Thursday 17th November 2016
Posted: Thu 17 Nov, 2016 7:10 am
Morning all.
I'm struggling to understand how the US democratic system ever allowed Trump on the ballot. His conflict of interests are multiple.Lawyers for an LLC owned by Donald Trump and his children will try again to reclaim tax revenue from Washington, D.C., Bloomberg BNA reported on Wednesday.
Enjoyed hearing Ed Balls on central bank independence - although I'm sure he'd love to be in politics right now, he's clearly not someone who thought it was the end of the world like some have.Jamie Angus @grvlx001 4m4 minutes ago
Liz Truss refuses to appear on #r4today this morning, it was apparently a 'light touch' media round. That's a new one on me...
Missed that. Sounds like it was a better listen than Digby Jones and his May should still shackle the Lords because, you know, Brexit is coming down the pipeline and there's all these Liberal Lords.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
Enjoyed hearing Ed Balls on central bank independence - although I'm sure he'd love to be in politics right now, he's clearly not someone who thought it was the end of the world like some have.Jamie Angus @grvlx001 4m4 minutes ago
Liz Truss refuses to appear on #r4today this morning, it was apparently a 'light touch' media round. That's a new one on me...
He sounded on good form too didn't he, in a personal sense ? Best way to get on, ignore all the haters and keep a smile on your face.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
Enjoyed hearing Ed Balls on central bank independence - although I'm sure he'd love to be in politics right now, he's clearly not someone who thought it was the end of the world like some have.Jamie Angus @grvlx001 4m4 minutes ago
Liz Truss refuses to appear on #r4today this morning, it was apparently a 'light touch' media round. That's a new one on me...
What is it about former cricketers?NonOxCol wrote:Morning.
Missive from a post-expert world:
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Great cricketer, awful captain and the less said about his political stance and economic understanding the better.StephenDolan wrote:What is it about former cricketers?NonOxCol wrote:Morning.
Missive from a post-expert world:
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Utterly meaningless. What does he think we'll be able to do for trade in India that we couldn't do before?The bustle of Mumbai and Chennai is a reminder of the opportunity Britain can seize outside the European Single Market.
Theresa May ’s visit to India last week showed the close links that already exist and which will be hugely strengthened as we go global following Brexit.
Some of them aren't very bright, and 'former' in that comment isn't required.StephenDolan wrote:What is it about former cricketers?NonOxCol wrote:Morning.
Missive from a post-expert world:
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Most cricketers are Tories, and many of those who aren't are UKIP (eg G Boycott) Even an obviously intelligent bloke like Atherton is a confirmed blue politicallygilsey wrote:Some of them aren't very bright, and 'former' in that comment isn't required.StephenDolan wrote:What is it about former cricketers?NonOxCol wrote:Morning.
Missive from a post-expert world:
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https://nestaquin.wordpress.com/2011/02 ... led-bambi/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Just to add to the Digby Jones issue.StephenDolan wrote:Missed that. Sounds like it was a better listen than Digby Jones and his May should still shackle the Lords because, you know, Brexit is coming down the pipeline and there's all these Liberal Lords.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
Enjoyed hearing Ed Balls on central bank independence - although I'm sure he'd love to be in politics right now, he's clearly not someone who thought it was the end of the world like some have.Jamie Angus @grvlx001 4m4 minutes ago
Liz Truss refuses to appear on #r4today this morning, it was apparently a 'light touch' media round. That's a new one on me...
I agree, Jones is better compared to a festering bumboil shurelyHindleA wrote:As an arse,I take exception to that comparison.
My festering bumboil objects to that. He's one of those people who is far more pleased with himself than he's any business being.AnatolyKasparov wrote:I agree, Jones is better compared to a festering bumboil shurelyHindleA wrote:As an arse,I take exception to that comparison.
That moment when someone you appoint thinking he won't make waves suddenly starts to rock the boat...Truss way out of her depth in this job.Sian Griffiths @SianGriffiths6 39s40 seconds ago
Chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke says @trussliz needs to "get a grip" on prison crisis
I'm sure they will comply politelyPaulfromYorkshire wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... pent-funds
eu-set-to-ask-ukip-group-to-repay-almost-150000-in-misspent-funds
I also have a primary school swimming bus story.RogerOThornhill wrote:Well that was a fun trip out for our Y5 swimming lesson.
