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RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MrFozz - 24 Apr 2015
(24 Apr 2015, 8:39 am)Jimmi The real question is how did you find a Tumblr account named Ed Milliband Being Sexy?Yeah Andreos...
We're you searching for those images of Ed photoshopped on David Beckham and Borat's body's?
Looking for Ed Miliband Being Sexy...Is there something you want to tell us mate
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 24 Apr 2015
(24 Apr 2015, 8:25 am)Andreos1 http://edmilibandbeingsexy.tumblr.com/post/115599161377/herbivorexvx-whats-your-tory-name
What's your tory name?
After watching The Last Leg last night, I would like to be a porn star named Tori Manifesto.
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - Jimmi - 24 Apr 2015
(24 Apr 2015, 8:42 am)MurdnunoC After watching The Last Leg last night, I would like to be a porn star named Tori Manifesto.You know everytime you hear that now that is what is going to pop up.
"I think there is some good things about Tory Manifesto and will put out a lot of good things"
Down take the above out of that context.
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - Andreos1 - 24 Apr 2015
(24 Apr 2015, 8:39 am)Jimmi The real question is how did you find a Tumblr account named Ed Milliband Being Sexy?
We're you searching for those images of Ed photoshopped on David Beckham and Borat's body's?
(24 Apr 2015, 8:42 am)MrFozz Yeah Andreos...
Looking for Ed Miliband Being Sexy...Is there something you want to tell us mate
Well... *coughs*
(24 Apr 2015, 8:42 am)MurdnunoC After watching The Last Leg last night, I would like to be a porn star named Tori Manifesto.
I didn't see it. Question Time was quite funny last night though.
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 24 Apr 2015
(24 Apr 2015, 8:58 am)Andreos1 Well... *coughs*
I didn't see it. Question Time was quite funny last night though.
Yeah, I watched that too.
There seemed to be a bromance brewing between Billy Haig and the SNP guy at one point. The way they were looking at each other...
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 27 Apr 2015
Decent little interview/profile of Natalie Bennett in the Metro today if anyone is considering voting Green.
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - Andreos1 - 27 Apr 2015
Sturgeon on BBC1 currently.
Revealed her granny was from the Sunderland area and brushed over the question on bus de-regulation.
Politics (and other political stuff) - LeeCalder - 27 Apr 2015
This time it was the conservatives turn to put there 'stuff' through the letterbox. So.. I was feeling creative and done a 'mock up' of it! And if anyone tells me that they're not identical then they are quite clearly deluded
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RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 27 Apr 2015
(27 Apr 2015, 9:53 pm)leestransportphotos This time it was the conservatives turn to put there 'stuff' through the letterbox. So.. I was feeling creative and done a 'mock up' of it! And if anyone tells me that they're not identical then they are quite clearly deluded
I attended a hustings event in Rowlands Gill on Friday where Allison Griffiths was on the panel. I don't think anyone in the room were particularly impressed by what she had to say.
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - LeeCalder - 27 Apr 2015
(27 Apr 2015, 9:57 pm)MurdnunoC I attended a hustings event in Rowlands Gill on Friday where Allison Griffiths was on the panel. I don't think anyone in the room were particularly impressed by what she had to say.
She's pretty much poimtless if I'm honest. I know it sounds horrible but it's true. She doesn't even live in the area for a start! She lives in battersea.
I take it Mark Bell wasn't there?
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 27 Apr 2015
(27 Apr 2015, 9:59 pm)leestransportphotos She's pretty much poimtless if I'm honest. I know it sounds horrible but it's true. She doesn't even live in the area for a start! She lives in battersea.
I take it Mark Bell wasn't there?
Nope.
I guess the 'left-wing liberal' audience which hustings/question time/political panel events are presumed to attract were too much for poor UKIP to bear. Allison Griffiths may have been disliked, and at one point jeered, but at least she had the bottle to show up in an attempt to appeal to the local (and rather hostile) electorate.
Where was Mark Bell?
Politics (and other political stuff) - LeeCalder - 27 Apr 2015
We've had nothing from him. It has been stated by UKIP though that what is the point of even trying if you know you have no chance of coming close to winning. I can see why
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 27 Apr 2015
(27 Apr 2015, 10:09 pm)leestransportphotos We've had nothing from him. It has been stated by UKIP though that what is the point of even trying if you know you have no chance of coming close to winning. I can see why
That's such a defeatist attitude though. Completely inexcusable when the party constantly promote themselves as the voice of the disillusioned. Makes you wonder what else they'll simply write-off if things don't go their way.
Politics (and other political stuff) - LeeCalder - 27 Apr 2015
If your in Wrekenton (If I'm correct) either Blaydon or Gateshead. If your under Gateshead then your UKIP parliamentary candidate is John Tennant
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 27 Apr 2015
(27 Apr 2015, 10:15 pm)Adam I've had a UKIP leaflet through my door. I'm sure we're in the same constituency. It basically says something along of the lines of "We're the party who are the closest challengers to Labour". They then harp on about their incredibly close 2nd in the Heysham and Middleton (I think it's called that) by-election last year. The leaflet is also very generic. There's no mention whatsoever about the candidate name.
I'm in the Blaydon constituency and I've received no leaflet. But what the leaflet says illustrates my point. If UKIP are the 'closest challengers to Labour' (which, in Blaydon, I seriously doubt), why back down from the challenge?
Politics (and other political stuff) - LeeCalder - 27 Apr 2015
Yep that's Blaydon and your candidate for UKIP will be Mark Bell
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - Dan - 28 Apr 2015
(27 Apr 2015, 10:33 pm)Adam Exactly. If UKIP can't be bothered to put in a half-hearted campaign, whether it be not turning up to public meetings/debates, and creating a poor, generic campaign leaflet, then why should we vote for them, regardless of whether we agree or disagree with their policies? Personally, I don't, but my point still stands.
For me, I'm still undecided, but it's a toss between Labour and the Greens.
Now, now, UKIP has put in a half-hearted campaign in some parts of the country...
https://flic.kr/p/sm9Cue
Politics (and other political stuff) - LeeCalder - 28 Apr 2015
Now that's how you advertise
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - Andreos1 - 28 Apr 2015
http://news.bfnn.co.uk/prof-stephen-hawking-calls-david-cameron-a-right-twat-on-twitter/
Stephen Hawking launches into twitter tirade against David Cameron
RE: Politics (and other political stuff) - MurdnunoC - 28 Apr 2015
(28 Apr 2015, 11:34 am)Andreos1 http://news.bfnn.co.uk/prof-stephen-hawking-calls-david-cameron-a-right-twat-on-twitter/
Stephen Hawking launches into twitter tirade against David Cameron
Love the poll at the bottom of the page in the link you provided. The results are almost unanimous.