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by TobyLatimer
Tue 16 Aug, 2016 1:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 16th August 2016
Replies: 163
Views: 38729

Re: Tuesday 16th August 2016

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmJh5sEWIAAMxK8.jpg That's not a huge surprise - though the language is a bit hyperbolic ("momentous"!!!! !) The CLP nominations in Scotland generally are supportive of Smith, according to the @CLPNominations maps. I read that as a sort of pun based on Momentum...
by TobyLatimer
Mon 15 Aug, 2016 1:17 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th August 2016
Replies: 109
Views: 25894

Re: Monday 15th August 2016

This fan club thing. Nothing new, move along.
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by TobyLatimer
Mon 15 Aug, 2016 12:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th August 2016
Replies: 109
Views: 25894

Re: Monday 15th August 2016

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by TobyLatimer
Sun 14 Aug, 2016 10:05 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016
Replies: 234
Views: 45282

Re: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016

Dan the man Hodges from today's Mail. OWEN'S A CHAMPION LOSER Ed Miliband famously had his ‘35 per cent strategy’ – the belief that if he could secure that percentage of the vote in last year’s Election he would become PM. Now, I am told, Owen Smith is pursuing a new version – the ‘40 per cent strat...
by TobyLatimer
Sat 13 Aug, 2016 1:38 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016
Replies: 234
Views: 45282

Re: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016

If you need a good legal brief setting out your case yahyah , I will check my diary to see if I can squeeze you in. I'll have my people talk to your people. Will you take payment in homemade cakes Toby ? Certainly, a nice cream cake with strawberries and blueberries will suffice :) Or a Mr Kipling ...
by TobyLatimer
Sat 13 Aug, 2016 1:11 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016
Replies: 234
Views: 45282

Re: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016

If you need a good legal brief setting out your case yahyah , I will check my diary to see if I can squeeze you in.

I'll have my people talk to your people.
by TobyLatimer
Sat 13 Aug, 2016 12:39 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016
Replies: 234
Views: 45282

Re: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016

A tasty alternative ?

Or is it a subliminal message telling me he is going to be toast ?
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by TobyLatimer
Sat 13 Aug, 2016 12:28 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016
Replies: 234
Views: 45282

Re: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016

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by TobyLatimer
Sat 13 Aug, 2016 11:21 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016
Replies: 234
Views: 45282

Re: Saturday, 13th August - Sunday, 14th August 2016

Happy Birthday Fidel !

90 Today. Hope you have a 'Castronomical' day ! You old commie you
by TobyLatimer
Fri 12 Aug, 2016 9:10 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th August 2016
Replies: 126
Views: 25455

Re: Friday 12th August 2016

It's what they nicknamed the team of moderators over at Steve Hoffman music forums , baffles me why though. It was the mame of the large robot thing in 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' Ironically, po!itics is a banned subject, one word and you are out. Ever so peaceful it is. Almost like some kind of...
by TobyLatimer
Fri 12 Aug, 2016 9:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th August 2016
Replies: 126
Views: 25455

Re: Friday 12th August 2016

All is not lost.

I just had an email from a nice Nigerian prince, offering to refund my £25, all he wants is my bank details, pin number and password then the money will be transferred by noon the next day.

He who laughs last , er laughs last or something.
by TobyLatimer
Fri 12 Aug, 2016 8:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th August 2016
Replies: 126
Views: 25455

Re: Friday 12th August 2016

Thats a kind of mod btw for those not in our secret society.
by TobyLatimer
Fri 12 Aug, 2016 8:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th August 2016
Replies: 126
Views: 25455

Re: Friday 12th August 2016

We need more Gorts Roger.
by TobyLatimer
Fri 12 Aug, 2016 5:33 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th August 2016
Replies: 126
Views: 25455

Re: Friday 12th August 2016

Beryl ! ! ! https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/ ... ples-daily" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by TobyLatimer
Mon 08 Aug, 2016 3:40 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th August 2016
Replies: 109
Views: 21775

Re: Monday 8th August 2016

Nothing like him. Smith has a balding head and wears glasses. :)

Same pic published here in The Mirror http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ho ... ly-8480924" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by TobyLatimer
Mon 08 Aug, 2016 9:44 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th August 2016
Replies: 109
Views: 21775

Re: Monday 8th August 2016

We did this over the weekend, thanks. When you're posting links, could you please post the title (if nothing else so we can avoid seeing material we've already been over) and preferably give an idea of what the article is about. And, as I recall, you loved it! It did wonders for my insomnia, yes Di...
by TobyLatimer
Thu 04 Aug, 2016 3:55 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th August 2016
Replies: 117
Views: 22671

