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CPS announces on Wednesday whether to prosecute Tories over election spending breaches https://t.co/JgwAtnTdZS
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They did this with Chris Huhne.
Announced the day before whether or not they'd be bringing charges the next morning.0 -
At least now we'll know...0
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In other news
*I make a noise that suspiciously sounds like 'The Saturday Night Massacre'*0 -
Farage to parachute into Thanet?0
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Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.0 -
Is the case against Craig Mckinley already fatally prejudiced ?0
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And so the long wait will finally be over. How many would be disappointing for those hoping for the biggest scandal in British politics, and how many a worry for those hoping for a damp squib?0
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But that was when the dpp was a complete prick with political ambitions.TheScreamingEagles said:First.
They did this with Chris Huhne.
Announced the day before whether or not they'd be bringing charges the next morning.
Very hoity toity, and absolutely spot on, reply to ogh tweet from lady Nugee.0 -
How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?0
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Al Murray tried that....apparently there is a weight limit.isam said:Farage to parachute into Thanet?
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Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.0 -
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Any move to the centre will almost certainly involve clobbering wealthy pensioners.Richard_Nabavi said:
I suppose that you do realise that the triple lock is currently a Corbyn/McDonnell commitment for the next parilament, but not a Tory one?Pong said:Thing is, the centre isn't low tax.
It's not triple lock - or at least not for everyone....
From which angle isn't clear, but clobbered they will get.
A red clobbering won't come with anything nice. A blue clobbering probably gets cushioned by some cost-free social policy like giving guaranteed access for grandparents to see their grandkids.
Or something.
One thing is for sure though, if May moves to the radical centre and delivers jam for JAMs, wealthy pensioners get clobbered.
I can't see any other way.0 -
From £500 bet on Le Pen to claiming his son did it to claiming the whole thing was a hoax and he is actually a London remainer playing a prank it appears @wollygogg has finally given up and deleted his twitter account completely.0
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What a knob.Pulpstar said:From £500 bet on Le Pen to claiming his son did it to claiming the whole thing was a hoax and he is actually a London remainer playing a prank it appears @wollygogg has finally given up and deleted his twitter account completely.
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It looks like there'll be a special edition of the Sean Spicer show tonight.0
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I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.0 -
A man so incapable that Diane Abbott might even do a better job.williamglenn said:It looks like there'll be a special edition of the Sean Spicer show tonight.
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I suspect any constituency that has been under investigation has a replacement and nominations already lined up.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
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Unless there are thirty prosecutions...Sandpit said:
I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.
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Possibly that's why the CPS are announcing it tomorrow, to give time for a quick swap if needed - would be seen as unfair to announce after nominations close. But I'm just speculating.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
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Wealthy pensioners are generally happy to be clobbered, within reason. For example, it's baffling to me why the bizarre loophole of National Insurance not being paid by pensioners who keep working wasn't closed years ago. Wealthy pensioners would also be entirely cool about addressing some of Gordon Brown's idiocies, such as free untaxed bus passes and TV licences.Pong said:FPT;
Any move to the centre will almost certainly involve clobbering wealthy pensioners.Richard_Nabavi said:
I suppose that you do realise that the triple lock is currently a Corbyn/McDonnell commitment for the next parilament, but not a Tory one?Pong said:Thing is, the centre isn't low tax.
It's not triple lock - or at least not for everyone....
From which angle isn't clear, but clobbered they will get.
However, you mentioned specifically the triple lock. That's of negligible interest to wealthy pensioners, although it has been a useful policy for addressing the scandal of the poverty of the poorest pensioners. But it's served its purpose now, and it's mathematically impossible to keep it going indefinitely. I very much expect that it will be dropped in the Tory manifesto, but Labour say they want to keep it. I guess Labour needs to buy all the votes it can.0 -
The people to whom the triple lock is a serious issue are by definition not wealthy and indeed not even comfortably off. Any pensioner with any money at all would sacrifice the triple lock in an instant in exchange for a normalisation of interest rates.Pong said:FPT;
Any move to the centre will almost certainly involve clobbering wealthy pensioners.Richard_Nabavi said:
I suppose that you do realise that the triple lock is currently a Corbyn/McDonnell commitment for the next parilament, but not a Tory one?Pong said:Thing is, the centre isn't low tax.
