As it happens, I'm no more inclined to believe an unsupported assertion by the New Statesman than I am to believe an unsupported assertion by Ian Duncan Smith.
The David Skelton piece was excellent. Labour would be stuffed if they were facing a team of working class Tories advancing those arguments.
Stuffed is a strong word, but it would make it interesting. It would never happen though, as we all know. Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
The David Skelton piece was excellent. Labour would be stuffed if they were facing a team of working class Tories advancing those arguments.
Stuffed is a strong word, but it would make it interesting. It would never happen though, as we all know. Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
Donors dont get a vote in Conservative party leadership elections. In Labour party leadership elections some of the biggest donors can have a very significant impact, possibly even swaying the result you could say.
'"I've known Ed 20 years and I don't know if he likes the pub or not," says @edballsmp of @Ed_Miliband on #itvagenda. Ouch.' newtondunn
'...and @edballsmp adds, just to reinforce that he's a bloke though if Ed isn't: "I was last in the pub yesterday".'
'On tonights #TheAgenda @edballsmp tells @tombradby about Ed Miliband. "The diff between Tony Blair & Gordon Brown is I don't want Ed's job."' tombradbyRT
The David Skelton piece was excellent. Labour would be stuffed if they were facing a team of working class Tories advancing those arguments.
Stuffed is a strong word, but it would make it interesting. It would never happen though, as we all know. Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
Who trusts Cameron?
The people who are pumping millions into the party he leads?
Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
Donors dont get a vote in Conservative party leadership elections. In Labour party leadership elections some of the biggest donors can have a very significant impact, possibly even swaying the result you could say.
Taking their funding comes from a small section of society and their leadership comes from the very same section of society....do you get my point?
'"I've known Ed 20 years and I don't know if he likes the pub or not," says @edballsmp of @Ed_Miliband on #itvagenda. Ouch.' newtondunn
'...and @edballsmp adds, just to reinforce that he's a bloke though if Ed isn't: "I was last in the pub yesterday".'
'On tonights #TheAgenda @edballsmp tells @tombradby about Ed Miliband. "The diff between Tony Blair & Gordon Brown is I don't want Ed's job."' tombradbyRT
What is "the pub" he is talking about? I'd like to avoid it in case I accidentally ran into Ed Balls.
Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
Donors dont get a vote in Conservative party leadership elections. In Labour party leadership elections some of the biggest donors can have a very significant impact, possibly even swaying the result you could say.
Taking their funding comes from a small section of society and their leadership comes from the very same section of society....do you get my point?
I dont think you could ever be accused of subtlety.
Realistically, would the people who fund their party still be as forthright in coughing up if it wasn't the people they know and trust running the party.
Donors dont get a vote in Conservative party leadership elections. In Labour party leadership elections some of the biggest donors can have a very significant impact, possibly even swaying the result you could say.
Taking their funding comes from a small section of society and their leadership comes from the very same section of society....do you get my point?
I dont think you could ever be accused of subtlety.
'"I've known Ed 20 years and I don't know if he likes the pub or not," says @edballsmp of @Ed_Miliband on #itvagenda. Ouch.' newtondunn
'...and @edballsmp adds, just to reinforce that he's a bloke though if Ed isn't: "I was last in the pub yesterday".'
'On tonights #TheAgenda @edballsmp tells @tombradby about Ed Miliband. "The diff between Tony Blair & Gordon Brown is I don't want Ed's job."' tombradbyRT
What is "the pub" he is talking about? I'd like to avoid it in case I accidentally ran into Ed Balls.
'"I've known Ed 20 years and I don't know if he likes the pub or not," says @edballsmp of @Ed_Miliband on #itvagenda. Ouch.' newtondunn
'...and @edballsmp adds, just to reinforce that he's a bloke though if Ed isn't: "I was last in the pub yesterday".'
'On tonights #TheAgenda @edballsmp tells @tombradby about Ed Miliband. "The diff between Tony Blair & Gordon Brown is I don't want Ed's job."' tombradbyRT
What is "the pub" he is talking about? I'd like to avoid it in case I accidentally ran into Ed Balls.
Link 18 reminds me of a handy way of remembering the armament of a Roman soldier. In his right hand he has his gladius (also slang for 'penis'), his one-handed, 18-22" thrusting implement. In his other, his scutum. He's happiest when his 'penis' is inserted in his vagina (sheath for the gladius, and where we get the word from).
