Re: Monday 5th October 2015
Posted: Mon 05 Oct, 2015 5:30 pm
Classic projection,he lacks respect and dignity,and therefore any indignity as a result of policy is justifiable,to prove himself correct."
He was wrong then, the rollout will be universal (and always was going to be so). EU legislation.yahyah wrote:TechnicalEphemera wrote:Always was going to be compulsory.yahyah wrote:Chap just called to read the electricity meter.
He tells us the Smart meters are now not going to be compulsory, but that 1,800 jobs will still be lost. He seemed pretty fed up.
Rolled out as part of DECCs smart meter program, as opposed to today where solutions are provided by individual electricity suppliers.
A small charge will be added to every bill to pay for them.
They provide zero benefit to the consumer, the implementation is hopelessly constrained so forget about Smart Grid capabilities, and they introduce a massive security vulnerability to the UK. But they mean the suppliers can save money by getting rid of some meter readers, so that is ok then.
Utter shambles, caused by UK Gov being technically clueless and in thrall to energy companies.
Just looked it up online.
Coalition energy minister Charles Hendry said in 2012
“We believe people will benefit from having smart meters. But we will not make them obligatory.”
One gets the creepy feeling that Osborne, Cameron, Crosby and co have seriously studied this and decided it wasn't at all morally bankrupt to emulate Adolf and chums.yahyah wrote:''No amount of genius spent on the creation of propaganda will lead to success if a fundamental principle is not forever kept in mind.
Propaganda must confine itself to very few points, and repeat them endlessly.
Here, as with so many things in this world, persistence is the first and foremost condition of success.''
No, not Lynton Corsby's memo to Cameron, but from Mein Kampf.
Security, Stability, Opportunity, it'll be repeated endlessly, even more so as the economy tanks in the next year or so.
I know.yahyah wrote:PorFavor wrote:Hunt suggests people on tax credits lack dignity and self-respect
Rowena Mason
Rowena Mason
Here’s another quote from the Jeremy Hunt fringe meeting. He suggested that those reliant on tax credits and benefits lack dignity and self-respect. (Politics Live, Guardian)
They are going too far now.
She is beyond stupid.refitman wrote:Can anyone tell me what Truss is wittering on about?http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blo ... e5c6d13986" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Liz Truss, the environment secretary, said in her speech to the conference that free markets help to preserve the environment.
It’s free markets that enable people to pursue their dreams and create prosperity.
It’s access to information and free speech that helps us understand the world and make progress.
Where people don’t have these freedoms, we have seen the greatest declines in the natural world.
With species driven to extinction and habitats despoiled.
And as countries become wealthier, they want to invest in the environment, planting trees, cleaning up rivers and tackling air pollution.
I believe that a strong economy and a healthy environment go hand in hand.
HindleA wrote:Referring to the hider behind trees person.
(my bold)rebeccariots2 wrote:She is beyond stupid.refitman wrote:Can anyone tell me what Truss is wittering on about?http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blo ... e5c6d13986" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Liz Truss, the environment secretary, said in her speech to the conference that free markets help to preserve the environment.
It’s free markets that enable people to pursue their dreams and create prosperity.
It’s access to information and free speech that helps us understand the world and make progress.
Where people don’t have these freedoms, we have seen the greatest declines in the natural world.
With species driven to extinction and habitats despoiled.
And as countries become wealthier, they want to invest in the environment, planting trees, cleaning up rivers and tackling air pollution.
I believe that a strong economy and a healthy environment go hand in hand.
This sort of crap is why Mr TB Free England has a very nice line in inventing 'Trussisms'. Or rather he doesn't have to invent them - she does that - he simply highlights how bloody ridiculous and empty they are.
IDS's underpants hung out on a line, Boris pelted with balls. 60.000 protesters yesterday...My, my, my, what an exciting conference the Tories are having.Protesters demonstrating against cuts to disability benefits have pelted Boris Johnson with plastic balls at the Tory conference in Manchester.
