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PorFavor wrote:@frightful_oik

How's the leg?

Went back to hospital today. They're going to leave it to settle for a week then assess whether to pin it. No pain just struggling to get around. Going to have lots of

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It's a spiral fracture of the fibula. Stepped backwards down the allotment and trod on a brick and my ankle went over. Knew I'd done something bad so called 111 which didn't work so had to call 999. 2:30 wait then all sorted quickly. Lucky that (well, a lot luckier than something worse....) - it's ...

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It's a spiral fracture of the fibula. Stepped backwards down the allotment and trod on a brick and my ankle went over. Knew I'd done something bad so called 111 which didn't work so had to call 999. 2:30 wait then all sorted quickly.

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Managed to break my leg today. Excellent care from NHS including much maligned East Midlands Ambulance Service. Temporary cast for today and go back tomorrow. Funny thing is it didn't hurt much. Gonna be fun trying to get out the bath in the morning.

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The boy stood on the burning deck whence all but he had fled Famous bit of poetry containing an absolute howler. Few can spot it quickly. Who/whom is pretty easy if you studied Latin/German/Russian as I did. Just use 'who' as most people do if you're not sure. The one that gets me is 'powers that b...

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Morning all. This is what we're undergoing at the moment. Via Michael Rosen. Thanks to Gove and Morgan, this is what 10/11 year olds can typically expect to find in their upcoming tests. 'Tick the sentence where the highlighted word is used as a subordinating conjunction He was at school BEFORE you...

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A few Civil War cannonballs were found in my garden. Now in the possession of Derby Museum.

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It's all reminding me of the football, (did I mention the demise of the red dogs at the hands of our brave young lads on Saturday?), where an away player has committed a bad foul and the home fans are chanting 'Off! Off! Off!'. Bet he only gets a yellow and a stern talking to though.

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Non-Tory audience on Any Questions shocker!

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I listened to QT last night. I wish DD would: a) STFU with his stupid questions. Twat! b) stop allowing right-wingers to talk over left-wingers whilst not allowing the reverse. Nicky Morgan was allowed rebuttal rights on everything. Emily Thornberry did rather well I thought when she could get a wor...

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On toady, a woman said to Nick Robinson, "You look just like Sergeant Bilko."
Spotter's badge for that lady.

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Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick 5h5 hours ago Suzanne Evans sacked by Farage again. Julia Reid to be Ukip Welfare spokesman Michael Crick ‏@MichaelLCrick 5h5 hours ago Suzanne Evans: "I really must be the most purged woman in British politics." Farage is bonkers. What's he doing messing abo...

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Dimbleby allowing the kipper and the tory to talk over the other two. JJ a waste of space.

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QT tonight:
Raab, Bours (UKIP), McDonnell, Zoe Williams, jermaine jenas

Why does UKIP get a panellist every friggin' week?

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Morning. Just popped in to say hi, and to praise the A&E staff at Aberystwyth hospital. I've been feeling pretty unwell recently, odd things I put down to a bug. Vertigo and nausea being two of them. My brain has felt fogged - not unusual some may say. I started walking into walls at Aber Arts ...

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RobertSnozers wrote:My God, Toby Young is an idiot

Not exactly news though Robert.

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15% posh. I blame it on going to a grammar school and going to opera. Useless quiz asks you what type of school you went to and then says you probably went to the local comp.

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Oh my. QT tonight. David Dimbleby presents Question Time from Poole, Dorset. On the panel: Conservative environment secretary Elizabeth Truss MP, Labour's shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott MP, broadcaster Julia Hartley-Brewer, parish priest and Guardian columnist Giles Fraser ...

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Willow904 wrote:
frightful_oik wrote:If the pound falls a lot, (it hasn't yet), the BoE will have to raise interest rates.
A possibility if "Brexit" prevails?

I'm not sure how much difference Brexit would make. Probably more likely after brexit than after brin.

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Of interest to cJA and others:
Interactive map showing effects of air pollution.
http://www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk/drivelessmap/

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If the pound falls a lot, (it hasn't yet), the BoE will have to raise interest rates.

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Morning all. A few weeks back when there was discord in the Labour Party, the BBC was leading every news programme with it. Now there's discord in the Tory party what do we get on toady? John Humphrys tries virtual reality; a choir that can't sing; a gorilla's caesarian. Not a whiff about Tory infig...

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HindleA wrote:Apparently I am an extremist,or happening to know the height of Everest and having a lucky guess at the other which was pretty close.

I knew the height of Everest and calculated that the daily birth rate would be about 10000, (without calculator). Hard leftie me so don't mess ok!

