So Chuka Umunna's thrown his hat in the ring. Thus uncovering his tiny, shiny head and sticky-out

[Berni]

ears.

http://www.canuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Chuka-Umunna.jpg

[Monty91]

and starts involuntarily self-lubricating whenever he appears on television.

Saying that, there's still a chance her ex-boyfriend of 8 years might end up Prime Minister, so the danger does not end with the pro-business slightly camp-looking Dion Dublin-a-like.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Charlotte Church is getting told now.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/12/charlot te-church-prosecco-socialist-protest-peoples-assembly-cardif f (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/12/charlotte-church-prosecco-socialist-protest-peoples-assembly-cardiff)

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

What a come down for her.

[Berni]

'electable', by the way.

Is there actually a realistic left-wing candidate, though? Surely they're all hiding?

[Monty91]

planned "cuts" to the Access to Work scheme for disablists.

I downloaded the actual policy document and it turns out that what the DWP is proposing is to put a cap on the limit individuals can claim, so that they can distribute the allocated funds among A GREATER NUMBER of disablizers.

Nowhere in the article was this mentioned.

[Berni]

glanced at you, witheringly :-(

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The thing that irritates me is the claiming of the moral high ground whilst so doing.

[Monty91]

which I hope is enough to convince her that she did well to end up with the poorest Jew in London :-|

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

there, but let me tell you he looks entirely different whilst frantically pumping his seed down the back of my throat.'

[Berni]

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You're not one of those lefty types, are you?

[Brentwood]

[Berni]

[Jake]

[Dorset Gooner]

Newly-elected Labour MP for Leeds East, Richard Burgon, has written in the Morning Star arguing that "a lurch to the right is the worst tactic" for Labour.
He says that New Labour was responsible for the wipeout of Labour in Scotland, because it assumed Labour voters in Scotland had nowhere else to go instead focused on chasing votes from Tories in the South. He argues:
"There must be no retreat to New Labour. There must be no journey back in time to Blairism. There must be no heeding of the siren voices that have led Labour onto the rocks in Scotland. There must be a recognition that under Ed Miliband’s leadership the Labour Party shifted cautiously in a progressive direction in a way that would never have been possible under Blair’s leadership.

[Peter]

As with most of these things, its all *******s to some extent. Bull**** on both sides that tends to miss the actual point.

[Monty91]

[Luis Anaconda]

hence it is a cut in that sense maybe gco-f**kface whatever his name is can explain it to you

[Peter]

I dont actually assure you, it just sounded good.

Giving less money to more people is not giving more is it. Well, not necessarily.

Dont assume it is an INCREASE

[Monty91]

so it would take some serious chutzpah for any of its beneficiaries to complain.

[Peter]

:-)

[Berni]

Tristram who clearly went to public school ever, ever, ever.

[Monty91]

that amount has been increasing year by year. I think you can claim for mental illness now, too.

Is THAT a cut? If something was spiralling widely out of control and then has the reins pulled back? See, I can do nuance too.

[Luis Anaconda]

they'll want ramps and things everywhere next

[Monty91]

Not literally, unfortunately. That would be hilarious.

[Peter]

And you still cant cope with the idea that this might constitute a cut? Or might look like one?

Of course they tell you t is so that more people can access the scheme. It may even be true but doesnt stop it being a cut.

God, this is boring isnt it?

[Monty91]

was that for the Guardian not to mention these specific details makes them no better than the gutter press they regularly denounce.

[Peter]

Best to miss out the ones that 'only serve to complicate the issue'

[Ashberto]

But hey, it has to be called a cut because there is political gain to accuse the other lot of drowning puppies, as it were. Or in this case, raspberries.

[Luis Anaconda]

Well someone has to liven things up

[Ashberto]

The *right* people are doing it.

[Peter]

It will cut benefits to certsin individuals and will likely cut the overall spend.

Cap, cut, whstever you want to call it.

Why the f**k am i ending up defending the f**knig Guardian anyway? You can all f**k off :hehe:

[Berni]

[Peter]

[Monty91]

last week. But I can't, coz I'll just get accused of name-dropping :rolleyes:

Boring c**t. Him, not you.

[Peter]

[Berni]

You can't have been surprised that Steve Redgrave was a dullard, surely?

Did you ask him what it was like being famous for a sport that nobody gives a flying f**k about other than when the Olympics is on?

[Monty91]

sponsors, which was slightly awkward, as I was doing the interview for the IOC :homer:

[Luis Anaconda]

so we have half an oresome foarsome between us

[Ashberto]

[Pokster]

[Luis Anaconda]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Big nose meets possibly the greatest sports person the UK has or ever will produce.

[Pokster]

[Pokster]

[Berni]

He just rows. That's it. Rocking back and forth, back and forth. That's not a sport, it's a psychotic episode.

[Monty91]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

So all those years at the very top of his chosen game.

Now I know it's not a sport, quite clearly there is no ball involved, but others choose to classify it as such.

[Berni]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

First time ever since he was born I think.

Not really a sport either all the same.

It is something you do in a pub so none of us would consider eating nuts or ordering a round to be a sport either.

[Jake]

[The Tony]

Not even Obama black.

More Lionel Richie black.

Doubt he'll be all that...if it's looking dicey the Tories can always play the boris Johnson card for the next election.

[Pokster]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

When it comes to sport I am a winner P.

[Luis Anaconda]

Unless 2020 no longer exists