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It is when Farage falls out with himself that the fun starts. We already saw signs of that with this u-turn.TheWatcher said:
Farage is going to reinstate the handbag tax to pay for 60 Type 26's. Or something.TCPoliticalBetting said:
Is that in addition to increasing unemployment benefits and ending disability tests for welfare recipients and cancelling the spare room subsidy? Or is that another policy for 24 hours?MikeK said:
What would happen if UKIP were in power and the situation with ISIL maintained? First of all under UKIP, Britain would have an armed forces capable of defending the UK. The rest follows.TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5ShQlPVHkV4
UKIP Defence policy on the hoof. Planes being asked to turnaround mid-flight when Farage wakes up around lunch time and changes his mind.
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I really must give TWD another go. I thought it was terrible in S1 - rammed with cliches and plot holes. I spent most of my time laughing - which I don't think was the desired reaction by the writers.
It's become terribly popular so either I missed something or it's got a lot better.
I didn't used to like zombies much - I find them so dull as baddies. Much prefer vampires or other lesser known varieties like wendigos or rugarus.Morris_Dancer said:Miss Plato, a 30 part radio series?! Sounds enormous.
I hardly ever listen to the radio now (still got an ancient walkman which will effectively be defunct in the near future as it plays cassette tapes and can only pick up analogue radio). Might give that programme a listen, if I catch it in time (I have a bad habit of missing the start of series. Happened to both seasons of Alphas, and I missed the first six episodes of The Walking Dead, season just shown on 5*).0 -
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
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Miss Plato, as a rule, I'm with you on zombies. The Walking Dead (and the videogame The Last Of Us) are the only recent exceptions.
Season 2 was so-so, but the third was very good, and most of the fourth likewise.
Still, it might just be that you don't (and won't) like it.0 -
I loved History of the World.
This is the sort of thing R4 does very well.slade said:
It's on at 9.45 am in the slot usually reserved for book of the week. The presenter is Neil McGregor from the British Museum who did the history of the world in a hundred objects some time ago. I think the format is similar - the first one this morning looked at the Brandenburg gate.Morris_Dancer said:Miss Plato, a 30 part radio series?! Sounds enormous.
I hardly ever listen to the radio now (still got an ancient walkman which will effectively be defunct in the near future as it plays cassette tapes and can only pick up analogue radio). Might give that programme a listen, if I catch it in time (I have a bad habit of missing the start of series. Happened to both seasons of Alphas, and I missed the first six episodes of The Walking Dead, season just shown on 5*).0 -
What do you think fair?isam said:
Depends on the oddsCharles said:
How much do you want?isam said:
I thought maybe Gove could defect? Who wants to give me odds on that?TheScreamingEagles said:
Unfortunately the bookies have pulled their defection markets.murali_s said:
Do we have any odds from the bookies on this? - might be worth a speculative flutter...TheScreamingEagles said:
Yup. Is why I want to campaign against RecklessCharles said:
That's the most interesting part to me.TheScreamingEagles said:This Tory MP speaks for the whole party.
@jimwaterson: Tory MP to BuzzFeed on Mark Reckless defecting: "I can't say the word c**t but he's a f**king c**t who deserves a hot poker up his arse."
Carswell's decision people seem to respect. He's liked, he's seen as thoughtful, and he didn't time his departure in a way that seemed to wound his former colleagues.
Reckless behaved in a much less honourable way.
It's not so much his departure, as the manner of his leaving that speaks volumes as to his character: and his elicited such a hostile reaction
If any Tory MP defects during Dave's speech....0 -
Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson · 15m
BBC's Nick Robinson is right -UKIP defector Mark Reckless is loathed. Here's how the @spectator kept him out in 2005: http://specc.ie/1voFSXm
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Presumably there’ll be a podcast or it’ll be on the radio iPlayer?0
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I don't know if he has mentioned it but Osborne has a plan.0
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King Cole, http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dwckb0
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malcolm's 12, equates to 3 airworthy, 3 spares, and 6 in maintenance/deep maintenance. Pointless.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.0 -
That's for you to decide!Charles said:
What do you think fair?isam said:
Depends on the oddsCharles said:
How much do you want?isam said:
I thought maybe Gove could defect? Who wants to give me odds on that?TheScreamingEagles said:
Unfortunately the bookies have pulled their defection markets.murali_s said:
Do we have any odds from the bookies on this? - might be worth a speculative flutter...TheScreamingEagles said:
Yup. Is why I want to campaign against RecklessCharles said:
That's the most interesting part to me.TheScreamingEagles said:This Tory MP speaks for the whole party.
@jimwaterson: Tory MP to BuzzFeed on Mark Reckless defecting: "I can't say the word c**t but he's a f**king c**t who deserves a hot poker up his arse."
Carswell's decision people seem to respect. He's liked, he's seen as thoughtful, and he didn't time his departure in a way that seemed to wound his former colleagues.
Reckless behaved in a much less honourable way.
It's not so much his departure, as the manner of his leaving that speaks volumes as to his character: and his elicited such a hostile reaction
If any Tory MP defects during Dave's speech....
