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.

Manuel,

I can name quite a few MPs who on a dark night a lot of drivers would like to see in the headlights.

Please don't warn them.

Just get Haze to guide the MPs.

http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/11/15/exposed-the-169-mps-who-voted-yes-to-the-bedroom-tax-after-claiming-up-to-25k-in-accommodation-expenses/

Thanks Max.

Worth a lot.

I have cut and pasted some of the 169

Some of the MPs listed.

Will list the rest of them if Haze asks me to do so nicely.

What bunch !

NAMED: The 177 MPs who voted YES to the Bedroom Tax after claiming up to £25K EACH in accommodation expenses.

November 15, 2013Jack Monroe (MsJackMonroe)
BY JACK MONROE.

177 of the MPs that voted YES to the Bedroom Tax on Tuesday evening, claimed up to £25k EACH in their own “spare bedroom” expenses.

One of the highest claims, Nigel Adams whopping £25k in 2012-13, could pay the Bedroom Tax for up to 30 families in his constituency for a whole year.

Richard Bacon’s constituency is a three hour commute from the House of Commons, yet his accommodation expenses bill averages £450 a week.

Stephen Barclay’s constituency in Cambridgeshire is less than two hours away – and he has the fifth highest claim on the list at over £24,000 last year.

THE WORST OFFENDERS:

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Nigel Adams (CON, Selby and Ainsty). Claimed £25,309 in accommodation expenses. Voted YES to the Bedroom Tax.

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Richard Bacon (CON, South Norfolk). Claimed £25,094 in accommodation expenses. Voted FOR the bedroom tax.

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Karen Bradley (CON, Staffordshire Moorlands). Claimed £24,849 in accommodation expenses. Voted FOR the bedroom tax.

Jenny Willott (LIB DEM, Cardiff Central). Claimed £24,446 in accommodation expenses. Voted FOR the bedroom tax.

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Stephen Barclay (CON, North East Cambridgeshire). Claimed £24,226 in accommodation expenses. Voted FOR the bedroom tax.

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John Hayes (CON, South Holland and The Deepings). Claimed £23,757 in accommodation expenses. Voted FOR the bedroom tax.

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David Morris (CON, Morecambe and Lunesdale). Claimed £23,702 in accommodation expenses. Voted FOR the bedroom tax.

There is not really a connection between expenses and the under-occupancy penalty. The name 'bedroom tax' is incorrect as it is not a tax. It is a reduction in a benefit. The system was introduced by the Labour party in 2008 for private tennants. The coalition has just extended the system to council tennants. It is somewhat hypocritical of Labour now to complain about it as the rules have not changed.

Absolute rubbish, Labour would never extend the system to council tenants.

And labour had exceptional conditions which the Tories have lifted.

Deception again at its worst.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2846174/Miliband-clique-millionaire-allies-Berlin-Wall-Labour-ordinary-working-class-voters.html

Ed Miliband’s clique of millionaire advisors are acting like a ‘Berlin Wall’ stopping Labour connecting with ordinary voters, backbench MPs have warned.

The Labour leader is facing mounting criticism over his sacking of shadow minister Emily Thornberry over her ‘snobby’ tweet of a family home draped in England flags last week.

Former welfare minister Frank Field said the incident was ‘the most serious thing that has happened’ to Labour - ‘because it gives vent to what everybody’s guts are telling them about us’.

Labour shadow cabinet minister Rachel Reeves added that the gaffe had harmed Labour's chances of winning the next election.

Conservative Rochester By-Election Campaign Was 'B*****ks', Says Tory MP
The Huffington Post UK | By Asa Bennett & Ned Simons21/11/2014

Speaking to The Huffington Post UK in the aftermath of the Tory defeat, Brian Binley, MP for Northampton South, issued a blistering attack on his party's tactics. "If you want the term I would use to talk straight, I would say that is a load of bollocks to try and play the 'elitist' card," he said.

Asked about warnings made by a fellow Tory MP that voting for Ukip would see house prices fall in the constituency, Binley said: "I've already used the word bollocks. These are weasel words."

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/11/21/brian-binley-tory-rochester-camapign_n_6197536.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Dave is going to have to make a deal with de divil, or he's on his way out.


What is his greatest desire .. being PM again, or appeasing his masters?

LOL Camoron MUST GO trending on twitter now, in fact in nos 1 position.

To help fuel their propaganda machine against the poor, our government has now decided to redefine the word 'welfare'
In new leaflets which have cost the Government £5m to send out, they seem to be playing with the facts to score cheap political points

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/to-help-fuel-their-propaganda-machine-against-the-poor-our-government-has-now-decided-to-redefine-the-word-welfare-9873127.html

Who are these pillocks, honestly. (Having said that which company manufactures these and have they floated on the Stock Exchange? :0)

Price of oven gloves and marigolds to rise because of 'bonkers' EU
The price of marigolds and oven gloves could go up by 20 per cent because of European Union regulations designed to stop people being injured while cooking and cleaning

By Peter Dominiczak, Political Editor7:08PM GMT 23 Nov 2014 CommentsComment
The price of oven gloves and marigolds is set to soar because of a European Union health and safety “power grab” which it claims will stop people being injured in the kitchen.
Brussels will vote next week on proposals to demand that all washing-up gloves sold across the EU are tested and then certified to prove they can withstand “basic detergents”.
Oven gloves will go through rigorous testing to ensure that they can withstand heat of up to 200 degrees.

