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- Tue 10 Jan, 2017 8:03 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 10th January 2017
- Replies: 271
- Views: 60687
Re: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Evening folks, Here's an interesting article about how and why the Guardian's (and Observer's) views on Jeremy *whomustnotbenamed* changed. Found it on twitter. http://novaramedia.com/2017/01/08/how-the-guardian-changed-tack-on-corbyn-despite-its-readers/" onclick="window.open(this.href);r...
- Tue 10 Jan, 2017 7:24 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 10th January 2017
- Replies: 271
- Views: 60687
Re: Tuesday 10th January 2017
Morning folks,
Chakrabortty on good form in the Graun, about the UK's fractured, disconnected economy.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... gdp-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Chakrabortty on good form in the Graun, about the UK's fractured, disconnected economy.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... gdp-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Fri 06 Jan, 2017 8:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th January 2017
- Replies: 133
- Views: 29036
Re: Friday 6th January 2017
The crazy thing is, it's cheaper to get a cab than the metro, which is run by Deutsche Bahn, that state owned company loved by my mate in Munich. Bloody state owned industries.citizenJA wrote:Find people going in the same direction and hire a cab/van instead.55DegreesNorth wrote:You need to see the last Metro out of town. Carnage.
- Fri 06 Jan, 2017 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 6th January 2017
- Replies: 133
- Views: 29036
Re: Friday 6th January 2017
That's a bit different though. It's basically making passengers feel safe from other passengers. Is that needed on all that many routes? It was by no means uniform under BR. I'm more objecting to the implication that if drivers open doors, then carnage ensues. If there is trouble or (say) a passeng...
- Thu 05 Jan, 2017 9:06 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th January 2017
- Replies: 90
- Views: 23541
Re: Thursday 5th January 2017
Morning folks, More immigration pearls here. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/05/theresa-may-faces-calls-to-implement-regional-immigration-policy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Im no expert, but i struggle to see how a regional immigration policy could work wit...
- Thu 05 Jan, 2017 8:40 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th January 2017
- Replies: 90
- Views: 23541
Re: Thursday 5th January 2017
From last night... Yorkshire's 'bookseller from hell' regrets calling customer 'a pain in the arse' Steve Bloom, who runs Bloomindales in the Yorkshire Dales, asks customers for a 50p entry fee and has received more than 20 complaints about rudeness 50p ? I charge a pound in case of damage and/or u...
- Thu 05 Jan, 2017 8:36 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 5th January 2017
- Replies: 90
- Views: 23541
Re: Thursday 5th January 2017
Morning folks, More immigration pearls here. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/05/theresa-may-faces-calls-to-implement-regional-immigration-policy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Im no expert, but i struggle to see how a regional immigration policy could work with...
- Thu 29 Dec, 2016 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 29th December 2016
- Replies: 57
- Views: 14986
Re: Thursday 29th December 2016
Top tip ,do not presume a small white hardish substance found is a half eaten extra strong mint,lest on ingestion it is in fact a piece of Dove soap.The difference in taste is noticeable. Other mouth washing products are available. Similarly, green stuff in a plastic bottle next to the bathroom sin...
- Wed 28 Dec, 2016 3:59 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th December 2016
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13810
Re: Wednesday 28th December 2016
@HindleA Please give your brother and family my love. I wish them every happiness. Belgian citizenship sounds like a good idea given current affairs though I've only superficial experience on that topic. Dramatic, complicated citizenship decisions are before many of us. Sadly, not for me. I'm stuck...
- Sat 24 Dec, 2016 4:22 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Christmas Weekend. Sat 24th - Tues 27th December
- Replies: 150
- Views: 39006
Re: Christmas Weekend. Sat 24th - Tues 27th December
Afternoon folks, And a happy festive period to all, present or lurking. 2016 will be a good year to see the back of. Here's hoping for a better year to come. So, here's an article about Newcastle from the Graun. Quite accurate, surprisingly. https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/dec/21/alternative...
- Wed 07 Dec, 2016 4:13 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 7th December 2016
- Replies: 213
- Views: 43870
Re: Wednesday 7th December 2016
Evening folks, As usual, I have little to say, but will do so anyway. One of my retirement activities is maintaining a website for a local community group. This includes updating it, posting on social media, and administering the forum. It's a pain in the tits, and pretty time-consuming. @Refitman @...
- Tue 06 Dec, 2016 6:59 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 6th December 2016
- Replies: 227
- Views: 45490
Re: Tuesday 6th December 2016
Evening folks, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231020-500-changing-minds-how-to-trump-delusion-and-restore-the-power-of-facts/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; IN NOVEMBER, Donald Trump defied the pollsters to be elected the 45th US president. A few months earlier, U...
