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mbc1955

So, let me get this straight: there's not a single organisation, as in a body based upon expertise and success, that sees anything but disaster in leaving the EU, and Gove welcomes that because none of them are p*gsh*t stupid enough to know what the common people want? Being a Common People (in the ...

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"We are paying the price of our media. British journalism thinks of itself as uniquely excellent. It is more illuminating to think of it as uniquely awful. Few European countries have newspapers that are as partisan, misleading and confrontational as some of the over mighty titles in this coun...

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Just passing on an internet meme a colleague shared with me at work today.

‘If a tree falls in the woods and the BBC is not there to record it, is it still Jeremy Corbyn’s fault?’

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With respect,several examples above about how view,points,etc have been pounced on,as "evidence".In the fabricated world of black and white,no nuance is allowed. But politicians know that nuances can be taken the wrong way...My only contention is that he's been in the game long enough to ...

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Back and Front Stabbing tactics.jpg Can we expect the BBC to pick up on this and question every Tory they interview about it for the next week? Or invite Fallon in to give one of his thunderous explanations of how dangerous people willing to stab other people in their party are .... especially if t...

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It would be a "very dangerous experiment" for the UK to give Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn power, Tony Blair has told the BBC's This Week's World. The former Labour prime minister said the centre ground needed to work out how to recover and get "its mojo back". He also said he had...

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citizenJA wrote:
Tubby Isaacs wrote:
citizenJA wrote:
Like his first budget then!
Yes, my first thought. No, Chancellor Jeff, you broke the peoples' economy, Tory tosser. I accept I've engaged in childish name-calling.

Sometimes, 'childish name-calling' is the only sane and proper thing to do. Identify things by their correct labels.

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ohsocynical wrote:If as juicy as promised, it's worth repeating

We can but hope.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:"Dear Firstname" - whoops

I was about to bring that up myself.

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My dad is saying similar. I genuinely don't get why people dislike him so viscerally, tbh - its not like Fergie, all time great that he was, wasn't a prat on occasion. I'm optimistic enough to think he knows what is expected of him at United. Maybe I am wrong in that, time alone will tell. If you c...

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Looks like it was indeed LvG's last game as manager. Fitting way for him to bow out if so, despite his flaws - we have won something post SAF and that is *big* 8-) No tears over LVG going, would relish it. But that all depends on who replaces him. As long as it's not Mourinho... Well, looks like it...

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Iain Duncan Smith has likened his former Cabinet colleague George Osborne to Pinocchio after the Chancellor claimed house prices will slump if the UK leaves the European Union. http://www.lbc.co.uk/ids-calls-osborne-pinocchio-over-brexit-claim-130912 Oh God. Who's running the country? Prominent mem...

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Mr Riots - 'At last they've bloody won something. And then they had to go to extra time.' He's definitely not yet back in full adulation rosy glow mode. Neither am I. Much to fault as a game and ateam performance, despite the flashes of quality. But this is The Cup, and we have a share in our recor...

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Mr Riots - 'At last they've bloody won something. And then they had to go to extra time.' He's definitely not yet back in full adulation rosy glow mode. Neither am I. Much to fault as a game and ateam performance, despite the flashes of quality. But this is The Cup, and we have a share in our recor...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:@mbc1955

I didn't have you down as a cream cheese loving bloke. You have not disappointed.

I have a soft spot for camembert, which I indulge only occasionally.

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I hate peanut butter even more! Cream cheese? How about a coffee, tea or a nice sherry? A baked good? Sweet or savoury? My spouse thinks I'm weird for munching celery - he uses it in cooking only. Cream cheese makes it 0 for 3, but I do drink coffee, tea on rare occasions and prefer a lager and lim...

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citizenJA wrote:
mbc1955 wrote:
citizenJA wrote:(cJA edit)

Celery an exotic? It's as essential as onion. It's inexpensive and nutritious. The flavour in stews is wonderful. I eat it raw too.
Can't stand celery. Especially raw.
Not even with peanut butter on top?

