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mediadave posted:Ugh, I don't know how I'm going to last till the 7th. Every poll fills me with dread or offers brief relief. That the SNP stuff seems to be striking a cord, and therefore the Tories will keep hammering it for the next two weeks, just makes my heart sink.
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Tesco just reported a £6.37 Billion lose, should be interesting to see the political fall out from that.
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Apr 22, 2015 07:11
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Brown Moses posted:Tesco just reported a £6.37 Billion lose, should be interesting to see the political fall out from that. That's a big number.
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Pissflaps posted:That's a big number. So big that the BBC couldn't handle it.  Also I see ya sneakin my pic for your Twitter BM 
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Brown Moses posted:Tesco just reported a £6.37 Billion lose, should be interesting to see the political fall out from that. Almost £5 Billion of it is write downs due to readjusting the value of their property portfolio. Along with other one off costs they would have actually made a 'small' profit of a few hundred million. Does seem the new Boss is trying to get all the bad news out the way at the start of his stint, then next year he can show the company is making a profit again. Not sure he will succeed as they still haven't woken up to the new Aldi / Lidl world and responded accordingly, they have only cut prices to try and compete, they haven't also increased quality to Aldi and Lidl's levels. Really they need to completely rebuild their business, either go the Waitrose way and increase quality massively and pay your staff a good wage so they want to work there - or cut their store size down and go for low cost high value. ukle fucked around with this message at 07:44 on Apr 22, 2015 |
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Apr 22, 2015 07:40
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Not sure why Tesco recording a big loss would have any impact on the race one way or the other tbh. Might be a good buying opportunity after the dust settles, though!
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Apr 22, 2015 07:43
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Farage is trying the Mitt Romney tactic of "attack beloved TV icons as wasteful public spending" http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...r-10193051.html
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LemonDrizzle posted:Not sure why Tesco recording a big loss would have any impact on the race one way or the other tbh. Might be a good buying opportunity after the dust settles, though! Nationalise Tesco
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Apr 22, 2015 07:47
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Forget the Labour vs SNP arguments, there's only one man who can save Glasgow South...
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Apr 22, 2015 07:57
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I doubt his voice has even broken, let alone it being strong.
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Apr 22, 2015 08:02
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Bozza posted:Forget the Labour vs SNP arguments, there's only one man who can save Glasgow South...
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Apr 22, 2015 08:07
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Interesting snippets from the last YouGov poll via politicalbetting: YouGov "absolutely certain to vote or already voted by post" by region England+Wales 68% Scotland 73% YouGov "absolutely certain to vote or already voted by post" CON voters 75% LAB voters 76% LD voters 70% UKIP voters 69% YouGov "absolutely certain to vote or already voted by post" by age group 18-24 62% 25-39 54% 40-59 70% 60+ 81%
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Apr 22, 2015 08:08
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Had a leaflet through the door from an NF candidate that promises to "secure a future for our children"  Fortunately it's on really cheap paper so will be perfect for lining the guinea pigs' cage with.
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tooterfish posted:You do come across as a right condescending bastard, so you should be used to things like that by now. As a native Northumbrian I'm pretty okay with everything north of York going to Scotland 
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Apr 22, 2015 08:09
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LemonDrizzle posted:Interesting snippets from the last YouGov poll via politicalbetting: How does this expected turnout compare with past turnouts? It seems pretty high
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Apr 22, 2015 08:12
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Seaside Loafer posted:Now thats a fine figure of a man, the sort of fellow who just has presence, all eyes turn when he enters the room. The young laddie here is an undergraduate in Politics who works part time in a "major retailer". I feel the Tories have not taken this constituency seriously.
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Apr 22, 2015 08:21
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I don't understand why the SNP are seen as a far left party. Their record is a freeze on council tax, tax cuts for oil companies and a small enterprise grant scheme that has yet to return anything, those are pretty neo-liberal things to do.
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Apr 22, 2015 08:26
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Prince John posted:Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. I had no idea the blind spots were so incredibly bad and I will be much, much more careful around them in future. My advice as someone who's worked in distribution and who enjoys cycling: stay the gently caress away from trucks, at all times if at all possible. It's a matter of loving time.
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Apr 22, 2015 08:27
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Shapps has said that for all he knows it was someone from the Labour party that did these Wikipedia edits  the 'but..Labour!' tactic knows no bounds
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Apr 22, 2015 08:32
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Shapps is the guy who sold those lovely Michael Green tapes, right? How'd he end up a Tory chair?
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Teddybear posted:Shapps is the guy who sold those lovely Michael Green tapes, right? How'd he end up a Tory chair? He's a lying, greedy, cheating bastard.
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Stottie Kyek posted:I don't understand why the SNP are seen as a far left party. Their record is a freeze on council tax, tax cuts for oil companies and a small enterprise grant scheme that has yet to return anything, those are pretty neo-liberal things to do. I suppose the fact that they are seen as hardline socialists in some camps in spite of some very pro-business policies just shows how far the Overton window has moved to the right in recent years. They are, relatively speaking, moderately left wing.
