If Labour's lead is shrinking (and it may be), it currently seems to be more about the Conservative vote share increasing than the Labour vote share shrinking. That may of course turn out to be a virtuous circle if Tory-leaning UKIP supporters decide that the purple meanies would be a wasted vote. But it doesn't suggest that the Labour vote is particularly falling away following its autumn advance.
what do you think will be the situation on May 7th next year, with a year to go?
On May 7th next UKIP might be the most popular party in the country. That wont tell us much about the next GE though.
Well, of course it won't. Bobajob was noting people's predictions relating to later this month and next May. Therefore it's perfectly reasonable to ask him for his predictions for the same period.
And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting...
O/T Peter Halliday Conservative leader of Tendring DC has sensationally resigned as leader of the council and as a councillor with a an emotionally charged rant against fellow Conservative councillors and local MP Douglas Carswell . He said " I can't work with lying , deceiving individuals " .
'Peter Halliday, tipped to be the next leader of Tendring District Council (TDC), was accused of confronting a member of the public who had shouted abuse during a meeting in May.
The council asked an independent panel to look into the allegations against Mr Halliday – currently deputy leader of the authority – and it found him guilty of gross misconduct.'
O/T Peter Halliday Conservative leader of Tendring DC has sensationally resigned as leader of the council and as a councillor with a an emotionally charged rant against fellow Conservative councillors and local MP Douglas Carswell . He said " I can't work with lying , deceiving individuals " .
"Mr Halliday said he was upset at being accused of corruption for supporting the development of the Naze Education Centre at Walton by Delyth Miles, who is also chairman of the Clacton Conservative Association."
I see Carswell has been retweeting the coverage - so obviously not embarrassed...
'Peter Halliday, tipped to be the next leader of Tendring District Council (TDC), was accused of confronting a member of the public who had shouted abuse during a meeting in May.
The council asked an independent panel to look into the allegations against Mr Halliday – currently deputy leader of the authority – and it found him guilty of gross misconduct.'
I think your quote is rather out of date as he has been leader of the council for 18 months
"Like a drowning man, arms flailing pointlessly in an effort to stay afloat, today’s announcement from Iain Duncan Smith is that migrants will have to have a certain level of competence in English before they can claim benefits."
Labour turned into a single issue party, and it shows. He has one answer for every single issue, and while that one answer has done well in recent times and left the government flailing for a retort, it isn't enough. It's too late for Ed to change his fortunes, the electorate seem to have made up their minds about him, so have Labour supporters in fact.
Labour's poll lead looks incredibly soft and if the government ratchets up their own populism in the run up to the election Labour may not win, and it is their's to lose with all of the electoral advantages they have.
I wonder what the odd are for Labour winning the most seats in the HoC is with the Tories winning the popular vote...
This is a disturbing, cautionary tale of quasi-government and its bungling. It describes how Britain could have led the recent advances in touchscreen technology, developing kit capable detecting more than one fingertip at once, years before Apple did – if it weren't for the nation's treacle-footed, self-serving quangocracy (5 pages).
@Stuart_Dickson Two uses of "Con-Dem" in the header and sub-header are pretty clear tells that the piece might not be written from a completely disinterested perspective.
So, in your opinion, Carmichael's performance yesterday was a masterclass?
One does not need to be disinterested to recognise a turkey when you see one.
You're not slow in dismissing hostile press reports about the performance of SNP notables when it suits you.
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about SNP politicians are entirely to be expected, and usually transparent nonsense.
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about Unionist politicians are unexpected, and thus much harder to dismiss.
I note that you failed to reply to my question: in your opinion, was Alistair Carmichael's performance yesterday a masterclass? It would be surprising if you thought so, as all comment I have seen - both Unionist and pro-independence - has been highly critical.
Largely expected. The second driver is uncertain, but Sirotkin sounds like he'll get the reserve seat rather than a race seat. Gutierrez may well stay on.
Net satisfaction Ed M Lab - +6%, 2010 Lab - -7%. Net satisfaction Dave Con - +61%, 2010 Con - +46%. Net satisfaction Clegg LD - +14%, 2010 LD - 25%.
Net satisfaction Ed M LD - -23%, 2010 LD - -20%.
Net satisfaction Dave full time workers - -5%, part-time/non-working - -20% Net satisfaction Ed M full time workers - -32%, part-time/non-working - -19%
Some interesting things I picked out.
Dave could tilt the working/non-working balance further in his favour by giving the working poor a huge gift by increasing the minimum wage in the budget.
I don't think Ed's "cost of living" stuff has really hit home with the working population as much as people think either, or his rating would be much better. I guess because he has no solution and his "living wage" bonus was a complete joke.
This is a disturbing, cautionary tale of quasi-government and its bungling. It describes how Britain could have led the recent advances in touchscreen technology, developing kit capable detecting more than one fingertip at once, years before Apple did – if it weren't for the nation's treacle-footed, self-serving quangocracy (5 pages).
It's a cautionary tale that government can rarely direct resources as well as competing individuals. Like many breakthroughs in science, similar ideas knock around for a while and then it takes the genius to turn them into a product. If Alexander Bell hadnt invented the telephone, it would have been invented very shortly after. If Baird had got ran over by a bus, we still would have televisions, in pretty much the same time frame.
has had no effect - Falkirk etc, yawn - as forecast by the wiser among us.
True, Falkirk has had absolutely no effect on the union stranglehold of Labour, as predicted by the wiser among us.
The PB Kinnocks assured us Ed's 'big fight' with Len was a game changer. How will they respond at the special conference when Len bitch slaps Ed all over again?
No. The PB McTories assured us it would damage Labour VI in Scotland. It hasn't - the PB McTories were wrong. Suck it up. Move on.
Polling data? Which polls have reliable Scottish sub-samples?
has had no effect - Falkirk etc, yawn - as forecast by the wiser among us.
True, Falkirk has had absolutely no effect on the union stranglehold of Labour, as predicted by the wiser among us.
The PB Kinnocks assured us Ed's 'big fight' with Len was a game changer. How will they respond at the special conference when Len bitch slaps Ed all over again?
