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Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 3:09 pm
by HindleA
Did they ever follow through with the this fuckers costing x to the British taxpayer,neon lighted on prescriptions thing?

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 3:27 pm
by citizenJA
Have a good evening, everyone
love,
cJA

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 3:32 pm
by HindleA
And you (and afternoon by the looks of it)

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 4:09 pm
by Willow904
I just ate a pepperami and now I'm wondering why.

I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 5:28 pm
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/oc ... l-aid-cuts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 5:32 pm
by HindleA
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment ... rain-52784" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 5:32 pm
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ip-hammond" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 5:34 pm
by HindleA
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/uni ... 98196.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:01 pm
by tinybgoat
Willow904 wrote:I just ate a pepperami and now I'm wondering why.

I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.
Might be one way to get into Accident and Emergency, but it seems a bit extreme.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:07 pm
by Willow904
tinybgoat wrote:
Willow904 wrote:I just ate a pepperami and now I'm wondering why.

I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.
Might be one way to get into Accident and Emergency, but it seems a bit extreme.
Ha!

All I can say is I wouldn't recommend it, for any reason. I blame the power of advertising.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:12 pm
by HindleA
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/br ... ar-schools" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:29 pm
by HindleA
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/sto ... fit-618458" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:36 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Hammond, oh dear. And we are always told that he is one of the sensible ones.......

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:52 pm
by HindleA
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-10-13/may- ... christmas/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Peston

"To be clear, I am not saying Boris Johnson will be PM within weeks. But I am saying that I no longer regard that as an absurd notion."

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:57 pm
by HindleA
#Paul Krugman

Right now, I'm feeling more terrified than at any point since the 2016 election. Why? It's time for some game theory! 1/

Start with a clear-eyed assessment of Trump's character: he basically has negative empathy -- that is, enjoys seeing others hurt 2/

Normally, however, one would expect him to pretend to care and maybe even do some good things out of ambition and self-aggrandizement 3/

At this point, however, it's clear to everyone -- probably even him -- that he just can't do this president thing, and won't get better 4/

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 6:59 pm
by HindleA
The prospect that he will be removed, say by 25th amdt, getting realer by the day. And again, he probably knows this at some level

So we're getting into the end game. He can't save his presidency. He can, however, still hurt a lot of people. And he surely wants to

So from now on, until he's gone, I'm going to fire up my computer every morning in a state of existential dread 7/

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 7:06 pm
by HindleA
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/c ... xemptions/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 7:24 pm
by PorFavor
Stop doing that!

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 7:41 pm
by HindleA
Not sure if cja's impressed by a packet of chewing gum as a wedding anniversary present.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 7:43 pm
by HindleA
More than I ever bought,though I did make a card using better half's materials.Sometimes not all the embellishments fell off on opening.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 7:47 pm
by HindleA
Dad gave the same one for decades,it had an adjusteable "number".

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 7:58 pm
by HindleA
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Government response
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:00 pm
by HindleA
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new- ... -the-world" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Press release
New leave allowance for bereaved parents will be one of the most generous in the world


Carlsberg theme continuing.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:11 pm
by HindleA
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -authority" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Correspondence
Letter to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee on Spending Authority

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:11 pm
by PorFavor
HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new- ... -the-world


Press release
New leave allowance for bereaved parents will be one of the most generous in the world


Carlsberg theme continuing.
That's all very well, but I don't know which world they live in.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:35 pm
by refitman
HindleA wrote:The prospect that he will be removed, say by 25th amdt, getting realer by the day. And again, he probably knows this at some level

So we're getting into the end game. He can't save his presidency. He can, however, still hurt a lot of people. And he surely wants to

So from now on, until he's gone, I'm going to fire up my computer every morning in a state of existential dread 7/
Trump goes, Pence "Christian, conservative, republican. In that order" comes next. Scary thought.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:39 pm
by RogerOThornhill
HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement


Government response
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
Odd one that - where does it leave single sex schools I wonder?

