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Afternoon! Have got loads of reading and posting to do and looking forward to it but this is one thing that caught my eye and I thought could interest some of the heavy readers here! (I haven't finished reading yet). On the G article for yesterday " George Osborne signals RBS selloff in Mansion...

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I guess what I'm clumsily trying to say is "I think Burnham, who's leading in the Leader's Campaign right now, starts off with a huge disadvantage, not necessarily of his making, and if he is the chosen one, how is the Labour Party going to progress with him when I feel, deep down, that he's ba...

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@Willow904 Excellent post regarding Burnham's soundness regarding the NHS. Labour, PFI contracts continuing after John Major introduced them & a Labour government, even with Blair as leader, was a different government responding with greater usefulness for everyone. The Tory-led coalition &...

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Re Burnham and Hinchingbrooke. Labour were not in power when Circle was awarded the contract to run Hinchingbrooke and therefore weren't responsible for the terms and conditions of the contract and were never responsible for monitoring patient care while Circle were in charge. I have no problem wit...

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Morning. Got some catch up reading to do here but I clocked this from one of my favourite commenters at the G (and ex FTN). HeronsFlight says a lot for me! Sorry about the formatting but you can see the whole comment via the link . Because the Guardian wrecked their site, you will have to scroll dow...

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Shadow care minister Liz Kendall said: "This Government has failed to address the desperate and growing crisis in older people's care. "300,000 fewer older people are now getting the crucial help they need than when David Cameron came to power - meaning more older people ending up in hosp...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:Re the polls.

I've not wanted to take a look at Mike Smithson's tweets or site, or UK polling report or any other polling connected media since May 8th. I don't know when - or if - I will recover from this aversion.

Deprive them of their importance RR2 - I am with you!

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Warning - if you can curb your anger, you're way ahead of me.

Editorial 4th June 2015: Rough transcript of Jeremy Hunt's speech to NHS Confederation conference
http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1598

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Morning. Absolutely glorious here, hope same for everyone else. Just popped in to say welcome back to Giselle - have missed you a lot ! Can understand why you have resigned, submitting a reason why & intending to rejoin Labour, but won't it mean you wouldn't have a vote in the leadership ? That...

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From last night's post, thank you @thatchersorphan for this as I would have been oblivious to the fact it was programmed. I'm going to write to ask why it's been pulled. Don't expect an answer of merit but will report back! The NHS is at the centre of a `perfect storm'. Caught between huge increases...

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Hello PorFavor and thank you to all for welcome back!

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Trouble at mill. Anyone care to place a bet on the chances of Parliamentarians (why is that capitalised?) and civil society getting a say? 2015-06-04_102639.jpg http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/06/02/food-water-health-life-un-experts-warn-threats-posed-secret-trade-deals Morning everyone, and i...

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I saved this comment because it reduced me to tears. JerichoG 13 May 2015 16:31 I have been told by many friends and loved ones that I should not worry. Many that live in the UK have frequently discussed about 'those people on Benefits' and the famous statement everyone seems to state:"I know t...

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A commenter at the G who I also used to enjoy at the BBC blogs before they wrecked them, Richard Bunning, has been saying again and again since the GE that the LibDems won't be able to come back very quickly. I'm being really polite there in my interpretation because if you look at some of his comme...

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Schadenfreude - pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune

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Cameron fails to rule out cuts to disability benefits Asked in the Commons if he stood by the commitments he made on disability benefits during the election campaign, the PM declined to comment (Guardian) http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jun/03/cameron-fails-to-rule-out-cuts-to-disability-be...

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Tizme's post late last night: ''*sigh* The to do isn't over what he did or didn't do. It's because he blatantly lied about it during the election campaign.'' FTN posters are entitled to express their opinion of the SNP/Carmichael story. A lot of us *sighed* over what the Greens/SNP/Plaid blatantly ...

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Happy Birthday Yahyah and Mr RR2 - and many more of them.

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The CNBC reporter interviewing 2 ladies who were undoubted fans of Ed has just said "I know you're a fan of Ed Miliband but one day can you see Yvette Cooper as leader". I crossed myself in front of him and walked away shaking my head, (he saw me do so!) not wanting to hear the answer! Was...

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I think Citizen is here as well but don't know how to find her!

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Morning all. So excited to be at the ICC with the Labour Party today waiting with baited breath to see/hear Ed Miliband. Having sat for last 30 min right next to Tristan, Gloria and Liam I have no doubts if Labour get in that Next Generation will have chances. Sitting with Andy and Lord Phil on the ...

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Sorry folks - I should have put the link to this extract from Hansard in my original comment: Q13. [907705] Mr John Leech (Manchester, Withington) (LD): Does the Prime Minister agree with me that, hot on the heels of devolving powers on transport and housing, the welcome announcement that Manchester...

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Two new members I notice, SNl 22/02 and tinybgoat 23/02, who haven't posted yet. Don't be shy.

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Last link from me for today ....... “DevoManc” NHS chaos https://mancunianspring.wordpress.com/2015/02/26/devomanc-nhs-announcement-causes-chaos/ ........ as I'm going to get a really fattening Magnum (or two!) out of the freezer, put my feet up, get under the blanket on the sofa and watch "The...

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Here's another good read from Health Policy Insight on Manchester (I know, I'm getting to be a bore, but this stuff is important. Remember what Oliver Letwin said!). http://www.healthpolicyinsight.com/?q=node/1589 EDITED to add the link to the newspaper's Healthier Together articles (referred to in ...

