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Plato, where have you been lately ? Canvassing for UKIP ?Plato said:@MonikerDiCanio
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Darling could, and perhaps should have been a candidate for next PM. However he plainly lied, and has continued to lie, with regards to his relationship with Brown. He's played politics above honesty, and everyone knows. As such he isn't a credible candidate.0
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If Mr. Putney is about, I'd like to advert your attention to http://enormo-haddock.blogspot.co.uk/ I would've replied directly on pb2, but the discussion thread there can't be commented on anymore.
Got a few potential bets in mind for the race, which is expected to be dry.0 -
Image matters.
Mitchell no, Fox no. They would know this if they had an iota of sense or understanding of what narrative plays well and which one (hint: OE) doesn't. But they don't so if there is a reshuffle it's fasten seatbelt time.
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That was great as it was unexpected and a bit too late !fitalass said:CarlottaVance said:
A sense of humour! I thought that had been banned decided sub-optimal to the serious debate in Scotland?fitalass said:
Former Tory leader Annabel Goldie said: “I understand Alistair attending the Conservative conference is a bit like me leading the Bolshoi ballet: unexpected."
@CarlottaVance One thing we Scots Tories have never lost is our sense of humour.
If they ever tried to ban having a sense of humour up here in Scotland, the Tartan army would have to disband. Although it was great to see them actually able to celebrate a Scottish win against Croatia last night. 0 -
Carlotta: I'll say one thing for the No campaign. Whoever among their ranks it was who suggested it would be helpful for Darling to go to the Tory conference has clearly got a splendid sense of humour.0
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IMF admits mistakes were made over Greece bailout. EU refuses to admit any blame and lashes out at the criticism:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/405595/European-Union-EU-clash-with-IMF-over-mistakes-in-Greece-bailout0 -
If he becomes a has-been, failed politician hanging out at a sparsely attended, irrelevant political conference, then I might be reduced to such consolations.CarlottaVance said:
I know you're dieing to tell us "Alex Salmond's Greatest Jokes, Rib-tickling Rejoinders and Pithy Put Downs"0 -
Canada-EU trade deal further delayed, despite plans to have signed it by the end of 2012:
http://o.canada.com/2013/06/07/pressure-is-on-europe-bound-stephen-harper-as-canada-eu-trade-deal-remains-elusive/0 -
Mitchell and Fox have both had their turns, especially the latter. The priority should be to reward talent and media friendliness amongst the 2010 intake giving able people more chances to speak to the media.
Clearly there should be a number of women promoted in this capacity and more "normal" voices who sound more like the rest of the population. Cameron has yet to find his John Reid who was Secretary of State for Today and, to a lesser extent, Drive. It is an important omission.0 -
Why ? Aren't Scottish tories " proper " Scots , like you ?JamesKelly said:Carlotta: I'll say one thing for the No campaign. Whoever among their ranks it was who suggested it would be helpful for Darling to go to the Tory conference has clearly got a splendid sense of humour.
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Well thank goodness for that: the eurozone crisis is over: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/10107743/Eurozone-crisis-is-over-declares-French-president-Hollan
Hollande is truly, deeply delusional. Military coups are bad things and democracy is a good thing but boy, France have selected a doozie. No wonder Miliband was delighted. With a bar as low as this the risk of being the most incompetent leader in Europe are much reduced.0 -
Three men arrested for a child grooming ring connected to a guesthouse in Oxford:
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10469807.Three_arrested_in_raid_on_notorious_guest_house/0 -
Quite. Offensive it may be (I'll happily hold up my hand to being offended, I don't buy her story about referring to the design of the T-shirt) but a crime it should not be.Socrates said:Yet again, another ridiculous waste of police and judiciary time for a silly tweet:
"Chairman of the bench, Nigel Orton, told her ... 'We accept you didn't intend to cause harm and you felt it was a joke.'"
What ever happened to mens rea?
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More than 60 police officers to arrest an 81 year old and his 2 middle aged sons? It's not like that in Morse.Socrates said:Three men arrested for a child grooming ring connected to a guesthouse in Oxford:
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/10469807.Three_arrested_in_raid_on_notorious_guest_house/0 -
Mr. L, some say Francois Hollande is French for George W. Bush.0
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Betting markets haven't got going really. I was glancing at the winner odds and one bet I might not have considered rather jumped out at me... hmm.0
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Just watched England U-21's,if that's our future,I fear for the future of England football teams.0
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@Surbiton
Latvia's decision to adopt the Euro from 2014 is neither a vote of confidence in the stability or sustainability of the Eurozone nor a reward for Latvia's compliance with the Euro issuing compliance rules.
It is predominantly a pitch to attract deposits from the core Slavic countries of the FSU to the Latvian banking system and to compete with Cyprus as an 'offshore' banking centre for non-EU Russian speaking enterprise.
Whereas all the Baltics have Teutonic links deriving from their Hanseatic their history, Latvia more than the others has remained linked to Moscow. Over 30% of Latvia's population are of Russian, Ukrainian or Belarussian origin compared to, say, 7% in Lithuania.
