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Sky quoting Dan Hodges on Miliband leadership story so now we now it's all Blairite bollocks
Arthur Seaton @lockhart_flaws 13m13 minutes ago
Sky quoting Dan Hodges on Miliband leadership story so now we now it's all Blairite bollocks
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I'm beginning to wonder if Hodges has got Glenda bound and gagged (if not actually dead and skeletized) in a rocking chair in her ground floor flat.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:robert crilly retweeted
Arthur Seaton @lockhart_flaws 13m13 minutes ago
Sky quoting Dan Hodges on Miliband leadership story so now we now it's all Blairite bollocks
Otherwise - surely it's long overdue for her to have a word with him. It's just not seemly to harbour a grudge for so long.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi ... m-29936002
Dave Sparks (LGA Chairman) collapsed while answering a question at a session of The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, today. Apparently he suddenly slumped in his chair so they instantly cut the live-feed while people went to his aid. LGA spokesman says that he has now recovered and did not need hospital treatment.
Dave Sparks (LGA Chairman) collapsed while answering a question at a session of The Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, today. Apparently he suddenly slumped in his chair so they instantly cut the live-feed while people went to his aid. LGA spokesman says that he has now recovered and did not need hospital treatment.
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Dr Éoin Clarke @LabourEoin · 2h 2 hours ago
To Blairite MPs canvassing support to call for Ed Miliband's removal I have one simple message. Bring it on.
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No. Mind you, I had to make effort to find out what's actually going rather than the horseshit that gets media coverage.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Usual "Ed is finished" piece by Havisham at the Telegraph; but is he right this time, on the basis even a stopped clock is right occasionally? Usually reliable commentators, like Bonnie Greer, are giving it credence.
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Just been to the bookies to check the odds ,I'm 50 to 1 to be the next Labour leader;the same as Shergar ,red rum and Madame Tussauds' waxwork head of Telly Savalas.
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Osborne's 'expects' seems to be the Treasury equivalent of IDS / DWP's 'believes'. I seem to remember Osborne expecting rather a lot of things - including reducing borrowing levels, increasing growth much faster than happened - and a rebalancing of the economy. Expecting it didn't make it happen.Osborne 'expects' fuel price drop after fall in oil price
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29924710
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Maybe this applies to those who claimed UC originally because they were newly unemployed, single and straightforward but who have now found a part-time job and have thus become guinea pigs for IDS' latest wheeze?Tubby Isaacs wrote:But aren't the people on it all jobless and single because that's all it can work on?ephemerid wrote:rebeccariots2 wrote:
This isn't news - the claimants involved are all on Universal Credit.
Which comes with in-built in-work sanctions.
BTW am I right in thinking that UC is still only being trialled in certain geographical areas, that the very limited number of people claiming isn't even happening on a UK wide basis even now?
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There is no specific format for an FoI request - ie you don't have to specifically mention the Act.rebeccariots2 wrote:I think I would send in an FOI at the same time now. OK it may take longer (but I doubt it somehow...) but at least they have to specifically address the information you ask for or refuse it (but I can't see on what grounds they could ... it really shouldn't be cost resource prohibitive to count up and give comparison data for political party representation on a single programme) - they can't give you a sideways non answer like that.yahyah wrote:Grrr.....
Have finally had a response from the BBC after asking them to confirm/clarify the number of times UKIPers have appeared on Question Time since 2010 and how that may/may not be a lot more than other small parties who had a total of 17 MPs between them.
I am now going to complain about Patrick Clyde's response, it's obvious they don't even bother to address what you have actually asked/complained about but just send a stock response with a but tacked on.
Anyone ever tried to escalate a request for info/complaint ?
Mr Clyde seems very reluctant to confirm/deny just how many times UKIP have been on QT.
Personally, I would write back, pointing out that you haven't been given the information you requested and that the 20 working days stipulated by the FoI Act are running (or have run) out.1 General right of access to information held by public authorities.
