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Tubby Isaacs

What did the DPP about Warboys?

Even if he knocked back attempts to prosecute, that doesn't mean that the evidence was good enough to get a conviction. Fuck that up, and you're risking a guilty man walking free for ever. Double jeopardy isn't easy- quite rightly.

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An article in the FT suggest using the NHS much more as anti-Brexit argument. I like that, but it's going to be difficult.

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The great thing about Rayner is who she is. Labour is supposed to bethe party of the working class, and she has a great backstory. One of the things that went badly wrong under Blair was the growth of SpAds who became MPs with no experience of anything at all outside politics. Miliband exemplified ...

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I think CU/SM it needs to be. What's made it difficult so far is the idea that we're going to be striking all these amazing trade deals. We aren't, and if we did they'd involve stuff like chlorinated chicken that nobody wants. We can go further out from there (that's why people like Richard North su...

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I'm not convinced Corbyn is Hard Brexit either. I know lots of unpleasant New Labour people are, because immigration.

But we have to get to Soft Brexit.

And I agree with you- "Blair" wouldn't be annihilating the Tories.

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Jeremy Corbyn‏Verified account @jeremycorbyn Follow Follow @jeremycorbyn More These shocking inequalities in our society must end. The next Labour government will roll out maximum pay ratios, introduce a Real Living Wage of £10/hour and strengthen trade union rights so workers can fight for better ...

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Interestingly, and following my earlier comments, if I've done my sums right there are about 50 Tory MPs who are believed to have voted Remain and whose constituencies are estimated to have voted Remain, many of course in London. That's fertile ground for rebellion, especially if they are talking t...

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Cheers. So this is a quote. ‘They have not been able to adapt. Culturally, we are not telling them that they need to learn and they need to aspire. They are under the impression that they don’t need to push themselves, in the way that disadvantaged groups had to before. I think that is why there is ...

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I apologize to Rayner if the quote was unfair. I've rated her before, as you know. And impressively, I heard that when she was promoted (by necessity, very quickly) she didn't know anything about Education, and was on the phone to the NUT all the time for advice. I think that's good, and I could nev...

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I was quoting the Guardian, I thought. At least a bright poster on it, Fripouille. Is he wrong?

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Interestingly, and following my earlier comments, if I've done my sums right there are about 50 Tory MPs who are believed to have voted Remain and whose constituencies are estimated to have voted Remain, many of course in London. That's fertile ground for rebellion, especially if they are talking t...

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I'm reassessing Rayner.

I think that shows a very tendency to humour Kipper ignorance. Those people aren't voting for beardy lefties. Forget about them. By all means say you need to do more for working class voters- that's true. Beware of "white working class".

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Oh bloody hell, what is Angie Rayner doing? Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner says focus on girls and minority ethnic groups has had ‘negative impact’ on others White working-class children should be motivated to become more aspirational in schools and “push themselves” the way those from oth...

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frog222 wrote:World at One on now , with Govey cavorting in wildflower meadows post- brexit

Please summarize! No photos of cavorting tho!

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Morning Paul. Tony Blair and The White House hey, who would've thought it. That was what you meant wasn't it :D :D :lol: It was just an all round eye roll really. Labour have had a powerful start to 2018 with the Tories basically in hiding. Blair is just a distraction. Everything turns on Brexit. W...

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I must admit than in these sorts of questions I start from a basis of "universal benefits are good, as much as is practically possible". (that's one reason why I haven't closed my mind to the idea of Basic Income, either) Yeah, it's the priorities you choose that matter, however you're fu...

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Some better news.

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Big milestone for the UK as low-carbon sources generate more electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in 2017

No wonder rail freight is getting less business from coal.

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"Not as clever as he thinks" Andrew Old thinks he's got Toby's critics bang to rights. Apparently the evidence was found after people condemned Young's appointment.

You don't have to have chapter and verse to be aware of what he's like.

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I liked the Walker article. Bear in mind that not having universal free parking doesn't mean that you can't have it some places where there is space and public transport is very poor. One thing I worry about is with new hospitals. If the expectation becomes free parking, there could be a tendency to...

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There's a full feature by Labour's rail advisor, Ian Taylor, in Rail Magazine. Just glanced at it, but the nub seems to be reducing the number of interfaces. Sounds OK, but I don't think you can avoid other inefficiencies popping up with a big organization being created. I think 3 out of about 8 &qu...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Always liked Kathy Burke tbh

Do you know Nil By Mouth?

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Anyway, off to bed.

Night all, as ever enjoyed discussion today.

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Why is criticising the massive pay of the VC and others dismissed as 'populist'? It is being criticised because VC pay seems to rise at a much higher rate than everyone else whilst the academic staff (apart from the ones who are on tv a lot) get their pay frozen or small increases We hear this 'if ...

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Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB Latest YouGov Brexit tracker. In hindsight was referendum outcome or wrong? Right 42% -2 Wrong 45% = "Right" hasn't led since August https://twitter.com/MSmithsonPB/status/948180100213768192" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Not as high a...

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UCU‏Verified account @ucu Times: University merry-go-round blows hole in vice chancellor salary claim This train about VC pay isn't heading where you want to go. It's part of a war v Universities. Your salaries and status aren't going up when that hots up. I mean, I'm sure they've grievances, but w...

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UCU‏Verified account @ucu Times: University merry-go-round blows hole in vice chancellor salary claim This train about VC pay isn't heading where you want to go. It's part of a war v Universities. Your salaries and status aren't going up when that hots up. I mean, I'm sure they've grievances, but w...

