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Anyone else see the lady in the QT audience who vented at Amber Rudd saying that she had voted Conservative at the last election because she had trusted them when they said they would look after working people and wouldn't cut tax credits and now they've gone and done just that ... and she said she...

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Dear me, just watched Graham Brady on the new grammar school come out at the end with something like "is it right in this day and age that central government should be telling people what schools they can have?" You mean like this one saying that every new school has to be a free school? ...

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PorFavor wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Was that affected to put an accent in précis?
Nah. It's no different to putting the f in sulphur . . . .

Sulpfhur? Sulfphur? Sfulphur? Suflphur - yep, that one'll do 'cause the stink of the stuff always makes me think I'm in danger of suflphurcating

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Was that affected to put an accent in précis?

Not at all. How could it be? I do it all the time. It might be 'affected' to italicise the word, mind...

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Leading solar entrepreneur to put business into liquidation Southern Solar is industry’s third high-profile casualty this month and founder Howard Johns is expected to blame government policy http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/14/leading-solar-entrepreneur-to-put-business-into-liquidat...

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Mornin' all - and thanks, @ephe, for a beautiful post to wake up to (and before I, probably, doze off again...) We do need to be gentle with one another.

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Bit late at night for posting this so I'll try to remember to re-post it tomorrow: https://aaf1a18515da0e792f78-c27fdabe952dfc357fe25ebf5c8897ee.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/47/NOTA_facebook_260px_v2.jpg Petition to George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Communitie...

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Had a nagging feeling all day, I'd said something wrong, finally realised. Belgrano not Bismarck. Doh! :smack: Oh dear, no wonder Osborne might not find the epithet 'The Iron Chancellor' quite to his liking – given the risk of history not repeating but circling to see him blown out of the water by ...

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That Ken Clarke really has some bloody brass neck. What happened under the last government was that the chancellor and his regulatory authorities allowed, first the dotcom bubble, and then the crazy credit boom. That meant tax revenues temporarily soared to astonishing levels. The then Labour gover...

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Ayes 320
Noes 258
The Ayes have it by 62. Who they, one wonders, beyond the Government majority of 12?

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Division has been called. Result expected at 9pm...

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tinyclanger2 wrote:Hello
(wave)

Hellooo!! :waves back:

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I see no logic to abstention, either. What could possibly be gained by it? There is no possibility for amendments to be made.

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Labour's CLG Devolution amendment defeated by 112 votes :( Finally, the Chancer has risen in the Charter for Budget Responsibility debate. He wo'n't let Governments be 'plofrigate' and will fix the roof while the sun in shining. Chris Leslie asks, is there not a danger in forcing Governments to run ...

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Voting now in progress on the Labour amendment declining to give a second reading to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill. Result expected at 7.15pm. Time runneth swiftly outwards... Do they just declare they're carrying on if the day's business has not all been completed? I cannae mind o...

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There b'ain't much time for this 'ere Debate on the motion on the Charter for Fudge-it Besponsibility. Nearly 6pm, Parliamentary Day due to end at 7.30 including Adjournment Debate - and the CLG Devolution Bill hasn't even got to the Shadow & Government summing-up-bit yet, let alone a vote...

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Greetings FTNers - I am slowly re-entering daily life and politics by media after another intensive session of living the politics of cruelty against wildlife. Our last session as the badger cull in Gloucestershire is finally over for this year - it ended this morning. More surreal experiences as t...

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Possibly one for the ladies here(dare I even write such a thing?????) Cold,grey day.Fed up,car in the garage awaiting new clutch and ?flyplate,cost to be approx £1100.00,so,I lit the woodburner and thought,hm,what shall I do? So I melted down the remains of 3 scented candles,you know,the last bit a...

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It's not healthy that we all sing from the same hymn sheet is it ? . . . Could we do 'interesting' harmonies and arrangements of the hymns, though? A bit of enharmonic here, chuck in an unexpected flat 5, add bagpipe, cowbell, and gamelan orchestra to Oh Little Town of Bethlehem - or is that a caro...

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It's probably not Skinner's best line but the accusation of sexism is borderline in my view. He's hardly suggesting that it's because she's a woman that she wants to close steelworks. Sounds like Political Correctness Gone Mad to me. I have no idea if it's sexist, but it made me laugh, and that's a...

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I missed this little exchange yesterday. I love Dennis in Beast mode to bits, but Soubry is hard faced as they come too.with barrister training. Was it really sexist to say "She even looks like Thatcher"? [youtube]7HsYL2zQO4g[/youtube] I think Dennis came off best out of that exchange. So...

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@seeing clearly. I'm thinking more of people buying vans, tents, old caravans to live in, or attempts at communal living. But agree that may be more open to people with some existing assets. Also, more likely to happen in area like mine, very low population, lots of places to camp out. Isn't that p...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:I share your exasperation Robert, but I hope you are back here soon.

Me too.

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September’s inflation rate is used to calculate a range of benefits payments in the UK. Consumer expert Paul Lewis reports that these payments will now be frozen, as will other payments linked to the headline inflation rate. http://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2015/oct/13/uk-inflation-chinese-...

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You're creating a very useful set of resources here, @ cJA . I'm flabbergasted, too, at the response to what is a very serious situation which will have long repercussions. Newsnight had a segment on a study done by a Spanish medical research team led by Professor Jordi Sunyer at the Centre for Rese...

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Newsnight is debating cannabis legalisation, starting now on BBC TWO - available to watch without a TV licence from two-and-a-half hours after the programme concludes at 11.15pm (ie., you can watch it, free of licence, via BBC iPlayer or catch-up services after 1.45am, tonight.)

