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by Lonewolfie
Wed 22 Oct, 2014 8:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Replies: 181
Views: 74905

Re: Wednesday 22nd October 2014

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by Lonewolfie
Wed 22 Oct, 2014 8:31 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Replies: 181
Views: 74905

Re: Wednesday 22nd October 2014

Well known Rottweiler of the journalistic profession, Eamomm Holmes giving James Brokenshire a tonking on sky news! Their reporter has just made the point that in 06 the Home Secretary lost their job over absconding prisoners, but hey that was a Labour one! Morning all...thought I heard something l...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 21 Oct, 2014 4:35 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Replies: 131
Views: 61214

Re: Tuesday 21st October 2014

Didn't think the Times would cover this....

http://fothom.wordpress.com/2014/10/21/ ... the-times/

...I wonder sometimes - don't they like Rupert and his Sun?
by Lonewolfie
Tue 21 Oct, 2014 4:31 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Replies: 131
Views: 61214

Re: Tuesday 21st October 2014

How can a task force, that looks into the concerns and benefits of shale extraction be truly independent when companies like Cuadrilla and Centrica fund it? Am I missing something, too cynical perhaps? http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/21/former-environment-agency-head-to-lead-industr...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 21 Oct, 2014 2:16 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Replies: 131
Views: 61214

Re: Tuesday 21st October 2014

More drip drip drippety drip... http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/20/milly-dowler-family-sun-body-story-police-trial-journalists?CMP=twt_gu http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/oct/20/parliament-action-news-international-executives-misleading-select-committee ...and HMA vs Coulson (Prelim...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 21 Oct, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Replies: 131
Views: 61214

Re: Tuesday 21st October 2014

Thanks Paul. But why differentiate from 'other', or is that the category for Professor Pingoo, Pirate Party etc ? Minority actually get seats I guess….. I've no idea either - on the list though, it predicts Brighton to Lab from Green and Wyre Forest to Green from Tory (on these figs, natch). Person...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 21 Oct, 2014 8:37 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 21st October 2014
Replies: 131
Views: 61214

Re: Tuesday 21st October 2014

Morning All! Beat Refitman to it today ;-) Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 58m58 minutes ago Latest YouGov/Sun poll CON 31%, LAB 33%, LD 7%, UKIP 15%, GRN 6% So UKIP down 4 from heights of last week And the Lib Dems still really low. Nice. Listening to one of the people going to be involved in the elec...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 20 Oct, 2014 2:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th October 2014
Replies: 340
Views: 142979

Re: Monday 20th October 2014

More going well for Guido I see... http://zelo-street.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/guido-fawked-ipso-isnt-finished-yet.html (hmmm - how did something like that (Guido) achieve prominence? Must be funded by someone....wonder where it all started... http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Paul_Staines ) ...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 20 Oct, 2014 1:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th October 2014
Replies: 340
Views: 142979

Re: Monday 20th October 2014

:lol: :lol: :lol: Christ, I just endured 30 seconds of the Kipper Calypso, any more and more my ears would have bled, it needs a thorough fact check mind, no surprise that. ''When Farage is at No 10 we can start trading with the world again'' And repeat, on second thoughts, don't. Just checking you...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 20 Oct, 2014 12:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th October 2014
Replies: 340
Views: 142979

Re: Monday 20th October 2014

The Telegraph is appalled to discover that the "British Values" rules brought in as a result of the Trojan Horse scandal are now being used against Christian schools that fail to promote inclusivity, and not just those nasty Muslims, as they presumably imagined they would be. It really wo...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 20 Oct, 2014 11:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th October 2014
Replies: 340
Views: 142979

Re: Monday 20th October 2014

Michael Deacon retweeted Patrick Strudwick ‏@PatrickStrud 11m11 minutes ago Oh please no. Mike Read, former Radio 1 DJ, has written a song for Ukip called Ukip Calypso which they are hoping to get in the charts. James Chapman (Mail) ‏@jameschappers 4m4 minutes ago Mike Read's horrifying new single ...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 20 Oct, 2014 10:19 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th October 2014
Replies: 340
Views: 142979