It's not triple lock - or at least not for everyone....
From which angle isn't clear, but clobbered they will get.0 -
That was my thinking; the timing seems sensible because to do it after nominations closed would be rather prejudicial in those seats (notwithstanding innocent until proved guilty). But it also precludes Martin Bell style candidates popping up as well.NickPalmer said:
Possibly that's why the CPS are announcing it tomorrow, to give time for a quick swap if needed - would be seen as unfair to announce after nominations close. But I'm just speculating.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
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Nah the day to buy was when I tipped it at 378 mid price and they are now 399 mid price.Sandpit said:
I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.0 -
More charitably you could take real in this instance to have meant birth or original name.Charles said:
Then it's part of his "real name"NikNak said:is his real name. His first half of his double barrelled name is his husband's
Unless you are suggesting his husband should be airbrushed out for some reason?0 -
Btw, is Drunker Juncker a PB Leaver/Tory? Doesn't he now admit his leak was a mistake, and says that May is a friend but a tough negotiator? Isn't a week a long time in politics?
I'm sure it'll all change a day after the election!0 -
Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/862049452093304832
Why this story has legs
Lord Mandelson, the architect of new Labour, suggested moderate MPs could learn a lesson from the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections.
He said that the “simple truth of Macron’s victory is that he won by leaving his party, not despite doing so. We have to understand just how fed up people are with traditional party structures”.0 -
He's probably forgotten who May is.JonnyJimmy said:Btw, is Drunker Juncker a PB Leaver/Tory? Doesn't he now admit his leak was a mistake, and says that May is a friend but a tough negotiator? Isn't a week a long time in politics?
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It makes sense. They've been taking as much time as possible, practically, and then plan to announce all just happens to be tine for a swap out?NickPalmer said:
Possibly that's why the CPS are announcing it tomorrow, to give time for a quick swap if needed - would be seen as unfair to announce after nominations close. But I'm just speculating.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
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Yeah I know, but took too long to get set up and the buy price jumped from 378 to 391 in two days!TheScreamingEagles said:
Nah the day to buy was when I tipped it at 378 mid price and they are now 399 mid price.Sandpit said:
I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.0 -
I sold at 387 on the assumption that the CPS news would drop at some point during the campaign; I'm hoping I'll be able to close my position profitably sometime over the next couple of days.TheScreamingEagles said:
Nah the day to buy was when I tipped it at 378 mid price and they are now 399 mid price.Sandpit said:
I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.0 -
Well you know me, I move betting markets with my thread headersSandpit said:
Yeah I know, but took too long to get set up and the buy price jumped from 378 to 391 in two days!TheScreamingEagles said:
Nah the day to buy was when I tipped it at 378 mid price and they are now 399 mid price.Sandpit said:
I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.
Goodnight.0 -
If needed? Surely that must mean needed then?NickPalmer said:
Possibly that's why the CPS are announcing it tomorrow, to give time for a quick swap if needed - would be seen as unfair to announce after nominations close. But I'm just speculating.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
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100 Labour MPs? Sounds optimistic...TheScreamingEagles said:Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
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Are they? The biggest traditional party here seem to be doing fine. And the insurgent party is dying.TheScreamingEagles said:Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/862049452093304832
Why this story has legs
Lord Mandelson, the architect of new Labour, suggested moderate MPs could learn a lesson from the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections.
He said that the “simple truth of Macron’s victory is that he won by leaving his party, not despite doing so. We have to understand just how fed up people are with traditional party structures”.0 -
Particularly when they apparently aren't bold enough to take on Corbyn for the labour name.williamglenn said:
100 Labour MPs? Sounds optimistic...TheScreamingEagles said:Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
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The logic is there. I hope it comes off for you.TudorRose said:
I sold at 387 on the assumption that the CPS news would drop at some point during the campaign; I'm hoping I'll be able to close my position profitably sometime over the next couple of days.TheScreamingEagles said:
Nah the day to buy was when I tipped it at 378 mid price and they are now 399 mid price.Sandpit said:
I'm hoping tomorrow is the day to buy Con seats on the spreads, as they over-react to the news.TheScreamingEagles said:Note to self.
If there are charges, I must not panic over my buy of Tory seats on the spreads.
