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  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,346
    edited 2016 29
    First?

    Labour on 40% of the vote for by elections in January? Corbynism sweeping the nation!
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 55,928
    So who was the independent in Carlisle, and why did the UKIP in Thanet resign?
  • FluffyThoughtsFluffyThoughts Posts: 2,420
    edited 2016 29
    Who is the "Undefined Story Discussion" eejit...?

    [Apologies if it is our Taffy election-collator....
  • NickPalmerNickPalmer Posts: 21,598
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    FPT @Alanbrooke it's a normal relationship. So no.
  • MP_SEMP_SE Posts: 3,642
    Things are not looking too good for Mrs Clinton:
    The intelligence community has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails “too damaging" to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review. A second source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, backed up the finding.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html?intcmp=hpbt1
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,346
    Jess Phillips is sticking to her guns on Birmingham...

    http://tinyurl.com/jrehlor


    “In every city there will be places where there are groups of men, drunk, and lots of stuff going on, and women have to constantly worry about being felt up and suffering street harassment,”

    “This isn’t something that refugees have brought into our country. This is something that’s always existed. And every woman I have spoken to this morning has said: ‘Yes, I’ve had bad experiences.’ In fact, it’s more notable when you go out and you don’t get felt up.”

    “It happens to young women all the time, and we shouldn’t think that is a phenomenon brought to us by one group of people.”

    “Everyone who took part in a sexual assault in Cologne should be convicted. But if we convicted everyone who groped women in this country, we’d have no space in our prisons to put them in.”


    If a man had said that last sentence I expect the left would be in meltdown right now. Maybe I'm being very naive but I don't think I've ever seen anything that is alleged to have happened in Cologne. I've seen plenty of fights on a night out, but serious sexual assault? None.
  • Scott_PScott_P Posts: 51,453
    @ThatMichaelW: REVEALED: Jeremy Corbyn 'showed off' naked Diane Abbott to impress Left-wing friends https://t.co/UkPgi7egCa https://t.co/MtdB2baVBR
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754
    edited 2016 29
    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html
  • MP_SEMP_SE Posts: 3,642
    tlg86 said:

    Jess Phillips is sticking to her guns on Birmingham...

    http://tinyurl.com/jrehlor


    “In every city there will be places where there are groups of men, drunk, and lots of stuff going on, and women have to constantly worry about being felt up and suffering street harassment,”

    “This isn’t something that refugees have brought into our country. This is something that’s always existed. And every woman I have spoken to this morning has said: ‘Yes, I’ve had bad experiences.’ In fact, it’s more notable when you go out and you don’t get felt up.”

    “It happens to young women all the time, and we shouldn’t think that is a phenomenon brought to us by one group of people.”

    “Everyone who took part in a sexual assault in Cologne should be convicted. But if we convicted everyone who groped women in this country, we’d have no space in our prisons to put them in.”


    If a man had said that last sentence I expect the left would be in meltdown right now. Maybe I'm being very naive but I don't think I've ever seen anything that is alleged to have happened in Cologne. I've seen plenty of fights on a night out, but serious sexual assault? None.

    Labour are not fit to run a parish council let alone a country.
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476
    Apols if previously posted.
    The Donald with a cockney accent.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cA0NM5RAY0
  • MP_SEMP_SE Posts: 3,642
    Top trolling.

