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From AS blog "Tenthred 10m ago 3.30pm: MPs begin debating the European arrest warrant. On the Politics Show just now, Ben Bradshaw said Labour are voting in favour because it is all wonderful. Caroline Lucas worried about the vote because the arrest warrant as they would be voting on it doesn'...

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According to BBC WatO (We are tOries) the reason Britain isn't taking part in air strikes against ISIS where they live is that Miliband reneged on an indication that Labour would support air strikes against Assad last August. Cue feature on Labour vacillating and making unreasonable demands. Leftwi...

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Good morning - or it should be but seeing as I'm so tired I put milk in my coffee after 20 years of drinking it black, then I can't say it's got off to the best of starts :roll: Anyhow, I was greeted with this image on my twitter feed so I decided that if I had to see it, then you lot did too ! htt...

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Morning all. Its interesting how much the press has been galvanised into concern over Labour leadership and not the Conservative one - I think Bernard Jenkins holds a letter with 30 signatories calling for Cameron's deselection - although he might have two less now that Reckless and Cars well have j...

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Hey, internet, remember this?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... on-EU.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What ever happened to that staunch Conservative Mark Reckless, anyway?

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About to lose internet. Does anyone want to carry on this conversation on Twitter? Two or three weeks ago, Nev off of The Call Centre soundalike Carwyn Jones gave a perfect dissection of the Mail's assault (which seems have to have died won thankfully). It amounted to a few things; if I can recall ...

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IDS wants Jobcentres to replace the role of careers advisors, or Connexions in schools.

How many Jobcentre staff have as their role profile to actually investigate career opportunities and build relationships with local businesses?

They'd be much better to get recruitment agencies in to do this.

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Morning all. Those dirty feckless foreigners hey? UK gains £20bn from European migrants, UCL economists reveal http://gu.com/p/4338d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'll see your evidence and facts and raise you a "my mate down the pub knows about an immigrant family t...

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Okay - I may be ready to call a halt to reading & posting on the G. I come running back to the nest & feel guilty for not attending classes here regularly. What's that make me? A foul weather friend? - dropping in here when I get fed up elsewhere? I like the additional emoticon I've not see...

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The leader of the Labour group in K&C seemed think the tax could be avoided by owning the place through a company. I wouldn't think so. Presumably the company would pay it. The only exceptions that have been approved are if part of the property is open to the public; to protect places like Burl...

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Would have hoped for better from Griff Rhys Jones. ''Pay Labour's mansion tax? I'm moving abroad, says Griff Rhys Jones Griff Rhys Jones says he would move to a 'massive palace' abroad if Labour introduce the 'fatuous' tax'' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11204463/Pay-Labours-mansi...

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I have mixed feelings about bigging up the Greens. In the sort term they might take some votes that could otherwise go Labour, but could a strengthened Green party help "nudge" politics away from the right? To some, Labour will always be the party of Industry, dark satanic mills, unrecons...

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This doesn't surprise me BFIELD After the disaster (IMO) of suggesting to readers that they vote LD in 2010, the Guardian seems to be positioning itself to recommend the Greens at the next GE Post stolen from UKPR. @DHP - good to see you on UKPR :) I've been hiding my face in shame since I mistaken...

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George Osborne; why not save 5m by just sticking a hyperlink at the bottom of people's P60? http://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/year_spending_2014UKbn_11bc1n_40009097808s1013#ukgs302" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Pensions:19% Health Care: 17% Education (Central) 4% Education...

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I've said this repeatedly at t'other place, but as it seems relevant. . . In the 1980s Britain was poor. Because we didn't get as much out of the CAP Thatcher managed to get a rebate in exchange for not rocking the boat. This was at the time of EU butter mountains and wine lakes. In 2003 we were not...

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Morning, peeps, Sad to see that Roger Helmet is divorcing his second wife after getting caught visiting massage parlours. And he says gay marriage undermines the sanctity of the institution, right? Also, with reference to Rochester and Strood, what do people think of the idea that Labour are running...

