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Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 7:48 pm
by HindleA
Interesting as to different thinking aspects.Some surprised I didn't remove accessible aspects,to me to do that would deny possible entry to others,as well as a potentiality for me.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 8:00 pm
by refitman
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Like trains.

He was calling out Crossrail as a waste of money a few years ago.
And maths. Not sure what he has against maths, maybe he was scared by a times table as a small child.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 8:10 pm
by HindleA
There is probably a,word meaning fear of times tables.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 8:16 pm
by refitman
HindleA wrote:There is probably a,word meaning fear of times tables.
Arithmophobia is a fear of maths.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 8:30 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Abi Wilkinson has had a.........lively........day on Twitter today. Just for a change ;)

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 8:37 pm
by Tubby Isaacs
refitman wrote:
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Like trains.

He was calling out Crossrail as a waste of money a few years ago.
And maths. Not sure what he has against maths, maybe he was scared by a times table as a small child.
Ha ha.

Wind turbines is another.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 9:00 pm
by refitman
Tubby Isaacs wrote:
refitman wrote:
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Like trains.

He was calling out Crossrail as a waste of money a few years ago.
And maths. Not sure what he has against maths, maybe he was scared by a times table as a small child.
Ha ha.

Wind turbines is another.
Y'know, it might be shorter to list things he does know about. Buggered if I can think of anything though.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 9:24 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Two local council byelections this week:

Scarborough DC - an unusual Tuesday vacancy saw a Tory hold that preserved their knife edge majority on the council. This ward returned two Tory members unopposed in 2003, but an Independent took one seat in 2007 (topping the poll) and retained it in 2011 before the Tories regained their monopoly on GE day in 2015, narrowly seeing off the Indy for the second seat whilst UKIP also polled a strong third with some 20% of the vote. UKIP did not stand this time, and their absence helped the Tories advance healthily into the mid-40s - however, their main challenge this time came from Labour who - after coming a poor 4th two years ago - increased by close to 20 points to move into a decent second. The same Independent who was elected twice previously saw their vote continue to decline as they slipped into third, whilst the regionalist Yorkshire Party came last with 4% in their first punt here.

North Somerset - the last contest in August saw a Labour gain from an Independent who had been elected under the localist North Somerset Third banner in 2015 when they shared this ward's two seats with the Tories (who topped the poll) This was the first election since boundary changes, but the predecessor ward had been first won by the LibDems and then the Tories before the Indy got their breakthrough in a 2013 by-election. Labour came 4th two years ago in a fairly fragmented fight, but an increase of over 20 points took them to a surprise win - modestly ahead of the Tories even though they also registered a small increase from previously. LibDems also got an increase and moved from 5th and last time to third now, but they are still some way from their former strength here - indeed a previous LibDem councillor from the former ward stood as an Independent now, but their 8 per cent was well down on what the previous incumbent had managed. But they still managed to beat UKIP, who came a good third in 2015 but lost over two thirds of their vote from then in coming last with less than 7%.

That concludes this month, and September really does start off with a bang - a mini "Super Thursday" with no fewer than *14* (yes, fourteen) contests. I will endeavour to cover them all in the usual way, but as Captain Oates (sort of) said, "it may take some time" :)

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 9:28 pm
by RogerOThornhill
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Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 9:53 pm
by citizenJA
refitman wrote:
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Like trains.

He was calling out Crossrail as a waste of money a few years ago.
And maths. Not sure what he has against maths, maybe he was scared by a times table as a small child.
I adored learning the times tables by heart!
Wonderful teacher
I loved my teachers
they taught me to love learning

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 9:55 pm
by citizenJA
Tubby Isaacs wrote:
refitman wrote:
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Like trains.

He was calling out Crossrail as a waste of money a few years ago.
And maths. Not sure what he has against maths, maybe he was scared by a times table as a small child.
Ha ha.

Wind turbines is another.
That's just going too far
He must be some kind of crazy person

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:00 pm
by citizenJA
RogerOThornhill wrote:Oh dear...

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European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
Published Friday, September 1, 2017


The Bill cuts off the source of European Union law in the UK by repealing the European Communities Act 1972 and removing the competence of European Union institutions to legislate for the UK. As such, the EUW Bill has been referred to as “the Great Repeal Bill”. The Bill provides for a complex mixture of constitutional change and legal continuity.

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Just arrived in my e-mail in box

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:04 pm
by SpinningHugo
AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:I'm beginning to wonder if SpinningHugo is in fact Kezia Dugdale?

He seems to have disappeared since commenting on her resignation ;-)
Tom Watson's clever plan to get her a place on the NEC could yet end up looking a bit silly. Who would ever have thought??

It doesn't matter. The Campaign Group will be in control of everything soon enough.

Happy days, eh?

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:05 pm
by citizenJA
HindleA wrote:There is probably a,word meaning fear of times tables.
No child was immune from the happy hilarity created by our maths teacher
That's not to say we were all equally blessed with the same powers

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:06 pm
by citizenJA
well look who's here
how are you?

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:12 pm
by citizenJA
goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:18 pm
by refitman
SpinningHugo wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:I'm beginning to wonder if SpinningHugo is in fact Kezia Dugdale?

He seems to have disappeared since commenting on her resignation ;-)
Tom Watson's clever plan to get her a place on the NEC could yet end up looking a bit silly. Who would ever have thought??

It doesn't matter. The Campaign Group will be in control of everything soon enough.

Happy days, eh?
Reds under the bed! Reds under the bed!

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:29 pm
by HindleA
He's right you know,they've commandeered the kettle,bastards.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:35 pm
by HindleA
A pencil,a rogue crisp and an old halfpenny.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 10:58 pm
by adam
Post of the day BTL over yonder
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Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:00 pm
by HindleA
Care Act legislatively reduced support for many,as,Clegg and others might have known if they had read it.A significant loss today in terms of combatting continued false economy and denial of what most of us take for granted.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:00 pm
by StephenDolan
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Abi Wilkinson has had a.........lively........day on Twitter today. Just for a change ;)
Yes but she's pretty good at handling it thankfully. The usual political journalists have been pretty fecking awful. Yes, it's not a surprise.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:06 pm
by adam
8,500 people lost in Mediterranean since death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi
According to the latest figures released by the UN’s refugee agency, 4,337 people are believed to have drowned since September 2016 while attempting to reach European shores. Most departed from Libya bound for Italy, from Turkey bound for Greece or, more recently, from Morocco bound for Spain. A further 4,185 people died in the previous 12 months, from 1 September 2015 until the end of August 2016.
That's a two year average of over eleven people dying in the med every day whilst trying to reach safety in Europe.

UK axes support for Mediterranean migrant rescue operation
Britain will not support any future search and rescue operations to prevent migrants and refugees drowning in the Mediterranean, claiming they simply encourage more people to attempt the dangerous sea crossing, Foreign Office ministers have quietly announced.
October 2014.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:09 pm
by tinyclanger2
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Boris.
Horse.
Shit.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:14 pm
by HindleA
Horses seeking legal advice.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:16 pm
by HindleA
It smells like roses compared to the stuff coming out of him.GGNosebag,leader of the horses Union said.

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:22 pm
by HindleA
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Make a playlist for someone with dementia: the results will astonish you
Sarah Metcalfe

Re: Friday,1st September 2017

Posted: Fri 01 Sep, 2017 11:30 pm
by StephenDolan
StephenDolan wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Abi Wilkinson has had a.........lively........day on Twitter today. Just for a change ;)
Yes but she's pretty good at handling it thankfully. The usual political journalists have been pretty fecking awful. Yes, it's not a surprise.
As for Michael Dugher however... :toss: