The 2015 Popularity Contest (aka UK General Election )

[Tubey]

"Medical tourism is a lucrative source of income for the NHS, according to a major new study that contradicts many of the assumptions behind the government's announcement that it will clamp down on foreigners abusing the health service.

Eighteen hospitals – those deemed most likely to be making money from overseas patients – earned £42m in 2010, according to researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and York University. Medical tourists spent an estimated £219m on hotels, restaurants, shopping and transport in the UK.

The researchers also found that more people leave the UK seeking medical treatment abroad than arrive in this country for care: about 63,000 people from the country travelled to hospitals and clinics abroad in 2010, while considerably fewer, about 52,000 people, came here".

Lad, don't let stats stand in the way of casual racism FFS, it's unfair to Nigel.

 

[Pienaar's gloves]

Nigel Farage (sounds foreign lol ) is blaming MRSA on Labour?

The fact that a bacteria developed a resistance to methicillin is now a persons fault?

MRSA had been becoming resistant since the 50's at least. That's not a persons fault.

Ok, I see. Farage is a melt.

I noticed that.

Nah blame Tony Blair.

 

[The Esk]

I'd hold off with the champagne celebrations if I were them. He speaks for a very niche group of ex-Tory voters who lap this stuff up (the misunderstood outsiders being slammed for 'racist' talk). The Tories will find it hard to whittle that support right down to a winning margin.

There's a graph tonight on the BBc live page showing how Farage's tracking poll went up after he attacked the studio audience for being too lefty.

The flip side, and the reason why Ed is going after Farage is that he is attempting to destroy the myth that Farage is beneficial to the average working family, so in a sense he's (Ed) is giving and taking....

 

[harry]

No, he bores me to tears, do you?

He seems like a nice enough chap.

 

[rascal]

Its only cosidered racist by idiots, most normal peaple can see there is or will be a problem. With people, liveng longer and the birth rate up we have to try and cap the population somehow.

Forced sterilization is the 100% proven way to cap population.....

 

[summerisle]

I noticed that.

Nah blame Tony Blair.

Blame William the Conqueror

 

[harry]

Forced sterilization is the 100% proven way to cap population.....

I like it. I have done bit, two bricks in the back garden.

 

[bring the ghost on]

How can Cameron listen to all of this tory bashing and not wish he was there to defend himself? I know it was a strategic decision because he thought the more the British public hear from him the less likely they are to vote for him, but it must be killing him personally nonetheless.

 

[Groucho]

I'm just amazed he didn't blame in on immigrants tbh

He has a downer on foreigners yet his name sounds foreign and he's married to a Getman immigrant.

 

[Tubey]

Sturgeon win for me, Miliband did well in second... but deer Jeebus Farage was utterly woeful. To be outperformed by Natalie Bennett in a debate hahaha

 

[Clint Planet]

Climate change IS a massive issue, and yet, as Natalie Bennett just pointed out, no one is talking about it.

In some ways, Bennett is the least loony of them all.

 

[Groucho]

I reckon this is staged - Labour and SNP are going to collaborate, this speech is a set up to keep the SNP identity.

Playing a game.

"This is about getting rid of Tories".

 

[rascal]

We're going to have Zenit vs Kyiv in Warsaw aren't we? What could possibly go wrong...

 

[Tubey]

Climate change IS a massive issue, and yet, as Natalie Bennett just pointed out, no one is talking about it.

In some ways, Bennett is the least loony of them all.

Might want to read their manifesto - it's comedy gold. Like a left wing utopia with zero cost.

 

[Tubey]

I reckon this is staged - Labour and SNP are going to collaborate, this speech is a set up to keep the SNP identity.

Playin a game.

They will opt for a supply and demand arrangement - they won't be a coalition.