It does strike me that both the UKIP (Controlled immigration to/from everywhere) and the RCS (Completely open immigration to/from everywhere) are vastly more internally consistent than the position of the 'Westminster consensus'.
They both apply the same standards to the man from Paris as the man from Rio De Janeiro.
The problem with your line of argument is that it makes UKIP look just like all the other parties: do as we say, not as we do.
If they can't even manage to make a poster and a PPB without using labour that would probably be disallowed if they came into power, how can they expect people to run businesses under those rules?
Again, you must know that this is an incredibly weak argument. It is obviously possible to make a PPB with only people with four white British grandparents if that's what you want to do. But they weren't trying to demonstrate their immigration system - they were trying to communicate a message and thus didn't worry about it.
And that's before we even get to the issue of whether those people wouldn't be allowed here. There has been freedom of movement between Ireland and the UK for long before the EU was ever thought of, and the Zimbabwean almost certainly qualified for a British passport via ancestry.
And it is far from a trivial matter - if tackling mass immigration is done incorrectly, then the economy will be harmed. It may well be possible to tackle it in a good way, but I see nothing that shows UKIP have any idea about how to do it.
You seem to be deliberately missing the point. Certainly the appropriate immigration policy to have is not a trivial matter. But let's have that debate rather than who was or wasn't in a particular two minute slot, which is certainly trivial.
On Wednesday, UKIP leader Nigel Farage suggested his party did not use actors in its campaign literature.
But on Friday, UKIP said the use of actors was "totally standard practice".
Good comeback from O'Flynn
"I would suggest that the only substantive difference between our poster campaign and Mr Hague's is that ours is proving popular and successful while his was followed by a landslide defeat."
Will Irish jobbing actors be judged 'skilled' and able to immigrate and work in the UK under UKIP's brave new world?
If you say you are going to allow 'skilled' immigration but not mass immigration, then you need to define what 'skilled' means. It seems - from Zimbabwean decorators to Irish actors through German secretaries - the definition of 'skilled' is currently rather wide.
This is an absurd argument. UKIP are working with the system as it is currently constituted. You are suggesting that they should unilaterally operate under their proposed system. That makes about as much sense as saying that a socialist who wants higher tax rates should unilaretally pay more into the Treasury, or that a conservative who wants to cut spending should return a chunk of their state pension.
I'd welcome socialists who want higher tax rates to pay more into the treasury, and for a conservative who wants spending cut to return a chunk of their state pension.
And it's not an absurd argument.
Anyone can make voluntary payments to HMRC by agreement.
It does strike me that both the UKIP (Controlled immigration to/from everywhere) and the RCS (Completely open immigration to/from everywhere) are vastly more internally consistent than the position of the 'Westminster consensus'.
They both apply the same standards to the man from Paris as the man from Rio De Janeiro.
Of course.
Why discriminate between an Italian and a Ugandan? Let the best from anywhere in, as well as our share of refugees
If the BNP suggested free movement of Europeans but restrictions on Africans and Asians that would be very similar to what Cameroons, Labour and Lib Dems want now... maybe we should lobby for them to suggest it! They'd all want to distance themselves from this racist idea!
As usual, you seem to be mistaking me for a Europhile.
Unless I'm very much mistaken, you've consistently voiced support for EU membership.
You are very much mistaken.
I have said many times passim that I am on the fence about EU membership: I want persuading either way. I'm pi**ed off with some of the things going on with the EU, but am also nervous about leaving. If we were to have a referendum tomorrow, my vote would very much depend on the question in the absence of reasoned, sane arguments (with one or two honourable exceptions) from both the pro- and anti- side.
Now, perhaps that is not Europhobe enough for you. But it's my position. I'm exactly the sort of person you should be persuading with reasoned argument. That's why I'm trying to get to the bottom of what UKIP would mean for my little segment of industry and myself personally.
I have occasionally praised certain things about being in Europe - for instance standardisation. But I have also criticised many other things - the Euro, the waste, and others.
General election betting. If I wanted to bet on UKIP doing well in 2015, are there markets other than vote share to bet on? (Labrokes have a UKIP vote share offer.)
Depending on just how well, you can get some pretty monstrous odds on some of their nominal target seats #10 onwards.
"EXCLUSIVE / A group of pro-Europe British Conservatives has decided to launch a new party to stand in the upcoming European elections as an alternative to David Cameron’s Conservatives … 4 FREEDOMs Party (UK EPP)"
"If they can't even manage to make a poster and a PPB without using labour that would probably be disallowed if they came into power, how can they expect people to run businesses under those rules?"
Why would the Irish actor or the Zimbabwean with a British passport be disallowed if they came into power? Rather, doesn't it show that UKIP aren't as anti immigrant as people like to portray them?
There were Asians in the PEB too. I am surprised you're not trying to infer that they'd be disallowed as well, so little do you understand the issue
Would they meet the points requirements, or any other system UKIP put in place? And it appears you don't understand the issue either, which is why you were floundering earlier.
It's particularly self-defeating as (for instance) I came on here and gave a positive view of Farage in his first debate with Clegg, early on before most other posters. And I've criticised Clegg in the past over the stupid three million jobs claim.
Yet in UKIP-world, any criticism automatically makes you a Europhile.
General election betting. If I wanted to bet on UKIP doing well in 2015, are there markets other than vote share to bet on? (Labrokes have a UKIP vote share offer.)
Depending on just how well, you can get some pretty monstrous odds on some of their nominal target seats #10 onwards.
These are my possible bets! 3 categories Chance of winning/should get 2nd/Long shot worth a fiver
Hopefully bookies will price up w/o fav in most of them
Barking Boston & Skegness Bromsgrove Dag & Rain Lads Dudley North Halesown & Rowley Regis Morley & Outwood Lads Newcastle Under Lyme Plymouth Moor View S Bas & E Thurrock Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke on Trent South Telford Thanet North Thanet South Thurrock Walsall North Walsall South West Bromwich West Wolverhampton
Bexhill & Battle Birmingham Yardley Bournemouth East Bridgewater & W Somerset Brirmingham Northfield Broadland Burton Cannock Chase Christchurch Dartford Dover East Devon Erith & Thamesmead Folkestone & Hythe Great Yarmouth Hastings & Rye Hx & Upm Kingswood Ludlow N Devon N Warks Newton Abbot Peterborough Poole SE Cornwall Solihull Spelthorne Stoke on Trent Central Stoke on Trent North Stourbridge Torridge & W Devon Totnes Wells West Brom East West Suffolk
Aldershot Bognor & Littlehampton Bournemouth West Cambourne & Redruth Chatham & Aylseford Coventry NW East Surrey Eltham Gill & Rain Harlow Hereford & S Herefordshire Horsham IoW Luton North N Swindon Norwich N NW Cambs Redditch Reigate S Cambs Sittingbourne & Sheppey Stratford on Avon Wolverhampton SE
"If they can't even manage to make a poster and a PPB without using labour that would probably be disallowed if they came into power, how can they expect people to run businesses under those rules?"
