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:Innocent face:
Labour 644
Tories 1
LibDems 1
UKIP 1
Green 1
Nationalists 1
Northern Ireland 1
A much truer picture emerges when this data goes through the MikeK crunching process:
Labour 299
Tories 270
LibDems 18
UKIP 44
Green 0
Nationalists 11
Northern Ireland10
Ex MP Gordon Brown is just plain barmy, he really is crap!
"Len McCluskey is scared. It’s not a state of mind normally associated with the head of Britain’s most influential and aggressive trade union. But this morning, the Unite leader is a worried man.
Earlier in the week, McCluskey had a bitter and very public humiliation. He led his union into dispute with Ineos, the owners of the giant Grangemouth refinery. The senior Unite conveyor at the plant, Stevie Deans, was already under investigation by the company over allegations about attempts to rig the selection of Labour’s parliamentary candidate in Falkirk."
ET: My mistake, it was California - apparently all marching bands are full of awesome geeks. I guess I should not have been surprised.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-dorky-hobbies-taken-to-badass-extremes/
And the people who did so are planning to govern us again. Be very afraid.
In other 'news' cat pictures are quite popular on the internet apparently.
*chortle*
Henry Smith @HenrySmithMP 9h
Police Scotland have confirmed to me they are investigating Unite's Labour parliamentary seat-fixing allegations in Falkirk again.
So if the information that was given to them back then turns out to be incomplete or even downright misleading I suspect they will be less than pleased.
What a stark contrast to Plebgate.
If only Cameron had done the Police federation's bidding like Ed has done for Uncle Len, eh?
Though judging by his record,it probably means never.
Cheers for Link 24, Mr. Eagles. It reminds me of one of Alexander's early battles (no really). After he became King the Greeks threw off Macedonian hegemony, and he was forced to spend a couple of years (he was at A-level age during this time) reasserting Macedonian dominance.
However, he found himself in an extremely difficult situation. When he got near a certain enemy they (possessing the advantage of height) rained down such projectile fire victory was impossible. He was penned in, and unable to leave any other way.
So, he had the Macedonian army draw a short way off and then go through several hours of advanced military drill (necessary for when you're fighting with 16' spears). After watching this in confusion, astonishment and then boredom, the enemy were practically asleep when he suddenly ordered a charge, and attacked the enemy before they could get their act together.
It's probably the weirdest military tactic (that worked) that I can think of.
LibDems 1
Tories 0
UKIP 1
Greens 1
Nationalists 1
Northern Ireland 1
If only that was the successful UKIP result and Soubry + Palmer had both been consigned to the political bin.
Firstly, as a proud Tyke, (and from the other day, yes, kecks are pants), to me Yorkshire has always been the best place in the world to go: I just can't stand living in the UK. Every time I visit the UK I always take off for a few days in the Dales, to recharge my batteries and revisit the places of my youth. Every time gets more special because when I look out over Malham Cove, climb Ingleborough, Whernside or Pen-Y-Gent, I wonder if it'll be the last time, and so try to take in all I can. As time goes on I have less and less reason to visit.
Secondly the Ohio State Marching Band are great. I've seen them live, and it's all part of the sights and sounds, tradition and pageantry of college football, this one shot during the Michigan - Ohio State game. Their party piece each home game - when they're not doing wonderful stuff like in the video - is ending their display with the 'script Ohio', the last part of which is the man dotting the i. It's usually one of the big drum players or someone with a large brass instrument, but sometimes it's a notable Ohio Sate alumnus, such as Jack Nicklaus. (you knew golf would get in here somehow, right?)
Marching bands are an integral part of college football, like cheerleaders and mascots. There's the Alabama 'million dollar band', and so on. Some of the best marching band performances come from the bands of HBCUs such as Grambling and Jackson State, with band members prancing around and doing things with their bodies which seem impossible. They put on quite a show.
EdM's lame rhetoric is out of the Romney's failed playbook.
Tottenham 2-2 Hull
Apparently Tottenham have lost their last seven penalty shoot-outs. They are minutes away from another one...
Barn door, banjo.
Here's a cute collection of doodles featuring everyday objects:
http://twistedsifter.com/2013/10/doodles-that-incorporate-everyday-objects-javier-perez/
'Who can remember when the Tory deficit hawks used to knock Obama?'
Who can remember idiot Balls didn't even know that Labour had a structural deficit
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/10/robert-webb-re-joins-labour-protest-russell-brand
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/348079/Princess-Diana-s-ghost-tells-Kate-Middleton-You-re-too-thin-
Link 24...typical bloody students, nothing better to do with their time....
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/oct/30/robert-webb-russell-brand-vote
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/30/churchill-bust-unveiled-kerry-boehner
If he was brought in for his television performance, then how awful the others may be...
All for fracking are we chaps!
http://www.timesofisrael.com/huge-explosion-reported-at-syrian-air-defense-base/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
The scandal makes the front page of the Scottish Daily Mail a week after the Grangemouth survival plan was agreed.
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Alan Roden @AlanRoden 2h
Front page of tomorrow's Scottish Daily Mail #tomorrowspaperstoday #scotpapers #Grangemouth pic.twitter.com/koz9CZFil0
Daily Mail - Terrorised by union bullies: How Labour's Unite paymasters intimidated managers and their children in bitter oil refinery battle
alexmassie @alexmassie 9h
Notion: campaign for Scottish independence is hobbled by many of its cheerleaders' evident contempt for people who merely disagree with them
If you recall, Obama said on many occasions, both before and after Obamacare's passage, that if you like your health plan you can keep it, and if you like your doctor, you can keep him or her. Guaranteed.
