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by NonOxCol
Mon 23 May, 2016 1:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 23rd.May 2016.
Replies: 104
Views: 15309

Re: Monday 23rd.May 2016.

Guardian in "more snide about Loach than it is about the women-only Ghostbusters remake" shocker...

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by NonOxCol
Mon 23 May, 2016 8:45 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 23rd.May 2016.
Replies: 104
Views: 15309

Re: Monday 23rd.May 2016.

Morning. Juxtaposition is great, isn't it?

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by NonOxCol
Thu 12 May, 2016 6:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 12th May 2016
Replies: 128
Views: 15929

Re: Thursday 12th May 2016

...Aaaand, what's the BBC's Radio 4 news headline? Surely it's the Conservative Party being ordered to provide information on election spending in the same week the government is hosting an anti-corruption summit. No. Top headline, Mark Carney's comments about Brexit. Second headline, then. No. BBC...
by NonOxCol
Wed 11 May, 2016 6:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 27880

Re: Wednesday 11th May 2016

Guardian has published yet another "Sexist Squirrel" piece about Kuenssberg. The contempt they have for questioning minds is sickening.

Being eviscerated BTL. Ha. Ha. Ha.
by NonOxCol
Wed 11 May, 2016 12:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 27880

Re: Wednesday 11th May 2016

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
NonOxCol wrote:Hello. Has anyone posted this yet?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... e-paper-eu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think I'll go with the Rowson cartoon thanks.
Rafael Behr. I'm shocked.
Well quite...
by NonOxCol
Wed 11 May, 2016 12:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 11th May 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 27880

Re: Wednesday 11th May 2016

Hello. Has anyone posted this yet?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... e-paper-eu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I think I'll go with the Rowson cartoon thanks.
by NonOxCol
Tue 10 May, 2016 2:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Replies: 181
Views: 25099

Re: Tuesday 10th May 2016

And the attempt to undermine any questioning of the BBC's reporting continues... http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/may/10/bbc-laura-kuenssberg-jeremy-corbyn-petition" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; No comments allowed. What a surprise Pathetic. Risible. Contemptible. I ...
by NonOxCol
Mon 09 May, 2016 4:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 9th May 2016
Replies: 184
Views: 25462

Re: Monday 9th May 2016

Ah. I see that isn't even Kelvin's finest contribution for the day...

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by NonOxCol
Mon 09 May, 2016 4:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 9th May 2016
Replies: 184
Views: 25462

Re: Monday 9th May 2016

Apologies in advance for lowering the tone:

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by NonOxCol
Sun 08 May, 2016 8:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday & Sunday, 7th & 8th May.
Replies: 524
Views: 63762

Re: Saturday & Sunday, 7th & 8th May.

Bianca Jagger I think its not a bad idea for @bbclaurak to become the next communications officer for the @Conservatives Here's someone who disagrees and thinks Bianca Jagger is an unwitting sexist: https://twitter.com/jessphillips/status/729215112817614848" onclick="window.open(this.href...
by NonOxCol
Fri 06 May, 2016 11:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 6th May 2016
Replies: 413
Views: 52012

Re: Friday 6th May 2016

For fuck's SAKE:

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by NonOxCol
Fri 06 May, 2016 10:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 6th May 2016
Replies: 413
Views: 52012

Re: Friday 6th May 2016

ohsocynical wrote:@RR2

Look at this about Hamilton ... More BBC misinformation by omission.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36230625" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
That is, literally, f***ing unbelievable.
by NonOxCol
Fri 06 May, 2016 10:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 6th May 2016
Replies: 413
Views: 52012

Re: Friday 6th May 2016

Putting the name "Kuenssberg" into Twitter has never been so gratifying. An absolute pasting.
by NonOxCol
Fri 06 May, 2016 9:53 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 6th May 2016
Replies: 413
Views: 52012

Re: Friday 6th May 2016

Here's someone who's swearing even more than I am about N*** H******.

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by NonOxCol
Fri 06 May, 2016 9:51 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 6th May 2016
Replies: 413
Views: 52012

Re: Friday 6th May 2016

Neil fucking Hamilton?

