Thursday 2nd April 2015
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Re: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Is there a way of stopping a 'vine' on a web page ?
Looking at the vine of Bennett arriving in Manc on the AS blog is making me nauseous & I just want to be able to make the page stand still.
Looking at the vine of Bennett arriving in Manc on the AS blog is making me nauseous & I just want to be able to make the page stand still.
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If it was the real Bennett you could just ask it a question. I am led to believe she enters a deadlocked state and stands still for half an hour saying errrr.pk1 wrote:Is there a way of stopping a 'vine' on a web page ?
Looking at the vine of Bennett arriving in Manc on the AS blog is making me nauseous & I just want to be able to make the page stand still.
Some sort of software bug I suspect.
Release the Guardvarks.
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Normally I would suggest some form of pesticide but, in this case, you will have to make sure it is environmentally friendly.pk1 wrote:Is there a way of stopping a 'vine' on a web page ?
Looking at the vine of Bennett arriving in Manc on the AS blog is making me nauseous & I just want to be able to make the page stand still.
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You could try asking the vine how much the tax payer had to stump up for its kitchen. Might make it go away.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Normally I would suggest some form of pesticide but, in this case, you will have to make sure it is environmentally friendly.pk1 wrote:Is there a way of stopping a 'vine' on a web page ?
Looking at the vine of Bennett arriving in Manc on the AS blog is making me nauseous & I just want to be able to make the page stand still.
Release the Guardvarks.
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Jeremy Vine?pk1 wrote:Is there a way of stopping a 'vine' on a web page ?
Looking at the vine of Bennett arriving in Manc on the AS blog is making me nauseous & I just want to be able to make the page stand still.
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We've no animals now, and I can't get over how much housework Mr Ohso and I generate. After 53 years I really don't want to do it any more but haven't quite reached the point where I can ignore it and wallow. A couple more years might do it I reckon.Rebecca wrote:Squalor....oh,I have plenty of that,everywhere.2 large dogs who invariably get covered in mud(and worse) twice a day.So there is a muddy tide mark on every surface they can smearily walk past,plus a daily coating of thick brown dust from floor to ceiling.Maybe white walls and glass chandeliers were not such a good idea.pk1 wrote:Ha! I'm thinking,'it's April and I haven't even washed the dishes!' My excuse is I'm a bloke and can thus ignore squalor.
The medicine I was having to give spike was bitter and sticky. He used to foam and splutter & shake it everywhere. My carpets are ruined. I have a Vax shampooer. Went over them 3 times after we lost him but it doesn't budge it. For the first week or so it looks ok and I think I've won, but then dust settles on the sticky splots and I'm back to square one.
He also managed to get it down the walls. I've scrubbed them so hard in some places I've taken the paint off...And it still shows.
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Coming apart at the seamsAstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot has withdrawn his name from the letter signed by 100 business leaders supporting the Conservatives' economic policies. He said: "I support policies that reinforce a competitive tax environment and encourage investment in the UK. Neither I nor AstraZeneca endorse any political party and while I support such policies my name should not be used in the context of the letter."
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Am told that @AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot was approached by Tories but wasn't aware it was to sign the pro-Conservative business letter"
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This is something I didn't expect to see
You better believe it! Richard Wilson & I are proud to campaign together for a #Labour Government.
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Can't imagine Cameron coming across as genuine on Absolute Radio.
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Re. tonight's debate.....
It seems that the latest on this is that some leaders may get more time to talk than others. (From the Guardian)
Apparently, if the moderator thinks that it's necessary, she can allow more time to particular individuals.
Cameron, of course, gets to have the last word.
Whilst this is not a presidential election, the fact is that there are just two people who can reasonably expect to be Prime Minister.
In France, Hollande and Sarkozy had 3 hours of debate and questions.
They had an hour answering set questions and debating with each other, another facing an audience with random questions, and another facing a panel of journalists who also asked random questions.
I would imagine it's quite difficult to obfuscate in such circumstances; the candidates have to debate properly and answer properly - not only do they need to have something to say, they can't get away with anything.
The format we had last time was about right for the circumstances here; I'm not proposing we copy the French, as we don't have a President.
But I do think the situation we have now - which is entirely due to Cameron and his demands - is ridiculous.
It is all because of his refusal to commit to the debates, his insistence that minority parties were included, his pratting about for months on end while the broadcasters caved in to his every whim, and above all his cowardice, that has led to this format.
I hope he fails to show. I want him to be seen as the craven little creep he is.
