mariokempes56 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Calm we all calm doon. I got attacked the day, I'm a boxer, so fine. Vast majority fine lads Me too, thank funk am a whippet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Wings have raised over £71k in one day. Incredible. Think Alex Salmond needs some tips for his crowdfunding campaign! http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/support-alex-salmond-to-win-gordon-ge-2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Think Alex Salmond needs some tips for his crowdfunding campaign! http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/support-alex-salmond-to-win-gordon-ge-2015 Who is George Petrie? That reads very much like someone has set a page up on the promise to use the funds to campaign for Salmond. Even the most deluded Salmond lover would be vary of donating to such a page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine bibber Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 £50 quid sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 £50 quid sent I was actually going to name drop Flora... But I may be sharing a shandy with him on Thursday, and he seems a bit radio rental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Jim Murphy @jimmurphymp 38m38 minutes ago On way to Glasgow Caledonian Uni to set out Scottish Labour's opposition to tuition fees in Scotland. Here's what Ken Livingstone stood up in Parliament and said about him in 1996 That this House condemns the intolerant and dictatorial behaviour of the President of the National Union of Students, Mr Jim Murphy, who has unconstitutionally suspended NUS Vice President, Clive Lewis, because he took part, in a personal capacity, in an open debate at Queen Mary and Westfield College on the issues raised by the Campaign for Free Education; further notes that along with President Elect, Douglas Trainer, both men have warned NUS Executive member, Rose Woods, that if she attends the Scottish launch of the Campaign for Free Education she too will be suspended from the NUS Executive; reminds Mr Murphy and Mr Trainer that freedom of speech is a right in the United Kingdom, that they have no power to overturn the results of elections that went against their preferred candidates and that, whilst these methods are a common practice in dictatorships around the world, they are not acceptable behaviour from someone such as Mr Murphy who is putting himself forward as suitable for election to the House of Commons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flure Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 From The Political Ceilidh:- " If you are confused reading this story about Jim Murphy promising that there will be no tuition fees in Scotland you are perfectly entitled to be. In the first place, Murphy is campaigning in a Westminster election. Education is not reserved. Westminster has no powers over education in Scotland. As a Westminster MP, Murphy could do precisely nothing about honouring this vacuous promise. And it is certainly a vacuous promise. Because there are already no tuition fees in Scotland. And we can be as certain as anybody ever can be in politics that no SNP administration will ever reintroduce them. Can we have as much confidence in Murphy's latest "vow"? Not if his previous behaviour is any guide. Murphy voted to impose tuition fees. He derided the idea of free tuition in terms even more scornful that his predecessor's infamous "something for nothing" speech. If he has had a change of heart, that's fine. But surely somebody should be quizzing him about it. Why are the media glossing over Murphy's murky past an focusing entirely on the tawdry baubles he is dangling before the people of Scotland? The reality is that this announcement is nothing more than a ruse to keep Murphy in the media spotlight. What he has said is utterly meaningless. But the British media present it as if it is some massively significant policy statement and a real game-changer in the election campaign. There is something distinctly dishonest about that." http://www.scoop.it/t/politics-scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wine bibber Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Blimey ...well researched Tartanjon.Hope this is trumpeted to the max in his campaign.A student president who is against free education and it appears free speech.You really couldn't make it up.How did he get so far ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Blimey ...well researched Tartanjon.Hope this is trumpeted to the max in his campaign.A student president who is against free education and it appears free speech.You really couldn't make it up.How did he get so far ? Someone posted it in the replies to murpjhy Jim Murphy @jimmurphymp 38m38 minutes ago On way to Glasgow Caledonian Uni to set out Scottish Labour's opposition to tuition fees in Scotland. Here's what Ken Livingstone stood up in Parliament and said about him in 1996 That this House condemns the intolerant and dictatorial behaviour of the President of the National Union of Students, Mr Jim Murphy, who has unconstitutionally suspended NUS Vice President, Clive Lewis, because he took part, in a personal capacity, in an open debate at Queen Mary and Westfield College on the issues raised by the Campaign for Free Education; further notes that along with President Elect, Douglas Trainer, both men have warned NUS Executive member, Rose Woods, that if she attends the Scottish launch of the Campaign for Free Education she too will be suspended from the NUS Executive; reminds Mr Murphy and Mr Trainer that freedom of speech is a right in the United Kingdom, that they have no power to overturn the results of elections that went against their preferred candidates and that, whilst these methods are a common practice in dictatorships around the world, they are not acceptable behaviour from someone such as Mr Murphy who is putting himself forward as suitable for election to the House of Commons. Went and founfdthe bill, Alex Salmond was one of the signee's. Early day motion 991http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/early-day-motions/edm-detail1/?session=1995-96&edmnumber=991 