With just 100 days to May 7th & new polls coming out on a daily basis, might as well start this thread.
Latest set of polls don't look too bad for the Tories (amazingly).
Interesting article here on the parallels between now & 1974: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30756604
I do agree with Hillman in that I think we will have two general elections this year.
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sadly, they will put more effort into bashing each other than showing their own policies?
what will be different from the previous 20 years?
they will unify against ukip, with scandals, phone taps, desertions, scare mongering, accusations of racism and xenophobia etc against kuip
don't fall for it
what will be different from the previous 20 years?
they will unify against ukip, with scandals, phone taps, desertions, scare mongering, accusations of racism and xenophobia etc against kuip
don't fall for it
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When people have their finger hovering over the ballot paper enough will think of Milliband and think 'nah'.
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Holden Mcgroyne wrote:When people have their finger hovering over the ballot paper enough will think of Milliband and think 'nah'.
We will never know, of course. But I wonder how Labour would be fairing had they elected the other Milliband as leader?
My guess is that they would be doing pretty well.
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Well better anyway. Although he couldn't be any worse really.
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Nick Robinson on why your contempt is now shared by so many, shabs:shabbado wrote:100 days of utter tedium. Can't wait
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... INSON.html
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Tory boy Robinson isn't universally adored either.Steve Hunt wrote:Nick Robinson on why your contempt is now shared by so many, shabs:shabbado wrote:100 days of utter tedium. Can't wait
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... INSON.html
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Ralph wrote:Tory boy Robinson isn't universally adored either.Steve Hunt wrote:Nick Robinson on why your contempt is now shared by so many, shabs:shabbado wrote:100 days of utter tedium. Can't wait
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... INSON.html
Examples of Tory bias in his reporting ?
'I say if the flats aren't good enough for you, why don't you f... off back to Somalia' .........Jon Gaunt
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He's not just a BBC reporter he's the BBC's political editor. Seems odd that so many of their high profile staff & management are ex Conservative Party activists. It seems to be impacting on their coverage.Holden Mcgroyne wrote:Ralph wrote:Tory boy Robinson isn't universally adored either.Steve Hunt wrote:Nick Robinson on why your contempt is now shared by so many, shabs:shabbado wrote:100 days of utter tedium. Can't wait
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... INSON.html
Examples of Tory bias in his reporting ?
http://theconversation.com/hard-evidenc ... -bbc-17028
https://www.opendemocracy.net/ourbeeb/o ... d-distorti
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Hard to say, isn't it?Holden Mcgroyne wrote:Ralph wrote:Tory boy Robinson isn't universally adored either.Steve Hunt wrote:Nick Robinson on why your contempt is now shared by so many, shabs:shabbado wrote:100 days of utter tedium. Can't wait
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... INSON.html
Examples of Tory bias in his reporting ?
Unless we know differently, all we know is what he tells us. So if he, for example, leaves out some juicy negative while reporting on the Tories, we'd be none the wiser.
Not that I'm saying he has. And if he supports the Tories, I have enough trust in the BBC that he couldn't just independently fiddle what he reports. Whereas with other media, I don't think there are checks and balances on that kind of thing.
What annoys me is that when people see a reporter/presenter who they think is a "leftie" they seem to either not know or trust the oversight process.
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Jeremy Paxman was always being accused by right wingers of being a BBC leftie & then as soon as he retired from Newsnight he announced he was a Tory & was approached to be the Tory candidate for London mayor.
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Unfortunately the interpretation of right wing/left wing hardly translates into the traditional divide of the mainstream parties any more. They are both firmly in the centre.Ralph wrote:Jeremy Paxman was always being accused by right wingers of being a BBC leftie & then as soon as he retired from Newsnight he announced he was a Tory & was approached to be the Tory candidate for London mayor.
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It's a tough choice between two parties for you in this election Roy. So who are you going to vote for?Roy Twing wrote:Unfortunately the interpretation of right wing/left wing hardly translates into the traditional divide of the mainstream parties any more. They are both firmly in the centre.Ralph wrote:Jeremy Paxman was always being accused by right wingers of being a BBC leftie & then as soon as he retired from Newsnight he announced he was a Tory & was approached to be the Tory candidate for London mayor.
UKIP or BNP?
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No such tough choice for you eh, milhouse?NorthBank wrote:It's a tough choice between two parties for you in this election Roy. So who are you going to vote for?Roy Twing wrote:Unfortunately the interpretation of right wing/left wing hardly translates into the traditional divide of the mainstream parties any more. They are both firmly in the centre.Ralph wrote:Jeremy Paxman was always being accused by right wingers of being a BBC leftie & then as soon as he retired from Newsnight he announced he was a Tory & was approached to be the Tory candidate for London mayor.
