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- Wed 04 Feb, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th February 2015
- Replies: 163
- Views: 48316
Re: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Cheers Raf, say what you really think. Aren't you supposed to be a 'leftie' or something ? https://twitter.com/helenlewis/status/562976278740213760" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I've really been trying to avoid his output because of that sort of comment. Where on earth do...
- Wed 04 Feb, 2015 1:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 4th February 2015
- Replies: 163
- Views: 48316
Re: Wednesday 4th February 2015
Good afternoon.
I honestly don't know why any of you give AS the benefit of the doubt any more.Snap PMQs Verdict: A brave try from Miliband, who raised a good issue, but he was effectively monstered by Cameron.
- Fri 30 Jan, 2015 11:54 pm
- Forum: Pub
- Topic: Your Favourite 15 Albums
- Replies: 61
- Views: 34447
Re: Your Favourite 15 Albums
Great thread everyone! Only just found it. I did this for another site in 2012 and just dug up the results. Don't think I'd change anything, though (as with everyone) there are an awful lot of honourable mentions. In particular I would say that 'Parade', 'Lovesexy' and 'Sign O The Times' would all b...
- Fri 30 Jan, 2015 11:37 pm
- Forum: Pub
- Topic: Your favourite 5 films.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16929
Re: Your favourite 5 films.
Only just discovered this, very interesting. I'm going to do this on a strict 'one film per director or trilogy' basis. Warning: I was born in 1972. I am absolute hardcore Spielberg/Lucas generation. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial : Other people can say what they like, I simply cannot be objective about...
- Fri 30 Jan, 2015 10:45 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 30th January 2015
- Replies: 227
- Views: 54600
Re: Friday 30th January 2015
Good grief. All the things I'm depressed about already, and there are even more I wasn't aware of.StephenDolan wrote:Harman still pushing this. Good.
Tory peer's anti-Labour tweets have 'cast a stain' on Ofcom, says Harriet Harman
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- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:57 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
This Newsnight is gobsmackingly biased shite. Absolutely crap - and providing nothing more to the slanging match. No good information - no good analysis. Woodcock not good for Labour ... O'Brien constantly interrupting him ... Wollaston saying same old stuff. O'Brien has gone right down in my estim...
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
This Newsnight is gobsmackingly biased shite. Absolutely crap - and providing nothing more to the slanging match. No good information - no good analysis. Woodcock not good for Labour ... O'Brien constantly interrupting him ... Wollaston saying same old stuff. O'Brien has gone right down in my estim...
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
The Stratton package was truly shocking, but this Woodcock guy really shouldn't be out in public. Whose idea was it to put him on TV?Tubby Isaacs wrote:You mean Ian Katz isn't a hard leftist who would give his Tory bosses the run around?NonOxCol wrote:This Newsnight is gobsmackingly biased shite.
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
Duplicate post.
I blame Beta.
I blame Beta.
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
We now have, er, the chair of Progress up against Sarah Wollaston.
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 10:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
This Newsnight is gobsmackingly biased shite.
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
Jesus Christ. BBC UKIP http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/the-bbc-appears-to-have-made-a-channel-just-for-ukip-voters--gJPqj3t9og It’s worse than BBC Ukip - it’s what a Guardian reading BBC exec thinks people in Ukip want.. It’s essentially the Top Gear channel. That is a spoof, yes? I mean we h...
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 9:49 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
Sorry to hear that NonOxCol. The Graun really has abandoned its roots, its readers and its purpose. Rubbisher has destroyed an institution. Right on cue: https://twitter.com/cantlin/status/560731158116577280" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is one of the patronising sta...
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 9:43 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
Sorry to hear that NonOxCol. The Graun really has abandoned its roots, its readers and its purpose. Rubbisher has destroyed an institution. Right on cue: https://twitter.com/cantlin/status/560731158116577280" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is one of the patronising sta...