Its not a challenge, you don't have to offer any if you don't want to.. .no pressure at all0 -
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.0 -
I haven't got a clue what that Spectator item is about.isam said:Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson · 15m
BBC's Nick Robinson is right -UKIP defector Mark Reckless is loathed. Here's how the @spectator kept him out in 2005: http://specc.ie/1voFSXm
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Ha Ha Ha , we will see how long the 6 UK has last , wonder how many of them can fly at once , or are they maintenance free. They could always tow their mobile football field over and really have ISIS cowering in fear, it has ONE fibreglass model airplane to help out.TheWatcher said:
malcolm's 12, equates to 3 airworthy, 3 spares, and 6 in maintenance/deep maintenance. Pointless.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.0 -
And Norway is intending to buy F35s. It has more than 57 F16s I think, although not all may be operational.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
Norway has a significantly bigger defence budget than Salmond was proposing. Plus it would be pretty uneonomic to manage and service just 12 planes which would not all be operational at any one time anyway.
Like everything else Salmonds defence policy was a joke. Well a barefaced lie really.0 -
There's a difference between 'muster' and 'commit' - there are still plenty of Tornados thundering around Norfolk airfields.malcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
What would the Scottish Separatist Air Force send - Eck on a Ryder Cup golf buggy with a kite?0 -
That's interesting. I vaguely remember something about that - do you have a link to the article/pamphlet arguing against Reckless in Medway?isam said:Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson · 15m
BBC's Nick Robinson is right -UKIP defector Mark Reckless is loathed. Here's how the @spectator kept him out in 2005: http://specc.ie/1voFSXm
I seem to recall the Spectator being very pro Bob MA due to his position (and strong defence) on civil liberties.0 -
No, its a bit odd.. why wouldn't they say?Sean_F said:
I haven't got a clue what that Spectator item is about.isam said:Fraser Nelson @FraserNelson · 15m
BBC's Nick Robinson is right -UKIP defector Mark Reckless is loathed. Here's how the @spectator kept him out in 2005: http://specc.ie/1voFSXm
Reckless may well be unpopular with Tories, but the people who voted UKIP in the Euros are hardly going to be less likely to vote for them again now he is the candidate IMO.. the "traitor" tag isn't going to resonate with them
Will be interesting and exciting to see how this one pans out
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Come on, chaps. We had a 2-3 year campaign, and the No vote was only a couple of weeks ago. Instead, why don't we contemplate the exciting race in Japan, and the reasons why my bets have been a bit rubbish recently?:
http://enormo-haddock.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/japan-early-thoughts.html
Edited extra bit: and don't forget the timezone means all the sessions will be early this time. So, qualifying is 6-7am and the race is 7-9am (ish).0 -
Beth Rigby ✔ @BethRigby
Austerity chancellor: £25bn of cuts, 13bn will come from central govt Rest from welfare: 1) working age benefits frozen 4 2yrs =3bn savings
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Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
Breaking: Osborne pledges to freeze all working age benefits for two years; 2015-17
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Has anyone worked out yet that "piloted" aircraft are becoming a thing of the past?
One of the limitations of any fighter aircraft is the squishy bit that sits in the seats and is affected by G forces.
Manned aircraft will still have a place, but less so.0 -
Walking Dead is awesome, although it shows the problem with zombies which is that being dead they don't develop any new strategies while the living get gradually better at dealing with them. So by Season 4 it's mostly humans fighting each other, with the zombies occasionally posing a minor inconvenience.Morris_Dancer said:Miss Plato, as a rule, I'm with you on zombies. The Walking Dead (and the videogame The Last Of Us) are the only recent exceptions.
Season 2 was so-so, but the third was very good, and most of the fourth likewise.
Still, it might just be that you don't (and won't) like it.0 -
6 is pretty pathetic, but isn't that the number of planes we happened to have in Cyprus? I'm sure I read somewhere that the number of tornados would be increased, and supplemented with typhoonsmalcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.0 -
Nick Robinson ✔ @bbcnickrobinson
Tory squeeze on working age benefits in 3 stages - rise with CPI not RPI ('10-), 1% below inflation increase ('12-'15), freeze ('16 on?)
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Robert Peston ✔ @Peston
Osborne: says big global tech companies must start paying proper corporation tax in UK
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I don't bet for a living, so don't price as a rule.isam said:
That's for you to decide!Charles said:
What do you think fair?isam said:
Depends on the oddsCharles said:
How much do you want?isam said:
I thought maybe Gove could defect? Who wants to give me odds on that?TheScreamingEagles said:
Unfortunately the bookies have pulled their defection markets.murali_s said:
Do we have any odds from the bookies on this? - might be worth a speculative flutter...TheScreamingEagles said:
Yup. Is why I want to campaign against RecklessCharles said:
That's the most interesting part to me.TheScreamingEagles said:This Tory MP speaks for the whole party.
@jimwaterson: Tory MP to BuzzFeed on Mark Reckless defecting: "I can't say the word c**t but he's a f**king c**t who deserves a hot poker up his arse."
