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In fact Ed is in total denial that the present problems are a direct result of both our EU membership, and the Blair/Brown open-door social engineering! There's even a secret 33 page document instructing Labour candidates on how to NOT to answer those awkward questions. An uncanny resemblance to Gordon Brown's Gillian Duffy moment: So, nothing has changed in five years. And nothing will change in the next five if people are fooled into the belief that being concerned about your country (and where it is headed) makes you a bigot! The true bigots are the people in Westminster who simply refuse to face up to the issues!

Everyone except the chattering classes and the business chiefs (and maybe top trade unionists) are suffering Tony. Your wonderful EU is doing a magnificent job of depressing incomes for all but the London-centric elites. The same squeeze that was applied to manual jobs is now being applied to clerical and administrative jobs - the very sort of employment that a very few decades ago was being held up as pensionable life-careers "with prospects". All that can be said is that the Country as a whole isn't doing quite as badly as the rest of the failing EU. Huge sums are pouring out of the country to international mega-corporations who pay next to no tax through cross pricing fraud, whilst neither Tory nor Labour are prepared to do anything about it. Miliband's latest tilting at windmills is to latch onto the Panorama leftie's storm-in-a-teacup about individual tax avoidance, and pretend that there are billions going uncollected - which there certainly is not! The revenue has raked in about £130M from the insider leak, and there's likely a bit more to come. All he'll do is relocate a few very mobile people, and throw countless millions at a problem which doesn't really exist in a form he represents. In short, after he's elected he won't collect a brass farthing extra; but he knows that already, and it's just the usual empty Jealousy & Envy Party pitch to people who don't understand basic economics. Here's this truth from an impeccable source. The real problem is the international crony capitalism which infiltrates Labour just as much as the Tories. It comes in slightly different flavours according to party, but it's essentially the same thing, and fully embraced, even promoted and protected, by the EU. Please stop misrepresenting Nigel Farage as a Tory. He is as opposed to Tory policies as he is to Labour. There's no logical reason for you to do this except as a cheap smear, and its unworthy of you. If you want to criticise him then quote what he actually says you disagree with. If I said Miliband was a screaming anti-British Marxist you'd not let me get away with it (yet, his father certainly was). Actually, just like Cameron I don't think Miliband has any real core beliefs, and will do or say whatever he thinks it will take to grab power. Also, when gets power, just like Cameron, he simply won't know what to do with it. The only difference between the duos is that Osborne is more economically competent than Balls, who will bankrupt us for a second time (yeah, yeah, "it was a global problem"). Farage doesn't actually want to be PM, he wants to get us out of the Fourth Reich - period! If he has to be PM he will, but he's not after power, he's after a result. Snobby, pretentious, Cameron gets up his nose a lot more than clownish Miliband does, and I fully share that one with him. Those bully boys were militant trades unionists (from the laughingly titled Hope Not Hate) as they shamelessly admit. Ukip will repatriate no one who is here legally, and even detected illegals will be given a fair hearing. It's much more about stemming the rising tide than throwing anyone out; it's the left that goes in for social engineering. The tide of immigrants over the Mediterranean is taking on frightening proportions, and a majority want to bypass the failing EU and head for the UK where they believe the streets are paved with gold. Once Bedlington's economy picks up be under no illusions that locals will be competing for jobs with immigrants, who will be more than keen to work for what they see as a small fortune. I meet African illegals in the EU daily, have even made friends with a couple. They generally speak good English, make no pretence that they want work at any price, and intend heading for the UK above all countries. Eight or so years ago it was just a tiny few here or there, today it's an army! Finally, can everyone please stop personalising what would otherwise be a great debate! I quite enjoy Symptoms "loony left" input, and I don't see that any of his remarks were aimed personally.

Just a minute, last week kippers were being accused of wanting to take the country back to the 1950's! Now it's the 1930's and Nazi Germany! Got to make your minds up here chaps! I'd like to suggest that Kippers have no intention of taking us anywhere except the present day - actually facing up to present day problems, instead of continually ducking them like the establishment parties do. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the only episode of Nazi brownshirt tactics in recent days firmly attributed to forty or so of Tony's union chummies in Rotherham? The day Ukip employs the bully-boy tactics of the left will be the day millions of decent Ukip members leave! The left may wish to sneer at traditional British values, but they are core to Ukip supporters. Suffering fools gladly is one such!

