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Good morning all, Apologies for mentioning The Topic Which Must Not Be Named, but I don't believe that there was much mention of the GMB coming out in favour of Owen Smith. I've been away for a couple of weeks, so further apologies if this has already been posted (and even further apologies for the ...

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Interesting letter from Arlene Foster & Martin McGuinness to Theresa May outlining Northern Ireland's demands/concerns following Brexit. NI1.jpg NI2.jpg As I mentioned earlier, I was in Ireland on holiday recently (my wife is from the south, and we went with good friends from Belfast). For anyon...

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Good morning! Michael Phelps - 21 Olympic gold medals. That's an astonishing achievement. There was an interesting, if brief, discussion about his struggles with alcohol on the BBC during the commentary yesterday - Mark Foster said that high-level sport is quite an addictive thing, and when top ath...

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RobertSnozers wrote:
mbc1955 wrote:
PorFavor wrote:
Don't come the cowboy with me . . . .
Only on Christmas Eve, in the drunk tank...

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He's a liar & I'm not sure about you

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(((Duncan Weldon))) ‏@DuncanWeldon 5m5 minutes ago 20 year gilt auction at 1.64%. Can we have a UK infrastructure fund now please? Quite. We need less of the "but we can't possible borrow!" line and a bit more strategic thinking. Come on Roger do you think there's a magic money tree? Beli...

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Hold on. Did Corbyn get the rest or couldn't the pair of them muster a full set? That's not even 172 MPs ffs. There's another day of nominations. The agreement was whoever was behind at 5pm today would drop out, I believe. Wonder if anyone else will throw their hat into the ring. On another topic, ...

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Personally I think that Momentum's latest newsletter is a bit OTT.

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Good morning all.
The Male Online's take on the Trident vote

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Have the LibDems ever been known to rule out anything (except pay and limousines, of course)? I've said it before and will no doubt say it again - I cannot see what the LibDems would gain from courting the authoritarian, pro-war wing of Labour, or even how they could exist in the same party. Just a...

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mbc1955 wrote:
citizenJA wrote:
mbc1955 wrote: Love does that as well.
Joy Division
I always liked that song
Favourite. Song. Ever.

Nice to see the band they became after Ian Curtis died are doing their bit for the community

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PorFavor wrote:Another "Time-share" situation with hilarious consequences? A PG Wodehouse "Blandings Castle" story?

Davis as Lord Emsworth, Johnson as Galahad & Fox as the Empress?

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I don't get Bell. Never have. Rowson seems far cleverer, Bell just adds to the bad feeling. Yes - I've always said that I'm not keen on him (Steve Bell). He seems to me a bit of an Ian Hislop, if you know what I mean. Now Martin Rowson - brilliant. Art work is wonderful and he certainly makes me th...

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Not much to say other than Bell's depiction of May in today's If... is priceless. His depiction of Angela Eagle last week was pretty good as well: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2016/jul/14/steve-bells-if-on-angie-the-eagles-policy-going-forward" onclick="window.open(th...

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I suppose Sunday's the appropriate day for the smell of burning martyrs... I've got some kindling if it's any use...... This is your first warning, citizen - you have used language which could be interpreted by the faux-outraged centre rightists as bullying and twisted to look as though you actuall...

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JonnyT1234 wrote:The problem with weathervanes is that they aren't actually any good at telling you the weather.

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"

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I'm not so bothered about his back story, tbh - that was then and this is now. Tony Blair was once a leftie, Tony Benn was once on the right of the party. Smith may be a bit of an opportunist, but in moderation that quality is not always bad. If it shows he "gets" where much of the party ...

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SpinningHugo wrote:Danesclose

No.

You should follow the lead of Ed Miliband.

I strongly agree with him.

*Swims up. Sniffs bait. Swims away*

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ohsocynical wrote:
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Popular Front of Judea vs Judean Popular Front

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ephemerid wrote:
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SpinningHugo wrote:Time to purge those MPs who don't reflect the people's will eh?

No more Ed Miliband then.

Every cloud.
You'd rather we followed the lead of McTiernan as quoted above, then?

I'd rather we just ignored obvious concern trolling.

Good point. My apologies for taking the bait.

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SpinningHugo wrote:Time to purge those MPs who don't reflect the people's will eh?

No more Ed Miliband then.

Every cloud.

You'd rather we followed the lead of McTiernan as quoted above, then?

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@ohso. Sent you a PM last night re my response to someone else's mail. Don't think it got through. Apologies if my mail offended you

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CnY3rUXXEAAy0fJ.jpg Total bollocks. What does it matter he fought a byelection in 2006. You might as well call Blair a communist for getting elected on Labours 1983 manifesto. If the best the far left can manage is intimidation and conspiracy stories how do they expect to be taken seriously. Yet th...

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TechnicalEphemera wrote:
Corbyn is in any case judged not on his mandate but on his ability to lead Labour to power (or at least get close to it).

That is surely the only measure that matters for the leader of the opposition. .