However, Latvia lacks four great draws of Cyprus: its Mediterranean weather; its legal system and independence (a legacy from Britain); its historical detachment from Russian and 'Russian mafia' rule; and the absence of a double taxation treaty favourable to Russian tax avoiders.
There is no doubt that Russian money has flown from Cyprus to Latvia as a result of the Cypriot banking crisis but Riga may well only be a temporary refuge. Putin wants the business back in Moscow and the account holders may want it further away from Putin's grasp.
The ECB at least recognises the risk to the Latvian economy of following the Cypriot banking model. The last paragraph of the BBC article has a telling quote from an ECB spokesman:
"The reliance by a significant part of the banking sector on non-resident deposits as a source of funding, while not a recent phenomenon, is again on the rise and represents an important risk to financial stability."
Maybe the EU would have been better sorting out the core problems of the Eurozone before adding to its short term risk by allowing Latvia in too early.0 -
The future is already evident in the Premier League. Just because they are paid well, does not mean they play well !Tykejohnno said:Just watched England U-21's,if that's our future,I fear for the future of England football teams.
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That looks brilliant. Is it open to us ordinary plebs?SeanT said:I went up the Shard today.
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394567523020800/photo/1
And it's absolutely f*cking AWESOME
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395258190671872/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395146555068417/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394990682169345/photo/1
I was lucky enough to go to the top of Canary Wharf Tower in 1991 or 1992, just before it was closed to the public due to terrorism. That was quite an awesome experience as there were (compared to now) few other tall buildings in London.
Oh, if London was built on rock instead of clay...
I also walked through Tower Bridge's high-level walkways during its centennial celebrations (I believe these are open routinely now?). And I walked in the Limehouse Link tunnel during its construction.
I don't mention the sewage tunnel in South Devon much. That wasn't quite as (ahem) sexy.
There's a strange building being built near St Pauls that we saw on a walk a few months ago. It looks as though it bulges out in the middle, which is quite disconcerting compared to the vertical faces of the surrounding buildings.
We ought to make more of the great engineering and engineers that we have in this country.0 -
Yes, some of the best views in London and the whole thing is one of my favourite places to take guests when they're visiting.JosiasJessop said:
I also walked through Tower Bridge's high-level walkways during its centennial celebrations (I believe these are open routinely now?).0 -
Hmm.
Could someone who each way bets confirm I've understood how it works? I can't decide if Ladbrokes have a discrepancy, or if I'm suffering from dehydration-induced idiocy.
Raikkonen is 20/1 to win. His each way odds are 1/5 of his to-win odds (presumably 4/1).
But his podium finish odds are 7/4. Less than 2/1. Isn't that a significant difference? Or have I read it entirely wrong?0 -
Each way is a combination bet - so half of your stake is on the win and half on the place. So the relationship between an each way price and a podium price isn't fixed. There is however a fixed relationship between the outright win price, the each way price and the podium price. Bookmakers generally use some fraction, like 1/5th, but in extreme cases this can leave them liable to substantial mis-pricing. Suppose for example that there's a total certaintly for the race an Raikkonen was 100/1 to win, but suppose further that he was the only plausible other competitior - then surely he's almost nailed on to be on the podium but almost certain not to win... in such cirumstances you won't be offered 1/5th of his 1000/1 win odds each way.Morris_Dancer said:Hmm.
Could someone who each way bets confirm I've understood how it works? I can't decide if Ladbrokes have a discrepancy, or if I'm suffering from dehydration-induced idiocy.
Raikkonen is 20/1 to win. His each way odds are 1/5 of his to-win odds (presumably 4/1).
But his podium finish odds are 7/4. Less than 2/1. Isn't that a significant difference? Or have I read it entirely wrong?0 -
September 2014 it is then!Theuniondivvie said:
If he becomes a has-been, failed politician hanging out at a sparsely attended, irrelevant political conference, then I might be reduced to such consolations.CarlottaVance said:
I know you're dieing to tell us "Alex Salmond's Greatest Jokes, Rib-tickling Rejoinders and Pithy Put Downs"
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Very nice pictures, Sean!SeanT said:I went up the Shard today.
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394567523020800/photo/1
And it's absolutely f*cking AWESOME
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395258190671872/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395146555068417/photo/1
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Thanks for taking 55 of your precious minutes to polish that one up.CarlottaVance said:September 2014 it is then!
I refer you back to my answer of 7.21pm0 -
The FA are the most incompetent bunch of amateur old boys scratching each other's backs and running England's national team into the ground. I'm not one for government intervention usually, but this is a case where I think it's needed.surbiton said:
The future is already evident in the Premier League. Just because they are paid well, does not mean they play well !Tykejohnno said:Just watched England U-21's,if that's our future,I fear for the future of England football teams.
