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#1 2011-09-27 01:46:01
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Mili-Nixon
Interesting to see the Labour leader positioning himself as the spokesman for 'the law-abiding Silent Majority' (headline in 'The Guardian', not my newspaper of choice).
#2 2011-09-27 11:37:10
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There's nothing interesting about the current Labour leader. That's the problem...
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#3 2011-09-27 11:39:34
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He's so 'effing effete and gormless, how could any rational fully functioning political party pick him as the leader? Just another Labour apologist looking for a demographic. Go away and prepare yourselves for three or four elections out in the wilderness.
At least Nixon had the power and knew exactly how he was going to abuse it.
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#4 2011-09-27 15:15:15
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I don't envy his task, convincing the British electorate he's a Prime Minister In-Waiting. I dislike his brother more, though. Like a lot of right-of-centre bods, I liked John Smith.
#5 2011-09-27 15:41:33
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#6 2011-09-27 16:09:35
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Ed is like a Chicken Run character.
My main interest was the conference centre and watching them walk from the hotel with the big wheel in the background. Reminded me of when I was up there. Very good old pub - the Baltic something or other - just across the road.
Also attended a conference in the Adelphi Hotel which was handy for Lime Street station and the centre of town. There was a World Cup on at the time. I remember taking some time out one lunch time to watch an Ireland game.
#7 2011-09-27 16:15:53
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Last edited by formby (2011-09-27 16:19:35)
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#8 2011-09-27 16:23:02
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John Smith was, in a sense, 'one of the good guys': like Gaitskell or Attlee. The mob on 'Newsnight' were the kind of pop-eyed, sweaty Trotskyist oiks I remember from my own time in the Labour Party. They maybe missed a trick in not backing an intelligent left-winger like Jon Cruddas. Mind you, he was favoured by Norman Tebbit, which must have been the kiss of death.
#9 2011-09-28 01:43:19
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Amusing piece by Matthew Norman in 'The Independent'. I remember him trashing poncy resturants in the 'Sunday Telegraph' a few years back. Nor did he like eel and pie shops. A metropolitan smart-arse and no mistake. Polly-Wolly Toynbee in 'The Guardian' remains full of wishful thinking. Evidently she found something in Ed's speech the rest of us missed: substance. This guy can make even Clegg look good.
#10 2011-09-28 11:34:24
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I avoid the editorials in The Guardian and The Independent (unless its Robert Fisk) as they generally make me want to puke with their bile.
That's a blast from the past, the Phil pub, a very, very long time ago since I've been in there. Must be the early Nineties.
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#11 2011-09-28 11:36:58
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#12 2011-09-28 11:42:00
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From the website, its exactly the same. Unlike this place, which use to be The Hamlet over the water in Birkenhead:
http://birkonian.blogspot.com/2011/05/gallaghers-pub-and-barbers-birkenhead_15.html
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#13 2011-09-29 05:11:45
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Stick to the threads boys - you're all talking out of your arses.
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#15 2011-09-29 05:49:13
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Not difficult to see why they're already lining up Yvette Cooper: Baroness Cooper of circa 2030.
#17 2011-09-29 15:32:09
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I think he quite likes Ed. Even if he does occupy 'the middle ground'.
#19 2011-09-30 11:55:06
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I like Ed rather more than I like his brother. I came across their father when studying A-Level Sociology all those years ago; the boys when reading Tony Benn's diaries. I think David had stolen Ed's stamp collection or something. I'm actually quite interested in that North London/Jewish/Marxist stuff. Reminds me of Laski, Mikardo and co. Rotten speech to conference, though.
#20 2011-09-30 12:14:30
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After the Blair and Brown years, I am totally and utterly devoid of any interest and hope in Labour being a political force. I don't trust them and I don't dig this Milliband family dynasty thing they're trying to cultivate. Vile.
The whole political class needs to be purged and replaced by non-professional politicians from the front lines of reality, industry and commerce.
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