Re: Thursday 13th November 2014
Posted: Thu 13 Nov, 2014 3:12 pm
Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??StephenDolan wrote:Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
My reading of it is that Ship & Bell were heckled/hissed at by Labour party members at the speech. And quite right too.pk1 wrote:Missed the speech but I went to Andrews blog to find out the answer to the question posed by TE
Wowsers, whoda thunked it - the BBC !Q: (From the BBC’s Ben Wright) Who are these vested interests out to get you? And aren’t you in danger of sounding paranoid?
Andrew also posted some tweets, one of which was by Paul Waugh:
Not sure if Waugh means Andy Bell is a member, a heckler or both but was EM heckled today or is this something that happened previously as the hissing was (when ITV asked Ed a question about his leadership at the CBI the other day) ?Paul Waugh @paulwaugh
Perils of holding press + party Q and A, journalists hissed at (@chrisshipitv) or heckled (@andybell5news) by members. Is that a good look?
There was a tiny bit of hissing/booing when a couple of the journos trotted out their Lynton-approved questions, nothing on the scale of what happened at the CBI; it was late on by which time most of the audience were getting very obviously hacked off (so to speak) with the constant flogging of the dead horse. Waugh is over egging the pudding, as usual, classic concern trolling.pk1 wrote:Missed the speech but I went to Andrews blog to find out the answer to the question posed by TE
Wowsers, whoda thunked it - the BBC !Q: (From the BBC’s Ben Wright) Who are these vested interests out to get you? And aren’t you in danger of sounding paranoid?
Andrew also posted some tweets, one of which was by Paul Waugh:
Not sure if Waugh means Andy Bell is a member, a heckler or both but was EM heckled today or is this something that happened previously as the hissing was (when ITV asked Ed a question about his leadership at the CBI the other day) ?Paul Waugh @paulwaugh
Perils of holding press + party Q and A, journalists hissed at (@chrisshipitv) or heckled (@andybell5news) by members. Is that a good look?
citizenJA wrote:Paul Burstow MP
@PaulBurstow
Lib Dem MP for Sutton, Cheam & Worcester Park. Chair, CentreForum Mental Health & Demos Residential Care Commissions.
Is on
http://carersworldradio.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
He's not doing well - patronising, inaccurate
Andy has just showed up
I posted that
Anne McGuire MP
@AnneMcGuireMP
Labour MP for Stirling. Former Minister and Shadow Minister for Disabled People.
was speaking - I can't confirm that the Anne I've listened to is actually the person above. I'll research more. I can't believe I can't find out.
Someone is talking about deaths having gone up by an incredible amount...
pk1 wrote: There was a bit about that in the Graun the other day:
Fine for Cons & LDs - not fine for Labour seems to be the thinkingIt has been a longstanding, if not greatly publicised, practice in Westminster for opposition parties to receive support from the major accountancy companies in formulating their policies, particularly ahead of general elections.
The Sack Esther McVey Day "hanging" comments. A quick link unfortunatelypk1 wrote:Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??StephenDolan wrote:Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
Take a look at the Mail today - if you can bear to PK.pk1 wrote:Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??StephenDolan wrote:Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 1h1 hour ago
For the record, here's the letter I wrote to Tory Shapps to tell him to stop peddling untruths about me. pic.twitter.com/yh8mKRhKOD
Details
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 7h7 hours ago
I see the Daily Mail is having a go at me. I wear any attack by the once Hitler supporting Daily Mail as a badge of honour.
pk1 wrote:Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??StephenDolan wrote:Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
Thank you, HindleA! I've updated my initial comment & I'll not post until I've got all the information from now on. By the end of the broadcast, people were quite animated & angry. I don't blame them at all. Wow, Anne McGuire is good. I don't know anything about Burstow - he just wasn't as informed & centred as McGuire.HindleA wrote:citizenJA wrote:Paul Burstow MP
@PaulBurstow
Lib Dem MP for Sutton, Cheam & Worcester Park. Chair, CentreForum Mental Health & Demos Residential Care Commissions.
Is on
http://carersworldradio.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
He's not doing well - patronising, inaccurate
Andy has just showed up
I posted that
Anne McGuire MP
@AnneMcGuireMP
Labour MP for Stirling. Former Minister and Shadow Minister for Disabled People.
was speaking - I can't confirm that the Anne I've listened to is actually the person above. I'll research more. I can't believe I can't find out.