No, not the only one. Not if it means jettisoning your beliefs & principles

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/brexit-impact-recession-eu-referendum-credit-suisse-employment-job-hiring-a7136541.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Britain’s vote to leave the EU will plunge the country into a shallow recession in the second half of 2016...

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Given the boundary changes Chances of that happening given everything else going on? Not likely I'd say - esp. as it impacts as many Tories as it does Labour. Why would she risk having a fight with her own MPs? Also, given that post-Brexit we're supposed to be taking more of our own decisions, and ...

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A government is going to have purposely lose a vote of confidence in themselves just as all the Brexit negotiations are going on and before the boundary changes are put in place? As I said there seems to be some alternate realities being invented here but with a tone of smug arrogance...... Dial do...

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Temulkar wrote:A neutron walks into a bar and orders a drink. He asks how much? 'For you?' says the barman. 'No charge!'

A Higgs boson walks into a Catholic church. "Get out!" shouts the priest. "Why?" replies the Higgs "You can't have mass without me".

I'll get my coat

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I've just been asked to vote for the NEC members, and the only one I recognised was Eddy Izzard. Anyone know anything about the rest? I have an email with 6 of the leftwingers,momentum sent it. I can send it you if you let me have your email. Hi, I've just sent you a PM. Would appreciate if you cou...

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As an aside, has anyone been watching Le Tour today? If not, highlights on ITV4 tonight. Well worth watching, absolutely fascinating..

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It is utterly unacceptable that people who can't be bothered to join Labour just turn up and vote for leader. It is similarly utterly unacceptable that Unite were offering cut price deals to subvert NEC rules. It reduces the whole thing to an arms race, as Militant/Momentum/amusingly the Communist ...

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TobyLatimer wrote:John Wittingdale sacked, Strictly Come Dancing breathes a sigh of relief.

Presumably his Civil Servants will have a whip round for his leaving present

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Hammond confirms Britain will leave the Single Market following Brexit

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TobyLatimer wrote:Victoria Derbyshire just asked Angela Eagle what policies would seperate her from Corbyn. She said we need to be more anti-austerity.

That's it I'm sold.

She's obviously learnt from the monstering Andrew Neill gave her at the weekend

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Seems that our senior Brexit negotiator doesn't realise that EU states can't make their own, independent trade deals with non-EU members:

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Good morning all.
Handy ready reckoner for anyone going on holiday to Europe this summer.
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Any news of Health yet? Or Murdoch's representative on earth (Culture Secretary)?

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RogerOThornhill wrote:Really?

Freddie Whittaker
‏@FCDWhittaker

New Department for International Trade established, led by Liam Fox. Does this pave the way for break-up of BIS? Will DfE get HE and FE?

Lots of foreign travel for an old chum then...

And people thought that leaving the EU would protect us from TTIP

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Gary Lineker's take on the new cabinet:

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From the BBC:

New Home Secretary Amber Rudd, who campaigned for Remain in the EU referendum, famously warned in a TV debate that she would not trust the new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson to drive her home at the end of a night out...

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I got punched on the face by a senior copper, as a young anti-fascist protestor many moons ago. Both my arms were linked with other people in a peaceful demonstration, and I presented no threat. He obviously felt like smacking a small young woman for fun. Never got hurt by a National Front member. ...

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yahyah wrote:Good news about your son danesclose. Must be a relief for all of you.

Thank you. Yes it is, still won't stop him standing up for his beliefs though.

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They came to Southampton a few weeks ago. Hundreds, if not thousands of demonstrators turned up to tell them to get lost. We chased them around the city for a couple of hours, preventing them from dishing out hate literature, and eventually cornered them at the railway station. The police arranged ...

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Hi all, As I said last week I had to take a few days away to collect my lads from Uni (both up north, one in Lancashire, one in God's own county). Also had to support my eldest who was due in court. For the avoidance of any doubt, in general I am against violence. However my eldest lad, of whom I a...

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Hi all, As I said last week I had to take a few days away to collect my lads from Uni (both up north, one in Lancashire, one in God's own county). Also had to support my eldest who was due in court. For the avoidance of any doubt, in general I am against violence. However my eldest lad, of whom I am...

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TobyLatimer wrote:PMQ's - Cameron holds up photo of him with Larry the cat to quash rumour they never got on. 'Sadly can't take him with me'

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One more quick thing today before I piss off again (I promise). This is what the PLP should be fighting, not playing stupid Student Union politics. https://www.opendemocracy.net/ournhs/richard-grimes/government-moves-to-consider-nhs-user-charges However I suppose to the likes of Eagle, Kinnock, Wats...

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Mary Turner of GMB is absent from the NEC because of 'illness'. The oldest trick in the book. Watson has fixed it. That is what Watson was elected to do. Back briefly between having a life. 2016-07-12_175132.jpg Turns out Mary Turner is actually in hospital, rather than performing "the oldest ...

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Actually, the plan seems to have been executed fairly competently v Corbyn. Small group went first, 40 others or so weren't in on it, but agreed and followed. Heavyweights from the past joined in. Competently???? Corbyn still in charge, 200,000 additional party members splitting on the most pessimi...

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