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mbc1955

I've seen the Damoclean Sword usage several times in various contexts. It's a perfectly acceptable version of the term, but I've always preferred the original, for the ring of it and it's directness. Damoclean Sword, to me, is an offhand usage, meant as an allusion rather than a metaphor.

mbc1955

Mark Thatcher never was a member of the British Government nor, if my memory serves me correctly, an official trade representative. As such, the actions of a private individual have no business being treated as a State secret. Unless, that is, he had a close relative who... nah, that can't be true. ...

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http://politicalscrapbook.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/terry-nathan.jpg Look away TinyC, this is getting nasty. :( He is a UKIP councillor. http://politicalscrapbook.net/2016/07/ukip-councillor-talked-about-time-to-start-killing-eu-remain-voters-on-facebook/#more-59132" onclick="window....

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Absence of contingency planning Government decision not to plan for Brexit http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmfaff/431/43106.htm#_idTextAnchor017 The previous Government’s considered view not to instruct key Departments including the FCO to plan for the possibility that th...

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Cameron accused of 'gross negligence' over Brexit contingency plans Select committee says government exacerbated post-referendum uncertainty and made Brexit task more difficult http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/20/david-cameron-accused-gross-negligence-brexit-contingency-plans" oncl...

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I initially fell for the right wing propaganda about Smith, which has now been amply clarified for me. Nevertheless, I join with those who are suspicious by nature of PR experts. And he faces an uphill struggle over taking this time of all times to attack his party leader as opposed to the bloody in...

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Yes indeed. Far more handsome than me, as you may be able to tell from the green t-shirt and the hairy arms.

I'm working on the cantankerouness, though.

mbc1955

Nobody ever calls me cute.

Perhaps I'm not cantankerous enough.

mbc1955

Like it. Of course, the media would print no 1 under your name, no matter what you said. And you'd be Looney TR's Ghost for the rest of your natural.

mbc1955

Stop it, гражданка, you wouldn't believe what goes on behind closed doors. Okay. Accessing the Tory party in order to change it hadn't been suggested (to my knowledge) and thought I'd throw it out there. On the surface, it's a reasonable response to an otherwise impossible situation. In practice, i...

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tinyclanger2 wrote:Memo to FTN: we have been "banging on" about Labour/Corbyn since June 25.

But, with respect, it's a subject of some considerable importance that's been in our faces constantly since June 25, and one that is not concluded yet.

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Anne Perkins has come to the conclusion that the reason Eagle failed in her attempt at becoming Labour leader was not ... No, it's because she's a woman. :wall: Just followed your link, refitman, and having read the article wanted to add that it must also be that Ms. Eagle is not a Scot. I don't us...

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I think that quite a bit of Corbyn's problems could be helped if Seamus Milne was moved on. He doesn't seem to have been effective, at all, at working the media or getting Corbyn's message across to people. On the one hand, I agree that he was and probably still is an incredibly narrow minded journ...

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Cnoqx2FXgAMHKtG.jpg "That would actually be 1.5 times the size of the world economy, Lib Dem MEP Catherine Bearder said." You're not actuially suggesting that he's talking off the top of his head (or out of something lower) without having done the most minimal research into facts, are you...

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Competence http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/07/brexit-minister-david-davis-thinks-republic-ireland-part-uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :roll: Appearing on Sky News' Murnaghan programme to discuss the possibility of Scotland remaining in the EU while the rest...

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citizenJA wrote:
mbc1955 wrote:
Rebecca wrote: What,an opportunity to tear itself apart?
Love does that as well.
Joy Division
I always liked that song

Favourite. Song. Ever.

mbc1955

Amid the gloom, Brexit provides an opportunity for Labour Ed Miliband https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/18/brexit-opportunity-labour-inequality-power-people-ed-miliband" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What,an opportunity to tear itself apart? Love does that...

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I'm (to my shame) not well up on Irish history. Is there any significance to this from DH? (((Dan Hodges))) ‏@DPJHodges 10h10 hours ago Corbyn supporters are now tweeting pictures of dead IRA men to @ConorMcGinn and telling him he's not welcome in South Armagh. I'm no help on Irish history but, giv...

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There are thousands if not millions of people out there who are decent human beings ... So why do we blindly elect the unworthy in so many instances? Finally we seemed to be waking up. We won't get too many more chances. Because only the unworthy are unscrupulous enough to do whatever is required t...

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As you know, I am binge-watching 'Person of Interest'. I have now moved on to the fifth and final (truncated) season that actually finished less than a month ago and have watched its first episode. By now, the fascistic AI has established total authority over every aspect of everyday life. To take ...

mbc1955

As you know, I am binge-watching 'Person of Interest'. I have now moved on to the fifth and final (truncated) season that actually finished less than a month ago and have watched its first episode. By now, the fascistic AI has established total authority over every aspect of everyday life. To take t...

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I suppose Sunday's the appropriate day for the smell of burning martyrs...

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Oh, come on now Temulkar!

Just when we were all doing so well.

mbc1955

So the Labour party is salvageable if one of two opposing sides suddenly transforms its nature 180 degrees from where it currently stands.