UKIP or BNP?
How many years is it before you can vote?
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So UKIP then yeah?Roy Twing wrote:No such tough choice for you eh, milhouse?NorthBank wrote:It's a tough choice between two parties for you in this election Roy. So who are you going to vote for?Roy Twing wrote:Unfortunately the interpretation of right wing/left wing hardly translates into the traditional divide of the mainstream parties any more. They are both firmly in the centre.Ralph wrote:Jeremy Paxman was always being accused by right wingers of being a BBC leftie & then as soon as he retired from Newsnight he announced he was a Tory & was approached to be the Tory candidate for London mayor.
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How many years is it before you can vote?
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Andy Burnham in a car-crash interview on Newsnight - shouty and ranty, avoiding questions
In summary NHS outsourcing good if Labour do it and bad if anyone else does it
He said Labour would end the market experiment (which Labour introduced) but refused to say if Labour would increase or decrease spending on outsourced NHS services
Disingenuous as 95% of services are not outsourced
In summary NHS outsourcing good if Labour do it and bad if anyone else does it
He said Labour would end the market experiment (which Labour introduced) but refused to say if Labour would increase or decrease spending on outsourced NHS services
Disingenuous as 95% of services are not outsourced
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White Dee endorses Labour on LBC
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Burnham on Newsnight, worth a viewtherealHJ wrote:Andy Burnham in a car-crash interview on Newsnight - shouty and ranty, avoiding questions
In summary NHS outsourcing good if Labour do it and bad if anyone else does it
He said Labour would end the market experiment (which Labour introduced) but refused to say if Labour would increase or decrease spending on outsourced NHS services
Disingenuous as 95% of services are not outsourced
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Interesting Yougov poll
Voters Aged 18-24
Conservatives 42%
Labour 26%
Greens 23%
LibDems 7%
UKIP 2%
Voters Aged 18-24
Conservatives 42%
Labour 26%
Greens 23%
LibDems 7%
UKIP 2%
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The lies and smears by Labour over the NHS beggar belief.
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Very entertaining, - he complains that this government is taking privatisation too far, but won't even say that his party would reduce the present figure.therealHJ wrote:Burnham on Newsnight, worth a viewtherealHJ wrote:Andy Burnham in a car-crash interview on Newsnight - shouty and ranty, avoiding questions
In summary NHS outsourcing good if Labour do it and bad if anyone else does it
He said Labour would end the market experiment (which Labour introduced) but refused to say if Labour would increase or decrease spending on outsourced NHS services
Disingenuous as 95% of services are not outsourced
And how he has the brass neck to go about "nobody gave this government permission...." after what his lot did last time on certain issues, is beyond me.
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Burnham is a first clas twat, he is trying to make us believe that the 4.4% of services provided by the private sector under Labour were good but the additional 1.5% this government added is bad
As for Labour telling bare face lies, here's a leaflet on immigration about how they are going to be tough on immigration. David Lamy has just tweeted Surprised this is a Labour flyer. We're a pro-immigration party: let's not race to the bottom trying to out-kip UKIP.
As for Labour telling bare face lies, here's a leaflet on immigration about how they are going to be tough on immigration. David Lamy has just tweeted Surprised this is a Labour flyer. We're a pro-immigration party: let's not race to the bottom trying to out-kip UKIP.
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Assuming that is a genuine labour leaflet, it is almost amusing that a party would consider it a feather in their cap (in the eyes of the public) to address non-english speaking public sector workers.
20 years ago, we would all have laughed at the notion that ‘frontline’ public sector staff would be employed if they couldn't speak English, - as with so many other factors, the mass immigration/multiculturalism experiment has turned the country insane.
What is even more insane is the unbelievable lack of self-awareness (or perhaps knowledge that labours voters are mostly stupid) to criticise the tories for ‘losing control of the borders’.
Unbelievable disdain for the public.
20 years ago, we would all have laughed at the notion that ‘frontline’ public sector staff would be employed if they couldn't speak English, - as with so many other factors, the mass immigration/multiculturalism experiment has turned the country insane.
What is even more insane is the unbelievable lack of self-awareness (or perhaps knowledge that labours voters are mostly stupid) to criticise the tories for ‘losing control of the borders’.
Unbelievable disdain for the public.
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