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edited March 2016 in General

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Aylsham (Con defence) on Broadland
Result: Liberal Democrat 829 (48% +17%), Conservative 654 (38% +6%), Labour 243 (14% -8%)
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative with a majority of 175 (10%) on a swing of 5.5% from Conservative to Liberal Democrat

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  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,768
    edited March 2016
    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    So much for all the whining about how England were useless..
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Sleazy Tories on the slide........... I mean both the Tory parties !
  • weejonnieweejonnie Posts: 3,820
    SquareRoot said:

    So much for all the whining about how England were useless..

    Couldn't bowl, couldn't catch, couldn't field, can bat a bit. (a la report on Fred Astaire)
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,433
    Feck me, they did it.

    Couldn't have done it without Yorkshire's Joe Root
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
  • SimonStClareSimonStClare Posts: 7,976
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Feck me, they did it.

    Couldn't have done it without Yorkshire's Joe Root

    I think the Beard to be Feared also helped a tad. :lol:
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,822
    Rasmussen GOP national: Trump 43%, Cruz 28%, Kasich 21%
  • LennonLennon Posts: 1,784
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Feck me, they did it.

    Couldn't have done it without Yorkshire's Joe Root

    *cough* Or Surrey's Jason Roy *cough*

    (Redemption for us having inflicted Dernbach on the England team previously...)
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,896
    Respect and thanks to our Muslim players.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,433
    edited March 2016
    Lennon said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Feck me, they did it.

    Couldn't have done it without Yorkshire's Joe Root

    *cough* Or Surrey's Jason Roy *cough*

    (Redemption for us having inflicted Dernbach on the England team previously...)
    Clearly Jade Dernbach is back as England's bowling coach.

    I didn't think a t20 match/victory could make me as tense/happy as an Ashes test match victory, but this match managed it.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,896
    Lennon said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Feck me, they did it.

    Couldn't have done it without Yorkshire's Joe Root

    *cough* Or Surrey's Jason Roy *cough*

    (Redemption for us having inflicted Dernbach on the England team previously...)
    You've being nursing Pietersen, though. There's still some penance to be completed.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    edited March 2016
    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax
  • LennonLennon Posts: 1,784
    OldKingCole said:

    Lennon said:

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    Feck me, they did it.

    Couldn't have done it without Yorkshire's Joe Root

    *cough* Or Surrey's Jason Roy *cough*

    (Redemption for us having inflicted Dernbach on the England team previously...)
    You've being nursing Pietersen, though. There's still some penance to be completed.
    It's OK - you'll thank us in a few years time when Ansari and the 2 Currens are England regulars. :-)
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,768
    Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - who said on the BBC's Question Time that the PIP cuts were just a "suggestion" at this stage - has been slapped down by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
    A source close to Mr Duncan Smith told BBC News the government was not in "concession territory".
    They added: "I don't know how Thicky Nicky is explaining what she said, but she doesn't quite seem to have understood what Iain has been saying."

    OK I might have added a word in that quote!!
  • EICIPMEICIPM Posts: 55
    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,433
    *Finbar Saunder mode engaged*

    Today's match was at the Wankhede Stadium
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    bigjohnowls said:

    Education Secretary Nicky Morgan - who said on the BBC's Question Time that the PIP cuts were just a "suggestion" at this stage - has been slapped down by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
    A source close to Mr Duncan Smith told BBC News the government was not in "concession territory".
    They added: "I don't know how Thicky Nicky is explaining what she said, but she doesn't quite seem to have understood what Iain has been saying."

    OK I might have added a word in that quote!!

    So does this mean IDS will resign before the referendum ? After all the U-turn will take place before 23rd June.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,768
    Quizzed about what she had meant with her Question Time comments, on a visit to Loughborough University, Ms Morgan said: I know I may have looked like a permanently surprised Owl but"this is very much a matter for Number 10 and for the government press office and I'm not going to add anything to what I said last night."


    OK I might have added the surprised Owl bit!!!
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062

    TheScreamingEagles said:

    *Finbar Saunder mode engaged*

    Today's match was at the Wankhede Stadium

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh2yZf8F-60

  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    bigjohnowls said:

    Quizzed about what she had meant with her Question Time comments, on a visit to Loughborough University, Ms Morgan said: I know I may have looked like a permanently surprised Owl but"this is very much a matter for Number 10 and for the government press office and I'm not going to add anything to what I said last night."


    OK I might have added the surprised Owl bit!!!

