ealingfox Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 ITV missed a trick yesterday by not announcing that Clive Tyldesley and Andy Townsend would be providing commentary on the debate .
The Railway Man Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Sturgeon being there could turn the election. If she puts her foot in it making demands about what the SNP would insist on to support any kind of coalition, then people will realise what they get if they vote Labour. I can see everyone ganging up on Cameron, and him getting a sympathy bounce in the polls. It could turn it either way, she's got a lot of experience at doing this recently and is very good at appealing to the 'anti-austerity' audience. She's going to be able to talk about all the wonderful socialist achievements she's overseen in Scotland as First Minister and not one leader except Farage will probably have the balls to actually say it's because of holding the English taxpayer to ransom. How the Leanne Wood has managed to get on this show is baffling.
ealingfox Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 They'll be stood in this order for any budding psychologists (L to R): Bennett, Clegg, Farage, Miliband, Wood, Sturgeon, Cameron Bennett speaks first, Cameron last. Format is question gets asked, each person in turn gets an uninterrupted minute to answer it, then up to 18 minutes of debate on said question. This will happen for 4 questions on 'substantial election questions' (Economy, EU, Immigration, NHS??). They won't see the questions in advance and an experienced editorial panel devises the questions. Farage 6/4 favourite to 'win' it.
DB11 Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 I was speaking to someone yesterday who is being made redundant (only a couple of months before she was due to retire... so rather than waiting for her to retire they are giving her a lump sum equal to two years worth of pay for redundancy!! You must wonder who decides these things ). She asked if she could stay on a zero hours contract and just help out from time to time but they said no. Zero hours contracts do help some people.
Benji Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 They'll be stood in this order for any budding psychologists (L to R): Bennett, Clegg, Farage, Miliband, Wood, Sturgeon, Cameron Bennett speaks first, Cameron last. Format is question gets asked, each person in turn gets an uninterrupted minute to answer it, then up to 18 minutes of debate on said question. This will happen for 4 questions on 'substantial election questions' (Economy, EU, Immigration, NHS??). They won't see the questions in advance and an experienced editorial panel devises the questions. Farage 6/4 favourite to 'win' it. Have you guessed those four topics or are they confirmed? I feel as though the EU and immigration would merge as one if Farage gets involved. Maybe feel as though they need an environmental question to give the greens something to talk about.
ealingfox Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Have you guessed those four topics or are they confirmed? I feel as though the EU and immigration would merge as one if Farage gets involved. Maybe feel as though they need an environmental question to give the greens something to talk about. Just a guess. I did think economy was maybe too broad and eu and immigration overlap so who knows. Theyll all be touched on in some way though you would think.
Jon the Hat Posted 2 April 2015 Author Posted 2 April 2015 I was speaking to someone yesterday who is being made redundant (only a couple of months before she was due to retire... so rather than waiting for her to retire they are giving her a lump sum equal to two years worth of pay for redundancy!! You must wonder who decides these things ). She asked if she could stay on a zero hours contract and just help out from time to time but they said no. Zero hours contracts do help some people. Someone kind who wants to take the opportunity to reward the employee fairly alongside her colleagues rather than have her watch people walk away with a cheque when she doesn't get one? Alternatively, it would probably be discrimination not to make her role redundant in some circumstances.
EnderbyFox Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Chicken Tikka?! That's my vote gone Ed. He lost me at Bastille
Guest MattP Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Britain First 'invades' Stand up to UKIP meeting as revenge for their attack on Nigel Farage at a pub. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/britain-first-acting-like-ukip-henchmen-by-invading-meeting-of-activists-in-revenge-for-pub-protest-against-nigel-farage-10146379.html Hard to feel any sympathy really given it is the same people who harrassed Farage and his family having a Sunday lunch, although my opinion is of course that no one should ever have to suffer violence, threats or harrassment for their political views no matter how outrageous people find them, that's what democracy and living in a free society is about. One group of knuckledraggers bullying a family followed by a bigger group of knuckledraggers bullying the frst knuckledraggers. What a situation.
Finnegan Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Britain First 'invades' Stand up to UKIP meeting as revenge for their attack on Nigel Farage at a pub. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/britain-first-acting-like-ukip-henchmen-by-invading-meeting-of-activists-in-revenge-for-pub-protest-against-nigel-farage-10146379.html Hard to feel any sympathy really given it is the same people who harrassed Farage and his family having a Sunday lunch, although my opinion is of course that no one should ever have to suffer violence, threats or harrassment for their political views no matter how outrageous people find them, that's what democracy and living in a free society is about. One group of knuckledraggers bullying a family followed by a bigger group of knuckledraggers bullying the frst knuckledraggers. What a situation. I don't know why you'd feel sympathy for Stand Up, they'll be ****ing delighted. Really good press for them and a shocker for UKIP. Britain First doing Farage absolutely no favours by acting like the EDL to their BNP or the IRA to their Sinn Fein (to use a disproportionately ott example.)
bovril Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Is anyone else totally undecided at this moment in time on who they're gonna vote for? I still haven't decided whether to draw a cock and balls or a pair of boobies on mine. Thinking of maybe combining them in honour of the coalition.
Raj Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Have voted Labour n Tories in the past.No way I'd want Ed Balls even having a sniff of making monetary decisions on behalf of us,wouldn't even trust him to do my ISA Tories so far for me.
Buce Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 AstraZeneca and Ladbrokes have withdrawn their support for the letter in the Telegraph.
Guest MattP Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 AstraZeneca and Ladbrokes have withdrawn their support for the letter in the Telegraph. 18 more added their support as well today.
Raj Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 AstraZeneca and Ladbrokes have withdrawn their support for the letter in the Telegraph.What letter???
Buce Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 What letter??? The letter from some business leaders supporting the Tories.
Raj Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 The letter from some business leaders supporting the Tories....ah...see everyone hates Ed Balls!!! !!!
reynard Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 Is the TV debate tonight? I hope its not as farcical as 7 different parties debating each other at the same time sounds. Will need to be expertly chaired/emceed or you'd expect Farage will clean up as the main outsider. Also hate to sound sexist but still think theres zero point in Sturgeon, Bennett and the Welsh bird being there. The vast majority of the country doesn't give a shit about Scotland, Wales or Brighton. Well it's about time people did these parties could hold the power, especially the SNP in any future parliament.
StanSP Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 I still haven't decided whether to draw a cock and balls or a pair of boobies on mine. Thinking of maybe combining them in honour of the coalition. Why would you draw Farage and Cameron/Clegg on your ballot paper?
Buce Posted 2 April 2015 Posted 2 April 2015 ...ah...see everyone hates Ed Balls!!! !!! 100 or so people with a vested interest in supporting the party for the rich is hardly everybody.
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