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- Sat 18 Jul, 2020 11:09 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th July 2020
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10049
Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th July 2020
This : Senior Tory accuses Johnson of blaming NHS for government's Covid-19 failings Exclusive: Andrew Lansley says ministers made mistakes over lockdown, PPE and testing https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/17/senior-tory-andrew-lansley-accuses-boris-johnson-of-blaming-nhs-for-governments-cov...
- Sun 24 May, 2020 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Bank Holiday Weekend 23rd, 24th & 25th May 2020
- Replies: 185
- Views: 51201
Re: Bank Holiday Weekend 23rd, 24th & 25th May 2020
Responsibly, legally and with integrity...
So.
My mum's funeral is on Wednesday. We'll have ten minutes in a gazebo next to the crematorium.
I did not follow my instinct to drive to York to hold her hand - I said goodbye over a mobile phone on speaker...
I feel such a fool.
Bastards.
So.
My mum's funeral is on Wednesday. We'll have ten minutes in a gazebo next to the crematorium.
I did not follow my instinct to drive to York to hold her hand - I said goodbye over a mobile phone on speaker...
I feel such a fool.
Bastards.
- Fri 01 May, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 1st May 2020
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6758
Re: Friday 1st May 2020
It is. But I think there's an awful lot of us going through the same thing.
- Fri 01 May, 2020 4:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 1st May 2020
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6758
Re: Friday 1st May 2020
Thank you PorFavor. I'm not used to being unable to sort things out or fix stuff...PorFavor wrote:@Lost Soul
I'm so sorry for you.
Had more news - she may not be aware of anything. Maybe tonight or tomorrow. She is very weak.
- Fri 01 May, 2020 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 1st May 2020
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6758
Re: Friday 1st May 2020
I think I've just said goodbye to my mum over the phone. allowed one person there - my sister suited and masked. We had the phone on speaker - could hardly hear her but she said she loved me. and that she'd be watching over me... we all laughed when I said she still made that sound like a threat... ...
- Thu 30 Apr, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 30th April 2020
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10341
Re: Thursday 30th April 2020
Thanks all. She's four foot ten.. a bit over 6 stone and a fierce spirit.
did I mention Scottish...
did I mention Scottish...
- Thu 30 Apr, 2020 12:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 30th April 2020
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10341
Re: Thursday 30th April 2020
so, my mum - 86, advanced bone cancer - blood condition. isolated at home, but out for blood transfusions every 2 to 3 weeks, had a fall - we think might have been 24 hrs before my sister gave up calling and broke isolation found her collapsed. Taken off by ambulance ( we can't see her ) was on a dr...
- Thu 30 Apr, 2020 9:13 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 30th April 2020
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10341
Re: Thursday 30th April 2020
“I don’t believe the polls,” Trump said. “I believe the people of this country are smart. And I don’t think that they will put a man in who’s incompetent.”
I'll leave it at that...
I'll leave it at that...
- Thu 23 Jan, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 23rd January 2020
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13596
Re: Thursday 23rd January 2020
Less.HindleA wrote:Does fervency,especially pinned to one person aid in the persuasion stakes or rather make less likely?
I'm sure I'm unique - but I cringed more and more each time I heard the 'Oh, Jere...'
- Thu 23 Jan, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 23rd January 2020
- Replies: 51
- Views: 13596
Re: Thursday 23rd January 2020
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/23/labour-leadership-momentum-survive Genuinely interested as to thoughts if they helped,hindered the chances of Labour being in government,or indeed made no difference. Well, despite the risk of getting slapped around the head from the house prefect ( ...
- Fri 03 Jan, 2020 8:35 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 30th December 2019 - Friday 3rd January 2020
- Replies: 79
- Views: 19123
Re: Monday 30th December 2019 - Friday 3rd January 2020
I saw what you did there...PorFavor wrote:Would that be the best little Wharehouse in . . . ?
- Mon 16 Dec, 2019 12:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 16th December 2019
- Replies: 74
- Views: 17901
Re: Monday 16th December 2019
Hi citizenJA. There is, of course, another, far more depressing, explanation. That the Tory tactic was to basically admit that Tory governments deliberately target Labour held areas with bigger cuts than Tory held areas and that as long as Labour had someone as useless as Corbyn in charge who could...
- Mon 16 Dec, 2019 12:01 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 16th December 2019
- Replies: 74
- Views: 17901
Re: Monday 16th December 2019
I think gilsey's post on yesterday's thread here regarding the incongruity of voters rebelling against governmental leadership by voting for the same government is worth re-reading. The linked quote suggests the voter didn't realise which party was in government. Willow904's response helped make so...
