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by HindleA
Mon 15 Sep, 2014 11:08 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 15th September 2014
Replies: 122
Views: 47883

Re: Monday 15th September 2014

Morning.

A good article about Social housing in New Statesman


http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... al-housing" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Mon 15 Sep, 2014 1:42 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Another example of how utterly useless the bedroom tax is. I hope this is another case the government lose. For a minute I thought "BT" referred to Better Together and was mightily confused. No British Telecom :D Hah! British Telecom was my first thought – like, what on earth have they do...
by HindleA
Mon 15 Sep, 2014 12:18 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Evening,well after being reasonably confident about Scotland rejecting independence,Now I'm not so sure.The Scottish side of my family,living in Scotland are,I have been informed solidly behind a Yes,that this a shock is very much an understatement as they voted against devolution.What has changed ...
by HindleA
Sun 14 Sep, 2014 10:41 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Phones4U have gone into administration,550 stores close with loss of 6,000 jobs tomorrow.
by HindleA
Sun 14 Sep, 2014 10:11 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Evening,well after being reasonably confident about Scotland rejecting independence,Now I'm not so sure.The Scottish side of my family,living in Scotland are,I have been informed solidly behind a Yes,that this a shock is very much an understatement as they voted against devolution.What has changed t...
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 7:50 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Judicial Review into the BT set for the 19/20th November.Concerning domestic violence victims and sanctuary rooms.Background here: http://www.hmbsolicitors.co.uk/news/category/item/?asset_id=1580" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Another example of how utterly useless the bed...
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 7:24 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Judicial Review into the BT set for the 19/20th November.Concerning domestic violence victims and sanctuary rooms.Background here:


http://www.hmbsolicitors.co.uk/news/cat ... et_id=1580" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 3:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Have noticed that you can see who has thanked you and in which post,have decided that if I don't otherwise acknowledge a post/poster(I always read but don't always know what to say and as I dip in and out ,sometimes at ridiculous o'clock I presume they are no longer about)I will thank them in lieu o...
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 2:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

"Labour eight point lead"

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... erver-poll" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 1:44 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Retweeted by Lightacandle alan rusbridger ‏@arusbridger 52m @lightacandleOTM new editorial board. Consulted widely on paper and beyond. We'll poll reAders next week ???? In response to lightcandle's question regarding lack.of consultation with readers prior to editorial on IndyRef,unlike GE and why...
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 1:28 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

"Risk to horticulture getting lost "if a Yes vote,according to some


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/11 ... lture.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Sat 13 Sep, 2014 9:42 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014
Replies: 350
Views: 127059

Re: Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th September 2014

Morning. CAB Report from a couple of days ago about UC,giving particular scenarios and recommendations for improvement. http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/policy/policy_publications/rebalancing_universal_credit__making_it_work_for_disabled_people" onclick="window.open(this.href);return...
by HindleA
Fri 12 Sep, 2014 9:07 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th September 2014
Replies: 103
Views: 47405

Re: Friday 12th September 2014

Sanctioned for not attending a workshop that was inaccessible.

http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2014/0 ... -workshop/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Fri 12 Sep, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th September 2014
Replies: 103
Views: 47405

Re: Friday 12th September 2014

http://disabilitynewsservice.com/2014/09/benefit-claimants-missing-out-on-thousands-in-transfer-from-dla-to-pip/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Claimants missing out on thousands in transfer from to DLA to PIP" Hard to not think this was part of the design,perhap...
by HindleA
Fri 12 Sep, 2014 12:36 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 12th September 2014
Replies: 103
Views: 47405

Re: Friday 12th September 2014

Afternoon.

Proposed decimation of the Disabled Students Allowance has been delayed a year.Ministerial Statement .2,Student Support.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publi ... tatements/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Thu 11 Sep, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th September 2014.
Replies: 118
Views: 54860

Re: Thursday 11th September 2014.

Thanks. Crikey, the comments BTL on that piece are delusional! To be clear,posted purely as it contained the requested questions,strictly not to be seen as an endorsement or not of the website.I am half Scottish,spent most of my formative years in Scotland but happen to be not in favour of Independ...
by HindleA
Thu 11 Sep, 2014 3:21 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th September 2014.
Replies: 118
Views: 54860

Re: Thursday 11th September 2014.

