Wednesday 15th February 2017

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ness-rates" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Government urged to stop property tax hikes for 1,249 NHS hospitals
Changes to business rates system mean NHS hospitals liable for property tax will see bills increase by £322m over five years

[HindleA]

https://newrepublic.com/article/140641/ ... y-eugenics" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Trump Has Turned the GOP Into the Party of Eugenics

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ugh-claims" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Liverpool mayor calls on Paul Nuttall to resign as MEP over Hillsborough claims


, as well as his inability to name the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent, were coming up repeatedly unprompted on the doorstep on Tuesday afternoon."


Hanley,Fenton,Burslem,Tunstall,Longton,Stoke;if I'm not mistaken;granted I usually make an annual visit to the area in puffathons.

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... normalised" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


The Guardian view on abuse of public figures: hatred should not be normalised
Editorial

[tinyclanger2]

Can anyone recommend another board where, like this one, the comments won't make me vomit?

[tinyclanger2]

it's a bit old but hey.

Brits know less about the EU than anyone else
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2015/ ... yone-else/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Averaged across the two measures, these data suggest that British people are less knowledgeable about the EU than the citizens of any other member state: 84 per cent of the British public could answer at least 1 of the three questions correctly (only Spain was lower on this measure), and only 27 per cent of the British public could answer all three questions correctly (only Latvia was lower on this measure).

[HindleA]

Though they found ,knowledge or lack of having little bearing on positive/negative view,which matches my experience.



https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... heme#img-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Children's commissioners write to home secretary over end of Dubs scheme
Commissioners for Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland write to Amber Rudd calling for government to do more to help child refugees

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Women set up a rival to male-dominated northern powerhouse event

[HindleA]

http://m.wikihow.com/Remove-Barnacles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ic-parents" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

MPs and peers launch manifesto in support of children of alcoholic parents

[HindleA]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38961818" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Early deaths among care leavers revealed

[tinyclanger2]

RESPONDING TO OS ABOVE

Indeed.
Hats off to whoever pulled that off.

[HindleA]

????

[Temulkar]

Crazy busy so havent been posting much last couple of days, but here's an article Ive done that has absolutely nothing to do with brexit, corbyn, politics, or elections.

http://jemahlevans.wixsite.com/jemahlev ... ical-Novel" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[tinyclanger2]

????

sorry was responding to OS above.
rather morosely.
apologies for the unintended juxtaposition.

[tinyclanger2]

I do wonder, if I'll ever actually say it.
Let's see.

[tinyclanger2]

Anyone know a good non-fiction agent?
For something really interesting.
That doesn't involve Brexit?

[HindleA]

Ah.O.k I can't see their post.He's had more comebacks than Frank Sinatra.

[tinyclanger2]

Have amended own post to avoid similar misunderstandings.

[HindleA]

Not elections,but close.

[adam]

Not elections,but close.

I'd decided not to make that joke but I'm still glad someone else did.

[HindleA]

Innocent face.

[tinyclanger2]

[HindleA]

https://www.thelocal.de/20170214/mass-s ... ly-made-up" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Mass sexual assaults by refugees in Frankfurt ‘completely made up’

[Temulkar]

Anyone know a good non-fiction agent?
For something really interesting.
That doesn't involve Brexit?

Try the artist and writers handbook - in most libraries - it will have a list of agents for factual stuff. They generally only want a proporal rather than a complete work which fiction ones want.

[Eric_WLothian]

Bloody EU winds coming over here, dropping their pollution:

Nigel Farage has blamed Germany for creating the air pollution that is blighting British cities.
The accusation comes after the European Commission sent a "final warning" to the UK for repeated breaches of legal limits in parts of the country.
The warning was issued for persistent breaches of levels of nitrogen dioxide, which comes from sources including traffic, particularly diesel engines, in 16 areas including London, Birmingham, Leeds, and Glasgow.
But the former Ukip leader said it was winds blowing in from continental Europe that were dumping the pollutants on conurbations in the UK, rather than locally-produced toxic gases.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 82601.html

[tinyclanger2]

A fact-free world that is full of idiots.
Is science communication to blame (see post from last night). Am v curious about this.

[HindleA]

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/r ... 67221.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Rogue landlord banned from managing homes in two London boroughs for 10 years

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ationships" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships
Clergy vote against report by 100 to 93 in blow to archbishop of Canterbury as he tries to chart course between apparently unreconcilable wings of church

[Eric_WLothian]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... ationships


Church of England in turmoil as synod rejects report on same-sex relationships
Clergy vote against report by 100 to 93 in blow to archbishop of Canterbury as he tries to chart course between apparently unreconcilable wings of church

If my arithmetic is correct (which is not a foregone conclusion) that is 52% 'exit' the report and 48% 'remain with it'.