I barely have the words to express my utter contempt for every last fuckwit who voted him in to anything.

Perhaps someone could remind me, like they did last May, that the electorate really isn't full of thick, ignorant idiots.
by NonOxCol
Tue 03 May, 2016 6:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 3rd May 2016
Replies: 146
Views: 24190

Re: Tuesday 3rd May 2016

PorFavor wrote:Is John Pienaar related to Dippy J Hodges?
That was a *shocker* of a report, wasn't it? Can't actually believe we have to pay a licence fee for such mindless, shallow trash.

"Impartial" my bottom.
by NonOxCol
Sun 01 May, 2016 11:42 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 30th April, Sunday 1st May 2016 & Monday 2nd May
Replies: 423
Views: 63963

Re: Saturday 30th April, Sunday 1st May 2016 & Monday 2nd Ma

How some people reacted to the Hillsborough repeat this evening:

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by NonOxCol
Fri 22 Apr, 2016 7:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22nd April 2016
Replies: 143
Views: 17799

Re: Friday 22nd April 2016

NonOxCol - Stevie Wonder is my all-time favourite ever. "As" from Songs in the Key of Life - my favourite of his (and there are so many to choose from) The lyrics are wonderful, the backing track is sensational, and if I get my way I'll be having that played at my funeral so I go out to a...
by NonOxCol
Fri 22 Apr, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22nd April 2016
Replies: 143
Views: 17799

Re: Friday 22nd April 2016

Careful all, we wouldn't want to get into Kelvin MacKenzie territory ;-) (For those who managed to miss it, he wrote a lovely tribute to Victoria Wood in the Sunt, along the lines of 'it's sad she's dead but I never found her remotely funny', therefore reminding us that he is rightwing scum of the ...
by NonOxCol
Fri 22 Apr, 2016 6:19 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22nd April 2016
Replies: 143
Views: 17799

Re: Friday 22nd April 2016

Re Prince etc: the only contemporary COMMERCIAL artist I can think of who might inspire widespread grief in future is Beyonce Knowles. I rather liked her last album and I have enjoyed a lot of her songs, but in no way am I making any claim that she is on a level with true icons from the 70s and 80s....
by NonOxCol
Thu 21 Apr, 2016 10:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st April 2016
Replies: 143
Views: 17872

Re: Thursday 21st April 2016

[quote="PaulfromYorkshire"]And anyone doubting that Prince was a true great. Remember he wrote this [youtube]ZCiHsIfrOg[/youtube][/quote Still cheesed off that Britain gave him just one no.1 as a performer (and, as with Stevie Wonder, when it finally came it was hardly his greatest or most...
by NonOxCol
Thu 21 Apr, 2016 8:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st April 2016
Replies: 143
Views: 17872

Re: Thursday 21st April 2016

Been thinking of this half remembered rant by Alexei Sayle from his show in the 80s. (He'd never be asked to do a show for them these days.) Anyway, through the wonders of the interweb, I found it. Kinda sums it all up. Jimi Hendrix - dead. Phil Collins - alive. Ginger Rogers - dead. Sue Pollard - ...
by NonOxCol
Thu 21 Apr, 2016 6:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st April 2016
Replies: 143
Views: 17872

Re: Thursday 21st April 2016

I have reached the point where I literally can't handle 2016 any more. When Bowie died I was gutted, but slightly distant from the overwhelming grief others felt. And I said to myself: "so who would be my Bowie then?" I knew the answer. He died today. RIP Prince, you absolute genius. And F...
by NonOxCol
Sat 16 Apr, 2016 8:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th April 2016
Replies: 208
Views: 20926

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th April 2016

Hi.

Apologies for the very late heads-up, but this might interest some of us here:

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It'll be better than anything Dominic Sandbrook has ever touched...
by NonOxCol
Thu 14 Apr, 2016 11:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th April 2016
Replies: 156
Views: 17449

Re: Thursday 14th April 2016

I say this every so often, just to remind myself it's actually true.

John Cole once did Laura Kuenssberg's job.

