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FPT:
You expect rightly because anyone naive enough to think it's just labour who are at it are in for a mighty shock. Lib dems as well as tories just in case anyone thinks otherwise.foxinsoxuk said:I expect that they are maintaining their links with parliament
Actually it's the practice of lobbying and all the murky links themselves which are much more significant than any one case. Whether it be with tobacco or private healthcare.foxinsoxuk said:Far more significant in yhe long term than any possible link between Crosby and tobacco legislation
So when Cammie brings forward proposals on lobbying it matters just a touch on whether he can be trusted to act decisively on the issue or if it's all mere posturing. Which is where his links to Crosby come in as that hardly looks good or very persuasive.
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Every night TSE leads this thread off with Anti Labour stories.
Which is a shame cos when he isn't dicking around he can provide some reasonable insight.0 -
I'm sure nobody would object to you providing links to stories from today that are positive for Ed. So rather than bitch, now is a good chance for you to do so.IOS said:Every night TSE leads this thread off with Anti Labour stories.
Which is a shame cos when he isn't dicking around he can provide some reasonable insight.
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Doesn't have to be about Ed could easily be about Crosby or many things.
But anyway I don't want to get into a debate about thread headers as generally they are good. Just a little point.
Anyway. Good news for Labour and Ed. Three 11 point leads. Not bad at all
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Feel free, provide a roundup of today's positive stories, I'm sure they would be of interest.IOS said:Doesn't have to be about Ed could easily be about Crosby or many things.
But anyway I don't want to get into a debate about thread headers as generally they are good. Just a little point.
Anyway. Good news for Labour and Ed. Three 11 point leads. Not bad at all
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So Lord Sugar goes for Niks facial...0
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Well the mother of all squirrels is approaching. That's good news, right?!myvanilla88 said:
Feel free, provide a roundup of today's positive stories, I'm sure they would be of interest.
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RobD said:
Well the mother of all squirrels is approaching. That's good news, right?!myvanilla88 said:
Feel free, provide a roundup of today's positive stories, I'm sure they would be of interest.
For tabloid sales? It's Christmas and Diana rolled into one.
Of course they won't get carried away and do anything silly, will they?
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I know you're not very brightIOS said:Doesn't have to be about Ed could easily be about Crosby or many things.
But anyway I don't want to get into a debate about thread headers as generally they are good. Just a little point.
Anyway. Good news for Labour and Ed. Three 11 point leads. Not bad at all
Here's the first story from the last six nighthawks prior to tonight
a) Peter Kellner of YouGov analyses that ICM Poll
b) John Kampfner: “Clegg is set to be kingmaker again in 2015″
c) Miliband shores up his leadership at noisy PMQs
d) There are 22 months to go, and Mr Miliband is still heading steadily for Downing Street
e) How David Cameron could win the next General Election – by not holding it in May 2015
f) Why the odds are still on a Labour victory in 2015
So, your assertion that I always lead with Anti Labour stories struggles on epistemological grounds.0 -
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Unless it happens to be a red (ginger) squirrelRobD said:
Well the mother of all squirrels is approaching. That's good news, right?!myvanilla88 said:
Feel free, provide a roundup of today's positive stories, I'm sure they would be of interest.
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Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
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Good evening, everyone.
F1: first day of the Young Driver Test was today. I wouldn't read too much into the times, but here are they:
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Pretty good.myvanilla88 said:
Unless it happens to be a red (ginger) squirrelRobD said:
Well the mother of all squirrels is approaching. That's good news, right?!myvanilla88 said:
Feel free, provide a roundup of today's positive stories, I'm sure they would be of interest.
There's a rather more ribald joke doing the rounds along those lines.
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Mick_Pork said:
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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The wrong Miliband is a wrong'un.CarlottaVance said:Well, here's a short film to keep (some of) us amused:
http://youtu.be/VqjXalcSpVs
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CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:
Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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Just missing an '8' at the end of the link, it would seem - http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-30043180
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"The spokesman went onto suggest that football fan Mr Salmond was staying away because the match is a “friendly” rather than a competitive game or qualifier for a World Cup or European Championship. He said: “He’s not scheduled to go. There’s no particular reason. He can’t go to everything.RobD said:Just missing an '8' at the end of the link, it would seem - http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-3004318
“There are definitely no plans for the First Minister to go and I don’t expect that to change.”"
