin who came up with this latest line to take?

    @GuidoFawkes: REVEALED: Tom Baldwin Wrote Toxic Migrant Briefing http://t.co/R3ugUueUaq http://t.co/jlk2N6sW2g
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044
    glw said:

    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    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.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821
    But surely all food banks are going to close as soon as Ed is in No 10?
  • NemtynakhtNemtynakht Posts: 2,329
    Scott_P said:

    Well Dan liked it...

    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.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11561427/Ed-Miliband-should-be-proud-hes-used-dead-refugees-to-bump-David-Cameron-off-the-agenda.html

    Isn't a dead cat bounce a lift in the polls for someone who is finished but gets a random uptick
  • DanielDaniel Posts: 160
    It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044
    Pong said:

    RobD said:

    Pong said:

    RobD said:

    antifrank said:

    Pong said:

    isam said:

    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". :D
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 43,393
    Daniel said:

    It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.

    Gordon Brown saving the Party?

  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 119,975
    edited April 2015
    WTF was Jimmy doing there? Depriving Rooty of his triple hundred.
  • FensterFenster Posts: 2,115
    Scott_P said:

    Well Dan liked it...

    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.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11561427/Ed-Miliband-should-be-proud-hes-used-dead-refugees-to-bump-David-Cameron-off-the-agenda.html

    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 :)

  • DanielDaniel Posts: 160
    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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.
  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039

    Scott_P said:

    Well Dan liked it...

    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.
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/politics-blog/11561427/Ed-Miliband-should-be-proud-hes-used-dead-refugees-to-bump-David-Cameron-off-the-agenda.html
    Isn't a dead cat bounce a lift in the polls for someone who is finished but gets a random uptick

    Yes a dead cat bounce is something else entirely.
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    Daniel said:

    It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.

    Gordon Brown happily splashing out with someone else's cash? Nothing changes.

  • AnorakAnorak Posts: 6,621

    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.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 43,393
    RobD said:

    glw said:

    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    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."

    http://www.thenational.scot/politics/promises-promises-its-deja-vow-as-gordon-brown-intervenes.2327
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,173
    When are the Ashcroft polls expected. Normally they're at 4pm.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,736

    Daniel said:

    Gordon Brown with another "helpful" intervention...

    Andrew Nicoll
    @AndrewSNicoll

    Gordon Brown says a @LabourParty Government will give £1 million to Scottish food banks within 24 hours of the election. What about England?

    Another 'bribe', paid for no doubt from the Mansion Tax.

    Remind me which party has a £30bn black hole according to the IFS?
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 43,393
    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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.
  • richardDoddrichardDodd Posts: 5,472
    edited April 2015
    A million quid to Scottish food banks..that's about 25 pence each then..fill yer Sporrans..there will be queues stretching to the
    horizon.
  • OblitusSumMeOblitusSumMe Posts: 9,143
    felix said:

    When are the Ashcroft polls expected. Normally they're at 4pm.

    The National Polls are at 4pm, the constituency polls have been at all sorts of times.
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited April 2015
    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Anorak said:

    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?
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,736

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited April 2015

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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?
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 21,706
    It's interesting that parties keep calling for the ref in this election.

    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)
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,149

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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
    https://twitter.com/mac123_m/status/591577495935262720/photo/1
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044
    Jonathan said:

    It's interesting that parties keep calling for the ref in this election.

    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)

    Giving the press more control over who we can and cannot hear from?
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,964
    Good afternoon, everyone.

    Mr. D, that sounds as abhorrent as giving the politicians a whip hand over the media with oppressive regulation.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,736
    edited April 2015

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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
  • NemtynakhtNemtynakht Posts: 2,329

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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
    LOL - no VAT on battered mars bars.
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044


    Mr. D, that sounds as abhorrent as giving the politicians a whip hand over the media with oppressive regulation.

    Agreed
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,964
    What do you need to rob a shop in County Durham? More than an axe, it appears:
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32454597
  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,207

    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.
  • TheWatcherTheWatcher Posts: 5,262
    edited April 2015

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjh
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @nicholaswatt: PM launches east of England @conservatives campaign in Frinton in @DouglasCarswell Clacton seat. Brave

    @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
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670

    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.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    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.”
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2015/apr/24/election-2015-live-david-cameron-unveils-conservative-manifesto-for-england
  • NemtynakhtNemtynakht Posts: 2,329
    Daniel said:

    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.

  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,149
    SHERLO(ttie)CKED CON ‏@SherlockHolmxs · 30m30 minutes ago
    MY FRIEND GOT AN ED MILIBAND CUT OUT IM CRYING #milifandom #milibae #VoteLabour

    https://twitter.com/SherlockHolmxs/status/591624979420160000
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,300
    Scott_P said:

    @nicholaswatt: PM launches east of England @conservatives campaign in Frinton in @DouglasCarswell Clacton seat. Brave

    @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.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,173

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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
    BJO calls out poster as Troll - oh the irony. :):):)
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,044

    SHERLO(ttie)CKED CON ‏@SherlockHolmxs · 30m30 minutes ago
    MY FRIEND GOT AN ED MILIBAND CUT OUT IM CRYING #milifandom #milibae #VoteLabour

    https://twitter.com/SherlockHolmxs/status/591624979420160000

    I fear for the youth of this country..... :D
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,591
    Scott_P said:

    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.”
    http://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2015/apr/24/election-2015-live-david-cameron-unveils-conservative-manifesto-for-england
    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.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    Alistair said:

    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.
  • SmarmeronSmarmeron Posts: 5,099
    One less Labour gain in Scotland.

    Candidate suspended
    Posted at 16:59

    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."

    :)
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,736

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    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


  • FloaterFloater Posts: 14,207
    antifrank said:

    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?
  • SlackbladderSlackbladder Posts: 9,780
    RobD said:

    SHERLO(ttie)CKED CON ‏@SherlockHolmxs · 30m30 minutes ago
    MY FRIEND GOT AN ED MILIBAND CUT OUT IM CRYING #milifandom #milibae #VoteLabour

    https://twitter.com/SherlockHolmxs/status/591624979420160000

    I fear for the youth of this country..... :D
    Teenage girls....not known for their rationality...
  • ItwasriggedItwasrigged Posts: 154
    Carnyx said:

    Daniel said:

    It's not the official position of Labour party, from what I've been told.

    Gordon Brown saving the Party?

    Dont you mean saving the Union :)
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,149

    RobD said:

    SHERLO(ttie)CKED CON ‏@SherlockHolmxs · 30m30 minutes ago
    MY FRIEND GOT AN ED MILIBAND CUT OUT IM CRYING #milifandom #milibae #VoteLabour

    https://twitter.com/SherlockHolmxs/status/591624979420160000

    I fear for the youth of this country..... :D
    Teenage girls....not known for their rationality...
    https://twitter.com/clkh_/status/591635902960635904
  • MP_SEMP_SE Posts: 3,642
    edited April 2015
    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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