Lord Duckhunter

Twigg won Enfield Southgate from MP, not Basildon. To me that's the issue, you hold him up as an example of some sort of clean selection. But he was born and bred in Southgate, won the seat , but as soon as he lost it got parachuted into a safe Labour seat. Surely the better thing was for someone from West Derby should have got the seat, rather than a career politician who had been kicked out of his own manor. And I know all parties do it, but it's wrong IMO. Twigg is the worst type of career politician.

For anyone interested, this was the outcome. Sent the nip with the wrong time on back with "car not on road". Received a letter back saying nip issued in error , error does not invalidate offense and enclosed amended nip with correct time on. Crucially, this was after 14 days had elapsed . Sent nip back with my details as driver on, but pointed out that the nip was "timed out" and invalid and did not fill in the bit which offers you a deal or court. About a month later received another nip, with letter saying I needed to complete correctly . Sent a letter back saying that I refuse all offers , and will not enter into any further correspondence with them. I was told by someone to write " I will defend myself in court and if found not guilty will seek redress for a malicious prosecution . " Heard nothing for ages, then received a letter saying " no further action". Pretty pleased to have got away with it and saved myself points and money. I spoke to a copper about it and he surprised me by taking my side. He said that they have a duty to get all the paperwork 100% correct and its right that guilty people get off if they dont.

I heard it slightly different , I thought the bloke said that Chelsea wouldn't let Bertrand go to Liverpool because they needed back up for Ashley Cole. Said that they were interested in Shaw as that back up (freeing up Bertrand) but because Shaw signed contract Chelsea missed out and won't let Bertrand move. I maybe wrong as id had a lunch time session, but that is what I thought I heard. Maybe the bloke is credible.

There's only one thing worse than the unions bankrolling labour and business bankrolling the Tories ,and that's us mug taxpayers bankrolling the whole lot of them.

So are you trying to say that the RM pension is fully funded for the future, that the tax payer will never have to contribute towards RM pensions ever again?

Public opinion in the form of Ukip taking votes has forced Cameron to promise a vote on Europe. Public opinion in the form of Ukip topping the EU vote next year, and polling data will ensure labour include some sort of promise in their election manifesto. Public opinion is driving the establishments moves in a way opinion on hanging ECT never could.

Are you still peddling this nonsense? It is entirely reasonable to be a member of the Tory party and want to leave the EU, just as Tony benn wants to leave but remains a labour man through and through. You really need to think before you post' your hatred of the tory right is clouding your judgement and making you look like a fool. Kate hoey has as much right to be in the labour party as red ed. What about mark serwotka, should he leave the party?

I think most sensible people from the left and right understand that the EU crosses party divides. Yes, the majority of anti's tend to lean to the right, but there are many from the left including some union bosses and the leftie hero Benn, who want to withdraw. Like the referendum in the 70's I'm sure people from the same parties will be campaigning on opposite sides. I just find the arguement put forward by our resident Tory basher that Bill Cash and "his ilk" leave the Tory party and join Ukip, as well as stating that "any anti European in the labour party should defect to Ukip" laughable.

What a load of pony. Don't forget it was only 4 prime ministers ago that withdrawal from Europe was offical labour policy, good job they didn't follow your doctrine and chuck out all the pro Europeans. The arguement that Tony Benn should join Ukip is laughable and clueless. Have you just got in from the pub?

So Bill Cash should leave the Tory party? What about Tony Benn, does he need to leave the labour party, a party who he had dedicated his life to. Or does this " respect " of yours only apply to anti EU right wingers and not lefties?

What a load of nonsense. The lib/dems went into the election pledging an in/out referendum, the conservatives just promised one on the Lisbon treaty ( if not ratified). I also think those well known Tory activists Tony Benn and Denis Healy are calling for a vote.

The establishment do not want a referendum on EU membership. Promising a referendum on issues is a way of parties neutralising issues that will cost them votes or power. The clearest example of this is the promise of a vote before joining the euro. Labour wouldn't risk alienating millions of voters by bypassing them. They made it possible to vote labour and keep the pound. Forget about browns "tests" they could be fudged, the only test that mattered was "can we win a pro euro vote". As it was a really sucsessful tactic others are now following suit. If you are put off by the lib/dems blatant European nuttiness, well they've promised a referendum so you can still vote for them safe in the knowledge you have a veto. Why vote Ukip, when you'll get a referendum under the Tory party. Labour will follow suit, because public opinion wants a vote. None of the establishment have the balls to argue the pro EU stance that they beleive in, so they hide behind referendum promises. Does this mean we'll get a vote? Does it hell. They are so worried we will destroy the project that they'll lie, delay and confuse until public opinion swings back ( they hope) to a pro EU mood. If the established parties went to the voters with their real thoughts on the EU, the Tory party will split , the lib/dems will be back to 1970's levels,labour will lose votes in its heartlands and the anti EU ukip/tory right will win 50 - 100 seats. So they promise the public a say to avoid this. Had mrs Thatcher given away areas of our sovereignty to the Americans back in the 80's you can bet your bottom dollar the people saying referendums have no part in our system would be calling for one. And as for the line "we've had one " that's laughable. The EU is a million miles away from the EEC. The other anti referendum view appears to be that only clever enlightened people are pro EU. The idiots and plebs, the sun and mail readers, they can't have a vote. The subject is just too complicated for their tiny little brains ( despite having first class teachers giving them a first class education ).

