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citizenJA wrote:
HindleA wrote:CBE for the Programme Director of UC.
Dave's hair stylist was a more deserving recipient, in my opinion, than the director of the Universal Credit programme.

Yes - they've generally been more adept at hiding the gaping holes.

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Thank you for the edit Anatoly. My confusion is gone.

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Joel Hills ‏@ITVJoel 6m6 minutes ago Breaking: Sir Philip Green accuses Frank Field MP of "bias" + trying to "destroy my reputation". Insists he resigns from BHS investigation Joel Hills ‏@ITVJoel 6m6 minutes ago In a letter to Frank Field, Green states "I am not prepared to...

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@Anatoly

Not sure I understand the first result. Could you give the ranking order re party share of vote - maybe I'll get it then! Or point me to a link that gives it. Many thanks.

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Michael Rosen ‏@MichaelRosenYes 3h3 hours ago
I think we should be putting forward other candidates for the next Head of Ofsted. I propose : Nigel Farage, Toby Young, or Tony Blair.

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Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 10m10 minutes ago
Mike Smithson Retweeted Vote Leave
Vote Leave disowning ORB online 10% LEAVE lead poll. Maybe they think it will make supporters complacent

Vote Leave
‏@vote_leave
We don't believe the ORB online poll, our data suggests it's closer to 50-50 #VoteLeave

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EU Referendum: Massive swing to Brexit – with just 13 days to go Exclusive: polling carried out for ‘The Independent’ shows that 55 per cent of UK voters intend to vote for Britain to leave the EU in the 23 June referendum http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eu-referendum-poll-brexit-leav...

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PorFavor wrote:
tinybgoat wrote: Also have just found a large amount of the missing rain.
I think I've got most of the rest of it.

Could you forward any unwanted bits down here please.

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Morgan cancels controversial free school 3 months before opening http://schoolsweek.co.uk/morgan-cancels-controversial-free-school-3-months-before-opening/ Nicky Morgan has withdrawn permission for a Suffolk free school after the county council launched a legal challenge, leading to a government so...

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Not sure which paper / website this was published on ... seemed rather apposite after the Jonathan Pie clip - and discussions here yesterday.

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Tony Blair: Psychopath or comedy genius?
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Jonathan Pie video clip. Watch it. (Especially recommended for Robert Snozers).

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I ended up reading that previous post on the non likelihood of mass repeal of labour laws post Brexit having gone to take a look at who this Tory minister could possibly be .... PoliticsHome ‏@politicshome 11m11 minutes ago Tory minister forced to apologise for attack on 'undemocratic' Brexit voters...

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No bonfire of labour laws following a Brexit vote Written by: Stephen Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Human Resource ManagementUniversity of Exeter Posted On: 10th June 2016 Exeter University Business School's Senior Lecturer, Stephen Taylor, writes that 19,000 EU regulations affecting workers' rights c...

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Afternoon all. The EU referendum discussion has become a bit more interesting with the various interventions from Labour. I have some sympathy with those MPs who are saying Labour should have got out more and listened to the views and concerns of many more people re the EU and immigration in particu...

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steve hawkes ‏@steve_hawkes 23m23 minutes ago EXCL John Mann breaks cover and calls for working class Brits to back a Brexit (by @craigawoodhouse ) https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/1257642/senior-labour-mp-breaks-cover-and-calls-for-working-class-brits-to-vote-brexit/" onclick="wind...

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Corbyn ought to be appearing tonight in the ITV debate. Old Boris is there to be shot down. Seems like Corbyn wants to leave that to Angela Eagle. Sturgeon is also there. Wood and Lucas would be there if they could, no doubt. Admittedly he'd be on the same side as Amber Rudd, but he ought not be to...

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Briefcase Michael ‏@BriefcaseMike 4m4 minutes ago
This is a format that just doesn't work. And they seem to have chloroformed the audience. #ITVEUdebate

I'm not watching it. Is he right?

