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- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 9:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
http://academiesweek.co.uk/schools-minister-could-give-sikh-free-school-second-chance-to-open-this-year/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Postponed Leicester Free School (Sikh) could open later this year. It's all about these free school people. Not much about the LA helping ...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 9:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Cameron's also copped it from non-lefty Ian Botham in the very prestigious MCC Spirit of Cricket lecture.
Apparently Beefy went to a reception at Number 10, where Cameron agreed with him on school sports.
He's not done anything since.
Apparently Beefy went to a reception at Number 10, where Cameron agreed with him on school sports.
He's not done anything since.
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 8:41 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
James Forsyth is a bit kind to Gove. Carswell defected when he was away and all that. You don't go on holiday if there's something like a defection on the cards. I'm reminded of that bit in Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, when Frank Harper's gang can't find out who's robbed them. Though Gove pro...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 7:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Night, PF.PorFavor wrote:Goodnight, everyone.
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 6:39 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Oh dear, things not looking good at Birbalsingh's school... Michaela parent interviews cancelled as school remains a building site http://wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/michaela-parent-interviews-cancelled-as.html?spref=tw We checked to see if there were any entrances we had missed. But no, ...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 3:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Christ, is this Johnson producing something useful? http://www.citymetric.com/two-new-cycling-superhighways-planned-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Watch out for Andrew Gilligan's press pals big him up. Includes a plan to run a cycle lane through the godawful Parliame...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 3:12 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Cummings not impressed with Morgan.odysseanproject @odysseanproject 1h
@DisIdealist @warwickmansell @BeckyFrancis7 Don't look for logic. When ppl out of their depth operate in chaos what u see is what u get
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Danny Finkelstein looking an arse.
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- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 2:59 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Gawd bless Shiny Dave, he really doesn't have a clue, does he? This is also the right place to discuss defence. Wales has more castles, medieval castles per head than anywhere else in the world, around 640 of them, and I hope that will be something you’ll get to visit while you’re in Wales at this ...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Couple of Brits in Qatar to stop them frying Bangladeshis and Pakistanis on World Cup building sites have disappeared, apparently into the some strange form of government custody. Cameron's so far resisted a speech about good and evil values. You'd think he could tie it in with ISIL somehow... Prime...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 1:50 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Still can't get my head around Michael Fallon mingling with fellow Defence Ministers, perplexing to say the least. He was a nobody a few years ago. Then he did a few interviews on the economy which no-one else would do. I assumed he'd get a knighthood and keep getting paid a fortune moonlighting fo...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 1:47 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
Re: Thursday 4th September 2014
Morning all. I can't find the story online but my local council are reporting that they've had to find £324,000 out of their own funds to help pay for upgrading kitchens so that the LibDem infant free school meals policy can be implemented. There will be lots of people saying "I told you so&qu...
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 1:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
- Replies: 121
- Views: 50546
- Thu 04 Sep, 2014 1:31 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Funny how he managed not to say this till Gove went.
Brave Sheriff Milkey. But to be fair, he's been busy suggesting schemes like paying people who live near bad parents to get their kids up for them.
Brave Sheriff Milkey. But to be fair, he's been busy suggesting schemes like paying people who live near bad parents to get their kids up for them.
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 10:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Ha, ha.
Tory leader in Scotland says they aren't likely to win General Election.
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Tory leader in Scotland says they aren't likely to win General Election.
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- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 10:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
As could "no photocopied sheets".
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 10:05 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Maybe Saturday detentions could be made a condition of an Outstanding Ofsted grade?
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 9:54 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Morgan's stellar form continues. “I think we are very clear and that the sector is very clear about the importance of not for profit,” Ms Morgan said. “[For profit] is something I’m happy to have lots of further advice and emails on. I suspect that most people may not be very keen on it, but it’s so...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 9:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Keynsian job creation at the DfE latest. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2741899/No-hiding-Teachers-told-not-let-pupils-sit-like-day-term-hardline-discipline-crackdown.html#ixzz3CHpTlpZU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Be fair though, none of this classroom managemen...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Friend of mine, an accountant in Cardiff has been told not to go to work tomorrow, all non-emergency cases in the Heath have been cancelled, according to my niece, and mostly all schools in Newport and Cardiff are shut, due to the summit.. Now if the unions had done such a thing.... Cardiff?! I wen...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 7:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Nothing to see here. Stanley Knife missing from shambolic Sodexo jail. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/concerns-raised-stanley-knife-goes-7712148" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Great timing too. The disappearance comes during a week when Government offic...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Nothing to see here. Stanley Knife missing from shambolic Sodexo jail. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/concerns-raised-stanley-knife-goes-7712148" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Great timing too. The disappearance comes during a week when Government offic...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 7:38 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Oh Christ.ohsocynical wrote:Plans unveiled for new academy in West Reading
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local-news/plans-unveiled-new-academy-west-7713224
And here's another.
Headteacher who's never worked in a school?The proposed new Civitas Academy
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 5:30 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
But it is the case that the police in some instances weren't able to proceed because the girls refused to either tell them who the abuser was or wouldn't give evidence against them. hard to see how the police could be blamed for that. Yes, that's certainly part of it, though Lancashire Police have ...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 5:20 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
My seat, I have just discovered is in the Top 100 of ''Ukip Friendly Labour Seats'' which rather makes a mockery of the whole list as they have no councillors, and I have yet ever to see a Ukip poster anywhere on my travels, even during the Euro's. http://labourlist.org/2014/09/the-top-100-ukip-lea...
- Wed 03 Sep, 2014 5:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
- Replies: 67
- Views: 33654
Re: Wednesday 3rd September 2014
Has anyone in the fawning media asked Carswell about his book yet?
