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TheIndyPolitics @IndyPolitics
Maria Miller expenses scandal: Tory MP ‘says Cameron would have sacked her days ago – if she was called Mark' http://ind.pn/1qk0qvm0 -
Mick you big dangling tease, you know you're mine. you can play hard to get but 18th September its.Mick_Pork said:@AlanBrooke
You'll find the help you're clearly looking for here. http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk/
#SNPsubmissivebronzeeye
You know you want to.0 -
Theresa May @TheresaMay_MP 4h
Could I have 5 unsliced loaves please & directions to the fish counter.. #CameronJesus pic.twitter.com/Oxb2QecFrG0 -
Could I have fking clue on what's happening since I'm talking out my arse ?Mick_Pork said:Theresa May @TheresaMay_MP 4h
Could I have 5 unsliced loaves please & directions to the fish counter.. #CameronJesus pic.twitter.com/Oxb2QecFrG
#Salmondceviche
Tickle your sporran for a tenner ?0 -
SeanT said:
Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.
Sean, stop worrying the SNP are all prima donnas - think antifrank but a bit gay.
I'm now lovebombing nats for the next 6 months and Mick's my bitch.0 -
Of course rUk doesn't want a currency union - civil service advice and what the chancellor thinks is here nor there - pitchforks have kept us out of the Euro - ditto any say in our fine currency for the splitters.SeanT said:Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.0 -
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@Nigel_Farage really getting it in the neck on Have I Got News For You. Smile increasingly strained...TGOHF said:Have I got bad news for Nige ?
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It's amusing to note that in spite of these heroic efforts to bolster the UK government's propaganda campaign, YouGov have still managed to uncover a slight DECREASE in English opposition to a currency union since they asked the question at the time of George Osborne's speech.
Much more interesting is the finding that a paltry 8% of respondents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland think they would be financially better off if Scotland became independent. It seems that deep down, voters south of the border do have a sense that London media mythology about resource-rich Scotland being "subsidised" is probably garbage.
*chortle*
As an out of touch mockney might say, Gertcha! Jellied eels.0 -
@SkyNews: DAILY MAIL FRONT PAGE: Monstrous cover-up. #skypapers http://t.co/iEkSd9n0Lm0
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"I'm now lovebombing nats for the next 6 months and Mick's my bitch"
Dear God! Well, if you must can't you do it in private?0 -
"Seats being defended May 2014 by political party
Labour 1,763
Conservatives 1,535
LibDem 691
Ind 85
UKIP 31
Greens 18"
twitter.com/UKELECTIONS2015/status/4545993871767674880 -
You think once any referendum for rUk starts that it will switch the other way - oh dear.Mick_Pork said:It's amusing to note that in spite of these heroic efforts to bolster the UK government's propaganda campaign, YouGov have still managed to uncover a slight DECREASE in English opposition to a currency union since they asked the question at the time of George Osborne's speech.
Much more interesting is the finding that a paltry 8% of respondents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland think they would be financially better off if Scotland became independent. It seems that deep down, voters south of the border do have a sense that London media mythology about resource-rich Scotland being "subsidised" is probably garbage.
*chortle*
As an out of touch mockney might say, Gertcha! Jellied eels.0 -
Mr L it's a dirty job but someone's got to do it.HurstLlama said:"I'm now lovebombing nats for the next 6 months and Mick's my bitch"
Dear God! Well, if you must can't you do it in private?
In truth Mick will jump about all over the place but's it's only so he can have a dominator.
18th september he'll vote No as he has been told, he's from the same mould as Osborne.0 -
You might even be sober in six months time but I doubt it going by your deranged babbling.Alanbrooke said:
I'm now lovebombing nats for the next 6 months and Mick's my bitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGjiokfQ2A
If you try really hard you might even sound as bright as your chums here. Keep at it.
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Tony Blair’s eldest son is being tipped as a potential Labour candidate in one of the party’s safest seats, it has emerged.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4061496.ece
Euan Blair is among the names being discussed for Bootle, Merseyside, where Labour had a majority of more than 21,000 at the last election.0 -
The Channel 5 program about Roma and benefits is laying it on with the biggest trowel ever.
