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Education bill to close loopholes blocking academies expansion Education secretary Nicky Morgan vows to sweep away obstacles ‘exploited by those with ideological objections’ http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jun/03/education-bill-loopholes-academies-schools" onclick="window.open(t...

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Moreveaftingtons all... @howsillyofme1 (last night) The fact is that there is so much money flooding around at the moment, especially the flow of money from Government to 3rd party suppliers and the rush to outsourcing in global companies with absolutely no evidence of actual 'efficiency' savings - ...

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Good morning all I have 3 Swiss bank accounts.......unfortunately they are a bit lighter than those of those linked to the FIFA carry on I agree with what TE is saying, Swiss banking secrecy is an enabler for the nefarious activities of the establishments and elites all around the world. To be hone...

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Hidden away in all the FIFA mess is this little gem, reported in the G. That unnamed sports company may well find itself subject to a lengthy compliance investigation. Morftevenoon all... Umm - I know I can be a bit dense (and the US Justice Dept aren't ones for wasting time and energy)...but isn't...

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Wolfie@ Further down in the Guardian piece it says: ''The indictment said the company agreed to financial terms not in the initial contract, which included paying an additional $40m to an affiliate of the team’s marketing agent with a Swiss bank account and referring to the amount as “marketing fee...

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Too much to hope that the past/present football business interests of a certain old Aussie will also be under scrutiny ? & good morning all. Hope it is a better day for Rebecca Riots and her household. Bad news about various breakages, the porch door is new isn't it ? Edited to add: realise tha...

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Hidden away in all the FIFA mess is this little gem, reported in the G. The US justice department’s indictment against the Fifa officials claims that in 1996, a global sports company, which was not identified in court documents, agreed to pay $160m over 10 years to become the Brazil team’s exclusiv...

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Glad Toynbee has written this. Helps clarify the nonsense of the 'no difference between them' argument. Look at the alternative Queen’s speech and wonder what might have been http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/26/queens-speech-miliband" onclick="window.open(this.href);retur...

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Morfternoon all @dippychuckup Further proof (if any were needed) of the inability of TCBBAC and his merry band of a***-kissers to actually do 'counting' and 'thinking'...dunno, but I think that if TCBBAC and Gidiot asked the banks return a proportion of the £50,000,000,000 created from the Magic Mon...

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and How TV news let the Tories fight the election on their own terms Possibility of coalitions, close contest of poll, handling of economy and levels of taxation made up 43% of all election news coverage, research finds http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/15/tv-news-let-the-tories-fight-the-e...

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and How TV news let the Tories fight the election on their own terms Possibility of coalitions, close contest of poll, handling of economy and levels of taxation made up 43% of all election news coverage, research finds http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/may/15/tv-news-let-the-tories-fight-the-e...

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Morning. @utopiandreams - united left = Big Society. The same thought occurred to me too. On the other hand my feeling is that politics will take a long time to fix, and we can't leave the place to further deteriorate in the interim. Changing politics will mean changing world views and that's going...

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One of the big problems that I have with Tristram Hunt is that, whenever his name is mentioned, I always get a mental picture of Zac Goldsmith. That's not at all his (TH's) fault but, if I have to keep recalibrating my brain - when I know perfectly well who he is and what he looks like - what effec...

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Morning all. norman smith ‏@BBCNormanS 9m9 minutes ago Unions will have to get backing of 50% of members before calling a strike - @sajidjavid @BBCr4today norman smith ‏@BBCNormanS 10m10 minutes ago Employers will be allowed to bring in agency workers during strikes - @sajidjavid @BBCr4today norman...

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For anyone who can put aside their concern for our society and others, this Parliament is going to provide some entertainment. Watching the Tories face the results of their policies on the economy without being able to blame anyone else, Europe, and the mess their corrupt and lazy ministers will wr...

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Where Labour went wrong – and what we must do to put it right http://gu.com/p/4895x He's wasting no time this lad is he? Really not keen on Umunna. Interesting to see Blair's mug leering out from that piece. '"Labour must be the party of ambition as well as compassion" says shamless apolo...

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Where Labour went wrong – and what we must do to put it right http://gu.com/p/4895x He's wasting no time this lad is he? At least he is gracious towards Ed Miliband in it. Evetermorn all.... It's easy for him to be gracious to a spent threat - where was this great leviathan of British politics when...