No. The PB McTories assured us it would damage Labour VI in Scotland. It hasn't - the PB McTories were wrong. Suck it up. Move on.
I doubt this was the case - Labour seems incapable of peeving off its core vote in Scotland despite shafting it for the last 30 years.
Falkirk is more likely to be damaging to Ed in middle England - who are less enamoured with "union firebrands" than the Jockanese.
not you - Mad Carlotta. S/he spent days on end spamming the thread with it. Ranks up there as one of the worst predictions of all time on PB.
Link to one of my 'predictions'? Since there are so many of them that should be easy to do.....
If you think Falkirk is 'over' you are even more deluded than hitherto demonstrated.....
When I pushed you on this you said "watch Labour's VI in Scotland" or some such, and you spammed the site everyday. But no matter. Let's move on. We have all been there!
'Peter Halliday, tipped to be the next leader of Tendring District Council (TDC), was accused of confronting a member of the public who had shouted abuse during a meeting in May.
The council asked an independent panel to look into the allegations against Mr Halliday – currently deputy leader of the authority – and it found him guilty of gross misconduct.'
Gross misconduct? Highly unlikely. Councillors are not staff, and no such thing exists. The Standards Board have *no* powers.
@Stuart_Dickson Two uses of "Con-Dem" in the header and sub-header are pretty clear tells that the piece might not be written from a completely disinterested perspective.
So, in your opinion, Carmichael's performance yesterday was a masterclass?
One does not need to be disinterested to recognise a turkey when you see one.
You're not slow in dismissing hostile press reports about the performance of SNP notables when it suits you.
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about SNP politicians are entirely to be expected, and usually transparent nonsense.
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about Unionist politicians are unexpected, and thus much harder to dismiss.
I note that you failed to reply to my question: in your opinion, was Alistair Carmichael's performance yesterday a masterclass? It would be surprising if you thought so, as all comment I have seen - both Unionist and pro-independence - has been highly critical.
Erm, there's more than one political dividing line in the UK, though I appreciate that you're so focussed on the independence one that you probably overlook the others.
Largely expected. The second driver is uncertain, but Sirotkin sounds like he'll get the reserve seat rather than a race seat. Gutierrez may well stay on.
Also, there were rumours earlier of Sony/PlayStation becoming the title sponsor of McLaren F1. I have not heard of anything like this internally and after asking around a bit, no one who would know about it has heard of it either. It either means they are hiding something (which I doubt) or that there is no chance of Sony/PlayStation becoming McLaren's title sponsor. Honestly it's not our MO, we usually sponsor events and sports outright rather than individual teams. I remember when we were in talks with a big London based football team in 2009 for principal kit sponsorship, they wanted a similar amount of money to what we give UEFA for Champions League sponsorship and that gets our branding at every single match so we said no.
Mr. Max, there's a suspicion that Button wanted Perez to stay because he (Button) could handle him relatively easily. Magnussen may be a bigger challenge. There's also a suspicion that if Alonso can be tempted in 2015 that Button will be the one to go. Not only is he an older driver, Alonso would then have undoubted number one status.
Unless of course Ron Dennis has engineered his way to retake control. But then, Ross Brawn's quite capable of running a number one driver system.
Edited extra bit: obviously you have an inside line, but this is the first time I'd heard of a Sony sponsorship for McLaren. If it were so, you'd be better off waiting until, frankly, they have a better shot at the title.
Mr. P, I have very mixed feelings about that. Whilst sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, I dislike the way that offensive comments (in certain spheres) now seem to be illegal. What is freedom of speech if not the right to say what other people don't want you to?
@Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Tory MP David Morris has written to cops asking them to investigate @JackDromeyMP 's "pikey" tweet
While moderately amusing, you have to ask what's gone wrong with this country when the police force are obliged to investigate this sort of trivial nonsense.
I don't think Button really handled Perez all that well, a new driver coming into a settled team with a crap car and they didn't really have a big points differential. If Magnussen is better than Perez then Button is in big trouble.
The early word is that McLaren expect to be strong out of the gate with the 2014 regs, Mercedes and RBR as well, Ferrari are struggling, which could line up with the rumours about Alonso deciding not to stay there and looking to McLaren who may have a strong claim to the title if they get to grips with Honda power quickly in 2015.
It's been clear to anyone who follows F1 that Whitmarsh is not capable of running a team that wins the title. In 2011 he should have dumped Button, got a weaker driver in as a defined number two and pushed Hamilton to the 2012 title by directing resources to him like RBR to for Seb and Ferrari for Alonso. Anyone who still thinks that Hamilton moved for the money is having a laugh. The politics at McLaren meant he was fighting for the championship with one hand tied behind his back in comparison to Fernando and Seb.
As for our sponsorship, the closest I have heard is that we may sponsor "F1" and there have been talks in the past of some level of sponsorship of it, but it never moved beyond talks so who knows. Possibly because Bernie was asking for too much money, I know we gave up the game rights because Bernie wanted £100m for for a 7 year renewal (up from £50m), and our management told him to eff off. Which worked out well because Codemasters have found it tough to make a decent F1 game because their budget has been severely limited by the licence payments.
Mr. P, I have very mixed feelings about that. Whilst sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, I dislike the way that offensive comments (in certain spheres) now seem to be illegal. What is freedom of speech if not the right to say what other people don't want you to?
Indeed. If he'd called him a 'two-faced lanky wanker with the personality of a shit-stained courgette', that would have been hunky-dory in the eyes of the law. [wouldn't it?]
@Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Tory MP David Morris has written to cops asking them to investigate @JackDromeyMP 's "pikey" tweet
Embarrassing. Seriously embarrassing. Waste of police time. Dromey is an idiot and maybe he should have been more careful in a PC society, but seriously this is just stupid beyond belief.
@Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Tory MP David Morris has written to cops asking them to investigate @JackDromeyMP 's "pikey" tweet
What on earth for?
The only amusing part of the story is the Labour HQ spin doctor claiming Mr Dromey had fallen victim to autocorrect, which had automatically switched the word "postie" for "pikey".
Only to be contradicted by Dromey a few minutes later claiming the posties nickname was based on Cpl Pike from Dad’s Army. – It’s always the cover-up etc…!