    She definitely gets the Chloe Smith award for being totally hapless.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    I calculate since Super Tuesday, Trump has beaten Cruz 2:1 in delegates.
    If that winning rate continues, Trump will finish with 1316 delegates...
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,768
    surbiton said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    Quizzed about what she had meant with her Question Time comments, on a visit to Loughborough University, Ms Morgan said: I know I may have looked like a permanently surprised Owl but"this is very much a matter for Number 10 and for the government press office and I'm not going to add anything to what I said last night."


    OK I might have added the surprised Owl bit!!!

    She definitely gets the Chloe Smith award for being totally hapless.
    Have to say I thought she was better performer than last nights car crash

    Regards

    IDS
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    OldKingCole said:

    Respect and thanks to our Muslim players.

    In fact, the 3 Muslim bowlers were the only ones conceding less than 10 an over ! The other Muslim scored a 58 with a RR of 187 and still lost!
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
  • surbitonsurbiton Posts: 13,549
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Does that also mean the Leavers will accept Remaining forever if that is the result ?
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,768
    edited March 2016
    JackW said:

    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
    EMWNBPM

    (Ed Milliband Weird Nosher of Bread + Pig Meat)
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,433
    bigjohnowls said:

    JackW said:

    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
    EMWNBPM

    (Ed Milliband Weird Nosher of Bread + Pig Meat)
    That photograph of Ed eating the Bacon sarnie was the moment he found out what Cameron did to a dead pig.

    I feel for Ed, I truly do.
  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    AndyJS said:

    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".

    Dynamite the whole friggin' place.
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091
    The last 48 hours have again shown what nonsense it is to claim Osborne is "centre-ground".

    The Westminster bubble may think the mark of being "right-wing" is how Eurosceptic someone is, but in the public eye the main thing that makes someone right-wing (or, the way normal people think of it, what makes someone a "typical Tory") is their willingness to be nasty to vulnerable people and to be unconcerned about public services, in order to throw wads of cash at the rich. On that score, Osborne fulfills the stereotype just as much as Hague or Howard or IDS as leaders ever did.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 57,942
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Tony Blair will leave the country and never return???
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 57,942
    surbiton said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Does that also mean the Leavers will accept Remaining forever if that is the result ?
    I want a guarantee that we will have decennial EU referendum, whatever the result of this vote. 2016, 2026, 2036...
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    RodCrosby said:

    AndyJS said:

    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".

    Dynamite the whole friggin' place.
    You seem to have a short fuse ....
  • FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486
    Feeling pretty good about not pursing job opportunities in Brussels.
  • JackWJackW Posts: 14,787
    bigjohnowls said:

    JackW said:

    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
    EMWNBPM

    (Ed Milliband Weird Nosher of Bread + Pig Meat)
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    JackW said:

    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
    EMWNBPM

    (Ed Milliband Weird Nosher of Bread + Pig Meat)
    That photograph of Ed eating the Bacon sarnie was the moment he found out what Cameron did to a dead pig.

    I feel for Ed, I truly do.
    Did we ever ascertain whether Ed's bacon sarnie was kosher?

  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Haha! The only cancerous sore is Boris
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Roger said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Haha! The only cancerous sore is Boris
    That's awfully random of you. What have you got against Boris in particular?
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    OT. Well done to the Belgium police. Another example of the importance of EU cross border cooperation
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476
    rcs1000 said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Tony Blair will leave the country and never return???
    We can but hope.
  • TwistedFireStopperTwistedFireStopper Posts: 2,538
    Freggles said:

    Feeling pretty good about not pursing job opportunities in Brussels.

    Just bear in mind that an attack here is inevitable.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 120,433
    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    JackW said:

    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
    EMWNBPM

    (Ed Milliband Weird Nosher of Bread + Pig Meat)
    TheScreamingEagles said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    JackW said:

    EICIPM said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    Tick Tock!!!!
    surbiton said:

    JackW said:

    bigjohnowls said:

    1st like Corbyns Labour in latest polls

    JCICIPM surely .... :smile:
    I tell you, if Ed was back he would now be EMINCWBPM.
    But Ed is back and on PB .. what more could we ask? .. :smile:
    EMWNBPM

    (Ed Milliband Weird Nosher of Bread + Pig Meat)
    That photograph of Ed eating the Bacon sarnie was the moment he found out what Cameron did to a dead pig.

    I feel for Ed, I truly do.
    Did we ever ascertain whether Ed's bacon sarnie was kosher?

