"On each half hour trip I positively EXPECT there to be two or three unnerving encounters with a cyclist - by which I mean a cyclist acting dangerously, not giving me room to overtake on a narrow road"
If the road is narrow there isn't room to overtake, unless the cyclist takes their bicycle onto the pavement. Rule 163 of the Highway Code:
"give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211-215)"
They even have a photo to illustrate. It's not the job of the cyclist to get out of the way of a car driver behind them.
I'm just glad the Tories aren't peaking too soon in this electoral cycle.
Didn't you say something like that after the first test in Australia?
I did.
But England have that South African show pony KP, whereas The Tories have George Osborne, he's the man who stopped the 2007 General Election that never was.
It was his masterful strategy that stopped that.
Remember at the time, Labour MPs were writing.
'Shortly there will be an election, in which Labour will increase its majority'
What's been remarkable in historical terms is the stability of the polls. The Tories have to hope it's "freakish stability" and not the settled opinion that it appears to be.
Meanwhile, the revision of European arrangements which Mr Cameron hopes will eventually lead to a treaty in 2017 lumber into a sprint:
- next round of discussions about the new arrangements: er, November 2014. And when they've been decided, the leaders could if they wished start to consider a new treaty, ETA ca. 2022.
"I saw this Tweet earlier and thought I’d check it out. It is correct. At some point in every single year from 2003 to 2012 the Tories recorded at least one lead."
We all know what happened in 2003, of course. If it had not been for that, Blair would have been PM for longer, he may have been strong enough to move Brown from the Treasury, and hopefully we would never have heard of David Miliband's banana.
What's been remarkable in historical terms is the stability of the polls. The Tories have to hope it's "freakish stability" and not the settled opinion that it appears to be.
Are they really more stable, or is just that with so many more of them (YouGov daily and online Populus quite often, etc) that they appear more stable because most of the outliers are seen to be outliers relatively soon.
In the days when there were only half a dozen phone polls a month, or so, any outlier would have been harder to identify, and so it might appear that opinion was less stable.
Thing is, without the rise of UKIP I reckon we would have seen Tory leads quite regularly, and maybe some biggish ones, too - Tories 40, Labour 35, etc.
They bin done up by the Kippers.
Why exactly would a drop in UKIP support cause a drop in Labour support? A rise in Tory VI I can see, but would 3% of people stop planning to vote Labour if the Kippers were in retreat?
Out of interest, does anyone know if/when Labour last had a year without a lead?
Thing is, without the rise of UKIP I reckon we would have seen Tory leads quite regularly, and maybe some biggish ones, too - Tories 40, Labour 35, etc.
They bin done up by the Kippers.
Why exactly would a drop in UKIP support cause a drop in Labour support? A rise in Tory VI I can see, but would 3% of people stop planning to vote Labour if the Kippers were in retreat?
Out of interest, does anyone know if/when Labour last had a year without a lead?
Duh. Cause this year we've seen several polls with Labour on 35. There was an ICM one with Labour and the Tories tied on 35, I believe, or maybe 36. Add on five to the Tories for returning kippers, and Bob Crow's yer uncle.
Ah yes, missed the phrase 'Some biggish ones'. Thought you meant the average would be 40/35.
ON topic, this afternoon I'm getting emails autopinged back with "I am now out of the office until January 2nd..."
WTF is this? It's not even Christmas Eve. It's 3pm on a workday 6 days before Christmas.
GET BACK TO WORK, you stupid wage slaves.
This kind of thing destroys my normal sense of smug, self-employed superiority. UGH.
When I worked in the NHS it was finish at 5pm Xmas Eve and back (unless one was on call) at 8.45 on the day after Boxing Day. If one was on call of course ………
Thing is, without the rise of UKIP I reckon we would have seen Tory leads quite regularly, and maybe some biggish ones, too - Tories 40, Labour 35, etc.
They bin done up by the Kippers.
Why exactly would a drop in UKIP support cause a drop in Labour support? A rise in Tory VI I can see, but would 3% of people stop planning to vote Labour if the Kippers were in retreat?
Out of interest, does anyone know if/when Labour last had a year without a lead?
Duh. Cause this year we've seen several polls with Labour on 35. There was an ICM one with Labour and the Tories tied on 35, I believe, or maybe 36. Add on five to the Tories for returning kippers, and Bob Crow's yer uncle.
