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Tonight’s sees a new polling question from TNS BMRB which lists a series of possible priorities and asks respondents to select up to three of them. The outcome is seen in the chart above.
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Stricter border controls come in the top three - directly affected by our relationship with the EU?
Will ye nae come back again ??
http://valg.nrk.no/valg2013/valgresultat
Live election programme:
http://www.nrk.no/valg2013/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-24013295
Reduce the National debt (well we have to get rid of the deficit first) allied with
Investing more with healthcare.
Investing more in social care for the elderly (despite pensions being one of the largest expenses incurred)
As well as
We want stricter border controls - but aren't bothered about renegotiating our position in Europe so we can get them?
A lot of this is like the road song of the bander log - just by wishing we can make it so.
Australia.....Tick
Norway......Tick (+ bonus Norkip party in government, yeah!!!)
Germany.....Tick (To be confirmed.)
Eds mates are really doing the business eh?
He can always count on North Korea for inspiration of course. (And France of course...LOL!)
Unfortunately Sweden will probably swing back to the Social Democrats next year. Mind you the centre left and centre right are two sides of the same coin over here now, so nothing to be worried about. (It's balanced budgets all round.)
Centre-left led Governments remaining: France, Denmark, Italy, USA. *revised minus Norway from Saturday #leftwithoutafuture
Looks like the same thing might happen in Austria on 29th September.
"Six key variables explain three-quarters of the variation in annual national average scores over time and among countries. These six factors include: real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on, perceived freedom to make life choices, freedom from corruption, and generosity"
Religion is nowhere to be seen. Cue Sean T melt down?
http://unsdsn.org/happiness/
The Danish government has turned to the Conservative opposition for support now, their friends on the left have well and truly deserted them. The most extreme commie party in parliament actually disbanded itself this weekend as they realised they were so crap.
There will probably be an early election at which the Socialists face a thrashing. Another Kinnock to bite the dust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament_election,_2009_(United_Kingdom)#Great_Britain_and_Gibraltar_.E2.80.93_overall_result
Laying the groundwork for Ed to swing in from the right and bring back workhouses for the poor?
It seems that EU-stuff beats adding hundreds of pounds to energy bills through greenist policies, introducing PR, an elected Lords and abolishing tuition fees.
Also, stricter border controls (38) is not unrelated to the EU and potential exit/renegotiation.
Socialist Left now back up to 7!
On topic, interesting how low crime is too - perhaps people are finally accepting that Britain isn't as crime-ridden as it used to be. Conversely, they feel there's more to be done on unemployment, which has been a bit of a sleeper issue for some years.
I'm heading to Oslo tomorrow morning. My other half has insisted (at about 95 decibels for about 6 hours) that I am not to take any electronic devices with me, not to answer any phone calls and to rest properly for the rest of the week, so I shall be back on Monday.
You therefore have advance warning that UKIP will take the lead in a YouGov poll, Nick Clegg will resign from Government on a point of principle and Alex Salmond, David Davis and Ed Balls will found a new political party in the next six days.
A Norwegian minister once described John Gummer as a Drittsekk.
Lab 50
Progress 29
Cons 51
Chr Dems 11
Soc Left 8
Centre 9
Liberals 9
Other 2
Last night I posted that there was a sniff of some kind of plan being cooked up to avoid a US-led strike but that I wasn't sure who was driving it. One trigger that something was going on was Assad himself who sought to disassociate himself from the chemical weapons attack, that he didn't deny by the way actually occurred.
Today, there is the apparently sudden request by Moscow that Assad get rid of his special weapons. The choreography was fairly clear. Certainly Kerry had been on the phone to the Russians, suggests that Assad could avoid a strike by accountably dumping his special weapons. Russia goes public (Assad's reps were told not long earlier that the hare was definitely running).
It looks as if the US may well already have discussed this idea with Russia certainly in the last 24 hours if not longer. The Russian position is interesting. It could be suggested that this was a ruse, a delay tactic or a short circuit move but the message conveyed to Assad and his representatives by Moscow was in language that was fairly blunt. Taken on face value Assad mightn't have much room to play.
Question is, what is the deal? Is it just give up weapons for no strike or are there other linked elements? For the US, its a handy tool whether their initiative or Anmerican. Assad says no it strengthens the case for a strike.
The idea is a variation on a old theme put to Putin by the Americans some time back (over a year ago) about letting the Russians lead such a mission (potentially under UN mandate) to clear up the chemical weapons and ship them out. The Russians said no but did encourage Assad to consolidate & secure his stocks. Recently the Russians were also party to talks with the Iranians suggesting Assad spirit his special weapons out to another country.
Interesting times.
The poll, meanwhile, has 43% saying they’d vote EXIT in an EU referendum with 39% saying STAY. "
Cammie's promised cast-iron EU referendum might be amusing but it is far from the main kipper focus these days as issue number 3 shows.