It's not exactly a reveal, it's already a user warning on the packet. Anyway, I'd trust Sammy, and do-no-evil Google, a lot further than I would big-bro Apple - particularly with my wallet!

Marketing is for people with Oxford PPEs, Axelrod, trade union barons, and Lynton Crosby. Ukip isn't only about changing other party policy, it's about rewriting the PPE course too! http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/02/05/tories-ukip-facebook-likes_n_6619870.html Personally, I resent that £100 FB overspend, but I will probably get around to offsetting it.

Not at the moment Maggie, but I am following this this little bit of "political manoeuvring" which will likely make a good film/play at some future date: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/11396884/Nigel-Farage-Rotherham-police-are-wilfully-obstructive.html#disqus_thread Seems like even the police have a political agenda these days - well... the South Yorkshire ones anyway. From the comments on the Torygraph's pages (the ones they are bold enough to actually permit comments on) it's hard to believe that much of the readership buys into the editorial. Maybe someone should start a Rotherham thread here, because none of the mainstream media are shedding much light on what's really going on?

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I talk to local Ukip officials regularly, and make no secret of the fact. They've asked for help, and I've given freely when I've had time, and yes, it has included web site advertising. My smartphone has dozens of recent Ukip emails. Just this morning I got two personal emails from Nige to go to Thurrock and have a beer with him (and I'm almost sure he didn't send this to anyone else )! Seriously, I will dispassionately talk to any local politicos who have the basic enterprise to contact me - and even spend time helping them prepare their artwork, but I can't write the actual copy for them. If anyone is "empty chaired" here it will be entirely their choice, and not for want of my willing participation. I don't hold out much hope of a productive dialogue with the old parties, because experience says they won't engage in any public dialogue in other than strictly controlled circumstances. But, maybe social media is breaking down their phobias - I simply don't know! I'd like you to consider the fact that this site may actually be less politically biased than any of the MSM. The moderators have an entirely free hand but are advised to moderate with the lightest of touches - really just to keep things civilised and with legal limits. In distant past my own posts have been moderated, but I've learned to behave.

We've been promoting the FREE advertising to local organisations for ages. The method of getting your ad. up is fully documented. Politically the facility is neutral, and open to any party, and any candidate in any election. We've run political ads before - this is nothing new. Basically, what you are saying is that because party a, b and c don't have the enterprise to take advantage then party d should be barred. I think Mr Cameron would like your thinking. For the avoidance of doubt we are still waiting for submissions for the GE. All ads will get equal prominence in the queue. If there is any doubt about this then I'm happy to post the raw figures at intervals.

Interesting that Texans appear to have patented the gasification of coal in-place in the mid 1960's. http://www.google.com/patents/US3298434 Sad if we have to pay royalties for something our NE mining engineers would probably have come up with earlier. Was nationalisation responsible for the lack of innovation here Adam? Anyway, it's surely not fracking, and those who say it is are surely climbing of the a mindless anti-frack bandwagon. It's up to the proponents to make a reasoned case for it though; always assuming HMG regards us as intelligent enough to have some input.

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2394096/first-ubuntu-phone-on-sale-next-week-as-aquaris-e45-ubuntu-edition Yes, we all know Android is Linux (and IOS a pale copy Linux), but this is the real deal. Available next week in a "flash sale". Stay tuned, we'll try to buy one for review!

Err. no, it doesn't! I'd like to hear what a selection of experts say before signing that. One thing's for sure: if it means an economic boost then any government is going to approve it with suitable safeguards. The most pragmatic thing is to exact the highest possible price for the local economy, else we'll get the downside without any upside.