Why would the Irish actor or the Zimbabwean with a British passport be disallowed if they came into power? Rather, doesn't it show that UKIP aren't as anti immigrant as people like to portray them?
There were Asians in the PEB too. I am surprised you're not trying to infer that they'd be disallowed as well, so little do you understand the issue
Would they meet the points requirements, or any other system UKIP put in place? And it appears you don't understand the issue either, which is why you were floundering earlier.
It's particularly self-defeating as (for instance) I came on here and gave a positive view of Farage in his first debate with Clegg, early on before most other posters. And I've criticised Clegg in the past over the stupid three million jobs claim.
Yet in UKIP-world, any criticism automatically makes you a Europhile.
I wasn't floundering, I have been completely consistent throughout.
Vote however you see fit. I don't want to persuade you to do anything, haven't accused you of being anything, and don't really care at all. I just tried to answer a question you asked.
I am off to the rub a dub dub... I will return half pissed and with far less patience!
Mr. Isam, I'd be surprised if UKIP won here (Morley & Outwood). Balls has a notional 1,000 vote majority but I expect this to be increased significantly. The blues are close behind and the yellows in a distinct third (no hope of winning but plenty of votes to squeeze). UKIP had an ok showing last time and there are a fair number of BNP votes to go somewhere as well.
I'd be unsurprised if UKIP leapfrogged the Lib Dems to third, surprised if they came second and greatly surprised if they won.
"If they can't even manage to make a poster and a PPB without using labour that would probably be disallowed if they came into power, how can they expect people to run businesses under those rules?"
Why would the Irish actor or the Zimbabwean with a British passport be disallowed if they came into power? Rather, doesn't it show that UKIP aren't as anti immigrant as people like to portray them?
There were Asians in the PEB too. I am surprised you're not trying to infer that they'd be disallowed as well, so little do you understand the issue
Would they meet the points requirements, or any other system UKIP put in place? And it appears you don't understand the issue either, which is why you were floundering earlier.
It's particularly self-defeating as (for instance) I came on here and gave a positive view of Farage in his first debate with Clegg, early on before most other posters. And I've criticised Clegg in the past over the stupid three million jobs claim.
Yet in UKIP-world, any criticism automatically makes you a Europhile.
I wasn't floundering, I have been completely consistent throughout.
Vote however you see fit. I don't want to persuade you to do anything, haven't accused you of being anything, and don't really care at all. I just tried to answer a question you asked.
I am off to the rub a dub dub... I will return half pissed and with far less patience!
I've noticed something peculiar about the attacks on UKIP; they seem to miss genuine points of interest, almost deliberately.
1. Nigel Farage employs a German secretary.
Real issue: politician employs close relative with parliamentary funds.
2. UKIP use non-UK EU citizen in advert.
Real issue: how will the UK maintain its open border with the Irish Republic if it remains part of the EU and the UK does not. The UK has a land border with Eire, it should be remembered.
3. Nigel Farage uses parliamentary funds for political campaigning.
Real issue: It is hilariously common for Tory MPs to hire offices from their constituency associations. This is backdoor public funding of political parties which the public is against.
When a man concludes that any stick is good enough to beat his foe with, that is when he picks up a boomerang.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
Nigel Farage changes position on audit of his MEP allowance spending Ukip leader denies saying he would allow audit after allegations of misuse, claiming it would be wrong for him to be singled out
You tell me this then. How exactly did the lab coats in Porton Down work out that the Sarin sample they had didn't match that held by the Syrian military. Answer me that and I'll listen.
As for the snipers in Kiev, no idea. Heard the rumour, personally consider it irrelevant. It didn't change anything whatsoever that wasn't going to happen anyway, tide was set. Living in the real world as I do it therefore, its a waste of time, bigger issues down there at hand.
It wasn't exactly the Gulf of Tonkin incident in its significance overall was it.
I'll leave it to the Internet conspiracy theorists who can't write 4 paragraphs without saying 'capitalist' or 'Rothschild'
The bad guy is obvious the moment he comes on screen: he might as well have been stroking a white cat and going mwuhahaha. And the winter soldier was again obvious the moment the back story was unveiled.
But it was good enough for me to see twice. And it connected really well with tonight's episode of Shield.
Can anyone think of another TV series that fits in so well with a film franchise, yet are separate entities? Not films made from TV series like Star Trek, or TV series made from films. But a TV series released at the same time as a film, referencing the same events?
Ok if I ask you a question or two via Vanilla? Not seen the film and just want to ask some specific but very spoiler-ish points (so I don't want to ask them here)?
Ok if I ask you a question or two via Vanilla? Not seen the film and just want to ask some specific but very spoiler-ish points (so I don't want to ask them here)?
Ok if I ask you a question or two via Vanilla? Not seen the film and just want to ask some specific but very spoiler-ish points (so I don't want to ask them here)?
You can ask me.
Glad you enjoyed SHIELD.
Having read the episode description of next week's episode, I've had a Geekgasm
Mr. Eagles, I had planned on asking you, but you weren't on... anyway, I've sent Mr. Jessop my query. It's not overly complicated, but asking and answering it here would be obnoxious.
I'm much happier going into the next episode blind.
Mr. Eagles, I had planned on asking you, but you weren't on... anyway, I've sent Mr. Jessop my query. It's not overly complicated, but asking and answering it here would be obnoxious.
I'm much happier going into the next episode blind.
As PB's resident Geek and general Marvel expert, I can give a very comprehensive answer.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Mr. Eagles, I hope your knowledge of Marvel is better than your grasp of the Second Punic War.
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
Mr. Eagles, I hope your knowledge of Marvel is better than your grasp of the Second Punic War.
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
The second Punic war? That's the war the Carthiginians lost under the command of Hannibal? right?
Will be interesting to see if this rumoured statement is true. The European observers swept up by separatists are apparently legitimate prisoners of war in a quote attributed to a separatist official...
Mr. Pulpstar, it's not always an option. If playdiplomacy.com were not the only website my PS3 browser seems to like enough not to crash on I wouldn't've been able to enter any moves from very early on.
Mr. Eagles, I hope your knowledge of Marvel is better than your grasp of the Second Punic War.
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
My knowledge on Marvel is unparalleled.
Is that so? You may find yourself called upon to assist when Guardians of the Galaxy comes out in that case.
Mr. Eagles, I hope your knowledge of Marvel is better than your grasp of the Second Punic War.
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
My knowledge on Marvel is unparalleled.
Is that so? You may find yourself called upon to assist when Guardians of the Galaxy comes out in that case.
No probs.