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I thought you were meant to be off to Tuscany to stay with the Machiavellis.SeanT said:
Yes, it's totally open to the public, but you have to book ahead, and it's so popular it's selling out. I got a freebie cause I am writing about travel in London - took the family - however I'd still have been very satisfied if I paid the pricey £25 each.JosiasJessop said:
That looks brilliant. Is it open to us ordinary plebs?SeanT said:I went up the Shard today.
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394567523020800/photo/1
And it's absolutely f*cking AWESOME
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395258190671872/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395146555068417/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394990682169345/photo/1
I was lucky enough to go to the top of Canary Wharf Tower in 1991 or 1992, just before it was closed to the public due to terrorism. That was quite an awesome experience as there were (compared to now) few other tall buildings in London.
Oh, if London was built on rock instead of clay...
I also walked through Tower Bridge's high-level walkways during its centennial celebrations (I believe these are open routinely now?). And I walked in the Limehouse Link tunnel during its construction.
I don't mention the sewage tunnel in South Devon much. That wasn't quite as (ahem) sexy.
There's a strange building being built near St Pauls that we saw on a walk a few months ago. It looks as though it bulges out in the middle, which is quite disconcerting compared to the vertical faces of the surrounding buildings.
We ought to make more of the great engineering and engineers that we have in this country.
It is stunning, just amazing. It also underlines what an extraordinary city London is becoming: full of wild modern architecture. I took some pix as I walked home.
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343397752023175169/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343400959201910785/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343404419599179777/photo/1
The bulgy building you refer to is, I suspect, the Walkie Talkie on Fenchurch St, here:
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343399052685242368/photo/1
I wasn't sure at first, but now I like it. However the Shard remains supreme, the best new building in London in my lifetime. The best new skyscraper anywhere in the world this century.
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Mr. Omnium, thanks for that reply.
So a £10 bet would really be two £5 bets at 20/1 for the win and 4/1 for a podium?0 -
Oh, and I'll do the pre-race piece tomorrow rather than today.0
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You are surely not saying send in the Marines !Socrates said:
The FA are the most incompetent bunch of amateur old boys scratching each other's backs and running England's national team into the ground. I'm not one for government intervention usually, but this is a case where I think it's needed.surbiton said:
The future is already evident in the Premier League. Just because they are paid well, does not mean they play well !Tykejohnno said:Just watched England U-21's,if that's our future,I fear for the future of England football teams.
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Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.0 -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/08/nsa-boundless-informant-global-datamining#_
The orange and red countries are the main suspects ! Surprisingly, India is orange and Bangladesh isn't. Pakistan and Iran are red hot !0 -
@MD
Yep. Sometimes e/w bets may include more than just the top 3, or (quite rarely) less. It's pretty easy to write down the relationships between the bets, and then you can solve the resultant simultaneous equations using a little bit of matrix algebra if you're flash, or simple graft if you're not.
Your example is an interesting example of apparent discrepancy. But if we suppose that the true chance of Raikonnen getting a podium is 20% and his true chance of winning is say 1% then is you get each way you're getting the fair price on half of your bet, and a muppet price on the win part - whereas if you bet on just the podium you're getting an all round poor price.
People try to, and do, make money out of this sort of anomaly, but they get closed down quite swiftly.0 -
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NickPalmer said:
Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.
I take it you stayed in Pushi. I was there last October and will be there again this October. In fact, had dinner in the same street where the Communist Party's first congress was held. A tiny building, may I add.NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.0 -
Sean> I agree that the Shard is excellent. It makes Canary Wharf Tower (which I love) seem rather frumpy and ordinary. I'm not really a worldwide traveller so I cannot say how well it compares to (say) the Burj Khalifa, but it is a welcome addition to South London. Others may differ.SeanT said:
Yes, it's totally open to the public, but you have to book ahead, and it's so popular it's selling out. I got a freebie cause I am writing about travel in London - took the family - however I'd still have been very satisfied if I paid the pricey £25 each.JosiasJessop said:
That looks brilliant. Is it open to us ordinary plebs?SeanT said:I went up the Shard today.
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394567523020800/photo/1
And it's absolutely f*cking AWESOME
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395258190671872/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343395146555068417/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343394990682169345/photo/1
I was lucky enough to go to the top of Canary Wharf Tower in 1991 or 1992, just before it was closed to the public due to terrorism. That was quite an awesome experience as there were (compared to now) few other tall buildings in London.
Oh, if London was built on rock instead of clay...
I also walked through Tower Bridge's high-level walkways during its centennial celebrations (I believe these are open routinely now?). And I walked in the Limehouse Link tunnel during its construction.
I don't mention the sewage tunnel in South Devon much. That wasn't quite as (ahem) sexy.
There's a strange building being built near St Pauls that we saw on a walk a few months ago. It looks as though it bulges out in the middle, which is quite disconcerting compared to the vertical faces of the surrounding buildings.
We ought to make more of the great engineering and engineers that we have in this country.
It is stunning, just amazing. It also underlines what an extraordinary city London is becoming: full of wild modern architecture. I took some pix as I walked home.