- Thu 29 Jan, 2015 9:23 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th January 2015
- Replies: 264
- Views: 76081
Re: Thursday 29th January 2015
Morning. Said I wouldn't mention this again, but... I'm joining RobertSnozers in his boycott of that site. Spent half an hour this morning looking at the feedback thread. In just the last two pages, there are at least three more totally new joiners, all web developers , saying how great the new site...
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 11:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
Last word on this (promise), as there is a serious point behind it all, and Peter Griffin has done a better job than most of nailing it: http://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2015/jan/28/welcome-to-the-new-guardian-website#comment-46782222" onclick="window.open(this.href);return f...
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
Three "Guardian Picks" on the feedback thread:
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Two staffers and a crawler. 7 recommends between them.
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Two staffers and a crawler. 7 recommends between them.
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 10:10 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
I don't know what, if anything, this says about Britain in 2015. But there's a dreadful woman on the telly repeatedly using "left-wing" as an insult and she's the bookies' favourite to win Celebrity B** B******. Katie Hopkins? From what I've read, she's come across as one of the more 'bal...
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 9:51 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
I don't know what, if anything, this says about Britain in 2015. But there's a dreadful woman on the telly repeatedly using "left-wing" as an insult and she's the bookies' favourite to win Celebrity B** B******.
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
Hi all Been absent a few days - got fed up of what passes for political discussion in the UK at the moment (apart from here of course!) https://uk.isidewith.com/political-quiz" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I got 81% Labour and 7% Tory - very glad about that. Managed to ge...
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 7:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
And because I love you all and would hate for you to miss it:
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Rumours that the OED are redefining "chutzpah", "gall" and "hypocrite" as yet unconfirmed.
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Rumours that the OED are redefining "chutzpah", "gall" and "hypocrite" as yet unconfirmed.
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 7:21 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
Did anyone see tonight's Party Political Broadcast by the Liberal Democrats?
Unfunniest comedy on TV since The Royal Bodyguard.
Unfunniest comedy on TV since The Royal Bodyguard.
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 2:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
Appreciate that not many of us will have either the time or the inclination for this, but seeing as AK mentioned it on page 1: http://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2015/jan/28/welcome-to-the-new-guardian-website" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; This is the full beta...
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
FULL BETA HAS ARRIVED - and this time round looks like it is here to stay :cry: :toss: :sick: I love the way the headings on the home page can find room for both "sport" and "football" but not "politics". It is a masterpiece of web functionality that can only have been...
- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 10:21 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
Here's the full interview with Mike Buchanan:
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- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 10:17 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
This guy - is he a stunt to make Farage sound enlightened?
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- Wed 28 Jan, 2015 8:59 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th January 2015
- Replies: 282
- Views: 65742
Re: Wednesday 28th January 2015
..and wrt Stuart Broad, I've always wanted to like him (Old boy at Oakham School, along with Lewis Moody (RU World Cup winner)) but he makes it really difficult - excusing the tweet by saying 'I was just trying to say I couldn't believe how BIG the world is' - he's nearly 30 years old FFS...and he ...
- Tue 27 Jan, 2015 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 27th January 2015
- Replies: 321
- Views: 58746
Re: Tuesday 27th January 2015
Good afternoon. You may or may not know that, since late 2013, most of my online activity has centred on cricket rather than politics. This hasn't exactly been a positive move. But today, it allows me to share with you this quite special tweet: https://twitter.com/StuartBroad8/status/560049120308502...
- Wed 21 Jan, 2015 10:31 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 21st January 2015
- Replies: 234
- Views: 49241
Re: Wednesday 21st January 2015
Guardian Chilcot piece. ' Although Ed Miliband was not in parliament at the time of the invasion, and has said he would have opposed the war, Labour probably has least to gain from the reopening of the debate about the basis of the invasion and its continuing consequences, including the rise of Isl...