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Do the Blairites understand Labours problem is they are still too Blairite?rebeccariots2 wrote:Dr Éoin Clarke @LabourEoin · 2h 2 hours ago
To Blairite MPs canvassing support to call for Ed Miliband's removal I have one simple message. Bring it on.
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Sooner or later, those who dictate the news will go back to getting excited about a fucking Christmas advert.
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I wonder if these Blairite spasms are partly exacerbated by Murphy's withdrawal ... what a terrible affliction to have.TechnicalEphemera wrote:Do the Blairites understand Labours problem is they are still too Blairite?rebeccariots2 wrote:Dr Éoin Clarke @LabourEoin · 2h 2 hours ago
To Blairite MPs canvassing support to call for Ed Miliband's removal I have one simple message. Bring it on.
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Oi, Gove and fellow Tory whips - that's our money paying for MPs to have extra time away from their job on your say so ..... grrrrh.Thinking of voting against the government? Take the week off… - See more at: http://blogs.channel4.com/gary-gibbon-o ... Uu8hf.dpuf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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You're only allowed to do that with leftists and working class people,citizenJA wrote:@Lonewolfie -Precisely.On the other hand, it gives 'weak' Mr Ed the opportunity to slap them down firmly with an 'I'm going nowhere and if you don't like it, you can f*** off' - showing strength, resolve and courage (a bit like he did with Uncle Rupert - a substantially more dangerous opponent). I live in...yada yada I don't suppose the Renegade 2 are particularly popular with their colleagues, either. (2? Really? 2 whole MPs after 4 1/2 years of relentless negativity and fish pointing? I'd say that's a win for Mr Ed!)
Doing it to "leading modernisers" is bad.
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Wow the trolling has gone into overdrive BTL at AS PLB.
Too many acronyms?
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Good link for all the "they have so much better trains in Europe" people.
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/hi ... twork.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
France's auditor calls for fewer stations to be served by the TGV and for bigger investment in conventional lines, neglected for 30 years.
There are 230 stations saved by TGV, which does sound like a lot. Interestingly, they support the case that high speed rail is positive for regional development in passing.
http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/hi ... twork.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
France's auditor calls for fewer stations to be served by the TGV and for bigger investment in conventional lines, neglected for 30 years.
There are 230 stations saved by TGV, which does sound like a lot. Interestingly, they support the case that high speed rail is positive for regional development in passing.
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Sparrow's credibility has surely taken a knock by declaring his blog finished for the day a couple of hours ago, saying he had a meeting to go to yet lo & behold, re-opens it to continue the stupid story.StephenDolan wrote:Wow the trolling has gone into overdrive BTL at AS PLB.
Too many acronyms?
Bollocks to Sparrow & to all of the 'journalists' at the Graun.
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Hey RebeccaR, on first impressions this guy looks a good candidate?
http://www.paulmillerpembrokeshire.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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He is. He has undergone the RR2 interrogation and scrutiny over friendly drinks and passed admirably. We are going out door knocking with him in our village in a couple of weeks time. First of a few sessions with him. He's done a very good job of making sure the poor practices of our now former Chief Executive at PCC and the 'ruling' Independent group councillors have become known to the electorate and worked very hard to get the unlawful monies paid back ... unsuccessful in that last, but tried bloody hard anyway.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hey RebeccaR, on first impressions this guy looks a good candidate?
http://www.paulmillerpembrokeshire.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anyone in West Wales in a no hoper or ultra safe seat wanting to lend a hand in our marginal with a good real person candidate - please feel free to come to Pembrokeshire.
Editing to add: Although, having just looked at his website, I can see he would benefit from the PF proof reading course. A couple of real howlers on there - 'village fate' (well quite, but we don't need to tell it how it is as bluntly as that ...)
