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The Evening Standard reckons Labour could win nine seats in London, with the Conservatives picking up just once consolation prize from the decaying Fibs (though the headline says eight for some reason). http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/exclusive-election-poll-labour-could-seize-eight-london-t...

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The mainstream media are finally coming out with the stories about Brittan, now that he's safely dead http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/leon-brittan-abused-children-westminster-5038101" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/top-tory-leon-brit...

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Leon Brittan has died at home, aged 75, after a long battle with cancer. (BBC News Breaking News crawler) And only a week after John Stingmore! I wonder how many politicians will risk a fulsome tribute to Brittan today? I imagine the press are already searching out Hague and Clegg for some warm wor...

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But if you'd have asked me two years ago I'd have said a Labour majority was a near certainty. Now I'd have to say I think it's an outside chance and any majority will be of the hair's breadth variety Though I am generally considered an optimist, I have never considered a Labour majority in May tha...

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That thing about UKIP not being able to finish their manifesto on time is fascinating. Presumably Mr Akers isn't just a lazy biffer who couldn't be arsed to do it, there must be some serious disagreements within the ranks as to what's going to be in the thing. I always thought that writing a coheren...

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You want your vote to count for Labour in the final % counts in May to help justify a Labour led coalition if we have another hung Parliament. Many Greens want their votes counting in the final % for the Greens so in 2020 we won't be shut out yet again by the Broadcasters and Ofcom. Everyone is thi...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30896813 Oh look Cameron's content filter (it is not a porn filter as it blocks all content unsuitable for under 13s!!) will be turned on for sky subscribers in time for the election. Presumably that's going to block Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Tumblr for a s...

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I would never normally encourage anyone to read Dan Hodges, but todays effort is surely an insight into his tortured mind. It's all about "the shy Tories," how the guilty middle classes are pretending to support Labour while secretly planning to vote Tory becouse of Milibands terrifying le...

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More depressing stories of social cleansing in London. Pickles has the final say on this one, so we can guess which way it will go.

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I would have thought that if anything, the Green vote will be lower than the polls, becouse a lot of people may currently wish to vote Green when asked, but when they actually look at their local area once the election gets closer and realise that the Greens have no chance (other than in a few selec...

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Green surge according to Ashcroft. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/19/green-party-takes-lead-over-lib-dems-opinion-poll?commentpage=1 Also Watt has dragged up some polling expert to claim that the Greens and Tories are doing much better than the polls suggest. This then is the new Guar...

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An awful lot of Labour voting people support assisted dying. I do, and it's a Labour peer who's currently trying to get it thought the House of Lords, although I don't what the actual party line on it is. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/17/assisted-dying-bill-held-up-in-the-house-of-lord...

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Sometimes I think nothing in politics can shock me anymore, and then something as utterly shameless as this comes out. http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/18/lib-dems-zero-suicides-nhs-blue-monday-labour-children-mental-health" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; How the ...

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I don't want to come over all David Icke, but really! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11350212/Childrens-home-boss-facing-historical-sex-abuse-charges-found-dead.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "A former children's home manager has been found dead just...

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- Targeted action on high-strength, low-cost alcohol which fuels binge drinking and does most harm to health, with a range of options on both price and bottle-size being explored; - Standardised cigarette packaging to be introduced immediately to halt the industry’s increasingly sophisticated metho...

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"Medical advances have led to many people surviving when they wouldn't have ten years ago, and many of them will not be able to work." I always think of that when politicians express shock and indignation at the amount of people of incapacity benefit compared with twenty years ago. Twenty ...

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- Targeted action on high-strength, low-cost alcohol which fuels binge drinking and does most harm to health, with a range of options on both price and bottle-size being explored; - Standardised cigarette packaging to be introduced immediately to halt the industry’s increasingly sophisticated metho...

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Peter Oborne has one of his decent columns up this week, suggesting that George Osborne has finally accepted he will never be Tory leader and is therefore throwing his weight behind Boris Johnson as leader as part of a "stop Teresa" campaign. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conser...

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This is an old (but great) article, which I've only just seen, about Boris Johnson and why satire fails to ever actually bring about the change it claims to want. http://www.lrb.co.uk/v35/n14/jonathan-coe/sinking-giggling-into-the-sea" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I've bee...

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Anyone who wants to go to bed with a chuckle in their heart should check put this latest total lack of self awareness from Calamity Clegg. Apparently he's not using his wife to boost his popularity (despite dragging her out for a cloying joint interview with a womens mag), as he still has a "gr...

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So David Laws says that the Tories spending plans are "A very extreme and very rightwing suicide note" David Laws voted strongly against the policy for 'More Generous Benefits for Ill & Disabled' including ESA for cancer patients & disabled children http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp...

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I wouldn't be surprised if Murdoch's papers (or at least the Sun) come out for UKIP, not becouse he thinks they have much of a chance, but becouse if he throws the full weight of his empire behind Cameron again, and he still loses, then that will finally be the end of the "Sun that won it"...

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This is what passes for political satire these days ? http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/27/-sp-ed-miliband-brief-encounter-hampstead-heath-stranger-than-fiction-ian-martin#comment-45429952" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That is painful. Between that, John Crace and...

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Good article here from the Telegraph on how UKIP's "it's all just a bit of banter" attitude curls up and dies when people start taking the piss out of them. Enjoyment increased by outraged Kippers BTL proving the very point the article makes. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/1...

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These polls are all great, but I find it difficult to believe that the Autumn Statement could have had such a massive impact straight away. Aren't we always being told that one off political events don't really resonate with the public in such a dramatic way, unless they're the big kind of sex/frau...

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I've never read that John Crace article before. I couldn't finish it, it was so bad!