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/b ... paign=i100
Got away with it though didn't he, along with lots of other stuff, not to mention what his ministers have got up to....yahyah wrote:''Cameron ignored high-level warnings about Andy Coulson, Ashcroft claims
Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre was one of those warning Cameron not to appoint former NoW editor as his director of communications''
There's one of those Mein Kampf type propaganda devices in there ....'Number 10 does not recognise.....'
“Among those who privately counselled against the move were Daily Mail boss Paul Dacre, who said it was ‘storing up trouble’, former Evening Standard editor Max Hastings, and his old family friend Nicholas Soames.”
In July 2011 Cameron told parliament that warnings from Rusbridger about Coulson fitness for a job in government, made to one of his most senior aides, were not relayed to him.
''Soames is quoted saying: “I did make my views very strongly known about the employment of Coulson. I expressed it very strongly that, firstly, you can employ him as leader of the opposition, but you can’t employ him in Number 10. I made my feelings known both verbally and in writing.”
But the warnings were ignored. Soames went on: “David is dog loyal. And that’s great ... I think he and George [Osborne] both decided that Andy Coulson would be the best person.”
So Cameron lied by omission to the House.
And still stuff that hasn't been fully explained about whole sordid episode.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... oft-claims" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
racist, insulting, untrue, mocking, barbed, shamefulrefitman wrote:Isn't *unt being incredibly racist with his "all Chinese are hard workers" line?
I know it's irritating to those who don't like him or didn't vote for him, but I have to ask. Who else out of those who stood for the Labour leadership would have commanded crowds like this?Frances Perry @FPlearninggrp 10 mins10 minutes ago
Be outside Manchester Cathedral as part of 8000 to see J Corbyn et al..what energy
I love the guy.ohsocynical wrote:I know it's irritating to those who don't like him or didn't vote for him, but I have to ask. Who else out of those who stood for the Labour leadership would have commanded crowds like this?Frances Perry @FPlearninggrp 10 mins10 minutes ago
Be outside Manchester Cathedral as part of 8000 to see J Corbyn et al..what energy
It's pure David Brent.refitman wrote:Isn't *unt being incredibly racist with his "all Chinese are hard workers" line?
Truss can come and breathe our terrible air sometime, courtesy of her clown colleague Johnson. Maybe she'll blame the Congestion Charge for it, interfering with free markets.rebeccariots2 wrote:She is beyond stupid.refitman wrote:Can anyone tell me what Truss is wittering on about?http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blo ... e5c6d13986" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Liz Truss, the environment secretary, said in her speech to the conference that free markets help to preserve the environment.
It’s free markets that enable people to pursue their dreams and create prosperity.
It’s access to information and free speech that helps us understand the world and make progress.
Where people don’t have these freedoms, we have seen the greatest declines in the natural world.
With species driven to extinction and habitats despoiled.
And as countries become wealthier, they want to invest in the environment, planting trees, cleaning up rivers and tackling air pollution.
I believe that a strong economy and a healthy environment go hand in hand.
This sort of crap is why Mr TB Free England has a very nice line in inventing 'Trussisms'. Or rather he doesn't have to invent them - she does that - he simply highlights how bloody ridiculous and empty they are.
This Tory Donor Was Secretly Filmed Dropping Cash-Stuffed Rucksacks At Post Offices
BuzzFeed News followed three bagmen from Lycamobile as they made “deeply suspicious” six-figure daily cash deposits at the Post Office.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/this ... stuffed-ru" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
One of the Conservative Party’s biggest corporate donors Lycamobile is facing serious questions over its finances after three bagmen were secretly filmed dropping off rucksacks stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds twice a day at Post Offices across London.
A five-month investigation by BuzzFeed News has revealed that the Lyca telecoms group deploys three men to drive around in an unmarked people carrier depositing bags of money which have totalled up to £1 million each week. Legal and financial experts said the “deeply suspicious” cash deposits should be urgently investigated.
Lycamobile has donated more than £1.3m to the Conservative Party since David Cameron came to power, including over £500,000 in this year alone, despite avoiding paying any corporation tax for years by moving revenue out of the UK through a complex offshore corporate network.