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Giselle,see,pups like to chew stuff.The previous curtains,French vintage,hand sewn,were ruined when an adopted stray cat had diarrhoea ALL over them! Years ago my former husband,a vet,insisted that I read a dog psychology book written by a colleague.the title was the perfect puppy.And,the perfect p...

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Here's the link to the PDF for Manchester.

GREATER MANCHESTER
HEALTH AND SOCIAL
CARE DEVOLUTION
Memorandum of Understanding

http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/mou.pdf

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Ha.She didn't even acknowledge the strips of silk festooning the floor.Or the chewed up vintage velvet cushion either.Not even a shrug.Good job we love her! Oh Rebecca - so sorry. My Dad, had a black (manual) Singer sewing machine which was a pride and joy and I remember him sitting at it many a ni...

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Quite cross today,my large 8 month old gsd has decided to chew the bottom off my lovely silk,interlined sitting room curtains.What a mess. :smack: Whoops. (Don't be cross at me but I am sitting here having a little chuckle at the thought of your puppy looking at you all apologetic & angelic, am...

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I'm sorry Paul, but a coalition with SNP blackmailing - yes, blackmailing! - Ed Miliband and Labour is not what I want, thank you. SNP want one thing and one thing only. EM would spend all of the time in defence of manoeuvres from SNP for their one aim instead of running the country - the COUNTRY !...

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- Giselle blanked to save space You are so right. I live in Glossop which is in Derbyshire but to all intents and purposes is in Greater Manchester. Transport links are into Manchester, people shop in Manchester etc. The CCG is a combined one NHS Tameside and Glossop Clinical Commissioning Group (C...

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I'm sorry Paul, but a coalition with SNP blackmailing - yes, blackmailing! - Ed Miliband and Labour is not what I want, thank you. SNP want one thing and one thing only. EM would spend all of the time in defence of manoeuvres from SNP for their one aim instead of running the country - the COUNTRY ! ...

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The comments btl from right-wingers on this Guardian article are hilarious. For a start they seem to think changes to pension savings rules affect pensioners. They also can't get their head around the fact that those wealthy parents who benefit from lower fees for their kids are contributing via lo...

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Just finished catching up, having finally read all of the FTN links for the last few days. :) Here's a link to RichardBlogger's take on the Manchester thing where, as usual, he has forensically researched what information is available and drawn some conclusions. http://nhsvault.blogspot.co.uk/2015/0...

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Fingers crossed for you tomorrow PK1.

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I love solar eclipses – always get the telescope set up and a stack of paper and pencils so the local kids (including the grown-up ones) can trace the projection and enjoy the eclipse safely. Got really excited about this one 'til I checked and it's only visible as a total eclipse in Faroe and Icel...

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Well, despondency has set in. Toddling off now to be made even more miserable as it's Series Finale of "Death in Paradise" at 9 p.m. and I don't know when I'll next get to drool over Kris Marshall. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_in_Paradise_(TV_series) Still, there's NCIS Series 11 con...

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I like the idea of Giselle being the next election's Jim Davidson. "If the wrong lot win, I'm off". Ha! Ha! Ha! I rarely do rational Tubby ........ but the last time I was really stroppy but " well contained " was with David Laws and I so enjoyed making him feel smaller than the...

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Giselle, Virgin own "only" 10% of the franchise- the rest is Stagecoach. Virgin's brand is more prominent though, because lots of people think Branson is a cuddly "live and let live" guy, and Brian Souter (who I believe has stepped down from Stagecoach) a nasty homophobe. Stagec...

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The poor folk plunged into darkness will of course be fully aware that the solar eclipse is all Labour's fault! Obviously ;) The last one in 1999 was amazing. I had just come out of the vets with my dog & the silence was all encompassing. Not a bird to be heard & even the wind was holding i...

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Giselle, Virgin own "only" 10% of the franchise- the rest is Stagecoach. Virgin's brand is more prominent though, because lots of people think Branson is a cuddly "live and let live" guy, and Brian Souter (who I believe has stepped down from Stagecoach) a nasty homophobe. Stagec...

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I apologise to all you believers ..... but Jesus Bloody Wept.

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Next UK solar eclipse: Country will be plunged into darkness next month in biggest blackout since 1999 18:37, 24 February 2015 By Chris Richards Nearly 90 per cent of the sun's rays will be blocked in parts of Europe – with some of Scotland seeing 94 per cent darkness. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/u...

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There's some interesting reading (IMO!!) in these links, all to do with the #NHS. Roy Lilley having another go at Monitor and CQC. Says (in a roundabout way) let's go back to where we had Health Authorities! (This was before #devomanc!). 23rd February 2015 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/ren...

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I think I better take a break from twitter - I just ended up at the Express having googled "Jill Dando" and "Jimmy Savile". I'm turning into a conspiracy theorist. On a slightly less flaky note - does anyone know exactly how "done" this Manchester NHS devolution deal i...

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Couldn't resist as ... it was my favourite thing to do as well!

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I can't make out if Roy Lilley is for Manchester or not, but RichardBlogger, who we follow is anti.

This is Lilly's comment: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/What ... i7BLCPtcY0

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HindleA wrote:Morning

http://www.24dash.com/news/housing/2015 ... four-years" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Rough sleeping up 55% up in for years"

Thanks for that AH. It's a disgrace, yet another one.

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