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This is from yesterday, so apols if already posted but I couldn't see it anywhere. It seems that UKIPs "ordinary blokes" are not very happy about being pushed aside for a bunch of ex Tories and D List celebs. It's almost like they were just another political party stitching up the selectio...

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These polls are all great, but I find it difficult to believe that the Autumn Statement could have had such a massive impact straight away. Aren't we always being told that one off political events don't really resonate with the public in such a dramatic way, unless they're the big kind of sex/fraud...

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Farage claims there's nothing wrong with using the word "Chinky" to describe Chinese people, saying that it's only snobby Londoners who've got a problem with it. What a delightful addition to the political debate he has become. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farage/11303133...

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Actually, d'Ancona isn't so bad - at worst he is another Glover but a much better writer with it. And he seemed to be toning down the pro-Dave sycophancy he could occasionally indulge in, before the Torygraph dumped him. d'Ancona was one of their best writers ... despite, as you say the obeisance t...

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Why does Carswell get a q at PMQs every week? Do all the minority parties get at least one question? I remember that Clegg always used to get a question every week, back when he was in oppostion. I suppose Carswell is the de-facto leader of UKIP in the Commons, until the terrible day that Farage jo...

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Re Ed Milliband and the Israel debate, I've wondered for a while now whether some of the constant criticism of Ed (especially from within the Labour party) is due to his far more positive view of an independent Palestinian state. The seemingly unchangable slavish support for Israel that has been the...

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Those charmers Liam Fox and Owen Patterson have been giving speeches to a Tory fringe group called The London Swinton Circle who've published all manner of delightful articles on their website, including: How mass repatriation to Africa could be justified How child abuse has become a "business&...

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One for the Golden Glover, this rambling eulogy to the LibDems http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/oct/03/editorial-liberal-democrat-conference" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; " But the party’s uniqueness remains its commitment to the rule of law, to human rights, ...

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Apparently Richard Desmond has just given a great pile of cash to UKIP and his papers are likely to come out in support of them at the election. http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/dec/12/richard-desmond-donation-ukip-nigel-farage" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Roy Greens...

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I notice, buried at the very bottom of that UKIP policy list where presumably they figure most people won't see it "Repeal the Agency Workers Directive" So basically scrap employment rights for all temporary workers, however long they may have been working for the same employer. That's one...

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According to the Star, two MPs are likely to be arrested in the next couple of weeks in relation to the child sex abuse allegations. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/412932/Two-MPs-face-child-sex-abuse-arrest" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Obviously this is in th...

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UKIP shop and cafe opening in Penarth causes angry protests http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/heated-protest-outside-ukip-shop-8199238 There were heated scenes as protesters staged a demonstration outside a newly-opened UK Independence Party shop and cafe. Around 30 people gathered outsi...

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Carswell is surely the ultimate UKIP contradiction, seemingly the only person in the whole party who isn't bothered about immigration, but who believes the NHS should be dismantled and that companies should be able to fire their workers at will. What on earth has he got to offer to the disenfranchis...

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Jon Trickett ‏@jon_trickett 2h2 hours ago Totally unacceptable @jon_swindon: Farage-UKIP wants Hand Guns legalisedWhat planet is he on? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10595087/Hand-guns-should-be-legalised-and-licensed-Nigel-Farage-has-said.html" onclick="window.open(this.h...

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This is just utterly bizarre, Penny Mordant apparently gave a speech on animal welfare in the Commons purely so she could amuse her mates by saying "rude words." I wasn't aware she was only 15! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2854421/Minister-staged-obscene-Commons-debate-BET-Tory-...

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Tiny bit more info on the suspensions at the academy school in Enfield that Roger mentioned earlier. According to the Mirror its in relation to exam fixing. Oh dear! http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/investigation-exam-fixing-claims-tory-4721163" onclick="window.open(this.href);return f...

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I'm sorry but this is going too far, the immigration thing is now out of hand "Tebbit Wants EU Migrants To Be Assessed By Who Their Family Fought For In World War II" http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/28/lord-tebbit-wants-eu-migrants-to-be-assessed-on-who-their-family-fought-for-in-...

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Maybe as a response to all the Wallace and Grommit digs, Aardman appear to have cast Ed Miliband in the role of the Maitre'd in their new Shaun the Sheep film.

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And there's no finer example of the 'me me me' politics of Thatcherism than white van man himself who voted Tory last time but didn't know why and couldn't give a flying one about what his neighbours think of his England flags on his home all the time. OK, I'm a snob - I'd hate someone like that li...

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Oh, and don't get me started on John Harris, he lost all legitimacy when he reckoned Plaid Cymru were running amok in the South Wales valleys, they aren't. Today's piece is in a similar vein. I used to like John Harris but I'm increasingly baffled as to what it is that he wants. After writing seemi...

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Morning all. A scathing article on the celebrity charity single. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/ebola/11236278/Why-Adele-was-right-to-ignore-Bob-Geldof-and-Band-Aid.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Agree with all of that. The fact that an article like that ca...

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Here's an article to cheer us all up http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/liberaldemocrats/11237298/Danny-Alexander-will-lose-seat-in-2015-unless-there-is-a-miracle-turnaround-according-to-Lib-Dem-strategist.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Apparently Danny's big pla...

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http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/myleene-klass-mocked-justgiving-page-4646673 :lol: :lol: Myleene Klass is worth £11 million!!!! My entire knowledge of her is that she was once in an X-Factor style pop band about 15 years ago (which is no long term money spinner if you don't write the son...

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Just googled it - It's a traditional Jewish stew. Do you think they only polled one Labour Party member? :) Could be, the top 5 for labour is: Vegetarian Cholent Vegetarian Haggis Lamb Kerai Melay Anchovy and Peanut Sambal Egg Curry in Coconut Milk Either everyone they asked had just been to the sa...

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