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by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 5:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51144

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

George Galloway on an independent Scotland, a race to the bottom against a Tory England, and on being told ''to get back to England'' ''I will go wherever I want'' too bloody right. :clap: https://twitter.com/AmareshMisraFC/status/509004691955408896" onclick="window.open(this.href);return ...
by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 5:20 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51144

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

To give credit where's it's due that well known establishment stooge George Galloway has put in some hours on his ''Just say Naw'' tour, he's worked as hard as anyone, bet he enjoys being lumped together with the Westminster lot. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-29062461" onclick="win...
by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 5:11 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51144

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

As if by magic: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/08/scottish-independence-companies-billions-of-pounds-value-loss-pro-independence-poll-lead" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Some of the comments BTL leave me completely gobsmacked. This is meant to be part of Proj...
by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 5:09 pm
Forum: Pub
Topic: WhoopyDo!
Replies: 37
Views: 24165

Re: WhoopyDo!

Thank you both. Sorry to hear you had to let your cat go too recently Rebecca. Apart from that, hope all well with you and your family. It went really peacefully. She was comfy in her cat bed and sleeping already and the vet was lovely, took her time and was very human as well as animal oriented. L...
by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 4:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51144

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

There's a TNS Scottish polling out at midnight tonight, for those who keep stupid hours, and I count myself amongst them.
by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 1:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51144

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

The old bastard has been busy on twitter this morning, offering opinions on the referendum, Rotherham and Gove, stirring come naturally to him, and if Brillo Head is to believed the Sun could come out this weekend in favour, if I was Scottish and a waverer that would seal it for me. https://twitter....
by letsskiptotheleft
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 11:51 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 51144

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

You can bet your last quid if Scotland goes it will be Labour's fault, the murmurings have already started, here for example, it is also a fatalistic piece, rumours that Glasgow is going yes, Fife, Dundee also, once considered a safe unionist area. All conjecture at the moment, but I am finding it h...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 11:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

There's not too much pro-independence sympathies in Wales AAW, at least not around here, think it's more of a few PC trying to bask in any SNP glory. She's going up to Scotland this week for a pro YES visit apparently - Leanne that is. Hah! Leanne hasn't got an original bone in her body, at least, ...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 11:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

There's not too much pro-independence sympathies in Wales AAW, at least not around here, think it's more of a few PC trying to bask in any SNP glory. Thanks - I'm getting really quite despondent, what with Scotland, seemingly the Welsh, not to mention the never ending golf, bad chips and the tories...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 11:28 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

There's not too much pro-independence sympathies in Wales AAW, at least not around here, think it's more of a few PC trying to bask in any SNP glory.
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 9:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

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Depressing analysis here.
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 9:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

:lol: :lol: :lol:



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by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 8:15 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Here's another, I shan't swear, anymore.

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Trying to turn over a new leaf. Trying, may fail miserably.
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 8:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

So this is what the old bastard has been building up to?

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by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

If Scotland beat Germany it will be because of impending freedom. :?
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 7:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Good write-up here from Larry Elliot re Scottish independence, although it has gripped me, being Welsh I kind of not to be taken by nationalism and the rhetoric that accompanies it. Remember being in a meeting once where a PC councillor wanted to put council employees on a ZHC, in the next breath sa...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 5:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

I had chips and egg earlier, with a generous dose of pickle vinegar, sometimes the simple things are the best. ;)
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 5:16 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Ah, that old "private polls" chestnut again. Wee Eck can't be quite as confident as he makes out if he needs to try that sort of disinformation :) And maybe Labour should go big on the Murdoch thing in the closing days? Iain Martin made a pertinent point earlier, Salmond is on the one han...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 5:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Life is cruel, good people die far too young, and all the while this old evil, malingering old **** still breathes. :wall: https://twitter.com/TimMontgomerie/status/508643191596138496" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Why can't he keep his old antipodean snout out of other co...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 4:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Life is cruel, good people die far too young, and all the while this old evil, malingering old **** still breathes. :wall: https://twitter.com/TimMontgomerie/status/508643191596138496" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Why can't he keep his old antipodean snout out of other cou...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 4:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

This is good, from the BBC's Alan Little, I especially like part 2 of his narrative, the former industrial heartlands of Scotland, where the SNP had scant rewards and miners and ship builders had more in common with communities in south Wales, Yorkshire, Plymouth, Liverpool and Kent than Highland ro...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 12:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Jim Dobbin, Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton has died. Oh dear. Was it very sudden? And, excuse my ignorance, but whereabouts is Heywood and Middleton? Greater Manchester, I may be ignorant here, but it could skirt around Rochdale, and we all know what that could entail? Woke up this morning sta...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 12:03 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Jim Dobbin, Labour MP for Heywood and Middleton has died.
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 10:22 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

