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[Bongo]

Where does the extra funding come from?

[kinboshi]

Where does the extra funding come from?

Donors

[TightEnd]

funding for the next election if it were to be held now

Tories £14m

Labour £6m

Libs £4m

Cameron should go nuclear. Issue a statement saying "now or never". ie the Libs go with him now or fk off. If they fk off he says he is prepared to form a minority government knowing that if he needs to call another election he is far better funded to do so. If the Libs go with Lab then he knows this may be electoral suicide for both if it a) goes wrong economically or b) the coalition collapses soon. The Libs will bear their share of the blame for this

Turn it back on Clegg, tell him that he has made his own bed and play the long game

All being well for Cameron the Tories would be back in within 2-3 years with a stonking majority and Clegg will be  toast. I still contend this is a situation where you want to lose!

[cia260895]

Rich,how much influence do you reckon the funding would have on the outcome?

[Bongo]

Where does the extra funding come from?

Donors

Then why are donations listed separately?  

Tighty - rumours are that CCHQ has retained it's election team for 5 months...

[TightEnd]

Rich,how much influence do you reckon the funding would have on the outcome?

I think it had an effect this time, in some seats..Ashcroft for the Tories of course and the Unite funding in some seats, notably Ed Balls' one, for Labour

a quick election now and the effects will be magnified as only the Tories are in a position to adequately fund it.

If I were Cam, I'd be tempted by the nuclear option and stick two fingers up at Clegg asap and make Clegg lie on a rainbow bed of nails, the tosser lol

[cia260895]

Rich,how much influence do you reckon the funding would have on the outcome?

I think it had an effect this time, in some seats..Ashcroft for the Tories of course and the Unite funding in some seats, notably Ed Balls' one, for Labour

a quick election now and the effects will be magnified as only the Tories are in a position to adequately fund it.

If I were Cam, I'd be tempted by the nuclear option and stick two fingers up at Clegg asap and make Clegg lie on a rainbow bed of nails, the tosser lol

 

[TightEnd]

ffs Hague says Con Lib talking again this afternoon. Back and forth they go


Another night of 24 hour news beckons. I reckon Kay Burley may just get Molotov cocktailed the end of the week

[Claw75]

ffs Hague says Con Lib talking again this afternoon. Back and forth they go


Another night of 24 hour news beckons. I reckon Kay Burley may just get Molotov cocktailed the end of the week

have you had any sleep this week Rich?

[TightEnd]

ffs Hague says Con Lib talking again this afternoon. Back and forth they go


Another night of 24 hour news beckons. I reckon Kay Burley may just get Molotov cocktailed the end of the week

have you had any sleep this week Rich?

Not much. A few hours since last thursday

[Bongo]

Do you reckon reports that Morgan Stanley are predicting a 10% drop in the pound could be accurate?

[ripple11]

Labour deal collapsing........just a matter of time.

[Jon MW]

It's going to be hard for the Conservatives to introduce austerity measures and still keep support, but I think they can only have been helped by these protracted negotiations.

[Bongo]

"Number 10 recognises that talks with the Lib Dems have not and will reach not any positive conclusion, and they are now discussing the method of declaring that their side of the negotiation is over, BBC Radio 5 Live's political correspondent Jon Pienaar says"

From the beeb

[Jon MW]

Yay a poker metaphor in the news

... To use the metaphor of poker, Labour have folded and thrown in their cards.
...

I didn't say it was a particularly good one