DEM not gonna CON dis NATION: Rolling UK politics in the short-lived post-Murdoch era

haha what the hell happened to that post

I think it got interrupted by a fire alarm.

Prime Minister David Cameron will not be going to the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil next year despite his pledge to lead the "greenest ever government".

The meeting will mark 20 years since the seminal Earth Summit of 1992, and is regarded as a chance for leaders to put humanity on a sustainable track.

But the June date clashes with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

Fox on the Run

SIR – Your letters on the EU are really arguing for a revolution right now: dumping the Coalition Government, parking David Cameron in the Tower, and taking back power by the people.

I would be pleased to lead this movement if nobody else better qualified can be found – which should not be hard, since I am on the cusp of my 88th year and spend most of my time in my garden.

Lord Walsingham
Merton, Norfolk

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/8850755/The-logic-of-the-euro-crisis-is-the-forging-of-a-single-European-state.html

is this the most daily telegraph-y daily telegraph letter ever?

:D

<3

No, this is: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationships/8078323/Can-I-date-a-girl-who-embodies-everything-I-thought-I-hated.html

OMG surely not real

"yours, j. rees-mogg"

Chap calling for end to employment rights doles out high-interest loans to the poor:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-donors-bid-to-curb-job-security-provokes-lib-dem-anger-2376461.html

Former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has claimed £535,000 of taxpayers' money over the last five years, government records have shown.

Baroness Thatcher, 86, who makes rare public appearances and suffers poor health, was paid from the public duties cost allowance available to ex-PMs.

ebay handbag binge

We're all in this together

pay equality -> doing it wrong

http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2011/10/cameron-reduce-executive-pay-by-appointing-more-women/#axzz1c4xbPPF3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v165/noodle_vague/gaycam.png

i like how my isp decided to run this story alongside a pic of Cam getting a blow job

"putting the pressure on" = not giving them a discount for cash on water cannons.

Prince Charles getting to review laws that could affect his interests, then. That makes sense. Good job, lawmakers.

i don't suppose he has his name on any hospitals he could ringfence, no

http://i.imgur.com/D2DbX.png

"Hooray! Hooray! The cat lives! The cat lives! Long live the cat!"

".. kicked around and stabbed!"

(sorry, John Cooper Clarke reference)

xps
"Communications between the prince or his household and the government are confidential under a long-standing convention that protects the heir to the throne's right to be instructed in the business of government in preparation for his future role as monarch,"
wtf?

"Dear Lord Berkeley...The marine navigation bill that you introduced on 5 July would affect the Prince of Wales' interests and so will require the Prince of Wales' consent for its consideration by parliament … "
I say again, wtf?

Vote Liberal Democrat

man

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/oct/31/abused-women-suffer-legal-aid-cuts

'The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, has said he wants to get rid of the "compensation culture" that flourished under the Labour government.'

is that the compensation culture that blossomed when solicitors were able to aggressively chase "no win no fee" cases through advertising after the laws allowing solicitors to advertise on TV were changed by the Major government?

Yes, like everything else:

Wheelybins, 2 weekly collections, and fines for 'too much stuff' or 'not enough recycling' is all due to the outsourcing of council bin collections to private companies who insist, rightly, on having 'service level requirement' statements so they can stay profitable.

hope something really old testament happens to mr clarke

"... and bring here the fatted Clarke, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry"

(sorry, that's New Testament)

why does the BBC claim that St Paul's has been "forced" to close by the Occupy Rag Week posse?

Is that the same Ken Clarke who was once a director of British American Tobacco, against who the Nigerian government began a $42 billion claim for compensation during his time there as a director? xp

Poor guy is the only man in Britain to receive an email from a mysterious Nigerian minister asking for his money back.

Right, that'll be on "Have I got news for you" then.

Fucker: http://twitter.com/Ed_Miliband/status/132851409967263744

Sralex a Labour supporter so fair enough

it is funny that a politician determines success by 'how long you were in charge for' rather than the specifics of what you accomplished

funny in that special way that makes you cry, yes.

lol

it is funny that a politician determines success by 'how long you were in charge for' rather than the specifics of what you accomplished

― Abattoir Educator / Slaughterman (schlump), Monday, 7 November 2011 10:40 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYjlP6fjFA

Assumed Sralex was some kind of arms company before I read the tweet.

dubstep producer iirc

Bunch of Jeremy Hunts:

The Government has spent nearly £750,000 on tickets for the London 2012 Games.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has been allocated 8,815 tickets, including 213 for the opening ceremony. These alone cost £194,525.

They include 41 of the top-priced opening ceremony tickets costing £2,012.12.

They have also paid out £71,490 for 143 tickets for the closing ceremony, according to the figures revealed in a Freedom of Information request by Sky News.

that's cute they price the top tix at £2,012.12

LOLz

maybe i should persuade the govt to rent my flat for the duration of the games

STFU and stick to rugby and the Eton wall game

why is this a thing this year and not one of the previous 90-odd?