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letsskiptotheleft wrote:

Tubby Isaacs wrote:Christ, Sajid Javid is useless.

That bit about Spain and Greece reducing their deficit faster than us.
"That's because they've got currency issues".

We've cut taxes.
Er, the figures I just gave you were net. They take your tax cut into account.

Useless.

And the bit on Brooks Newmark. I can't comment, I'm in charge.

Prime Minister in waiting.

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ohsocynical wrote:Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 2h
@indycyclist Polls need to more than cross-over.
The Tories will be losing seats to LAB even with a 6% lead

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letsskiptotheleft wrote:

ohsocynical wrote:Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 2h
@indycyclist Polls need to more than cross-over.
The Tories will be losing seats to LAB even with a 6% lead

If only Labour's front bench was tightened up, I would then be a bit more confident Labour can win with a tidy majority, few obvious ones need to pull their fingers out, and of course, bring back Darling.

rebeccariots2 wrote:

Telegraph Politics ‏@TelePolitics 13m
Give Brooks Newmark another job in Government, says Boris Johnson http://tgr.ph/1DSh2nu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What a good and sensible idea! How about Minister for Social Media? That's the only polite ministry I can think of in response to such a suggestion.

ohsocynical wrote:

rebeccariots2 wrote:

Telegraph Politics ‏@TelePolitics 13m
Give Brooks Newmark another job in Government, says Boris Johnson http://tgr.ph/1DSh2nu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

What a good and sensible idea! How about Minister for Social Media? That's the only polite ministry I can think of in response to such a suggestion.

Minister for Public Decency?

Tubby Isaacs wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote:

ohsocynical wrote:Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 2h
@indycyclist Polls need to more than cross-over.
The Tories will be losing seats to LAB even with a 6% lead

If only Labour's front bench was tightened up, I would then be a bit more confident Labour can win with a tidy majority, few obvious ones need to pull their fingers out, and of course, bring back Darling.

Think he could do Reeves' job better than she can- he did it before, and to his credit, decided Universal Credit was a waste of time.

But didn't inspire in his referendum role.

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letsskiptotheleft wrote:

Tubby Isaacs wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote: If only Labour's front bench was tightened up, I would then be a bit more confident Labour can win with a tidy majority, few obvious ones need to pull their fingers out, and of course, bring back Darling.

Think he could do Reeves' job better than she can- he did it before, and to his credit, decided Universal Credit was a waste of time.

But didn't inspire in his referendum role.

Fair point, but Darling is always better with the mechanics of policies, the intricacies, that didn't always make good headlines during indy debates.

Temulkar wrote:Well today the tory party relinquished the election. Strange really, I think some level of collective madness has descended upon them. To watch the braying fools baying for more misery whilst the nation watched on was truly an example of individuals educated and promoted far beyond their ability.

Gideon played to the hall and sacrificed an election in may for a standing ovation today.

Priceless.

Then Dumkopf Schhmidt topped it off.

Temulkar wrote:Well today the tory party relinquished the election. Strange really, I think some level of collective madness has descended upon them. To watch the braying fools baying for more misery whilst the nation watched on was truly an example of individuals educated and promoted far beyond their ability.

Gideon played to the hall and sacrificed an election in may for a standing ovation today.

Priceless.

Then Dumkopf Schhmidt topped it off.

letsskiptotheleft wrote:Met a PPC earlier, sent me text, was I available to meet her ''yeah, call in, don't worry about the dogs, they don't bite'' blah-de-blah, usual stuff exchanged, she lost my vote when she said ''her husband would love to live in London'' numpties all over the place.

Tubby Isaacs wrote:

Temulkar wrote:Well today the tory party relinquished the election. Strange really, I think some level of collective madness has descended upon them. To watch the braying fools baying for more misery whilst the nation watched on was truly an example of individuals educated and promoted far beyond their ability.

Gideon played to the hall and sacrificed an election in may for a standing ovation today.

Priceless.