You were talking nonsense when you appeared to be blaming the tory party for peoples perceptions, as you now appear to be backtracking from that position i take it you agree with my point that its basically apolitical.

What a load of nonsense. People have believed these things for years, its not that they suddenly started thinking this way 3 years ago. People were just as ignorant under labour and daily mirror readers just as ignorant as sun readers. Take the crime stat, who deceives the public the Tory party who want people to think its down or labour who want people to think its going up. If Cameron stands up at pmq tomorrow and says crime is down, what is red ed going to say " you're right Dave"?

I'll have a go. 1. Teenage pregnancy-Never really thought about it, but I would have guessed around a tiny % 2. Crime- Personally I think the figures are fiddled, there are too many stakeholders from Governments to Coppers who have a vested interest in ensuring the crime figures come down. depends on too many things from how it's reported , to what exactly constitutes a crime. I feel that people don't report stuff they would of 40 years ago. A lot of petty vandalism goes unreported and any drop in theft from cars is more to do with advances in technology than any positive action. If a bloke vandalises 4 cars in an evening is it four crimes or one? So I'm in the 58% bracket here. 3. JSA to pensions-Anyone who thinks we spend more on JSA than pensions is clearly an idiot. 4. Benefit fraud- The official figures are an "estimate", by the very nature of benefit fraud I seriously doubt the authorities have any sort of clue as to what the figure is. I suspect it's more widesporead than estimates, but that it's real low level stuff. It all depends on how you define "fraud". If someone on JSA sells a load of gear on ebay, should they declare any profits?Strictly speaking is that benefit fraud? 5. Foreign aid-Again, if you don't know the figure you're a bit of a numpty, seeing as the Government have pledged ( they may even have legigslated ) that we will spend a certain % of GDP. 6. Religion & Muslims-That'll really depend where you live. My guess would be lower because there aren't any round here. If the 5% are concentrated in 30% of the country, the people in the 30% are obviously going to have a higher figure. As for Christians, I'm surprised it's so high, but is it people who call themselves Christians or people who go to church? 7. Immigration-Same as above. 8. Age-That did surprise me, I'd have guessed around a third. 9. Benefit bill- Anyone with half a brain could work out that delaying pensions will save the most money. 10. Voting-Again I would have put it around the guess figure of 40% , so was surprised it was 65%.

I find it odd that none of the other couples said anything at the time. Had we been meeting a couple and they'd left their kids at home alone, I'd have said something. It seemed a really "normal" thing for them to do, I bet there aren't many parents if any on here that have done the same thing.

I may have missed it, but I'm yet to see any sort of admission of wrong doing on the part of the McCann's. They were in the wrong to leave their children alone, yet don't seem to be able to admit the fact. For all the **** ups the police made, had they stayed at home with their children or taken them out with them (what most normal people do) they would still have their daughter. Had this been some chav's from a sink estate, I've no doubt they would have been hounded by the press and had their remaining children taken off them. That said, they must be going through hell every day (made worse by the fact that deep down they must know they contributed to this) and I hope these new lines of enquiry lead us to the truth.

My heart says he can do a job in centre mid , helping shut up shop or covering for cork & ms on a temporary basis, but my head says no. The way we play he'll get roasted at full back and surely we have enough centre halves not to need a utility player as back up. As a defensive midfielder, he's not an improvement on what we have. If you stand still, you get overtaken nowadays, and he is not an improvement. Sad, as the guy was terribly underused for a couple of seasons by certain of our managers Seems like a good bloke who ended up with a half decent perm career, but not with us unfortunately.

If people are that bothered about stripes , advertising and badges ECT, why don't they just buy a retro 1960/70's one from toffs.

It's the same every ****ing week, some numb nuts (usally a leftie) giving us their life story and telling us how the government's let them down. "What are they doing to help me do xyz". If I was Dimble I'd ban any personal woe is me tales from the show. Any Questions on R4 is so much better because the audiance just ask the questions and then stfu. You also don't get halfwits like Russell brand giving us their take on the economy.

I do wonder whether lefties actually realise that there are other health care systems in the world. All they ever seem to talk about is the NHS or USA , as if that's the only choice.

Anyone who saw that half wit Brand on question time must realise he's a clueless one trick pony. I thought they'd scrapped the bottom of the barrel with John lydon ( or whatever his stupid made up name is ) Id rather listen to the political thoughts of Eric Joyce at chucking out time, than take political lectures from that ****ing unfunny lanky streak of ****

I won't believe its unpopular until I see Kirk and dad wearing red and white stripes , pictured boycotting the mega store.

Paul mariner was a good bloke, had a few nights out with him as my mate knew him. Don't know if he did any charity stuff, but he liked a bevy, hard rock and had an eye for the ladies.

The country spends enough money, it is just spread too thinly. This means that the things that rely on government money are always lurching from one crisis to another.If government money was targetted better and if there wasn't so much waste , then we would have a fairer society. We have a society that wants its arse wiped by our glorious leaders. Everybody is looking to government to answer all their problems and provide money on the basis of want, rather than need.