I expect that they are maintaining their links with parliament
You expect rightly because anyone naive enough to think it's just labour who are at it are in for a mighty shock. Lib dems as well as tories just in case anyone thinks otherwise.
Far more significant in yhe long term than any possible link between Crosby and tobacco legislation
Actually it's the practice of lobbying and all the murky links themselves which are much more significant than any one case. Whether it be with tobacco or private healthcare.
So when Cammie brings forward proposals on lobbying it matters just a touch on whether he can be trusted to act decisively on the issue or if it's all mere posturing. Which is where his links to Crosby come in as that hardly looks good or very persuasive.
Every night TSE leads this thread off with Anti Labour stories.
Which is a shame cos when he isn't dicking around he can provide some reasonable insight.
I'm sure nobody would object to you providing links to stories from today that are positive for Ed. So rather than bitch, now is a good chance for you to do so.
Feel free, provide a roundup of today's positive stories, I'm sure they would be of interest.
Well the mother of all squirrels is approaching. That's good news, right?!
Unless it happens to be a red (ginger) squirrel
Pretty good.
There's a rather more ribald joke doing the rounds along those lines. Not for here though as it's a bit too much for delicate sensibilities and could set Avery off.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
There's a rather more ribald joke doing the rounds along those lines. Not for here though as it's a bit too much for delicate sensibilities and could set Avery off.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
"The spokesman went onto suggest that football fan Mr Salmond was staying away because the match is a “friendly” rather than a competitive game or qualifier for a World Cup or European Championship. He said: “He’s not scheduled to go. There’s no particular reason. He can’t go to everything.
“There are definitely no plans for the First Minister to go and I don’t expect that to change.”"
It certainly puts Cammie's lobbying problems with Crosby in the shade doesn't it?
As I predicted, Dave overtakes Ed in the MORI ratings, enabling the PB Tories to rationally analyse a MORI poll for the first time in 15 months.
Of course for the last two months they believed the narrowing Labour lead with MORI was the issue. Oh dear, what chumps.
Anyhow it seems no one posted the biggest story of the day, whether xenophobia trumps logic in this country for the next few decades
Britain needs 7million MORE immigrants over 50 years to 'meet the cost of caring for the elderly' 140,000 extra immigrants to the UK are needed every year until 2063 Office for Budget Responsibility says foreign workers needed to raise tax George Osborne's spending cuts will be wiped out by ageing population
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Liz Cheney confirms she will run for Senate in Wyoming “I am running for the United States Senate because I believe deeply in the values that have made our state and our nation great. I’m running because I believe it is necessary for a new generation of leaders to step up to the plate. I’m running because I know as a mother and a patriot we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. We can’t continue business as usual in Washington. I’m running because I know we’re taxed more than enough already.” http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/311457-enzi-cheney-announce-plans-to-run-for-wyoming-senate-seat
On all this lobbying namecalling pointscoring indignant posturing malarkey... just more fodder for the 'all at it/all as bad as each other' *unsurprised face* vote imo.
myvanilla88 - I see the Queen has requested they hurry up as she is going on holiday
Queen Shmeen. There are thirsty journos suffering through this hellish wait.
Journalists bored waiting for will and kate's baby
The journalists are bored. Some have been positioned outside St. Mary's Hospital in west London for a full week now, waiting for signs that Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is ready to deliver the baby who will be third in line to the throne. On Wednesday, they resorted to interviewing each other.
Rasmussen on the Zimmermann verdict On Saturday, a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murder in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Do you agree or disagree with the jury’s verdict? Agree 48% Disagree 34% Not sure 18%
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Speechless. Sometimes you hear something so mind numbingly stupid that you are lost for words, which is what I am now. Well, if they want to drive more people to vote for UKIP, then that's fine by me. And they wonder why people are voting for them. It's because of lunacy like this.
- Twilight Sparkle
It's the "Twilight Sparkle" that makes it pure poetry.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Looks like England are going to persevere with Finn for the Second test, might be worth backing Australia, 10/3 with William Hill.
Ladbrooks were offering 13/8 that Finn would start. Seeing as Lords is his home patch I thought that was good value and had a nimble. For that reason I also (much less confidently) put a couple quid at 20s for Finn as Man of the Match.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Its definitely the silly season for the media now as we await the Royal birth, Reading was reported as a back up option because Kate was staying at her parents last week.
