Conservatives and Libertarians: they both seek to uphold capitalism and protect privilege.

Googled it earlier, someone to do with Heritage Foundation if I'm not mistaken.

politicus

About half-way between this (too blokey) and this (too feminine).

Was the man in question one of those Catholics (I could easily believe it if it weren't for the 'sinful' suicide)?

It's difficult to understand someone becoming so desperate over an issue that barely effects his life.

Actually, according most recent indicators this year will be the one in which the UK makes a definitive recovery.

The same indicators that have been predicting growth every year since the coalition got in, and were horrendously out? But even if they are, you've prolonged us into our longest recession ever, well done!

Brits are as a whole much more optimistic about the next few years than they've been for 5 or 6 years. Confidence is back.

lol

Most intelligent , libertarian Eurosceptics

...leave little proof they exist.

John Curtice is usually good for commentary, but yeah that sounds pretty suspect. On a UK level women seem to have less conviction (consistently more d/k's) and default towards conservatism (not necessarily right-wing, just status quo) moreso than men.

Well that's what I though, too, but there's no Independence-related question, let alone figures in the Sunday Times tables.

Nevermind, found what he was talking about. YouGov is usually synonymous with Sunday Times, have to say I've never heard of Panelbase?

It'd be hilarious if the Scots voted Independence on the threat that UK were leaving the EU.

Sunday Times poll suggesting close to 50/50 split for independence if there's an early vote on leaving the EU

More like 55/45, and that's one of the better figures for EU (although a lot could change within a referendum debate: see AV ).

I'm surprised that atlas can have this poll tied and another one where Lenin and Thatcher are tied. The cognitive dissonance must be pretty serious.

Leninists voting HC + Thatcherites FC.

lol nearly 55% for turbo neoliberalism, and I'm not even sure if I'm right to exclude Labour from it, given they look set to adopt near enough all the coalitions reforms as their own anyway. Has anyone actually exposed some of UKIP's policies, other than the fairly popular anti-EU and immigration well-known ones? Should I expect them to be? Well at least there's a chance we can get PR from this, and it'd be particularly appropriate if delivered by their own incompetency.

lol what an absurd video. HC.

Verve - Life's an Ocean (Live From Later... With Jools Holland)

...and if we had a population of 7m the finance/tax-haven model might be able to support that, but we're not, and so protecting the City (at the expense of everything else) and bringing our employment laws back (to dilute), isn't remotely appealing.  

... and if you think that the Swiss economy is based on a so-called "finance/tax-haven model" for the most part, you have a wrong impression of our economy (the financial sector only makes up about 11% of the country's GDP).

The financial sector makes up even less of our GDP; doesn't stop our economy being shaped around it. Tax-haven doesn't just apply to banking - as we seen with Starbucks recently, they use their Swiss arm to avoid UK taxes.

Oh, and I think we should sign up for Schengen too

Why? I too would want us to stay in the EU, but am no great lover of it and would've voted to stay out in an earlier period. Have to put my faith in leftists (mostly Greens/Left) getting more of a say than the current crop of Euro-loving liberals that dominate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw

He will be back.

People say that to every departure, and most of them never return, so farewell Franzl.

Almost 40 years too late.

I think you've missed the point.  Here, calling someone sir or ma'am might be seen as patronizing.

There are better ways to show you appreciate someone's hard work and effort.  You could say something like "thanks a bunch, I really appreciate it.  Have a good day" accompanied by a warm smile.

Not so much patronising here as awkwardly deferential.

Yeah, Blairites and Orange Bookers can safely be ruled out here too.

Better question: the American NRA versus the British NRA (links below for reference)

http://home.nra.org/home/list/home-feature
http://www.nra.org.uk/

lol didn't even know about this. 23k membership, less than 0.5% of the USA's.

Not sure SD should be before KD.

You forgot the National Restaurant Association.

I voted National Rifle Association not reading it, presuming the other NRA stood for this. So the results should be +1 National Recovery Administration -1 National Rifle Association.

Probably Cooper. Farron, maybe. Definitely not May.

Although the only reason I would have Farron as a maybe is because it's a safe bet any successor to Ed will be a shift to the Right, and Ed's not all that left of centre in the first place. In reality I'd probably abstain. 

Homophobia is far more widespread than those figures, even if it can't be classed as either assault or harassment.