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.

Tories dug an hole for themselves here Im afraid, an own goal of the highest order.

The reports wont look at the tittle tattle but the real evidence.

The reports wont look at the tittle tattle but the real evidence
that would be a first then :-)

actually, do we really care? ..... of course hays, sticky and one or two others seem to be getting excited about something or other that is probably a kot less untoward than mccluskey and unite and all that shenanigans

Cyners do you really read anyone elses posts but your own.....see here re- to your comment above......

goldfinger - 21 Nov 2013 13:38 - 33117 of 33154
Hays the public dont give a toss, but it would appear Osbourne is now being pulled in to the debate. That should be interesting and Camorons smear tactics back firing on him.

i read posts from several of you (including you actually!), but frankly, i find the political soapbox ranting that pervades this thread to be rarely other than seriously dull and i skip past it

Manuel.

For somebody who is obviously irritated by the content of this thread, you spend an awful lot of time on it.

I suppose it could be masochism, but why don't you go back to you COOK thread.

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But it appears to more and more voters than Cameron is a liar and his henchmen are similar.

A government who is not trusted, even by members of the "leader's" own party.

fred - you'll note that it is pretty rare for me to respond to anything you write

however, you're certainly right about the Cook thread ..... i have neglected it of late, but i could certainly add a very good and simple monkfish recipe if of interest

HO HO HO,

Monkfish use to be fish bait, until the pubs discovered scampi in baskets.

Ugly fish, but edible.

But, do post the recipe on the COOK thread, this one is for more important issues.


8-)

I can hear my father-in-law saying the last phrase.

my memory was using mackerel as fish bait, usually to catch more mackerel

surprised you don't have a well-tested recipe for tripe :-)

Tripe yep lovely raw with loads of vinegar and peper.

ohhhhhn them were the days when you had a few slices of toasted hovis with it.

Used to sit back in my armchair with my flat cap on watching my ferrets playing on the rug and tucking in.

Cant get it now around here. Shame.

Straight out of the sea fresh it was.

tripe from the sea? ...... that's a new one, and almost certainly not edible raw anyway
i used to quite like the seam in a mustardy sauce piquante which we used to get in southern germany at the local weinstube

Manuel,

Just for you,

You would comfortably as a bed mate of the greenest tory government I can remember.

Cyners LOL, well it looked raw my mum never boiled it like some do with onions. . Cows stomach lining isnt it.

It certainly looked raw and came straight from the local fish and chip shop.

it is indeed and i agree about tripe and onions ...... the french love it that way, especially in Caen i think

For Manuel.

As the public read it

"What a strange reversal: the husky-driving, hoody-hugging, all cycling, all focaccia-baking David Cameron says he wants to be more like John Major. To be precise, the prime minister has said he wants to learn lessons from the 1992 general election campaign.


I think we all know what he means. Faced with the resurgence of Sir John'spersonal and political profile, the men in No 10 have a choice. They can try to slap down the former PM as he makes a series of blistering interventions onsocial mobility and the cost of living. This is tricky, because he has struck a chord with voters. Or they can agree with Major and hope that some of his renewed popularity rubs off on them.

Cameron has obviously decided to go for option two with bells on. He identifies himself as an "underdog" like Major, campaigning for victory at the next election against the odds. Faced with an uphill battle to win a majority, he wants in on the act of the man portrayed in cartoons as grey, with his underpants over his trousers.

Cameron has done this before. At the last election, when he realised how popular Nick Clegg was suddenly becoming, he started saying "I agree with Nick", every five minutes. But while some will call it political savvy, Cameron's new strategy of saying "I agree with Sir John" is shot through with inconsistencies."

"Latest YouGov / The Sun results 21st November -

Con 32%,

Lab 39%,

LD 10%,

UKIP 12%; "

For the Cynic:

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/17/1963-opinion-poll-westminster-public

Enough is enough Mr Cameron: Mail poll reveals voters' deep concern over wave of new migrants

82% of respondents said no to a new influx from Bulgaria and Romania
85% think migration was putting huge pressure on schools and hospitals
Only one in 20 think Brussels should be in charge of policies

Think tank Migrationwatch believes up to 70,000 migrants will arrive in 2014

By James Slack and Jack Doyle

PUBLISHED: 22:34, 21 November 2013 | UPDATED: 14:30, 22 November 2013



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2511491/Daily-Mail-poll-reveals-voters-deep-concern-wave-new-migrants.html

i like the bit at the very bottom .....

which party do you trust most on immigration?

44% say none of them - which rather sums up the public's opinion of ALL politicians regardless of their persuasion

MK.

It appears to me that the questions are slanted to produce the responses the pollster required. The voting is made base on inadequate statements and information and appears to be to stimulate emotional bias.


But it is interesting to see the polling position of the CON party on trust.

After, the backlash from Cameron's smearing has settle down I would expect it will be lower.
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of course the questions were slanted .... why would you expect otherwise, especially from the likes of the daily mail ..... the guardian or the socialist worker or the sun or the sunday sport would also conduct any surveys and questions slanted towards the result required