Yeah,but which face?pk1 wrote:Dean Archer was on C4 news. He said that he would accept an apology from Shapps - face to face, nothing less.Rebecca wrote:IMO,if Dean Archer is interviewed on TV,Shapps is toast.ohsocynical wrote: He certainly shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
Shapps' lawyers demanded compensation and legal costs,the poor guy was scared he would lose his house.Shapps was really abusing his position as mp,ESPECIALLY as Mr Archer wasn't the one lying.
This was certainly not a small mistake.
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LET'S FACE IT I'M JUST 'KIN' SEETHIN'
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One of the great sounds of spring in these parts.ohsocynical wrote:I have to agree with you. The sound raises the hair on the back of my neck.55DegreesNorth wrote:Curlew.
I know it's not in the list, but there's no more evocative sound than a curlew on the moors.
BUT I love even more the return of the lapwings to the fringes of the moors. Their mating flights are a joy to watch.
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Under no circumstances, in no situation, on pain of torture or worse, would I ever suggest that certain bloggers have evidence that a person who is called Michael Green was ever known to carry on with his business activities as recently as 2012.
No. I really really wouldn't.
So there.
No. I really really wouldn't.
So there.
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Welcome to NeilBB and utopiandreams – hope you'll enjoy it here at the Haven
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Rebecca wrote:Sorry,back to Shapps,but the guardian is modding comments in swathes.Mine got nodded before it was even posted.Seem to be modding out any posts mentioning the liar word.
If you're talking about Randeep's article, they've obliterated the lot. People are complaining about it on the other threads.
I usually like chickens.....I wonder if the G has caught chicken-ness from OGRFG? There's a lot of it about.
I don't watch breakfast telly, but apparently Leanne Wood was on the ITV version this morning.
The first question she was asked is whether being in politics left her enough time for her family.
She said - "You wouldn't ask a man that".
Go, girl!
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Many years ago I was interviewed for midwifery training,and was asked in all seriousness,if my partner was happy with me studying!ephemerid wrote:Rebecca wrote:Sorry,back to Shapps,but the guardian is modding comments in swathes.Mine got nodded before it was even posted.Seem to be modding out any posts mentioning the liar word.
If you're talking about Randeep's article, they've obliterated the lot. People are complaining about it on the other threads.
I usually like chickens.....I wonder if the G has caught chicken-ness from OGRFG? There's a lot of it about.
I don't watch breakfast telly, but apparently Leanne Wood was on the ITV version this morning.
The first question she was asked is whether being in politics left her enough time for her family.
She said - "You wouldn't ask a man that".
Go, girl!
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A6er retweeted
michelle maher @mmaher70 10 hrs10 hours ago
With Hunt backing Grant Shapps worth remembering he avoided £100,000 tax bill in deal just days before rate rise
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... -rise.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
michelle maher @mmaher70 10 hrs10 hours ago
With Hunt backing Grant Shapps worth remembering he avoided £100,000 tax bill in deal just days before rate rise
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... -rise.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
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Just catching up. Hello UT! *waves*
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A prize to anyone who can tell what "top Tory totty" Charlotte is on about in this piece
http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolu ... ee-it.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolu ... ee-it.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:A prize to anyone who can tell what "top Tory totty" Charlotte is on about in this piece
http://www.conservativehome.com/thecolu ... ee-it.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Allow me to dissect the post for you.
1. Charlotte wants us all to know how important she is, so she talks a lot about how much work she does with jolly important people.
2. Charlotte wants us all to know how really really hard people like her actually work when they do committees and stuff.
3. Charlotte thinks that someone else (clerks) could have sorted out which Labour amendments to the report should be allowed.
4. Charlotte thinks the Labour person who wanted the amendments doesn't know what they actually want at all. (They do)
5. Charlotte writes all this stuff on Conservative Home calling upon Labour politicians to sort all this out. An obvious choice.
6. Charlotte tells us that the NHS is not being privatised, there are no charges, and TTIP will not affect the NHS.
Charlotte is very very clever and very very hardworking and now we all know this we must listen to what she says. To Labour.
Now that I have clarified matters for you, dear Paul, I claim my prize.
I would prefer the year on a Greek Island (where I have been told they have a socialist government) rather than the spa voucher.
Thank you.
