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And Clarke will again be chancellor in all but title if the Tories win the election....

Given that the Conservatives were in power for 18 years they must have done something right.

I so want Ed Balls to lose his seat. The Conservative candidate up in Morley made a very good speech in the town centre husting. Immigration is a real issue up there and after Balls derision of the BNP the Tory candidate made the point that before 1997 there wasn't a single BNP councillor or MEP. His words were carefully chosen and will appeal to Labour voters.

lol at the sad, desperate, death rattle of New Labour. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8658694.stm

That's got to be an old letter because his wife died 5 years ago.

I am aware of this shocking development. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/election/article-1271457/General-Election-2010-Postal-vote-fraud-amid-fears-bogus-voters-swing-election.html I was listening to a programme on Radio 4 yesterday and the fraud is focussed primarily on a region of Pakistan (forgive me for not remembering the exact place) where many of the Pakistani immigrants descend from. There is a practice adopted by many that have returned to Pakistan (but still hold British citizenship) to give their voting right to elders back in Britain who choose who the pool of votes should go to.

Do you have a link?

I get it, nickh gets, everyone seems to get it apart from you. Think of a little accorn and then think of a giant oak, think of little puddle and then think of an ocean, think of spec of dust and then think of giant mountain, think single starling and then think of a flock, think adam and think of eve and think of the human race today. The big society is like the small society but bigger. Now that wasn't too difficult was it?

It's a very easy concept to grasp. The Big Society is a fundamental policy encompassing the principle of making the Society Bigger. In essence it encapsulates the principles of Britain in Bloom and within a year of the Conservatives gaining power I fully expect to see our towns and cities awash with hanging baskets and ornamental shrub beds. The very fabric of our society will be transformed as it will take the hoodlums away from the precincts and instead of smoking weed and drinking white lightening they'll be planting Geraniums and white washing Banksy's. The pessimism on this forum is endemic of the small society in which we live so think big and vote Conservative.

I've opted out of the EU working week directive. I don't do a lot of OT but I do think I should be able to work it if I want to earn a bit more.

Look at the facts. The Tories have been out in the cold for 13 years - they're not going to blow the chance if they get it. I do hope they take a tough stance with brussels in relation to red tape (and I think they will given the fact DC is a eurosceptic although it's not been reported much) but the minimum wage is here to stay. As DC has said "If we don't deliver sack us at the next election".

If you believe in social mobility then it's support for businesses that will deliver it. The Conservatives have pledged to abolish empoyers NI contributions on the first worker new businesses employ. It needs to be understood that the only way we're going to get out of the mess we're in is through the growth of the private sector and the Conservatives are the party with the policies to achieve this. The Conservatives are accused of being the party of the rich, but if you look outside the box it's clear that the Conservative party is the party that will get Britain working again.

Did Browns incompetence cost the country more than black Wednesday?

Agree. I would also go further with the re-introduction of work houses. Those who are content to sit on their arses and have their rent and council tax paid should be sent to the workhouse. In my nans day (she was born in 1912) they still had workhouses and ending up there was the one thing everyone wanted to avoid. They worked as a detterent to the idle and their re-introduction would be a sure fire way to motivate the slobs of society.

Correct.

Don't be like that, if Dave Cam can hug a hoodie what's wrong with being nice to Nazi's? As to voting Labour it could be a problem. My hair has already started turning ginger since went all leftie and joined UKIP.

VFTT regularly calls me thick and ignorant and a nazi. It's most upsetting. Will you be my friend Fungi?

See my last post. It's pretty obvious it's an Echo story.

In all probability it's an Echo story fed to the Daily Mail and then printed in the Echo so they can't be accused of being the originators of the story.

I just do.

Are they still banned? If so fair play NC, it's good to have a chairman that won't shirk a fight.

Could this be the work of Little Lord Fontelroy of Withington?

Wes I have looked at the Conservative candidate for Eastleigh and IMO Maria Hutchings is a strong candidate that will appeal to the electorate. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/politics/election_2010/eastleigh/candidates/7984303.Maria_Hutchings__Conservative__Eastleigh/

I'd quite like a high profile Italian manager. Not a young manager, but an older experienced Italian manager as is the style in Italy. I reckon this would be the perfect scenario for Nicola and the club.

So that just now leaves the boring Daily Mirror supporting a sinking ship. However the FT's defection is not really going to change anything due to it's readers already being Conservative in all probability. In this election the newspapers have had less influence than in any other in my opinion. The televised debates followed by bigotgate have been the key factors. That said it's lucky that Nick Clegg peaked after the first debate (and not later in the campaign) because it has given the press time to "work on him", and I do believe that the swing back to the Conservatives from the initial Liberal gain has been down to this.