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Lonewolfie

Morning all...from Daves Incompetence Index yesterday - @PfY: Is it possible that Theresa May is actually trying to do the right thing on the paedophile dossier and that Cameron is systematically undermining her credibility? @RR2: He's got to be very very careful. This is one of the issues that I t...

Lonewolfie

Here's a decent article by Mary Riddell on the plot that never was: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/11223571/Labour-agitators-bear-the-stink-of-failure-not-Ed-Miliband.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And Cameron's reaction to the Wanless report yes...

Lonewolfie

ONS say unemployment down to 6.0% or fall of 115,000 people. Pay growth up to 1.3% (just above CPI rate) I get quite confused with which measure is which - is this saying people registered as unemployed has fallen to 6%? (as opposed to the figures relating to the number in employment) How many have...

Lonewolfie

Oh...and Dapper Laughs (as I understand it, some discussion recently)...this piece from October is unequivocal... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/lee-kern/dapper-laughs-sexism_b_5959094.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular 'Anyone who has seen the online videos of Dapper Laughs - real name Daniel O'Reilly - ...

Lonewolfie

Morning all. This is from a couple of days ago but I'm not sure if it got posted. The story of the millionaire Tory MP and the tenants facing homelessness http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/10/millionaire-tory-mp-tenants-estate-flats-richard-benyon" onclick="window.open(thi...

Lonewolfie

Morning all...from Daves Incompetence Index yesterday - @PfY: Is it possible that Theresa May is actually trying to do the right thing on the paedophile dossier and that Cameron is systematically undermining her credibility? @RR2: He's got to be very very careful. This is one of the issues that I th...

Lonewolfie

Speaking of Murkydochia (as I often do :oops:)... http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/10/mazher-mahmood-panorama-fake-sheikh_n_6135196.html?utm_hp_ref=tw https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2014/11/10/mazher-mahmood-and-the-met-too-close-for-comfort/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-...

Lonewolfie

Good Morning from a rather wet and wild Wales! And to make my morning better here comes Nick Robinson. Aha, Downing Street calls Labour's debate the day before the R&S by-election a "stunt" coming from a party of stunts I will treat that with the derision it deserves. Whenever people ...

Lonewolfie

Good Morning from a rather wet and wild Wales! And to make my morning better here comes Nick Robinson. Aha, Downing Street calls Labour's debate the day before the R&S by-election a "stunt" coming from a party of stunts I will treat that with the derision it deserves. ...aah yes, the ...

Lonewolfie

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:The Guardian calls it "chaos", the Mail calls it "chaos", the Times calls it "chaos"……..

…..so presumably the articles on weak, rudderless Cameron are being penned as we speak?

Oh, good morning

You are funny sometimes

Lonewolfie

Morning all...and thank you (and welcome!) to WelshIan for the link to the Welsh Government rebuttal of the Daily Heil lies...we'll see how IPSO respond

WebackEd still trending

Lonewolfie

The thing that strikes me this morning is the many stories of real government failure obscured by the made up story of a Labour leadership crisis. It's actually getting sinister now. The obviousness of the agenda is terrifying. You can have any colour government you like as long as it's blue. The a...

Lonewolfie

Anyone remember the name Sir Alan Moses? He's the new scourge of the 'free' press, the Chair of IPSO - he addressed the Society Of Editors last night...text of the speech here... http://societyofeditors.co.uk/page-view.php?pagename=News&parent_page_id=0&news_id=7790&numbertoprintfrom=1 c...

Lonewolfie

Morning all...and wow...a 12 page w/end? The sort of stuff within those 12 pages is why I'm proud to be here (and grateful that you all put up with the sometimes unintelligible gruntfuttockery emanating from my position of Hope). Mr Ed seems to have ridden the (non-existent) storm, although there is...

Lonewolfie

Emma Burnell ‏@EmmaBurnell_ 7m7 minutes ago Will be on Sky News at 12.30 to talk about the Labour Party's attempts to eat itself this week. Claire Spencer ‏@thedancingflea 6m6 minutes ago @EmmaBurnell_ Thank goodness. They need your calm reflection! Emma Burnell ‏@EmmaBurnell_ @thedancingflea I'm n...

Lonewolfie

Morning. I may have forgotten to take off my tin foil hat when I got out of bed but something stinks to high heaven about this latest ramping up of 'Get Ed'. Still, it's achieved what the right wing, coming up to an election, want - wall to wall newspaper, online & BBC & Sky headlines about...

Lonewolfie

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-supporters-do-not-believe-ed-miliband-is-fit-to-be-pm-poll-shows-9849409.html A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times found that only 34 per cent of people who voted Labour at the last general election believe Mr Miliband is up to the job of Prime Min...

