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How exactly has Cameron allowed himself to be caught up in something so petty? He is damaging his reputation and effectively corrupting civil servants. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/david-cameron-told-theresa-mays-advisers-to-break-civil-service-code-9934589.html Because he has no p...

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Kevin Maguire ‏@Kevin_Maguire 3m3 minutes ago So Cameron left early Northern Ireland peace talks early to go to an Ibiza-style rave for his wife's 40th in Chequers. FFS As is often said on this forum this man is contemptible . I can't imagine Brown, Blair, Major (or even Thatcher for that matter) s...

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Matthew d'Ancona to join the Guardian as columnist Former Spectator editor’s column to begin in new year http://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2014/dec/18/matthew-dancona-to-join-the-guardian-as-columnist Well - is it just a rather big error of my memory .... or wasn't Matthew d'Ancona writin...

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There is still some kindness left in the country, lovely young man, but this should never have been allowed to happen in "our" country. I'm stuck between tears for the family and smiles for the young man. Homeless kids eat first meal in TWO DAYS after Christmas market stall holder dished ...

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Labour Whips ‏@labourwhips 2m2 minutes ago See how each @LibDem voted on @UKLabour motion to abolish the #bedroomtax Absent ALEXANDER, Danny, Mr (cont) http://tl.gd/n_1sj8t0q" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sj8t0q I see Mark Williams manage...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:Anyone know if Ohso is OK? Think I haven't seen her on FTN for a few days now ...

Not heard from her on Twitter either

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Shame that poll is spoiled by a genuine comedy score of 14% for the LibDems

Do you think Mike Smithson has a point when he says LibDems tend to do better with ICM because the voting question specifically refers to "your constituency"?

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Guardian front page showing latest ICM Poll - Labour 5 points ahead. Rusbridger, Wintour & Watt must be on holiday

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... ead-tories" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Why does Carswell get a q at PMQs every week? Do all the minority parties get at least one question? I remember that Clegg always used to get a question every week, back when he was in oppostion. I suppose Carswell is the de-facto leader of UKIP in the Commons, On that basis wouldn't Caroline Lucas...

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Very interesting article by cartoonist Martin Rowson in Tribune magazine describing a lunch he had with David Davis. Better still, we then had a jovial and wholly unpublishable chat about the private recreations of David and Samantha Cameron, and he vouched safe that Michael Howard, stepping down as...

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Interesting tweet from Peter Jukes for those following the phone hacking trials

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Apologies, where are my manners - morning all

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Jarringly, unfunnily, annoyingly superfluous.

That sums up John Crace pretty well

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I just remember what I was taught at school and at home. 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.' Edited to add. Except certain politicians. They are exempt due to the fact they're not human beings. I believe the full quote is "Do unto others as they would do unto you. But do it fi...

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Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick 1m1 minute ago Neil Hamilton stood down during speech at tonight's Basildon hustings. He said he only stood cos Kerri Smith initially excluded by Ukip HQ Ha ha. Of course you did. A few weeks ago myself & some friends got a hell of a shock when we were out cycling ...

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/10/boris-johnson-qatar-world-cup-committee-invest-london I reckon there's a good chance London be wholly owned by Qatar in the next decade. Private Eye for a while have been running articles about how The Telegraph (who pay Boris £250k p.a.) have been runni...

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On a point of order, Gregg McClymont, the Labour MP, says Clegg misled MPs about Labour’s record on pensioner poverty. He should set the record straight. John Bercow says these issues are a matter for debate. If he had to correct MPs when they said something wrong, he would be very busy, he says. A...

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It's already dark outside. My throat hurts & it's cold. The wind is howling. I like the howling wind sound. And I know a howlin' wind runs through here blowin' every day Yeah a howlin' wind runs through here takes my breath away or Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl, Two riders were ap...

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Scottish Labour is doomed, doomed I tell you! http://blogs.channel4.com/gary-gibbon-on-politics/scottish-labour-leadership-contest-general-election/29853" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Comments BTL are interesting. Includes this peach "..... Great and good Pastor Bonh...

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According to Mike Smithson, Labour are only 3% behind the SNP in Scotland

Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 7h7 hours ago

New post LAB running just 3% behind SNP in Scotland according to the Populus November aggregate - http://po.st/8AYlCj" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Morning all.
Isn't the CofE traditionally known as the Tory party at prayer?

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Who'd a thunk it? Osborne's Autumn Statement benefitted his mates in the oil & gas industry! http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/06/george-osborne-oil-industry-tax-breaks-autumn-statement#start-of-comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I was rendered speechles...

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Who'd a thunk it? Osborne's Autumn Statement benefitted his mates in the oil & gas industry!

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014 ... f-comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Jeez. I wander across to The Guardian & come across this pile of shite: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/02/osborne-urban-liberal-party-pro-european-party-moderniser-chancellor-tories-ukip Osborne is a more nuanced figure. Unlike the prime minister, he is intellectually engaged ...

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TechnicalEphemera wrote:
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refitman wrote: Try working in retail. We start thinking about Christmas in March!
Absolutely!
Boxing Day is when the Easter Eggs go on sale
Hah, I can usually source a couple of cream eggs to go on the Christmas tree.

