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Have a great holiday How Silly. Our wildlife visits have been nine bats in the house, including one in my husband's t shirt as he put it on, and a frog in my gardening clogs. The frog nearly got squashed but thankfully feet have lots of nerves in them so I responded before it got squashed. It's nea...

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http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-protest-proeu-campaigners-hope-one-million-people-will-join-march-a3293811.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Article 50 is already "paused" . What are the bookmakers quoting on 'not this year', 'not next year', 'nev...

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TC2 5.52am 's quote Brits in Italy receive sympathetic looks as concerned locals seek to understand how UK voters could have made such a drastic choice. The same for Brits in France . When it was still fresh, some local people were as much in visible shock as many of us . All were very solicitous to...

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Example: even I was impressed when Corbyn and McDonnell persuaded the best leftwing economists to advise them. I should have known better. “Danny” Blanchflower told me that all he ever heard was “Jeremy is against austerity”. Good, Blanchflower replied, but what policies should we pursue? Answer ca...

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Example: even I was impressed when Corbyn and McDonnell persuaded the best leftwing economists to advise them. I should have known better. “Danny” Blanchflower told me that all he ever heard was “Jeremy is against austerity”. Good, Blanchflower replied, but what policies should we pursue? Answer ca...

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I hate to repeat myself, but does anyone still believe this Labour party ought to be kept together? Yes, its still doable and worth doing. All that really needs to happen is for the PLP to be made more representative of the unions and membership. Not a piece of cake, but far from impossible either....

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JonnyT1234 wrote:Operation Inept just became Operation Even More Inept.

Jesus wept .

Angela is a little bit thick , but that Smith is worse, a really ambitious and extremely slimy sod .

I believe he was once even to the right of Blair, but has been covering his tracks ever since ...

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/wealths-grip-on-the-levers-of-power Comments on Montbiot's billionaires piece. Perhaps we should focus on campaigning for change - across the political spectrum rather than continuing with the same mad status quo. One clear example is how the Tories i...

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/15/applause-for-david-cameron-left-me-thoroughly-confused" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; As a foreigner living in the UK since 1991 I have soaked up many British traditions and habits. I do, however, need somebody to explain to ...

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David Davis still in la la land. Davis said the government’s “first order of business” will be to begin negotiations with the aim of striking trade deals with non-EU countries such as the United States and China within two years. This would give Britain a free trade area “almost twice the size of t...

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HindleA wrote:http://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/go ... -travesty/

Government’s response to Equality Act report is ‘disgusting travesty’

Nicky Morgan's last shameless act ?

NN

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DWP Damian Green Willow !
Snap !

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Ok, the thing is done now, and a new era of British politics has officially begun. Cameron and Osborne, Britain's most inept Prime Minister ever, and the most unflinchingly doctrinaire economically-challenged Chancellor of all time have gone, one because he's a coward and the other because at least...

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I think Mr Smith needs to undertake a history course if he thinks the Spanish Civil War was about removing a dictator. Robert -- it does indeed show a somewhat superficial knowledge of History , as i just pointed out in another, recent very parallel post about Iraq and PFI ! Indeed! I've been a pra...

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How To Be Wrong About Everything http://i63.tinypic.com/2irrgut.jpg And this was only 3 hrs ago when Hammond's name was already in the frame for Chancellor and Osborne was tipped for the sack. Not associated with Roger's post at all !!!! But the first few words of this do demonstrate the lightheart...

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You forgot Hilary Benn, that other ally in the warmongering adventures. DMiliband was a great coverer-up of Rendition and Torture, I wonder where Hilary stood on those ? Angela Eagle also ... ? I hear Owen Smith was against Syria, a point in favour, but know nothing about him apart from having been...

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Any news yet on when May gives David Miliband the position he so richly deserves? You forgot Hilary Benn, that other ally in the warmongering adventures. DMiliband was a great coverer-up of Rendition and Torture, I wonder where Hilary stood on those ? Angela Eagle also ... ? I hear Owen Smith was a...

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Any news yet on when May gives David Miliband the position he so richly deserves? You forgot Hilary Benn, that other ally in the warmongering adventures. DMiliband was a great coverer-up of Rendition and Torture, I wonder where Hilary stood on those ? Angela Eagle also ... ? I hear Owen Smith was a...

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Did I miss the DWP

( the one responsible for persecuting the disabled et al )

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Bollox 2 the extended version. I thought the original was about right. Pithy, but accurate. Whatever one's point of view. Currently repeating on air http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07jyrdn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The Corbyn Story 1/3 Informative on so recent a hist...

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However, the company he works for has benefited from its investments in the likes of Amazon and Starbucks, both of which have been criticised for tax avoidance structures and which were mentioned by Ms May as she outlined her manifesto for Downing Street yesterday. She said: “We need to talk about t...

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Since this forum was set up - and thank you Sky, Adam, Refit, Paul, and all the founding members - it has been a "haven" from the G's nesting and all the predicted consequences of same. I have felt as though I am among friends; and some of you are in communication with me in real life. We...

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Since this forum was set up - and thank you Sky, Adam, Refit, Paul, and all the founding members - it has been a "haven" from the G's nesting and all the predicted consequences of same. I have felt as though I am among friends; and some of you are in communication with me in real life. We...

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Sounds like it .

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http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/news-parliament-2015/benefit-delivery-government-response-16-17/ Benefit delivery: Committee publishes Government response Frank Field MP, Chair of the Committee said: "We note that the DWP t...