    Nah, that bacon sarnie was Halal.

    Same thing.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    Wanderer said:

    Roger said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Haha! The only cancerous sore is Boris
    That's awfully random of you. What have you got against Boris in particular?
    'Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his ambition'.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,312
    edited March 2016
    Danny565 said:

    The last 48 hours have again shown what nonsense it is to claim Osborne is "centre-ground".

    The Westminster bubble may think the mark of being "right-wing" is how Eurosceptic someone is, but in the public eye the main thing that makes someone right-wing (or, the way normal people think of it, what makes someone a "typical Tory") is their willingness to be nasty to vulnerable people and to be unconcerned about public services, in order to throw wads of cash at the rich. On that score, Osborne fulfills the stereotype just as much as Hague or Howard or IDS as leaders ever did.

    I think it's less about being left or right wing and more about how political he is. Brown used to throw money at his client state and Osborne is the same. The Tories have clearly identified the people they need to keep happy to secure a Remain vote in the referendum and they'll do what it takes.

    It's just a shame that the opposition parties don't have any credibility when it comes to the public finances. Labour and the SNP just look ridiculous anytime they point out the fantasy of Osborne's projections for public borrowing. Andrew Neil made this point to Hannah Bardell from the SNP on This Week last night.
  • RodCrosbyRodCrosby Posts: 7,737
    https://twitter.com/nomatter73266/status/710881110486618112
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    surbiton said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Does that also mean the Leavers will accept Remaining forever if that is the result ?
    Leave is Game Over we'll be out. There is no chance we'll rejoin if we leave.
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,768
    RodCrosby said:

    AndyJS said:

    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".

    Dynamite the whole friggin' place.
    The whole of Molenbeek?
  • TwistedFireStopperTwistedFireStopper Posts: 2,538
    Roger said:

    OT. Well done to the Belgium police. Another example of the importance of EU cross border cooperation

    He hid out in a relatively small area of Brussels for 5 months. Not bad escape and evasion drills given the man hunt that was underway.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    Danny565 said:

    The last 48 hours have again shown what nonsense it is to claim Osborne is "centre-ground".

    The Westminster bubble may think the mark of being "right-wing" is how Eurosceptic someone is, but in the public eye the main thing that makes someone right-wing (or, the way normal people think of it, what makes someone a "typical Tory") is their willingness to be nasty to vulnerable people and to be unconcerned about public services, in order to throw wads of cash at the rich. On that score, Osborne fulfills the stereotype just as much as Hague or Howard or IDS as leaders ever did.

    I think you make a fair point. Being a 'nasty Tory' is multi faceted but it usually involves callous indifference to the poor and minorities and a large dose of xenophobia. Cameron is therefore not one and neither are several of his cabinet. He's slowly moving the goalposts
  • justin124justin124 Posts: 11,527
    edited March 2016
    Looking at the Aylsham Broadland result I note that compared with the July 2013 by election in the same ward the LibDems are actually down a couple of points with both Tories and Labour a tad higher! So what looks like a very good result for the LibDems is rather less impressive when it emerges that they performed better over three years into the coalition!

  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    edited March 2016
    Philip_Thompson said:

    surbiton said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Does that also mean the Leavers will accept Remaining forever if that is the result ?
    Leave is Game Over we'll be out. There is no chance we'll rejoin if we leave.
    Your omission corrected in BOLD


    Leave is Game Over we'll be out. There is no chance THEY WILL LET US rejoin if we leave
  • BromptonautBromptonaut Posts: 1,113
    TwistedFireStopper said:

    Freggles said:

    Feeling pretty good about not pursing job opportunities in Brussels.

    Just bear in mind that an attack here is inevitable.
    So is the fact that a couple of thousand people will die in the UK in road traffic collisions, which we regard as entirely acceptable. A bit of perspective would help sometimes.

  • LewisDuckworthLewisDuckworth Posts: 379
    RodCrosby said:

    AndyJS said:

    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".

    Dynamite the whole friggin' place.
    With or without the inhabitants?
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 57,942
    Freggles said:

    Feeling pretty good about not pursing job opportunities in Brussels.

    You do know that, statistically, you are more likely to get CJD in Brussels than be murdered in a terrorist incident there, right?
  • LewisDuckworthLewisDuckworth Posts: 379
    Roger said:

    OT. Well done to the Belgium police. Another example of the importance of EU cross border cooperation

    Yes, he masterminded the killing of ONLY 130 - a great success (well, better than Madrid, 2004; worse than London, 2005).
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 52,938
    rcs1000 said:

    Freggles said:

    Feeling pretty good about not pursing job opportunities in Brussels.