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So as both Labour and the Lib Dems have said they'll scrap 'em, this PCC is pretty much on a 6 month contract.

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here in Hope (just north of Peterborough) we subscribe to the AngryAsWell School Of Thought - landslide for Labour, a la Atlee circa 1945. Okay, this is freaky now. How many people on FTN have at one stage lived near Peterborough? I lived there for about from 2000 to 2006. Although I remember the f...

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Morning. I'm not sure if the SNP figures are necessarily good for the Coalition. If it came down to it, I'd love to think that the SNP would rather support Ed than Cameron (poll idea for You gov there) and I can't see the UK going for a version of EV4EL which precludes Scottish MPs from choosing Pri...

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More proof that we live in a post-ironic age:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... tians.html

Edit: The Comments are an amazing example of confirmation bias. "I know what I see with my own eyes!"

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Tax evasion is not just illegal, it is immoral. You are robbing from your fellow citizens and you should be treated like a common thief.

That's from George Osborne, of all people.

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Not very impressed by Simon Dansuck on WATO reacting to the Coffey Report. I understand that it's an emotive subject, but although it's black and white to say that "99.9% of people think child rape is wrong," I think there would be a different response if you said "Should 14 yr old gi...

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Cameron in PMQs: "The vote is definitely going to happen before the 20th November, so there!" Downing Street spokesperson: "We haven't got a date set yet, because we're waiting for the Spanish." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/10748448/Britains-plans-to-rejoin...

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I see that the Whigs are reforming. A chance for Michael Fabricant to jump ship? In all seriousness, though, looking at the principles of New Whiggery, I can't see any sign of protectionist trade policies or anti-Catholic discrimination, so I'm not sure if they have the right to use the name. But w...

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We must not make the same mistake with the Greens that we did with the Lib Dems http://labourlist.org/2014/10/we-must-not-make-the-same-mistake-with-the-greens-that-we-did-with-the-lib-dems/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; In almost every instance where the Greens have had ...

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I see that the Whigs are reforming. A chance for Michael Fabricant to jump ship?

In all seriousness, though, looking at the principles of New Whiggery, I can't see any sign of protectionist trade policies or anti-Catholic discrimination, so I'm not sure if they have the right to use the name.

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That's a bummer, Ernst; really sorry to hear it didn't work out. Hope something else surfaces soon.

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Ah, Cameron; living proof that if you give a man enough Europe he'll hang himself.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/o ... -eu-rebate" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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This was annoying me for ages, but it clicked this morning. UKIP Calypso sounds like Iko Iko by the Belle Stars, off of Rain Man, the first verse of which is about elderly people being racist. If anyone wants to edit for youtube embedding feel free.

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Dave Jones ‏@WelshGasDoc 1h1 hour ago The Daily Mail have retracted their malicious and scurrilous article about the Welsh NHS from Monday (cc. @AMCarwyn) Which article is that? Because searching on "Welsh NHS" still gives a litany of contentious attacks on the service. I counted 22 in th...

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but after the Rochester and Strood By election, won't the whole shooting match have to be rerun again in 6 months, for much of which parliament won't be sitting; in which case isn't this all a huge waste of money?

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In an AnyQuestionTime kind of vein, I've secured tickets to our local broadcast of Any Questions in December. Unusually, it's not going to be coming from a private school, but a state one (gasp!)

I'm expecting either Penrose or Fox to be present, and will boo accordingly.

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Given that the money due to the EU is based on the economy since 1995 I'm surprised they haven't spun this as being Labour's fault. I love the way that the EU is being touted as the "enemies of promise" because they have the not unreasonable proposition that when one country does well and...

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Lonewolfie wrote:I'm not necessarily a supporter of the religious, but in this case, it's nice to see that something that happened nearly 20 years ago can still end in ignominy for my favourite Australian-American-Scotsman

Yeah, Mel Gibson took the referendum result pretty badly, didn't he?