Edited March 3, 2015 by phart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TartanJon Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Blimey ...well researched Tartanjon.Hope this is trumpeted to the max in his campaign.A student president who is against free education and it appears free speech.You really couldn't make it up.How did he get so far ? It is common knowledge to anyone who gives politics a passing glance.Trainer went to work for Jack McConnell and then Serco.Aye feckin Serco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthTam Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Blimey ...well researched Tartanjon.Hope this is trumpeted to the max in his campaign.A student president who is against free education and it appears free speech.You really couldn't make it up.How did he get so far ? I wonder how much his education at Strathclyde University would cost (9 years with no degree at the end of that time) if he had managed to get fees in place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I don't understand why no journalist asks him "Would it be OK to get free education for 9 years, even if the student didn't graduate at the end of it." Maybe next time he is on Off the Ball, Tam Cowan could ask him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I don't understand why no journalist asks him "Would it be OK to get free education for 9 years, even if the student didn't graduate at the end of it." Andy Nicoll in the Sun yesterday said something along the lines of "Jim Murphy is not a stupid man, he spent longer at university than I did at school" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Getting telt on Twitter. Absolutely shameful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Someone posted it in the replies to murpjhy Went and founfdthe bill, Alex Salmond was one of the signee's.Early day motion 991http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/business-papers/commons/early-day-motions/edm-detail1/?session=1995-96&edmnumber=991 Was there not another similar stooshie about abolishing the student grant? Murphy (as president of the NUS) voted in favour of abolishing the student grant even though the NUS had voted against abolishing it at their conference. It was a long time ago, so might be a bit muddled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Andy Nicoll in the Sun yesterday said something along the lines of "Jim Murphy is not a stupid man, he spent longer at university than I did at school" That's a cracker.Think I might use that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Who is George Petrie? That reads very much like someone has set a page up on the promise to use the funds to campaign for Salmond. Even the most deluded Salmond lover would be vary of donating to such a page. He is the SNP Inverurie branch Organiser. The setting up of the page was raised at the Campaign meeting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Why doesn't any of the MSM ask him: * why he's campaigning on a devolved issue, education, in a Westminster election? * why campaign for free education in Scotland, which is already free?! * as an MP, will he campaign for free secondary education in the whole of the UK? * why has he changed his mind on the issue recently, and will it be UK Labour policy? Does he have permission for this? * does he support totally free education, or is he proposing 'back door' fees like Ian Gray and JoJo supported? The man is a lunatic - why isn't he getting challenged by the press? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 He is the SNP Inverurie branch Organiser. The setting up of the page was raised at the Campaign meeting Ah well, he's not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Why doesn't any of the MSM ask him: * why he's campaigning on a devolved issue, education, in a Westminster election? * why campaign for free education in Scotland, which is already free?! * as an MP, will he campaign for free secondary education in the whole of the UK? * why has he changed his mind on the issue recently, and will it be UK Labour policy? Does he have permission for this? * does he support totally free education, or is he proposing 'back door' fees like Ian Gray and JoJo supported? The man is a lunatic - why isn't he getting challenged by the press? Cause they are colluding. That's why. I know you know this ofc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Who is George Petrie? That reads very much like someone has set a page up on the promise to use the funds to campaign for Salmond. Even the most deluded Salmond lover would be vary of donating to such a page. Did you miss this? 'This is authorised by the SNP Inverurie branch and all funds will go to the Gordon GE 2015 campaign. ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Ah well, he's not very good. I read the big explanation and I don't see what is wrong with it to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 (edited) Did you miss this? 'This is authorised by the SNP Inverurie branch and all funds will go to the Gordon GE 2015 campaign. ' I live in the world were crowd funding was born, genuine funds are lost in a vast ocean of thieves and chancers Edit: Before anyone jumps on my head for SNP/Salmond bashing, this ones on me, I'm extremely cautious on crowd funding, albeit with good cause. Edited March 3, 2015 by Scunnered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamia Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I live in the world were crowd funding was born, genuine funds are lost in a vast ocean of thieves and chancers Edit: Before anyone jumps on my head for SNP/Salmond bashing, this ones on me, I'm extremely cautious on crowd funding, albeit with good cause. George had been putting in a power of work and will be known by many in the constituency where it matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 George had been putting in a power of work and will be known by many in the constituency where it matters. Absolutely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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