Re: Monday 20th October 2014

Morning :) You can't make these things up..... Ed Miliband's £8 an hour minimum wage will make people worse off, says former Labour Cabinet minister However, a report by Alan Milburn, a Cabinet minister in Tony Blair’s Government, found that the pledge makes people worse off. http://www.telegraph.c...
by Lonewolfie
Sun 19 Oct, 2014 11:14 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014
Replies: 165
Views: 72953

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014

Labour are tabling a vote of no confidence in Lord Freud, to take place during Wednesday's Opposition Day debate. Yet again David "Sure Hands" Cameron has fumbled the ball! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/miliband-new-commons-move-bungling-4461334" onclick="window.open(this...
by Lonewolfie
Sun 19 Oct, 2014 10:49 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014
Replies: 165
Views: 72953

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014

dominic dyer @domdyer70 · 13h 13 hours ago Rumours in Westminster growing Owen Paterson ready to jump ship to UKIP should Mark Reckless become second UKIP MP Go on Patsy - jump, jump to where you belong. Reckon all the Tories are thinking that if there enough of them defecting to UKIP that they can...
by Lonewolfie
Sat 18 Oct, 2014 7:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014
Replies: 165
Views: 72953

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014

Oh dear, what will the likes of Owen Paterson and Osborne's father-in-law advocate now? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/11171270/UK-fracking-faces-bust-amid-Opec-oil-price-war.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Sorry - aware of the environ...
by Lonewolfie
Sat 18 Oct, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014
Replies: 165
Views: 72953

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014

Ian Kerr ‏@IanKerr 6h6 hours ago #FionaWoolf closes her twitter account, probably to be blamed on trolls but people are rightfully angry, 100 days and not 1 statement. #CSA Not 1 statement after she had specifically said she would issue a statement .... or that's what I thought she had said several...
by Lonewolfie
Sat 18 Oct, 2014 9:24 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014
Replies: 165
Views: 72953

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th October 2014

Morning all Apologies for starting the day with a sleazy :sick: story....but this is a new investigation I hadn't heard of before...and they've arrested John Whittingdales * half-brother again - https://theneedleblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/operation-brancaster-and-charles-napier/ ...and this from ...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 17 Oct, 2014 9:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 17th October
Replies: 106
Views: 49126

Re: Friday 17th October

Morning all...will be staying off t'interweb today...too much exposure to the twatty-twitterers who are now saying... 'Fraud may have said it wrong, but at least he's started a debate about the disabled and employment' (How the f**k did HE start the debate?) 'Labours' Angela Eagle misjudges public m...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 16 Oct, 2014 12:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 16th October 2014
Replies: 151
Views: 83703

Re: Thursday 16th October 2014

What is the standard procedure for handling of government documents like the NHS reorganisation risk register when there's a change of government. Are they deemed party independent and freely available for perusal by the new ministers? Do such documents have to be kept? Off the top of my head, I'd ...
by Lonewolfie
Thu 16 Oct, 2014 9:42 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 16th October 2014
Replies: 151
Views: 83703

Re: Thursday 16th October 2014

Morning all...as a penance for linking disturbing photos yesterday I humbly offer this (but if you don't like cats they might be disturbing photos :? )...

http://beckittns.tumblr.com/
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 5:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

ESA numbers continue to rise,at current trends will be higher than when present Government came in. http://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/2905-ids-losing-control-of-dwp-as-esa-numbers-rise-for-fourth-quarter-running" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That's odd - as you posted...
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 5:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

letsskiptotheleft wrote:@Lonewolfie I can forgive a lot, my shoulders are little but they are strong, but some of those images you linked were hideous, I know you gave a warning, but please, no more?!
Sorry Letsskip :oops:

Mind you - I'm sure he can't help looking a bit 'wierd'.
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 4:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

Getting waaaaaaaay too tribal in here. May I remind folks in here that the election is not about Labour beating the coalition government, it's about installing a government that represents the electorate. Labour may be better suited to do that (to my mind, anyway) but they also need to be held to a...
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 4:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

