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Thank you TSE -that is interesting.TheScreamingEagles said:
Sheffield Hallam.RepublicanTory said:
Which constituency?TheScreamingEagles said:
I don't think there's been a week since the start of Jan that we or people near us haven't been phone polled.RepublicanTory said:
TSETheScreamingEagles said:I expect that Sheffield Hallam and Thanet South will be the two most polled constituencies in this election.
I am the third person, that i know of, out of a relatively small group of friends in just one village (Wingham) that have been polled in the last 3 weeks alone!!
I can only conclude that
1) The Lib Dems are worried they might lose here
2) Lab are confident are winning here.
Is their optimism justified?
I meant to ask you-you seem very confident that Labour isnt going to make strong gains in Yorkshire-do you still feel that way and if so why??
Yes, I'm confident that the Tories will hold on to most of their West Yorkshire seats.
The Tories have worked the area well, they have good MPs/candidates,
Some of the polling has been very good.
It was no coincidence that George Osborne name checked Yorkshire in the budget.
so Clegg -
Toast or OK?
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Yougov back to normal service.0
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We are still here, and we are still concerned. Its a warning to all politicians just how hard it is to reign in public spending once you turn the taps on. It is hard, hard, hard.Oliver_PB said:Where have all the people who were so concerned about the deficit and national debt under Labour gone?
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Gods, I know papers don't need to be impartial and that is not the niche they are trying to fill either, but I have to admit I prefer my partisan stuff with the veneer of impartial, aloof judgement, to lend it a bit of credibility. From the very first line of that piece (and this certainly applies to pieces from the other side of the political aisle too) I am switched right off by the language so any truths it might be imparting will be lost on me.bigjohnowls said:Left wing rag
Mirror Politics @MirrorPolitics 57s58 seconds ago
George Osborne hands out sweeteners to rich and £30BILLION cuts to the poor
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/budget-2015-george-osborne-hands-5360893 …
Conman George Osborne doled out election bribes to the rich
Granted it's more about pleasing the audience by interpreting the events through the prism they want, and clearly I am not deep enough inside that prism, but come on, that has to be a tad too strong doesn't it?
The part about Ed M criticising important omissions is a bit rich too, given his history of such.0 -
@politicshome: Tomorrow's The Sun front page: George's epic strut http://t.co/40KtwzhB8n
Careful, this image can NOT be unseen0 -
Clegg will be fine.RepublicanTory said:
Thank you TSE -that is interesting.TheScreamingEagles said:
Sheffield Hallam.RepublicanTory said:
Which constituency?TheScreamingEagles said:
I don't think there's been a week since the start of Jan that we or people near us haven't been phone polled.RepublicanTory said:
TSETheScreamingEagles said:I expect that Sheffield Hallam and Thanet South will be the two most polled constituencies in this election.
I am the third person, that i know of, out of a relatively small group of friends in just one village (Wingham) that have been polled in the last 3 weeks alone!!
I can only conclude that
1) The Lib Dems are worried they might lose here
2) Lab are confident are winning here.
Is their optimism justified?
I meant to ask you-you seem very confident that Labour isnt going to make strong gains in Yorkshire-do you still feel that way and if so why??
Yes, I'm confident that the Tories will hold on to most of their West Yorkshire seats.
The Tories have worked the area well, they have good MPs/candidates,
Some of the polling has been very good.
It was no coincidence that George Osborne name checked Yorkshire in the budget.
so Clegg -
Toast or OK?0 -
Basil wanders on still.
Crosby Messiah Outpourings in a comatose state.