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rebeccariots2 wrote:I wonder if these Blairite spasms are partly exacerbated by Murphy's withdrawal ... what a terrible affliction to have.TechnicalEphemera wrote:Do the Blairites understand Labours problem is they are still too Blairite?rebeccariots2 wrote:
Murphy is interesting, actually.
He has been saying some distinctly "un-Blairite" things since putting himself forward as SLab leader.......
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I agree. I'm not sure he is a Blairite at heart. This could be the making of him. But I'm also liking what I'm hearing from Findlay. So, some room for optimism as long as they unite round whoever they select.AnatolyKasparov wrote:rebeccariots2 wrote:I wonder if these Blairite spasms are partly exacerbated by Murphy's withdrawal ... what a terrible affliction to have.TechnicalEphemera wrote: Do the Blairites understand Labours problem is they are still too Blairite?
Murphy is interesting, actually.
He has been saying some distinctly "un-Blairite" things since putting himself forward as SLab leader.......
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And in anticipation of accusations of tribalism
I did post about Lucas being MP of the Year earlier…...
I did post about Lucas being MP of the Year earlier…...
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Blariites are to Labour what Orange Bookers are to the FibDems. They see themselves as 'modernisers' when what they actually are a pernicious neoliberal cult that can effectively (but only partly) mimic its host. The Blairites are precisely the reason that people may well not be convinced of Labour's fitness for power, as they triangulate their way up their own fundaments, terrified to offend business and financial powers, yet all too ready to oblige the Mail and co. by dumping on the people they should be sticking up for. On too many levels they agree with the Tories and it shows.Tubby Isaacs wrote:You're only allowed to do that with leftists and working class people,citizenJA wrote:@Lonewolfie -Precisely.On the other hand, it gives 'weak' Mr Ed the opportunity to slap them down firmly with an 'I'm going nowhere and if you don't like it, you can f*** off' - showing strength, resolve and courage (a bit like he did with Uncle Rupert - a substantially more dangerous opponent). I live in...yada yada I don't suppose the Renegade 2 are particularly popular with their colleagues, either. (2? Really? 2 whole MPs after 4 1/2 years of relentless negativity and fish pointing? I'd say that's a win for Mr Ed!)
Doing it to "leading modernisers" is bad.
The Tories don't have the same issue, because their Blairites fit in nicely with Cameron's regime; instead their issue is those MPs who are convinced that only Ayn Rand and the Austrian school are right, whilst pretending that they can simultaneously wind back the clock to the 50s, and that Johnny Foreigner is only any good when he's got the same skin tone and has mastered English, otherwise it's back to empire for the rest.
I'm not surprised that the Labour Blairites are agitating. They want rid of Miliband with a passion, and will happily sabotage the party and help scupper its election chances if they can - Miliband would have to step down, and some cliche ridden, management speak wonk with no understanding of what Labour should stand for would be offered as the party's "saviour".
Stringer and Danczuk can fuck off, and if I run into either of them (more likely than you might think) I will point out the error of their ways, and suggest they cross the floor of the House.
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Count me in, not exactly ''west'' here, but near as damnit, I will tie it in with a B & B overnight! Mine is a banker, rather help out elsewhere, nothing would give me more pleasure to lend a hand and send poison dwarf Alun Cairns packing too.rebeccariots2 wrote:He is. He has undergone the RR2 interrogation and scrutiny over friendly drinks and passed admirably. We are going out door knocking with him in our village in a couple of weeks time. First of a few sessions with him. He's done a very good job of making sure the poor practices of our now former Chief Executive at PCC and the 'ruling' Independent group councillors have become known to the electorate and worked very hard to get the unlawful monies paid back ... unsuccessful in that last, but tried bloody hard anyway.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hey RebeccaR, on first impressions this guy looks a good candidate?
http://www.paulmillerpembrokeshire.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anyone in West Wales in a no hoper or ultra safe seat wanting to lend a hand in our marginal with a good real person candidate - please feel free to come to Pembrokeshire.