- Thu 01 Dec, 2016 2:24 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday 1st December 2016
- Replies: 115
- Views: 26061
Re: Thursday 1st December 2016
Though the line in the latest OJ piece that "much of the left" supposedly believe the WWC are thick brainwashed sheep is surely better directed at our political/media elite? He's right to be critical of those who lazily label the white working class as thick, but the "brainwashed&quo...
- Tue 29 Nov, 2016 8:14 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 29th November 2016
- Replies: 70
- Views: 16569
Re: Tuesday 29th November 2016
Morning folks, That page of scribbled Brexit notes was so obviously staged, its almost embarrasing. But to what purpose and at whose behest? Presumably, Remainers are keen to sabotage the Hard Brexiteers. I can't wait for the press to be all over this Tory split/ incompetence etc. On a different not...
- Fri 25 Nov, 2016 6:08 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 25th November 2016
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15701
Re: Friday 25th November 2016
Oh dear...two academy trusts in a spot of bother. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-sponsored-by-top-performing-bright-tribe-placed-in-special-measures" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Take a look at where their academies are based. See a problem with the location of that sch...
- Fri 25 Nov, 2016 6:04 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 25th November 2016
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15701
Re: Friday 25th November 2016
Oh dear...two academy trusts in a spot of bother. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/academy-sponsored-by-top-performing-bright-tribe-placed-in-special-measures" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Take a look at where their academies are based. See a problem with the location of that sch...
- Fri 25 Nov, 2016 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 25th November 2016
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15701
Re: Friday 25th November 2016
Thanks all. A milestone along the journey that took me from thinking about doing an OU degree just out of interest...to today. Congrats to RogerOThornhill btw. I imagine they're going to miss you down at the library :D Well...the next thing I'm going to do is write a proposal so that I get taken on...
- Fri 25 Nov, 2016 4:36 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 25th November 2016
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15701
Re: Friday 25th November 2016
Black Friday news: Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative 6 hrs · Get zero percent off ALL OUR BIKES today for Black Friday! (Except for the ones that are already discounted - they're still up to 40% off). More of our Black Friday deals include BUY ONE, GET NONE FREE, and PAY HALF PRICE ON OUR GLOVES AND SHO...
- Fri 25 Nov, 2016 4:19 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 25th November 2016
- Replies: 74
- Views: 15701
Re: Friday 25th November 2016
Just had an email... I am pleased to inform you that the University's Research Degrees Committee has confirmed that your thesis meets the academic requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of The Open University. Congratulations on your success! :) Many congrats DrRoT (from s...
- Wed 23 Nov, 2016 8:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
- Replies: 114
- Views: 20279
Re: Wednesday 23rd November 2016
I agree with the PLP and not the leadership on the most important issue of our era. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/23/eu-brexit-labour-leadership-article-50?CMP=share_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Such a shame Starmer has proven so useless. Are t...
- Wed 16 Nov, 2016 6:07 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 16th November 2016
- Replies: 101
- Views: 20854
Re: Wednesday 16th November 2016
From the Indie: Mr Green said in a speech at the Reform think-tank on Wednesday morning: “Just a few years ago the idea of a proper job meant a job that brings in a fixed monthly salary, with fixed hours, paid holidays, sick pay, a pension scheme and other contractual benefits. “But the gig economy ...
- Mon 14 Nov, 2016 7:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 14th November 2016
- Replies: 134
- Views: 36739
Re: Monday 14th November 2016
From John Oliver “Our president-elect has, at various times, said he would bomb civilians, loot oil and waterboard, which isn’t a military strategy so much as the series of words that Donald Rumsfeld mutters so he can stay hard while he’s masturbating,” he said. Oliver went on to say: “We are faced...
- Fri 11 Nov, 2016 12:58 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday, 11th November 2016
- Replies: 97
- Views: 23299
Re: Friday, 11th November 2016
Afternoon folks, A few years ago, I saw Leonard Cohen perform at Weybridge. Despite it pissing down all night (it was outdoors), it was fantastic. At the end of the gig, we hurried off to get the first bus back to the hotel and bought a pint in the bar. I was about to sit down, when in walked Leonar...
- Wed 09 Nov, 2016 9:43 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 9th November 2016
- Replies: 308
- Views: 47554
Re: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Thanks Johnny, that paper was a bit technical, but yes, I agree, it looks like we're fucked. Mind you, according to this bloke, our societies are likely to collapse anyway. Time to buy that farm away up in Northumberland... https://medium.com/@theonlytoby/history-tells-us-what-will-happen-next-with-...