Tramadol shares continue to rally.0 -
Dave needs to start bombing Gaza or something :P0
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Your warning was not strong enough to dissuade me, and that was a mistake on my part. Others be warned!Scott_P said:@politicshome: Tomorrow's The Sun front page: George's epic strut http://t.co/40KtwzhB8n
Careful, this image can NOT be unseen
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That is deeply disturbing.TheScreamingEagles said:I need mind bleach because of the Sun's front page
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAadoGTUgAEQQ0i.jpg
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Hope BJESUS is this accuratebigjohnowls said:
Just for fun 1pt Lab leadGIN1138 said:(Just For Fun)
Tonight's YouGov Predicition
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I apologise for any PBers who have been mentally traumatized by me posting the sun front page....0
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Some of this must have been sampled during or after George's imperious performance; the gap has closed since Labour's 3-point lead yesterday; so that counts as a Budget Bounce in my book.TheScreamingEagles said:Labour lead by one: CON 33%, LAB 34%, LD 8%, UKIP 14%, GRN 6%
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All lefties should avoid the sun front page, they may never be able to keep food down again...
tim would sadly have spontaneously combusted.
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If you mean by Halifax then it's as impossible for the Tories to win as Halifax.Ave_it said:I expect Con to gain Halifax and maybe Wakefield
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Somewhere, Tim is in seventh heaven.Casino_Royale said:
That is deeply disturbing.TheScreamingEagles said:I need mind bleach because of the Sun's front page
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But apparently that mean leader of the council for manchester, the labour leader has said all kinds of mean things about him, while civil war breaks out on the labour front bench about devolution of the nhs.TheScreamingEagles said:
Sheffield Hallam.RepublicanTory said:
Which constituency?TheScreamingEagles said:
I don't think there's been a week since the start of Jan that we or people near us haven't been phone polled.RepublicanTory said:
TSETheScreamingEagles said:I expect that Sheffield Hallam and Thanet South will be the two most polled constituencies in this election.
I am the third person, that i know of, out of a relatively small group of friends in just one village (Wingham) that have been polled in the last 3 weeks alone!!
I can only conclude that
1) The Lib Dems are worried they might lose here
2) Lab are confident are winning here.
Is their optimism justified?
I meant to ask you-you seem very confident that Labour isnt going to make strong gains in Yorkshire-do you still feel that way and if so why??
Yes, I'm confident that the Tories will hold on to most of their West Yorkshire seats.
The Tories have worked the area well, they have good MPs/candidates,
Some of the polling has been very good.
It was no coincidence that George Osborne name checked Yorkshire in the budget.0 -
The gap was already fluctuating between small Labour leads and small Tory leads - until such times the Tories open up a consistent small lead, no bounce has occurred surely?Stark_Dawning said:
Some of this must have been sampled during or after George's imperious performance; the gap has closed since Labour's 3-point lead yesterday; so that counts as a Budget Bounce in my book.TheScreamingEagles said:Labour lead by one: CON 33%, LAB 34%, LD 8%, UKIP 14%, GRN 6%
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Seriously that front page of the Sun is the most disturbing political image I have ever seen, and I'm someone who has imaged Yvette Cooper fellating Ed Balls0
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Just 3.4% behind in Halifax! It's coming in!!0
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There isn't enough mind bleach for that.FrancisUrquhart said:
My eyes....my eyes.....
