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.

Trident is yesterdays weapon, according to Governments the big threat these days is from small time religious based terrorists, planting bombs and such... so whats the good of having a nuclear weapon against that threat?

SNP would change Westminster politics - Sturgeon





ANDREW WHITAKER



published 12:38 Wednesday 29 April 2015


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NICOLA Sturgeon said that the election of a large bloc of SNP MPs next week would lead to a shift in power from the “corridors of Westminster to the communities of Scotland” as she used a speech to supporters to pledge that the nationalists would transform the way the UK’s politics is conducted.

The First minister said her party would “end the metaphorical wielding of swords” at Westminster and make it “better” for voters in all parts of the UK.

Ms Sturgeon held out an olive branch to Labour by stating that the SNP would vote to reverse NHS privatisation which she said the Tories had introduced south of the border and that her party’s MP’s would back Ed Miliband’s flagship plan for a mansion tax on properties worth more than £2 million if Labour is in government.





However, she said that ending austerity and scraping Trident were absolute priorities for the SNP, which she said would be a “breath of fresh air” at Westminster if it wins a large number of MP next week.


She also stated that the SNP was now the “party of social democracy in Scotland” and that it was now more progressive than Labour at both Scottish and UK levels.

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It all comes down to trust.
Right now people seem to trust her and are willing to give her party a chance.

Most people want Scotland to have more powers and influence when we are still part of the UK.

SNP voters looking for a quick second referendum will perhaps be disappointed.

An odd thing is that the Conservatives may end up holding their only seast.

how about bringing back conscription of a kind, aimed particularly at those who dropped out of or made a total mess of school?

.... as you say, they could be taught useful trades within the forces - and perhaps have a bit of respect and discipline knocked into them too

of course, the bleeding heart brigade would be up in arms, so to speak

If Labour get in with the SNP for support it will change politics, but for just one term. The next election will see a huge backlash against that combination and return a strong Conservative majority.

Manuel,

I have never found it easy to beat sense into anybody.

Perhaps, Eton methods might work! I suppose it is down to the fodder given them.

I think the drop-outs, while in the "forces" should be trained to takeover over failing companies and install discipline, while the "boards" of such companies should go to "boot camps" and have their failing pattern of behaviour knocked out of them.

No, to conscription, unless all 18-21 year olds (unless physically debilitated) are drafted into the lower ranks for the first 18 months.

No exemptions!

I think "learn to" is a more appropriate word than "taught".

Self discipline is useful when one understands the advantages of it, and self imposes it.

You know nothing... not you Fred H/S -):

Haze,

Post 59360.

You are getting hazier and hazier.

If, as expected, Miliband is PM after May 7th then with the help of SNP and Libs/ds. the political scene will be changed for the better and the tory party will be sidelined and stabbing itself in the back.

Boris for leader, unless of course he passes onto greener pastures.

The passing of the Tory party is Nye!

8-)

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By the way when a PM says, "trust me", I know it is time to run for it in the opposite direction!

Yuk.

The BBC have a what looks like a good polling system on their website...from what I can see : the Tories are ahead in 7 polls and Labour in just 2.....so at the moment it looks like the Tories are just pulling ahead....well that's the trend it seems....

Not sure is the above is correct.....have to say....meanwhile the telegraph has a picture on the front cover of a new suspect for the Hatton Garden heist....(it's the ears you see...a dead giveaway)....

Is TANKER an immigrant with a limited knowledge of written English or just dyslexic ... I do have trouble reading the bigoted idiots post at times.

Just wondering.

rf ... who were the Hatton Garden heist victims I'd like to know ???

Only loser in this is the owner of the vault , ain't going to get many referrals after this.

Has anyone come forward and said they've lost xxxx amount but are covered by their insurance ?

Just tried oddschecker for latest odds on next PM but its down for maintenance.

Imo it's a denial of service attack by Hays .... you span your odds you fiddling git :-)

Child benefit disclosure by Danny Alexander should go down a bomb!

Is this the final nail in Dick Ed's coffin?