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.

Exec.

Not more obtuse than average.

Firstly, I was gently taking the piss.

Secondly, I have not read or heard the expression before and was interested to know from whence it came.

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Ed Miliband is still unable to make eye contact with the public

The 2015 general election campaign started today. Britain is still waiting to hear from the Labour Party and its leader.



By Dan Hodges

11:41AM GMT 05 Jan 2015




This morning I woke up to the sound of the Today programme announcing the start of the Labour Party’s general election campaign. And by the time I’d rubbed the sleep from eyes I was again reminded why Labour is going to lose.


I obviously didn’t have my notebook in bed with me. But I was sure I heard the presenter telling me that Ed Miliband would today pledge to win the election via grassroots activism and a campaign of fighting from doorstep to doorstep. That, unless I missed something, was Labour’s top line.


So I got up, switched on my TV, and waited for Miliband’s campaign launch. And sure enough, there it was.


“Our campaign is setting the goal of holding four million conversations with people in just four months about how we change our country. That is almost twice the number we’ve ever done before..”


Did you get that Britain? As you set off this morning on your first chilly commute of the year, this is what Labour is offering you. Twice as many doorstep conversations as it achieved in the last election. Not just a few more conversations. Not even a lot more. Twice as more.


And that’s not all. The man who wants to be your next prime minister also plans to “set out clear principles for the way this campaign will be conducted so that it can address people’s cynicism and anger towards politics”.

So as you stood there on your windswept platform, waiting for the delayed 7.53, tortured by worry over how this year’s election campaign would be conducted, you did so needlessly. Ed Miliband has principles. Clear principles. And here they are.

He will “win this election, not by buying up thousands of poster sites, but by having millions of conversations”. So if, over the next few weeks, if you see a poster that looks like it’s been put there by the Labour Party, you can safely ignore it. Some other guy called Miliband must have put it there.


Ed Miliband will also “offer hope, not falsehood”. So remember that election poster Labour unveiled over the weekend, (even though Labour obviously doesn’t do posters), claiming the Tories would take Britain back to the 1930s where there was no NHS? It’s all true. On May 8, if you’ve voted David Cameron back in, your local hospital will put up a huge “For Sale” sign. And a few months after that it will be a giant block of luxury flats. And every time you get a twinge, you’ll have to go and visit a dodgy-looking bloke with a tall top hat and a sinister looking black bag in some back alley in Shoreditch. Unless you live outside of London. In which case, if the Tories win, you will just drop dead on the spot.



More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11325177/Ed-Miliband-is-still-unable-to-make-eye-contact-with-the-public.html

Ed Miliband is still unable to make eye contact with the public

perhaps he's still too green and has still not sufficiently practiced to perfect his sincere look

I worry about "said to be" politicians like this one!

'Train 'Em Up, Kick 'Em Out. It's A Bit Shortsighted, Isn't It?'




I am now looking for Cameron.

May knows where to grab Farage and Cameron.

By their curls.

When Miliband speaks it's as if he is trying to masticate his way through some raw squid in his mouth.His nashers are never going to last the pace until the GE in May.:-)

I cant stand looking at any politicians or be bothered to listen to their snail paced dribble.... I for one will be happy when the whole thing is over and couldn't really care less who the next PM is, same old shit just a different face on the end of it...

'Train 'Em Up, Kick 'Em Out. It's A Bit Shortsighted, Isn't It?'

for once i thoroughly agree
bloody stupid! .....
if they can get placement with uk firms (dyson is a classic example), then why on earth should we hinder them?
same applies for any graduate

on the other hand, i would be perfectly happy to see some for these 3rd rate so-called unis giving out worthless degrees just shut down

however, that would break the political holy grail of "all children should be able to go to uni"
that mantra is preposterous and it's no wonder we are so short of youngsters with usable and marketable skills, especially those that require one to get one's hands dirty

Whenever I see the above tory spokesman on the TV I see another 100 potential voters moving to Labour.

He really does represent his party.

Even the the dogs growl when the hear him.

Mind looking again, he appears to have been to a Bullingdon Club party at No 10..

Is he in charge of goverment fracking:

How much is that going to cost the UK in view of oil prices?


The plan, called the energy security and innovation observing system, will cost taxpayers £60m-£80m. It is awaiting final approval from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, where energy minister Matthew Hancock, a fracking enthusiast, holds another ministerial post.

However, the Green party MP Caroline Lucas accused the government of subsidising “dirty” energy firms. “There’s no justification for using public money to help the fracking industry pull the wool over people’s eyes. It’s another desperate attempt to quell legitimate public concern and may further undermine public trust,” said Lucas, who in April was found not guilty of public order offences after an anti-fracking protest in Sussex.

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I find it amusing when I hear Georgie Boy and Two Faced Dave criticise Labour’s figures and talk about not leaving a legacy for "their" children!

The UK national debt grows at a rate of £5,170 per second!
http://www.nationaldebtclock.co.uk/

£ 40.718 debt per taxpayer

UK National Debt Surpassed £1 Trillion


Mainstream media headlines today are focused on Britain's record national debt, which just surpassed £1 trillion, a figure that can only exponentially increase unless the entire mechanism of Government finance is overhauled. The truth however is much worse, factoring in all liabilities including state and public sector pensions, the real national debt is closer to £4.8 trillion, some £78,000 for every person in the UK.

Another non policy from Miliband today

Miliband says Labour will raise the minimum wage to £8 an hour by 2020, up from £6.50 today. In real terms, once expected inflation is taken into account, the figure would be broadly similar to today’s rate.

How do you "overhaul entire mechanism of Government finance"?


Surely that's just another way of saying increase taxes?

Cos they are not going to touch the untouchables such as public sector waste/pensions/perks etc.

Form today's Independent

Miliband is absolutely clear that he won’t give the public a vote on whether to stay in the European Union or campaign to leave. He says he wants the political union to reform itself to better service Britain’s interests instead.

Milliband is a plank, no one in their right mind will vote for him.

Cleggy is booked into the Brussels Hilton for after the election (services rendered)

Call Me cant be trusted with anything to do with Brussels, he loves the place and wants to stay.

Greens are just barmy from start to finish.


Where else is a bloke to go?

Lol, the guy is completely clueless. A doorstep salesman by his own admission - knocking on 4million doors in the next 4 months!!

The Labour leader said his activists would be knocking on more doors than ever in order to meet “everyday working people”. A well-meaning idea, although, given that “everyday working people” tend to work every day, there must be a slight risk they won’t be at home when the activists call. In which case, Labour activists will either have to make do with everyday non-working people, or visit everyday working people at their everyday workplaces instead.

Max.

Try a Mental, or Psychiatric Hospital if there are any left after the tory re-organisations.

I'm not coming to visit you Fred.