And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
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What was YOUR favourite bit? Mine was this:
[02:40 onwards]:
Abbott: In year one, when we anticipate recruiting 250,000 policemen, the cost will be £64.3 million...
Ferrari: 250,000 police MEN?
Abbott: Policemen AND women.
Ferrari: So you're getting more than 10,000? You're recruiting 250,000?
Abbott: No, we are recruiting 2000 and perhaps 250, and the cost...
Ferrari: So where did '250,000' come from?
Abbott: I think YOU said that, not me.
Car crash radio at its finest!!
What was YOUR favourite bit? Mine was this:
[02:40 onwards]:
Abbott: In year one, when we anticipate recruiting 250,000 policemen, the cost will be £64.3 million...
Ferrari: 250,000 police MEN?
Abbott: Policemen AND women.
Ferrari: So you're getting more than 10,000? You're recruiting 250,000?
Abbott: No, we are recruiting 2000 and perhaps 250, and the cost...
Ferrari: So where did '250,000' come from?
Abbott: I think YOU said that, not me.
Car crash radio at its finest!!
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I think anyone who's voted Labour in the past has done so despite Diane Abbott.
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There are many car crashes from many politicians from all parties.
Only yesterday, May was made to look the most foolish and incompetent person on the planet, by Jean Claude Juncke. That is far more dangerous and demonstrates how the Conservative spin machine constantly con the public to the detriment of the UK.
Only yesterday, May was made to look the most foolish and incompetent person on the planet, by Jean Claude Juncke. That is far more dangerous and demonstrates how the Conservative spin machine constantly con the public to the detriment of the UK.
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Ace, we are either going to be ruled by people like IDS or people like Diane Abbot.
What a time to be alive.
What a time to be alive.
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that was awful from Diane Abbott and she is one of the reasons I fear for Labour - will it stop me from voting for them, no. I believe she will fall by the wayside should Labour get in power.
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What if she doesn't fall by the wayside and gets handed a cabinet post of importance?
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Indeed, but there are buffoons of both sides Sid, dare I mention Boris...?Sidney1st wrote:What if she doesn't fall by the wayside and gets handed a cabinet post of importance?
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The tories don't need a spin machine when labour have got Dianne Abbott!IanMcL wrote:There are many car crashes from many politicians from all parties.
Only yesterday, May was made to look the most foolish and incompetent person on the planet, by Jean Claude Juncke. That is far more dangerous and demonstrates how the Conservative spin machine constantly con the public to the detriment of the UK.
She's like a political version of the Venkys at Bol-ewood.
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No need, we all know he's a bit of a div/buffoon, his hair gives that away.Rick_Muller wrote:Indeed, but there are buffoons of both sides Sid, dare I mention Boris...?
I suspect he has a bit more of a clue than Abbott does about things, but its probably a close race.
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A lot of decent and honest people are still involved in the labour movement, unfortunately two face, decieptful and terrible hopeless liars such as Diane Abbot , are associated with the party. Leeching and back stabbing their way along for their own tawdry agendas. I despise her.
so, to answer your question, yes , some people are still PREPATED to vote labour.
so, to answer your question, yes , some people are still PREPATED to vote labour.
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Sounds like a real Thick Of It moment, but she did eventually outline the figures. Not that they'll get reported.
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Just heard it on the radio..here it is....
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I am normally a Labour voter, but I have absolutely no time for this useless woman..she is a major vote loser.
I don't really understand how she has come so far in Politics.
I was watching live, a couple of years back when Andrew Neil roasted her over her stupid comments about black mothers.
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I am normally a Labour voter, but I have absolutely no time for this useless woman..she is a major vote loser.
I don't really understand how she has come so far in Politics.
I was watching live, a couple of years back when Andrew Neil roasted her over her stupid comments about black mothers.
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Good spat with Piers Morgan this morning. He must have asked her half a dozen times, if there was a nuclear threat or similar would Labour be prepared push the button if it meant saving the lives of thousands of people in this Country. Yes or No? . She's become tiresome, I can't do with her to be honest.
