Tuesday 23rd April 2019

Post by **refitman** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:03 am

Morning all.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:34 am

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:47 am

Until (ironically and hypocritically )in fairness to the taxpayer who pays is binned,this will inevitably continue,lying bitch is the default.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:52 am

It doesn't strike me as a non believer that such a posited "balance" is in any way Christian.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:54 am

The mere positing,I find repulsive.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 8:02 am

Not least because we celebrate continued receivership of taxpayer monies otherwise.For some reason obvious tend to be shorter lives must be suspected and treated fundamentally differently.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 8:11 am

And the Lord sayeth "tough titties,on your bike,you haven't achieved enough points"

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 8:18 am

God swears like a trooper I believe,I would to be fair given what is being done in his(her) name.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 8:23 am

Patrick Allen in Stand By For West.Trouble is I keep.waiting for a helicopter and a Barrett house

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 9:43 am

Morning!

All eyes on Bristol for launch of Change UK's Euro Election campaign.

Or maybe not

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 9:54 am

Morning all.

Happy 50th Birthday to the OU!

I didn't know it at the time but starting an OU degree in the mid-90s was literally a life-changing decision.

Besides my specialism, I learnt so much along the way about other things that I would never have looked at otherwise.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:00 am

HMRC overcharges more than £400m in pension tax

https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/04/hm ... -affected/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:09 am

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.open.ac.uk/courses/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://alumni.open.ac.uk/news/thank-you-ou-50" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://50.open.ac.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:21 am

Indeed thank you OU.A summer school discussion with an 85 year old about The Jam,just one of the highlights.

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:25 am

HindleA wrote:Indeed thank you OU.A summer school discussion with an 85 year old about The Jam,just one of the highlights.

They were very innovative in their day...

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:27 am

I didn't particularly enjoy the halls of residence full time thing,study wise at least and left.in the second year.The OU way certainly suited me far better.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:33 am

Have I said I've got an honours degree in nothing,I prefer widespread.BSc Hons.(Open),may have done.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:34 am

It must be in something!.Nope.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:40 am

"Setting Sons",if memory serves.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:50 am

Constance has enrolled on Art and the Mexican Revolution

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/history- ... iption-tab" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:54 am

I had a wobbly patch around 1999-2001 where work got in the way of studying.

I began a really interesting course on post-war France and Italy which I wasn't able to finish due to being in Lisbon for half of my time over the summer in 1999. I did wonder at the time whether I was actually going to complete my degree but fortunately work calmed down and I carried on.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 11:14 am

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... es-aged-79" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 11:17 am

Lisbon link.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 11:31 am

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.scotsm ... 890676/amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 11:41 am

True colours showing through I see...

The Brexit Party
✔
@brexitparty_uk
.@Fox_Claire is standing for The Brexit Party as someone from the left.

This isn't about left or right, this is about democracy.

1,081
10:42 AM - Apr 23, 2019

Love the idea that she is "someone from the left"!

And Spiked have said that they're supporting The Brexit Party too. Another of their ranks - and who is a governor at the East London Science School - is also standing as a candidate for them.

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 11:46 am

Incidentally, what do these new MEPs hope to achieve once elected?

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 1:11 pm

ChUK's new logo is incredibly naff.

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 2:01 pm

So what happens if Trump is impeached before he arrives for the State visit?

That would be slightly embarrassing I think. HMQ might well be a bit miffed.

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 2:13 pm

Good afternoon, everyone.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 2:36 pm

And it appears one Frances Weetman is top of the CUK list for the North East region. Seriously, the only response to that is ROFLMAO.

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 4:07 pm

This is rather good on the politics of immigration:

“The secret by which the capitalist class maintains its power”: the effect of anti-immigration rhetoric

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpoli ... -rhetoric/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This sums up for me what is at the heart of the right-wing, Tory attitude to immigration and why they so dislike the EU and want to leave it:

The real threat to the labour movement is not foreign migrant workers or open borders. It is false that open borders serve the interests of the ruling elites. Under capitalism, employers do not favour the movement of people as such. They favour the movement of people without rights. They favour the workings of an agency like the state that unilaterally controls practices of entry and thereby renders migrants and native workers vulnerable to the discretion of ruling elites.

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 5:10 pm

Quite.

Which is IMHO fully understood by the Labour leadership. Though that isn't widely accepted I imagine.

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 5:11 pm

Noting that one right should be to a decent place to call home.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 5:34 pm

Also on the CUK lists for the Euro elections - Kate Godfrey (top of the E Midlands list!) and Nora Mulready.

Truly, we are blessed

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 5:42 pm

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 6:10 pm

Blimey!

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:lol!:

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:08 pm

Ali Sajadi (?) has stood down as a Tinge candidate following racist remarks.

Going well again

(sorry if I appear to be enjoying CUK's misfortunes too much)

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:09 pm

It's Sadjady

Post by **refitman** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:23 pm

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Ali Sajadi (?) has stood down as a Tinge candidate following racist remarks.

Going well again

(sorry if I appear to be enjoying CUK's misfortunes too much)

Is the Islamaphobic woman, who objected to #metoo still there?

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 7:29 pm

St. George get turned away he show up at the border now

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 8:08 pm

refitman wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Ali Sajadi (?) has stood down as a Tinge candidate following racist remarks.

Going well again

(sorry if I appear to be enjoying CUK's misfortunes too much)
Is the Islamaphobic woman, who objected to #metoo still there?

Mulready - who I referenced upthread. Genuinely mad as a box of frogs.

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:04 pm

With no hint of irony May blames Labour for dragging it's feet in the talks

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:28 pm

Goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Tue 23 Apr, 2019 10:34 pm

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:With no hint of irony May blames Labour for dragging it's feet in the talks

Apparently she's going to ask the EU to change its side of the deal. Again.

But that's not foot dragging, oh no.