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by Lost Soul
Sat 16 Dec, 2017 2:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2017
Replies: 206
Views: 38999

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2017

citizenJA wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Oh and if Blair really cares about Brexit, the best service he can provide to the cause is to SHUT UP.
I don't know
I think this country has had quite enough of 'shutting up'.

We're in this position because not enough has been said.
by Lost Soul
Sat 16 Dec, 2017 2:35 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2017
Replies: 206
Views: 38999

Re: Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December 2017

Brexit: Can Leavers and Remainers call a Christmas truce? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-42198627?__twitter_impression=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Probably not : Anna Soubry receives messages calling for her to be hanged as a traitor https://www.theguar...
by Lost Soul
Mon 11 Dec, 2017 12:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday, 11th December 2017
Replies: 42
Views: 16680

Re: Monday, 11th December 2017

It's Kipling isn't it.. Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in l...
by Lost Soul
Mon 11 Dec, 2017 12:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday, 11th December 2017
Replies: 42
Views: 16680

Re: Monday, 11th December 2017

David Davis's LBC interview - Summary Here is a summary of all the points from David Davis’s interview on LBC. He claimed that he did not need to be clever to do his job. Being able to stay calm was the key quality, he said. When asked about the qualities needed to do the job, he said: What’s the r...
by Lost Soul
Sun 10 Dec, 2017 2:11 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December 2017
Replies: 118
Views: 33685

Re: Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th December 2017

Well, there's a surprise... https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/09/global-powers-lobby-to-stop-special-brexit-deal-for-uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; EU officials insisted a bespoke deal more favourable to the UK than other non-EU nations was out of the questio...
by Lost Soul
Fri 10 Nov, 2017 11:24 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th November 2017
Replies: 112
Views: 28703

Re: Friday 10th November 2017

I'm disappointed that more fuss hasn't been made about this - Theresa May has used an article in the Daily Telegraph ( paywall ) to announced that the government will table an amendment to the EU withdrawal bill to specify that the UK will leave the EU at 11pm GMT (midnight in Brussels) on 29 March...
by Lost Soul
Tue 07 Nov, 2017 12:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 7th November 2017
Replies: 93
Views: 31225

Re: Tuesday 7th November 2017

PM plans new ministerial code after Priti Patel apology (BBC News website) That's some catalogue of transgressions. But it's all ok because Liam Fox says this is the sort of thing he does all the time. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-41896756 That's an excellent bit of writing there : 'Lack o...
by Lost Soul
Tue 01 Aug, 2017 4:59 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Replies: 51
Views: 26743

Re: Tuesday 1st August 2017

...with the most inept bunch of idiots steering


http://uk.businessinsider.com/former-eu ... way-2017-7" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by Lost Soul
Tue 01 Aug, 2017 2:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Replies: 51
Views: 26743

Re: Tuesday 1st August 2017

Yes, but the same survey also says most people have accepted we are leaving (this is backed up by other polling evidence) Which is why it isn't as simple for Labour as some of the "48%ers" would have us think. It is quite simple. Labour should be adopting a position that does not lead to ...
by Lost Soul
Tue 01 Aug, 2017 12:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Replies: 51
Views: 26743

Re: Tuesday 1st August 2017

Yes, but the same survey also says most people have accepted we are leaving (this is backed up by other polling evidence) Which is why it isn't as simple for Labour as some of the "48%ers" would have us think. There is a difference between accepting and agreeing though. Sure, but that gap...
by Lost Soul
Tue 01 Aug, 2017 11:36 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Replies: 51
Views: 26743

Re: Tuesday 1st August 2017

Yes, but the same survey also says most people have accepted we are leaving (this is backed up by other polling evidence) Which is why it isn't as simple for Labour as some of the "48%ers" would have us think. There is a difference between accepting and agreeing though. I don't think it's...
by Lost Soul
Tue 01 Aug, 2017 10:59 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 1st August 2017
Replies: 51
Views: 26743

