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.

Dan Hodges is I think the son of Glenda Jackson. She is the MP of Hampstead. It looks like labour will lose Hampstead this time due to the mansion tax. It is the most marginal constituency with a Labour win by 42 votes and has some of the most expensive properties in the UK.

Thats true Hays I think she as just over one hundred votes majority but Labour are prepared to sacrifice a couple of seats in order for the greater good of the Mansion Tax and the funding of the NHS.

As for her relative Hodges hes always been a closet Tory and though he reckoned he had quit the labour party over the Syria vote it is no secret that the labour Whips had set about him and forced his hand despite his denials.

I got all the juicy gossip from my pal Rachel Reeves MP and shadow Minister in Leeds.

Hodges was truly disliked by the majority and is now trying to seek revenge through the Tory press but nobody takes him serious in the labour party.

So if you have taken that piece from Doodlebug at first hand id say dismiss it, it isnt worth the paper its written on.

I see Labour is ignoring its principles once again. Nick Bent has been chosen as Labour Parliamentary Candidate in Warrington South for the May 2015 General Election.

He is public school educated followed by Magdalen College Oxford. The voters of Warrington should appreciate Labour's efforts to find a man of the people to represent them.

David Cameron to unveil EU immigration crackdown following Ukip victory

The Prime Minister is poised to make a series of manifesto pledges designed to address the concerns of disaffected voters in the wake of Ukip's by-election victory






By Peter Dominiczak, Matthew Holehouse and Christopher Hope

10:00PM BST 10 Oct 2014



David Cameron will unveil tough plans to restrict immigration from the European Union within weeks to stop another Ukip MP being elected following Thursday night’s by-election.


Douglas Carswell, a former Conservative, yesterday became the first MP elected to Parliament for Nigel Farage’s UK Independence Party following a huge swing in support.


Conservatives warned that the decision by traditional Tory supporters to vote for Ukip would allow Ed Miliband to become Prime Minister if repeated in the general election in 209 days.


Labour narrowly won a second by-election by just 617 votes and Mr Miliband is also now facing a major challenge from UKIP in its traditional northern heartlands.


Mr Farage last night said that the two results show that “the whole of British politics has been shaken up in a way that the complacent Westminster class could never even have contemplated”.


He predicted that more MPs will now defect to Ukip in the coming months.

The Prime Minister is now poised to make a series of manifesto pledges designed to address the concerns of disaffected voters in the wake an overwhelming by-election victory



More promises here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11155570/David-Cameron-to-unveil-EU-immigration-crackdown-following-Ukip-victory.html

I think Hays is projecting his own tory reasoning, behaviour and traits onto others.

Can I see Haze in the pit!

Sorry that is next week when it is explained to him.

And ======the rest of you.

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If Haystack is an example of Tory reasoning, behaviour and traits then I find that much preferable to some of the Labour behaviour and traits as witnessed on this thread! At least you seem to understand the word "reasoning" Fred.:-)

What makes you so sure this so-called MansionTax would be spent on the NHS? Are you sure at least some of it wouldn't be spent on foreign aid, or dishing out more benefits to people who don't deserve them - ie those who think it OK to have limitless numbers of children with different partners and those who come to live in this country without any job prospects, money or a place to live?

Here is the story of the week

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/11154107/Dwarf-stripper-gets-bride-pregnant-on-her-hen-night.html

That's a cock and bull story!

“Go F**k Youself” Gordon Petition Reaches 10,000 Signatures

Scottish nationalists have reacted with characteristic charm and good grace to their referendum defeat. The following petition now has more than 10,000 signatures:



According to the petitioner, “because Scotland is sick of listening to your wobble-faced lies, you useless absentee ex-politician sh*tebag”.

Dave's fighting again.....



David Cameron to unveil EU immigration crackdown following Ukip victory

The Prime Minister is poised to make a series of manifesto pledges designed to address the concerns of disaffected voters in the wake of Ukip's by-election victory






By Peter Dominiczak, Matthew Holehouse and Christopher Hope

10:00PM BST 10 Oct 2014





David Cameron will unveil tough plans to restrict immigration from the European Union within weeks to stop another Ukip MP being elected following Thursday night’s by-election.


Douglas Carswell, a former Conservative, yesterday became the first MP elected to Parliament for Nigel Farage’s UK Independence Party following a huge swing in support.


Conservatives warned that the decision by traditional Tory supporters to vote for Ukip would allow Ed Miliband to become Prime Minister if repeated in the general election in 209 days.


Labour narrowly won a second by-election by just 617 votes and Mr Miliband is also now facing a major challenge from UKIP in its traditional northern heartlands.


