Dis-United Kingdom General Election campaign officially kicks off

Or summoning a dragon.

I'm wondering if the Orkney and Shetland Islands will, as they have been for more than 50 years, be solidly Liberal (aka LibDems)? LL

The constituency has elected only Liberal and Liberal Democrat MPs since 1950, the longest run of any British Parliamentary Constituency.[3][4] In each general election from 1955 until 1979, in 1987 and again in 2010 it was the safest Liberal Democrat seat in Britain.

It looks like the LibDems may be hoofed out, LL:

http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/04/07/predictor-puts-snp-ahead-in-running-for-northern-isles-seat

bb1 wrote:It looks like the LibDems may  be hoofed out, LL:

http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/04/07/predictor-puts-snp-ahead-in-running-for-northern-isles-seat

That I find sad. I don't care who kicks the Labor lot into the rough, but I was brought up in the Islands when Jo Grimond was MP. However, so long as the SNP take it then I can accept it. LL

Have a read of this, LL:

http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/04/06/things-dont-just-happen-judith-dumont

And remember, Carmichael, wearing the Secretary of State hat Cameron gave him, was up to his neck in Frenchgate, and failed efforts to smear Nicola Sturgeon.

bb1 wrote:Have a read of this, LL:

http://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2015/04/06/things-dont-just-happen-judith-dumont

And remember, Carmichael, wearing the Secretary of State hat Cameron gave him, was up to his neck in Frenchgate, and failed efforts to smear Nicola Sturgeon.

I actually know very little about politics, as you know, so maybe I am just being nostalgic. My dad knew Jo Grimond and he was highly respected in the Orkneys. LL

I think that was in gentler times, LL. It's all got very dirty in the 21st century - the campaign against YES in the referendum was just about the worst I have ever seen.

Oh dear, what a shame.

bb1 wrote:

Oh dear, what a shame.

How sad. Never mind.

Looking good.....

Murdoch is going to want payback for that.....I bet he throws his media behind Milliband.

Oh dear....oh dear.  

Dear me!

http://wingsoverscotland.com/the-vortex-of-the-sun/



So, Scottish Sun is pro-SNP and London Sun is anti-SNP? I see.

Oh, Lord spare us! Cameron is in Gravesend, at a Sikh rally. So far so good. SamCam is wearing a rather nice headscarf....

Unfortunately, Cameron is also wearing Sikh headgear.....

What?  Seriously?  

Oh My God.

I hope they don't have one of those thingies where penitents hang hooks off their skin. Or do I?

In the same way as I wear a skullcap when attending a bar mitzvah or Jewish wedding he is wearing a head covering; it's merely polite. I see nothing wrong, tho maybe a proper turban would have been better, but I think you actually have to be a Sikh to wear one of those. LL

It's not the headgear, LL, it's him....he always looks ill at ease in anything out of the ordinary. He always looks as if he's playing dress-up:



Boris can get away with just about anything....



and Certain Others can always be relied on to throw themselves into the spirit of the thing....

It's not the headgear, LL, it's him....he always looks ill at ease in anything out of the ordinary. He always looks as if he's playing dress-up:


He is!

lily wrote:It's not the headgear, LL, it's him....he always looks ill at ease in anything out of the ordinary. He always looks as if he's playing dress-up:


He is!

That is the problem. And strange that various other Non Sikhs have recently appeared doing the same thing.

It's not as though the Sikhs can't see through the stunts.....

It's always entertaining when they want something, like votes, and have to mingle with the plebs at Sikh temples, cattle sales, factories, etc.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/570174/Ukip-Nigel-Farage-declines-sword-fight-Polish-aristocrat

Nigel Farage declines weird offer of sword duel as he highlights Ukip's links with Poland

NIGEL Farage has rejected the offer of a sword fight with a Polish ‘prince’ living in west London – instead pointing to Ukip's growing popularity in the eastern European country.

By TOM BATCHELOR

Flamboyant aristocrat Janek Zylinski bizarrely challenged Mr Farage to an 18th century-style duel in the capital's Hyde Park, after claiming he's "had enough" of claimed discrimination against Poles living in Britain.

Mr Zylinski is the son of Polish cavalry officer, Andrzej Zylinski, who led a victorious cavalry charge against Nazi occupiers during the Second World War.

He said he intended to use his father’s sword for his hoped-for encounter with Mr Farage and appears in an online video holding the antique blade.

Mr Zylinski, who lives in Ealing, goes on to offer Mr Farage a “duel of words” in case the Ukip MEP declined the offer because his sword “is a little bit rusty”.

“What I have to do is to stand up in defence of my people in this country, in the UK,” Mr Zylinski said in the video.

“Ive had enough of the discrimination against Polish people in this country.

“The most idiotic example I've heard of has been Mr Nigel Farage blaming migrants for traffic jams on the M40. Enough is enough, Mr Farage.

“If you agree, I would like us to meet in Hyde Park one morning with our swords and resolve this matter in the way that an 18th century Polish aristocrat and an English gentleman would traditionally do.

"Are you up for it, Mr Farage?“

However, a spokesman for Mr Farage today appeared to decline to offer, telling Mr Zylinski he should look at the anti-EU party's increasing support in Poland.

Oh, what a pity! I was looking forward to that. I am totally in favour of politicians, generals, etc., settling their arguments man-to-man.