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Paul Mason retweeted philip mcginley @philipmcginley · Oct 21 Get your Northern Soul name using your Gran's name + town you were born + (& the) + first car plural. MOLLY HAYDOCK & the BRAVAS That sounds fun. I'm going first. MINNIE WILLESDEN & the RAVS With apologies for being a miserab...

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Oxtra doxtras? (David Cameron, PMQs) Ed Miliband having to keep pointing out that DC is the one who's meant to be answering, and not asking, the questions. The response to that always has to be; "Mr Speaker, the Prime Minister seems eager to be the one on this side of the house asking the ques...

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What was that link to view comments in the old system on the Guardian, and can we keep the link on the Front page?

Thanks

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The Guardian hasn't opened comments on UKIP pinching a member of the Polish Far Right to get their money - one who was REJECTED by Marine Le Pen! As far as I'm concerned, this tells us a few things about UKIP. 1. They are happy to make deals with the Far Right in order to secure funding - the Ends J...

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On mobile so can't do anything fancy. In response to Mike Reads "Send The Buggers Back" Calypso, can we try and promote Pop Will Eat Itself's "Ich Bin Ein Auslander" instead, in Rage Against the Machine / Simon Cowell stylee?

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Morning, folks. On phone, so no links, but was glad to see that UKIP are so desperate for their EU funding that they've approached a German surrealist, and gladder to see that he said he'd only join them if they renamed themselves the "idiots and thieves" group. Ironically they may now hav...

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Like Freud, she's not without a point there, but idiotic to try and make it on Twitter at all. And she loudly joined in with her neighbour Stephen Barclay's attempt to fit up Burnham with selective leaks. Yes, why didn't she just put her head down and keep her trap shut? Sure this has been linked, ...

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Question: Can anyone see where people would tactically vote for UKIP to keep the Tories out? UKIP are only a threat when they're a minority, and although elected although they would obviously prefer to sit on the opposition benches, are unlikely to vote with any elected Labour government, they would...

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Ukip's EFDD group in the European parliament has broken up The Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy (EFDD) group in the European parliament, set up by Ukip and other Eurosceptics parties after the European elections, has collapsed. Jaume Duch ✔ @jduch Follow Latvian MEP Iveta Grigule left #EFDD g...

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http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/mse55iouje/UKIP-profile-Feb-2103.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Let us remember the YouGov Feb 13 poll, where only 7% of those intending to vote UKIP voted for Labour in 2010. Of the total UKIP voters (and there's no furthe...

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A 5% swing to Labour in Con/Lab marginals, out of 11 seats surveyed Labour would gain 9, not bad, but some of the figures are too tight to be too comfortable. http://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2014/10/lord-ashcroft-a-5-per-cent-swing-to-labour-in-my-latest-battleground-polling.html" onc...

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When all is said and done it could be that Osborne and his economic bollocks miracle could be running out of time, not very encouraging data coming from the Chinese, Germany and the US, commentators have been hinting at things taking a downturn for months, it seems to be creeping in, this country t...

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Oops. Exposed: fake doctorate of Ukip ‘professor’ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/politics/article4236914.ece A senior Ukip spokesman has been exposed as claiming to hold a “fake” degree and a professorship at an unaccredited academic institution. Andrew Charalambous, the party’s housing and env...

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Let's look at it again: in 1997, Labour managed to secure 13,518,184 votes on a 71% turnout. http://www.politicsresources.net/area/uk/ge97/partycand.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; In 2010, Labour managed to get 8,606,517 on a 65% turnout. http://www.politicsresources.ne...

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Does anyone think that UKIP are going to be able to accommodate any who would term themselves "The Left?" I think that we have to look at (In recent memory) 1997 as being a high water mark, where the Labour vote was padded by Mondeo Man and 2010 as a low water mark, where much of the "...

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Jeremy Browne to stand down at the next election, and to avoid any doubt ''I won't be joining another party'' yet anyway?! Wow - a genuine surprise, that. Taunton a nailed on Tory gain now, shurely? (though that could have arguably have been described as a shift to the left, before today :lol:) I d...

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