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The Independent cartoon was bang on.
Eck was blowing smoke out his arse.
Labour selections are taking place tonight in Guildford and Epsom & Ewell:
twitter.com/GuildfordLabour
Not a good PMQs joke though.
Just got in so apologies if already posted
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10479461/Spanish-PM-Independent-Scotland-would-be-out-of-the-EU.html
I always thought the rumors were made up to discredit the PIRA, but it would seem not.
Pam Duncan ( policy officer for disabled people’s charity Inclusion Scotland)
Monica Lennon (South Lanarkshire Cllrs, works for Tom Greatrex)
Karen Whitefield (former Airdrie and Shotts MSP)
Former coucil leader Linda Gow (runner in the original selection and one of the first complainers) has not been shortlisted by the NEC/SEC panel (plus 1 CLP rep).
Scotland may want to follow suit, MacSweens vegetarian haggis isn't bad at all.
Either that or do much more by not selling oil and gas to the world!
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/falkirk-labour-s-faces-for-candidate-emerge-1-3191775
http://brevard.metromix.com/music/standard_photo_gallery/yep-theyre-gay/1849185/photo/636392
tim said:
"“Freedom of movement is a two-way street,” said Mike Weir (SNP, Angus). “It is estimated that 2.2million United Kingdom citizens are living or working in other parts of the European Union.”
Silly Mr Weir. Surely he knows the rules of debate on migration. Those 2.2million United Kingdom citizens are not immigrants. Only foreign people who move to Britain are immigrants. British people who move to foreign countries, by contrast, are expats.
This is a crucial distinction. The former are untrustworthy chancers and spongers, whose movements should as far as possible be restricted. The latter, however, are proud, honest citizens, whose freedom to roam the globe as they see fit must never be curtailed.
I thought we’d got that clear by now."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10479061/Sketch-Full-Britannia-Britannia-rule-the-waves.html
Indeed.
Polish expats = bad. English expats = good.
Bulgarian expats = bad. English expats = good.
Arab expats = bad. English expats = good.
The hypocrisy stinks
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Isn't it strange how the left, who for years stuck up for those they consider the weakest in society against stereotypes in the media, the establishment, the hegemonic process etc resort to those tactics so often themselves?
Who exactly is saying
"Only foreign people who move to Britain are immigrants. British people who move to foreign countries, by contrast, are expats.This is a crucial distinction. The former are untrustworthy chancers and spongers"
Mainly left wingers with strawman arguments I would say
http://news.tes.co.uk/news_blog/b/weblog/archive/2013/11/27/the-limitations-of-teenage-love-hilarious-classroom-note-goes-viral.aspx#.UpZidszhL2I.twitter
*tears of laughter etc.*
*tears of laughter etc.*
It's inconvenient timing from him certainly.
Hilarious.
Shouldn't common sense prevail here, and UEFA suspend the ban until a game where qualification is at stake?
Linda Gow was told by party officials and members of the national executive that she had been knocked out of the race after an interview on Tuesday.
Friends said that she had been barred from running purely because of her involvement in unearthing the scandal in Falkirk.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article3933951.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2013_11_27
*tears of laughter etc.*
Come now Pork, you don't have to either support 100% of what someone says, or 0%.
'So naturally PB tories and scottish tory surgers are delighted with the Spanish PM and believe his Catalonia posturing on independence.'
So the long list of other EU PM's & officials that Ruth Davidson mentioned in her speech,who have also stated that Scotland would need to re-apply for EU membership,would not get special treatment and would join the 8 year queue with other new applicants are also 'posturing'?
Overrated bag of shite Premier League charlatans given a footballing lesson by the German masters.
Comedy defending. Can't pass to save their lives.
They will never learn.
True enough, though I don't think enough people believe that. If I take at face value what I read, apparently no unionist argument has ever not boosted the other side, which seems statistically unlikely.
Anyway, farewell Berlusconi (only not really), we'll miss you, and good night all.
ETA: A recommendation that the BBC do more to try to convince people it is value for money is a fool's errand. If its sternest opponents love anything more than hating its mere existence, it is criticising when it promotes itself.
An independent Scotland outside the EU could follow the Swiss model and become an "offshore tax haven", slash Corporation tax and then watch as tens of thousands of English, French and German companies re-registered their Head Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. 2 years ago the greatest number of new company registrations at Companies House in Cardiff were German companies coming here to pay our lower corporate taxes.
Meanwhile back in the real world yesterday seems to have underwhelmed most Scots. Even many of the 16 year olds for whom Eck procured the vote in the hope of getting them young are saying they want to know the cost of Independence before deciding how to vote.