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343397752023175169/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343400959201910785/photo/1
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343404419599179777/photo/1
The bulgy building you refer to is, I suspect, the Walkie Talkie on Fenchurch St, here:
https://twitter.com/thomasknox/status/343399052685242368/photo/1
I wasn't sure at first, but now I like it. However the Shard remains supreme, the best new building in London in my lifetime. The best new skyscraper anywhere in the world this century.
And yes, the bulgy-building does appear to be the walkie-talkie. We first saw it through a narrow side street, and the visible section of curved frontage gave me goose pimples. They must have some rather nice computers to work out all the stresses on a building of that shape - 'ordinary' ones are much easier (thinks: unless it has a traditional skeleton inside, and the bulging floors are essentially non-structural).
Neil> Thanks. I'll have to take Mrs J across the bridge and bore her with talk about how it was constructed (she is more used to shuffling electrons than girders).0 -
Nothing quite like the SNP sense of humour!Theuniondivvie said:
Thanks for taking 55 of your precious minutes to polish that one up.CarlottaVance said:September 2014 it is then!
I refer you back to my answer of 7.21pm
Or not.0 -
Good luck although I suspect we do not see eye to eye on everything. I like the fact that your website is not "gimmicky".NickPalmer said:
Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.0 -
@NickPalmer
Whilst you and I fail to see eye to eye on many subjects I do wish you luck on the reselection. While not a fan of those on your side of the political debate I do respect you for your willingness to engage in debate0 -
Nick Palmer is the only serving MP I've met (at the PB bash a few weeks before the General Election), so best of luck in your re-selection attempt, Nick!0
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surbiton said:NickPalmer said:
Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.
I take it you stayed in Pushi. I was there last October and will be there again this October. In fact, had dinner in the same street where the Communist Party's first congress was held. A tiny building, may I add.NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.
Good evening all. Bit under the weather this weekend, thats what i get for going out without a jacket thinking it was a normal warm June day.
I think that you have a very good chance of being reselected, Nick. I have read your blog and it should sway the true believers to your cause. There is also every chance that that you will be re-elected to the seat, especially - even if I do say it myself - there is a UKIP candidate standing.
Hope you travelled business class; 12 hours in 2nd class is murder; all cramped up.
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Why would they be better financed?NickPalmer said:My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me.
I commend your principled stand - tho I wouldn't hold my breath on the two Eds backing this as a priority
"A commitment to reverse the worst benefit cuts early in the Parliament (the bedroom tax is the obvious candidate) "
I remember from my visits to China - Beijing was always slightly wary of Shanghai "the revolution started in Shanghai!" - and also how the Bund reminded me of Liverpool - but then again, we built both!
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I agree - simple & easy to navigate - good balance between content & simplicity.old_labour said:Good luck although I suspect we do not see eye to eye on everything. I like the fact that your website is not "gimmicky".
NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.
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@MD, Postscript
By the way, although that sort of question seems simple and something that everyone (who bets) should know, the detail is mastered by very few. The vast majority of bookmakers for example wouldn't be able to really nail the relationship. The big firms employ the odd person or two in their staff that can, but it's really quite surprising that an industry can have prospered for so long without really understanding their own business properly.
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Since you share the 'broad' humour of pantomime aunty Annabel, you're right, nothing like.CarlottaVance said:Nothing quite like the SNP sense of humour!
Or not.
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The contrasting attitudes to lie detectors in the UK and US are interesting IMO:"In some areas of the United States and Canada, polygraph results can be submitted as evidence in court. But courts in the UK do not recognise the use of the lie detector."
http://www.itv.com/jeremykyle/about/lie-detector/
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LOL - looks like there is plenty of scope for a row over this:
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Thanks for the friendly notes from all sides. I gather there are 30 applicants for Amber Valley next door after a week, so we'll see if we get lots too. Carlotta on welfare cut reversal - well, I'm getting bolshier in every sense as I get older, and if the Eds refuse to reverse anything I'll be doing some early revolts. Finance - some candidates will probably have union backing and I happen to know one or two others are quite well off. Not sure how much it will turn out to matter though - we all get to send three letters and beyond that it's fancy stuff like videos which I'm not sure really make a difference.
Mike - no, our animal welfare NGO donors would be pretty indignant if we travelled business class. I went China Air, which has a dreadful reputation but is very cheap, and was agreeably surprised - they just replaced their fleet with modern 777s two weeks ago, so everything was spick and span and the crew and food were fine. Just took a long translation job and the hours flew by.0 -
So is the Broxtowe selection going to take place on August 3rd?0
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Non-fussy and reasonable design. But you may want to put it through the disabled website accessibility test:NickPalmer said:Just back from Shanghai (12-hour flight, yawn) to find Broxtowe selection has officially started (ends Aug 3), so we've switched on the campaign website, which if anyone is curious is here:
http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
My opponents don't seem to have theirs up yet, but no doubt will soon: they are likely to be better-financed than me, but I've got a good start. Something that strikes me comparing with would-be PPCs elsewhere is that I'm unusual in rabbiting on about policy - nearly everyone says they're wonderful campaigners and will work day and night for the cause, but they're vague on what they think the cause is.