Electoral Calculus puts the Tories still 10 short of a majority if they get 40% to Labour's 35%.
They get a bit closer if the Lib Dems do less well out of the 18% you've left for UKIP + Lib Dems. Still no majority though.
"On each half hour trip I positively EXPECT there to be two or three unnerving encounters with a cyclist - by which I mean a cyclist acting dangerously, not giving me room to overtake on a narrow road"
If the road is narrow there isn't room to overtake, unless the cyclist takes their bicycle onto the pavement. Rule 163 of the Highway Code:
"give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211-215)"
They even have a photo to illustrate. It's not the job of the cyclist to get out of the way of a car driver behind them.
I'm just home now from a very pleasant cycle ride. On the way I thought I might post this splendid article by Simon Jenkins that touches on some points to consider with regards to helmet use:
On the point that cyclists should pay road tax, I don't mind if should be in proportion to the damage they cause. Certainly those drivers who think they are paying for the road would have a good case if petrol tax were, say, octupled. Any volunteers? It's hard to get specific numbers, but a search I tried to do some time ago seemed to indicate that by far the main share of road building & maintenance is paid for from ordinary tax and rates.
Here's some polling that only the bitterest Scrooge would not enjoy
"This was supposed to be the year of strife, strikes, misery and more. Instead, to the surprise of Britain’s politicians, things have instead gone badly right."
Standard and Poor's (S&P) stripped the European Union (EU) of its triple-A rating on Friday due to a decline in overall creditworthiness and decreasing cohesion amidst its 28 members.
“In our view, EU budgetary negotiations have become more contentious, signalling what we consider to be rising risks to the support of the EU from some member states,” S&P said in the report.
In this context, the agency cut the region's credit rating to 'AA+' from the prior 'AAA' with a stable outlook.
SeanT, Sorry if I gave any impression that I condone illegal or wilfully stupid cycling---or driving.Once or twice I have been assaulted verbally for no good reason, but generally not physically. In my actions, but often not my thoughts, I am very pacific, but it probably doesn't hurt my case(s) that I tend to look bigger the closer to me one gets. There are clearly some loons of both stripes out there.
I'm talking about a cyclist doing 15mph on a long narrow 30mph road, driving in the centre of that road, with a tailback of cars behind him. He could cycle close to the lefthand side of the road so all the cars can overtake safely, giving him plenty of space. Result: everyone happy.
If I am cycling on a narrow road, and there is traffic coming in the other direction, the road is not wide enough for cars to safely overtake me, no matter how far into the gutter I cycle.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
I'm talking about a cyclist doing 15mph on a long narrow 30mph road, driving in the centre of that road, with a tailback of cars behind him. He could cycle close to the lefthand side of the road so all the cars can overtake safely, giving him plenty of space. Result: everyone happy.
If I am cycling on a narrow road, and there is traffic coming in the other direction, the road is not wide enough for cars to safely overtake me, no matter how far into the gutter I cycle.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
i'm a cycle nut. but if there's a queue behind, I pull over and let them go.
I'm talking about a cyclist doing 15mph on a long narrow 30mph road, driving in the centre of that road, with a tailback of cars behind him. He could cycle close to the lefthand side of the road so all the cars can overtake safely, giving him plenty of space. Result: everyone happy.
If I am cycling on a narrow road, and there is traffic coming in the other direction, the road is not wide enough for cars to safely overtake me, no matter how far into the gutter I cycle.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
i'm a cycle nut. but if there's a queue behind, I pull over and let them go.
Well, it depends on the length of road, and at some point I too would pull over and stop cycling, but the situations I most often experience in urban riding the narrow sections of road are not that long, and the car drivers who squeeze past me have to stop at traffic lights or roundabouts a few yards ahead anyway. Often I catch back up to them and so they did nto gain any time at all by putting my life in danger.
I'm talking about a cyclist doing 15mph on a long narrow 30mph road, driving in the centre of that road, with a tailback of cars behind him. He could cycle close to the lefthand side of the road so all the cars can overtake safely, giving him plenty of space. Result: everyone happy.
If I am cycling on a narrow road, and there is traffic coming in the other direction, the road is not wide enough for cars to safely overtake me, no matter how far into the gutter I cycle.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
i'm a cycle nut. but if there's a queue behind, I pull over and let them go.