The one thing which struck me today at PMQs was the recognition the PM gave to good solid work by backbenchers on both sides on worthy causes affecting real people. It was a pleasant change from half an hour of simple tit for tat name calling from both sides.
I thought most gay chaps were Conservatives? Or is that the other way around...
Anyway, online voting is totally insane. We've got a system that works very well now. It's not perfect (and is more flawed since Labour's stupid postal voting change) but it's pretty good. If you can't be bothered to walk a short distance once every four to five years then your opinion doesn't bloody matter.
I should of course add the proviso "unless it is in a yellow box".. mainly for Pork's amusement ;-)
What properties were sold under the RTB? Mainly 3BH, if you go on some old style Council Estates now all the 3BH are sold.
Ask any LA Housing Department and they will tell you the property they are most short of is 3BH and above
Check the breakdown of social housing in this country.
I could give you the link but I would like you to waste 15 minutes
Why do troll stuff you know is not true?
Isnt it quite unlikely?
Thank you. At last!
Apols if you have followed this month, the whole portfolio is winning about 14%, and this month over 30%, but the bets put up on site have been dreadful
Whilst the piece raised a valid point that should be aired it failed to give a fair picture, because you cannot take a complex issue, then focus the media spotlight on one individual and claim her personal circumstance is representative of the whole situation. Where's the focus on families growing up in cramped accommodation? Also, some of the charities listed (who have contacted the Government to complain about the change to housing benefit) include disabilities such as deafness. Whilst a genuine disability, I don't see why that should entail special treatment in this area (for other disabilities exemptions perhaps should be made).
Anyway, I'm off for the night.
The 9/2 shot is the "likely" constituency said bookmakers.
As opposed to the unlikely 9/4 shot said bookmakers.
Any value there at the moment though now ?
Isnt it quite unlikely?
South Thanet is still the favourite but the piece highlights the change of odds for Shepway as a possibility. More telling of course is that the piece was mainly to get a quote from the local MP and see how he relished such a prospect.
"Current MP Damian Collins has remained defiant and says he is up for a possible election battle with the Ukip leader.
He said: “I was surprised that he decided to speculate on constituencies without making a commitment. Whether he decided to stand or not, I think it will be a very interesting election.
“I think Farage is a figure that polarises opinion and some will support him, but it will not change anything in my approach to the election.”
So Collins seems fine with it, if we are to believe him.
No automatic welcome for independent Scotland, says Mariano Rajoy, who expects UK to take same stance on Catalonia
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/27/scottish-independence-spain-alex-salmond-eu?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Then perhaps the out of touch shits Cammie and Osbrowne shouldn't have tried that for a horrific murder. It might also help if the repulsive twits stopped lying about the bedroom tax and disability.
I suppose once something gets labelled as a tax though it sticks even if it isn't.
National Insurance definitely isn't insurance either mind, and is a tax...
Figures show 161 of the 212 English councils that responded to an Inside Housing freedom of information request spent less than half their discretionary housing payment funds in the first half of the financial year.....
The issue also shows signs of becoming politically charged. Simon Hughes, MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, accused Labour councils of ‘playing politics’ by keeping a tight hand on the DHP pot. Stories of deserving tenants being forced out of their homes by the bedroom tax were being used to make the policy look worse, he claimed at the Liberal Democrat party conference in September. So is he right?
Responses to Inside Housing’s survey go some way, on the face of it, to support Mr Hughes’ theory. The 69 Labour councils that responded have spent an average of 28 per cent of their DHP, with 13 per cent allocated to those hit by the bedroom tax.
This compares with an average spend of 39 per cent by the 112 Conservative-led councils and 40 per cent by the seven Liberal Democrat-led councils, while they have allocated 18 per cent and 20 per cent to bedroom tax-hit tenants respectively."
http://www.insidehousing.co.uk//6529506.article
The government is to announce an independent review of cigarette packaging in England amid calls for action to discourage young smokers.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25126673
YouGov/Sun poll tonight: Labour with 7 point lead: CON 32%, LAB 39%, LD 10%, UKIP 13%
Identical to previous poll except UKIP +1.
"manslaughter" certainly makes Cammie's vile posturing on the killing of six children seem so much more palatable though so kudos to you for that.
The Independent cartoon was bang on.
Eck was blowing smoke out his arse.
You are easy taken in , can you show why this numpty is more likely to be correct rather than anybody else.
The usual chinless wobbling from the jellylike fop.
'You are easy taken in , can you show why this numpty is more likely to be correct rather than anybody else.'
So the long list of other EU PM's & officials that Ruth Davidson mentioned in her speech,who have also stated that Scotland would need to re-apply for EU membership,would not get special treatment and would join the 8 year queue with other new applicants.