Carswell's decision people seem to respect. He's liked, he's seen as thoughtful, and he didn't time his departure in a way that seemed to wound his former colleagues.
Reckless behaved in a much less honourable way.
It's not so much his departure, as the manner of his leaving that speaks volumes as to his character: and his elicited such a hostile reaction
If any Tory MP defects during Dave's speech....
Its not a challenge, you don't have to offer any if you don't want to.. .no pressure at all0 -
Think you need to concentrate on the reality instead of deflecting to fantasy. 6 poxy planes is all the UK can manage , what an embarrassing joke , and UK always boasting about being one of the worlds major powers. LOL hopefully Dave does not upset Norway or Denmark in near future.TheWatcher said:
There's a difference between 'muster' and 'commit' - there are still plenty of Tornados thundering around Norfolk airfields.malcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
What would the Scottish Separatist Air Force send - Eck on a Ryder Cup golf buggy with a kite?0 -
Mr. Tokyo, yeah, that's the problem with zombies. I don't mind the shift towards human-on-human slaughter, though. Given the way our species works it's eminently plausible.0
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Tim Montgomerie ✔ @TimMontgomerie
It is unfair for pensioners and top earners to be excluded from next stage of cuts. Burden shouldn't fall so hard on working age population.
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BBC Breaking News ✔ @BBCBreaking
Osborne to freeze:
Jobseekers' allowance
Income support
Tax credits
Housing & child benefits
Not frozen:
Disability benefits
Pensions
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My point is that 'small peaceful countries' have airforces orders of magnitude greater than the SNP's fantasy scenario....oh, and the UK has 102 Tornados....malcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
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Are you really so dim as to think that there are only 6 serviceable Tornados?malcolmg said:
Think you need to concentrate on the reality instead of deflecting to fantasy. 6 poxy planes is all the UK can manage , what an embarrassing joke , and UK always boasting about being one of the worlds major powers. LOL hopefully Dave does not upset Norway or Denmark in near future.TheWatcher said:
There's a difference between 'muster' and 'commit' - there are still plenty of Tornados thundering around Norfolk airfields.malcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
What would the Scottish Separatist Air Force send - Eck on a Ryder Cup golf buggy with a kite?
There must be something in the water up there, that addles the brains of separatists.0 -
According to Wikipedia the RAF has 125 Tornados.0
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Speaking of Eck and golf - Mrs Salmond is looking spritely for her age ...TheWatcher said:malcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
What would the Scottish Separatist Air Force send - Eck on a Ryder Cup golf buggy with a kite?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/28/article-2772519-21BE428000000578-686_964x1263.jpg0 -
Another Reckless hater... The new presenter of Newsnight!
http://markreckless.com/2012/08/20/has-evan-harris-any-idea-how-much-we-pay-to-the-eu/0 -
Osborne has wanted to do this for years. Lib Dems wouldnt let him (without going after benefits closer to his heart). Let's see whether the electorate gives him the majority he needs to do it.TCPoliticalBetting said:Tim Montgomerie ✔ @TimMontgomerie
It is unfair for pensioners and top earners to be excluded from next stage of cuts. Burden shouldn't fall so hard on working age population.
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Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc14
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It seems very inefficient for a these countries to own their own planes when they're hardly ever at war. Isn't there an Uber for fighter jets or something?0
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The whole purpose of devolution way back in1998 was to stop the nationalists and create a labour hegemony. Devolution itself was a defeat for unionists.Alistair said:
As the article itself points out the SNP have suffered far big reverses in Osborne's lifetime than getting support for a Yes vote from 25% to 45% in two years.CarlottaVance said:
Yes - displays a certain simplicity of (not to say simplistic) analysis.....Its a bit more complicated than 'we won, they lost.....'Alistair said:Blimmin' heck, George Osborne really actually did say "for the first time in my lifetime the march of the separatists has been reversed" in reference to Scotland.
That is a statement as thick as mince an beyond.
If he genuinely thinks what he said rather than just trying to create a reality bending soundbite then he is a buffoon.
And what came as a result of devolution? More Nationalism. A nationalist government. To me that is a strange definition of nationalist reverses.
What we have just had is a specific vote on independence and it failed by a significant majority. Mr Nelson's argument seems to me to be founded on the fact that many who voted Yes were not interested in 'independence' but theoir own miserable self esteeem and sense of entitlement.
I wonder if the comments space on this blog are becoming as big a haven for irrational malcontents as is Mr Nelsons own.0 -
The SNP were proposing a defence budget of 1.7% of GDP, Norway's defence budget is 1.4%.Flightpath said:
And Norway is intending to buy F35s. It has more than 57 F16s I think, although not all may be operational.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
Norway has a significantly bigger defence budget than Salmond was proposing. Plus it would be pretty uneonomic to manage and service just 12 planes which would not all be operational at any one time anyway.
Like everything else Salmonds defence policy was a joke. Well a barefaced lie really.
