Re: Dis-United Kingdom General Election campaign officially kicks off

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:42 pm

What's to trust?

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:45 pm

Now Milliband's announced he won't do a deal with the SNP, he'd rather not have a Labour government. rofl

MUPPET!!!!! rofl

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:49 pm

Milliband's just said he WON'T have an EU referendum, which has led a woman in the audience to ask why his opinion is more important than hers.....

I swear if you picked a couple of hundred of the audience at random, they'd make a better government than this lot...

Oh, shut up, Ed, you're making a fool of yourself.

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:57 pm

Isn't he a Labor MP?

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:01 pm

Yup, he's the leader of UK Labour, Lily, Murphy is just leader of SLab. Milliband has screwed up so badly - the audience all know that, unless all the opinion polls are so wrong as to be useless, neither of the two parties are going to get a clear majority.

Cameron will stitch up a deal with UKIP, the Ulster Unionists, etc., but Milliband has just stabbed himself in the back.

Obama would hate this, incidentally, real voters, not hand-picked worshippers, shouting at politicians and calling them liars. rofl

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:03 pm

Oh, it's Clegg - and the first question is about the U-turn on tuition fees. biggrin

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:17 pm

Oh, our guy would be probably be crying if that happened.

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:19 pm

Why on earth is Clegg saying the UK economy could have been 'the next domino to fall' after Portugal and Greece? We aren't in the euro.....

I really don't think Obama would last five minutes in British politics, Lily, he couldn't handle Parliament, never mind the public being rude to him and arguing with him.

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:21 pm

...because Clegg is an idiot?

He never would be able to handle it but I would LOVE to see him try. biggrin

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:24 pm

Remember, these three may be talking nonsense, but they're talking nonsense without teleprompters. biggrin

**Lamplighter** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:33 pm

Sounds like drivel on wheels; I'm watching a documentary on the Illuminati, daft but at least entertaining - did you know the center of Paris is based on the Temple at Luxor in Egypt? LL

**bb1** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:41 pm

The Illuminati would reject those three, LL.

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:47 pm

bb1 wrote:Remember, these three may be talking nonsense, but they're talking nonsense without teleprompters.

**Lamplighter** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:51 pm

bb1 wrote:The Illuminati would reject those three, LL.

Today's Illuminati are an urban myth - kind of Ickeism. The discussion is most interesting - those idiots that follow bentit and his stupid theories would be less than happy with what is being said! LL

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:53 pm

Lamplighter wrote:Sounds like drivel on wheels; I'm watching a documentary on the Illuminati, daft but at least entertaining - did you know the center of Paris is based on the Temple at Luxor in Egypt? LL

Well I do know it has an obelisk from that temple, LL. I loved Luxor so much......

It's in La Place de la Concorde and is lovely.

**Lamplighter** Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:05 pm

lily wrote:
Lamplighter wrote:Sounds like drivel on wheels; I'm watching a documentary on the Illuminati, daft but at least entertaining - did you know the center of Paris is based on the Temple at Luxor in Egypt? LL
Well I do know it has an obelisk from that temple, LL. I loved Luxor so much......

It's in La Place de la Concorde and is lovely.

The idea re Paris sems to be that Mitterand, who was President at the time that ghastly glass pyramid was built was a freemason and an occultist. Jack the Ripper was also included as being an Illuminati whose rampage was so as a center of power could be raised in the square bounded by his main 4 victims. It was an interesting as such, but rather dismissive of the subject. Better than a political gabfest. LL

**lily** Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:08 pm

Okay, LL. Understand....thanks for that! hug

**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 11:03 am

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The common consensus is that, in trying to appeal to the Daily Mail and UKIP-ers, Milliband has screwed up very, very badly, cannot think more than one step ahead, and that all those people with doubts as to whether he is fit to by PM have been proved right.

**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 11:10 am

http://www.thenational.scot/news/party-activist-trapped-as-glasgow-snp-office-is-attacked-by-a-gang-of-thugs.2557

Party activist trapped as Glasgow SNP office is attacked by a gang of thugs
MAY 1ST, 2015 - 12:19 AM JANICE BURNS 23 COMMENTS
AN SNP activist had to lock herself in a campaign office for her own safety after being terrorised by a gang of thugs.

The 12-strong group of men were walking behind an Orange Order flute band procession when they stopped to launch a tirade of abuse at a lone female volunteer inside the office in Glasgow and began banging on windows and kicking the door trying to get in.

While attacking the office in Dumbarton Road, the woman was verbally abused with shouts of “f*** your SNP”, “yous are a********” and “why don’t you get to f***” However, they fled before police arrived.

The office is the campaign headquarters of SNP candidate for Glasgow North West Carol Monaghan who is challenging Labour’s John Robertson for a seat at Westminster in the General Election next week.

Witnesses said the culprits were not members of the flute band and were “hangers-on” who were walking behind the band in support of the march.

Police have looked through CCTV camera footage from nearby shops and interviewed witnesses in a bid to identify them.

Mother-of-three Monaghan, who gave up her job as physics teacher and head of science at Hyndland Secondary School to concentrate on campaigning, said the incident left her volunteer “very shaken”.

Monaghan said: “One of our female volunteers was in the office on her own at the time and she was terrified.

“The flute band passed and this was some of the supporters or hangers-on who stopped outside the office and started kicking the door and banging on windows.

“The worst of it was that there was a single female in the office at the time. She locked the door. It was terrifying for her.

“The police were called and they responded very quickly. I have nothing but praise for the police. They were extremely good in how they dealt with things.

“They were from Partick police station and they tried to get CCTV footage from the shops and interviewed witnesses.

“They kept a strong police presence for the rest of the day and they have done that every weekend since that incident so their response has been outstanding.”

The incident was also reported to Glasgow City Council who confirmed receiving the call from the candidate.

A council spokesman said: “The matter was raised with us but it is a matter for the police and it was reported to Police Scotland.”

Since the incident on Saturday, April 18, Monaghan has insisted that none of the activists are left in the office alone.

She added: “The woman concerned is now back in the office and doing well. She was very shaken up that day but she has been heavily involved in this campaign and wants to remain so until the final moment.

“The lesson we have learned from it is no-one is in the office on their own now. There are always at least two people in the office.

“Some of the activists felt that we shouldn’t open if there are future walks going past but I was quite insistent that we do stay open and hold our heads up proudly and continue with the work we are doing.

“That kind of behaviour is not going to put us off campaigning.

“We are not even thinking about it now. It is not insignificant to the girl it happened to but in terms of our campaign it is insignificant.

“This a great neighbourhood and the support from the local people has been just fantastic. It was a real surprise and shock that this has happened because we’ve not had any of those feelings targeted towards us before now.. We opened the office at the end of January, it is our hub and a focal point for the community. We have people coming in off the street all time.”

Monaghan has been a member of the SNP since 2007 and said the referendum result gave her the passion to pursue a career in politics.

She added: “I have always been interested in politics and been a member of the SNP since 2007 and a supporter for a long time before that. It was the referendum and the couple of years during the run-up to it that really got me fully immersed in politics.”

A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “We attended reports of items thrown at the window at 12.30pm on April 18th. Persons had disappeared before officers arrived. Assistance and advice was given.”

**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 12:31 pm

Ed Miliband’s chief leadership rival today admitted a minority Labour government will talk to the SNP to try to get its legislation through the Commons.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said ‘of course’ Labour would have ‘dialogue’ with the resurgent Scottish Nationalists, on course to win more than 50 seats and hold the balance of power.
Mr Burnham told BBC Radio 5 Live he simply ‘being honest’ and giving a ‘statement of fact’.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3064004/Labour-talk-SNP-end-minority-government-admits-Andy-Burnham-12-hours-Miliband-rules-deal.html#ixzz3Ysxvh5V8
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Whatever happens in on polling day, I don't see Ed surviving long as Labour leader after blowing his own feet off so spectacularly.

**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 7:45 pm

Scottish LabourVerified account
‏@scottishlabour
.@kdugdalemsp: In a few days we can be part of the most exciting, radical change that Scotland has seen for years.

I suppose that's one way of putting getting your greedy, corrupt, troughing ar@ses booted out of Scottish politics.... rofl

**lily** Fri May 01, 2015 7:48 pm

Way to go. biggrin

**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 8:52 pm

Scottish Labour retweeted
Kieran Andrews @C_KAndrews · 4h 4 hours ago
.@Ed_Miliband draws standing ovation and feet stamping as he rules out deal with @theSNP. Says it's on "principle", not "tactics".

Absolutely astounding. It doesn't seem to sink in with them that Milliband proved, last night, that as many had said, he isn't fit to be PM.

Because here's the thing. He's handed the keys of No 10 back to Cameron. Even if he gets two or three seats more than the Tories UK-wide, he still can't be PM - because he has announced he won't work with the SNP. This, despite poll after UK poll has shown that Nicola Sturgeon is the most - the only - respected leader, and quite a lot of English people like what she says, would welcome some fresh ideas.

No-one is talking about a formal coalition - the LibDems proved the folly of that - but in slamming the door on EVERYTHING Milliband has guaranteed that he is NOT going to be the next PM.

Never mind Scots votes, he made English Labour votes worthless. Which may be why certain English Labour types have been frantically trying to distance themselves from his folly today, and making him look even weaker, if that's possible. Man's an idiot.

**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 10:17 pm

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**bb1** Fri May 01, 2015 10:19 pm

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