Good to hear - come the glorious revolution you may be spared. : )
Talking of beloved old lefties, i just heard the most extraordinary gossip about a very famous literary lefty.... which I am not going to share. Suffice to say if/when it ever comes out his career will be more than finished.
And on that cheery note, I must go buy presents.
Please let it be Will Self, please let it be Will Self. Pleeeeeeease.
I'm talking about a cyclist doing 15mph on a long narrow 30mph road, driving in the centre of that road, with a tailback of cars behind him. He could cycle close to the lefthand side of the road so all the cars can overtake safely, giving him plenty of space. Result: everyone happy.
If I am cycling on a narrow road, and there is traffic coming in the other direction, the road is not wide enough for cars to safely overtake me, no matter how far into the gutter I cycle.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
i'm a cycle nut. but if there's a queue behind, I pull over and let them go.
As I would driving a tractor, slow lorry our other vehicle holding up other road users.
It is symptomatic of our selfish society that many do not feel it necessary to consider the effect their actions have on others.
I'm talking about a cyclist doing 15mph on a long narrow 30mph road, driving in the centre of that road, with a tailback of cars behind him. He could cycle close to the lefthand side of the road so all the cars can overtake safely, giving him plenty of space. Result: everyone happy.
If I am cycling on a narrow road, and there is traffic coming in the other direction, the road is not wide enough for cars to safely overtake me, no matter how far into the gutter I cycle.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
i'm a cycle nut. but if there's a queue behind, I pull over and let them go.
In better news: The man behind the National Grid status web page will need to redraw his graphs - metered electricity from wind turbines has just exceeded his current axes.
In better news: The man behind the National Grid status web page will need to redraw his graphs - metered electricity from wind turbines has just exceeded his current axes.
Cheers for the link Oblitus. Can you help me with 'CCGT' production though?
Defence has been listing mitigating factors in MacShane case for nearly an hour!
Stringing it out until after the 6 0'clock news perhaps ?
Hoping for Xmas at home ?
I was an expert witness in a case once, called by the defence,; the case was due to be heard in early Dec, but our solicitor rang me up and told me the case had been postponed until January. That's a shame I said, hanging over the accused over Christmas. Well, she said, at least they'll be with their families over Christmas! Confidence in ones client is a wonderful thing!
What's been remarkable in historical terms is the stability of the polls. The Tories have to hope it's "freakish stability" and not the settled opinion that it appears to be.
Are they really more stable, or is just that with so many more of them (YouGov daily and online Populus quite often, etc) that they appear more stable because most of the outliers are seen to be outliers relatively soon.
The polls aren't stable. They have been moving all year. Apart for the constant of calamity Clegg and the lib dem's hopeless position there has been very interesting movement. Not as significant as Osbrowne's omnishambles but very telling trends this year nonetheless.
Obviously the kipper VI has a direct correlation on tory VI which was crystal before this year, but the kipper vote also looks to be impacting on labour VI as well. The kipper vote is not just immigration or the EU but disaffected voters and when it gets high enough it starts eating into little Ed's polling.
What it may mean is we could well see a similar pattern next year for labour, tory and kipper VI as there was for this year. With three significant differences. Last Jan the labour lead was roughly about 10% or so while this Jan it looks to be round about the 6% or so mark. The kipper VI is up from last Jan (not much but still up) despite falling back from the May elections. Finally most people expect the kipper VI to rise in a similar way to last May and it's not unreasonable to suppose that the rise could be even greater for the EU elections which should see some very interesting movement from labour and tory VI.
To sum it up if the polling patterns and trends hold for next year then there is the potential for crossover at the EU elections or more likely after them. Little Ed focusing on cost of living might mitigate some disaffected labour switching while tories panicking over the EU and immigration might make things worse for them, but barring events outwith the EU elections litle Ed and Cammie are both going to have to deal with Farage as he impacts their vote.
Of course as Cameron himself said anything above 5% from the kippers would be a nightmare for the tories on election day, but until then little Ed could start looking very shaky indeed if he can't look credible for such things as local and EU elections and keeps losing ground. If a labour leader can't make far more out of the cost of living crisis than little Ed has then it it's probably not the message but the messenger that is at fault.
In better news: The man behind the National Grid status web page will need to redraw his graphs - metered electricity from wind turbines has just exceeded his current axes.
Cheers for the link Oblitus. Can you help me with 'CCGT' production though?