Someone is talking about deaths having gone up by an incredible amount...
It is her.
Burstow ,I used to have a lot of time for,knowledgeable and committed.It is for this reason I simply cannot understand his voting as default "necessary rooms for care medical purposes as spare subject to penalisation ";the inclusion of Carers Allowance in the benefit cap;and the scrapping of the "Caring with Confidence" course a particularly petty act when Minister.
http://carersworldradio.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Nov 13 2014, 3:48 PM
onmybiketoo (guest):
I do hope the ministers heard and understand the anger.
Ha ha. I really like McDonnell, and his retort to the Wail is excellent stuff. Unlike Shapps, it's also factually correct.rebeccariots2 wrote:Take a look at the Mail today - if you can bear to PK.pk1 wrote:Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??StephenDolan wrote:Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
And there's this development. https://twitter.com/johnmcdonnellMP
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 1h1 hour ago
For the record, here's the letter I wrote to Tory Shapps to tell him to stop peddling untruths about me. pic.twitter.com/yh8mKRhKOD
Details
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 7h7 hours ago
I see the Daily Mail is having a go at me. I wear any attack by the once Hitler supporting Daily Mail as a badge of honour.
Assuming you need very qualified individuals to do this work you might be looking at say 8 people at about 200k overhead each. You need this on a long duration basis (good staff won't take a 6 month contract) you are looking at annual liability of 1.6 million pa.mikems wrote:Labour also have access to the civil service from around now. It used to be nine months out from an election, but Dave changed that to six because he could. So he did.
But I don't think it is a good idea to have this company so near to government and parties. The same people advising all parties? Whose policy will we end up with? PWC, that's whose.
Labour should invest in its own research dept to produce fine detail policy. There's nothing special about these big companies and no particular reason to think they are more knowledgeable or wise than any one else. But they are certainly more self-interested than independent academics or Labour's own researchers studying international and domestic practices. Can we really trust this company not to be flogging the fact that it has this influence to other commercial clients. I would say they almost inevitably will be doing that.
It may be 'longstanding' but it did not happen in the 1970s so far as I know.
I always wondered if that was behind the break in to Eds' office,,.But seeing as Ed is actually one of the good guys(remember his were the lowest expenses)they failed to find any dirt.ohsocynical wrote:I wonder what the right wingers will come up with next. I have visions of them feverishly digging into Labour MP's pasts in the vain hope they can come up with something --- anything.WelshIan wrote:Even just reading it, that's inspiring - the hairs on the back of my neck stood up.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Miliband's speech is here
http://press.labour.org.uk/post/1025242 ... nate-house" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also thought he dealt with Nick Robinson well on the News at Ten last night. No wonder the tories and other vested interests are so scared of what he can bring to this country.
How on earth did we manage before this accounting cartel arose? The Labour and TU research departments were good enough for Attlee, who set up a comprehensive system of progressive taxation.Assuming yAssuming you need very qualified individuals to do this work you might be looking at say 8 people at about 200k overhead each. You need this on a long duration basis (good staff won't take a 6 month contract) you are looking at annual liability of 1.6 million pa.
Seems unlikely. Contract rates are probably 1k per person per day.ou need very qualified individuals to do this work you might be looking at say 8 people at about 200k overhead each. You need this on a long duration basis (good staff won't take a 6 month contract) you are looking at annual liability of 1.6 million pa.
Seems unlikely. Contract rates are probably 1k per person per day.
ephemerid wrote:More fun on Universal Credit.
DWP has decided to cut payments to claimants if they get into arrears thus -
If someone on UC has problems paying their landlords directly, DWP can arrange to have the housing element of UC paid direct to the landlord.
Until now, if the person was in arrears with their rent, DWP guidance said that 5% of the remaining UC after rent could be diverted before the claimant gets it and sent directly to the landlord to "help" the claimant reduce their arrears.
Now, they have decided that they will take between 10% and 20% of the remainder of the UC - this, apparently, is to ensure that claimants get "back on track" with their rent arrears faster. The claimant, obviously, has no choice.
So - what next? What if they don't like the look of what the claimants' bank statements say about how they spend their UC? Will they "ensure" they only spend it on the correct things? What if someone spends a fiver on the bingo?
FFS.
Something to look out for in the coming months.PRESSMAN
A meeting the other day in which it was confirmed that Boris will trail EM throughout the campaign, a sort of omnipresent bully who’s exploits will then be reported on the next day.
