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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,788
    Interesting stuff going on with Greg Hands, Carol Vorderman, and Jo Maugham.

    Hands threatened Vorderman over Tweets in which she accused him of shady dealing, she took them down and apologised, but Maugham has waded in with a number of questions directly relating to the matter.

    I think we might be seeing the Streisand effect again.







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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,461
    edited September 2023


    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,031
    kingstongraham said:

    tailwindhome said:

    rjsterry said:

    Looks like Woking is the next local authority teetering on the edge of insolvency

    Go Woking. Go Broking.
    At least their big investments are real and are actually in Woking, not like Thurrock's insanity.
    Thurrock's investments were real and would have been half decent if they had not used the advisor in the middle.

    Of course, that doesn't mean they should have been making those investments.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    tailwindhome said:



    Said it before, the metaphor is way too on the nose.

    This will be remembered for decades.
    _
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,515
    edited September 2023


    (I believe I have been the resident doomster for a considerable time.)
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,829
    Jeez, you lot need a sandwich board each.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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  • wallace_and_gromit
    wallace_and_gromit Posts: 3,696
    briantrumpet said:

    Interesting stuff going on with Greg Hands, Carol Vorderman, and Jo Maugham.

    Hands threatened Vorderman over Tweets in which she accused him of shady dealing, she took them down and apologised, but Maugham has waded in with a number of questions directly relating to the matter.

    I think we might be seeing the Streisand effect again.

    Jo Maugham has a rare ability in my experience to repel those who are actually supportive of his position. He appears to an attention-seeking grandstander (which are highly undesirable characteristics in my book) and rather confirms this with a shameless plug for his new book in the Twitter exchange referenced.

    Agree re the "Streisand Effect". In the social media age, keeping your head down is likely the best course of action.

  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    This is the second time I'm hoping Jezza will stand for election.
    https://standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-susan-hall-poll-london-mayoral-election-jeremy-corbyn-redfield-times-b1105781.html
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,829
    Stevo_666 said:

    This is the second time I'm hoping Jezza will stand for election.
    https://standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-susan-hall-poll-london-mayoral-election-jeremy-corbyn-redfield-times-b1105781.html

    Why are you interested in the London mayoral election?
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    rjsterry said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    This is the second time I'm hoping Jezza will stand for election.
    https://standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-susan-hall-poll-london-mayoral-election-jeremy-corbyn-redfield-times-b1105781.html

    Why are you interested in the London mayoral election?
    I'm practising becoming a centre leftie by assuming that I know what's good for other people more than they do themselves :smile:
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    kingstongraham said:

    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.

    Unfortunately for Sadiq, everyone knows about him now.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,829
    edited September 2023
    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.

    Unfortunately for Sadiq, everyone knows about him now.
    Yeah he's deeply disappointing even by the modest standards of previous incumbents. Probably one for the other thread though.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.

    Unfortunately for Sadiq, everyone knows about him now.
    Did you put that bet on yet?
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    kingstongraham said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.

    Unfortunately for Sadiq, everyone knows about him now.
    Did you put that bet on yet?
    Which one?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.

    Unfortunately for Sadiq, everyone knows about him now.
    Did you put that bet on yet?
    Which one?
    9/2 Susan Hall.

    Easy money in a two horse race, surely.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    kingstongraham said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    That's a poll before people have seen much of Susan Hall. She'll do better if she keeps it like that.

    Unfortunately for Sadiq, everyone knows about him now.
    Did you put that bet on yet?
    Which one?
    9/2 Susan Hall.

    Easy money in a two horse race, surely.
    Good point, worth a flutter.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    Although if Jezza runs then it could be a three horse race.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,601
    Stevo_666 said:

    Although if Jezza runs then it could be a three horse race.

    Even better for her then with the Leftie vote getting split so go big now before the odds change.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    Pross said:

    Stevo_666 said:

    Although if Jezza runs then it could be a three horse race.

    Even better for her then with the Leftie vote getting split so go big now before the odds change.
    Good point.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Get stuck in. Those bookies are idiots.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,839
    kingstongraham said:

    Get stuck in. Those bookies are idiots.

    Are you putting a few quid on the result then?
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,461
    I'll say this, she's not short of self confidence


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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,461
    Lewis Goodall sums it up nicely..





    https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2023/09/birmingham-council-crumbling-britain-tories
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • orraloon
    orraloon Posts: 13,275
    How dare he compare Alanis to HiRiskAnus.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,723
    That's either a niche Alanis reference or very harsh on the songstress...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    yeah why the hate for Alanis?
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,407
    shirley_basso said:

    yeah why the hate for Alanis?

    It's ironic.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    I had never realised UK spends 1.4% of GDP on housing benefit.
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  • surrey_commuter
    surrey_commuter Posts: 18,867
    rick_chasey said:

    I had never realised UK spends 1.4% of GDP on housing benefit.

    myself and others on here have told you for years that Blair/Brown started a massive transfer of wealth to private sector landlords.

    Couple that with the massive transfer of wealth to allow the likes of Tesco to employ people at below livable rates of pay an you have a massive scandal.

    If this was the Tories it would easily be explained away by enriching their donors and keeping their core vote happy but what are the off the shelf explanations for this New Labour scandal?

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