[capybara]

Well my last thread is now redundant so i am going to start another...And my first subject is Presscot..Now to be elevated to the Lords..God help us.

http://news.bbc.co.u...ics/8711821.stm

Well i thought he was dead against the place and all its Flummery.Still im sure he will feel at home..Hypocrite.

This post has been edited by capybara: 17 December 2011 - 12:09

[Ivo den Bieman]

The rumour is he's jockeying for position as the new treasurer of the Labour Party now Jack Dromey's an MP, and is having to give up the post. So he needs a base at Westminster to keep up his profile...

[doulikefish]

Expenses again

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doulikefish, on 29 May 2010 - 08:49, said:

Expenses again

Oh great, that's just the last thing we need.

I hope for Laws' sake that his reasoning and interpretation are genuine, because I've thought very highly of him as a rising figure in this coalition.

[Ivo den Bieman]

"er..."

sorry, it's a blatant rip off of taxpayers money and the excuse he gives is flimsier than a Reliant Robin in a crosswind.

Can't see him lasting the week. It's not credible that a man who has been fulminating so publicly about the need for cuts in public expenditure should be ripping off the taxpayer in this way, simultaneously.

Torygraph

[capybara]

He has to go, first real test for the coalition.

[capybara]

http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/

Interesting stuff as Usual. Coalition doing OK. Poll on Nuclear shows a rise in support,i am not sure that that would be replicated in Scotland.

Labour leadership seems to be a bit of a one horse race. But there is time here for somebody to make a move..it is a while to conference.

[OldWasp]

Interesting nugget from the commentary on the poll mentioned by Mr Capy

People were also less than happy with some of the inevitable consequences of devolving more power to local communities. Asked if NHS services should be same everywhere in Britain, 81% agreed with only 18% thinking people should be able to decide themselves how they are delivered in local areas. This is a paradox we often see in polls on devolving powers locally – ask people if they want more power devolved to local areas, they say yes. Ask if they want the services to be different in different areas – the natural conesquence of this – they say no. It isn’t just because of the unique importance of the NHS either. MORI asked the same question about recycling, and 70% still thought it should be the same everywhere in Britain, with only 29% saying people should be able to decide how it is delivered in their local areas.

[Tryfield]

The divisive wedge in this coalition is going to be Europe.

At least it will get a mention now, unlike a bullying totalitarian singular party who refuse to listen to the little people. For that reason alone, I'm glad it was a hung parliament. I'm looking forward to the debates, and with a huge slice of luck, a referendum.

[capybara]

Tryfield, on 29 May 2010 - 15:32, said:

The divisive wedge in this coalition is going to be Europe.

At least it will get a mention now, unlike a bullying totalitarian singular party who refuse to listen to the little people. For that reason alone, I'm glad it was a hung parliament. I'm looking forward to the debates, and with a huge slice of luck, a referendum.

Im not sure. Europe was not even on the electoral agenda(UKIP aside).Yes there are huge gaps between the Tories and the Lib Dems but it will be conveniently shunted of to the sidings ( i hope u like the rail analogy). Labour after their backsliding on a referendum are not really in a position to exploit there differences. Well not yet.

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[Willie Gray Ate My Hamster]

capybara, on 29 May 2010 - 11:19, said:

He has to go, first real test for the coalition.

Treasury Minister David Laws resigns over expenses

[kiwififer]

I see Jack McConnell and Helen Liddle have been elevated to the house of Lords as well.

Jack's delighted to have the new role, he would balance it with his job as an MSP in Holyrood according to the beeb.

http://news.bbc.co.u...nd/10187187.stm

[Tryfield]

kiwififer, on 29 May 2010 - 22:48, said:

I see Jack McConnell and Helen Liddle have been elevated to the house of Lords as well.

Izat no terrible?

Cuntish, unbelievable, and where does tax money go?

What a country we live in..... where failures are made into successes. Am gub fucked... or is it "gobsmacked"?

[kiwififer]

Tryfield, on 30 May 2010 - 00:23, said:

Izat no terrible?

Cuntish, unbelievable, and where does tax money go?

What a country we live in..... where failures are made into successes. Am gub fucked... or is it "gobsmacked"?

I wonder if he will get a pay packet for sitting in the lords as well as Holyrood, can't have two wages now.

Time to abolish the lords anyway, have the commons as the English parliment. Maybe it could be reformed into something that will deal with 'UK' matters such as foreign policy.

[Tryfield]

kiwififer, on 30 May 2010 - 00:47, said:

I wonder if he will get a pay packet for sitting in the lords as well as Holyrood, can't have two wages now.

Time to abolish the lords anyway, have the commons as the English parliment. Maybe it could be reformed into something that will deal with 'UK' matters such as foreign policy.

I love your optimism Kiwi......

[kiwififer]

Tryfield, on 30 May 2010 - 00:51, said:

I love your optimism Kiwi......

Politicians are politicians the world over, they are a bunch of useless twats down here as well, pandering to a noisy 10% of the population that are desribed in the media as the 'squeeky wheel' holding the country back. Just because they arrived 800 years before Cook and promptly eat/raped the proper indigenous population, they are given special rights, access to education and health (the rest of us have to pay) I could go on for ever.

