Only six more years of misery - the Sandbox UK politics thread.

Sixty years of free health care, free bus travel and discounts at the National Trust tea shop and this is how they repay you...

Disappointing night for Bus-Pass Elvis supporters

Amusing (intentionally?) quote from Simon 'Scumbag' Hughes:

"What happened here was what normally happens in a by-election. People protest against the government, so government parties take a hit and the opposition normally moves forward."

Lib Dems - 1,364 (5.87%)

Much lower than the 9-11% they've been polling nationally for the past year.

They've changed that article - originally the Tory quote came from the defeated candidate (I think) and was along the lines of 'well, it's a good result because people said we were going to get hammered and that hasn't happened'. Except there was a swing of 8.6% from the Tories to Labour (which would give Labour an 88-seat majority if repeated nationally), the Labour lead over the Tories was over 26% and they got almost double the Tory vote in a seat which the Tories held in the 90s, and less than 8% of the electorate could be bothered to vote for the Tories. I know it's only a by-election and the result means nothing in the long-term, but it's still a shit result for them.

(which would give Labour an 88-seat majority if repeated nationally)

is so meaningless it doesn't even deserve saying with the "i know this means nothing" caveat

28% turnout. Turnout in Homs was probably higher.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16224394

"I'm saying something obnoxious that will piss you off, but I'm trying hard to say it in a way that won't piss you off. However that just pisses you off even more."

Describing himself as a "committed" but only "vaguely practising" Christian

So which is it then, hypocrite or fucking liar?

The bible contains plenty of both. Cameron would have fit right in.

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Sir Peter Lytton "Baz" Bazalgette (born on 22 May 1953) is a British media expert who helped create the independent TV production sector in the UK and went on to be the leading creative figure in the global TV company Endemol.

It is the second year running that the former Prime Minister spent Christmas Day separated from her children in her elegant London home. Although increasingly forgetful, it will surely have been obvious to her that she was spending the festive period without her children, right, once again.

Who would want to spend Christmas with Mark and Carol Thatcher?