Re: Thursday 4th August 2016

What % Blairite Are You?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahjewell/w ... .hao8p8Nd1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I scored 12% :?
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by TobyLatimer
Wed 03 Aug, 2016 5:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Replies: 173
Views: 34613

Re: Wednesday 3rd August 2016

James O'Brien been on twitter on how much Trump reminds him of the Biff character from Back To The Future. I've thought it too, for ages, then someone posted this on his timeline. Back to the Future writer: bad guy Biff was based on Donald Trump https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oct/23/back-to-t...
by TobyLatimer
Wed 03 Aug, 2016 5:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Replies: 173
Views: 34613

Re: Wednesday 3rd August 2016

Glad to see that sense of humour is still intact Toby. :lol!: Thanks yahyah. I spent the best part of a day trying to get the BBC iplayer to stream news but it was having none of it. Most video nowadays is moving to a thing called html5 , which is safer and more reliable than the previous system of...
by TobyLatimer
Wed 03 Aug, 2016 5:01 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 3rd August 2016
Replies: 173
Views: 34613

Re: Wednesday 3rd August 2016

Oh, while my brain is still functioning properly, and the gin hasn't fully kicked in, a thought on people announcing they are taking a break/leaving. I know that some people on here have health problems and a lot of members on here (including me) have worried in the past when posters have disappear...
by TobyLatimer
Tue 02 Aug, 2016 11:37 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 2nd August 2016
Replies: 148
Views: 28953

Re: Tuesday 2nd August 2016

40,000 applications rejected but no money back? That's a million pounds in Labour's coffers. "Now that ain't workin' that's the way to do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain't dumb...." Money for nothing. I hope somebody sues. Disgraceful. Money, it's a gas Grab that cash with both hands and m...
by TobyLatimer
Mon 01 Aug, 2016 7:59 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday, 1st August 2016
Replies: 122
Views: 27397

Re: Monday, 1st August 2016

Morning all. Thanks to HindleA for the links on W&B - there's a fair bit of reading there.......DWP statistics are a real mess and have been for some time, IMHO. Every new change seems to end up with significant chunks of information going missing. "Experimental" statistics my arse. I...
by TobyLatimer
Thu 28 Jul, 2016 3:42 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 28 July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 42377

Re: Thursday 28 July 2016

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by TobyLatimer
Thu 28 Jul, 2016 2:04 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 28 July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 42377

Re: Thursday 28 July 2016

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by TobyLatimer
Thu 28 Jul, 2016 1:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 28 July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 42377

Re: Thursday 28 July 2016

Observation: Owen Smith seems to be getting quite a bit of media attention at the moment and I know a lot of that has to do with him announcing his Leadership policies yesterday but will Jeremy Corbyn be getting the same level of media attention when he does the same?? I found this on Facebook. I h...
by TobyLatimer
Wed 27 Jul, 2016 11:24 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Replies: 241
Views: 43197

Re: Wednesday 27th July 2016

Owen Smith is saying all the right things again. I would welcome a department of Social Security.

I wonder why he didn't stand last year on a left ticket instead of Corbyn ?
by TobyLatimer
Tue 26 Jul, 2016 1:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26 July 2016
Replies: 168
Views: 26052

Re: Tuesday 26 July 2016

@Toby: the question is, just who are the big beasts? Cooper? Benn? Burnham? Harman? Erm... Problem highlighted via absence of any actual spades to show the problem in spades, I think. Maybe I would consider Burnham from that list, but you are quite right in regarding the absence of any other conten...
by TobyLatimer
Tue 26 Jul, 2016 1:02 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26 July 2016
Replies: 168
Views: 26052

Re: Tuesday 26 July 2016

AnatolyKasparov wrote:Sparrow has gone to the Times, then?
No :) my bad punctuation and grammar probably makes it appear so.
Sparrow borrowed it from Murdoch and reproduced it on his blog.
by TobyLatimer
Tue 26 Jul, 2016 1:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26 July 2016
Replies: 168
Views: 26052

Re: Tuesday 26 July 2016

Just found this, what I was thinking on Dec 2nd last year. I had a few wobbles, wavered a bit. I decided to get behind him again and give him and the party time to get their act together. Events as we all know have proven otherwise. I still think that if the some of front benchers from Ed's time had...
by TobyLatimer
Tue 26 Jul, 2016 12:39 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26 July 2016
Replies: 168
Views: 26052

Re: Tuesday 26 July 2016

Courtesy of Andrew Sparrow, from The Times (paywall)
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by TobyLatimer
Sat 23 Jul, 2016 1:06 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July 2016
Replies: 267
Views: 40224

Re: Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July 2016

Good Morning All. :popcorn: Owen Smith is not a very nice man,IMHO.Watch out,he might sue me. Here’s why Owen Smith really shouldn’t kick up a fuss about bullying Source: http://voxpoliticalonline.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Thanks for the Mike Sivier link . More co...
by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 7:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

