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- Sat 25 May, 2024 10:20 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Bank Holiday Weekend 25 to27 May 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 42
Re: Bank Holiday Weekend 25 to27 May 2024
Stopped clock and all that, even *unt isn't wrong about everything. Workers lose £1 of their tax-free personal allowance for every £2 their earnings rise above £100,000, and anyone on more than £125,140 gets no allowance. Hunt used an interview with the Daily Telegraph to dangle the prospect of a ch...
- Sat 25 May, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Bank Holiday Weekend 25 to27 May 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 42
Re: Bank Holiday Weekend 25 to27 May 2024
Bim Afolami isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
- Sat 25 May, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Bank Holiday Weekend 25 to27 May 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 42
Re: Bank Holiday Weekend 25 to27 May 2024
Yes, this 'stability' Starmer & Reeves bang on about sounds to us like more of the same, which won't easily buy him a second term. Their answer to the question Aditya poses above would be how that 'stability' will lead to economic growth and therefore higher govt revenues. Good luck with that. O...
- Fri 24 May, 2024 10:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 24th May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 126
Re: Friday 24th May 2024
Hear hear.
- Fri 24 May, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 24th May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 126
- Fri 24 May, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 24th May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 126
- Fri 24 May, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 24th May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 126
- Fri 24 May, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 24th May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 126
Re: Friday 24th May 2024
Thanks to sky for the QT review, and refit for the clip of that poor chap speaking for many of us. sky wrote I have some sympathy for Labour's position, without 'seeing the books' they've absolutely no idea what's possible I have no sympathy for them at all. They're pinning it all on economic growth...
- Thu 23 May, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 23rd May 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 201
- Thu 23 May, 2024 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 23rd May 2024
- Replies: 33
- Views: 201
Re: Thursday 23rd May 2024
from the G. 'George Osborne, the Conservative former chancellor, has claimed that Rishi Sunak decided to call a summer election after the local elections at the start of this month. Discussing the announcement on his Political Currency podcast, which he co-hosts with Ed Balls, the former Labour shad...
- Wed 22 May, 2024 6:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 182
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
I really don't understand why he's done it. All that fuss and nonsense about the Rwanda flights and he's calling an election before they even get off the ground. It's weird. They know more than we do about what's coming down the track in the next 3 months. Something they won't be able to gloss over...
- Wed 22 May, 2024 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 182
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Lewis Goodall tweeted he was sure it wouldn't be today because of the weather.RogerOThornhill wrote: ↑Wed 22 May, 2024 5:31 pm He was getting a little wet out there...did nobody look at the weather and think maybe this isn't the best place to do this?
Standing there in the pouring rain while some wag blasts out D:Ream is peak Sunak imo.
- Wed 22 May, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 182
Re: Wednesday 22nd May 2024
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6fdfa1b1ad047ba833773e2f3615c56eaaea049f/0_0_1512_746/master/1512.jpg?width=1900&dpr=1&s=none The first and third of these are tricky, but the rest could be solved by throwing money at them. IMO that's what they'll do, but only after a miserable 2-3 years of '...
- Thu 16 May, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 16th May 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 138
Re: Thursday 16th May 2024
'drearily adenoidal'
- Sun 12 May, 2024 6:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
- Replies: 29
- Views: 342
Re: Weekend 11th and 12th of May 2024
Hi refit, hope you're having a good holiday.
Plenty of reports on Xitter of people who wouldn't usually watch Eurovision voting for israel, it's not exactly a scientific survey.
I didn't watch much of it but confess to liking the winner.
Plenty of reports on Xitter of people who wouldn't usually watch Eurovision voting for israel, it's not exactly a scientific survey.
I didn't watch much of it but confess to liking the winner.
- Fri 10 May, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday the 10th of May 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 122
Re: Friday the 10th of May 2024
Thanks for opening up, frog. Thanks to sky for the QT review, I found the spectacle of Blakeley and Nandy bickering rather unedifying. How depressing that notionally they're on the same side, Labour are transforming into New Conservatives in front of our eyes, and will no doubt sweep all before them...