It makes Benefit Street look subtle.
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Not sure this is the best way to put the last Labour Government's Iraq legacy behind them.....
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The self-styled "under-estimated" leader @Ed_Miliband tells me on a visit to Israel that he wants to be the "Post Iraq Prime Minister"0 -
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4061496.eceScott_P said:Tony Blair’s eldest son is being tipped as a potential Labour candidate in one of the party’s safest seats, it has emerged.
Euan Blair is among the names being discussed for Bootle, Merseyside, where Labour had a majority of more than 21,000 at the last election.
Is he up against a Kinnock or a Miliband ?0 -
It's not too poor. It's not too wee. It's too STUPID that's the killer. can any nation really be that dumb - and I'm fking Irish !SeanT said:
Sure, but what amazes me is that the Scots clearly believe a currency union will happen, no worries. And this is SUCH a fundamental issue - it is the basis of their independent economy.TGOHF said:
Of course rUk doesn't want a currency union - civil service advice and what the chancellor thinks is here nor there - pitchforks have kept us out of the Euro - ditto any say in our fine currency for the splitters.SeanT said:Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.
The only remote way a currency union might be agreed (in the teeth of polls like this) would be if the Bank of England got absolute control of Scottish borrowing, taxes, interest rates and the rest, without Scotland having a political say.
i.e. Scotland will be less autonomous than it is now. This would be wholly unacceptable to Scots (of course) so they would be forced into the only alternative: informal sterlingisation.
The Panama Solution is what will inevitably happen in iScotland, pending eventual entry into the euro. Scots need to know this.
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2010 local election results: Con 35%, Lab 27%, LD 26%.anotherDave said:"Seats being defended May 2014 by political party
Labour 1,763
Conservatives 1,535
LibDem 691
Ind 85
UKIP 31
Greens 18"
twitter.com/UKELECTIONS2015/status/454599387176767488
(numbers from wikipedia)
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I fear you may just have struck on his entire problem. LOL Don't worry I'm sure he won't be making such a complete tit of himself when he finally sobers up.HurstLlama said:"I'm now lovebombing nats for the next 6 months and Mick's my bitch"
Dear God! Well, if you must can't you do it in private?0 -
Yes, those are crushing numbers. The nations of the sterling zone might - just might - take pity on Scotland if they could be persuaded that having an economically devastated neighbour is in no one's interest - the political turmoil, the fleeing migrants, the threat of insurrection etc. In the end some kind of annexation might be the only way to save Scotland, but it could become another Balkans.SeanT said:Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.0 -
Caught the last 10 minutes or so.
1. Stephen Mangan has lost a lot of weight plus his hair thing is off-putting.
2. Typical luvvie-fest lapping up NFarage's presence.
3. NFarage did fine. Smile a bit forced but understandably so. He was super-butt of the jokes.
4. They were ruthless and relentless in a way they wouldn't have been with any other party leader.
5. Then again UKIP often asks for it.
6. I thought he was ingenuous; he seemed to be genuinely happy that he had got eg. the floods one right. Almost touchingly so.
7. The over-riding impression will be: good old boy, well done - no other leader would have submitted themselves to it nor been treated that way.0 -
"The Panama Solution is what will inevitably happen in iScotland, pending eventual entry into the euro."
I am not at all sure how a country can meet the criteria for entry into the Euro without first having its own currency. The Panama solution would actually be a Panama stop-gap whilst iScotland got their own central bank etc set up.0 -
yeah, but I own you.Mick_Pork said:
You might even be sober in six months time but I doubt it going by your deranged babbling.Alanbrooke said:
I'm now lovebombing nats for the next 6 months and Mick's my bitch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGjiokfQ2A
If you try really hard you might even sound as bright as your chums here. Keep at it.
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Oh dear. Someone still thinks politicians listen to people.SeanT said:Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.
The currency union will happen.
Westminster will spin it. "Better a currency union than 1 million economic migrants flooding down south"0 -
Have the Ladbrokes constituency markets disappeared for everyone or is it only me they've disappeared for during the last two days ?
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Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.