AngryAsWell wrote:
Schools forced to buy pizza as meal firm fails
http://schoolsimprovement.net/schools-f ... irm-fails/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


(Sorry to be so annoying tonight - the golf is on and MrAAW has the TV totally hogged)
Boring init?
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 9:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

I knew they should have sent Michael Gove up to Scotland to lead the Unionist campaign.
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 6:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Tubby Isaacs wrote:If Rupes thinks boosting UKIP is a good idea for him, his figure isn't very near the pulse.
Has the old bastard still got one?
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 5:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Have to say over on CIF I like the cut of Sickbags jib, he/she is brilliant.
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 5:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Man of the people and leader of The People's Army gets low down and personal with Rupe. It wasn't planned but I was asked to meet the boss-we have met before- and I was happy to oblige. (bet you were) This is an 83-year-old-guy whose finger is firmly on the pulse in British and world politics Same o...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 4:40 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Oh No! Another trade unionist selected to become a PPC.


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by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 3:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Piece here that nicely sums up Salmond's blathering and arrogance, again, a refusal to answer a rather straight forward question. And how many times have we read similar sound-bites, fishing could quite as well be easily replaced with ice-cream, sheep farming, ship builders and boy bands. ''Only wit...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 2:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Do you reckon on the 18th of this month all campaigning will cease, like it does on the day of the GE?

If so, 11 days, and counting down. ;)
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 11:33 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Good morning. Re the vote, yesterday - Labour leader Ed Miliband said: "Alex Salmond tries to con people into thinking he stands up for social justice. What happened today is that the majority of his MPs did not even turn up. "They could not be bothered to turn up to abolish the bedroom t...
by letsskiptotheleft
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 134109

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Morning, Matthew Parris it seems has written a rather sneeringly piece about Clacton, where horror of horrors you can buy a three bedroom bungalow for 95 grand, not that you would want to live there, it's full of people with tattoos waiting to die, now I doubt Clacton would be top of my list of plac...
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Didn't even know Mark Serwotka was ill? http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/05/mark-serwotka-pcs-read-on-twitter-i-was-dead" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What a tough bloke to go through all that and still be up for doing his job and standing for another election....
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Weasels quite a good description here..


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by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:23 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Didn't even know Mark Serwotka was ill?


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by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

It seems that Labour have won 3 votes in a row, no doubt it be dismissed as not being important, but Chief-Whip Gove isn't doing a terrific job is he?
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Has anyone any idea how the LibDems, who attended voted? Going to find an old saucepan and that can be used as a spittoon as I read the list. Hansard http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/todays-commons-debates/read/unknown/17/" onclick="window.open(this.href);ret...
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 5:45 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Still a big beast of a politician, I'd have Brown back tomorrow.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... e-minister" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 3:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

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 false;
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 3:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyy ... sensitive/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Only to jumped up little tossers...
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 3:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Labour sent every Scottish MP down to vote this morning, putting the campaigning on hold, them good old socialists the SNP didn't.
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Still rumours abound of a ''significant'' poll lead for the Ayes this weekend. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/05/gordon-brown-scottish-independence-devolution" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Still, just think, a fortnight today it will all be over, how nice doe...
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
letsskiptotheleft wrote:Did the Green's win a seat on Herefordshire CC last night, thus denying the Cons full control?
No, that happened several weeks ago! :?: :)

Some real tinfoil hattists on Andrew's blog today, btw :roll: :lol:
Ta! :oops:
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Not seen a full list but, according to the BBC, Vince Cable and Simon Hughes voted for the Bill!! Yes, you're right. https://twitter.com/SimonHughesMP/status/507875447942938624" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; If he's voted out next year there's a chance I will self combust,...
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:39 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

This man was supposedly the future once, now he's just a joke.

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by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Did the Green's win a seat on Herefordshire CC last night, thus denying the Cons full control?
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:29 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Has anyone any idea how the LibDems, who attended voted? Going to find an old saucepan and that can be used as a spittoon as I read the list. Not seen a full list but, according to the BBC, Vince Cable and Simon Hughes voted for the Bill!! Yes, you're right. https://twitter.com/SimonHughesMP/status...
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Has anyone any idea how the LibDems, who attended voted? Going to find an old saucepan and that can be used as a spittoon as I read the list.
by letsskiptotheleft
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 63042

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

''To quote Keynes, when the facts change, I do, what do you do''

Well, to quote me, I wouldn't have voted for it in the first ******* place!

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