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by not being a major vote loser in her constituency.hampsteadclaret wrote:she is a major vote loser.
I don't really understand how she has come so far in Politics.
she's been the MP there for 30 years so she must have done something right (despite coming across as being a pompous knob).
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She is a bufoon but there are the same in the other parties.
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She's Jeremy's right hand woman.
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Re: And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
of course! Vote Tory? Never!
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More like a woman on his right hand.Sproggy wrote:She's Jeremy's right hand woman.
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Like what! I have to be careful here because most comments I've made about this excuse for a person have been removed by the moderator.quoonbeatz wrote:by not being a major vote loser in her constituency.
she's been the MP there for 30 years so she must have done something right (despite coming across as being a pompous knob).
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It'd be better for a moron like her to ignore the question and repeat a simple to understand three word slogan ad infinitum. Seems to work.
We're drowning in a sea of idiots.
We're drowning in a sea of idiots.
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i've no idea, i don't live in hackney. maybe ask the constituents there why they're returned her as their MP since 1987.dermotdermot wrote:Like what! I have to be careful here because most comments I've made about this excuse for a person have been removed by the moderator.
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How was that, Ian? Do you not think it's possible that Juncker was spinning his position after the meeting? Take a look at his wikipedia biography, he's been in politics since he left uni. Does he strike you as a politician who has never presented things in a way that doesn't put himself in the best possible light?IanMcL wrote:There are many car crashes from many politicians from all parties.
Only yesterday, May was made to look the most foolish and incompetent person on the planet, by Jean Claude Juncke. That is far more dangerous and demonstrates how the Conservative spin machine constantly con the public to the detriment of the UK.
Edit: Corrected my mis-spelling of Juncker.
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I've just forced myself to listen to it. It was much worse than I thought imaginable. I now need some form of sedation.
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Should do what May is doing allow journalists to ask her questions as long as they don't film or photograph her answering them. Well apart from when she says 'strong and stable leadership'.
We are spoilt for choice in this election.
We are spoilt for choice in this election.
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This might help. He's a naturally gifted comedian.
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dermotdermot wrote:I've just forced myself to listen to it. It was much worse than I thought imaginable. I now need some form of sedation.
It sounds like Abbott had just had some form of sedation.
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I've just seen the Piers Morgan interview as well and am feeling decidedly unwell.
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Car crash at best....
How on earth could anybody vote for a party where Abbott is the presumptive Home Secretary and which is endorsed by the Communist Party of Great Britain to the extent that they're not going to field candidates this year!
That's ignoring the total lack of leadership offered by Jeremy Corbyn and his desire to run on a different platform to the one agreed by the Labour Party Conference last September (nuclear weapons!) simply because it's his long held belief....
If you love the Labour Party then kiss it goodbye....because there's not going to be much of it left after the election!
How on earth could anybody vote for a party where Abbott is the presumptive Home Secretary and which is endorsed by the Communist Party of Great Britain to the extent that they're not going to field candidates this year!
That's ignoring the total lack of leadership offered by Jeremy Corbyn and his desire to run on a different platform to the one agreed by the Labour Party Conference last September (nuclear weapons!) simply because it's his long held belief....
If you love the Labour Party then kiss it goodbye....because there's not going to be much of it left after the election!
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I'll be voting Labour, and hoping against hope that enough people vote for non-Tory candidates that the Cons don't get a majority (although this seems very unlikely). Whilst Lab aren't everyone's cup of tea, the alternative (another 5 years of blue rule) scares me to death.
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And the merest thought of Corbyn in power? That doesn't scare you to death?
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I thought Abbott sounded ill. She is usually full of bounce and never short of a word or many. She almost passed out.
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UpTheBeehole wrote:Sounds like a real Thick Of It moment, but she did eventually outline the figures. Not that they'll get reported.
Those figures she eventually outlined.