They are all wrong & Salmond is right?
Quite endearing in a way that Cameron and Osborne are so obsessed with the Blair/Brown spin playbook.
Only problems are 1 - times have changed, and 2- they're not very good at it.
Forced changes? Fruitless hunts? Must be an unpleasant novelty having to get off their lardy benefit scrounging arses, put down the tv remote control, the pizza, the dole book and the crack pipe and actually look for something. Just a shame it's not real employed work they're hunting, really, but its a start.
Incidently (and nothing to do with your comments) Clegg may be busy posturing on gypsies and immigrants now but that's the one time I did see a conscience stir in him and a small flicker of what used to be fairly clear lib dem principles as he eschewed the repulsive posturing on that case.
Whatever else happens, however hard the lib dems may crash after the 2015 election, Clegg will at least have been able to look Cameron in the eye and always think to himself 'at least I didn't sink to those kind of depths'.
Malcolm, I'm curious. If you're describing the Spanish Prime Minister as a numpty, would you care to explain the list of people you would take seriously on the matter if not leaders of EU members. Or is your taking their opinion or not seriously solely based on whether they agree with the SNP or not?
An elderly British gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane.
At the French immigration desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.
"You have been to France before, Monsieur?" the Immigration officer asked, sarcastically.
The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.
"Then you should know well enough to have your passport ready."
The British gentleman says, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
"Impossible. The British always have to show their passports on arrival in France!"
The elderly gentleman gave the French Immigration Officer a long hard look.
Then he quietly explained,
"Well, the last time I was here, I came ashore on Juno Beach on D-Day in June 1944, and I couldn't find any fcking Frenchmen to show it to.
http://www.experienceproject.com/question-answer/An-Elderly-British-Gentleman-Of-83-Arrived-In-Paris-By-Plane-(see-Details-And-Its-A-Joke-So-Dont-Bite-Me-Head-Off-Lol)/864828
Google 'owen jones cameron' and you'll see what I mean...
Big-Staters and nannying do-gooding control freaks are a plague on us all.
•Hillary Clinton (D) 42% (42%)
•Chris Christie (R) 41% (42%)
•Hillary Clinton (D) 49%
•Paul Ryan (R) 41%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 48%
•Marco Rubio (R) 39%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 50% (47%)
•Rand Paul (R) 40% (44%)
•Hillary Clinton (D) 49%
•John Kasich (R) 38%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 50%
•Jeb Bush (R) 37%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 50%
•Ted Cruz (R) 35%
GOP Caucus
•Chris Christie 17% (12.00%)
•Ted Cruz 16%
•Rand Paul 13% (12.50%)
•Rick Santorum 11% (13.50%)
•Paul Ryan 9% (18.00%)
•Scott Walker 7% (2.50%)
•Marco Rubio 6% (26.50%)
Bobby Jindal 3%
•Not sure 17% (15.00%)
•Chris Christie (R) 43.35%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 38.12%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 46.40%
•Paul Ryan (R) 42.57%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 45.21%
•Marco Rubio (R) 40.79%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 46.82%
•Rand Paul (R) 41.06%
•Hillary Clinton (D) 47.37%
•Ted Cruz (R) 40.45%
As for Osborne and Cameron's comments, we agree that they were misconceived. But on your criteria, were they applicable or relevant? The Crown alleged, and the jury by their verdicts accepted the central elements of the Crown's case, that part of Philpott's motivation for committing the offences was a desire to regain money paid in benefits which had been lost when Ms Willis left him. Is it really "plain vile" for a politician under those circumstances to draw broader inferences about the payment of benefits?
That implies an almost completely static view of VI polling for a considerable period of time.
Not really the case.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/UK_opinion_polling_2010-2015.png
There is a clear correlation shown between the kipper and tory vote that has changed over the past year and informs the current desperate posturing on immigration from Cameron.
But they have decided to get rid of difficult policy positions so that they can attack Labour's difficult policy positions. If you get it wrong, you get it right next time, as a philosopher once said. Labour haven't resiled from their stupid positions yet. It could be their undoing.
Certainly not in my view as this was quite clearly an extraordinary and horrific case that hardly mirrors any significant number of those who are in receipt of benefits and welfare.
It seems Cameron`s moves appears to leave even Tory supporters floundering.
How are things going around here?
http://www.cps.org.uk/files/factsheets/original/131127181634-BorisJohnsonMargaretThatcherlecture.pdf?utm_source=Press+&+Political+Only&utm_campaign=ae887ad5ff-FTT_chown_lawson&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9f3445a366-ae887ad5ff-303574161
I know Labour and truth are hardly on speaking terms, but even so...