Re: Tuesday 1st August 2017

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40630242 General election 2017: Brexit dominated voters' thoughts By Prof Ed Fieldhouse & Dr Chris Prosser University of Manchester 'It really was about Brexit' Thank you. It was for me, as well as the people I have actual contact with. ( though not necessa...
by Lost Soul
Fri 28 Jul, 2017 7:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 28th July 2017
Replies: 179
Views: 90821

Re: Friday 28th July 2017

More from Danny Boy. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DFxOnv5XgAMeIXN.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; No bigly image this time, Por Favor. Talks of the "centre left" opposing cheaper food. He might find a few of the Tory base arent keen on it either. Food producing...
by Lost Soul
Thu 27 Jul, 2017 11:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 27th July 2017
Replies: 142
Views: 54076

Re: Thursday 27th July 2017

[quote="AngryAsWell"]Benefits of European Union

http://econ.economicshelp.org/2007/03/b ... union.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good night all[/quote)
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Thank you AAW
by Lost Soul
Fri 07 Jul, 2017 8:22 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 7th July 2017
Replies: 64
Views: 22918

Re: Friday 7th July 2017

Proposals for Margaret Thatcher statue near parliament turned down ... 'The Royal Parks manages the land on which the statue would be sited but said it refused permission on the grounds that it has not been given assurances that Thatcher’s family approve of the monument. The £300,000 work was commis...
by Lost Soul
Fri 23 Jun, 2017 11:19 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 23rd June 2017
Replies: 121
Views: 35755

Re: Friday 23rd June 2017

Anyone listening to the Brexit programme on R4....

How... just how is Brexit going to make Wakefield 'great again' ?

This radio is going out of the window soon.
by Lost Soul
Fri 09 Jun, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday June 9th 2017
Replies: 382
Views: 130081

Re: Friday June 9th 2017

Oh, the language in this room...

I'm the only one in it.
by Lost Soul
Fri 09 Jun, 2017 12:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday June 9th 2017
Replies: 382
Views: 130081

Re: Friday June 9th 2017

PorFavor wrote:Theresa May will form a government.

Strong'n'Stable...
by Lost Soul
Fri 09 Jun, 2017 8:49 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday June 9th 2017
Replies: 382
Views: 130081

Re: Friday June 9th 2017

I know that Ashcroft isn't exactly popular - but In the interest of gathering as much info from as many sources as possible...

This is interesting :

http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2017/06/re ... te-survey/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by Lost Soul
Wed 03 May, 2017 8:11 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 3rd May 2017
Replies: 147
Views: 47325

Re: Wednesday 3rd May 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/may/02/uk-cuts-tax-deficit-ifs-austerity-public-spending UK needs £15bn in cuts or tax rises to clear deficit by 2022, says IFS Tory austerity drive has made little difference to public spending as a share of national income, leading thinktank finds Am sure...
by Lost Soul
Tue 04 Apr, 2017 5:06 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 3rd April 2017
Replies: 66
Views: 17014

Re: Monday 3rd April 2017

The row about Gibraltar and Spain’s opportunistic grab for more power over the Rock reminds us of one very important thing – that there is still such a thing as the British Empire and the UK should honour its obligations to these territories – political, moral and military. No. There isn't. There i...
by Lost Soul
Wed 22 Mar, 2017 9:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Replies: 148
Views: 36334

Re: Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Tubby Isaacs wrote:It's objectively a big county.

Wasn't it Northumberland ( pop 315,800 ) that was unwisely described as a desolate wasteland... I may have lost the exact wording.
by Lost Soul
Wed 22 Mar, 2017 9:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Replies: 148
Views: 36334

Re: Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Tubby Isaacs wrote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_E ... ts_by_area

"District" doesn't sound as good as county, does it?


declared interest...

