villaajax Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 On a humorous note: Poor Tory MP Gavin Barwell. He thought he’d struck gold when he asked why the Labour Party’s press release on Twitlonger had an advert saying “Date Arab girls”, but his jibe soon backfired, when the party press office pointed him in the direction of Google Adsense Help Google Adsense help says this: You may come across such ads when you’re viewing a website, video, or app on Google’s Display Network. In addition to seeing ads based on your interests, you may also see ads based on the types of sites you visit, whether you +1 something, and more. From LabourList 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 I see that there were a number of demonstrations across the country against the extra bedroom penalty today. Also, I see that the government (that's the one including the 'liberal democrats' amongst its ranks) intend to introduce retrospective 'emergency legislation' (to protect the national economy) to say that they don't have to pay out the claims about the work programme that were likely to be due as a result of the court of appeal verdict. So, that's a retrospective bit of legislation in order to prevent payments that were due to be made because of what the law said was unlawful behaviour. Think on. That Duncan Smith shitbag - he is totally committed to what he believes in apparently (and the sheep baa on). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks like the Tories have folded on the press regulation talks and accepted the Labour and Lib Dem proposals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks like the Tories have folded on the press regulation talks and accepted the Labour and Lib Dem proposals.Hope not. The bad stuff the journos were up to (phone hacking etc) was already illegal so doesn't require new laws, just enforcement of those that already exist. Perhaps that would be easier if the Police weren't quite so corrupt, but if they were cleaned out/up properly that might have a more beneficial effective more generally than ending the freedom of the press - which is what statutory regulation effectively means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks like the Tories have folded on the press regulation talks and accepted the Labour and Lib Dem proposals. or maybe seeing as neither appears to have got what they wanted , all parties agreed a compromise ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks like the Tories have folded on the press regulation talks and accepted the Labour and Lib Dem proposals. or maybe seeing as neither appears to have got what they wanted , all parties agreed a compromise ? From what I've read it seems to be the Tories who were making things difficult. Who'd have thought? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Looks like the Tories have folded on the press regulation talks and accepted the Labour and Lib Dem proposals. Hope not. The bad stuff the journos were up to (phone hacking etc) was already illegal so doesn't require new laws, just enforcement of those that already exist. Perhaps that would be easier if the Police weren't quite so corrupt, but if they were cleaned out/up properly that might have a more beneficial effective more generally than ending the freedom of the press - which is what statutory regulation effectively means. All this so Hugh Grant can have a $15 blow job without anyone knowing . Sad end to press freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) Looks like the Tories have folded on the press regulation talks and accepted the Labour and Lib Dem proposals. Not sure about that. I'd be surprised if we haven't ended up with the worst of all possible outcomes. I'm also getting increasingly concerned (and even pissed off) when people are crapping on about justice for the victims of phone hacking (wouldn't that have been more served by them hauling the organizations responsible through court cases rather than taking thousands of pounds in cash to settle?) and then suggesting that policy formulation ought to be based on what they want. I'm quite prepared and happy for them to contribute and to campaign but the level of influence (behind closed doors) of Hacked Off should be as worrying as the influence of Rupes and family. The discussion on Daily Politics with Heath, Bryant and some tory chap ought to cause more concern as it would suggest that there is going to be little parliamentary debate on the deal cooked up. Edited March 18, 2013 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Budget projections seem fairly impressive. Now then mong face, how exactly have you sold those projections? I expect it will cost our souls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 "Is that T.Dodger accountants?" "Yes." "I believe you're one of the top lot at aggressively avoiding tax and I'm very keen to do this." "Sure. Where did you get that information?" "HMRC's website." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) The deputy speaker is a right one isn't he? As for Osborne - How are you (we) paying for all of this dickhead?! Edited March 20, 2013 by dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 'Tax allowances for investment in shale gas' Expect to see a lot of this in the news in the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 When Miliband gets going he's impressive. It's a shame it's such a rare occurrence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 This strikes me as a desperate popularity boosting budget without any real substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 This strikes me as a desperate popularity boosting budget without any real substance. Like most budgets then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 When Miliband gets going he's impressive. Meh , he's not even the most impressive Milliband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 (edited) When Miliband gets going he's impressive. Meh , he's not even the most impressive Milliband His dad's dead so you must be talking about the one who lied about rendition and torture. Edit: 'We've reduced the deficit by a third' - the new crap to be spouted at every available opportunity by members of the government and its supporters. Edited March 20, 2013 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 Best bit of George Osborne Twitter abuse? My favourite so far has been somebody simply calling him 'Briefcase w.anker' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted March 20, 2013 Share Posted March 20, 2013 'Tax allowances for investment in shale gas' Expect to see a lot of this in the news in the next few years.By law the resources belong to the Crown, i.e. us. If shale gas really has the potential they think then bringing in private companies to make a bomb instead of using direct public investment into a national entity is mad. Like the Falklands situation really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted March 21, 2013 Share Posted March 21, 2013 does everyone agree with the 'bedroom tax'? It seems totally logical to me, but seems a lot of people are against it. (not giving the carers an extra room was daft at first, but that small print has been changed now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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