As for 16, if people commit such vile acts that they're incarcerated they lose the right to vote. It's fair and just.
Poor tim, the disappointment must really hurt. It must have seemed like Christmas had come early today, with stories about 'Coke-sniffing banker and his political connections', 'Ex-government minister pleads guilty to criminal charges of dishonesty', and 'Party leader foams at the mouth on Sky News'.
No wonder he's reduced to recycling anecdotes from a Labour MP.
This Ford dude is... I mean, this whole situation is... *doesn't have the words*
'The Toronto mayor apologised again on Thursday for making an obscene outburst on live television while denying he had offered oral sex to a female staff member.
He had been responding to allegations in court papers that he had also driven drunk, used racially abusive language, threatened staff and consorted with an alleged prostitute.'
You can see that the Sun is enjoying this story. It's probably the most important of the moment for public attention, though it's unlikely to change many votes.
You can see that the Sun is enjoying this story. It's probably the most important of the moment for public attention, though it's unlikely to change many votes.
I feel sorry for the rent boy.
How low must his self esteem be right now, that The Crystal Methodist only wanted to use him for drugs and not sex?
Dave is doing the porn husband wife thing as a way of leveraging Sam Cam into the election campaign, he was always going to ease her in, his pollsters tell him the family stuff is the only bit of his persona voters relate to. It explains the use of kids relentlessly too.
Good evening everyone, I have de-lurked! I used to post a lot some years ago and certainly times are interesting as the Chinese would say. Not a good day for Labour, but we will see how much damage this does to their polls. Not a lot, I suspect, but these things take time. As far as polling changes are concerned, large alterations do happen sometimes, especially when the voters are in a "You're all the same" mindset. Remember DC's speech to the Tort Conference after he became Leader? Looking forward to chatting with you all, though it will take some time to get to 13,000 + posts!!
You might also want to take a look at tonight's lead article in the Huffington Post that is linking a £420,000 donation to the Tories with the Sri Lankan President. Given Cameron's latest pronouncements on Sri Lanka I would have thought that story has limitless embarrassment potential
You might also want to take a look at tonight's lead article in the Huffington Post that is linking a £420,000 donation to the Tories with the Sri Lankan President. Given Cameron's latest pronouncements on Sri Lanka I would have thought that story has limitless embarrassment potential
But not limitless potential for innuendo that Balls Deep in trouble does.
SNP trying to beat Gordon Brown's 'I have ended boom and bust' claim. Twitter Laura Kuenssberg @ITVLauraK 4h Swinney tells me economic levers Indy scot would have would create such growth that no need for cuts or new taxes
Olly T - Interesting story. If it is true, it is interesting that DC has made such a nuisance of himself with the Sri Lankan Government in attending a Summit arranged by the last Government...
Good evening everyone, I have de-lurked! I used to post a lot some years ago and certainly times are interesting as the Chinese would say. Not a good day for Labour, but we will see how much damage this does to their polls. Not a lot, I suspect, but these things take time. As far as polling changes are concerned, large alterations do happen sometimes, especially when the voters are in a "You're all the same" mindset. Remember DC's speech to the Tort Conference after he became Leader? Looking forward to chatting with you all, though it will take some time to get to 13,000 + posts!!
I am with David Cameron on this. I moved to a lovely wee rural village in Aberdeenshire years ago. I still remember the excitement in the receptionist's voice when I phoned the village school to arrange a visit for our family, it got even more excited when I told her that I was hoping to place three children with them. The school was struggling with declining pupil numbers, and this seriously dictates teacher levels and funding. Having now been settled here for a few years, I was totally in favour of the two new housing projects proposed a few years back just as the big recession hit, and I now hope that with the upturn they will finally go ahead. We nearly lost our local Post Office, but a new owner was found and the village shopping area is now looking up.
We don't just need to build in the countryside to ease our housing pressures, we need to do so to support and strengthen our local communities so they grow and protect our rural villages and their amenities. I have no time for retires/urban rich who want to block out change or growth to protect their piece of the countryside, especially if it means that the only affordable homes are those of second home owners who benefit from their little piece of the UK countryside while failing to contribute to its vital daily economy and amenities.
David Cameron is starting to get on my nerves with his lectures about what husbands and wives ought to be discussing with each other. He ought to mind his own business IMO.