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Professor Angus Deaton has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which awards the prize, said that Prof Deaton's work has transformed several fields of economics. More specifically, the organisation said he had made an impact on economic theory, and on th...

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Redcar steelworks receiver confirms closure of coke ovens Final shutdown looms for remaining workers after no viable offers were received from potential buyers for Teesside site (Guardian) http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/oct/12/redcar-steelworks-receiver-confirms-closure This is a disgrace...

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Mornin' all

Rowson on EU Referendum, after Rowlandson:
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Oh dear - not quite the 'fun night out' you were hoping for, then... You might like to send her a copy of this report as an 'apology for making her cry' - with particular attention to page 34 where it clearly states that, Thus, the balance of the evidence is that work is generally good for health an...

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Thank you for all of this, @ cJA . It's deeply worrying and I know how distressing it is to endure the effects of filthy air. I'd like to see a demand that VW (and all the other manufacturers who have cheated on emissions tests) provide a solution that brings all the affected vehicles within the leg...

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Right to Rent scheme risks discriminating against immigrants, warns Andy Burnham New checks on the immigration status of tenants risk becoming the modern equivalent of infamous “no dogs, no blacks, no Irish” signs. Research shows that some landlords are reluctant to let to people with foreign-sound...

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And I should have written and posted the letter to Mr Ohso's specialist yesterday, because I'd forgotten there's no collection on Sundays... Whatever is happening! In many ways it's worse than fifty years ago...Madness. The spider is looking good though. Checked spider eyes on Google because I've n...

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I remember the first Referendum well. We didn't have a choice dozens of channels in those days, so suffered rather a lot of politicians on screeen discussing the ins and outs of joining. I honestly can't remember anything about freedom of movement across borders...It must have been discussed, but o...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93European_Union_relations Potted history of Norway, the EU and referendums from Wiki. Norway has voted against joining on two occasions, in 1972 and in 1994. I bring this up because, unlike the Scottish referendum, David Cameron didn't really have to hold...

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http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2015/oct/09/awake-3am-entrepreneurs-biphasic-sleep-insomnia Lying awake at 3am? Perhaps you should try biphasic sleeping Extensive research by historian Roger Ekirch shows humans have traditionally slept in two phases. In his book, At Day’s Close: N...

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http://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2015/oct/09/awake-3am-entrepreneurs-biphasic-sleep-insomnia Lying awake at 3am? Perhaps you should try biphasic sleeping Extensive research by historian Roger Ekirch shows humans have traditionally slept in two phases. In his book, At Day’s Close: N...

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ohsocynical wrote:Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 31 mins31 minutes ago

First YouGov London Mayor poll since the selections of Zac Goldsmith & Sadiq Khan sees the LAB candidate 2% ahead

Good start. Gives Sadiq something to build on but should prevent any sense of complacency in the campaign ahead...

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Press release for above https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fair-rents-will-ensure-higher-earning-tenants-pay-to-stay" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; That is a disgrace and full of so much ammunition. Higher earners? :mad: Also, "£3,500 subsidy" - when there is no ...

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Have been told that Mad Mel was mostly fairly reasonable on last night's QT, certainly in contrast to the reliably ghastly Patel? Also that Lisa Nandy was excellent as ever :) She was. Mad Mel being fairly reasonable, that is. The second or third time they went to her I braced myself for her answer...

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Worth reminding ourselves of this from 2010... David Cameron promises public sector revolution http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8337237/David-Cameron-promises-public-sector-revolution.html The changes could ultimately see many functions of the NHS – from operations to walk-in triage service...

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ohsocynical wrote:We read some of Spike's poetry out at my brother in laws funeral. We couldn't help laughing, which is just how the brother in law would have liked it.

At my late father's, too

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Delighted for you, @ Sky ! Hope it applies to everyone else, too. And congrats on your courage in ringing up to check - a heck of a lot of people would just have continued to worry and fear so it took real guts to pick up that 'phone and make the call. :hug: <that's a flinging-ones-arms-around-someo...

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Jesus wept. Exclusive: Jeremy Corbyn snubs the Queen, saying he is too busy to be sworn in to the Privy Council http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/Jeremy_Corbyn/11917496/Exclusive-Jeremy-Corbyn-snubs-the-Queen-saying-he-is-too-busy-to-be-sworn-in-to-the-Privy-Council.html You kinda get the im...

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@mbc1955: I wish you'd stick around but if you really can't, then, thank you for all your posts while you've been with us - and the very best of good love, good luck, and good health to you.

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Perhaps it should be borne in mind that the press and bulletins will be full of sycophantic bullshit. Tomorrow is the start of 'politics as normal' again. Teggies now fixed if anyone cares. Look! :D They look marvellous, m'dear! I hope @ howsilly will get at least as good a dentist as yours - even ...

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In this country the chancellor deemed it OK to park in a disabled spot while nipping in to McDonalds,. In Russia they use holograms to warn others from doing so This Looks Like a Handicap Spot. And It Is. But Try to Park In It and… Pure Genius! http://omeleto.com/216671/" onclick="window....

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Which led to him losing a no confidence vote http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3225127.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ScreenShot00848.jpg And this is the man who said to an ITN reporter at the Conservative Conference, yesterday, asked what advice he would give the...

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citizenJA wrote:Goodnight, everyone.
Mr. citizen and I are going to play around together.
love,
cJA

Enjoy yourselves, @cJA

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citizenJA wrote:Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA

Goodnight cJA. Dream sweetly. x

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