Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

GF - don't you think you should self moderate your post 30238?

Would that be hate of or by the left wing?

Populus’s twice weekly poll earlier today had topline figures of CON 36%, LAB 39%, LDEM 11%, UKIP 7%. Unlike the YouGov polls since Ed Miliband’s conference speech Populus has not shown any sort of boost for the Labour party

skinny your post above........

skinny - 30 Sep 2013 21:06 - 30241 of 30243

GF - don't you think you should self moderate your post 30238? .....ends


Certainly not.

See this insulting post by cynic not only on my children but also my parents.......

cynic - 30 Sep 2013 16:15 - 30213 of 30243

what a total waste of space you are, and assuredly not worth wasting breath upon .... i hope that any children you may have at least have learnt to think for themselves and do not just spew and thus perpetuate their father's nonsense and blind and unfounded prejudices, which i fear you may have learnt from your own................. ends.

An eye for an eye skinny, if Cynic wants to get personal which he has done all afternoon today, I can fight fire with fire.

If he continues these personal insults he should have the balls to take them back, no matter how unfortunate it is for the thread and board.

Yawn, yawn. Why are the raving lefties so boring?

Labours figure of 39% of the poll would give Labour an overall majority in parliament.

It is a long way to an election with constantly improving economic conditions. People will realise that only one party can give a referendum on Europe. Labour won't commit to it. The Libs don't want it. UKIP won't have the power to do anything.

Ohh stop being pompous and foolish.

How long will it be before the Conservatives are in front and pulling away?

Well, if house prices keep on rising, even Cameroon is in with a chance.


Even better if they dumped him and got Boris on board.

Newsnight tonight exposes Big big rift between Osbourne and I D Smith.

Now we know why Osbourne HAD to make the speech about the long term unemployed today.

I D Smith knows its a stupid policy and not cost effective ie, turning up at job centre every day. He knows hes already had to put back Universal Credit 4 months and computer system is in a real mess.

Ohhh dear.

Boris Johnson Tells Nigel Farage's Wife Not To Vote Ukip
UK NEWS
Ned Simons   |   30/09/2013
Boris Johnson has revealed he was invited to speak at the Ukip party conference in London - by Nigel Farage's wife.

Addressing a rally for activists at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester on Monday evening, the mayor of London said he had received a "really heartwarming letter" from Kirsten Farage who he suspected was the "brains" and the "power behind the throne", but had decided to decline the offer.

"I was very flattered and amused. My instinctive reaction was to say yes. But then I thought, no. No, no, no. This is the moment to lash my self to mast and resist the siren song of Kirsten," he said.

"With a general election less than two years away, there is only one relevant fact, there is a risk the party she supports would deprive [people] of the chance to have a vote in a EU referendum because they would help put Miliband back in power."

Boris was speaking one the same day that Farge [Nigel] had been attempting to draw attention away from the main conference centre by taking part in three fringe events outside the secure zone. Including one which clashed with the timing of Boris' rally.

"My message to the charming Mrs Farage," he said. "Is don't vote for Ukip, don't even think about it, because we will see this country sleepwalk into a Labour government".

Conservatives Narrow Gap To Labour In New Poll
UK NEWS
David Hobbs   |   30/09/2013
People believe their families would be better off under Labour but back the Conservatives to keep the economy growing, a new poll has revealed.

The findings also suggest Labour's lead over the Tories has dropped from six points to four despite the Opposition revealing manifesto pledges at its party conference in Brighton.

Ed Miliband spoke last week of his plans to reduce the cost of living, including proposals for a Labour government to freeze gas and electricity prices for homes and businesses for 20 months after the 2015 general election.

But the ComRes survey for the Independent shows Labour attracted support from 37% of those questioned, unchanged from August, while the Conservatives received 33%, up two points.

The Liberal Democrats received 11% of the vote, down one point, and the UK Independence Party gained one point to 11%, with the other parties receiving 8%, down two points.

Spend 35 hours a week at job centre or lose your dole
Benefit claimants suspected of working while collecting unemployment allowances will be required to spend 35 hours a week in a job centre, Iain Duncan Smith will say.




By James Kirkup, Political Editor
9:50PM BST 30 Sep 2013

The Work and Pensions Secretary will announce that claimants will be told to demonstrate that they are seeking work.

The Conservatives have toughened their rhetoric on welfare. George Osborne, the Chancellor, today set out plans for some long-term claimants to be forced to carry out community work.

People who pass through the Work Programme, aimed at getting claimants into work, without getting a job will face new requirements to keep their benefits.

Tens of thousands of claimants will be required to attend a job centre every morning and sign in for the day.

Many of those selected for the programme will be those who officials suspect of working in the black economy while claiming benefits. By forcing them to attend job centres, ministers hope to either force them to give up their claims or their illegal jobs.



More unworkable nonsense here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10345759/Spend-35-hours-a-week-at-job-centre-or-lose-your-dole.html

This sort of tough benefits policy works in countries such as the US.

No it doesnt it failed miserably did workfare.

So the job centre is going to be full all of the week 35 hours per week with claimants LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Never heard of anything as daft in my life.

There is no reason to think, however, that the criticisms levelled at workfare won’t also apply to the new scheme. Is, for example, a person spending 30 hours a week picking up litter more or less likely to find a paying job? Research which looked at similar schemes in the US, Canada and Australia found that:

“There is little evidence that workfare increases the likelihood of finding work. It can even reduce employment chances by limiting the time available for job search and by failing to provide the skills and experience valued by employers. Subsidised (‘transitional’) job schemes that pay a wage can be more effective in raising employment levels than ‘work for benefit’ programmes. Workfare is least effective in getting people into jobs in weak labour markets where unemployment is high.”

http://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/2012/02/workfare-how-about-some-evidence

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