- Mon 16 Dec, 2019 11:55 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 16th December 2019
- Replies: 74
- Views: 17901
Re: Monday 16th December 2019
Free broadband is hardly "tinkering" - its a potentially trans formative policy. And doing away with public schools wasn't actually in the manifesto. The real mistake, as I said yesterday, may have been being *too* ambitious and not concentrating on a few key messages as in 2017. The &quo...
- Mon 16 Dec, 2019 11:11 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 16th December 2019
- Replies: 74
- Views: 17901
Re: Monday 16th December 2019
Thank you. I sometimes need to read someone articulate to make sense of what I feel...gilsey wrote:
Reference 'eyes off the ball' and 'tinkering around the edges' - free broadband and banning Public schools...
- Sun 15 Dec, 2019 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
- Replies: 206
- Views: 41286
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
I've set aside my £3.00...
- Sat 14 Dec, 2019 9:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
- Replies: 206
- Views: 41286
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
From another forum I visit - primarily climbing and hill walking. Interesting to read the range of views.
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- Sat 14 Dec, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
- Replies: 206
- Views: 41286
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
This is worth a read https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/13/inside-labours-campaign-behind" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 'An exasperated party veteran said that while watching a Conservative press conference from Labour’s Southside HQ, a young press officer was h...
- Sat 14 Dec, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
- Replies: 206
- Views: 41286
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th December 2019
I got ridiculed for saying on election night that we might just have to wait for them to start dying off, but there's truth in it isn't there? No there is not. You've said this after previous defeats as well. It was wrong then too. The population is ageing. That section of society is getting bigger...
- Fri 13 Dec, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 13th December 2019
- Replies: 48
- Views: 11631
Re: Friday 13th December 2019
I think the point is it's not about Labour winning it's about changing our voting system. Yes. Forget from where - but saved this earlier : with a basic PR (percentage share) of seats they should have : Conservative 43.60% 283 (364) Labour 32.20% 209 (203) Liberal Democrat 11.50% 75 (11) Scottish N...
- Mon 04 Nov, 2019 4:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 4th November 2019
- Replies: 38
- Views: 10184
Re: Monday 4th November 2019
citizenJA wrote:I don't know much about Hoyle.
Anyone want to share anything about him?
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- Sun 03 Nov, 2019 9:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd November 2019
- Replies: 73
- Views: 20856
Re: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd November 2019
Did Labour and the LibDems not also support (or at least not, not support) the GE? I had thought the plan was to go for a referendum before any GE but that appeared to suddenly cave. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/03/obey-brexit-jeremy-corbyn-warns-cabinet-dissenters" onclick=&q...
- Thu 17 Oct, 2019 9:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 17th October 2019
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16473
Re: Thursday 17th October 2019
Removing the foreword from 'Great Britain' ?
- Thu 17 Oct, 2019 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 17th October 2019
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16473
Re: Thursday 17th October 2019
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Sink my boats...
Sink my boats...
- Thu 17 Oct, 2019 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 17th October 2019
- Replies: 64
- Views: 16473
Re: Thursday 17th October 2019
On a positive note - Faridge isn't happy !
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'This is not brexit '
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'This is not brexit '
- Sun 13 Oct, 2019 1:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
- Replies: 114
- Views: 21299
Re: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
I have this vote...which apparently I can use anywhere I like...
- Sun 13 Oct, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
- Replies: 114
- Views: 21299
Re: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
Gaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh !
- Sun 13 Oct, 2019 1:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
- Replies: 114
- Views: 21299
Re: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
then read the Observer - Corbyn ( and I allow this is the paper's slant ) seems set on a 'Labour' brexit as a preference.
- Sun 13 Oct, 2019 1:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
- Replies: 114
- Views: 21299
Re: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
and that...tinyclanger2 wrote:FWIW I don’t think Labour should risk an election without a referendum on the current options:
- crap deal
- no deal
- no Brexit
What’s the word?
- Sun 13 Oct, 2019 1:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
- Replies: 114
- Views: 21299
Re: Saturday 12th & Sunday 13th October 2019
Am afraid Labour needs radical change to stand any chance at this point. Common sense, community spirit and common decency don’t translate into party politics in our current truth-free world. Sound bites are the new facts and charisma (no matter how mystifying to me) trumps good-decision making, ho...
- Mon 16 Sep, 2019 5:33 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September 2019
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7776
Re: Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th September 2019
And I can't help but notice that under stress the Corbynista left is attacking Liberals and Scottish Nationalists rather than the fat lying shit currently masquerading as our Prime Minister, while doing their best to deselect their own MP's who don't pass the purity test. Yes.. though I'm watching ...
- Mon 09 Sep, 2019 10:09 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 9th September
- Replies: 72
- Views: 20264
Re: Monday 9th September
''No backstop'...is not an option...'
Well...that's going to be a fun morning...
Well...that's going to be a fun morning...