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The popular vote is meaningless in a FPTP system.Socrates said:On topic, if the UKIP are on triple the support that the Liberal Democrats are, how on Earth can the latter be considered a "major party" and the former a "minor party"?
Here's the real question: How many seats will UKIP be competitive in?
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Brooks Newmark sex sting: Ipso to investigate Sunday Mirror
Complaint over ‘entrapment’ leading to minister’s resignation provides first big test for regulator set up after Leveson inquiry
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/29/brooks-newmark-sex-sting-ipso-sunday-mirror?CMP=twt_gu0 -
Perhaps he's taking a leaf out of Farage's book and escorting a disabled lady back to the Clubhouse?TGOHF said:
Speaking of Eck and golf - Mrs Salmond is looking spritely for her age ...TheWatcher said:malcolmg said:
And your point is, we need to avoid willy waving it is not a competition to see who has most planes. Fact that UK can only muster 6 is a real joke.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
What would the Scottish Separatist Air Force send - Eck on a Ryder Cup golf buggy with a kite?
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/28/article-2772519-21BE428000000578-686_964x1263.jpg0 -
Now there's a surprise. On the Daily Politics it appears that delegates prefer to work with the LibDems rather than UKIP by about 2:1.0
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@edmundintokyo
A digital version of lend/lease?0 -
That's only 1/4 of the deficit - we'd still be circling the bowl.Tykejohnno said:
Beth Rigby ✔ @BethRigby
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Giles Dilnot mentioned that many were too scared to say on camera... who do you think theyd break for?logical_song said:Now there's a surprise. On the Daily Politics it appears that delegates prefer to work with the LibDems rather than UKIP by about 2:1.
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Agreed only the disabled should be spared cuts.TCPoliticalBetting said:Tim Montgomerie ✔ @TimMontgomerie
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Currently. A lot of the assets were built up when it was 3%.Alistair said:
The SNP were proposing a defence budget of 1.7% of GDP, Norway's defence budget is 1.4%.Flightpath said:
And Norway is intending to buy F35s. It has more than 57 F16s I think, although not all may be operational.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
Norway has a significantly bigger defence budget than Salmond was proposing. Plus it would be pretty uneonomic to manage and service just 12 planes which would not all be operational at any one time anyway.
Like everything else Salmonds defence policy was a joke. Well a barefaced lie really.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
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No goodies there then. He's obviously going for the serious man you can trust with economic credibility, rather than giveaways.
I wonder if he did have something else up his sleeve but tactically decided to pull it due to the adverse news cycle?
Perhaps he might pull that out of the hat in the March budget instead.0 -
6 planes are not props. Its not as if there are scores of US planes in constant operation. The current sortie rate is 5 per day.Luckyguy1983 said:
Precisely Malcolm. I'm very pleased that the SNP voted against this.malcolmg said:
Expensive props none the lessLuckyguy1983 said:
It's an utterly fake war. Our six planes are simply props. If there are any casualties in this mess it will be a travesty.Alanbrooke said:
UKIP will run around shouting and waving their arms.MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
It's a war there will be casualties, it's what happens.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/28/us-military-limits-warplanes-used-for-isis-bombing/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS
I doubt if any of the people flying or maintaining these planes will be calling them props. When the tour of duty is over the planes and pilots and groundcrew will be replaced by another squadron. So its not simply committing just 6 planes. They are part of a wider operation.0 -
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A big Labour defection to UKIP !!
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/benefits-street-star-white-dee-4344287
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I would say that those who predicted that devolution would kill independence were vindicated by the Referendum result 11 days ago.Flightpath said:
The whole purpose of devolution way back in1998 was to stop the nationalists and create a labour hegemony. Devolution itself was a defeat for unionists.Alistair said:
As the article itself points out the SNP have suffered far big reverses in Osborne's lifetime than getting support for a Yes vote from 25% to 45% in two years.CarlottaVance said:
Yes - displays a certain simplicity of (not to say simplistic) analysis.....Its a bit more complicated than 'we won, they lost.....'Alistair said:Blimmin' heck, George Osborne really actually did say "for the first time in my lifetime the march of the separatists has been reversed" in reference to Scotland.
That is a statement as thick as mince an beyond.
If he genuinely thinks what he said rather than just trying to create a reality bending soundbite then he is a buffoon.
And what came as a result of devolution? More Nationalism. A nationalist government. To me that is a strange definition of nationalist reverses.
What we have just had is a specific vote on independence and it failed by a significant majority. Mr Nelson's argument seems to me to be founded on the fact that many who voted Yes were not interested in 'independence' but theoir own miserable self esteeem and sense of entitlement.
I wonder if the comments space on this blog are becoming as big a haven for irrational malcontents as is Mr Nelsons own.0 -
Doesn't surprise me as despite the carping of the more UKIP minded Tory right the LDs have by and large been good coalition partners getting on with the business of government rather than constantly filling the pages of the Telegraph and Spectator with their cybernat style bilge and invective against Cameron.logical_song said:Now there's a surprise. On the Daily Politics it appears that delegates prefer to work with the LibDems rather than UKIP by about 2:1.
