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The political role of the purples: As a stalking horse

The political role of the purples: As a stalking horse

Corporeal on UKIP It’s reasonably common, in these cynical times that we live in, to hear someone dismissively remark that politicians are mainly interested in power. It’s a comment that is both often true and also the basic point of politicians. Politics itself is essentially the exercise of power in society in all its various shapes and forms and the proper use of that power is what politicians are fundamentally contesting. It is less a question of how the world…

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Nighthawks is now open

Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not change the Status Quo,and become a poster. Don’t worry, delurking won’t lead you to the Wild Side of Life, after your first post, you’ll want to post Again and Again. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Budget 2014: the…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To all your lurkers, why not Find The Time to delurk? I know your contributions will be Five Star good. Your preconceptions about delurking will All Fall Down. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) The Tory knives are out for Michael Gove – and Boris is…

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March’s Guardian ICM Poll is out

March’s Guardian ICM Poll is out

The Lib Dems regain third place from UKIP The March ICM phone poll for the Guardian is out, there’s some cheer for the Lib Dems and the Tories. The Lib Dems have regained third place from UKIP with the Gold Standard of polling. It is easy to say that UKIP are regressing prior to the European and Local Elections in May, but this poll is return to the status quo of the ICM polling preceding February, which generally had the Lib…

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Nighthawks is now open

Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation If you’re experiencing a lack of Rapid Eye Movement why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To all your lurkers, why not delurk? If you delurk, you won’t be saying, It’s the End of the World as We Know It, you’ll become Shiny Happy People. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Ukip faces question…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. To all your lurkers, All Around The World, why not delurk, Some Might Say, delurking is the best thing they’ve ever done. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) White face, blue collar, grey hair: the ‘left behind’ voters only Ukip understands. Farage’s core voters are not…

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Nighthawks is now open

Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk, Tonight’s the Night, you should delurk. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Sorry Len, Labour shouldn’t rule out a coalition with the Lib Dems Miliband rhetoric worries Labour’s business backers Britain’s main opposition party, Labour, is allegedly looking…

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PB Nighthawks is now open

PB Nighthawks is now open

Home of the web’s best political conversation Why not relax, and converse into the night on the day’s events in PB NightHawks. If you’re a lurker, why not delurk, It Only Takes A Minute to delurk, I’m sure you’ll Shine with your contributions. Never Forget, we were all lurkers once. The round up of recent events (click on the links below, and it will bring up the relevant link) Where UKIP gets its support from. (I was amazed to find that…

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