If Tubby needs a new device can we help him get it, please? Tubby or Toby? (given Toby's earlier post) Fixed it now - thank you :rock: Very kind of you to offer CJA, I think I will be OK for a while, my sister has dropped off one that she had as part of a phone contract a few months ago. Hardly bee...
by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 5:54 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

I'm a cack handed dozy twit. Leaning over to reach a cuppa I accidentally pressed down with all my weight onto the micro usb charger where it was plugged into the port of my tablet. Result - no charge going into tablet due to it being rendered useless. Smashed to bits. This is an ex-tablet. Less tha...
by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 12:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

Jon Stewart to Trump Supporters: ‘You Don’t Own America’

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by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 12:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

Not defending Smith on that, but it could well be at least as much an attempt to gain brownie points by dissing Sports Direct as a dig at Corbyn? (and reinforcing the "I'm not a Blairite, see?" message he wants to project) On that point, somebody in another place said they have heard his ...
by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 12:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

Yeah, because riding on the Westminster gravy train is exactly the same as working in sweat shop conditions to earn less than the minimum wage. Where ambulances are called on a daily basis and a lady gave birth in the toilet. Get a fucking grip. ScreenShot01501.jpg An alarming mindset amongst some ...
by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 12:37 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

Yeah, because riding on the Westminster gravy train is exactly the same as working in sweat shop conditions to earn less than the minimum wage.

Where ambulances are called on a daily basis and a lady gave birth in the toilet.

Get a fucking grip.
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by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 12:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

Hammond is going to 'reset' economic policy.

Why not go the whole hog and use the system restore facility, or a back up disc ?
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by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 9:15 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

Full album (only 30 mins long) here. Title track is a cover of the Chuck Berry song, preumably as anti establshment band they meant it in the same vein as Springsteens 'Born In The USA' [youtube]l4J26ryw4aw[/youtube]
by TobyLatimer
Fri 22 Jul, 2016 8:51 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 22 July 2016
Replies: 219
Views: 39360

Re: Friday 22 July 2016

yahyah wrote:Yep. Kick Out The Jams M***********s.
I always preferred the 'Back In The USA' album tbh :) [youtube]9DYJBPwsdK8[/youtube]
by TobyLatimer
Thu 21 Jul, 2016 4:45 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 37383

Re: Thursday 21st July 2016

PorFavor wrote:Sorry about getting above myself in my last post, above . . . . .
That's beneath you Porf. (see what I did there)
by TobyLatimer
Thu 21 Jul, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 37383

Re: Thursday 21st July 2016

On Smiths offer to make Jeremy President
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by TobyLatimer
Thu 21 Jul, 2016 12:56 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 37383

Re: Thursday 21st July 2016

From Telegraph Political Correspondent
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by TobyLatimer
Thu 21 Jul, 2016 9:02 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 37383

Re: Thursday 21st July 2016

If Chakrabati gets to sit on the red benches of the Lords, will her seat be known as a Shami Leather ?
by TobyLatimer
Thu 21 Jul, 2016 7:07 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 21st July 2016
Replies: 223
Views: 37383

Re: Thursday 21st July 2016

Slow news day ? Graun have got a report on some comments that appeared on Sparrow's blog. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... mays-first" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by TobyLatimer
Wed 20 Jul, 2016 3:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th July 2016
Replies: 213
Views: 32507

Re: Wednesday 20th July 2016

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by TobyLatimer
Wed 20 Jul, 2016 1:05 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 20th July 2016
Replies: 213
Views: 32507

Re: Wednesday 20th July 2016

yahyah wrote:Anyone see PMQs ?


Smith accompanied Eagle
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Not voting for Smith btw. Don't trust him
by TobyLatimer
Tue 19 Jul, 2016 3:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 19 July 2016
Replies: 218
Views: 32080

Re: Tuesday 19 July 2016

Scorchio !

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by TobyLatimer
Tue 19 Jul, 2016 3:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 19 July 2016
Replies: 218
Views: 32080

Re: Tuesday 19 July 2016

From the graun Open TV viewing figures plunge by 75% in first year of Sky Sports coverage The bbc highlights programme had better viewing figures - by about 400,000 - than the peak viewing on Sky. Cricket sold their rights to Sky, just after the 2005 Ashes series when kids were bringing cricket gea...
by TobyLatimer
Mon 18 Jul, 2016 11:16 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 18th July 2016
Replies: 195
Views: 30742

Re: Monday 18th July 2016

Britain Elects ‏@britainelects
Labour leadership voting intention:
J. Corbyn: 54%
A. Eagle: 21%
O. Smith: 15%
(via YouGov / 15 - 18 Jul)
Lab members eligible to vote only

Times poll.

JC wins on first round.