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A Labour figure who has been positively good on Brexit, because unlike Starmer able to argue for remaining in the single market, I'd highlight Sadiq Khan. Starmer is hamstrung. Because it is Labour policy not to remain in the single market, all he can do is ask questions, without himself any answer...

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Letter from Thornberry and Starmer to David Davis demanding answers to 170 questions about Brexit. http://labourlist.org/2016/10/thornberry-and-starmers-brexit-letter-to-david-davis/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I wonder what Labours answers to any of them might be. Irre...

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Also, the way that Owen Smith's every move or mistake was laughed at, picked apart, repeated and responded to with glee when the MSM reported it means there can't really be complaints when it happens to someone in Corbyn's camp. Have you not read any papers recently? Pretty much everything Corbyn h...

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So what would be the point of trying to work out what Brexit means when the government don't seem to have the slightest clue? I'm all for discussing policies but this would be an utter waste of time - let's wait for the government to come up with some firm proposals. Surprised there hasn't been mor...

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I'm In two minds on this - on the one hand it is the biggest issue we face but on the other conference only lasts a few days and the combined brilliance of the Three Stooges haven't yet come up with any answers so it might be wise to leave it. having said that, they do need to sort out their immigr...

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Thanks to you both for the answer. :clap: No wonder we didn't get it. Ywyngie J Malsteen doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. But the bad news is that it means 60 across is wrong. What's the clue to 60 Across? I completed the crossword but threw out the magazine last week Edited to say: His name is...

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Bloody hell,39 years since Marc Bolan died.FWIW never did see a woman coming out of New York City with a frog in her hand. Bob Stanley, in the very wonderful book "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop", discussed the episode of the TV series "Marc", which featured Bowie pla...

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In an ideal world (which, granted, I've noticed it's not), we would limit the influence of divisive forces. I've mentioned before how when faced with the fact that they're ****ing the world up, the megacorporations band together to create a strong force, while the campaigning bodies fragment into s...

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Lest we forget. Only 12 MPs voted against intervention in Libya. One of them was Jeremy Corbyn. It is past time that Labour critics such as Hilary Benn acknowledged that Corbyn has consistently shown superb judgment on foreign policy issues. Had he been prime minister for the last 15 years, Britain ...

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He prefers to surround himself with believers of his type of politics no matter what that does to the party's hopes of ever being reelected. What, people like Hilary Benn, Heidi Alexander, Chris Bryant and all of the others who resigned from the Shadow Cabinet? Or the people who refused to serve in...

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Having said that I've just searched for the original quote, and when not out of context, it sounds like an impressive well meant speech, he was praising the Royal Mail & the importance of well written letters, especially to certain groups, and on certain occasions. Such as "Black Spider&qu...

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https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/sep/08/kent-children-11-plus-government-plans-grammar-schools Finn was a couple of marks short in each of the tests. “It was the first time he actually referred to himself as a failure,” said Haylett, who has two younger children who will not be sitting th...

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7/10? https://www.buzzfeed.com/marieleconte/jeremy-corbyn-refused-to-support-a-pro-single-market-story-d?utm_term=.gjWKYpqlN2#.pbbDnRdQ5v" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As the CEBR report cited relies on ratification of TTIP, which is against Labour policy, I'd give Corbyn...

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No mention of Owen Smith's bit of banter yet?

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What would have happened if, say Andrew Smith MP, a dull soft headed MP but no Corbyn supporter, had not nominated him in 2015 in order to 'widen the debate'? (No Corbyn on the ballot then. Continuity Burnham presumably wins, and Labour heads for a more boring and less catastrophic defeat in 2020?)...

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Good morning all:

Rowson on May & the G20 summit:

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Steve Bell's If is also amusing today:

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Good afternoon, I see that Corbyn is being pilloried in the Mail by "a leading Labour moderate" for daring to go to out of the way places like Stoke & Walthamstowe & hold rallies (i.e. meet the people). Absolutely shocking! Edited to add missing link. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/ne...

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Good afternoon, I see that Corbyn is being pilloried in the Mail by "a leading Labour moderate" for daring to go to out of the way places like Stoke & Walthamstowe & hold rallies (i.e. meet the people). Absolutely shocking! Edited to add missing link. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

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He has never sat on a committee or put forward s Bill. 30 years+ in Parliament. You sure? http://flythenest.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&p=127881#p127881" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What's the point of arguing with him? He's like a religious fundamentalist who won't see an...

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For anyone who hasn't received their ballot papers:

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Not true in the footage available on youtube, but not impossible I suppose https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilyashton/jeremy-corbyn-press-tv?utm_term=.tlW2o3KD8j#.rkZJ9B6jZn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1JUztMcg9A=8m43s" onclick="wind...

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Reading Prof Glenn O'Hara on twitter (who I like) he sets out 4 options for MPs given this poll. 1. Go quiet and do loads of constituency work. Rewarding, interesting - but close-to-zero prospect of power. Lots of MPs doing that now. 2. Get with the programme, however ludicrous. Given all that's no...

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Morning all. Apologies for raking over old ground, but shouldn't this have been considered before the referendum? http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/aug/30/divisions-emerge-as-whitehall-draws-up-brexit-scenarios" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Edited to add, there's a ...

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Willow904 wrote: Did you get the "you'll soon be getting your ballot papers" e-mail or letter?

Nope. Not a dicky bird

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Again, they should appeal ASAP. I'm sure at least a few of these are cock-ups, mistaken identity or whatever. Is there an address I can send an email to or number I can call? My wife received hers a while ago, but I've not received anything. Perhaps it was because I posted those "Male Online&q...