Have you seen Thor: The Dark World, the first post credit scene helps explain a bit.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
The bad guy is obvious the moment he comes on screen: he might as well have been stroking a white cat and going mwuhahaha. And the winter soldier was again obvious the moment the back story was unveiled.
But it was good enough for me to see twice. And it connected really well with tonight's episode of Shield.
Can anyone think of another TV series that fits in so well with a film franchise, yet are separate entities? Not films made from TV series like Star Trek, or TV series made from films. But a TV series released at the same time as a film, referencing the same events?
It's awesome.
Is it indeed? I have to confess, having seen (and this is no spoiler) how massive and far reaching SHIELD is as an organization in the movies, I have had trouble envisaging how a group of like five people, not even operating at the top of the organization, could possibly make itself seem important and relevant without being hugely contrived, but if they can pull that off, more power to them.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
James I deported a lot of border scots/english to Ireland to pacify the border.
NMR from Nick! That's twice now and has unbalanced the game. Shame.
Not twice in a row. A shame, and unlike him, but he was toast anyway. Even if he had supported himself it would have just meant England taking St P in the autumn instead of the spring. He would be ground out soon anyway.
Mr. Eagles, I hope your knowledge of Marvel is better than your grasp of the Second Punic War.
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
My knowledge on Marvel is unparalleled.
Is that so? You may find yourself called upon to assist when Guardians of the Galaxy comes out in that case.
No probs.
Have you seen Thor: The Dark World, the first post credit scene helps explain a bit.
I guess, although I only really understood it after I read an explanation about it. You have to appreciate their ambition though. I loved Man of Steel to be quite honest, but DC just seem to have started their amitious plans a bit too late to catch up.
Speaking of Tv shows, has anyone seen Person of Interest? I find it and its premise legitimately terrifying, as it very slowly and cleverly morphs from what seems like a slightly original procedural into something wholly other, almost an entirely different genre.
Mr. Eagles, I hope your knowledge of Marvel is better than your grasp of the Second Punic War.
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
My knowledge on Marvel is unparalleled.
Is that so? You may find yourself called upon to assist when Guardians of the Galaxy comes out in that case.
No probs.
Have you seen Thor: The Dark World, the first post credit scene helps explain a bit.
I guess, although I only really understood it after I read an explanation about it. You have to appreciate their ambition though. I loved Man of Steel to be quite honest, but DC just seem to have started their amitious plans a bit too late to catch up.
Speaking of Tv shows, has anyone seen Person of Interest? I find it and it's premise legitimately terrifying, as it very slowly and cleverly morphs from what seems like a slightly original procedural into something wholly other, almost an entirely different genre.
Without wanting to give away spoilers, I suspect and expect Guardians of the Galaxy will set up Avengers 3.
Had a leaflet from UKIP today. Very efficient front cover, with a grinning Farage in one corner just below Clegg, Cameron and Miliband standing in a line together in identical suits while looking away from the photographer, almost turning their backs on the watcher. Message received.
Question: the leaflet advises me to put the poster it contains in the window to say I am voting UKIP and no other leaflets please - would that onlys top UKIP activists or would any other party activists see it and think it'snot worth the bother of putting on in my mail slot? Personally i don't mind receiving several from all of them, but I'd be curious how other party activists react to such a show of support, as I can envisage a situation where I might want to stop them doing so, and I'd be prepared to say I intend to vote for anyone to prevent them from stuffing more info through the slot.
The bad guy is obvious the moment he comes on screen: he might as well have been stroking a white cat and going mwuhahaha. And the winter soldier was again obvious the moment the back story was unveiled.
But it was good enough for me to see twice. And it connected really well with tonight's episode of Shield.
Can anyone think of another TV series that fits in so well with a film franchise, yet are separate entities? Not films made from TV series like Star Trek, or TV series made from films. But a TV series released at the same time as a film, referencing the same events?
It's awesome.
Is it indeed? I have to confess, having seen (and this is no spoiler) how massive and far reaching SHIELD is as an organization in the movies, I have had trouble envisaging how a group of like five people, not even operating at the top of the organization, could possibly make itself seem important and relevant without being hugely contrived, but if they can pull that off, more power to them.
I defer to TSE regarding any part of the Marvel universe, but it would be a bit like 'Saving Private Ryan' giving you the detailed events and richness of interpersonal relations amongst the grunts, whilst 'The Longest Day' gives you the top-level view amongst the commanders.
The TV series has more time to develop interpersonal relations and detailed minutiae about the universe, whilst the films are more top-level. The fact you care for Fitz, Simmons, Coulson, Ward and the others in the series means it doesn't matter that the events are (seemingly) less important than those in the films. The TV series is more intimate and personal. Heck, if Skye stubbed her toe I'd feel sorry for her.
The bad guy is obvious the moment he comes on screen: he might as well have been stroking a white cat and going mwuhahaha. And the winter soldier was again obvious the moment the back story was unveiled.
But it was good enough for me to see twice. And it connected really well with tonight's episode of Shield.
Can anyone think of another TV series that fits in so well with a film franchise, yet are separate entities? Not films made from TV series like Star Trek, or TV series made from films. But a TV series released at the same time as a film, referencing the same events?
It's awesome.
Is it indeed? I have to confess, having seen (and this is no spoiler) how massive and far reaching SHIELD is as an organization in the movies, I have had trouble envisaging how a group of like five people, not even operating at the top of the organization, could possibly make itself seem important and relevant without being hugely contrived, but if they can pull that off, more power to them.
I defer to TSE regarding any part of the Marvel universe, but it would be a bit like 'Saving Private Ryan' giving you the detailed events and richness of interpersonal relations amongst the grunts, whilst 'The Longest Day' gives you the top-level view amongst the commanders.
The TV series has more time to develop interpersonal relations and detailed minutiae about the universe, whilst the films are more top-level. The fact you care for Fitz, Simmons, Coulson, Ward and the others in the series means it doesn't matter that the events are (seemingly) less important than those in the films. The TV series is more intimate and personal. Heck, if Skye stubbed her toe I'd feel sorry for her.
I can respect that. Nothing wrong with focusing on the grunts, grunts who have important stories of their own and interactions with the upper echelons but grunts nonetheless, I was just worried about potentially being told these guys are the most super duper important team evar, when SHIELD has tens of thousands of agents at its command. I'll give it a go though, Marvel have proven they can translate this stuff to big screen after all.
Had a leaflet from UKIP today. Very efficient front cover, with a grinning Farage in one corner just below Clegg, Cameron and Miliband standing in a line together in identical suits while looking away from the photographer, almost turning their backs on the watcher. Message received.
Question: the leaflet advises me to put the poster it contains in the window to say I am voting UKIP and no other leaflets please - would that onlys top UKIP activists or would any other party activists see it and think it'snot worth the bother of putting on in my mail slot? Personally i don't mind receiving several from all of them, but I'd be curious how other party activists react to such a show of support, as I can envisage a situation where I might want to stop them doing so, and I'd be prepared to say I intend to vote for anyone to prevent them from stuffing more info through the slot.