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Meanwhile, the Green party’s only MP is proposing that progressive parties work together in future to beat Conservative candidates rather than splitting the votes in key seats. Caroline Lucas, who was re-elected for Brighton Pavilion, said she was backing the move after witnessing progressive polit...

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Hi FTN....b fab* OK....haven't a lot of time so haven't read many posts, so, as ever, apologies if what I say's been said/covered. 1 Total voting public against TCC** = 66% 2 %age of total votes available in support of TCC = 25% 3 A non-vote (34%) is a vote against TCC (If they wanted him, they'd ha...

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Moraftineve...no jokes about living in hope today, I'm afraid - 2020 seems like such a long way off :( Any silver linings? Well, we don't know for definite that Clouncy will get a majority (yet)...(they need to win 2 out of 3 of the remaining declarations to get it) - and the mess he (and Gidiot et ...

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(It seems the advocates of a Landslide on here are not alone)

(Apols as ever if it's too big)

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Morning Stephen Yes it's all about turnout now. The polls assume Labour sympathisers are less likely to vote. Let's see! Morfingtons! Very sunny and bright here in hope....on the eve of the Mililandslide* :dance: Umm...I know I can sometimes be painfully dim, but I'm not really seeing any connectio...

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OK, prediction time just to get it out of the way. I think Labour will win around 40 seats from the Tories and ten from LibDems but lose all 41 Scottish seats, leaving them with around 267-69. The Tories will lose the 40-odd to Labour but gain around five from the LibDems leaving them on 270-72. Th...

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... I'm hopeful (sorry - there's that word again) we'll be discussing the bringing of criminal negligence charges and possibly even manslaughter against the more horrendous members of the Bastard Coalition (not convinced that hope will win that one though) Well there is still this, Lonewolfie, Unit...

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...and another thing (OK, 2 things :oops: ).... Why the f*****g f****ty f*** is OGRFG & PFPT allowed to get away with all that bollocks (his 'trust me' mantra - halved the deficit (depending on how you count it), 2m jobs (blatant lie) and 'I've got a note on a bit of paper that shows that I inhe...

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Headline on the Telegraph site is... David Cameron to declare victory on Friday without a coalition deal Cancel the election, Cameron's already decided who won. :toss: Errr......ummmm.....errr...he might 'declare' victory....but no-one will be listening. The British people must come together and un...

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Morning all. Andrew Neil ‏@afneil 6 hrs6 hours ago Editors/owners determine the sort of partisan front pages you will see tomorrow yet not one will appear on @daily_politics to defend actions Can't justify the travel time, don't think I'm wrong in saying every single one of them would have to fly i...

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From last night's ComRes poll for the Daily Mail This would be a poll Ashcroft would be proud of : Low sample size and strange distribution Weighted total 924 of which 189 (19%) didn't know or refused to answer so CON 250 Lab 231 (UKIP by the way 112) so 19 preferences is turned into 3% lead Age Gr...

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If you live in social or council housing in the Borough of Wandsworth, and you are eligible for the Under Occupation Penalty, you might get a letter from the council offering new accommodation - in Birmingham. Wandsworth Cllr. Simon Hogg, who represents Latchmere and Battersea in the borough, has T...

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mikems wrote:Lonewolfie,

If you stop buying the Independent why not start buying the Morning Star? Ask your newsagent to get a copy for you.

I've been buying the 'i' rather than the 'full' Indy (40p to be lied to and patronised, instead of £1.40)...but fair point....I do peruse the website...maybe I will

Lonewolfie

Morning all. I see uncle Rupert's minions at The Times are keeping the bullshitometer turned to Max. Today's non story involves Ed & the unions if you're interested. I wonder how the old goat's feeling....the first time in 40 years that he might not get his own way....and if people think that t...

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Evemornafting all... I've a feeling the Indy may regret its 'vote for more of the same' decision ....I've not seen anything anywhere in support of its' position but have seen lots of people saying 'well f*** you too then'...and this... This title casts no vote. But we prize strong, effective governm...

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tinyclanger2 wrote:The nationalism being whipped up is very depressing. Feels like we're about as close to the oppressed Britons banding together against a minority elite as we were when Cartimandua gave up Caratacus to the Romans.

Not sure I remember that, even though I am quite old....