It certainly puts Cammie's lobbying problems with Crosby in the shade doesn't it?
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Just spent ages trying to post on the last thread on an android, And when I manage it, there's a bloody new thread! It was a crap comment, anyway.0
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Getting a lot of interest in the Telegraph too:tim said:As I predicted, Dave overtakes Ed in the MORI ratings, enabling the PB Tories to rationally analyse a MORI poll for the first time in 15 months.
Of course for the last two months they believed the narrowing Labour lead with MORI was the issue.
Oh dear, what chumps.
Anyhow it seems no one posted the biggest story of the day, whether xenophobia trumps logic in this country for the next few decades
Britain needs 7million MORE immigrants over 50 years to 'meet the cost of caring for the elderly'
140,000 extra immigrants to the UK are needed every year until 2063
Office for Budget Responsibility says foreign workers needed to raise tax
George Osborne's spending cuts will be wiped out by ageing population
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10185342/Britain-needs-millions-more-immigrants-to-reduce-strain-of-ageing-population.html
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myvanilla88 - I see the Queen has requested they hurry up as she is going on holiday0
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The Pope offers reduced time in purgatory for his twitter followers
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/one-hell-of-a-deal-pope-francis-offers-reduced-time-in-purgatory-for-catholics-that-follow-him-on-twitter-8713666.html0 -
As I understand it Salmond will maintain his principled boycott of Scotland's national football team until it starts selecting women.CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
"Titter".....
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Liz Cheney confirms she will run for Senate in Wyoming
“I am running for the United States Senate because I believe deeply in the values that have made our state and our nation great. I’m running because I believe it is necessary for a new generation of leaders to step up to the plate. I’m running because I know as a mother and a patriot we can no longer afford simply to go along to get along. We can’t continue business as usual in Washington. I’m running because I know we’re taxed more than enough already.”
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/311457-enzi-cheney-announce-plans-to-run-for-wyoming-senate-seat0 -
On all this lobbying namecalling pointscoring indignant posturing malarkey... just more fodder for the 'all at it/all as bad as each other' *unsurprised face* vote imo.0
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Looks like England are going to persevere with Finn for the Second test, might be worth backing Australia, 10/3 with William Hill.0
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Queen Shmeen. There are thirsty journos suffering through this hellish wait.HYUFD said:myvanilla88 - I see the Queen has requested they hurry up as she is going on holiday
Journalists bored waiting for will and kate's baby
The journalists are bored. Some have been positioned outside St. Mary's Hospital in west London for a full week now, waiting for signs that Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, is ready to deliver the baby who will be third in line to the throne. On Wednesday, they resorted to interviewing each other.
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/royals/Journalists+bored+waiting+will+kate+baby/8644822/story.html0 -
Rasmussen on the Zimmermann verdict
On Saturday, a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murder in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. Do you agree or disagree with the jury’s verdict?
Agree 48%
Disagree 34%
Not sure 18%0 -
Your point is................CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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MickPork - Yes, but if one of them missed it their career would be over!0
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He'd be booed by the Tartan Army and cheered by England supporters which he would find painful.malcolmg said:
Your point is................CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
"Titter".....
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Laugh out loud funny.tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.Speechless. Sometimes you hear something so mind numbingly stupid that you are lost for words, which is what I am now. Well, if they want to drive more people to vote for UKIP, then that's fine by me. And they wonder why people are voting for them. It's because of lunacy like this.
It's the "Twilight Sparkle" that makes it pure poetry.
- Twilight Sparkle
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Well, looking at the calibre of players who'll be on show, on both sides, I don't blame him for stating away.malcolmg said:
Your point is................CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
"Titter".....
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tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment.Why not just stop state pensions?