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The £23,000 welfare cap puts a big squeeze on private landlord's housing benefit within the London area.
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Possibly because the LDs haven't nicked any of their MPs ?logical_song said:Now there's a surprise. On the Daily Politics it appears that delegates prefer to work with the LibDems rather than UKIP by about 2:1.
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Its easy really, just think about what percentage chance you think something has of happening, then divide 100 by that number.. voila! You have your Betfair priceCharles said:
I don't bet for a living, so don't price as a rule.isam said:
That's for you to decide!Charles said:
What do you think fair?isam said:
Depends on the oddsCharles said:
How much do you want?isam said:
I thought maybe Gove could defect? Who wants to give me odds on that?TheScreamingEagles said:
Unfortunately the bookies have pulled their defection markets.murali_s said:
Do we have any odds from the bookies on this? - might be worth a speculative flutter...TheScreamingEagles said:
Yup. Is why I want to campaign against RecklessCharles said:
That's the most interesting part to me.TheScreamingEagles said:This Tory MP speaks for the whole party.
@jimwaterson: Tory MP to BuzzFeed on Mark Reckless defecting: "I can't say the word c**t but he's a f**king c**t who deserves a hot poker up his arse."
Carswell's decision people seem to respect. He's liked, he's seen as thoughtful, and he didn't time his departure in a way that seemed to wound his former colleagues.
Reckless behaved in a much less honourable way.
It's not so much his departure, as the manner of his leaving that speaks volumes as to his character: and his elicited such a hostile reaction
If any Tory MP defects during Dave's speech....
Its not a challenge, you don't have to offer any if you don't want to.. .no pressure at all
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Been out - has any other EU-nutjob left my party?
I'm pretty sure someone will on Cammo-wednesday, any bookies offering possible odds on this please?0 -
Independence is not dead, and it's already pulling the stake from its own chest.Sunil_Prasannan said:
I would say that those who predicted that devolution would kill independence were vindicated by the Referendum result 11 days ago.Flightpath said:
The whole purpose of devolution way back in1998 was to stop the nationalists and create a labour hegemony. Devolution itself was a defeat for unionists.Alistair said:
As the article itself points out the SNP have suffered far big reverses in Osborne's lifetime than getting support for a Yes vote from 25% to 45% in two years.CarlottaVance said:
Yes - displays a certain simplicity of (not to say simplistic) analysis.....Its a bit more complicated than 'we won, they lost.....'Alistair said:Blimmin' heck, George Osborne really actually did say "for the first time in my lifetime the march of the separatists has been reversed" in reference to Scotland.
That is a statement as thick as mince an beyond.
If he genuinely thinks what he said rather than just trying to create a reality bending soundbite then he is a buffoon.
And what came as a result of devolution? More Nationalism. A nationalist government. To me that is a strange definition of nationalist reverses.
What we have just had is a specific vote on independence and it failed by a significant majority. Mr Nelson's argument seems to me to be founded on the fact that many who voted Yes were not interested in 'independence' but theoir own miserable self esteeem and sense of entitlement.
I wonder if the comments space on this blog are becoming as big a haven for irrational malcontents as is Mr Nelsons own.
Yes, quite the surprise that. Then again, not publicising coalition differences didn't help their image, nor did publicising them, so there's not been much point causing too much trouble and risking capsizing the ship of state.RobC said:
Doesn't surprise me as despite the carping of the more UKIP minded Tory right the LDs have by and large been good coalition partners getting on with the business of government rather than constantly filling the pages of the Telegraph and Spectator with their cybernat style bilge and invective against Cameron.logical_song said:Now there's a surprise. On the Daily Politics it appears that delegates prefer to work with the LibDems rather than UKIP by about 2:1.
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Tom Fowdy @Tom_Fowdy · 6m
The first #Conservative councillor in Rochester has just announced their defection to #UKIP.
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More homelessness.chestnut said:The £23,000 welfare cap puts a big squeeze on private landlord's housing benefit within the London area.
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I think that's exactly what he's doing. Osborne is pure politics.Tykejohnno said:
George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
It's a bit like deciding when to break for it in the velodrome sprint. He's been forced a bit higher up the track by slipping his wheel on a highly polished UKIP, and has fallen slightly behind the Labour leading rider. The rider who is quietly confident can maintain his lead for the next 2 laps.
Now, he's planning to get himself in position into Labour's slipstream, and save his legs so he can make a break for it and hopefully overtake him just before the line.
Prepare for a photo finish.0 -
The ability of some Tories to see a way to win outright or even partially again in 2015 in the face of such information indicates either how far optimism can take someone, or else incredible insight to see to the heart of the key issues despite so much froth indicating an opposite position is likely.
The LDs meanwhike face the unenviable position of making an ok fallback coalition partner, vindicating coalition government I guess(?), but not likely to be in a position for people to follow through on that, as they will have been reduced so much because in reality people don't reward mostly diligent colaition partners.0 -
Or just move to a place like Luton, which is easily in commutable distance to London. Why on Earth should those without jobs get to live next to the King's Road when people working 70 hours in professional jobs have to head out to Zone 2 or 3?volcanopete said:
More homelessness.chestnut said:The £23,000 welfare cap puts a big squeeze on private landlord's housing benefit within the London area.
