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.

General Election 2015: Nigel Farage to get same BBC airtime as David Cameron
The BBC says: 'UK-wide programmes must ensure that UKIP is given appropriate levels of coverage in output to which the largest parties contribute and, on some occasions, similar levels of coverage.'

Greens will have less coverage.

We may see an empty podium, as Cameron melts away.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11347992/General-Election-2015-Nigel-Farage-to-get-same-BBC-airtime-as-David-Cameron.html

General Election 2015: Nigel Farage to get same BBC airtime as David Cameron
The BBC says: 'UK-wide programmes must ensure that UKIP is given appropriate levels of coverage in output to which the largest parties contribute and, on some occasions, similar levels of coverage.'

Greens will have less coverage.

We may see an empty podium, as Cameron melts away.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11347992/General-Election-2015-Nigel-Farage-to-get-same-BBC-airtime-as-David-Cameron.html

Scotland seems to have had a lucky escape with oil.

Why not put a spitting image dummy in Camorons place.

Well this what we have in as a government now:

Gf's brain is so addled he wouldn't know the difference.

By Bruno Waterfield, Brussels, and agencies
6:25PM GMT 15 Jan 2015
Three people killed in anti-terror raid in Verviers, Belgian federal prosecutor says, after local residents report hearing gunfire and explosions

Three people have been killed during a terrorism-related police operation against suspected jihadists in Belgium, a federal prosecutor said.

Local residents in Verviers, in the east of the country, heard a fusillade of machine gun shots and explosions.

Reports indicate that the gunfight followed a foiled jihadist attack on a local police station.

“A second Paris has been avoided,” a ministry of justice source told Nieuwsblad newspaper.

A local resident said: "I heard two explosions and saw two young men run away. They were between 25 and 30 years of Arab origin."

Another local resident told RTBF television: "I heard a sort of explosion, followed by several gunshots. For the moment, I cannot tell you any more because I don't dare go out to see what is happening."

A third resident said "machineguns were firing for about 10 minutes."

A number of people have been arrested. The operation is now believed to be over.

What as Fester McVey staged a coup and kicked fat Dave out.

When is the CHICKEN coming home?


Nigel wants to tar and feather him!

Fears of a 'disenfranchised generation' after almost a million people disappear from electoral roll




Crackdown on voter fraud could cause a massive reduction in turnout



Andrew Grice Author Biography , Hannah Fearn

Thursday 15 January 2015



Hundreds of thousands of young people could miss the chance to vote in May’s general election following a change in the way people register, prompting fears of a “disenfranchised generation”.



New figures reveal that almost one million people have gone missing from the electoral roll in the past year. Today Ed Miliband will describe it as a “scandal” and accuse the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats of denying young people a voice.

To combat fraud, the Government is switching from household registration to a system where people can no longer register others in their household and must add themselves individually to the roll.

This means that universities and colleges no longer register students living in halls of residence. Statistics compiled by Labour show a big fall in registered voters in university towns and cities including Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton, Leicester, Nottingham, Brighton, Durham and Hull. In London, the drop is almost 100,000.



More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/fears-of-a-disenfranchised-generation-after-almost-a-million-people-disappear-from-electoral-roll-9981453.html

What do you expect from this bunch of NASTY party creepers.

The French used to have a show called :"the bebete show",,,,,all the main characters/politicians were muppets of a sort so you had Kermitterand and Scooter Chirac and Barsy......a scream at times....

They are only doing what the previous lot did.

In any case, Nick don't care cos they wont vote for him this time around.

Conservatives and Labour tied

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 15th January -

Con 32%, Lab 32%, LD 6%, UKIP 16%, GRN 8%

Voters prefer spending on services to cutting borrowing15/01/2015

British people tend to say the next government should spend more on public services – even if it has to borrow more or tax more

We now have a clear definition of the ballot-box question – the choice the voters feel they are making when their little pencil hovers over the paper: do we want deeper cuts to reduce the deficit, or do we prefer to spend more on public services? In YouGov polling for the Times Red Box, we put it to the voters: "If you had to choose, which of the following directions would you like the next government to take Britain in?" and we gave them three choices.

24% opted for "doing more to reduce the amount the government borrows and the debt it builds up, even if it means public services do less or have to do things with less money"
32% preferred "Giving public services more money and more investment to try and improve services, even if it means the government has to borrow more and builds up more debt"
29% want to leave borrowing and spending as now



With another sample, the question substituted lower taxes for reducing the deficit. This actually increased the preference for more spending, with only 14% going for "trying to keep down or reduce the amount of tax that people pay, even if it means public services do less or have to do things with less money", while 42% preferred "giving public services more money and more investment to try and improve services, even if it means many people have to pay more in tax" (and 32% who wanted things to stay as now).

If Labour can persuade people that they will protect public services from the deepest cuts while still showing a modicum of concern about debt, they are in with a strong fighting chance of edging the Tories.

I see membership of the Green Party has exceeded that of both UKIP and Lib Dems.
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Id say the above gives Labour a clear advantage over the Tories. Lets just hope they take note.