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Posted on April 01, 2013 by

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  1. Rev. Stuart Campbell says:

    Seriously, listen to the loathsome little reptile:

    link to telegraph.co.uk

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  2. I regret to announce that we’ve had to stop the podcast due to outside pressures…
     
    link to michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com

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  3. Albert Herring says:

    The English grocer swung it for me.

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  4. Malcolm says:

     
    Michael Greenwell says:
     
    1 April, 2013 at 11:10 am
    I regret to announce that we’ve had to stop the podcast due to outside pressures…
     
    Listening now with a big grin on my face 🙂

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  5. Luigi says:

    And I wonder how many spare rooms, or should I say “spare houses” the average MP holds, courtesy of the taxpayer. Of course, these pillars of society are far more deserving than the poor people they claim to represent.

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  6. Rev. Stuart Campbell says:

    “Of course, these pillars of society are far more deserving than the poor people scroungers they claim to represent.”

    Fixed that for you.

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  7. Macart says:

    I’d like to see that **** ****  queueing for his bargain beans and horse meat burgers, whilst wondering if he can pay the rent or leccy bills.
     
    18th September 2014 – Let’s get rid.

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  8. Chic McGregor says:

    Here’s another one of the Tories new Poster boy re workfare
     
    link to docs.google.com

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  9. Doug Daniel says:

    To be fair to IDS, he probably could live off £53 per week – he’d just put everything on his expenses.

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  10. Robert Kerr says:

    O/T
     
    I  commented on the Herald’s piece re Ruth Babes “Scotland First” viz.
    “Surely its not the First of April?”
    Not published.
    Why do I bother? No sense of humour at all the Moderators at the herald..

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  11. Robyn - Quine fae Torry says:

    link to change.org
     
    IDS said he could live on £53 a week.  Please sign the linked petition which calls for him to do just this for at least one year. 
     
    Kind regards
     
     

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  12. Appleby says:

    It’s so bad it’s almost like they are doing a self-parody. I can imagine going back in time a few years and people would think I was a mad, paranoid liar if I told them what was going on in today’s world.

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  13. Chic McGregor says:

    Recent Topic off screen
    Of possible interest to some who work in that general field.
    In the oil topic recently I mentioned concerns over hydraulic fracturing ‘fracking’ at Airth near Falkirk and posted a link to a recent FOI.  Coincidentally there is a new article on the subject in NNS (link below).  I have posted the FOI link to their comments section.
     
    link to newsnetscotland.com
     
    Have also posted in the said ‘oil for busy people’ thread.

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  14. Holebender says:

    @Robert Kerr, they probably don’t want you giving the game away. It was a rather obvious April Fool and I was surprised at even the few responses they got.

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  15. Arbroath1320 says:

    I’m dubious that this loathesome arrogant evil little man can survive on £53 a week, after all £53 would barely cover the cost of TWO breakfasts for this greedy troughing MUPPET!

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  16. Adrian B says:

    @Arbroath1320,
     
    Portilo tried it in the ’80s and found it tough – it changed his mind and I think he did it in summer so didn’t have to keep warm when the outside temperatures were below 0 degrees as they often are during a Scottish winter.

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  17. Gordon Hay says:

    I predict (and I am not joking here) that there will be a “son of bedroom tax” which will decree that a single person living alone needs only the facilities of a bed-sit – one room, sofa bed and shared toilet and food-prep areas. If such a person, in receipt of housing benefit, has a home with a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom all to themselves they will be deemed to be getting an unnecessary rooms subsidy and have their benefit cut.

    Also, I won’t be surprised if the 25% discount on council tax, water and sewerage charges, for single occupants is declared “unfair”, and is ended.

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