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Birmingham Post ‏@birminghampost 21m21 minutes ago Hundreds of Jaguar agency workers face axe http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/business/business-news/hundreds-jaguar-agency-workers-face-9096627" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; … Hundreds = 700. Awful news for a lot of people....

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utopiandreams wrote:
diGriz wrote:... Oh, that wasn't the joke. Clegg (who?) was being interviewed and made a joke about Shapps that bombed.

"Boom, boom."

I'd read about it and assumed the drum roll bit was a joke.

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You missed Clegg's tumble-weed Shapps joke. Clegg who? Fair do's to the Lib Dems, their press release about Shapps was good: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CDIhV8KW4AADRTG.jpg:large (I'm going to finish reading page 2 soon!) Oh, that wasn't the joke. Clegg (who?) was being interviewed and made a joke ...

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Iain Dale on LBC still flogging a dead horse over the SNP thing. Even a few minutes critical thinking shows that there is absolutely nothing the SNP can do to hinder Labour. Our media are out of control.

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Reasons to be Cheerful Part III

Ed is officially cool #Milifandom
Grant Shapps
Dave caught out having an off camera dig at Alex Salmond

You missed Clegg's tumble-weed Shapps joke.

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Michael Rosen
‏@MichaelRosenYes

Grant Shapps
is several chaps.
People in the
media
think he fiddled wikipedia.
Grant Shapps
never lies.
He mistakenly
over firmly denies.

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Did anyone else look at the name Contribsx and have a flash on one of Shapps' alter egos Sebastian Fox?

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David Cameron and Boris Johnson stage joint campaign visit David Cameron and Boris Johnson are doing a campaign visit together in Surbiton. They have been visiting a nursery.(Election Blog, Guardian) Why? Five minutes after Cameron and Boris enter nursery a child is brought out screaming. Correlate...

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Mark Ferguson @Markfergusonuk · 1h 1 hour ago Thanks to #milifandom I’m getting RTs just for posting Ed Miliband photos. Wish I’d known I could’ve started in 2010 Is anyone following the #milifandom hashtag? It's gone crazy for Ed - not sure if its good or bad - I'm totally confused :? Link to the ...

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Glenda's little boy has awarded today's honours to the Tories who have, and I quote, "got Labour on the back foot"; the similarities between his blog (I won't insult you with a link, it really isn't worth the read) and Wintour's piece of drivel are spooky .... well, they would be spooky i...

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AngryAsWell wrote:Ed's interview if anyone missed it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... d-miliband" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I can't actually watch it. That presenter is awful.

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Rupert Murdoch berated Sun journalists for not doing enough to attack Ed Miliband http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/rupert-murdoch-berated-sun-journalists-for-not-doing-enough-to-attack-ed-miliband-10191005.html Did I repost the cool Ed Miliband stuff earlier? Surprised no one commented. I th...

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'Cool Ed Miliband' Imagines The Labour Leader As You've Never Seen Him Before
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04 ... _hp_ref=uk

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I see that the 'Red Ed' nickname has been subverted to 'Red Hot Ed' blt in a few different places. That'll miff some journos.

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Protester adds welcome mats to Ukip immigration poster in Nigel Farage's target constituency South Thanet, gets called a 'hero' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/protester-adds-welcome-mats-to-ukip-immigration-poster-in-nigel-farages-target-constituency-south-thanet-gets...

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Hi all,

Sorry if posted.

Who is winning the election battle on social media?

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... cial-media

For what it's worth.

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— Nick Clegg (@nick_clegg)
April 16, 2015

I'll debate with you @Ed_Miliband, even if @David_Cameron won't. Any time, any place, anywhere. #BBCDebate pic.twitter.com/GWc6JGBVYk

Desperate.

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So I'm guessing CCHQ will be voting Sturgeon like crazy on the polls tonight.

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From AS And here is some more Twitter sentiment analysis. It was conducted around half time, and it is from Demos, Qlik, the University of Sussex, and Ipsos MORI. It suggests that Nicola Sturgeon and Ed Miliband are the winners. Here are the net approval ratings - cheers (positive tweets) minus boos...

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Just had a look at this story on the Mail, the thrilled tone of the article contrasts totally with the comments below. Every single one is negative, pretty much split between the "where are people supposed to live in the future" argument and the "why should housing association tenant...

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Some interesting stats. Labour wants you to trust them with the economy again: 7 charts that show how they coped last time they were in power http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-wants-you-to-trust-them-with-the-economy-again-7-charts-that-show-how-they-coped-last-time-they-were-in-...

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Some interesting stats. Labour wants you to trust them with the economy again: 7 charts that show how they coped last time they were in power http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-wants-you-to-trust-them-with-the-economy-again-7-charts-that-show-how-they-coped-last-time-they-were-in-p...

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General Election 2015: 10-year-old girl asks David Cameron the best question of the campaign but he still fails to give an answer http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-10yearold-girl-asks-david-cameron-the-best-question-of-the-campaign-but-he-still-fail...