And no, I am not being shortist, I lack a few inches myself!
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Excellent! And, unless you really want to be in a B & B, I'm sure we can sort out some friendly and comfy overnight accommodation with people of the best kind ...letsskiptotheleft wrote:Count me in, not exactly ''west'' here, but near as damnit, I will tie it in with a B & B overnight! Mine is a banker, rather help out elsewhere, nothing would give me more pleasure to lend a hand and send poison dwarf Alun Cairns packing too.rebeccariots2 wrote:He is. He has undergone the RR2 interrogation and scrutiny over friendly drinks and passed admirably. We are going out door knocking with him in our village in a couple of weeks time. First of a few sessions with him. He's done a very good job of making sure the poor practices of our now former Chief Executive at PCC and the 'ruling' Independent group councillors have become known to the electorate and worked very hard to get the unlawful monies paid back ... unsuccessful in that last, but tried bloody hard anyway.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hey RebeccaR, on first impressions this guy looks a good candidate?
http://www.paulmillerpembrokeshire.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Anyone in West Wales in a no hoper or ultra safe seat wanting to lend a hand in our marginal with a good real person candidate - please feel free to come to Pembrokeshire.
And no, I am not being shortist, I lack a few inches myself!
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SNP ''only'' have a 17% lead over Labour for the Westminster constituencies, at this rate it will be level pegging by Xmas.
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Leftwing Scotland!Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB 24m24 minutes ago
Panelbase Scottish poll has SNP with the 17% lead over LAB on Westminster voting.
SNP 45
LAB 28
CON 15
UKIP 7
LD 3
GRN 1
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Yes - but isn't that because he can smell which way the wind is blowing, or rather has blown, in Scotland - and it is in the opposite direction from Blairism? He has to change his spots if he is to get anywhere.AnatolyKasparov wrote:rebeccariots2 wrote:I wonder if these Blairite spasms are partly exacerbated by Murphy's withdrawal ... what a terrible affliction to have.TechnicalEphemera wrote: Do the Blairites understand Labours problem is they are still too Blairite?
Murphy is interesting, actually.
He has been saying some distinctly "un-Blairite" things since putting himself forward as SLab leader.......
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Well yes, but its still telling - and Blairism is (as I said earlier) out of fashion across Europe, not just in Scotland.
Its remaining adherents comes across as ever more delusional cultists - no mis-spelling, honest
Re the latest Scottish poll - PanelBase have tended to give the best SNP scores, so could be worse atm. No way Greens are at just 1%, though......
Its remaining adherents comes across as ever more delusional cultists - no mis-spelling, honest
Re the latest Scottish poll - PanelBase have tended to give the best SNP scores, so could be worse atm. No way Greens are at just 1%, though......
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That's very kind, there's a lot of trepidation about at the moment, but part of me cannot wait to get out there, enough of this phoney war. I reckon I can put in a bit of an effort in yours, Vale of Glam and Brecon & Radnor, which borders me, unlikely to go Labour but the candidate deserves a go.rebeccariots2 wrote:Excellent! And, unless you really want to be in a B & B, I'm sure we can sort out some friendly and comfy overnight accommodation with people of the best kind ...letsskiptotheleft wrote:Count me in, not exactly ''west'' here, but near as damnit, I will tie it in with a B & B overnight! Mine is a banker, rather help out elsewhere, nothing would give me more pleasure to lend a hand and send poison dwarf Alun Cairns packing too.rebeccariots2 wrote: He is. He has undergone the RR2 interrogation and scrutiny over friendly drinks and passed admirably. We are going out door knocking with him in our village in a couple of weeks time. First of a few sessions with him. He's done a very good job of making sure the poor practices of our now former Chief Executive at PCC and the 'ruling' Independent group councillors have become known to the electorate and worked very hard to get the unlawful monies paid back ... unsuccessful in that last, but tried bloody hard anyway.
