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RogerOThornhill

Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, not that you would know it from the papers. The governments of France and Germany are sending their Presidents to the ceremony in Auschwitz, while the UK is sending...Eric Pickles...a man who has been found to have illegally discriminated against travellers' in plan...

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Growth of 0.5%.

Last month the OBR were forecasting 3.0% for this year and as it turned out at 2.6 that must have meant they were forecasting 0.9% for the final quarter.

Terrible forecasting - 0.9% vs actual 0.5%

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Response to the Education Select Committee report ‘Academies and Free Schools’ - Tristram Hunt http://press.labour.org.uk/post/109249440064/response-to-the-education-select-committee-report" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Report by Victims’ Commissioner is a damning i...

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Wow, NickyB's on fire in the lying stakes tonight! Even if he could find the money, where does Ed suppose 20,000 more nurses, 8,000 more GPs, 3,000 more midwives will come from? It takes about 10 years to train a GP, 4-5 years to train a nurse and longer to train a midwife. :toss: Midwife - 3 years ...

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Anyone seen the 'interesting' way of conducting a poll on the UKIP website right now?

WILL YOU BE VOTING FOR UKIP IN THE NEXT ELECTION?

Yes
Undecided

Oh, and for your vote to count you have to supply your email and postcode...could they be less obvious?

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Harry Cole ‏@MrHarryCole 16m16 minutes ago So Tories roll over on plain packs and now fracking? Why not just give Labour the keys... That the one who almost certainly lives in central London and would be entirely unaffected by fracking? Funny how the so-called metropolitan elite get it in the neck ...

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There's a new film by Adam Curtis that is only available on iplayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0 ... itter-lake" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Only around for the next 29 days...

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Well, the actual discussion of the audit report of DfE finances went: "It's really bad isn't it?" "yes we agree" "So what are you doing about it? "Well we have two options which we have to look at but haven't decided yet" And that was that. Greg Martin got one hel...

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Well, the actual discussion of the audit report of DfE finances went: "It's really bad isn't it?" "yes we agree" "So what are you doing about it? "Well we have two options which we have to look at but haven't decided yet" And that was that. Greg Martin got one hell...

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Freddie Whittaker @FCDWhittaker · 2m 2 minutes ago
Phillips: "School transferred, without receiving any money, assets to trust of which you and other #Durand pixies were directord" #PAC

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Freddie Whittaker @FCDWhittaker · 3m 3 minutes ago .@AnneMcGuireMP asks about doubt over ownership of assets. Wormald says that's one area where DfE and #Durand disagree #PAC @CommonsPAC So nobody knows who owns a school? Pretty much. Martin getting a rough ride here. And the DfE. Nobody seems to k...

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Just watching the PAC hearing about academy trust accounts and the DfE. They've started with what's been going on at Durand...and this about sums it up. Lauener is the MD of the Education Funding Agency at the DfE. Freddie Whittaker @FCDWhittaker · 3m 3 minutes ago .@margarethodge asks what if #Dura...

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:Yeah, that's utter drivel.

Can't anybody convert nowadays?

Yes, even those whose last Ofsted said Requires Improvement.

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The Education Select Committee is releasing a bipartisan report this week saying that the Coalition's education reforms have had little or no effect. http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/jan/25/government-policies-improving-uk-schools-had-no-effect-parliamentary-inquiry" onclick="win...

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In any case, these ideas are circumscribed by traditional boundaries. Neither is a truly radical small-government idea alternative. But one idea that Frum highlighted is more radical: a guaranteed basic income, otherwise known as just giving people money. The idea isn’t new. As Frum notes, Friederi...

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Kevin Maguire ‏@Kevin_Maguire · 1h1 hour ago Flibbertigibbet MEP Amjad Bashir was a member of Labour as well as Respect, Ukip and now Cons? Lucky Lib Dem escape. Ta @tomwilson23 Bit of a wanderer it seems.. I don't care for that kind of thing. I hope I don't offend anyone with that. Maybe making on...

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Remember that QE that was announced the other day?

How about it being used partly to buy Greek debt which is then written down to very low interest rates.

The timing of that announcement might not have been a coincidence...