What?! I must have missed your concerns or understanding of Cameron's own experience as a father of a severely disabled child who died suddenly at a tragically young age! I suspect that you are not married, and nor have you ever faced that kind of relationship changing burden that might have influenced your whole outlook on life as a result. Here is a hint, when the going gets tough, if a couple don't talk or support each other openly they will struggle.
David Cameron is starting to get on my nerves with his lectures about what husbands and wives ought to be discussing with each other. He ought to mind his own business IMO.
(OT) In this week of momentous anniversaries (Doctor Who, Aldous Huxley etc.), I have been thing one or two "What-if?" questions of how history might have been profoundly different if small details were changed.
(a) History might have been completely different if Lee Harvey Oswald had gone "Boing! Boing! Boing!" instead of "Bang! Bang! Bang!". If Lee Harvey Oswald had had a fanatical interest in SpaceHoppers instead of Cuba and Marxism, history might have been different.
(b) If Kennedy in Berlin had said "Ich bin ein Armadillo" or if Reagan had said "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this ostrich" history would be different.
(c) I am speaking to you from the Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street. This morning, the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, we would have an extra slice of lemon sponge cake for afternoon tea. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently we may get slightly less hungry by suppertime.
Labour on 39% and have a 7% lead. Does anyone have the subsection showing a larger percentage prefer David Camerons cupcakes to Red Ed which means the headline voting percentage can be dismissed?
I agree. There is a lot of support for new housing in villages, if the development is of a type likely to benefit the community. There is much less support for high density developments that are out of character. It is right that local communities have control.
I am with David Cameron on this. I moved to a lovely wee rural village in Aberdeenshire years ago. I still remember the excitement in the receptionist's voice when I phoned the village school to arrange a visit for our family, it got even more excited when I told her that I was hoping to place three children with them. The school was struggling with declining pupil numbers, and this seriously dictates teacher levels and funding. Having now been settled here for a few years, I was totally in favour of the two new housing projects proposed a few years back just as the big recession hit, and I now hope that with the upturn they will finally go ahead. We nearly lost our local Post Office, but a new owner was found and the village shopping area is now looking up.
We don't just need to build in the countryside to ease our housing pressures, we need to do so to support and strengthen our local communities so they grow and protect our rural villages and their amenities. I have no time for retires/urban rich who want to block out change or growth to protect their piece of the countryside, especially if it means that the only affordable homes are those of second home owners who benefit from their little piece of the UK countryside while failing to contribute to its vital daily economy and amenities.
Miliband's latest balls up goes wider than Westminster Elections are not won or lost in Westminster but what happens in Westminster rarely stays in Westminster. The media do not determine elections, nor do voters base their views on what they read in the newspapers. These are two of the facts of political life.
Nevertheless, impressions formed in Westminster have a habit of leaking out into the country. What the media covers - and how it is covered - helps inform the public's general impression of and views about any political figure. Sometimes these impressions are based on seemingly trivial details.
Just watched Laura Sandys on SKY News with Eamonn Holmes. The woman is like an eccentric maiden aunt who only gets allowed out on her own at Christmas. In short she is bonkers but seems incredibly likeable. A contest between her and grumpy Mr UKIP at the GE would be fun to see.
Wakened up to a heavy frost and light covering of snow this morning. Definitely enough of a covering for the South of England to grind to a halt.
Ha! The southern Englísh are amateurs when it comes to chaos caused by trivial quantities of snow!
SNOW and icy roads disrupted travel early this morning. During the night 2mm of snow fell, leading to some bus cancellations and minor delays to outbound flights.
Just watched Laura Sandys on SKY News with Eamonn Holmes. The woman is like an eccentric maiden aunt who only gets allowed out on her own at Christmas. In short she is bonkers but seems incredibly likeable. A contest between her and grumpy Mr UKIP at the GE would be fun to see.
I suppose the question in Thanet at the next election will be who is more Churchillian: Nigel Farage or Churchill's granddaughter.
No matter the actual size of the machine , you would also have lots of bits and pieces that go with it. You would not want all that kit lying about your lounge or to have to sit in the lounge with your family hooked up to it. To any human being it would seem reasonable to have a room where you can go to have your dialysis, unless you are a Tory.
Home haemodialysis typically takes 4-7 hours depending on the regime. patients often hook up while watching TV in an evening (or perhaps surfing PB?). in many ways the living room is the ideal spot.
It no longer requires a seperate room; technology has moved on.