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

  • TomsToms Posts: 2,478
    Off topic, but following on from the previous thread:
    I know they probably did it mostly for the money, the danger of being written out of wills etc, but Oriel College did the right thing. The college has a long history, and Rhodes is part of theirs. Free speech in a liberal democracy must be protected.
    I am waiting for some meeting or proposed speech to be cancelled as insulting to trans-genderism or ...or...
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    What's wrong with these people?
    Why were they shaken?
    The proper response is a loud cheer and a few shouts of Wha-hay.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    What's wrong with these people?
    Why were they shaken?
    The proper response is a loud cheer and a few shouts of Wha-hay.
    I asked General Boles to photoshop it, but alas he has declined to do so.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,451

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Why on earth have you felt it necessary to share that?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Why on earth have you felt it necessary to share that?
    Because I'm a nice boy and I like to share stuff
  • flightpath01flightpath01 Posts: 4,903
    Please - for the sake of our sanity - can we draw a veil over 'Comrade Corbyn' ?
    And remembering pig-gate, is there a named source?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754
    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that
  • Moses_Moses_ Posts: 4,865

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    In this particular case it would be "Would you like to come up and see my retchings?"
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    MP_SE said:

    Things are not looking too good for Mrs Clinton:

    The intelligence community has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails “too damaging" to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review. A second source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, backed up the finding.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html?intcmp=hpbt1

    It's all right - she didn't realise she was doing anything wrong, so won't be indicted.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    What's wrong with these people?
    Why were they shaken?
    The proper response is a loud cheer and a few shouts of Wha-hay.
    When I shared a flat with a friend who was surprisingly successful with the opposite sex, I got very used to making small talk in the morning with slightly sheepish women with few clothes on that I hadn't met before. It made for good practice for networking events, though generally the networking events I attend involve more clothes.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,451

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    Um, no. She really wasn't mate.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    You're an eye doctor aren't you?

    Physician heal thyself.

    I mean, I've got low standards, but even I wouldn't go there.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 37,883

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Since you started it, imagine Corbyn, Abbott, and Burnham (Reek) together.

    "Reek, get her ready for me."

    "But, M'Lord....I have no......"

    "With your mouth. And be quick about it. Else, I'll cut out your tongue and nail it to the wall."

    (Reek ,it rhymes with meek.)

    Andy bent to his task.

  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476
    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.
  • Moses_Moses_ Posts: 4,865
    Who was that earlier saying its a quiet day and for the first time Corbyn wasn't trending.... :lol:
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,032

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    A picture of the two of them here (apologies for it being the Mail)

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3237591/Diane-Abbott-Corbyn-lovers-1970s-Left-wingers-said-brief-relationship-split-wife.html

    Quite fit? Well, more so than he was.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,755
    tlg86 said:

    Jess Phillips is sticking to her guns on Birmingham...

    http://tinyurl.com/jrehlor


    “In every city there will be places where there are groups of men, drunk, and lots of stuff going on, and women have to constantly worry about being felt up and suffering street harassment,”

    “This isn’t something that refugees have brought into our country. This is something that’s always existed. And every woman I have spoken to this morning has said: ‘Yes, I’ve had bad experiences.’ In fact, it’s more notable when you go out and you don’t get felt up.”

    “It happens to young women all the time, and we shouldn’t think that is a phenomenon brought to us by one group of people.”

    “Everyone who took part in a sexual assault in Cologne should be convicted. But if we convicted everyone who groped women in this country, we’d have no space in our prisons to put them in.”


    If a man had said that last sentence I expect the left would be in meltdown right now. Maybe I'm being very naive but I don't think I've ever seen anything that is alleged to have happened in Cologne. I've seen plenty of fights on a night out, but serious sexual assault? None.

    Broad Street is very rowdy on a Saturday night, but I've never seen anything like what happened in Cologne there.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754
    Observation from a friend.