- Wed 09 Nov, 2016 8:36 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 9th November 2016
- Replies: 308
- Views: 47554
Re: Wednesday 9th November 2016
Start at the top. Why, oh why, did it have to be Hillary Clinton? Yes, she has an impressive resume; yes, she worked hard on the campaign trail. But she was exactly the wrong candidate for this angry, populist moment. An insider when the country was screaming for an outsider. A technocrat who offer...
- Sun 30 Oct, 2016 5:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October 2016
- Replies: 175
- Views: 38117
Re: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October 2016
He was there to praise Assad for housing Palestinians. Does giving shelter to Palestinians gain one enough brownie points to cancel out crimes against one's own citizens ? My issue with this picture is that it is apparently from 2009, before the bombing etc in Syria. I can see why it's damaging in ...
- Sun 30 Oct, 2016 5:02 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October 2016
- Replies: 175
- Views: 38117
Re: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October 2016
This looks like positive news. A way of converting carbon dioxide back into 'fuel' has been accidentally discovered. Interesting to hear views from our FTN scientists. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/carbon-dioxide-ethanol-fuel-scientists-turn-greenhouse-gas-accidentally-reverse-combustio...
- Sun 30 Oct, 2016 4:55 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October 2016
- Replies: 175
- Views: 38117
Re: Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th October 2016
He was there to praise Assad for housing Palestinians. Does giving shelter to Palestinians gain one enough brownie points to cancel out crimes against one's own citizens ? My issue with this picture is that it is apparently from 2009, before the bombing etc in Syria. I can see why it's damaging in ...
- Fri 28 Oct, 2016 6:33 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 28th October 2016
- Replies: 107
- Views: 22284
Re: Friday 28th October 2016
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/reign-british-neo-cons-and-party-war-128790447 Oborne's take on the Saudi vote This bears repeating in case anyone missed it. I was going to share the link to this news when it first broke on Wednesday evening but my comment was 90% swearing so didn't. From Obor...
- Tue 25 Oct, 2016 11:42 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 25th October 2016
- Replies: 178
- Views: 35828
Re: Tuesday 25th October 2016
Morning folks. Here's a taste of things to come. http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/anger-private-firm-given-power-12072724" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Durham CCG gives a private London based firm oversight of GP referrals. North Durham CCG has entered a new cont...
- Mon 17 Oct, 2016 8:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 17th October 2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 15708
Re: Monday 17th October 2016
I posted this link a while ago, but it didn't seem to resonate with anyone, which I think is a shame, as it really brings home the reality of what councils (not Tory ones, obvs) are facing. It's from Newcastle council, and invites you to find the £30M cuts they have to put in place next year. http:/...
- Mon 17 Oct, 2016 6:46 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 17th October 2016
- Replies: 104
- Views: 15708
Re: Monday 17th October 2016
Evening folks,
My MP has a few words of praise for Corbyn.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... n-12036376" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
My MP has a few words of praise for Corbyn.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... n-12036376" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Tue 11 Oct, 2016 7:37 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 11th October 2016
- Replies: 143
- Views: 28057
Re: Tuesday 11th October 2016
Morning, folks,
Drop in and say hello when you come to visit the Great Exhibition of the North
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... s-12005579" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Drop in and say hello when you come to visit the Great Exhibition of the North
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... s-12005579" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Wed 05 Oct, 2016 9:15 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 5th October 2016
- Replies: 128
- Views: 27730
Re: Wednesday 5th October 2016
Hard Brexit. Labeling foreigners. Inheritance tax cuts. What has given the Tory party this opportunity to move right I wonder? A rabid press owned by offshored billionaires, an emasculated BBC and an opposition dominated by MPs who don't believe in their own parties core values and despise its memb...
- Tue 04 Oct, 2016 9:56 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 4th October 2016
- Replies: 190
- Views: 40348
Re: Tuesday 4th October 2016
This junior doctor nails *unt.
https://www.facebook.com/DrRaviJ/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Oh, and TC, there's plenty of ##### on my iPad. Help yourself.
https://www.facebook.com/DrRaviJ/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Oh, and TC, there's plenty of ##### on my iPad. Help yourself.
- Tue 04 Oct, 2016 9:42 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 4th October 2016
- Replies: 190
- Views: 40348
Re: Tuesday 4th October 2016
Evening folks, As promised, I've just been to the Tyneside Film Theatre to see a special premiere of "I, Daniel Blake", Ken Loach's latest movie, and a winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes. He, the leading actors, writer and screenplay blokey were there to lead a discussion afterwards. For th...
- Tue 04 Oct, 2016 3:18 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 4th October 2016
- Replies: 190
- Views: 40348
Re: Tuesday 4th October 2016
From @Nick_Forbes, leader of Newcastle Council:
.Govt support for Newcastle City Council in 2010: £164m. By 2020: £0m. This is what Tory / Lib Dem austerity means. We're on our own
- Mon 03 Oct, 2016 7:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 3rd October 2016
- Replies: 87
- Views: 19623
Re: Monday 3rd October 2016
On a completely unrelated note, here's what I'm doing tomorrow evening.