Anyone in West Wales in a no hoper or ultra safe seat wanting to lend a hand in our marginal with a good real person candidate - please feel free to come to Pembrokeshire.
And no, I am not being shortist, I lack a few inches myself!
The election will be won or lost in constituencies, on bloody doorsteps, all we need is for idiots to shut the **** up.
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Baptism of fire!rebeccariots2 wrote:He is. He has undergone the RR2 interrogation and scrutiny over friendly drinks and passed admirably.letsskiptotheleft wrote:Hey RebeccaR, on first impressions this guy looks a good candidate?
http://www.paulmillerpembrokeshire.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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And it did.dominic dyer retweeted
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And if you do meet them, give them a kick up the ass from me, to speed them in their wayErnstRemarx wrote:Blariites are to Labour what Orange Bookers are to the FibDems. They see themselves as 'modernisers' when what they actually are a pernicious neoliberal cult that can effectively (but only partly) mimic its host. The Blairites are precisely the reason that people may well not be convinced of Labour's fitness for power, as they triangulate their way up their own fundaments, terrified to offend business and financial powers, yet all too ready to oblige the Mail and co. by dumping on the people they should be sticking up for. On too many levels they agree with the Tories and it shows.Tubby Isaacs wrote:You're only allowed to do that with leftists and working class people,citizenJA wrote:@Lonewolfie - Precisely.
Doing it to "leading modernisers" is bad.
The Tories don't have the same issue, because their Blairites fit in nicely with Cameron's regime; instead their issue is those MPs who are convinced that only Ayn Rand and the Austrian school are right, whilst pretending that they can simultaneously wind back the clock to the 50s, and that Johnny Foreigner is only any good when he's got the same skin tone and has mastered English, otherwise it's back to empire for the rest.
I'm not surprised that the Labour Blairites are agitating. They want rid of Miliband with a passion, and will happily sabotage the party and help scupper its election chances if they can - Miliband would have to step down, and some cliche ridden, management speak wonk with no understanding of what Labour should stand for would be offered as the party's "saviour".
Stringer and Danczuk can fuck off, and if I run into either of them (more likely than you might think) I will point out the error of their ways, and suggest they cross the floor of the House.
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Up is down, black is white, dogs & cats living together...Isobel Hardman has just made the point the Cameron has 10s of MPs sending letters to the 1922 committee, as opposed to 2 Labour MPs mouthing off.
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Yes she has been tweeting similar today. How sensible she seems in comparison to so many other 'journalists'.refitman wrote:Up is down, black is white, dogs & cats living together...Isobel Hardman has just made the point the Cameron has 10s of MPs sending letters to the 1922 committee, as opposed to 2 Labour MPs mouthing off.
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She has her moments, Hardman. I think like Fraser Nelson, she often tries to be fair, but is just very Tory.
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This is mainly for Tubby - who I know will appreciate it.
LDV managing to extract the glossiest best news spin from the Rafael Behr article yesterday - in complete contradiction to how I interpreted it ... but there you go.
LDV managing to extract the glossiest best news spin from the Rafael Behr article yesterday - in complete contradiction to how I interpreted it ... but there you go.
but it has brought out the very best of Eddie Sammon, that peerless regular LDV commenter:“Lib Dems have made majority Conservative rule in Britain less likely for perhaps a generation”
http://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-hav ... 43214.html
Eddie Sammon 6th Nov '14 - 12:23am
It’s the Conservatives fault for appeasing UKIP rather than taking them on. Rather than thank the Lib Dems, new core voters like me are now actively thinking of voting for an independent in May 2015.
If I am not going to stand myself then I think I should vote, but I am now sufficiently dissatisfied as to start checking out what other options I have. I am too loyal to my principles to vote for any of the other main parties, but there might be a good independent.