Then Dumkopf Schhmidt topped it off.

Minus some deal with UKIP, and a promise of a much quicker referendum, I think they're stuck.

rebeccariots2 wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote:Met a PPC earlier, sent me text, was I available to meet her ''yeah, call in, don't worry about the dogs, they don't bite'' blah-de-blah, usual stuff exchanged, she lost my vote when she said ''her husband would love to live in London'' numpties all over the place.

Eh? What a really really stupid and empty thing to say ... please tell me it wasn't a Labour PPC?

diGriz wrote:So rumour has it that another tory is going to defect to UKIP this week. Is it Clegg?

RobertSnozers wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote:Met a PPC earlier, sent me text, was I available to meet her ''yeah, call in, don't worry about the dogs, they don't bite'' blah-de-blah, usual stuff exchanged, she lost my vote when she said ''her husband would love to live in London'' numpties all over the place.

That's not her fault though?

letsskiptotheleft wrote:

Temulkar wrote:Well today the tory party relinquished the election. Strange really, I think some level of collective madness has descended upon them. To watch the braying fools baying for more misery whilst the nation watched on was truly an example of individuals educated and promoted far beyond their ability.

Gideon played to the hall and sacrificed an election in may for a standing ovation today.

Priceless.

Then Dumkopf Schhmidt topped it off.

Christ, I hope so. The Guardian, of course refuses to give Osborne's speech the scorn it fully deserves, very half hearted.

letsskiptotheleft wrote:[youtube]EDv0S2RdzZk[/youtube]

Paul wondered about the mare Javid had, haven't watched it myself though.

TechnicalEphemera wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote:

Temulkar wrote:Well today the tory party relinquished the election. Strange really, I think some level of collective madness has descended upon them. To watch the braying fools baying for more misery whilst the nation watched on was truly an example of individuals educated and promoted far beyond their ability.

Gideon played to the hall and sacrificed an election in may for a standing ovation today.

Priceless.

Then Dumkopf Schhmidt topped it off.

Christ, I hope so. The Guardian, of course refuses to give Osborne's speech the scorn it fully deserves, very half hearted.

I think Temulkar is right about this, I can't see how this is going to work for their "For Hardworking Families" theme.

It just moves millions of voters into the vote Labour out of self interest camp.

I wonder if the plan is indeed to lose a close election. The problem is I think the Tory party will split and the European civil war will kick off. It may be Osbornes view is it is less painful to have the battle out of government than in it.

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letsskiptotheleft wrote:This good, very good if true?!

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Good God, Nicky Morgan only has a 3,744 majority, in Loughborough, quite plausible the students will come out to get her scalp?

rebeccariots2 wrote:

TechnicalEphemera wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote: Christ, I hope so. The Guardian, of course refuses to give Osborne's speech the scorn it fully deserves, very half hearted.

I think Temulkar is right about this, I can't see how this is going to work for their "For Hardworking Families" theme.

It just moves millions of voters into the vote Labour out of self interest camp.

I wonder if the plan is indeed to lose a close election. The problem is I think the Tory party will split and the European civil war will kick off. It may be Osbornes view is it is less painful to have the battle out of government than in it.

Imagining how all those Scots who voted for YES in the hopes of getting away from Tory shite like this are feeling today ...

rebeccariots2 wrote:

ohsocynical wrote:

rebeccariots2 wrote: What a good and sensible idea! How about Minister for Social Media? That's the only polite ministry I can think of in response to such a suggestion.

Minister for Public Decency?

Think you've got a unnecessary 'l' in there, Ohso.

TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Night PF.

letsskiptotheleft wrote:This good, very good if true?!

http://labourlist.org/2014/09/labour-de ... dent-vote/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good God, Nicky Morgan only has a 3,744 majority, in Loughborough, quite plausible the students will come out to get her scalp?

There is one missing from that list I'd dearly love to see seriously targeted by Labour .... there is a pretty sizeable student population in Sheffield Hallam, and I feel Michael Portillo has had his 'Moment' in the sun for long enough.