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:41 pm
by HindleA
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/econ ... ld-rethink" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


When it comes to the economy, Britain has a choice: May’s 80s rerun or Corbyn’s bold rethink


Joseph E. Stiglitz

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 8:59 pm
by HindleA
Josh Stein

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:38 pm
by PorFavor
I can't help thinking that Philip Hammond's "enemies" comment was his attempt at a humourous piss-take. Which backfired.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:39 pm
by HindleA
PF please feed your cat,it's chewing at the skirting board.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:42 pm
by Willow904
RogerOThornhill wrote:
HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement


Government response
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
Odd one that - where does it leave single sex schools I wonder?
Yeah I thought that. Haven't seen the judges reasoning so wonder what the exact grounds for the ruling were. Certainly as a co-ed school, it seems reasonable for Ofsted to expect it to provide a co-ed education, but the idea that single sex learning is fundamentally detrimental in and of itself is going to come as something of a surprise to the British upper classes!

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:44 pm
by HindleA
Judgement:-

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/ ... ah-school/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:46 pm
by Willow904
PorFavor wrote:I can't help thinking that Philip Hammond's "enemies" comment was his attempt at a humourous piss-take. Which backfired.
It's just another example of Tories playing to the home crowd as if the rest of Europe can't hear what they're saying. It's this insular, arrogant outlook that got us into this mess in the first place and it seems few Tories are immune. :roll:

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:48 pm
by PorFavor
Willow904 wrote:
PorFavor wrote:I can't help thinking that Philip Hammond's "enemies" comment was his attempt at a humourous piss-take. Which backfired.
It's just another example of Tories playing to the home crowd as if the rest of Europe can't hear what they're saying. It's this insular, arrogant outlook that got us into this mess in the first place and it seems few Tories are immune. :roll:
You think it was an attempt to be "in" with the "in crowd" (or, in this case, the "out crowd")? Perhaps I'm being too charitable.


Edited - for all sorts

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 9:51 pm
by HindleA
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Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 10:09 pm
by PorFavor
Night night.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 10:19 pm
by Eric_WLothian
Willow904 wrote:
RogerOThornhill wrote:
HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement


Government response
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
Odd one that - where does it leave single sex schools I wonder?
Yeah I thought that. Haven't seen the judges reasoning so wonder what the exact grounds for the ruling were. Certainly as a co-ed school, it seems reasonable for Ofsted to expect it to provide a co-ed education, but the idea that single sex learning is fundamentally detrimental in and of itself is going to come as something of a surprise to the British upper classes!
Doesn't appear to affect single-sex schools:
The ruling applies only to co-educational schools. Single-sex schools are given a specific exemption from discrimination claims related to admissions under the Equalities Act, although it is unclear if the provisions would extend to arguments that both sexes suffer from the absence of the other.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... -of-appeal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 10:23 pm
by Willow904
HindleA wrote:Judgement:-

https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/ ... ah-school/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There's a lot there but a quick skim through suggests a precedent that when the opposite sex are allowed into a single sex school, such as girls studying 'A' levels at a boys school, whether and what they can attend to study can be decided by the school, but social activity can't, so being excluded from the cafeteria or trips because they are girls would be viewed as discrimination.

Odd in many ways, but certainly suggests a co-ed school which allows both girls and boys to attend could be seen as discriminating under current UK law if they limit access to the canteen or trips based on sex, in a way that it isn't discrimination, bizarrely, to only offer places in a school generally to one sex or the other. I guess that would have to be the case or you wouldn't legally be able to have women only gym sessions, for instance.

I can see this rumbling on. There are other schools segregating in this way and this ruling does suggest they are acting unlawfully by not allowing a girl to socialise with a fellow boy pupil solely because she is a girl and vice versa.

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 10:32 pm
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Martin Rowson on the woes of Philiip Hammond

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 10:40 pm
by Eric_WLothian
Letter in the Indy:
No Prime Minister is better than this Prime Minister

The Eccentric Party propose that Britain adopts a radical new plan of replacing Theresa May with nobody at all and leaving the post permanently vacant.

As plotting against the Prime Minister gathers strength, the country has largely agreed with the Tories that there are no suitable candidates and suggested Downing Street should be left fallow for the immediate future.

...Theresa May’s already essentially a vacancy at the top. We’d just be making it formal.

Lord Toby Jug, leader, the Eccentric Party of Great Britain
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/let ... 99051.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A sentiment I could go along with. :)

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Fri 13 Oct, 2017 11:28 pm
by HindleA
https://blueannoyed.wordpress.com/2017/ ... claimants/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 13th October 2017

Posted: Sat 14 Oct, 2017 12:23 am
by HindleA
@NevilleSouthall Shurrup about politics nev, tell us what you had for tea last night

@KyloRem_ Tories on toast