Tbh the best option is to put up a non-branded notice in plain view specifically asking for no political leaflets or canvassing. (These cropped up a fair bit in Eastleigh I understand).
Had a leaflet from UKIP today. Very efficient front cover, with a grinning Farage in one corner just below Clegg, Cameron and Miliband standing in a line together in identical suits while looking away from the photographer, almost turning their backs on the watcher. Message received.
Question: the leaflet advises me to put the poster it contains in the window to say I am voting UKIP and no other leaflets please - would that onlys top UKIP activists or would any other party activists see it and think it'snot worth the bother of putting on in my mail slot? Personally i don't mind receiving several from all of them, but I'd be curious how other party activists react to such a show of support, as I can envisage a situation where I might want to stop them doing so, and I'd be prepared to say I intend to vote for anyone to prevent them from stuffing more info through the slot.
Tbh the best option is to put up a non-branded notice in plain view specifically asking for no political leaflets or canvassing. (These cropped up a fair bit in Eastleigh I understand).
Had a leaflet from UKIP today. Very efficient front cover, with a grinning Farage in one corner just below Clegg, Cameron and Miliband standing in a line together in identical suits while looking away from the photographer, almost turning their backs on the watcher. Message received.
Question: the leaflet advises me to put the poster it contains in the window to say I am voting UKIP and no other leaflets please - would that onlys top UKIP activists or would any other party activists see it and think it'snot worth the bother of putting on in my mail slot? Personally i don't mind receiving several from all of them, but I'd be curious how other party activists react to such a show of support, as I can envisage a situation where I might want to stop them doing so, and I'd be prepared to say I intend to vote for anyone to prevent them from stuffing more info through the slot.
Tbh the best option is to put up a non-branded notice in plain view specifically asking for no political leaflets or canvassing. (These cropped up a fair bit in Eastleigh I understand).
Hmm, seems like someone should take a leaflet from their opponents and put it through that person's letter slot in hopes of provoking an anti-whoever-just-did-that vote, although perhaps that is against the rules of gentlemanly and ladylike campaigning.
No weekly update as yet on his 2015 GE Forecast from Dr Stephen Fisher.
I had expected to see the Tories losing ground on the back of some adverse poll news from YouGov, but that was prior to today's much more encouraging dead heat findings from Populus.
No weekly update as yet on his 2015 GE Forecast from Dr Stephen Fisher.
I had expected to see the Tories losing ground on the back of some adverse poll news from YouGov, but that was prior to today's much more encouraging dead heat findings from Populus.
Pathetic from the Tories — they're not contesting some of the seats in Lewisham and Barking&Dagenham. You'd expect the party of government to contest every seat in the national capital.
A few years ago I lived in a first-floor flat that was accessed by covered external stairs. These were ill-lit, and one evening I sipped on a Lib Dem leaflet that had been left halfway up. All the other pamphleteers managed to put them through the letter box, but the Lib Dems just dropped a couple halfway up the stairs.
When it happened a second time, I complained. They were very apologetic, but just before the election I found another couple waiting.
Needless to say, I didn't vote Lib Dem. Or perhaps it was a subtle assassination attempt ...
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
Didn't Britain offer N.Ireland to the Irish Free State during WWII?
Pathetic from the Tories — they're not contesting some of the seats in Lewisham and Barking&Dagenham. You'd expect the party of government to contest every seat in the national capital.
I have zero doubt other parties would do the same in areas they consider they have no chance, in government or not. It's unfortunate and regrettable, but no more pathetic than anyone else. It's likely only at MP level where the parties would insist on putting up candidates even in places they have no chance at all, although perhaps the LDs won't this time?
No weekly update as yet on his 2015 GE Forecast from Dr Stephen Fisher.
I had expected to see the Tories losing ground on the back of some adverse poll news from YouGov, but that was prior to today's much more encouraging dead heat findings from Populus.
"While Labour has lost about three points in the polls since October, the two governing parties haven't made any progress at all. Labour losses have largely been matched by a rise in the UKIP share."
Looks like UKIP's targeting of Labour voters is getting results.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
Didn't Britain offer N.Ireland to the Irish Free State during WWII?
Did they? No idea. Clearly they didnt fancy it then just as they dont much fancy having us now.
You tell me this then. How exactly did the lab coats in Porton Down work out that the Sarin sample they had didn't match that held by the Syrian military. Answer me that and I'll listen.
As for the snipers in Kiev, no idea. Heard the rumour, personally consider it irrelevant. It didn't change anything whatsoever that wasn't going to happen anyway, tide was set. Living in the real world as I do it therefore, its a waste of time, bigger issues down there at hand.
It wasn't exactly the Gulf of Tonkin incident in its significance overall was it.
I'll leave it to the Internet conspiracy theorists who can't write 4 paragraphs without saying 'capitalist' or 'Rothschild'
Still interested in what evidence you have that Assad carried out the Sarin attack that was perfectly timed for when the weapons inspectors arrived when Assad was decisively winning the civil war.
You tell me this then. How exactly did the lab coats in Porton Down work out that the Sarin sample they had didn't match that held by the Syrian military. Answer me that and I'll listen.
As for the snipers in Kiev, no idea. Heard the rumour, personally consider it irrelevant. It didn't change anything whatsoever that wasn't going to happen anyway, tide was set. Living in the real world as I do it therefore, its a waste of time, bigger issues down there at hand.
It wasn't exactly the Gulf of Tonkin incident in its significance overall was it.
I'll leave it to the Internet conspiracy theorists who can't write 4 paragraphs without saying 'capitalist' or 'Rothschild'
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
Didn't Britain offer N.Ireland to the Irish Free State during WWII?
Did they? No idea. Clearly they didnt fancy it then just as they dont much fancy having us now.
Ho hum. I'll have to do the research myself.
In June 1940, to encourage the neutral Irish state to join with the Allies, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill indicated to the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera that the United Kingdom would push for Irish unity, but believing that Churchill could not deliver, de Valera declined the offer. The British did not inform the Government of Northern Ireland that they had made the offer to the Dublin government, and De Valera's rejection was not publicised until 1970.
The Ireland Act 1949 gave the first legal guarantee that the region would not cease to be part of the United Kingdom without the consent the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
I'm just back from the opening night of Robbie Williams' Swing Both Ways tour. 4/10 for the music, 9/10 for the stagecraft. He gives a spirited performance, which is fine when spirited is all that is needed (such as on Theme From New York) and his voice has improved with age, so he pulled off Mr Bojangles. But he hasn't the emotional range for Hit The Road Jack and his own songs did not suit the swing treatment.