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Again, they should appeal ASAP. I'm sure at least a few of these are cock-ups, mistaken identity or whatever. Is there an address I can send an email to or number I can call? My wife received hers a while ago, but I've not received anything. Perhaps it was because I posted those "Male Online&q...

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frightful_oik wrote:In the Torygraph today they're on about bringing back pounds and ounces. The mind reboggles.

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:-s http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/08/29/monmouth-poll-clinton-trump-national/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Trump closing on Clinton? When I go to the link, I just get a message which says "This page exists to tell you this page doesn't ...

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Didn't we have this debate a while ago? It's feasible . . . . although we normally are soooooo good at avoiding repetition of past arguments ;) Yes, we did have that debate some time ago, and I'm afraid that I started it. Speaking as an ex-chemist, I thought at the time that it was an Americanism l...

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JonnyT1234 wrote:
pk1 wrote:Terms of abuse that will not be tolerated include (but are not limited to): traitor, scum or scab.
Good job entryist, anti-Semite, mysogynist and 'Trot' aren't on that list. There'd be hardly any right wing Labour MPs left in the party otherwise.

Or "Nazi Stormtrooper"

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Just re-read my earlier post.
Apologies if the sarcasm intended didn't come out in the message

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Any commentary in our glorious MSM about the impact of cutbacks on the RNLI and Lifeguards? It was reported in the Graun that a witness said their were no lifeguards/flagged zone at Camber Sands yesterday. If true, maybe, just maybe, there's a bit of correlation there worth investigating, huh? Don'...

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Morning all. Three tweets from the chair of the Health Select Committee who may have some rather interesting questions for Jeremy Hunt once Parliament is back sitting. If they hide the risk register behind a tree, it'll all go away. Shred it, add it to the compost pile. Hunt is doing his bit for th...

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Morning all, Not much in the media about Smith referring to Corbyn as a "lunatic". https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/768200189240807425" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Think we can all agree that if it were the other way around it would be all over the MSM I'm mo...

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Morning all,
Not much in the media about Smith referring to Corbyn as a "lunatic".

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Think we can all agree that if it were the other way around it would be all over the MSM

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Traingate eh? Good to see we're focusing on the really important stuff... Meanwhile I passed my viva this afternoon. Some minor corrections to be completed inside 2 months but that's it. PhD done. Congrats! BTW What's this on Twitter about Leyton Orient being a Maoist outpost? Thanks! Where did you...

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RogerOThornhill wrote:Traingate eh?

Good to see we're focusing on the really important stuff...

Meanwhile I passed my viva this afternoon. Some minor corrections to be completed inside 2 months but that's it. PhD done.

Congrats!
BTW What's this on Twitter about Leyton Orient being a Maoist outpost?

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Correction. Running a completely shit, overcharging privatised rail service. Nobody else here will agree with this, but.... 1. It isn't privatised. Rail was re-nationalised by Prescott in 2002. Network Rail is now part of the UK state in all but formal name (it is for accounting purposes now within...

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JonnyT1234 wrote:
HindleA wrote:I am still in shock George Osborne isn't a qualified brick layer.
It requires a certain degree of skill to become a good brickie. So...

Apparently Churchill was quite a dab hand with a trowel

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Is this the woman the Guardian writer has quoted ? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqjX3VaW8AEMxBU.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Don't know, do you? All I know is that Peter Walker (the Guardian writer, not the ex Thatcher minister) has asked Virgin to release the CCTV fo...

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It's a minefield, though, isn't it? If they just say "people" there's bound to be somebody out there who will say (or, more likely, "Tweet") "Oh, so speaking up for everybody - including those on more than £200,000 pa salaries?" Edited to add an "l" regular p...

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Coach H is non-reservable on a Virgin Train, which is why no reservation tickets are visible. Fwiw. https://www.virgintrainseastcoast.com/globalassets/downloads/pdf/vtec84-mallard-2015-dl1.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Which is why its odd he walked passed empty unres...

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Just seen this on Twitter. Peter Walker is the Guardian political correspondent. Whether it convinces anyone depends to an extent what they want to believe. Personally I can't understand why someone running a privatised railway franchise is attacking someone who wants to renationalise the service. 2...

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citizenJA wrote:I like to hike and walk well enough but there's no Olympic category for that.
I'm not one to watch or read about sport anyway.
May I get anyone a beverage?

There's the 50km walk (or long distance mince as my non-PC friend refers to it). That's on in a couple of days.

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But whatever the result, people need to accept that things cannot continue as has been the case recently. I think you mean 'should not'. In fact things will now be considerably worse than in the months after JC's last election. Now all the goodwill in the PLP is gone and it will be open warfare. &q...

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Good afternoon all. Very sad news about former footballer Dalian Atkinson dying after being tasered by police in Telford today Yes, fairly shocking. Of course, he was the person of whom Karren Brady once (in)famously asked - "is he related to Ron"? Indeed, when she was Chair of Birmingham...

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Good afternoon all.
Very sad news about former footballer Dalian Atkinson dying after being tasered by police in Telford today

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Morning all. As an ex-student in Leeds I've got great memories of this place (generally of the Friday midnight shows when everyone was hammered). Glad to see its still going https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/aug/12/gas-lit-leeds-cinema-hyde-park-sites-heritage-lottery" onclick="wind...

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Unison committee nominate Jeremy Corbyn by 58 to 42% If I was a member of Unison I'd be unhappy about that. Other unions have been able to ballot their members, why not Unison @danesclose re GMB numbers - I'd imagine the Graun guesstimated how many were eligible & we all know accuracy isn't one...

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GMB, whose members include workers on the Trident nuclear weapons programme, is the only union so far to hold a consultation of all members over its endorsement of a Labour leadership candidate. However, only around 30,000 of the GMB’s 639,000 members are eligible to actually vote in the Labour lea...

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