Court usher asks for Denis MacShane, he replies: 'C'est moi. The good-looking one.'
That chirpiness should add a few months to the sentence.
Absurdly stupid. In my experience with courts (not insignificant) judges loathe that kind of cockiness. But maybe he will get away with it, as an old lefty MP.
Talking of beloved old lefties, i just heard the most extraordinary gossip about a very famous literary lefty.... which I am not going to share. Suffice to say if/when it ever comes out his career will be more than finished.
And on that cheery note, I must go buy presents.
Probably just wishful thinking on my part but i'm beginning to wonder if the Cameroon's plan to privatize the police force - scuppered by the Olympics - has sparked plod into going after VIP blanks, especially politicians, for the first time in about 60 years.
Be funny if all the police forces in Europe did that at once - Brussels would be empty.
It's an interesting stat for a topic. UKIP's significant rise is probably largely the cause.
One of the causes. What's surprising is that despite the 'no leads' stat, it's not as if the Conservatives have been that far behind, generally in the 6-10% range and probably ending the year only about 5% behind. It's not like Labour in 2008 or the Conservatives in 1995.
I must admit, I was surprised by that claim given that 1995 was about the worst year electorally for the Conservatives since about 1832. Didn't one poll put the Tories on 18.5% that year?
The fact that the polls have been so stable for so long makes me fairly confident of a Labour majority.
The only really churn appears to be Tory/Undecided/Fruitcake swapping votes off each other.
Good afternoon Tim.
would you and all the other tedious bores give it a rest.
Do you honestly think "Hugh" and "tim" are not connected?
Do I (or we) care?
I think its interesting to know.. if you don't, fair enough..
@Saddened why does it bother you if other people want to know?
I think you are a BNP shill, every time you post I'll ask your opinion on Mein Kampf, because I think it's interesting, fair enough? You don't have a problem with that do you?
Seems to me that both Labour and Tory polling is probably a bit inflated by the under stating of Ukip support - although it will vary a lot from area to area.
It's an interesting stat for a topic. UKIP's significant rise is probably largely the cause.
One of the causes. What's surprising is that despite the 'no leads' stat, it's not as if the Conservatives have been that far behind, generally in the 6-10% range and probably ending the year only about 5% behind. It's not like Labour in 2008 or the Conservatives in 1995.
UKIP attracting Conservative swing voters, prevents them switching to Labour.
The fact that the polls have been so stable for so long makes me fairly confident of a Labour majority.
The only really churn appears to be Tory/Undecided/Fruitcake swapping votes off each other.
Good afternoon Tim.
would you and all the other tedious bores give it a rest.
Do you honestly think "Hugh" and "tim" are not connected?
Do I (or we) care?
I think its interesting to know.. if you don't, fair enough..
@Saddened why does it bother you if other people want to know?
I think you are a BNP shill, every time you post I'll ask your opinion on Mein Kampf, because I think it's interesting, fair enough? You don't have a problem with that do you?
Rather silly, and a lot less likely than tim & Hugh being the same person, but I cant stop you.
"On each half hour trip I positively EXPECT there to be two or three unnerving encounters with a cyclist - by which I mean a cyclist acting dangerously, not giving me room to overtake on a narrow road"
National training for cyclists (Bikeability) tells them to take the 'primary position' on a narrow road to prevent them being squeezed out of the way by an impatient driver. You may think it's dangerous behaviour. It's not. 'Getting out of your way' when there isn't room, would be.
Perhaps you need to try it sometime - you may take a different view.
The fact that the polls have been so stable for so long makes me fairly confident of a Labour majority.
The only really churn appears to be Tory/Undecided/Fruitcake swapping votes off each other.
Good afternoon Tim.
would you and all the other tedious bores give it a rest.
Do you honestly think "Hugh" and "tim" are not connected?
Do I (or we) care?
I think its interesting to know.. if you don't, fair enough..
@Saddened why does it bother you if other people want to know?
I think you are a BNP shill, every time you post I'll ask your opinion on Mein Kampf, because I think it's interesting, fair enough? You don't have a problem with that do you?
Rather silly, and a lot less likely than tim & Hugh being the same person, but I cant stop you.
What is a shill?
You are hard of thinking. I'll leave you to it rather than pollute the thread further.
The fact that the polls have been so stable for so long makes me fairly confident of a Labour majority.
The only really churn appears to be Tory/Undecided/Fruitcake swapping votes off each other.