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That image is still reverberating around in my mind. I'm worried it might give me nightmares.TheWatcher said:
Somewhere, Tim is in seventh heaven.Casino_Royale said:
That is deeply disturbing.TheScreamingEagles said:I need mind bleach because of the Sun's front page
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That front page is a sure vote winner, for which party i'm not sure.TheScreamingEagles said:I need mind bleach because of the Sun's front page
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is the Sun trying to help or hinder the Tories?0
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**** SEES CLUTCHING HAND **** *** HOLDS OUT STRAW ****Stark_Dawning said:
Some of this must have been sampled during or after George's imperious performance; the gap has closed since Labour's 3-point lead yesterday; so that counts as a Budget Bounce in my book.TheScreamingEagles said:Labour lead by one: CON 33%, LAB 34%, LD 8%, UKIP 14%, GRN 6%
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So how doomed did the gathering feel the Tories were - very, or extremely?0
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What 3pt lead it was 2pt leadStark_Dawning said:
Some of this must have been sampled during or after George's imperious performance; the gap has closed since Labour's 3-point lead yesterday; so that counts as a Budget Bounce in my book.TheScreamingEagles said:Labour lead by one: CON 33%, LAB 34%, LD 8%, UKIP 14%, GRN 6%
36-34 =2
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But could Ed B?bigjohnowls said:
Even GO could work that one outStark_Dawning said:
Some of this must have been sampled during or after George's imperious performance; the gap has closed since Labour's 3-point lead yesterday; so that counts as a Budget Bounce in my book.TheScreamingEagles said:Labour lead by one: CON 33%, LAB 34%, LD 8%, UKIP 14%, GRN 6%
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Another cupid stunt from the Sun. I might even prefer a trip to the dentist than to see that again...perhaps two trips, I have now read TSE's post re Mrs Balls.Plato said:There isn't enough mind bleach for that.
FrancisUrquhart said:My eyes....my eyes.....
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The contents of my fridge/freezer...foxinsoxuk said:
Good Lord! Next we will find out that you are a Guardian reader. I sense your inner LibDem trying to get out...isam said:
YES!!!!FrancisUrquhart said:
You aren't on the coconut water as well are you?isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Greek Yoghurt
Heck Chicken Sausages
Linda McCartney Burgers
Waitrose Chestnut & Mushroom Grills
Turkey Rashers
Quorn Chicken Fillets
Sharon Fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Avocado
3 Magners and bottle of Rose, been there since September
What a wanker!!
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Yes, I think the Mirror wins this one - at least their cover did not horrify me with more than its words.dr_spyn said:
Another cupid stunt from the Sun. I might even prefer a trip to the dentist than to see that again.Plato said:There isn't enough mind bleach for that.
FrancisUrquhart said:My eyes....my eyes.....
https://twitter.com/suttonnick/status/578322915768299520
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Well the Sun has managed to make the Tory party seriously uncool with anyone having eyes again.TheScreamingEagles said:Seriously that front page of the Sun is the most disturbing political image I have ever seen, and I'm someone who has imaged Yvette Cooper fellating Ed Balls
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I trust people have noticed the dramatic effect last night's Ashcroft polling, and the string of YouGov leads, has had on the markets.
Tory most seats continues to tighten on Oddschecker. Betfair has Most Seats and Next PM at the same prices of a week ago.0 -
Fantastic stuff!Speedy said:
That front page is a sure vote winner, for which party i'm not sure.TheScreamingEagles said:I need mind bleach because of the Sun's front page
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CAadoGTUgAEQQ0i.jpg0 -
Photo of Richard Nabavi explaining how the economy would have been if Michael Foot had won:
http://www.startres.net/startresWP/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/3702A.jpg0 -
It's an image, I really don't want to see ever again so will people please stop replying to links to it...TheScreamingEagles said:Seriously that front page of the Sun is the most disturbing political image I have ever seen, and I'm someone who has imaged Yvette Cooper fellating Ed Balls
New thread please and no doubt OGH will have the long missed 'your front pages David' that used to arise years ago...0 -
The issue isn't reigning in public spending, it's that we now have huge unfunded tax cuts.notme said:
We are still here, and we are still concerned. Its a warning to all politicians just how hard it is to reign in public spending once you turn the taps on. It is hard, hard, hard.Oliver_PB said:Where have all the people who were so concerned about the deficit and national debt under Labour gone?
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OT If you had to pick a silent slapstick star - who would you prefer Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin or another? I'm looking for movies from this era0
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If only I was doing the morning thread.Scrapheap_as_was said:
It's an image, I really don't want to see ever again so will people please stop replying to links to it...TheScreamingEagles said:Seriously that front page of the Sun is the most disturbing political image I have ever seen, and I'm someone who has imaged Yvette Cooper fellating Ed Balls
New thread please and no doubt OGH will have the long missed 'your front pages David' that used to arise years ago...