Mr. Max, 2012 is the one that got away for McLaren. Overall, they had the fastest car but the title came down to Vettel and Alonso.
F1's finances are currently unsustainable. Over half the grid are under significant financial pressure. Instead of dicking about with a trophy for pole positions or double points for a country which has the same motorsport heritage as Qatar does for football they'd be better off sorting that out.
There's a fear that half the grid will get culled and the remaining 6 (or so) teams will get secondary teams or we'll have customer cars. Which would be rubbish.
Not heard that about McLaren in 2014, but Mercedes I know have been confident for a while. I think they may have (after Ferrari) the best driver lineup. Red Bull should be good, but Ricciardo may struggle alongside Vettel.
@Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Tory MP David Morris has written to cops asking them to investigate @JackDromeyMP 's "pikey" tweet
What on earth for?
The only amusing part of the story is the Labour HQ spin doctor claiming Mr Dromey had fallen victim to autocorrect, which had automatically switched the word "postie" for "pikey".
Only to be contradicted by Dromey a few minutes later claiming the posties nickname was based on Cpl Pike from Dad’s Army. – It’s always the cover-up etc…!
@Stuart_Dickson Two uses of "Con-Dem" in the header and sub-header are pretty clear tells that the piece might not be written from a completely disinterested perspective.
So, in your opinion, Carmichael's performance yesterday was a masterclass?
One does not need to be disinterested to recognise a turkey when you see one.
You're not slow in dismissing hostile press reports about the performance of SNP notables when it suits you.
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about SNP politicians are entirely to be expected, and usually transparent nonsense.
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about Unionist politicians are unexpected, and thus much harder to dismiss.
I note that you failed to reply to my question: in your opinion, was Alistair Carmichael's performance yesterday a masterclass? It would be surprising if you thought so, as all comment I have seen - both Unionist and pro-independence - has been highly critical.
Erm, there's more than one political dividing line in the UK, though I appreciate that you're so focussed on the independence one that you probably overlook the others.
If you are blind to the significance of one of the biggest selling Unionist papers, the Daily Record, ridiculing one of the key figures in the No campaign then I'm afraid it looks like you've lost your political antennae.
OT: Opinium has done polling on SPOTY. If you believe their figures then the 20-50/1 available at the bookies (and longer at Betfair) on Mo Farah is incredible value.
Harmans "ginger rodent" remark is the worst I have heard really
Deliberately offensive based on someone's race you could say (the stereotype of a Scottish man has ginger hair I believe)
As lefties like to try and cleverly point out " Imagine the same sentence about a Jamaican but with black instead of ginger... doesn't look good does it?"
Eeurgh how I hate that kind of smart arse argument
Mr. Neil, this David Morris is an opportunistic arse, and you're right that the deranged drive to narrow the bounds of freedom of speech have infiltrated all sides of politics, but it did originate with leftists and the professionally offended.
It feels rather peculiar to side with Jack Dromey.
@Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Tory MP David Morris has written to cops asking them to investigate @JackDromeyMP 's "pikey" tweet
That's just barmy. I hope the police arrest David Morris for wasting their time.
I'm minded to agree, except it should be noted that: a) Labour have not been above making such spurious complaints in the past, and b) Labour was rather keen on legislation.
MD, I believe this is what made Hamilton switch to Mercedes. He knew the 2012 WDC had his name on it and McLaren management pissed it away by playing nice with Button and not focussing resources on the stronger driver. It is a subversion of how competition works. The market chooses the winner (in this case driving talent) and money/resources should follow. By artificially levelling the playing field to spare Whitmarsh's blushes McLaren drove out their child prodigy. All very disappointing for a McLaren fan.
Indeed. The finances are questionable for almost every team right now. The 2014 regs were supposed to limit costs but I've been reading they have done the opposite. The FIA need to step up and tighten regulations further so in-season development budgets are significantly limited. The problem is that there is currently no appeal for the non-aero innovation driven by F1 outside of racing, so traditional manufacturers have no inclination to join. I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes decide to sell up. They are also missing a big Japanese team. Given that Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Suzuki are all huge players in the global auto industry, Japan is severely under-represented in terms of teams and drivers. Until the FIA make the regulations work for ordinary car manufacturers the number of companies and individuals willing to plunge £100-120m per year to end up as a mid-table team will continue to dwindle. Like you said the gimmicks also aren't going to help. The double points idea is just stupid.
My old professor has been consulting for them, he says they are very confident in their 2014 package but admit they don't have the driver line up to challenge for the WDC.
Lucky for Mr Harman that nobody in Labour engages in anonymous briefing any more
@JasonGroves1: Labour leadership hacked off with @JackDromeyMP over 'Pikey' comment. 'I think you cd speculate we're pretty exasperated,' says a source
OT: Opinium has done polling on SPOTY. If you believe their figures then the 20-50/1 available at the bookies (and longer at Betfair) on Mo Farah is incredible value.
@Stuart_Dickson Two uses of "Con-Dem" in the header and sub-header are pretty clear tells that the piece might not be written from a completely disinterested perspective.
If you are blind to the significance of one of the biggest selling Unionist papers, the Daily Record, ridiculing one of the key figures in the No campaign then I'm afraid it looks like you've lost your political antennae.
This is what interests me - especially as Andrew Darling has also been getting it in the back from other Unionists. Okay, Mr Darling is Labour and a threat to the Tories (perhaps), but Mr Carmichael is a LD and so, in theory, a Tory ally. Perhaps it is the 2015 Westminster GE making itself felt in the ranks of the No Campaign.
I'm aware that I also focus on the referendum, unsurprisingly as it trumps all else for where I and presumably Mr Dickson live. That's one reason I look at PB, to try and keep some sense of balance, as well as the sites debating indy.
@Sun_Politics: BREAKING: Tory MP David Morris has written to cops asking them to investigate @JackDromeyMP 's "pikey" tweet
That's just barmy. I hope the police arrest David Morris for wasting their time.
I'm minded to agree, except it should be noted that: a) Labour have not been above making such spurious complaints in the past, and b) Labour was rather keen on legislation.
