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Happy Birthday @rr2

and cake

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ohsocynical wrote:I didn't think teachers were supposed to influence how pupils should vote? Only inform.

They are absolutely not permitted to tell students how to vote.

Edit to add: Sorry, @Tem. Hadn't seen your reply. Also, started your book this evening, hooked within pages, and now up to chapter 5

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Anthony Grabiner QC was made a life peer on July 26th 1999 - so, yes, under Blair's first Government.

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Wishing well to @Toby Latimer and to @HindleA's mum

xxx

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@Ephe: Deeply relieved to hear from you and to know you're still with us! Very sorry that you've been so very ill, though, and hope that you'll be on the mend now that you've had some decent care and treatment - the nurses sound lovely, too. Stay safe and don't overdo things xxx

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Something I heard on PMQs didn't sound quite right so... The Prime Minister: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary recently met the First Minister of Scotland to discuss Europe, but I say to the hon. Gentleman that Scotland voted to stay in the United Kingdom, and the Edinburgh agreement said ...

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rebeccariots2 wrote:Hope Ephemerid is OK. Not heard from her for a bit - or have I missed a post? Anyway sending best wishes to her.

I heartily second that. Keeping fingers crossed for Ephe

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JeremyCorbyn4PM ‏@JeremyCorbyn4PM 3h3 hours ago Sorry, Prime Minister, you lied on tax credits - and that's the truth, by @DawnButlerBrent: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/welfare/2015/10/sorry-prime-minister-you-lied-tax-credits-and-thats-truth" onclick="window.open(this.href);retur...

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Do London MPs or MPs in devo-max zones get excluded from any votes? Not as far as I've ever heard. I've never known of a Bill stating it related to England (excluding London) only, or similar variant. Probably because certain limited measures were 'devolved' to London more up from the London Boroug...

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Kate Devlin ‏@_katedevlin 2m2 minutes ago #Evel passes - 312 to 270 I thought without SNP the previous had been 312 to 269?!? Slight correction to my earlier comment. SNP said they would vote against the motion as a whole but would support very carefully selected Labour amendments, so seem to have ...

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Miliband D is belting up the Thames back to Westminster as we speak, after an arduous journey across the Atlantic. Thunderbird-4.jpg CBk3DHvWYAE4UYE.jpg Naturally, he'll have used Thunderbird 2 for the Trans-Atlantic leg of the voyage but probably couldn't get it past the Port of London/just west o...

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EVEL Standing Orders: Ayes 312 Noes 270 "Now that we have created different classes of MPs in this house, might the different classes of MPs be issued with different coloured passes?" (Kevin Brennan's Point of Order, which the Speaker says 'it is not for me to comment but the Honourable Me...

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Amendment F: - the onscreen precis says exactly the same as it did for Amendment E but the full version must differ somehow I know not. Ayes 269 Noes 312 Defeated. Next... (B, C, D, H, not moved so 'next' is Motion as on the Order Paper. Now, this the SNP said they will vote against and some members...

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IDS in front of the W&P Select Committee next week,"interesting" Can he be refused permission to bring 'his team' with him? It'd be the only way to stop him spending most of the time deferring to them rather than answering himself. If Osborne can manage to turn up to PAC with only one...

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Amendment E: to ensure that decisions affecting only England, or England & Wales, have a majority of support from MPs from those nations. (Meaning MPs representing constituencies within those nations, not where they're 'from.')
Ayes 269 Noes 312
Defeated. Next...

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@seeingclearly: I hear you. I feel you. I fear bad times come again and detest those that already have done

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Jonathan Reynolds MP ‏@jreynoldsMP 1m1 minute ago Both Scottish and English nationalism rampant in the Chamber. We will rue this day #EVEL No Welsh nationalism? Sorry - couldn't resist. But I'm deeply disturbed to realise there is a vote on EVEL today ... I hope it's not the final go ahead. The Tor...

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Rob Marchant ‏@rob_marchant 43m43 minutes ago Could the death of Michael Meacher...pave the way back into British politics for David Miliband? Paging @johnrentoul http://www.standard.co.uk/news/londoners-diary/londoners-diary-meacher-s-seat-could-attract-david-miliband-a3096711.html" onclick=&...

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@rr2: Thank you

:curtseys:

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The SunVerified account ‏@TheSun 17m17 minutes ago Jeremy Corbyn’s top aide plans complete purge of shadow cabinet http://thesun.uk/6015BOJFN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; :roll: No, I'm not going to check out the link. If Milne is planning to oust them all, as they imply...

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HindleA wrote:http://www.parliament.uk/business/publi ... 22/HCWS259

IDS announces trial of giving14 days warning period on intention to sanction,increasing who they consider at risk

A bit of a start? But barely...

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To LadyC. I went to see my brother-in-law,who lives in Devon and "ran"(coughed,jogged,staggered)the Great West Run in Exeter at the week-end.I am atrociously bad at training ie.unless given a medal and encouraged by support,I rarely run otherwise-hence thought of repairing bike and gettin...

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Morning. Rents, eh. We might have thought that the wilder and poorer parts of Wales might be exempt from unreasonably high rents. Not so according to a friend who was over here having a cup of tea with us earlier this week. His child has just taken up a place at Aberystwyth Uni ... The only room th...

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Oh girls and boys, you will delight in Chris Bryant's contribution as Shadow Leader of the House, just now in the HoC, when you come to read it in Hansard (in approximately three hours' time) or video appears* of it... I applauded :D *@ Toby Latimer : if you're out there, help! I think he started sp...

