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Mick_Pork said:

According to the county council site there are 24 lib dems and a green.Probably been some local by-elections since then to be fair which would explain it.

AndreaParma_82 said:

The Green is a LD defector

AndreaParma_82 said:

Great charts. So I don't need to have 100 windows open at the same time.

That's for Plato. Mrs Bluebell Wood is busy taking pics of cats in South Shields.

https://twitter.com/SarahChampionMP/status/330012596570832897/photo/1

I suppose Labour believe they have won...otherwise they should spend the last few hours in a better way than tweeting this:

"Just canvassed the best garden ever on #labourdoorstep with @SarahChampionMP & @PaulUpex in South Shields @shieldslabour"

Sunil_Prasannan said:

Sorry for asking the obvious but is South Shields declaring tonight?

tim said:

@CD13

I support the free movement of labour within the EU as Thatcher Nd Blair did.
The protectionists armed with anecdotes are pitiful.

DavidL said:

Have we really given up on the like and agree functions because of the childish and petty behaviour of two posters?

Disappointing.

tim said:

@CD13

I support the free movement of labour within the EU as Thatcher Nd Blair did.
The protectionists armed with anecdotes are pitiful.

Charles said:

tim said:

@CD13

I support the free movement of labour within the EU as Thatcher Nd Blair did.
The protectionists armed with anecdotes are pitiful.

The problem is that the benefits are generalised (the economy as a whole is bigger/more efficient) while the costs are specific (wage pressure on the lower-skilled)

Plato said:

Tim Stanley has a most black-humoured piece in the DT re Lefties version of Righties from the pages of The Guardian...

This made me LOL

"3. Communism wasn’t all bad. Yes, you might have been at daily risk of getting shot for wearing glasses – but at least your corpse was guaranteed a job for life. To quote Seumas Milne,

For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, eastern Europe and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialisation, mass education, job security and huge advances in social and gender equality. It encompassed genuine idealism and commitment.

Now, if a journalist wrote that about Nazism, they’d rightly end up out of a job and living in a van down by the river..." http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100214938/revealed-the-five-loopiest-guardian-articles-of-all-time/

SeanT said:

I'd be interested to know what you think Tories SHOULD 'bang on about'?

Gay marriage, perhaps?

That worked SO well.

Plato said:

Thanks for that - I had a friend who's kid bought a Che tee shirt and no idea who he was = if he'd known any escaping Cubans - suspect he'd throw it in the bin pronto.

carl said:

Plato said:

OldKingCole said:

Plato said:

Tim Stanley has a most black-humoured piece in the DT re Lefties version of Righties from the pages of The Guardian...

This made me LOL

"3. Communism wasn’t all bad. Yes, you might have been at daily risk of getting shot for wearing glasses – but at least your corpse was guaranteed a job for life. To quote Seumas Milne,

For all its brutalities and failures, communism in the Soviet Union, eastern Europe and elsewhere delivered rapid industrialisation, mass education, job security and huge advances in social and gender equality. It encompassed genuine idealism and commitment.

Now, if a journalist wrote that about Nazism, they’d rightly end up out of a job and living in a ivan down by the river..." http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100214938/revealed-the-five-loopiest-guardian-articles-of-all-time/

A couple of years ago, at Keswick Film Festival, I watched an amateur produced film called "My DDR Teeshirt".
The producer was a young man who, around 2005 or so went to Berlin and bought a teeshirt with the DDR emblem on it, not knowing what it was. (Bear with me) However, when he wore it he got some funny looks so decided to find out about the "DDR".
He did some research, met some former escapees and some long term residents (including a Brit, who'd taught at East Germany's major university), and came to the conclusion that, horrible though the Communist regime had been in many ways, it wasn't at all difficult to find people who regretted it's demise.

Thanks for that - I had a friend who's kid bought a Che tee shirt and no idea who he was = if he'd known any escaping Cubans - suspect he'd throw it in the bin pronto.

"Escaping Cubans"?!

How do you judge the popularity of Che / Fidel amongst the people of Cuba, dare I ask?

SeanT said:

FFS. The face of Jurgen Habermas, noted German sociologist, is actually MELTING.

http://tinyurl.com/d4roz8y

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75% up           Hole in One, Drinks all round
70% to 74%       Eagle
65% to 69%       Birdie
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60% to 64%       Par
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55% to 59%       Bogey
50% to 54%       Double Bogey
49% down         Miliband loses PGA card

Seth O Logue said:

Ladies and Gentlemen

Your Scoring Guide to South Shields By Election: Labour share of vote

75% up   inept spin

70% to 74%       inept spin
65% to 69%       inept spin
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60% to 64%       inept spin
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55% to 59%       inept spin
50% to 54%       inept spin
49% down         inept spin

tim said:

@anotherricherd

Dave thinks the WWC is the workmens lavatory at his prep school.

MikeSmithson said:

Thanks for the comments on the "graph toy"

I think that it is sensational and absolutely love it. Once you've got the hang of it it is a great tool to bring numbers alive.