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HindleA wrote:Sorry you had to go through it of course,what a tremendous judicious use of money.

Quite.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/theresa-may-mental-health-learning-difficulties_uk_5919af15e4b00f308cf6b323?ir=UK+Politics&utm_hp_ref=uk-politics Sadly, Cathy won't be getting her DLA back & her only hope of getting a PIP if she's already been turned down is by ultimately appealing to...

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Found it on page 1 of the ransomware blog: Ben Wallace, UK security minister has been on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme defending its record on investment in cyber-security. He said he did not know if the ransomware attack would escalate or stabilise. Asked if the Government was to blame for cutting ...

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All the tech articles I read about the ongoing support refer to the UK deciding not to renew its contract in 2015, which implies there was an option to do so. Which is different to what is being said in the passages which you quote, which suggests there was no option after May 2015. I had thought l...

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Interesting polling experiment by Lord Ashcroft. Narrowing down to individual constituencies takes some doing I expect.

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All the tech articles I read about the ongoing support refer to the UK deciding not to renew its contract in 2015, which implies there was an option to do so. Which is different to what is being said in the passages which you quote, which suggests there was no option after May 2015. I had thought l...

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7th April 2014: The UK and Dutch governments have paid Microsoft multiple millions to extend support for Windows XP past the 8 April cutoff date. The UK extension cost £5.5m but is only valid for a year, after which public-sector users will have to be moved to newer software. “We have made an agreem...

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As I understand it, Microsoft agreed to provide (paid-for) support for a single year after general support for all users of XP was withdrawn. Both Corbyn & Ashworth have misunderstood & should revise their statements to say that the NHS computer software should have been ungraded & the D...

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From the G live blog: The Guardian’s Samuel Gibbs reported in May 2015 that the Government Digital Service had decided not to continue its £5.5m deal with Microsoft to extend support for Windows XP. That decision left government computers still running on the obsolete operating system at risk from ...

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Interesting column by Matthew Parris in which he slams the govt for their insipid election campaign & refusal to counter the points Corbyn is making. His final paragraph: Imagine a pugnacious, funny, moderate-sounding Ed Balls as Labour leader; imagine Mrs May without the Brexit wind in her sail...

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Maybe you might have told Jamie Reed and Tristram Hunt that ;) The former in particular - it is likely this election would not be happening now had he not done what he did. How on earth do you arrive at that conclusion ? Reed took the opportunity to return to an industry from whence he came. Changi...

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Retirement age for MPs. Should parties have a rule for this, as we do for judges? Michael Crick has been posting the age of some of the MPs standing. Looking at the list, most of them have never troubled the scorers in political terms, and I wonder whether a mandatory retirement age would help. Yes...

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Retirement age for MPs. Should parties have a rule for this, as we do for judges? Michael Crick has been posting the age of some of the MPs standing. Looking at the list, most of them have never troubled the scorers in political terms, and I wonder whether a mandatory retirement age would help. Yes...

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This thread by David Allen Green is worth a read re CPS decision

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StephenDolan wrote:Paul Johnson at the IFS. Blinking red socks wearing expert. Why trust him about Labour's costings when we can listen to the Tory stooges.

Pointless fact of the day: Paul Johnson went to the same school as my children

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No charges to be brought by CPS

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I admit to being cynical about the tax increase for those on & over 80k. Last month, it was said to be for those on 70k http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/june2017/2017/04/does-earning-70000-make-you-rich" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Wonder if it was the realisation...

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I missed an ORB poll for the Torygraph Con 46 (+4) Lab 31 (nc) LD 9 (-1) UKIP 8 (nc) Slightly odd net changes there........ Don't know if this has been mentioned above already, but the supposed LibDem 14% rating in last night's YouGov was (inadvertent) "fake news". It was actually 11%. Ac...

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Whoops ! Sky News hedging their bets

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Andy Street has won West Midlands Mayoralty

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Multiple people I know who are non political were pretty complementary about his performance on the NHS, despite the risible efforts of a certain JB to smear him. Despite the shocking state of the NHS in the last few years, JB has been totally silent which suggests her sole purpose may well have be...

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Do hope there are GE candidates lined up for Steve Rotheram & Andy Burnham's seats.

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@yahyah

Good to 'see' you

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BBC reporting Projected National Share for 2017 (changes since 2015)

Cons 38% (+3)
Lab 27% (-2)
LD 18% (+7)
Ukip 5% (-8)
Others 12% (nc)

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Cold & windy here. Turnout for our half-council elections last year was ~30% & I fully expect that turnout to be lower this year because it's so close to a GE. Harsh comments on Phil the Greek. He's 96 & surely even hardened republicans don't want the Royals to work until the day they die.