- Sat 07 Sep, 2019 8:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2019
- Replies: 97
- Views: 21359
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2019
In the last half an hour or so, BBC TV News was reporting (with film footage) on some sort of "Brexiteer" v police fracas in Westminster. I've looked everywhere for reference to it, but it seems to have now completely dropped out of sight. Was it this : https://www.theguardian.com/politic...
- Sat 07 Sep, 2019 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2019
- Replies: 97
- Views: 21359
Re: Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th September 2019
In the last half an hour or so, BBC TV News was reporting (with film footage) on some sort of "Brexiteer" v police fracas in Westminster. I've looked everywhere for reference to it, but it seems to have now completely dropped out of sight. Was it this : https://www.theguardian.com/politic...
- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
If he shouts and chucks plates we can record it on our phones
- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Yes - the massive mandate...the people have decided...bollixtinyclanger2 wrote:By the ref I guess you mean the massive majority vote, biggest democratic vote ever in iUK history etc that Johnson keeps regurgitating on about
- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 9:39 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
So Noes and abstains beat ayes...
shame that didn't apply to the ref'
shame that didn't apply to the ref'
- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
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even the people who know about these things are confused
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- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 8:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
ie. instead of a straight No to no deal.
It's gone to 'Let's have May's deal instead...
I think...or...gawd I don't know...my stomach hit the floor when I read it though
It's gone to 'Let's have May's deal instead...
I think...or...gawd I don't know...my stomach hit the floor when I read it though
- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 8:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
It's suggested that it shifts the delay - heading towards a referendum - to leading instead to May's brexit deal.
bloody kinnock
bloody kinnock
- Wed 04 Sep, 2019 7:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th September 2019
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13765
Re: Wednesday 4th September 2019
Laura KuenssbergVerified account @bbclaurak Follow Follow @bbclaurak It looks like the Kinnock amendment to put Theresa May's deal back to the Commons for another vote just went through by mistake.... things are getting very very odd around here indeed aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggg...
- Mon 20 May, 2019 11:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 20th May 2019
- Replies: 55
- Views: 7296
Re: Monday 20th May 2019
https://sluggerotoole.com/2019/05/20/the-brexit-party-look-set-to-dominate-at-the-european-elections-in-great-britain-as-the-conservatives-collapse/ The predicted results & chart are interesting (tried to attach chart but think it will appear to large), it has Labour losing seats but not too Br...
- Fri 03 May, 2019 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 3rd May 2019
- Replies: 84
- Views: 16028
Re: Friday 3rd May 2019
Whoop! Sheffield Gleadless Valley result in : Name Description Votes Dryden, John Liberal Democrats 257 Elliot, Lewis The Conservative Party Candidate 201 Hollingworth, Marv UK Independence Party (UKIP) 481 Jama, Nadia Labour and Co-operative Party 1595 Turpin, Paul Christopher Green Party 2514 My s...
- Tue 09 Apr, 2019 8:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 9th April 2019
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9529
Re: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Donald Tusk - awesome. Shame he's a faceless, unelected bureaucrat. https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/04/09/invitation-letter-by-president-donald-tusk-to-the-members-of-the-european-council-art-50-ahead-of-their-special-meeting-on-10-april-2019/" onclick="window...
- Tue 09 Apr, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 9th April 2019
- Replies: 61
- Views: 9529
Re: Tuesday 9th April 2019
Is that like Lino....struggling with what G could stand forPorFavor wrote:Apropos of nothing -
Mark François's middle name (I've just discovered) is Gino!
- Mon 01 Apr, 2019 7:28 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st April 2019
- Replies: 110
- Views: 14627
Re: Monday 1st April 2019
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- Fri 29 Mar, 2019 3:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th March 2019
- Replies: 173
- Views: 19365
Re: Friday 29th March 2019
I can keep singing then
- Fri 29 Mar, 2019 3:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th March 2019
- Replies: 173
- Views: 19365
Re: Friday 29th March 2019
Yvette Cooper voted for the deal?!? Well all those #FBPEers who were singing her praises not so long ago might be given pause for thought there. Or not. Lab Yvette Cooper Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Against https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2019/mar/29/how-did-your-mp-vot...
- Fri 29 Mar, 2019 3:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th March 2019
- Replies: 173
- Views: 19365
Re: Friday 29th March 2019
edit - see the post below
- Fri 29 Mar, 2019 10:58 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th March 2019
- Replies: 173
- Views: 19365
Re: Friday 29th March 2019
Following Roger's post last night : 'Not sure whether they'll bleep it out on iplayer but this was great... Quote: Trevor Durham #FBPE @TheTrevorDurham 50m50 minutes ago More Nick Watt on Newsnight “I asked a cabinet minister today why is the Prime Minister holding a vote when it’s pretty certain sh...