I live in...Yorkshire ! ;)
by Lost Soul
Wed 22 Mar, 2017 9:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Replies: 148
Views: 36334

Re: Wednesday 22nd March 2017

Mhairi Black MP‏Verified account @MhairiBlack Scotland has 59 MPs. London has 73. The second largest country in the UK can be outvoted by a single city. That's the real shame. It's a shame, yeah. The real shame. In other news, Northumberland is the biggest county in England. It gets outvoted by Gla...
by Lost Soul
Wed 22 Mar, 2017 3:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Replies: 148
Views: 36334

Re: Wednesday 22nd March 2017

1m ago 15:35 Luke Harding Luke Harding I’m outside Downing Street- 200 metres from parliament Square - where police are in force and there is a nervy mood. Met officers have taped off the pavement and are clearing the public - tourists, workers,passersby - back towards Trafalgar Square. Unmarked po...
by Lost Soul
Wed 22 Mar, 2017 3:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd March 2017
Replies: 148
Views: 36334

Re: Wednesday 22nd March 2017

BBC reporting an incident in Westminster and a lockdwn. Not very clear on what exactly happened. Parliament attack: man shot after police officer stabbed at House of Commons - live updates Major security alert at Westminster after at least one person was shot after police officer was stabbed outsid...
by Lost Soul
Sat 11 Mar, 2017 10:33 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March 2017
Replies: 221
Views: 49728

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th March 2017

'A senior Juncker aide later said the option of Britain returning to the EU “will always be open”. “There are different ways you can join,” the aide said. “You can be a full member, you can be a partner, you can be related to us in the customs union, or through a trade agreement.”' https://www.thegu...
by Lost Soul
Thu 02 Mar, 2017 12:19 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday March 2nd 2017
Replies: 104
Views: 24576

Re: Thursday March 2nd 2017

John McDonnell Warned A ‘New Organisation’ Could Replace The Labour Party In 2012, told protestors to ‘kick off’ at Labour and Tory MPs over cuts http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/john-mcdonnell-new-organisational-form-labour-no-fetish-marxism-2011-kicking-off-labour-mps_uk_58b73ccee4b019d36d10...
by Lost Soul
Wed 01 Mar, 2017 3:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 1st March 2017
Replies: 139
Views: 35157

Re: Wednesday 1st March 2017

Scottish woman and French husband ( scientist - specialist in renewable energy ) quit UK over Brexit https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/28/scottish-woman-and-french-husband-quit-uk-over-brexit" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Do the useless shower who've taken over th...
by Lost Soul
Mon 27 Feb, 2017 11:21 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 27th February 2017
Replies: 160
Views: 40960

Re: Monday 27th February 2017

McDonnell disowns his own article. This is like a director sending out an email to the staff pissed. Incredibly amateurish. Should be sacked. Can't find any mention of 'disowning'... But McDonnell’s article was written about a week ago, before the Copeland defeat. It was prompted by Tony Blair’s sp...
by Lost Soul
Sun 26 Feb, 2017 4:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February 2017
Replies: 323
Views: 99826

Re: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February 2017

More on the comms theme: https://mobile.twitter.com/MikeH_PR/status/835861680508776448" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://medium.com/@mikehind/if-youre-asking-how-we-persuade-the-brexity-trumpkins-you-re-asking-the-wrong-question-16bef7837c3e#.6fnyoiogu" onclick=&...
by Lost Soul
Sat 25 Feb, 2017 4:43 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February 2017
Replies: 323
Views: 99826

Re: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th February 2017

refitman wrote:Great win by Scotland. Wales pretty poor, all told.
WHAT !

I'm doomed to miss every winning match. ( both parents Scottish )
by Lost Soul
Thu 23 Feb, 2017 12:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 23rd February 2017
Replies: 134
Views: 36015

Re: Thursday 23rd February 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/23/swedish-mep-says-boris-johnsons-liberation-comment-crossed-red-line" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I don't know what to say about this. Lots of swearing obviously - but mainly just embarrassed and worried that the rest of Eur...
by Lost Soul
Tue 21 Feb, 2017 8:11 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 21st February 2017
Replies: 90
Views: 41492

Re: Tuesday 21st Febraury 2017

Febraury again...so soon !
by Lost Soul
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 6:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25715

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

oh my...

I do apologise.