Absolutely extraordinary.
by NonOxCol
Thu 14 Apr, 2016 11:06 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th April 2016
Replies: 156
Views: 17449

Re: Thursday 14th April 2016

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Indeed Tubby.

Laura K getting some stick on Twitter!
Deserves every last bit of it and more besides.
by NonOxCol
Thu 14 Apr, 2016 4:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th April 2016
Replies: 156
Views: 17449

Re: Thursday 14th April 2016

RobertSnozers wrote:
StephenDolan wrote:For those that still post over there.


Meet some of the Guardian's best below-the-line commenters

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They've got PeterCS on there???! And Fripouille???

Fuck. Off.
OMFG that's (not) hilarious.
by NonOxCol
Tue 12 Apr, 2016 10:07 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 12th April 2016
Replies: 134
Views: 15468

Re: Tuesday 12th April 2016

Michael Rosen ‏@MichaelRosenYes 2h2 hours ago Good people of Rutland: at the next election, remember that your MP, Alan Duncan thinks that most of you are 'low achievers'. Or as Justin Webb of Radio 4 rephrased it .... he's worried that people with ambition and aspiration won't want to become MPs. ...
by NonOxCol
Fri 08 Apr, 2016 11:52 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 8th April 2016
Replies: 210
Views: 28480

Re: Friday 8th April 2016

I can't help but think that historians will find this story as potent a symbol of the age as the infamous sayings of Marie Antoinette were for pre-revolutionary France. When they review contemporary source material, I hope they're equally aghast at the yawning disconnect between the elites and the m...
by NonOxCol
Fri 08 Apr, 2016 11:26 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 8th April 2016
Replies: 210
Views: 28480

Re: Friday 8th April 2016

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Just when you thought you were inured to what a diabolical mess BBC political coverage is.
by NonOxCol
Thu 07 Apr, 2016 11:35 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th April 2016
Replies: 258
Views: 31268

Re: Thursday 7th April 2016

Bad language alert:

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by NonOxCol
Thu 07 Apr, 2016 11:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th April 2016
Replies: 258
Views: 31268

Re: Thursday 7th April 2016

Toby Young being tickled by Evan Davis on Newsnight, versus Question Time, which has of course prioritised the EU leaflet over Cameron's tax.

The BBC in 2016, ladies and gentlemen.
by NonOxCol
Thu 07 Apr, 2016 2:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 7th April 2016
Replies: 258
Views: 31268

Re: Thursday 7th April 2016

Still, although political leaders are always best off not antagonising the media unnecessarily, the public at large don’t really care about hacks being slighted. And perhaps they are not as interested in Blairmore Holdings and the intricacies of the Cameron family finances as we are. Of all the EU ...
by NonOxCol
Tue 05 Apr, 2016 4:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Replies: 184
Views: 24427

Re: Tuesday 5th April 2016

Sparrow has excelled himself with his analysis of Cameron's answer on offshore trusts. If ever you needed a primer on the MSM bubble and its total lack of interest in or concern for the wider implications of what politicians say and do, there it is.
by NonOxCol
Tue 05 Apr, 2016 9:21 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 5th April 2016
Replies: 184
Views: 24427

Re: Tuesday 5th April 2016

Morning. Sorry to do this to you first thing ... Iain Duncan Smith 'wept about plight of single mother' in TV interview Ian Hislop says former work and pensions secretary broke down during filming of new Workers or Shirkers documentary http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/apr/05/iain-duncan-smi...
by NonOxCol
Mon 04 Apr, 2016 11:51 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 4th April 2016
Replies: 122
Views: 12629

Re: Monday 4th April 2016

There was a smear by association regarding Corbyn's brother at a council meeting a couple of weeks ago. Cameron's late father - nothing. Osborne's brother - not even in Politics section of BBC website, relationship to Chancellor only mentioned in third paragraph, and also repeatedly described as an ...
by NonOxCol
Mon 04 Apr, 2016 10:27 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 4th April 2016
Replies: 122
Views: 12629

Re: Monday 4th April 2016

Chris Bryant MP ‏@RhonddaBryant 2m2 minutes ago I recall nearly getting a deal done on tax transparency in overseas territories before 2010 election. Coalition promptly abandoned it. Ed Miliband's pledges on imposing greater transparency on British Overseas Territories and their tax haven activitie...
by NonOxCol
Thu 31 Mar, 2016 12:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 31st March 2016
Replies: 180
Views: 18959

Re: Thursday 31st March 2016

refitman wrote:
HindleA wrote:And it is goodnight from him.RIP
Language Timothy!
I would imagine "Fuck off 2016" or similar is trending in the UK about now.