George Eaton ‏@georgeeaton 14s15 seconds ago My #PMQs review: Miliband rattles Cameron with passionate attack on Lord Freud's comments http://bit.ly/1runFm7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Umm...perhaps I should start with... I am not now and have never been a member of the...
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 11:00 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

Tee hee. John Lydon has taken a swipe at the Guardian golden boy: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/15/johnny-rotten-lydon-russell-brand-revolution-vote" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Big fan of JL - completely changed my view of the world in 1976/7 - but.....
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 9:56 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

Tee hee. John Lydon has taken a swipe at the Guardian golden boy: As I was interviewing him for a Guardian video, he gave that famous Johnny Rotten glare. “The likes of Russell Brand coming along and saying something so damn ignorant is just spoonfeeding it to them” – them, the powerful. “A hundred...
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 9:42 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

Ahaa - now I understand what all the talk of preview etc was about...so if my last (far too long a) post has crossed anyone elses' comments, apologies :oops:
by Lonewolfie
Wed 15 Oct, 2014 9:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 88567

Re: Wednesday 15th October 2014

Morning all...apologies but I'm going back to yesterday again :oops: (and apologies now I've seen how much I've written) This is my last bit about Owen Jones - my position is that he was one of the few (possibly the only) commentators allowed on the national media bandwagon that was actually telling...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 14 Oct, 2014 10:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 90880

Re: Tuesday 14th October 2014

Priti Patel was fairly useless on Today, being interviewed about the pension changes. It took Sarah Montague several attempts to get her to say that "people drawing from their pensions need to be in work" and "you need to have a minimum income of £12.5k". These are not controver...
by Lonewolfie
Tue 14 Oct, 2014 8:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th October 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 90880

Re: Tuesday 14th October 2014

OneButtonMonkey wrote: Also, I've followed Jones' writing whether it was in the Graun or the Independent. and I have to say I don't notice a different editorial slant or axe to grind. What I see is another example of those on the left of the party being increasingly (and to my mind, rightly) disgru...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 3:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Didn't Paxman come out as a tory a little while ago? Has Kay Burley ever given reason to believe she is not a tory? What wonderful lack of bias in our media! Two tories are to chair the debate between Cameron and Miliband. No problems there of course. Ahh yes…Paxman…a list with him and some other n...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 2:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

I bought a Peterborough Evening Telegraph last week to see what was being said by/about Stewart Jackson MP where someone had said he was a possible UKIP man. That wouldn't have surprised me at all! What say you Lonewolfie? Did you read the article about £3m energy park cost with Jackson bashing the...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 11:03 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Another bl***y hell...I've been promoted...I feel a bit sorry for whichever Committee Chair has to deal with an old undeconstructed Marxist-collectivist grunt-futtock like me :lol:
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 11:01 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Morning all. If anyone fancies going over to The Guardian, a poster called Parkin13 has posted a link to a non-Beta AS Blog: http://discussion.theguardian.com/discussion/p/42ckd?orderby=oldest&per_page=50&commentpage=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Bl***y hell - I...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 10:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Debates, wuhooh! Seeing as Miliband is wierd and useless, Cameron is prime ministerial and the Conservatives want May to be a presidential style election the Tories will be chomping at the bit presumably? [/Sarcasm] Why does Farridge get a place at one of the debates rather than, say the leading MP...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 10:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Morning all. I've just been trying to work out Twitter...I think I'm going to need to wait for Wolflet No2 as she has her finger on the pulse and will be able to explain in a way I might understand :oops: The reason is this... https://twitter.com/OwenJones84 I used to quite respect his output - one...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 10:09 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

I've just been trying to work out Twitter...I think I'm going to need to wait for Wolflet No2 as she has her finger on the pulse and will be able to explain in a way I might understand :oops: The reason is this... https://twitter.com/OwenJones84 I used to quite respect his output - one of the few vo...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 9:18 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Yes, Sarah Montague gave him a thorough grilling didn't she. :roll: Re shed loads: isn't that a load that has been shed? I.e. dropped? Morning all. I'm so happy that Jeremy Hunt is willing to negotiate on our pay... and all we have to do is agree to give in to his attempt at blackmail and allow him...
by Lonewolfie
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 8:32 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 84483

