Obviously not Trumps gross racist jibes that're putting him off.
'“The Moroccan scum in Holland … once again not all are scum … but there is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who make the streets unsafe, mostly young people ... and that should change,” he told journalists as he attempted to take a stroll in a market.'
Obviously not Trumps gross racist jibes that're putting him off.
'“The Moroccan scum in Holland … once again not all are scum … but there is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who make the streets unsafe, mostly young people ... and that should change,” he told journalists as he attempted to take a stroll in a market.'
Mr. 1000, just over a week before Australia... cheers.
Edited extra bit: good luck with your bets.
Mr. HYUFD, that may be so, but it's the second round that'll decide things (seems unlikely anyone could get 50%+ in the first round).
Mr. HYUFD (2), not to be confused with the shipwrights' Serial Keelers, or breakfast club Cereal Killers parties.
Le Pen has managed to really close the gap on Fillon in the second round, largely as left wing voters seem increasingly unwilling to vote for him.
It looks quite likely Fillon edges out Macron in the first round, which could make for an exciting second round. (Albeit, I suspect he'll still win by a comfortable double digit margin on the day.)
It shows how things have shifted, that Chirac defeated Le Pen Pere 82-18%, and Fillon would win something like 57-43%.
I think there are three factors behind that:
1. The FN is much more centrist than it was, and has (mostly) ditched the whole antisemitism thing. 2. France is desparate for change, it just hasn't worked out how to marry its economic system with the challenges of globalisation (and promising it can be just how it used to be if you just got rid of the immigrants, charged a tariff on imports and paid more generous pensions sound pretty appealing) 3. The threat of Islamic terrorism appears is stronger than it was
Fixed that for you.
It's still a negligible threat. You are at least 100x more likely to die in a road accident, and we don't divert massive resources to cutting the level of road deaths down.
Actually we do. The cycle superhighway in London for instance.
Not just that. All the pavements barriers, all the pelican/zebra crossings, all the research and developing into the fronts of cars to increase crash survivability, all the education efforts for road safety, all the pedestrian bridges, subways, traffic calming measures, etc etc across the entire country, no nothing spent on reducing the level of road deaths at all.
I didn't say "nothing". I said we attribute a much higher "price" to a terrorism death to a road death, and that is ridiculous and absurd.
Putting forward reasoned argument on a political site is a tough gig. :-)
Corbyn’s personal ratings dropped to a net minus 35, matching those of Michael Foot at the same stage of his leadership in the early 1980s. May’s net ratings rose to plus 17.
That is a pretty dire poll for Labour and 13% is the biggest Tory lead with this pollster since the 2015 election - though it did reach 12% last November. Interesting - and perhaps surprising - that Labour appears more upbeat about its chances of holding Copeland next week.
Corbyn’s personal ratings dropped to a net minus 35, matching those of Michael Foot at the same stage of his leadership in the early 1980s. May’s net ratings rose to plus 17.
That is a pretty dire poll for Labour and 13% is the biggest Tory lead with this pollster since the 2015 election - though it did reach 12% last November. Interesting - and perhaps surprising - that Labour appears more upbeat about its chances of holding Copeland next week.
Corbyn’s personal ratings dropped to a net minus 35, matching those of Michael Foot at the same stage of his leadership in the early 1980s. May’s net ratings rose to plus 17.
That is a pretty dire poll for Labour and 13% is the biggest Tory lead with this pollster since the 2015 election - though it did reach 12% last November. Interesting - and perhaps surprising - that Labour appears more upbeat about its chances of holding Copeland next week.
Corbyn’s personal ratings dropped to a net minus 35, matching those of Michael Foot at the same stage of his leadership in the early 1980s. May’s net ratings rose to plus 17.
That is a pretty dire poll for Labour and 13% is the biggest Tory lead with this pollster since the 2015 election - though it did reach 12% last November. Interesting - and perhaps surprising - that Labour appears more upbeat about its chances of holding Copeland next week.
Corbyn’s personal ratings dropped to a net minus 35, matching those of Michael Foot at the same stage of his leadership in the early 1980s. May’s net ratings rose to plus 17.
That is a pretty dire poll for Labour and 13% is the biggest Tory lead with this pollster since the 2015 election - though it did reach 12% last November. Interesting - and perhaps surprising - that Labour appears more upbeat about its chances of holding Copeland next week.
No straws?!
I have never had any interest in straws - what is the point for heaven sake! When the tables are released I shall be interested to see what has happened in England compared with Scotland. The GB swing shown here is 3.2% and I rather expect the swing in England to be lower.
Ah - so it is fake news about Geoffrey. A very subtle joke.
Subtle? – er, why is the PM’s husband in No.10 speaking to a secretary?
That is part of the subtlety. The secretary thinks he is called Geoffrey. She hasn't worked there long.
It's almost Beckettian. The banality of the dialogue and the crude lines belie the infinite subtlety of the unsaid, as the viewer moves from passive observer to active participant. Forced to interrogate the unfolding text, perhaps the crux of our appreciation lies in the very synchronicity of spurlos intellection and breath-bereaving Affekt which we, simultaneously deceived and undeceived, are delightedly aware unites us in belief even at the moment when we are unable to believe our eyes
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'“The Moroccan scum in Holland … once again not all are scum … but there is a lot of Moroccan scum in Holland who make the streets unsafe, mostly young people ... and that should change,” he told journalists as he attempted to take a stroll in a market.'
https://twitter.com/MichaelRosenYes/status/833054688685719552
What is with righties and fukkin weird hair? One can only imagine what trichological horror lurks beneath Nuttall's scalp.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/18/russias-deadly-plot-overthrow-montenegros-government-assassinating/
:-)
Interesting - and perhaps surprising - that Labour appears more upbeat about its chances of holding Copeland next week.
https://twitter.com/pollsandvotes/status/832260232919339008
On the other hand, establishing a style as a cartoonist isn't easy, so I feel a little mean.
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(with apologies to Clive James)