Lonewolfie

http://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2014/11/09/the-big-picture-is-that-camerons-conservatives-continue-to-lose-much-more-to-ukip-than-milibands-lab/ what sort of a country are we where we let the MSM get away with the Ed-bashing, so wearily reminiscent of the Gordon bashing of five ...

Lonewolfie

Morning all...blimey! The MSM are really pushing the Ed thing (I know - you all already know that :) ) Thought I'd drop in a bit of anecdotal stuff... Had the misfortune to hear Jeremy Vine (R2) Friday (I think) after all this had blown up (had to leave the room whilst 1st bit on (due to possible An...

Lonewolfie

Morning all. The Mail are pumping up a story about Alex Salmond fighting Danny Alexander for his Westminster seat. Alex Salmond is being lined up for an explosive battle against Treasury chief Danny Alexander in next year's General Election. Sources claim the outgoing SNP leader could launch an aud...

Lonewolfie

Peter Jukes ‏@peterjukes 26m26 minutes ago Under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it is illegal for a US registered company to bribe foreign officials. News Corp registered in Delaware Peter Jukes ‏@peterjukes 27m27 minutes ago As others have pointed out, NOTW now has two criminal convictions for con...

Lonewolfie

Peter Jukes ‏@peterjukes 26m26 minutes ago Under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, it is illegal for a US registered company to bribe foreign officials. News Corp registered in Delaware Peter Jukes ‏@peterjukes 27m27 minutes ago As others have pointed out, NOTW now has two criminal convictions for con...

Lonewolfie

As it stands at 1340hrs today, Osborne has said Britain will pay the £1.7bn in 2 separate payments but paid by Sept 2015 & there is an additional 850m euros in surcharge ! So much for Cameron screaming that he's not paying anything like the £1.7bn demanded - no he's not, it's £1.7bn plus an ext...

Lonewolfie

Afternoon all. This is very welcome. A message to Labour’s anonymous rebels – put up or shut up By the LabourList Editorial Team http://labourlist.org/2014/11/a-message-to-labours-anonymous-rebels-put-up-or-shut-up/ If these 'rebels' (I'd rather call them whingers and malcontents) do emerge from th...

Lonewolfie

A journalist with a conscience....no wonder he didn't last with Newcorpse...

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014 ... CMP=twt_gu

Lonewolfie

Have we had this yet? (I know there was comment around Coulson/Perjury Trial but not sure if this was linked)... http://fothom.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/the-millions-of-deleted-emails-from-news-international/ Is there some sort of 'destroying evidence' offence? Genuine question - surely if it's ment...

Lonewolfie

Aahh...c'est pauvre

The Fake Sheik seems to be sensitive to publicity...

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/mazher-ma ... ama-expose

...but the last paragraph tells the real story (IMHO)

Lonewolfie

Have we had this yet? (I know there was comment around Coulson/Perjury Trial but not sure if this was linked)... http://fothom.wordpress.com/2014/11/07/the-millions-of-deleted-emails-from-news-international/ Is there some sort of 'destroying evidence' offence? Genuine question - surely if it's menti...

Lonewolfie

John Mann was very mealy mouthed about Ed M when interviewed on Radio 4. Says we don't need any more policies, just Ed getting out listening to people on the doorsteps. His tone of voice didn't exactly help matters. Is it going to be like late 2009/early 2010 all over again ? Still, the Guardian he...

Lonewolfie

Morning SD, morning all. ....... but how does everyone feel this is likely to impact the Rochester by election VI (if at all) Honestly? Very little I think. Labour have put in so much effort on the doorstep, including Miliband himself, that the people of Rochester are a lot better informed than muc...

Lonewolfie

JP Janson De Couet retweeted Sunny Hundal ‏@sunny_hundal 4m4 minutes ago Just two Labour MPs want Ed Miliband to stand down? That's quite low. There's about 20 Tory MPs who want Cameron to step down, no? #wato Stringer & one other (Hoey or Danczuk ??) would be my guess. I find all this utterly ...

Lonewolfie

Morning! Great post from Wolfie. Yes Labour look well placed to start their campaign in two weeks time, when Cameron will almost certainly be dealing with a total disaster in Rochester & Strood. I know the bookies can't really be relied on but people choosing to bet on UKIP at 14:1 ON makes it ...

Lonewolfie

Clegg must have been reading the Morning Star. Saw this piece in the paper copy on Tuesday. http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-c57b-The-north-deserves-decent-rail-services" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is part of the reason, possibly, that Mr Ed is keeping his powd...