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A bank run?SeanT said:
Yeah, opposition to currency union of about 2 to 1, down from about 2 to 1. Fascinating movements.Mick_Pork said:It's amusing to note that in spite of these heroic efforts to bolster the UK government's propaganda campaign, YouGov have still managed to uncover a slight DECREASE in English opposition to a currency union since they asked the question at the time of George Osborne's speech.
Much more interesting is the finding that a paltry 8% of respondents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland think they would be financially better off if Scotland became independent. It seems that deep down, voters south of the border do have a sense that London media mythology about resource-rich Scotland being "subsidised" is probably garbage.
*chortle*
As an out of touch mockney might say, Gertcha! Jellied eels.
Moreover, note this:
"Scottish Financial Enterprise has calculated that nine in ten customers of Scotland's many banks, pension providers and investment institutions are based elsewhere in the UK. If 42% of those customers were to move their money out of Scotland, as the YouGov/UKForex poll suggests, it could mean as much as £280bn moving south of the border."
Imagine Northern Rock, times a thousand. A run on all Scottish banks, as English depositors get nervy.
I think Usain Bolt would have trouble keeping up...
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By your logic we have would have the Euro by now.Eh_ehm_a_eh said:
Oh dear. Someone still thinks politicians listen to people.SeanT said:Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.
The currency union will happen.
Westminster will spin it. "Better a currency union than 1 million economic migrants flooding down south"
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Which minister was it ?Mick_Pork said:Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.0 -
George Osborne really is pinging Ed Balls economic elastic....
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Mandy and Hezza said we would join the Euro - they weren't wrong, they were "Pork wrong".0
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Mr. Eh, unless the UK allowed Scotland into the EU the border could be closed to prevent the '1 million migrants' coming south.
More seriously, pissing off three-fifths of the electorate by u-turning on something that's crystal clear immediately ahead of an election would be not so much brave as suicidal.0 -
Talk about clutching at imaginary straws.....that is just desperate.Mick_Pork said:
Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.0 -
Argh! I think I accidentally centred everything...
Edited extra bit: huzzah, a quick refresh sorted it. And with that, I'm off.0 -
@Johnny_Zimmy
you think that's what Cammie's was thinking was by keeping the expenses embarrassment Miller on for so long? That went well, didn't it?0 -
The emanations of impotence from the PB Eunuchs are strong tonight, and it's not even a full moon.Mick_Pork said:Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.
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I wonder if this capital flight out of Edinburgh is already happening. There's no knowing what idiocy Salmond might try.SeanT said:
Quite.TGOHF said:
By your logic we have would have the Euro by now.Eh_ehm_a_eh said:
Oh dear. Someone still thinks politicians listen to people.SeanT said:Important poll (not yet linked?)
Huge majority - 2 to 1 - of Brits (outside Scotland) oppose a currency union with Scotland.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/apr/11/the-future-of-scotlands-currency-continues-to-divide-opinion-polls-show
It really is NOT going to happen, if Scotland votes YES. No Westminster party will commit suicide by creating a tiny new ex-UK eurozone, vastly unpopular with voters.
Scotland, we want you to stay. You're part of the family! But if you go, you GO.
The currency union will happen.
Westminster will spin it. "Better a currency union than 1 million economic migrants flooding down south"
And of course the only way you could sell this currency union, as an emergency measure, is AFTER Scotland has got into serious trouble, not before. The British voter would need to see evidence that this drastic and unwanted step was unavoidable.
And nothing that the rUK government does could stop 5 million rUK Brits voting with their deposits, and starting a run on Scottish banks.
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Seriously pissing off three-fifths of the electorate is what Westminster does on a daily basis.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eh, unless the UK allowed Scotland into the EU the border could be closed to prevent the '1 million migrants' coming south.
More seriously, pissing off three-fifths of the electorate by u-turning on something that's crystal clear immediately ahead of an election would be not so much brave as suicidal.0 -
@Mick_Pork
If you really want to be independent you need to grow a pair,do your own thing & stop pathetically clinging onto nurse .Time to $hit or get off the pot.0 -
Which minister was it ? Rev I M Jolly ?Theuniondivvie said:
The emanations of impotence from the PB Eunuchs are strong tonight, and it's not even a full moon.Mick_Pork said:Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.0 -
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Mr L, putting Porkie on his dog lead aside, the best quote I have seen this week isHurstLlama said:"The Panama Solution is what will inevitably happen in iScotland, pending eventual entry into the euro."