Tory strategist Lynton Crosby set to escape new register of lobbyists
News comes as Ed Miliband asks for inquiry into potential conflict of interest over Crosby's consultancy work
Lynton Crosby, the Conservative party's chief electoral strategist, who runs a multimillion pound international lobbying consultancy, is expected to escape a new statutory register for lobbyists that is unlikely to come into force until the eve of the 2015 general election.
As Ed Miliband wrote to the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, to ask for an investigation into a potential conflict of interest over Crosby's lobbying consultancy and his work for the Tories, government sources acknowledged that it would take around 18 months for new laws to come into force.
Crosby is expected to join the Conservatives on a full-time basis shortly before the next general election, which means that he is unlikely to have to provide a list of his clients when the new rules come into force in early 2015.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
@Tykejohnno Politicians have to learn to trust the people before the people will start to trust them. Set the threshold for summoning a recall election fairly high, but leave it to the local constituency to decide whether they want to go through it, not some court or body that isn't accountable to that electorate.
The irony is that Harpreet Grewal is likely to have low fertility herself. Sikhs have a fertility rate of less than 2 in the Punjab, and are lower still in the UK. Sikh fertility is little different to Britons.
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
Tory morale was bound to be improved by supplanting Osborne in one of the jobs he's useless at.
Indeed, best that George sticks to what he's good at. Growing the economy and getting Britain back to work.
The irony is that Harpreet Grewal is likely to have low fertility herself. Sikhs have a fertility rate of less than 2 in the Punjab, and are lower still in the UK. Sikh fertility is little different to Britons.
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
Kraftwerk's 2003 album Tour de France Soundtracks (now known simply as Tour de France) is probably my favourite album of the 21st century so far, although some of Daft Punk's stuff isn't far behind.
Sean take note: The article has generated 1400 very angry responses. Raise them a couple of million and I reckon you could hit 5000 (just don't leave your address or you'll get lynched)
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
The irony is that Harpreet Grewal is likely to have low fertility herself. Sikhs have a fertility rate of less than 2 in the Punjab, and are lower still in the UK. Sikh fertility is little different to Britons.
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
Yes, brillliant!!!
'Some will say PM's fixer is racist': Top Tory attacks Cameron's chief over foul-mouthed rant at Muslims
David Cameron’s controversial new campaign chief, Lynton Crosby, was in a fresh row last night after a leading Tory peer said his foul-mouthed rant against Muslims could be seen as ‘racist’.
Former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft told friends that outspoken Australian Mr Crosby’s remark about ‘f****** Muslims’ was a major error of judgment.
‘The danger is that other people will see it as racist,’ Lord Ashcroft was heard to comment at the Spectator magazine parliamentary awards lunch at The Savoy in London. ‘Some people may assume he means effing Muslims, effing blacks and all effing immigrants and will not appreciate that Muslim is a religion not a race.’
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Actually it's the practice of lobbying and all the murky links themselves which are much more significant than any one case. Whether it be with tobacco or private healthcare.
So when Cammie brings forward proposals on lobbying it matters just a touch on whether he can be trusted to act decisively on the issue or if it's all mere posturing. Which is where his links to Crosby come in as that hardly looks good or very persuasive.
Which is a shame cos when he isn't dicking around he can provide some reasonable insight.
But anyway I don't want to get into a debate about thread headers as generally they are good. Just a little point.
Anyway. Good news for Labour and Ed. Three 11 point leads. Not bad at all
For tabloid sales? It's Christmas and Diana rolled into one.
Of course they won't get carried away and do anything silly, will they?
Here's the first story from the last six nighthawks prior to tonight
a) Peter Kellner of YouGov analyses that ICM Poll
b) John Kampfner: “Clegg is set to be kingmaker again in 2015″
c) Miliband shores up his leadership at noisy PMQs
d) There are 22 months to go, and Mr Miliband is still heading steadily for Downing Street
e) How David Cameron could win the next General Election – by not holding it in May 2015
f) Why the odds are still on a Labour victory in 2015
So, your assertion that I always lead with Anti Labour stories struggles on epistemological grounds.
http://youtu.be/VqjXalcSpVs
*chortle*
F1: first day of the Young Driver Test was today. I wouldn't read too much into the times, but here are they:
http://www.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/116769.html
There's a rather more ribald joke doing the rounds along those lines.