Good afternoon Tim.
would you and all the other tedious bores give it a rest.
Do you honestly think "Hugh" and "tim" are not connected?
Do I (or we) care?
I think its interesting to know.. if you don't, fair enough..
@Saddened why does it bother you if other people want to know?
I think you are a BNP shill, every time you post I'll ask your opinion on Mein Kampf, because I think it's interesting, fair enough? You don't have a problem with that do you?
Rather silly, and a lot less likely than tim & Hugh being the same person, but I cant stop you.
What is a shill?
A plant/stooge. Like you see on QUestion Time audience quite often.
Ukip and class: Ukip have to be seen as a centre-right "comfortablist" party imo because most of their potential activists will come from the Cons (as most ex-labour ones will have dropped out of active politics years ago as PC took over New Labour). They can get working class support simply by having policies based on supply and demand always operating - which it does - no matter how many economists are paid to say it doesn't.
(Where comfortablist is about maximizing the number of people who are "comfortable" (by their own standards) rather than maximizing poverty which is what the banksters and the nomenklatura want.)
Highland Council have finally published the result of the Black Isle by-election. Another dire result for the Scottish Lib Dems in a former stronghold (this is in Charlie Kennedy's seat).
Ind (Barclay) 1,342 Ind (Fraser) 633 SNP 594 LD 489 Grn 362 Ind (Phillips) 304 Lab 194 Con 175
2012 - Ind 1130/677/240/212, LD 646, SNP 610, Grn 292, Lab 216, Con 141, SCP 57 2007 - Ind 1233/985/433, LD 973, SNP 558, Con 408, Grn 267, Lab 192
The fact that the polls have been so stable for so long makes me fairly confident of a Labour majority.
The only really churn appears to be Tory/Undecided/Fruitcake swapping votes off each other.
Good afternoon Tim.
would you and all the other tedious bores give it a rest.
Do you honestly think "Hugh" and "tim" are not connected?
Do I (or we) care?
I think its interesting to know.. if you don't, fair enough..
@Saddened why does it bother you if other people want to know?
I think you are a BNP shill, every time you post I'll ask your opinion on Mein Kampf, because I think it's interesting, fair enough? You don't have a problem with that do you?
Rather silly, and a lot less likely than tim & Hugh being the same person, but I cant stop you.
What is a shill?
You are hard of thinking. I'll leave you to it rather than pollute the thread further.
The right angles confuse me. Assuming it isn't a street circuit, why so many? They're a rubbish angle for a corner. Too slow, but they also lack the overtaking opportunity a hairpin affords.
From 2 to 5 (from memory of the 2012 PS3 game, so I could be utterly wrong) reminds me of the last bit of Hungary, which is also not great.
Excepting that long curve it's basically a collection of right angles. Hopefully I'm wrong. I'm not a technical sort, so it's entirely possible, and the circuit diagram doesn't show any undulation, so that might make things interesting.
Highland Council have finally published the result of the Black Isle by-election. Another dire result for the Scottish Lib Dems in a former stronghold (this is in Charlie Kennedy's seat).
Ind (Barclay) 1,342 Ind (Fraser) 633 SNP 594 LD 489 Grn 362 Ind (Phillips) 304 Lab 194 Con 175
2012 - Ind 1130/677/240/212, LD 646, SNP 610, Grn 292, Lab 216, Con 141, SCP 57 2007 - Ind 1233/985/433, LD 973, SNP 558, Con 408, Grn 267, Lab 192
The vote numbers you have given are not the 1st preference votes but the final votes for each candidate after any transfers . They are not therefore comparable to the figures from previous years . All we know of the 1st preferences are that the Conservatives had 175 and Barclay ( from a report in the Rossshire Journal ) 1003 .
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http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw210898/Tony-Blair?LinkID=mp14471&search=sas&sText=tony+blair&role=sit&rNo=0
in Room 37.
As they say: "perfectly placed at the tutn four lengths behind the frontrunner and not yet off the bridle".
"On each half hour trip I positively EXPECT there to be two or three unnerving encounters with a cyclist - by which I mean a cyclist acting dangerously, not giving me room to overtake on a narrow road"
If the road is narrow there isn't room to overtake, unless the cyclist takes their bicycle onto the pavement. Rule 163 of the Highway Code:
"give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders at least as much room as you
would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211-215)"
They even have a photo to illustrate. It's not the job of the cyclist to get out of the way of a car driver behind them.