He led an astounding doowop version of Ignition (Remix) - yes, really. And he still sings Angels as if his life depended on it. He finished with a very witty song dedicated to his fans which I think must be called Go Away. He had a choir of children to duet with him on High Hopes and later duetted with his father.
For me the highlights were in swift succession a genuinely affecting version of If I Only Had A Brain (from The Wizard Of Oz) and Go Gentle.
And kudos to him for closing the first half with the title track, with a highly camp rendition of as explicitly a gay-friendly track as you'll find. In a country that is still far from a tease with gay rights to a middle aged middle class audience, that was probably a braver move than he realised.
Oh and anyone wondering about the crisis in the music industry should note that I had OK seats in a crowd of something like 15,000. I paid just short of £100 a ticket. The concert looked sold out. Mr Robert Peter Williams is doing OK.
You tell me this then. How exactly did the lab coats in Porton Down work out that the Sarin sample they had didn't match that held by the Syrian military. Answer me that and I'll listen.
As for the snipers in Kiev, no idea. Heard the rumour, personally consider it irrelevant. It didn't change anything whatsoever that wasn't going to happen anyway, tide was set. Living in the real world as I do it therefore, its a waste of time, bigger issues down there at hand.
It wasn't exactly the Gulf of Tonkin incident in its significance overall was it.
I'll leave it to the Internet conspiracy theorists who can't write 4 paragraphs without saying 'capitalist' or 'Rothschild'
No weekly update as yet on his 2015 GE Forecast from Dr Stephen Fisher.
I had expected to see the Tories losing ground on the back of some adverse poll news from YouGov, but that was prior to today's much more encouraging dead heat findings from Populus.
"While Labour has lost about three points in the polls since October, the two governing parties haven't made any progress at all. Labour losses have largely been matched by a rise in the UKIP share."
Looks like UKIP's targeting of Labour voters is getting results.
Definitely. Paul Nuttall appearing on TV more frequently must help.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
Didn't Britain offer N.Ireland to the Irish Free State during WWII?
Did they? No idea. Clearly they didnt fancy it then just as they dont much fancy having us now.
Ho hum. I'll have to do the research myself.
In June 1940, to encourage the neutral Irish state to join with the Allies, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill indicated to the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera that the United Kingdom would push for Irish unity, but believing that Churchill could not deliver, de Valera declined the offer. The British did not inform the Government of Northern Ireland that they had made the offer to the Dublin government, and De Valera's rejection was not publicised until 1970.
The Ireland Act 1949 gave the first legal guarantee that the region would not cease to be part of the United Kingdom without the consent the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
I'm just back from the opening night of Robbie Williams' Swing Both Ways tour. 4/10 for the music, 9/10 for the stagecraft. He gives a spirited performance, which is fine when spirited is all that is needed (such as on Theme From New York) and his voice has improved with age, so he pulled off Mr Bojangles. But he hasn't the emotional range for Hit The Road Jack and his own songs did not suit the swing treatment.
He led an astounding doowop version of Ignition (Remix) - yes, really. And he still sings Angels as if his life depended on it. He finished with a very witty song dedicated to his fans which I think must be called Go Away. He had a choir of children to duet with him on High Hopes and later duetted with his father.
For me the highlights were in swift succession a genuinely affecting version of If I Only Had A Brain (from The Wizard Of Oz) and Go Gentle.
And kudos to him for closing the first half with the title track, with a highly camp rendition of as explicitly a gay-friendly track as you'll find. In a country that is still far from a tease with gay rights to a middle aged middle class audience, that was probably a braver move than he realised.
Oh and anyone wondering about the crisis in the music industry should note that I had OK seats in a crowd of something like 15,000. I paid just short of £100 a ticket. The concert looked sold out. Mr Robert Peter Williams is doing OK.
Are tickets cheaper in Budapest compared to elsewhere?
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
Didn't Britain offer N.Ireland to the Irish Free State during WWII?
Did they? No idea. Clearly they didnt fancy it then just as they dont much fancy having us now.
Ho hum. I'll have to do the research myself.
In June 1940, to encourage the neutral Irish state to join with the Allies, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill indicated to the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera that the United Kingdom would push for Irish unity, but believing that Churchill could not deliver, de Valera declined the offer. The British did not inform the Government of Northern Ireland that they had made the offer to the Dublin government, and De Valera's rejection was not publicised until 1970.
The Ireland Act 1949 gave the first legal guarantee that the region would not cease to be part of the United Kingdom without the consent the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
DeValera was an odd merchant but wise. He would have more trouble on his hands than his still fledging state could have handled.
Of course the British government wasn't above offering false promises. Iirc they gave groups in the middle east similar commitments without following through on them.
I'm just back from the opening night of Robbie Williams' Swing Both Ways tour. 4/10 for the music, 9/10 for the stagecraft. He gives a spirited performance, which is fine when spirited is all that is needed (such as on Theme From New York) and his voice has improved with age, so he pulled off Mr Bojangles. But he hasn't the emotional range for Hit The Road Jack and his own songs did not suit the swing treatment.
He led an astounding doowop version of Ignition (Remix) - yes, really. And he still sings Angels as if his life depended on it. He finished with a very witty song dedicated to his fans which I think must be called Go Away. He had a choir of children to duet with him on High Hopes and later duetted with his father.
For me the highlights were in swift succession a genuinely affecting version of If I Only Had A Brain (from The Wizard Of Oz) and Go Gentle.
And kudos to him for closing the first half with the title track, with a highly camp rendition of as explicitly a gay-friendly track as you'll find. In a country that is still far from a tease with gay rights to a middle aged middle class audience, that was probably a braver move than he realised.
Oh and anyone wondering about the crisis in the music industry should note that I had OK seats in a crowd of something like 15,000. I paid just short of £100 a ticket. The concert looked sold out. Mr Robert Peter Williams is doing OK.
Are tickets cheaper in Budapest compared to elsewhere?
These didn't seem so. My other half and I see quite a few concerts here. Depeche Mode were cheaper than in London, I think.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
How closely are Scotland and N.Ireland connected?
They are geographically close. The Scots originally came from Ireland. Gaelic is Irish. Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland. Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Give? Nice to see democracy is still at the forefront of political thinking in the UK.
Didn't Britain offer N.Ireland to the Irish Free State during WWII?
Did they? No idea. Clearly they didnt fancy it then just as they dont much fancy having us now.
Ho hum. I'll have to do the research myself.
In June 1940, to encourage the neutral Irish state to join with the Allies, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill indicated to the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera that the United Kingdom would push for Irish unity, but believing that Churchill could not deliver, de Valera declined the offer. The British did not inform the Government of Northern Ireland that they had made the offer to the Dublin government, and De Valera's rejection was not publicised until 1970.