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Have I woken up in some sort of alternative universe? I hope AAW and HindleA don't mind me re-linking from last night... https://twitter.com/politicshome/status/521412979527393280 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/governments-reorganisation-of-the-nhs-was-its-biggest-mistake-say-senior-t...
by Lonewolfie
Sun 12 Oct, 2014 11:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014
Replies: 304
Views: 90266

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014

I'm with you on food and GM. And I recall from a conference from something like 1984, a PhD student earnestly talking about her contribution to the world by virtue of her identifying some gene or another. She was COMPLETELY floored when someone in the audience raised the issue of famine being large...
by Lonewolfie
Sun 12 Oct, 2014 11:37 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014
Replies: 304
Views: 90266

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014

For some reason, just thought of Diane Abbott. Those dreadful Hackney schools she had to avoid. http://hackneycitizen.co.uk/2014/02/10/improved-gcse-results-schools-making-grade/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Across the borough, 61.2 per cent of pupils achieved five or mo...
by Lonewolfie
Sun 12 Oct, 2014 10:54 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014
Replies: 304
Views: 90266

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014

Is there some reason why "the Greens" can't work from within the Labour party? Off the top of my head, Renationalisation of energy, utilities, transport, health, education and policing/prison services Higher corporate tax rates. Land value tax rebanding of Council Tax. HS2 Trident Foriegn...
by Lonewolfie
Sun 12 Oct, 2014 10:34 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014
Replies: 304
Views: 90266

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th October 2014

Morning all...(and apologies, just catching up - this from P1) Temulkar said... "GM development is something the Greens always get tarred as anti-science. Actually our stance is pretty clear, GM foods are going to be vital for the survival of humanity . What we are opposed to is the corporate c...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 10 Oct, 2014 1:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th October 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 64088

Re: Friday 10th October 2014

Last night proved a simple truth: while UKIP say they take votes from all parties, they cost the Conservative Party seats. That means a vote for UKIP puts Labour closer to winning the election and Ed Miliband closer to Number 10. And that would mean less maulnutrition, no more Self-servatives taking...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 10 Oct, 2014 12:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th October 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 64088

Re: Friday 10th October 2014

Just dropping in quickly to link this - Michael Mansfield at the Hillsborough Inquiry

https://twitter.com/david_conn

JTF96

(and I finally sorted out my avatar!)
by Lonewolfie
Fri 10 Oct, 2014 8:49 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th October 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 64088

Re: Friday 10th October 2014

...and a couple of links... http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/oct/10/advances-nhs-care-reverse ...these might have some useful stats in... http://www.labourleft.co.uk/40-ways-the-tories-wasted-34-billion-of-your-taxes-by-laboureoin/?fb_ref=recommendations-bar http://www.labourleft.co.uk/16-way...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 10 Oct, 2014 8:43 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th October 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 64088

Re: Friday 10th October 2014

Didn't stay up last night, so sorry if this point has already been made; while it's clearly a worrying development for Labour for Ukip to run them so close, they did actually slightly increase their share of the vote from 2010 - 40.9% vs 40.1% Well exactly. Not Labour's greatest night ever, but the...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 10 Oct, 2014 8:31 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th October 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 64088

Re: Friday 10th October 2014

...and another thing :fire: ...Brillo-head and Portaloo reporting as 'fact' that the Tories are now 2 points ahead of Labour in the 'polls' (Mrs Wolfie gave me one of her 'I know you care about this, but they heard that expletive ridden outburst in Peterborough' looks :oops:) 1 poll...1 f*****g poll...
by Lonewolfie
Fri 10 Oct, 2014 8:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th October 2014
Replies: 149
Views: 64088

Re: Friday 10th October 2014

Morning! And what a strange one. Can anyone find me a single article that questions Cameron's leadership? Morning! (Edit to add - wrote this as Yah Yah was posting so apols for any crossover - again!!) I just had the delight (not) of listening to a few minutes of R4 Toady...Naughtie says "Mili...