Put like that...

mbc1955

I hate to repeat myself, but does anyone still believe this Labour party ought to be kept together?

mbc1955

I haven't flounced, off or back. I just haven't had anything remotely original to say today (first person to say the obvious...) The most competent people don't say original things, they tell the truth. edited to add a note to mbc1955: ...like you tell the truth. You're trusty. Awww, shucks ma'am.

mbc1955

I haven't flounced, off or back. I just haven't had anything remotely original to say today (first person to say the obvious...)

mbc1955

Ok, has anyone got the faintest idea of what might happen next?

The odds on full-scale planetary invasion by aliens must be shortening by the day.

mbc1955

To quote R.E.M. ('Cuyahoga')

Let's put our heads together, and start a new country up

mbc1955

I refer the Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen to my posts made over the past two days.

mbc1955

TobyLatimer wrote:"Justice Secretary Liz Truss"

I can't even believe that's a thing.

Is it a thing ?

Fecks sake

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Lock the doors! Before she comes back.

mbc1955

ohsocynical wrote:Dylan Strain ‏@DylanStrain 16m16 minutes ago

Labour MPs to take a secret ballot to decide whether @OwenSmith_MP or @angelaeagle will go forward to lose to people's choice Jeremy Corbyn.

Nobody can play by the rules these days.

mbc1955

Too weary for any more tonight. G'night all.

mbc1955

So 'fairness' is a situational thing. What is likely to favour your side is fair, no matter how blatantly underhand it is. I still feel no grounds for pity towards the NEC, but I could be brought to feel pity towards those whose twisted ethics lead them to condone whatever irregular manuoevre creat...

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So 'fairness' is a situational thing. What is likely to favour your side is fair, no matter how blatantly underhand it is. I still feel no grounds for pity towards the NEC, but I could be brought to feel pity towards those whose twisted ethics lead them to condone whatever irregular manuoevre create...

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ohsocynical wrote:Jo Maugham QC ‏@JolyonMaugham 49m49 minutes ago

Pity the poor NEC. Hero (Corbyn on ballot) and Zero (resisting entryism) in a single meeting. Tough, tough gig.

On the other hand, they could have played fair and square. Pity? No chance.

mbc1955

TE is fundamentally correct IMHO I have these occasional break outs in giving an opinion. That is your opinion HindleA and I accept it but profoundly disagree as it is undemocratic...fortunately this NEC will not be in place much longer I have seen nothing that TE posts that I agree with at the mom...

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I'm wondering if the meetings have been banned to ensure that Eagles and Smiths clp don't get a chance to have a vote of no confidence in them prior to the election. As for the not eligible to vote,it would be ok to do that from the date of the NEC meeting,but how will they get away with a 6 month ...

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Why does the woman have to be so gratuitously offensive? It's like some weird variation of Tourette's syndrome. I (seriously) think she should seek help. If she wasn't gratuitously offensive,would anyone listen to her in the first place? Even by her abysmal standards, that goes way beyond the line....

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Mensch is her usual classy self, trolling a parent of a sick child. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CnUxabAWYAAkltK.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Why does the woman have to be so gratuitously offensive? It's like some weird variation of Tourette's syndrome. I (seriously) ...

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This isn't a reshuffle - it's a completely new government, not just a new PM. Lots of sacked people on the back benches, with a majority of just 12. Ooooer.........this could be fun. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And now, in the interests of...

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Everything done for the first time unleashes a Demon (Dave Sim)

mbc1955

And so I wake up and I take a look at this strange new world we've collectively wandered into, and last night's optimism about this being the chance to renew things turns into ashes. Everybody's going to do their damnedest to keep fighting old and worthless battles, bald men (and women) will still ...

mbc1955

And so I wake up and I take a look at this strange new world we've collectively wandered into, and last night's optimism about this being the chance to renew things turns into ashes. Everybody's going to do their damnedest to keep fighting old and worthless battles, bald men (and women) will still s...

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Ok, the thing is done now, and a new era of British politics has officially begun. Cameron and Osborne, Britain's most inept Prime Minister ever, and the most unflinchingly doctrinaire economically-challenged Chancellor of all time have gone, one because he's a coward and the other because at least ...

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HindleA wrote:Boris The Clown

Boris the Spider

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RogerOThornhill wrote:
PorFavor wrote:Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary? (BBC)

Laura Kuenssberg Verified account
‏@bbclaurak

Boris Johnson confirmed as foreign secretary

AFD

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Well... Faisal Islam ‏@faisalislam 7m7 minutes ago It is Official - @PHammondMP is Chancellor, and @George_Osborne has resigned from Government or... Tom Newton Dunn Verified account ‏@tnewtondunn Breaking: George Osborne was sacked. Theresa May told him she didn't want him in her Cabinet. Wow. Woo...

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Amazing to think that a few months ago Osborne was still being talked about as the successor PM when Cameron packed in maybe 2019 yet he's almost certainly not even going to be Chancellor. For an allegedly sharp political operator that's a crushing blow. It's rumoured he won't even be in the cabine...

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Brenda to Teresa - here you are, girl, here's the keys to my kingdom and, please, don't make such a bog-up of it as the last ****head.

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