Crosby's probably banned Boris from stalking Dave then. Shows what deep trouble they're in.pk1 wrote:A poster at UKPR claims to work for News Intl - whether he does or not, I have no idea but I guess they even use tea-boys there.
Anyway, he said this today:
Something to look out for in the coming months.PRESSMAN
A meeting the other day in which it was confirmed that Boris will trail EM throughout the campaign, a sort of omnipresent bully who’s exploits will then be reported on the next day.
Attlee had a mass membership party, it could probably afford to pay for the staff. Modern political parties really cannot carry the overhead of professionals. The state could, it could maintain a full time team and give them to parties for political work. Until that happens your choices are accept what you are offered or go without.mikems wrote:TE
How on earth did we manage before this accounting cartel arose? The Labour and TU research departments were good enough for Attlee, who set up a comprehensive system of progressive taxation.Assuming yAssuming you need very qualified individuals to do this work you might be looking at say 8 people at about 200k overhead each. You need this on a long duration basis (good staff won't take a 6 month contract) you are looking at annual liability of 1.6 million pa.
Seems unlikely. Contract rates are probably 1k per person per day.ou need very qualified individuals to do this work you might be looking at say 8 people at about 200k overhead each. You need this on a long duration basis (good staff won't take a 6 month contract) you are looking at annual liability of 1.6 million pa.
Seems unlikely. Contract rates are probably 1k per person per day.
PWC will not be offering pro-people advice to any party, they will be reinforcing the current set up because it is in their interests.
A tea boy who can't even spellpk1 wrote:A poster at UKPR claims to work for News Intl - whether he does or not, I have no idea but I guess they even use tea-boys there.
Anyway, he said this today:
Something to look out for in the coming months.PRESSMAN
A meeting the other day in which it was confirmed that Boris will trail EM throughout the campaign, a sort of omnipresent bully who’s exploits will then be reported on the next day.
Prepare to be moved.They feared nobody would go but crowds stood in the rain to pay their respects to former Welsh Guardsman Harold Morgan
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales ... ce-8104264
Politicians are hostages to fortune, but I don't imagine that Miliband has a 'caught in flagrante with a goat' secret. By May next year, the media coverage of Miliband will make it seem as though he is the epitome of evil. And I'll be there calling them out for anti semitism.RobertSnozers wrote:The only other option is that they're sitting on something to release with six weeks to go, but it's felt as though the kitchen sink has been thrown at Ed this week so that's less likely IMO.Rebecca wrote:I always wondered if that was behind the break in to Eds' office,,.But seeing as Ed is actually one of the good guys(remember his were the lowest expenses)they failed to find any dirt.ohsocynical wrote: I wonder what the right wingers will come up with next. I have visions of them feverishly digging into Labour MP's pasts in the vain hope they can come up with something --- anything.
[youtube]ZwGxxu8n2YM[/youtube]yahyah wrote:Is there a video link for Ed's speech today ?
I follow him on Twitter and the only conclusion I can come to is Shapps/Green/Fox is a congenital liar.rebeccariots2 wrote:Take a look at the Mail today - if you can bear to PK.pk1 wrote:Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??StephenDolan wrote:Blimey how did I miss the Esther McVey story? This is what happens when you're not on Twitter I guess.
And there's this development. https://twitter.com/johnmcdonnellMP
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 1h1 hour ago
For the record, here's the letter I wrote to Tory Shapps to tell him to stop peddling untruths about me. pic.twitter.com/yh8mKRhKOD
Details
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 7h7 hours ago
I see the Daily Mail is having a go at me. I wear any attack by the once Hitler supporting Daily Mail as a badge of honour.
It had just popped up in a twitter feed I was viewing ... so absolutely no sweat required on my part.yahyah wrote:Thanks Rebecca, I did search honestly.
I disagree entirely.mikems wrote:TE,
I am surprised to be having to argue this point. If Miliband is against 'vested interests' and wishes to convince the public of it, he needs to drop the very same vested interests as party advisors on the most important part of public policy - taxes. Otherwise he is open to exactly the sort of criticism being dished out and who can say it isn't right?
Rejecting free offers of advice from the world of finance is what I would have thought are 'The Basics' for a party of labour.