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Isn't it funny?

Trump has pop at Asian guy. Asian guy responds. It's the Asian guy at fault.

Much more murder where Trump is. Why is that different?

Oh, Khan's not white.

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Note how nothing is said about finishing the PhD.

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Fuck me, look at this scumbag. Nigel Farage‏Verified account @Nigel_Farage Follow Follow @Nigel_Farage More RT if you think @SadiqKhan should spend less time grandstanding about @realDonaldTrump and more time tackling epidemic levels of knife crime in London. Twitter's taken Fargle's hint. As he kno...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:It is large, but also mostly comprised of groups in long term decline (indeed, that's an important reason *why* culture wars appeal to them)

That's right.

I don't think it's an election-sized number. But I may have said that once before.

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Have we done this?

Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 42% (+1)
CON: 40% (-2)
LDEM: 7% (-)
UKIP: 4% (-)
GRN: 1% (-1)

via @YouGov, 19 - 20 Dec

Very hard to guage. The Tories are the culture warriors, and there's an unfortunately large rump for that, everywhere. So Labour doing OK.

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Actually, it's even worse than that. The Chancellor himself said not raising fuel duty since 2010 had saved £46bn.

That's HS2 likely completed with a few billion of change.

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Baroness Randerson ‏@jennyranderson 9h9 hours ago More Massive rail fare increases can be stopped if government freezes fares in same way that they have frozen fuel duty year after year. If it’s ok to help motorists it should be ok to help passengers! Yep, The IFS say something like £6bn a year is ...

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Pidcock's tweet hasn't gone unnoticed. "Dan" is a train driver. Nigel Harris editor of Rail. Dan‏ @RailRunnerDan Follow Follow @RailRunnerDan More Dan Retweeted Laura Pidcock MP I’m sure @RAIL will be disappointed to hear our elected officials spouting such tripe? Safety standards are not ...

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Another gem from Tobs (((Dawn Butler MP)))‏Verified account @DawnButlerBrent Following Following @DawnButlerBrent As the Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities and as a key member of the governments working group on sexual harrassement and bullying may we have a serious chat about this latest app...

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Grayling clearing off today just about sums this bunch of lazy fools up. They've got a defensible record on rail, much more so than on social security. But because defending it involves more than a soundbite for the base, they can't be arsed to make it. See also Cameron on the EU. Didn't make any ca...

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He got lucky by missing out on a double dip recession too. Averted by a period being revised to zero, IIRC.

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Real wages are a problem, and Brexit knocked up inflation. May properly messed up by calling an election with falling real wages, apparently that's very unusual for a government to choose to do that. Old Osborne got lucky in 2015, didn't he? https://fullfact.org/media/uploads/what%20wages%20are%20wo...

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One reason I disagree with Hugo on fares is that, however you price them, there will be a massive need for straightforward taxpayer funding of infrastructure. I think that if rail is seen as unaffordable, there'll be a reaction against taxpayers funding the infrastructure.

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The trouble with blaming everything on Brexit is that it can easily be muddied or contradicted by other data If we say train price fares are due to Brexit because of the fall in the pound then we have to look at exchange rates over time and the pound has been as low, or lower, against the Euro in t...

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In Grayling's absence, this bloke seems to have got the job of defending policy. Paul Plummer, chief executive of industry trade body the Rail Delivery Group, said fare changes would provide cash for better services and investment, including the Thameslink and Great Northern rail upgrades. Speaking ...

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Paul, yeah, the campaigning force is impressive. It augurs well for campaigns on other stuff.

A few academy chains won't fancy that force directed their way. Bring that on.

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One thing very striking with railways is that professionals involved with them don't seem to see nationalization as a priority. My impression is that in Health, it's the opposite- there's very little enthusiasm for Virgin Care etc.

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Fares of course are set according to RPI. Now why might that have gone up this year?! Doubtless I'll find ferocious opposition to Hard Brexit from Laura Pidcock when I look her up, right? I'm certainly sympathetic to Labour's political predicament on Brexit, and they carry my hopes, but the fact is...

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Brexit's forced up the costs for the railway. I take the point about banging on too much about Brexit- Corbyn made a virtue of not doing that at the election, and it worked well. But I think to kill of Hard Brexit, we need to start tying Brexit's effect in with falling living standards. So "Bre...

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I think charging full whack for journeys done partly by buses is a bit much. It gives a bad impression of rail to people who likely only use it at weekends and holidays, as HSOM says.

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Good afternoon and Happy new Year Just back from one of my trips to the UK - as normal travelled everywhere by train....all trains were late (when actually on a train and not on a bus - funny the price is never reduced for the reduced speed and convenience) and everything was expensive....couldn't ...

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Fares of course are set according to RPI. Now why might that have gone up this year?! Doubtless I'll find ferocious opposition to Hard Brexit from Laura Pidcock when I look her up, right? I'm certainly sympathetic to Labour's political predicament on Brexit, and they carry my hopes, but the fact is ...

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I think it's unlikely that a train company would be fined for taking time to assist passengers, but I'm not sure

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AngryAsWell wrote:
Right, no trains ever broke down under BR.
Not what I meant at all Tubby.
I just thought it ironic to start a "rail campaign" on a train that broke down.
Humour - its what make us laugh

I was laughing at McDonald, apologies!

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