- Fri 12 Dec, 2014 9:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th December 2014
- Replies: 169
- Views: 63186
Re: Friday 12th December 2014
Pregnant and sanctioned just in time for christmas… Sanctioned and frozen to death….The latest news from Ashton Under Lyne Jobcentre. http://thepoorsideoflife.wordpress.com/2014/12/11/pregnant-and-sanctioned-just-in-time-for-christmas-sanctioned-and-frozen-to-death-the-latest-news-from-ashton-under...
- Fri 12 Dec, 2014 9:25 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 12th December 2014
- Replies: 169
- Views: 63186
Re: Friday 12th December 2014
Morning. Apologies in advance for linking the work of this man, who is without doubt the least entertaining writer I have come across in nearly 20 years as a Guardian reader. But can anyone tell me the point of the reference to "Ed Militant" in the middle? Anyone? Anyone at all? Especially...
- Thu 11 Dec, 2014 11:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 11th December 2014
- Replies: 120
- Views: 35225
Re: Thursday 11th December 2014
Haven't seen it myself, but it seems people are comparing David Dimbleby's chairmanship of Question Time to this:
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- Thu 11 Dec, 2014 2:09 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 11th December 2014
- Replies: 120
- Views: 35225
Re: Thursday 11th December 2014
BBC Question Time has, for one night only, been renamed "The Egos Have Landed" to reflect the presence of Messrs Farage (again) and Brand (again) on the panel. Can I recommend, for the preservation of your own sanities, that people here give it the swerve; BBC 4 have the second part of th...
- Wed 10 Dec, 2014 10:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 10th December 2014
- Replies: 149
- Views: 51927
Re: Wednesday 10th December 2014
I also thought TLHOCJ was superb, and look forward to tomorrow's conclusion.
Wasn't the best argument for self-regulation of the press (and police) I've ever seen.
Wasn't the best argument for self-regulation of the press (and police) I've ever seen.
- Wed 10 Dec, 2014 8:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 10th December 2014
- Replies: 149
- Views: 51927
Re: Wednesday 10th December 2014
US Navy pushing the limits of political correctness. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/10/us-navy-test-laser-weapon-persian-gulf?commentpage=1 So the US Navy have a warship called USS Ponce. Presumably at every formal occasion where the crews of the USS Ponce and any RN ship meet is full ...
- Tue 09 Dec, 2014 2:06 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 9th December 2014
- Replies: 166
- Views: 53400
Re: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Good afternoon.
Trivial I know, but the Guardian have just introduced Beta across the entire Sport site. And of course there's one of those lovely "fait accompli/try it on a different browser/put a bag on your head and do a handstand" feedback threads.
Bucket of cold sick, again.
Trivial I know, but the Guardian have just introduced Beta across the entire Sport site. And of course there's one of those lovely "fait accompli/try it on a different browser/put a bag on your head and do a handstand" feedback threads.
Bucket of cold sick, again.
- Thu 04 Dec, 2014 1:30 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
- Replies: 134
- Views: 35061
Re: Thursday 4th December 2014
Morning. My entry for Simon Mayo's "Three Word Thursday" on Radio 2: Fucking Alan Titchmarsh. Who is, and what with? Apologies ladies and gentlemen, I had no wish to poison your minds with such images. I should have said: Alan Fucking Titchmarsh and shown you this: http://www.mirror.co.uk...
- Thu 04 Dec, 2014 11:46 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th December 2014
- Replies: 134
- Views: 35061
Re: Thursday 4th December 2014
Morning.
My entry for Simon Mayo's "Three Word Thursday" on Radio 2:
Fucking Alan Titchmarsh.
My entry for Simon Mayo's "Three Word Thursday" on Radio 2:
Fucking Alan Titchmarsh.
- Sat 29 Nov, 2014 4:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th November 2014
- Replies: 286
- Views: 86661
Re: Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th November 2014
Good afternoon. Yesterday night at around 10pm I caught Tom Bradby's report on Cameron's immigration speech. Bradby twice used the following phrase: "Those who prefer evidence-based analysis". The second time he used it as a counterpoint to "the responses on the street suggest that em...