It seems that the latest on this is that some leaders may get more time to talk than others. (From the Guardian)
Apparently, if the moderator thinks that it's necessary, she can allow more time to particular individuals.
Cameron, of course, gets to have the last word.
Whilst this is not a presidential election, the fact is that there are just two people who can reasonably expect to be Prime Minister.
In France, Hollande and Sarkozy had 3 hours of debate and questions.
They had an hour answering set questions and debating with each other, another facing an audience with random questions, and another facing a panel of journalists who also asked random questions.
I would imagine it's quite difficult to obfuscate in such circumstances; the candidates have to debate properly and answer properly - not only do they need to have something to say, they can't get away with anything.
The format we had last time was about right for the circumstances here; I'm not proposing we copy the French, as we don't have a President.
But I do think the situation we have now - which is entirely due to Cameron and his demands - is ridiculous.
It is all because of his refusal to commit to the debates, his insistence that minority parties were included, his pratting about for months on end while the broadcasters caved in to his every whim, and above all his cowardice, that has led to this format.
I hope he fails to show. I want him to be seen as the craven little creep he is.
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Ha ha ha. Afer months on end of having the easiest possible ride from the meeja, Farrago now claims it's biased against UKIP. So nothing to do with a motley collection of misfit councillors and PPCs who seem to manage to out-idiot each other on an almost daily basis?
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They're case for Yes was that the Scottish NHS, though devolved, wasn't protected from TTIP. Don't know if that's true or not, but it wasn't implausible.TechnicalEphemera wrote:I absolutely can blame these bastards. They campaigned for yes to stop NHS privatisation, which must have meant England's because Scotland's was devolved.Tubby Isaacs wrote:I don't think you can blame them too much there, because if they say they will vote against English privatisation they called Scotchies lording it over England.TechnicalEphemera wrote:Have we had this from theTory PartySNP.
Source Guardian AS.
Since privatising the NHS in England would most likely render the Scottish NHS position very difficult (whatever she thinks), I hope Murphy campaigns hard on that. A vote for the SNP is a vote to privatise the NHS.
But I think you're right that the Scottish NHS would be massively affected by the English NHS. Private companies who become very rich and have no solidarity with Scotland can poach medics away.
Now they are happy to allow asset stripping of England's NHS. Some anti Tory party those tossers are.
I think voting Labour to influence also the UK and not just Scotland is a good reason to vote for them. But you can understand why they're not shouting it from the rooftops.
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Edited to add: dag-nabbit, PK beat me to it! Must refresh page before posting.Chuka Umunna ✔ @ChukaUmunna
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Interested to learn that AstraZeneca's CEO has withdrawn his name for the Conservative's business supporters letter.
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I wonder exactly how the letter/email/whatever was worded?pk1 wrote:
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Coming apart at the seamsAstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot has withdrawn his name from the letter signed by 100 business leaders supporting the Conservatives' economic policies. He said: "I support policies that reinforce a competitive tax environment and encourage investment in the UK. Neither I nor AstraZeneca endorse any political party and while I support such policies my name should not be used in the context of the letter."
More:Kamal Ahmed, BBC business editor
Posted at 16.45
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Am told that @AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot was approached by Tories but wasn't aware it was to sign the pro-Conservative business letter"
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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pk1 wrote:
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Coming apart at the seamsAstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot has withdrawn his name from the letter signed by 100 business leaders supporting the Conservatives' economic policies. He said: "I support policies that reinforce a competitive tax environment and encourage investment in the UK. Neither I nor AstraZeneca endorse any political party and while I support such policies my name should not be used in the context of the letter."
More:Kamal Ahmed, BBC business editor
Posted at 16.45
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Am told that @AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot was approached by Tories but wasn't aware it was to sign the pro-Conservative business letter"
That's bound to be the top story on the BBC news right? Right?
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pk1 wrote:
More:Kamal Ahmed, BBC business editor
Posted at 16.45
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Am told that @AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot was approached by Tories but wasn't aware it was to sign the pro-Conservative business letter"
I wonder how many more there will be?
It's beginning to look as though some business people were asked a few questions which Crosby/Shapps took as evidence they were Tory supporters. How Shapps stays in his position is utterly beyond me.
So far, we've had about 30 Tory donors, 40 people with various honours from Cameron, a few known tax avoiders, various bods with sinecures as Tory "advisers" - and now two influential CEOs claiming their names are being used against their knowledge or will.
I really hope a few more people come out and say something similar.