Ken Loach, the actors, writer and director are there for a Q&A. Very excited.
- Mon 03 Oct, 2016 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 3rd October 2016
- Replies: 87
- Views: 19623
Re: Monday 3rd October 2016
Cash-strapped schools consider introducing four-day week Schools in West Sussex are considering ‘modifying school hours’ as a last-ditch attempt to cut costs (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/03/cash-strapped-schools-consider-introducing-four-day-week The last paragraph incl...
- Mon 03 Oct, 2016 7:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Monday 3rd October 2016
- Replies: 87
- Views: 19623
Re: Monday 3rd October 2016
The Conservative party is a ticking time bomb ready to explode over the issue of Brexit. http://en.francais-express.com/news/money/-75372-the-tories-are-on-the-brink-of-warfare-over-brexit/ Despite the Tory leadership's best efforts to portray unity, the party is in the early stages of a split whic...
- Sun 02 Oct, 2016 9:34 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
- Replies: 182
- Views: 45116
Re: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
From New Scientist. IT’S rare that scientists are moved to tears by their research projects, but for Harvard neuroscientist Charles Nelson, that was once a daily experience. In the late 1990s he and his team set up a long-running study of children living in Romanian orphanages. What they witnessed w...
- Sun 02 Oct, 2016 7:44 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
- Replies: 182
- Views: 45116
Re: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
One of the top grammar schools in the country is passing the begging bowl around its parents, as Latymers is feeling the pinch. If you want a master class in bollocks, read the DfE quote at the end of the article. I reckon there's a 21year old Spad with one of those Jargon Generators churning out th...
- Sun 02 Oct, 2016 7:15 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
- Replies: 182
- Views: 45116
Re: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
And so the Brexit fog gets thicker.
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... s-11967722" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nor ... s-11967722" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
- Sun 02 Oct, 2016 5:29 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
- Replies: 182
- Views: 45116
Re: Saturday 1st & Sunday 2nd October 2016
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/jeremy-hunt-brexit-replace-foreign-doctors-british-nhs-eu-a7341256.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Brits to replace foreign doctors post Brexit. Of course they'll all be people who can afford to pay 5 years of increased tu...
- Fri 30 Sep, 2016 5:37 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 30th September 2016
- Replies: 84
- Views: 21185
Re: Friday 30th September 2016
Here's Newcastle City Council's way of letting everyone know the impact of the next round of cuts. http://www.letstalkbudget.org.uk/budget" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It's a modeller that allows users to attempt to balance th budget, then submit their results to the coun...
- Wed 28 Sep, 2016 11:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Wednesday 28th September 2016
- Replies: 165
- Views: 39492
Re: Wednesday 28th September 2016
Yorkshire Tea is a black tea blend produced by The Bettys & Taylors Group. It is the third most popular tea brand in the UK, and was introduced in 1886 by Charles Edward Taylor. Founded as CE Taylor & Co., later shortened to "Taylor's", the company was purchased by rival 'Betty's ...
- Tue 27 Sep, 2016 5:00 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Tuesday 27th September 2016
- Replies: 112
- Views: 27539
Re: Tuesday 27th September 2016
At least the private sector delivers on time, without the secrecy of those local authorities. http://schoolsweek.co.uk/financial-investigation-into-bright-tribe-trust-remains-hidden-by-education-secretary/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Oops. The education secretary has bee...
- Thu 22 Sep, 2016 1:14 pm
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Replies: 120
- Views: 20011
Re: Thursday, 22 September 2016
I have some (not much) sympathy for the idea in London. None at all in Oxford and Camrbidge where the Universities dwarf the cities. So? Why is it a sound idea that universities should run schools while at the same time, they're being forced to run down their ITE provision because the very same gov...
- Thu 22 Sep, 2016 8:25 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Thursday, 22 September 2016
- Replies: 120
- Views: 20011
Re: Thursday, 22 September 2016
Heres a good article by Owen Jones: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/22/voters-back-corbyn-policies-but-wont-accept-freakshow" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; It makes the point that the ordinary voter will not care about the sort of things that obsess polit...
- Fri 16 Sep, 2016 9:01 am
- Forum: The Daily Politics
- Topic: Friday 16th September 2016
- Replies: 51
- Views: 14513
Re: Friday 16th September 2016
Morning All. I'm sitting in a café in Central Leeds while reading that George Osborne is to chair a new Northern Powerhouse "think tank". Seriously? Well, I was very relieved to read that the Northern Powce is back on track. Maybe for down there in Leeds or Manchester. There's nowt going ...