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ohsocynical wrote:

refitman wrote:

AngryAsWell wrote:Ed Miliband Is Honest, Decent & Truthful - Gove

http://www.lbc.co.uk/miliband-is-honest ... ove-104503" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Jon Swindon ‏@jon_swindon

The things Tories say. I agree wholeheartedly Mr Gove. #EMForNo10

Nasty little dig though at the end.

Top Tory MP shuns David Cameron and uses Labour hero Tony Benn on election campaign leaflet
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/to ... id-5118193
... Robert Halfon, one of the Conservative’s rising stars and a key advisor to Chancellor George Osborne, has put out a leaflet featuring the former Labour MP, but no photo of his own party leader.

The flyer, which prominently features Labour’s traditional red colours, focuses on immigration, a British Bill of Rights and making St George’s Day a national holiday.

Despite the Harlow MP’s role in the Treasury - a post he received after successfully campaigning for a fuel duty freeze - there is no mention of the economy...

AngryAsWell wrote:Very long "Ed" article over in the FT, took the 3 article free thingy to read it.
The only thing that stood out (much of the rest is re hashed we-already-know stuff)
is this :
"Miliband’s Labour critics do not share his confidence. So much so that, last autumn, party grandees gauged whether they could stage a coup by toppling the leader and installing the popular former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson in his place. Miliband denied talk of a coup last November as “nonsense”. But the FT has learnt that two Labour grandees — Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former press chief — took soundings from Johnson to see whether he was prepared to take over. “Alan gave an emphatic No,” says one Labour MP. Another senior party figure claimed that at least 40 MPs supported the abortive coup — others claim far more. Johnson, a former postman, has discovered a new and less stressful life as an author."

Mandelson is no surprise to me, but Campbell? Nasty little weasel, and I always had a bit of a soft spot for him.. live and learn. Sigh

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/101913f6-acc1 ... tml#slide0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

rebeccariots2 wrote:

AngryAsWell wrote:Very long "Ed" article over in the FT, took the 3 article free thingy to read it.
The only thing that stood out (much of the rest is re hashed we-already-know stuff)
is this :
"Miliband’s Labour critics do not share his confidence. So much so that, last autumn, party grandees gauged whether they could stage a coup by toppling the leader and installing the popular former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson in his place. Miliband denied talk of a coup last November as “nonsense”. But the FT has learnt that two Labour grandees — Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former press chief — took soundings from Johnson to see whether he was prepared to take over. “Alan gave an emphatic No,” says one Labour MP. Another senior party figure claimed that at least 40 MPs supported the abortive coup — others claim far more. Johnson, a former postman, has discovered a new and less stressful life as an author."

Mandelson is no surprise to me, but Campbell? Nasty little weasel, and I always had a bit of a soft spot for him.. live and learn. Sigh

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/101913f6-acc1 ... tml#slide0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That version has been refuted elsewhere AAW. Campbell has said, apparently, that he rang Johnson to assure himself that Johnson wasn't looking to try and take the leadership. I'll see if I can find the rebuttal article and post it.

rebeccariots2 wrote:

AngryAsWell wrote:Very long "Ed" article over in the FT, took the 3 article free thingy to read it.
The only thing that stood out (much of the rest is re hashed we-already-know stuff)
is this :
"Miliband’s Labour critics do not share his confidence. So much so that, last autumn, party grandees gauged whether they could stage a coup by toppling the leader and installing the popular former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson in his place. Miliband denied talk of a coup last November as “nonsense”. But the FT has learnt that two Labour grandees — Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former press chief — took soundings from Johnson to see whether he was prepared to take over. “Alan gave an emphatic No,” says one Labour MP. Another senior party figure claimed that at least 40 MPs supported the abortive coup — others claim far more. Johnson, a former postman, has discovered a new and less stressful life as an author."

Mandelson is no surprise to me, but Campbell? Nasty little weasel, and I always had a bit of a soft spot for him.. live and learn. Sigh

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/101913f6-acc1 ... tml#slide0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That version has been refuted elsewhere AAW. Campbell has said, apparently, that he rang Johnson to assure himself that Johnson wasn't looking to try and take the leadership. I'll see if I can find the rebuttal article and post it.