Lonewolfie

I've read a bit this a.m. about how that useless, weak, weird looking absolutely totally unelectable Mr Ed has 'brought 2 close allies into the Shadow Cabinet' and 'called for the cavalry' 'just 6 months before the election' :shock: Nothing whatsoever to do with someone fully in control of what the...

Lonewolfie

Morning. Guardian are having one of their big up the Lib Dem days. Front page articles : Cut petrol prices says minister [Danny Alexander] Clegg; fix railways in the north Lib Dem minister: prisons in crisis [Simon Hughes 'breaks rank'] Hah - we've noticed the same pattern then yahyah. Pathetic isn...

Lonewolfie

I've read a bit this a.m. about how that useless, weak, weird looking absolutely totally unelectable Mr Ed has 'brought 2 close allies into the Shadow Cabinet' and 'called for the cavalry' 'just 6 months before the election' :shock: Nothing whatsoever to do with someone fully in control of what they...

Lonewolfie

Morning all...bright and sunny if a bit chilly here in Hope (just North of Peterborough ;) ) Rupert Murdoch’s News International hoped that by “shopping their own staff” to police the publisher could stave off corporate prosecution over allegations of phone hacking and corrupt payments and save 46,0...

Lonewolfie

@SD, the Marginals are the Tories "elephant in the room"; while general polling is hovering near to crossover they can pretend everything is peachy, even though they know they actually need a substantial lead (which they are never going to get) to be safe. But if things return to the 3%-4...

Lonewolfie

I think this blog post encapsulates the frustration around CSA/CSE very well (apologies, as it does contain a harrowing story on familial abuse)

http://opinionatedplanet.wordpress.com/

Lonewolfie

Back to my real obsession... pj94.PNG when I opened this link, I thought it would be someone from Daniel Morgans' family or friends....but no :o ... http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Metropolitan-Police-faces-4-million-lawsuit/story-23270117-detail/story.html ...I wonder if one of the unnamed men s...

Lonewolfie

4th November 2014 Fawcett Society update on allegations about the Whistles for Fawcett feminist T-shirt Eva Neitzert, Deputy CEO of the Fawcett Society, said: We are pleased to confirm that we have today seen expansive and current evidence from Whistles that the CMT factory in Mauritius they used t...

Lonewolfie

Good morning. Ukip ditches its candidate for Portsmouth South Roger Bird, general secretary of Ukip, confirmed to The News that Douglas Denny was no longer the prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) following a decision by the party’s national executive committee (NEC). Mr Bird added similar des...

Lonewolfie

Morning all. Those dirty feckless foreigners hey? UK gains £20bn from European migrants, UCL economists reveal http://gu.com/p/4338d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'll see your evidence and facts and raise you a "my mate down the pub knows about an immigrant family t...

Lonewolfie

Good morning. If you don't already get the free morning email from the Times Red Box, I do recommend doing so. Today's edition has these two tasty morsels: The Sun - The Department of Health plans to crack down on non-English speaking staff I don't have any more info on that so if any of you have a...

Lonewolfie

Morning all... Some may remember a couple of weeks ago I decided to test the shiny new press regulator, in light of the Daily Heils' reporting of the NHS in Wales. I received a 'confirmation of receipt' email on the 22nd of October, saying they would look into it (whether it was something they could...

Lonewolfie

The Independent's list of questions that need to be answered about Woolf includes: 'Why was any mention of Colin Tucker, a struck-off solicitor and Woolf’s steward as Lord Mayor of London, also omitted?' Google Colin Tucker & Woolf and or 'magic circle scandal' [which there is 'no shred of evid...

Lonewolfie

Some dodgy reporting around the CSA this morning - I'm not going to link for the sake of decency - Lawson in the Mail says Mays' mistake was to instigate the inquiry in the first place, 'cos. like, y'know, it's mission impossible and all that...and just a quote from the Torygraph from a piece on Fri...

Lonewolfie

Remember this stuff I earn too little to pay 50p tax, claims Osborne (who owns a £3m home and a slice of family firm) George Osborne earns £134,565 as Chancellor - just over £15,000 short of 50p tax threshold He rents out Notting Hill family home while living in 10 Downing Street flat Osborne has 1...

Lonewolfie

My two pennorth ....... If the Daily Mail said the sky was blue I'd have to look out the window to check for myself. Everybody seems to have accepted this story unquestioningly, which is galling, especially as it is an obvious attempt to deflect attention from the cockups of the Fishpointer General...

Lonewolfie

Afternoon all... Many thanks for the explanations re the EU contributions...from my simplistic viewpoint it seems that a) the system has become extremely complex due to EU/UK reaction to the Crash, and b) in 2010, the British Government and the MSM stopped being able in count big numbers. Don't know...

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