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Re: WhoopyDo!
Thank you for setting this up – it is much clearer and easier to use than with the earlier hosting-site. That is to say, it works better on this computer :clap: I hope to turn up more often, now. Hello LadyCentauria, nice to meet you. There's a lot less background crap on this version, and no ads b...
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
Finally found Anatoly's round-up, amongst all the pro/anti Russian posts: Away from NATO deliberations, three local council by-elections yesterday: Oxford DC - Labour hold, though this was notable for a staggeringly low turnout of just eight and a half percent - which comes from a vacancy in an over...
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
Murdoch and Farage have a secret meeting in NY, I wouldn't put it past the old bugger to endorse the Kippers, not for a minute. http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/09/05/EXCLUSIVE-Farage-and-Murdoch-in-private-meeting-in-New-York-City" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fal...
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
The Beeb are saying all but 3 Lib Dems voted for the bill. Clegg & Beaker absent, who's the 3rd?yahyah wrote:Been out and just catching up on things so may have the wrong end of the stick [as usual].
Clegg & Beaker were conveniently absent for today's vote ?
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
It's on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/21006885" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;ErnstRemarx wrote:FO, how/where are you following the parliamentary coverage?
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:52 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
Happy Birthday Roger.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.
Have fun in Sicily.
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
Morning. Boris not a shoe-in for Uxbridge ? Local paper quotes a Tory there as saying “Boris is not at all a shoe-in and he’s got a real fight on his hands now. David Simmonds is very popular around here, and Uxbridge’s kind of guy. We don’t go in for flashy and we’ve never been interested in celeb...
- Fri 05 Sep, 2014 7:31 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
- Replies: 140
- Views: 62006
Re: Friday 5th September 2014
Good morning. Labour lead at 4 points on Yougov:
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 4th Sept -
Con 32%, (-1)
Lab 36%, (no change)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 16%; (+2)
APP -25 (-2)
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 4th Sept -
Con 32%, (-1)
Lab 36%, (no change)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 16%; (+2)
APP -25 (-2)
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 49638
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Is there a "thumbs up" button lurking in the back room? I keep seeing posts I want to acknowledge but don't have anything to add to the discussion, a clicky thumb would fill the gap nicely :) (I've accidentally almost "reported" a few as the report button is where the old thumb ...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 10:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 49638
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Sorry about that, may have broken the forum for a second there. All good now.
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 9:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 49638
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Beefy has beef with Beefy?Tubby Isaacs wrote:Cameron's also copped it from non-lefty Ian Botham in the very prestigious MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture.
Apparently Beefy went to a reception at Number 10, where Cameron agreed with him on school sports.
He's not done anything since.
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 7:30 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 49638
Thursday 4th September 2014
Morning all. Labour lead still 3 points on Yougov:
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 3rd Sept -
Con 33%, (+1)
Lab 36%, (+1)
LD 7%, (-1)
UKIP 14%; (-1)
APP -23 (+1)
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 3rd Sept -
Con 33%, (+1)
Lab 36%, (+1)
LD 7%, (-1)
UKIP 14%; (-1)
APP -23 (+1)
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33200
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
It appears to be links that havepk1 wrote:Is it just me or do the links no longer open in a separate tab ?
I'm sure I remember refitman saying he had reset it so they did.
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- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 8:01 am
- Forum: Pub
- Topic: Well would you lookie here?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5648
Re: Well would you lookie here?
Sky, got it working. Same as before.
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- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 7:30 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33200
Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Morning all. Labour lead at 3 points on Youogv:
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 2nd Sept -
Con 32%, (-2)
Lab 35%, (no change)
LD 8%, (+1)
UKIP 15%; (+1)
APP -24 (-1)
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 2nd Sept -
Con 32%, (-2)
Lab 35%, (no change)
LD 8%, (+1)
UKIP 15%; (+1)
APP -24 (-1)
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 12:20 am
- Forum: Pub
- Topic: THE CONSERVATORY PARTY
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6897
Re: THE CONSERVATORY PARTY
TechnicalEmphemera, bet you are a wow at a party! Well it's been a wonderful experience shared with other Labour supporters, Unforgettable! I will be logging out now, never to return, many thanks! Well, that was exciting whilst it lasted, I guess. Should I delete this folks, or should I leave it he...
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36748
Re: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
It is, according to the calendar on parliament.co.ukfrightful_oik wrote:Will there be PMQs tomorrow?
