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by gilsey
Thu 28 Mar, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 28th March 2024
Replies: 11
Views: 97

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...
by gilsey
Thu 28 Mar, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 28th March 2024
Replies: 11
Views: 97

Re: Thursday 28th March 2024

by gilsey
Wed 27 Mar, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Replies: 11
Views: 120

Re: Wednesday 27th March 2024

frog222 wrote: Wed 27 Mar, 2024 1:22 pm 14.10 WATO — Feargal Sharkey on fire !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On C4 news as well, although KGM didn't feel the need to argue with him like Montague did.
by gilsey
Wed 27 Mar, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Replies: 11
Views: 120

Re: Wednesday 27th March 2024

Good morning.


by gilsey
Tue 19 Mar, 2024 4:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 246

Re: Tuesday 19th March 2024

Do the clowns advising Starmer and Reeves not realise just how downright offensive it is to have this ret-conned Thatcherism jammed down our throats as if we're all too stupid to remember just how awful it was? This. Of course there are many people who aren't old enough to remember what it was like...
by gilsey
Tue 19 Mar, 2024 10:08 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 19th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 246

Re: Tuesday 19th March 2024

Good morning. Reeves going to inspire the Labour base again today? She'd rather get on the front page of the Telegraph. They don't seem to realise the job's done, there are no floating voters left. https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/1769896561872441370 https://twitter.com/alexnunns/status/17698965...
by gilsey
Mon 18 Mar, 2024 10:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 18th March 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 244

Re: Monday 18th March 2024

AnatolyKasparov wrote: Mon 18 Mar, 2024 4:12 pm Labour is generally not in favour, dismissing them as fundamentally gimmicks with few positive features.
Bit more than a gimmick.

by gilsey
Mon 18 Mar, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 18th March 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 244

Re: Monday 18th March 2024

Whitby today

by gilsey
Sat 16 Mar, 2024 10:18 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024
Replies: 28
Views: 458

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th March 2024

Good morning, sunny here for a change.


by gilsey
Fri 15 Mar, 2024 10:12 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 15th March 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 236

Re: Friday 15th March 2024

Thanks for the QT review, sky.

I gave it a swerve because of Mad Mel.
Flynn is always good value and pleased to hear Hazarika was sticking up for Abbott, as you say she's not exactly a voice of the left.
by gilsey
Thu 14 Mar, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 14th March 2024
Replies: 17
Views: 318

Re: Thursday 14th March 2024

AnatolyKasparov wrote: Thu 14 Mar, 2024 6:43 pm It is being claimed that Sunak has said there will *not* be a May GE, in an interview on regional TV.
He did say it, but we don't believe most things he says, so
by gilsey
Wed 06 Mar, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 6th March 2024
Replies: 4
Views: 186

Re: Wednesday 6th March 2024

It cost taxpayers £15,000 to cover damages to an academic science secretary Michelle Donelan had falsely accused of supporting Hamas, her department has said.
Smashing.
by gilsey
Tue 05 Mar, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 5th Marh 2024
Replies: 9
Views: 229

Re: Tuesday 5th Marh 2024

Not sure arguing with Lewis Goodall on twitter is a good look for Mikey.




400 replies and counting...
by gilsey
Mon 04 Mar, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 4th March 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 259

Re: Monday 4th March 2024

Good morning.



'Ominous' may turn out to be the understatement of the year.
by gilsey
Sat 02 Mar, 2024 10:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March 2024
Replies: 24
Views: 470

Re: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March 2024

But Labour are only promising to bring more private provision into the NHS, I've not seen anything about improving the finances of people who aren't already very rich, their 'commitment' to tackling climate change is diminishing by day, if you're LGBTQ+ they seem pretty sanguine about one of their ...
by gilsey
Sat 02 Mar, 2024 10:30 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March 2024
Replies: 24
Views: 470

Re: Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd March 2024

Good morning.