INSTANT FURY!! Genius.
- welshguy, Bangor, Wales, 17/7/2013 16:37
Click to rate Rating -169
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One delurker here! Thanks for all the links TSE, very entertaining!0
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That 'Benson and Hedge fund' quip. *words fail*0
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Ladbrooks were offering 13/8 that Finn would start. Seeing as Lords is his home patch I thought that was good value and had a nimble. For that reason I also (much less confidently) put a couple quid at 20s for Finn as Man of the Match.TheScreamingEagles said:Looks like England are going to persevere with Finn for the Second test, might be worth backing Australia, 10/3 with William Hill.
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INSTANT FURY!! Genius.Mick_Pork said:tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment.Why not just stop state pensions?
- welshguy, Bangor, Wales, 17/7/2013 16:37
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Hah.
The pension age should be moved upwards a little faster, given what a huge saving it would produce.
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Welcome to PB, sabre!0
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I would recommend a curry and a bout of vigorous sex. It probably won't speed things up, but it'll cheer 'em both up.HYUFD said:myvanilla88 - I see the Queen has requested they hurry up as she is going on holiday
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Welcome to pb.com, Mr. Sabre.
Hmm. You don't have the ability to fly at 3,500mph, do you?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/across-the-universe/2013/jul/17/sabre-rocket-engine-reaction-skylon0 -
Night, everyone.0
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today would be good as it's my daughter's birthday and I would like to be associated, albeit very circuitously, with royalty.0
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Morris_Dancer said:
Welcome to pb.com, Mr. Sabre.
Hmm. You don't have the ability to fly at 3,500mph, do you?
It's Mrs Sabre to you, and yes I might!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/across-the-universe/2013/jul/17/sabre-rocket-engine-reaction-skylon0 -
Sudden media realisation that they may have been hoodwinked
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10186578/Royal-Baby-worlds-media-may-be-waiting-at-wrong-hospital.html0 -
*sigh* Inept scottish tory spinners.Mick_Pork said:CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-3004318
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Mr Pork?0
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myvanilla88 - Classic!0
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They discovered who sent hate emails to a newly elected SNP councillor last year http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23284113
it was the wife of the previous SNP Cllr defeated at the poll by the new lady0 -
don't think I got the quotes quite right there, but never mind! Hello Mr Dancer. I love all your historical posts!
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Its definitely the silly season for the media now as we await the Royal birth, Reading was reported as a back up option because Kate was staying at her parents last week.RobD said:
Sudden media realisation that they may have been hoodwinked
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/kate-middleton/10186578/Royal-Baby-worlds-media-may-be-waiting-at-wrong-hospital.html0 -
Evening all!
Is Gordo really a UN envoy whilst still an MP???0 -
Why Miliband's dismal approval ratings should worry Labour
Personal ratings are often a better predictor of the election result than voting intentions.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/07/why-milibands-dismal-approval-ratings-should-worry-labour0 -
I think he'll be OK, as it is his home ground (famous last words!) I would prefer to see Bresnan to give the tail a bit more wag though.TheScreamingEagles said:Looks like England are going to persevere with Finn for the Second test, might be worth backing Australia, 10/3 with William Hill.
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And everyone says the Nats are such nice people! Oh well, 200 hrs community service..AndreaParma_82 said:They discovered who sent hate emails to a newly elected SNP councillor last year http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23284113
it was the wife of the previous SNP Cllr defeated at the poll by the new lady
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Britain prepares for Syria war to stop al-Qaeda grabbing chemical weapons
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5019599/britain-prepares-for-syria-war-to-keep-chemical-weapons-from-al-qaeda.html0 -
What a surprise.
Tory strategist Lynton Crosby set to escape new register of lobbyists
News comes as Ed Miliband asks for inquiry into potential conflict of interest over Crosby's consultancy work
Lynton Crosby, the Conservative party's chief electoral strategist, who runs a multimillion pound international lobbying consultancy, is expected to escape a new statutory register for lobbyists that is unlikely to come into force until the eve of the 2015 general election.