Shanghai was curious, less homogenous than Beijing - one part extremely futuristic like Alphaville, one part vibrant but a bit tatty, and some bits pretty seedy. I had a cheap deal at the Hilton, which is on a street where one side is all hotels and banks and the other is all bars and prostitutes - I was approached 7 times by women (er, I think) and once by a bloke in the course of a 5-minute stroll.
http://wave.webaim.org/report#/http://www.nickpalmer.org.uk/re-selection/
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Nick - just to add that I too hope you get re-selected.
As you know I am not a Lab supporter but as others have said you always engage in a sensible, constructive way with all views. The other thing is that you always communicate extremely clearly - we know exactly what you stand for - unlike most MPs (from all parties) who provide us with far too much waffle, catchphrases and mumbo-jumbo.0 -
I was in Shanghai in September 2010 and walking around the business district was the most futuristic experience I've ever had. You're surrounded by skyscrapers, but what makes it different to any other city is that almost all of them were clearly no more than about 10 years old, and most had obviously only just gone up in the previous couple of years or so.0
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Tim Yeo in a Sunday Times sting apparently.
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Best of luck, Nick.
We need more grognard politicians.
Not sure how you reconcile opposition to private provision in the NHS with the role of successive Labour Health ministers privatising large sections of it.
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Nitpick territory - but I'd look at the order of your "links" - not sure Broxtowe Labour at #10 is necessarily what you wish to convey...NickPalmer said:Thanks for the friendly notes from all sides.
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I was on a team of a Royal Navy study into lie detector technology about a decade ago. Doubtless the technology and technique has evolved a lot since. Back then though, by the end of our tests (and a lot of practice) a few of us were able to fool the system reasonably consistently.Andy_JS said:The different attitude to lie detectors in the UK and US is interesting IMO:
I emphasise 'practice' though, and use of some tricks and techniques. If you're not coached you won't do it through luck or willpower. The skill of the interrogator is a big factor too.
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Couldn't happen to a nicer trougher guy!Carola said:Tim Yeo in a Sunday Times sting apparently.
'Coming up: Tory Tim Yeo filmed boasting how he can use his climate change committee role to push private business #WestminsterforSale' sundaytimes
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Other religious denominations have held services in it. An RC mass was celebrated when Anne Widdecombe of all people became a Dame of the Papal Order of St Gregory.
iow-chs.org/eventsreports.phpMikeL said:LOL - looks like there is plenty of scope for a row over this:
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That's right - about a week after Amber Valley. And thanks MikeL and for the tip JJ.Andy_JS said:So is the Broxtowe selection going to take place on August 3rd?
Shanghai - yes, another feautre of China's leap into the 21st century is that in the interior nearly everyone is on their very first car, making driving an...exciting...experience.
I was at a conference on cosmetics regulation (animal tests etc.) and was impressed by the frank self-criticism of the Government agency speaker there - too much bureaucracy, legacy of over-centralised system, etc. My interpreter, a CP member, was scathing about Chairman Mao. Others here will kniow more but my general impression is that the regime is relaxed about people describing different aspects of society as appalling, so long as people don't puts the dots together and criticise the government as a whole - and on the whole things have improved so fast that most Chinese aren't especially inclined to criticise the regime en bloc. I was told that people are now entirely relaxed about Taiwan, but there is real anti-Japanese feeling, more intense than the government finds entirely comfortable and going down to routine vandalism of Japanese cars.0 -
Carlotta: um, yes, good point. Thanks!
Fox: as an MP the extent of Tony's commitment to expanding the internal market only gradually dawned on me slowly, and it wasn't until I read his book after 2010 that I relised that he actually saw it aas a central goal. So it's something I regret going along with, and although I can't speak for anyone but myself, I'm not available for further extensions.0 -
Unsurprising. Most of the self-styled eco-warriors who have outgrown knitting their own lunch are primarily motivated by how much money they can make out of the whole scam. The green movement one of the biggest deceptions of our time.Carola said:Tim Yeo in a Sunday Times sting apparently
I wonder, though, whether the press are straying over the line of targeting individuals without prior evidence of wrongdoing? Is it ethical to use deep pockets to just keep plugging your way down a list until you hit paydirt?
How many MPs have been approached using methods of entrapment that the Police are banned from using for a reason? For each let's-give-him-a-go-next we don't hear about the 20 who turn them down? Or is it 100? or is it 5? With bad apples it's relevant to know how big the orchard is.
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better to see the Clyude than waste your time in Iraq and Afghanistan proppping up nasty regimes so London can get access to oil and try to kid on they are a powerful nation rather than useless.CarlottaVance said:Fox noooo!!!! So, MBoy may well be right.....