Tis a coalition after all.
“innocent face” : )
Still mustn't grumble, I could be Ed Balls.
But England have that South African show pony KP, whereas The Tories have George Osborne, he's the man who stopped the 2007 General Election that never was.
It was his masterful strategy that stopped that.
Remember at the time, Labour MPs were writing.
'Shortly there will be an election, in which Labour will increase its majority'
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/conference/2007/09/labour-majority-increase
Meanwhile, the revision of European arrangements which Mr Cameron hopes will eventually lead to a treaty in 2017 lumber into a sprint:
http://www.euractiv.com/euro-finance/leaders-hail-banking-union-antic-news-532515?utm_source=EurActiv Newsletter&utm_campaign=ddf8cf5618-newsletter_weekly_update&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bab5f0ea4e-ddf8cf5618-245514803
- next round of discussions about the new arrangements: er, November 2014. And when they've been decided, the leaders could if they wished start to consider a new treaty, ETA ca. 2022.
We all know what happened in 2003, of course. If it had not been for that, Blair would have been PM for longer, he may have been strong enough to move Brown from the Treasury, and hopefully we would never have heard of David Miliband's banana.
circa 2020.
CourtNewsUK @CourtNewsUK 34m
Court usher asks for Denis MacShane, he replies: 'C'est moi. The good-looking one.'
In the days when there were only half a dozen phone polls a month, or so, any outlier would have been harder to identify, and so it might appear that opinion was less stable.
Out of interest, does anyone know if/when Labour last had a year without a lead?
Because that would mean your're Welsh.
Oxford Times goes for the local angle: "Theatre goers injured at London play based on Oxford novelist's bestseller"
Former Dartford candidate Margaret Thatcher dies
http://www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/former_dartford_candidate_margaret_thatcher_dies_1_2008213
Otherwise the roof would have been fixed when the sun shone.
RT @TimPBouverie Defence says MacShane is a "man of good character..." < 'OBJECTION!'
Arf.
Soft in private industry.
They get a bit closer if the Lib Dems do less well out of the 18% you've left for UKIP + Lib Dems. Still no majority though.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/sep/19/transport.transport
On the point that cyclists should pay road tax, I don't mind if should be in proportion to the damage they cause. Certainly those drivers who think they are paying for the road would have a good case if petrol tax were, say, octupled. Any volunteers? It's hard to get specific numbers, but a search I tried to do some time ago seemed to indicate that by far the main share of road building & maintenance is paid for from ordinary tax and rates.
"This was supposed to be the year of strife, strikes, misery and more. Instead, to the surprise of Britain’s politicians, things have instead gone badly right."
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/fraser-nelson/2013/12/ten-things-that-went-badly-right-in-2013/
Standard and Poor's (S&P) stripped the European Union (EU) of its triple-A rating on Friday due to a decline in overall creditworthiness and decreasing cohesion amidst its 28 members.
“In our view, EU budgetary negotiations have become more contentious, signalling what we consider to be rising risks to the support of the EU from some member states,” S&P said in the report.
In this context, the agency cut the region's credit rating to 'AA+' from the prior 'AAA' with a stable outlook.
[Source: DigitalLook]
French officials have fined a pub in Brittany 9,000 euros for “undeclared labour” after a customer returned some empty glasses to the bar.
For customers at the Mamm-Kounifl concert-café in Locmiquélic, carrying drinks trays and used glasses back to the bar was a polite tradition.
http://www.aldeparty.eu/sites/eldr/files/news/10204/2014_alde_party_manifesto.pdf
Enjoy!
We may be laughing now, but this is an early vision of how Hollandais-Milibandism will be imposed on us Brits if we don't vote decisively in 2015.
Just what I've always wanted.
Sorry if I gave any impression that I condone illegal or wilfully stupid cycling---or driving.Once or twice I have been assaulted verbally for no good reason, but generally not physically. In my actions, but often not my thoughts, I am very pacific, but it probably doesn't hurt my case(s) that I tend to look bigger the closer to me one gets. There are clearly some loons of both stripes out there.
When car drivers insist on trying to squeeze past me they put my life in danger.
I am not a lawyer which is why I can't comprehend the relevance of MacShane's early life in trade-unionism is relevant to his case...