As Ed Miliband wrote to the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, to ask for an investigation into a potential conflict of interest over Crosby's lobbying consultancy and his work for the Tories, government sources acknowledged that it would take around 18 months for new laws to come into force.
Crosby is expected to join the Conservatives on a full-time basis shortly before the next general election, which means that he is unlikely to have to provide a list of his clients when the new rules come into force in early 2015.
http://m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jul/17/tory-strategist-lynton-crosby-register-lobbyists0 -
Valen (Myles) Cook @valen1971 3h
And everyone says the Tories are such nice people! Oh well, back to shrieking about immigrants.
Bedroom tax protesters deliver letters on devastating effect on disabled people's lives http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedroom-tax-protesters-deliver-letters-2057883#.UebZwCOkCwY.twitter …0 -
Shows how childish the unionists are, will be interesting next year they will be crying insteadMonikerDiCanio said:
He'd be booed by theTartan Army and cheered by England supporters which he would find painful.malcolmg said:
Your point is................CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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Exactly a real waste of money, two duff teamsTwistedFireStopper said:
Well, looking at the calibre of players who'll be on show, on both sides, I don't blame him for stating away.malcolmg said:
Your point is................CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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MP recall plan will 'restore trust', says minister
Plans to introduce rules to recall errant MPs will go ahead, says the government, despite criticism they are so restrictive it may never happen.
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Shame that he is missing an oportunity to get his Saltire out.
I would laugh myself incontinent if he missed out seeing a famous victory over the Sassenachs.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-3004318CarlottaVance said:
*sigh* Inept scottish tory spinners.Mick_Pork said:CarlottaVance said:Mick_Pork said:Is that the third or fourth CCHQ pimping of the day?
*chortle*
ALEX Salmond is to stay away from the Scottish national side’s match against England as the two sides meet next month in the first football fixture between the two nation’s since the 1990s.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/alex-salmond-will-not-attend-england-v-scotland-1-300431
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Like yourself , nothing worse than a woman scornedCarlottaVance said:
And everyone says the Nats are such nice people! Oh well, 200 hrs community service..AndreaParma_82 said:They discovered who sent hate emails to a newly elected SNP councillor last year http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23284113
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LOL , we cannot beat a few ragtail and bobtails in Afghanistan , some hope. Well seen there will not be many politicians in the front line.Tykejohnno said:Britain prepares for Syria war to stop al-Qaeda grabbing chemical weapons
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@Tykejohnno Politicians have to learn to trust the people before the people will start to trust them. Set the threshold for summoning a recall election fairly high, but leave it to the local constituency to decide whether they want to go through it, not some court or body that isn't accountable to that electorate.0
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It's OK, Ed gets a ringing endorsement from the Guardian. No need to panic lads.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/17/labour-politics-editorial0 -
Someone on the previous thread asked about the trend forecast for the L&N model.
Forecast Vote lead (since Miliband became leader)
Forecast seat lead (since Miliband became leader)
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malcolmg said:
Like yourself , nothing worse than a woman scornedCarlottaVance said:
And everyone says the Nats are such nice people! Oh well, 200 hrs community service..AndreaParma_82 said:They discovered who sent hate emails to a newly elected SNP councillor last year http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-23284113
it was the wife of the previous SNP Cllr defeated at the poll by the new lady
malcolm , beware ;
" Stewart is also under supervision for a year and must attend victim awareness and anger management counselling."
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/woman-spared-jail-for-moray-councillor-hate-mail-1-3004390
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The undisputed king of toxicity does it again.
The Guardian @guardian
His pathetic silence over the NHS and Keogh is probably a good thing given his continual blundering and the lib dems laughable fudge over Trident.
Primary school tests: Nick Clegg denies schools will be 'exam sausage factories' http://t.gu.com/n2JvP0 -
The irony is that Harpreet Grewal is likely to have low fertility herself. Sikhs have a fertility rate of less than 2 in the Punjab, and are lower still in the UK. Sikh fertility is little different to Britons.