    Shocking tautology on the front page of tomorrow's Telegraph

    Troops at risk from 'parasitic' law firms

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ62wpMWYAEgoI0.jpg
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,032

    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that

    Don't worry. I'm writing about why the Iowa caucuses should use AV.
  • AlastairMeeksAlastairMeeks Posts: 30,340
    It may be the wrong evening to link to this, but here are some properly worked figures showing how much the Chancellor may be preparing to raid pension pots. Brace yourselves:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12130012/Revealed-Osbornes-pension-revolution-will-cost-young-professionals-161263.html
  • gettingbettergettingbetter Posts: 567
    MP_SE said:

    Things are not looking too good for Mrs Clinton:

    The intelligence community has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails “too damaging" to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review. A second source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, backed up the finding.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html?intcmp=hpbt1

    Should we be betting on Biden as president then?
  • watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    Um, no. She really wasn't mate.
    Diane and the Comrade, ten years later. Not fit.

    http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/multimedia/dynamic/01178/01_NF20COR_2__1178646k.jpg
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,451

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,755

    It may be the wrong evening to link to this, but here are some properly worked figures showing how much the Chancellor may be preparing to raid pension pots. Brace yourselves:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12130012/Revealed-Osbornes-pension-revolution-will-cost-young-professionals-161263.html

    Errm It goes up ?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754

    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that

    Don't worry. I'm writing about why the Iowa caucuses should use AV.
    Excellent.

    I'm writing a thread about Enoch Powell. It maybe controversial.
  • TomsToms Posts: 2,478

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    kneads must, I guess.
  • watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    How many large vodkas have you drunk? That might be the problem.
  • Tissue_PriceTissue_Price Posts: 9,039

    It may be the wrong evening to link to this, but here are some properly worked figures showing how much the Chancellor may be preparing to raid pension pots. Brace yourselves:

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/pensions/12130012/Revealed-Osbornes-pension-revolution-will-cost-young-professionals-161263.html

    I expect that £50k threshold for 40% tax will come in pretty sharpish to "compensate".
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,755
    George could do a 25% flat rate to boost the pensions of "millions" by that graph.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,032

    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that

    Don't worry. I'm writing about why the Iowa caucuses should use AV.
    Excellent.

    I'm writing a thread about Enoch Powell. It maybe controversial.
    I'm not really. There is a thread to be written about the primaries king-of being AV though.

    Powell? Never controversial. Didn't he speak Urdu?
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754
    edited 2016 29

    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that

    Don't worry. I'm writing about why the Iowa caucuses should use AV.
    Excellent.

    I'm writing a thread about Enoch Powell. It maybe controversial.
    I'm not really. There is a thread to be written about the primaries king-of being AV though.

    Powell? Never controversial. Didn't he speak Urdu?
    He did.

    My piece does contain the line 'Powell undoubtedly ruined the lives of more children than your average paedophile and tried to cover up his own sins'
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,641

    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that

    Don't worry. I'm writing about why the Iowa caucuses should use AV.
    Sunil J. Prasannan is calling for a total and complete shut-down of AV threads entering PB.com, until our forum's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on!

    :lol:
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754
    ComRes/Mail phone poll finds 44% saying economy would do better staying in EU with 23% saying better out
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    MP_SE said:

    Things are not looking too good for Mrs Clinton:

    The intelligence community has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails “too damaging" to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review. A second source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, backed up the finding.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html?intcmp=hpbt1
    Should we be betting on Biden as president then?

    As soon as her aides - Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills and Patrick Kennedy - are indicted, it's time to start making some insurance bets on the Dem side.

    This news piece should be alarming for the Clinton camp, albeit the source - Issa - has to be discounted as entirely partisan.

    http://www.hngn.com/articles/174602/20160129/rep-darrell-issa-fbi-wants-to-indict-hillary-clinton-and-huma-abedin-immediately.htm
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754
    ComRes phone poll VI

    -Con 37% (NC)
    Lab 32% (-1)
    LD 6% (-1)
    UKIP 12% (+1)
    Green 4% (-1)
    SNP 4% (NC)
    Other 3% (+1)
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,641

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    Should have gone to Specsavers! :lol:
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,032

    MP_SE said:

    Things are not looking too good for Mrs Clinton:

    The intelligence community has deemed some of Hillary Clinton’s emails “too damaging" to national security to release under any circumstances, according to a U.S. government official close to the ongoing review. A second source, who was not authorized to speak on the record, backed up the finding.
    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/29/official-some-clinton-emails-too-damaging-to-release.html?intcmp=hpbt1
    Should we be betting on Biden as president then?