Hang on and I will find some "Hovis Ad" music to accompany that post Tony. You've got the right guy to lead your spin department. Alexrod has been caught out lying in the US, so he comes over here to lie for the Labour. Any idea how much union money he's trousering for this? Professional liars like that don't come on the cheap! Fact: Tory/Ukip coalition won't happen. There are now too many left wing people like yourself in Ukip for that to ever be on the cards. It's a democratic party controlled by its members, and they won't buy any of your LibLabCon international corporate capital BS. A confidence and supply agreement to ensure stable government will likely have too high a price for cast-iron-promise Dave. But if Dave has his back nailed to the wall, well.. you never know - we''ll take his trousers as well though! One thing is for sure Salmond/Sturgeon won't be bleeding the rest of the UK dry if Ukip has any say in it at all. Anyway, do the right thing by your members and our country and sign the petition. If you feel you can't support it then your reasoning would be instructive.

http://www.voiceforengland.com/ After decades of Tory/Labour dithering Dave is trying to stitch this one up before the GE to disadvantage Labour in case of a dreadful-for-England Labour/SNP coalition. But, actually, he has only Tory interest in mind, and not that of England, as he pretends. This is vividly illustrated by the shameful LibLabCon pact to buy off Scottish voters in the referendum with English tax payer money. He's only interested in point one here, whereas all English voters should be demanding full fairness as represented by points two, three, and four. Please sign the petition. What exactly is EVEL?

All good old traditional British names then? Ah, no, that one's another thrilling chapter in the Labour Party's - you're a wacist bigot - side of the scandal. The good old British names are being kept well out of the public eye until after the GE. Don't want to give those UKIP scruffs any more ammunition in their scurrilous campaign for democratic accountability, do we children? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_Square

I caught part of it the other day. Must say i wasn't paying too much attention until the "Tynemouth" word aired.

This illustrates the well documented political tactic of fragmentation in order to subjugate - embraced by our EU overlords. Knocking the shire off Bedlington should have alerted keener minds, but the salami-slicing politicos had their excuses lined up, and they sounded so so plausible at the time. Efficiency - reorganisation - unity - more "influence" - a better future... Remember this when the EU debate gets under-way: it's not what they say that matters, it's what they really intend! What they really intend is already out there if you care to look. It's an expansionist European superstate with its own super-scale military which will be well laced with Teutonic DNA. Look no further than the Ukraine to see a tiny taste of the future. The EU is one of those mass delusions of history, and the politicos who allow our country to dig ourselves in deeper (and be bribed with our own money) the fools of history. Anyone of an age knows our involvement was founded on a blatant and deliberate lie, but the salami-slicing politicos are allowed to continue by younger generations who haven't had the breadth of experience. Let's lower the voting age again - that's only fair! Oh, and "if there is any proposal in the next parliament for a transfer of powers to Brussels we will have an in/out referendum". Notice the "in the next parliament" weasel words? Those powers were transferred on 1st November and the salami-slicing politicos kept their mouths firmly shut on the matter! So.. what has the EU got to do with our Bedington's present predicament you say? Well, it just a different aspect of exactly the same thing, and fool if you think it's over - it's only just begun! Wise up and use your democratic right to say no-more - whilst you still have it!

I think you can still detect something Russian, nuclear, and that wasn't armed in the Lake District. If I remember correctly this one was notable because it turned right and flew the channel too - thus unsettling the great and the good.

Not talking about revolution Maggie, I'm talking about the people taking back power by proper democratic process. Of course you could always write a rude word on the ballot paper instead! And, I'm not talking about government influence; that's always been reasonably taken care of, so it's possible to see the BBC being leaned on from that aspect. What I'm talking about is a much more insidious control by London centric liberal elitists. People who are bent on limiting the range of debate in order to give the illusion of representing the range of opinion. You can see this at work daily in the way public contributions on the BBC website are moderated. When the debate goes into realms that they find awkward - starts to reflect real public consensus - it is shut down entirely. This has little to do with party affiliations - it's control by a self-serving over-class who've never had a real job in their lives, and believe themselves morally superior to huge chunks of the population. This is the real reason for the disillusion with the political process, and why ever fewer people vote LibLabCon. People aren't as stupid as this over-class takes them for! Most can't put their finger on the reasons for this disillusion, but they do know there is smoke and mirrors at work. When they say "they are all the same", they need to think a little more deeply as to why this is. This isn't a conspiracy I've dreamed up, it's a pretty universal thought across the political spectrum. Take your pick of who's perspective you want to look at it from, but the basic conclusion is universal. https://www.google.com/?q=uk+political+overclass

