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.

The document again.........

any comment on what sticky?
there are so many pages of political polemic on this site that i certainly never bother to read it all

ask me a sensible question, and i'll endeavour to answer sensibly

Haystack Send an email to Haystack View Haystack's profile - 10 Dec 2014 15:58 - 52652 of 52653

It is just the obsessed activists who are on twitter......................ends

Yes Hays for once you are right thats why David Cameron, George Osbourne, IDS, Gauwke, Duncan Hague, Philip Harman have Twitter accounts.

Well pointed out Hays. Top Marks.

Cynic you mean you are selective in what you read but at the same time DEMAND replys from others on YOUR selected items posted here.

no, but it is quite rare that i read more than perhaps 5/10 posts a day on this thread as i know from experience that most posted here is more and more and more and more of the same old political tripe and polemic, with which i really cannot be bothered

Gf - How are the polls today? If you believed half of the left wing tripe on here, shouldn't Labour be romping away. The clock is ticking. TICK TOCK!

A man of experience, but he doesn't read all the information.

He must have superior powers, or is just suffer from self delusions.

But, also, he seems to have some form of compulsion, to read the thread and then object to what he has only partially read.

A bit like Cameron and IDS.

Forgot many of the tories have the same problem!

Must be in their jeans.

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Of course there is a growing demand for food banks, if you give anything away for free there is going to be a growing demand.

DB - what you say is, i fear, only partially true
there is strong evidence that there are now considerably more on uk-poverty line than there in say 2008 or even 2010
however, it is a very simplistic and even stupid accusation to place this at the door of this gov't or even at that of the last

imo, much stems from the insane fixation that goes back decades that all children should be encouraged to go to uni, even if any degree achieved at other than the top 20 (say) is pretty much useless and worthless in the real world

there was a very interesting interview on the radio (wireless!) a couple of days back with the head of Mascalls School in Maidstone
this is a comprehensive situated in a far from affluent area

it's worth reading the stuff on their site, as that school has exactly the sort of ethos and work programmes to which many should aspire

Casey Carson .....Chris dont forget because of the way the political system is set up here first past the post and boundaries you always have to add 1.7 points on to Labours poll figure, so today even though it shows neck and neck with the Tories labour are in fact in front.

Cynic of course poverty as gone up with this government, and it all points to one thing, an economic policy of austerity.

It doesnt need to be that way.

The Torys are only going down the austerity route because they dont have the people in the cabinet who could carry it out any other way.

Labour certainly have.........and will prove it when elected in 2015.

There are considerably more on the poverty line nowadays partly because it is too easy to run up credit card debts. Live now, pay later.

52663 is a exactly the sort of one-sided and simplistic tripe that floods this thread

52664 - it is terrifying how many adverts one sees that promote the idea of pay nothing now or 0% interest and pay over 5 years or whatever
nevertheless, by no means is it a primary cause of the increase in uk-poverty that we are now seeing, though it scarcely helps

Cyners, Economics is simple. Thankyou for the compliment.

It is easy to come up with economic theories. The trick is to find one that works. Labour's economic policies have never worked.

Labour will not be elected in 2015. The Conservatives will win the most seats again. Labour were strong favourites going into the last GE and Brown blew it. Miliband is already blowing it - he can't stand the heat and the temperature hasn't even been turned up yet.

no need to abuse you sticky as you're obviously very good at doing it yourself :-)

Where did this come from?