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Just seen this from last night, posted by diGriz: "Sky Press Preview, Drip Girl left on chairs in hospital for five hours in tomorrow's Sun. Nothing to link yet but it's damning. [Edit] Due to no free beds, the woman on a drip-feed is draped over three chairs (seemingly in a waiting room) at A...

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Sky Press Preview, Drip Girl left on chairs in hospital for five hours in tomorrow's Sun. Nothing to link yet but it's damning. [Edit] Due to no free beds, the woman on a drip-feed is draped over three chairs (seemingly in a waiting room) at Ashya hospital. Is it damning though, or Sun sensationali...

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Sky Press Preview, Drip Girl left on chairs in hospital for five hours in tomorrow's Sun.

Nothing to link yet but it's damning.

[Edit] Due to no free beds, the woman on a drip-feed is draped over three chairs (seemingly in a waiting room) at Ashya hospital.

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Well the central manifesto message isn't one that pulls at the heart strings but I can understand why they've done it. The Tories and Lib Dems were going to be all over whatever they wrote with their chaos, don't trust them with the car keys again stuff. This - hugely aided by the Tories own rash s...

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Why Labour’s manifesto begins by promising to cut the deficit every year http://may2015.com/datablast/why-labours-manifesto-opens-by-promising-a-budget-responsibility-lock/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; First thought - I wish you had not gone that way, do it, but no need ...

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I don't really feel the right to complain about it but can we not keep the content of the politics section as just politics please? I tend to skim past relevant posts while avoiding the ones that aren't political which I know frustrates quite a few on here when their points are missed. Mind you, it'...

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Is it tomorrow that the Conservatives publish their manifesto? My mind's gone blank. I think tomorrow is Labour publishing their manifesto ... and the Conservatives have delayed their manifesto launch by a day to Tuesday so they have time to fully rubbish Labour's manifesto - and probably to adjust...

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Yes - I got one of those. And as I said the other day, I was pleased and relieved that they avoided the trap (and the possible dodgyness (is that a word?) of sweat-shop labour. Unlike Ukip, who are having their stuff made in China. https://twitter.com/jon_swindon/status/587185156433309696" onc...

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Hi all. Did we ever ascertain whether or not Cameron inherited his father's non-dom status?

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Hi all. Sorry if posted but I thought it interesting.

13 election posters the Tories would prefer you forgot about
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/1 ... l1AQOCv7Jb

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Indy Scotland ‏@yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink? And here's the Tory spin on the debate. CCHQ Press Office ‏@CCHQPress...

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The vid above I thought deserved no introduction to spoil what it was. Apologies to anyone who may suffer weeks-long blackouts and thought that was real.

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ohsocynical wrote:Hah. This link works...Dave's audience in Cornwall.

https://twitter.com/skynewsniall/status ... lang=en-gb

Some scenes from Wag The Dog spring to mind.

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Was trying to post two photos on Twitter of Dave's rally that was held in a gigantic cowshed in Cornwell. Couldn't even get a url working today :( The bus was driven straight into the cowshed. Avoiding meeting the public? One photo showed a big crowd all enthusiastically waving banners. The other, ...

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Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly. When did we become a police state? Edited to add - seriously who uses "Bint" these days, circa 1940 and I have no clue why it means what it means. It's Arabic for 'daughter' adopted by British s...

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Jonathan Portes ‏@jdportes 1m1 minute ago Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts I just called Rod a shit for brains. Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly. When did we bec...

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It's a chimp holding a gun.

I thought a monkey (I know it's an ape but...) holding a gun was quite representative of me with access to internet forums.

@51A It's wearing a T-shirt.

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tinyclanger2 wrote:
ohsocynical wrote:
The Sun headlined: Cameron saving the life of a baby lamb.

Wait until he sets the hounds on it.

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I agree with that, for the SNP. The floating voters and undecideds are what is in play here. Absolutely. If 30% of former Labour voters are considering going SNP this time, it only takes a small number to change their minds to have a dramatic change in the Scottish results. An update on the end of ...

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Anything else happening today or is everyone focused on confusing skullduggery?

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From AS at the G. ICM - Full results - Miliband wins by a whisker - Miliband 25%, Cameron 24% And here are the full results. Miliband wins by a whisker. Although, as I posted earlier (see 10.08pm), when respondents were asked to choose between Cameron and Miliband, it was a dead heat. Miliband: 25% ...

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@ diGriz I've been meaning to say this for some time now . . . When I look at your picture\avatar thingy, I always see a side-on image of a black and white duck. It took time for me to realise that it was something different but, even now, the duck is the first thing I see and I have to crank my br...

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Something a bit lighthearted,

Politicians with their faces folded are truly terrifying

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/04/01/pol ... errifying/

The Osborne one is very disturbing.

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Can anyone embed the Ed video ? Really worth watching, if he can do more of these interviews on main stream TV that Landslide would be rolling ! :dance: Here you are: [youtube]14Wy4Vh-4bM[/youtube] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Wy4Vh-4bM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ...

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Conservative benefit cut options leaked

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32084722

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