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.

Did anyone see this...thoughts?



Scottish independence TV debate: First blood to Alistair Darling as he clashes over currency with Alex Salmond in televised Yes/No debate






James Cusick Author Biography


Political Correspondent


Wednesday 06 August 2014



The issue of what currency an independent Scotland would use sparked heated exchanges in the first televised referendum debate between the First Minister, Alex Salmond, and Alistair Darling, the leader of the pro-Union Better Together campaign.


With barely six weeks until Scotland votes on whether or not it should become an independent state, Mr Salmond markedly refused to state what his “plan B” would be if Westminster refused to let Scots continue to use the pound.

The gloves came off when the former Chancellor, Mr Darling, chose to personally attack the Scottish National Party leader’s promises on the pound by stating: “An eight-year-old can tell you what Scotland’s capital and flag is. But you can’t tell us what Scotland’s currency will be.”



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/scottish-independence-tv-debate-first-blood-to-alistair-darling-as-he-clashes-over-currency-with-alex-salmond-in-televised-yesno-debate-9650512.html

Alistair Darling for PM in London!

At least he isn't ducking his responsibility of debating with Wee Alec.

The hopes of Cameron.

Cameron has no moral compass and is "doomed, DOOMED!"

Update - Labour lead at 5
by YouGov in Politics
Wed August 6, 2014 6 a.m. BST

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 5th August - Con 33%, Lab 38%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%;

cameroons only hope is to get the jocks to piss off....perhaps that's his cunning plan?

Cameron won't survive the GE, no prime minister has ever survived a GE following riots on the streets of London during their term.

I quite like this blog anyway but from then to now what's changed.
http://pennyred.blogspot.co.uk/2011/08/panic-on-streets-of-london.html

And her newer website if anyone fancies having a read...
http://laurie-penny.com/blog/

I'm not sure where you got that info, Shortie, but it's incorrect. Maggie was returned following riots in Brixton in both 1981 and 1985.

In hindsight your right, I kind if recall hearing it somewhere, although it'd would appear I must of heard wrong...

Enter the dragon....




Boris Johnson: I will stand for Parliament in 2015

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has said he would like to run for Parliament at the next election



By Matthew Holehouse, Political Correspondent

10:21AM BST 06 Aug 2014




Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, put an end to years of speculation and prevarication this morning by announcing he is planning a return to Parliament.


Mr Johnson, the former MP for Henley, said he is searching for a seat he can fight at the 2015 election and "in all probability" will stand.

A return to Parliament will be widely interpreted a staging post in a campaign to replace David Cameron as Tory leader.


Mr Johnson said if he is selected he will serve out his term as Mayor, which ends in 2016.



David_Cameron

Great news that Boris plans to stand at next year's general election - I've always said I want my star players on the pitch.



More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/11015502/Boris-Johnson-I-will-stand-for-Parliament-in-2015.html

Boris Johnson: roadmap to victory

The Mayor of London has announced he will return to Parliament - reigniting speculation that he has his eye on the Tory leadership. What does he do next?


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/london-mayor-election/mayor-of-london/11015730/Boris-Johnson-roadmap-to-victory.html

He will look around for a safe seat. I was going to post yesterday that I was expecting it. He almost gave it away yesterday when he said that the UK had a good future outside the EU if Cameron did not get a better deal from Europe.

He won't go after the leadership unless Cameron loses the election. Leaders rarely stay after losing a GE. If Cameron wins Boris will be a loyal supporter and bide his time.

The London mayor election shows that he can take votes off Labour.

I think the mans a raging idiot, a clown at best most of the time and yet he's tipped to lead the Tory party.... I suppose one more clown MP running the country can't do much harm!

Take votes off labour.........LOL......... hes the best thing to happen to labour since this coalition crew got in.

The truth is Camoron and Boris detest each other.

He is someone who likes to project a clown image. I have been to the London assembly to watch the Mayor's question time. He is awsome in his grasp of all the issues. The Labour opposition tried everything to trip him up on all sorts of areas. They never laid a glove on him. When he behaves in a serious way he is hard to beat.

He is most certainly not a raging idiot and he is an exceptionally intelligent man. He can hold and keep an excellent grip on a multitude of different elements.

He does have eccentric ways to the extreme, as illustrated by his unruly hair and dress sense.

Would he make a good leader?

I think he would. I don't think he is a grabbing bastard. I don't think he is power potty. He does want to do a good job and has a common sense approach to spending large sums of money. He can't be bullied into doing things. He is very popular and is quite Churchillian.

He certainly headed up a brilliant Olympic Games project.

If Labour should win the next election, Boris would be utterly brilliant in opposition. Also one would suppose, that if they were to defeat Cameron and the Tories, then Cameron would step down and Boris would be 'a natural' to take over the leadership.

He does a bloody good job as the Mayor of London too. For an example, just take a trip on the London Underground. It used to be an utter shambles but it isn't now. And it's the same with the London Buses too. You can feel quite proud about how good they are these days.

The present con party is a party of clowns, similar to many of its camp followers.

Good to see Hazy has seen the light is now expecting a con party loss at next G/E and expecting Boris prepared to lead the a party of losers!


Unfortunately, I don't think Boris is a "fool", but I do wonder what he sees in being leader of a rag bag of a team, perhaps one should follow the money trail more closely.

Whats really needed is Boris before the next GE.

The last thing I would like is a Boris before or before an election.

The thought makes me tremble.

You won't get Boris before the GE. He won't show any ambitious signs until there is a leader contest. It is why Hessltine did not become leader. He was perceived as disloyal to Maggie and that was the kiss of death. Boris knows his history too well. Boris doesn't like losing. He won't make a move until he knows he has a good chance of winning.