His philosophy is basically "privatise hospital and have a referendum on the colour of paint in reception"
His philosophy is basically "privatise hospital and have a referendum on the colour of paint in reception"
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 6:48 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 37236
Re: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Close to whose home?rebeccariots2 wrote:What might he be on about? Anyone?Retweeted by MirrorJames
Guto Bebb @GutoBebb 43m
More Conservative MPs looking to stand down but close to home this time.
Please let it be Gove.
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 4:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 37236
Re: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Education Funding Agency postpones work on Highridge site in Caversham after agreeing to scout out new locations for the Heights free school http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/roundup/articles/2014/09/01/103292-education-funding-agency-postpones-work-on-highridge-site-in-caversham-after-agreein...
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 3:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 37236
- Tue 02 Sep, 2014 1:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
- Replies: 64
- Views: 37236
Re: Tuesday 2nd September 2014
Carswell would get about 2 votes in Clapton.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Mike Smithson @MSmithsonPB 30s
Clapton (sic.) by-election date fixed for October 9th
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 11:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Aren't the jihadis going to enjoy Cameron's backdown?
Wouldn't it have been better for him to say "They won't force us to change our ways" or something? Then nick a couple.
Wouldn't it have been better for him to say "They won't force us to change our ways" or something? Then nick a couple.
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 11:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Was Cameron relying on David Anderson, the terrorism law assessor?
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 10:23 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
That Lib Dem 7-9% is looking increasingly nailed on.
Hard to see them picking up much from UKIP either.
Hard to see them picking up much from UKIP either.
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 8:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Rory Stewart, the Conservative MP and new chair of the Commons defence committee, asks when Cameron will pre-commit British troops to the Baltics. Cameron says this issue will be addressed at this week’s Nato summit. We need to make real Nato’s Article 5, he says. Getting the Baltics to pay a propo...
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
To be fair, I can imagine that Israel story might get besieged by anti-Semites.
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 6:27 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Steve Reed MP @SteveReedMP 9h Are the Tories falling apart? @BBCRadio4 says up to 100 of their MPs intend to write their own manifestos rather than endorse Cameron's Just read the above. What a bloody shambles. In other words they can say and promise anything they like just to get elected :? Words...
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 6:17 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Chris Cook has written a piece questioning Nicky Morgan's desire to have schools enter all of their pupils into the EBacc subjects at GCSE. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-29016948 According to the DfE the EBacc is made up of: English mathematics history or geography the sciences a language But...
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Steve Reed MP @SteveReedMP 9h Are the Tories falling apart? @BBCRadio4 says up to 100 of their MPs intend to write their own manifestos rather than endorse Cameron's Just read the above. What a bloody shambles. In other words they can say and promise anything they like just to get elected :? Words...
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 4:32 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Scrapbook informed.
- Mon 01 Sep, 2014 4:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 1st September 2014
- Replies: 77
- Views: 46436
Re: Monday 1st September 2014
Interesting Ofsted report out this morning. The Greenwich Free School whose chair of governors -also head of education at Policy Exchange - wrote a report about how Ofsted needed to be reformed and along with others was deeply critical of them being graded Requires Improvement, had a s.8 inspection...
- Sun 31 Aug, 2014 10:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 51028
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Dudley South MP Chris Kelly is to stand down at the General Election, he has revealed tonight http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/08/31/dudley-south-mp-chris-kelly-to-quit-parliament-at-election/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Oops - there goes another one.... :lol: He...
- Sun 31 Aug, 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 51028
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Bears shitting in forests.
Ɓrian Wernham @BrianUkulele 1m
Universal Credit: rent arrears average £942 - more than 50% of 'pathfinder' claimants in Warrington. DWP abandoning IT system design.
- Sun 31 Aug, 2014 10:25 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 51028
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Hadn't seen this from last year.
Churches eviscerate the Centre for Social Justice.
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Churches eviscerate the Centre for Social Justice.
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- Sat 30 Aug, 2014 11:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 51028
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Crike.
Nicky Morgan apparently wants ebacc to be compulsory.
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- Sat 30 Aug, 2014 9:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 51028
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
As TE says, strange days. Find myself in sympathy with Grant Shapps. Grant Shapps MP @grantshapps 9m Carswell told me time and again there should only be open primaries, so will he subject himself to one now I wonder? http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/iainmartin1/100284493/douglas-carswell-and-uki...
- Sat 30 Aug, 2014 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
- Replies: 99
- Views: 51028
Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Re Rotherham - I believe it's still the case that most cases of CSE involve White British men - it's just that the MO differs. The cases involving men of South Asian origin have tended to concern groups, whereas most cases involving White British men see the perpetrators acting alone. Not that ther...
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 64084
Re: Thursday 28th August 2014
And of course cheerleading for austerity in the Eurozone didn't help.
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 6:28 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 64084
Re: Thursday 28th August 2014
Nick Robinson @bbcnickrobinson 6m PM refuses to admit that there was no way the government could meet the Tories immigration target pre election or whilst staying in the EU He really is a plonker. And evidently thinks the electorate are very very stupid. Silly question. Almost no way could meet ta...
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 2:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 64084
Re: Thursday 28th August 2014
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1,400 jobs going at West Birmingham and Sandwell NHS Trust
1,400 jobs going at West Birmingham and Sandwell NHS Trust
- Thu 28 Aug, 2014 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
- Replies: 117
- Views: 64084
Re: Thursday 28th August 2014
She's a longstanding talker of rubbish.
Always thought it was brand management that kept comments closed. Maybe it's that they can write up more shit without any contradiction going up.
Always thought it was brand management that kept comments closed. Maybe it's that they can write up more shit without any contradiction going up.