Shame the original question wasn't on the clip, I would have liked to know exactly what Robinson asked. You're right, Salmond looked distinctly peed off. His usual tactics of bluster and bombast, amd when all else fails, talking over anyone else, didn't seem to be working. 'Our friends in the inter...
by HindleA
Thu 11 Sep, 2014 2:25 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th September 2014.
Replies: 118
Views: 54860

Re: Thursday 11th September 2014.

A Tubby Isaac's scripted Nick Robinson heckles Salmond, Alex looks a tad rattled. http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-11/salmond-shouts-down-heckles-from-bbcs-robinson/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Shame the original question wasn't on the clip, I would have liked to ...
by HindleA
Thu 11 Sep, 2014 11:29 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 11th September 2014.
Replies: 118
Views: 54860

Re: Thursday 11th September 2014.

Latest (very few)WCA assessment figures.for those interested.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistic ... ember-2014" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Wed 10 Sep, 2014 3:49 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Replies: 173
Views: 80354

Re: Wednesday 10th September 2014

Anyone else hear Mark Harper on Radio 4 earlier admitting there are disgracefully long waits for PIP assessments and claims to be decided. But - hey ho - don't worry, he's sorting it all out so that soon there will only be a maximum wait of 26 weeks (yes, that's right - 26 weeks, otherwise known as...
by HindleA
Wed 10 Sep, 2014 2:53 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Replies: 173
Views: 80354

Re: Wednesday 10th September 2014

Have a lot of respect for Brown, I was angry at how he was treated in the dying days of his premiership, the revulsion shown to him, at times downright hatred by people not fit to lace his boots, I didn't give a monkeys that he was dour, or that he supposedly shouted at his colleagues, I wanted a p...
by HindleA
Tue 09 Sep, 2014 12:47 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 9th September 2014
Replies: 110
Views: 48141

Re: Tuesday 9th September 2014

TheGrimSqueaker wrote:
letsskiptotheleft wrote:Sorry, not cancelled, stand ins instead, so I assume that is Clegg, such joy.
Clegg is going as well (to make sure Dave is kept topped up with coffee, I think).

Apparently it's Hague versus Harman
by HindleA
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 4:12 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 50600

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

Just a bit of fun 're.Scottish Referendum


http://www.channel4.com/news/indyref-sc ... voter-quiz" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Mon 08 Sep, 2014 12:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Monday 8th September 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 50600

Re: Monday 8th September 2014

I see CIFers have been quick to pick up and pour scorn on John Humphry's inevitable introduction of the concept of a 'politics of envy' when he was 'interviewing' Frances O'Grady about the growing wage and living standards inequality that the TUC are rightly highlighting. So real hardship and not b...
by HindleA
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 9:36 pm
Forum: Pub
Topic: FTN predictions for Scottish Independence Referendum result
Replies: 12
Views: 7808

Re: FTN predictions for Scottish Independence Referendum res

58.4/41.6. for No 73% turnout.
by HindleA
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 132835

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Live streaming of the TUC conference for those interested.
rtsp://212-125.livestream.com:8080/livestreamiphone/238518_3353981_35d96036_1_198@102698" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 5:32 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 132835

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Apologies.Posted already given link.
by HindleA
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 3:28 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 132835

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Mike Smithson on the Scottish Referendum and polling.


http://www.theguardian.com/politics/you ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Sun 07 Sep, 2014 12:22 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 132835

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Andy Burnham speech for those who haven't seen

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by HindleA
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 9:46 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 132835

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Eight months from today we will be voting in the General Election! (Unless Our Glorious Ronsealed Fish-pointer General finds a way (Scottish Independence, war anywhere he can pretend is necessary, etc) to avoid facing the electorate.) A week is a long time in politics,so they say.Eight ####ing mont...
by HindleA
Sat 06 Sep, 2014 9:35 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014
Replies: 288
Views: 132835

Re: Saturday 6th & Sunday 7th September 2014

Here's the Lib Dem Voice piece trying to justify the party's U turn on bedroom tax. Please suspend all belief in anything principled and sane well before you read it. Some commentators BTL are giving them the spanking they deserve for trying to pretend it's because they only now have proof of what ...
by HindleA
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:13 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 62305

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Vince Cable ‏@vincecable 4h Absolutely delighted that the bill from Lib Dem @AndrewGeorgeLD to fix the Tories' bedroom tax has passed thanks to Lib Dem and Labour MPs Steve Webb takes the biscuit I would say,the chosen one that has repeatedly answered for the Government in previous debates as the B...
by HindleA
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:28 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 62305

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

refitman wrote:
yahyah wrote:Been out and just catching up on things so may have the wrong end of the stick [as usual].