I want these Tory bastards embarrassed.
Odd how they get away with lying all the bloody time because we are just the plebs, and no amount of complaints to the BBC etc. ever gets these bastards on the spot with their lies - but a CEO in a successful business squeaks and they listen....still, I'll take my Tory embarrassment in any form as long as it keeps on coming....
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I've got BBC News24 bimbling away in the background and there's been nary a whisper. Although it might come (Kamal Ahmed of "Tweet" fame being a BBC bod).StephenDolan wrote:pk1 wrote:
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Coming apart at the seamsAstraZeneca boss Pascal Soriot has withdrawn his name from the letter signed by 100 business leaders supporting the Conservatives' economic policies. He said: "I support policies that reinforce a competitive tax environment and encourage investment in the UK. Neither I nor AstraZeneca endorse any political party and while I support such policies my name should not be used in the context of the letter."
More:Kamal Ahmed, BBC business editor
Posted at 16.45
tweets :
Am told that @AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot was approached by Tories but wasn't aware it was to sign the pro-Conservative business letter"
That's bound to be the top story on the BBC news right? Right?
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Daily Mail accuses The Guardian of ''an almost psychotic hatred of the free press'' still, better than a psychotic hatred of anyone who isn't white, straight, married, or a rabid right winger then.
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ErnstRemarx wrote:Ha ha ha. Afer months on end of having the easiest possible ride from the meeja, Farrago now claims it's biased against UKIP. So nothing to do with a motley collection of misfit councillors and PPCs who seem to manage to out-idiot each other on an almost daily basis?
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Does anyone know who the candidates and councillors are? They change on a weekly basis. Daily, sometimes.
He's managed to lose 19 candidates so far, 18 councillors, and sundry others in various jobs/committees/whatever.
He's obliterated an entire manifesto - and Mrs. Lemon-Sucker Suzanne Evans gets on the telly every day in order to explain why the new manifesto still isn't ready, but she knows what their policies are, no honest, and they'll be in the manifesto.......
He and his merry band of nobodies are all over the media (especially the BBC) like an urgent case of spreading herpes, so how he can complain that he's misrepresented when it's him and his moronic sidekicks doing the representing day in day out?
They're on the News, Daily Politics, Question Time (and that's just the Beeb) every bloody day. Bias my arse.
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I won't be able to watch tonight's debate, does anyone think I will miss much?
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Bit of a bummer the debates being on 8-10pm on a Thursday.
All my fave programmes are on, Masterchef, Supervet, The Good Wife, Law & Order Special Victims and we can only watch one live channel while recording one. Something's going to have to give.
All my fave programmes are on, Masterchef, Supervet, The Good Wife, Law & Order Special Victims and we can only watch one live channel while recording one. Something's going to have to give.
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Faisal Islam on Sky mentioned The AZ CEO very much in passing so I went hunting.StephenDolan wrote: That's bound to be the top story on the BBC news right? Right?
I happened upon the Ladbrokes statement on twitter - not a peep in the meeja about it.
Disgusting how they went on about it hour upon hour yesterday yet the bigger story is coming out now with these retractions & not a bloody word - even Andrew Sparrow hasn't put the Ladbrokes one on his blog so Andrew, if you're looking in, have a freebie on me !!
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Pascal Zoriot's previous contribution to Tory election hopes was shutting down an R&D place in a marginal seat (Loughbrough).
Assuming the local paper there isn't the Tory mouthpiece they often are, it might not be too helpful to have him in the news again.
Assuming the local paper there isn't the Tory mouthpiece they often are, it might not be too helpful to have him in the news again.
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Yesterday marked the 16th anniversary of the NMW being introduced, against much opposition from the usual suspects.
Not everything New Labour did was bad, some only want you to think that it was.
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Not everything New Labour did was bad, some only want you to think that it was.
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I think the Ladbrokes CEO's letter is quite brilliant.
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Hah, bloke from Credit Suisse isn't too happy either.PorFavor wrote:I think the Ladbrokes CEO's letter is quite brilliant.
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Same here so I am recording Masterchef & will 'On demand' Supervet (although last week when he had to put that dog down had me blubbing like a baby so I'm not so sure I should watch it again )yahyah wrote:Bit of a bummer the debates being on 8-10pm on a Thursday.
All my fave programmes are on, Masterchef, Supervet, The Good Wife, Law & Order Special Victims and we can only watch one live channel while recording one. Something's going to have to give.
