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FPT O/T I have just been VI'd by YouGov. Supplementary questions on Ed M and unions,MPs pay, BBC pay for both stars and management and how you would vote on a fictional European election with ballot paper included.
Mike - I keep telling you to rub in the hair tonic not drink it !!
We've all been fooled by it - Oscars all round.
The latest 2015 GE ARSE projection has the LibDems at 44 seats - net down 13.
A CANNABIS factory below ground was unearthed when police went to investigate a report of men acting suspciously in Spellbrook.
The discovery of the elaborate set-up – which is believed to be the first of its kind in Hertfordshire – followed a call by a member of the public at 5.40pm on Monday
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/News/East-Herts-villages/Police-unearth-underground-cannabis-factory-near-railway-line-in-Spellbrook-20130705064621.htm
It seems quite a cunning set-up, but probably a medium-scale operation?
Meanwhile Ed goes awol, presumably on his UNITE the one nation tour, although understandably the launch venue doesn't begin with a "F" .... well not that "F" anyway !!
I'm not surprised the "union stuff" is leaving you "cold" what with Labour's 2015 GE chances now in the deep freeze.
Poor Roger, where did it all go so wrong ?
Lead story on BBC News Online: Unite boss attacks Labour leadership
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23192888
It will be interesting to see where this goes.
However the fact remains, endorsed by this weeks shenanigans that :
Ed Miliband will never be Prime Minister.
Simply running away from the debate on Britain's future in the EU isn't nearly enough. No doubt we will find something else as the day goes on.
I wonder if we have seen the last resignation from the shadow cabinet.
You post would have more resonance if you did the same thing with the endless repetitions from your own side of the political table.
As it stands however, your comment justifies this response.
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Further the latest 2015 GE ARSE projection is 3 Ukip seats which is hardly verging on fruitcake territory notwithstanding a small drop in Conservative seats.
Naturally I'm entirely disqualified from such Conservative seats predictions as I quite disgracefully missed their 2010 seat total of 306 total by one seat .... Oh the shame !!!!
Shouldn't you be milking the cows by now whilst the rest of us milk the "non event" UNITE story ?
Saw the first question on QT (incidentally, the website seemed to have the wrong panel list, or I saw the wrong one last night, sorry about that) and it reminded me why I don't bother watching anymore.
Egypt has a military coup, and the first question's on MP pay rises.
Also, Rowan Atkinson should be made a knight. Or a lord.
A great indication that people can redeem themselves: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/04/tim-hardaway-gay-marriage-petition_n_3544558.html
Good on him.
@PeterWatt123
If Labour attempts to blame #Falkirk just on 'particular individuals' rather than accepting institutional problem it will be a disgrace.
It's OK, they are not that stupid
@BBCNormanS: Labour via @angelaeagle point finger of blame for #Falkirk at "partic individuals" in constituency rather than organised campaign by Unite
Oh...
Internally it matters a very great deal, externally people are bored or don't really care and the overriding impression - where there is one - is strongly negative.
No wonder tim is sounding unusually fraught.
Her defense of the situation was defenseless and her best effort was - in best 1950s Labour /Trade Union speak - "we had to defend our rule-book."
Personally I think there will be a bit of an effect before the story fades but a short-term one.
Part of the reason is that many people categorise it all under "Obscure stuff about how politics works". But there's a deeper problem that the Tory attack lines are internally inconsistent. If you want to argue "Miliband is in the pocket of the unions, weak and terrified to stand up to Labour's paymasters, it's hard to explain a headline saying "Red McCluskey rages at Labour". If you want to argue "Labour is deeply split and not ready to govern", then Labour can't be in the union pocket, since that's not a split.
As I said the other day, it's clearly awkward, but on the whole parties who spend their time having a go at each other leave floating voters cold, and the Tories are finding the limits of the approach in much the same way as we have in the past.
On Unite, it is a defining challenge for Ed and for the Labour Party. It had to happen at some stage. Let's see how it pans out. The Tories have made it a test of Ed's leadership. That may well turn out to have been a mistake.
However you could always validate your own analysis and bet the farm elsewhere ?
It's also rather odd to expect immediate and dramatic polling movements.
You don't seem remotely concerned by the behaviour of Unite. Are you?
It is lucky that Mr Watson is such a genial fellow who would never say anything nasty about anyone, isn't it? Or leak anything inconvenient. Or seek to undermine colleagues that he seems to blame for his situation. Pure as the driven snow. No doubt that is why Ed appointed him in the first place.
Not allowing discussion - much like Falkirk labour party
The european map of prejudices.
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-atlas-of-prejudices-fotostrecke-98525.html