Friday 10th March 2017

[PorFavor]

@PaulfromYorkshire

Thanks for your reply yesterday.

[Tubby Isaacs]

. Dawn Butler came in and then she lost her seat and she had to fight to get back in. Dawn’s journey was hard

That was a lot to do with her having a big expenses scandal.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Yes, her failure in 2010 was one of Labour's worst results (in London for sure)

[Tubby Isaacs]

Yes, her failure in 2010 was one of Labour's worst results (in London for sure)

Yeah. She seems OK otherwise. But she should have stood down, as McNulty at least did.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Kate Osamor Warns Labour Has Neglected Its Heartlands And There Are No Safe Seats Anymore

I wish they'd drop this stuff, it sounds incredibly arrogant, as if she who's been around 5 minutes knows better than everybody else. It's part of the Copeland alibi too, and it's dishonest. Plenty of places have huge majorities- like, er, her own seat.

She looks like a hack to me.

[Tubby Isaacs]

This also sounds dreadful.

Addressing Jones directly, Osamor was clear: “You are used to writing. And commentating. And reading. And looking through a lense. This is my reality. And I am used to it. And I know it takes time for things to work. It may take many years for people to accept that Jeremy wants to say something different on behalf of the majority.”

"This is my reality" is a meme. As is "It may take many years".

[HindleA]

http://www.24housing.co.uk/news/tenants ... al-credit/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


91% of tenants have negative view of Universal Credit


http://chcymru.org.uk/en/view-news/tena ... -universal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



What is a pie barm? In Wigan, it’s a way of life
David Barnett

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Surrey council received boost in budget after 'sweetheart deal' claims

[gilsey]

'Replete with folly and injustice' - Hammond follows in Osborne's footsteps
http://www.primeeconomics.org/articles/ ... -footsteps" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Macro view of the budget, if only it was compulsory reading.

[gilsey]

Have we had this, apologies if so.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/ ... 09a.1040.0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Barbara Keeley, from the budget debate, having a right go at Surrey and Javid.

[HindleA]

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ber ... 22191.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


This Government’s cuts to benefits received by bereaved families is not only cruel, it is totally unnecessary

[HindleA]

https://leftfootforward.org/2017/03/mic ... er-brexit/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Michael Gove says Theresa May is a secret Catholic who can’t be trusted to deliver Brexit

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... ty-cartoon" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Martin Rowson on the Conservative party

[HindleA]

http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/ ... e-changes/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"Most vulnerable hit by welfare changes" - Liverpool City Council says

[HindleA]

Disturbances at HMP Birmingham

[PorFavor]

https://leftfootforward.org/2017/03/mic ... er-brexit/



Michael Gove says Theresa May is a secret Catholic who can’t be trusted to deliver Brexit

It was those trousers. Dead giveaway. In an otherwise rational piece, he failed to mention them. Odd that.

[HindleA]

Martin Rowson on Justine Greening and new grammar schools


https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tubby Isaacs]

Britain’s path to preeminence in the past followed our break with Catholicism and embrace of the Reformation. We pursued a global, maritime, buccaneering, individualistic, liberal destiny — the spirit of our capitalism was infused with a very Protestant ethic. Now that we are once more freeing ourselves from a conformist Continent to make our own way in the world the question of whether we need to be more radical to maximise opportunities or more cautious to reassure and protect is central to our politics.

Gove's popularity at The Telegraph may not be what it was.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Funny, I thought Anglo-Catholics were actually Protestants.

What does he want? Arlene Foster in charge of Brexit?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Nice to see this.

http://zelo-street.blogspot.co.uk/2017/ ... graph.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Telegraph had to settle out of court with a Tower Hamlets developer who Gilligan accused of having acquired Poplar Baths corruptly.

[HindleA]

https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/10/wor ... ign=buffer" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results




Not fascist

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-in ... omes-video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Who are the people that get so angry online? Meet the internet warriors, in their own homes.

[PorFavor]

MPs not appeased by May's decision to review self-employed tax hike (Guardian)

Any amount of time is a long time in politics, it would seem . . .

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/ ... f-employed

[PorFavor]

Article 50 'could be triggered on Tuesday' if Brexit bill passes

Government sources say prime minister may quickly trigger process for leaving EU if legislation is voted for unamended (Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ill-passes

[RogerOThornhill]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-in ... omes-video



Who are the people that get so angry online? Meet the internet warriors, in their own homes.

As soon as I saw the second guy (Roger) I realised I'd seen his pic from when I used to post at the DT - he had but one interest and used to make every conversation turn to ethno-nationalism. An utter loon.

[HindleA]

Housing Benefit circulars 2017


https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ulars-2017" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Getting ready for the £30 removal for ESA(WRAG)

[adam]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-in ... omes-video



Who are the people that get so angry online? Meet the internet warriors, in their own homes.

As soon as I saw the second guy (Roger) I realised I'd seen his pic from when I used to post at the DT - he had but one interest and used to make every conversation turn to ethno-nationalism. An utter loon.

Oh god, him! I remember him. Wasn't there some kind of international conspiracy aimed at diluting us all?

[HindleA]

Burnham writing to Cabinet Secretarty to investigate Surrey and any breach of Ministerial Code.