And, frankly, not a good one at that. This is yet another smear attempt that has unravelled almost immediately (I remain convinced that Wreathgate was his idea and not Lynton's, Crosby would not have been that clumsy); the fact that Cameron keeps this fool in post, despite his serial failures, speaks volumes for his lack of judgement.ohsocynical wrote:I follow him on Twitter and the only conclusion I can come to is Shapps/Green/Fox is a congenital liar.rebeccariots2 wrote:Take a look at the Mail today - if you can bear to PK.pk1 wrote: Can you expand on that please ? What McVey story ??
And there's this development. https://twitter.com/johnmcdonnellMP
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 1h1 hour ago
For the record, here's the letter I wrote to Tory Shapps to tell him to stop peddling untruths about me. pic.twitter.com/yh8mKRhKOD
Details
John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP 7h7 hours ago
I see the Daily Mail is having a go at me. I wear any attack by the once Hitler supporting Daily Mail as a badge of honour.
Another group of people really badly affected by the current government who might not find it easy, or have as a priority, registering to vote in the next election ... all part of the plan?Number of tenants evicted hits record levels as benefit cuts bite
Figures show more than 30,000 tenants thrown out by end of September, which social landlords say is due to bedroom tax
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/n ... edroom-tax
mikems wrote:TE,
I am surprised to be having to argue this point. If Miliband is against 'vested interests' and wishes to convince the public of it, he needs to drop the very same vested interests as party advisors on the most important part of public policy - taxes. Otherwise he is open to exactly the sort of criticism being dished out and who can say it isn't right?
Rejecting free offers of advice from the world of finance is what I would have thought are 'The Basics' for a party of labour.
I don't think there's anywhere else much they can get the advice from, as things stand.mikems wrote:TE,
I am surprised to be having to argue this point. If Miliband is against 'vested interests' and wishes to convince the public of it, he needs to drop the very same vested interests as party advisors on the most important part of public policy - taxes. Otherwise he is open to exactly the sort of criticism being dished out and who can say it isn't right?
Rejecting free offers of advice from the world of finance is what I would have thought are 'The Basics' for a party of labour.
Oh no, ANOTHER list of dumb oligarch & boneheaded billionaires spending £50k eat with Cameron. Why not just flush it straight down the bog?
Love Martin Rowson.Bet Dave's table manners are rubbish too, and his small talk must be arse-clenchingly awful. These people need their money confiscated, Ed!
I thought they were going to pay all the rent in the case of arrears. Wasn't it in the Portes or Channel 4 programme?ephemerid wrote:More fun on Universal Credit.
DWP has decided to cut payments to claimants if they get into arrears thus -
If someone on UC has problems paying their landlords directly, DWP can arrange to have the housing element of UC paid direct to the landlord.
Until now, if the person was in arrears with their rent, DWP guidance said that 5% of the remaining UC after rent could be diverted before the claimant gets it and sent directly to the landlord to "help" the claimant reduce their arrears.
Now, they have decided that they will take between 10% and 20% of the remainder of the UC - this, apparently, is to ensure that claimants get "back on track" with their rent arrears faster. The claimant, obviously, has no choice.
So - what next? What if they don't like the look of what the claimants' bank statements say about how they spend their UC? Will they "ensure" they only spend it on the correct things? What if someone spends a fiver on the bingo?
FFS.
He tells such obvious outragous lies it's beyond belief. I'm reminded of a puppet loaded up with propaganda and all you do is pull the string. You would think he would check what he's supposed to be saying and God forbid make it sound less false even if it was for his own credibility, but even that seems to be beyond him.gilsey wrote:Oh no, ANOTHER list of dumb oligarch & boneheaded billionaires spending £50k eat with Cameron. Why not just flush it straight down the bog?Love Martin Rowson.Bet Dave's table manners are rubbish too, and his small talk must be arse-clenchingly awful. These people need their money confiscated, Ed!
Sorry, don't know how to embed a tweet.
TORY CHAIR SHAPPS FLOUNDERING OVER NEW ‘MICHAEL GREEN’ CLAIMS
http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/11/g ... en-claims/
Oh yes!rebeccariots2 wrote:Another group of people really badly affected by the current government who might not find it easy, or have as a priority, registering to vote in the next election ... all part of the plan?Number of tenants evicted hits record levels as benefit cuts bite
Figures show more than 30,000 tenants thrown out by end of September, which social landlords say is due to bedroom tax
http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/n ... edroom-tax
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