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/india/29387994_1_fertility-rate-growth-rate-punjab
sounds like an epic fail worthy of Labour at PMQs.tim said:
INSTANT FURY!! Genius.Mick_Pork said:tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment.Why not just stop state pensions?
- welshguy, Bangor, Wales, 17/7/2013 16:37
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Britishers are so infertile.
- Harpreet Grewal, Amritsar, India, 17/7/2013 18:11
Now that is genius.
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If anyone hasn't watched "Diaries of a Broken Mind" on BBC3 it really is exceptional.0
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You, actually...tim said:So which is the more useless, the lobbying bill, the recall bill, or a chocolate fire guard ?
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ED miliband ?tim said:So which is the more useless, the lobbying bill, the recall bill, or a chocolate fire guard ?
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ScottP - Well it looks like they have now clearly dumped their fling with the LDs in 2010 and 2005 and returned to Labour!0
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Front of the mail,I know the tories want more women voters,well your not going to get it this way.
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I hope tim spotted this Telegraph article on Lynton Crosby. It has a quote in it that he'd love:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10183000/Can-Lynton-Crosby-cross-the-line.html
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."0 -
Welcome to the de-lurked version of pb.com, Mrs Sabre!0
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It doesnt sound as if Crosby is the old school tie sort.
His Aussie brashness does seem to have fired up the tories and scared the effete Labour front bench. They don't like it up 'em.antifrank said:I hope tim spotted this Telegraph article on Lynton Crosby. It has a quote in it that he'd love:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10183000/Can-Lynton-Crosby-cross-the-line.html
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."0 -
Surprised Ed hasn't called for a judge led enquiryTykejohnno said:Front of the mail,I know the tories want more women voters,well your not going to get it this way.
http://www.politicshome.com/uk/article/82193/the_daily_mail_thursday_18th_july_2013.html 0 -
Britishers are so infertile.tim said:
INSTANT FURY!! Genius.Mick_Pork said:tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment.Why not just stop state pensions?
- welshguy, Bangor, Wales, 17/7/2013 16:37
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- Harpreet Grewal, Amritsar, India, 17/7/2013 18:11
Now that is genius.
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Sabre? I can't help associating the name with this website!
http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Indeed, best that George sticks to what he's good at. Growing the economy and getting Britain back to work.tim said:
Tory morale was bound to be improved by supplanting Osborne in one of the jobs he's useless at.antifrank said:I hope tim spotted this Telegraph article on Lynton Crosby. It has a quote in it that he'd love:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10183000/Can-Lynton-Crosby-cross-the-line.html
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."0 -
Kraftwerk are headlining Saturday at the Latitude festival
should be a good show, and dry for once.Andy_JS said:Tour de France:
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foxinsoxuk said:
The irony is that Harpreet Grewal is likely to have low fertility herself. Sikhs have a fertility rate of less than 2 in the Punjab, and are lower still in the UK. Sikh fertility is little different to Britons.
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/india/29387994_1_fertility-rate-growth-rate-punjab
sounds like an epic fail worthy of Labour at PMQs.tim said:
INSTANT FURY!! Genius.Mick_Pork said:tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment.Why not just stop state pensions?
- welshguy, Bangor, Wales, 17/7/2013 16:37
Click to rate Rating -169
Britishers are so infertile.
- Harpreet Grewal, Amritsar, India, 17/7/2013 18:11
Now that is genius.
India's state sex ratios mapped:
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Kraftwerk's 2003 album Tour de France Soundtracks (now known simply as Tour de France) is probably my favourite album of the 21st century so far, although some of Daft Punk's stuff isn't far behind.0
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Fox, brilliant.foxinsoxuk said:
It doesnt sound as if Crosby is the old school tie sort.
His Aussie brashness does seem to have fired up the tories and scared the effete Labour front bench. They don't like it up 'em.antifrank said:I hope tim spotted this Telegraph article on Lynton Crosby. It has a quote in it that he'd love:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10183000/Can-Lynton-Crosby-cross-the-line.html
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."0 -
That is a very sad map.
The southern states seem to take a different attitude to women.