I'd be embedding that Sun Front page into the thread header.0 -
@politicshome: Tomorrow's Independent front page: Osborne throws the kitchen sink at Miliband http://t.co/islPqhWo9X0
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I hope all of you had a great evening out last night.0
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Please stop re-posting it!Plato said:There isn't enough mind bleach for that.
FrancisUrquhart said:My eyes....my eyes.....
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Is it true that Crosby originally predicted crossover in September,then December,then January,then March and now predicts crossover after Easter?
PB Tories to follow the lead?0 -
Indie front page is good for George... well well.
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Judging by Richard Nabavi's comment on the previous thread the PB Tories are very sensitive to having Osborne's 2010 budget predictions compared with the out turn.
Their usual guff about 'unexpected events' is hilariously demolished by George Osborne himself from this BBC interview in January 2010
"we risk a Greek style budget crisis that will put interest rates up and people watching this programme will see their mortgages go up, they'll see businesses go bust, and we will be back in recession."
So how can Osborne be making references to the Greek crisis if that was so unexpected to Richard Nabavi ?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8489984.stm
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Can PBers not embed this front page of the Sun into their posts
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Is Jockophobia the defining narrative of this election campaign:
Bill Jamieson: Beware rise of a new ‘Jockophobia’
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And on that note, good night everybody.0
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Too late, the Sun has destroyed the Osborne budget in a single blow.Scott_P said:@politicshome: Tomorrow's Independent front page: Osborne throws the kitchen sink at Miliband http://t.co/islPqhWo9X
And with a front page that will live in infamy alongside "Freddie Star ate my Hamster".0 -
Yes, you're quite right. It's these Labour supporters on here that do it - always making paltry Labour leads sound so much bigger than they actually are.bigjohnowls said:
What 3pt lead it was 2pt leadStark_Dawning said:
Some of this must have been sampled during or after George's imperious performance; the gap has closed since Labour's 3-point lead yesterday; so that counts as a Budget Bounce in my book.TheScreamingEagles said:Labour lead by one: CON 33%, LAB 34%, LD 8%, UKIP 14%, GRN 6%
36-34 =2
Even GO could work that one out0 -
Just be thankful. It could have been Balls or Miliband.....TheScreamingEagles said:Can PBers not embed this front page of the Sun into their posts
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I needed a new picture whilst crossback has temporarily happened. Bye bye Basil for now..0
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Turkey Dinosaurs [my vice]
Salmon fillets
Crushed garlic
French beans
Green and red peppers
Leeks
Turkey and bacon rashers
Mangetout
Corn
Mushrooms
Savoy cabbage
Carrots
Plum tomatoes
Charlotte potatoes
Bean sprouts
Courgettes
Lots of chicken breast and lamb.
It's a job to just eat them before they evolve into something at the bottom of the fridge.isam said:
The contents of my fridge/freezer...foxinsoxuk said:
Good Lord! Next we will find out that you are a Guardian reader. I sense your inner LibDem trying to get out...isam said:
YES!!!!FrancisUrquhart said:
You aren't on the coconut water as well are you?isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Greek Yoghurt
Heck Chicken Sausages
Linda McCartney Burgers
Waitrose Chestnut & Mushroom Grills
Turkey Rashers
Quorn Chicken Fillets
Sharon Fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Avocado
3 Magners and bottle of Rose, been there since September
What a wanker!!0 -
That would be a 'liberal metropolitan elite' fridge contents. You would have your babbies taking away from you up here if you had a fridge like that.isam said:
The contents of my fridge/freezer...foxinsoxuk said:
Good Lord! Next we will find out that you are a Guardian reader. I sense your inner LibDem trying to get out...isam said:
YES!!!!FrancisUrquhart said:
You aren't on the coconut water as well are you?isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Greek Yoghurt
Heck Chicken Sausages
Linda McCartney Burgers
Waitrose Chestnut & Mushroom Grills
Turkey Rashers
Quorn Chicken Fillets
Sharon Fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Avocado
3 Magners and bottle of Rose, been there since September
What a wanker!!