MD, I believe this is what made Hamilton switch to Mercedes. He knew the 2012 WDC had his name on it and McLaren management pissed it away by playing nice with Button and not focussing resources on the stronger driver. It is a subversion of how competition works. The market chooses the winner (in this case driving talent) and money/resources should follow. By artificially levelling the playing field to spare Whitmarsh's blushes McLaren drove out their child prodigy. All very disappointing for a McLaren fan.
Indeed. The finances are questionable for almost every team right now. The 2014 regs were supposed to limit costs but I've been reading they have done the opposite. The FIA need to step up and tighten regulations further so in-season development budgets are significantly limited. The problem is that there is currently no appeal for the non-aero innovation driven by F1 outside of racing, so traditional manufacturers have no inclination to join. I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes decide to sell up. They are also missing a big Japanese team. Given that Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Suzuki are all huge players in the global auto industry, Japan is severely under-represented in terms of teams and drivers. Until the FIA make the regulations work for ordinary car manufacturers the number of companies and individuals willing to plunge £100-120m per year to end up as a mid-table team will continue to dwindle. Like you said the gimmicks also aren't going to help. The double points idea is just stupid.
My old professor has been consulting for them, he says they are very confident in their 2014 package but admit they don't have the driver line up to challenge for the WDC.
Hamilton probably left when he realised that Sam Michael had brought his curse with him from Williams (although it looks as though it stuck around at that team for a while as well).
;-)
Top drivers take changes in the top staff at their teams very seriously. Don't be surprised if the changes at McLaren were a big part of the reason Hamilton left.
Mr. Max, partially disagree. That may've helped Hamilton, but what killed his hopes was bad reliability more than the equal treatment of drivers.
The power units have been expensive to develop. The FIA wants a cost-cap, which is good, but enforcing one is nigh on impossible because Ferrari and McLaren have road car operations and there'll always be some overlap (and you can't limit their road car activities).
I also wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes left in the next few years, but for another reason. They've gone down the committee route of leadership, and as Han Solo almost taught us, you can't run a racing team by committee.
That said, the Silver Arrows could be the ones to watch in 2014. We'll find out soon enough.
Sorry, obviously not got the hang of the quotes business ... Mr Dickson is quite right to be surprised by the position taken by the Daily Record on Mr Carmichael, as it is the biggest newspaper by far in Scotland, and doing not too badly. This is in a market whose newspapers have generally gone down the U-bend of circulation decline even more quickly than in the UK more generally. Never mind what one personally thinks on indy, it's pretty fair to say that the newspapers are all fixed in their position, and to be frank getting boring with the combination of unvarying stance and deteriorating quality of reporting as the funding declines, a few columnists excepted. So it is really surprising to find a piece like that.
My fav double standard on this matter has to be Paul Elliott #zerotolerance
'Paul Elliot told the meeting of his early experiences in sport while a teenager. Trainers had assumed he would not enjoy swimming simply because he was black and that he would also feel the cold more than white players. When he first joined Charlton Athletic, a club at the forefront of combating racism in football, another player had joked about him eating “coonflakes”.
“As a player, growing up was very difficult, we were told not to be too sensitive, to rise above it all and grin and bear it. So I kept quiet in a way that I would not do now.” '
'The FA have accepted the resignation of Paul Elliott after the anti-racism campaigner called former Charlton defender 'n*****' in a furious string of text messages.'
My fav double standard on this matter has to be Paul Elliott #zerotolerance
'Paul Elliot told the meeting of his early experiences in sport while a teenager. Trainers had assumed he would not enjoy swimming simply because he was black and that he would also feel the cold more than white players. When he first joined Charlton Athletic, a club at the forefront of combating racism in football, another player had joked about him eating “coonflakes”.
“As a player, growing up was very difficult, we were told not to be too sensitive, to rise above it all and grin and bear it. So I kept quiet in a way that I would not do now.” '
'The FA have accepted the resignation of Paul Elliott after the anti-racism campaigner called former Charlton defender 'n*****' in a furious string of text messages.'
Mr. Max, partially disagree. That may've helped Hamilton, but what killed his hopes was bad reliability more than the equal treatment of drivers.
The power units have been expensive to develop. The FIA wants a cost-cap, which is good, but enforcing one is nigh on impossible because Ferrari and McLaren have road car operations and there'll always be some overlap (and you can't limit their road car activities).
I also wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes left in the next few years, but for another reason. They've gone down the committee route of leadership, and as Han Solo almost taught us, you can't run a racing team by committee.
That said, the Silver Arrows could be the ones to watch in 2014. We'll find out soon enough.
I think the reliability would have been better for Hamilton had they committed the resources, I think one follows the other. There is a reason Webber and Massa had more than their fair share of failures while Seb and Alonso didn't.
McLaren F1 is a different company to McLaren Automotive, same parent, but they have completely separate operations. Not sure about Ferrari. The crossover is not that large and the FIA can just force the teams to get on board.
Agreed, I think Niki Lauda will have to give way, too many cooks and all that...
SPOTY - I wonder if Murray not turning up on the night might well push a few votes towards others.
I think Farah may have a good chance because of sympathy vote that he didn't win in 2012 - ie his cumulative achievement of 5,000/10,000 double in both 2012 and 2013 warrants that he should win SPOTY.
This could also count against McCoy who has also won SPOTY before.
My fav double standard on this matter has to be Paul Elliott #zerotolerance
'Paul Elliot told the meeting of his early experiences in sport while a teenager. Trainers had assumed he would not enjoy swimming simply because he was black and that he would also feel the cold more than white players. When he first joined Charlton Athletic, a club at the forefront of combating racism in football, another player had joked about him eating “coonflakes”.
“As a player, growing up was very difficult, we were told not to be too sensitive, to rise above it all and grin and bear it. So I kept quiet in a way that I would not do now.” '
'The FA have accepted the resignation of Paul Elliott after the anti-racism campaigner called former Charlton defender 'n*****' in a furious string of text messages.'
Incredible really... how did he get away with it?!
The jobs he has been given down the years can only be down to positive discrimination. Football officials are desperate for a black role model for other players to aspire to when they retire. Unfortunately this guy was a charlatan.