Definitely not a sign of genius.
by gilsey
Fri 01 Mar, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 1st March 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 212

Re: Friday 1st March 2024

by gilsey
Fri 01 Mar, 2024 10:51 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 1st March 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 212

Re: Friday 1st March 2024

Good morning.


Thanks for the QT commentary, sky.

I agree with Caroline Lucas.


Also, Lucas and Warsi on the same programme? What were the BBC thinking. Robbie Gibb'll be having a word.
by gilsey
Wed 28 Feb, 2024 10:31 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 28th February 2024
Replies: 11
Views: 380

Re: Wednesday 28th February 2024

Worst privatisation ever.

No end in sight.
by gilsey
Mon 26 Feb, 2024 11:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 26th February 2024
Replies: 15
Views: 478

Re: Monday 26th February 2024

A faultline has opened in Keir Starmer’s pragmatic politics – and this time none of the usual fixes will work - Nesrine Malik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/26/faultine-keir-starmer-politics-gaza-labour From later in the piece It’s bad luck though, for both the people and the pa...
by gilsey
Thu 22 Feb, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 22nd February 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 363

Re: Thursday 22nd February 2024

Good morning.

Bernie Sanders was on C4 news last night, clearly in much better mental shape than Biden or Trump, despite being older.
If it is those two in the autumn, are they really going to do tv debates? Neither of them can string a sentence together.
by gilsey
Wed 21 Feb, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 21st February 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 348

Re: Wednesday 21st February 2024

Lindsay Hoyle sticking his neck out for once, is it?
by gilsey
Sun 18 Feb, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 1114

Re: Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th February 2024

Probably.





Awful to admit that Thatcher was right about anything, but credit where it's due.
by gilsey
Wed 14 Feb, 2024 11:17 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 14th February 2024
Replies: 8
Views: 381

Re: Wednesday 14th February 2024

Starmer talks to Netanyahu on a daily basis?!
ffs
by gilsey
Tue 13 Feb, 2024 11:23 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 605

Re: Tuesday 13th February 2024

by gilsey
Tue 13 Feb, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 13th February 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 605

Re: Tuesday 13th February 2024

Good morning.




Exactly.
by gilsey
Sun 11 Feb, 2024 10:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 967

Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024

.... and the second

by gilsey
Sat 10 Feb, 2024 10:53 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024
Replies: 25
Views: 967

Re: Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th February 2024

Good morning.


I struggle to imagine anyone thinking it's a good idea to write this, and do the Times think they're helping her by publishing it?
Disgusting individual.

by gilsey
Thu 08 Feb, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
Replies: 30
Views: 986

Re: Thursday 8th February 2024

Taking a more optimistic view (yes, I know) this might actually be a case of one side getting a headline "win" (formally dropping the £28 bn figure) but most of the actual substance behind it being retained. And somebody did make the point many voters will relate more easily to smaller (t...
by gilsey
Thu 08 Feb, 2024 2:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
Replies: 30
Views: 986

Re: Thursday 8th February 2024

https://bsky.app/profile/andraswf.bsky.social/post/3kkvia7sb5f25 Thought I'd see if bluesky posts would display here, I see the answer is no. Refit? It says let me reiterate my opinion that having gendered pronouns is a waste of everyone's time and we should all aspire to the gender neutrality of th...
by gilsey
Thu 08 Feb, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 8th February 2024
Replies: 30
Views: 986

Re: Thursday 8th February 2024

Good morning. I can't remember a better example of the need to follow Healy's advice than yesterday, but it isn't only Sunak who's bad at politics, is it. The PM and the tory front bench are totally discredited in the eyes of most of the public, but Labour can't/doesn't want to stand up to them. Bar...
by gilsey
Tue 06 Feb, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 6th February 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 676

Re: Tuesday 6th February 2024

by gilsey
Sat 03 Feb, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024
Replies: 33
Views: 2861

Re: Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th February 2024

Good morning.


by gilsey
Thu 01 Feb, 2024 10:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 1st February 2024
Replies: 13
Views: 1176