It is believed that the new regulations could force the price of the products up by as much as 20 per cent.
The household products will in future meet the same standards as those used in professional kitchens.

Matthew Hancock, the Conservative business minister, is expected to fail in his bid to block the proposals because of opposition from Germany and the Netherlands.
He described the proposals as “completely bonkers” and “over-zealous” and said that he would continue to fight over-regulation from the EU.
“This EU power grab for our kitchen sinks is completely bonkers,” Mr Hancock said. It would place a huge weight on businesses who are trying to serve their customers.
“These over-zealous proposals underscore the need for EU reform and why we must fight Brussels over-regulation to get the best deal for Britain. Only the Conservatives can deliver the reform we need in Europe .”
A spokesman for the European Commission said: “Of course every jurisdiction anywhere in the developed world has product safety and quality standards covering pretty much all products to avoid people being injured.
“Sub-standard oven gloves could for example obviously lead to severe burns – and people conned out of money for products that don't work.”
The spokesman said that any changes to EU rules are “always subject to extensive consultation with industry and impact assessment”.
It came after the EU earlier this year banned the sale of powerful vacuum cleaners to tackle climate change.
The new law banning vacuum cleaners rated above 1,600 watts came into effect on September 1.


Why don't they all just f..k off?
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SausageAway • 8 minutes ago
Shouldn't this be in the "Women's Interests" section of the paper?
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Foeu • 8 minutes ago
EU, Completely Bonkers. What's new? Vote UKIP
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smooth-hound • 9 minutes ago
Beyond parody. Out! Out! Out!
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sosraboc • 15 minutes ago
I would have thought that it's hard to be a complete tosser whilst wearing oven gloves, but it would appear that the EU has achieved the feat.
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DaHitman sosraboc • 8 minutes ago
Oh the EU is full of them
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In 2014 over 900,000 are using food banks...
On the 6th richest country on earth.

Nick Robinson ‏@KipperNick 3h hours ago

Don't be ridiculous and suggest that we at the BBC should report #CameronMustGo. We only report real news. Like white vans.

Emily Thornberry tweet row hurt Labour's chances of winning next election, Rachel Reeves admits
Shadow work and pensions secretary says Ed Miliband's hopes of entering Number 10 were set back by tweet in first admittance by top of party that row will cost votes

By Ben Riley-Smith, Political Correspondent7:03PM GMT 23 Nov 2014
The Emily Thornberry scandal has reduced Labour's chances of winning the next election, the shadow work and pensions secretary has admitted.
Rachel Reeves, one of the Ed Miliband's closest allies, said Ms Thonberry's tweet showing a house covered in England flags and the subsequent fallout after her sacking had set back his hopes of entering Number 10.
It is the first admission from a senior Labour frontbencher that the row will cost the party votes in the run-up to the general election in May.
It came as a procession of Labour MPs linked the inopportune tweet to fundamental problems in party and openly attacked Mr Miliband's judgment over the incident.
Frank Field, former health minister under Tony Blair, said Mr Miliband and his North London colleagues were acting like a "Berlin Wall" stopping MPs connecting with working class voters.

Diane Abbott, a former shadow health minister under Mr Miliband, said he made a "mistake" in sacking Ms Thornberry as shadow Attorney General and inadvertently turned the row into a "bigger story" than necessary.
And David Lammy, the Labour MP who grew up on Tottenham’s infamous Broadwater Farm, said the whole episode revealed how the party has become "culturally adrift" from its "traditional working class base".
The string of helpful comments for the Labour leadership suggests the social media slip-up could reflect a more serious problems for a party which reportedly is relying on motivating its traditional support base to win the election next May – the so-called "35-per-cent strategy".
Despite the Conservatives losing the Rochester and Strood by-election to Ukip last week it is Mr Miliband that has endured the worst of the fallout thanks to Ms Thornberry's "sneery" tweet of a house covered in St George's flags with a white van in the drive.
Ms Reeves said it was "right" Ms Thornberry had gone, calling the tweet "condescending and disrespectful” towards working people and against Labour's "ethos and values".
"I was angry when I saw it, because I am working hard, as are other Labour MPs and activists around the country, trying to get a Labour government back in six months time and she set that process back. So he [Mr Miliband] was angry, Labour activists and MPs were angry and I think it is right that she has gone," Ms Reeves said.
Speaking on Sky News' Murnaghan, Ms Abbott defended Ms Thornberry over the incident and criticised the Labour leader's heavy-handed reaction.
"I think he [Ed Miliband] made a mistake sacking her because I think apart from anything else it implied she had said something about the man's house, which she hadn't. But more important, I think it made it a bigger story than it would otherwise have been," Ms Abbott said.
Mr Field said Ms Thornberry's "old-fashioned snobbery" was indicative of the detachment at the top of the current Labour Party.
It's the north London set we've got to control. They are a Berlin Wall trying to prevent us reaching out to our voters," he told the Sunday Times.
"Ed's trying to move us on immigration and welfare and with one blast of a tweet she wrecks that and puts us back to square one."
In a separate fightback on welfare Ms Reeves revealed new House of Commons analysis uncovering £760 million of additional Government spending between 2010-2015.
In Budgets and Autumn Statements between 2010 and 2013 Tory ministers promised to make £2.5 billion savings on benefit fraud, error and administration, but fell £760 million short. "A Labour government will end Tory welfare waste," Ms Reeves said.