jabbahutt
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 06:57 AM |
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How dare that woman pose difficult questions to the unelected lord of all he surveys!!
I'm suprised that the poor old dear isn't being sped off to Guantanamo on some anti terrorism charges as we speak.
So if you're not happy on the way these idiots are running things and lets not forget they allegedly answer to us not the other way round and
call them on it your a bigot? Well for more reasons than I can count that make me a HUGE bigot as I think this country for multiple reasons is going
down the pan.
Anyone up for starting a Locostbuilder common sense party?
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smart51
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| posted on 29/4/10 at 07:15 AM |
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Originally posted by gottabedone
For goodness sake why does a politician need an agent?
The rules are that a politician cannot put themselves forward for an election, an agent has to do it on their behalf. All candidates in a general
election has an agent (my Brother in Law is one). The agent does all the bookings and makes arrangements, leaving the politician to do canvassing and
speak at hustings, etc. My Brother in Law has been working 15 hour days 6 days a week for ages now and there's pressure on him to do more.
They need an agent.
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andkilde
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| posted on 30/4/10 at 12:39 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Nope... nothing 'bigoted' on that interview.
That said, I still think the TV company have overstepped the mark in broadcasting the conversation that followed.
Hmmn, "Wog" isn't in common use on this side of the pond -- is it as much of a slur as I think it is?
t
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scootz
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| posted on 30/4/10 at 07:03 AM |
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What's the word "wog" got to do with anything? As far as I recall it wasn't said in this exchange...
TRANSCRIPT OF EXCHANGE
Gordon Brown: You’re a very good woman, you’ve served the community all your life -
Gillian Duffy: I am, I’ve worked for the Rochdale council for 30 years…
Brown: Good. You deserve -
Duffy: And I work with children and handicapped children
Brown: Oh well working with children is so important isn’t it? Have you been at some of the children’s centres? –
Duffy: But what I can’t understand is why I am still being taxed at 66 years old because my husband’s died and I have some of his pension tagged onto
my pension?
Brown: Well we’re raising the threshold at which people start paying tax as pensioners, but yes if you’ve got an occupational pension you may have to
pay some tax but you may be eligible for the pension credit as well, you should check –
Duffy: No, no, I’m not, I’ve checked and checked and they said I’m not
Brown: Well you should check it again just to be sure, to be absolutely sure.
Duffy: Yes they’ve told me, I’ve been down to Rochdale council
Brown: And you know we’re linking pension to earnings in two years' time, we’ve got the winter allowance as you know which I hope is of benefit,
two fifty -
Duffy: I agree with that, it’s very good, but every year I speak to people of my age and they say ‘Oh well, they’ll be knocking it off’
Brown: We’ve done bus passes as well, free presciptions -
Duffy: But how are you going to get us out of all this debt, Gordon?
Brown: We’ve got a deficit reduction plan, cut the debt by half over the next four years, we’ve got the plans that have been set out to do it - look,
I was the person who came in and said -
Duffy: Look, the three main things that I had drummed in when I was a child was education, health service and looking after people who are vulnerable.
There are too many people now who aren’t vulnerable but they can claim and people who are vulnerable can’t get claim.
Brown: But they shouldn’t be doing that, there is no life for people on the dole anymore, if you’re unemployed you’ve got to go back to work. At six
months –
Duffy: You can’t say anything about the immigrants because you’re saying you’re – but all these eastern Europeans coming in, where are they flocking
from?
Brown: A million people come in from Europe, but a million British people have gone into Europe, you do know there’s a lot of British people staying
in Europe as well. So education, health and helping people, that’s what I’m about.
Duffy: I hope you keep to it.
Brown: It’s been very good to meet you. And you’re wearing the right colour today! How many grandchildren do you have?
Duffy: Two.
Brown: What names are they?
Duffy: They’ve just come back from Australia where they’ve been stuck for ten days they couldn’t get back with this ash crisis.
Brown: They got through now?
Duffy: Yes.
Brown: We’ve been trying to get people back quickly. But are they going to university, is that the plan?
Duffy: I hope so. They’re only 12 and 10.
Brown: They’re only 12 and 10! But they’re doing well at school?
Duffy: Yes. Very good.
Brown: A good family. Good to see you.
Duffy: And the education system in Rochdale I will congratulate it
Brown: Good. Good to see you, take care.
[In car] That was a disaster. Should never have put me with that woman. Whose idea was that?
Aide: I don’t know, I didn’t see.
Brown: Sue’s, I think. Just ridiculous.
Aide: Not sure if they’ll go with that one.
Brown: Oh they will.
Aide: What did she say?
Brown: Everything. She’s just this sort of bigoted woman who said she used to be a Labour voter. Ridiculous.
It's Evolution Baby!
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 30/4/10 at 07:56 AM |
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That made you cringe? what about this:
Craig
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woodster
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| posted on 30/4/10 at 09:33 AM |
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I went to see Peter Kay last night, as he came on and he was setting his mic up a guy in the crowd shouted something ..... Peter answered back
"quiet .......... you bigot" he got a huge cheer and laugh .... i nearly lost my teeth 
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andkilde
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| posted on 30/4/10 at 11:10 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by scootz
What's the word "wog" got to do with anything? As far as I recall it wasn't said in this exchange...
TRANSCRIPT OF EXCHANGE
Gordon Brown: You’re a very good woman, you’ve served the community all your life -
Gillian Duffy: I am, I’ve worked for the Rochdale council for 30 years…
From here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8649308.stm
Some stuff missing from the transcript, at about 40 seconds -- I've listened a few more times and it could be -- "lots" are being
let off with things -- that I misheard.
Cheers, Ted
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 30/4/10 at 04:39 PM |
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Finally someone's published what she said to deserve it. I've been wondering about that since I first heard it
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