Off Topic The General Election Countdown and Aftermath
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I think that the part of Lincolnshire where I originate falls below the line on the map of “North of England” on this report, so it looks like I had best make plans to move back South of the Humber.
The morons in Labour’s few remaining strongholds in the North seem to think that a Twitter campaign will allow them to join up with the doomed Socialists in Scotland to live in a new Utopia where everything costs nothing, the State provides everything and Scousers can continue to think that wages are what everyone else calls benefits.
Just one problem: if the South of England redraws the border and gives the North and Scotland independence, where are they going to get the money from for their Wonderland?
It used to be said in the 1980s that the Tories called Scotland “Disneyland”, because it Disney work and it Disney vote Tory...
The morons in Labour’s few remaining strongholds in the North seem to think that a Twitter campaign will allow them to join up with the doomed Socialists in Scotland to live in a new Utopia where everything costs nothing, the State provides everything and Scousers can continue to think that wages are what everyone else calls benefits.
Just one problem: if the South of England redraws the border and gives the North and Scotland independence, where are they going to get the money from for their Wonderland?
It used to be said in the 1980s that the Tories called Scotland “Disneyland”, because it Disney work and it Disney vote Tory...
The Labour Leadership Race has not even started and already the favourite, Chuka Umunna has refused to race! Phrases involving ‘heat’ and ‘kitchen’ come to mind. So it looks like this will be a contest between the losers from the Blair/Brown generation to be on the bridge of the sinking ship as nobody from the new generation is prepared to be the loser in 2020. Yvette Cooper needs the job as her other half is unemployed because he knows nothing about economics.
According to Len McCluskey, Labour lost the election because of Scottish Labour’s Jim Murphy. Len must have studied maths with Ed Balls because the 40 MPs they lost still would not have seen them win. Mr Murphy may be out of a job by Sunday as he faces a Scottish Labour ‘no confidence’ vote on Saturday.
When Cameron met Sturgeon, why did he not look a lot happier? She won him the Election and she was not even standing as a candidate. He said he will implement the Smith Commission measures, so he should have been expecting that the SNP would still want more. It is a bit of a joke that Sturgeon wants an “end to austerity”, when the IFS said that her Manifesto was nothing of the sort. Does that not make her a lying politician just like all the rest?
On the Daily Politics, Stewart Hosie said that the SNP wanted control over setting the income tax thresholds so that they could raise more people out of poverty and they want to be able to vary National Insurance rates too. Why did he just not cut to the chase and just say that the SNP wants full fiscal autonomy or Alex Salmond will be pushing for another Independence Referendum straight away?
Nicola Sturgeon inherited the leadership of the SNP when Alex Salmond lost the Independence Referendum and decided to quit and run for the British Parliament. She had nothing to lose in the Election Debates because she was not standing for election. Her husband is lucky because he gets to shag Wee Jimmy Krankie but nobody knows him and he is not expected to deliver streets of gold across Scotland paid for by the Sassanachs.
When Alex Salmond arrives on the opposition benches at Westminster, he will have to sit and watch Angus Robertson ask two questions per week to David Cameron at PMQs – here’s hoping he is better than Ed Miliband, even though his chosen topics will be just as predictable.
According to Len McCluskey, Labour lost the election because of Scottish Labour’s Jim Murphy. Len must have studied maths with Ed Balls because the 40 MPs they lost still would not have seen them win. Mr Murphy may be out of a job by Sunday as he faces a Scottish Labour ‘no confidence’ vote on Saturday.
When Cameron met Sturgeon, why did he not look a lot happier? She won him the Election and she was not even standing as a candidate. He said he will implement the Smith Commission measures, so he should have been expecting that the SNP would still want more. It is a bit of a joke that Sturgeon wants an “end to austerity”, when the IFS said that her Manifesto was nothing of the sort. Does that not make her a lying politician just like all the rest?
On the Daily Politics, Stewart Hosie said that the SNP wanted control over setting the income tax thresholds so that they could raise more people out of poverty and they want to be able to vary National Insurance rates too. Why did he just not cut to the chase and just say that the SNP wants full fiscal autonomy or Alex Salmond will be pushing for another Independence Referendum straight away?
Nicola Sturgeon inherited the leadership of the SNP when Alex Salmond lost the Independence Referendum and decided to quit and run for the British Parliament. She had nothing to lose in the Election Debates because she was not standing for election. Her husband is lucky because he gets to shag Wee Jimmy Krankie but nobody knows him and he is not expected to deliver streets of gold across Scotland paid for by the Sassanachs.
When Alex Salmond arrives on the opposition benches at Westminster, he will have to sit and watch Angus Robertson ask two questions per week to David Cameron at PMQs – here’s hoping he is better than Ed Miliband, even though his chosen topics will be just as predictable.
god bless socialism:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-how-it-works-and-how-you-can-use-it-too.html
seems avoidance is a socialist ideal too
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...-how-it-works-and-how-you-can-use-it-too.html
seems avoidance is a socialist ideal too
not sure what you are trying to achieve with such barrel scrapping gaz- looks desperate --you might as well link all the crap printed every day into one paper --or just buy the daily mail ---congratulations on Thatcherite winning the other day , it may have escaped your notice but at wincanton Karl Marx also won 
Fantastic singer, saw her a couple of times her solo tour a few years ago but unfortunately never had the chance to see Skunk Anansie. They were one of my favourite bands in my teenage years
Ah, Tony Benn, how I wish he was around today, give those bloody Torys a run for their money. At least George W. Bush coined something that can be classed as "unforgettable", and that is, "Compassionate Conservatism". What utter utter crap, such a thing has never happened and never will.
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Not a bad article this, thought I'd chuck it in on this thread:
http://www.dw.de/opinion-camerons-gamble/a-18457622#disqus_thread
http://www.dw.de/opinion-camerons-gamble/a-18457622#disqus_thread
I wonder how much Herr Hasselbach reflects the view of British politics on the continent. I suppose all journalists the world over write articles that only contain the facts or opinions that suit their argument, so I should not be surprised that he has largely ignored what is the core issue to British objectors, managing only five words: “the free movement of people.”
There is a nice misrepresentation of Mark Carney’s comments and most of ‘The Scottish Play’ argument is nonsense. If our German friend went and asked the English (over 80 per cent of the UK population) about Scottish Independence now, they would probably favour it.
Clearly he does not have much regard for Cameron when describing him as an “arrogant Old Etonian and descendant of royalty.” I have not researched his family tree but I expect the royal connection is some way in the past and it is well known that he (and half his cabinet) went to Eton. In this country we call this the politics of envy.
We already know that Cameron wants to back the pro-EU side in the Referendum but as he governs with a slender majority, the large number of anti-EU backbenchers that he needs for the next five years are going to make it a very difficult ride. In Parliament almost all the opposition benches are pro-EU, proof that Britain has elected another bunch of idiots to govern us.
I hope that the Referendum is brought forward because Cameron has absolutely no chance of getting the other 27 countries to agree to any sensible reform of the European Soviet Socialist Republic that will be worth having. I note that the pro-EU lobby are already trying to enhance their “three million jobs will be lost” argument with articles like this one on BBC Business.
Somebody should point out to the Germans that we are their biggest European export market and as we Import more from Europe than we Export to it, quitting and reverting to just a trade agreement (like the European Economic Community that we originally joined) will actually result in business as usual unless they are so hell bent on cutting off their noses to spite their faces that they welcome economic collapse at Audi, Mercedes and Volkswagen. What may be troubling the Germans the most is that the French, the British and themselves are the only three nations really funding the failing political Union. How long will it last when we pull the plug?