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Originally posted by RZB:

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forgive me but wasnt it Maggie Thatcher who introduced the second home allowance

It was introduced by Thatcher in the early
1980s to supplement MPs salaries during a time when she was grinding away at public sector salary increases.

yes just as I thought

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Originally posted by Lockes no 1 fan:

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Originally posted by RZB:

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forgive me but wasnt it Maggie Thatcher who introduced the second home allowance

It was introduced by Thatcher in the early
1980s to supplement MPs salaries during a time when she was grinding away at public sector salary increases.

yes just as I thought

forgive me again but didnt she also decide that these mps didnt have to pay council tax on their second homes also

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Originally posted by RZB:

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forgive me but wasnt it Maggie Thatcher who introduced the second home allowance

It was introduced by Thatcher in the early
1980s to supplement MPs salaries during a time when she was grinding away at public sector salary increases.

So it is the Left wings preverbial bogeyman Maggie, who is to blame for all the current MP's who could not keep their sticky mits out the till. Nothing to do with their own lack of morals?
'Thatcher made me do it' came the cry from our elected representatives.

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Originally posted by china:
is the same mr brown who's lived in downing street for 12 years whilst buying a property in his wifes name to avoid paying some sort of tax

Clever girl!
Good girl!
What would she, a mere woman, be doing buying a house anyway?

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by china:
is the same mr brown who's lived in downing street for 12 years whilst buying a property in his wifes name to avoid paying some sort of tax

Clever girl!
Good girl!
What would she, a mere woman, be doing buying a house anyway?

hehe that made me laugh

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Originally posted by luxor:

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Originally posted by RZB:

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forgive me but wasnt it Maggie Thatcher who introduced the second home allowance

It was introduced by Thatcher in the early
1980s to supplement MPs salaries during a time when she was grinding away at public sector salary increases.

So it is the Left wings preverbial bogeyman Maggie, who is to blame for all the current MP's who could not keep their sticky mits out the till. Nothing to do with their own lack of morals?
'Thatcher made me do it' came the cry from our elected representatives.

Brings to mind the rather wonderful quote from HIGNFY.

This pool is full of piss! Instead of, We've all been pissing in the pool.

Gordon Brown desperately wanted to be PM. He has been found wanting as a leader. Cameron wipes the floor with him at PM question time. If Brown remains as PM Labour will lose the next General Election. Labour might have a chance with a new leader.

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Originally posted by paace:
Gordon Brown desperately wanted to be PM. He has been found wanting as a leader. Cameron wipes the floor with him at PM question time. If Brown remains as PM Labour will lose the next General Election. Labour might have a chance with a new leader.

He did! (tick)
He has! (tick)
He doesn't! (cross)
It will! (tick)
It hasn't! (cross) 3/5 60%

somewhat amused that last night Hutton released a statement saying Purnell had made the wrong decision to resign, before resigning this morning

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Originally posted by squiggle:

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Originally posted by Tullyanna:


I agree H. It was ok for the Brits to go to France in 1944 in vast numbers but somehow in 2009 they are not so welcome. It seems that photo opportunities with Mr Obama are what matters to the French today. The Queen might clutter up the photos so to speak. It is a slight to the British that they are airbrushed out of history and treated like an also-ran, when France today is littered with cemeteries of the British dead. Shameful and ungrateful.

Great story in the paper last week about someone who took his Dad and Father-in-Law to the 60th Anniversary, they both landed on Gold beach on D Day. They were stopped by the gendarmes and asked for their tickets and his Dad said "I didn't need a bloody ticket 60 years ago and I don't need one now". They let them straight through and gave them a police escort.

WONDERFUL

friends - isn't super to talk about politics and not be zapped

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Originally posted by Deegs:
Did Gordon Brown's Mammy never tell him "be careful what you wish for, son"?

sings pussycat dolls song

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Originally posted by EDWARDIAN LIL:
friends - isn't super to talk about politics and not be zapped

i also said shit & arsehole and...nothing!

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Originally posted by Cadoxton:

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wot i want to know is

no.10's door

who paints it - and do they strip the previous paint off before giving it another coat - and when do they paint it -

So gar as I know, the door is made of steel and doesn't need painting that much...

oh

ruined my vision of a dedicated door painter

Don’t worry, Flint’s gone but instead Gordon has confirmed in the same press conference that we’ve been lumped with Glenys Kinnock being put into the House of Lords, and into the government. How many unelected people into government does that make that today, along with Alan Sugar?

There goes Browngabe’s claim to restore the democratic deficit – forcing people onto us that have NEVER faced any election.Half of the chuffing cabinet will be from the Lords at this rate. I thought Labour wanted to scrap the HoL.

This is Democratic Renewal, people.

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Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:
somewhat amused that last night Hutton released a statement saying Purnell had made the wrong decision to resign, before resigning this morning

And Caroline Flint
And Margaret Beckett

i LIKE GORDAN BROWN AND THE EXPENCES THING GOES BACK TO THATCHER WHO PUT IT IN PLACE SO IT WOULD NOT LOOK BAD GIVING MP'S HUGE PAY RISES.. SOME POLICTICAN ON QUESTION TIME SAID THIS SO DON'T SHOOT ME. THE CONS ARE JUST THAT, CONS. SORRY ABOUT CAPS, NOT SHOUTING, JUST TIRED..