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That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
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Is it 'all we can manage', or 'all we need' to meet current requirements in the theatre? I'm pretty sure we didn't send all our aviation assets to Operation Granby, which was a much bigger intervention.malcolmg said:
Think you need to concentrate on the reality instead of deflecting to fantasy. 6 poxy planes is all the UK can manage , what an embarrassing joke , and UK always boasting about being one of the worlds major powers. LOL hopefully Dave does not upset Norway or Denmark in near future.0 -
What does it mean?Richard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc14
Decide to vote Tory or decide which way to vote?0 -
Richard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc14
if you say so.
Can we believe Osborne's promises? In 2010 he promised to cut the deficit in a parliament, how did that go?
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It's the Lib Dems that always bang on about the popular vote being what should matter...Oliver_PB said:
The popular vote is meaningless in a FPTP system.Socrates said:On topic, if the UKIP are on triple the support that the Liberal Democrats are, how on Earth can the latter be considered a "major party" and the former a "minor party"?
Here's the real question: How many seats will UKIP be competitive in?
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Is it ? What does it mean ?Richard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
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Operation Flavius didn't involve many Typhoons but was a stunning success.JosiasJessop said:
Is it 'all we can manage', or 'all we need' to meet current requirements in the theatre? I'm pretty sure we didn't send all our aviation assets to Operation Granby, which was a much bigger intervention.malcolmg said:
Think you need to concentrate on the reality instead of deflecting to fantasy. 6 poxy planes is all the UK can manage , what an embarrassing joke , and UK always boasting about being one of the worlds major powers. LOL hopefully Dave does not upset Norway or Denmark in near future.0 -
Casino_Royale said:
I think that's exactly what he's doing. Osborne is pure politics.Tykejohnno said:
George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
It's a bit like deciding when to break for it in the velodrome sprint. He's been forced a bit higher up the track by slipping his wheel on a highly polished UKIP, and has fallen slightly behind the Labour leading rider. The rider who is quietly confident can maintain his lead for the next 2 laps.
Now, he's planning to get himself in position into Labour's slipstream, and save his legs so he can make a break for it and hopefully overtake him just before the line.
Prepare for a photo finish.
One thing the government could do on pension funds that would be really useful would be allow people to access them early, provided they were used to invest in home improvements or to pay off mortgages. I have capital in a pension fund which I cannot access, which I could convert into pure equity if only I could get my hands on it.Casino_Royale said:
I think that's exactly what he's doing. Osborne is pure politics.Tykejohnno said:
George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
It's a bit like deciding when to break for it in the velodrome sprint. He's been forced a bit higher up the track by slipping his wheel on a highly polished UKIP, and has fallen slightly behind the Labour leading rider. The rider who is quietly confident can maintain his lead for the next 2 laps.
Now, he's planning to get himself in position into Labour's slipstream, and save his legs so he can make a break for it and hopefully overtake him just before the line.
Prepare for a photo finish.0 -
It went extremely well, once you adjust for the changes in external circumstances, certainly better than Alastair Darling's of 2008.Jonathan said:
if you say so.
Can we believe Osborne's promises? In 2010 he promised to cut the deficit in a parliament, how did that go?
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I'm struggling to see. Tom Newton Dunn and Richard N will no doubt explain it to us.isam said:
What does it mean?Richard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc14
Decide to vote Tory or decide which way to vote?0 -
This is so sad on so many levels...
Michael Heaver @Michael_Heaver
Spotted in Clacton - another window poster for @DouglasCarswell pic.twitter.com/y6tZrpo99r
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malky's trolling. Or he's spectacularly thick.JosiasJessop said:
Is it 'all we can manage', or 'all we need' to meet current requirements in the theatre? I'm pretty sure we didn't send all our aviation assets to Operation Granby, which was a much bigger intervention.malcolmg said:
Think you need to concentrate on the reality instead of deflecting to fantasy. 6 poxy planes is all the UK can manage , what an embarrassing joke , and UK always boasting about being one of the worlds major powers. LOL hopefully Dave does not upset Norway or Denmark in near future.0 -
It's the same premise as rent controls, but the application is more stealthy.volcanopete said:More homelessness.
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Or people could move to cheaper areas.volcanopete said:
More homelessness.chestnut said:The £23,000 welfare cap puts a big squeeze on private landlord's housing benefit within the London area.
