Hmmm - he's picking out his favourite chocolates from the top and bottom layers of the box before he even knows if it's being given to him let alone been unwrapped. That would have been considered very bad form - rude even - in my family. We'd have made sure he got the yukky soft centres - you know, the squirty cherry liqueur no one wants.Patrick Wintour @patrickwintour 34m34 minutes ago
Clegg says if a "next time" Libs would like education dept, not to be in charge of constitutional affairs, and DPM will not have dept.
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Working on the wild side.
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Labour 296? Interesting total. I know it is still a long way off a majority but I'd like to see Miliband make Sturgeon put her money where her mouth is and demand support for a Queens Speech.
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Goodnight, everyone.
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Scott Dickinson @Scott4berwick Apr 3
interesting poll
LAB 33% (NC);
CON 31% (-1);
UKIP 18% (=);
LD 9% (+1);
SNP 5% (NC);
GRE 3% (-1);
OTH 1% (NC) #Labour2015 #Northumberland
interesting poll
LAB 33% (NC);
CON 31% (-1);
UKIP 18% (=);
LD 9% (+1);
SNP 5% (NC);
GRE 3% (-1);
OTH 1% (NC) #Labour2015 #Northumberland
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PorFavor wrote:Goodnight, everyone.
Night PF
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Could anyone point me to a list of Coalition cock-ups pretty please? There was one on here a couple of weeks ago but I can't find it.
PS Happy b'day Mr RR and yahyah.
PPS A win at last. Could be another trip to Wemberley.
PS Happy b'day Mr RR and yahyah.
PPS A win at last. Could be another trip to Wemberley.
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Ye are many - they are few."
Which in sleep had fallen on you-
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Happy Birthday @yahyah Have a fab day and much love and fun and more cake
And ditto to Mr Riots
And ditto to Mr Riots
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Steve Bell on the general election campaign
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Just missing the wolf ears
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Just missing the wolf ears
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These are not all cock ups, most were deliberate but may help. Scroll down till you get tofrightful_oik wrote:Could anyone point me to a list of Coalition cock-ups pretty please? There was one on here a couple of weeks ago but I can't find it.
PS Happy b'day Mr RR and yahyah.
PPS A win at last. Could be another trip to Wemberley.
What the TORIES/LIBERAL DEMOCRATS have “Achieved” whilst in Government:
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http://www.channel4.com/news/conservati ... on-cameron
It's deleted Tory archives.
Don't know whether this might help jog your memory....
It's deleted Tory archives.
Don't know whether this might help jog your memory....
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Off politics...
Its the two dogs on the settee that made me laugh..
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Its the two dogs on the settee that made me laugh..
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Off politics .....
"I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order"
Bank Holidays aren't the same without a bit of Morecambe and Wise.
"I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order"
Bank Holidays aren't the same without a bit of Morecambe and Wise.
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I just called Rod a shit for brains.Jonathan Portes @jdportes 1m1 minute ago
Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts
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Seems he was sacked by his local party last week following some sort of problems there. So he was already 'former PPC'...RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
AS is reporting a Tory PPC defection to UKIP in Hull.
Nigel Farage ✔ @Nigel_Farage
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Just spoken to Tory parliamentary candidate for Hull West and Hessle, Mike Whitehead, who has now left the Conservatives and joined UKIP!
Nominations close on Thursday...
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Happy Birthday yahyah! and Mr RR too...
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Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly.Tubby Isaacs wrote:I just called Rod a shit for brains.Jonathan Portes @jdportes 1m1 minute ago
Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts
When did we become a police state?
Edited to add - seriously who uses "Bint" these days, circa 1940 and I have no clue why it means what it means.
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Release the Guardvarks.
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Is Liddle still pretending to be a leftie?Tubby Isaacs wrote:I just called Rod a shit for brains.Jonathan Portes @jdportes 1m1 minute ago
Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts
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I was searching for this example the other day....Blair McDougall @blairmcdougall 17 mins17 minutes ago
E.g Tory Reggie Maudling to new Chancellor Jim Callaghan in 1964: "Sorry to leave it in such a mess, old cock!"
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Thanks Ohso and AAW. I have what I need now thanks very much. The cats were good AAW
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English slang for a whore or bitch. Similar to a tart.TechnicalEphemera wrote:Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly.Tubby Isaacs wrote:I just called Rod a shit for brains.Jonathan Portes @jdportes 1m1 minute ago
Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts
When did we become a police state?