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Apr 22, 2015 08:48
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http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/22/disappearing-glasgow-documenting-demolition-city-troubled-past Glasgow is like Chernobyl .
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Bozza posted:The young laddie here is an undergraduate in Politics who works part time in a "major retailer". I feel the Tories have not taken this constituency seriously. But Mhairi Black's doing so well in Renfrewshire! The main reason must be because she's 20. A good decision, Conservatives.
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Jippa posted:http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/22/disappearing-glasgow-documenting-demolition-city-troubled-past Urban deprivation is terrible and everything, but it does result in some seriously lovely photos. Especially partial to this one: 
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Stottie Kyek posted:I don't understand why the SNP are seen as a far left party. Their record is a freeze on council tax, tax cuts for oil companies and a small enterprise grant scheme that has yet to return anything, those are pretty neo-liberal things to do. It's all relative these days (pictured is "anti-establishment thug" according to the press) 
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David Cameron just gave Schapps the most half-assed support I've ever heard him give. He was asked whether he has confidence in him after yet another allegation made about his conduct, and responded with this: - "Grant does a great job. He’s made a very clear statement about this. And I’ve got nothing to add to that." His tone was even more indicative that he's probably had enough of him by now. Although, I do wonder why he still has his position at this point. Edit: - Despite despising them, I cannot fault the Lib Dem response. Paddy Ashdown press release posted:
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Grant Shapps says he can prove he didn't make those edits because he was somewhere else at the time. Has he heard of mobile internet? Or maybe somebody in his office did it, which would still be pretty bad.
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Apr 22, 2015 09:45
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With his previous form I think I'd actually be more worried if Cameron expressed his full confidence in me.
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Brown Moses posted:Tesco just reported a £6.37 Billion lose, should be interesting to see the political fall out from that. It's been mentioned before that most of that is adjustments to the property portfolio to get rid of failing stores. The more important figures show that they are now on track to be profitable by next year which is a pretty big turnaround and is why their shares are up on the news. Party Boat posted:Farage is trying the Mitt Romney tactic of "attack beloved TV icons as wasteful public spending" I think this is a pretty popular sentiment to be honest. I know a lot of people who object to the amount of light entertainment that the BBC put out because they feel that they should be focusing on things that are in the public interest but aren't profitable enough for the commercial sector to make. It's hard to argue why the BBC should be making stuff like the voice and what have you.
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thehustler posted:Grant Shapps says he can prove he didn't make those edits because he was somewhere else at the time. I loved his facial expression during the questioning. He looked like he was trying to swallow his tongue.
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thehustler posted:Grant Shapps says he can prove he didn't make those edits because he was somewhere else at the time. Its not him directly that's doing them, its a dodgy social marketing company that hes is linked to that is doing it going on the IP's. Everything about the guy is slimy as hell, he really makes all other Tory MP's seem Saints by comparison.
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Party Boat posted:Farage is trying the Mitt Romney tactic of "attack beloved TV icons as wasteful public spending" They probably make a profit elsewhere though, especially in export markets, but much like the government arms industry we have to weigh up whether the profit is worth making the world a worse place.
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thehustler posted:Grant Shapps says he can prove he didn't make those edits because he was somewhere else at the time. Did you not get the memo? It was Labour wot did it Another thing about Grant Shapps: he's really deceptively ugly. He gets more grotesque the more you look at him, like he's transforming before your very eyes. In fact, given all his duplicity I'm not even convinced it's his real face anymore
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ukle posted:Its not him directly that's doing them, its a dodgy social marketing company that hes is linked to that is doing it going on the IP's. Everything about the guy is slimy as hell, he really makes all other Tory MP's seem Saints by comparison.
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Coohoolin posted:oh no someone has an opinion, to arms, to arms! git tae gently caress
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Coohoolin posted:oh no someone has an opinion, to arms, to arms! You don't have opinions.
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I can't imagine how insufferable coohoolin must be for actual scots. I know if a guy like him decided he was a welsh nationalist I would probably have to rugby tackle him to the ground and choke him to death with laverbread. e: Nick Clegg has issued another  "Grant Shapps has fervently denied that he had anything to do with it. He himself does not have the time apparently to edit his own Wikipedia entry. I’m prepared to believe him. It could have been someone else. Michael Green for instance." a pipe smoking dog fucked around with this message at 10:45 on Apr 22, 2015 |
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Guavanaut posted:I'm not sure about cutting the BBC 'back to the bone', but I wouldn't miss Doctor Who, Strictly Come Dancing, or Top Gear. That's the thing, the light entertainment stuff makes an absolute fortune overseas which allows the beeb to deliver better quality on documentary / public interest programming. If you got rid of this stuff you'd have to either drastically increase the licence fee or have a totally crippled BBC unable to produce any quality programming at all. Given Farage also wants to decrease the licence fee to £50 I think I know which one he's going for.
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