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YouGov were quick off the mark with that, you'd almost think they were expecting today's 'news'.RobertSnozers wrote:Just done the YouGov VI survey - full of questions about Ed Miliband's leadership, whether you'd vote for Labour if David Miliband, Alan Johnson, Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls etc were in charge. Push polling at its best. The establishment must be bloody terrified.
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Thing is those kinds of Tories loathe Cameron every bit as much as we doTubby Isaacs wrote:She has her moments, Hardman. I think like Fraser Nelson, she often tries to be fair, but is just very Tory.
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Here's hoping the others are all soundly rejected especially the Blairites !RobertSnozers wrote:Just done the YouGov VI survey - full of questions about Ed Miliband's leadership, whether you'd vote for Labour if David Miliband, Alan Johnson, Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls etc were in charge. Push polling at its best. The establishment must be bloody terrified.
Steve Richards & Kevin McGuire were on Sky not long ago. Unfortunately I only caught the end of it but both were in total agreement that Ed M will be the Leader going into the election. They cited the constitution where apparently 20% of MP's would need to write to the Party not just demanding the Leader stand down but naming their candidate for replacement. If they all named the same person, a special meeting would then be convened & all of this would take much much longer than 6 months therefore it just won't be happening.
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I thought majority Tory rule was becoming less likely because of demographics, internal splits and UKIP.
But I guess it was those Lib Dems that dunnit.
But I guess it was those Lib Dems that dunnit.
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Re: Thursday 6th November 2014
yahyah wrote:YouGov were quick off the mark with that, you'd almost think they were expecting today's 'news'.RobertSnozers wrote:Just done the YouGov VI survey - full of questions about Ed Miliband's leadership, whether you'd vote for Labour if David Miliband, Alan Johnson, Yvette Cooper, Ed Balls etc were in charge. Push polling at its best. The establishment must be bloody terrified.
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BTW RR2 did anyone respond to your Elle idea? I've been pretty busy and needed precise instructions on what to send to whom
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I was just invited to complete a Tory surfer by William Hague
The thank you screen came up as
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I suggested earlier that FTN tweet Lucy Powell direct re getting an Elle interview with Ed Miliband - she's probably the person with most energy to pick up such an idea at this moment in time. Direct message rather than public tweet?PaulfromYorkshire wrote:BTW RR2 did anyone respond to your Elle idea? I've been pretty busy and needed precise instructions on what to send to whom
Working on the wild side.
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OK we just followed her todayrebeccariots2 wrote:I suggested earlier that FTN tweet Lucy Powell direct re getting an Elle interview with Ed Miliband - she's probably the person with most energy to pick up such an idea at this moment in time. Direct message rather than public tweet?PaulfromYorkshire wrote:BTW RR2 did anyone respond to your Elle idea? I've been pretty busy and needed precise instructions on what to send to whom
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Can't DM her I'm afraid…..PaulfromYorkshire wrote:OK we just followed her todayrebeccariots2 wrote:I suggested earlier that FTN tweet Lucy Powell direct re getting an Elle interview with Ed Miliband - she's probably the person with most energy to pick up such an idea at this moment in time. Direct message rather than public tweet?PaulfromYorkshire wrote:BTW RR2 did anyone respond to your Elle idea? I've been pretty busy and needed precise instructions on what to send to whom
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Re: Thursday 6th November 2014
For anyone feeling down because of today's shennanigans about Ed, this will make you smile.
Lovely video and more pics as well on the link
Orphaned Baby Otter Learning To Swim At Chicago's Shedd Aquarium Redefines Cute
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11 ... _hp_ref=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lovely video and more pics as well on the link
Orphaned Baby Otter Learning To Swim At Chicago's Shedd Aquarium Redefines Cute
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11 ... _hp_ref=uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Thursday 6th November 2014
Which is why I suggested we put the idea into writing & send it to her constituency address. Do we have any members of FTN from MCR Central ?PaulfromYorkshire wrote:
Can't DM her I'm afraid…..