Not for here though as it's a bit too much for delicate sensibilities and could set Avery off.
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
"Titter".....
*titter*
“There are definitely no plans for the First Minister to go and I don’t expect that to change.”"
It certainly puts Cammie's lobbying problems with Crosby in the shade doesn't it?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10185342/Britain-needs-millions-more-immigrants-to-reduce-strain-of-ageing-population.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/one-hell-of-a-deal-pope-francis-offers-reduced-time-in-purgatory-for-catholics-that-follow-him-on-twitter-8713666.html
“I am running for the United States Senate because I believe deeply in the values that have made our state and our nation great. I’m running because I believe it is necessary for a new generation of leaders to step up to the plate. I’m running because I know as a mother and a patriot we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. We can’t continue business as usual in Washington. I’m running because I know we’re taxed more than enough already.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/311457-enzi-cheney-announce-plans-to-run-for-wyoming-senate-seat
On Saturday, a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murder in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Do you agree or disagree with the jury’s verdict?
Agree 48%
Disagree 34%
Not sure 18%
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment. INSTANT FURY!! Genius.
Hah.
The pension age should be moved upwards a little faster, given what a huge saving it would produce.
Hmm. You don't have the ability to fly at 3,500mph, do you?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/across-the-universe/2013/jul/17/sabre-rocket-engine-reaction-skylon
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10186578/Royal-Baby-worlds-media-may-be-waiting-at-wrong-hospital.html
*titter*
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-3004318
it was the wife of the previous SNP Cllr defeated at the poll by the new lady
Is Gordo really a UN envoy whilst still an MP???
Personal ratings are often a better predictor of the election result than voting intentions.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/07/why-milibands-dismal-approval-ratings-should-worry-labour
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5019599/britain-prepares-for-syria-war-to-keep-chemical-weapons-from-al-qaeda.html
Plans to introduce rules to recall errant MPs will go ahead, says the government, despite criticism they are so restrictive it may never happen.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23346537#
I would laugh myself incontinent if he missed out seeing a famous victory over the Sassenachs.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-3004318
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/17/labour-politics-editorial
Forecast Vote lead (since Miliband became leader)
Forecast seat lead (since Miliband became leader)
malcolm , beware ;
" Stewart is also under supervision for a year and must attend victim awareness and anger management counselling."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/woman-spared-jail-for-moray-councillor-hate-mail-1-3004390
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/india/29387994_1_fertility-rate-growth-rate-punjab
sounds like an epic fail worthy of Labour at PMQs.
Britishers are so infertile.
- Harpreet Grewal, Amritsar, India, 17/7/2013 18:11
Now that is genius.
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/82191/the_daily_telegraph_thursday_18th_july_2013.html
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/82193/the_daily_mail_thursday_18th_july_2013.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10183000/Can-Lynton-Crosby-cross-the-line.html
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
His Aussie brashness does seem to have fired up the tories and scared the effete Labour front bench. They don't like it up 'em.
- Harpreet Grewal, Amritsar, India, 17/7/2013 18:11
Now that is genius.
Nice to see tim endorse anti-British racism
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
Anyway, welcome, Sabre!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQz-CZvkY8k&
should be a good show, and dry for once.
India's state sex ratios mapped:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/female-sex-ratio.html
"Getting a lot of interest in the Telegraph too:"
Sean take note: The article has generated 1400 very angry responses. Raise them a couple of million and I reckon you could hit 5000 (just don't leave your address or you'll get lynched)
The southern states seem to take a different attitude to women.
I know this is not a phenomenon just in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
Curiously as well as India and China, the Caucus nations have very high sex ratios at birth.
India's state sex ratios mapped:
http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/female-sex-ratio.html
The southern states are more relaxed about most things I think (in a positive sense).
Is the answer to 17 across ESSEN?
East Europe = E. Poorest Head = SSEN. E + SSEN = ESSEN. Which is a place in Germany.
The most easterly letter of Europe is its last letter = E.
"Poorest" is an anagram indicator. Head = Ness, as in a headland. So an anagram of Ness = SSEN.
I haven't managed to solve any of the other clues yet.