I just watched the Kathleen Sebelius appearance today.
There was an exchange between a Republican congressman and Ms. Sebelius that if the policy premium had gone up by $1 the policy would not be grandfathered in to Obamacare. She corrected the Congressman that the figure was in fact $5.
How many insurance policy premiums of any kind do you know that did not increase by at least $5 between March 2010 and October 2013?
The 2 million policy cancellations that have resulted are no accident. There will be plenty more.
The president is now dealing with the fallout of his multiple statements now shown to be untrue.
You can't stand living in the UK - yet you live in Atlanta. What part of a searingly hot, oppressively humid, road-choked cultural wilderness do you find attractive?
That doesn't sound like a serious question in which you are genuinely interested in the answer.
Red sox champions in 2004, 2007 and now 2013. First time winning world series at home since 1918 #redsox
Having been to Atlanta, I can see the point of Bobajobs question.
I would make the case for Capetown, were it not for the random violence, rather more hazardous than midges. Christchurch NZ was delightful before the Earthquake.
Of world cities, I would go for Berlin; of British places, Rutland. Small but perfectly formed.
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"He has been touted as a future Labour leader and “the new Blair”. So you can imagine a future chronicler of the Tristram Hunt premiership devoting a page or two to his first big debate as shadow Education Secretary. If the author is as professional a historian as Hunt himself is, he’s unlikely to describe it as an unalloyed triumph.
To borrow from boxing, it was like watching a promising new Great White Hope having his first try-out against a weathered prize-fighter. A shameless Michael Gove showed off to the crowd, used lots of fancy footwork and hit his opponent more than once below the belt. He secured a clear win on points."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/donald-macintyres-sketch-tristram-hunt-caught-on-the-ropes-by-michael-gove-8913941.html
"THE union official at the centre of the Grangemouth dispute that nearly led to 800 workers losing their jobs faces being ousted as chairman of his local Labour Party.
Members of the Falkirk West Constituency Labour Party (CLP) are expected to bring forward a motion of no confidence in Stephen Deans's leadership at a meeting on Sunday."
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/refinery-row-union-official-to-be-ousted.22568385
"A Labour source said: ‘We think it is a wise course of action to let the police finish their process and we will consider the position after that.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480660/Fresh-police-probe-rigging-Labour-poll.html#ixzz2jHIoszWM
Last time the inquiries ran in parallel - why do differently this time?
Is Milband hoping he can bury the whole thing under "Police say nothing to see"? Of course, what it will be is (the Scottish equivalent of) "not enough evidence to mount a successful prosecution" - which may be a long way from "nothing to see, move along".....
Sounds like Gove wiped the floor with him.
I do not particularly like Gove, but he is formidable and unafraid of confrontation. I have a few quid on him as next Tory leader.
Rather as the police were very reluctant to take seriosly the sex grooming gangs in Northern towns, they have been very slow to investigate these issues.
I would agreee with your view that we should get the police onto these scandals; much as I am sympathetic to the McCanns.
You have to live with that - and "look squirrels" over other cases can't detract from that......
He really is the intelligent man's lefty who does his homework. He demonstrates 2 things. Firstly, that the trends on excess winter deaths are on a downward trend and unrelated to energy prices per se. Secondly, that the policies espoused by a certain Ed Miliband amongst others whilst in office improving our existing housing stock and improving energy efficiency really worked. There is a strong correlation between the age of your house (note not size or value but age) and excess winter deaths. Good insulation works.
All of this demonstrates to me that Ed (a) is not totally useless but (b) is shameless in promoting a policy that threatens the funding for such programs. Mr Sen laments that the successes of the policies that Ed promoted in office are not getting a look in. It is indeed a shame.
The Falkirk Wheel will be out of operation for our annual maintenance during November -
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Cameron (diff vs end-Oct 2012)
Sticks to what he believes in: 22 (+6)
Charismatic: 15 (-2)
Decisive: 15 (+3)
Strong: 15 (+2)
Honest: 14 (+1)
Natural Leader: 13 (-)
Good in a crisis: 13 (+3)
In touch with concerns of ordinary people: 6 (+1)
Miliband:
In touch with concerns of ordinary people: 24 (-5)
Honest: 17 (-3)
Sticks to what he believes in: 17 (-2)
Decisive: 8 (-1)
Strong: 7 (-2)
Charismatic: 5 (-2)
Good in a crisis: 5 (-1)
While these numbers tend to bounce about a bit - not a lot of change over the past year.
Good graph showing UK domestic electricity prices still relatively low compared to rest of Europe pic.twitter.com/CDqQSP26dD
"One of the causes of unnecessary admissions is the NHS’s failure to provide a consistent seven-day service, the report said. Care worsens significantly at weekends because consultants are not present to ensure a proper assessment of patients’ needs, the NAO said, suggesting that their contracts should be rewritten.
Reduced access to senior doctors at weekends leads to “unnecessary admissions and sub-optimal care,” the auditors concluded. Patients are more likely to die after weekend admissions than during the working week, the NAO said. The “variable” quality of GP care is also linked to higher A&E attendance, as is Britain’s “growing frail, elderly population”, the report found.
A government target for all A&E cases to be dealt with in four hours is also driving up admissions rates, as staff are resorting to admitting patients shortly before they reach the deadline, instead of administering appropriate treatment. A&E admissions are rising, putting the entire NHS under increasing pressure, the report said. Figures show there were 5.3 million emergency hospital admissions in 2012-13, an increase of 12 per cent in just five years. In the past 15 years, the number of people admitted for short stays has more than doubled.
The NHS is now spending more than £12 billion a year – almost a tenth of its budget – on emergency services.