He would do the whole kick racism out of football campaign a favour if he apologised to Suarez and Ron Atkinson for his over zealous comments about them when they erred, and publicly said that just because you say something you don't mean when you are angry, doesn't make you the devil.
This is what interests me - especially as Andrew Darling has also been getting it in the back from other Unionists. Okay, Mr Darling is Labour and a threat to the Tories (perhaps), but Mr Carmichael is a LD and so, in theory, a Tory ally. Perhaps it is the 2015 Westminster GE making itself felt in the ranks of the No Campaign.
I'm aware that I also focus on the referendum, unsurprisingly as it trumps all else for where I and presumably Mr Dickson live. That's one reason I look at PB, to try and keep some sense of balance, as well as the sites debating indy.
I also suspect that it is it is the 2015 Westminster GE making itself felt in the ranks of the No Campaign.
If you and I are correct, then the question becomes: can the No campaign hold together long enough? As September 2014 approaches, so May 2015 also approaches. It could get bloody.
Well pleb is not racist and pikey is. There's a clear difference between insulting someone and using racist words. I'm not saying Dromey meant it maliciously but if he'd called someone a Paki would you defend him? He's an idiot for using the word. Lots of people don't know what it means - he does.
Harmans "ginger rodent" remark is the worst I have heard really
Deliberately offensive based on someone's race you could say (the stereotype of a Scottish man has ginger hair I believe)
As lefties like to try and cleverly point out " Imagine the same sentence about a Jamaican but with black instead of ginger... doesn't look good does it?"
Eeurgh how I hate that kind of smart arse argument
as a ginger, can I just say that isam is absolutely right. the amount of casual anti-ginger prejudice from members of the labour party (particularly ex London mayor Ken Livingston) is quite shocking/
Pikey is an unpleasant word and therefore should be avoided. Whether it is racist or not is really beside the point. As an MP, Jack Dromey should have known better and should be ashamed of himself.
Asking for the police to investigate is, however, absolutely pathetic.
Pikey is an unpleasant word and therefore should be avoided. Whether it is racist or not is really beside the point. As an MP, Jack Dromey should have known better and should be ashamed of himself.
Asking for the police to investigate is, however, absolutely pathetic.
Mr. P, I have very mixed feelings about that. Whilst sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, I dislike the way that offensive comments (in certain spheres) now seem to be illegal. What is freedom of speech if not the right to say what other people don't want you to?
Labour brought in these laws, why shouldn't they be used against them?
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
Mr. P, I have very mixed feelings about that. Whilst sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, I dislike the way that offensive comments (in certain spheres) now seem to be illegal. What is freedom of speech if not the right to say what other people don't want you to?
Labour brought in these laws, why shouldn't they be used against them?
I don't think they ever intended for those laws to be used against themselves.
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
I read The Book Thief about 5 years ago but didn't know it had been filmed. Oddly the book and the sound-track are on piratebay but not the film itself. Not sure that's a good omen if nobody can be bothered to share it.
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
I read The Book Thief about 5 years ago but didn't know it had been filmed. Oddly the book and the sound-track are on piratebay but not the film itself. Not sure that's a good omen if nobody can be bothered to share it.
Bonjour
Think tomorrow will see a turn around in our fortunes ?
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
I read The Book Thief about 5 years ago but didn't know it had been filmed. Oddly the book and the sound-track are on piratebay but not the film itself. Not sure that's a good omen if nobody can be bothered to share it.
Bonjour
Think tomorrow will see a turn around in our fortunes ?
Good evening
Raceclear was in Friday 13th doom-mode today so here's hoping the cricket turns my betting week back to being sunny-side up. I hope you are fairing better yourself?
I'm impressed that some of David Morris traveller constituents have been so swift to complain to him for him to write on their behalf.....
Tho I wonder what our friends on the left would be saying if it was a Tory MP using the term......
There are a considerable number of travellers in David Morris constituency,particularly at this time of year. I ran a business in this area,and had to take considerable precautions to protect a private road from being occupied. I usually built a 20 ton barricade to block the road at Christmas. Pikeys is not the usual description round here,nor is Travellers.
However I accept Jack D was not intending to be offensive,nor was Captain Mainwaring.
I'm impressed that some of David Morris traveller constituents have been so swift to complain to him for him to write on their behalf.....
Tho I wonder what our friends on the left would be saying if it was a Tory MP using the term......
There are a considerable number of travellers in David Morris constituency,particularly at this time of year. I ran a business in this area,and had to take considerable precautions to protect a private road from being occupied. I usually built a 20 ton barricade to block the road at Christmas. Pikeys is not the usual description round here,nor is Travellers.
However I accept Jack D was not intending to be offensive,nor was Captain Mainwaring.
Agree that JD was not intending to be offensive; just accidentally expressing out loud how a great many of us think whilst we hide behind the oppressively dead cod-eye of political correctness.
Unfortunately the usual-suspect griefwhores lurk with the keys to the Outrage Bus in their hands at all times.
I'm impressed that some of David Morris traveller constituents have been so swift to complain to him for him to write on their behalf.....
Tho I wonder what our friends on the left would be saying if it was a Tory MP using the term......
There are a considerable number of travellers in David Morris constituency,particularly at this time of year. I ran a business in this area,and had to take considerable precautions to protect a private road from being occupied. I usually built a 20 ton barricade to block the road at Christmas. Pikeys is not the usual description round here,nor is Travellers.
However I accept Jack D was not intending to be offensive,nor was Captain Mainwaring.
Agree that JD was not intending to be offensive; just accidentally expressing out loud how a great many of us think whilst we hide behind the oppressively dead cod-eye of political correctness.
Unfortunately the usual-suspect griefwhores lurk with the keys to the Outrage Bus in their hands at all times.
Indeed.
Ridiculous PC laws, but the irony of Harriet Harperson's spouse being caught out by them is quite delicious.
I'm impressed that some of David Morris traveller constituents have been so swift to complain to him for him to write on their behalf.....
Tho I wonder what our friends on the left would be saying if it was a Tory MP using the term......