Are they the reversing of the tories Capital Gains Tax cuts. The same ones that they've said they use for 3 or 4 other projects already!?
Or have they found another magic money tree to fund their lavish plans!?
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out of interest, which are the 3 or 4 other projects they've said they'd use it for already?RingoMcCartney wrote:Are they the reversing of the tories Capital Gains Tax cuts. The same ones that they've said they use for 3 or 4 other projects already!?
I know thats what the tories are saying about this latest pledge but i haven't seen which specific projects they are.
any links?
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At least she is answering questions, unlike May
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And you support a lying bitch who lines the pockets of the rich at the expense of the poor , shame on you !dermotdermot wrote:And the merest thought of Corbyn in power? That doesn't scare you to death?
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No linksquoonbeatz wrote:out of interest, which are the 3 or 4 other projects they've said they'd use it for already?
I know thats what the tories are saying about this latest pledge but i haven't seen which specific projects they are.
any links?
Just listening to Shelagh Foggerty on LBC who's a labour supporter and she's talking to Theo Usherwood , their main political guy. And they both admitted that the criticism that the reversal of the the CGT cut does appear to be have been used for other projects does have some credibility.
Unlike labour's spending plans.
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It's just laughable because of the unbelievable but amusing incompetence.
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But then again, Teresa May is a coward for not wanting to do TV debates. You shouldn't be a leader if you have any faults that are shown under the spotlight. You should be made to speak in public no matter what the situation.
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RingoMcCartney wrote:No links
Just listening to Shelagh Foggerty on LBC who's a labour supporter and she's talking to Theo Usherwood , their main political guy. And they both admitted that the criticism that the reversal of the the CGT cut does appear to be have been used for other projects does have some credibility.
Unlike labour's spending plans.
yes, i suspected as much
you'd think if it were the case then opponents would be able to simply say "actually, you've already said here in black and white that you're spending that money on x, y and z."
until someone does that, the challenge holds less credibility than the pledge.
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I'm surprised she didn't try and pull an Emily Thornbury on Nick Ferrari.
"You're sexist and wouldn't ask a man a question like that!!!"
We're being asked to trust this idiot with the nations finances.
I wouldn't trust her with the TV remote control!
"You're sexist and wouldn't ask a man a question like that!!!"
We're being asked to trust this idiot with the nations finances.
I wouldn't trust her with the TV remote control!
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I can't wait for the total vagueness of the Conservative manifesto.
Because they don't have to say anything, they won't, and people will still lap it up.
Strong and Stable etc etc
Because they don't have to say anything, they won't, and people will still lap it up.
Strong and Stable etc etc
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Listen sunshine. I've never voted conservative in my life but, in the same breath, could never vote for a subversive such as Corbyn. Shame on YOU for even suggesting such a thing.joey13 wrote:And you support a lying bitch who lines the pockets of the rich at the expense of the poor , shame on you !
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They've already spent it on reversing Education cuts, Mining and the arts.quoonbeatz wrote:yes, i suspected as much
you'd think if it were the case then opponents would be able to simply say "actually, you've already said here in black and white that you're spending that money on x, y and z."
until someone does that, the challenge holds less credibility than the pledge.
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Perfect summing up of her interview:
"Most excruciating interview I think I've ever heard any politician ever give"
Former Labour advisor Kevin Meagher.
"Most excruciating interview I think I've ever heard any politician ever give"
Former Labour advisor Kevin Meagher.
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He's got a short memory.taio wrote:Perfect summing up of her interview:
"Most excruciating interview I think I've ever heard any politician ever give"
Former Labour advisor Kevin Meagher.
Paxman v Chloe Smith is the benchmark
Jeremy Paxman: When were you told of this change of plan?
Chloe Smith: Well, as a minister in the Treasury and indeed dealing with fuel matters this has been under consideration for some time …
JP: When was the decision taken?
CS: As I say it's been under consideration for some time …
JP: When was the decision taken?
CS: … the chancellor and the prime minister …
JP: … yes of course …
CS: … take these decisions between them.