The Ireland Act 1949 gave the first legal guarantee that the region would not cease to be part of the United Kingdom without the consent the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
DeValera was an odd merchant but wise. He would have more trouble on his hands than his still fledging state could have handled.
Of course the British government wasn't above offering false promises. Iirc they gave groups in the middle east similar commitments without following through on them.
You tell me this then. How exactly did the lab coats in Porton Down work out that the Sarin sample they had didn't match that held by the Syrian military. Answer me that and I'll listen.
As for the snipers in Kiev, no idea. Heard the rumour, personally consider it irrelevant. It didn't change anything whatsoever that wasn't going to happen anyway, tide was set. Living in the real world as I do it therefore, its a waste of time, bigger issues down there at hand.
It wasn't exactly the Gulf of Tonkin incident in its significance overall was it.
I'll leave it to the Internet conspiracy theorists who can't write 4 paragraphs without saying 'capitalist' or 'Rothschild'
Is that it? Is that how you make an argument, quoting other peoples stuff from a site called 'antiwar' rather than using your own loaf?
That is just sh1t useless.
Fine don't answer.
Out of interest how is the situation in the Balkans, its all good now and no Western troops are there now?
Don't expect anyone else to go along with your nonsense, fight and pay for your own wars.
Ah so all you really wanted to do was accuse me of being a warmonger then. Cant even get to the point quickly. Sloganise all you want, it will change nothing.
Ukraine: Russian military aircraft have been popping in and out of Ukrainian airspace a lot in the last 18 hours.
Something has got to give. If Putin can reach his objectives by the appearance of proxy he most certainly will, its a low cost investment if he pulls it off.
At this stage though, he may have to push a stronger line if he is thinking about reachng those objectives short term. There are rumours of a Russian no-fly over Eastern Ukraine being on the agenda. Whether this is via Russian airpower or creating a SAM screen the air mobility of the Ukrainian forces has posed a problem for the the insurgents on the ground.
NMR from Nick! That's twice now and has unbalanced the game. Shame.
Not twice in a row. A shame, and unlike him, but he was toast anyway. Even if he had supported himself it would have just meant England taking St P in the autumn instead of the spring. He would be ground out soon anyway.
NMR from Nick! That's twice now and has unbalanced the game. Shame.
I have no idea why people just don't stick in support holds if they know they are going to not be able to get to a PC...
Yes, apologies all - just swamped at the moment, and shouldn't have signed up - I thought I'd ordered, but didn't check. I've put in the obvious retreat, and will not miss another turn.
NMR from Nick! That's twice now and has unbalanced the game. Shame.
Not twice in a row. A shame, and unlike him, but he was toast anyway. Even if he had supported himself it would have just meant England taking St P in the autumn instead of the spring. He would be ground out soon anyway.
NMR from Nick! That's twice now and has unbalanced the game. Shame.
I have no idea why people just don't stick in support holds if they know they are going to not be able to get to a PC...
Yes, apologies all - just swamped at the moment, and shouldn't have signed up - I thought I'd ordered, but didn't check. I've put in the obvious retreat, and will not miss another turn.
Talking of haircuts, I trim my eyelashes. I have to, because otherwise they keep crashing into my glasses and making streaks of gunge on the lenses. I first noticed it when I was in the optician's and I was trying on various frames for fitting. It never seemed to be a problem with my old pair of glasses, which I had since I was 18. I only went to get a fresh pair because, having not had my eyes tested for 26 years, I thought I ought to. I didn't realise it was going to play havoc with my eyelashes.
As I comment to myself occasionally, Shouldn't Have Gone to Specsavers.
Anybody know if we've had a projection from Rallings and Thrasher Re. local elections yet?
I always look forward to the Rallings and Thrasher local elections projections because it helps cut through all the bullsh*t we get from the spinners at election time and in the last few local election campaigns has provided plenty of angst for lefties, LOL!
Talking of haircuts, I trim my eyelashes. I have to, because otherwise they keep crashing into my glasses and making streaks of gunge on the lenses. I first noticed it when I was in the optician's and I was trying on various frames for fitting. It never seemed to be a problem with my old pair of glasses, which I had since I was 18. I only went to get a fresh pair because, having not had my eyes tested for 26 years, I thought I ought to. I didn't realise it was going to play havoc with my eyelashes.
As I comment to myself occasionally, Shouldn't Have Gone to Specsavers.
Surprised to see you commenting Mr Loony. I thought you were rampaging around Croydon Town Hall with a pitchfork.
"There should be the death penalty for Returning Officers who publish their Statement of Persons Nominated in separate links for each ward."
Anybody know if we've had a projection from Rallings and Thrasher Re. local elections yet?
I always look forward to the Rallings and Thrasher local elections projections because it helps cut through all the bullsh*t we get from the spinners at election time and in the last few local election campaigns has provided plenty of angst for lefties, LOL!
What do you mean? We usually get them after the votes have been counted.
Anybody know if we've had a projection from Rallings and Thrasher Re. local elections yet?
I always look forward to the Rallings and Thrasher local elections projections because it helps cut through all the bullsh*t we get from the spinners at election time and in the last few local election campaigns has provided plenty of angst for lefties, LOL!
What do you mean? We usually get them after the votes have been counted.
They always do a pre-local election projection based in council by election results through the year. It sort of set's the scene for what we should expect from the main parties before the results come in - And it's useful for showing whether, for instance, the opposition is performing as it should be in this point in the cycle or under-performing. (NOTE: Ed Milliband has consistently underperformed throughout his time as Labour leader. )
I think it typically appears in the Guardian or Observer.
There is a Patriotic Socialist Party candidate in the Kirkburton Ward of Kirklees. I had not heard of them before. Apparently they formally launched on Jan 1st 2014. Anybody know who or what they are?
A gormless po-faced self-important 20-something and a small group (about half a dozen of them) of his friends. They (i.e. he) have (has) been discussed (i.e. ridiculed and laughed at) at some length on the Vote 2012 forum:
Anybody know if we've had a projection from Rallings and Thrasher Re. local elections yet?
I always look forward to the Rallings and Thrasher local elections projections because it helps cut through all the bullsh*t we get from the spinners at election time and in the last few local election campaigns has provided plenty of angst for lefties, LOL!
What do you mean? We usually get them after the votes have been counted.
They always do a pre-local election projection based in council by election results through the year. It sort of set's the scene for what we should expect from the main parties before the results come in - And it's useful for showing whether, for instance, the opposition is performing as it should be in this point in the cycle or under-performing. (NOTE: Ed Milliband has consistently underperformed throughout his time as Labour leader. )
I think it typically appears in the Guardian or Observer.
IIRC Harry Hayfield added up all the local election votes for the year so far a few weeks ago.
Anybody know if we've had a projection from Rallings and Thrasher Re. local elections yet?
I always look forward to the Rallings and Thrasher local elections projections because it helps cut through all the bullsh*t we get from the spinners at election time and in the last few local election campaigns has provided plenty of angst for lefties, LOL!