I hate peanut butter even more!

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I think you must have a very different kind of Co-op from ours. A couple of years back I was told that celery - yes, *celery* - was an exotic and unusual vegetable when I asked why it had disappeared from their shelves - along with quite a lot of other items. The manager told me they weren't going ...

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£4 Million down the swanee......and another £75 Million.... DWP paid Concentrix £75 Million to check that single parents on benefits really are single. So far, 93% of the single parents really are single. The status of the remaining 7% is unconfirmed. AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!!! But just you wait! As soo...

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Paul Waugh ‏@paulwaugh 5m5 minutes ago 25 Tory Brexit MPs to join Lab on amendmnt to QSpeech, to exempt NHS from TTIP. Last time Govt defeated on QS was 1924: PM Baldwin resigned Wonder who is on that list of 25. Does it include Sarah Wollaston? Thanks for the quote. I've been feeling seriously dep...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:Even when Jeremy Hunt is trying to be emollient and not say anything nasty - I still find him repellent and, well, nasty.

Cyndi Lauper: "And I see your true colours shining through..."

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(cJA edit) You never know Life gets interesting sometimes All kinds of changes happen But we live in a world where justice is only ever that poetic in fiction. We are all here just a short time and what we leave the world is ours to author I've made mistakes and I've known what it is to repent, suf...

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citizenJA wrote:
howsillyofme1 wrote:He is never going to be hungry, poor, cold, scared, worried...
(cJA edit)

You never know
Life gets interesting sometimes
All kinds of changes happen

But we live in a world where justice is only ever that poetic in fiction.

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Crikey. Deliberate or are there a lot of people that don't know how to vote correctly? I was dismayed Adamson wasn't elected for Staffordshire PCC and needed a week to sort out disappointment. I've not spoken to party members (other than my spouse) yet but I need to know what the number of 'unmarke...

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Good... Well, morning anyway.

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Motive force for him to do get to the White House and do what once there? That's one question. I'm sure you're right that he's using his popular support for his own ends, but if Trump initially fails to deliver, and he almost certainly will, what then? Trump ups his rhetoric, and/or some of his gra...

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Well, she would, wouldn't she?

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In total, so far, Channel4 has identified 33 Tory MPs whose constituencies are linked to £200,000 of "undeclared expenditure". Of those, 13 cases are now being investigated by 11 police forces. While OGRPPFGTCC is showing his arrogance and ignorance by - so far - refusing to congratulate ...

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mbc1955 - well, yes.... What the commentariat is not saying (and I do not believe for a nanosecond that they're too thick to realise it) is that if Labour had won 400 more seats as that eejit Kendall suggested, most of those would have had to come from the Tories - which would effectively have wipe...

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mbc1955 - well, yes.... What the commentariat is not saying (and I do not believe for a nanosecond that they're too thick to realise it) is that if Labour had won 400 more seats as that eejit Kendall suggested, most of those would have had to come from the Tories - which would effectively have wipe...

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1995 - Blair's first local elections as leader - 46% of councillors won. Described by the BBC as "a landslide". 2006 - Cameron's first local elections as leader - 41%. BBC: "The best Tory result for years". 2012 - Miliband's first local elections as leader - 2,159 councillors, c...

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I would disagree and agree with you. I would agree that Oona King wouldn’t have beaten Boris Johnson. Saying that, it should have been abundantly clear that when Livingstone lost to Boris the first time, despite London mostly being a Labour city, that was the cue not to stand again against Boris. L...

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Indeed, this is where Labour needs to be more ruthless and absolutely not apologise for picking a candidate who can win, even if that results in some internal upsets. Better to be in power with the ability to bring social justice to the masses, rather than sniping in opposition. Though it is doubtf...

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HuffPost UK ‏@HuffPostUK 2m2 minutes ago .@KTHopkins says she WILL run naked through London with Halal sausage up her bum http://huff.to/1SX0S1h" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Usual offensive tweets from her following Khan's win. This is bad, very bad. Someone's bound to t...