I am not at all sure how a country can meet the criteria for entry into the Euro without first having its own currency. The Panama solution would actually be a Panama stop-gap whilst iScotland got their own central bank etc set up.
"Thirty years from now there will be a huge amount of oil - and no buyers. Oil will be left in the ground. The Stone Age came to an end, not because we had a lack of stones, and the oil age will come to an end not because we have a lack of oil,"
The whole premise of Nattery is based on a false platfrom and easy bucks never are; life has an irritating habit of changing the slam dunks so that they're never slam nor dunk but just an almost could have been.0 -
If you insist.fitalass said:Talk about clutching at imaginary straws.....
Conservatives could hold Lisbon Treaty referendum after ratification
A Conservative government could hold a referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty even if it has already been ratified, William Hague has said
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/3097376/Conservatives-could-hold-Lisbon-Treaty-referendum-after-ratification.html
Not just gullible but Cast Iron gullible.
How's Osbrowne's EU master strategy going BTW?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/UK_opinion_polling_2010-2015.png
Odd? The kippers certainly don't look stone dead or anything close to their 2010 3.1%.
Never mind. Some more fop posturing should keep the PB Cameroons happy. 0 -
Quite.
And of course the only way you could sell this currency union, as an emergency measure, is AFTER Scotland has got into serious trouble, not before. The British voter would need to see evidence that this drastic and unwanted step was unavoidable.
And nothing that the rUK government does could stop 5 million rUK Brits voting with their deposits, and starting a run on Scottish banks.
So, from no chance to a slight chance.
Westminster would "pre-empt any cataclysmic event" and tell you all how clever they are.0 -
Which front page is worse for LDs - Mail or Times ?Tykejohnno said:0 -
They do seem unusually grumpy don't they? They must have missed their regular delivery of Viagra, the poor old sausages.Theuniondivvie said:
The emanations of impotence from the PB Eunuchs are strong tonight, and it's not even a full moon.Mick_Pork said:Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.
Not so for tory MPs.
Ian Horrocks @ianoryx 12m
Tories being savaged by press at present MT @amolrajan Inquiry into Tory conference 'sex party paid on expenses' pic.twitter.com/tTwpM10GAQ
More expenses headlines and even more amusing ones than Bone and his £90,000.
Can't see how that could be bad for Cammie.
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Cougar Salmond entering the campaign must have us worried....Mick_Pork said:
They do seem unusually grumpy don't they? They must have missed their regular delivery of Viagra, the poor old sausages.Theuniondivvie said:
The emanations of impotence from the PB Eunuchs are strong tonight, and it's not even a full moon.Mick_Pork said:Jim Arnott @JimArnott 4h
Of course there will be a currency union Says senior UK Government Minister http://bit.ly/1gT0oLj #businessforscotland #indyref
You have to feel sorry for the PB tories. Made to look gullible fools time after time after time by Cammie's Cast Iron EU posturing, then they shriek for weeks about Osbrowne's comical currency posturing and the precise same thing happens.
Remember the PB Golden rule.
The PB tories are always wrong. The PB tories never learn.
Not so for tory MPs.
Ian Horrocks @ianoryx 12m
Tories being savaged by press at present MT @amolrajan Inquiry into Tory conference 'sex party paid on expenses' pic.twitter.com/tTwpM10GAQ
More expenses headlines and even more amusing ones than Bone and his £90,000.
Can't see how that could be bad for Cammie.0 -
Which front page is worse for tories - independent or telegraph ;-)TGOHF said:
Which front page is worse for LDs - Mail or Times ?Tykejohnno said:
FFS,miliband doesn't have to lift a finger for the keys of number 10,the telegraph really do hate Cameron.