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It makes the Tory HQ's public admittance that they fully expected the crossover to happen in January(after a couple of Tory leads in January) look quite good.SMukesh said:Is it true that Crosby originally predicted crossover in September,then December,then January,then March and now predicts crossover after Easter?
PB Tories to follow the lead?0 -
I thought the grapevine was saying the Sun were going to come out as big Tory supporters for the forthcoming GE...funny way of showing it.0
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An interesting take on the deteriorating relations between these nations - and a real fear. I don't see how it can be avoided. It's all very well getting upset that English voters might not like Scotland voting in dozens of SNP MPs, I'd be irritated if Scotland whined about how England voted (scratch that, they already don't like that - we'll say Wales instead)but the SNP does want to destroy the Union, so there is bound to be more concern about them being kingmakers rather than the same old Labour placeholders, that leads to more bitterness and anger. Those placeholders in theory might feel some larger duty to the entire country as well as their local constituents and Scotland as a whole, whereas the SNP MPs will have no worries about such at all, and it would be unreasonable to expect them to, nor do they pretend to.Hengists_Gift said:Is Jockophobia the defining narrative of this election campaign:
Bill Jamieson: Beware rise of a new ‘Jockophobia’
http://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-jamieson-beware-rise-of-a-new-jockophobia-1-3721190
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Thanks TSE!TheScreamingEagles said:
You know Ave it leads the way.
Seriously though I am not convinced we will get an overall majority this time...
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Is a fridge check the new thing when discussing politics? Fair enough *checks frridge/
Milk
Butter (well, margarine I guess)
Cheese
Turkey sandwich slices
Mayonnaise (...what, I don't even like mayonnaise, what's that doing in there)
Eggs
Hmm, even though it's not usually quite that bare (and the fruit and veg is in the pantry), it might be time to go to the shop.0 -
I'm hopeful we can be the largest party.Ave_it said:
Thanks TSE!TheScreamingEagles said:
You know Ave it leads the way.
Seriously though I am not convinced we will get an overall majority this time...
Though long term, politically speaking, a minority Lab govt backed by the SNP maybe the best thing ever for the Tory Party.0 -
From Osborne's 2010 budget comes this amusing snippet:
"By 2014-15 borrowing reaches £37 billion, exactly half the amount forecast in the March Budget. In 2015-16, borrowing falls further to £20 billion."
So not only has Osborne borrowed more money than he predicted he's also borrowed more money than Darling was planning to.
Notice also that for the above two years borrowing will be over £100bn more than Osborne predicted.
Puts the 'penny off a pint' into perspective doesn't it.
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What's a Heck Chicken? Like Blinkin' Heck?
I'm feeling very rustic.notme said:
That would be a 'liberal metropolitan elite' fridge contents. You would have your babbies taking away from you up here if you had a fridge like that.isam said:
The contents of my fridge/freezer...foxinsoxuk said:
Good Lord! Next we will find out that you are a Guardian reader. I sense your inner LibDem trying to get out...isam said:
YES!!!!FrancisUrquhart said:
You aren't on the coconut water as well are you?isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Greek Yoghurt
Heck Chicken Sausages
Linda McCartney Burgers
Waitrose Chestnut & Mushroom Grills
Turkey Rashers
Quorn Chicken Fillets
Sharon Fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Avocado
3 Magners and bottle of Rose, been there since September
What a wanker!!0 -
So Chris Leslie has no better answers.