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Re. Toby. He is in the hospital I thought he was in - so I have left a message with the staff saying that we are missing him and send our love. Obviously, as a friend, I could not (and would not) ask for any details; it would be an intrusion I'm not willing to make. Suffice to say, message delivere...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:Ah yes, Balls. So much understanding of economics and so hopeless at getting that across to people

(one notes mischievously that Norwich City haven't won a game since he took up a position there )

Nor have we! I blame Balls!

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Morning all. Morning. Fallon, get told. "The chairman of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly said Argentina remained the greatest threat to security, not the Labour leader." Fallon reaffirms commitment to defend Falkland Islands - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35593095" onclick=...

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Good piece on NHS funding in the Graun.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016 ... ar-to-year
I'd be up for it.

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WatO running another bash Corbyn piece. Lefty BBC again! What's the "pretext" this time, then? Not that they need one of course........ Got some bloke on, (pollster/marketing type), who claims all the new members are very clicky, (FB/Twitter etc), but won't turn out to do the hard yards o...

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WatO running another bash Corbyn piece. Lefty BBC again!

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Been reading Derek Lewis' memoir about when he was Prison Service Director General. He comes across fairly well, and got me thinking a bit about appointing an outsider (not necessarily private sector like him, of course) to Ofsted. I don't really see why it has to be someone with an Education backg...

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Junior docs petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121152

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http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/feb/09/panic-situation-as-asian-stocks-tumble-amid-fears-of-new-global-recession 'Panic situation' as Asian stocks tumble amid fears of new global recession FTSE's up at the moment though. You tend to get a bounce after capitulation days like yesterday. And ...

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HindleA wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/business/201 ... -recession

'Panic situation' as Asian stocks tumble amid fears of new global recession

FTSE's up at the moment though. You tend to get a bounce after capitulation days like yesterday.

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Big Hug to CitizenJA.

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From Highways Agency: Event Location : The A1 northbound between the A52 and the junction with the A46 . Event Time To Clear : The event is expected to clear between 21:30 and 21:45 on 4th February 2016. Event Status : Currently Active. Event Reason : Road traffic collision. Return To Normal : Norma...

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Vincent Moss ‏@vincentmoss 8m8 minutes ago Vincent Moss Retweeted Nigel Farage looks like @bbcquestiontime might need a last-minute stand-in?! Nigel FarageVerified account ‏@Nigel_Farage Now been at a standstill for 90 mins on the A1. #bbcqt doubtful. Damn. Must be those immigrants choking up the r...

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QT tonight: Conservative energy secretary Amber Rudd MP, Labour's former shadow chief secretary to the treasury Shabana Mahmood MP, leader of Ukip Nigel Farage MEP, president of the Liberal Democrats Baroness Brinton and the Daily Mail's soon to be political editor-at-large Isabel Oakeshott. Poor ol...

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Morning all. Re Ofcom:

David Cameron has quietly been adding Tories to the regulator's board ...

https://www.byline.com/project/33/article/769

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Why Labour winning in London would be bad for Corbyn. Hmm. A Sadiq Khan win in London would expose the failings of Jeremy Corbyn http://gu.com/p/4gac3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; FFS. Do I even dare read this story? I can feel my blood pressure rising already. A Labour ...

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Happy b'day Ephe.

File this under 'Will we ever learn?'
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/d ... 679446.ece

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Speaker was very lax today. He really needs to stamp out this orchestrated racket from Tory MPs. Bunch of overgrown schoolboy twats!

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March 2010 was when TCC made his 'no more messy top-down re-organisations' speech. What TCC says and what TCC does are two completely different things of course.

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Effin, effin, lying b******s ... Just seen a slick ad about the living wage on the TV. Nurses and all.... Saw one on the side of a bus-stop yesterday. I remember thinking that the Tories are going to make me pay for their propaganda one way or another. No chance of them being called to account for ...

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Damien Willey shared Vox Political's post. The Equality Trust and High Pay Centre has average pay for UK workers calculated as £26,500. However, average pay conceals the reality for millions. For instance, the top 0.1% are earning a few pounds over £1 million a year and the top 1% are earning an av...

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The World Tonight didn't deem the doctors' dispute worthy of coverage. They had a poor item about loneliness though.

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Ayup meducks. Happy New Year. Time to give the tories some grief again.

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Happy New Year to one and all. Hopefully, even when we disagree, we can listen to one another. Wishing you all you wish yourselves.

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Just popped in to wish everyone a merry Yule. I'm now, since yesterday, officially an OAP: who was it said we get more right-wing as we get older? They were wrong! :lol!:

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Good afternoon all. Not sure if this is serious or not: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/12066323/Jeremy-Corbyn-cancels-Christmas-and-refuses-to-issue-festive-message.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Andrew Bridgen, a Conservative MP, said: "T...

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Excellent news ohso

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