Friday 27th October 2017

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:23 am

Morning

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... ship-joyce" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Barnaby Joyce and four senators ruled ineligible for parliament – politics live

High court citizenship case: Barnaby Joyce and four others ruled ineligible
Government loses majority and faces byelection in New England seat

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:25 am

JFK Files link continued

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/liv ... y-theories" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/2017-release" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:27 am

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

UK children who need mental health services face 'postcode lottery'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-41766092" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:46 am

Theresa May lines up head of Vote Leave campaign behind £350m NHS claim to lead overhaul of Conservative Party
Matthew Elliott said to be in advanced negotiations over a senior role that would cheer Tories backing a hard Brexit
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 20566.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Any Tory Remainers should leave the party now. What is the point of being in power, if the power only means that you are required to piss in your own tent.

tinyclanger2 · Post by **tinyclanger2** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:47 am

Taking back control.

Except that half of us feel that control is precisely the thing we've just lost.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 6:41 am

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... -in-london" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Sadiq Khan to raise target for affordable housing in London
Exclusive: Mayor says developers should stop focusing on luxury penthouses and insists 65% of new homes in the capital should be affordable

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:00 am

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/lidin ... 79.article" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lidington sends glum message on legal aid, PI and employment

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:06 am

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/arts ... leans.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

New Orleans Marks Fats Domino’s Death in Its Usual Style: With a Party

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:15 am

http://m.novinite.com/articles/184678/S ... rom+the+UK" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Students from the EU could be loaned more than £13,000 a year for tuition fees by the UK after Brexit."
grr. Tried to find a link to version of story that wasn't times,sun or mail & failed (it's from mail story)

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:30 am

http://www.fabians.org.uk/the-blame-game/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The blame game

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:37 am

https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... f-a50.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Why is the UK making such a mess of A50 negotiations?

Mainly Macro

gilsey · Post by **gilsey** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:03 am

HindleA wrote:https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... f-a50.html

Why is the UK making such a mess of A50 negotiations?

Mainly Macro

The scariest part of that is this

Davis has simply given up.

Links to this
http://uk.businessinsider.com/tory-mini ... it-2017-10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

David Davis has "mentally checked out" and "doesn't care" about Brexit, a Tory minister has said

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:07 am

Good-morning, everyone

citizenJA · Post by **citizenJA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:46 am

Lloyds Pharmacy closes 190 stores, blaming government cuts

I'm grateful to PorFavor linking this story in the Guardian last night. I know a lot of other things are going on right now but the Lloyd pharmacy closures has me angry and nervous. I'd petitioned government against this move. My relationship with pharmacy and staff I've had for years isn't replaceable without hardship. It's not merely a retail establishment where I pick up prescriptions. I can no more do without them than I can do without the rest of the NHS.

A spokeswoman for No 10 said there were measures in place to ensure people could access a pharmacy. She said: “There are almost 12,000 private pharmacies in England and these closures make up just 1.6% of the number. We don’t have full information on the announcement as yet, but we do make sure that patients can access pharmacists where they need to.”

I'd expect no greater sensitivity or insight from Tory government and I'm not surprised by this statement. Never failing living down their low, Tories.

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:52 am

gilsey wrote:
HindleA wrote:https://mainlymacro.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... f-a50.html

Why is the UK making such a mess of A50 negotiations?

Mainly Macro
The scariest part of that is this
Davis has simply given up.
Links to this
http://uk.businessinsider.com/tory-mini ... it-2017-10" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
David Davis has "mentally checked out" and "doesn't care" about Brexit, a Tory minister has said

Hmm

With 400 proposed amendments to the Brexit Bill about to come to the House he's going to be quite busy!

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:57 am

David Davis - built for (his own) comfort, not speed.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:58 am

Good morfternoon.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 11:51 am

It seems like Davis might genuinely have believed Brexit would be a doddle

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 12:25 pm

Dear Academies, aren't you lucky - you have all that freedom to ignore virtually all of the National Curriculum. But there's one small problem - we like telling schools what to do...

Government ‘developing fundamental British values curriculum’

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-de ... urriculum/

The Department for Education is developing a “fundamental British values curriculum” aimed at helping teachers train pupils to resist extremism, a minister has said.

In a letter to education professionals, seen by Schools Week, the new academies minister Lord Agnew has set out plans to develop new “resources and guidance” for teachers.

This new “curriculum” will assist school staff in promoting fundamental British values and “building pupils’ resilience to extremist ideologies”, Agnew says.

This will be done via existing subjects. For example, the chronological teaching of British history can help “foster integration” and history lessons can teach pupils about the evolution of parliamentary democracy and religious tolerance, Agnew says.

Other subjects affected include RE, PSHE and citizenship.

So, what we'll do is to get Ofsted to check that you're doing what we want you to...sneaky eh?

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 12:36 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/ ... hair-black" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Japanese student sues over school's order to dye hair black

The case has drawn attention to the strict dress codes imposed by many schools in Japan, from directions on hair colour to bans on makeup and jewellery and the requirement that students’ skirts be of a certain length.

This year a survey of high schools in Tokyo found that almost 60% asked students with lighter hair for proof that it was naturally that colour. Ninety of the 170 schools surveyed by the Asahi newspaper said they asked students to provide photographs of themselves taken when they were infants or attending junior school to prove they had not coloured their hair.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 3:03 pm

Brexit minister Baroness Anelay resigns after five months over 'injury sustained in 2015'

The Brexit department has lost its third minister in four months after Baroness Anelay stepped down from the front bench on Friday.

The Conservative peer cited "a worsening of an injury sustained in 2015" as her reason for leaving the Department for Exiting the European Union.

More follows… (Independent)

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 4:33 pm

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/26/healt ... index.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Undocumented special-needs girl in federal custody after emergency surgery

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 4:54 pm

PorFavor wrote:
Brexit minister Baroness Anelay resigns after five months over 'injury sustained in 2015'

The Brexit department has lost its third minister in four months after Baroness Anelay stepped down from the front bench on Friday.

The Conservative peer cited "a worsening of an injury sustained in 2015" as her reason for leaving the Department for Exiting the European Union.

More follows… (Independent)

Dropping like flies

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 4:59 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule

RogerOThornhill · