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Re: Monday 16th March 2015

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Curlew.
I know it's not in the list, but there's no more evocative sound than a curlew on the moors.
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RobertSnozers wrote:I think the most egregious point Stuart Jackson made in his defence of Shapps was that saying he had used the pseudonym before he was elected wasn't a lie because he *had* used it before he was elected, he just hadn't *only* used it before he was elected.

Good summary of Shapps' tactics on Politics.co.uk - http://www.politics.co.uk/blogs/2015/03 ... hael-green" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Monday 16th March 2015

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55DegreesNorth wrote:Curlew.
I know it's not in the list, but there's no more evocative sound than a curlew on the moors.
I have to agree with you. The sound raises the hair on the back of my neck.
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yahyah wrote:I'm just down the road from a Red Kite feeding station.
Sometimes get 20 or 30 over the fields.
Don't like the way they are watching the new lambs at the moment though.
I thought they were classed as scavengers?
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ohsocynical wrote:
yahyah wrote:I'm just down the road from a Red Kite feeding station.
Sometimes get 20 or 30 over the fields.
Don't like the way they are watching the new lambs at the moment though.
I thought they were classed as scavengers?
Waiting to see if there are any dead lambs perhaps?
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Ofcom confirms it is not treating Greens as a 'major party' at the election

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blo ... a395ef2739
Ouch!
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ohsocynical wrote:
ohsocynical wrote:
yahyah wrote:I'm just down the road from a Red Kite feeding station.
Sometimes get 20 or 30 over the fields.
Don't like the way they are watching the new lambs at the moment though.
I thought they were classed as scavengers?
Waiting to see if there are any dead lambs perhaps?

They seem to fly down and check out the lambs if they are sleeping or away from their mums.
Not sure if they would actually attack one.

I had a near death experience last year :D - don't know if it was the fault of a red kite or another bird of prey.
I was in the lane emptying our letter box when there was a thwack sound and I felt air moving quickly down one side of my body.
A big vole type creature had dropped out of the sky and splatted on the ground just inches away.
If it had hit me on the head it would have brained me.
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The eight weirdest things we know about Grant Shapps
The Tory party chairman is in trouble again for his business alter ego, Michael Green, but that isn’t even the weirdest thing about him

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... ant-shapps
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ohsocynical wrote:
55DegreesNorth wrote:Curlew.
I know it's not in the list, but there's no more evocative sound than a curlew on the moors.
I have to agree with you. The sound raises the hair on the back of my neck.

http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/British ... 375-0600V0

Reminded me of The KLF's Chill Out album
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Afternoon all.

I suspect that Shapps business is far worse than we all suspected. Ever noticed he's never been seen in the presence of Robert Webb?
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NeilBB wrote:
ohsocynical wrote:
55DegreesNorth wrote:Curlew.
I know it's not in the list, but there's no more evocative sound than a curlew on the moors.
I have to agree with you. The sound raises the hair on the back of my neck.

http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/British ... 375-0600V0

Reminded me of The KLF's Chill Out album
Thanks for that NeilBB - and welcome aboard :)
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An argument has broken out between Austin Mitchell MP for Grimsby and Karl Turner MP for Hull following the media interest in Ed Miliband’s two kitchens last week.
http://labourlist.org/2015/03/labour-mp ... ll-a-joke/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wish Mitchell would just FO !
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ErnstRemarx wrote:Afternoon all.

I suspect that Shapps business is far worse than we all suspected. Ever noticed he's never been seen in the presence of Robert Webb?

Or Warwick Davis?

A few years back Shapps was at pains to point out he had no involvement with a website, howtopickupwomen.com or something ridiculous, knowing him that could come back to bite him on the arse?

:popcorn:
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Blackbird. Garden's full of them, mostly scrapping at the moment and couldn't vote for 'red' anything other than socialism in tooth and claw.

Still chuffed at not having a TV licence any longer! :clap:
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letsskiptotheleft wrote:
ErnstRemarx wrote:Afternoon all.

I suspect that Shapps business is far worse than we all suspected. Ever noticed he's never been seen in the presence of Robert Webb?

Or Warwick Davis?

A few years back Shapps was at pains to point out he had no involvement with a website, howtopickupwomen.com or something ridiculous, knowing him that could come back to bite him on the arse?

:popcorn:
"Tim Ireland @bloggerheads
· 58 mins 58 minutes ago
NEW POST - Grant Shapps: smoke and mirrors http://j.mp/1Gdvoyt" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Over to you for a response, @grantshapps. Happy to hear you out."

Pass the popcorn ;) :popcorn: yum, thanks - :lol:
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At the Scotsman's article about Ed ruling out a coalition with SNP the Nat's are frothing again,seems he should have humbly waited for sturgeon to ask him!
One particular fool 'lolzed' at Murphys suggestion that the SNP MPs could vote with labour.So,the alternative?Vote with the Tories or abstain?Even if they agree with labour?
I am forever thankful to have left Scotland.
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Of course, being an ''entrepreneur'' he generates wealth.

What do I know, I just suck on the states tit.
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frightful_oik wrote:Blackbird. Garden's full of them, mostly scrapping at the moment and couldn't vote for 'red' anything other than socialism in tooth and claw.

Still chuffed at not having a TV licence any longer! :clap:
Even though I put food out every day, I haven't seen a single blackbird in the last year. Ditto sparrows. A few blue tits down from dozens a couple of years ago and the same with various types of finch. One wagtail and an occasional robin. Haven't seen a thrush in years.
Wood pigeons and magpies mostly now. :(
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ohsocynical wrote:
tinybgoat wrote:
letsskiptotheleft wrote:Dead important this, vote for the national bird of Britain.

Torn between a blackbird, lovely song, red kite, see them while out in the garden, kingfisher, always a delight, though only see a flash of azure blue, or a robin, who always puts a smile on my chops.

Decisions, decisions.

http://www.votenationalbird.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I went for Mute Swan,
Would have gone for Great Crested Grebe, if in final,
or possibly Starlings for attitude.
I'd have to choose the Robin. There can't be a corner of the world that hasn't seen a Christmas card with snow and a Robin....
Robin's good, but also popular name,
often resulting in over abundance or robin themed cards being received.(also see Batman jokes & Lincoln green clad freedom fighter)
So think a Starling, (or possibly a sparrow?) would be better choice for national bird.
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ohsocynical wrote:
frightful_oik wrote:Blackbird. Garden's full of them, mostly scrapping at the moment and couldn't vote for 'red' anything other than socialism in tooth and claw.

Still chuffed at not having a TV licence any longer! :clap:
Even though I put food out every day, I haven't seen a single blackbird in the last year. Ditto sparrows. A few blue tits down from dozens a couple of years ago and the same with various types of finch. One wagtail and an occasional robin. Haven't seen a thrush in years.
Wood pigeons and magpies mostly now. :(
I'd love to have blue tits (not personally ! :lol: ) but I do get loads of sparrows, starlings, pigeons & magpies alongside my breeding pair of blackbirds & the occasional robin.

A neighbour fed a seagull on his shed roof 2 summers ago. The following year, he had 2 seagulls to feed. Last year the same seagulls bred their babies & now the entire family congregate on the shed roof every morning to wait for their food !
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Ashcroft National Poll:

CON 31 (-3)
LAB 29 (-1)
LIB 8 (+3)
UKIP 15 (=)
GRN 8 (=)
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I've lurked here long enough but have refrained from joining because I've sometimes found this site too tribal. Anyway following is a link to http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files ... -jul12.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Never again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 published by the King's Fund, which I have posted three times today on the other place.

I accept it's a rather long read (148 pages) but worthy of being shared. My first post had a scathing account of Cameron's part in it, the second a link with no comment and the third just an indication that the King's Fund had published such document and that it may be found by searching online.

I haven't entirely given up with the Guardian as I expect it has greater coverage. Anyway this was my final comment on Andrew Sparrow's Blog today, which has so far stood the test of time..

I make no bones of my disdain for this government. Maybe it's because I'm an ex-LibDemmer who has seen Cameron and the Orange Bookers stymie everything I once thought good of the party, let alone how they have treated the citizens of this country. However I can understand being moderated or even when I was on pre-mod for overstepping the mark, but I shall not accept censorship. If the Tories want to cleanse the internet of their own publications then so be it, but please do not stifle open debate.
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I better read up on how to post links here... and whatever else you can do.
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Re: Monday 16th March 2015

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letsskiptotheleft wrote:
ErnstRemarx wrote:Afternoon all.

I suspect that Shapps business is far worse than we all suspected. Ever noticed he's never been seen in the presence of Robert Webb?

Or Warwick Davis?

A few years back Shapps was at pains to point out he had no involvement with a website, howtopickupwomen.com or something ridiculous, knowing him that could come back to bite him on the arse?

:popcorn:
what about Robert Llewellyn (Kryten),
Don't think Kryten never got the hang of lying
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utopiandreams wrote:I better read up on how to post links here... and whatever else you can do.
Welcome, Utopiandreams. I've liked your posts at the G below the line for years. I'm a Labour party member & supporter. I do what I can to work within the party in order to have my voice heard with others like-minded. I think most people have more in common than we have differences. Thank you for jumping in. The more voices the better. I'm not in the best spirits these days but my friends here are lovely people.

I hope you find the company as congenial as I have found my friends here.

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pk1 wrote:Ashcroft National Poll:

CON 31 (-3)
LAB 29 (-1)
LIB 8 (+3)
UKIP 15 (=)
GRN 8 (=)

I just don't believe that Labour's vote is no better than 2010.
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pk1 wrote:
Breaking News

Posted at 13:21
Ed Miliband says Labour will not go into coalition government with the SNP. "There will be no SNP ministers in any government I lead," he adds.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-31878269" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
@bbclaurak

tweets: Difficulty for Ed M is that no-one really talking about an actual coalition btw the 2, he can't/hasn't/won't rule out relying on SNP support
No Laura, a coalition with the SNP is ALL you & your tory pals has gone on about for weeks ! :wall:
Seeing Scotland voted to remain in the union on the basis that its MPs wouldn't lose status, it's incredible that Scottish MPs voting is some big problem for Ed.
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From bloggerheads:''We would be able to go to older versions of his websites and check if Shapps and/or his wife hadn’t deliberately excluded the howtocorp.com domain from the Web Archive,''

Is there really no way of getting to those older versions of his sites ?
Computer wizards....pretty please.
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letsskiptotheleft wrote:
ErnstRemarx wrote:Afternoon all.

I suspect that Shapps business is far worse than we all suspected. Ever noticed he's never been seen in the presence of Robert Webb?

Or Warwick Davis?

A few years back Shapps was at pains to point out he had no involvement with a website, howtopickupwomen.com or something ridiculous, knowing him that could come back to bite him on the arse?

:popcorn:
Ha ha , Warwick Davis, he does look like him. I can combine that somehow with my joke where I muddle up Warwick Davis with Warwick Mansell.
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Welcome utopiandreams.
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pk1 wrote:Ladbrokes updated odds:

Image
I thought the bookies got it right most of the time, but that's mad. Con maj 5/1, Lab maj 14/1?
Might call in and take that 14/1.

I recommend anyone despairing over the polls and media seat projections to visit electoralcalculus, and then imagine the outcome if they're wrong about the SNP but right about the rest.

http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/homepage.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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utopiandreams wrote:I've lurked here long enough but have refrained from joining because I've sometimes found this site too tribal. Anyway following is a link to <a href="http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files ... pdf">Never again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012</a>published by the King's Fund, which I have posted three times today on the other place.

I accept it's a rather long read (148 pages) but worthy of being shared. My first post had a scathing account of Cameron's part in it, the second a link with no comment and the third just an indication that the King's Fund had published such document and that it may be found by searching online.

I haven't entirely given up with the Guardian as I expect it has greater coverage. Anyway this was my final comment on Andrew Sparrow's Blog today, which has so far stood the test of time..

I make no bones of my disdain for this government. Maybe it's because I'm an ex-LibDemmer who has seen Cameron and the Orange Bookers stymie everything I once thought good of the party, let alone how they have treated the citizens of this country. However I can understand being moderated or even when I was on pre-mod for overstepping the mark, but I shall not accept censorship. If the Tories want to cleanse the internet of their own publications then so be it, but please do not stifle open debate.
Hi Utopiandreams nice to see you here :)
This is the link to the document from Kings Fund I think
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files ... -jul12.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do hope you stay with us, yes sometimes a bit tribal, but very open to political/politics discussion, as long as there are no personal attacks :)
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yahyah wrote:From bloggerheads:''We would be able to go to older versions of his websites and check if Shapps and/or his wife hadn’t deliberately excluded the howtocorp.com domain from the Web Archive,''

Is there really no way of getting to those older versions of his sites ?
Computer wizards....pretty please.
There is a blogger who has them all, unfortunately I forgot who :smack:
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yahyah wrote:
pk1 wrote:Ashcroft National Poll:

CON 31 (-3)
LAB 29 (-1)
LIB 8 (+3)
UKIP 15 (=)
GRN 8 (=)

I just don't believe that Labour's vote is no better than 2010.
Ashcroft poll, thus those figures are just those "absolutely certain to vote" - said questions almost invariably imply a turnout of barely 50% (even less than 2001)

Virtually everybody agrees its going to be a lot more than that in May (probably higher than 2010's 65%)

Will be very surprising if the good Lord's "unadjusted" result doesn't have Labour at least level. Its been the case the last two weeks.
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:
yahyah wrote:
pk1 wrote:Ashcroft National Poll:

CON 31 (-3)
LAB 29 (-1)
LIB 8 (+3)
UKIP 15 (=)
GRN 8 (=)

I just don't believe that Labour's vote is no better than 2010.
Ashcroft poll, thus those figures are just those "absolutely certain to vote" - said questions almost invariably imply a turnout of barely 50% (even less than 2001)

Virtually everybody agrees its going to be a lot more than that in May (probably higher than 2010's 65%)

Will be very surprising if the good Lord's "unadjusted" result doesn't have Labour at least level. Its been the case the last two weeks.
Thanks AK. That'd help explain the ridiculously high Scottish voter turnout predicted.
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yahyah wrote:
pk1 wrote:Ashcroft National Poll:

CON 31 (-3)
LAB 29 (-1)
LIB 8 (+3)
UKIP 15 (=)
GRN 8 (=)

I just don't believe that Labour's vote is no better than 2010.
Neither do I.
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@Utopiandreams

Hi & welcome.

@refitman has helpfully put some tips on posting at this link:

http://flythenest.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=181" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We are kinda tribal in a left-leaning way but we try not to scare others away from posting alternative opinions.

(for the record, I voted LD last time too - never again, mind !)
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Stephen Crossley is worth following.

https://akindoftrouble.wordpress.com/20 ... uncements/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Firstly, the £1.2 billion ‘savings’ figure never features in the DCLG report The Benefits of the Troubled Families Programme to the Taxpayer (hereafter called the Benefits report),or the accompanying Methodology report. In fact, the Methodology report states very clearly on p4 that ‘care should be taken when directly comparing results between local authorities’ and ‘the results reported are not results from the national programme as a whole’. If the advice to take care with the figures had been taken, the figure of £1.2 billion ‘savings’ surely wouldn’t have been featured so heavily in the press release and there must be a very good reason it didn’t feature in either official publication.
The Benefits report suggests that, across the seven local authority areas used for the analysis, the average cost of the ‘troubled families’ they worked with (in the 12 months prior to intervention) was just £26,200 (p4). So the new ‘actual’ figure is around a third of the first ‘actual’ figure of £75,000 that the Prime Minister gave when he launched the TFP.
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utopiandreams wrote:I've lurked here long enough but have refrained from joining because I've sometimes found this site too tribal. Anyway following is a link to <a href="http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/sites/files ... pdf">Never again? The story of the Health and Social Care Act 2012</a>published by the King's Fund, which I have posted three times today on the other place.

I accept it's a rather long read (148 pages) but worthy of being shared. My first post had a scathing account of Cameron's part in it, the second a link with no comment and the third just an indication that the King's Fund had published such document and that it may be found by searching online.

I haven't entirely given up with the Guardian as I expect it has greater coverage. Anyway this was my final comment on Andrew Sparrow's Blog today, which has so far stood the test of time..

I make no bones of my disdain for this government. Maybe it's because I'm an ex-LibDemmer who has seen Cameron and the Orange Bookers stymie everything I once thought good of the party, let alone how they have treated the citizens of this country. However I can understand being moderated or even when I was on pre-mod for overstepping the mark, but I shall not accept censorship. If the Tories want to cleanse the internet of their own publications then so be it, but please do not stifle open debate.
Welcome indeed UtopianDreams! No censorship here - post away to your heart's content, and your input is most welcome. As for us being tribal? Possibly down to our converging in our posts. Bring that variety of input, and make us more broadminded.

And thanks for the link!
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Alex Andreou's last tweet is worth a look!


:lol:
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Re: Monday 16th March 2015

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Some thoughts on "tribalism".

In the entirety of the MSM, and very much including the Guardian the Labour Party is subjected to a constant barrage of attacks. Twitter is much the same, I have watched one person (who very much fits the Narxist description) hurl a constant stream of spittle flecked invective at Labours MPs, any poster who has dared to pick him up on it and a number of people he has identified as "traitors" pretty much nonstop for 48 hours; we're subjected to attacks by cybernats, from people who claim to be Green Party supporters (although not all are genuine), by the likes of Julie Bailey & her coterie and by run of the mill Tories.

FTN is the one place I thought I could express my views openly, without being subjected to attack, but it seems if I then I am being partisan. So if not here, where can I speak openly?
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TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Some thoughts on "tribalism".