    Depends. It's too late for him to enter the primaries. Four time periods for Hillary to withdraw if compelled to by the boys in whatever colour the FBI wear:

    - Right now. Time for Biden to enter the final dozen primaries and to campaign before then. Might just be possible to stop Sanders using Hillary's name in the interim states as a proxy. Sanders still strong favourite for the nomination.

    - Feb onwards, during the primaries. Sanders wins by default.

    - May to August. Hillary has enough delegates to make a brokered convention. Biden becomes very viable.

    - August to November. Assuming Hillary nominated, then the DNC (?) have to nominate someone else. Biden possible but her VP running mate would stand a good chance too.

    - November to January. VP steps up.
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034

    Observation from a friend.

    Shocking tautology on the front page of tomorrow's Telegraph

    Troops at risk from 'parasitic' law firms

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CZ62wpMWYAEgoI0.jpg


    Surely a double tautology. The obvious one - lawyers and parasites. And the other one - parasites and risk.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,755

    ComRes/Mail phone poll finds 44% saying economy would do better staying in EU with 23% saying better out

    You know alot of those people saying "Leave" are clearly going to bottle it worse than a David Miliband coup on the day.
  • david_herdsondavid_herdson Posts: 18,032

    Just be glad I'm not guest editor at the moment, or the morning thread would have been about that

    Don't worry. I'm writing about why the Iowa caucuses should use AV.
    Sunil J. Prasannan is calling for a total and complete shut-down of AV threads entering PB.com, until our forum's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on!

    :lol:
    Nah. It is my second option. I'll only run it if my first gets canned.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    Should have gone to Specsavers! :lol:
    Mind you I always thought Clare Short sexy in a rather husky sort of way!
  • stodgestodge Posts: 14,108

    ComRes phone poll VI

    -Con 37% (NC)
    Lab 32% (-1)
    LD 6% (-1)
    UKIP 12% (+1)
    Green 4% (-1)
    SNP 4% (NC)
    Other 3% (+1)

    In essence, little or nothing has changed last May. There hasn't yet been an opinion-shifting event to alter the basic dynamics for all the excitement over the EU Referendum and Corbyn and everything else. The third Party vote remains fragmented to the benefit of the duopoly parties and the Conservatives enjoy a small if healthy advantage.

    For how much longer will this continue and what will be the event that shakes up the political status quo ? Will it be the EU referendum or something as yet unforeseeable. "Events, dear boy, events" as someone once said....

  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 52,641

    ComRes phone poll VI

    -Con 37% (NC)
    Lab 32% (-1)
    LD 6% (-1)
    UKIP 12% (+1)
    Green 4% (-1)
    SNP 4% (NC)
    Other 3% (+1)

    Broken, sleazy Labour, LDs and Greens on the slide!
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    C'mon CR if we all liked the same thing in life. The world would be a fantastically boring place.
    Here is a much nicer picture of her.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPHD6JEWoAExNub.jpg
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,755

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Diane was quite fit at that time, like most of us spoiled by middle aged spread from high living.
    Should have gone to Specsavers! :lol:
    Mind you I always thought Clare Short sexy in a rather husky sort of way!
    Blimey.
  • MTimTMTimT Posts: 7,034
    Either the readership of the Torygraph has changed since I last lived in England, or a lot of its readers are having a laugh. In the Comrade Corbyn article linked is a survey. The results are startling:

    Can you imagine Corbyn as PM?
    48% (!!!!!) = Yes and I like the sound of it
    17% = Yes and it terrifies me
    35% = No, I'm more likely to be PM than he is.
  • watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    C'mon CR if we all liked the same thing in life. The world would be a fantastically boring place.
    Here is a much nicer picture of her.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPHD6JEWoAExNub.jpg
    With Bernie Grant, Tony Banks and Comrade.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 53,243


    - May to August. Hillary has enough delegates to make a brokered convention. Biden becomes very viable.

