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jesusbuiltmycar said:
Quite Unbelievable - Heaven help us if becomes prime minister.
The video on the Guardian page doesnt work but its on the BBC site.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13971770
Good grief.
Ayahuasca said:
TheExcession said:
I'll admit I did wonder if there was a bit of editing going on there, hence my previous (tongue in cheek) post just moving the words around.
You're right though. It's bizarre and a bit weird and worrisome.
It was a genuine interview - this is the Guardian's piece about iYou're right though. It's bizarre and a bit weird and worrisome.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/jul/01/ed...
It must be the new Labour strategy - Chukka Umunna was doing a "lite" version of this on 5 Live this morning; not answering the question and repeating some barely related claptrap.
Did non of you bother to listen to Ed Millibands speech today ? Could you not give up an hour and a half of your time to spare to listen. 90 minutes to spare for a young man who has given so much to his country ?
A man with passion and vision ? A man with integrity and the answers to the problems we face.
His speech was brilliant (though I admit to turning over to watch Agent Gibbs in NCIS after a few minutes) I know his speech was brilliant as lot's of people being interviewed about it said it was.
In Eds post Labour Victory world everyone will be equal and the NHS will be saved.
I can't wait.
And agent Gibbs worked it all out too.
Edited to alter spelling mistake due to being extremely excited when posting.
A man with passion and vision ? A man with integrity and the answers to the problems we face.
His speech was brilliant (though I admit to turning over to watch Agent Gibbs in NCIS after a few minutes) I know his speech was brilliant as lot's of people being interviewed about it said it was.
In Eds post Labour Victory world everyone will be equal and the NHS will be saved.
I can't wait.
And agent Gibbs worked it all out too.
Edited to alter spelling mistake due to being extremely excited when posting.
Edited by gpo746 on Tuesday 23 September 19:43
Edited by gpo746 on Tuesday 23 September 19:43
Laurel Green said:
He is the Messiah of the political world. 
Such a term does not do him justice but I can see you too realise he is our savourWhen he claimed it was "his team" that saved the United Kingdom and kept us all together I wanted to weep with joy. When he mentioned the team by name and got to Alastair Darlings name tears of a different kind welled up.
Anyway it turned out that Agent Gibbs realised the woman involved in the case has been abused by a guy at a fast food restaurant who used to beat her with a spatula type thing. At the end the family who had adopted her decided to still love her. Another case closed.
McClure said:
It must be the new Labour strategy - Chukka Umunna was doing a "lite" version of this on 5 Live this morning; not answering the question and repeating some barely related claptrap.
KTF said:
jesusbuiltmycar said:
Quite Unbelievable - Heaven help us if becomes prime minister.
The video on the Guardian page doesnt work but its on the BBC site.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13971770
Good grief.
http://youtu.be/qcQzOZmJykk
crankedup said:
number 46 said:
Christ, he's got his ghastly wife trending the boards now, who the f
k votes for these muppets??
k votes for these muppets??
in their hundreds of thousands, the much maligned champagne socialist. 
DrDoofenshmirtz said:
It's just not safe to go anywhere near a TV for fear of seeing or hearing him at the moment. I haven't watched the TV news for weeks (genuinely!).
Imagine if he was Prime Minster?! Terrifying.His main push today seemed to be tax the rich people (standard Labour) and spend it on the NHS to hire more people. Hasn't the NHS already got quite a few large holes in its budget before it starts increasing staff numbers?
FourWheelDrift said:
<Cringe> Can you imagine….(or probably best not too!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHFtqZN8VJk
MiniMan64 said:
Imagine if he was Prime Minster?! Terrifying.
His main push today seemed to be tax the rich people (standard Labour) and spend it on the NHS to hire more people. Hasn't the NHS already got quite a few large holes in its budget before it starts increasing staff numbers?
It is a noble enough venture but his union masters will compel him to divert much of the budget into pay increases for the staff, rather than additional capacity for the NHS.His main push today seemed to be tax the rich people (standard Labour) and spend it on the NHS to hire more people. Hasn't the NHS already got quite a few large holes in its budget before it starts increasing staff numbers?
What is this fascination with memorising a speech? Some people van pull that off (Brown of all orators!) Ed simply can't, so it came across as juvenile and jumpy, the soundbites are just awful! Why not just fecking read the notes so you don't sound like you've forgotten or are making it up on the hoof (which with some of it, he probably was).
disappointed the mansion tax is starting to become mainstream, just a matter of time before £2m drops and drops and drops to catch us all, and seemingly the cash wont pay down the deficit (unmentioned!) it will be given to NHS management, renowned for their prudence...
disappointed the mansion tax is starting to become mainstream, just a matter of time before £2m drops and drops and drops to catch us all, and seemingly the cash wont pay down the deficit (unmentioned!) it will be given to NHS management, renowned for their prudence...
Croutons said:
disappointed the mansion tax is starting to become mainstream, just a matter of time before £2m drops and drops and drops to catch us all, and seemingly the cash wont pay down the deficit (unmentioned!) it will be given to NHS management, renowned for their prudence...
...thought it would come mainstream, all the dropping hints a while ago was a softening up process. As you say, the old tactic of fixing it so the tax gradually affects more and more people will surely be played out - just how inheritance tax is being used - get it in first by appealing to the gullible / envious / resentful who, as usual, are fooled into voting for their own increased taxes down the line.We are so fortunate that the Labour Party has such a depth of talent that if, for example, Ed were to get trampled to death by an adoring crowd after delivering one of his brilliant speeches, they would have no trouble at all promoting a new leader from the shadow cabinet since it is packed with people the public already recognise, admire and respect.
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