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Thedelldays

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I'm more interested in his policies than his 'off the cuff' comments - It's like Britain's Got (no) Talent...WHO CARES?!

indeed..but I bet you would have been all over it had griffin said something similar

 

then again, if people were "more interested" in "policies" than "off the cuff comments" the LibDems would be a distant 3rd as normal

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dune

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Max Clifford will be winging his way to her door as I type.

 

Thems gold in them there slums.

 

That's precisely why mandelson must've advised Clown to turn his car around and get in there before the tabloids did.

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Johnny Bognor

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You won't because the blue-rinsed old farts on here have been having a w**kfest for the past couple of hours.

 

 

Come on BTF, you've got to admit it is pretty funny.

 

He is the sort of guy that if he had the numbers for next week's lottery, he still wouldn't win anything or if he had a two-headed coin, he would call "tails"

 

Tony Bliar must be laughing his ******** off.

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dune

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Oh of course

 

I forgot - you're the veritable fount of all wisdom aren't you :rolleyes:.

 

Haven't you got any work to do again today?

 

BTF have you seen the interviews SKY have conducted with people in the streets in Rochdale yet? I'll give you a clue all but one they interviewed isn't a core Labour voter anymore. Come May 7th it'll be Liberal. Let's just hope the anti Brown feeling spreads to other marginals.:D

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bridge too far

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BTF have you seen the interviews SKY have conducted with people in the streets in Rochdale yet? I'll give you a clue all but one they interviewed isn't a core Labour voter anymore. Come May 7th it'll be Liberal. Let's just hope the anti Brown feeling spreads to other marginals.:D

 

I don't watch Sky ?News? - that's akin to reading the Mail.

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Thedelldays

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You really should know this DD.

everything depends on where you sit...

 

just saying "bbc is the most impartial because it does not rely on advertisements" is stupid..

 

maybe the rely on the government and do what they say (all secret hush hush) and peddle the anti-tory/pro man made climate change line

 

after all, the government control the purse strings (or let them have access to it,)

 

then again, that is probably rabid paranioa...not sure which yet

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Sergei Gotsmanov

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I don't read right wing racist rags that promote hatred.

 

Then how do you know what goes into them; or is this all based on your own hearsay and prejudice? How can you have a rounded view if you limit your reading so much.

 

The Daily Mail is aimed at women but I still read it sometimes to see what the wife thinks.

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dune

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Profile of Gillian Duffy, the voter PM called 'bigoted'

 

Gillian Duffy, the voter Prime Minister Gordon Brown called a "bigoted woman", says she and her family have been lifelong Labour supporters.

 

The 65-year-old is a widow whose husband died of cancer four years ago.

 

She worked for Rochdale council for 30 years, describing herself as working with children and disabled children.

 

Mrs Duffy, a pensioner from Rochdale, who has a daughter and two grandchildren, said she was an "ordinary woman".

 

Among the topics she confronted Mr Brown about was immigration, complaining about the number of people from Eastern Europe now living in the UK.

 

It was this question the prime minister later admitted in an interview on BBC Radio 2 he thought was "annoying".

 

Mrs Duffy also complained about people on benefits.

 

"There are too many who aren't vulnerable and they can claim, and people who are vulnerable can't get claims - can't get it," she said.

 

Mrs Duffy told the prime minister her father had even sung the traditional socialist song "The Red Flag" when he was a teenager.

 

Before adding that "now I'm absolutely ashamed of saying I'm Labour".

 

She also told the prime minister the three main things "I had drummed in when I was a child was education, health service and looking after people who are vulnerable".

 

Speaking about her two grandchildren, aged 12 and 10, she said she was concerned about how they would be able to afford to go to university when they are older.

 

During their conversation, Mr Brown told Mrs Duffy "you're a very good woman, you've served your community all your life".

 

This was at odds with his comments, caught on microphone in the car after their meeting, where he described her as "bigoted".

 

Mr Brown subsequently visited Mrs Duffy at her home in Rochdale to apologise in person.

 

Upon leaving after 45 minuets, he told waiting reporters: "I have given her my sincere apologies."

 

Mrs Duffy herself has yet to comment following the visit.

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AndyNorthernSaints

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Then how do you know what goes into them; or is this all based on your own hearsay and prejudice? How can you have a rounded view if you limit your reading so much.

 

The Daily Mail is aimed at women but I still read it sometimes to see what the wife thinks.

 

Of course i have read it in the past.

 

My mum unfortunately reads it like alot of older people.

 

Stanley the loony posts hundreds of this sh1te on here 24 hours a day.

 

I have read many different newspapers in my lifetime.

 

Does that answer your daft question

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dune

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Hope this is brought up in the live debate tomorrow.

Marginally more entertaining than the question reference the Pope in the last debate.

 

I think the other parties will tread carefully on this issue. It's not as if they need to fuel it and it could be dodgy to jump on the bandwagon. Cameron mentioned cleggs IKEA buscuit tin and kitchen in the last debate but I think he'll leave this one alone, or maybe just laugh it off it's brought up which will annoy clown just as much.

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What I don't understand is why SHE is allowed to voice her opinion but Brown isn't allowed to voice his.

 

This country is hypocritical!

 

He did though, publicly he said she was good woman, in his car he said she was a bigot. So which is Clowns true opinion?

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Sergei Gotsmanov

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What I don't understand is why SHE is allowed to voice her opinion but Brown isn't allowed to voice his.

 

This country is hypocritical!

 

Umm Gordon did voice his opinion and exposed what he thinks of ordinary people who are worried about everyday issues that effect their day to day lives.

 

He also gave us some insight into the way he treats his staff - someone was going to cop it for letting him see that biggoted woman. 'Ridiculous' and then we heard a very telling thud!

 

Real pantomine stuff - 'he's behind you!!!!'

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John B

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she sounds like a core labour voter if you have ever seen one

 

Yes I agree but there is a serious problem with some of them who believe that immigrants are swamping the country.

 

 

There has been an influx of Eastern Europeans but most seem to pay tax and do a reasonable job in fact a pub I go to is run by a Polish family.

 

 

We need to be in Europe as it is our largest trading partner and equal number of Brits go to work and live in Europe.

 

 

So the attitude of this voter may have come to a be a complete surprise to Brown who got frustrated by it

 

I think he should have addressed her concerns and not apologised because bigot was not the right word ill informed might be.

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dune

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When mandelson described someone as a c**t, the next day he said that he'd been misheard and actually called them a chump.

 

If only he'd got his head in gear he could have told brown to say he hadn't called her a bigoted woman but a bighearted woman.

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