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During a recent sobremesa with Lady R-M, her ladyship vehemently denied that Cameron had verschlimmbesserned the Tory meltdown with his cynical desenrascanco that boiled down to nothing more than Eton votes for English Laws. After what happened to Pappa during the War, when all our Von Moggreiser r...

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Making DLA taxable,but promises to increase payments to poorer claimants.He's an arse. Ie it counts as taxable income. Surely that can only work in households where there is another income, such as private pension and tories are known never to hit pensioners? I'm not doubting you, just wondering ho...

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Sorry don't understand. He's increasing payments? But then going to tax them? Will that affect many? Making DLA taxable,but promises to increase payments to poorer claimants.He's an arse. Ie it counts as taxable income. Surely that can only work in households where there is another income, such as ...

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Etymology of Rees-Moggie The name Reese derives from the Welsh “Rhys” meaning “ardor.” The name is also associated with meaning “zealous” or “enthusiasm.” Rhys was the name of various Welsh rulers. http://wiki.name.com/en/Reese" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; rees moggie.jp...

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Huh! The nearest I got to the salt was behind the green baize door. And your pappa wouldn't let me stay on as a below the stairs maid when I married the bootboy. Ever so rude he was when we asked his permission. We was out of the door so quick it made our heads spin. Still, it was all for the best....

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tinyclanger2 wrote:Lady R-M. Do you have to hand an etymology for the family name?

No. But I'm sure you could write one for me.....

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Thanks everyone for all the help with my avatar yesterday,it has taken me till this morning to figure it out,so thanks again. Glad you made it. I have a better photo in Picasa but it won't transfer to or work with other apps. I think it would if I wanted to let Google have my photo files, but I don...

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Sorry to contradict your ladyship, but is that really the correct meaning of the word "farage"? The comedian Mark Thomas (a member of the working classes, so you may not be familiar with his work) decided upon this definition during the course of one of his radio broadcasts (Voted for as ...

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I might join you there - have you got a link to it ? I feel a little rage might just warm me through - very chilly here this am. :fire: Ooo feeling warmer already Liberal Democrats @LibDems I'm dimayray. Resisting any sort of heating at present. The longer I can go, the more we can keep warm when i...

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http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-car-coat.htm Car coats are outwear which were originally designed for driving in open cars, which could get cold in the evening or at high rates of speed. They often also have a stylish flair , so that a dashing motorist could step out of a vehicle looking fashiona...

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There was a bit of traffic yesterday around Ivan Cameron...so, like a scratched record, I'll link these again... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2094805/Why-does-David-Cameron-insist-disability-cuts-sickened-party.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/disabled-charity-that-h...

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This has nothing to do with politics. We've had to take one of the dogs to the vets today ... weeing in her bed at night and drinking an awful lot. (Think she'll be OK - not clear what it is yet - but we're hoping it's not serious and we won't be taking an incontinent dog with us when we do our ver...

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Thank you for the avatar-shrinking links folks - I am now avatared.

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Jarlath O'Brien ‏@JarlathOBrien 10m10 minutes ago You're a fickle bunch. Tweet that I've been within touching distance of Michael Gove and get a raft of unfollowers. He's not the Ebola virus All together now. Oh yes he is :sick: Noooooo!!!!!! Ebola is a haemorrhagic fever which is frequently fatal,...

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I'm pleased that we've got new posters here - rather than the spambots we've been getting - but I get a horrible feeling that the political antennae of the newest posters isn't quite as sharply developed as some of the more established contributors. Hi Ernst, I know I'm a relative newcomer here and...

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http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2014/10/minister-insists-dwp-is-right-to-ignore-reports-of-deaths-linked-to-benefits minister-insists-dwp-is-right-to-ignore-reports-of-deaths-linked-to-benefits Mark Harper is worse - if such a thing is possible - than Miller and McVey combined. They at least attem...

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[quote="NickRobinson] Well, I think we've just learned something very important from that interview with Jacobia Rees Moggy, and that's that we can no longer regard the Tories as the party solely of the rich. The party of David Cameron can now be seen to be attracting support from right across ...

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Back to normal now the LSD's worn off...... My hero for today - Chris Leslie. He has written to that nice Mr.Dilnot at the UK Statistics Authority to clarify Our Glorious Ronsealed Leader's assertion in his speech that Britain is "paying down it's debts". Mr.Dilnot has informed Mr.Leslie t...

