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« Reply #100 on: August 31, 2013, 03:03:06 PM »
« edited: August 31, 2013, 03:06:12 PM by London Man »

Being on the opposite side to the US in regards to a Middle Eastern conflict and some of the rhetoric that results.
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« Reply #101 on: September 01, 2013, 03:24:15 AM »
Quote from: YL on September 01, 2013, 02:51:30 AM
Ashdown has always been an interventionist; he even supported the Iraq war.

He was in the SBS and apparently SIS as well... so you can't call him a chickenhawk.
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« Reply #102 on: September 05, 2013, 11:06:33 AM »
Quote from: YL on September 05, 2013, 02:02:14 AM
Quote from: You kip if you want to... on September 04, 2013, 04:22:10 PM
Of course, not that I think there'll be a leadership challenge in any party before the election.

I would suggest that a party whose rating has more than halved from the last election in most polls and whose leadership seems to be busy repudiating the principles that got them a lot of those votes in the first place ought to be considering a leadership challenge, but I'm not holding my breath.

Yeah, the Liberal Democrats are in real trouble.
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« Reply #103 on: September 07, 2013, 06:29:34 AM »
Quote from: You kip if you want to... on September 06, 2013, 06:55:14 PM
Boris: "Even Hitler didn't use chemical weapons."

What on Earth was Zyklon B then? While the Nazis never used them on the battlefield or against us (for fear of retaliation), the Japanese certainly did.
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« Reply #104 on: September 07, 2013, 04:33:42 PM »
Teather was a major star in the party (especially after the massive swing in the Brent East by-election when she gained it), although her position was looking dodgy in  Brent Central come 2015, IIRC.

Al can help here.
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« Reply #105 on: September 11, 2013, 11:40:40 AM »
He's not got it and he's not asking for it - he'll sit as an independent.
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« Reply #106 on: September 16, 2013, 11:18:05 AM »
This has already been reported in the British press; the police will have to look into it... then probably dismiss it as the garbage it is.
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« Reply #107 on: September 25, 2013, 11:24:59 AM »
Quote from: afleitch on September 25, 2013, 04:44:45 AM
The Tories can push for better regulation of the industry rather than promise a rash, short term freeze.

Then do it now.
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« Reply #108 on: September 30, 2013, 11:28:48 AM »
The opposition to "Blurred Lines" is on account of lyrics that may or may not condone rape.

Robin Thicke has a right to sing the song... and the university SUs have an equal right to choose not to play it.
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« Reply #109 on: October 01, 2013, 11:26:40 AM »
The Daily Fail published that... and on the same page published a bigger editorial defending their position and also an abridged version of the article on Saturday.
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« Reply #110 on: October 02, 2013, 11:28:56 AM »
The problem with the Labour government in the 1970s was that there wasn't one... Labour never had a working majority and most of the time didn't have a majority, full stop.
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« Reply #111 on: October 07, 2013, 01:23:44 PM »
Yes, Dromey has gone from Housing.
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« Reply #112 on: October 23, 2013, 11:16:55 AM »
Quote from: Acting like I'm Morrissey w/o the wit on October 20, 2013, 05:15:28 PM
Quote from: You kip if you want to... on October 20, 2013, 04:29:43 PM
Ed's maintaining his bounce, unlike last year, and Labour'll be happy that his big conference announcement is still being talked about, unlike last year.

However his rating's worse post-2013 conference than it was pre-2012 conference...

Number of voters for each party leader... is going to be under 50,000 each.
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« Reply #113 on: November 13, 2013, 12:06:23 PM »
But not permanent records of speeches...

I can imagine the Labour members' email now.
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« Reply #114 on: January 03, 2014, 12:08:37 PM »
Quote from: Cassius on January 03, 2014, 09:44:33 AM
That is largely a fair comment with regards to Blackadder goes Fourth (although, not neccessarily left-wing myths in particular, after all, that phrase 'lions led by Donkeys' was coined by Alan Clark). I did indeed have to watch that in a Year 9 history lesson.

As did I - we had to get parental permission first though.

"The ruthless social Darwinism of the German elites, the pitiless approach they took to occupation, their aggressively expansionist war aims and their scorn for the international order all made resistance more than justified."

Er, I think he's talking about the other war...
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« Reply #115 on: January 03, 2014, 05:38:36 PM »
Quote from: True Federalist on January 03, 2014, 02:04:25 PM
Not really.  Ever hear of the Rape of Belgium?  Granted, a large portion of it was exaggerated war time propaganda, but there was a kernel of truth to it and even the exaggerations were mostly believed at the time by the propagandists.

Yes, I'm aware of the invasion of Belgium, but the rest of it?
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« Reply #116 on: January 08, 2014, 02:45:41 PM »
Quote from: Interim Assemblyman Hifly on January 08, 2014, 11:28:55 AM
Quote from: Ippikin on January 08, 2014, 11:20:29 AM
Paul Goggins, the Labour MP for Wythenshawe in Manchester since 1997, has died at the age of 60. He collapsed while out running a week ago.

Very sad.

Rest in Peace.
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« Reply #117 on: January 14, 2014, 12:45:52 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on January 14, 2014, 07:06:04 AM
How dare the Tories reach their 2% inflation target.

Pity wages are only going up by 1% then.
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« Reply #118 on: January 17, 2014, 12:21:38 PM »
It's not likely to happen with current polling.
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« Reply #119 on: January 20, 2014, 04:32:13 PM »
His name sounds like a Sherlock Holmes villain?
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« Reply #120 on: February 08, 2014, 11:45:44 AM »
Mark Harper quits as immigration minister... after employing illegal immigrant
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« Reply #121 on: February 19, 2014, 12:23:57 PM »
When was the last Special Conference?
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« Reply #122 on: February 26, 2014, 12:11:10 PM »
Woolwich murder (Drummer Lee Rigby) sentences- whole life for Adebolajo, minimum 45 years for Adebowale. Defendants were removed from the dock beforehand after scuffles.
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« Reply #123 on: March 11, 2014, 12:16:06 PM »
Rest in Peace. Certainly a major figure in British politics.
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« Reply #124 on: March 23, 2014, 03:04:21 AM »
Well, he is already married to a Prime Minister.
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