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:We could certainly have done with him at his peak this season!

Quite. Gawd only knows how we get through to the end of this maddest of seasons with no fit defenders & Rashford taking all the set plays despite having the far better free-kick & corner taker, Rooney, on the pitch

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Ex-Manchester United defender, Patrice Evra, has a message of cheer for everyone:

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20 years ago today, millions were electing Labour to oust the Tories.

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Jeremy Cliffe from the Economist tweets about May and Junker's pre-negotiations - a long twitter stream, the only way I can get it all in the link is to pull up his standard stream so go to the bottom and work your way up https://mobile.twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/ "I leave Downing St ten times a...

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Interesting Scotland poll by Yougov, albeit not good for Labour.

Headline numbers: SNP 41%, Con 28, Lab 18 but according to the Times, these seats would change hands

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We were told it was Boston/Skegness last night :?: AS blog: Here’s Paul Nuttall on the Today programme confirming that he will stand. But: I’m not going to say where I’m going to stand today. It’s my duty to lead the party into battle. It’s an election that none of us foresaw, but it’s an election ...

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Joke party, aka Ukip, launch their election campaign yet Nuttall refuses to declare which seat he intends to challenge, telling journalists they need to await an announcement tomorrow.

Hope not Hate deserve congratulations on successfully interrupting the show though

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Happy #EdBalls Day to all

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Here's the data for the Survation poll quoted above:

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ANDY Burnham is stepping down as Leigh's MP. The former shadow home secretary is hoping to become the first elected mayor of Greater Manchester next month. But even if he fails to be elected on May 4 he has decided not to stand in the upcoming general election. http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/15...

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@GlenMitchell1 Labour have confirmed that they have cancelled #gortonbyelection in light of #GeneralElection 5 weeks later. "Labour" haven't done any such thing, it isn't in their power to. Pointless posting here when my every report of someone else's comment is being ridiculed by you.

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Labour have confirmed that they have cancelled #gortonbyelection in light of #GeneralElection 5 weeks later.

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Would genuinely be interested on exactly when, and why, May decided on this. I do actually think that when she ruled out an early GE in the past, she meant it (at the time) Of course the polls are a factor, but maybe her mind wasn't finally made up until the weekend? Saw what Erdogan did in Turkey ...

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Temulkar wrote:
You'll be voting Tory then?

No but it matters not because in this seat, they weigh the blue vote. It's been blue since the day it was created.

I do at least vote Labour to try & get rid of the Cons - more than can be said for some.

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Would genuinely be interested on exactly when, and why, May decided on this. I do actually think that when she ruled out an early GE in the past, she meant it (at the time) Of course the polls are a factor, but maybe her mind wasn't finally made up until the weekend? Saw what Erdogan did in Turkey ...

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Alan Johnson is not standing

Edit: just seen AK has already mentioned it.

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Oh for FUCK'S SAKE PISS OFF. https://twitter.com/David_Cameron/status/854284744548331521" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I'm afraid that I'm now feeling that way about Jeremy Corbyn, too. My initial reaction was YES - finally we'd get rid of Corbyn. But there's also the rea...

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Health and housing are the only two policy areas where Labour were regarded as being most able to deal with, albeit very marginally, in that yougov poll. NHS Lab 30 Cons 23 Housing L 22 / C 24 Asylum and immigration L 13 / C 29 Law and order L 13 / C 37 Education and schools L 23 / C 26 Taxation L ...

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Health and housing are the only two policy areas where Labour were regarded as being most able to deal with, albeit very marginally, in that yougov poll. NHS Lab 30 Cons 23 Housing L 24 / C 22 Asylum and immigration L 13 / C 29 Law and order L 13 / C 37 Education and schools L 23 / C 26 Taxation L 1...

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Nobody is interested in your leading questions about polls, SH. As with the recent ComRes, YouGov apparently also show that Labour's recent policy announcements are popular. So how to explain the apparent contradiction between that and the VI figures? I have my ideas, but they may not be the same a...

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Well, that escalated quickly.

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Stephen Bush on current polling:

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Deleted double post We've all done it ;) On one of your points, I did notice that slug Neil Coyle slagging off the SC to the Sun the other day. Even if what he said was true that would have been pretty disgraceful, but it appears he was basically telling fibs. I know that McNicol is only interested...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-39590851" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Bandages which can detect how a wound is healing and send messages back to doctors could be trialled within the next 12 months, scientists have said. This is a fantastic initiative &...

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Has anyone seen yahyah anywhere recently ? It's a worry that both she & her husband were suffering ill health at the same time & she hasn't posted since then.

Yahyah, if you're looking in....

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