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Vacuous comments like that show what a better place this is when you are on holiday.malcolmg said:
Ha Ha Ha , we will see how long the 6 UK has last , wonder how many of them can fly at once , or are they maintenance free. They could always tow their mobile football field over and really have ISIS cowering in fear, it has ONE fibreglass model airplane to help out.TheWatcher said:
malcolm's 12, equates to 3 airworthy, 3 spares, and 6 in maintenance/deep maintenance. Pointless.CarlottaVance said:
Norway has 57 F16s, Denmark has 30........malcolmg said:
12 would be more than sufficient for a small peaceful country.TheWatcher said:
A bit like Salmond, and the 12 Typhoons he was going to keep for the separatist air force.malcolmg said:
It is merely willy waving by someone with erectile dysfunctionTGOHF said:
Militarily it's here nor there.Luckyguy1983 said:
Perhaps you'll tell us how six planes bombing (or not bombing as with yesterday) helps these potential beheadees any more than cowering and fist shaking?TGOHF said:
What would Ukip do in the the unlikely event of 3 Britons being beheaded by ISIL ?MikeK said:
What will happen should ISIL or any other jihadist group capture SAM weapons and shoots down one or two British planes? Under Cammo, Britain has hardly any boots to put on the ground and sending only a battalion or two would only show up UK's military weakness.isam said:Former IS fighter on Sky News saying the air strikes are encouraging people to join
They've made 4 miles in -2 mins! But you get the gist
Daily Mail Online @MailOnline · 1h
ISIS militants 'just one mile from Baghdad' despite Western airstrikes http://dailym.ai/1taryhF
Andrew Neil @afneil · 58m
BBC reports that IS five miles from Baghdad defensive positions. The air war is going well ...
Cower and shake their fists at Calais ?
Kippers short on answers - long on grievances.
Diplomatically it is very useful.
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Not sure I understand the metaphor, but I don't think there will be any rabbits in the sense of giveaways. You were right in what you said a few moments ago: "serious man you can trust with economic credibility". It would be absolutely crazy to torpedo that - which is after all the strongest card the Tories have got - with giveaways, which would only serve to make people think they prefer Labour's fudges and giveaways (whatever they are - will we ever know?).Casino_Royale said:
I think that's exactly what he's doing. Osborne is pure politics.Tykejohnno said:
George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
It's a bit like deciding when to break for it in the velodrome sprint. He's been forced a bit higher up the track by slipping his wheel on a highly polished UKIP, and has fallen slightly behind the Labour leading rider. The rider who is quietly confident can maintain his lead for the next 2 laps.
Now, he's planning to get himself in position into Labour's slipstream, and save his legs so he can make a break for it and hopefully overtake him just before the line.
Prepare for a photo finish.
Of course he might be able to pull out some inexpensive rabbits, and I expect he will. The pensions one today - an excellent measure in its own right, as Ros Altmann's article explains - is an example, but it's a small one in the overall scheme of things.
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Sean Fear's earlier post confirmed. Labour conference boost...for the Tories
Latest Populus VI: Lab 36 (-1), Con 34 (+1), LD 7 (-2), UKIP 14 (+1), Oth 9 (+1)0 -
Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah · 4m
Peter Hitchens says the rise of UKIP is the result of Tory failure, not the cause of it: http://hitchensblog.mailonsunday.co.uk/2014/09/a-tory-ukip-pact-would-be-bad-for-britain.html …
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rolls eyes.Richard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc140 -
I'm a big fan of track cycling. Osborne is the Chris Hoy in the 1:1 economics sprint race final.Richard_Nabavi said:
Not sure I understand the metaphor, but I don't think there will be any rabbits in the sense of giveaways. You were right in what you said a few moments ago: "serious man you can trust with economic credibility". It would be absolutely crazy to torpedo that - which is after all the strongest card the Tories have got - with giveaways, which would only serve to make people think they prefer Labour's fudges and giveaways (whatever they are - will we ever know?).Casino_Royale said:
I think that's exactly what he's doing. Osborne is pure politics.Tykejohnno said:
George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
It's a bit like deciding when to break for it in the velodrome sprint. He's been forced a bit higher up the track by slipping his wheel on a highly polished UKIP, and has fallen slightly behind the Labour leading rider. The rider who is quietly confident can maintain his lead for the next 2 laps.
Now, he's planning to get himself in position into Labour's slipstream, and save his legs so he can make a break for it and hopefully overtake him just before the line.
Prepare for a photo finish.
Of course he might be able to pull out some inexpensive rabbits, and I expect he will. The pensions one today - an excellent measure in its own right, as Ros Altmann's article explains - is an example, but it's a small one in the overall scheme of things.
By giveaways, I don't mean unfunded giveaways. I mean highly targeted reforms that will speak to floating voters disproportionately. They must be structured around aspiration and rewarding hard work. Such as his pension reforms earlier this year. And his IHT pledge in 2007.
I gave a few ideas here a few days ago: a commitment to cut fuel duty, with a pre-annoucement of further future cuts; a reaffirmation to take all family homes out of inheritance tax (at £1m+); a 'ladder' to increase the 40% tax threshold over the next parliament to take out middle earners; a reform of council tax (to counter labours mansion tax) to extend bands at the upper end. All renters then get the 25% single person's discount, and the landlord pays the balance.
People need help to see the rewards that will ultimately result to buy into the tough choices now.0 -
I like were all in it togetherRichard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc14
now benefits and wages are frozen0 -
Iain Dale @IainDale · 34 secs
Told by a normally reliable source another Tory UKIP defection is imminent. Stand by your beds.