Mr Farage last night said that the two results show that “the whole of British politics has been shaken up in a way that the complacent Westminster class could never even have contemplated”.



More fighting talk here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11155570/David-Cameron-to-unveil-EU-immigration-crackdown-following-Ukip-victory.html

Hazes,

Post 47299

" decision to catch and dispatch Brooks Newmark MP – former minister for civil society, dressed in paisley pyjamas and waggling his genitalia at a mythical Tory PR blonde called Sophie – is its apparent heedlessness"


You can see what tory ministers expect from the party PR women.

Interesting reflection of the con party!

DB4.

"What makes you so sure this so-called MansionTax would be spent on the NHS? Are you sure at least some of it wouldn't be spent on foreign aid, or dishing out more benefits to people who don't deserve them - ie those who think it OK to have limitless numbers of children with different partners and those who come to live in this country without any job prospects, money or a place to live?"


I think attaching a specific item of tax to a specific item of government expenditure is "problematic", but I would assume that the connection you refer to is symbolic and has underlying cogitations of the way taxes are raised and distributed.

I would prefer to think of taxation going into one mutual pot and society as a whole drawing from it for the benefit as a whole. (What the divisions should be, let politics decide guided by society itself.

I think foreign aid given by one country to another, or especially "poorer groups in another country" is valuable. (Similar, to educating the “poor” in this country aiming at the long-term benefits it confers on the society.) (General, or academic education.)

One hopes that the aid helps to benefit the development of the society, educating, improving their hygiene and medical care, and socialising into more tolerant caring societies.)

The benefit is, that even though the "aid" is sometimes given patronisingly the receivers will think more generously towards the givers. That is in the way of future trade and "political" support.

Is some of the aid misdirected, probably is is criminally syphoned off by the "criminal” upper political, or governmental echelons in some countries?

Probably, yes.

Often, paid directly into their own pockets and sometimes into the "companies" owned by their friends. (Similar to what is happening to lesser degrees in this country.)

If "corruption" is happening, if possible then it should be negated. But an important feature of us providing aid to other countries is that is protective to the UK.

Another factor of Aid is its use to treat and contain disease within a country of “origin” preventing its spread to the rest of the world. That needs money which some countries can’t or don’t make available themselves.

Hopefully, like small pox, polio and malaria can be, or eventually will be eradicated.

Similar applies to Ebola, Zars etc..

It makes us “safer”!

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As far as breeding like rats, is concerned, Education, contraceptive information and “free” access to “contraceptives” and family planning is part of the resolution, but one of the best contraceptives was raising the economics circumstances and opportunities of a population. (They respond to the economic possibilities, families in general get smaller.)¬¬¬


Money to immigrants.

Depends on reasons for being in the UK.

Whether we have a ongoing responsibility to them through history etc. (Poles, Afghans used as interpreters, etc.)

The actual true cost, or effect on the UK economy.

Also, if an immigrant is found to open TB, I would prefer the cost of treatment than allowing him/her to sleep on the streets.

I don’t fancy walking around the streets stepping over bodies, because it is thought cheaper, or “that will larn them” attitude.


Should there be reform of immigration policies yes, but I think the problems are being blown up by the political attitudes galvanised by BNP’s, the party of Kippers and the anal Right wing of the Con party in an attempt to gain political advantage.

Should all immigrants/visitors to the UK be expected to justify their reasons for admission to the country?

Maybe. But justify the expense of administration against real gains.



I hope that answers your question. If you don’t think so and need further resolutions to them, ask Manuel. He has asked enough questions in the past, and has possibly read, or listened to, the answers and maybe able to help.

Ps.

Why did I write the above?

It helped to clarify my thoughts for myself.

Not Manuels! That would be impossible!

8-)

MIDDLETON & HEYWOOD MEANS NOTHING LIKE THE MEDIA/UKIP ARE SAYING
10/10/2014 · by skwalker1964

BBC News, Radio 4 and others have been giving plenty of airtime and oxygen – as they did for years without justification in featuring Farage on every possible occasion – to the UKIP ‘near-triumph’ of UKIP in the Middleton and Heywood by-election. The claim, in pseudo-rational analysis by pundits and near-histrionic terms by UKIP spokespeople, has been that the result is a scare for Labour and a clear demonstration of UKIP’s supposed threat to Labour in its heartlands.

Nonsense – as a quick comparison of yesterday’s results and the 2010 General Election results will show.

Here are the results side by side:



The first thing to note is that Labour’s vote is down by 37% – exactly the same as the percentage drop in turnout (36/57.5 = 63%). As is well known, in what is perceived as a solid seat for any party, voters for that party usually turn out in lower numbers in a by-election because of the assumption that others will vote in sufficient numbers to secure the win).

