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by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 5:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

My other half's just made me chuckle. I read him Owen Jones' tweet. He then told me about the problem the band that he was part of as a teenager had with an underperforming bass player. The lad didn't improve and no one could face giving him the boot. So at one of their rehearsals the other band mem...
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 5:22 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

I was thanking you for the links HA.
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 5:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

Owen Jones is a brave lad.

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by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

Oh blimey. Thanks HA. Hope they don't let Javid loose on the NHS pension scheme. I started getting mine last year. Already had a letter from John Lewis, both my husband and myself have JL pensions, to say pension accrued before 1997 will now be increased at CPI not RPI. Wonder why Mr Gilsey's change...
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 1:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

The Sparrow says the latest Guardian/ICM is 'truly dire for Labour'.

Time for gardening. Nothing like it for soothing the spirit.
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 1:46 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

Yvette Cooper keeping up the fight to help child refugees.
BBC just had an interview with her. She's in Dunkirk.
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 1:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

That's the last time I buy an Emma Bridgewater mug.
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 1:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

Just seen this NHS staff by nationality list - quite quite remarkable :clap: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5HDBK7WAAA7QgV.jpg:large" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Thanks for the link. Our local medical practice is fortunate to have one of the 130 Afghanis. He's a very good ...
by yahyah
Mon 20 Feb, 2017 11:52 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 20th February 2017
Replies: 151
Views: 55054

Re: Monday 20th February 2017

The report in the Mirror may or may not be 'fake news' but someone is paying money to ask whether Corbyn being replaced would affect Labour positively or negatively. The Opinium poll I was sent yesterday asked a question - can't remember the exact wording, 'would you be more /less likely to vote Lab...
by yahyah
Sun 19 Feb, 2017 6:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

Eric - what do you make of this ?

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Not sure our collective nerves will be able to stand another slog it out independence referendum.
by yahyah
Sun 19 Feb, 2017 3:26 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

Where's that post ?
by yahyah
Sun 19 Feb, 2017 3:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

Maybe someone will tell Trump about Norway and the seventy seven people murdered by Anders Breivik.
by yahyah
Sun 19 Feb, 2017 2:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

Someone braver than me might wonder if Jez's stance over Article 50 voting has anything to do with the latest drop. Can't keep blaming chickens forever.
by yahyah
Sun 19 Feb, 2017 2:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

Today's Observer Opinium poll and Corbyn drops eight points to -35.
It's the first poll since the Article 50 vote.

November 2016 -20
December 2016 -27
January 2017 -27
February 2017 -35
by yahyah
Sat 18 Feb, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

I've been away from the computer. It's nothing to do with FlyTheNest . Have you been able to get out and about ? Beautiful weather here. Warm, sunny and perfect for walking and gardening. Easy to do as we're told and forget Brexit (hard, soft, or medium), and polling figures, when it's like this.
by yahyah
Sat 18 Feb, 2017 1:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017
Replies: 252
Views: 66218

Re: Saturday 18th & Sunday 19th February 2017

http://ukandeu.ac.uk/is-labours-brexit-dilemma-being-misunderstood/#.WKf4QU8SOu8.twitter Is Labour’s Brexit dilemma being misunderstood John Curtice Some truth in it, but I think it misses that not all "remain" voters are of a hive "the 48%" mind. In areas like my own, even many...
by yahyah
Wed 15 Feb, 2017 8:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Replies: 79
Views: 21038

Re: Wednesday 15th February 2017

''What did the President know and when did he know it ?''.
Sounds familiar.
by yahyah
Wed 15 Feb, 2017 8:04 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 15th February 2017
Replies: 79
Views: 21038

Re: Wednesday 15th February 2017

Morning HA.

Radio 4 just saying that some Republicans have joined Democrats in calling for further investigations.
by yahyah
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 6:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Replies: 121
Views: 34447

Re: Tuesday 14th February 2017

Hope you feel better tomorrow JA. x
by yahyah
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 5:40 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Replies: 121
Views: 34447

Re: Tuesday 14th February 2017

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by yahyah
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 4:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Replies: 121
Views: 34447

Re: Tuesday 14th February 2017

Apologies is it's already been posted but here's the video of Nuttall being interviewed about it.

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by yahyah
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 4:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Replies: 121
Views: 34447

Re: Tuesday 14th February 2017

HindleA wrote:https://qz.com/910245/the-fire-service- ... handcuffs/


Londoners keep getting stuck in penis rings and handcuffs, and officials blame “Fifty Shades of Grey”
:shock: Do they use an angle grinder to cut them off ? Oooh.
by yahyah
Tue 14 Feb, 2017 3:57 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 14th February 2017
Replies: 121
Views: 34447

Re: Tuesday 14th February 2017

Anatoly@ - re your post the other day:

My lovely husband took me for a Valentine's Day lunch at The Harbourmaster in Aberaeron today.
In a glass case at the back of the bar stands a large stuffed albatross. One of Jung's synchronicities ? :lol:
by yahyah
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 9:48 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25713

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

Sad to see Angry's post last night.
Will miss you x

:hug:
by yahyah
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 9:40 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25713

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

:lol: I am learning various codes to help with the GCHQ puzzle book questions.
by yahyah
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 8:17 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25713

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

The Greens have issued a report on Brexit and environmental legislation.