Keep calm and carry on.0 -
williamglenn said:
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Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.
Blair tried that on the rebate
How's the reformed CAP looking?0 -
Not the same situation. This time the clock is ticking, and both parties stand to lose if there is no deal. If May genuinely wants a trade deal pre-Brexit that's the way to go. (And as nothing is agreed until everything is agreed there's no downside.)Charles said:
Blair tried that on the rebatewilliamglenn said:FPT
Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.
How's the reformed CAP looking?0 -
So 30 MPs may have a sleepless night ahead of them but in view of Comey's downfall so may a few bods at the cps.
Comey seems to have been caught fair and square telling porkies to Congress btw, not sure there is any need to look for an ulterior motive.0 -
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I get the impression the Liverpool mayor was disappointed not to get that safe parliamentary seat.
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Thanet South apparently do notTheScreamingEagles said:
I suspect any constituency that has been under investigation has a replacement and nominations already lined up.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
Although Party HQ probably do
But as i suspect you know the real crunch will come in another case after the GE0 -
Please, let's not wish death on other members of PB.0
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How I imagine the sitting South Thanet MP....
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You don't really negotiate much do you?williamglenn said:
Not the same situation. This time the clock is ticking, and both parties stand to lose if there is no deal. If May genuinely wants a trade deal pre-Brexit that's the way to go. (And as nothing is agreed until everything is agreed there's no downside.)Charles said:
Blair tried that on the rebatewilliamglenn said:FPT
Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.
How's the reformed CAP looking?0 -
Peter Mandelson? Pal endorsement, needs patrolmen, lamented person.. He's a a mine of anagrams!0
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No one has succeeded in getting me yet and they haven't tried twice Arthur.Arthur_Penny said:0 -
He certainly wasn't happy to lose to Len's young bag-carrier imposed from HQ.kle4 said:I get the impression the Liverpool mayor was disappointed not to get that safe parliamentary seat.
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I do actually, but as neither of us has ever been near an EU exit deal it's a moot point.Charles said:
You don't really negotiate much do you?williamglenn said:
Not the same situation. This time the clock is ticking, and both parties stand to lose if there is no deal. If May genuinely wants a trade deal pre-Brexit that's the way to go. (And as nothing is agreed until everything is agreed there's no downside.)Charles said:
Blair tried that on the rebatewilliamglenn said:FPT
Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.
How's the reformed CAP looking?
PS: Implicit in my comment is that May doesn't genuinely want a trade deal pre-Brexit, nor should she try to get one.0 -
If what we hear is even half true he should be very calm, having expected bad news for a long time.FrancisUrquhart said:Sitting South Thanet MP....
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Now now, he admitted both sides lose out if there's no deal, that's a big step.Charles said:
You don't really negotiate much do you?williamglenn said:
Not the same situation. This time the clock is ticking, and both parties stand to lose if there is no deal. If May genuinely wants a trade deal pre-Brexit that's the way to go. (And as nothing is agreed until everything is agreed there's no downside.)Charles said:
Blair tried that on the rebatewilliamglenn said:FPT
Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.
How's the reformed CAP looking?0 -
Are you talking about the election results ....williamglenn said:
100 Labour MPs? Sounds optimistic...TheScreamingEagles said:Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
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He is in trouble-maybe tomorrow-maybe notkle4 said:
If what we hear is even half true he should be very calm, having expected bad news for a long time.FrancisUrquhart said:Sitting South Thanet MP....
But he's in trouble
If he doesn't get fingered tomorrow then the first thing i will do is find out the odds of when the first By election is0 -
Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?0
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Any more news to come RE: Trumpton?Y0kel said:
No one has succeeded in getting me yet and they haven't tried twice Arthur.Arthur_Penny said:0 -
You talking about the Thanet South one? I think that's also being announced tomorrow.RepublicanTory said:
Thanet South apparently do notTheScreamingEagles said:
I suspect any constituency that has been under investigation has a replacement and nominations already lined up.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
Although Party HQ probably do
But as i suspect you know the real crunch will come in another case after the GE0 -
What if we feel like killing ourselves?PBModerator said:Please, let's not wish death on other members of PB.
