Re: Wednesday 8th April 2015
Posted: Wed 08 Apr, 2015 10:26 pm
And from Tom Pride:
Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
Hmm, those do seem to be some minor drawbacks...RobertSnozers wrote:I've always liked the idea of an air launched ballistic system like Skybolt, and I imagine with the technology advances since the 60s we could probably make the navigation work now, but the missiles would have to be designed from scratch, and we have no launch platform. But apart from that...TechnicalEphemera wrote:I would have thought the best option would be land based missile silos in East Anglia. Cruise is useless as a delivery mechanism as is the RAF.TheGrimSqueaker wrote: Labour Party policy is that Trident will not be replaced on a like for like basis and, in fact, may not be replaced at all (other options, such as cruise missiles, the RAF etc could be more effective); but the SNP keep pushing the line that Labour are committed to full replacement. So what exactly is Murphy supporting?
The big upside of Trident is that it is a second strike weapon, which is a much better approach than land based systems that are vulnerable to a surprise attack.
I have often heard it said, but there is no evidence that the US could stop the UK firing them. I doubt the UK would have bought them on that basis.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Would the East Anglia silos be independent? Hard to imagine Trident being fired with American opposition. France's is different because Mitterrand and others always distrusted America' commitment to actual warfare.TechnicalEphemera wrote:I would have thought the best option would be land based missile silos in East Anglia. Cruise is useless as a delivery mechanism as is the RAF.TheGrimSqueaker wrote: Labour Party policy is that Trident will not be replaced on a like for like basis and, in fact, may not be replaced at all (other options, such as cruise missiles, the RAF etc could be more effective); but the SNP keep pushing the line that Labour are committed to full replacement. So what exactly is Murphy supporting?
The big upside of Trident is that it is a second strike weapon, which is a much better approach than land based systems that are vulnerable to a surprise attack.
The tories have lost it haven't they?Spacedone wrote:Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
Spacedone wrote:Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
No prob, posts were flying in at the time, thought you might have missed the linkLadyCentauria wrote:Sorry – I was way behind the times (only on page 2, I think) so hadn't seen your link at the time.AngryAsWell wrote:I gave the link aboveLadyCentauria wrote:6-way Scottish Leaders' Debate starting on BBC News and BBC Parliament, now (9pm)
Viewers in Scotland should be seeing it on one of the main BBC channels, too.
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I've been reliably informed that, as the audience are from Edinburgh, they aren't 'real' Scots.Spacedone wrote:Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
I thought the Scots were dead lively, compared with the tightly controlled audiences at the UK debates. Very enjoyable I thought. I like to see a bit of fire in their bellies.Spacedone wrote:Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
I agree it was pretty good. I like how the moderator was in the middle of them and prevented them from just spouting off pre-prepared answers by forcing them to explain themselves.ohsocynical wrote:I thought the Scots were dead lively, compared with the tightly controlled audiences at the UK debates. Very enjoyable I thought. I like to see a bit of fire in their bellies.Spacedone wrote:Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
Scared the hell out of me.TechnicalEphemera wrote:I recommend the film By Dawns Early Light if you can find it for a pretty good dramatisation of what could all go horribly wrong.
And that was just Powers Boothe's acting. Rebecca DeMornay was pretty good though.citizenJA wrote:Scared the hell out of me.TechnicalEphemera wrote:I recommend the film By Dawns Early Light if you can find it for a pretty good dramatisation of what could all go horribly wrong.
I don't know, the thought of FFA should scare a lot of people. But the SNP supporters do increasingly resemble a sort of cult.ohsocynical wrote:@NicolaSturgeon #leadersdebate #GE2015
"I would like full fiscal autonomy as quickly as the other parties agree to give it."
I wonder if this will drag some of those that were going to vote SNP back? The audience were certainly against it.
The first time I saw him was after the Clutha Bar helicopter crash in Glasgow, he was nearby at the time, he was very impressive indeed. Not at all in a 'look at me' way, which you could imagine some others would find difficult to avoid.ohsocynical wrote:First time I've seen Murphy. I'm impressed.
What now?Lucy Powell @LucyMPowell 21m21 minutes ago
More desperate, negative stuff from the Tories tomorrow. They have nothing to say on their plans and vision for the country. Desperate.
I'd guess she means the apocalyptic warnings in tomorrow's papers:rebeccariots2 wrote:What now?Lucy Powell @LucyMPowell 21m21 minutes ago
More desperate, negative stuff from the Tories tomorrow. They have nothing to say on their plans and vision for the country. Desperate.
Please don't let it be more Shapps - or Gove. Well actually, on second thoughts, maybe the best thing for us would be if they trot out Shapps or Gove or indeed any of the other Tory reps that are guaranteed to produce the ultimate shudder and euugh factor.
I haven't watched it yet but it was filmed in Aberdeen (the city of my birth until I left, aged 17) so I'd be gobsmacked if the audience were from Edinburgh, a city some 150 miles away !TheGrimSqueaker wrote:I've been reliably informed that, as the audience are from Edinburgh, they aren't 'real' Scots.Spacedone wrote:Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?Indy Scotland @yesscotland14 3 mins3 minutes ago
And what the hell was wrong with the audience!!! #BORING #ManufacturedAudience #NotREALOpinions #leadersdebate
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
CCHQ Press Office @CCHQPress 7 mins7 minutes ago
Now we know: Trident is Sturgeon's red line. Prime Minister Miliband would risk our national security #leadersdebate
See, shows how in touch with reality that person was!pk1 wrote:I haven't watched it yet but it was filmed in Aberdeen (the city of my birth until I left, aged 17) so I'd be gobsmacked if the audience were from Edinburgh, a city some 150 miles away !TheGrimSqueaker wrote:I've been reliably informed that, as the audience are from Edinburgh, they aren't 'real' Scots.Spacedone wrote: Aw... did the nasty audience not react with the expected groupthink?
And here's the Tory spin on the debate.
Wow.pk1 wrote:I have sent a tweet to Ian Katz & Evan Davis, asking why Gove got the stage to himself last night yet Chris Leslie had to share his slot with Ken Clarke, an estate agent & Mary Ann Seighart.
I reckon my chances of getting an answer are 10000000000000000/1
I don't think they know how they are going to win the election. I think they assumed slagging off Miliband, running smear stories in the press and getting Dave photographed cuddling lambs was all it would take. I think they genuinely believed their own propaganda about miliband.rebeccariots2 wrote:Whoever said earlier on that the Tories have really lost it .... yup, the Tories have really lost it. Clinging on to the Cain & Abel narrative - is that it, is that how they think they will win the election?