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Just reading about the PM attacking the Welsh government. There is no need.

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I like that zing at the end (although, Welsh Labour narrowly missed there own target of a majority, mind.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/06/trust-in-david-cameron-hits-new-low_n_1408585.html?ref=uk

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Today, it's been twenty years since the Conservatives have won an election.
(Or twenty years since the electorate last returned a Conservative government, for you pedants out there.)

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Dennis Skinner having a good old rant about the Liberals on Election Night 1992, still very much rings true.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFfkJ_l-rHM&

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Smithson saying the Labour lead's growing because more people are blaming the Coalition for the cuts, rather than Brown Labour. I agree with his hypothesis. If that gap closes completely, it's game over for Nick and Dave, it's the line they've been holding onto ("Because of the mess that he inherited from the last government!") for dear life for the past two years.

http://www7.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2012/04/11/labour-closes-the-blame-gap-by-10-percent/

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Lucy Powell selected as the Labour candidate for Manchester Central. There'll be a by-election there after the Mayoral election (or is it Commissioner, can't remember).

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The idea of publically funding a private school is horrendous. Why setup a private school and expect the tax-payer to pick up the pieces?

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The idea of publically funding a private school is horrendous. Why setup a private school and expect the tax-payer to pick up the pieces?

People who put their children in a private school are taxpayers too, why should they have to pay everything?
If you only have public schools its "one size fits all". No Rudolf Steiner schools, no Jewish schools etc. Only 100 % privately funded schools for the elite and uniform public schools for everybody else regardsless of their values and wishes.

Britain doesn't have that problem, religious schools are common in the public sector (I went to one, in fact).

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Well, she is right on that, but that's rather strange to attack your own leaders.

It's not too rare for the Tories really. And she's just fuming that her seats probably going to be abolished.

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Well that and his (perceived) slight against her in PMQs.

In response, Cameron replied that he "does a lot of his own shopping".

Sainsbury's Chipping Norton.

He rightly didn't say Waitrose, he wrongly didn't realise that Sainsbury's is for posh folk these days.

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Right, how long before Mr. Hunt stands down?

Well, David Cameron has expressed his full support for him...







I give him a week

Well, atleast he'll known for something more than just being called Jeremy c**nt (that's in context, mods) once.

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A Daily Mail front page praising Labour! What is this sourcery!?!?

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Dave certainly bungled that statement today. Difficult to watch.

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Just for some perspective on Lord Reform, if we had the Clegg plan, Senators elected during the 1997 Labour landslide would only just be leaving office today.

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Just for some perspective on Lord Reform, if we had the Clegg plan, Senators elected during the 1997 Labour landslide would only just be leaving office today.

At least we're doing something about it, rather than stuffing the Lords with peers

Oh no, I'd support the proposals in any referendum, don't get me wrong. We just deserve better really, like with AV.

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Funny how France is about to elect a left-wing, party back-room geek, who's never been truely respected by the upper-echlons, who no one ever thought would be President and who is sans charisma against a "smooth-operating", "modernising", "cool" right-wing incumbent, who's increasingly grown to be seen as a bully and has led a party who's only achievement in 5 years is a crap round of cuts and barely anything else.

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The Indie today throwing out a rumour today saying Dave M's going back to Shadow Foreign when Ed reshuffles the ShadCab.

I don't see it, we've been here before.

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Hope we'll see the back of Liam Byrne though, even with Birmingham voting no to a mayor.

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Tomorrow's Indie will have an interview with Caroline Lucas in which she'll announce she's standing down as Leader of the Greens.

Anyone care?

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Of course.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/13/liberal-democrat-labour-ed-miliband

Something I've been consistently arguing - it's a shame but I become increasingly worried that it's only a matter of time before they're alienated again and this once in a generation opportunity will be scuppered, as the Blairites will almost certainly win out. [/pessimism]

Yes, 2015 will see a re-alignment, win or lose.

Labour have gained voters since the election, from the LibDems, whom the LDs will NEVER win back.

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From The Times:

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I sometimes feel that Hammersmith and Fulham is the Tory's answer to Liverpool Militant.

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Anyone noticing the big change of narrative around Ed?

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Anyone noticing the big change of narrative around Ed?

He's certainly getting a lot less stick in the press, isn't he?

Even some "EM4PM" or "Miliband PM isn't unlikely" editorials floating around. Who would've thought we'd see that in January?

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So even LaGarde's come out and ripped into Cameronomics.

We haven't half become isolated under this government.

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Missed this one, but ScotsLab have backed away from free tuition fees. Crap.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9261125/Johann-Lamont-Free-university-education-in-Scotland-is-holding-back-youngsters.html

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http://www.leftfootforward.org/2012/06/david-cameron-jeremy-hunt-sayeeda-warsi/

The lefty blogosphere calling the race, class and gender cards on this Warsi-but-not-Hunt saga. Quite unfair on the PM that actually, not to mention beyond patronising Sayeeda.

Of course, Dave identifies more with Hunt on a personal level, but the reason he's not giving Hunt a hard time is because the trail would only lead back to the PM himself.