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Indy - sex parties are good publicity.Tykejohnno said:
Which front page is worse for tories - independent or telegraph ;-)TGOHF said:
Which front page is worse for LDs - Mail or Times ?Tykejohnno said:
FFS,miliband doesn't have to lift a finger for the keys of number 10,the telegraph really do hate Cameron.0 -
Not all the Telegraph surely? There must be a mockney clickbaiter still in there gullible enough to implicitly believe all the fop posturing. Be it on currency or the EU.Tykejohnno said:
Which front page is worse for tories - independent or telegraph ;-)TGOHF said:
Which front page is worse for LDs - Mail or Times ?Tykejohnno said:
FFS,miliband doesn't have to lift a finger for the keys of number 10,the telegraph really do hate Cameron.
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Tykejohnno said:
Which front page is worse for tories - independent or telegraph ;-)TGOHF said:
Which front page is worse for LDs - Mail or Times ?Tykejohnno said:
FFS,miliband doesn't have to lift a finger for the keys of number 10,the telegraph really do hate Cameron.
Mind you, the second headline is a bit bizarre:
'Mercer faces suspension as MP to cap Cameron's woes.'
Cap Cameron's woes? I'd have thought Dave would regard it as the one bright point of the week:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060908/Tory-MP-Patrick-Mercer-calls-David-Cameron-worst-British-politician-Gladstone.html0 -
Sundip Meghani @Sundip 2h
Another Tory MP under investigation for expenses claims! Peter Bone MP being investigated for upkeep of second home - http://bbc.in/ONT7Qp
Pablo Byrne @anBhanna
Peter Bone, thanks his wife for letting him on #bbcsp. She should be thanking him, given we pay her £50k - the highest paid MP’s secretary.
The cretins wanting to bring up politicians wives on today of all days are a wee bit dolly dimple.0 -
Evening all
Let's be fair - most people under 40 won't have a clue who Cyril Smith was and trying to portray this as some kind of "damage" to the LDs is as preposterous as suggesting the Profumo scandal would damage today's Conservative Party.
I suspect Mr Flashman's ghost is wandering the corridors making mischief this evening...0 -
Of far more interest - Randwick stages the inaugural Championships weekend - the most valuable day's racing ever staged in the Southern Hemisphere. The first day has almost as much prize money at £5,350,000 as Arc day in Paris.
My kind of Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere is...0 -
No getting away from it.it's been a bad week for Cameron and the tories and still in one poll today,one point behind labour ;-)0
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Telegraph News @TelegraphNews 1m
Former shadow Tory minister Patrick Mercer expected to be banned for up to six months http://fw.to/WD6OnNS
Old Holborn @OHwinsAgain 2h
Ex Tory Minister to be banned for 6 months for cash for questions http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10761392/Former-shadow-Tory-minister-Patrick-Mercer-set-to-be-banned-for-up-to-six-months.html …
It's all getting a bit omnishambolic now, isn't it?
Comedy fops.0 -
Nobody commenting on the new font and layout? It's an ideal squirrel after all.
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"So, from no chance to a slight chance.
Westminster would "pre-empt any cataclysmic event" and tell you all how clever they are."
So.... vote YES on the "slight chance" that Westminster will agree to a currency union as the Scottish economy will collapse otherwise.
Is that the Nat prospectus?
Vote YES on the "slight chance" that Westminster will agree to a currency union as the Scottish economy will collapse otherwise!!
Ridic.
A large chunk of my family lives in Scotland. They are free to vote YES, and good luck to them, but I want them to do it knowing the facts, not a lot of dangerously wishful thinking.
If you really believe Osborne, Balls and Alexander then no problem.
After all these guys never lie.0 -
The Times:
There is no longer any point to the Liberal Democrats, one of the party’s most senior MPs has claimed. Voters cannot be blamed for abandoning the party, according to Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat minister until October, who puts the blame at the feet of Nick Clegg for pandering to its left wing.
Is Jeremy Browne about to defect to the Tories? Now that would be a turn-up.0 -
Economic impact even moving onto the Indyref VI in this weeks polls.SeanT said:
That poll is remarkable, given the awful week Tories have endured.Tykejohnno said:No getting away from it.it's been a bad week for Cameron and the tories and still in one poll today,one point behind labour ;-)
It tells me the VI narrowing is real, and based on an improving economy - nothing else. And that's why lefties are worried.0 -
It's the usual 'Vicky Pollard' style trolling. If anyone questions it he'll give it the "yeah but no but yeah but no" excuse on meaning any of it.TOPPING said:
Classy.SeanT said:Ed Miliband on the BBC Ten.