I didn't expect you to agree with any, so I'm gratified. The BBC has a special role as the state broadcaster. You can't opt out of funding them. There has always been special trust placed in them. But, I'm one of an increasing number of people who believe that they are betraying that trust and pursing the agenda of an over class. My argument is not for abolishing them, but putting broadcasting on a level playing field. How do you feel about the license fee? There are going to have to be some changes, but - like most things - decisions have been kicked down the road (until 2017). Interesting that you mention the Cuban Missile crisis at this time. Are you aware that you likely came within 50 miles of a Russian nuclear warhead the other day? Far closer than at any time in the cold war! And... the Greens and SNP demand abolishing our nuclear deterrent, which kept us safe through the last century! The Greens also want us to "end our special relationship with the USA". Doh! Animal Farm? Oh, I think the Pigs have been running the farm for a very long time now. Time for the people's turn again!

Say as you find Maggie! Hardly abuse, or personal. He's actually a Cultural Marxist; so OK, I take fool back - he's no fool, he simply takes others as fools! He's fully entitled to his opinions, but he takes my money, and represents a distorted view of the world to my kids, and the rest of the nation, as the norm. He can have all the young male consenting "totty" he wants, but he's not entitled to represent it as either normal behaviour, or tell me I must approve of it! In fact originally I rather liked him, but he's changed, and not me. It's not simply his flaunting his sexuality as some sort of superior state of being, it's his other elitist attitudes. We've come along way from sticking Oscar Wilde in Reading Jail, and all of that is undeniably for the better. But, in an increasing number of cases these days the tolerance now shown is not reciprocated, instead it is capitalised upon. He comes across very snide and condescending, and I wouldn't accept that in a heterosexual, so I'm not making excuses for him because he's a homosexual - which apparently is what I'm required to do by the BBC thought police. Unlike the BBC I think that any form of discrimination is wrong, so I simply don't accept their doctrine of positive discrimination. This is just one of many reasons why the formerly balanced BBC is past its sell-by-date. It always had element of elitism, but it was a benign and inclusive elitism that aimed to enlighten and promote a national purpose. It was pretty much apolitical, and on the rare occasions it strayed over the line sharp corrections were administered and all were happy. These days all pretence of that has gone. The audiences don't appreciate the morph because it has been gradually introduced in the name of progress. It's not progress - it's bloody frightening, and wide open to exploitation by a future totalitarian government. Paranoia? I think not! One thing Nick Clegg is right about is to be very very worried about what is presently being enacted in the name of national security. If the same subversion of tradition values is applied to national government as has already been enacted at the BBC, Winston Smith will be reciting 2 + 2 = 5 and believing it before the BBC hits its centenary.

Not even going to waste minutes of my life going there Malc! He's an immediate turn-off when he shows up on TV. An out-of-touch elitist fool is the very best that can be said about him. That, of course, explains why he's so jolly popular with our moral guardians at The Ministry of Truth - the Beeb! Yet another notch in the long campaign to scrap the licence fee. Hit the b**(^%s where it hurts - no, not there - in the pocket!

If only it were that simple! People class an email addy as theirs; they don't factor in that it can be trashed at someone else's whim. Most people don't even keep a record of who they give it to, so any change results in massive inconvenience, and lost contact with service providers and friends. There's legislation that phone numbers must be readily portable, but it hasn't occurred to regulators (yet) that it should be extended to ISP provided email. Failing this there should be a very clear health warning, with the alternatives clearly spelled out right at point of sale. A simple redirection protocol is already an integral part of email, so there can be absolutely no BS'ing in this respect. My point is that what Virgin is doing is wholly unnecessary, as the cost to do the right thing by customers or ex-customers is minimal. Virgin is short-sighted, and it will backfire on the brand name - that's for sure!

Yes, but upsetting 100,000 people to save a couple of hundred pounds a month in ongoing running costs for basic email/redirects, is a very short sighted view of profitability. He didn't even need to do that, he could have stipulated that TalkTalk alias the email for a few years, and that would cost nothing If you asked Branson what his brand is worth he'd answer billions, yet he's quite prepared to sully it on the assumption that customers are total idiots! At least with Mick O'Leary (Ryanair) he had the basic decency to tell the truth about how he viewed his customers, without the comes extreme responsibility BS.

Working here now. We'll have to stop buying this cheap Asian rubbish!