Way , way too big
by Lost Soul
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25715

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... xt-message

"David Davies apologies for being David Davies"

This David Davis ?

https://tinyurl.com/jmehuf2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by Lost Soul
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 11:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85949

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Re the aviation disagreement. It seemed to me, as an observer or reader, that one person was talking about the experience of air travel being much the same. From the point of view of the passenger sitting in the seat. The other was making the point of huge technical advances. A lot of rows are like ...
by Lost Soul
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 12:52 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85949

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

HindleA wrote:Duplication.
Is that mandatory or optional
by Lost Soul
Fri 10 Feb, 2017 12:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th February 2017
Replies: 106
Views: 26586

Re: Friday 10th February 2017

You mean like this Tory (although his membership may not be entirely hatred-based)? At this point my brain went into meltdown. :? http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/nicola-sturgeon/sturgeon-denies-link-to-tory-student-who-taunted-homeless-man-1-4362987 There's tenuous. Then there's that. Charlem...
by Lost Soul
Thu 09 Feb, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 9th February 2017
Replies: 213
Views: 54849

Re: Thursday 9th February 2017

MP tables motion of no confidence in John Bercow over Trump comments https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/09/mp-tables-motion-of-no-confidence-in-john-bercow-over-trump-comments" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; oh jesus christ He's not available right now. But, if y...
by Lost Soul
Thu 09 Feb, 2017 7:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 9th February 2017
Replies: 213
Views: 54849

Re: Thursday 9th February 2017

SpinningHugo wrote:Shadow Secretary of State for Business – Rebecca Long-Bailey

Long-Bailey now third favourite to be next leader. Worth a flutter.

More of a dull thud than a flutter... Really ?
by Lost Soul
Thu 09 Feb, 2017 11:32 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 9th February 2017
Replies: 213
Views: 54849

Re: Thursday 9th February 2017

HindleA wrote:What do you think of it so far?

'rubbish'
by Lost Soul
Thu 09 Feb, 2017 11:17 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 9th February 2017
Replies: 213
Views: 54849

Re: Thursday 9th February 2017

HindleA wrote:It was actually called "The Torygraph",I may have been conned.

Mawny stannit...
by Lost Soul
Thu 09 Feb, 2017 11:02 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 9th February 2017
Replies: 213
Views: 54849

Re: Thursday 9th February 2017

HindleA wrote:Ex Torygraph subscriber confession.
Am for the gallows-someone gave me vouchers mitigation.

:o :sick: :o :sick: :o :shock:
by Lost Soul
Thu 09 Feb, 2017 10:45 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 9th February 2017
Replies: 213
Views: 54849

Re: Thursday 9th February 2017

10:27 The NHS in England is performing at its worst ever level against a raft of targets, including A&E, cancer and people forced to wait on trolleys, the Press Association reports. 2 years of Tory majority government and we're already back to people waiting on trolleys. God, people have short ...
by Lost Soul
Wed 08 Feb, 2017 7:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Replies: 263
Views: 60058

Re: Wednesday 8th February 2017

It's like having the builders in...

Knowing they're cowboys

and with no way of stopping them.
by Lost Soul
Wed 08 Feb, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Replies: 263
Views: 60058

Re: Wednesday 8th February 2017

Have we had this yet ? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-38884762" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; 'Three Labour MPs have each won £54,000 High Court defamation damages from UKIP MEP Jane Collins over remarks she made about Rotherham's child abuse scandal.'...
by Lost Soul
Wed 08 Feb, 2017 9:48 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Replies: 263
Views: 60058

Re: Wednesday 8th February 2017

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by Lost Soul
Wed 08 Feb, 2017 9:38 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 8th February 2017
Replies: 263
Views: 60058

Re: Wednesday 8th February 2017

Total recall: the people who never forge https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/08/total-recall-the-people-who-never-forget?CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Very disappointed that, when I went to your link, it wasn't an article about lazy blacksmiths. :clap:
by Lost Soul
Tue 07 Feb, 2017 2:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 7th February 2017
Replies: 297
Views: 60455

Re: Tuesday 7th February 2017

A retired Tory MPs son writes. http://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/02/theresa-may-desperately-needs-an-opposition-and-she-doesnt-have-one/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; from the article : Look, I’m not blind. Brexit is happening, and it is happening hard. None of the above is...