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RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.

Oh dear me...

I'm very clear that I am not answering the question.

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http://labourlist.org/2017/05/10-key-seats-for-labour-to-defend-and-10-more-to-target-if-corbyn-is-to-win-power/ 10 key seats for Labour to defend – and 10 more to target if Corbyn is to win power These target seats seem very disparate to me, whereas a lot of the Tory targets are northern leave vot...

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Ballsy move to attend tonight. It'll be interesting to see how Sturgeon plays it.

Edit: Robertson, not Sturgeon.

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Labour smell of poo and wee.

Seems to be where we're heading.

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citizenJA wrote:@StephenDolan
Please don't do this, I beg you
pk1 is Labour
I stand with you all

Okay cja, for you, I will cease.

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pk1 wrote:
StephenDolan wrote:Ah pk1, no comments on the May v Corbyn from last night, or is it just a quick comment on The Catastrophic radio interview?
Can't comment on something I didn't watch.

I see. I'll remember that.

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And its funny you link the mumsnet - post chat comments by people like Lisa Muggrdge et al (and itss not as if she is unbiased now is she) but not tothe start of the chat or 4 pages of positive comments before page 5? An oversight I am sure, as the chat itself didnt go to badly at all, now did it.....

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We constructively assist Labour when and if something is wrong and needs putting right, if possible We're going to have different ideas regarding wrong and if it's a reasonable time to bring it up I think RogerOThornhill, Willow904 and pk1 have made good points Mistakes happen and clarification is ...

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May going for the sly knuckleduster and eye gouging route now. How very prime ministerial of her.

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Ah pk1, no comments on the May v Corbyn from last night, or is it just a quick comment on The Catastrophic radio interview?

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Barry Gardiner is on good form on WATO.

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It would appear that having costings in a manifesto but not knowing them off by heart is A Very Bad Thing, whereas not providing any figures is perfectly acceptable. Right. Ah, the "pub quiz question gotcha" syndrome. Still, that's the BBC for you now. Jez is on Mumsnet later, I bet they ...

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It would appear that having costings in a manifesto but not knowing them off by heart is A Very Bad Thing, whereas not providing any figures is perfectly acceptable. Right.

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Morning all.

Brexit day for May. I'm surprised she hasn't floated the idea of making the final day a public holiday to remember our great Britishness. Take that Johnny foreigner!

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She is sooooo bad.

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Not bad so far. The vat on school fees plea was interesting.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hilariously delusional stuff from unsuccessful Only Connect contestant Mark Wallace over at the Graun

That piece gave me a chuckle. I half expected to see the name D'Ancona.

And, as for Raab, wow.

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Do we really need to have this pop up again right now?

Corbyn should be tougher on party trolls, says Harriet Harman

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... iet-harman" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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And Fallon pops up lol.

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Morning all.

Glad to see Charles Clarke pop up. A former Labour home secretary would concentrate his criticism to May, right? Alas, no. Corbyn, Corbyn, Corbyn.

The reaction to Corbyn's speech beforehand by the usual suspects is another let's set the narrative attempt. Sad, but unsurprising.

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Oh to be a fly on the wall of the next Crosby chat to May.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Iain Martin - NO!

I know, disgraceful. I'm waiting for Fallon to pop up and have a cozy chat with Humphrys along those lines.

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We're in a general election campaign. Off course its exactly the right time to discuss cuts in police numbers. It's not "playing politics" or "not the time" Rudd.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:This mornings papers aren't great reading for the government, are they?

I haven't seen them. Who is the best person to summarise them on the twitter?

Edit I see suttonNick but nothing particularly bad for the government?

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Theresa May tells Police Federation: stop scaremongering over cuts – video

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/vid ... cuts-video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Well, well, well.

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Morning all. Into school early for an all-morning meeting but just saw this. Matt Zarb-Cousin‏Verified account @mattzarb 15m15 minutes ago More Govt is spending taxpayers' money on legal fees to stop the release of Andrew Lansley's diary in the run up to the Healh & Social Care Act Was it this ...