- Fri 28 Nov, 2014 10:33 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 28th November 2014
- Replies: 158
- Views: 61065
Re: Friday 28th November 2014
Just logged in to say that today is probably not going to provide the best evidence for believing the UK population can resist capitalist propaganda.
Black Friday: of all the things we've taken from the US, this has to be the stinking rotten nadir in every conceivable way.
Black Friday: of all the things we've taken from the US, this has to be the stinking rotten nadir in every conceivable way.
- Sun 23 Nov, 2014 11:58 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
- Replies: 291
- Views: 90306
Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
Morning all. I'd just like to gently, because it's Sunday and still before noon, challenge that 2009 reference. I'd date it to well before that, perhaps 2005. It seems to have been a continuum from at least the beginning of GBs time as PM. it would also have taken longer for the Tories to have put ...
- Sun 23 Nov, 2014 11:07 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
- Replies: 291
- Views: 90306
Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
I've not yet read the article but a lot of what you say about it makes perfect sense. I've felt since 2010 that we were being 'shock doctrined' (and I think Naomi Klein's book should be required reading for anyone who wants to know why the world is how it is today). This notion only backs that up. ...
- Sun 23 Nov, 2014 10:21 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
- Replies: 291
- Views: 90306
Re: Saturday 22st & Sunday 23rd November 2014
There is no question in my mind now that these people are fascists. They have all the characteristics. I was watching a film last night called Bunker in which Anthony Hopkins played Hitler in his last days - although it's not accurate, I was struck anew by the way an entire nation was bamboozled in...
- Fri 21 Nov, 2014 9:20 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 21st November 2014
- Replies: 223
- Views: 79430
Re: Friday 21st November 2014
Morning. Possibly the most depressed I've been since the Health and Social Care Act was passed. The Thornberry business just looks from here like Roy Scheider throwing some chum out of the boat. The shark isn't remotely satisfied and you're still more likely to get eaten than not. Are Labour still h...
- Fri 07 Nov, 2014 9:56 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 7th November 2014
- Replies: 145
- Views: 54335
Re: Friday 7th November 2014
I understand the front page of today's Times was inserted on last night's thread.
Well, here's what's inside...
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- Sat 25 Oct, 2014 6:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th October 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 83388
Re: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th October 2014
@ NonOxCol Hello, there! I've always meant to mention this - when other posters abbreviate your name (NOC) it always throws me momentarily as I process it as "No Overall Control". Right. That's that dealt with. As you were . . . Hope all's well with you. Edited to remove both extraneous e...
- Sat 25 Oct, 2014 5:59 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th October 2014
- Replies: 230
- Views: 83388
Re: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th October 2014
For the sake of your blood pressure, I hope no-one's watching Pointless Celebrities.
Kelvin MacKenzie, Nick Ferrari, Stanley Johnson and Julia Hartley-Brewer. On a tea time family quiz show.
The BBC in 2014.
Kelvin MacKenzie, Nick Ferrari, Stanley Johnson and Julia Hartley-Brewer. On a tea time family quiz show.
The BBC in 2014.
- Sat 04 Oct, 2014 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014
- Replies: 337
- Views: 110419
Re: Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th October 2014
Goodness me that Guardian editorial on the Lib Dems really is a frightful, contemptible pile of absolute steaming horseshit. I hadn't read a Guardian editorial for several months before today. Have they really been this bad? Any future cultural historians who want to understand how Britain's media b...
- Thu 02 Oct, 2014 8:50 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 2nd October
- Replies: 191
- Views: 81591
Re: Thursday 2nd October
Hello and good day to you all. It's the same person with an abbreviated username, not an imposter. Can I just say I've always really loathed this pop star, and now I have an excuse: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/ed-sheeran-dedicates-song-to-david-cameron-9766575.html&quo...