Clegg & Beaker were conveniently absent for today's vote ?
The Beeb are saying all but 3 Lib Dems voted for the bill. Clegg & Beaker absent, who's the 3rd?

"Beaker" was there.See above.
by HindleA
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:09 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 62305

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Has anyone any idea how the LibDems, who attended voted? Going to find an old saucepan and that can be used as a spittoon as I read the list. Hansard http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/hansard/commons/todays-commons-debates/read/unknown/17/" onclick="window.open(this.href);ret...
by HindleA
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 10:58 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 62305

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip. Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private. Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too. Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private...
by HindleA
Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:54 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Friday 5th September 2014
Replies: 140
Views: 62305

Re: Friday 5th September 2014

Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.


Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.
by HindleA
Thu 04 Sep, 2014 9:35 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
Replies: 121
Views: 49848

Re: Thursday 4th September 2014

Briefing paper for Andrew George's Bill tomorrow

http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-paper ... ill-201415" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Thu 04 Sep, 2014 12:48 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
Replies: 121
Views: 49848

Re: Thursday 4th September 2014

Government response to JCHR Report on Legal Aid,children and residence test.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... o-the-jchr" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
by HindleA
Thu 04 Sep, 2014 12:34 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 4th September 2014
Replies: 121
Views: 49848

Re: Thursday 4th September 2014

Afternoon. For those interested. SSAC Report and Government response to the increase in waiting days for JSA and ESA claimants. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-security-jobseekers-allowance-and-employment-and-support-allowance-waiting-days-amendment-regulations-2014-ssac-report&quo...
by HindleA
Sat 30 Aug, 2014 12:52 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August
Replies: 99
Views: 50374

Re: Saturday 30th & Sunday 31st August

Morning all. Has anyone worked out Carswell's position on the Bedroom Tax yet? He voted for it, and against any exemptions for carers etc (http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/11621/douglas_carswell/clacton" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). However Ukip's official line is again...
by HindleA
Fri 29 Aug, 2014 12:24 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Thursday 28th August 2014
Replies: 117
Views: 63379

Re: Thursday 28th August 2014

Evening.Wail reporting eight Tory MP's in talks with UKIP.
by HindleA
Wed 27 Aug, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Replies: 125
Views: 91739

Re: Wednesday 27th August 2014

It appears that the UN has instigated its first ever investigation into grave or systematic violations on the rights of disabled people in GB,Daily Wail reporting this.
by HindleA
Wed 27 Aug, 2014 3:43 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Replies: 125
Views: 91739

Wednesday 27th August 2014

Morning. The utter hypocrisy on so many levels contained in the latest DWP press release would take sometime to outline.How about attending to the basic obligations of your own department. :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :wall: :fight: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/high-street-could-be-boosted-by-2...
by HindleA
Tue 26 Aug, 2014 6:14 pm
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Replies: 162
Views: 107086

Re: Tuesday 26th August 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/aug/26/dangers-to-disabled-children-of-low-cost-specialist-transport "Low cost home transport -a disaster waiting to happen"This may have been mentioned here,apologies if it has,I know,as some of the comments state Private Eye has been covering for s...
by HindleA
Tue 26 Aug, 2014 10:57 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Tuesday 26th August 2014
Replies: 162
Views: 107086

Re: Tuesday 26th August 2014

Many Happy Returns to AAW :D
by HindleA
Tue 26 Aug, 2014 1:03 am
Forum: The Daily Politics
Topic: Independence Debate
Replies: 49
Views: 38550

Re: Independence Debate

THANK YOU for setting this up,much appreciated. :D