What do you mean? We usually get them after the votes have been counted.
Don't they usually give a press briefing about the expected results and NEV a week or two prior?
There is a Patriotic Socialist Party candidate in the Kirkburton Ward of Kirklees. I had not heard of them before. Apparently they formally launched on Jan 1st 2014. Anybody know who or what they are?
A gormless po-faced self-important 20-something and a small group (about half a dozen of them) of his friends. They (i.e. he) have (has) been discussed (i.e. ridiculed and laughed at) at some length on the Vote 2012 forum:
Surprised to see you commenting Mr Loony. I thought you were rampaging around Croydon Town Hall with a pitchfork.
"There should be the death penalty for Returning Officers who publish their Statement of Persons Nominated in separate links for each ward."
Did you get the fiend?
I was referring in general terms to the incompetent Returning Officers in locations elsewhere who commit such crimes. Luckily the R.O. in Croydon is not one of them (the Croydon nominations are all in one link) albeit that he is a booliak for completely different reasons anyway.
...There are rumours of a Russian no-fly over Eastern Ukraine being on the agenda. Whether this is via Russian airpower or creating a SAM screen the air mobility of the Ukrainian forces has posed a problem for the the insurgents on the ground.
Yummie ELINT/SIGINT for AirSeeker (as I expect the Ukrainians' will less particular than the ['UK'] MAA. Do we have a spare [of seven] dwarf (or did Labour scrap one for spare-parts)...?
No doubt a spare SkyNet is available; at a price to Turkey. Add in a new role for Sentinel and blushes-all-around....
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They both apply the same standards to the man from Paris as the man from Rio De Janeiro.
And that's before we even get to the issue of whether those people wouldn't be allowed here. There has been freedom of movement between Ireland and the UK for long before the EU was ever thought of, and the Zimbabwean almost certainly qualified for a British passport via ancestry. You seem to be deliberately missing the point. Certainly the appropriate immigration policy to have is not a trivial matter. But let's have that debate rather than who was or wasn't in a particular two minute slot, which is certainly trivial.
Why discriminate between an Italian and a Ugandan? Let the best from anywhere in, as well as our share of refugees
If the BNP suggested free movement of Europeans but restrictions on Africans and Asians that would be very similar to what Cameroons, Labour and Lib Dems want now... maybe we should lobby for them to suggest it! They'd all want to distance themselves from this racist idea!
I have said many times passim that I am on the fence about EU membership: I want persuading either way. I'm pi**ed off with some of the things going on with the EU, but am also nervous about leaving. If we were to have a referendum tomorrow, my vote would very much depend on the question in the absence of reasoned, sane arguments (with one or two honourable exceptions) from both the pro- and anti- side.
Now, perhaps that is not Europhobe enough for you. But it's my position. I'm exactly the sort of person you should be persuading with reasoned argument. That's why I'm trying to get to the bottom of what UKIP would mean for my little segment of industry and myself personally.
I have occasionally praised certain things about being in Europe - for instance standardisation. But I have also criticised many other things - the Euro, the waste, and others.
So yes, you are very much mistaken.
Rather enjoyed Supermodels of SHIELD. Definitely deserves a second series.
It's particularly self-defeating as (for instance) I came on here and gave a positive view of Farage in his first debate with Clegg, early on before most other posters. And I've criticised Clegg in the past over the stupid three million jobs claim.
Yet in UKIP-world, any criticism automatically makes you a Europhile.
3 categories
Chance of winning/should get 2nd/Long shot worth a fiver
Hopefully bookies will price up w/o fav in most of them
Barking
Boston & Skegness
Bromsgrove
Dag & Rain Lads
Dudley North
Halesown & Rowley Regis
Morley & Outwood Lads
Newcastle Under Lyme
Plymouth Moor View
S Bas & E Thurrock
Staffordshire Moorlands
Stoke on Trent South
Telford
Thanet North
Thanet South
Thurrock
Walsall North
Walsall South
West Bromwich West
Wolverhampton
Bexhill & Battle
Birmingham Yardley
Bournemouth East
Bridgewater & W Somerset
Brirmingham Northfield
Broadland
Burton
Cannock Chase
Christchurch
Dartford
Dover
East Devon
Erith & Thamesmead
Folkestone & Hythe
Great Yarmouth
Hastings & Rye
Hx & Upm
Kingswood
Ludlow
N Devon
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Newton Abbot
Peterborough
Poole
SE Cornwall
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Stoke on Trent Central
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Stourbridge
Torridge & W Devon
Totnes
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Aldershot
Bognor & Littlehampton
Bournemouth West
Cambourne & Redruth
Chatham & Aylseford
Coventry NW
East Surrey
Eltham
Gill & Rain
Harlow
Hereford & S Herefordshire
Horsham
IoW
Luton North
N Swindon
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Redditch
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Sittingbourne & Sheppey
Stratford on Avon
Wolverhampton SE
Vote however you see fit. I don't want to persuade you to do anything, haven't accused you of being anything, and don't really care at all. I just tried to answer a question you asked.
I am off to the rub a dub dub... I will return half pissed and with far less patience!
I'd be unsurprised if UKIP leapfrogged the Lib Dems to third, surprised if they came second and greatly surprised if they won.
Joss Whedon is a brilliant writer. He's higher in my regard now than Michael Straczynski.
BTW, I have you seen Whedon's excellent "Cabin in the Woods"?
Incidentally, have you seen The Winter Soldier?
1. Nigel Farage employs a German secretary.
Real issue: politician employs close relative with parliamentary funds.
2. UKIP use non-UK EU citizen in advert.
Real issue: how will the UK maintain its open border with the Irish Republic if it remains part of the EU and the UK does not. The UK has a land border with Eire, it should be remembered.
3. Nigel Farage uses parliamentary funds for political campaigning.
Real issue: It is hilariously common for Tory MPs to hire offices from their constituency associations. This is backdoor public funding of political parties which the public is against.
A friend of mine who lives in Northern Ireland is deeply worried about a Yes vote, on the basis that it'll throw the province's political destiny once more into the spotlight.
Nigel Farage changes position on audit of his MEP allowance spending
Ukip leader denies saying he would allow audit after allegations of misuse, claiming it would be wrong for him to be singled out
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/apr/25/nigel-farage-ukip-changes-tune-audit-mep-allowance-spending
As for the snipers in Kiev, no idea. Heard the rumour, personally consider it irrelevant. It didn't change anything whatsoever that wasn't going to happen anyway, tide was set. Living in the real world as I do it therefore, its a waste of time, bigger issues down there at hand.
It wasn't exactly the Gulf of Tonkin incident in its significance overall was it.
