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One of the great hopes for GE2015 that you hear repeatedly from blue team supporters is that when it comes to the crunch voters won’t back an Ed Miliband-led government.
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And in 1997 didn't the Tories have a lead on managing the economy?
RT @KulganofCrydee: @JimDavisOnAir As for closing the pits, Lady Thatcher closed 22 pits, but Labour's Harold Wilson closed 93.
Is this correct?
RT @LibertyscottUK: (1/3) I'm curious as to why so much of post-coal mining Britain remains in victim mode 30 years later, compared to eastern europe...
This struck me as really odd the other day when we were discussing fracking - and earthquakes so inconsequential that they'd not wake you up.
Mining is a dangerous, horrible job whatever way you look at it. It's not noble - its an awful way to earn a living, why is it treated as some totem by the Left? I'd rather work at Nissan myself.
and in other news...
The Argus gets all the best headlines ;^ ) We had a bearded lady in crucifixion shocker the other day...
https://twitter.com/cocker/status/321495295613628416/photo/1
That's a bad sign for the Tories.
There could be a copyright issue here which would end up in me having to fork out cash.
If there is any chance that what you are posting is subject to copyright then refrain from posting it.
The moderation team is being advised.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02530/ADAMSTHATCHER_2530757a.jpg
Who doesn't love a bit of cat based humour? ;^)
Apart from the lack of policies, courage and conviction.
Welfare is just something 'not to screw up' - and so far it looks like they have not....
I'm confused here - surely links to images on the site that owns the copyright is okay since it takes traffic to them and is no different from anyone reading their site?
Or have I missed something?
Sensitive souls / Outrage Tourists may be advised not to look...
For some strange reason the PB tories aren't so keen to highlight that one. ;^)
New Australian opinion poll:
Coalition 48%
Labor 32%
Green 11%
Others 9%
2PP:
Coalition: 55%
Labor: 45%
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_Australian_federal_election,_2013
YouTube is fine and it's okay to embed Tweets including those with pics.
At this stage in the Parliament both approval ratings and VI polls, interesting as they are as instant snapshots, count diddly squat as predictors for 2015.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andrewgilligan/100211282/hacked-off-i-am-going-to-have-such-fun-with-these-people/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
His victory in 1970 was the only occasion since the war when a party with a working majority was replaced by another also with a working majority.
IMO the decline in personal ratings of all political leaders in recent years will tend to make the personality of the leader a less important factor in elections. People think they're all lying shysters and there's not much to choose between them.
There, I said it!
[raises glass to all of you]
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/05/article-2304366-191AB883000005DC-993_634x866.jpg
Full story - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2304366/Map-shows-worst-councils-adoption-waiting-times-Kensington-Chelsea-Wolverhampton.html
Still have my fingers crossed for you. Such a smart, well qualified and sociable chap will be snapped up when the right match turns up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BHZbxwxCUAA-iEW.jpg:large
...and both led united parties facing divided opponents which lost significant numbers of voters to breakaway parties.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45581000/gif/_45581766_uk_mining_11year466.gif
It's a complete myth that Margaret Thatcher was either wholly or even mainly responsible for pit closures. As can be seen from this graph, mining output declined more slowly under her tenure of office than either before or afterwards.
Those who demand commitments on policy from him now should be a little more critical of people who make promises they dont keep. Maybe, I am not saying this is the case, but maybe he doesnt want to be seen as someone who breaks his word.
Thanks, Plato. Hope you're coping too. Looks like the coldest days are past us, hopefully!
But mere facts won't dislodge the myths.
We're mature enough to put our political differences to one side and celebrate Thatcher's one genuinely positive achievement.
That says it all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-22077072#TWEET716309
What sort of person indulges in this pathetic bullying or assaulting coppers? A very small or easily led person IMO.
However, as long as Cammie's approval ratings beat the nasty party's own toxic brand ratings for the tories he can always throw that back in the face of the more excitable backbenchers when the infighting on Europe begins again.
The far-left are by a long chalk the most unpleasant people I've had the misfortune to meet. Bullying, sanctimonious, threatening and gobby - the same sort dug up people's mother's graves in the name of animal rights.
It's beyond my comprehension to even guess at their mindset. I joined the Anti-Vivisection League as a teenager and was promptly put off them.
Was Thatcher A 'Champion of Freedom and Democracy'? Don't. Be. Silly.
I suspect, however, that the citizens of countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iraq, South Africa and Chile might disagree. The inconvenient truth for Thatcher fans is that the freedom-loving, democracy-defending British premier was a close friend and admirer of the thugs, thieves, despots and racists who ruled over those nations in the 1980s.
Amazingly, there are still people who think that taxing everyone the same amount regardless of their income/wealth is fair.
"Good Thatcher piece from Mehdi Hasan, Huffpost"
Would this be Mehdi Hassan who called non Muslims kaffars and other names?
I really don't think citing him does your argument any good. There are several unappealing videos of him in his own words on YouTube - if you've missed them, a simple Google search will be helpful.
Harry's Place has a link to a few of them http://hurryupharry.org/2009/07/27/mehdi-hasan-part-ii-muslims-and-non-muslims/
"Remember, Mehdi Hasan is not a cleric. He is a Senior Editor of a Left wing newspaper. So ask yourself how you would react if a prominent white, non-Muslim journalist gave a talk to a primarily white audience on the need for greater education in which he argued that “we whites should educate ourselves and embrace knowledge, otherwise we will be no better than Muslims” in which he also compared Muslims to “cattle” and “animals”. When examining the actions of public figures we should treat them equally, irrespective of their ethnicity and faith."
Best PM, on what criteria?
Perhaps the most heinous crime of all. ;^)
And those evil post office types - an unemployed man has to pay the same for a stamp as a banker !!
What on earth has that smeary gubbins got to do with the price of fish?
I still highly recommend Hasan's article.
As a betting site = I assume these are acceptable bits of info to judge the public mood.
RT @HD2: Several lamp-post posters out in my area - never seen any before. All for UKIP
A full understanding of Thatcher’s remarkable career also requires an analysis of her stance on the national game, an ill-informed arrogance that has since been wisely avoided by prime ministers ever since.
Try Blair, Churchill and Thatcher as the three longest (?) serving pms in the last 70 years and lo, they all had deals and relations with the scum of the earth.
I've just got my polling card and will be voting Tory - I've had a gut full of the LDs duplicity and lefty authoritarianism masquerading as liberals both in HMG and on PB. When Chris_G00 and Richard Tyndall leave, it says a lot as both were highly respected posters.
There are a few exceptions but they're not at all what I believed them to be. The Tories are very far from perfect - but the best of bad job.
Try this instead.
RT @purpleline: @henrywinter @telegraph football is a Socialist game run by elites, just like Labour. Champagne socialists like Sir Alex keep the money
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/economic-crisis-hits-the-netherlands-a-891919.html#.UWPWqZcwKyg.twitter
Dreadful Trade figures. Non EU trade doing particularly poorly. So much for "it's all the Eurozone's fault".
Should be the "send her to the granny farm" tax
Yeah that's a fair point. Oh for Robin Cook's ethical foreign policy.
[for the hard of thinking, this is an attempt at a joke]