Paul Waugh ‏@paulwaugh 9h9 hours ago
Re FT story, Lab spksman: "misleading" to say Mandelson + @campbellclaret sounded out AJohnson. They were checking rumours + told false

Rumours that Mandelson and Campbell sounded out Alan Johnson for leadership are “false”, says Labour source
http://labourlist.org/2015/02/rumours-t ... ur-source/
... a party source has told LabourList that this story is untrue. Amid the reports of a formative leadership bid from the Home Secretary, which we were the first to reveal was untrue, both Mandelson and Campbell contacted Johnson to find out if the rumours were true: Johnson told them that they were not. “Peter and Alastair phoned Alan Johnson to ask if rumours were correct. They found out they were false. To call this “sounding out” is false and deliberately misleading”, our well-connected Labour source says.

rebeccariots2 wrote:

rebeccariots2 wrote:

AngryAsWell wrote:Very long "Ed" article over in the FT, took the 3 article free thingy to read it.
The only thing that stood out (much of the rest is re hashed we-already-know stuff)
is this :
"Miliband’s Labour critics do not share his confidence. So much so that, last autumn, party grandees gauged whether they could stage a coup by toppling the leader and installing the popular former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson in his place. Miliband denied talk of a coup last November as “nonsense”. But the FT has learnt that two Labour grandees — Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former press chief — took soundings from Johnson to see whether he was prepared to take over. “Alan gave an emphatic No,” says one Labour MP. Another senior party figure claimed that at least 40 MPs supported the abortive coup — others claim far more. Johnson, a former postman, has discovered a new and less stressful life as an author."

Mandelson is no surprise to me, but Campbell? Nasty little weasel, and I always had a bit of a soft spot for him.. live and learn. Sigh

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/101913f6-acc1 ... tml#slide0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That version has been refuted elsewhere AAW. Campbell has said, apparently, that he rang Johnson to assure himself that Johnson wasn't looking to try and take the leadership. I'll see if I can find the rebuttal article and post it.

Paul Waugh ‏@paulwaugh 9h9 hours ago
Re FT story, Lab spksman: "misleading" to say Mandelson + @campbellclaret sounded out AJohnson. They were checking rumours + told false

Rumours that Mandelson and Campbell sounded out Alan Johnson for leadership are “false”, says Labour source
http://labourlist.org/2015/02/rumours-t ... ur-source/
... a party source has told LabourList that this story is untrue. Amid the reports of a formative leadership bid from the Home Secretary, which we were the first to reveal was untrue, both Mandelson and Campbell contacted Johnson to find out if the rumours were true: Johnson told them that they were not. “Peter and Alastair phoned Alan Johnson to ask if rumours were correct. They found out they were false. To call this “sounding out” is false and deliberately misleading”, our well-connected Labour source says.

RobertSnozers wrote:

mikems wrote:

“This independent assessment also puts paid to Ed Miliband’s myth that the reforms were about privatisation, and highlights why both the public and the health sector should be wary of Labour’s plans for upheaval and reorganisation”

A public servant said this. It's not just the NHS they've f****d up. Where's our independent civil service gone?

This is really depressing, bit sadly nothing new. A few weeks before the last London mayoral election, the head of TFL came out to rubbish something Labour had proposed. I posted on the Liveblog at the time that this was a clear breach of purdah. Andrew Sparrow took this up, and asked TfL why supposedly independent officers were openly supporting one candidate and attacking another during an election campaign.

I'm joking of course! The comment was deleted, as was the comment asking why it had been deleted.

Rednorth wrote:Apologies for the earlier rants, folks, I'm at a pretty low ebb at the moment.

"Miliband’s Labour critics do not share his confidence. So much so that, last autumn, party grandees gauged whether they could stage a coup by toppling the leader and installing the popular former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson in his place. Miliband denied talk of a coup last November as “nonsense”. But the FT has learnt that two Labour grandees — Lord Mandelson, the former business secretary, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s former press chief — took soundings from Johnson to see whether he was prepared to take over. “Alan gave an emphatic No,” says one Labour MP. Another senior party figure claimed that at least 40 MPs supported the abortive coup — others claim far more. Johnson, a former postman, has discovered a new and less stressful life as an autho

Jack of Kent ‏@JackofKent 16h16 hours ago
A tweet by a Coalition justice minister, @SimonHughesMP, who supported all the Legal Aid cuts " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …

Beyond words.

TechnicalEphemera wrote:Have we had UKIPs defence policy yet?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 30047.html

War with Spain, very retro Elizabethan.

Laying out his party’s priorities for Britain’s armed forces, he said Ukip would restrict the military to a “defence of the realm” role, along with protecting British business interests abroad and “defending our protectorates across the globe”.

Mr Hookem joined Ukip in 2009 after seeing “Eastern Europeans take jobs” from British workers on building sites. He admits he was “shocked” when, as the third name on the ballot, he was elected MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire in last year’s European elections.

Sanctioned man who stole to eat is jailed
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/l ... ref=twtrec

HindleA wrote:"See we told you they are all criminals"

rebeccariots2 wrote:

HindleA wrote:"See we told you they are all criminals"

3 tins of casserole steak worth £12.60. 14 weeks in jail.

What era are we living in?

rebeccariots2 wrote:

Jack of Kent ‏@JackofKent 16h16 hours ago
A tweet by a Coalition justice minister, @SimonHughesMP, who supported all the Legal Aid cuts " onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …

Beyond words.

It is some tweet. So are the responses to it.