There are a considerable number of travellers in David Morris constituency,particularly at this time of year. I ran a business in this area,and had to take considerable precautions to protect a private road from being occupied. I usually built a 20 ton barricade to block the road at Christmas. Pikeys is not the usual description round here,nor is Travellers.
However I accept Jack D was not intending to be offensive,nor was Captain Mainwaring.
Agree that JD was not intending to be offensive; just accidentally expressing out loud how a great many of us think whilst we hide behind the oppressively dead cod-eye of political correctness.
Unfortunately the usual-suspect griefwhores lurk with the keys to the Outrage Bus in their hands at all times.
While I totally agree that we shouldn't be jumping on this sort of tweet my opinion changes when it is politicians of whatever stripe that are doing it for one simple reason
The only way we can show them the stupidity of some of the legislation they pass is to repeatedly hit them over the head with it until it begins to permeate their skulls that possibly they should think a little more carefully about the laws they pass.
I have no doubt in my mind they would be fully agreed on all sides of the house if this was a simple citizen feeling the weight of a police investigation that this would only be right and proper.
In short if MP's wish to pontificate and pass laws they had better be squeaky clean themselves on that subject or they should fully expect every little transgression to be highlighted. Anything other than that and they are basically saying that they shouldn't be judged by the standards which they wish to set for the rest of us
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
I read The Book Thief about 5 years ago but didn't know it had been filmed. Oddly the book and the sound-track are on piratebay but not the film itself. Not sure that's a good omen if nobody can be bothered to share it.
Bonjour
Think tomorrow will see a turn around in our fortunes ?
Good evening
Raceclear was in Friday 13th doom-mode today so here's hoping the cricket turns my betting week back to being sunny-side up. I hope you are fairing better yourself?
What do you reckon the best next move is on the cricket ?
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
I read The Book Thief about 5 years ago but didn't know it had been filmed. Oddly the book and the sound-track are on piratebay but not the film itself. Not sure that's a good omen if nobody can be bothered to share it.
Bonjour
Think tomorrow will see a turn around in our fortunes ?
Good evening
Raceclear was in Friday 13th doom-mode today so here's hoping the cricket turns my betting week back to being sunny-side up. I hope you are fairing better yourself?
What do you reckon the best next move is on the cricket ?
I'm running out of time for my Aus Double Century in the series bet to come in, so bowling some gentle stuff to Steve Smith for an hour will nicely expand one of my accounts by a decent bottle of red. Apart from that...hmm...
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
I read The Book Thief about 5 years ago but didn't know it had been filmed. Oddly the book and the sound-track are on piratebay but not the film itself. Not sure that's a good omen if nobody can be bothered to share it.
Bonjour
Think tomorrow will see a turn around in our fortunes ?
Good evening
Raceclear was in Friday 13th doom-mode today so here's hoping the cricket turns my betting week back to being sunny-side up. I hope you are fairing better yourself?
What do you reckon the best next move is on the cricket ?
I'm running out of time for my Aus Double Century in the series bet to come in, so bowling some gentle stuff to Steve Smith for an hour will nicely expand one of my accounts by a decent bottle of red. Apart from that...hmm...
I've backed the draw for 3 pts. Will lay it off maybe tommorow close of play. Can see it having came in by then. Reasoning is on the betfair forum cricket thread.
Pikey is an unpleasant word and therefore should be avoided. Whether it is racist or not is really beside the point. As an MP, Jack Dromey should have known better and should be ashamed of himself.
Asking for the police to investigate is, however, absolutely pathetic.
Jack Dromey's use of the word "pikey" brings disgrace upon himself, his family and party. It demonstrates a brazen and bizarre disregard of social sensitivities. It is a measure of our times when cynical Labour politicians are forced by lack of leadership to substitute the hard graft of policy development with fifteen minutes of instant infamy.
The man should clearly have used the word "didicoy".
Comments
It had better be mind blowingly brilliant - we've been waiting for years.
One day this strategy will pay off. Although as to which decade this day will occur....
The GE was not mentioned.
Jumped before he was pushed?
'Peter Halliday, tipped to be the next leader of Tendring District Council (TDC), was accused of confronting a member of the public who had shouted abuse during a meeting in May.
The council asked an independent panel to look into the allegations against Mr Halliday – currently deputy leader of the authority – and it found him guilty of gross misconduct.'
I see Carswell has been retweeting the coverage - so obviously not embarrassed...
Could have been ghost written by tim!
"Like a drowning man, arms flailing pointlessly in an effort to stay afloat, today’s announcement from Iain Duncan Smith is that migrants will have to have a certain level of competence in English before they can claim benefits."
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/448483/The-politics-of-panic-Welfare-reforms-have-been-drawn-up-on-the-back-of-a-fag-packet
Labour turned into a single issue party, and it shows. He has one answer for every single issue, and while that one answer has done well in recent times and left the government flailing for a retort, it isn't enough. It's too late for Ed to change his fortunes, the electorate seem to have made up their minds about him, so have Labour supporters in fact.
Labour's poll lead looks incredibly soft and if the government ratchets up their own populism in the run up to the election Labour may not win, and it is their's to lose with all of the electoral advantages they have.
I wonder what the odd are for Labour winning the most seats in the HoC is with the Tories winning the popular vote...
How Britain could have invented the iPhone: And how the Quangocracy cocked it up
This is a disturbing, cautionary tale of quasi-government and its bungling. It describes how Britain could have led the recent advances in touchscreen technology, developing kit capable detecting more than one fingertip at once, years before Apple did – if it weren't for the nation's treacle-footed, self-serving quangocracy (5 pages).
Hostile press reports in the Unionist press about Unionist politicians are unexpected, and thus much harder to dismiss.
I note that you failed to reply to my question: in your opinion, was Alistair Carmichael's performance yesterday a masterclass? It would be surprising if you thought so, as all comment I have seen - both Unionist and pro-independence - has been highly critical.
F1: Sutil to Sauber:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25370813
Largely expected. The second driver is uncertain, but Sirotkin sounds like he'll get the reserve seat rather than a race seat. Gutierrez may well stay on.
