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I wish someone could convince Jon Trickett to stand for the leadership,he said he would continue with Ed's policies. Reading between the lines on his Twitter output I suspect he wouldn't need much convincing, the articles he has written over the past week do read like some sort of personal manifest...

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I wish someone could convince Jon Trickett to stand for the leadership,he said he would continue with Ed's policies. Reading between the lines on his Twitter output I suspect he wouldn't need much convincing, the articles he has written over the past week do read like some sort of personal manifesto.

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Joint editorial: LabourList remains committed to impartiality and fairness http://labourlist.org/2015/05/joint-editorial-labourlist-remains-committed-to-impartiality-and-fairness/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... Although Mark has left LabourList to work for one of the l...

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I've had my daughter who lives in the US tell me London is now a no go area...That's from listening to Fox News...Another of Murdochs news outlets. Do they mean a no go area for anyone who isn't earning at least £30,000 and already on the housing ladder? It is fast becoming a no go area for those o...

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I've had my daughter who lives in the US tell me London is now a no go area...That's from listening to Fox News...Another of Murdochs news outlets. Ach, these stories surface periodically. The Standard ran something similar in the mid-80s, describing a corridor stretching from the Elephant to Thorn...

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Good night PF. Good night all.

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What is wrong with these people? :shock: :fire: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-deputy-mayor-owen-lister-558677#ICID=sharebar_twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; You have to wonder though, are idiots like this one and that councillor who suggested coloured arm...

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What is wrong with these people? :shock: :fire: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-deputy-mayor-owen-lister-558677#ICID=sharebar_twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; You have to wonder though, are idiots like this one and that councillor who suggested coloured armb...

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Looking at the #LabourLeader twitter thread. Horrid photograph of Andy, thumbs up with a dead body behind him in a morgue :( Seems to be stuck near the top of the page as well https://twitter.com/hashtag/Labourleadership?src=hash&lang=en-gb" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fals...

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Gracie Samuels-Pleb ‏@GracieSamuels 3 mins3 minutes ago @angelaeagle @MaryCreaghMP @andyburnhammp Looking for a proper comprehensive programme for the disabled and the abolition of WCA etc Really looking, or making themselves look good? Burnham's plans for the NHS included proper integration of hea...

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Tom Blenkinsop ‏@TomBlenkinsop 1m1 minute ago Skinner "I've been here 45yrsate" SNP member to Dennis Skinner, "44 to long" #TartanTories #SNP Looks like we might have some 'pithy' exchanges to look forward to over the next 5 years. Editing to add: He's amended his tweet with a b...

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If people are going to insist on feeding the troll I don't know that I'm going to want to spend much time here. Sorry To be honest RS I think of them less as Trolls than Scrolls, as that is the button on my mouse I use to skip straight past its posts; I agree we should not be feeding it, so I will ...

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Morning all. I'm being pleasantly surprised by Harman's stewardship. What do others think? She's getting to be an old hand at this acting leader after Labour defeat malarky, so one would hope she has more than a little bit of an idea of what she's doing. I really hope she takes the opportunity to be...

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seeingclearly, and others. Just finished watching a wonderful TV programme which (sort of) follows on from the discussion we were having yesterday, Fighting for King and Empire: Britain's Caribbean Heroes ; I've just spent an enchanting hour listening to these astonishing men describe their experien...

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SpinningHugo wrote:
TheGrimSqueaker wrote:
And you think one of your precious Progressites would have done a better job? .
Yes, I do. Indeed I am certain of it.

Then you are delusional.

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Nuneaton and Swindon, where we need to win, are not populated by quite so many people who share your viewpoint as you might hope. Vote for someone you could see a Tory voting for. In the same way that the Conservatives choose their leader according to who they think a Socialist might vote for, you ...

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Or more accurately, the SNP has to lose Scotland rather than Labour "winning it back". It looks unlikely right now I know, but a look at Quebec shows what can happen. Though I think the Scottish Labour party is very likely to go fully independent now - that may help a bit. Back on the top...