Honestly cannot remember a year like it.
by NonOxCol
Tue 29 Mar, 2016 6:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 13717

Re: Tuesday 29th March 2016

Shot of needle. "Gary is coming off heroin." "Addiction is a way of life." Close-ups of bleak, raddled faces.

Pure BrassEye. In a serious early evening news segment.
by NonOxCol
Tue 29 Mar, 2016 6:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 29th March 2016
Replies: 105
Views: 13717

Re: Tuesday 29th March 2016

Anyone just see that BBC News piece on homelessness? They're all on booze and drugs, dontcha know? 30% increase (50% in Manchester) is nothing to do with the government, guv.
by NonOxCol
Wed 23 Mar, 2016 1:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Replies: 161
Views: 17852

Re: Wednesday 23rd March 2016

How differently some people see the world:

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by NonOxCol
Wed 23 Mar, 2016 12:35 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Replies: 161
Views: 17852

Re: Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Oh, and the Snap Verdict reflects the Guardian's values, as usual.
by NonOxCol
Wed 23 Mar, 2016 12:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Replies: 161
Views: 17852

Re: Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Some media excitement about a list leaked from Corbyn's office, ranking PLP members in terms of supportiveness or otherwise. Rather careless to allow it to go public undoubtedly, but do all those making giddy comparisons with Nixon really think previous Labour leaders didn't carry out similar asses...
by NonOxCol
Wed 23 Mar, 2016 8:19 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 23rd March 2016
Replies: 161
Views: 17852

Re: Wednesday 23rd March 2016

Morning.

This is what passes for "one of the better Tories" these days apparently...

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by NonOxCol
Tue 22 Mar, 2016 2:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Replies: 149
Views: 17774

Re: Tuesday 22nd March 2016

AS has yet to report on what McDonnell had to say - half an hour after he sat down. Quite a few people BTL are asking why we are treated to Tweets from umpteen Tory hacks on Osborne, but nothing on McDonnell. If AS doesn't fix this soon, he will be open to accusations of bias that will bite, and ri...
by NonOxCol
Tue 22 Mar, 2016 2:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Replies: 149
Views: 17774

Re: Tuesday 22nd March 2016

yahyah wrote:Anyone hear McDonnell ?
No, but:

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It's all so bloody transparent and pathetic.
by NonOxCol
Tue 22 Mar, 2016 2:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Replies: 149
Views: 17774

Re: Tuesday 22nd March 2016

I've reached the point where I think I viscerally loathe not just these fucking despicable excuses for humanity, but every last bastard that voted for them.

Sorry.
by NonOxCol
Tue 22 Mar, 2016 9:44 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 22nd March 2016
Replies: 149
Views: 17774

Re: Tuesday 22nd March 2016

To all those on twitter,or anyone else,stop with utilising it for in/out crap.Show some respect. Would that be Allison Pearson, by any chance? Also known for columns about how proud she is of being a middle-lane hogger on motorways. Few more watertight definitions of utter self-absorbed fuckwittery...
by NonOxCol
Mon 21 Mar, 2016 5:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st March 2016
Replies: 244
Views: 23592

Re: Monday 21st March 2016

Forgot to mention there was also a longish audio clip of Dave talking about balancing the books and ensuring our children won't be in debt.
by NonOxCol
Mon 21 Mar, 2016 5:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 21st March 2016
Replies: 244
Views: 23592

Re: Monday 21st March 2016

BBC Radio 2 "News" at 5pm:

- Story introduced with "David Cameron has made a robust defence of the Budget."
- No mention of UQ
- No reference to Gauke
- No reference to Osborne

Probably a taster of what to expect from the telly tonight.