Tim Bouverie @TimPBouverie 22m
Macshane is not a "self-centred and greedy crook" says Defence. @Channel4News
Tim Bouverie @TimPBouverie 25m
The Defence is now reading out MacShane's CV he is a 'unique expert' on European politics apparently
Tim Bouverie @TimPBouverie 43m
Defence says that MacShane was not seeking to "enrich himself" with false invoices for expenses
Tim Bouverie @TimPBouverie 45m
Defence says MacShane is a "man of good character..."
Judge in MacShane case lists the 'aggravating factors' this was a "breach of trust" and defendant was an MP
It is symptomatic of our selfish society that many do not feel it necessary to consider the effect their actions have on others.
Defence has been listing mitigating factors in MacShane case for nearly an hour!
Defence has been listing mitigating factors in MacShane case for nearly an hour!
Stringing it out until after the 6 0'clock news perhaps ?
Judge had decided to wait til Mon and reflect further before sentencing MacShane for expenses fraud.
CourtNewsUK @CourtNewsUK 9s - MacShane gets bail over the weekend
Confidence in ones client is a wonderful thing!
@Saddened why does it bother you if other people want to know?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/UK_opinion_polling_2010-2015.png
Obviously the kipper VI has a direct correlation on tory VI which was crystal before this year, but the kipper vote also looks to be impacting on labour VI as well. The kipper vote is not just immigration or the EU but disaffected voters and when it gets high enough it starts eating into little Ed's polling.
What it may mean is we could well see a similar pattern next year for labour, tory and kipper VI as there was for this year. With three significant differences. Last Jan the labour lead was roughly about 10% or so while this Jan it looks to be round about the 6% or so mark. The kipper VI is up from last Jan (not much but still up) despite falling back from the May elections. Finally most people expect the kipper VI to rise in a similar way to last May and it's not unreasonable to suppose that the rise could be even greater for the EU elections which should see some very interesting movement from labour and tory VI.
To sum it up if the polling patterns and trends hold for next year then there is the potential for crossover at the EU elections or more likely after them. Little Ed focusing on cost of living might mitigate some disaffected labour switching while tories panicking over the EU and immigration might make things worse for them, but barring events outwith the EU elections litle Ed and Cammie are both going to have to deal with Farage as he impacts their vote.
Of course as Cameron himself said anything above 5% from the kippers would be a nightmare for the tories on election day, but until then little Ed could start looking very shaky indeed if he can't look credible for such things as local and EU elections and keeps losing ground. If a labour leader can't make far more out of the cost of living crisis than little Ed has then it it's probably not the message but the messenger that is at fault.
http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/historical-polls/voting-intention-1992-1997
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_cycle
Basically, gas power.
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Be funny if all the police forces in Europe did that at once - Brussels would be empty.
http://www.markpack.org.uk/47012/how-ukip-is-damaging-labour-reprised/
What is a shill?
Ukip and class: Ukip have to be seen as a centre-right "comfortablist" party imo because most of their potential activists will come from the Cons (as most ex-labour ones will have dropped out of active politics years ago as PC took over New Labour). They can get working class support simply by having policies based on supply and demand always operating - which it does - no matter how many economists are paid to say it doesn't.
(Where comfortablist is about maximizing the number of people who are "comfortable" (by their own standards) rather than maximizing poverty which is what the banksters and the nomenklatura want.)
Ind (Barclay) 1,342
Ind (Fraser) 633
SNP 594
LD 489
Grn 362
Ind (Phillips) 304
Lab 194
Con 175
2012 - Ind 1130/677/240/212, LD 646, SNP 610, Grn 292, Lab 216, Con 141, SCP 57
2007 - Ind 1233/985/433, LD 973, SNP 558, Con 408, Grn 267, Lab 192
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The right angles confuse me. Assuming it isn't a street circuit, why so many? They're a rubbish angle for a corner. Too slow, but they also lack the overtaking opportunity a hairpin affords.
From 2 to 5 (from memory of the 2012 PS3 game, so I could be utterly wrong) reminds me of the last bit of Hungary, which is also not great.
Excepting that long curve it's basically a collection of right angles. Hopefully I'm wrong. I'm not a technical sort, so it's entirely possible, and the circuit diagram doesn't show any undulation, so that might make things interesting.
All we know of the 1st preferences are that the Conservatives had 175 and Barclay ( from a report in the Rossshire Journal ) 1003 .