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.

Brilliant!!

Post Of The Year:-

"Personally I don't consider myself particularly left wing"

Priceless!!! LOL!!!

fred - i have low expectations .....
i have reasonable expectations that i'll die later rather than sooner
i have strong expectations that i'll pay rather too much tax, for it could easily be less if i took a few more fairly simple avoidance measures
i have strong expectations that any gov't will be pretty incompetent
i have strong expectations that that HMRC will be downright aggressive in chasing for money, and exceptionally shy when it comes to repaying

other than that, i don't expect much that i do not provide for myself

i have strong expectations that you will still vote for the "Con" Party.

Manuel.

Open your eyes and look around you!

If you need a MRI scan, ask how much the machine costs.

He needs more then a scan Fred... more like a canning -):

thank you for the kind suggestion fred, but i don't happen to agree with your utopian views, and indeed why on earth should i

Whatever makes you feel safer!

8-)

Is that Dodgy Dave with Slush Fund George.

Fred

Stop attacking the Tories by posting these ridiculously foul cartoons on a daily basis and then we will believe you are not a 'raving lefty'.

Rise of SNP may cost Ed Miliband the election, poll suggests
A poll finds that the SNP is poised to take 21 seats from Labour as almost half of Scottish people vote for the party

Ed Miliband may lose the General Election because of the rise of the SNP
By Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor, Telegraph, 9:24AM GMT, 19 Feb 2015

Ed Miliband will fail to lead his party to an outright majority at the next election because of the rise of the SNP, a poll has found.

A Daily Record/ Survation poll found that the SNP is set to win 47 seats in Scotland and Labour just 10 as almost half of Scots vote for Nicola Sturgeon's party.

Damian Lyons Lowe, chief executive of Survation, said that the results "could cost Ed Miliband the chance of a small workable majority in May". He said that the results would leave Labour 31 seats short of the 321 seats it needs to win a majority in Westminster, and that even a Coalition with the Liberal Democrats would not be enought to put Ed Miliband in office.

The poll suggests that Labour would have to form a Coalition with the SNP if it wants to go into government, which may ultimately prove to be "unworkable".

It says that if the SNP succeed in taking 21 seats from Labour another Conservative/ Liberal Democrat Coalition is the likely result.

Mr Lyons Lowe said: "A potentially fractious and unstable combination of a Labour/SNP coalition would see the parties over the line - at 326 seats - however this may prove an unworkable alliance for Labour.

"And if the Conservative Party’s support level in England and Wales enjoyed a small bounce from current levels the electoral maths could actually mean that the SNP’s success made a Conservative/Lib Dem government more likely.

"Under that scenario, a Con/Lib Dem combination would be very close to a workable majority in a combination that would be seen as having 'legitimacy' as the Conservative Party would have the most votes - something Nick Clegg has suggested would be a key factor in his choice of coalition partner."

ExecLine- 19 Feb 2015 09:56 - 56765 of 56765

Fred

Stop attacking the Tories by posting these ridiculously foul cartoons on a daily basis.

Hear Hear, unfortunately for F red the tide is turning to the Tories, unemployment, inflation, wages etc and he doesn't like it. The way the economy is going who's to say the Tories don't get back in with a majority.
2517

it's a shame that the telegraph is so unashamedly pro tory, as of course are the mail and express ..... thus, their editorial etc is bound to be badly skewed
one could say similar, though perhaps not quite so vehemently, about the guardian and indie on the other side

i get the guardian on-line every day, but i don't immediately see any election stuff there

anyway, please God we get a decent turnout to prevent the activists and loonies highjacking the result
if there is a decent turnout, then it will be public (personal) sentiment and perception of its wellbeing at the time and in the immediate future that will decide the result, as is always the case

it is undoubtedly true that employment numbers have improved greatly - except sadly among the younger generation - and even wages are now beginning to creep up ...... inflation is close to zero, with food and especially petrol prices being significantly lower than a year ago .... those two items weigh heavily on sentiment

on the other hand, nincompoop and dishonest politicians of all colours does nothing for the image of parliament as a whole

a hung parliament remains the racing certainty

the following is from the guardian ..... it's part of a much longer article but i have no idea how to link it .....

How Tories could remain the largest party (part two): vote green, get blue
A strong performance by the Greens in May would be disproportionately detrimental to Labour’s electoral chances. Even on just 5% of the vote, the Green party could make a difference in several closely contested seats.
How Tories could remain the largest party (part one): Ukip support drops

Alberto Nardelli
Wednesday 18 February 2015 11.00 GMT
Last modified on Thursday 19 February 2015 00.41 GMT

Two years ago, the Labour party was polling on 43% and held a double-digit lead over the Conservatives. More than one in three Liberal Democrats had switched to Labour. On just under 2%, the Green party was not on anyone’s mind.

Ed Miliband’s party has since dropped 10 points in the polls while support for the Green party has increased more than threefold to 7%. The share of 2010 Lib Dem voters supporting the Green party has risen to 16% and 3.5% of those who remember voting Labour at the last election now say they will vote Green.

A 7% share might not sound like much, but it could spell terrible news for Labour – and could be David Cameron’s best hope of remaining the tenant of 10 Downing Street after the 7 May poll.

"Fred

Stop attacking the Tories by posting these ridiculously foul cartoons on a daily basis and then we will believe you are not a 'raving lefty'."

Exec and 2517.

You are entitled to believe what you wish.

I don't believe that Dodgy Dave and cronies will be in No 10 after the next GE and expect the more fascist wing of the Con party to split off from the remaining more moderate tory remnants.
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Again, as it appears at the moment I see the major party after the GE to be the Labour party. unless they make a "balls up" of something major, especially as the NHS is being mismanaged and falling apart and its failing become more evident over the next 2 months.

I would expect at the moment for there to be another coalition/alliance government of Labour/SNP/Lib Dems and depending on the books possibly a few of the minor parties other than UKIP and Tories.

Also, I would like to see a comparison of hours work, productivity compared to 2007, rather than the phoney figures being boasted about by a bing Crosby propaganda unit.

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But quoting a paper whose editorial staff appears to be bought out or pressurised by right winged owners and advertisers, who wish to suppress or distort information over "slush" funds, HBSA and tax "avoidance", is of questionable value.

The tory party seems more dependent on "slush" funds and its "donors" of the likes of
"Stringfellows" to support them.

What a descent for a once respectable party!

fred - you might want to read the whole of the guardian article to gain a more balanced view

It's long (two parts)



1. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2015/feb/12/how-tories-could-remain-the-largest-party-part-one-ukip-support-drops


2. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/datablog/2015/feb/12/how-tories-could-remain-the-largest-party-part-one-ukip-support-drops

Some of you right wing moaners and others might like to educate yourselves on just "one" of this Governments failures over the last 5 years, I.E. not to outlaw Modern Slave Labour in this Country.

"Face the Facts asks why the new legislation has failed to address the dismal lives of these hidden but perfectly legal slaves who've been tricked and trapped into a life of exploitation."

Listen on R4 at 12.15 now.

Is this new Stan, ie, only in the last 5 years?


"perfectly legal slaves"

I thought I wrote it!

8-)

What is clear is that a relatively small drop in Ukip support alone would boost the Tories chances of emerging as the largest party on 7 May. But David Cameron is also probably wrong when he says (or allows a friendly columnist to say) that a five-point drop in Ukip support would give him an overall majority.

Above all, in the most closely fought general election in a generation, even a handful of seats that swing one way instead of the other could determine who forms the next government.


As I have speculated for months!

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At this moment my guess remains about election result remains the same!

Listen Max.