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@ephemerid
Thanks I'm chuckling
Thanks I'm chuckling
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PS - Paul -
I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted. I will retire, pale but proud, knowing that my efforts to translate toptotty-speak were not wasted.
I am looking forward to seeing what my prize is in the morning. I don't suppose it'll be the Greek Island thing.
Whatever it is, I do not want the Michael Green series "Stinking Rich" Nos. 1 to 3.
I've got those already.
That's why I'm on benefits.
I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted. I will retire, pale but proud, knowing that my efforts to translate toptotty-speak were not wasted.
I am looking forward to seeing what my prize is in the morning. I don't suppose it'll be the Greek Island thing.
Whatever it is, I do not want the Michael Green series "Stinking Rich" Nos. 1 to 3.
I've got those already.
That's why I'm on benefits.
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'Night ephieephemerid wrote:PS - Paul -
I'm going to bed. I'm exhausted. I will retire, pale but proud, knowing that my efforts to translate toptotty-speak were not wasted.
I am looking forward to seeing what my prize is in the morning. I don't suppose it'll be the Greek Island thing.
Whatever it is, I do not want the Michael Green series "Stinking Rich" Nos. 1 to 3.
I've got those already.
That's why I'm on benefits.
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Yes. But when has that ever stopped anyone? My election day record has, for a very long time now, been 'Wake Up' - a 12" single/EP released as a Miners support piece, withyahyah wrote:Is it too early to start an election playlist over in the Pub?
The Redskins - Levi Stubbs' Tears
Billy Bragg - A Change is Going to Come
The Neurotics (sometimes the Newtown Neurotics) - This Fragile Life
Atilla the Stockbroker - 40 Years
Kevin Saisey - All Smiles
Billy and Atilla and The Neurotics - Garageband
Hello Utopiandreams - I know this isn't what you mean, but I'd add as well don't mistake a group of people who've been talking to each other here for over a year as tribal or cliquey - it's just what forums are like. So long as everyone takes their turn to make the tea and refill the biscuit tin all is well.
But I'd avoid the Elk ice cream.
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Tonight's YouGov/Sun
Lab 35
Con 33
UKIP 13
Green 7
LibDem 7
Lab 35
Con 33
UKIP 13
Green 7
LibDem 7
I still believe in a town called Hope
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Them polls have turned, I'm telling you.adam wrote:Tonight's YouGov/Sun
Lab 35
Con 33
UKIP 13
Green 7
LibDem 7
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Well, who'd have thunk it, looks like the Telegraph are on skewering duties this week.RobertSnozers wrote:Absolutely. The Tory spin that this was a minor technical infringement and a witchhunt by hypocritical business-hating lefties really has to be skewered.Rebecca wrote:IMO,if Dean Archer is interviewed on TV,Shapps is toast.ohsocynical wrote: He certainly shouldn't be allowed to get away with it.
Shapps' lawyers demanded compensation and legal costs,the poor guy was scared he would lose his house.Shapps was really abusing his position as mp,ESPECIALLY as Mr Archer wasn't the one lying.
This was certainly not a small mistake.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... b-row.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
COWER BRIEF MORTALS. HO. HO. HO.
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Are the Telegraph playing the long game, and going for full UKIPisation of the Tory Party after a defeat?
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They probably see Farage as the true heir to ThatcherTubby Isaacs wrote:Are the Telegraph playing the long game, and going for full UKIPisation of the Tory Party after a defeat?
Proud to be part of The Indecent Minority.
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My prediction, if there is a PMQs this week Michael Green will be sacked that morning.
Threatening the constituent with the law for telling the truth is toxic, and Miliband will absolutely nail Cameron to the wall on that.
Threatening the constituent with the law for telling the truth is toxic, and Miliband will absolutely nail Cameron to the wall on that.
Release the Guardvarks.
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They've certainly given Farage the ''Hello'' treatment this week.danesclose wrote:They probably see Farage as the true heir to ThatcherTubby Isaacs wrote:Are the Telegraph playing the long game, and going for full UKIPisation of the Tory Party after a defeat?
Stopped short at Nige modelling designer wear, shame that.
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I'm a committed corvidophile, myself. Lived with a jackdaw for a while – he was very chatty and affectionate. Why aren't they on the list? And Ravens, given their legendary status?Swarthlander wrote:The trouble with you lot is that you are all Corvidist.