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StephenDolan wrote:Just been told one of our cats has to be put to sleep tomorrow morning. Tumours. Bolt out the blue, we thought she just had a tail problem. Better half is devastated. We've had her 13 of her 15 years.

Really sorry to hear that sad news. You've given her some very good cat years by the sound of it.

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Boots UK boss Simon Roberts quits Departure of executive vice-president follows claims that staff were forced to abuse an NHS scheme intended to help sick patients (Guardian) I was wondering how this situation was shaping up. It had all gone quiet. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jun/09/b...

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Chris Ship ‏@chrisshipitv 16m16 minutes ago On Remain campaign £4300 claim, @sarahwollaston says it's "misleading" to present it "as if individual households would lose that money" According to Radio 4 this morning Osborne has acknowledged that that figure includes a notional am...

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Paul Waugh ‏@paulwaugh 20m20 minutes ago Battle to replace Ken Livingstone on Labour's NEC has reignited. @rheawolfson switching CLP to qualify for election: Momentum’s Rhea Wolfson Revives Bid To Stand For Labour’s NEC Left’s new move to replace Ken Livingstone http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entr...

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EU referendum: Tory MP in 'Eric Pickles' toilet warmer jibe' as tempers flare http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/eu-referendum-tory-mp-in-eric-pickles-toilet-warmer-jibe-as-tempers-flare-a3267471.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... A Tory MP was accused of being “...

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John Major is now significantly less toxic to the public than Tony Blair is. To those of us who remember the politics of the 1990s well, that reality still takes a bit of time to sink in. How true that is. I was just thinking that Blair advocating Remain could actually push me to Leave. He's symbol...

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Commission probes charity football match punch-up Police called and one person hospitalized after brawl during Schuman Trophy final. http://www.politico.eu/article/commission-probes-charity-football-match-punch-up-schuman-red-card-olaf/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... T...

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I wish Wollaston would also change her mind about being a member of the Tory party. She must have realised by now the damage her party has done and continue to do to the NHS. Her own daughter (a junior doc) fled to Australia. Major's comment about hamsters and hungry pythons has no doubt also been ...

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Sarah Wollaston MP ✔ @sarahwollaston Of course I understand that politicians are not allowed to change their minds but real people do 11:42 PM - 8 Jun 2016 Both sides of the referendum debate are counting on people changing their minds in their favour or else why bother making the arguments. Rather...

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How many of us and others are voting in the Referendum for what we believe in despite the campaign. I know I am. Yet Sarah Wollaston has completely changed her mind about the issue because the Leave campaign are lying? She appears to me to be a complete muppet. Quite. As if the Remain team aren't a...

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EU referendum: JCB chairman tells staff of Brexit support - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36485985" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A bit awkward the next time Cameron rolls up there for a photo op. I'm so glad I've never worked somewhere where the workers were forced to endu...

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Here’s another reason Blairites need to reconsider their membership of Labour: John Spellar http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2016/06/08/heres-another-reason-blairites-need-to-reconsider-their-membership-of-labour-john-spellar/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; If what he said is...

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Universal Credit is to blame for 78% of rent arrears http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2016-06-07-Universal-Credit-leads-to-rent-arrears" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As predicted by absolutely everybody in the housing sector. Well done IDS and the government of all the ...

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HindleA wrote:Bus Services Bill Second Reading in the Lords today,apparently it bans local councils setting up bus companies.

http://calendar.parliament.uk/calendar/ ... /6/8/Daily" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

FFS.

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I hate the sanitised 'debate' format Cameron has introduced / foisted on the UK public. A debate where two speakers don't even share the stage together - there is no direct contact or discussion, no immediate contrast between the points of view that can be drawn by the audience - and the one who goe...

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Thousands of EU referendum postal votes feared lost in Germany Germany’s postal service says some of its workers rejected pre-paid envelopes sent out to British voters living abroad http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/07/thousands-eu-referendum-postal-votes-feared-lost-germany" onclic...

