Double Whammy
Gordon is in town as is big oil’s Al Gore, who was sighted on Air Street earlier. Which reminded Guido of one his favourite videos…
Cameron is Having a Shocker | Iain Martin
UKIP Still Back Flat Tax | London Loves Business
Dave Will Probably Win in 2015 | Dan Hodges
EU’s Tax Harmonisation Agenda | Dan Hannan
Tories Have Always Sneered at Party Faithful | Simon Heffer
French Youth Fleeing Socialism | Reason
Councils Should Not Blow Cash Subsidising Arts | Harry Phibbs
Old Holborn on Twitter Exile | Backbencher
Attorney General Warns Press Over Rebekah & Andy | Media Guido
UKIP Pros and Cons | Allister Heath
“The Double Income No Kids Existence” | Alex Deane
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Ai Weiwei in China fighting the taxman…
“Under totalitarian rule, no one is protected by law. We will all be the same helpless victims. When a country insists on its lies, it’s time for an artist to bring forth change.”
Ah! Monika says:
Google-eyed-Dave
INCOMING ….
ALT CTL DEL
Government claims to have created an additional 500,000 jobs in the past year have been called into question after it was revealed that one in five of those people are not in proper employment, including tens of thousands still claiming unemployment benefits.
In the last few months the government has trumpeted “record high” employment and the net creation of half a million jobs over the past year.
But figures obtained by the Guardian from the Office for National Statistics show that just over 20% of this total (105,000) concerns those on largely unpaid government back-to-work schemes, the majority of whom are still claiming jobseeker’s allowance.
They include unpaid workers doing voluntary and mandatory work experience in supermarkets and charity shops.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/15/statistics-doubt-coalition-500000-jobs
Do the figures include the unpaid interns at the Guardian?
Not many people work in Wales. Of those who do only one in sixteen pay higher rate tax.
What are you up to Mr Cameron ?
I easily pay 40% tax and I live in Wales
Will be all unpaid interns even once in conservative party, labour party, LD, etc.
Soon even unemployed parents dropping their own kids to school. Cameron will say we are living in a paradise where everyone is employed, in the same time unemployment benefits will be going up and up.
and me
Unemployment will certainly go up as from Jan 1st 2014, when Camoron lets 300,000+ Romanian/Bulgarian immigrants into the UK, because his beloved EU said so.
When Labour did this, at least they could argue – unconvincingly – that they didn’t know what was going to happen. What pathetic mealy-mouthed excuse will Camoron make? A year before he and his pathetic Party seeks re-election.
Ex-Conservative voter, you have missed a zero. Expectation over 3,000,000 arrivals.
Well, based on the Polish experience, then the actual will be 3 to 4 times the expected…therefore approx 9 to 12 million.
And labour would have done it differently how?
I don’t know how Labour counted employment and unemployment in the 13 years it was in power. But there were much more full time equalent jobs even in May 2010 than now.
How about hiding them as disabled for one.
Same thing would be still going on. Between the age of 18 – 65, population is 38 million, 29 million are employed, 2 million are unemployed.
Are we saying 7 million are students and disable?
True fig is over 6,000,000 are unemployed in UK. On top there are another 4 million plus who wants full time jobs but cannot get one.
Cheaper than box ticking non-jobs that Grodo and PhoneyT managed to “create” at our childrens’s expense.
Its not cheaper, as government debt is increasing at a faster rate now than it went under last labour government.
This doesn’t mean I am supporting last labour government for wasting money.
Only 395,000 new jobs, then.
Even better, there is a steady rise in the number of self-employed.
395,000 mainly part time job and low paid job. Someone I know who was a senior manager in private sector is delivering pizza for the last two years.
What do you expect from Dissembling Dave and his goons? Surely no one actually believed that 500,000 jobs had been created in the private sector in one year?
Brown should try wear a baboon bottom helmet to protect him from the rays coming from planet Fuctard
The Jonah curse didnt work on Gore…..
Isn’t Gore a waterproof material?
Yes
Goretex, the waterproof material, was invented by Lesley Gore’s father. If you do not remember her she was an American pop star of the early 1960′s, ‘It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to’ and so on.
