Wednesday, 21st December 2016
Posted: Wed 21 Dec, 2016 8:13 am
Good morfternoon.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... obs-growthUK risks return to pay squeeze, says thinktank
Resolution Foundation predicts rising prices and stalling of jobs growth will hit real earnings next year
(Guardian)
yahyah wrote:Morning.
PF - have you been asked to arbitrate on Tubby's words about Corbyn and 'Burnham's stupid comments' ? In your role as FTN's grammar and language consultant of course, not from any political stance.
David Davis will be pleased that the EU has waded in on his side!EU's highest court delivers blow to UK snooper's charter
Indiscriminate collection of emails is illegal, court rules in response to challenge originally brought by David Davis
The European court of justice.
“General and indiscriminate retention” of emails and electronic communications by governments is illegal, the EU’s highest court has ruled in a judgment that could trigger challenges against the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Act, the so-called snooper’s charter.
Only targeted interception of traffic and location data in order to combat serious crime is justified, according to a long-awaited decision by the European court of justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. (Guardian)
This time of year surely its Puss in Boots?yahyah wrote:Mr Purrkins. Love it.
He is still an outdoor cat at the moment, he hasn't fully embraced being 'owned' yet.
My friends, who had been keeping an eye on him, moved out yesterday, the new owners and their dog move in tomorrow. He's probably rather confused at the moment, but the arrival of the dog may hasten his desire to end his attachment to the porch he's been sleeping in.
Indeed, let's hear from Tom Watson and David Davis over this please tv newsPorFavor wrote:David Davis will be pleased that the EU has waded in on his side!EU's highest court delivers blow to UK snooper's charter
Indiscriminate collection of emails is illegal, court rules in response to challenge originally brought by David Davis
The European court of justice.
“General and indiscriminate retention” of emails and electronic communications by governments is illegal, the EU’s highest court has ruled in a judgment that could trigger challenges against the UK’s new Investigatory Powers Act, the so-called snooper’s charter.
Only targeted interception of traffic and location data in order to combat serious crime is justified, according to a long-awaited decision by the European court of justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg. (Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2016/de ... rs-charter
Oh, no it isn't !StephenDolan wrote:This time of year surely its Puss in Boots?yahyah wrote:Mr Purrkins. Love it.
He is still an outdoor cat at the moment, he hasn't fully embraced being 'owned' yet.
My friends, who had been keeping an eye on him, moved out yesterday, the new owners and their dog move in tomorrow. He's probably rather confused at the moment, but the arrival of the dog may hasten his desire to end his attachment to the porch he's been sleeping in.
Duncan Weldon @DuncanWeldon 1h1 hour ago
Also: We're in Wood Green. So when you said "yeah, on the way in now", that was probably a lie.
I read this pretty early on yesterday. The press must have been aware of this. So, with no definite suspect, and several lines of enquiry being pursued, including claims of responsibility from IS, and an ID card belonging to a Tunisian, where are the grounds to so heavily link this story to the influx of Syrian refugees a year ago? I see none as yet. If it does turn out to be the case that a recent asylum seeker is responsible, there will surely be more than enough time to hit Merkel around the head with it once it's been established as a fact, surely? This frenzy of politically biased speculation by the press is quite worrying to me. You expect it from the tabloids, but it seemed to be everywhere yesterday.The former suspect, a Pakistani national named as Naved B, had denied any connection with the attack.
Police said there were no forensic clues to link him to the vehicle, and had expressed doubt about his involvement soon after his arrest.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/ ... in-historyRupee recall / Small businesses facing 'apocalypse' amid biggest financial experiment in history
“In theory, it’s a great idea to actually ensure that workers actually get the wage they’ve been promised,” says Aparna, the president of the Indian Federation of Trade Unions, who like many Indians uses only one name.
“The downside is: we can’t do it. It’s a bit like say the government has announced the end to all poverty by tomorrow. It’s not taking into account any of the obvious constraints that even a child in India could see........
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Digital payments might be novel, but the ambitious plan is “an old Indian pathology”, he says. “The belief that if you legislate something, it happens.”
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Could it be that the BBC has reacted to criticism that they have previously been too circumscribed in reporting these sorts of incidents, by moving rather too much in the opposite direction? Another symptom of an organisation that has lost its bearings, I fear.StephenDolan wrote:Morning all.
Radio 1 news update implied the immigrant Pakistani man arrested was guilty but the police didn't have enough evidence. Very bad framing there, ditto what Tubby referenced last night with the unlimited immigration language on the BBC news website.
AngryAsWell wrote:By Jacek Rostowski, Poland’s Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister from 2007 to 2013
British Prime Minister Theresa May reportedly “needed some time to compose herself” in a recent meeting with her presumed ally Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor categorically rejected May’s proposal to do a “side deal” on European Union nationals living in Britain before the United Kingdom officially triggers Brexit negotiations by invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.
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Paradoxically, while the Conservative Party leadership has decided to represent the incoherent Leave coalition, no one is speaking for the 48% of voters who sided with Remain, except for the Liberal-Democratic Party, which has minimal influence in Parliament. This is even more surprising when one considers two deep structural factors that will cut short Leave’s continued political dominance in the medium term.