I'll leave it to the Internet conspiracy theorists who can't write 4 paragraphs without saying 'capitalist' or 'Rothschild'
Warning: mild plot spoilers
The bad guy is obvious the moment he comes on screen: he might as well have been stroking a white cat and going mwuhahaha. And the winter soldier was again obvious the moment the back story was unveiled.
But it was good enough for me to see twice. And it connected really well with tonight's episode of Shield.
Can anyone think of another TV series that fits in so well with a film franchise, yet are separate entities? Not films made from TV series like Star Trek, or TV series made from films. But a TV series released at the same time as a film, referencing the same events?
It's awesome.
Glad you enjoyed SHIELD.
Having read the episode description of next week's episode, I've had a Geekgasm
I'm much happier going into the next episode blind.
Plus I've seen The Winter Soldier about 9 times.
They are geographically close.
The Scots originally came from Ireland.
Gaelic is Irish.
Proportionately large Catholic population in Scotland.
Prebyterianism is largest Protestant denomination in N.Ireland.
Perhaps we could give N.Ireland as a province to an independent Scotland?
Mr. Ninoinoz, people are free to determine their destiny, whether it's in the Falklands, Scotland or Northern Ireland. We can't just toss the province to the Scots. It would be fundamentally undemocratic.
My knowledge on Marvel is unparalleled.
Will be interesting to see if this rumoured statement is true. The European observers swept up by separatists are apparently legitimate prisoners of war in a quote attributed to a separatist official...
Edited extra bit: anyway, I must be off.
Have you seen Thor: The Dark World, the first post credit scene helps explain a bit.
Speaking of Tv shows, has anyone seen Person of Interest? I find it and its premise legitimately terrifying, as it very slowly and cleverly morphs from what seems like a slightly original procedural into something wholly other, almost an entirely different genre.
I adore Person of Interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wveW9Tw2JKE
Grown-ups can otherwise ignore....
Question: the leaflet advises me to put the poster it contains in the window to say I am voting UKIP and no other leaflets please - would that onlys top UKIP activists or would any other party activists see it and think it'snot worth the bother of putting on in my mail slot? Personally i don't mind receiving several from all of them, but I'd be curious how other party activists react to such a show of support, as I can envisage a situation where I might want to stop them doing so, and I'd be prepared to say I intend to vote for anyone to prevent them from stuffing more info through the slot.
The TV series has more time to develop interpersonal relations and detailed minutiae about the universe, whilst the films are more top-level. The fact you care for Fitz, Simmons, Coulson, Ward and the others in the series means it doesn't matter that the events are (seemingly) less important than those in the films. The TV series is more intimate and personal. Heck, if Skye stubbed her toe I'd feel sorry for her.
That analogy will probably make people cringe...
Lab 3,768
Con 3,721
LD.. 2,591
UKIP 2,037
Green 1,654
TUSC 495
BNP 99
Liberal 38
Eng Dem 31
Respect 13
Minor parties 364
Ind.. 336
twitter.com/mrjohnofarrell/status/306016440933289984/photo/1
Bury St. Edmunds: William Edwards
Charnwood: Sean Kelly-Walsh
Ludlow: Simon Slater
Worcestershire West: Daniel Walton
It is by any standards a curious move to hold these guys but even odder to turn it into hostage television.
I had expected to see the Tories losing ground on the back of some adverse poll news from YouGov, but that was prior to today's much more encouraging dead heat findings from Populus.
http://electionsetc.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/how-2015-general-election-forecast.html
A few years ago I lived in a first-floor flat that was accessed by covered external stairs. These were ill-lit, and one evening I sipped on a Lib Dem leaflet that had been left halfway up. All the other pamphleteers managed to put them through the letter box, but the Lib Dems just dropped a couple halfway up the stairs.
When it happened a second time, I complained. They were very apologetic, but just before the election I found another couple waiting.
Needless to say, I didn't vote Lib Dem. Or perhaps it was a subtle assassination attempt ...
Looks like UKIP's targeting of Labour voters is getting results.
http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2014/04/24/ukraine-out-of-control/
That is just sh1t useless.
He led an astounding doowop version of Ignition (Remix) - yes, really. And he still sings Angels as if his life depended on it. He finished with a very witty song dedicated to his fans which I think must be called Go Away. He had a choir of children to duet with him on High Hopes and later duetted with his father.
For me the highlights were in swift succession a genuinely affecting version of If I Only Had A Brain (from The Wizard Of Oz) and Go Gentle.
And kudos to him for closing the first half with the title track, with a highly camp rendition of as explicitly a gay-friendly track as you'll find. In a country that is still far from a tease with gay rights to a middle aged middle class audience, that was probably a braver move than he realised.
Oh and anyone wondering about the crisis in the music industry should note that I had OK seats in a crowd of something like 15,000. I paid just short of £100 a ticket. The concert looked sold out. Mr Robert Peter Williams is doing OK.
Out of interest how is the situation in the Balkans, its all good now and no Western troops are there now?
Don't expect anyone else to go along with your nonsense, fight and pay for your own wars.
DeValera was an odd merchant but wise. He would have more trouble on his hands than his still fledging state could have handled.
Of course the British government wasn't above offering false promises. Iirc they gave groups in the middle east similar commitments without following through on them.
Perfectly viable.
What it doesn't hide is that the two are well divided with the US rather more forceful in its approach.
Something has got to give. If Putin can reach his objectives by the appearance of proxy he most certainly will, its a low cost investment if he pulls it off.
At this stage though, he may have to push a stronger line if he is thinking about reachng those objectives short term. There are rumours of a Russian no-fly over Eastern Ukraine being on the agenda. Whether this is via Russian airpower or creating a SAM screen the air mobility of the Ukrainian forces has posed a problem for the the insurgents on the ground.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/why-is-my-internet-so-slow-its-probably-because-you-live-in-essex-9278353.html
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en-GB&gbv=2&q=camel+road+london&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x47d8a862dbd8e5b3:0x28ec2e09a9fe4547,Camel+Rd,+London+E16&gl=uk&ei=T-laU9PtDuSu7AbS0YD4Dg&ved=0CB4Q8gEoADAA
Bit busy what with the May 2 (sic) elections and all?
As I comment to myself occasionally, Shouldn't Have Gone to Specsavers.
I always look forward to the Rallings and Thrasher local elections projections because it helps cut through all the bullsh*t we get from the spinners at election time and in the last few local election campaigns has provided plenty of angst for lefties, LOL!
"There should be the death penalty for Returning Officers who publish their Statement of Persons Nominated in separate links for each ward."
Did you get the fiend?
I think it typically appears in the Guardian or Observer.
http://www.vote-2012.proboards.com/thread/3788/patriotic-socialist-party?page=1
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/23y0e0/two_of_the_most_popular_englishlanguage/
No doubt a spare SkyNet is available; at a price to Turkey. Add in a new role for Sentinel and blushes-all-around....