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SNP, real socialists my arse.TechnicalEphemera wrote:Have we had this from theTory PartySNP.
Source Guardian AS.Scottish Health Secretary Shona Robison has said the SNP would not vote against privatisation in the English health service provided it has no impact on Scottish spending. Speaking in Edinburgh this morning, Robinson said:
Obviously we don’t think the NHS in England is going in the right direction with the involvement of the private sector and so on.
But that’s up to them if they want to structure the NHS in that way as long as the impact of that doesn’t affect public spending.
If we were to see a reduction in public spending in England, that’s where it gets into the territory of affecting public spending in Scotland.
We will define the votes according to whether it has an impact on the NHS in Scotland.
Since privatising the NHS in England would most likely render the Scottish NHS position very difficult (whatever she thinks), I hope Murphy campaigns hard on that. A vote for the SNP is a vote to privatise the NHS.
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Or dangerously near below the age of consent in a bikini.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Daily Mail accuses The Guardian of ''an almost psychotic hatred of the free press'' still, better than a psychotic hatred of anyone who isn't white, straight, married, or a rabid right winger then.
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Where'd you see that, please?letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hah, bloke from Credit Suisse isn't too happy either.PorFavor wrote:I think the Ladbrokes CEO's letter is quite brilliant.
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George Eaton tweeted something PF, no link given, but Eaton is usually pretty good with these things.PorFavor wrote:Where'd you see that, please?letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hah, bloke from Credit Suisse isn't too happy either.PorFavor wrote:I think the Ladbrokes CEO's letter is quite brilliant.
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@ letsskiptotheleft
Thank you. Still nothing much over at the Guardian (in brouhaha terms).
Thank you. Still nothing much over at the Guardian (in brouhaha terms).
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I almost tweet Faisal a sarcastic tweet about how the media would be full of headlines about "Cameron rows with business" but then thought what's the point, they just ignore you or tweet a holier-than-thou tweet about how the people pointing out their hypocrisy are biased.pk1 wrote:Faisal Islam on Sky mentioned The AZ CEO very much in passing so I went hunting.StephenDolan wrote: That's bound to be the top story on the BBC news right? Right?
I happened upon the Ladbrokes statement on twitter - not a peep in the meeja about it.
Disgusting how they went on about it hour upon hour yesterday yet the bigger story is coming out now with these retractions & not a bloody word - even Andrew Sparrow hasn't put the Ladbrokes one on his blog so Andrew, if you're looking in, have a freebie on me !!
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Evening,
Sorry haven't had chance yet to read the thread, so apologies if already posted.
There's some quite encouraging tweets added to this article
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In contrast Hooton, in the same paper, is quite negative. Good to see him being taken to task by the 3 posts BTL.
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Sorry haven't had chance yet to read the thread, so apologies if already posted.
There's some quite encouraging tweets added to this article
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 50763.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In contrast Hooton, in the same paper, is quite negative. Good to see him being taken to task by the 3 posts BTL.
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@Ohso,
I suppose I'm too late for Bakewell and Peanut Brittle
I suppose I'm too late for Bakewell and Peanut Brittle
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Something a bit lighthearted,
Politicians with their faces folded are truly terrifying
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/04/01/pol ... errifying/
The Osborne one is very disturbing.
Politicians with their faces folded are truly terrifying
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/04/01/pol ... errifying/
The Osborne one is very disturbing.
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Unfollowed yesterday, makes no odds to him obviously, but the last week or so he has been getting on my tits, a tad.Spacedone wrote:I almost tweet Faisal a sarcastic tweet about how the media would be full of headlines about "Cameron rows with business" but then thought what's the point, they just ignore you or tweet a holier-than-thou tweet about how the people pointing out their hypocrisy are biased.pk1 wrote:Faisal Islam on Sky mentioned The AZ CEO very much in passing so I went hunting.StephenDolan wrote: That's bound to be the top story on the BBC news right? Right?
I happened upon the Ladbrokes statement on twitter - not a peep in the meeja about it.
Disgusting how they went on about it hour upon hour yesterday yet the bigger story is coming out now with these retractions & not a bloody word - even Andrew Sparrow hasn't put the Ladbrokes one on his blog so Andrew, if you're looking in, have a freebie on me !!
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@ diGriz
I've been meaning to say this for some time now . . .
When I look at your picture\avatar thingy, I always see a side-on image of a black and white duck. It took time for me to realise that it was something different but, even now, the duck is the first thing I see and I have to crank my brain round (almost audibly) to move away from it. A bit like that old woman\young woman drawing, if you know the one I mean.