TechnicalEphemera wrote:

rebeccariots2 wrote:

TechnicalEphemera wrote: I think Temulkar is right about this, I can't see how this is going to work for their "For Hardworking Families" theme.

It just moves millions of voters into the vote Labour out of self interest camp.

I wonder if the plan is indeed to lose a close election. The problem is I think the Tory party will split and the European civil war will kick off. It may be Osbornes view is it is less painful to have the battle out of government than in it.

Imagining how all those Scots who voted for YES in the hopes of getting away from Tory shite like this are feeling today ...

Actually I am not sure how much they care given Devo max.

There is no doubt in my mind that iScotland would be looking at a turbo charged austerity package. So they are still better off in, even with these tossers in charge.

diGriz wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote:[youtube]EDv0S2RdzZk[/youtube]

Paul wondered about the mare Javid had, haven't watched it myself though.

Fuck me, he actually did his job for once.

letsskiptotheleft wrote:

TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Night PF.

letsskiptotheleft wrote:This good, very good if true?!

http://labourlist.org/2014/09/labour-de ... dent-vote/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Good God, Nicky Morgan only has a 3,744 majority, in Loughborough, quite plausible the students will come out to get her scalp?

There is one missing from that list I'd dearly love to see seriously targeted by Labour .... there is a pretty sizeable student population in Sheffield Hallam, and I feel Michael Portillo has had his 'Moment' in the sun for long enough.

Indeedy, time Portillo went off on a never-ending ''sadmanonatrain'' journey.

RogerOThornhill wrote:

diGriz wrote:

letsskiptotheleft wrote:[youtube]EDv0S2RdzZk[/youtube]

Paul wondered about the mare Javid had, haven't watched it myself though.

Fuck me, he actually did his job for once.

Good grief...he actually did the "hand back to the keys to the people who crashed the car"



How on earth did he get a cabinet post after 4 years as an MP?

Gideon then proceeded to deliberately drive the car into a wall for three years, claiming that his inability to choose another route was everyone else’s fault but his own, even though it was a choice he made every day. Sometimes he said Gordon built the wall, and at other times, he said that hitting the wall would make us drive faster in the end. And then, when he still didn’t get anywhere, he said that standing still was the right direction, and he tried selling the bonnet, and the wheels, and the engine to some of his friends for far less than they were worth.

When the car still didn’t get anywhere, he stuck a picture of The Confidence Fairy on the dashboard, forced a bunch of unemployed people to push what was left of the car into the same wall he’d been crashing into for the last three years, for which he gave them no money, and claimed this meant they were now employed.

Wasn't Javid promoted when that woman MP for Basingstoke was sacked because of an expenses fiddle? And at the time wasn't Dave getting stick over how few women MPs he had?

rebeccariots2 wrote:

ohsocynical wrote:

rebeccariots2 wrote:

WhateverHappenedToAllInThisTogether.jpg

Quite.

When even their own party members can smell the rat ... they should know that most decent people will too.

But what I want to know is, did Mr Riots get his meal of courgettes eventually?

Mr Riots was served the quickest vegetable stir fry in history - in which courgettes were the central feature - heavily spiced up with ginger, garlic and all the rest. Gobbled down.

I will be trying out the FTN recipe suggestions in the very near future - courgettes are still romping away in the greenhouse.

(We've got the same glut problem with cucumbers. I've held back from trying a very dubious recipe for cucumber 'ragou' which I spotted in an online newspaper the other day. Need to be feeling super adventurous and brave for that one.)

HindleA wrote:Would someone be kind enough to inform me if Carers Allowance/Carers was mentioned in the freezing of benefits/allowances and if the policy is the same basis as the previous capping ie only the support component/relevant premiums unaffected with the main components frozen,cheers.

Tubby Isaacs wrote:Did that bit about the financial year amuse you, Roger?