I now see that Mandy Mandelson is being rewarded with the title 'First Secretary of State', whatever TF THAT means

it was the liberals that invented free milk in schools to conquer ricketts

it twas the liberals that invented the nhs

twas the liberals that invented social security

wot happened

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Originally posted by EDWARDIAN LIL:

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Originally posted by Cadoxton:

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wot i want to know is

no.10's door

who paints it - and do they strip the previous paint off before giving it another coat - and when do they paint it -

So gar as I know, the door is made of steel and doesn't need painting that much...

oh

ruined my vision of a dedicated door painter

Never mind about painting the door I think they need to replace it with a revolving one

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Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:
I now see that Mandy Mandelson is being rewarded with the title 'First Secretary of State', whatever TF THAT means

Do all of his posts have to be made up ones...wasn't he Minister Without Portfolio or some guff years back?

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Originally posted by EDWARDIAN LIL:
it was the liberals that invented free milk in schools to conquer ricketts

it twas the liberals that invented the nhs

twas the liberals that invented social security

wot happened

They've al gone Victorian!

My keyboard keep sticking, I'm missing letters out all over the shop.

UPDATE : Caroline Flint has just said that Gordon Brown treated her as female window dressing and accused him of running a two-tier government of cronies and the rest of the cabinet. Ouch.

How can Gordon possibly hang on after all this? He's a laughing-stock. Has he no shame or dignity?!

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Originally posted by Daniel J*:
How can Gordon possibly hang on after all this? He's a laughing-stock. Has he no shame or dignity?!

Not a jot

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Never mind about painting the door I think they need to replace it with a revolving one

I applaud you squiggle - that really made me chuckle. So true.

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Originally posted by The Devil In Diamante:

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Originally posted by EDWARDIAN LIL:
friends - isn't super to talk about politics and not be zapped

i also said shit & arsehole and...nothing!

I said "piss" and not even the naughty step!
It's great isn't it.

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Originally posted by Garage Joe:

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Originally posted by china:
is the same mr brown who's lived in downing street for 12 years whilst buying a property in his wifes name to avoid paying some sort of tax

Clever girl!
Good girl!
What would she, a mere woman, be doing buying a house anyway?

she'd be buying it so her old fella dont have to cough up anything-so she really is a good girl/clever girl
and no-to the other FM-i wouldnt have them living in a cardboard box-id have them living in the bottom of that barrell im scraping
and if they ended up homeless-tough shit

i'll care about the likes of them scrounging bastards the day they care about my welfare which will be..errr..never

In the council elections, Labour have Null Points, zero, not a sausage, bugger all!

Precisely 0 councils out of 34 so far. The Tories have 27.

This is how Gordon knows that ‘people’ want him to stay and ‘get on with the job’.

What effing people? Utterly delusional.

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Originally posted by EDWARDIAN LIL:
it was the liberals that invented free milk in schools to conquer ricketts

it twas the liberals that invented the nhs

twas the liberals that invented social security

wot happened

Where do you get this from Lil? First I've heard of it!

Having seen Gordon's denial of reality in that press conference, I hereby decalre him completely sodding Hornchurch

(that's 6 stops past Barking, for non-Essex types)

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Originally posted by paace:

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Originally posted by EDWARDIAN LIL:
it was the liberals that invented free milk in schools to conquer ricketts

it twas the liberals that invented the nhs

twas the liberals that invented social security

wot happened

Where do you get this from Lil? First I've heard of it!

As I recall Beveridge was thought to be an expert on social services and unemployment, and was taken on board by David Lloyd George, rather like Brown employing Sir Alan Sugar.
So partly correct.
However he did his paper on the main problems during the war and the NHS was put in place by the Labour government.

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Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:
In the council elections, Labour have Null Points, zero, not a sausage, bugger all!

Precisely 0 councils out of 34 so far. The Tories have 27.

This is how Gordon knows that ‘people’ want him to stay and ‘get on with the job’.

What effing people? Utterly delusional.

If your expecting anything to change when the Tories get back in you're in for big disappointment. I remember Labour in Opposition saying all the right things.
There is very little difference between todays Labour party and the Tories. All this expenses scandal has put me right off all politicians.

Gordon Brown must be one of the unluckiest leaders in British Politics. As well as not being up to the job of leader, his tenure as PM has been hit by two of the biggest bombshells in Political history, the credit crunch and the expenses scandal.

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Originally posted by paace:


All this expenses scandal has put me right off all politicians.

Gordon Brown must be one of the unluckiest leaders in British Politics. As well as not being up to the job of leader, his tenure as PM has been hit by two of the biggest bombshells in Political history, the credit crunch and the expenses scandal.

That's just the start of it.
Wait until the press starting printing details of all the extra-curricular jobs these MP's have.

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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:

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Originally posted by paace:


All this expenses scandal has put me right off all politicians.

Gordon Brown must be one of the unluckiest leaders in British Politics. As well as not being up to the job of leader, his tenure as PM has been hit by two of the biggest bombshells in Political history, the credit crunch and the expenses scandal.

That's just the start of it.
Wait until the press starting printing details of all the extra-curricular jobs these MP's have.

Edit: And I'm not just talking about Labour here - they're all at it.

6.39pm: Labour has now lost more than 200 council seats. They were defending 445.

That's me done. Listen for the faint popping of corks at Ostrich Towers

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This is how Gordon knows that ‘people’ want him to stay and ‘get on with the job’.

What effing people? Utterly delusional.

Him, himself and Gordon.

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Originally posted by Bigdaddyostrich:
6.39pm: Labour has now lost more than 200 council seats. They were defending 445.

That's me done. Listen for the faint popping of corks at Ostrich Towers

But surely that's normal behaviour for a bunch of piss-heads such as yourselves. Any excuse.
There! I said it again. Hee-Hee.

Gordon Brown needs to call a general Election now...but he doesn't have the balls to do it.