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Or more accurately, the SNP has to lose Scotland rather than Labour "winning it back". It looks unlikely right now I know, but a look at Quebec shows what can happen. Though I think the Scottish Labour party is very likely to go fully independent now - that may help a bit. Back on the top...

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Jim Murphy resigned. Even more turmoil than having just lost all but one MP? I find that difficult to believe... Agreed. Sorry about including the hyperactive subtitle from the G. I don't like manipulative narratives so absurdly apparent. Murphy's resignation is not unexpected & will probably e...

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No one should be pre-judged. A lot of preconceived prejudices appear be dying out as the population becomes more cosmopolitan. A good thing too, but I fear the class system now actively resurrected by the government is going to be with us for a long time. Which is ironic, because they themselves po...

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No one should be pre-judged. A lot of preconceived prejudices appear be dying out as the population becomes more cosmopolitan. A good thing too, but I fear the class system now actively resurrected by the government is going to be with us for a long time. Which is ironic, because they themselves po...

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The whole thing about fox hunting is a great big sneery class ridden up yours to ordinary people who don't like it and the politicians who got it banned. A 'we're here and your can't do a thing about it' kind of sneer. I can't see that Nicola is unable to see that. Ha! Isn't it great to be British ...

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Tim Shipman ‏@ShippersUnbound 59s60 seconds ago Tony Blair's old flatmate Charlie Falconer declares for Andy Burnham. Campaign to be run by Michael Dugher. Serious players. JamesLyons ‏@STJamesl 1m1 minute ago Andy Burnham first to roll out names - Owen Smith and Charlie Falconer backing a campaign...

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Going to full fat Blairism at this point points, if nothing else, to poor judgement (which could be a recurring thing if these rumours have any truth in them) No, there doesn't seem to be any outstanding candidate right now - which probably means Burnham as the "least bad" option but hopi...

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I've just read Chuka Umunna's statement over at the Guardian Politics Blog. It's actually the most human-being speak I've heard him utter to date. I'm almost impressed. It isn't good he has pulled out, because he was a serious candidate and he should have had chance to shine. It may even indicate t...

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Morning all.

rebeccariots2 wrote:
James Chapman (Mail) ‏@jameschappers 23m23 minutes ago
"Senior SNP source" also revealed party would have stood candidates in northern England if nominations not closed by time of #sturgeonmania

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Thoughts on Marmite politicians. We have one leadership candidate being rejected for the crime of having a posh name, one for not being great on YouTube and one for being a soulless & patronising wonk; well, the last is fair enough, but have we really reached the point where we judge the book b...

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Thoughts on Marmite politicians. We have one leadership candidate being rejected for the crime of having a posh name, one for not being great on YouTube and one for being a soulless & patronising wonk; well, the last is fair enough, but have we really reached the point where we judge the book by...

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When a Labour spokesperson is asked to comment on ''welfare' spending and cuts in future ... wouldn't it be great if they started off each time by adjusting the overall figures to exclude pensions ... and stated so? This would be perfectly legitimate and make sense as Ohso said they've only been in...

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@TheGrimSqueaker I thought I said don't answer that, TGS! Seriously I agree with what you've said of Tristram. In fact I take back my Burnham nomination who I like, but as others have said there's the Stafford Hospital baggage, or is that propaganda and lies against him? I have thought him dignifie...

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And what a disaster that was. He won with keynote policies of (a) a graduate tax to replace fees and (b) a living wage Only faint echoes of (b) were retained once he won. And by being able to say (wholly implausibly) that he opposed the Iraq War, something for which there was no evidence before the...

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Btw forget what I said of Tristram and Starkey. Something in my dim-witted mind confused Tristram with Dan Snow. I cannot imagine why; that's where historian came from. Ha! Because you were actually making sense there. Tristram is an historian. Not entirely unlike Dan Snow. Thanks, Willow. It was a...

