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What AK says about "the tense mood" in politics is, I think, endemic in the whole of the country. I have a sense of a country collectively holding its' breath - or may be I'm just projecting my fears onto others.... Every single day over the past year or so the Tories have indulged in yet...

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The criminal justice system is inefficient, time-consuming and too expensive, a new report claims, as a series of recommendations are set out to make it more streamlined. The system must be streamlined in order to cope with "diminished resources", Sir Brian, who chaired the inquiry into p...

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Someone (sorry can't remember who) recently posted about bus services being lost due to the cut-backs. This is just a local story, but adds to overall picture of decline in the nations transport systems and the inevitable result of continued austerity. It feels like all that was good about this coun...

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Phenomenal increase in locals seeking help. A survey revealed 58 per cent of respondents' households had run out of money for food at some time. http://www.barnsley-chronicle.co.uk/news/article/9595/phenomenal-increase-in-locals-seeking-help But of course, they keep telling us that employment is up...

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Good morning. Harking back to the comments on Evan Davies and Newsnight (which I didn't see) - The other night I caught Clive Myrie (sp?), one of the presenters on BBC News24, doing the newspaper review. Although he kept interspersing his comments with "I'm just playing devil's advocate here&q...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:I am now taking the piss - quite literally - to the vets.

See you later.

Hope it's nothing serious Rebecca.

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Well said ephe. I think because we're a proper community it hurts that much more when we lose people, or we feel people have lost us. For my part, this is the only place I can comment about the NHS. As I work in the health service again at the moment, I have to keep things low key and can't really ...

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The speed at which social rented homes are being lost in England more than doubled in the year to April 2014 as right-to-buy sales and a move to more expensive rents removed almost 44,000 properties from the sector.

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2015/j ... ocial-rent

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mikems wrote:Merely riffing on your theme, daydreamer.

The more that point out his idiocy the merrier.

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Latest on the TV debates. George Osborne has insisted that the prime minister wants to take part in televised debates before the general election – and challenged the broadcasters to “come up with a good plan”. http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/15/leaders-debates-osborne-challenges-broadc...

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Britain is set to have the largest economy in Europe in the next 15 years and be richer than America, Chancellor George Osborne has said, should voters stick with his plan. The man is off his head. Must be quality gear. Snap, I posted it a little further up the thread, and yes it must be excellent ...

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NHS staff have been coming into work voluntarily and unpaid to help their hospitals cope with extreme winter pressures, MPs were told today, as the country’s top emergency doctor warned over a dramatic increase in A&E visits. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/nhs-staff-are-working-unpaid-to-...

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Britain is set to have the largest economy in Europe in the next 15 years and be richer than America, Chancellor George Osborne has said, should voters stick with his plan. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/george-osborne-uk-could-be-richer-than-america-by-2030-9979231.html :rofl: :rofl...

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GPs to be offered £1bn in new funds if they improve access and elderly care NHS England makes £250m-a-year infrastructure cash available for renovating doctors’ surgeries, subject to targets being met http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/15/gps-offered-1bn-new-funds-infastructure When I was ...

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Ham face is off to the USA for a photo-op with Obama. Must be an election due :toss: David Cameron will today urge the American Government to force US-based Facebook and Twitter to take tougher action against terrorists using social media to hatch plots. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics...

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Morning all, Got to admit I find it somewhat depressing (even though Anatoly has reassured us on this point) that the recent poll gaps between Labour and cons is only 1 or 2 points. So near to the election too! Was very windy last night, this morning too. Couldn't sleep for something banging loudly...

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Foreign purchasers have bought 80% of the homes in a series of major new Thameside housing developments in the latest sign that struggling London homebuyers are being squeezed out by wealthy international investors. A quarter of properties bought in the four developments were taken by buyers from t...