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I'm pleased that we've got new posters here - rather than the spambots we've been getting - but I get a horrible feeling that the political antennae of the newest posters isn't quite as sharply developed as some of the more established contributors. How can you be so dismissive, Ernst? I am suffici...

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Good afternoon, everyone. 1. Re - rapid rebuttal. There is absolutely no need for Labour to do this. On the tax cuts, the Economist, the IFS, the Times, and various other worthy organs have done the job. Nobody is impressed. Joshua Rosenberg and Dominic Grieve have done likewise with the ECHR nonsen...

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The article on the G about this is getting a lot of comments - some are OK. However, I have seen several posts which state that the late Alice Gross was a victim of human rights gone mad and it would seem that the man the police are said to be looking for (and who remains unfound, unquestioned, unch...

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But 18 really. Honest.

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Well thank you very much Ephemerid. Yet more great ideas. Perhaps FTN is missing a recipe thread - we'd have to have some political elements in them though (might be fun). Like the sound of the cucumber soup in particular.[/quote] Also - if you make muffins with fruit or carrot cake/buns, you can re...

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Mr Riots was served the quickest vegetable stir fry in history - in which courgettes were the central feature - heavily spiced up with ginger, garlic and all the rest. Gobbled down. I will be trying out the FTN recipe suggestions in the very near future - courgettes are still romping away in the gr...

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I don't think those social security cuts are serious, are they? Political trap again. Osborne and Alexander haven't tried anything like that ambitious so far. Yes they are absolutely serious and have been talking about it for some time. They will implement this if they get in next time - £3,000 PA ...

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I sat and watched IDS from start to finish, with my little notebook......he told 25 great big fat porkie pies. Yes, 25 deliberate falsehoods. Those lies were mainly to do with figures, although there were a few on procedural stuff; this demonstrates, and not for the first time, that he is a liar who...

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You are all very kind. When I said on AS's blog last week that I wouldn't be posting much, I had some lovely comments from people. It's nice to be appreciated, but the fact is that I learn more from reading contributions there than I impart. Today, I am mostly incensed that the whole thing is in the...

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Osborne is a slimy git and lots more besides which I will desist from articulating as the profanity involved might get me banned..... The hairdo gets weirder.....will we be treated to another speech full of strangulated attempts at Estuary English, I wonder? So - Osborne is fiddling about with pensi...

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Morning all. A big thanks to LadyCentauria for copying over a whole load of stuff from the old site. :clap: :clap: :clap: Well done! :clap: I tried to do some but for some reason I can't get the hang of pasting things. I'm such a Luddite..... I've never got the hang of links, either. Useless.

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Thank you - I'd offer but I have no idea what to do. Some of them are a bit out of date, though. Perhaps it might be an idea to ask everyone if they want them or not? Maybe it might be better to do a little precis of the changes so far (I could do it when I get some time) rather than have some poor...

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Hello everyone. I asked yesterday about all the posts from the W&B section, and whether we could have some of them here. Can anyone help? They need to be copied over one by one (we can't copy them all at once). I'll see what I can do, if anyone else can help it would be appreciated. Thank you -...

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Hello everyone. I asked yesterday about all the posts from the W&B section, and whether we could have some of them here. Can anyone help? In one of them, I talked about "Mission Creep" - and Lo! It came to pass.... Clearly not enough poor people have been cleansed from London. So now t...

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Link to the paisley jimjams storey http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-minister-brooks-newmark-quits-4335398" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Question Did he contact him, and is him male or female ? read it twice now and still not sure Confusing, isn't it? The first &q...

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1. "Recovering" is the word - but I only get annoyed when references to being pissed/stoned are pejorative - it's more than OK to say that the reckless Reckless was pissed when he was......although I'm not sure how one can tell. He is very very weird. 2. In the Welfare and Benefits section...

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Thanks for the comments - I've had some lovely ones on the G, and it's very nice to be appreciated. But - and you're all right on this - good people are going because of the atmosphere generally and certain poster in particular. I am sick of reporting trolls to find that their posts stay when perfec...