- Tue 07 May, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 7th May 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 326
- Mon 06 May, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: May Bank Holiday Weekend
- Replies: 60
- Views: 1125
- Mon 06 May, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: May Bank Holiday Weekend
- Replies: 60
- Views: 1125
Re: May Bank Holiday Weekend
Annoyingly it did go well for TB, he sold his soul for a very generous and comfortable mess of pottage.Sky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Sun 05 May, 2024 11:52 pm Let's have a think about when that last happened...Oh yeah it was Blair kissing the arse of a Republican President while defying the expressed wishes of the United Nations.
That went well.
- Mon 06 May, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: May Bank Holiday Weekend
- Replies: 60
- Views: 1125
- Sun 05 May, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: May Bank Holiday Weekend
- Replies: 60
- Views: 1125
Re: May Bank Holiday Weekend
Conservative Home. Goodbyeee these elections have only confirmed that the Conservatives are heading for the electoral equivalent of the Chicxulub asteroid impact (except this time one or two dinosaurs might survive). Ignore the vote shares, Holden’s Comical Ali routine, and Sunak’s desperate smiles.
- Fri 03 May, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 3rd May 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 473
Re: Friday 3rd May 2024
In the 6.50am slot the Today programme interviewed Vijay Rangarajan, chief executive of the Electoral Commission, to ask him about the impact of the photo ID requirement for voters and he claimed that the new rule did not create “any major problems”. 'An awful lot of people had brought it'. Anybody...
- Thu 02 May, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 2nd May 2024
- Replies: 27
- Views: 976
Re: Thursday 2nd May 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/may/02/local-elections-2024-latest-results-live-tory-conservative-labour-lib-dem-green-south-blackpool-mayor-london-west-midlands-tees-valley 12.30am: Broxbourne 1.30am: Hartlepool, Rochford, Sunderland 2am: Bolton, Gosport, Ipswich, Newcastle upon Tyne...
- Thu 02 May, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 2nd May 2024
- Replies: 27
- Views: 976
- Thu 02 May, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 2nd May 2024
- Replies: 27
- Views: 976
Re: Thursday 2nd May 2024
This guy would never get a job here in the first place, he's superb.
- Wed 01 May, 2024 11:46 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 1st May 2024
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1236
Re: Monday 1st May 2024
It's Wednesday?
- Tue 30 Apr, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 30th April 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2046
Re: Tuesday 30th April 2024
We live about 10 miles from the Teesside boundary and are voting for the new York & North Yorkshire mayor, which nobody wants. Anyway, the only election info we've received is a booklet with our postal voting papers, which has a page for each of the candidates, perhaps because it's a new post. W...
- Tue 30 Apr, 2024 10:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 30th April 2024
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2046
Re: Tuesday 30th April 2024
Re Tees Valley Mayor. https://twitter.com/TeesVMonitor/status/1785226669118173282 I think this is right, when Labour chose their candidate they assumed Houchen was unbeatable. As TVM says: The election is a rare opportunity to bring the wider issues of Houchen's mismanagement of TVCA to public atten...
- Fri 26 Apr, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 26th April 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6622
Re: Friday 26th April 2024
It's been pointed out manymany times but just across a few miles of salty water even our Right governments implement Corbyn/McDonnell - style policies that are either treated as extreme or ignored your side . One major one is hiking tax thresholds yearly to take account of inflation (Last 4.7%), an...
- Fri 26 Apr, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 26th April 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6622
Re: Friday 26th April 2024
Thanks for the QT review, sky.
Victor Adebowale was indeed splendid, I think he's been on before but I recall him being rather more circumspect.
Maybe he's emboldened by the tories imminent loss of power over the NHS.
Victor Adebowale was indeed splendid, I think he's been on before but I recall him being rather more circumspect.
Maybe he's emboldened by the tories imminent loss of power over the NHS.
- Fri 26 Apr, 2024 10:10 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 26th April 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6622
Re: Friday 26th April 2024
Flying rodent has hit the nail on the head there.
Margaret Hodge has no shame at all.
Margaret Hodge has no shame at all.
- Fri 26 Apr, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 26th April 2024
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6622
Re: Friday 26th April 2024
Finally I really must look up 'Centrist dad' which is obviously an insult, gilsey to Notnow on Steve Richards . It certainly wasn't meant as an insult to notnowsonny, or even Steve Richards, who is far from being the worst offender. Just that there's plenty of them for QT to choose from. Let us kno...