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36748
Re: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
That's Call-me's birthday. What a present that'll be.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB 30s
Clapton (sic.) by-election date fixed for October 9th
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 7:31 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 36748
Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Morning all. Labour lead at 1 point on Yougov:
Latest YouGov / Sunday Times results 1st September -
Con 34%, (+2)
Lab 35%, (-1)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 14%; (-2)
APP -23 (+2)
Latest YouGov / Sunday Times results 1st September -
Con 34%, (+2)
Lab 35%, (-1)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 14%; (-2)
APP -23 (+2)
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 4:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 45732
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Ah, I see why Dominic Grieve was shuffled out (from AS): Dominic Grieve, the Conservative former attorney general, says he is concerned about plans to stop jihadists returning to the UK. That would not only be against international law; it would be against common law too. It is much better to prosec...
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 12:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 45732
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Hmm, we appear to be having DNS issues, causing people not to be able to connect to the site. I am looking at it (around my day job). Please bear with us. Ah, it seems to have been an issue with GoDaddy (our hosting company) themselves, affecting lots of sites, not just ours: http://www.theregister...
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 11:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 45732
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Hmm, we appear to be having DNS issues, causing people not to be able to connect to the site. I am looking at it (around my day job). Please bear with us.
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 7:28 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 45732
Monday 1st September 2014
Morning all.
- Sun 31 Aug, 2014 10:52 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 50048
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
I've made "Policy Matters" again and moved them there. Thanks for the links.AngryAsWell wrote:I've just put some links up in Features and Analysis - not sure if right place - mods please feel free to move 'um
Re: WhoopyDo!
Nope. Wasn't expensive to set up. If we ever meet, you can buy me a pint.giselle97 wrote:Do I owe anyone money for this site please?
- Sun 31 Aug, 2014 1:33 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 50048
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Hot from the torygraph..... :shock: 'Superior’ private health is a myth Just because you have paid directly, your private health care us not better than that offered by the NHS However, following a freedom of information request to the Care Quality Commission, figures released last week showed that...
- Sat 30 Aug, 2014 10:16 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 50048
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Morning all. Has anyone worked out Carswell's position on the Bedroom Tax yet? He voted for it, and against any exemptions for carers etc (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11621/douglas_carswell/clacton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). However Ukip's official line is agains...
- Sat 30 Aug, 2014 2:20 am
- Forum: Pub
- Topic: Well would you lookie here?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5648
Re: Well would you lookie here?
Hi Sky, good to see you.Sky'sGoneOut wrote:Isn't this nice?
Thank's for the invite, I knew you all loved me.
- Fri 29 Aug, 2014 10:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th August 2014
- Replies: 82
- Views: 39589
Re: Friday 29th August 2014
Good piece by Owen Jones, over at the Graun: It's socialism for the rich and capitalism for the rest of us in Britain Who are the real scroungers? Free-marketeers decry 'big government' yet the City and big business benefit hugely from the state – from bailouts to the billions made from privatisatio...
- Fri 29 Aug, 2014 10:38 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th August 2014
- Replies: 82
- Views: 39589
Re: Friday 29th August 2014
TheGrimSqueaker wrote:As they say, you'd need a heart of stone not to laugh!
@refitman, I'm guessing that one won't be part of the Five Polls either?
- Fri 29 Aug, 2014 7:29 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 29th August 2014
- Replies: 82
- Views: 39589
Friday 29th August 2014
Morning all. Labour lead at 3 points on Yougov:
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 28th August -
Con 33%, (-1)
Lab 36%, (+1)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 13%; (-1)
APP -23 (+1)
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 28th August -
Con 33%, (-1)
Lab 36%, (+1)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 13%; (-1)
APP -23 (+1)
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 8:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 63053
Re: Thursday 28th August 2014
The thought of watching them knocking lumps out of each other all the way to May is delightful. Since the boundaries changed I don't know that there's any chance of a Labour MP (Harwich was Labour from 1997 to 2005) but if they split the rightwing vote down the middle then maybe, just maybe... If L...
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 6:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 63053
Re: Thursday 28th August 2014
Roger, sent Laura the link.RogerOThornhill wrote:Incidentally, whoever has the Twitter account, can they put the link to my article above on Laura McInerney's tweet?
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Is that possible?