No matter the actual size of the machine , you would also have lots of bits and pieces that go with it. You would not want all that kit lying about your lounge or to have to sit in the lounge with your family hooked up to it. To any human being it would seem reasonable to have a room where you can go to have your dialysis, unless you are a Tory.
Qatar's accidental vagina stadium is most gratifying The Qatari stadium's resemblance to a woman's private parts may be unintentional, but I for one applaud it. Perhaps the bigwigs behind the design (no doubt all male) should embrace this so-called faux pas and rebrand it as a deliberate nod towards the increasingly liberal Qatari policies concerning women in sport.
Home haemodialysis typically takes 4-7 hours depending on the regime. patients often hook up while watching TV in an evening (or perhaps surfing PB?). in many ways the living room is the ideal spot.
It no longer requires a seperate room; technology has moved on.
No matter the actual size of the machine , you would also have lots of bits and pieces that go with it. You would not want all that kit lying about your lounge or to have to sit in the lounge with your family hooked up to it. To any human being it would seem reasonable to have a room where you can go to have your dialysis, unless you are a Tory.
So you think it is perfectly fair to force people to pay if they want their dialysis in peace and quiet and not forced to do it their family lounge , regardless of circumstances , young children etc etc.
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::Innocent face::
And if UKIP gain seats in parliament that means that the Lib/dems are dead as a party.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/18/why-the-rise-of-the-ultra-rich-in-london-is-bad-for-the-rest-of-britain/
Should bring back happy memories for you, to do with the night you gave me a load of abuse on here.
I think the vast majority of Irish fans who remember them all would agree that this is Ireland's most memorable moment in the Rugby World Cup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVLJmoBbRRg
Made all the more perfect by Australia going right back down the pitch to score and win by a point.
Lab: 45 (46 if Corby included)
Con: 33
Lib Dem: 20
Still to select:
Lab: Bradford East, Brent Central, Kingswood, Keighley.
Con: Great Grimsby, B'ham Edgbaston, Wakefield, Plymouth Moor View, Gedling, Eltham, Walsall South, Exeter, Blackpool South, Southampton Test, Luton South, Bridgend, Dagenham&Rainham, Penistone&Stocksbridge, Stalybridge&Hyde, Bury South, Scunthorpe.
'...and @edballsmp adds, just to reinforce that he's a bloke though if Ed isn't: "I was last in the pub yesterday".'
'On tonights #TheAgenda @edballsmp tells @tombradby about Ed Miliband. "The diff between Tony Blair & Gordon Brown is I don't want Ed's job."' tombradbyRT
tnewtondunn: ...and @edballsmp adds, just to reinforce that he's a bloke though if Ed isn't: "I was last in the pub yesterday". #itvagenda
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/shadow_chancellor_ed_balls_backs_norwich_pub_campaign_1_867836
As my subtle pop music references into nighthawks shows.
Two HUGE events next week: 50th anniversary of Dr Who and Lewes v Cray Wanderers. Uh oh, here comes a poster... pic.twitter.com/QZgx4wi6Nh
This week is geek week,
Catching Fire out Wednesday night and Doctor Who at the cinema on Saturday.
The Independent as on the ball as usual with the case everyone else reported the day Labour held its vote on this reform.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/welfare-scandal-subject-to-the-bedroom-tax--even-if-the-room-is-used-for-a-kidney-dialysis-machine-8947883.html
The details are still sketchy. A shame the Independent couldn't manage a photo of this room size dialysis machine.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/welfare-scandal-subject-to-the-bedroom-tax--even-if-the-room-is-used-for-a-kidney-dialysis-machine-8947883.html
Link 18 reminds me of a handy way of remembering the armament of a Roman soldier. In his right hand he has his gladius (also slang for 'penis'), his one-handed, 18-22" thrusting implement. In his other, his scutum. He's happiest when his 'penis' is inserted in his vagina (sheath for the gladius, and where we get the word from).
As for 16, if people commit such vile acts that they're incarcerated they lose the right to vote. It's fair and just.
Is Tim really that sensitive?
No wonder he's reduced to recycling anecdotes from a Labour MP.
'The Toronto mayor apologised again on Thursday for making an obscene outburst on live television while denying he had offered oral sex to a female staff member.
He had been responding to allegations in court papers that he had also driven drunk, used racially abusive language, threatened staff and consorted with an alleged prostitute.'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-24990650#TWEET958990
The one that would have penalised anyone diagnosed with a new need for kidney dialysis from 2008.