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Ed Miliband will promise to provide global leadership on tackling poverty and climate change if he wins the general election. The Labour leader will insist that a commitment to the green agenda and a desire to reduce inequality are "at the heart of my beliefs". http://www.thestar.co.uk/ne...

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Morning all, Got to admit I find it somewhat depressing (even though Anatoly has reassured us on this point) that the recent poll gaps between Labour and cons is only 1 or 2 points. So near to the election too! Was very windy last night, this morning too. Couldn't sleep for something banging loudly....

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well, night all

Early to bed I think, as this headache and sore neck I've had all day hasn't shifted

even with painkillers. Unless you think chocolate might do some good *she says hopefully*

Thanks to all for keeping me and my poor aching head company

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Don't know if this has been mentioned but today's Independent implies that TTIP is in trouble. (Sorry must practice inserting links.) Welcome Tonibel! Is this the link you were thinking about? TTIP: Activists triumph as contentious US free trade deal clause suspended http://www.independent.co.uk/ne...

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Mark Ferguson ‏@Markfergusonuk 3h3 hours ago Tell me more about free speech and the democratic system Dave. Then tell me about the Gagging Law again. #PMQs The nerve of the man is astounding. I want most of the Condems legislation abolished as fast as possible - the Gagging Law should be one of the...

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Mark Ferguson ‏@Markfergusonuk 3h3 hours ago Tell me more about free speech and the democratic system Dave. Then tell me about the Gagging Law again. #PMQs The nerve of the man is astounding. I want most of the Condems legislation abolished as fast as possible - the Gagging Law should be one of the...

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A leaders' debate without David Cameron would be 'really interesting', says BBC Director-General http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/a-leaders-debate-without-david-cameron-would-be-really-interesting-says-bbc-directorgeneral-9977849.html In a rallying call to staff, Mr Hall also warned that the...

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PMQ's here at 12:00, in which Ron Seal blusters and wise cracks in the manner we have all become accustomed to. What a total waste of skin & oxygen that bloke is. A disgraceful man, Gideon most of the time looks gazingly into the ether in between guffawing 'hear hear ya boo' while at the same t...

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Anyone heard from PorFavor? She doesn't seem to post as often as she used to.

*Waves* at PF, just in case she's lurking.

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ohsocynical wrote:On Twitter someone said Osborne looked 'ill' again but the cameras were kept off him.

Yeah, but will they be able to keep the camera's off him all the way to May!

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"Havisham" Hodges view on the debates. Bad news for Ed, of course. :smack: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11344223/Without-David-Cameron-Nigel-Farage-will-destroy-Labour-and-the-Lib-Dems.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Didn't see the fu...

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"...and family budgets that can stretch that little bit further - let's celebrate these effects of low inflation, not fear them." - George Osborne I still can't get my head around this. No shame. These Tories are shameless. Indeed they are citizen. Yes, let's not talk about paying people ...

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Bernard Ingham 'winning' friends in the north on behalf of the Tories. :roll: For decades local government, over-manned and under-resourced with wit and effort, has overspent. That is why Margaret Thatcher conceived the poll tax to curb their excesses through wider accountability. Council leaders h...

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Bernard Ingham 'winning' friends in the north on behalf of the Tories. :roll: For decades local government, over-manned and under-resourced with wit and effort, has overspent. That is why Margaret Thatcher conceived the poll tax to curb their excesses through wider accountability. Council leaders h...

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Bernard Ingham 'winning' friends in the north on behalf of the Tories. :roll: For decades local government, over-manned and under-resourced with wit and effort, has overspent. That is why Margaret Thatcher conceived the poll tax to curb their excesses through wider accountability. Council leaders he...

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Len McCluskey: Time to lift lid on ambulance chiefs’ failures. WHEN a triple leg break ended the cup final hopes of 22-year-old rugby league player Adam Robson the other day, it took an excruciating two and a half hours before he could be loaded into an ambulance. Sadly Adam’s story is not an isola...