JP: So when were you told, then?
CS: I've been involved in this for some time and …
JP: But you didn't take the decision, obviously, you said the chancellor and the prime minister did, so when were you told?
CS: We had a, uh, collective discussion of that, er, er, in due course and although I can't, you know, give you the sort of full gory …
JP: Well did it happen today?
CS: … details of the processes … I can't, I can't, I can't, sit here …
JP: You can't remember?
CS: … and tell you the ins and the outs, no, it's not appropriate for me to tell you the ins and the outs.
JP: Well, why isn't it appropriate? You're coming here to defend a change of policy and you can't even tell me when you were told what the change in policy was.
CS: Because, as a minister in the Treasury I've been involved in the discussions for some time, as I've said to you the chancellor and the prime minister take those decisions, I'm not going to be able to give you a running commentary on exactly who said …
JP: I'm not asking for a running commentary, I'm asking for a statement of facts about when you were told. You were told some time today, clearly. Was it before lunch or after lunch?
CS: I'm not going to give you a commentary of who says what and when. That's about how government policy is made behind the scenes.
JP: I just want to know when you were told. I'm not even going to ask you who told you but when you were told what the change of policy was.
CS: This has been under discussion for several weeks.
JP: Right, and at some point during those several weeks they communicated to you that there had been a decision to change the policy.
CS: Indeed, and today in front of parliament we, we revealed to parliament, as is right and proper by the way, to parliament, that we were planning to help households and businesses in this way.
JP: Is it hard for you to defend a policy you don't agree with?
CS: It's not that I'm afraid, Jeremy. Nice question. I do agree with it. I think it is very important to help households.
JP: You didn't in May.
CS: And businesses …
JP: You didn't in May …
CS: Go on.
JP: Alright. In May you said it is not certain that cutting fuel duty would have a positive effect on families or businesses. So what's happened?
CS: I think the point to be made out of that, and out of what's then been said today is that it's important to do what you think you can to help households and businesses. In a world that we are facing, and I think your intro pulled some of these scenes out, in the world that we are facing, where things are very hard for households and businesses you have to do what you can, and you have to do that in good faith so that they can get the help that they need in these hard times.
JP: But you said that it wasn't certain "that cutting fuel duty would have a positive effect on families or businesses". That was on the 23rd of May, now what's happened between the 23rd of May and today which is, what, the 25th of June?
CS: Jeremy, I don't think many things are certain in this world. I think the point is, on that for example …
JP: There are a lot of uncertainties here, you …
CS: Families or businesses could even save the money they kept from less on fuel duty … there are lots of different ways that could pan out for families and businesses, but it's important the government does this …
JP: Why didn't the transport secretary know about it yesterday?
CS: It's important that the government – [coughs] excuse me – it's very important that the government uh, acts on concerns it hears, and as I said about, about who, what and when, the government will make its policy and importantly come to parliament with it.
JP: Isn't the cost of petrol in people's cars a matter of legitimate interest to the transport secretary, who didn't know yesterday?
CS: Of course it is. It's a matter of legitimate interest to households and businesses, but of course, as you know, tax is for the chancellor and in this case the chancellor and the prime minister took the decision.
JP: OK, it's going to cost you say now about £550m, in contrast with your figure on 23 May, which was about £1.5bn. What, you just got the sums wrong, did you?
CS: No they actually refer to two slightly different things. The question being asked in May I believe was about a full cancellation and of course as you will be aware from today we have been talking of deferring the August rise to January.
JP: It's specifically about the August increase actually, the £1.5bn that you referred to and now you say is £550m. Can you tell us from which departments that gap is going to be made up?
CS: Well as we've said today it will be made up – it will be drawn from – and around £500m is the correct figure as we're talking about a deferral, the figure will be drawn from underspends in departmental budgets.
JP: Yes. Where?
CS: Well there are a number of those available. We know, for example, this year, that if you look at the public sector data released only today, we know that underspends are going, we know that the rate of spending is less than the OBR was forecast, those figures are there today.