That has to be the most unfavourable news package biopic I have ever seen...he is VERY Jewish.0 -
The interesting thing is that there have been angry rumblings against Browne from some of Clegg's most loyal spinners lately. So this outburst may have been expected.peter_from_putney said:The Times:
There is no longer any point to the Liberal Democrats, one of the party’s most senior MPs has claimed. Voters cannot be blamed for abandoning the party, according to Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat minister until October, who puts the blame at the feet of Nick Clegg for pandering to its left wing.
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Which ones, please?TGOHF said:
Economic impact even moving onto the Indyref VI in this weeks polls.SeanT said:
That poll is remarkable, given the awful week Tories have endured.Tykejohnno said:No getting away from it.it's been a bad week for Cameron and the tories and still in one poll today,one point behind labour ;-)
It tells me the VI narrowing is real, and based on an improving economy - nothing else. And that's why lefties are worried.
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Lorena @LogicalLorena
@David_Cameron Do you really think what I just watched #GypsiesOnBenefitsAndProud is fair to the tax paying ppl of this country. Im outraged
BBC as just done a clip on the news trying to cool the tensions.0 -
You should do a Blog about it - There's nothing more guaranteed ti raise the ire of the Telegraph blog community than suggesting things may be looking up for Cameron and the government.SeanT said:
That poll is remarkable, given the awful week Tories have endured.Tykejohnno said:No getting away from it.it's been a bad week for Cameron and the tories and still in one poll today,one point behind labour ;-)
It tells me the VI narrowing is real, and based on an improving economy - nothing else. And that's why lefties are worried.
This perfectly reasonable polling assessment;
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/pollingobservatory/100267307/the-conservatives-are-slowly-gaining-despite-ukip/
Has generated over 2000 comments!!!!!
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I'd be surprised if Jeremy Browne has actually said that direct quote but it will no doubt be seized on by those not well disposed toward the Party in general.peter_from_putney said:The Times:
There is no longer any point to the Liberal Democrats, one of the party’s most senior MPs has claimed. Voters cannot be blamed for abandoning the party, according to Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat minister until October, who puts the blame at the feet of Nick Clegg for pandering to its left wing.
Is Jeremy Browne about to defect to the Tories? Now that would be a turn-up.
I'm keen to read Browne's book and the advance notices will no doubt help his sales. He represents a strong strand of opinion within the party though the stench of sour grapes toward Nick Clegg won't help his cause if he sees himself (which I suspect he doesn't) as a future leadership contender.
Much of his prospectus sounds like the Liberal Party of the 1950s which was the most right-wing of the three parties (and included members of the IEA and other Thatcherite think-tanks among its membership) and rejected much of the prevailing Butskellite consensus.
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The free weekend picture supplement combined with that story looks icky.TGOHF said:
@SkyNews: DAILY MAIL FRONT PAGE: Monstrous cover-up. #skypapers http://t.co/iEkSd9n0Lm
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Perhaps may bleed in to losing Ramsden Cup finalist's season tickets? A rising tide lifts even basket cases?TGOHF said:
Economic impact even moving onto the Indyref VI in this weeks polls.SeanT said:
That poll is remarkable, given the awful week Tories have endured.Tykejohnno said:No getting away from it.it's been a bad week for Cameron and the tories and still in one poll today,one point behind labour ;-)
It tells me the VI narrowing is real, and based on an improving economy - nothing else. And that's why lefties are worried.
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Media Guido @MediaGuido 4m
N.B. At no point in the interview with @thetimes (splash "Lib Dems 'are pointless' ") does Jeremy Browne say the Lib Dems are pointless.0 -
Have the people at UK Polling Report fallen asleep? The table showing their polling data hasn't been updated since 2 April nine days ago.