Edited to add - seriously who uses "Bint" these days, circa 1940 and I have no clue why it means what it means.
"Look...you can't proclaim yourself king just because some moistend bint lobbed a scimitar at you." -Monty Python, Holy Grail
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bint" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(Had to look it up though)
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It's Arabic for 'daughter' adopted by British servicemen in the Middle East using it for girlfriend or young lady.TechnicalEphemera wrote:Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly.Tubby Isaacs wrote:I just called Rod a shit for brains.Jonathan Portes @jdportes 1m1 minute ago
Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts
When did we become a police state?
Edited to add - seriously who uses "Bint" these days, circa 1940 and I have no clue why it means what it means.
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Blimey. Glenda's little boy has awarded days 6 & 7 to Labour!! Hasn't gone down well BTL.
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With the exception of the vocabulary, political campaigning - and the viewpoint of some of the chatterati - gets more American with each election. It reminds me of the Romney aide who said angrily, as if he was the victim of meddling rather than part of an active attempt to lie to voters:TechnicalEphemera wrote:Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly.Tubby Isaacs wrote:I just called Rod a shit for brains.Jonathan Portes @jdportes 1m1 minute ago
Rod Liddle calls super fact-checker @Ruth__Alexander a "supercilious bint" because she checks facts
When did we become a police state?
Edited to add - seriously who uses "Bint" these days, circa 1940 and I have no clue why it means what it means.
The more you think about what that says about their attitude, the more terrifying it is. It's also one reason why I've got such a problem with narrative-based politics - it substitutes the believability of a story as the only measure of its value entirely ignoring whether it contains any amount of true. *sigh*'We're Not Going to Let Our Campaign Be Dictated by Fact-Checkers'
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Our PPC has her own private mobile number and another one for Labour Party business. Perhaps it's the same with Ms Pidgeon?utopiandreams wrote:I've just begun looking into who my Labour candidate is, not the guy I spoke to that stood last time but Cheryl Pidgeon. I'm guessing former Midlands TUC Regional Secretary as it doesn't actually say but was surprised that her mobile number is included on her profile on Labour's site. Should I feel the need to contact her I shall use her email address but then I would say that as a past OU tutor. Yeah students had my telephone number but I never gave out my mobile. Even then I'd encourage their use of email to which I could respond as convenient.
Edit: silly me there is always text, the manner in which I mostly use mobiles. Still surprised by her number's inclusion though, I'd hate (unknown) people ringing me whenever on a whim.
... plus a corrected typo in my edit!
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He keeps reminding us of his poor little boy...
Lest we forget.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 69618.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lest we forget.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 69618.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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This link is courtesy of Marcus Brigstocke.ohsocynical wrote:He keeps reminding us of his poor little boy...
Lest we forget.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 69618.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.mamalewis.com/2015/04/06/the ... interview/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Compare and contrast with the Brown's whose son's cystic fibrosis wasn't known about until the Sun published the story when he was aged five. Until then not a peep. And I don't recall him mentioning the infant death that they suffered with their first either.TheGrimSqueaker wrote:This link is courtesy of Marcus Brigstocke.ohsocynical wrote:He keeps reminding us of his poor little boy...
Lest we forget.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho ... 69618.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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In honour of David Cameron pleading with Kippers to "come home"...
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I suppose that depended on the British serviceman in question, so yes, quite likely.RobertSnozers wrote:...but generally derogatory in usage and seen as a slightly less offensive alternative to 'bitch', IMOdiGriz wrote:It's Arabic for 'daughter' adopted by British servicemen in the Middle East using it for girlfriend or young lady.TechnicalEphemera wrote: Hang on a second. The establishment now just expect us to believe their words unquestioningly.
When did we become a police state?
Edited to add - seriously who uses "Bint" these days, circa 1940 and I have no clue why it means what it means.
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Fucking finally Blair delivers.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... d-miliband
Since his central claim is both true and a dagger to the heart of the Tory campaign, it is really going to piss Cameron off that the press will report it.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... d-miliband
Since his central claim is both true and a dagger to the heart of the Tory campaign, it is really going to piss Cameron off that the press will report it.
Release the Guardvarks.
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New video from Dale Vince embedded on Tom Pride's latest Pride's Purge blog:
https://tompride.wordpress.com/2015/04/ ... overnment/
You'll have to hop over there to watch it as I can't embed it on here...
https://tompride.wordpress.com/2015/04/ ... overnment/
You'll have to hop over there to watch it as I can't embed it on here...
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