Enviable stat set
Beaten slave tits
What on earth does the Sun headline mean and how does one parse it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorted_for_E's_&_Wizz
I'd like to explain further, but I fear it may irrevocably shock and alter your purity and innocence.
As someone's wife once put it, Everytime I wanna shop online and I start typing Amazon, amazingcollegesluts.com pops up.
Poor old Balls, really uncomfortable for him.
How low must his self esteem be right now, that The Crystal Methodist only wanted to use him for drugs and not sex?
Presumably it explains these as well:
http://www.labour.org.uk/internet-companies-access
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10114845/Labour-challenges-David-Cameron-to-bring-in-anti-pornography-laws.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349927/Miliband-reveals-fears-sons-aged-access-porn-smartphones.html
The morning thread would be headlined, is Balls deep in trouble?
Return former Co-op bank chief’s £50,000, Ed Balls told
Shadow chancellor facing calls to return £50,000 donation linked to former bank chief Paul Flowers, who has been accused of buying class A drugs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10458646/Return-former-Co-op-bank-chiefs-50000-Ed-Balls-told.html
'IDS lying isn't a news story is it?'
Ed dribbling on live TV is.
I have de-lurked! I used to post a lot some years ago and certainly times are interesting as the Chinese would say.
Not a good day for Labour, but we will see how much damage this does to their polls. Not a lot, I suspect, but these things take time.
As far as polling changes are concerned, large alterations do happen sometimes, especially when the voters are in a "You're all the same" mindset. Remember DC's speech to the Tort Conference after he became Leader?
Looking forward to chatting with you all, though it will take some time to get to 13,000 + posts!!
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Swinney tells me economic levers Indy scot would have would create such growth that no need for cuts or new taxes
It seems Nighthawks is not a real place.
Just a virtual world of insomniacs, and people in different timezones
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm-6XaHHZW0&
Her older sister Rupa has recently been selected as Labour candidate for Ealing Central & Acton.
We don't just need to build in the countryside to ease our housing pressures, we need to do so to support and strengthen our local communities so they grow and protect our rural villages and their amenities. I have no time for retires/urban rich who want to block out change or growth to protect their piece of the countryside, especially if it means that the only affordable homes are those of second home owners who benefit from their little piece of the UK countryside while failing to contribute to its vital daily economy and amenities.
(a) History might have been completely different if Lee Harvey Oswald had gone "Boing! Boing! Boing!" instead of "Bang! Bang! Bang!". If Lee Harvey Oswald had had a fanatical interest in SpaceHoppers instead of Cuba and Marxism, history might have been different.
(b) If Kennedy in Berlin had said "Ich bin ein Armadillo" or if Reagan had said "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this ostrich" history would be different.
(c) I am speaking to you from the Cabinet room at 10 Downing Street. This morning, the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German government a final note stating that unless we heard from them by 11 o'clock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, we would have an extra slice of lemon sponge cake for afternoon tea. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently we may get slightly less hungry by suppertime.
Elections are not won or lost in Westminster but what happens in Westminster rarely stays in Westminster. The media do not determine elections, nor do voters base their views on what they read in the newspapers. These are two of the facts of political life.
Nevertheless, impressions formed in Westminster have a habit of leaking out into the country. What the media covers - and how it is covered - helps inform the public's general impression of and views about any political figure. Sometimes these impressions are based on seemingly trivial details.
http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/comment/articles/2013-11/19/ed-miliband-ed-balls-nightmare-labour-party
SNOW and icy roads disrupted travel early this morning.
During the night 2mm of snow fell, leading to some bus cancellations and minor delays to outbound flights.
http://www.thisisguernsey.com/latest/2010/01/05/traffic-hit-as-snow-strikes/
http://www.healthworldnet.com/articles/heads-or-tails/dialysis,-there’s-no-place-like-home/
Home haemodialysis typically takes 4-7 hours depending on the regime. patients often hook up while watching TV in an evening (or perhaps surfing PB?). in many ways the living room is the ideal spot.
It no longer requires a seperate room; technology has moved on.
Qatar's accidental vagina stadium is most gratifying
The Qatari stadium's resemblance to a woman's private parts may be unintentional, but I for one applaud it. Perhaps the bigwigs behind the design (no doubt all male) should embrace this so-called faux pas and rebrand it as a deliberate nod towards the increasingly liberal Qatari policies concerning women in sport.
The architect is a lady..."..