That's probably why Dr. Stephen Fisher hasn't yet updated his GE Seats Forecast which he usually does on a Friday based on UKPR's latest polling figures.0 -
Book quotables are indeed hardly new. Though I think you may be stretching all credibility if you think there is strong strand of opinion that thinks Clegg is useless because he's too left-wing??? Quite the reverse.stodge said:
I'd be surprised if Jeremy Browne has actually said that direct quote but it will no doubt be seized on by those not well disposed toward the Party in general.peter_from_putney said:The Times:
There is no longer any point to the Liberal Democrats, one of the party’s most senior MPs has claimed. Voters cannot be blamed for abandoning the party, according to Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat minister until October, who puts the blame at the feet of Nick Clegg for pandering to its left wing.
Is Jeremy Browne about to defect to the Tories? Now that would be a turn-up.
I'm keen to read Browne's book and the advance notices will no doubt help his sales. He represents a strong strand of opinion within the party though the stench of sour grapes toward Nick Clegg won't help his cause if he sees himself (which I suspect he doesn't) as a future leadership contender.
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If he sounds like a Tory, then he is a Tory.stodge said:
I'd be surprised if Jeremy Browne has actually said that direct quote but it will no doubt be seized on by those not well disposed toward the Party in general.peter_from_putney said:The Times:
There is no longer any point to the Liberal Democrats, one of the party’s most senior MPs has claimed. Voters cannot be blamed for abandoning the party, according to Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat minister until October, who puts the blame at the feet of Nick Clegg for pandering to its left wing.
Is Jeremy Browne about to defect to the Tories? Now that would be a turn-up.
I'm keen to read Browne's book and the advance notices will no doubt help his sales. He represents a strong strand of opinion within the party though the stench of sour grapes toward Nick Clegg won't help his cause if he sees himself (which I suspect he doesn't) as a future leadership contender.
Much of his prospectus sounds like the Liberal Party of the 1950s which was the most right-wing of the three parties (and included members of the IEA and other Thatcherite think-tanks among its membership) and rejected much of the prevailing Butskellite consensus.0 -
Perhaps Anthony is unwell? Or having a holiday? It must be hard work running that website and keeping it updated. I think AW does a grand job.peter_from_putney said:Have the people at UK Polling Report fallen asleep? The table showing their polling data hasn't been updated since 2 April nine days ago.
That's probably why Dr. Stephen Fisher hasn't yet updated his GE Seats Forecast which he usually does on a Friday based on UKPR's latest polling figures.
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He's also dire on stuff like QT so there is no chance whatsoever that he has any realistic leadership ambitions as stodge says. Though to be fair Clegg is toxic and he's still leader.surbiton said:
If he sounds like a Tory, then he is a Tory.stodge said:
I'd be surprised if Jeremy Browne has actually said that direct quote but it will no doubt be seized on by those not well disposed toward the Party in general.peter_from_putney said:The Times:
There is no longer any point to the Liberal Democrats, one of the party’s most senior MPs has claimed. Voters cannot be blamed for abandoning the party, according to Jeremy Browne, a Liberal Democrat minister until October, who puts the blame at the feet of Nick Clegg for pandering to its left wing.
Is Jeremy Browne about to defect to the Tories? Now that would be a turn-up.
I'm keen to read Browne's book and the advance notices will no doubt help his sales. He represents a strong strand of opinion within the party though the stench of sour grapes toward Nick Clegg won't help his cause if he sees himself (which I suspect he doesn't) as a future leadership contender.
Much of his prospectus sounds like the Liberal Party of the 1950s which was the most right-wing of the three parties (and included members of the IEA and other Thatcherite think-tanks among its membership) and rejected much of the prevailing Butskellite consensus. 0 -
Just remind us how much the current SNP Government has cost the Scots taxpayers trying to hide their non existent legal advice on EU membership! After Megrahi, letting our tax raising powers lapse in the last Parliament etc, I wouldn't trust Salmond & Co if they told me it was raining outside these days.
"So, from no chance to a slight chance.Eh_ehm_a_eh said:
Westminster would "pre-empt any cataclysmic event" and tell you all how clever they are."
So.... vote YES on the "slight chance" that Westminster will agree to a currency union as the Scottish economy will collapse otherwise.