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 7:29 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 63053
Thursday 28th August 2014
Morning all. Labour lead at 1 point on Yougov:
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 27th August -
Con 34%, (+1)
Lab 35%, (-2)
LD 7%, (-1)
UKIP 14%; (+1)
APP -24 (-3)
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 27th August -
Con 34%, (+1)
Lab 35%, (-2)
LD 7%, (-1)
UKIP 14%; (+1)
APP -24 (-3)
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 11:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Also, the forum style may be jumping about a bit as I try to find a nice one. Speaking of which, thoughts on this one? Preferred it as it was before. Sorry. (Appreciate all you are doing muchly.) Yes, me too. I just looked for the Quote button and it's tiny! Fair-do's. Changed it back. Will keep lo...
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 11:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Also, the forum style may be jumping about a bit as I try to find a nice one.
Speaking of which, thoughts on this one?
Speaking of which, thoughts on this one?
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 11:39 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Just to let everyone know, I have installed a mobile theme for the site. You can switch to/from it via a link at the bottom of each page: mobile.png It should remember your choice from session to session. Straw poll. Does anybody want a mobile theme? I hate it, and to be honest the site doesn't see...
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 11:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Just to let everyone know, I have installed a mobile theme for the site. You can switch to/from it via a link at the bottom of each page: mobile.png It should remember your choice from session to session. Edit to add: We also have the favicon back (the one in the URL bar/bookmark/tab). Am still work...
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Usual lack of response from any of those involved with Cure :roll: It reminds me though - I understand that moving everything across is a mammoth task & in some sense, of little value but please can a special case be made for moving the 'members only' stuff in its entirety ? The work we put int...
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 8:46 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Ian Birrell is an arse. That is all.
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... our-leader" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Wed 27 Aug, 2014 7:29 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
- Replies: 125
- Views: 91394
Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Morning all. Labour lead at 4 points on Yougov:
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 26th August -
Con 33%, (-1)
Lab 37%, (+1)
LD 8%, (no change)
UKIP 13%; (-1)
APP -21 (no change)
Latest YouGov / The Sun results 26th August -
Con 33%, (-1)
Lab 37%, (+1)
LD 8%, (no change)
UKIP 13%; (-1)
APP -21 (no change)
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 9:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 106700
Re: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Hello all. As you may have noticed, all our custom smilies are back Also, the URL2 that does the blue links is there. Talking of links, they will now open in a new page/tab (only for new posts, it's not retroactive).
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 9:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 106700
Re: Tuesday 26th August 2014
From experience, I wouldn't expect anything less from VMTechnicalEphemera wrote:Seems stable on EE, not sure it works from Virgin Media yet.
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 9:11 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 106700
Re: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Happy Birthday AAW ! Site looks good. Dan's mentioned elsewhere he'll be tweaking the display a bit, is it possible to tone down the colour differences between different user posts ? My middle aged eyes find it easier to read if the background colour is consistent. No worries if it can't be changed...
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 8:58 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 106700
Re: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Happy Birthday AAW (you should have had it on Sunday, it was nice and sunny then )AngryAsWell wrote:Morning all
Well this looks good - thank you for getting it together - hugs
Cold wet and miserable here today - and my birthday.
Off to read the papers, catch ya laters
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 7:55 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
- Replies: 162
- Views: 106700
Tuesday 26th August 2014
Morning all.
- Tue 26 Aug, 2014 12:03 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Independence Debate
- Replies: 49
- Views: 38421
Re: Independence Debate
Didn't think to look at thatTechnicalEphemera wrote:Update:Looking at Q&A in other areas this may be a 48 hour thing before everything propagates everywhere.
The old site is open for business again. Will leave it until at least Friday before starting to lock things.
- Mon 25 Aug, 2014 11:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Independence Debate
- Replies: 49
- Views: 38421
Re: Independence Debate
Ohh, so we're all here now eh? Hmm, Looks okay, but why is it Tory blue? :o Some of the emoticons appear to be missing, and I know that it's not the most important thing, but what's the deal with only being able to upload an avatar that's only a 6 KiB (whatever that means in English)? I like to cha...
- Mon 25 Aug, 2014 11:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Independence Debate
- Replies: 49
- Views: 38421
Re: Independence Debate
I'm having real problems with accessing this new site. Totally hit and miss - with the miss happening far more often than the hit. So please keep open some way of us communicating with FTNers when we are unable to log in / get this site up. I guess I'm saying we will need the old site - simply to l...
- Mon 25 Aug, 2014 10:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Independence Debate
- Replies: 49
- Views: 38421
Re: Independence Debate
There is, but it's a whole 'thing'. I will sort it soon-ish.diGriz wrote:Any way to make links open in a different tab automatically?