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AngryAsWell
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Re: Weds 31st December 2014 & Thurs 1st January 2015 - NEW Y

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RogerOThornhill wrote:
AngryAsWell wrote:George Osborne is at the margins – Labour is the centre ground
It is Osborne who faces a credibility problem. His increasingly extreme approach goes far beyond the necessary task of deficit reduction
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... rne-labour" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Is it just me or is Osborne looking a tad weirder with every photo at the moment?
It's an utter troll-fest over there BTL - do they get a tweet saying "Come on - it's Ed Balls...charge!"
I actually don't look any more its to deranging :lol:
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An interesting piece on the next election from the FT

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6f2ca3d6-86f5 ... z3NbsnUnbm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Tonibel wrote:My New Years resolution was to sign up here properly, after two years of lurking, so I just want to say hello to all and to thank you for helping to keep me sane. (And special thanks to TGS for reminding me to reread the Hogfather, only about the fourth reading for me.)
I am another of the Bolshevik socialist republic of Wales contingent. I was rather upset to see on your terms and conditions that abusive posts are not allowed. Can't I be slightly abusive about my MP, the oleaginous fox hunter Simon Hart?
Here's hoping for 2015 :fight:
Welcome Tonibel, always good to have another member from the Socialist Republic of Wales sign up, by the way, were you a fan of the dark pink ice cream vans too?
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Simon Hart and Alun Cairns are two I will spend a weekend or two stomping about hoping to get shot off, I dislike Cairns more probably cos he has a higher profile, hence you see his mug more, though Hart is equally loathsome.
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letsskiptotheleft wrote:Simon Hart and Alun Cairns are two I will spend a weekend or two stomping about hoping to get shot off, I dislike Cairns more probably cos he has a higher profile, hence you see his mug more, though Hart is equally loathsome.
Good on you!
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Re: Weds 31st December 2014 & Thurs 1st January 2015 - NEW Y

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General Election ‏@UKELECTIONS2015 · 1m1 minute ago
YOUGOV

% of a partys voters who believe people are using A&E when they really don't need to.

CON 45%
LD 34%
UKIP 33%
LAB 28%
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Having recently spent five hours in A and E on a Tuesday Morning/Afternoon ,waiting in a store cupboard for the majority of the time to make way for a procession of trollies,I can assure the dickheads in that poll it wasn't because we fancied a day out.


Edited to add we were referred by the GP,whereas in the past we have gone to an assessment unit in the hospital .I don't know if that is a change of procedure or just specific in that case,perhaps that is further putting strain on A and E?.
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My thoughts tonight are with my eldest who is spending the night in a hospital at the bedside of someone he has cared for for several years.

He needs to be there for comfort to his "client" and to assist the hospital staff in identifying and responding to behavioural patterns.

It's a minimum wage job but my eldest won't mind that....he'll be gutted if his "client" doesn't survive this crisis.
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Anyone who wants to go to bed with a chuckle in their heart should check put this latest total lack of self awareness from Calamity Clegg. Apparently he's not using his wife to boost his popularity (despite dragging her out for a cloying joint interview with a womens mag), as he still has a "great fan base" himself. I shit you not!

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... mentpage=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Tish wrote:Anyone who wants to go to bed with a chuckle in their heart should check put this latest total lack of self awareness from Calamity Clegg. Apparently he's not using his wife to boost his popularity (despite dragging her out for a cloying joint interview with a womens mag), as he still has a "great fan base" himself. I shit you not!

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... mentpage=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The Graun is truly taking the piss, and I'm glad to see that BTL, those commenting are doing the same back, including our own venerable TE whose comment is worth the admission.

Delusional stuff from the Graun. I mean, who the fuck is Clegg's SigOth anyway? I'm not arsed and I can hardly believe that anyone else is.
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