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Tax cut for rich big business, init?

The Queen was a hottie when she was young.

Perhaps not surprisingly, I've seen nothing of Fidel Edwards since he stopped playing for the WI, so does anyone know if he's still any good?

He'd be an absolute moron to do so. In which case, he'd fit right in down there.

And worst of all, Louise Bennett walks like John Wayne. Keep a look out today for the footage of her swaggering into the polling station like she's just ridden into town on a 17hh stallion.

I'm stunned that it didn't go to Mark Catlin.

Because the only link between their deaths and benefit cuts is that they were in receipt of benefits. It proves absolutely nothing else. There is no causality. If you want to pretend there is, you might as well argue that benefit cuts have been a positive thing because the majority of recipients didn't die. It would be equal nonsense.

Well that's possibly the most disgusting article I've seen for a while.

Coastal erosion?

Surprised? The missus and I still split our time between working from home and our offices in London. The drop in pay to take a more local job, even in big Northern cities, is just

We made the move northwards out of London about 3 years ago. Whilst it's nice to have a bigger house and land, we still miss plenty about London itself.

You're the only one who made that simplification, shurlock, nobody else.

Although, having said that: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/overseas-property/property-50369297.html Only £130k. It's about 2 hours from Bucharest and would be great for skiing in the winter and hill walking in the summer. Beer and food is dirt cheap too. I may not be back for a while, I've a wife to convince.

I'd get more for my money in rural Romania - doesn't mean I want to live there.

If those policies happen to overlap, then that's a bonus for the rest of the UK, but it's certainly not by any design. Should the SNP have any influence over the next government they certainly won't be using it to look after the interests of the good people of Ipswich. I'm afraid much of government simply is about spending and it is about deciding how finite resources are used. Just because it's not all about that doesn't mean we should ignore it.

Nobody needs to "whip up" any "fear". That the SNP are committed to Scottish independence and are committed to working on behalf of the people of Scotland - and nobody else - is not fear, it's blindingly obvious fact.

Well that's a sweeping generalisation based on pure assumption. I'm very surprised that you think the two situations are comparable. It's not even "fear mongering" - the SNP are openly only interested in working for and protecting the interests of Scotland - to hell with anyone else.

I think you're missing a sense of perspective there pap.

The Lib Dems have at least (in theory) been working on behalf of the whole nation and had candidates standing in every constituency (NI excepted). The SNP would be working exclusively on behalf of a small part of the country, to the probable detriment to the country as a whole, want to break away from the country and only less than 10% of the electorate even have the chance to vote for them. There is a bit of a difference, pap, even putting left/right political differences aside.

You can just hear the anguished cries from within Labour campaign offices when they saw the footage and photos of Sturgeon in that little Number 10 play house.

You're not doubting the veracity of Portsmouth's financial claims are you?

Very good question - why would it? Also, what the hell are you on about? You only need a majority of 1 to carry a no confidence motion.

Probably plays well with your average UKIP voter.

Ashcroft's (that Lord Ashcroft, not Dan Ashcroft) latest blog makes interesting reading. Not so much in the headline numbers, which reflect most of the other national polls, but in the comments from some of the focus groups. I wonder how many other natural Labour voters are mulling that one over? Also some interesting stuff about Miliband not being the **** people thought, the potential role of the SNP and the main party leaders, including: http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2015/05/ashcroft-national-poll-con-32-lab-30-lib-dem-11-ukip-12-green-7/#more-11570