Happily, even though the superb comedy stylings of Robert Kilroy-Silk are sadly all but absent now, it would appear that there may be new opportunities for ensuing kipper hilarity.
No: 49%
Yes: 48%
(That's a latest result I think, not the final one).
Assad's a monster, but at least parts of those opposing him seem to be even worse.
Gulags for slags.
Before the war really got going Sky interviewed a Christian cleric who expressed a fear that if Assad was toppled then religious freedom and relative safety for Christians in Syria would be violently curtailed.
Right heading for 99 seats as opposed to 91 under strict PR...
If only the Labour party spent his salary on election leaflets/newspaper advertisements/voodoo rituals to gain votes in a marginal, just think how more productive it would be.
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Apparently the venue for UKIP's conference is Margate, 1962
Will the four party coalition hold together despite this?
Here in Sweden it's all Yank yank yank love in. Bloody sad really. Out in the woods, (of which there is a bloody lot), you just find loads of knackered old 50's/60's style American cars full of James Dean/Elvis worshippers.
If we really want peace, stability, and to prevent chemical weapons use, might the best course of action be to support and assist Assad and his Government?
But when the history books are written, I am absolutely confident that our relationship with Europe will be seen as the number one topic. Reform of the Health Service, Education all that stuff will be seen as administrative issues. The EU will be seen as the big thread through the last 50 years around which politics and economics revolve.
You can imagine the textbooks and exam questions. I struggle to think of anything (except our inability to work out our military role) which comes anywhere near it in significance.
Just because Joe Soap doesn't care about the issue doesn't make it an insignificant issue.
What sets Europe apart as an issue is that it is "Big". It involves big ideas that we can all understand. Most of politics now is little - and can only be comprehended by the specialist political class. Europe we can all take part in a debate on it.
Mum read about the high prices and improvised by taking a bag-full of rolls and snacks with her
She reckons there are so few fat - sorry, obese - people in Norway precisely because food isn't cheap.
I did manage to read Jonathan Harr's A Civil Action though. What a great, great read. As the eminent lawyer here I'm sure you've read it (it's about twenty years old now), but if you haven't, please do. Enjoy!
Although confident in my atheism, I have seriously considered religion (particularly Buddhism) and did look at how such would change my life, in terms of everday behaviour and a general attitude, as well as the impact on my view of life and death.
BTW, the editorial team at The Sunil on Sunday, while not approving of your Atheists blog, were impressed by and heartly agree with your "Agent Orange" piece!
Send your CV by 12th September, 5 PM
Open shortlist confirmed.
Given that list of priorities, who in their right mind would put "renegotiating our position within the EU" in their top 3?
Maybe there's a few more swivel-eyed loons out there than I thought.
Total: 1,466,879
Socialists: 57,816 = 3.94%
If renegade units were involved, Assad could have killed several birds with one stone, stuck those responsible on trial and had them executed. At the very least, in doing nothing in that respect, he is covering for them.
Maybe he has done, for all we know. To do so publicly, he'd have to admit that he couldn't control "his" forces, as well as admitting that "his" forces used chemical weapons.
£15 for burgers and chips is quite reasonable
Must mean they've won two county seats, and are eligible for 5 more "levelling seats", if they fall the right side of the 4% threshold....
"Two beers and a radio? we got us a party!"
Seriously Scott. Why do you bother with this copy and paste Tory spamming on here? Do you think you'll sway opinions with it?
Makes the Tories seem pretty f*cking stupid for always attacking the unions then doesn't it.
'Why do Norwegians take a ladder with them when they go shopping?'
Because the prices are so high.
I mean, really, wtf? Why am I here?
FWIW, I very much doubt Assad was unaware of the CW attack before it took place. I also doubt there'll be any minutes of a meeting where he authorised it.
I quite like Ed, and think that he would be a reasonable PM, but am one of very few on here of any political shade willing to defend him.
He looks like toast.
Seriously Scott. Why do you bother with this copy and paste Tory spamming on here? Do you think you'll sway opinions with it?
http://www.valgresultat.no/bs5.html
Not being religious means I can eat, drink and fornicate whatever I want. Mind you, religion doesn't seem to stop various acolytes doing that anyway!
Statholdergaarden, Rådhusgaten 11 (entrance from Kirkegaten), Oslo
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If its rich as in what their counterparts in the West are then they're going to be severely disappointed and then probably very angry after all the hard work and long hours they've put in during recent years.
If its rich in comparison to the pigshit lives they were living recently - Chinese living standards in 1980 are believed to have been lower than English living standards in 1700 - then they will be be 'rich'.
Whether they'll still be happy then is doubtful though.
The problem with rising achievements is that it also tends to increase your expectations as well so most people in China will end up effectively walking up a down escalator.