    You do know that, statistically, you are more likely to get CJD in Brussels than be murdered in a terrorist incident there, right?
    Past performance does not guarantee future results.
  • richardDoddrichardDodd Posts: 5,472
    edited March 2016
    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 43,999
    Freggles said:

    Feeling pretty good about not pursing job opportunities in Brussels.

    Coincidentally enough, a mate of mine had the last day at his old job today, in Germany. In a couple of weeks he starts his new job ... in Brussels.
  • EPGEPG Posts: 6,674
    Is it just me or have the PB Labour started to appear after a long blue desert?
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock non PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    I think you probably missed their point which was more than likely that keeping away from the place doesn't make sense because the chances of being killed in a terrorist attack is less than being struck by lightening
  • MP_SEMP_SE Posts: 3,642
    EPG said:

    Is it just me or have the PB Labour started to appear after a long blue desert?

    No, its just you.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 57,942
    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,062
    EPG said:

    Is it just me or have the PB Labour started to appear after a long blue desert?

    It's like the Muscovites coming out of their homes to discover that Napoleon has retreated
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091
    EPG said:

    Is it just me or have the PB Labour started to appear after a long blue desert?

    I've not seen any Labourites posting since the YouGov poll who hadn't already been posting regularly all through the double-digit Tory leads.

    (The likes of Compouter, who have been AWOL ever since the election, haven't reappared today as far as I know.)
  • richardDoddrichardDodd Posts: 5,472
    rcs1000.That is not what he posted..
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,714
    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    LOL having lived in Ulster through the 70s I rejected the hermit life and just went to the pub.
  • IndigoIndigo Posts: 9,966
    EPG said:

    Is it just me or have the PB Labour started to appear after a long blue desert?

    Maybe, also quite a lot of non "cheerleader" Tories are feeling fairly pissed off with the government for various reasons at the moment. The guys with the blue pom-poms are of course up to their usual form "Go Dave Go" etc... some of the rest of us want him to "Go" as well, but I am not sure we both mean the same thing ;)
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.
  • FregglesFreggles Posts: 3,486
    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    I can't avoid using a car but I can avoid being in Brussels.
    rcs1000 said:


    You do know that, statistically, you are more likely to get CJD in Brussels than be murdered in a terrorist incident there, right?

    They have CJD there too? I rest my case.


    It's not just the worry about terrorism... you don't get a hotbed of terrorism like Molenbeek without some serious underlying social problems, probably crime and a generally moody atmosphere.
  • kle4kle4 Posts: 96,863
    EPG said:

    Is it just me or have the PB Labour started to appear after a long blue desert?

    Not really, there's just more people who agree with certain aspects of that view.
  • IndigoIndigo Posts: 9,966
    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    Sounded more like hand waving away a chunk of terrorist related deaths because numerically it wasn't significant against the number that die from RTAs... which is a view I suppose...
  • WandererWanderer Posts: 3,838
    Roger said:

    Wanderer said:

    Roger said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Haha! The only cancerous sore is Boris
    That's awfully random of you. What have you got against Boris in particular?
    'Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his ambition'.
    Sure, Boris is a bit of a jerk, but I would have expected him to occupy a relatively low level in your pantheon of Tory demons.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,262
    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Hear, hear.
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091
    Zac provides London Labour with their next campaign poster:

    https://twitter.com/ZacGoldsmith/status/710054732526718977
  • Hertsmere_PubgoerHertsmere_Pubgoer Posts: 3,476
    Alanbrooke said:

    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    LOL having lived in Ulster through the 70s I rejected the hermit life and just went to the pub.
    Chapeau Sir. Pubs are great places to go to.
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Danny565 said:

    Zac provides London Labour with their next campaign poster:

    https://twitter.com/ZacGoldsmith/status/710054732526718977

    Well if Labour are leading in the polls, thanks to Osborne, the local elections wont be that bad for Corbyn.
  • BarnesianBarnesian Posts: 8,797
    edited March 2016
    Indigo said:

    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    Sounded more like hand waving away a chunk of terrorist related deaths because numerically it wasn't significant against the number that die from RTAs... which is a view I suppose...
    It's called not being terrorised. I agree with that stance. Ignore the terrorists (But not the police and security obviously). Starve them of publicity. Keep a sense of proportion. Keep calm and carry on. Just don't let them terrorise you.