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Commons Speaker warns Lords not to block tax credit cuts The Commons Speaker, John Bercow, has sent a clear warning to the Lords not to overreach itself by blocking the government’s plan to cut tax credits, saying “the constitutional position is clear and longstanding”. http://www.theguardian.com/p...

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Build with the leaf and sprinkle with the solid...

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I now walk,but used to use my bike for work-receiving 75p a day allowance(not as bad as it sounds I also got travelling time)Think I will get my bike repaired and get back into the habit.Did a run at the week-end in Exeter,taking me longer to recover these days. My sister-in-law runs in that area! ...

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It occurs to me that the oblique framing of our PM in the HoC during PMQs is a departure from usual camerawork. Does anyone else concur? I have no memory of this during the Miliband years or earlier. Just the last two weeks. A whole new array of cameras and microphones was installed in the HoC over...

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HindleA wrote:Michael Meacher has passed away

Really really sorry to hear that. His blog was always interesting (rewarding reading) and he was really one of the good guys. Honour to his memory.

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@ seeingclearly : I'm with you, believe me. That land was probably better-used for outdoor crops and livestock. There are acres and acres of glass-houses collapsing and empty across the Scilly Isles and the Channel Islands having lost their business to Thanet Earth, too. Thanet Earth claim to be ver...

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Just thinking of (i.e., worrying about) @Ephe and hoping that she's ok.

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Peter Bone say,s "let's put in place the measures that are needed to rescue the steel industry and worry about the EU rules later, otherwise there might not be a steel industry to rescue." Oh, well. A back-handed swipe at the EU - but a welcome comment, nonetheless. What's the (not pursue...

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Peter Bone say,s "let's put in place the measures that are needed to rescue the steel industry and worry about the EU rules later, otherwise there might not be a steel industry to rescue."

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Doesn't Thanet Earth have a pretty poor record with regard to their employment practices? Or am I getting them confused with some other outfit with a similar name? Edited to add - That was an aside, in case anyone's wondering! Allegations and complaints were raised in 2010/11 of agency workers bein...

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Morning. Although it's a little late (I believe the debate is this afternoon) and, in the case of Rees-Mogg, futile, I sent an e-mail to my MP this morning expressing my opposition to the tax credits cuts, having been offered a handy link from 38 degrees. The main objections I cited was that the cu...

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Chinese investment, including backing from the Chinese state, creating 1,000 jobs in Wales. New project to take heat from biomass power stations to grow food like king prawns and vegetables: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/chinese-2bn-investment-build-biomass-10292039" oncl...

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Congratulations, @Sky - here's to your continuing success

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Its a long time since I listened to R5 regularly (there was a time when I did, certainly) and the comments about it on here don't make me miss it much. I was an avid listened to Radio 4 from the tragically early age of 18, but it's just become so pro-Tory now I can barely stand to. Even the comedy ...

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Martin Rowson on the Chinese State Visit. Tongues:
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... ts-cartoon

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I don't need to watch the rugby. I can tell how it's going from the random shoutings of Mr Riots from next door. Just heard a 'BRILLIANT'. Assume the Scots are giving it large .... 2 points up with 4 mins to play. As the time ticked down I was hoping, hoping, hoping, and trying desperately not to '...

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@Ephe: I'm really sorry to read of your night. Please take really good care of yourself and get onto your GP in the morning to tell them what's happened and for a follow-up

@Show: Thank you for looking after our Ephe so well

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I think it was @ HindleA who linked to this article on speye.wordpress the other day, on the new HA Right to Buy scheme. I've just got around to reading it and this bit stood out: If you really need any further confirmation of that look at this mornings Times which says: https://speye.files.wordpres...

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Investigative journalist Martin Hickman, who co-wrote Dial M for Murdoch with Tom Watson, defends Watson against the recent full on abuse levelled at him. http://www.martin-hickman.com/tom-watson-witch-hunt.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I didn't see it last night, bu...

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Analyst Oxford Economics said the UK's GDP per head of population will reach £23,500 - £250 higher than in the US. However, because goods and services are cheaper in the US, Americans will have stronger purchasing power, it added. UK GDP per capita will also be higher than in Germany (£21,665) and ...

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Thanks Anatoly

Bit of a cryptic final comment.....
Oh my word Anatoly I knew nothing of that. Dear oh dear.

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Perhaps we need to sympathise with their plight then gently point out to The Lady From Kent (and those in her position) that this Conservative Government are taking away the very Tax Credits to which the Labour Governments gave her a Right, in Labour's drive to ensure that people who worked were alw...

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Landlord Tory MP Philip Davies says UK law requiring homes be fit for human habitation is an unnecessary burden Philip Davies says the law would put a 'huge burden' on landlords and that it can be hard to keep up with regulation http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/landlord-tory-mp-philip-...

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http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/15/submissions-to-theresa-mays-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-accidentally-deleted Information provided by alleged child abuse victims to the overarching inquiry set up by Theresa May has been deleted due to a blunder, it has emerged. Submissions sent through a...

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I mentioned it to Owen Jones, although i don't think i was chastising. i can't get to grips with how working people such as this lady could trust the malicious bastards. Maybe better political education is the key. ScreenShot00867.jpg More to the point, I struggle to understand why anyone would bel...

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G'day all:) Just listening to debate in HoC on Karen Buck's 'Homes (Human Habitation) Bill' - did you have any idea that the 1985 Housing Act did not update the rental limits from their last uprating in 1957? That is that redress for tenants (rent repayments and/or compensation) in respect of unfit ...

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