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The BBC are reporting that Angela Eagle had a brick thrown through her window last night. Hilary Benn said there was no evidence that the slim,grey haired man bearing an extraordinary resemblance to Jeremy Corbyn seen fleeing the scene had been the person lobbing the brick. But 172 members of the p...

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http://news.crocels.com/news/8412/owen-smith-labour-nhs-private-sector-involvement/ The member of Parliament for Pontypridd, Owen Smith, has been outed as a supporter of greater private involvement in the NHS, only hours before his wife Liz Smith asks for the support of the people of Llantrisant in...

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http://news.crocels.com/news/8412/owen-smith-labour-nhs-private-sector-involvement/ The member of Parliament for Pontypridd, Owen Smith, has been outed as a supporter of greater private involvement in the NHS, only hours before his wife Liz Smith asks for the support of the people of Llantrisant in...

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Bloody Lefty !

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For anyone who's interested, an article I did for Deborah Swift about my book. http://www.deborahswift.com/2016/07/11/the-last-roundhead-the-power-of-the-written-word-in-the-17th-century/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Rosemary Sutcliff strikes again ! I didn't know she'd ...

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" Received wisdom dictates that benefit receipt is the outcome of making ‘wrong choices’. Welfare reforms have become increasingly punitive on the rationale that strong disincentives and coercion are required to prompt the ‘right choices’. " Carrots work for senior management, but sticks ...

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Hindle - I was preparing that too ! Moien . Like the first commenter on the lse article, i was just reading this one https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/11/secret-life-housing-benefits-officer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The secret life of a benefits offic...

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chilcot-report-john-prescott-says-tony-blair-led-uk-into-illegal-war-in-iraq-a7129106.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/chilcot-report-john-prescott-says-tony-blair-led-uk-into-illegal-war-in...

frog222 · Re: Sat 9 and Sun 10 July 2016 Seconded the banging of heads together !

Seconded the banging of heads together !

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Moien .

So Kinnock got a standing ovation at the PLP for his calling for 'Anyone But Corbyn' .

I always thought he was vain too.

Winning all those GE's must have gone to his head .

Has anyone heard from those courageous rebel leaders Hilary Benn and Heidi Alexander ?

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Richard Murphy went to a discussion in the City yesterday. http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2016/07/08/a-depressing-view-from-the-city/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I wanted to know what happened but have to say it was terribly depressing. One present said he had no co...

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OK, that may have been stretching things slightly. Though I heard him [Burgon] the other day and was pleasantly surprised, so maybe that is colouring things :) Burgon is clearly intelligent and capable - he would not have achieved what he has without being. However, he's obviously inexperienced in ...

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Humphrys v Blair on Toady .

0840 he seems to be saying the ME is overall a better place now ...

WTF ?

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"...report also sheds fresh light on the private discussions between Blair and the US president, George W Bush, in the run-up to war. The report says that after the 9/11 attacks Blair urged Bush “not to take hasty action on Iraq”. The UK’s formal policy was to contain Saddam’s regime." It...

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Cameron doing his best to perform the whitewash Chilcot didn't. There are no expletives strong enough for him. Well, of course he's supporting Blair's "" Good Faith "" excuse because the 146 Tories went along too ! And if Blair ever went into court ( I agree with RobertSnozers o...

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xxxx.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/pr-firm-director-death-threat-portland-jeremy-corbyn-jo-cox-a7122101.html In the real world of the Black Arts he might just have sent it to himself ... Rain forecast in Normandy . For Saturday night, so I'm resisting other temptations and going gardening too .

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So do I, but you just know the rebels will only be putting their heads down and waiting for the next perceived opportunity, and this ludicrous charade will continue until Labour loses the next GE :fire: Then it'll all be Corbyn's fault A day for remembering who voted for the Invasion and against ho...

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Was Andrea Leadsom really such a City hotshot? Andrea Leadsom has made much of her “25 years in Financial services” before the she became an MP. She is being widely described as “a banker”. Last week Bernard Jenkin MP endorsed her, citing her senior position at “a large investment firm where she wa...

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Speaking in 2012, Andrea Leadsom told the House of Commons that she would like businesses with three employees or fewer to no longer have to comply with any employment regulations. "I envisage there being absolutely no regulation whatsoever," she said. "No minimum wage, no maternity o...

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Anyone surprised, go the back of the class and stand with Dreda Say Mitchell: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/04/disaster-capitalism-tory-right-brexit-roll-back-state" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A week later, and this possibility is no longer merely t...

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/03/tony-blair-may-face-impeachment-on-release-of-chilcot-report" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A number of MPs led by Alex Salmond are expected to use an ancient law to try to impeach the former prime minister when the Chilcot re...

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/dublin-to-seize-post-referendum-opportunity-to-welcome-city-of-london-firms-and-foreign-investment-a7117331.html plus cuts to corporate tax. Well done 52%. You got your countries back Morning all And now the genius Osborne is going to cut corporation ta...

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ohsocynical wrote:
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Surely JC has to have a chance to read some of it first ?

Oh, stopped raining, out again !

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Misrepresentation, misunderstanding ... In French we have "malentendu" which is literally "mis-hearing" ... On emotions running high, I was called a "fucking moron" on another site where I'd been posting since 2010 ( I actually quoted something Willow wrote here ) , wh...

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Misrepresentation, misunderstanding ... In French we have "malentendu" which is literally "mis-hearing" ... On emotions running high, I was called a "fucking moron" on another site where I'd been posting since 2010 ( I actually quoted something Willow wrote here ) , whi...

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