    My wife and I went on holiday to Paris immediately after the latest attacks in a show of solidarity. When we told our taxi driver why we were there, he started crying!
  • FluffyThoughtsFluffyThoughts Posts: 2,420
    surbiton said:

    OldKingCole said:

    Respect and thanks to our Muslim players.

    In fact, the 3 Muslim bowlers were the only ones conceding less than 10 an over ! The other Muslim scored a 58 with a RR of 187 and still lost!
    I cannot speak for any cricketers who played today: What I can show is my discust for the knuckle-draggers on here that assume that these players did anything but represent their country and team. We - English - have a Catholic captain; and, frankly, so what?

    I would hate to put words/thoughts/motives into the actions of those whom I do not know. Sadly the floor-scrappings on this site feel they can speak for professional sportsmathaen better than these folks can do for themselves....

    :twunts:
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Germany's Nick Clegg has died:

    https://twitter.com/BBCWorld/status/710857108686835712

    I bit early though to write the obituary for the english version of a useless liberal leader who messed up.
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    He will u-turn, but most of the damage is already done.
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    That's true, but its also sensible not to put yourself in the firing line.. I won't be holidaying in Syria anytime soon....

  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited March 2016
    Christ alive, I go out for the afternoon and by the time I have come back England have pulled off the one of the greatest T20 run chases in history. Joe Root #1 batsman in the world.

    Glad I got out of the cricket betting game (because of the rampant spot fixing) as I would have lost my shirt today. Also, 20 wides...I hope no South African have been talking to any Indian bookmakers.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    USA:

    RTA deaths per 100,000 = 10.6
    Firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year = 10.54
  • watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    Speedy said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    He will u-turn, but most of the damage is already done.
    The Jelly Chancellor.
  • SquareRootSquareRoot Posts: 7,095
    Speedy said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    He will u-turn, but most of the damage is already done.
    WTF they are doing picking a fight with the disabled for is beyond me, bearing in mind I have disabled clients. One can only assume that there must be a filthy stinking dead cat on the table., but so far I haven't spotted it.
  • watford30watford30 Posts: 3,474
    edited March 2016
    Roger said:

    OT. Well done to the Belgium police. Another example of the importance of EU cross border cooperation

    You do realise that Europol happily cooperate with non EU law enforcement agencies?

    Still, you highlight the great folly of the Schengen agreement, that allows terrorists to roam freely across mainland Europe.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,262
    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    I just bet on a spread of Tory longshots:

    Dominic Raab 33/1
    Penny Mordaunt 50/1
    Andrea Leadsom 33/1
    Johnny Mercer 100/1

    Great guys, all of them.

    I think Osborne and Boris are awful value right now.
  • tysontyson Posts: 6,120
    Love the pun, but that said, Rod Crosby gave me the most human of responses the other night when I had a bit of a pbCOM meltdown responding to some of the really vile, horrible creatures that inhabit these parts.

    Not mentioning any names of course, but Watford, or Mortimer- I wouldn't like to be either of them- I have a long memory......... It's not wise to hide behind the anonymity here thinking you can troll people in grief.

    JackW said:

    RodCrosby said:

    AndyJS said:

    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".

    Dynamite the whole friggin' place.
    You seem to have a short fuse ....
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,896
    edited March 2016
    FluffyThoughts said:

    surbiton said:

    OldKingCole said:

    Respect and thanks to our Muslim players.

    In fact, the 3 Muslim bowlers were the only ones conceding less than 10 an over ! The other Muslim scored a 58 with a RR of 187 and still lost!
    I cannot speak for any cricketers who played today: What I can show is my discust for the knuckle-draggers on here that assume that these players did anything but represent their country and team. We - English - have a Catholic captain; and, frankly, so what?

    I would hate to put words/thoughts/motives into the actions of those whom I do not know. Sadly the floor-scrappings on this site feel they can speak for professional sportsmathaen better than these folks can do for themselves....