O'Shaughnessy was the founder of Floreat Academies trust which says this:ICG Health
@ICG_Health
The Government have announced that Lord Prior has been moved from @DHgovuk to @beisgovuk and will be replaced by Lord O'Shaughnessy
i.e. he paid for it a few years after getting his BA.He was Director of Policy and Research for former Prime Minister David Cameron between 2007 and 2011, latterly in No.10 Downing Street, and holds an MA (Oxon) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Possibly.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Could it be that the BBC has reacted to criticism that they have previously been too circumscribed in reporting these sorts of incidents, by moving rather too much in the opposite direction? Another symptom of an organisation that has lost its bearings, I fear.StephenDolan wrote:Morning all.
Radio 1 news update implied the immigrant Pakistani man arrested was guilty but the police didn't have enough evidence. Very bad framing there, ditto what Tubby referenced last night with the unlimited immigration language on the BBC news website.
Depends what you mean by "speaking for" - that 48% is in reality no more "coherent" than the 52% who voted for Brexit.tinyclanger2 wrote:AngryAsWell wrote:By Jacek Rostowski, Poland’s Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister from 2007 to 2013
British Prime Minister Theresa May reportedly “needed some time to compose herself” in a recent meeting with her presumed ally Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor categorically rejected May’s proposal to do a “side deal” on European Union nationals living in Britain before the United Kingdom officially triggers Brexit negotiations by invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.
http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/20/ther ... it-problem" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Paradoxically, while the Conservative Party leadership has decided to represent the incoherent Leave coalition, no one is speaking for the 48% of voters who sided with Remain, except for the Liberal-Democratic Party, which has minimal influence in Parliament. This is even more surprising when one considers two deep structural factors that will cut short Leave’s continued political dominance in the medium term.
We're in disarray.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Depends what you mean by "speaking for" - that 48% is in reality no more "coherent" than the 52% who voted for Brexit.tinyclanger2 wrote:AngryAsWell wrote:By Jacek Rostowski, Poland’s Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister from 2007 to 2013
British Prime Minister Theresa May reportedly “needed some time to compose herself” in a recent meeting with her presumed ally Angela Merkel. The German Chancellor categorically rejected May’s proposal to do a “side deal” on European Union nationals living in Britain before the United Kingdom officially triggers Brexit negotiations by invoking Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon.
http://www.euronews.com/2016/12/20/ther ... it-problem" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Paradoxically, while the Conservative Party leadership has decided to represent the incoherent Leave coalition, no one is speaking for the 48% of voters who sided with Remain, except for the Liberal-Democratic Party, which has minimal influence in Parliament. This is even more surprising when one considers two deep structural factors that will cut short Leave’s continued political dominance in the medium term.
Any calls for a forensic investigation of the Boris era yet?Transport for London’s planning boss sought to persuade central government to release £3.5 million for the controversial scheme after accepting a job at the project’s engineer, Arup
A year ago, Transport for London’s then managing director of planning Richard de Cani accepted a top job at the global engineering firm, handing in his notice on 1 January this year and starting work in May.
De Cani – now head of planning for the UKMEA region at Arup – had been closely involved with the bridge’s controversial procurement from its 2012 inception, including the selection of Joanna Lumley’s team of Arup and Heatherwick Studio.
If connected to Corbyn I guarantee we'll see a semi-regular poster here within minutes...BBC Cumbria @BBC_Cumbria 2m2 minutes ago
Sources have told @BBC_Cumbria that Copeland MP @jreedmp is to announce his resignation as an MP this afternoon
One of Jeremy Corbyn’s most persistent critics is to quit as a Labour MP and take a job in the nuclear industry, triggering a three-way fight for his marginal northern seat with the Conservatives and Ukip.
Jamie Reed, the MP for Copeland in west Cumbria since 2005, told the Guardian he was resigning because he believed he could achieve more for his community in his new job, working for the nuclear processing site Sellafield, than on the backbenches.
yahyah wrote:https://twitter.com/jreedmp
In fact he's going back to where he worked before as a press officer.yahyah wrote:He's off to work in the nuclear industry. Makes a change from 'to spend more time with my family'. Some heads will be exploding.
No, he isn't *that* self indulgent.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Might be standing as an independent pro-nukes candidate. Likely to be hammered by the Tories.
RogerOThornhill wrote:Interesting - wonder what brought this on if true?
If connected to Corbyn I guarantee we'll see a semi-regular poster here within minutes...BBC Cumbria @BBC_Cumbria 2m2 minutes ago
Sources have told @BBC_Cumbria that Copeland MP @jreedmp is to announce his resignation as an MP this afternoon
On this, we can agree.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Ah, fair enough. Good luck to him. He wasted his talent in politics lately.
Ah yes - from your neck of the woods AK.AnatolyKasparov wrote:On this, we can agree.Tubby Isaacs wrote:Ah, fair enough. Good luck to him. He wasted his talent in politics lately.
It is a genuine shame, just a few years ago he seemed to be somebody who was going places - and the entire local party would have done pretty much anything for him.
Interesting timing - I don't think he can resign properly while Parliament is not in session.StephenDolan wrote:Interesting how that plays out. What's the likely timeframe for the byelection? Supreme judges verdict due around the same time?
House returns on 9th January.When an MP is appointed to the post, the Treasury releases a public notice: "The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed [named individual] to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern."[14]
After the Speaker has been notified, the appointment and resulting disqualification is noted in the Vote and Proceedings, the Commons' daily journal of proceedings:
Notification, laid upon the Table by the Speaker, That Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer had today appointed [named individual], Member for [named constituency], to the office of Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.[15]