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I've been meaning to say this for some time now . . .
When I look at your picture\avatar thingy, I always see a side-on image of a black and white duck. It took time for me to realise that it was something different but, even now, the duck is the first thing I see and I have to crank my brain round (almost audibly) to move away from it. A bit like that old woman\young woman drawing, if you know the one I mean.
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Boris Johnson looks positively gynaecological.diGriz wrote:Something a bit lighthearted,
Politicians with their faces folded are truly terrifying
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/04/01/pol ... errifying/
The Osborne one is very disturbing.
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indeedyahyah wrote:Boris Johnson looks positively gynaecological.diGriz wrote:Something a bit lighthearted,
Politicians with their faces folded are truly terrifying
http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2015/04/01/pol ... errifying/
The Osborne one is very disturbing.
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Any time.daydreamer wrote:@Ohso,
I suppose I'm too late for Bakewell and Peanut Brittle
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I like the HELL YES ... BRIEF MORTALS approach a lot.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Nice to see Andrew and his colleagues have abandoned any pretence of even handedness; if social media is supporting Labour/Miliband that couldn't possibly be a reflection of how the unwashed masses really feel, could it. I know I've said it before, but the MSM have lost much of their influence although they refuse to admit it; I think AK pointed out yesterday, the Tories haven't won a majority post-internet age.pk1 wrote:From AS blog:
So if you doubt social media is too telling of general public opinion though, how come hacks everywhere publish so many articles that were created on twitter ?Research from Talkwalker, one of Europe’s biggest providers of social analytics, shows that Ed Miliband was the favourite on social media in the weeks preceding the official start of the election campaign. In March, his party got 1.24m mentions on social media. In comparison, UKIP got 784,000 and the Tories 540,000.
On the night of the leaders’ election debate, 44.5% of overall conversation went to Labour, and just 17.6% to the Conservatives. Ed Miliband also registered 70% of commentary across all online media on that evening, while David Cameron registered 23%.
I doubt social media is too telling of general public opinion though.
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Re: Thursday 2nd April 2015
ohsocynical wrote:Any time.daydreamer wrote:@Ohso,
I suppose I'm too late for Bakewell and Peanut Brittle
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Re: Thursday 2nd April 2015
I make my own puff pastry and have some left over so I daresay there'll be more goodies tomorrow....daydreamer wrote:@Ohso,
I suppose I'm too late for Bakewell and Peanut Brittle
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ohsocynical wrote:I make my own puff pastry and have some left over so I daresay there'll be more goodies tomorrow....daydreamer wrote:@Ohso,
I suppose I'm too late for Bakewell and Peanut Brittle
It's my birthday Monday, will have some Italian colomba cake to share.
It's like panetonne but in the shape of dove.
Re: Thursday 2nd April 2015
It was unintentional but happy accident. A pre-existing photo I had to tweak in photoshop to size it as an avatar.PorFavor wrote:@ diGriz
I've been meaning to say this for some time now . . .
When I look at your picture\avatar thingy, I always see a side-on image of a black and white duck. It took time for me to realise that it was something different but, even now, the duck is the first thing I see and I have to crank my brain round (almost audibly) to move away from it. A bit like that old woman\young woman drawing, if you know the one I mean.
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Re: Thursday 2nd April 2015
Some more good headlines for Ed, re: that Absolute interview.
Sorry, it's from the Guardian (for our none reading Guardian nesters), so, I've put some quotes in to give you a flavour.
Sorry, it's from the Guardian (for our none reading Guardian nesters), so, I've put some quotes in to give you a flavour.
Along with his suddenly personable demeanour the Labour leader was convincing: rarely have his policies come across so clearly as a cohesive strategy for building a stronger, more socialist country
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... dio-labour" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Undoubtedly the best part for Labour supporters about Miliband’s suddenly personable demeanour was the fact that he managed to deconstruct Cameron’s own branding, seemingly effortlessly...Among these dry asides, there was an encouraging discussion about how compassion lies at the centre of Labour policies: immigration policy is about ending exploitation, rather than “closing the floodgates”, while supporting businesses is about putting workers first, raising the minimum wage and outlawing zero-hours contracts, rather than worrying about the fat cats behind the letter to the Telegraph supporting Cameron this week. Rarely have Miliband’s policies come across so simply and clearly as a cohesive strategy towards building a stronger, more socialist country. No longer did we feel that he was a bit bashful about privileging humanity over profit.
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