    :twunts:
    They did indeed represnt their countries, and as some one who perchance raised the issue, I wanted to emphasise that that’s exactly what they did, and I am for one am delighted to cheer on our players,and thank them for their efforts.
    They are proud and happy to do their best for our team, I as a proud Brit am happy to have them here.
  • SpeedySpeedy Posts: 12,100
    Pulpstar said:

    USA:

    RTA deaths per 100,000 = 10.6
    Firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year = 10.54

    Well america is not known for it's safety.
    Most americans drink poisoned water, especially those living in Washington (like Congress and the President):

    https://twitter.com/warroomalerts/status/710476148594057216
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited March 2016
    watford30 said:

    Roger said:

    OT. Well done to the Belgium police. Another example of the importance of EU cross border cooperation

    And the folly of Schengen, that allows terrorists to roam freely across mainland Europe.
    LOL...If we didn't know who Roger was, I could swear he was a professional troll...The French and Belgiums screwed up multiple times before they finally got their man.

    The Belgiums especially deserve little credit for the number of times they managed to somehow bungle their raids, although to be fair they are handicapped by the most ridiculous laws when it comes to raids after dark.
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091
    Casino_Royale said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    I just bet on a spread of Tory longshots:

    Dominic Raab 33/1
    Penny Mordaunt 50/1
    Andrea Leadsom 33/1
    Johnny Mercer 100/1

    Great guys, all of them.

    I think Osborne and Boris are awful value right now.
    Johnny Mercer is one of the Tory MPs leading the charge against the "Wheelchair Tax".
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,112
    Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:

    Alanbrooke said:

    rcs1000 said:

    richardDodd said:

    Some pillock on PB has just stated we have more traffic road deaths than religious nutter assassinations of innocent people in the UK..So that's alright then..WTF..

    Not going somewhere because you worry about being killed by terrorists is fundamentally dumb. Which is the point he was making.
    LOL having lived in Ulster through the 70s I rejected the hermit life and just went to the pub.
    Chapeau Sir. Pubs are great places to go to.
    Not always, not in Surrey.
  • NorfolkTilIDieNorfolkTilIDie Posts: 1,268
    surbiton said:

    Philip_Thompson said:

    Roger said:

    I wonder if anyone sees the Tories as a single party anymore?

    We've waited years for them to commit hara-kiri and amazingly it isn't an anti-climax

    Yes I do. So long as the referendum result is respected then an open and honest debate now won't be the end of the world.

    The best way to have the result respected is for the result to be irreversible and incontrovertible. So vote Leave to amputate this cancerous sore from our body politic.
    Does that also mean the Leavers will accept Remaining forever if that is the result ?
    Respecting the result means doing what the public says and only changing that policy after another referendum is held years from now. So if its Remain it means we stay in for the time being. And if its Leave that means we stay out for the time being.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 61,262
    Danny565 said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    I just bet on a spread of Tory longshots:

    Dominic Raab 33/1
    Penny Mordaunt 50/1
    Andrea Leadsom 33/1
    Johnny Mercer 100/1

    Great guys, all of them.

    I think Osborne and Boris are awful value right now.
    Johnny Mercer is one of the Tory MPs leading the charge against the "Wheelchair Tax".
    I don't agree with all of his views, but he isn't afraid to put himself out on a limb, and go against the grain, and he definitely has the X-factor.

    He is leadership material.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 43,112
    tyson said:

    Love the pun, but that said, Rod Crosby gave me the most human of responses the other night when I had a bit of a pbCOM meltdown responding to some of the really vile, horrible creatures that inhabit these parts.

    Not mentioning any names of course, but Watford, or Mortimer- I wouldn't like to be either of them- I have a long memory......... It's not wise to hide behind the anonymity here thinking you can troll people in grief.



    JackW said:

    RodCrosby said:

    AndyJS said:

    Sky News: "explosions have been heard in Molenbeek".

    Dynamite the whole friggin' place.
    You seem to have a short fuse ....
    Was it Rod Crosby who made the funny joke about Jews not being able to buy Trump?
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,663
    Mitt Romney has just chucked his lot 100% behind Ted Cruz.
  • FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 82,554
    edited March 2016
    Danny565 said:

    Casino_Royale said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Useless Osborne U-turns again. I'd set light to the betslip right now if it wasn't a digital one.

    I just bet on a spread of Tory longshots:

    Dominic Raab 33/1
    Penny Mordaunt 50/1
    Andrea Leadsom 33/1
    Johnny Mercer 100/1

    Great guys, all of them.

    I think Osborne and Boris are awful value right now.
    Johnny Mercer is one of the Tory MPs leading the charge against the "Wheelchair Tax".
    Just a point of order....A lot of those with disabilities get very angry at the lazy stereotype of disabled = wheelchair user. Its a bit like saying all "gypsy boys" live in caravans.
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