    Hillary surely wouldn't lift a finger to help Biden.

    Elizabeth Warren would be my bet in those circumstances. She's actually the best placed to combine the Clinton and Sanders coalitions so in many ways the Democrats should be sorry she's not running already.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,754

    New Thread New Thread

  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,755
    MTimT said:

    Either the readership of the Torygraph has changed since I last lived in England, or a lot of its readers are having a laugh. In the Comrade Corbyn article linked is a survey. The results are startling:

    Can you imagine Corbyn as PM?
    48% (!!!!!) = Yes and I like the sound of it
    17% = Yes and it terrifies me
    35% = No, I'm more likely to be PM than he is.

    It was 0; 0 ; 100% when I answered it a few minutes back.
  • foxinsoxukfoxinsoxuk Posts: 23,548
    stodge said:

    ComRes phone poll VI

    -Con 37% (NC)
    Lab 32% (-1)
    LD 6% (-1)
    UKIP 12% (+1)
    Green 4% (-1)
    SNP 4% (NC)
    Other 3% (+1)

    In essence, little or nothing has changed last May. There hasn't yet been an opinion-shifting event to alter the basic dynamics for all the excitement over the EU Referendum and Corbyn and everything else. The third Party vote remains fragmented to the benefit of the duopoly parties and the Conservatives enjoy a small if healthy advantage.

    For how much longer will this continue and what will be the event that shakes up the political status quo ? Will it be the EU referendum or something as yet unforeseeable. "Events, dear boy, events" as someone once said....

    Its all fantasy politics at the moment. Without an impending real election to concentrate the mind, polls are pretty meaningless. We shall know by May what the real position is.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,451

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    C'mon CR if we all liked the same thing in life. The world would be a fantastically boring place.
    Here is a much nicer picture of her.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPHD6JEWoAExNub.jpg
    That is a better one, I grant you, but I remain unstirred.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 58,161

    This made me throw up a little in my mouth, so apologies

    Jeremy Corbyn “showed off” a naked Diane Abbott to impress his Left-wing friends when he was a young Labour activist, a new book has revealed.

    The Labour leader invited fellow activists to his London flat where they were “shaken” to find Ms Abbott in his bed, one of his friends recalled.

    The incident took place in 1979 soon after Mr Corbyn’s first marriage broke down because of his near-obsessive dedication to his political activism.

    It is described in Comrade Corbyn, a biography of the Labour leader by Rosa Prince, which is being serialised by The Telegraph


    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12130795/Revealed-Jeremy-Corbyn-showed-off-naked-Diane-Abbott-to-impress-Left-wing-friends.html

    Why on earth have you felt it necessary to share that?
    The only possible answer is that he wishes our sleep to be disturbed by strange nightmares.
  • watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    C'mon CR if we all liked the same thing in life. The world would be a fantastically boring place.
    Here is a much nicer picture of her.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPHD6JEWoAExNub.jpg
    That is a better one, I grant you, but I remain unstirred.
    Imagine Diane rolling her eyes seductively, whilst tutting into your ear.
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476

    All Jezza was doing was cementing community relations.
    I agree with the good Dr.
    DA in her twenties was quite fit.

    WTF is wrong with you?

    I've stared at the photo for many minutes trying to understand how anyone could possible be attracted to her. Nothing. Just nothing. Slightly thinner and, yes, younger but still very very much Diane Abbott.

    I remain totally perplexed.
    C'mon CR if we all liked the same thing in life. The world would be a fantastically boring place.
    Here is a much nicer picture of her.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPHD6JEWoAExNub.jpg
    That is a better one, I grant you, but I remain unstirred.
    Must admit that I don't like how she has her hair in the Telegraph pic.
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