It is almost unquestionable that this would have happened in Middleton and Heywood, where a by-election resulting from the death of a popular Labour MP would have been expected by the local populace to bring a straightforward Labour win. In fact, it’s extremely likely that the fall in Labour turnout was higher than the average, which would make Labour’s result an effective increase on 2010.

The UKIP vote rose by 9,800 – with a massive effort from them to create an upset. It’s certain that every would-be UKIP voter would turn out to vote, either in protest or in the hope of creating that upset or at least putting on a ‘good’ show.

But now look at the Tory result. The Tories were terrified of getting a worse result than UKIP in this election and will have mobilised every possible effort. Yet the drop in their vote was massive – and almost identical to the increase in the UKIP vote.

Not only that, but the BNP did not stand a candidate – unlike in 2010. Since, as we saw in Rotherham, in a strong Labour area the UKIP vote basically cannibalises the BNP vote, it is very safe to assume that the same happened in M&H yesterday.

UKIP’s vote rose by 9.800. The Tory vote fell by over 9,000 and the BNP vote disappeared.

Without the former-BNP vote, UKIP would not have been able even to match the fall in the Tory vote – in spite of what must have been a high turnout of their voters and a massive effort to create a splash.

This was nothing like the result that UKIP and the media are trying to paint it as. So what was it – what are the real lessons?

First and foremost, that – as always, and in spite of claims to the contrary by Farage and his cronies – all UKIP were able to do in a ‘Labour heartland’ was cannibalise the votes of disaffected Tories and, even more shamefully, of the disgraceful BNP.

Secondly, while this was very nearly a disaster for the Labour party, it’s extremely unlikely to set or demonstrate a trend. Labour voters stayed at home in the Middleton and Heywood by-election – but one close call is enough to ensure that this mistake will not be repeated in other seats at the next election.

Sadly, this isn’t a view you’ll hear/read mentioned in the media. So spread the word.

goldfinger

What do you think about the artical in the Oct SB Maq on page 92, about stop's for beginners. I liked the Alpesh Patel advice.

Good post Fred, thank you for your thoughts. I agree with some of the points you make.

I think this country contributes more money per head of population in foreign aid than any other G8 country. Some African countries are still very sceptical about Western medical practices so sending medical aid is a waste of time and money. If our NHS wasn't in such a mess then perhaps I wouldn't object so much.

Yes, I do think all visitors/immigrants should be asked to justify their reasons for coming to the UK. Australia & and America have very strict controls in place. I think the administration costs would be miniscule in comparison to the option of leaving the floodgates open.

I must say that I like the US green card system. We could do with something similar. It is not the actual immigration that is the problem. We know that most of the EU immigrants do work and contribute to tax.

Immigration to the UK, whether is from EU or not, causes other consequential problems. It causes an overloading of our services and infrastructure such as no school places in some boroughs, very long waiting lists at doctors and hospitals, shortages of housing, increased demand for benefits. It has also been responsible for major changes in our demographics which erode our traditional culture and in some cases our laws.

Schools are frightened to carry on UK traditions. Christmas is hardly celebrated in state schools so as to avoid upsetting children from specific ethnic groups. Councils are obsessed with political correctness to the extent that they have looked the other way when children were abused by men from foreign ethnic groups.

It is not the immigrants we should fear and worry about. It is the unwelcome changes and damage that is done to our society.

DB4.

Yet again and just as superficial my reply.

The problems of the NHS are minuscule compare with what the World Health Authority is contending with. The UK is nor insulated from the spread of disease and the effects due to the speed and amount of travel and also the economic effects of travel, export and import restrictions. Also, another "problem" is due to the Internet and Media (SOME) issues are hyped.

It is a minority in those "foreign" countries who attend the "witch doctors" rather than the medically trained doctors. A bit like some in the country who buy the latest fad food, vitamin pill, or attend somebody for a seance, or Homeopathy.

The major problem with the NHS is to many senseless re-organisations (especially the last one, the resulting apathy and disconnect of Medical staff, (nurses and doctors) and other areas of the "caring" services. (Including resentment of privatisation of many areas, such as Ambulance service and reliance on various agency staff.)

There has been a disconnect by many in the health service between their own goals and the intended goals of the health service.

How is it repaired.

Slowly.

PS.

Without immigrants working at all levels within the NHS it would collapse.

But you can't import a lorry full of migrants when you need them and dispose of them after use.

Also, remember The English and other nationalities in Europe (World) are crossbreeds or hybrids of one form or another.

When there are problems to resolve then it is in general better address the real cause of problems rather than the symptoms.

Unfortunately, the cause/s and causation are often complex.

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I will now shut up and get drunk.