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« Reply #1875 on: October 18, 2013, 12:35:41 PM »

RIP Norman Geras (1943-2013)
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« Reply #1876 on: October 18, 2013, 12:55:50 PM »


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« Reply #1877 on: October 19, 2013, 11:31:45 PM »

See disgraced MP Eric Joyce is issuing more anti-Unite drivel.
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« Reply #1878 on: October 20, 2013, 04:29:43 PM »



A few weeks have gone by since conference, letting bounces and announcements sink in, so I thought it was worth a check-in with YouGov's leader tracker.

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.

Cameron's still on the up and has been all summer and Clegg's still hated.
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« Reply #1879 on: October 20, 2013, 05:15:28 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...
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« Reply #1880 on: October 21, 2013, 06:05:54 AM »

Tory MP tells one-legged wheelchair beggar to 'get a job'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tory-mp-tells-onelegged-wheelchair-beggar-to-get-a-job-8893763.html
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« Reply #1881 on: October 21, 2013, 11:26:16 AM »

My, my, Shropshire's Tory MPs are distinguishing themselves at the moment, aren't they?
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« Reply #1882 on: October 23, 2013, 11:16:55 AM »

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 #1883 on: October 23, 2013, 12:11:28 PM »

The bastards axed Grangemouth.
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« Reply #1884 on: October 23, 2013, 12:25:35 PM »

Greedy scumbags.

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.

Indeed - I'm just putting the recent bounce into context. Not one of those who believes elections are won on the basis of the leaders popularity.
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« Reply #1885 on: October 23, 2013, 12:39:11 PM »

Disgusting.
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« Reply #1886 on: October 23, 2013, 03:58:04 PM »

For the lowdown on Grangemouth

http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/robin-mcalpine/whats-really-happening-at-grangemouth-and-what-it-tells-us#.UmgO3BOWVdR.twitter

Cracking idea Grommit...
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« Reply #1887 on: October 23, 2013, 05:20:45 PM »

Hope Eric Joyce throws a punch next time at an oncoming vehicle.
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« Reply #1888 on: October 23, 2013, 06:22:15 PM »

That's more than a little reductionist.
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« Reply #1889 on: October 23, 2013, 06:49:45 PM »

Looks like pretty clear cut Ineos apologism to my eyes, but no doubt there's some convoluted reasoning out there that makes his blogs blaming it all on Unite and its 'militancy' just constructive criticism - I suppose the Tories' approach could even fall under that very same umbrella, so far reaching it'd have to be. Tongue
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« Reply #1890 on: October 24, 2013, 01:01:10 PM »

And the award for idiotic leftist attention seeker of the month goes to Russell Brand.
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« Reply #1891 on: October 24, 2013, 01:06:22 PM »

Says the Abbott fan.
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« Reply #1892 on: October 24, 2013, 04:35:48 PM »

So today I saw a shifty looking person with a pale child. Naturally I assumed they were a thieving gypo and called the authorities. Took a great comparison pic for the Daily Mail too but sadly it didn't make the cut as it's 'Tits Out Thursday.'
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« Reply #1893 on: October 26, 2013, 03:16:43 AM »

Jack Straw is to retire as MP for Blackburn (which he's held since 1979) at the next election, so we won't be having two Straws in the next parliament whatever happens in Rossendale and Darwen.

On this side of the Pennines, the five Bradford councillors elected for Respect have confirmed that they've permanently left the party (after initially doing so in August).  Does this mean that George Galloway himself is now Respect's only elected representative?


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« Reply #1894 on: October 26, 2013, 03:43:16 PM »

I hope not, given that Respect, the general silliness of its policies aside, provides some nice, light comic relief, as the UK wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, catering for fake Muslims.... Where would British politics be without George Galloway Smiley
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« Reply #1895 on: October 30, 2013, 03:30:50 PM »

And the award for idiotic leftist attention seeker of the month goes to Russell Brand.

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2013/10/robert-webb-re-joins-labour-protest-russell-brand

Comedian Robert Webb's response to Brand.
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« Reply #1896 on: October 31, 2013, 01:44:20 PM »

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100243898/ed-miliband-is-a-real-baseball-fan-better-than-being-a-fake-football-fan-like-most-politicians/

An article by Dan Hodges praising Ed Miliband. Roll Eyes
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« Reply #1897 on: November 01, 2013, 01:26:29 PM »

Yewtree latest: Paul Gambaccini arrested. I'm sure that everyone is completely and entirely shocked by this very surprising development.
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« Reply #1898 on: November 08, 2013, 07:32:11 PM »

Former BBC political editor John Cole (him of the big coat and bigger glasses) has died aged 85.
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« Reply #1899 on: November 10, 2013, 06:47:54 PM »

I dunno what to make of Lammy. Sometimes his stances really irritate me, but he can be rhetorically impressive. I suppose that amounts to a left-wing campaign but right-wing governance... not that it matters, with a London-wide primary Labour will probably ensure their candidate's far too nondescript to dabble with any left-wing stances (as I presume they want - why else would they pick such an infuriatingly stupid way to choose their candidate).
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