Pickles should spend more time in front of TV cameras to counter the posh boy meme, not sure the Chief Whip would allow that.....
Damian Green, on the left of the party is an underused talent....(also good on TV)...and not too posh...
Mitchell should get something.
Its all very well having 'women' - but if these individuals are not up to the job, let 'em go....
Agree on Andrea Leadsom...
Meanwhile, latest 'Better Together' video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWBBwz2YHzg&feature=player_embedded
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Mr Palmer. I must admit that I have been gradually coming round to the view that you are a top bloke. Your views on animal welfare are especially refreshing and I must admit that I'd be tempted to vote for you if I was on your local electoral register.NickPalmer said:Thanks for the friendly notes from all sides. I gather there are 30 applicants for Amber Valley next door after a week, so we'll see if we get lots too. Carlotta on welfare cut reversal - well, I'm getting bolshier in every sense as I get older, and if the Eds refuse to reverse anything I'll be doing some early revolts. Finance - some candidates will probably have union backing and I happen to know one or two others are quite well off. Not sure how much it will turn out to matter though - we all get to send three letters and beyond that it's fancy stuff like videos which I'm not sure really make a difference.
Mike - no, our animal welfare NGO donors would be pretty indignant if we travelled business class. I went China Air, which has a dreadful reputation but is very cheap, and was agreeably surprised - they just replaced their fleet with modern 777s two weeks ago, so everything was spick and span and the crew and food were fine. Just took a long translation job and the hours flew by.
However, and this is a big but, you really blotted your copybook by giving us a running commentary of the time you spent on the doorstep campaigning for Ken Livingstone in the last Mayoral election. I'm sure, being the sane and sensible person you seem to be, you are now prepared to state for the record that was the biggest mistake of your whole life, and if you had a time machine you would go back and drop a heavy object on him as redemption for your sins!
Are you related to your namesakes David and Wayne by the way? You should try that out on a few voters, see how many buy it-bet there are a few who would.
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Hard to tell them apart now, being the Tories best buddies will help Labour big time in next election.fitalass said:Definitely not a headline I ever expected to see.....
The Scotsman - Scots Tories give Alistair Darling standing ovation
"LABOUR MP Alistair Darling has received a standing ovation at Scottish Conservative Party conference at which he launched a new campaign to keep the British armed forces together.
Mr Darling, chairman of the pro-UK Better Together campaign, launched Forces Together at the Tory conference in Stirling today.
One Tory delegate asked if Mr Darling’s appearance at conference has been recorded so it can be distributed to schools.
Mr Darling said: “These things tend to stay in the archives unless they are particularly bad, but I think a standing ovation at the Conservative conference will I’m afraid be preserved.”
Former Tory leader Annabel Goldie said: “I understand Alistair attending the Conservative conference is a bit like me leading the Bolshoi ballet: unexpected."
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I was fooled also, but caught on a lot quicker, and quit the party in 2003 in large part for that reason.NickPalmer said:Carlotta: um, yes, good point. Thanks!
Fox: as an MP the extent of Tony's commitment to expanding the internal market only gradually dawned on me slowly, and it wasn't until I read his book after 2010 that I relised that he actually saw it aas a central goal. So it's something I regret going along with, and although I can't speak for anyone but myself, I'm not available for further extensions.
I am at the national commissioning show next week. Andy Burnham is closing speaker on Wednesday. It will be interesting to hear how he speaks to an audience that is in large part private companies planning to make money out of the NHS.
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A friend with more insight into this kind of thing than me says that journos get tipped off. Interesting that relatively few - I think I read somewhere - tuned in to the 'Panorama' on this the other night. I expect most folk think, 'That's news?'GeoffM said:
Unsurprising. Most of the self-styled eco-warriors who have outgrown knitting their own lunch are primarily motivated by how much money they can make out of the whole scam. The green movement one of the biggest deceptions of our time.Carola said:Tim Yeo in a Sunday Times sting apparently
I wonder, though, whether the press are straying over the line of targeting individuals without prior evidence of wrongdoing? Is it ethical to use deep pockets to just keep plugging your way down a list until you hit paydirt?
How many MPs have been approached using methods of entrapment that the Police are banned from using for a reason? For each let's-give-him-a-go-next we don't hear about the 20 who turn them down? Or is it 100? or is it 5? With bad apples it's relevant to know how big the orchard is.
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That would be the Tim Yeo who basically believes global warming is all our fault whilst he makes a tidy profit from wind turbine scams etc? Truly a man of high principle. He did seem to backtrack a bit recently though, maybe someone has offered him some cheap shares in a company dedicated to reopening all coal mines and bringing back leaded petrol. I hope the Times get him squirming big time.GeoffM said:
Unsurprising. Most of the self-styled eco-warriors who have outgrown knitting their own lunch are primarily motivated by how much money they can make out of the whole scam. The green movement one of the biggest deceptions of our time.Carola said:Tim Yeo in a Sunday Times sting apparently
I wonder, though, whether the press are straying over the line of targeting individuals without prior evidence of wrongdoing? Is it ethical to use deep pockets to just keep plugging your way down a list until you hit paydirt?