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yahyah wrote:Gani's confirmed he is taking legal action against Fallon.

Like OhSo, I'll happily donate to a legal fund.

Yesssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Does anyone know if Khan is planning to stay on as an MP?
Almost certainly not, a by-election as soon as 9 June has been rumoured.

Which has already been described as a disaster for Corbyn.

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A spokesperson for Fallon told London radio station LBC the defence secretary was quoting BBC presenter Neil. “Michael was quoting Andrew Neil. He was unaware of the clarification the BBC had issued on Neil’s words. He is happy to put the record straight on that,” the spokesperson said. When asked ...

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I've just watched the announcement, and the speeches by Sadiq Khan and Zac Goldsmith. One about hope rather than fear, about the inclusivity of everyone, about candidates and teams contributing to the entire election. One about his team, his campaign, his manifesto, his disappointment and what Boris...

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Morning all, and congratulations to those who did sterling service throughout the night. My local Council is still NOC, but my vote has clearly helped a little as Labour have gained one, Lib Dems lost two to level at 22 seats each, the other loss going to the blue bastards who have 14 (others 5, unc...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:
Andrew Gwynne MP ✔ ‎@GwynneMP
Well I've arrived at Stockport Town Hall for the Count to find that LibDem Councillor Stuart Bodsworth defected to Labour at 10.01pm!
Glad to get off to a humorous start - might well need that in reserve as the night progresses.

Hey, that's my MP there!

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Have we seen this? Last poll, fieldwork finished yesterday. KHAN 43%, GOLDSMITH 32%, WHITTLE 7%, BERRY 7%, PIDGEON 6%; Second round: KHAN 57%, GOLDSMITH 43% By comparison the 2012 was 51.53 vs 48.47 in favour of Boris - not as convincing a win as I'd remembered it to be. If and when Sadiq gets in d...

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I should also like to proffer everyone on FTN a profound apology. Not for the quality of my contributions, either generally or specifically (although I am sure that they frequently dip below the acceptable quality quotient), but for my strident and entirely wrong-headed posts last year, dismissing t...

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Evening all. I have been going through an extended bout of the can't-be-bothered-to-do-a-thing depression for most of the year to date, but fought with myself to get up the fifteen minutes early to walk to the Polling Station and vote. I figured that, just as with the GE last year, it wasn't a case ...

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So you don't have to go there ... SENIOR Labour MPs believe they have persuaded party grandee Dame Margaret Hodge to stand against Jeremy Corbyn to spark a leadership contest. They want the veteran Labour MP to be the stalking horse who begins the toppling of the hard-Left leader. The plotters are ...

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Unbelievable.

Gloriously, brilliantly, hopefully unbelievable.

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re the Goldsmith article which TY retweeted (and now deleted). The subsequent conversations are still there though. Toby Young Hits Rock Bottom http://zelo-street.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/toby-young-hits-rock-bottom.html?m=1 I have now reached the point where, if a Tory told me that it was raining, I...

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London Mayoral election: Zac Goldsmith has 'mountain to climb' as Sadiq Khan stretches lead in poll http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayoral-election-zac-goldsmith-has-mountain-to-climb-as-sadiq-khan-stretches-poll-lead-a3230406.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return f...

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It (J McG's Hillsboro) is difficult to watch, but that is how it should be. Even if you don't agree with the "case" in every detail, it is an exceptional piece of drama. I agree with the case. I watched it first time because I had to, because I believed in it, because I can no more forget...

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Just read that very moving piece in the Observer by a Hillsborough survivor ... that's come after hearing a bit of the repeated Reunion with Hillsborough families on Radio 4 this morning which almost had me in tears. And then they are repeating Jimmy McGovern's 'Hillsborough' on ITV tonight - and I...

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Here's the humour bath for the day .... What Dominiczak did get right was that those looking to destabilise Corbyn are trying to frame the issue not merely as right versus left, or indeed as anything personal (although, of course, it is exactly that), but as “Labour needs strong leadership”. The me...

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