https://twitter.com/elliciaroxanne/status/8619672046817566720 -
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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Don't you mean The Times?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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Give it time.nunu said:
Don't you mean The Times?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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He's a working class Nothern tory. Just like TSE.nunu said:
Don't you mean The Times?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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Your coat, sir.TheScreamingEagles said:
Give it time.nunu said:
Don't you mean The Times?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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I think the law should be changed to allow the anti-hunt side to field a pack of dogs to protect the fox against the hounds. That would be fair.0
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Well at Oxford he was told he was an oik because he attended St Paul's and not Eton.FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
So after St Paul's and Oxford University, he's used to going to down market places.0 -
The LA are standing by him and as of Saturday had no-one lined up "in case"RobD said:
You talking about the Thanet South one? I think that's also being announced tomorrow.RepublicanTory said:
Thanet South apparently do notTheScreamingEagles said:
I suspect any constituency that has been under investigation has a replacement and nominations already lined up.TudorRose said:How do we think the timing will affect nominations in any seats where they may be charges, given that Thursday is the closing date for nominations?
Although Party HQ probably do
But as i suspect you know the real crunch will come in another case after the GE
-well that was the official line but i know a number of the Executive and they were pretty clear.0 -
madness.JonnyJimmy said:I think the law should be changed to allow the anti-hunt side to field a pack of dogs to protect the fox against the hounds. That would be fair.
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Oi tubby I said no....for the many, not the few....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/09/angry-bear-tries-break-home-woman-baking-brownies/0 -
Hmmm
MP Simon Danczuk accused of raping young woman in Westminster – but insists he’ll still stand in the General Election despite police probe
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3522181/mp-simon-danczuk-accused-of-raping-young-woman-in-westminster-but-insists-hell-still-stand-in-the-general-election-despite-police-probe/0 -
OI !!FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
We have some very nice parts thank you very much !!
It's the home of the Open Golf in a couple of years time
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Well Andy Coulson lives here so they can swap stories of the old times on the train.TheScreamingEagles said:
Give it time.nunu said:
Don't you mean The Times?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
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He really is a one man walking disaster.TheScreamingEagles said:Hmmm
MP Simon Danczuk accused of raping young woman in Westminster – but insists he’ll still stand in the General Election despite police probe
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3522181/mp-simon-danczuk-accused-of-raping-young-woman-in-westminster-but-insists-hell-still-stand-in-the-general-election-despite-police-probe/0 -
"he's used to going to down market places."TheScreamingEagles said:
Well at Oxford he was told he was an oik because he attended St Paul's and not Eton.FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
So after St Paul's and Oxford University, he's used to going to down market places.
You are now officially off my Christmas card list !0 -
Or as the Supreme Leader will enforce when he wins in 4 weeks....Non-religious Winter Festival Cards.RepublicanTory said:
"he's used to going to down market places."TheScreamingEagles said:
Well at Oxford he was told he was an oik because he attended St Paul's and not Eton.FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
So after St Paul's and Oxford University, he's used to going to down market places.
You are now officially off my Christmas card list !0 -
Somewhat ironic that the two main stories tonight have a common thread.TheScreamingEagles said:Hmmm
MP Simon Danczuk accused of raping young woman in Westminster – but insists he’ll still stand in the General Election despite police probe
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3522181/mp-simon-danczuk-accused-of-raping-young-woman-in-westminster-but-insists-hell-still-stand-in-the-general-election-despite-police-probe/0 -
I'm sure Thanet is lovely, I was merely going off Francis Urquhart's word that it was a bit down market.RepublicanTory said:
"he's used to going to down market places."TheScreamingEagles said:
Well at Oxford he was told he was an oik because he attended St Paul's and not Eton.FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
So after St Paul's and Oxford University, he's used to going to down market places.
You are now officially off my Christmas card list !
Plus I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to diss Oxford University.0 -
Silliness!nunu said:
madness.JonnyJimmy said:I think the law should be changed to allow the anti-hunt side to field a pack of dogs to protect the fox against the hounds. That would be fair.
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TBH Thanet is a dump-and most Thanitians would agree on that.TheScreamingEagles said:
I'm sure Thanet is lovely, I was merely going off Francis Urquhart's word that it was a bit down market.RepublicanTory said:
"he's used to going to down market places."TheScreamingEagles said:
Well at Oxford he was told he was an oik because he attended St Paul's and not Eton.FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
So after St Paul's and Oxford University, he's used to going to down market places.