@GuidoFawkes: Chris Leslie making noise, but no sense. #Newsnight0 -
the sooner the clear blue lead returns, the sooner I can ditch this....0
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Don't you come on here with your facts. He is a financial wizzard don't you know.another_richard said:From Osborne's 2010 budget comes this amusing snippet:
"By 2014-15 borrowing reaches £37 billion, exactly half the amount forecast in the March Budget. In 2015-16, borrowing falls further to £20 billion."
So not only has Osborne borrowed more money than he predicted he's also borrowed more money than Darling was planning to.
Notice also that for the above two years borrowing will be over £100bn more than Osborne predicted.
Puts the 'penny off a pint' into perspective doesn't it.0 -
I'd probably rate them in the order you gave, although Chaplin did have a great ensemble of supporting players.Plato said:OT If you had to pick a silent slapstick star - who would you prefer Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin or another? I'm looking for movies from this era
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Excellent headline for Ozzy in The Sun. Personally, I think those MoneySupermarket ads are insufferably naff, but they do have something of a cult following amongst the crucial demographic of the daytime TV viewer. The Sun might have just won the Tories the general election!0
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Smarmie claims his deep freeze is full of stolen meat which he liberated from right under the Sheriff of Nottingham's nose with a clothyard arrow. Or something. Ignore on this (and frankly all other) topics.Plato said:0 -
Anyone else oddly pleased by this?
A DNA study of Britons has shown that genetically there is not a unique Celtic group of people in the UK.
According to the data, those of Celtic ancestry in Scotland and Cornwall are more similar to the English than they are to other Celtic groups.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-31905764
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Seriously I'm feeling sick after I looked at it, I'm going to the bathroom in the hope the cold water on my face will prevent me from vomiting.FrancisUrquhart said:I thought the grapevine was saying the Sun were going to come out as big Tory supporters for the forthcoming GE...funny way of showing it.
Goodnight.0 -
Margarine? Really? Just taste the name - it's edible Nylon or Polyester.
Urgh. It was revolting in the 1970s as Stork, what on Earth made you buy it?kle4 said:Is a fridge check the new thing when discussing politics? Fair enough *checks frridge/
Milk
Butter (well, margarine I guess)
Cheese
Turkey sandwich slices
Mayonnaise (...what, I don't even like mayonnaise, what's that doing in there)
Eggs
Hmm, even though it's not usually quite that bare (and the fruit and veg is in the pantry), it might be time to go to the shop.0 -
Whats a fridge.kle4 said:Is a fridge check the new thing when discussing politics? Fair enough *checks frridge/
Milk
Butter (well, margarine I guess)
Cheese
Turkey sandwich slices
Mayonnaise (...what, I don't even like mayonnaise, what's that doing in there)
Eggs
Hmm, even though it's not usually quite that bare (and the fruit and veg is in the pantry), it might be time to go to the shop.
I only have a pantry0 -
That will be on there for many many months.Scrapheap_as_was said:the sooner the clear blue lead returns, the sooner I can ditch this....
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Anybody got any theories why Labour has clearly retaken the lead this week?