My local Tesco currently has Hot Cross Buns on display

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That's been one of my bugbears for many years. Christmas is a 12-day festival that starts on the 25th. It doesn't start to gather momentum in October and cut off after tea on Boxing Day. Little depresses me more than having to go back to work well before 12th Night already thoroughly sick of everyt...

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Morning. BBC are trotting out 'cash for questions' sleaze-sters like Neil Hamilton & Michael Brown to mouth off about Andrew Mitchell. Michael Brown got very animated on BBC News channel last night. He blamed Cameron for it happening, because of his policy on cars for ministers, and then went o...

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Morning. BBC are trotting out 'cash for questions' sleaze-sters like Neil Hamilton & Michael Brown to mouth off about Andrew Mitchell. Michael Brown got very animated on BBC News channel last night. He blamed Cameron for it happening, because of his policy on cars for ministers, and then went o...

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And George Eaton has a good article in the New Statesman:

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... -own-terms" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Peter Oborne's latest article on our beloved chancellor: Mr Osborne’s cunning plan can be spotted a mile off, and makes Baldrick in Blackadder look like a master of concealment. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/autumn-statement/11256784/George-Osbornes-gimmicks-prove-he-is-a-true-disciple-of-Gordo...

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Morning all.
New Statesman has just tweeted:

Net migration to UK now 260,000 - higher than in Labour's last year in office. Cameron previously pledged to cut it to "tens of thousands".

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TechnicalEphemera wrote:
citizenJA wrote:Most of us have far more in common with each other than we have differences.
Yes, but arguably at a DNA level that is also true of us and cabbage.

Certainly we share over 50% of our DNA with a banana

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Another Theresa May cover up: Theresa May accused of personally delaying critical reports on immigration Chief inspector of borders and immigration claims his role is being compromised as the home secretary sits on findings http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/nov/26/theresa-may-accused-delaying-...

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citizenJA wrote:

George Osborne just prior assimilation.

Jesus, I wouldn't pay £150 a roll for that wallpaper

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The only issue I have with this is the need for more Engineers? Really, where are they going to work? Rolls Royce just announced layoffs, Marconi - gone, Rover - gone, BAE looking iffy. We seem to have very few engineering companies. So what the UK needs is more Engineering companies first, then mo...

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Bit of a Twitter spat going on between Tom Watson & Ivan Lewis

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Afternoon all. Re the references to Fascism, Laurence W Britt compiled a handy check list. By my reckoning we fulfill at least 10 of the criteria: 1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia....

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I have been on that train, Arriva Wales Trains it goes by these days.

Someone please post the mauling of Gove by Eddie Mair, when they come across it.

Here you go

https://audioboom.com/boos/2672468-davi ... of-our-age

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Afternoon all. Can't understand why everyone is so down - it's not as if we didn't think that the MSM would treat Labour with kid gloves this close to an election. Let's look on the bright side. The Thornberry thing will blow over in a couple of days (Sunday rags may try and flog a dead horse but it...

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According to The Guardian, Gove is "absolutely 100% sure no more Tory MPs will defect to UKIP"

In that case I wonder who the next defector will be

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The boffins at CERN have just announced the discovery of two new sub-atomic particles, both of which had been predicted to exist but never before seen. http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2014/11/lhcb-observes-two-new-baryon-particles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I lov...

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One of the Guardian's political writers claiming Labour held Rochester & Strood up to 2010. The following clarifiction has now appeared: A clarification on an earlier post that said Rochester and Strood had been held by Labour prior to 2010. That’s not quite right. Rochester and Strood constitu...

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I believe that this was briefly mentioned last night, Ken gets really stuck in: Ken Clarke lets rip at David Cameron’s EU reform plans Former Tory chancellor says free movement of people fundamental to union and championed by Margaret Thatcher http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/nov/19/ken-clar...

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Morning all. Oliver Letwin says Tories could campaign for a no vote in EU referendum if "Cameron failed to gain a better deal for Britain in Europe." Leaving aside the attempt to out UKIP the Kippers in Rochester & Strood, does anyone know exactly what Cameron is asking for in his nego...

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No, I didn't mean that. I meant, maybe they - some/most of the people in Ingleby Barwick - aspire to be middle class and think voting tory is part of it. And it's a shame, because they should be supporting Labour. Indeed, and a lot of them (or their dads) will have worked at British Steel or ICI Wi...

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To show how ridiculous the poll of Stockton South, this is the result from 2010.

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Baldock should be a shoo-in for that seat, not least because Wharton is horrible. Can only think that the folk of Ingleby Barwick have forgotten where they came from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingleby_Barwick So, people in Stockton South will like that about Ms Baldock? A fondness for Ingleby Ba...

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letsskiptotheleft wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... my-heywood

Cummings has been spouting off again, he does have a way of handing out insults.

Somehow you can guarantee it will be bad news for Ed

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Morning all.
No wonder UKIP are attracting the ""decent"" BNP voters:

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014 ... and-strood" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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