Meanwhile, some say Ron Dennis is plotting a return to control of McLaren, with Ross Brawn as Number Two to his Doctor Evil:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/25368679
The detail from the poll.
Net satisfaction Ed M Lab - +6%, 2010 Lab - -7%.
Net satisfaction Dave Con - +61%, 2010 Con - +46%.
Net satisfaction Clegg LD - +14%, 2010 LD - 25%.
Net satisfaction Ed M LD - -23%, 2010 LD - -20%.
Net satisfaction Dave full time workers - -5%, part-time/non-working - -20%
Net satisfaction Ed M full time workers - -32%, part-time/non-working - -19%
Some interesting things I picked out.
Dave could tilt the working/non-working balance further in his favour by giving the working poor a huge gift by increasing the minimum wage in the budget.
I don't think Ed's "cost of living" stuff has really hit home with the working population as much as people think either, or his rating would be much better. I guess because he has no solution and his "living wage" bonus was a complete joke.
Also, there were rumours earlier of Sony/PlayStation becoming the title sponsor of McLaren F1. I have not heard of anything like this internally and after asking around a bit, no one who would know about it has heard of it either. It either means they are hiding something (which I doubt) or that there is no chance of Sony/PlayStation becoming McLaren's title sponsor. Honestly it's not our MO, we usually sponsor events and sports outright rather than individual teams. I remember when we were in talks with a big London based football team in 2009 for principal kit sponsorship, they wanted a similar amount of money to what we give UEFA for Champions League sponsorship and that gets our branding at every single match so we said no.
Unless of course Ron Dennis has engineered his way to retake control. But then, Ross Brawn's quite capable of running a number one driver system.
Edited extra bit: obviously you have an inside line, but this is the first time I'd heard of a Sony sponsorship for McLaren. If it were so, you'd be better off waiting until, frankly, they have a better shot at the title.
"FFS" sums it up nicely.
The early word is that McLaren expect to be strong out of the gate with the 2014 regs, Mercedes and RBR as well, Ferrari are struggling, which could line up with the rumours about Alonso deciding not to stay there and looking to McLaren who may have a strong claim to the title if they get to grips with Honda power quickly in 2015.
It's been clear to anyone who follows F1 that Whitmarsh is not capable of running a team that wins the title. In 2011 he should have dumped Button, got a weaker driver in as a defined number two and pushed Hamilton to the 2012 title by directing resources to him like RBR to for Seb and Ferrari for Alonso. Anyone who still thinks that Hamilton moved for the money is having a laugh. The politics at McLaren meant he was fighting for the championship with one hand tied behind his back in comparison to Fernando and Seb.
As for our sponsorship, the closest I have heard is that we may sponsor "F1" and there have been talks in the past of some level of sponsorship of it, but it never moved beyond talks so who knows. Possibly because Bernie was asking for too much money, I know we gave up the game rights because Bernie wanted £100m for for a 7 year renewal (up from £50m), and our management told him to eff off. Which worked out well because Codemasters have found it tough to make a decent F1 game because their budget has been severely limited by the licence payments.
In what context did Dromey use the word?
The only amusing part of the story is the Labour HQ spin doctor claiming Mr Dromey had fallen victim to autocorrect, which had automatically switched the word "postie" for "pikey".
Only to be contradicted by Dromey a few minutes later claiming the posties nickname was based on Cpl Pike from Dad’s Army. – It’s always the cover-up etc…!
http://news.sky.com/story/1182006/pr-blunder-over-labour-mps-pikey-tweet
F1's finances are currently unsustainable. Over half the grid are under significant financial pressure. Instead of dicking about with a trophy for pole positions or double points for a country which has the same motorsport heritage as Qatar does for football they'd be better off sorting that out.
There's a fear that half the grid will get culled and the remaining 6 (or so) teams will get secondary teams or we'll have customer cars. Which would be rubbish.
Not heard that about McLaren in 2014, but Mercedes I know have been confident for a while. I think they may have (after Ferrari) the best driver lineup. Red Bull should be good, but Ricciardo may struggle alongside Vettel.
The "postie" claim is obviously lies... and the Dads Army one seems a bit weird.. wouldn't he have just said Cpl Pike rather than pikey?
More bother than its worth either way
Toughen up Britain!
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scottish-secretary-alistair-carmichael-fails-2921487
Will someone manufacture a Guardian/New Labour dictionary for us so we can see which terms are verboten?
Edited extra bit: of course, those of you who want to enjoy something politically incorrect should buy Sir Edric's Temple (quickly, before it's deemed illegal!): http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sir-Edrics-Temple-ebook/dp/B00GCAF2CI/
http://news.opinium.co.uk/survey-results/two-horse-race-sports-personality
Deliberately offensive based on someone's race you could say (the stereotype of a Scottish man has ginger hair I believe)
As lefties like to try and cleverly point out " Imagine the same sentence about a Jamaican
but with black instead of ginger... doesn't look good does it?"
Eeurgh how I hate that kind of smart arse argument
It feels rather peculiar to side with Jack Dromey.
Murray should win by a bloody mile.
Mr. Isam, Harman's comment was far worse, but should still not be a matter for the police.
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I've sided with Jack Dromey, and now Harriet Harman. In the same thread.
....
I feel dirty.
a) Labour have not been above making such spurious complaints in the past, and
b) Labour was rather keen on legislation.
We should all get behind Rowan Atkinson's campaign:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9616750/Rowan-Atkinson-we-must-be-allowed-to-insult-each-other.html
The law should allow us to insult each other. And I mean you, big nose!
Indeed. The finances are questionable for almost every team right now. The 2014 regs were supposed to limit costs but I've been reading they have done the opposite. The FIA need to step up and tighten regulations further so in-season development budgets are significantly limited. The problem is that there is currently no appeal for the non-aero innovation driven by F1 outside of racing, so traditional manufacturers have no inclination to join. I wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes decide to sell up. They are also missing a big Japanese team. Given that Toyota, Honda, Nissan and Suzuki are all huge players in the global auto industry, Japan is severely under-represented in terms of teams and drivers. Until the FIA make the regulations work for ordinary car manufacturers the number of companies and individuals willing to plunge £100-120m per year to end up as a mid-table team will continue to dwindle. Like you said the gimmicks also aren't going to help. The double points idea is just stupid.
