Clyde1998 Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 http://www.snp.org/media-centre/news/2015/jan/murphy-discounted-after-fewer-50-days-post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 FFS ... And their answer is... Brown? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 FFS ... And their answer is... Brown? Hardly a secret weapon. I thinnk it will be harder for them to play the same stunt again. Brown was quite happy to give the illusionof Home Rule/substantial powers before Indy Ref and it hasn't happened. Some people will lap up everything he says but I don't think others are going to be so easily fooled a second time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hardly a secret weapon. I thinnk it will be harder for them to play the same stunt again. Brown was quite happy to give the illusionof Home Rule/substantial powers before Indy Ref and it hasn't happened. Some people will lap up everything he says but I don't think others are going to be so easily fooled a second time. You'll have a fair few fair weather crowd who'll look at it as "oooh he was Prime Minister", but as for his actual impact, I don't think they'll get the result they are expecting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Good news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDange Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 The SNP need to go dirty this time and attack him. There are still thousands of robots that will believe Broon. And we've all seen the results of "positive" campaigning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNsTeR Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Pensions is the best way to hit brown ie the state theft from public and private sector pension schemes of £118 billion when he was chancellor and the 3 changes to how pensions are taxed ie the removal of tax relief, taxing dividends from shares, and taxing profits from the buying and selling of shares ... shares are how pensions schemes make money and those 3 changes have spirited another £200 billion plus from our pension schemes .... tax relief alone was worth £5 billion a year to pension schemes and this is why our pensions are f**ked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuNsTeR Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 the post above was not entirely factual ... couldn't edit it Pensions is the best way to hit brown ie the state theft from public and private sector pension schemes of £118 billion when he was chancellor via the 3 changes to how pensions are taxed ie the removal of tax relief, taxing dividends from shares, and taxing profits from the buying and selling of shares ... shares are how pensions schemes make money and those 3 changes have spirited away £118 billion through tax .... this is why our pensions are f**ked http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2613609/Revealed-Labours-stealth-raid-took-118BILLION-pensions-paving-way-end-final-salary-schemes-suddenly-unaffordable.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) According to Scotland on Sunday, Murphy has published 50 achievements since taking the leader role 50 days ago. (It doesn't say what they are, though.) http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/labour-will-take-on-snp-over-health-and-education-1-3676188?WT.mc_id=Outbrain_text&obref On another front, it's repeatedly reported that Murphy has control over Scottish affairs, and doesn't need to ask Miliband's permission. But what is the reality? Surely he only has say over currently devolved matters? http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/29/ed-miliband-scotland-backing-jim-murphy-labour Also... that whole spat about the mansion tax. Was it manufactured?* Am I missing something, or it is not simply a (UK) Labour policy that a mansion tax would be used to raise revenue, and the Scottish Govt could spend its resources as it sees fit, as per normal? It's not a new kind of device by which Murphy as first minister could undercut the rest of the UK? *Why London v Scotland suits Jim Murphy http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30700834 Edited February 1, 2015 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 https://vine.co/v/OttWDWALT9W Murphy's 50 days achievement. Blink and you'll miss them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde1998 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 https://vine.co/v/OttWDWALT9W Murphy's 50 days achievement. Blink and you'll miss them I paused it randomly: "Supported knighthoods for football legends Billy McNeil and John Greig." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brant grebner Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 "50 Days of Change with Jim Murphy" No inherent contradiction between "stop" and "can take place" Let's have another quango Even the Scotsman reported that the true figure was £145 million and it was held back to be allocated on public spending this year. A bit like me planning on how to spend the next Euromillions jackpot when I don't buy lottery tickets Labour suffering from some sort of delusional Buzz Aldrin syndrome "Look Neil, I'm the first man on the moon" Cannae argue with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_burger Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/analysis/308850-daisley-mail-stephen-daisleys-take-on-politics-polls-general-election/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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