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.

"I cannnot believe the number from all parties that have to resign.."

I think there a lot more from all parties who should have resigned!

Then there is something fundamentally wrong with British politics....

Yes!

It is a fake democracy!

One for you Fred


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29404152

You know the problem, and you know the solution....




Labour heading for a comfortable majority, says Ashcroft

Tories have lost third of support and are only attracting small numbers of new voters, according to polling by former donor



Rowena Mason, political correspondent


The Guardian, Sunday 28 September 2014 15.51 BST

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/28/labour-comfortable-victory-lord-ashcroft




Lord Ashcroft, pictured at 2012 conference, said all the ‘waffle’ about Europe and new homes would not do the party any good. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images


Labour is heading for a “comfortable majority” at the UK general election as the Conservatives have lost a third of their support and are only attracting a small number of new voters, polling by former Conservative donor Lord Ashcroft has suggested.

His analysis found the Conservatives can afford to lose no more than 22 seats to Labour but are trailing in 24 seats at the moment.

The detailed polling of marginal seats indicated that both Tories and Labour may each take eight seats off the Liberal Democrats, while two Conservative seats could fall to Ukip.

The rest are a battle between the two main parties that Labour is on course to win, it found.

The statistics said just 63% of the people who voted Conservative in 2010 are still planning to vote for the party and half of those have gone to Ukip.

Ashcroft, deputy chairman of the Conservative party from 2005 until 2010, said all the “waffle” from Conservative party central office about Europe and building new homes for first time-buyers would not do any good, arguing that the only way the Tories could win was to throw all their efforts and money into good candidates in marginal seats.

His position was challenged by Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, who said the Conservatives had a “bumpy ride ahead” but he was sure the party would win based on greater confidence in the prime minister, David Cameron, to run the economy.

For Haze,

Interesting Chart and Comment:

Sept 28th

The latest YouGov results for the Sunday Times have the Greens and Liberal Democrats both at 6% in voting intention - while Labour lead at 5 on 36%, the Conservatives on 31%

Forgot for Manuel and Haze.

LATEST UNS PROJECTION

Labour majority 44

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ComRes in the Independent on Sunday have topline figures of CON 29%(-3), LAB 35%(+1), LDEM 7%(-1), UKIP 19%(+1). Changes are from their previous online poll a month ago. Tabs are here.

Opinium for the Observer have toplines of CON 32%(+3), LAB 34%(-3), LDEM 7%(nc), UKIP 17%(-2). Changes are from a fortnight ago.

Finally the weekly YouGov poll for the Sunday Times has toplines of CON 31%, LAB 36%, LDEM 6%, UKIP 15%, GRN 6%. While some other pollsters have already shown the Greens in fourth place, this is the first time that YouGov have shown them catching the Liberal Democrats.

had to cancel cuba . so off to tenerfiffe tomorrow

Just watching sajid javid being screwed by Andrew Neil.

The Cons have chosen another con man!

Who will be the next Tory MP to defect to Ukip?



Picture gallery here:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11127756/Who-will-be-the-next-Tory-MP-to-defect-to-Ukip.html

TANKER - 29 Sep 2014 11:07 - 46516 of 46518

had to cancel cuba . so off to tenerfiffe tomorrow...........................ends


where abouts TANKER...........im going to the holiday home, tomorrow.........

thought it was in rhodes, or is that another part of the empire? :-)

thought it was in rhodes, or is that another part of the empire? :-)

Whereabouts in Tenerife is your HH, GF? I know the place well.

I would guess Tanker stays at the Volcano, sorry, Vulcano. ;-)

Some reckon, that some of Tenerife could fall into the sea one day. They say, that if it ever did, it would swamp the East Coast of the USA with a phenominally massive Tsunami tidal wave.

When you drive up Mt Teide to the present summit, you pass through a massive valley beneath the peak. This used to be the old crater and it is truly massive! Look at it here where you can check it out relative to the size of the rest of the island:



Because you can now see Mt Teide has, what looks like a typical volcano mountain with a flat 'crater-type' top top, you tend to just accept that this is the volcano.

Well it is now. But it wasn't always like that. Here's what happened:



Here's what the 'little' Mt Teide looks like at present:



I still like Tenerife and have been many times. There are only 5 sunny periods per year though. Each one lasts about 7 months. :-)

Labour opens up 11-point lead in marginal seats, as Cameron says election is straight choice between him and Miliband as PM

Labour on 41%, Tories 30%, UKIP 17% and Lib Dems 6% in 40 key seats

But more people want to see Cameron remain as Prime Minister

Tories to pitch election as a two-horse race with Ed Miliband

But pollsters ComRes insist Labour now has a 'convincing lead'

By Matt Chorley, Political Editor for MailOnline

Published: 10:46, 29 September 2014 | Updated: 13:05, 29 September 2014










Full article here:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2773411/Labour-opens-11-point-lead-maringal-seats-Cameron-says-election-straight-choice-Miliband-PM.html

Nice photo, looks as barren as the Cons Conference in Birmingham.

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It can be seen what some "senior" tory party figures expect from their MPs is blind allegiance and also see what is expected by them of conservative female party young worker!


I must admit listening to ShappS and Osborne's "speeches" they remind me of the comment "the longest suicide note in history"!

As said before, when Cameron and Osborne are working for labour, the labour party can sit back quietly and rest and let the con"leaders" get on with their self -destruction.

What a party they have become!

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I wonder what the results of the by-elections will be!

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What was interesting was when the orchestrated clapping occurred was how the attendees looked at one another to see if they were clapping!