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JohnO said:
Sean Fear's earlier post confirmed. Labour conference boost...for the Tories
Latest Populus VI: Lab 36 (-1), Con 34 (+1), LD 7 (-2), UKIP 14 (+1), Oth 9 (+1)
Until very recently, I thought the Lib Dems would recover to 13-14%, come the election, but with so many polls now putting them on 6-8%, I wonder if they're past the point of no return. They're retention rate is just 28%.JohnO said:Sean Fear's earlier post confirmed. Labour conference boost...for the Tories
Latest Populus VI: Lab 36 (-1), Con 34 (+1), LD 7 (-2), UKIP 14 (+1), Oth 9 (+1)
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You are correct to point this out. Its pretty tiresome to see plain facts so grossly misrepresented.Richard_Nabavi said:
It went extremely well, once you adjust for the changes in external circumstances, certainly better than Alastair Darling's of 2008.Jonathan said:
if you say so.
Can we believe Osborne's promises? In 2010 he promised to cut the deficit in a parliament, how did that go?
The policy was to cut the structural deficit. It was not a 'promise' to do something even if it made something else worse - it was a promise to proceed in a certain direction. And clearly that has been done. External events hace effected the cyclical deficit.
http://www.economicsuk.com/blog/002037.html#more
''the striking thing is not that that spending has been relaxed but that it has been tightened – cut – relative to the 2010 plans.
According to those plans, the government intended to spend £722bn in the 2013-14 fiscal year, that one that ended this spring. In fact it spent £714bn. ''
Osborne gave a statement of intent and has lived up to it.
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Ooh goody. Who might it be?Slackbladder said:Iain Dale @IainDale · 34 secs
Told by a normally reliable source another Tory UKIP defection is imminent. Stand by your beds.
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Good to see the UK voicing support for the protesters demanding the enforcement of the Sino-British Joint Declaration.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29405195
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Osborne ? Reforms ?Casino_Royale said:
I'm a big fan of track cycling. Osborne is the Chris Hoy in the 1:1 economics sprint race final.Richard_Nabavi said:
Not sure I understand the metaphor, but I don't think there will be any rabbits in the sense of giveaways. You were right in what you said a few moments ago: "serious man you can trust with economic credibility". It would be absolutely crazy to torpedo that - which is after all the strongest card the Tories have got - with giveaways, which would only serve to make people think they prefer Labour's fudges and giveaways (whatever they are - will we ever know?).Casino_Royale said:
I think that's exactly what he's doing. Osborne is pure politics.Tykejohnno said:
George Eaton @georgeeaton
The Tories had better hope Osborne is saving his best rabbits for Autumn Statement/Budget
It's a bit like deciding when to break for it in the velodrome sprint. He's been forced a bit higher up the track by slipping his wheel on a highly polished UKIP, and has fallen slightly behind the Labour leading rider. The rider who is quietly confident can maintain his lead for the next 2 laps.
Now, he's planning to get himself in position into Labour's slipstream, and save his legs so he can make a break for it and hopefully overtake him just before the line.
Prepare for a photo finish.
Of course he might be able to pull out some inexpensive rabbits, and I expect he will. The pensions one today - an excellent measure in its own right, as Ros Altmann's article explains - is an example, but it's a small one in the overall scheme of things.
By giveaways, I don't mean unfunded giveaways. I mean highly targeted reforms that will speak to floating voters disproportionately. They must be structured around aspiration and rewarding hard work. Such as his pension reforms earlier this year. And his IHT pledge in 2007.
I gave a few ideas here a few days ago: a commitment to cut fuel duty, with a pre-annoucement of further future cuts; a reaffirmation to take all family homes out of inheritance tax (at £1m+); a 'ladder' to increase the 40% tax threshold over the next parliament to take out middle earners; a reform of council tax (to counter labours mansion tax) to extend bands at the upper end. All renters then get the 25% single person's discount, and the landlord pays the balance.
People need help to see the rewards that will ultimately result to buy into the tough choices now.
In your dreams. To appeal to voters that the slog is worth it he should have started 4 years ago to put some credibility behind the words and watch the benefits kick in around now.
He didn't ; so now anything he promises just looks like the empty electioneering it is.0 -
Who do we think it is then?Slackbladder said:Iain Dale @IainDale · 34 secs
Told by a normally reliable source another Tory UKIP defection is imminent. Stand by your beds.
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Just think - in a few months time all these problems might be your party's. No more equivocation and fudging. You'll actually have to start the cuts, and they'll be bigger than Osborne's because the financial markets will be very suspicious and capital will be reallocated away from the UKbigjohnowls said:
I like were all in it togetherRichard_Nabavi said:
That is a brilliant slogan.Tykejohnno said:
Tom Newton Dunn @tnewtondunn
"Decide or decline," says @George_Osborne. A new slogan is born. #cpc14
now benefits and wages are frozen
I hope you're prepared for the shock.0
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