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Conservative voters don't look at this

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FarNorth Wed 31-May-17 12:25:21

www.facebook.com/theguardian/videos/690794987774934/

This video shows the reality of life for a disabled person after seven years of a Conservative government (with a little help from the LibDems).

Is she an unusual exception, I wonder?

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 17:45:32

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/01/exclusive-labour-election-campaign-boosted-fake-twitter-accounts/

You'd have to have read the actual paper to read the whole article.

durhamjen Sat 03-Jun-17 17:48:21

voxpoliticalonline.com/2017/06/03/the-tories-do-have-a-magic-money-tree-but-its-for-big-corporations-not-you/

durhamjen Sat 03-Jun-17 17:52:41

If the Tories get back in, the cuts to corporation tax will be worth over £15 billion to big businesses by 2021.
But nurses can stay on the same pay as they were on in 2009, according to May.
In the meantime, there are more multi-millionnaires in London than anywhere else in the world.

Whose side do you want to be on, that of millionnaires or nurses?

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 17:52:55

Meanwhile, still no response from whitewave. Perhaps she'll havve more courage now you're here, durhamjen! grin

durhamjen Sat 03-Jun-17 18:07:00

That's brilliant, Ana. The man who wrote that article actually retweets his own tweets about the labour party tweets.
How many does that add up to?

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 18:10:33

Snort...

yggdrasil Sat 03-Jun-17 18:19:44

Doesn't it occur to you Whitewave may have been out all day.

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 18:22:23

Well, she posted on this thread at 16.42 and has posted on other threads since, so no, it hasn't occurred to me.

GracesGranMK2 Sat 03-Jun-17 20:23:01

Have you decided you are Paxman Ana. No one has to even reply to you if they don't want to and certainly not answer inane questions.

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 20:44:01

I asked whitewave why she'd referred to Paul Dacre on this thread. What's 'inane' about that?

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 20:55:13

She also ignored Annie's question, although she'd obviously seen it.

durhamjen Sat 03-Jun-17 20:56:08

What's wrong with referring to Paul Dacre on this thread?
May invited him into no.10 when she first became PM. He has supported her ever since, and still does.

Dacre isn't very nice to disabled people either.
Or even sick people. In fact the paper doesn't think there are any cuts to the NHS.

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4567996/Why-t-doctors-admit-Tory-NHS-cuts-myth.html

Very relevant to mention Dacre on this thread.

rosesarered Sat 03-Jun-17 20:56:18

who decides on what is inane......the self appointed GN police?

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 20:58:58

Just the smug ones.

durhamjen Sat 03-Jun-17 21:01:33

One of the statements in that DM article said that the drugs bill has risen by 50% in the last five years.
I thought that sounded a lot, so I checked up on the pharmaceutical journal and found this.

"Overall the NHS in England spent £15.5bn on medicines in 2014–2015 — a rise of 19.4% since 2010–2011, the figures reveal."

Wouldn't you be very surprised, like me, if it had risen 50% from 2012-17?
I think Paul Dacre makes things up, and doesn't get his journalists to check up on their facts.
A bit like Mayhem.

Ana Sat 03-Jun-17 21:04:32

What DM article?

(not that I expect an answer...)

rosesarered Sat 03-Jun-17 21:05:03

....and Abbott? grin

Anniebach Sat 03-Jun-17 21:21:43

grin

Lynnieg Sat 03-Jun-17 21:33:09

Philip Hammond was in Portsmouth canvassing yesterday. He was also at the University of Portsmouth CCI Graduation Show in a private capacity.

whitewave Sat 03-Jun-17 21:39:01

I seem to have a groupie grin

Lynnieg Sat 03-Jun-17 21:41:21

Sorry? I was answering an earlier question

durhamjen Sat 03-Jun-17 21:46:50

www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4567996/Why-t-doctors-admit-Tory-NHS-cuts-myth.html

This one, Ana, not that I expect you to read it, as you didn't the first time. 3 posts above when you asked what DM article.
You do like to be spoonfed, don't you?

rosesarered Sat 03-Jun-17 21:52:56

why complain djen you love posting links.

whitewave Sat 03-Jun-17 21:53:20

lynnieg sorry to confuse. I was not replying to you but making my remark about a sad little soul who has been following me around on GN for 6HOURS now.

rosesarered Sat 03-Jun-17 21:56:01

Oh don't be silly ww