I know this is not a phenomenon just in India.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_sex_ratio
Curiously as well as India and China, the Caucus nations have very high sex ratios at birth.
India's state sex ratios mapped:Sunil_Prasannan said:foxinsoxuk said:The irony is that Harpreet Grewal is likely to have low fertility herself. Sikhs have a fertility rate of less than 2 in the Punjab, and are lower still in the UK. Sikh fertility is little different to Britons.
When you add in the selective female infanticide that happens in some Indian communities it is likely that the world populuation of Sikhs has similar demographic properties to the UK population.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-06/india/29387994_1_fertility-rate-growth-rate-punjab
sounds like an epic fail worthy of Labour at PMQs.tim said:
INSTANT FURY!! Genius.Mick_Pork said:tim said:
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2366934/Britain-needs-7million-MORE-immigrants-50-years-meet-cost-ageing-population.html#ixzz2ZKw9TO5r
The comments are brilliant.
Even more hilarious, the worst rated comment.Why not just stop state pensions?
- welshguy, Bangor, Wales, 17/7/2013 16:37
Click to rate Rating -169
Britishers are so infertile.
- Harpreet Grewal, Amritsar, India, 17/7/2013 18:11
Now that is genius.
http://www.mapsofindia.com/census2011/female-sex-ratio.html
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Yes, brillliant!!!fitalass said:Fox, brilliant.
foxinsoxuk said:It doesnt sound as if Crosby is the old school tie sort.
His Aussie brashness does seem to have fired up the tories and scared the effete Labour front bench. They don't like it up 'em.antifrank said:I hope tim spotted this Telegraph article on Lynton Crosby. It has a quote in it that he'd love:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10183000/Can-Lynton-Crosby-cross-the-line.html
"Ironically, it was Mr Cameron’s friend, George Osborne, who did the formalities of the negotiation and hiring, but the Australian has since supplanted the Chancellor as the driving force of the Tory campaign. “He thinks that George has many skills but couldn’t strategise his way out of a paper bag,” says a friend."
'Some will say PM's fixer is racist': Top Tory attacks Cameron's chief over foul-mouthed rant at Muslims
Or indeed not.
David Cameron’s controversial new campaign chief, Lynton Crosby, was in a fresh row last night after a leading Tory peer said his foul-mouthed rant against Muslims could be seen as ‘racist’.
Former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft told friends that outspoken Australian Mr Crosby’s remark about ‘f****** Muslims’ was a major error of judgment.
‘The danger is that other people will see it as racist,’ Lord Ashcroft was heard to comment at the Spectator magazine parliamentary awards lunch at The Savoy in London. ‘Some people may assume he means effing Muslims, effing blacks and all effing immigrants and will not appreciate that Muslim is a religion not a race.’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238039/Some-say-PMs-fixer-racist-Top-Tory-attacks-Camerons-chief-foul-mouthed-rant-Muslims.html
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17. East Europe's Poorest Head to Germany.
Is the answer to 17 across ESSEN?
East Europe = E. Poorest Head = SSEN. E + SSEN = ESSEN. Which is a place in Germany.
The most easterly letter of Europe is its last letter = E.
"Poorest" is an anagram indicator. Head = Ness, as in a headland. So an anagram of Ness = SSEN.
I haven't managed to solve any of the other clues yet.
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Not bad, although there really hasn't been a great film made in the past 30 years...Sunil_Prasannan said:Just watched The King's Speech on Film4, bloody good film!
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You're correct. Blade Runner was '82 ;-)RodCrosby said:
Not bad, although there really hasn't been a great film made in the past 30 years...Sunil_Prasannan said:Just watched The King's Speech on Film4, bloody good film!
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Mmm, that's what I was thinking. Although The Killing Fields (1984) is almost there...TwistedFireStopper said:
You're correct. Blade Runner was '82 ;-)RodCrosby said:
Not bad, although there really hasn't been a great film made in the past 30 years...Sunil_Prasannan said:Just watched The King's Speech on Film4, bloody good film!
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