Al Gore invented the internet.
Gordon the Moron saved the world
He also invented the hockey stick as well!
Not quite, on that Lesley Gore part of the story.
Don’t I wish my father had been that rich!
The Gore-Tex Corp. can honestly say to this old gal, “You don’t own me.”
Maybe I know, what you said is not true– but what can I do?
(You made that part up, right?)
That’s the way boys are!
Must have used the wrong AlGorerhythm??
Depends
Two number ones eh?
And thats just before I start to speak *nervous*
Just have some more of those little pills. They’ll boost your confidence like they did last time, made you into a Real Nokia Thrower.
And thenceforth faecal vomiting
Hmm…
Impressive new way of surrendering to superior forces on display across the channel:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/mali/9803415/Francois-Hollande-says-France-only-committed-to-restoring-order-in-Mali.html
The last time the French asked for ‘more proof,’ it came marching into Paris under a German flag
It’s considerate of the French to plant those lines of poplars along their roads so that the Germans can march in the shade.
Well club-footed French farmers have to have something to dri*ve into when they drop their Gitanes in their laps and lose control of their ancient deux chevauxes!
OMG! Which town?
Gordon Brown was bound to return to the closet at some point.
Shutting UP would actually be preferable.
Which one oils the other one up. I don’t understand.
In fact, forget that. I don’t want to understand.
Sent from my iPig
Gordon “Wears the soap?”
Al “It does doesn’t it”
where’s DOH
This is more about Gas than Oil… given the recent sale of ChannelTV and all that + makes for a good pun on the ‘green’ issues.
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/13/al-gores-carbon-footprint/
Love it.
Especially the cat…
Sent from my iPig
This looks like a good idea, but do not see it working:
http://www.femyso.org/events/2011/EMYC
They’re having a go:
http://www.wearehere.eu/999/femyso-sets-to-empower-youth-across-europe/
What’s happening with that huhne Huhne? Is he going to escape justice just like that other huhne Hoon?
not sure
Maybe it’s related to Operation Fairbank…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fairbank
The meter’s running
Why is the media not reporting it?
Has someone issued a D-Notice?
Why is the fucker being protected by the judiciary and media. It wouldn’t be the same for me if I was on trial for such a crime.
“Its all in the handshake”
nudge, nudge, wink wink…….
So if he gets done, he’ll be out in a couple of shakes??
(The old ones are the best ones).
Humankind has not seen a greater partnership of wisdom and judgement since Vern and Lloyd bet each other who could hold a lighted stick of dynamite the longest.
I just love my bus pass, in fact I can’t use it enough.
I’ve Snown hundreds of interesting Jon’s.
The government have released an official list of who they regard as strivers – who need to be supported with pay rises – and skivers who need to be given a good kick up the arse with a large dose of austerity.
Here’s the official list published in full:
SKIVERS:
unemployed
sick
disabled
police officers
teachers
pensioners
homeless
single parents
carers
nurses
firefighters
cleaners
accountants
self-employed
bakers
barbers
cashiers
flight attendants
hairdressers
miners
office workers
chambermaids
doctors
drivers
electricians
builders
butchers
carpenters
opticians
painters
photographers
plumbers
porters
postal workers
tailors
technicians
vets
welders
receptionists
reporters
sales assistants
sales representatives
scientists
secretaries
shop assistants
surgeons
waiters/waitresses
STRIVERS:
MPs
banking executives
.
The coalition government’s just announced salary cuts for new police officers after giving a tax cut for top earning bankers and calling for a 32% payrise for MPs.
Enough said.
Just await until most major cities are on fire after the next major riots,
with the old bill on the frontline…………..
wonder what the response will be then from DDD !!
http://i.mol.im/i/pix/2013/01/15/article-2262723-16F46D77000005DC-942_308x185.jpg
preferably by their balls..
Al Gore – the Dave Ic ke of US global climate change.
And Brown? Haggis eater and fine single malt drinker, who I think supports Cowdenbeath FC, in footie.
To be fair he weathered it well