You are now officially off my Christmas card list !
Plus I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to diss Oxford University.
But Sandwhich and the villages are very nice.0 -
I was biting my tongue, but your response made meCharles said:
You don't really negotiate much do you?williamglenn said:
Not the same situation. This time the clock is ticking, and both parties stand to lose if there is no deal. If May genuinely wants a trade deal pre-Brexit that's the way to go. (And as nothing is agreed until everything is agreed there's no downside.)Charles said:
Blair tried that on the rebatewilliamglenn said:FPT
Yes, a joke. I was alluding to Gordon Brown's GOATs.walterw said:A joke right?
Mandelson has already said he would just hand the €60 billion over to the EU without any negotiation.
On the negotiations, I don't think that would necessarily be a bad strategy. If we want to get them on the back foot, we should make concessions on the things they're expecting us to fight over and quickly move on to the things they don't want to talk about.
How's the reformed CAP looking? 0 -
122 comments so far on my Labour List piece:
http://labourlist.org/2017/05/nick-palmer-why-corbyns-critics-need-the-mcdonnell-amendment/
(written a couple of months ago but only appeared now for some editorial reason))0 -
I still hope he wins !FrancisUrquhart said:
He really is a one man walking disaster.TheScreamingEagles said:Hmmm
MP Simon Danczuk accused of raping young woman in Westminster – but insists he’ll still stand in the General Election despite police probe
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3522181/mp-simon-danczuk-accused-of-raping-young-woman-in-westminster-but-insists-hell-still-stand-in-the-general-election-despite-police-probe/0 -
Plenty. Some investigations have already gone to decisions on indictments which is why Comey's sacking, bearing in mind he was under internal disciplinary investigation himself regarding his handling of the Clinton email issue, may ultimately have no showstopping impact. The symbolism and implicit threat to others is clear.nunu said:
Any more news to come RE: Trumpton?Y0kel said:
No one has succeeded in getting me yet and they haven't tried twice Arthur.Arthur_Penny said:
The question is whether those in the Republican establishment unsympathetic to Trump and who know whats going on, decide to apply political pressure.0 -
I did the Sandwich to Minster railway curve a month or so agoRepublicanTory said:
TBH Thanet is a dump-and most Thanitians would agree on that.TheScreamingEagles said:
I'm sure Thanet is lovely, I was merely going off Francis Urquhart's word that it was a bit down market.RepublicanTory said:
"he's used to going to down market places."TheScreamingEagles said:
Well at Oxford he was told he was an oik because he attended St Paul's and not Eton.FrancisUrquhart said:
Is it not a bit down market for George?TheScreamingEagles said:
I wonder if George Osborne fancies being the MP for Thanet South, would be easier editing The Standard from Thanet than Tatton.Pulpstar said:Which lucky bag carrier will get the Thanet South nod then ?
So after St Paul's and Oxford University, he's used to going to down market places.
You are now officially off my Christmas card list !
Plus I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to diss Oxford University.
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How many times have we heard the rumour of a breakaway since Corbyn got elected?TheScreamingEagles said:Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/862049452093304832
Why this story has legs
Lord Mandelson, the architect of new Labour, suggested moderate MPs could learn a lesson from the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections.
He said that the “simple truth of Macron’s victory is that he won by leaving his party, not despite doing so. We have to understand just how fed up people are with traditional party structures”.
Why should this talk result in anything different?0 -
How much did you bet on him to win Rochdale?Pulpstar said:
I still hope he wins !FrancisUrquhart said:
He really is a one man walking disaster.TheScreamingEagles said:Hmmm
MP Simon Danczuk accused of raping young woman in Westminster – but insists he’ll still stand in the General Election despite police probe
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3522181/mp-simon-danczuk-accused-of-raping-young-woman-in-westminster-but-insists-hell-still-stand-in-the-general-election-despite-police-probe/0 -
woah what are the timescales on the indictments? Months?Y0kel said:
Plenty. Some investigations have already gone to decisions on indictments which is why Comey's sacking, bearing in mind he was under internal disciplinary investigation himself regarding his handling of the Clinton email issue, may ultimately have no showstopping impact. The symbolism and implicit threat to others is clear.nunu said:
Any more news to come RE: Trumpton?Y0kel said:
No one has succeeded in getting me yet and they haven't tried twice Arthur.Arthur_Penny said:
The question is whether those in the Republican establishment unsympathetic to Trump and who know whats going on, decide to apply political pressure.