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Sheffield is among a number of cities feeling the squeeze the Local Government Association has claimed, adding there could soon be a ‘tipping point’ where no money or space is left to expand the country’s schools any further. Pat Munt, Oughtibridge Primary School headteacher, said her staff are wor...

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Two stories on the front page of the Guardian website. Farage criticises UK sharia courts and Support for far-right at 20-year low Are they by any chance related? It's great that support for the far-right is at a 20 year low. Unfortunately, I've spotted these two stories this morning. :( http://www...

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Morning all. As I mentioned before, I'm off to an "Emergency Public Meeting" in Huntingdon tonight, hosted by Hands Off Hinchingbrooke. My friend who lives Alconbury and who uses Hinchingbrooke regularly, together with her 96 year old mother, sent me this video this morning. It's 57 minut...

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Morning. http://press.labour.org.uk/post/108026582214/labour-pledges-new-support-for-families-caring-for" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Labour pledges new support for families caring for elderly and disabled relatives" Note to self.It is only a press release,do ...

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Aha, yet more evidence of how privatisation works so much better than publicly run institutions :wall: Women held in detention at the notorious Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre say they are treated like “animals”, according to a hard-hitting report which outlines allegations of routine bullyin...

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Morning all, The energy bills of the poorest 10 per cent of households have risen almost twice as much as those for others since 2010, according to research by the House of Commons Library. Labour, which commissioned the work, said it showed the need for the energy regulator Ofgem to be given the po...

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Chair of Social Integration Commission says Government has ignored impact of education policies, and calls for schools to monitor how well children from different backgrounds and ethnicities are mixing http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/faith-and-free-schools-breed-social-an...

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You were only concerned about winning, not about reshaping society. So who are you to say Ed Miliband is too leftwing?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... d-miliband

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Has the Guardian been up to it's underhand tricks again (with Ed's new year message) or was it a mistake? Hmm, know what I think. :fire: casperjones 01 January 2015 10:37am Recommend 0 When was the video made? Last year or this year? If this year, surely there is a big gaff in the video at the 02:20...

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My New Years resolution was to sign up here properly, after two years of lurking, so I just want to say hello to all and to thank you for helping to keep me sane. (And special thanks to TGS for reminding me to reread the Hogfather, only about the fourth reading for me.) I am another of the Bolshevi...

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citizenJA wrote:
ErnstRemarx wrote:http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-30 ... KQWgXs0-g0

A timely editiorial by my new read...
The Morning Star looks like my new read too, ErnstRemarx.

Mine too

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Happy New Year all!

I hope 2015 brings you much good health and happiness.

I also hope it brings an end to this rotten coalition. Here's hoping *fingers crossed*.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/city-links-closure-leaves-a-million-parcels-in-limbo-9946628.html Union officials are holding crunch talks with administrators for City Link in an attempt to save thousands of jobs following the parcel delivery firm’s collapse. http://www.theguardian....

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In the mid-1970s a socialist bloc at the heart of the government proposed a radical response to economic and environmental crises, elements of which are now back in vogue. http://www.newleftproject.org/index.php/site/article_comments/labours_alternative_economic_strategy_40_years_on#When:09:57:07Z ...

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An old article, but a reminder as we head into the 2015 general election how little has changed as a result of the banking scandal. Reform of the City of London is needed more than ever. As the right distracts with its immigrant scapegoat, let's hope that Ed Miliband remembers who the real enemy is...

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To go with my Rhubarb growing in Yorkshire and climate change post yesterday. The dramatic decline of one of Britain’s butterflies may be because climate change is creating a “lost generation” according to research by Belgian scientists. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/24/wall-brown-...

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Consumers who feel ripped off by energy firms, high-street stores and mobile phone companies would be able to direct their complaints at a single, all-powerful watchdog – rather than battle with as many as 17 different ombudsmen as they do now – under a manifesto pledge by the Co-operative Party. h...

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