...blackbirds, thrushes, robins, a wren, a goldcrest chaffinches, goldfinches, blue, coal and long tailed tits...
But the short-list is what the short-list is and I'm torn between Red Kite, Barn Owl, and Kingfisher.
Hastily adds: not 'torn between' in the literal sense, that could be painful and messy
This time, I'm gonna be stronger I'm not giving in...
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Dithered but finally decided to post this here rather than start a new day with it.
http://www.investegate.co.uk/spire-heal ... 37255285H/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
@ShaunLintern: Spire Healthcare has been given planning permission to develop a £60m hospital in Tollerton, South Nottingham
More info here:Current plans for Spire Nottingham are for a contemporary and leading edge facility, housing the latest in medical technology and equipped for the most complex surgeries. Spire intends that its services will be open to all - including those patients funded by the NHS.
Current plans for the hospital include:
· 56 patient beds;
· a large outpatient area with 20 consulting rooms;
· an oncology suite of six treatment cubicles and sensory garden;
· three laminar flow/laparoscopic theatres and a hybrid theatre/catheter lab;
· a JAG compliant endoscopy suite;
· a six bedded Critical Care Unit;
· a fixed MRI and CT facility;
· an enhanced physiotherapy facility with access to outside exercise area.
http://www.investegate.co.uk/spire-heal ... 37255285H/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.nottinghampost.com/New-60m-p ... z3Ubbkj1Vv" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Work is due to begin on the development later this year, with completion anticipated in late 2016 or early 2017 – and it will be Spire Healthcare's 40th hospital.
Although it will be private, around 10 per cent of its patients would be NHS referrals.
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Ephe: excellent translation from toptorytotty into Havenish And for sharing how SR vols 1-3 got you where you are today – I just looked at the covers and landed in the same situation...
My vote says you should get the holiday in Greece!
Pretty please, may I have a clue as to where to find reference to, um, golden-boy's furtheradventuresinmarketeering2012?
My vote says you should get the holiday in Greece!
Pretty please, may I have a clue as to where to find reference to, um, golden-boy's furtheradventuresinmarketeering2012?
This time, I'm gonna be stronger I'm not giving in...
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Clearly, the private healthcare market in the UK is expected to continue its growth phase – with 10%'s-worth of, er, cross-fertilisation from the NHS in hips and knees. Nice and handy for the airport, if you can get a slot for your private plane. Hope it's going to be very heavily soundproofed – although you can't soundproof the outdoor exercise area attached to the physio department. Nah, if I were going to pay for the enjoyment of a private hospital I wouldn't want to be bang next door to an airport. I'd want somewhere well away from commercial flight-paths and pollution – I can get that at homepk1 wrote:Dithered but finally decided to post this here rather than start a new day with it.
@ShaunLintern: Spire Healthcare has been given planning permission to develop a £60m hospital in Tollerton, South NottinghamMore info here:Current plans for Spire Nottingham are for a contemporary and leading edge facility, housing the latest in medical technology and equipped for the most complex surgeries. Spire intends that its services will be open to all - including those patients funded by the NHS.
Current plans for the hospital include:
· 56 patient beds;
· a large outpatient area with 20 consulting rooms;
· an oncology suite of six treatment cubicles and sensory garden;
· three laminar flow/laparoscopic theatres and a hybrid theatre/catheter lab;
· a JAG compliant endoscopy suite;
· a six bedded Critical Care Unit;
· a fixed MRI and CT facility;
· an enhanced physiotherapy facility with access to outside exercise area.
http://www.investegate.co.uk/spire-heal ... 37255285H/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.nottinghampost.com/New-60m-p ... z3Ubbkj1Vv" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Work is due to begin on the development later this year, with completion anticipated in late 2016 or early 2017 – and it will be Spire Healthcare's 40th hospital.
Although it will be private, around 10 per cent of its patients would be NHS referrals.
Note: I don't begrudge people (NHS patients) getting their knees and hips done as soon as possible – nor oncology patients. I just wish the funding and facilities and staff and equipment were being provided within the NHS, rather than contributing to the profits of private hospital groups.
This time, I'm gonna be stronger I'm not giving in...
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Just to add to the election night music.
If the Tories win:
Tales of a Scorched Earth - Smashing Pumpkins
If the Tories win:
Tales of a Scorched Earth - Smashing Pumpkins