Wednesday 23rd March 2016

[seeingclearly]

Have to say I wondered if it was even real given some omissions etc. But really who cares, given how fraught things were for a while if it is real its not surprising, what is is that anyone should consider it newsworty or even valid for right now. Its a very Cameron style trick to keep harking backwards, full distraction mode which was no doubt the underlying accusation In the matter I posted about above. Why can't he just stop this nonsense it brings our whole parliamentary system into disrepute. The orchestrated behaviour today was shockingly awful. Planted off topic questions and all.

[RogerOThornhill]

I'm sure Michael wouldn't mind me sticking this here.

Michael Rosen
18 mins ·
Nicky Morgan has been underperforming badly for some weeks, has been put on special measures and will be taken over by an academy chain.

[HindleA]

[HindleA]

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Select Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability
The Equality Act 2010: the impact on disabled people

[HindleA]

Red Tape Challenge: a pretext for removing protection
Public sector equality duty: a fundamental flaw
Transport: 20 years of inertia
Leisure facilities and housing: too often inaccessible
Access to justice: increasing restrictions must be eased
Communication: access needs are being ignored

[HindleA]

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Duty of care for disabled people in UK not being met, say peers

[HindleA]

"discrimination in every sphere, she said, from inaccessible public transport, housing, sports stadia, to restaurants and pubs without facilities as basic as disabled toilets, to access to justice, making it also harder to fight discrimination when it arises.

“The government bears the ultimate responsibility for enabling disabled people to participate in society on equal terms, and we believe it is simply not discharging that responsibility”

[TR'sGhost]

Was just catching up on PMQs had to turn it off on an education question, it was putting my device at risk. The awful backpatting, congratulatory to the point of sycophancy, government benches lined with people who were actually laughing while Corbyn put a serious question about people at the lower end just made me see red.

You can see it on The Canary but be warned it won't make for good bedtime viewing.

Better, on the same site is the footage of John MacDonnell meeting with protesters in the lobby. Well worth the watch.

There were other aspects of PMQs that should cover the Tories with shame, but they seem immune to it. Lets just say there is a big difference between wanting a much needed solution for Palestinians and anti-semitism, and to accuse the Labour Party of being an instigator of the rise of anti-semitism occurring now purely as an act of distraction is beyond despicable, and I am surprised that the Speaker did not issue a reprimand. I am usually unshockable where the tories are concerned but it is becoming an increasingly surreal sight to see them painting themselves as so completely virtuous and the opposition as a danger to the security of this country. The only dangerous people I see are on the government benches, and their failure to act with responsibility and in the interests of us all will i hope some day be held as infamous by those who look back on these times.

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." - Dr. Samuel Johnson.

As for equating even the mildest criticism of the Isreali government or state with Hitler-worship, it isn't "leftists" who've been desecrating Jewish cemeteries around the country now is it.

Sorry, I forgot, to the New Capitalist Wingnut Order Hitler was a raving leftie socialist. So long as we ignore funding by industrialists and bankers, economic privatisation policies, trades union policies, entire approach to class issues, and, well, pretty much everything about him other than NSDAP containing the words "socialist" and "worker" I suppose they might have a (tiny) point.

Because the way to analyse the likes of the Nazis isn't to study what they actually did and how they did it, but to take Hitler's words at face value. Just like almost all the leading Tories of the 1930s did. Which is an odd thing for them to do, what with Adolf being a frothing fundamentalist leftie and all.

[Hobiejoe]

You'll be agog to hear of my latest late night post-work decompression telly review.

I've just watched an episode of Horizon http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... ty-control that has left my jaw metaphorically, and frankly damn near literally on the floor. An hour of absolute grade one crap. A bunch of nice old boys being given something to do before retirement gets bolted onto some patently crackpot Slavic chancers and another charming Brit who can prove the efficacy of his microwave powered wundermachine by quite obviously giving it a shove down its highly engineered and well lubricated, oooh, ten bloody foot long track.

Is this what the BBC has come to? Horizon, a programme guaranteed to educate and involve in the best Reithian tradition turned into a lowest common denominator laughing stock. Harrumph.

It'll be sodding Nazi death sharks found in Egyptian pyramids next, because "That's what the public want".


*edit* Replaced "death crocodiles" with "death sharks" 'cos, well, crocodiles meant a doubling up on the Egyptian thang, and "death sharks" might result in a movie offer.

[seeingclearly]

Did the Tories cut the ESA WRAG because of a lie.

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[HindleA]

@Hobiejoe.

Spielberg's on the 'phone he wants a script by next Tuesday.

[HindleA]

My comments keep getting removed on the Ashley article,probably don't appreciate or get my sense of humour.Shame because it was some of my best work.Granted that is a very low bar to reach.