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No idea, there are a serious number of people being looked into. Time has to be taken.nunu said:
woah what are the timescales on the indictments? Months?Y0kel said:
Plenty. Some investigations have already gone to decisions on indictments which is why Comey's sacking, bearing in mind he was under internal disciplinary investigation himself regarding his handling of the Clinton email issue, may ultimately have no showstopping impact. The symbolism and implicit threat to others is clear.nunu said:
Any more news to come RE: Trumpton?Y0kel said:
No one has succeeded in getting me yet and they haven't tried twice Arthur.Arthur_Penny said:
The question is whether those in the Republican establishment unsympathetic to Trump and who know whats going on, decide to apply political pressure.0 -
NothingTheScreamingEagles said:
How much did you bet on him to win Rochdale?Pulpstar said:
I still hope he wins !FrancisUrquhart said:
He really is a one man walking disaster.TheScreamingEagles said:Hmmm
MP Simon Danczuk accused of raping young woman in Westminster – but insists he’ll still stand in the General Election despite police probe
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3522181/mp-simon-danczuk-accused-of-raping-young-woman-in-westminster-but-insists-hell-still-stand-in-the-general-election-despite-police-probe/ 0 -
This would be post election defeat, you've got to think at some point the turkeys will stop voting for christmas. But yes you are probably right that it will come to nothing. 1 or 2 will resign in protest after losing a 3rd campaign against Corbyn. The rest will just passively go along with it and focus on their constituency work instead.Y0kel said:
How many times have we heard the rumour of a breakaway since Corbyn got elected?TheScreamingEagles said:Normally this would be the big news of tomorrow
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/862049452093304832
Why this story has legs
Lord Mandelson, the architect of new Labour, suggested moderate MPs could learn a lesson from the victory of Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential elections.
He said that the “simple truth of Macron’s victory is that he won by leaving his party, not despite doing so. We have to understand just how fed up people are with traditional party structures”.
Why should this talk result in anything different?0 -
Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.0
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If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?justin124 said:Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.
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But she has done!RobD said:
If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?justin124 said:Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.
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Irish police halt prosecution of Stephen Fry for blasphemy
Police could not find enough people outraged at actor’s anti-God remarks on TV after only one viewer complained
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/may/09/irish-police-halt-prosecution-of-stephen-fry-for-blasphemy
What a total waste of time on the back of a single f##king complaint.0 -
The last deadline is June 7th, so that's just wrong.justin124 said:
But she has done!RobD said:
If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?justin124 said:Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.
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I am not sure what you are saying. She has called the election before the deadline!!RobD said:
The last deadline is June 7th, so that's just wrong.justin124 said:
But she has done!RobD said:
If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?justin124 said:Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.
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"Called it for" as in she called it for June 8th.justin124 said:
I am not sure what you are saying. She has called the election before the deadline!!RobD said:
The last deadline is June 7th, so that's just wrong.justin124 said:
But she has done!RobD said:
If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?justin124 said:Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.
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Apparently Comey was addressing a group of FBI agents in LA when news began to flash on the TV screens behind him announcing his firing.
Fox News now carrying live coverage of Comey's motorcade in LA. Weird.0 -
I am afraid you are not making yourself clear here . You replied to my initial comment with 'If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?'.I have pointed out that that is precisely what she has done!RobD said:
"Called it for" as in she called it for June 8th.justin124 said:
I am not sure what you are saying. She has called the election before the deadline!!RobD said:
The last deadline is June 7th, so that's just wrong.justin124 said:
But she has done!RobD said:
If that was the reason, surely she would have callled it for before the deadline?justin124 said:Whilst we have no idea as to what the CPS is about to say , if prosecutions of one or more MPs occur it will enable Labour to run with the message 'Now we know the real reason for the calling of this election - despite TMs repeated deials of such an intention'. There would be some mileage in that - and it would undermine May's image of honesty and being straight forward.
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