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Good morning all. I've just posted my (hopefully temporary) farewell to Andrew Sparrow on his blog. I imagine the comment won't stay for long, so if you want to see it, best to look now. Such a shame. I'll miss it. But the banter has changed, thanks to certain individuals, and it's not a pleasant pl...

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Well, that is me and the Guardian finished but, annoyingly, the decision has been forced upon me. It seems Rusty was so annoyed at me owning his arse everytime that he has taken to stalking me on Twitter; the conversation I had with Andrew earlier has been referenced in two of his replies to Roger ...

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I've just been out for an hour delivering Labour leaflets introducing our PPC Matthew Dorrance. It's the last place on my list - a new-ish small estate of "executive homes" which sell for about £400,000 to anyone daft enough to buy one. I saw lots and lots of swanky motors (the residents a...

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Morning all. Labour lead at 6 points on Yougov: Latest YouGov / The Sun results 23rd Sept - Con 31%, ( -2 ) Lab 37%, ( +2 ) LD 7%, (no change) UKIP 15%; ( +1 ) APP -23 ( -2 ) Morning Dan and all. DWP breaking it's own rules again. This time, it's Shirebrook Jobcentre in Derbyshire - who are sending...

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Good morning everyone. I have been reading the transcript of the speech given to Conference yesterday by Rachel Reeves. I am deeply unimpressed. She has a little list of what the coalition is doing wrong. Well done, Rachel. There is nothing in it that we haven't heard before. The "Six Steps&quo...

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Sounds like goodstuff from Rachel Reeves (from AS): [Reeves] dismissed Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, as “a man with his own special Midas touch - everything he touches turns into a complete and utter shambles”. Universal Credit – stuck in first gear. Work Capability Assessment...

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I'll certainly give you Martin. Felt slightly smug last night when he started following me on Twitter. :-) Obsequiousness, they name is TGS! Seriously, it was informing Cartoonist Sir Rowson that his cat has staff (ie. he) to do the work that did it. Being a dog person myself (and sadly currently l...

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Seamus Milne is good. Polleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! And Owen. Patrick Butler. Shiv Malik. Randeep Ramesh. Aditya Chakraborrty. Hugh Muir. It's not as bad as it seems when you compare it to the Torygraph or the Indy. And if all else fails...Martin Rowson. Upon whom I have a severe if not terminal gir...

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Saw a post on UKPR which made a good point about CallMe's proposed constitutional changes. At present, if the Scots would like a Tory Government to run the economy and a Labour one to run the NHS, they can. Why shouldn't the English be afforded the same opportunity? Under Cameron's plans we'd have ...

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Seamus Milne is good. Polleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! And Owen. Patrick Butler. Shiv Malik. Randeep Ramesh. Aditya Chakraborrty. Hugh Muir. It's not as bad as it seems when you compare it to the Torygraph or the Indy. And if all else fails...Martin Rowson. Upon whom I have a severe if not terminal gir...

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Ed Balls - you ARE the weakest link. Goodbye. I wish. I really think he should be moved. I actually quite like him as a man but he's doing Labour no favours. Reeves is a bean-counter by trade. Umunna understands business. Why not them, if Labour insist on neo-liberal policies? I just don't understan...

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Is it just me or does Ed's wife remind anyone else of Amanda Burton? It might be just you...... Justine Thornton/Miliband is a very attractive and expressive woman. Amanda Burton is a bit of a plank. I couldn't bear her in Silent Witless. So wooden, I had to turn the telly off. (It's still a pretty...

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Hmm, that's not a resurrection of 'MrsHappy' is it? Not having been in Guardianland very much over the last year, what's the issue with modding now? Or is it the same old lefties getting moderated under severe provocation, while Tories and trolls spread their bile with impunity? Could be MrsHappy b...

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New post on Welfare news Service. Work programme this time. 13.8% of all JSA participants who have completed the full 2 years had a minimum of 6 months work. 9.5% of all ESA WRAG claimants who complete the full 2 years had a minimum of 3 months work. What work they get is not long term or sustainabl...

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New post on Johnny Void. It's about the new psychological testing for all (yes, eventually, all) new JSA claimants, which Fester McVile announced the other week. The tests will conducted by jobcentre staff allegedly. They will last .... a few minutes. The Void has a link to the PCS website, where th...

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