Not so much the swimming but the fact that the coachdriver decided to take us back to a completely different school. Ironically the one I used to attend so I realised fairly quickly were he was going when he turned off.
Painters are just finishing the front of the house, so when they've done I can go back to the library.
The sound for help went up from prison guards and they were forced back into work without necessary resources.RogerOThornhill wrote:That moment when someone you appoint thinking he won't make waves suddenly starts to rock the boat...Truss way out of her depth in this job.Sian Griffiths @SianGriffiths6 39s40 seconds ago
Chief inspector of prisons Peter Clarke says @trussliz needs to "get a grip" on prison crisis
Excellent - all done. No idea when the scaffolding people will come and take down their erection but that's their problem.RogerOThornhill wrote: Painters are just finishing the front of the house
Brings back dear memories of my colour bind dad, who once painted the front of the house brown and the back green. lolRogerOThornhill wrote:Excellent - all done. No idea when the scaffolding people will come and take down their erection but that's their problem.RogerOThornhill wrote: Painters are just finishing the front of the house
I was a bit worried that they wouldn't get it done before the winter. Having proper wood sash windows and doors does come with their own problems - like getting them repainted every few years.
Too right!
When he was taking questions after his speech this morning Clive Lewis, the shadow business secretary, suggested that schools and colleges were not doing enough to teach young people to think critically. He said:
I think one of the things you are seeing with this government, for six years now, has been a complete failure in terms of apprenticeships, in terms of training, in terms of our approach to schooling and to further education and universities.
This is a little bit of a bugbear of mine. I think our schools and our universities and our technical colleges should have a strict focus on providing people who can come into the workplace and who have those skills and the knowledge to be able to do the jobs that we need them to do. But I’m also keen that schools and colleges and universities produce good citizens, people who can actually take part in a modern, democratic system.
I don’t just want to create automatons and consumers, people who can take and be told what to do, what to think. We want people coming out of school that ask, that have the ability, the critical faculty, to ask questions. Those people are often far more creative in their approaches, and it’s creativity and innovation which is going to be at the heart of the 21st century fourth industrial revolution and we have got to get ahead of that curve. (Politics Live, Guardian)
I don't think so since they ran their own campaign. Wasn't there's Leave.EU whereas the official one was Vote Leave? Or was it the other way round? I forget now...yahyah wrote:If Ukip misused public funds to help win Brexit, could there be a legal argument about the result ?
Britain Elects @britainelects 6m6 minutes ago
On how the government is doing at negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union:
Well: 18% (-7)
Badly: 52% (+6)
(via YouGov)
And this albatross needs to firmly stay around this government's and this government's only collective neck.RogerOThornhill wrote:Well.
Britain Elects @britainelects 6m6 minutes ago
On how the government is doing at negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union:
Well: 18% (-7)
Badly: 52% (+6)
(via YouGov)
There you are PF, for some reason our discussions this morning made me think of you.PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.
By the way, it's absolutely tipping it down here in the sunny South and is very windy.
And the follow-up about whether Mayhem's doing a good job?RogerOThornhill wrote:Well.
Britain Elects @britainelects 6m6 minutes ago
On how the government is doing at negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union:
Well: 18% (-7)
Badly: 52% (+6)
(via YouGov)
Our blessed PM cannot defy gravity forever.gilsey wrote:And the follow-up about whether Mayhem's doing a good job?RogerOThornhill wrote:Well.
Britain Elects @britainelects 6m6 minutes ago
On how the government is doing at negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union:
Well: 18% (-7)
Badly: 52% (+6)
(via YouGov)
The GB public will sink under the weight of its own contradictions soon.
Our front windows were ex sash windows when i bought the house and needed further repairs doing before finally being replaced 15 years ago.HindleA wrote:Checks wood.Not many around here haven't replaced them,or put tarmac in place of front lawn for that matter.We experimented with a small side window,didn't like it so kept the rest as wood.I am being different by keeping the same.