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Patrick O'Flynn @oflynnmep · 2h 2 hours ago @John_J_C_Moss in event of a full Ukip govt we would leave EU then hold a referendum after to get public endorsement. That's so outrageous in every respect - the only response is :lol: Wow, they really have no idea. Do they think you can simply leave at a...

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Do these allegations explain why Ukip’s Amjad Bashir defected to the Tories? http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/01/do-these-allegations-explain-why-ukips-amjad-bashir-defected-to-the-tories/ One of those stories that you feel like having a good wash, or brushing your teeth and gargling e...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:
Mike Gapes MP retweeted
Iain ‏@Iain_33 1h1 hour ago
Amjad Bashir was booked to go on 5Live tonight but Conservative Central Office have pulled him from the appearance, @CCHQPress why?

Maybe they thought that he might get asked why he defected from the Tories to UKIP in the first place...

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Sunday papers giving Ukip trouble as general secretary calls for NHS to be privatised and compares it to Nazi Germany http://mirr.im/1D3V4vR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; A City barrister hired by Ukip to keep “bad stuff” out of the media, bespectacled Mr Richardson, 34, ...

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On the same subject...I wonder whether Bernard Ingham can now reveal who it was that he asked whether there was any truth in the rumours which he then didn't do anything about.

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Heck. http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5464/leon-brittan-was-under-met-probe-over-claims-of-child-sex-abuse" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Brittan named for lots of stuff. Sickening. And put off by May because she knew he was dying. And that woman who was supposed to head...

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Heck. http://www.exaronews.com/articles/5464/leon-brittan-was-under-met-probe-over-claims-of-child-sex-abuse" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Brittan named for lots of stuff. Hmm...anyone think that DFH might regret his "Put up or shut up!" piece he wrote on Britta...

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The Tories have apparently attracted David Campbell Bannerman back to them from UKIP. Wonder if a few more senior folk will bail out. Thought be'd been back a while. His wiki biog says he went back to the Tories in 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Campbell_Bannerman" onclick="wind...

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BBC now announcing that Amjad Bashir has defected to the Conservatives (from UKIP) - alongside the earlier news that UKIP had suspended him re allegations of financial nature. I particularly love this sentence from the UKIP statement about his suspension on their website: UKIP will not tolerate any...

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mbc1955 wrote:Given the results in today's matches, maybe people should be a bit less sniffy about last night's football. At least we won a replay. Away.

Oh dear...Chelsea. And Man City.

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Kevan Jones MP ‏@KevanJonesMP 5m5 minutes ago Interesting paid ad for Durham Free School in today's Northern Echo, even though closing. Is more scarce taxpayers cash being wasted? There was an article about the proposed closure in the Guardian. Interesting that Pat Glass raised concerns about it - ...

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I note that not only Hugo's remarks have been zapped but my query to the moderators as to whether there's something that they know about him i.e. any party links, was also removed. I'd take that as a "yes, they know who he is which is why they keep removing his posts". Anyone else would ha...

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Yes, you can see why Tim Aker was having trouble with their manifesto...on any given day there'd be umpteen different contradictory opinions on every subject.

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Paul Nuttall was very unconvincing (yeah, I know...) on the Farage views on the NHS on QT last night - he kept trying to claim it was all in the past as if Farage hadn't yet again come out with the health insurance idea. On that subject there was a very policy wonky-like chap* in the audience who wa...

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This one - the ever nuanced and persuasive Louise De Bours - has beaten Nathan Gill to be the next UKIP embarrassment ... but I'm sure ephemerid is right and he'll say or do something soon. ‏@OliverKamm Ukip’s health spokeswoman has been disqualified as a councillor after failing to attend a single...

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Guido is saying that Mark Hoban is standing down as MP at the election. Only 50 so not because of age - just got fed up apparently 17,000 majority so not likely to change says Dale. http://iaindale.com/posts/2014/12/29/general-election-predictions-13-hampshire-part-1" onclick="window.open(...

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Morning all. Can only echo the thoughts of others - the more people post here the better for a diversity of opinions. A heads up for me for next week... GiftedPhoenix @GiftedPhoenix · 2h 2 hours ago Education Select Committee: Academies and free schools report to be published on Wednesday 28 January...

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Morning all. Dear me, is there no end to this UKIP silliness? Ukip culture spokesman urges schools to fly union flag to promote Britishness http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jan/22/ukip-fly-union-jack-at-schools?commentpage=1 Schools should be encouraged to fly the union jack to help “reasser...

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stellacreasy ‏@stellacreasy 11m11 minutes ago So Sun going back to doing #page3? bit like drunken letchy uncle at a wedding who doesn’t get the message. Makes everyone uncomfortable.. Gloria De Piero retweeted NoMorePage3 ‏@NoMorePage3 16m16 minutes ago So it seems the fight might be back on. Thank...

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Durham Free School still digging.... Has the report been published? I got shouted at a lot on the telegraph a while ago on a story about a school in the north east that was graded as 'good' by Ofsted, where one of the reasons for not making 'Outstanding' was a lack of diversity (in keeping with Ofs...

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Durham Free School still digging. Parents have been invited in to talk to the Daily Mail tmrw. Honestly! Why would they talk to the Daily Mail? I am confused. The Mail did a piece on it today claiming that it was all a put up job by Ofsted asking questions about Muslims The headline was: Pupils at ...

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Just look at the earth shattering observations my MP makes. :roll: @DrPhillipLeeMP says Energy is fundamentally important to the health of our nation and our futures #bigenergydebate I tend to think that any statement that doesn't pass the "Who would ever disagree with this?" test is utte...

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The government’s multibillion-pound academies programme, in which thousands of schools have been taken out of local authority control and directly managed from Whitehall, has thrown the Department for Education’s finances into disarray. In an extremely rare move, the National Audit Office, the publ...

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I know this isn't politics but if you fancy a bit of opera tonight - the Roundhouse are streaming a live performance of Monterverdi's Orfeo at 7:15pm.

http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/2 ... st-orfeo-/

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Have we seen the DT story about the somewhat alarming file found about 80s sexual abuse? Secret government file on 'unnatural' sexual behaviour at Westminster unearthed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11359459/Secret-government-file-on-unnatural-sexual-behaviour-at-Westminster-unearthed...

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Otto English @Otto_English · 4h 4 hours ago GP and #UKIP candidate accuses member of public of 'only contributing Piles and STDs' to the NHS @UKIPWellingboro http://edlnews.co.uk/2015/01/20/ukip-ppc-and-nhs-gp-jonathon-munday-abuses-constituent-with-sexually-transmitted-disease-accusations/" o...

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I know little enough about this to make much sense, but my foggy understanding is that the 'cyclical' and 'structural' parts of the deficit are notoriously hard to calculate, have a nasty habit of affecting each other, and some economists don't even accept the idea in the first place Well quite. Re...

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Whoops. Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Department for Education financial statements 2013-14 The inability of the DfE to prepare financial statements providing a true and fair view of financial activity by its group of bodies means that it is not meeting the accountability requireme...

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Unemployment is in freefall. So why aren't we feeling it? People are working, but work doesn't pay. Employment is up, but tax revenue is down. The economy is humming again, yet Britain is still in debt. What exactly is going on? From a Telegraph article with some very clear graphs, explaining how a...

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Are there two signatures on that letter? And can anyone tell me what is scrawled above "David"? Looks like 'Iain' to me – he was very gung ho about heading into the second Iraq War, as I remember it. And is it normal practise for Downing Street letters to put the recipient's name immediat...

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Jeez...look at the end of Cameron's letter to Chilcott. Had the previous government established this inquiry when I first called for it, we would not be in this position today. But that cannot now be undone. Take a look at the end of the letter and the signature! http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/media...

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Jeez...look at the end of Cameron's letter to Chilcott. Had the previous government established this inquiry when I first called for it, we would not be in this position today. But that cannot now be undone. Take a look at the end of the letter and the signature! http://www.iraqinquiry.org.uk/media/...

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I've just noticed that the DfE has produced a half year report...and I know I keep banking on about new academies that aren't called free schools...but it's as if the DfE don't want to admit that they exist. In addition, the department has continued to expand the quality and scope of the supply of s...

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