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StephenDolan

House prices stalling, balance of trade widening, industrial output falling. Going well this Tory chancellor lark. I expect its all down to Labour.

StephenDolan

Morning all. Funny how we never get any comment from the academy cheerleaders about these kind of events... Ministers finally set to shut down Perry Beeches http://schoolsweek.co.uk/ministers-finally-set-to-shut-down-perry-beeches/ The controversial Perry Beeches academy trust in Birmingham is fina...

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HindleA wrote:New YouGov / Times poll:

Labour: 46%
Tories: 38%
Lib Dems: 6%
UKIP: 4%
Greens: 1%

8 point lead for Labour.

The last time Labour were on 46%?

StephenDolan

Oh, hadn't seen this. Chris Mason‏Verified account @ChrisMasonBBC 2h2 hours ago More BREAKING: Robbie Gibb has been appointed as Director of Communications in 10 Downing Street Moving from that leftie BBC again...I notice that Craig Oliver is on QT tonight. Stick up for Cameron and put the boot in ...

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Oh, hadn't seen this. Chris Mason‏Verified account @ChrisMasonBBC 2h2 hours ago More BREAKING: Robbie Gibb has been appointed as Director of Communications in 10 Downing Street Moving from that leftie BBC again...I notice that Craig Oliver is on QT tonight. Stick up for Cameron and put the boot in ...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:I see that AbiWilks has been bullied into another break from Twitter

Hopefully she'll be back soon. What was it in relation to AK?

StephenDolan

Javid blaming local government for Grenfell. All local government. Cheeky, cheeky twat.

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Over at the Guardian's Politics Live, there are the latest Conservative Home net satisfaction ratings for the Cabinet (and others). Theresa May comes bottom, but the top ten (which includes Liam Fox and Priti Patel) shows the overall dearth of talent. Especially since it shows Michael "Mad Mic...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Difficult to keep up, tbh

Perhaps Hammond or May can clarify?

StephenDolan

'The problem the Conservatives have is it wasn’t just Labour that got 40 per cent of the vote, it was Labour with policies and a leader that, everyone had agreed, made them completely unelectable. For two years there were columns every day that went “Labour would LITERALLY have more chance if they w...

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Morning all. I am, thanks to my other half, slightly shaky this morning...she's been coughing and wheezing a lot lately and found she was having trouble sleeping lying down. So when you get woken up at 3:20 with "Can you run me to the GP drop in centre at the hospital?" it's awfully tempt...

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Perhaps not the best choice of words. 'Its chief executive, Robert Bond, is understood to have told Gould in a letter that her “ inflammatory statements are highly damaging to our reputation and our business and will be defended by us in the strongest terms possible”.' Firm that refurbished Grenfell...

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Morning all.

Chuka, well done taking the headlines away from May. For the good of the country of course. Not the UK, Chukaland silly.

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PorFavor wrote:
11:04
Speaker gives MPs a vote on letting Northern Ireland women have NHS abortions in England (Politics Live, Guardian)

Ooh, it's popcorn time.

StephenDolan

Oh look, now Sarah's written a blog. https://twitter.com/sarahwollaston/status/880322194039083008" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; And Heidi can't read properly. https://twitter.com/heidiallen75/status/880136551442903040" onclick="window.open(this.href);return fals...

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Leftie BBC...

Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak

Wrexham MP Ian Lucas trolls May with Q on police cuts - she visited his constituency trying to swipe the seat during the campaign
12:26 PM · Jun 28, 2017

StephenDolan

Grayling being a total shit on wato. Local government decide over sprinklers, not central government.

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HindleA wrote:http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liv ... s-13249366#

JFT 96

Indeed.

StephenDolan

One for Dr RoT.

Everest was the school we were heavily pushed to have our eldest join. I don't freaking think so.

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StephenDolan

Morning all. Another fine mess on the watch of the Hunt.

Over 1,700 patients at risk in 'colossal' NHS mail blunder - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40408458" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

StephenDolan

Yep. Jim Pickard‏ @PickardJE 13m13 minutes ago More There are going to be a lot of questions about how the government can afford £1bn for its DUP deal, and those questions are very legitimate. http://newsthump.com/2017/06/26/tories-agree-deal-with-dup-after-finally-locating-elusive-magic-money-tree...

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RogerOThornhill wrote:morning all.

Sounds like this went well...

Ian Katz‏Verified account @iankatz1000 2h2 hours ago
More
Housing minister Alok Sharma twice avoids question of how many of Grenfell Tower residents have been rehoused on #BBCR4today

Let me be clear.

StephenDolan

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Morning all.

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NonOxCol wrote:Morning.

Breaking: this man is thick as mince.

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Some good replies

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'Kevin Hollinrake, a Conservative, asks if the government will provide encouragement to retrofit sprinklers when they are carrying out refurbishments. May acknowledges that the Lakanal House inquest did say this should be encouraged. But she says this has to be done carefully. She suggests that in s...

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"Care for the environment is always a social concern as well. Let us hear both the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor."

I wonder what Trump's thoughts are on Pope Francis?

StephenDolan

Good to see there's a push for another Corbyn and the Queen outrage. Sigh.

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Local flats acquired according to the Beeb.

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No fox-hunting, no new grammar schools? Quick, BBC, get Farage on the blower!

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Blessed are the piss takers.

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Universal credit rollout in North Kensington halted after tower fire https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jun/21/universal-credit-rollout-in-north-kensington-halted-grenfell-tower-fire?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A DWP spoke...

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Morning all.

Couple of things I was ruminating on this morning.

Possibly having another GE so soon must be a potential drain on party finances.

The Tories increase in the CDE vote, is this Brexit led or are they heading towards a parallel with the GOP?

StephenDolan

Coyne, what goes around, comes around.

Right, time for a coffee. No cake though, most disappointing.

StephenDolan

I think that is right. Politically, all turned out well for Labour. Of course, if what you care about is something other than the health of the party itself, an utter disaster. :roll: It hurts too much to say that Corbyn may be the one who actually saves us from Brexit doesn't it? [I know he hasn't...

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Morning all.

Good to hear Humphrys talking about possible loner/lone wolf. Why break his habit of a lifetime?

StephenDolan

Morning all. Just iplayered Newsnight. May was soooo poor. Strong and stable my arse.

There's the small matter of Brexit talks Monday.

StephenDolan

Agree with Tem and SH. Hot weather expected over the weekend, anger rising, this needs strong community policing to stop things going off.

StephenDolan

AnatolyKasparov wrote:It does seem that Stephen Moss has rather s*** the bed this morning.

How so? Can you link to what you're referring to please AK?

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http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/brexit-latest-news-uk-eu-dual-citizenship-european-union-countries-ireland-a7792971.html A survey has revealed that 89 per cent of UK citizens would like to have a second citizenship and many of them are prepared to spend a considerable amount for...

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@NOC Snap! They are an obscenity and a massive shit stain on national life. The fact that the BBC largely allows them to set its own news agenda is almost as bad. The difference between the BBC and other news channels has become even more evident since the GE than it was before. Cameron basically t...

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Smug right-wing arsehole follows up shit take with appalling snobbery on Radio 4: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/15/lessons-grenfell-tower-safer-cladding-tower-blocks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; https://twitter.com/search?q=simon%20jenkins&src=ty...

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https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/othe ... ts-knew-it" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Interesting. May well stop the spin that accompanies any release of stats that don't fit the narrative. Jonathan Portes‏ @jdportes 8m8 minutes ago More Jonathan Portes Retweeted Hetan Shah A round-robin letter from statisticians & economists that worked! Ministers/civil servants won't see ONS s...

StephenDolan

I despair at the tartan Tories making that viable for May.

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Jo Maugham QC @JolyonMaugham

If residents of Grenfell Tower want legal help with compensation and responsibility many lawyers will be happy to help. For free. I will.

Good on him, great news. The outrage in response? Not so much.

StephenDolan

Retail sales volumes across the UK plunged by 1.2% in May as inflation bites deeper into household budgets. This is a deeper fall than the 0.8% decline expected, and will fuel worries that the UK economy is faltering. From the Graun business live blog This is xxxxxx than expected. The last set of e...

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Morning all.

After seeing that Johnson at the London Assembly clip my blood is boiling.

It's early on but I can imagine a number of local government employees have been lined up to be pushed under the bus.

StephenDolan

You broke it, you've bought it.

This flustercook is all down to you Tories. Own it.

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This the one?

Rory Cellan-Jones @ruskin147

Political pundits are brilliant - they utterly failed to predict the election result but they already know why it happened & what comes next
7:31 AM · Jun 10, 2017

StephenDolan

Good piece by Rupert Myers (no idea who he is or his political leaning) on what Labour needs to do to win the next GE http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/labour-win-next-general-election" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "The central message for Labour to absorb is that...

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