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Newsnight covered the cut in police numbers under the last home secretary. Interesting that the politics hasn't been completely shelved.

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This reminds me of the 538 last week discussing historical lower polling of American presidents. Bush got a 30% approval rating boost in a week.

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Morning all. Fully agree with SH here. ' Threat level raised to critical. https://www.mi5.gov.uk/threat-levels" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Ok, well unfortunately some political points now arise. 1) I have no doubt the decision to do this was honestly made. If you don't, ...

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Deficit grows as the public cutback on spending. Not a good look in the final weeks of the campaign.

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Morning all.

Terrible news from Manchester last night, thoughts are with all those directly and indirectly affected.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:And the seeming reaction of several journalists to today's events could be even more ominous for May than the polls narrowing.

Let's see how she does tonight. I'm enjoying Osborne putting the knife in. Blue on blue, most amusing.

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Conservative Party Manifesto Alternative versions of the manifesto are currently in production and will be released shortly. If you would like to be notified when they are released please complete the form below. https://www.conservatives.com/alternativemanifestoversions No joke I strongly believe ...

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SpinningHugo wrote:CON: 47% (-1)
LAB: 33% (+5)
LDEM: 9% (-1)
UKIP: 4% (-2)
GRN: 2% (-1)

(via @ICMResearch / 19-21 May)

Closed by 6 points.

So, the Remainers. Flooding to the Lib Dems still. Ukip about to join the greens in the Margin of Error club.

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Here are today's alternative facts.

This was not a u-turn.
May is strong and stable.
The three most important letters in this election are IRA, not NHS.

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So you won't have to sell your home to pay for care. Or go below £100k savings.

So.

Will it be paid from your estate?
What is the absolute limit?
Where is the shortfall going to come from?

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Ben Bradshaw @BenPBradshaw

If the Tories think £100,000 is "reasonable inheritance" after care bills, why are they raising the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million?

Well, yeah.

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Morning all. Manic weekend, caught up with the reading back, thanks to all who posted over the weekend.

Dementia tax is going nowhere from the news, the Tories Google advertising acknowledges that it's exploded in their faces.

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All I want to hear for a while from Labour politicians and spokespeople is "pensioner triple whammy".

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Happy to give my opinion on the tory manifesto, I think it's utterly miserable. I think I probably share a sense of surprise about how positive the Labour one was, I could find plenty of things to nit-pick about, but in general it showed there really is an alternative. There's plenty of ammo for th...

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I'm not playing your silly game StephenDolan Clearly, you're not interested in hearing an opinion you don't already agree with. The reason May can do this though is because she has no fear of losing next month. That's what concerns me. What game? I would like to hear what you think of the Tories ma...

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I notice there's a distinct lack of regular posters commenting on the Tories manifesto that regularly criticise the Labour shadow cabinet. Why is that? I'm trying to find a way to put this that isn't critical, because it's not a criticism of you at all,so please bear with me. If you are referring t...

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"The biggest stealth tax in history" does have a nice ring to it.

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Given the lack of kipper candidates, what percentage are we expecting them to get at the GE?

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I notice there's a distinct lack of regular posters commenting on the Tories manifesto that regularly criticise the Labour shadow cabinet. Why is that?

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You know your trouble? You're too idealistic. I just believe in evidence-based policy making. If you ask someone to review something and make proposals, why then come along and propose something completely different out of thin air. This just proves the Tories have no interest in fixing the problem...

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Pension triple lock gone and now this. Remind me why pensioners vote predominantly for the Tories?

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Did anyone hear Hammond's "car crash" interview this morning.

Funny how dear Laura isn't crowing about it....
Has she mentioned it yet?

Nope. What's £20bn here or there.

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"Hello, 999, please state the nature of your emergency "

" There's a big car crash ongoing at the Canary Wharf "

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John Rentoul being a dick on Twitter. I put in my 2 pence worth, you'll be glad to hear. I might be underwhelmed by Corbyn, but good economics is good economics whoever it's coming from. I don't really understand why political journalists are so happy to make themselves look like economic illiterat...

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