Just be thankful that you are not going to be taxed for an emission trading scheme like we are getting in a wee bit. Just what I need, more fucking taxes, VAT (GST) has just gone up, my rent is going up, interests rates are sitting at anything between 6 and 8.5%, I'm earning way less than I would be at home.

Just as well the sun shines.

Anyhoo I bet if we really wanted to, we could run the country with about 50 people. This will never happen, can't derail the gravy train and all that

[Tryfield]

kiwififer, on 30 May 2010 - 01:17, said:

Politicians are politicians the world over, they are a bunch of useless twats down here as well, pandering to a noisy 10% of the population that are desribed in the media as the 'squeeky wheel' holding the country back. Just because they arrived 800 years before Cook and promptly eat/raped the proper indigenous population, they are given special rights, access to education and health (the rest of us have to pay) I could go on for ever.

Just be thankful that you are not going to be taxed for an emission trading scheme like we are getting in a wee bit. Just what I need, more fucking taxes, VAT (GST) has just gone up, my rent is going up, interests rates are sitting at anything between 6 and 8.5%, I'm earning way less than I would be at home.

Just as well the sun shines.

Anyhoo I bet if we really wanted to, we could run the country with about 50 people. This will never happen, can't derail the gravy train and all that

yOU'LL FEEL BETTER GETTING THAT OFF YOUR CHEST kIWI.



Edit to add, I found that capital button again. Oops.

This post has been edited by Tryfield: 30 May 2010 - 06:11

[kiwififer]

Tryfield, on 30 May 2010 - 06:10, said:

yOU'LL FEEL BETTER GETTING THAT OFF YOUR CHEST kIWI.



Edit to add, I found that capital button again. Oops.

Yeah, there was a few things bothering me this morning

[KiwiDB]

kiwififer, on 30 May 2010 - 01:17, said:

Politicians are politicians the world over, they are a bunch of useless twats down here as well, pandering to a noisy 10% of the population that are desribed in the media as the 'squeeky wheel' holding the country back. Just because they arrived 800 years before Cook and promptly eat/raped the proper indigenous population, they are given special rights, access to education and health (the rest of us have to pay) I could go on for ever.

Just be thankful that you are not going to be taxed for an emission trading scheme like we are getting in a wee bit. Just what I need, more fucking taxes, VAT (GST) has just gone up, my rent is going up, interests rates are sitting at anything between 6 and 8.5%, I'm earning way less than I would be at home.

Just as well the sun shines.

Anyhoo I bet if we really wanted to, we could run the country with about 50 people. This will never happen, can't derail the gravy train and all that

Aye but yer leaving soon anyway

[kiwififer]

Frank Abagnale Jr., on 30 May 2010 - 07:25, said:

Aye but yer leaving soon anyway

Potential to yo-yo, specially if we don't get jobs.

although if we were yo-yoing, it would probably be Sydney for a change of scenery....

[capybara]

http://news.bbc.co.u...nd/10241156. stm

Aye well were there is life there is hope. Im old enough to remember the Tories in double figures in Scotland. The one nation brigade,withe the likes of Rifkind and dear old Sir Nicky Fairbairn etc and the the Thatcher wing..Forsyth/Walker etc etc. Still in the political wilderness. Just as well for PR...mind they oppose that.

[kiwififer]

http://www.dailymail...ddafis-son. html

Don't know where else to put this, so it goes here. Nice wee earner for Tony, special consultant to the Libyians and all that. I wonder what the record will make of it.

I also see that Scargill is fighting to hold on to his flat in London, the one that is paid for by the NUM.

http://news.bbc.co.u...re/10252397.stm

Yep, they are still spending money on Scargill's flat in London. You read it right the first time.

[KiwiDB]

kiwififer, on 08 June 2010 - 05:38, said:

http://www.dailymail. ..ddafis-son.html

Don't know where else to put this, so it goes here. Nice wee earner for Tony, special consultant to the Libyians and all that. I wonder what the record will make of it.

I also see that Scargill is fighting to hold on to his flat in London, the one that is paid for by the NUM.

http://news.bbc.co.u...re/10252397.stm

Yep, they are still spending money on Scargill's flat in London. You read it right the first time.

It's not a bad life as the top man at a union is it, bottom half of the article.

http://www.dailymail...cket-line-.html

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[doulikefish]

Frank Abagnale Jr., on 08 June 2010 - 06:34, said:

It's not a bad life as the top man at a union is it, bottom half of the article.

http://www.dailymail...cket-line-.html

Looks not bad being on strike aswell,anyone for pimms???

[kiwififer]

Frank Abagnale Jr., on 08 June 2010 - 06:34, said:

It's not a bad life as the top man at a union is it, bottom half of the article.

http://www.dailymail...cket-line-.html

Yep, I'm sure he got lots of 'research' done about the Asian car industry in the go-go bar named 'playskool'.

http://www.bangkokba...a/playskool.asp - I done research on it as well, it doesn't have an assembly line making rovers....