How many MPs have been approached using methods of entrapment that the Police are banned from using for a reason? For each let's-give-him-a-go-next we don't hear about the 20 who turn them down? Or is it 100? or is it 5? With bad apples it's relevant to know how big the orchard is.
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Thanks, David - but no, I've known Ken on and off for a long time and think he's much better than his reputation (and I'm utterly resistant to Boris's charms, also based on personal exposure). Ken's in a small group of public figures who the press really go out of their way to jump on, though he definitely needed a "careless talk costs votes" poster on his bathroom wall. I tend to be forgiving of people who say the odd dodgy thing, as I was with Patrick Mercer - we have too many people in politics who never say anything interesting at all.davidthecon said:
Mr Palmer. I must admit that I have been gradually coming round to the view that you are a top bloke. Your views on animal welfare are especially refreshing and I must admit that I'd be tempted to vote for you if I was on your local electoral register.
However, and this is a big but, you really blotted your copybook by giving us a running commentary of the time you spent on the doorstep campaigning for Ken Livingstone in the last Mayoral election. I'm sure, being the sane and sensible person you seem to be, you are now prepared to state for the record that was the biggest mistake of your whole life, and if you had a time machine you would go back and drop a heavy object on him as redemption for your sins!
Are you related to your namesakes David and Wayne by the way? You should try that out on a few voters, see how many buy it-bet there are a few who would.
Had to google David and Wayne - I bet there are people who think we're ALL fictional. Or wish we were.
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2010ers?
'Senior sources predict he will offer key posts to Liz Truss, 37, Nicky Morgan, 40, Karen Bradley, 43, and Sajid Javid, 43, as he looks to freshen up his top team.'
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Incidentally, I see Ladbrokes have pulled the constituency betting for everywhere except Brighton Pavilion - wworried about too much local expertise? Bringing back the Broxtowe market might tempt some (last seen at 1-2 Lab, 6-4 Con, I think).0
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Never really understood that, surely anything anyone would even vaguely consider as a cosmetic (Aloe vera and cold cream and such) is unlikely to eat through a laboratory animal's flesh and corrode its bones like concentrated acid? Whereas new anti-cancer chemotherapy chemicals might do exactly that. Is there any truth in the speculation that the war over cosmetics is a phony war being fought because the war over medicine testing is just too difficult?NickPalmer said:I was at a conference on cosmetics regulation (animal tests etc.) .
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They haven't pulled it, it's just Ladbrokes' website being very shite and difficult to navigate.NickPalmer said:Incidentally, I see Ladbrokes have pulled the constituency betting for everywhere except Brighton Pavilion - wworried about too much local expertise? Bringing back the Broxtowe market might tempt some (last seen at 1-2 Lab, 6-4 Con, I think).
Currents odds are Labour 1/3, Cons 11/4, UKIP 33/1
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@NickPalmer - Before I forget, best of luck with the Broxtowe selection.
I'll try and run a thread about why Broxtowe CLP should select you either tomorrow or Monday
Something on the lines of "If in 2010, nationwide Labour experienced the same swing that Nick Palmer had in Broxtowe, Gordon Brown will still be PM"
You can say, that the much respected and influential Politicalbetting.com says they should pick you.
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Your glorious leader must be fictional. Based on the little known comic book hero 'Superdork'. The cartoon character who went round door to door spouting nonsensical phrases such as 'One nation' and 'Hand over your winter fuel payments or else!'. Well known for leaving blank sheets of paper with those he met saying 'Don't call me, I have nothing to say on the matter'.NickPalmer said:
Thanks, David - but no, I've known Ken on and off for a long time and think he's much better than his reputation (and I'm utterly resistant to Boris's charms, also based on personal exposure). Ken's in a small group of public figures who the press really go out of their way to jump on, though he definitely needed a "careless talk costs votes" poster on his bathroom wall. I tend to be forgiving of people who say the odd dodgy thing, as I was with Patrick Mercer - we have too many people in politics who never say anything interesting at all.davidthecon said:
Mr Palmer. I must admit that I have been gradually coming round to the view that you are a top bloke. Your views on animal welfare are especially refreshing and I must admit that I'd be tempted to vote for you if I was on your local electoral register.
However, and this is a big but, you really blotted your copybook by giving us a running commentary of the time you spent on the doorstep campaigning for Ken Livingstone in the last Mayoral election. I'm sure, being the sane and sensible person you seem to be, you are now prepared to state for the record that was the biggest mistake of your whole life, and if you had a time machine you would go back and drop a heavy object on him as redemption for your sins!
Are you related to your namesakes David and Wayne by the way? You should try that out on a few voters, see how many buy it-bet there are a few who would.
Had to google David and Wayne - I bet there are people who think we're ALL fictional. Or wish we were.