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Agree with you yahyah - Cameron looked pretty rough. Heavy makeup couldn't conceal the bags and rings under his eyes. If I didn't think the man was impermeable to real emotion I'd have said he looked pretty panicked on occasion - you know, that moment when you can see the brain mechanics as he does ...

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William Green ‏@politicseditor 9m9 minutes ago
Voter registration site to take part in #EUreferendum does seem to have crashed @CharlotteV @ITVAllegra @Peston

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HindleA wrote:I started laughing at the " two heavyweights" introduction of the debate and didn't stop until it had finished

I think she might have been referring to their jowls.

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James Landale ‏@BBCJLandale 8m8 minutes ago James Landale Retweeted Michael Savage I fear a muddle. Parliament could not realistically stop Brexit but it could keep the UK in the single market Michael Savage ‏@michaelsavage Lord Astor, Cameron's father-in-law and Tory peer, goes on record to say pa...

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The other scenario where UK votes Leave but Scotland has voted Remain is of course another hideous possible outcome. My sister sees it even more starkly than that - London and some of the other more progressive and affluent cities such as Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge etc voting Remain - rest of count...

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The trouble is that Cameron has got so much form now - no one believes him. He can't really rubbish the 2.4bn EU bill that Leave are talking about because of his stupid stunt with the last EU bill that there was 'no way' we're paying - shouting to the press how outrageous it was before caving in and...

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The other scenario where UK votes Leave but Scotland has voted Remain is of course another hideous possible outcome. My sister sees it even more starkly than that - London and some of the other more progressive and affluent cities such as Bristol, Oxford, Cambridge etc voting Remain - rest of count...

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Pro-EU MPs could stage guerrilla campaign to reverse Brexit decision MPs could initiate ‘reverse Maastricht’ to minimise number of EU laws the UK pulls out of, or push for a second referendum A British Union flag and an EU flag are seen flying outside the EU commission headquarters in Brussels (Gua...

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Beth Rigby Retweeted Aidan Kerr ‏@AidanKerrPol 1h1 hour ago BREAKING: @YouGov #Brexit poll shows switch from Don't Knows to Leave in past week: Remain: 41% (-) Leave: 45% (+4) Fieldwork. 1-3 June Cameron and Osborne should tone it down and retire from the forefront of the Remain campaign for a bit ...

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BBC presenters including Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce are getting vile POO-FILLED packages in the post Weirdos are sending the revolting envelopes to on-screen talent at newsrooms around the country http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/7194498/BBC-presenters-including-Huw-Edwards-and-F...

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Us Brits know how to stop em in true eccentric style, eh.

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I think there is a serious danger of a turn-out problem. Anecdotally, I've spoken to quite a few people who are naturally Remain but have been turned off by the campaign, to the point of considering a Leave vote. Hopefully these people won't actually cross to Leave, but there's a very fair chance t...

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Is it me? I'm finding it a bit of a cheek that the media is looking to Labour to pull off the Remain vote? And if Brexit wins, Labour will get the blame? No, it's not you. It is a cheek but it's all part of the grilling and dissing Labour as if they were in government rather than this current Tory ...

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We've had another very hot and balmy day here. I'm actually really wanting a spot of rain - the ground is like cement and managing to water all the things that need it is very time consuming. Not been around much because we've had so much to do. Remember that young apprentice at our local market gar...

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@Ohso

Do you have a local cat rescue lot who will come and trap / collect Dennis - neuter him - and then return him to his patch? That's what we have around here - and my mum had most of her feral buddies and visitors sorted like that when she was in London.

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A couple of Twitter connections say they watched Prescott and he in no way attacked Corbyn. He did say he wasn't very passionate (or words to that effect). I think that's what I took from the quote someone posted above. I actually found his statement 'Jeremy is not a very passionate man' very funny...

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Jeremy Corbyn’s male-only retinue will never tell him he has no clothes http://gu.com/p/4k9ty" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And here's me thinking that her 'funny' SamCam diary pieces were poor. It appears that the Grant Shapps random press release generator (or is it the...

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