The evidence of Lyca’s unorthodox Post Office deposits comes in the wake of criticism from its new auditor, KPMG, which unearthed almost £46m of previously undeclared revenue earlier this year and said the company had failed to properly explain the gap in its finances so it had been impossible to tell whether “adequate accounting records” had been kept...
I thought it was one of those spoof news reports you get on Twitter. Unbelievable.rebeccariots2 wrote:Is this for real?
This Tory Donor Was Secretly Filmed Dropping Cash-Stuffed Rucksacks At Post Offices
BuzzFeed News followed three bagmen from Lycamobile as they made “deeply suspicious” six-figure daily cash deposits at the Post Office.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/this ... stuffed-ru" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;One of the Conservative Party’s biggest corporate donors Lycamobile is facing serious questions over its finances after three bagmen were secretly filmed dropping off rucksacks stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds twice a day at Post Offices across London.
And then invoice the family for the price of the bullet afterwardsohsocynical wrote:Hunt's comment about working as hard as the Chinese reminded me that they execute crooked politicians and business men in China.
How is this recorded by the post office. Money laundering regulations must surely be triggered.ohsocynical wrote:I thought it was one of those spoof news reports you get on Twitter. Unbelievable.rebeccariots2 wrote:Is this for real?
This Tory Donor Was Secretly Filmed Dropping Cash-Stuffed Rucksacks At Post Offices
BuzzFeed News followed three bagmen from Lycamobile as they made “deeply suspicious” six-figure daily cash deposits at the Post Office.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/this ... stuffed-ru" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;One of the Conservative Party’s biggest corporate donors Lycamobile is facing serious questions over its finances after three bagmen were secretly filmed dropping off rucksacks stuffed with hundreds of thousands of pounds twice a day at Post Offices across London.
Echoes of that group including Priti Patel who published a book which basically said that British workers were lazy.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Hunt is getting a complete flaying on Twitter.
Osborne must be furious - on the very day he reached out to those Labour has left behind
Not much one can say about this, is there.Champagne tasting, luxury cushions and spa treatments: Inside the Conservative party conference
The tranquil scene inside the Tory party conference offers a stark contrast to boisterous anti-austerity marches going on oustide
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 79431.html
Of course they are. There's nothing constructive a Tory spinner can do to mitigate the damage done by Hunt's remark - it's an insulting slap without possible redemption. The blood rushes to the face hearing that from Hunt. He's inherited his wealth and he dares talk down to people who work for a living. A fascist dictatorship and a libertarian nightmare country without a functional health care system for the people. China and the USA. Work like people in those countries. I see. I'm going to find you hiding behind a tree, Hunt. I am.PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Well exactly JA
They accuse Corbyn of being a communist, then say all poor Brits should emulate workers in communist China
Beyond parody
Seriously, Cameron and Osborne will be utterly livid with Hunt.
Tory bid to axe Commons break for Lib-Dem conference
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics ... 83141.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Ah, diddums. You knew what they were like ... and you still got into bed with them and forced them on everyone else for 5 years. No sympathy.A senior Conservative told the Standard ministers were questioning if it was worth halting debates for a party that has “just eight MPs”.
This year Parliament broke up for conferences on September 17 in time for the Lib-Dem gathering. But one proposal could see next year’s break pushed back to cover Labour, Tory and SNP conferences instead.
Former Lib-Dem minister Norman Lamb said: “It would be an act of outrageous vindictiveness, quite extraordinary from a party that we worked with in coalition...
Newsnight just ended with a montage of Osborne's constant reference to 'we are the builders', building, must build, etc., to the Bob The Builder theme-song, and with an animated Bob The Builder dancing on the podium in front of himohsocynical wrote:Steve Bell......
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Sadly they aren't that stupid. They won in 2015 and are nailed on to win in 2020 with a huge majority, if you believe the polls.HindleA wrote:Struck,not for the first time,and no doubt not the last;how incredibly stupid our supposed betters are.