Is that the Nat prospectus?
Vote YES on the "slight chance" that Westminster will agree to a currency union as the Scottish economy will collapse otherwise!!
Ridic.
A large chunk of my family lives in Scotland. They are free to vote YES, and good luck to them, but I want them to do it knowing the facts, not a lot of dangerously wishful thinking.
If you really believe Osborne, Balls and Alexander then no problem.
After all these guys never lie.
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SeanT said:
Ed Miliband on the BBC Ten.
That has to be the most unfavourable news package biopic I have ever seen...he is VERY Jewish.
....You what?SeanT said:It's not the Jewishness per se, of course, it is the perceived associations with Israel (not a seller), and the general north London foreign-ness that goes with.
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I thought that package was one of the best I've ever seen Ed come across. One of his main problems is, when he's doing one of his pre-prepared soundbites for the news, he sounds SO wooden and insincere. This time he actually seemed more natural. He'll always be a geek, but if he atleast come across as an authentic and sincere geek then that would be an improvement.0 -
Re. Jeremy Browne, being sacked in favour of crazy crank Norman Baker must have stung, so it wouldn't surprise me if he goes rogue...0
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There was an SNP landslide win. Meanwhile there are still more Pandas than scottish tory MPs. So unless someone still has their head stuck up Cameron's backside it's blatantly obvious who the public trusts more and it ain't old biddies from SCON or Cammie.fitalass said:After Megrahi,
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I wonder whether Ed Milliband's ever been drunk in his life? I get the feeling that while Willie Hague was downing 34 pints in one sitting Ed would have been more likely to be playing with his Rublix Cube...0
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Dear Mr T - in fact what Miliband is currently doing is saying (in Israel), vote for me because my family were gassed by the nazis.0
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Tories set for more embarrassment as Patrick Mercer faces scrutiny http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/10/tories-embarrassment-patrick-mercer-standards … < a lobbying sting..
Tory MP, Peter Bone's, expenses under investigation by Standards Cttee http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/11/tory-mp-peter-bone-expenses-investigation …
When 2 scandals collide: Sexpenses RT @amolrajan EXCLUSIVE: EXPENSES INQUIRY INTO SEX PARTY AT TORY CONF @Independent pic.twitter.com/pUHLr3eTfd
Daily_Express @Daily_Express
David Cameron claims 'Big Society' is the work of Jesus, as he calls himself 'Dyno-rod' http://dexpr.es/1eu4rrT
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Of course George and co. have their own non-existent legal advice, these days:fitalass said:Just remind us how much the current SNP Government has cost the Scots taxpayers trying to hide their non existent legal advice on EU membership! After Megrahi, letting our tax raising powers lapse in the last Parliament etc, I wouldn't trust Salmond & Co if they told me it was raining outside these days.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/currency-furore-over-mystery-of-missing-memos.23890582
And of the Scottish or UK parliaments, looks to me like the Scottish one was the more honourable over Lockerbie/Megrahi
" I wouldn't trust Salmond & Co if they told me it was raining outside these days."
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GIN1138 (I think) says 'There's nothing more guaranteed to raise the ire of the Telegraph blog community than suggesting things may be looking up for Cameron and the government.'
There are a lot of sad people about who can only rant and rave. Its one reason why the Telegraph has become a joke. At least the Mail concentrates on cellulite and women out of their make up.
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Flight - Indeed.
Talking of the Daily Mail, how sad is this story;
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2602534/I-love-son-Fathers-heartbreaking-eulogy-Star-Wars-themed-funeral-boy-4-died-battling-brain-tumour.html0 -
Re-post from earlier:
In 45 of Labour's 106 target seats, the Labour candidate is female and their opponent is male. And there's some evidence that women prefer to vote for female candidates IIRC.0 -
Vanilla still a little "patchy" loading comments for me tonight?0
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That's an 'ell of a difference between them then.GIN1138 said:I wonder whether Ed Milliband's ever been drunk in his life? I get the feeling that while Willie Hague was downing 34 pints in one sitting Ed would have been more likely to be playing with his Rublix Cube...
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