The last issue of his comic featured a futuristic adventure set in 2015 when his true identity was exposed to the world and everyone laughed their arses off, 'What the hell are you on about Superdork? We don't need your sort round here'.
Superdork then retired to Bali where he spent his remaining years crying every time an environmentalist came by to thank him for putting up their electricity bill 300%.
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The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
1) I think it's a very bad story,
2) I think he'll have to resign as chairman of the committee
3) Possibly parliament
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Libdem or Tory Ministers or both?TheScreamingEagles said:The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
1) I think it's a very bad story,
2) I think he'll half to resign as chairman of the committee
3) Possibly parliament
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Unsure, I'd assume Tories, he has saidsmithersjones2013 said:
Libdem or Tory Ministers or both?TheScreamingEagles said:The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
1) I think it's a very bad story,
2) I think he'll half to resign as chairman of the committee
3) Possibly parliament
4) It has the potential to drag in ministers, assuming he wasn't boasting.
Almost anyone you needed to get hold of in this country, I can help you do that"
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I can't get over all the MPs and Lords who are coming forward to tell the press and public how someone had tried to bribe them for influence. I mean there must be some innocent ones surely. Are they all on a scam one way or another?smithersjones2013 said:
Libdem or Tory Ministers or both?TheScreamingEagles said:The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
1) I think it's a very bad story,
2) I think he'll half to resign as chairman of the committee
3) Possibly parliament
4) It has the potential to drag in ministers, assuming he wasn't boasting.
First expenses, now bungs all round. Next will be that sweet inflation busting payrise they vote for themselves, being the underpaid honest hardworking pros they all are. Where's Guy Fawkes when you need him?
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Indeed, it's just another year in the lives of our corrupt political classes.davidthecon said:
I can't get over all the MPs and Lords who are coming forward to tell the press and public how someone had tried to bribe them for influence. I mean there must be some innocent ones surely. Are they all on a scam one way or another?smithersjones2013 said:
Libdem or Tory Ministers or both?TheScreamingEagles said:The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
1) I think it's a very bad story,
2) I think he'll half to resign as chairman of the committee
3) Possibly parliament
4) It has the potential to drag in ministers, assuming he wasn't boasting.
First expenses, now bungs all round. Next will be that sweet inflation busting payrise they vote for themselves, being the underpaid honest hardworking pros they all are. Where's Guy Fawkes when you need him?
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One with not much to lose in a marginal seat and a job to go back to. There was quite a big kipper vote in the locals in his constituency, perhaps in part HS2 related, as it will pass through the constituency, and in a tunnel under East Midlands airport, but has no stop. all the downside none of the upside.TheScreamingEagles said:James Tapsfield @JamesTapsfield 1h
Tory backbencher Andrew Bridgen confirms in MoS that he's written to '22 asking for no confidence vote in Cameron
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No wonder the Scots want to leave the corrupt banana republic style state that the UK is becoming.
1). Call plod.
2). Arrest the troughing parasites.
3). Lock 'em up for 10-20 on bread and water as a deterrent to others.
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Presuming that Nadine has written a letter too does restoring the whip to her bring the prospect of a confidence vote closer than if she remained outside the fold?!0
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I had to bite on this. I'm a big fan of STV, I am surprised it has less support than it does as a UK voting system (and know it almost became ours, long ago!). What might the Irish model be moving towards, and why?Neil said:o/t Ireland's Constitutional Convention is discussing voting systems (potentially moving away from STV) this weekend. For all those pb-ers who are wetting themselves at the thought of this debate the proceeding are being streamed on the internet!
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Anti-gay marriage rebel in bid to oust Cameron claiming PM has lost 'credibility'
Andrew Bridgen calls on party to 'no confidence' Cameron
'We could lose the next election with Cameron in charge' he says
Cameron blamed for fuelling the rise of UKIP
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338157/Anti-gay-marriage-rebel-bid-oust-Cameron-claiming-PM-lost-credibility.html#ixzz2VfNZ1OEN
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Seven grand a day. Jeez.TheScreamingEagles said:The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
1) I think it's a very bad story,
2) I think he'll have to resign as chairman of the committee
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I'd be asking for a refund.Carola said:
Seven grand a day. Jeez.TheScreamingEagles said:The Sunday Times are releasing excerpts from the Tim Yeo story.
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I believe mixed member systems (along the lines of the German system) are on the agenda. I've not been following the debate very closely but the biggest complaint with STV in Ireland is the tendency towards clientalism - looking after your constituency seems to matter more than good government. I doubt the system will change though.MyBurningEars said:What might the Irish model be moving towards, and why?
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Where's this link so I can view the constitutional convention?Neil said:
I believe mixed member systems (along the lines of the German system) are on the agenda. I've not been following the debate very closely but the biggest complaint with STV in Ireland is the tendency towards clientalism - looking after your constituency seems to matter more than good government. I doubt the system will change though.MyBurningEars said:What might the Irish model be moving towards, and why?
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