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by yahyah
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 8:01 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25713

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

& thanks Eric and PF - the cinema memories were lovely.
There's a lot that we share.
by yahyah
Mon 13 Feb, 2017 7:59 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 13th February 2017
Replies: 103
Views: 25713

Re: Monday 13th February 2017

Morning.

Just read last night's posts, the link to the Kipper tweet led to an unavailable page.
Is this the one ?

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by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 4:08 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Strawberry Mivvis. Or were they later ?
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 3:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/12/kirk-douglas-i-never-thought-id-live-to-100-thats-shocked-me Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’ One of the good guys 8-) All those films, Saturday afternoon at the pics. Tara Bulba, Heroes of Telemark, queuing up in the br...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

It may be useful to follow your own advice sometimes. All the tutting and ffs'ing when a certain poster turns up is what you took me to task for doing, and the people I'm wary of were a lot less polite to me than he has ever been to you.
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 3:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

People leave for various reasons. And come back for varying reasons too. This has got to be one of the lowest points for Labour since...well since the last one, but this one feels worse, deeper, less easy to see a way out of. Trying to blame people like Hugo, or no doubt me as well, for being...wha...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 2:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

I'm sorry you don't like it, I'm not exactly delighted with it myself. It's been hard to even read about what the Tories have been doing since 2010. It is hard to bear. I find it almost too hard to do now. Of course it wouldn't be hunkdory if Corbyn resigned. Who on earth thinks that ? The state the...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 1:51 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

The only "piss off" I remember was when HindleA wrote "pis of" which was a sort of running joke between the two of us. Is that what you mean or did I miss the other one? Enjoy your walk (and do try not to trip up!). Paul told Hugo to piss off on the night of the Article 50 vote....
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 1:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

People leave for various reasons. And come back for varying reasons too. This has got to be one of the lowest points for Labour since...well since the last one, but this one feels worse, deeper, less easy to see a way out of. Trying to blame people like Hugo, or no doubt me as well, for being...wha...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 12:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Now, off for that walk.
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 12:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Of course yahyah, you used to be a confirmed Corbyn supporter (something I have never been) The zeal of the convert will always be unsettling to some. Nice dig Anatoly. Confirmed, hardly, I warned my husband he came with a mass of baggage, and a bunch of hardcore people. Boy was I right :lol: My co...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 12:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

The other thing is to keep it in perspective. Easier said than done though. My husband was despondent after hearing Watson use yet another version of 'Labour will follow the will of the people'. Now he's cheered us both up by playing a daft tune on a kazoo and drumming on a washing up bowl. :lol: Go...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 11:58 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

People leave for various reasons. And come back for varying reasons too. This has got to be one of the lowest points for Labour since...well since the last one, but this one feels worse, deeper, less easy to see a way out of. Trying to blame people like Hugo, or no doubt me as well, for being...what...
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 11:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

That was one of the best things about last night's poll - to see Ukip down 8 points.
by yahyah
Sun 12 Feb, 2017 10:04 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Have you seen William Keegan's piece PorFavor ? I always read him first on a Sunday, think you are a fan of his too. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/feb/12/brexit-what-use-sovereignty-when-mps-deny-conscience" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And what's Tom Watson be...
by yahyah
Sat 11 Feb, 2017 6:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Oh Wales. What a silly mistake.

Night all. As some brainy guy once sang ''Things can only get better''.
by yahyah
Sat 11 Feb, 2017 6:06 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Oh, it's not too bad. Seriously, thought it would be worse. File under 'ignore' anyway. Polls, always wrong. Tories 41% (plus 7) Labour 26% (minus 3) Lib Dems 11% (plus 3) Ukip 11% (minus 8) Greens 4% (same) Smithson says the figures show 12% of 2015 Labour voters polled say they will now vote Lib D...
by yahyah
Sat 11 Feb, 2017 6:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Not sure why David Beckham's in the list amongst politicians in the new poll.

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by yahyah
Sat 11 Feb, 2017 5:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

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He's being a tease. 'big changes' since June in new poll published at 6pm.
by yahyah
Sat 11 Feb, 2017 5:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Afternoon @PF [hope it's warmed up down your way] Would it be cynical to presume it may be Nuttall's attempt to make himself seem a victim to deflect from any alleged issues about his nomination form address ? Ukip trying to move a bad news story on to their own advantage? Warmed up??? It's snowing...
by yahyah
Sat 11 Feb, 2017 4:59 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017
Replies: 233
Views: 85937

Re: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th February 2017

Afternoon @PF [hope it's warmed up down your way]

Would it be cynical to presume it may be Nuttall's attempt to make himself seem a victim to deflect from any alleged issues about his nomination form address ?
Ukip trying to move a bad news story on to their own advantage?
by yahyah
Fri 10 Feb, 2017 1:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 10th February 2017
Replies: 106
Views: 26581

Re: Friday 10th February 2017

Ed M getting a lot of praise for his letter to Ofcom about Murdoch's BSkyb bid.
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