UK General Discussion

[Silent Hunter]

Nigel Evans found not guilty, therefore no Ribble Valley by-election.

Not just that. The evidence against him like wet tissue. It should have never gone to court.

If the Guardian article on the case is accurate I'd have to agree.  What were the police and CPS doing?

Post-Savile, they'll have it hard either way. It says something that of the celeb sex prosecutions recently that have returned verdicts, the only 'wins' for the CPS have been Stuart Hall (who pled guilty) and that fairly obscure singer.

[YL]

Jeremy Browne (the very right wing Lib Dem MP for Taunton Deane and former minister) suggests his own party is pointless:

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Euan Blair looking at Bootle apparently.

He's hoping to ride in on Cherie's "local roots".

[MaxQue]

Euan Blair looking at Bootle apparently.

He's hoping to ride in on Cherie's "local roots".

Some people are speculating it's false and than it was invented by the MP, who just lost its automatic reselection, in hope than the party members will choose to keep him, fearing Euan possibility.

[Silent Hunter]

Also, Norman Tebbit calls for Martin McGuinness to be assassinated.

One is allowed to day dream, even of the death of your enemies.

Not the Christian thing to do, but I cant really blame him. If he was an active politician it would be another matter, but this is only human.

Worth mentioning as it's not specified in the article; his wife was paralysed from the waist down and in the case of the Queen, the IRA killed her cousin.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

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This has annoyed me a little bit more than it should've.



"Man of the people".

[bore]

His name is Nigel for heaven's sake.

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Austin Mitchell standing down.

[Cassius]

His name is Nigel for heaven's sake.

Nigel isn't a particularly posh name. Quentin, maybe. But not Nigel...

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His name is Nigel for heaven's sake.

Nigel isn't a particularly posh name. Quentin, maybe. But not Nigel...

Nigel's less posh than Edward or Nicholas.

[Cassius]

His name is Nigel for heaven's sake.

Nigel isn't a particularly posh name. Quentin, maybe. But not Nigel...

Nigel's less posh than Edward or Nicholas.

Meh, I've always thought of Edward as just being a rather ordinary name (albeit one whose popularity seems to have declined), but yeah, Nigel's certainly less posh than Nicholas. Although, to be honest, whether a name is posh or not really depends on who it applies to...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Nigel always strikes me as solidly middle class in a dull suburban way.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

For me Nigel always conjures up a particular fictional civil servant:

[bore]

The only person I know called Nicholas would definitely not be described as posh, so maybe I'm biased. It also doesn't help that no one born since 1970 is called Nigel, but I certainly don't think man of the people whenever I hear the name.

[afleitch]

Not worth fussing over. For many the name Margaret conjures up suburban Surbiton housewives, Mustique royals or the bag lady. In Lanarkshire it's the name of your Catholic auntie in Motherwell. Class doesn't matter.

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Jim Messina (Obama campaign manager) has been hired by the Tories.

Not really impressed that Labour are sitting back watching the Tories throw money at the world's best people (Crosby may be a disgusting person, but he does the job), and Labour has nobody. Ed should take their Messina and raise them an Axelrod!

And they've hired Axelrod!

[afleitch]

Jim Messina (Obama campaign manager) has been hired by the Tories.

Not really impressed that Labour are sitting back watching the Tories throw money at the world's best people (Crosby may be a disgusting person, but he does the job), and Labour has nobody. Ed should take their Messina and raise them an Axelrod!

And they've hired Axelrod!

They have. I was a little concerned until I read this;

'He has been recruited to work alongside shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, who is in charge of Labour's general election strategy.'

And now I feel better

[afleitch]

https://twitter.com/MrRBourne/status/458014839760502784/photo/1

Why UKIP are scum.

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https://twitter.com/MrRBourne/status/458014839760502784/photo/1

Why UKIP are scum.

They just get worse

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

What is that image in the lower right corner of that sign supposed to be?  If I had to guess, it's an enter key on a keyboard with some custom wordage I can't read, but I wouldn't care to bet that I got it even that correct.

[Serenity Now]

What is that image in the lower right corner of that sign supposed to be?  If I had to guess, it's an enter key on a keyboard with some custom wordage I can't read, but I wouldn't care to bet that I got it even that correct.

I think it says "common sense", which was also used as a slogan by the Conservative Party back in the Blair years.

[Frodo]

David Cameron finds vindication.

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Danny Alexander says that the LibDems won't support any minority government in 2015. They'll demand they keep their ministerial limos should there be another hung parliament.

If Canada, Australia and New Zealand have lived through it...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Well, so have we. In the 1990s. And in the 1970s.