A sinister Tory plot to use flashmobs to derail Ed Miliband’s election campaign can be revealed.

Concealing their identity with masks of SNP leader Alex Salmond, Conservative activists were among protesters, some of whom pushed and shoved the Labour leader in a “disturbing” sudden attack.

A Sunday Mirror investigation has found the protest was organised by Tim Smith, a press officer at Conservative HQ, which is headed by party chairman Grant Shapps under PM David Cameron. (cont)

Senior Lib Dem throws doubt on new coalition with Tories

Energy Secretary Ed Davey says it will be ‘incredibly difficult’ to govern again with Tories because of their stance on Europe and green policy

The Liberal Democrat energy secretary, Ed Davey, has hinted strongly that he would oppose a second coalition with the Tories because their policy on Europe amounts to “economic and environmental irresponsibility of the highest order”.

Davey, seen as a likely contender in any contest to succeed Nick Clegg, told the Observer that, by contrast, the Lib Dems and Labour shared many views on the environment, although he feared that Ed Miliband’s policy of regulating energy prices would drive away investment.

In a significant intervention in an increasingly tense debate within the Lib Dems, Davey said he found another deal between the Lib Dems and Tories that would involve backing an in/out EU referendum “incredibly difficult” to envisage. The UK had made huge progress in the last five years on green issues and was now a respected international player, but a British government prepared to entertain the idea of leaving the EU would lose influence in climate change negotiations, including crucial talks in Paris at the end of this year.

Davey said: “The Conservative position on Europe is potentially economic and environmental irresponsibility of the highest order. Overall our voice in the debate will be dramatically reduced if at the time we are trying to renegoiate our membership of the EU club before a referendum.”

Some senior Lib Dems believe Clegg would strike a second coalition deal with the Tories after the election, backing legislation to allow an in/out referendum by the end of 2017 in return for major concessions to the Lib Dems, such as progress towards PR in local elections and House of Lords reform.

But senior colleagues, including business secretary Vince Cable, and former party president Tim Farron, also potential leadership contenders, have indicated that they too would find signing up to an EU referendum to be a bridge too far for a pro-European party.

chairman bill wrote:The Tory dirty tricks squad will be out in force now. Ed got roughed up a bit by thugs in Alex Salmond masks, prior to the Paxman questioning. I've no doubt they were neither Labour, nor SNP voters, but as this Daily Mirror report suggests, Tories.

Sinister Conservative dirty tricks campaign to target Ed Miliband is revealed
Conservative activists were among protesters, some of whom pushed and shoved the Labour leader in a “disturbing” sudden attack
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/sinister-conservative-dirty-tricks-campaign-5420141

A sinister Tory plot to use flashmobs to derail Ed Miliband’s election campaign can be revealed.

Concealing their identity with masks of SNP leader Alex Salmond, Conservative activists were among protesters, some of whom pushed and shoved the Labour leader in a “disturbing” sudden attack.

A Sunday Mirror investigation has found the protest was organised by Tim Smith, a press officer at Conservative HQ, which is headed by party chairman Grant Shapps under PM David Cameron. (cont)

The Tories are scared. Cameron lacks the balls to face Miliband in a head-to-head debate, because one is an intelligent, capable, principled politician, and the other is a Tory piece of shit, a bit thick & knows he'd be slaughtered. With Labour's 4% point bounce following the leaders' interviews, the knives will most certainly be out now.

chairman bill wrote:Queen in support of UKIP, shock, horror

Her Maj.jpg

ED209 wrote:To ask a really stupid question is that a photoshop or the best lookalike in the world? I actually can't tell

Scot Dutchy wrote:

ED209 wrote:To ask a really stupid question is that a photoshop or the best lookalike in the world? I actually can't tell

At her age plenty old dears look like her

but it is a good lookalike.

Emmeline wrote:Do plenty old codgers look like you?

chairman bill wrote:The poll tracker is OK, but the more recent poll is even more interesting

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02n0psy

It really doesn't surprise me that Cameron didn't want a head-to-head with Miliband. The forthcoming debates might be quite problematic for the Tories

ED209 wrote:I don't actually know what's happening with the 'debate(s)'. I know there'll be some kind of bulshittathon where every man and his dog will talk past each other for a few minutes each - kind of like watching a whole box-set of party political broadcasts back to back - I wasn't really planning on watching it and I wonder whether many actually will. Is there more than one of these now?

Scot Dutchy wrote:

ED209 wrote:I don't actually know what's happening with the 'debate(s)'. I know there'll be some kind of bulshittathon where every man and his dog will talk past each other for a few minutes each - kind of like watching a whole box-set of party political broadcasts back to back - I wasn't really planning on watching it and I wonder whether many actually will. Is there more than one of these now?

Well that is the only one that Camshit will attend. I still think the broadcasters want to ahead with the rest using an empty chair for Camshit.