JP: Where?
CS: We know also that last year there was 4bn of those, so they are available...
JP: Which department is it going to come from?
CS: They fall across and in different ways and that figure will progress, if you like, through the course of the year …
JP: Well just name me a few departments.
CS: No, I won't do that because …
JP: You don't know?
CS: … we'll be giving you the full details in the autumn statement …
JP: Are you waiting to be told that as well?
CS: No, because …
JP: You know do you? You know which departments have underspent?
CS: It is not possible to give you a full breakdown at this point because the figure is evolving somewhat, as per the data today, the data is available monthly in that particular instance.
JP: We are clear that what you are looking for now is 500-odd million pounds, you say that various government departments are underspending, although you are unable to tell us which ones. Presumably you do know but are choosing not to tell us. Is that correct?
CS: It's an aggregate figure. If you look at the data today it's an aggregate figure.
JP: Fine. You're choosing not to tell us which government departments have underspent.
CS: It's an aggregate figure, and I think that's what's important here. The figure says there is enough underspend there to fund a policy like this and what's really important is when we see that kind of funding available we want to spend it for the good of the households and businesses.
JP: And can you just confirm to us that the number one priority of the government is reducing the deficit.
CS: It is indeed, and the fact if I may …
JP: That's the number one priority?
CS: The facts of using underspends for this means that our plan is absolutely intact and that is rightly what we seek to use for the credibility of our fiscal plan.
JP: Is this some kind of joke? I mean how can you possibly have as a number one priority cutting the deficit when you choose to spend an underspend in funding a tax cut or failure to implement a tax rise that was scheduled?
CS: The plan overall has not changed, the plan overall remains those departmental budgets as they were laid out and those have not changed. We're looking to use the underspends, however, in a way that is really valued by households and businesses and think anyone listening tonight who drives a car does know that.
JP: We learned today that government borrowing increased by, was it, £3bn … in May? £3bn, no £3bn is about forecast, wasn't it?
CS: For reasons that are interesting in themselves.
JP: I'm just wondering why you didn't you, you know, use this money to do something like paying that down?
CS: Well, the figures on the other side of that public sector data release today are quite interesting in themselves, they do relate to rather one-off factors. Specifically in terms of when some payments were made between May and June. That is of interest perhaps in a different conversation but the fact is here that we are sticking to the overall plan and taking the opportunities we have to help households and businesses.
JP: Do you ever wake up in the morning and think, my God, what am I going to be told today?
CS: I wake up in the morning and know, actually, that some of my constituents will really value not having to pay that little bit more on fuel prices, come August, because the cost of everything is pretty tight at the moment and everybody does know that. I do think this move today is valuable. It's not just a Westminster Village story Jeremy, it's real money in real people's pockets.
JP: Oh, we all understand that.
CS: Good.
JP: You ever think you are incompetent?
CS: I think it's valuable to help real people in this way and I do think that is valued by people who drive.
JP: OK. Chloe Smith, thank you.
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Re: And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
yes, i've seen thats what a tory mp said about it but i haven't actually seen it stated anywhere by labour.claretandy wrote:They've already spent it on reversing Education cuts, Mining and the arts.
got any links?
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Re: And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
Its on the side of a bus somewhere on Andys screen saver I think
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Re: And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
Why does that interview remind me of arguing with my wife...
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Re: And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
So you are going to vote for a Plastic Thatcher who is dithering her way through Brexit.
While her city mates wreck the economy
While her city mates wreck the economy
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Re: And people are still prepated to vote Labour!!
It does feel like Labour is making commitments the country simply couldn't afford and/or they are proposing that multiple policies will be funded from the same source i.e. double/triple/quadruple counting. But it's probably best to wait until the manifestos are published and there has been some independent expert analysis of the extent to which the main parties would be able to fund their manifesto pledges.quoonbeatz wrote:yes, i've seen thats what a tory mp said about it but i haven't actually seen it stated anywhere by labour.
got any links?