My old professor has been consulting for them, he says they are very confident in their 2014 package but admit they don't have the driver line up to challenge for the WDC.
@JasonGroves1: Labour leadership hacked off with @JackDromeyMP over 'Pikey' comment. 'I think you cd speculate we're pretty exasperated,' says a source
The whole point is to keep a nasty old Labour story in for another news cycle.
Job done.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-25363200
I'm impressed that some of David Morris traveller constituents have been so swift to complain to him for him to write on their behalf.....
Tho I wonder what our friends on the left would be saying if it was a Tory MP using the term......
Napoli fans reacted well to legislation that stopped rival fans abusing each other
"The right to be insulted!"
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/italian-football-fans-abuse-milan-napoli
;-)
Top drivers take changes in the top staff at their teams very seriously. Don't be surprised if the changes at McLaren were a big part of the reason Hamilton left.
The power units have been expensive to develop. The FIA wants a cost-cap, which is good, but enforcing one is nigh on impossible because Ferrari and McLaren have road car operations and there'll always be some overlap (and you can't limit their road car activities).
I also wouldn't be surprised if Mercedes left in the next few years, but for another reason. They've gone down the committee route of leadership, and as Han Solo almost taught us, you can't run a racing team by committee.
That said, the Silver Arrows could be the ones to watch in 2014. We'll find out soon enough.
'Paul Elliot told the meeting of his early experiences in sport while a teenager. Trainers had assumed he would not enjoy swimming simply because he was black and that he would also feel the cold more than white players. When he first joined Charlton Athletic, a club at the forefront of combating racism in football, another player had joked about him eating “coonflakes”.
“As a player, growing up was very difficult, we were told not to be too sensitive, to rise above it all and grin and bear it. So I kept quiet in a way that I would not do now.” '
http://www.searchlightmagazine.com/archive/fighting-racism-in-sport-the-struggle-goes-on
and...
'The FA have accepted the resignation of Paul Elliott after the anti-racism campaigner called former Charlton defender 'n*****' in a furious string of text messages.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2283318/Paul-Elliott-resigns-FA-racism-row-Richard-Rufus.html
Details of some other whoppers here
http://oldco.coplandroad.org/444641
McLaren F1 is a different company to McLaren Automotive, same parent, but they have completely separate operations. Not sure about Ferrari. The crossover is not that large and the FIA can just force the teams to get on board.
Agreed, I think Niki Lauda will have to give way, too many cooks and all that...
I think Farah may have a good chance because of sympathy vote that he didn't win in 2012 - ie his cumulative achievement of 5,000/10,000 double in both 2012 and 2013 warrants that he should win SPOTY.
This could also count against McCoy who has also won SPOTY before.
Farah at over 100-1 seems amazing value.
Incredible really... how did he get away with it?!
The jobs he has been given down the years can only be down to positive discrimination. Football officials are desperate for a black role model for other players to aspire to when they retire. Unfortunately this guy was a charlatan.
He would do the whole kick racism out of football campaign a favour if he apologised to Suarez and Ron Atkinson for his over zealous comments about them when they erred, and publicly said that just because you say something you don't mean when you are angry, doesn't make you the devil.
If you and I are correct, then the question becomes: can the No campaign hold together long enough? As September 2014 approaches, so May 2015 also approaches. It could get bloody.
How are Labour going to get their message across and lead the debate then?
Asking for the police to investigate is, however, absolutely pathetic.
"And if Roger is about - saw August: Osage County at a Soho screening the other day. Another nailed-on Oscar nom for Meryl as Best Actress and nailed-on Oscar nom for Julia Roberts as Best Supporting... "
I haven't seen it yet but this year I saw two of the best performances by actresses that i've seen so Meryl would have to be on pretty good form.
The first was Cate Blanchett in 'Blue Jasmine' and the second Adele Exarchopoulos in 'Blue is the Warmest Colour'.
PS. If you get the chance have a look at "The Book thief" which was directed by a good friend of mine. I'd be interested what you think
The plan would appear to have backfired.
I don't think they ever intended for those laws to be used against themselves.
The plan would appear to have backfired.
Which mkes it even funnier.
Dromey is simply making himself even more of a laughing stock.
Think tomorrow will see a turn around in our fortunes
Raceclear was in Friday 13th doom-mode today so here's hoping the cricket turns my betting week back to being sunny-side up. I hope you are fairing better yourself?
Pikeys is not the usual description round here,nor is Travellers.
However I accept Jack D was not intending to be offensive,nor was Captain Mainwaring.
Unfortunately the usual-suspect griefwhores lurk with the keys to the Outrage Bus in their hands at all times.
Well what can I say.
Damn you Peter Jackson.
Cliff hanging ending.
Oh anyone who is anti-ginger/bullies gingers deserves to be riotously sodomised by fantastically well endowed orcs wearing Ron Weasley face masks.
Can you tell I married a ginger ?
Ridiculous PC laws, but the irony of Harriet Harperson's spouse being caught out by them is quite delicious.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-banned-from-every-supermarket-in-britain-for-masturbating-in-sainsburys-meat-aisle-9003511.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523273/BBC-flew-Labours-Peter-Hain-BUSINESS-CLASS-Mandela-death-Question-Time-edition.html
While I totally agree that we shouldn't be jumping on this sort of tweet my opinion changes when it is politicians of whatever stripe that are doing it for one simple reason
The only way we can show them the stupidity of some of the legislation they pass is to repeatedly hit them over the head with it until it begins to permeate their skulls that possibly they should think a little more carefully about the laws they pass.
I have no doubt in my mind they would be fully agreed on all sides of the house if this was a simple citizen feeling the weight of a police investigation that this would only be right and proper.
In short if MP's wish to pontificate and pass laws they had better be squeaky clean themselves on that subject or they should fully expect every little transgression to be highlighted. Anything other than that and they are basically saying that they shouldn't be judged by the standards which they wish to set for the rest of us
Looks like the election will be close and exciting after all!
The man should clearly have used the word "didicoy".
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