Is it just a case of Dave Is Crap Is PM? Or something else?0 -
I think its pretty much inevitable but I think its only just dawning on many Scots largely because they have been so inward looking about the whole issue they've never thought how the English might react. As for Sturgeon being a calming influence I can't see it when she is already recommending that English voters vote for the Greens. Yhis is going to get exceedingly messy especially if Labour do try and squeeze them out.kle4 said:
An interesting take on the deteriorating relations between these nations - and a real fear. I don't see how it can be avoided. It's all very well getting upset that English voters might not like Scotland voting in dozens of SNP MPs, I'd be irritated if Scotland whined about how England voted (scratch that, they already don't like that - we'll say Wales instead)but the SNP does want to destroy the Union, so there is bound to be more concern about them being kingmakers rather than the same old Labour placeholders, that leads to more bitterness and anger. Those placeholders in theory might feel some larger duty to the entire country as well as their local constituents and Scotland as a whole, whereas the SNP MPs will have no worries about such at all, and it would be unreasonable to expect them to, nor do they pretend to.Hengists_Gift said:Is Jockophobia the defining narrative of this election campaign:
Bill Jamieson: Beware rise of a new ‘Jockophobia’
http://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-jamieson-beware-rise-of-a-new-jockophobia-1-3721190
SNP: Labour's plans to offer nothing in return for propping up Miliband government are not facing reality
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/wider-political-news/snp-labour-plans-to-offer-nationalists-nothing-in-return-for-propping-.120919561
And stories like this will really stir it up:
Sturgeon becomes UK's best paid politician - on paper
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/scottish-politics/sturgeon-becomes-uks-best-paid-politician-on-paper.120874379
Troughin' Scots!0 -
I unconciously put them in that order - I love Harold Lloyd, but plaudits to Chaplin for films like Gold Rush. Eating the shoe was perfection. youtube.com/watch?v=gY0DOnNK3WgRodCrosby said:
I'd probably rate them in the order you gave, although Chaplin did have a great ensemble of supporting players.Plato said:OT If you had to pick a silent slapstick star - who would you prefer Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin or another? I'm looking for movies from this era
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Milk
Goats cheese
Tropicana carton
Yoghurt x 2
Butter
Tomatoes
Garlic
Ginger
Mint
Mushrooms
Cakes x 2
Eggs
Blueberries
Pomegranates x 2
Corn
(Half a bottle of wine and an unopened bottle of San Miguel on top of the fridge)
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Basil got bored with sleeping all the time and the DWP was chasing him to look for other jobs.GIN1138 said:Anybody got any theories why Labour has clearly retaken the lead this week?
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Sausages made of chicken... Made by heck! V nice tooPlato said:What's a Heck Chicken? Like Blinkin' Heck?
I'm feeling very rustic.notme said:
That would be a 'liberal metropolitan elite' fridge contents. You would have your babbies taking away from you up here if you had a fridge like that.isam said:
The contents of my fridge/freezer...foxinsoxuk said:
Good Lord! Next we will find out that you are a Guardian reader. I sense your inner LibDem trying to get out...isam said:
YES!!!!FrancisUrquhart said:
You aren't on the coconut water as well are you?isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Greek Yoghurt
Heck Chicken Sausages
Linda McCartney Burgers
Waitrose Chestnut & Mushroom Grills
Turkey Rashers
Quorn Chicken Fillets
Sharon Fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Avocado
3 Magners and bottle of Rose, been there since September
What a wanker!!0 -
Dave is chicken inappropriate PM
DICIPM0 -
Congratulations on the success of your twin sister's book btw - why do you think it has become so popular with the Dutch?SeanT said:Strange, wistful trailer for creepy, mysterious Dutch thriller "Ijstweeling".
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@bigjohnowls
On the present trajectory, Dave is clucked.0 -
Yes indeed, Lib Dem 2010 voters and Lib Dem ministers can take a lot of the credit for that, Mr Star.currystar said:What I don't understand is how people think labour will be better for the country given the quite amazing record of the coalition on employment creation. In Hampshire I would think we are nearing zero unemployment. Wherever you look there are signs advertising job vacancies . In the construction industry industry anyone who has a skill is working if they want too . If this coalition is voted out by the British people in May they can leave office with their heads held high for a job well done . Who in 2010 with the disgusting mess left by labour would have predicted that the economic situation in 2015 would be as good as it is for the UK.
Conservative priorities were quite different from the eventual Coalition ones.0 -
I am informed by posher associates that what I consider and refer to as 'butter' is in fact merely fancy margarine that is aping butter, but it tastes great to me. The only memory I have of experiencing genuine butter was cutting freezing slices off a lump to futilely place on a crumpet once as a child. Truly, a terrible time indeed.Plato said:Margarine? Really? Just taste the name - it's edible Nylon or Polyester.