Re: Thursday 1st February 2024

A mea culpa from the IEA? Why Brexit was a mistake, from a libertarian perspective https://iea.org.uk/why-brexit-was-a-mistake-from-a-libertarian-perspective/ Slow hand clap. I read that the other day and was rather baffled by this bit Brexit, contrary to being a move towards greater liberty, was p...
by gilsey
Fri 26 Jan, 2024 10:23 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 26th January 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 1635

Re: Friday 26th January 2024

@sky, thanks for the QT review.
Alex Burghart, where do they find these people.
As you said, every week you think a Tory politician can't perform worse than the last one, and every week they defy that prediction.
by gilsey
Fri 26 Jan, 2024 10:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 26th January 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 1635

Re: Friday 26th January 2024

I found this interesting. "not committing genocide, but that it is failing to punish isolated genocidal acts by its forces or incitement of genocide by its officials" https://twitter.com/Alonso_GD/status/1750969845414309904 https://twitter.com/Alonso_GD/status/1750969850443231422 https://t...
by gilsey
Fri 26 Jan, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 26th January 2024
Replies: 14
Views: 1635

Re: Friday 26th January 2024

Discourage them from saying the quiet part out loud, you mean?

Not sure how it helps, really.
by gilsey
Sat 20 Jan, 2024 6:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st January 2024
Replies: 22
Views: 2520

Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st January 2024

Something to cheer you up. It might not be one of the Royal Navy's finest hours, but it's one of twitter's. The replies https://twitter.com/Ian_Fraser/status/1748698769464365451 eg Unfortunately the Captain received different orders from each of the four Secretaries of State for Defence. Didn't we h...
by gilsey
Tue 16 Jan, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th January 2024
Replies: 12
Views: 1850

Re: Tuesday 16th January 2024

On a lighter note

by gilsey
Fri 12 Jan, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th January 2024
Replies: 4
Views: 1506

Re: Friday 12th January 2024

Good morning.




Yes.
by gilsey
Thu 11 Jan, 2024 10:28 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th January 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 2451

Re: Thursday 11th January 2024

by gilsey
Thu 11 Jan, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th January 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 2451

Re: Thursday 11th January 2024

Good to know our* instincts are confirmed by the data. centre-left parties promising, for example, to be tough on immigration or public spending are unlikely to attract potential voters on the right, and risk alienating existing progressive supporters. “Voters tend to prefer the original to the copy...
by gilsey
Thu 11 Jan, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th January 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 2451

Re: Thursday 11th January 2024

Good morning. This essay was titled 'Gaza and the End of Western Hypocrisy', now changed to Western Fantasy. I suppose someone could write a book about why this has happened, certainly this piece doesn't attempt to explain it. It's not very long. https://twitter.com/MacaesBruno/status/17451758655147...
by gilsey
Wed 10 Jan, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 1905

Re: Wednesday 10th January 2024

frog222 wrote: Wed 10 Jan, 2024 5:12 pm
Hoping that gilsey's eyes are recovering ?
Yes, thanks for asking. I've been very shortsighted all my life and now I'm long-sighted, it takes some getting used to.
I'm sure in a month or 2 I'll be very happy with the new me.
by gilsey
Wed 10 Jan, 2024 3:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th January 2024
Replies: 10
Views: 1905

Re: Wednesday 10th January 2024

by gilsey
Sat 06 Jan, 2024 10:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th January 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 2287

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th January 2024

"the British are among the worst idlers in the world"
by gilsey
Sat 06 Jan, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th January 2024
Replies: 20
Views: 2287

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th January 2024

Good morning.


The CSJ? Really?
How has it come to this....

by gilsey
Thu 04 Jan, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th January 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 1333

Re: Thursday 4th January 2024

by gilsey
Thu 04 Jan, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th January 2024
Replies: 5
Views: 1333

Re: Thursday 4th January 2024

Good morning. Is everyone watching Mr Bates vs the Post Office? I've been following that story for many years and still find plenty of jaw-dropping moments and I'm only part way through ep 2. The writer has done a brilliant job and Toby Jones is excellent as ever. Download it and there's no adverts.