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by gilsey
Wed 22 Oct, 2014 7:40 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 22nd October 2014
Replies: 181
Views: 73975

Re: Wednesday 22nd October 2014

PorFavor wrote:Goodnight, everyone.
'night pf.
by gilsey
Fri 17 Oct, 2014 12:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 17th October
Replies: 106
Views: 48571

Re: Friday 17th October

Sad, so sad. http://huff.to/1wgGmQC" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Jesus Christ, for 30 quid! Not even going to comment, the result would be unprintable That's been on our local BBC news, I think it may turn out that the guilty party has mental health problems, so it seeme...
by gilsey
Fri 17 Oct, 2014 12:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 17th October
Replies: 106
Views: 48571

Re: Friday 17th October

I don't watch all of QT, it's intolerable, but I usually flick over to it a couple of times to see if the Labour panelist is allowed to speak. Last night I caught *unt spouting a line I've heard somewhere else recently, to the effect that Lansley's reforms were all about cutting bureaucracy and ther...
by gilsey
Mon 13 Oct, 2014 3:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th October 2014
Replies: 219
Views: 83327

Re: Monday 13th October 2014

Martha Carney was unbelievably rude to Caroline Lucas on WaTO. I don't usually listen to it, that reminds me why.

I bought the Times today, first time ever I think, for the NHS mistake front page. If you didn't laugh, you'd cry.
by gilsey
Tue 07 Oct, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 7th October 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 57546

Re: Tuesday 7th October 2014

https://twitter.com/stridingedge/status ... 4322471936
Come on PM, do the decent thing and answer Maddy
by gilsey
Sun 05 Oct, 2014 1:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014
Replies: 337
Views: 110625

Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014

ohsocynical wrote:Has Dave never thought
Fixed that for you.
by gilsey
Sun 05 Oct, 2014 1:45 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014
Replies: 337
Views: 110625

Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014

Martin Rowson @MartinRowson Hang on, hang on. We all know that George Osborne isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but should he really be skipping after IDS into... ..The Valley of the Dolts and be attacking charities when they were to've been the backbone of the Big Society (stop laughing at t...
by gilsey
Sat 04 Oct, 2014 9:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014
Replies: 337
Views: 110625

Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014

http://www.fileymercury.co.uk/news/national/miliband-far-too-timid-prescott-1-6878283 Labour veteran Lord Prescott has accused Ed Miliband of showing a severe lack of ambition in a damning assessment of the party leader's "far too timid" strategy and underwhelming party conference perform...
by gilsey
Thu 02 Oct, 2014 11:41 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 2nd October
Replies: 191
Views: 82080

Re: Thursday 2nd October

Well, I'm done with Andrew's blog until they get it into a usable format. I'm actually really angry about what they've done and it to a lot to not just post "twat's" repeatedly on the feedback page, last night. Sorry to lower the tone a bit, but the GBBO blog has gone beta as well, it was...
by gilsey
Thu 02 Oct, 2014 11:37 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 2nd October
Replies: 191
Views: 82080

Re: Thursday 2nd October

TechnicalEphemera wrote:And to cheer everybody up a little

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... conference
BTL is fun too, although possibly I didn't go far enough down to see the trolls. Not beta, so readable.
by gilsey
Tue 30 Sep, 2014 8:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 70350

Re: Tuesday 30th September 2014

Most of us are avoiding Sparrow's beta blog, it hasn't gone unnoticed, his final comment today
That’s all from me for today.

Thanks for the comments (those of you who are left!)
:(
by gilsey
Tue 30 Sep, 2014 11:16 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 30th September 2014
Replies: 186
Views: 70350

Re: Tuesday 30th September 2014

Rant warning. Who are the stupid people who go to the tory conference? Do they listen to the speakers? I hear Osborne say working age benefits will be frozen because they shouldn't rise faster than wages. I hear a massive admission of failure. An admission that sickly economic growth has failed, and...
by gilsey
Mon 29 Sep, 2014 5:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 29th September 2014
Replies: 270
Views: 99939

Re: Monday 29th September 2014

I sat and watched IDS from start to finish, with my little notebook......he told 25 great big fat porkie pies. Yes, 25 deliberate falsehoods. Those lies were mainly to do with figures, although there were a few on procedural stuff; this demonstrates, and not for the first time, that he is a liar wh...
by gilsey
Mon 29 Sep, 2014 10:39 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 29th September 2014
Replies: 270
Views: 99939

Re: Monday 29th September 2014

Re the pensions thing from last night. There will be a lot of people, like me, who have had their pensions converted from defined benefit to defined contribution schemes. You end up with a pot of money. The insurance companies then urge you to put it into a scheme of theirs whereby it sort of gets ...
by gilsey
Tue 23 Sep, 2014 10:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 23rd September 2014
Replies: 228
Views: 89981

Re: Tuesday 23rd September 2014

Mrs TE sent me this link in shock. The Telegraph!! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11109845/Why-arent-the-British-middle-classes-staging-a-revolution.html Very, very good. Thanks Mrs TE. You could have read it when I posted it at 4:30 this afternoon ;) (Sorry if I'm sounding arsey but I...
by gilsey
Sun 21 Sep, 2014 5:23 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September 2014
Replies: 255
Views: 79502

Re: Saturday 20th & Sunday 21st September 2014

Cute pic of Ed and Justine at the top of AS blog at the G.

How phony would it look if it was CallMe and Sam?

Sorry for the trivia but constitutional matters make my brain hurt. :oops:
by gilsey
Fri 19 Sep, 2014 10:57 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 19th September 2014
Replies: 247
Views: 83533

Re: Friday 19th September 2014

Hello all. Mind if I join you. BTL on the Guardian seems to have turned into a bash Ed fest. Not sure why a steady and competent campaign by Alastair Darling and a timely, and passionate, last minute intervention by Gordon Brown, all to save David Cameron's ass and win this referendum for the sake ...
by gilsey
Tue 16 Sep, 2014 5:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th September 2014
Replies: 164
Views: 57883

Re: Tuesday 16th September 2014

ephemerid wrote:the various people here getting annoyed/upset about nationalistic fervour should think about how they post.

I've seen very little antagonism within the Haven, it is very much the exception, and I've appreciated the debate.

It would be very dull here if we were always in perfect agreement.
by gilsey
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 9:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127733

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

I have relations living in Scotland, this morning I met up with my neice and her husband in Darlington, they live in Edinburgh. I had a brief conversation with him about the indyref, which led on to another thought. I’ll call him Si, cos that’s his name. Gilsey; You’ll vote no, won’t you. Si: I have...
by gilsey
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 11:44 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51031

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

rebeccariots2 wrote:Hello gilsey, nice to see you here.
I'm always here, appreciating everyone's efforts, but rarely login and comment. Should do better.

@Paul. Yes I know, realised as soon as I turned the laptop off. Had to go to the dentist. :roll:
by gilsey
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 9:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51031

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

Good morning all, and belated thanks to Paul & refitman for setting up the new haven. Not that I had any problems with the old one, as we don't do mobile tech, no reception at home. Picked up this link from the other place. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/opinion/paul-krugman-scots-what-the-he...