snowychap Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I'm not too bothered about a crackdown on benefit fraud. Fraud is fraud. Crime is crime. I'd be bothered about a crackdown on gang rape if they were going to cast everyone as a suspect unless proof pointed otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarry Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Understand what you're saying. Only heard the "headlines". Looked into it and saw the stuff about credit agencies being involved. Hmmmm. It still doesn't take away from the fact that it is aimed at the bottom and not at the top (as society is so often percieved). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 It still doesn't take away from the fact that it is aimed at the bottom and not at the top (as society is so often percieved). Oh, I agree with you on that. Definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I agree with snowychap on this page.... This is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted August 14, 2010 Share Posted August 14, 2010 Eric Pickles must be one of the odious politicians ever to have been elected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted August 15, 2010 Share Posted August 15, 2010 Eric Pickles must be one of the odious politicians ever to have been elected. Agreed. Pompous is his middle name. A wanabee Tory Bigwig, and is willing to grovel to his "betters" to get there. Lickspittle politician of the worst kind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 More **** disgusting actions form this god awful gvmt - they really are a disgrace Winter fuel payments being cut? - how do they sleep at night? - oh that's right it doesn't affect them. Clegg and Osborne dodging questions all day - Cameron is pissing himself laughing at it all. Is there anything at all that this god awful lot promised 101 days ago that they actually meant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Every interview Nick Clegg is in he's wearing that gold tie. It's as if he has to wear it in order to remind everyone he's leader of the Lib Dems, and not actually the puppet of Cameron. Get real Nick. He's been found out. Horrid little odious man, desperate to cling onto power. He hardly received a resounding mandate to govern at the last election himself. If anything he should have resigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 18, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2010 Eric Pickles must be one of the odious politicians ever to have been elected. Agreed. Pompous is his middle name. A wanabee Tory Bigwig, and is willing to grovel to his "betters" to get there. Lickspittle politician of the worst kind. Don't know him, but is he worse than the toad Woolas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Eric Pickles must be one of the odious politicians ever to have been elected. Agreed. Pompous is his middle name. A wanabee Tory Bigwig, and is willing to grovel to his "betters" to get there. Lickspittle politician of the worst kind. Don't know him, but is he worse than the toad Woolas? By a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 18, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2010 Eric Pickles must be one of the odious politicians ever to have been elected. Agreed. Pompous is his middle name. A wanabee Tory Bigwig, and is willing to grovel to his "betters" to get there. Lickspittle politician of the worst kind. Don't know him, but is he worse than the toad Woolas? By a distance. That is indeed some huge degree of pomposity and lickspittleness then, if he can grovel deeper than Woolas maybe he should invest in a coalfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Don't know him, but is he worse than the toad Woolas? He is the Weeble that defended his second home allowance like this, on Question Time: David Dimbleby began by asking Mr Pickles if he claims for a second home: EP: “I do indeed have a two house system and an allowance. But if I could just make a brief contribution - DD; “How far away from Westminster are you?” EP: “Thirty seven miles.” [boos from the audience] EP: “And if I could just make this brief contribution to hang an MP week -” DD: “Take your time! Take your time!” EP: “OK, then let me explain why. And I have actually had experience of commuting that distance, when my wife was ill (she’s fully recovered now) – but for a month I did it. And it was an extremely difficult experience and I’ll explain why. Because the House of Commons works on clockwork: you have to be there, if you’re on a committee, you have to be there precisely. Particularly for someone like me, I was a number two -” [boos from the audience] EP: “Let me explain, let me explain, please just let me explain for a moment. I had to be there -” DD: “Like a job, in other words?” [applause and laughter from audience] EP: “Yes exactly like a job. If you’re number two in the opposition, you’re essentially running the committee. So I needed to be there at 930 to move those amendments. It doesn’t matter if a Liberal Democrat isn’t there, but it matters if I’m there -” Ed Davey: “That’s just cheap” EP: “When I was doing this, I was leaving home at five thirty in the morning to guarantee that I was there and I wasn’t getting back until twelve or one in the morning. Now you can do that once or twice, you can do that for a while. But you’ve got to understand, the House of Commons runs like clockwork.” Caroline Lucas: “So does the rest of the world, Eric.” EP: “And I have never, ever claimed my full allowance. I have always claimed the amount -” [jeers from audience] EP: “Well I mean, I publish them. I’ve always published them on my website. They’ve always been there for people to see. I have always been accountable. And I can tell you, I think the things are going to come out in a week’s time. I think I’ve only claimed about sixty percent of the allowance, it might even be fifty five percent. But I’m a serious guy who will put in the hours. And I will work for those hours. But I can tell you this: it is no fun doing five thirty in the morning right the way through. You cannot be sat on a train thinking ‘am I going to make it? Am I not going to make it?’ That’s why I do it.” Audience Member: “Do you think Fred Goodwin should give some of his pension back Eric?” EP: “Yeah, I do.” Audience Member: “Right – that’s because he’s behaved immorally, unreasonably perhaps. But he’s played within the rules! Don’t you think that’s a bit hypocritical?” EP: “I had my flat – I bought my flat when we regularly sitting until two in the morning. I bought my flat when we did that. I bought that flat because it turned out -” [Audience member: "sell it!"] EP: “OK well I’ll sell it. Of course I could sell it. I am never going to be able to satisfy you folks, at all, because I am an MP and therefore guilty.” If you'd like to waste a few minutes of your time watching it, it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrFV4c_sVY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterms Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 If you'd like to waste a few minutes of your time watching it, it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrFV4c_sVY. Some good points from Caroline Lucas once she was allowed to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 If you'd like to waste a few minutes of your time watching it, it's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MrFV4c_sVY. Some good points from Caroline Lucas once she was allowed to speak. It's what one would expect from an intelligent lady from Malvern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 18, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted August 18, 2010 Oh... him... you should have said... yep he is a prick and is indeed worse than Woolas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidlewis Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Eric Prickles? he's a bit of an idiot in front of the camera. He got owned on question time....by himself! awesome stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 20, 2010 Author Moderator Share Posted August 20, 2010 Nick Clegg… Photo Op… Oh Dear! Really, you shouldn't visit a children's centre that has just had a £40k cut in budget from the Tory Council (leader also present) when the Labour MP might just be in the vicinity too, not going to be an easy ride…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meregreen Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Quote from Eric Pickles " I was a Number Two".... You sure are Eric, you sure are . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drat01 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I wonder how many of the old Lib Dem party will be joining Labour in the next few weeks? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Why? Is Prescott going to be offering some kind of a cashback scheme? :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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