Urgh. It was revolting in the 1970s as Stork, what on Earth made you buy it?kle4 said:Is a fridge check the new thing when discussing politics? Fair enough *checks frridge/
Milk
Butter (well, margarine I guess)
Cheese
Turkey sandwich slices
Mayonnaise (...what, I don't even like mayonnaise, what's that doing in there)
Eggs
Hmm, even though it's not usually quite that bare (and the fruit and veg is in the pantry), it might be time to go to the shop.
Actually, there was an amusing list on habits picked up growing up poor I recall (and have just refound) which began with developing a taste for bad food as a big one. Might well be true for some I guess.
http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-habits-you-develop-growing-up-poor/
I recall an intense discussion on here once, which I may have sparked, on whether a pantry and a larder are the same thing, and if so, which is posher. What would be your take on this vital debate?bigjohnowls said:
Whats a fridge.kle4 said:Is a fridge check the new thing when discussing politics? Fair enough *checks frridge/
Milk
Butter (well, margarine I guess)
Cheese
Turkey sandwich slices
Mayonnaise (...what, I don't even like mayonnaise, what's that doing in there)
Eggs
Hmm, even though it's not usually quite that bare (and the fruit and veg is in the pantry), it might be time to go to the shop.
I only have a pantry0 -
Polling respondents exercising their British sense of balance and fair play before the Budget.GIN1138 said:Anybody got any theories why Labour has clearly retaken the lead this week?
Is it just a case of Dave Is Crap Is PM? Or something else?0 -
Still about level in fairness methinksGIN1138 said:Anybody got any theories why Labour has clearly retaken the lead this week?
Is it just a case of Dave Is Crap Is PM? Or something else?
That makes Lab most seats at GT 3.0 amazing IMO
Best Value on EICIPM has been taken now LT 2.5 last time i looked0 -
Your increasingly bizarre personal attacks are comical.
So someone who votes Blue Team can't be ill or claim benefits and even if they don't they're target fodder? Based on eating fresh vegetables?
A bird waking up at 5pm would eat you.Smarmeron said:@Plato
Sorry. You live of a diet of leek soup do you? And the other stuff is for the cats?
I should have realised.
And of course, you are the only truly sick person on ESA, everyone else is a scrounger.
How could I have misjudged you so?0 -
isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
isam said:
The contents of my fridge/freezer...foxinsoxuk said:
Good Lord! Next we will find out that you are a Guardian reader. I sense your inner LibDem trying to get out...isam said:
YES!!!!FrancisUrquhart said:
You aren't on the coconut water as well are you?isam said:
ooh Almond Milk! I have just started on that its lovely!FrancisUrquhart said:Guardian readers will choke on their fair trade organic GM free museli and almond milk, when they first catch a glimpse of the front page...once they get past that, they will be ok though.
Almond Milk
Coconut Milk
Greek Yoghurt
Heck Chicken Sausages
Linda McCartney Burgers
Waitrose Chestnut & Mushroom Grills
Turkey Rashers
Quorn Chicken Fillets
Sharon Fruit
Kiwi Fruit
Avocado
3 Magners and bottle of Rose, been there since September
What a wanker!!
Bleedin' 'eck.
This is a result of your overexposure to Londonness. If you lived at a safe distance - like, say, Basildon or Pitsea or Grays - you'd have been better inoculated from liberal metropolitanism.
For the really safe option, there's always Jaywick Sands.0 -
Am always happy to be eaten by a bird,no matter what time she wakes up.Plato said:Your increasingly bizarre personal attacks are comical.
So someone who votes Blue Team can't be ill or claim benefits and even if they don't they're target fodder? Based on eating fresh vegetables?
A bird waking up at 5pm would eat you.Smarmeron said:@Plato
Sorry. You live of a diet of leek soup do you? And the other stuff is for the cats?
I should have realised.
And of course, you are the only truly sick person on ESA, everyone else is a scrounger.
How could I have misjudged you so?0
