Kevin Carr's Gloves 3279 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 So only 19 admissible cases heard and only 8 actual violations from the UK in 2012. I'm getting the feeling that this won't have much of an effect on the UK either way, it looks to be pure pandering to potential UKIP voters. However part of the act gives people the right to protection against fracking under their property. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'm not sure that it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3279 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) I'm not sure that it does. I am just reading a letter to the Scotsman by ALyn Smith MEP who makes the claim. Edited October 3, 2014 by Kevin Carr's Gloves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I read it too but without anything to back up the claim I'd guess that other legislation exists to protect homeowners from fracking underneath their house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27516 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Why is it a bad thing? I haven't given it much thought, I'd just be interested to hear what good it has done. Agency workers didn't have rights to holiday pay, this was something Europe imposed on a very reluctant Tory Government in the nineties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Yes but again that is employment law and nothing to do with human rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 10139 Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 27516 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 That's about it, like. This is where the likes of The Sun become dangerous with their propaganda equating ECHR to a bunch of British hating foreigners giving a free ticket to the likes of this Hamsa bloke and where they are very useful to the Tories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bictor 0 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Sums it up perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Timely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 A young Vladimir Putin hanging around menacingly in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 How much different would our world be if this lot were the First Family? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29563253 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9221 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 "Korey Klingenmeyer" sounds like an SNL name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 10139 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 More concerning was the result in Heywood and Middleton. UKIP were supposed to be no hopers there, and they nearly won the seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 36% turnout, so it shouldn't be that close come GE time, plus the Lib Dem vote held up to an extent (= they didn't lose their deposit, at least ) and some of those will switch to Labour now that the prospect of a UKIP MP in their area has become a whole lot more real (I know I would as a tendential Lib Dem voter). That's just one constituency though, and you're right, there'll rightly be concern that UKIP are going to do more damage in Labour strongholds than people might have realised. "Labour to UKIP" is a switch/swing that hadn't really been on people's radar much before. Now we're even looking at categories like "Disenchanted Labour supporter who voted Lib Dem last time as a protest vote and will be transferring their protest vote to UKIP this time" becoming actually relevant. From a purely psephological point of view, it's going to be a fascinating next seven months or so. If only it wasn't fucking UKIP making it so interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6443 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Timely. :lol:His album is called 'Jap's iTunes'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 10139 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Stewart Lee summed it up best imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ 0 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 36% turnout, so it shouldn't be that close come GE time, plus the Lib Dem vote held up to an extent (= they didn't lose their deposit, at least ) and some of those will switch to Labour now that the prospect of a UKIP MP in their area has become a whole lot more real (I know I would as a tendential Lib Dem voter). That's just one constituency though, and you're right, there'll rightly be concern that UKIP are going to do more damage in Labour strongholds than people might have realised. "Labour to UKIP" is a switch/swing that hadn't really been on people's radar much before. Now we're even looking at categories like "Disenchanted Labour supporter who voted Lib Dem last time as a protest vote and will be transferring their protest vote to UKIP this time" becoming actually relevant. From a purely psephological point of view, it's going to be a fascinating next seven months or so. If only it wasn't fucking UKIP making it so interesting. Aye as much as there needs to be a real breakup of the two establishment parties, UKIP is definitely not the answer. There's nothing funnier than watching Nigel Farage paint himself as anti-establishment. I'm not worried they're going to win a boatload of seats, but at the same time, I worry that there might be a few constituencies where they get in via protest vote where the Labour and Conservative vote aren't particularly strong. As a Green voter, I was pleased the Greens beat the Lib Dems in Clacton, albeit both comfortably lost their deposits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26793 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/governments-reorganisation-of-the-nhs-was-its-biggest-mistake-say-senior-tories-9790247.html They're really sorry, give them another chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 I thought all the changes were entirely justified and necessarily. At least that's the impression I got from CT after his careful and extensive analysis of the Conservative position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/governments-reorganisation-of-the-nhs-was-its-biggest-mistake-say-senior-tories-9790247.html They're really sorry, give them another chance. More politically motivated than the Waffen SS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3611 Posted October 14, 2014 Share Posted October 14, 2014 In case someone's bored and in the mood for a long read, here's a very detailed, but mostly interesting, article on why the western model of prosperity is failing in modern developing world. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/-sp-western-model-broken-pankaj-mishra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 14136 Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xLbcIianBg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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