In the entirety of the MSM, and very much including the Guardian the Labour Party is subjected to a constant barrage of attacks. Twitter is much the same, I have watched one person (who very much fits the Narxist description) hurl a constant stream of spittle flecked invective at Labours MPs, any poster who has dared to pick him up on it and a number of people he has identified as "traitors" pretty much nonstop for 48 hours; we're subjected to attacks by cybernats, from people who claim to be Green Party supporters (although not all are genuine), by the likes of Julie Bailey & her coterie and by run of the mill Tories.

FTN is the one place I thought I could express my views openly, without being subjected to attack, but it seems if I then I am being partisan. So if not here, where can I speak openly?
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:
yahyah wrote:
pk1 wrote:Ashcroft National Poll:

CON 31 (-3)
LAB 29 (-1)
LIB 8 (+3)
UKIP 15 (=)
GRN 8 (=)

I just don't believe that Labour's vote is no better than 2010.
Ashcroft poll, thus those figures are just those "absolutely certain to vote" - said questions almost invariably imply a turnout of barely 50% (even less than 2001)

Virtually everybody agrees its going to be a lot more than that in May (probably higher than 2010's 65%)

Will be very surprising if the good Lord's "unadjusted" result doesn't have Labour at least level. Its been the case the last two weeks.
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I agree Grim.

I used to be naive and thought that SNP, Plaid, Greens & Lib Dems were fellow travellers - until I got online and saw the often sweary barrage of tripe that gets thrown at anyone daring to think helping a Labour government to power is a good idea.
So my heart hardened to them, especially when we got posts on here swearing at Ed M because he wears a suit.

My tribalism has emerged in the last five years.
Remembering that I stuck a Vote Liberal Democrat poster in my window is what keeps me motivated not to veer to another small 'new, honest, different' tribe.
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pk1 wrote:
TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Some thoughts on "tribalism".

In the entirety of the MSM, and very much including the Guardian the Labour Party is subjected to a constant barrage of attacks. Twitter is much the same, I have watched one person (who very much fits the Narxist description) hurl a constant stream of spittle flecked invective at Labours MPs, any poster who has dared to pick him up on it and a number of people he has identified as "traitors" pretty much nonstop for 48 hours; we're subjected to attacks by cybernats, from people who claim to be Green Party supporters (although not all are genuine), by the likes of Julie Bailey & her coterie and by run of the mill Tories.

FTN is the one place I thought I could express my views openly, without being subjected to attack, but it seems if I then I am being partisan. So if not here, where can I speak openly?
Hey buddy, you sound downhearted. Don't.

Be assured, your posts are very welcome. I would miss you if you weren't here !

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TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Some thoughts on "tribalism".

In the entirety of the MSM, and very much including the Guardian the Labour Party is subjected to a constant barrage of attacks. Twitter is much the same, I have watched one person (who very much fits the Narxist description) hurl a constant stream of spittle flecked invective at Labours MPs, any poster who has dared to pick him up on it and a number of people he has identified as "traitors" pretty much nonstop for 48 hours; we're subjected to attacks by cybernats, from people who claim to be Green Party supporters (although not all are genuine), by the likes of Julie Bailey & her coterie and by run of the mill Tories.

FTN is the one place I thought I could express my views openly, without being subjected to attack, but it seems if I then I am being partisan. So if not here, where can I speak openly?
Grimmers - speak your mind. If people don't like it, they can challenge it, but this isn't Twitter. We all know the rules.
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Re. Utopian Dreams - I am so pleased you're here. I love your posts, and have similar feelings on politics etc. Welcome!

Re. Bloggerheads - the best bit is the links on Tom's Tweets (handily provided on the blog). Having read through a few of the inane witterings described as "product" (the howto diary is a thing of utter brilliance in a "The Office" kinda way) I am astonished that anyone buys this stuff.
It's absolutely puerile stuff. Some of this bilge is accompanied by photos of a man who isn't Shapps claiming to be a British MP.

Re. Troubled families - When this idiocy was first announced, that well-known self-promoter Louise Casey (who gets paid lots of taxpayers cash to fail at everything she's given to do) wrote what she called a "report" which was so ludicrous in both form and content it wouldn't have passed a sociology GCSE. The entire project was based on an outdated paper (since declared by the very people who wrote it as not relevant) which claimed to identify the reasons why families were troubled. Rather than use current research and look at why families get into trouble (clue - it's usually due to a mixture of poverty, disability, and lack of opportunity with in some cases a bit of violence/abuse thrown in) Casey decided that a whole new set of social wonder workers could descend on these people and all the work done by their existing professionals meant nothing.
I haven't read the report, so I'll have a look now.
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LD—24
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Btw when I registered I didn't know whether to answer Gideon to the chancellor's first name. I opted for George and here I am!

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