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Someone tell St Sturgeon the only way to help lock the Tories out is to vote Labour where they can win. This is starting to get bad for the blood pressure. Umm...but St Sturgeon is perfect, isn't she? (Uncle Rupert said so) Does exactly what she's told and scrubs up well for the cameras....a large ...

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Morfternooneve all... Happy May Day/International Workers Day http://www.londonmayday.org/ md15.GIF Not one of my days in London, so will have to support from afar - I'm hopeful there'll be a good turnout though - and I very much look forward to reading all the reports that'll be filed by the BBC/Mu...

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Morning ! I feel trepidation too, for several reasons. 1. The right wing press, unsurprisingly, have attacked Ed over the Brand interview. Radio 4 quoted the Mail calling Ed a clown, unfit for office, because of it. 2. The Tory stunt about a law freezing taxes for five years. Apart from the obvious...

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Good morning, it looks like a fine day here in the Midlands, hope you all get sunshine too. I'm rather glad that the subject of Libya has been raised. It is as big a disaster for the region as Iraq was, it just hasn't played out so long. If anything the fallout looks as though it might be greater, ...

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I'm not so saying Cameron shares some of the blame for migrant deaths because of Libya was the wisest move Miliband could have made. All it has done is allow the Tories to sound indignant and accuse Labour's campaign of being negative. You could be right; but Libya, and the lack of forward planning...

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Morning all. Referring back to last posts of yesterday. I wonder if the Lib Dems have been allowed to discuss and make contingency plans for how they will manage any post election negotiations with other parties should Clegg be ousted from his Sheffield Hallam seat? Do you think they will have allo...

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Moraftingtinoon all... Hoping to be back later (to try and improve on my average score of 1 comment every blue moon) but wanted to drop this in... I don’t want to be beastly about Grant Shapps, but it’s almost inconceivable that so slight a man would have been Chairman of the Tory Party in a previou...

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I thought he might start to distance himself from Shapps Labour Press Team retweeted Ben Glaze ‏@benglaze 3m3 minutes ago #Cameron dodges "full confidence" question over Grant #Shapps #GE2015 #Tory He's left that rather too late I think. Both of them synthetic to the core. Shapps is the b...

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Good Morning. Lynton Crosby has finally succombed to George's requests for another line . After Ed's success with the ladies and his rising approval ratings since the Leaders' Debate, secret discussions have taken place between Lynton and a fellow compatriate. Dave shall now appear for a photo-shoo...

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Aftevenoonimorn all... Feeling sheepish for having spent most of the last few weeks lurking - writing something I think makes a bit of sense but then taking too long editing, adding bits and making it totally unintelligible so giving up in frustration....so I'm determined to say something today even...

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Is it the heat? Or is it the PM? We are 20 minutes into Mr Cameron's question and answer session in Leeds and already ten O2 employees have headed for the doors. "I've had enough", says one middle-aged woman as she leaves a space right next to the PM. Another swiftly follows, telling jour...

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Evetimornoon all....just a swift visit... Re Janner/CPS - point 22, I think, means that the survivors will be encouraged and supported - as TGS says, the CPS have corroborated medical evidence, so someone at that stage of dementia cannot testify/refute....or take action to suppress. 22. Lord Janner'...

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Adam Feneley ‏@AJFeneley 12 mins12 minutes ago Had been waiting for calcs on how much Gov. subsidises big businesses paying low wages. £11bn just for supermarkets! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32272817 … Hah. Just found this. Been wondering for a long time just how much the subsidies to big busines...

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Revisiting Cameron's 'big idea' Big Society surely just reminds voters what a load of failed crap it was. And where did all the money go? After the Independent ran an article on it ... Silence. Amazing isn't it. ...am definitely going now...but just wanted to re-share this re 'silence'.... Guardian...

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Morfteveninoon... Things seem even brighter in Hope (just North of Peterborough and starting to get excited about Landslide) this morning...certain posters leaving/not showing up at the Graun/polls showing a negative weighted moving upscaled downgraded average/tories in meltdown...and the best they'...

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Wow....some real stuff yesterday then...colour me shocked that Labour seem to be prepared for the election - it's almost as though they knew when it was going to happen, worked specifically towards that date and are ramping up their message as the days go by (whilst, if the rumours are correct, UKIP...

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