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Second item "Birmingham is broke" because the government slashed funding to LA's . Many more LA's to follow soon . C4 news reported that the Council 'say' that central govt funding has been cut by x amount since 2010, I wish they wouldn't use that 'he said, she said' format for something ...

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Happy birthday RO'T

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I see another of Cameron's tweets has achieved immortality, right up there with 'chaos with Ed Miliband'.

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Rishi Sunak refused to properly fund a school rebuilding programme when he was chancellor, despite officials presenting evidence that there was “a critical risk to life” from crumbling concrete panels, the Department for Education’s former head civil servant has said. After the department told Suna...

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What you are asking us to do is have faith while rejecting the evidence of our eyes and ears. On the same lines A Display of Utter Poltroonery If there was anything about Starmer he would seize this as a major opportunity. He likes talking about his "missions", and circumstances have bequ...

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Good morning.

Grant Shapps appointed as defence secretary

Ben Wallace resignation prompts appointment of former energy secretary and mini cabinet reshuffle

I'm sure UK used to be a serious country.

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What could possibly go wrong?

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Really interesting thread on infrastructure development, interesting to me anyway

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We already knew that Starmer knows sfa about economics. Tbf, the tories have built some major tax rises into the system by freezing personal allowances. We'd all like Labour to make tax more progressive but they wouldn't necessarily need to raise more money overall. I'd like them to raise the higher...

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refitman wrote: ↑Thu 24 Aug, 2023 7:30 am Anyone watch the debate last night?

In the US?
No, but this thread seems like a good summary

Although 'Pence's honor' is rightly taking some stick.

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This morning Labour’s Pat McFadden, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, hit back. In an interview with Sky News, he said that last year’s “disastrous mini-budget”, which included unfunded tax cuts, should serve as a warning about the dangers of taking an irresponsible approach to the public...

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Morning refit, have you seen this thread?

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https://twitter.com/iguanaandy/status/1693179237648257429 Joking aside, I definitely think the PM shouldn't go, he does far too much jetting about as it is. William I'm not so sure, maybe a trip to the other hemisphere should have been arranged long ago so that the football could be fitted in if the...

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@Roger

So sorry to hear your news, best wishes to you both.

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Following the success of 'small boats week', it's 'NHS week' next so we can probably expect bubonic plague, never mind covid.

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The risky 'investments' are at govt's door as well, if they were properly funded they wouldn't have done it.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been approached for comment.

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'photocopying'

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Good morning.

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Most of the comments I've seen have been on the lines of Rishi, Greenpeace protesters are on the roof of your house Sunak: Which one? Perhaps some assume that if you're paying £500k for a pool house, you must be planning to spend a lot of time there. It isn't a mansion, as the press like to call it,...

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From yesterday's police statement. A protest at the Prime Minister’s residence at Kirby Sigston has now concluded. North Yorkshire Police was made aware at 08:06 (03 August 2023) this morning of a number of protesters climbing onto the roof of the Prime Minister's home in Kirby Sigston. A large cord...

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Good morning.

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Good morning.

Sunak is a terrible politician part 5,672

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Good morning. I don't know how popular Sunak's pro-car stance is in the rest of the country but it's probably a winner in his constituency. A look at places where Greens made big gains in May might cast some doubt on this. There weren't any local elections in his constituency, though? New North Yor...

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Asked how he was travelling to Scotland this morning, a rather grumpy Rishi Sunak, who ended the interview on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme when it reached the five-minute limit imposed by No 10, replied:

I’ll be flying as I normally would.

Out of touch, moi?

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Good morning. I don't know how popular Sunak's pro-car stance is in the rest of the country but it's probably a winner in his constituency. Saw a snarky tweet yesterday about Richmond's beautiful market square being a car park, it's the same in all of the small towns, there'd be a riot if change was...

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I must say it's getting a bit ridiculous when Christina Pagel is getting abuse, not from the anti-vax covid deniers, but those who insist it's still rife when all the scientific evidence suggests otherwise. You either follow the science or you don't and at the moment it's telling us that, in this c...

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Wren-Lewis with some advice for Rachel. AK will be vindicated if she takes it. Labour Tax and Spend is a question of when, not if The danger in trying to stick closely to Conservative spending plans, even for two or three years, is that inaction on public service provision and pay will mix public di...

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frog222 wrote: ↑Tue 25 Jul, 2023 9:39 am Morning refit

You can go to the Med and be hot and miserable or you can stay here and be cold and miserable.

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Agastache is known as giant/Mexican/anise hyssop, and yes the bees love it. It will seed around so you'll probably have it forever now.

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Doesn't look good next to the pic of Rhodes, either.

Sadiq Khan should be an asset to Labour in London, why piss him off.

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That's certainly how it looks.

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frog222 wrote: ↑Thu 20 Jul, 2023 5:37 pm

Great unroll there gilsey !

I thought you'd like it.

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https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1681 ... 24771.html

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Nearly as embarrassing as Greg Hands.

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Tackling child poverty is priority for Labour, says Rachel Reeves

"Lord, give me chastity, but not yet"

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frog222 wrote: ↑Wed 19 Jul, 2023 10:03 am I rather doubt if the over-Sixties waiting years for medical treatment would consider themselves 'over-served' !

Same for social care.

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https://twitter.com/fletchersimon/status/1681217902899343361 Haven't heard anyone point out that backheeling on the Green policies in the first couple of years creates rather a large space in Rachel's budget for a couple of modest anti-poverty measures, I'm thinking of the overall benefit cap as wel...

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And Newsnight.

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Quite enjoyed John Harris' piece Keir Starmer is threatening to leave our crises unchanged. So what social forces will he unleash? if Labour wins, what will it actually feel like? Whatever is in its manifesto, and irrespective of the narratives that Starmer does or doesn’t campaign with, a victory w...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote: ↑Mon 17 Jul, 2023 10:47 pm
Labour's candidate is much better (no really, she is) and if there is any justice she will defeat him comfortably.

So wouldn't it have been better for her to defeat him in the selection process? Isn't that what it's supposed to be for?

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Re sky's comments on North Yorkshire yesterday, the Friarage is a small hospital compared with James Cook in M'bro and there's been plenty of chat about closing various parts of it over the years since 2010. Many of the doctors work across both hospitals and there'll be plenty of brown faces among t...

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How much of this focus on 'poor quality' university courses is to do with the amount that Goverment has to write off the student loan book as jobs aren't paying enough for loans to be repaid? Student loans are designed not to be repaid, just look at that lovely income stream. But your point stands ...

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I'm sorry to hear that, best wishes to you both.

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economic growth, investment and wealth creation will be the “only show in town” I find this part of Starmer's 'strategy' as worrying as the adherence to austerity, if not more so. Decades out of date and wholly inappropriate in the current circumstances. We know he knows sfa about economics but the...

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