- Thu 25 Apr, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 25th April 2024
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7474
Re: Thursday 25th April 2024
I'm deeply interested how the BBC will cope with Labour getting in (if, of course they do win come October or whenever Sunak graciously allows us to vote) as far as filling the Politics Live panel and others of that type. This one was Tory, Labour, LibDem, and Hard Right Journalist, a set up typica...
- Thu 18 Apr, 2024 10:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 18th April 2024
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5907
Re: Thursday 18th April 2024
* First holiday for four years , something to do with covid ? I know it would for me if it involved public transport . First overseas, initially due to the pandemic but since then Mr gilsey's been 'under the doctor', no real complaints about his treatment except that the NHS is rubbish at telling y...
- Wed 17 Apr, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 17th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4676
Re: Wednesday 17th April 2024
Sad news from ephe.
It's my SIL's funeral today and we're not there because we're abroad on hols for the first time in 4 years, I don't think she'd have wanted us to cancel it.
Mr gilsey is feeling a bit discomfited, but they weren't very close and she'd been unwell for a while.
Hasta la vista.
It's my SIL's funeral today and we're not there because we're abroad on hols for the first time in 4 years, I don't think she'd have wanted us to cancel it.
Mr gilsey is feeling a bit discomfited, but they weren't very close and she'd been unwell for a while.
Hasta la vista.
- Fri 12 Apr, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3974
- Fri 12 Apr, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3974
Re: Friday 12th April 2024
Ben Bernanke’s report into the Bank of England’s forecasting is measured but still quietly devastating, our economics editor Larry Elliott writes: The Bank of England has got markedly worse at forecasting the economy in recent years. Its economic model is faulty. Its systems are out of date. It has...
- Fri 12 Apr, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3974
Re: Friday 12th April 2024
Yes, and they're both wrong.
- Mon 08 Apr, 2024 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 8th April 2024
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2615
Re: Monday 8th April 2024
Certain people seem puzzled why the Rayner "story" isn't "getting more traction". Isn't one important reason that not that many actually properly understand it?? SOFT CUSHIONS!! I'd guess most understand that it's peanuts, compared with, say, Michelle Mone. Or even Johnson's wal...
- Thu 04 Apr, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th April 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2545
Re: Thursday 4th April 2024
Alan Duncan telling it like it is.
- Wed 03 Apr, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2066
Re: Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Ah so this is how the Israelis have managed to murder civilians with such speed and in such numbers that since WWII the only conflict to exceed their bloodthirsty efficiency is the Rwandan genocide. What a truly sickening and terrifying read. How anyone could defend this inhuman barbarity is comple...
- Tue 02 Apr, 2024 11:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2751
Re: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
I recall chilly weather in August being called 'backend-ish', hadn't noticed it had fallen out of use until you mentioned it.Sky'sGoneOut wrote: ↑Tue 02 Apr, 2024 10:44 pm
There's a few other interesting bits and bobs in there. I've certainly never heard the word 'backend' used for 'Autumn'
- Tue 02 Apr, 2024 10:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2751
Re: Tuesday 2nd April 2024
The correct answer.
- Mon 01 Apr, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Easter Weekend - Good Friday to Easter Monday
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2492
Re: Easter Weekend - Good Friday to Easter Monday
Happy birthday to sky, refit's dad and AK's mum.
- Sun 31 Mar, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Easter Weekend - Good Friday to Easter Monday
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2492
- Sat 30 Mar, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Easter Weekend - Good Friday to Easter Monday
- Replies: 47
- Views: 2492
Re: Easter Weekend - Good Friday to Easter Monday
Good morning.
Someone should explain why nationalising a bankrupt company costs billions of pounds.
Someone should explain why nationalising a bankrupt company costs billions of pounds.
- Thu 28 Mar, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th March 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3161
Re: Thursday 28th March 2024
Went to check out the QT panel for this evening and of course it's not on because of the Easter recess. It's not back until the 18'th of April apparently. Did anyone watch it last week? Watched a bit of it, only because it was from Middlesbrough. Apparently Rod Liddle is from Teesside, which presum...
- Thu 28 Mar, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th March 2024
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3161
- Wed 27 Mar, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th March 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2347
- Wed 27 Mar, 2024 10:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th March 2024
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2347
Re: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Good morning.