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Hunt - comes across well on TV I agree, but even now that is not everything. Lets be brutal about this shall we, is a public schoolboy called TRISTRAM going to win back Scottish voters or see off the UKIP menace in our northern heartlands? There is also the inconvenient fact that last week his seat...

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Just seen Claudia Winkleman (?) something about her kiddie's dress on fire. Frightening though it undoubtedly was, Claudia, I cannot help but hold you responsible. Didn't you recognise the risk for yourself? Having said that, I worked in retail furniture when improved fire regs for furnishings were...

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Night PF. Night all.

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ohso : Jon Swindon on Twitter having his account closed because of his posts about Cameron, is a prime example, but he's only one of many. I posted on this last night - it looks like a personal thing with another labour tweeter There was some unpleasantness between 'Gail' and another tweeter (I wil...

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Andy Burnham has now officially announced that he is standing for the Labour leadership.

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Cameron, reported to be going to say later today: "For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens 'as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone'. Have to say I've not been one of those who get that hung up on the more notional edge of civil liberties, b...

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There was talk on here of the United Nations. An important agency of the UN is the International Labour Organization, originally formed under the auspices of the League of Nations; 185 of the 193 UN member states are members of the ILO, including the United Kingdom. Many of the conventions adopted b...

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Thus - "The definition of harmful is to include a risk of public disorder, a risk of harassment, alarm, or distress, or creating a threat to the functioning of democracy". Jeez, Paul Dacre, Rupert Murdoch, Louise Mensch and Katie Hopkins are in serious trouble then. TCC will have to write...

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Hi Angry. Well, it wasn't easy. But like I said on Saturday, they're going on the list (when the shit hits the fan they'll be the first to come bitching to the union rep). All I could think of at the time was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29Mg6Gfh9Co And you know, I really think we're appro...

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Who let that squirrel loose in the socks again?

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Good grief. This is just getting funny now. I've never encountered such a fragile, precious, unstable group of people in my entire life. It's little wonder that the Left scraps and fights with each other every five minutes, when you are so vulnerable to falling apart whenever you're presented with ...

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And another obstacle to the scrapping of the HRA. Maybe this is all part of Cameron's plan to take us back to the good old days of the 1980s; attacks on the unions, interest rate rises crippling the housing market (Carney will have to give way sooner or later) and an Irish terrorist campaign. http:/...

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DonutHingeParty wrote:Option 4: Edit the posts to make them say "I have never satisfied anyone in bed and my parents are ashamed of me."

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So glad that the modern Haven cuisine is growing in popularity so much that you've used the lip-licking smiley, @ Swarthlander . That is what :P means, isn't it? :grin: It is now. :lol: There was a sitcom on TV (I can't remember which one and it's driving me crazy) where an 'old dear' kept turning ...

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....At the moment I'm enjoying poking him with a stick, when I get bored I'll just scroll on by; either way he is achieving nothing apart from taking up valuable storage space and wasting precious oxygen. You do realise, Grim, that he's probably jerking one off everytime he gets a reply. :shock: :l...

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I'll drink to that. Sorry ivenever provided any snacks. I can make a date and walnut loaf (nice with ketchup) and bring some Twiglets, only a few weeks past their sellby I prefer the banana and black pudding fritters or the corned beef and custard pie. :P Corned beef & custard? I thought everyb...

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The experts opinion on trolls such as we are getting, is that they have a mental illness. Given that they probably don't realise it and we don't know exactly who they are so they could be offered help, it's best we just leave them alone. I always assumed with our particular troll (let us call it Ce...

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Bless. You really do need to remember to change the 'voice' you know, you make it far too obvious. But then, you need a basic level of intelligence to manage that I think it is hilarious that you think everyone is Rustinpeace. Pure paranoia and rather frightening. Re Intelligence: Bit rich coming f...

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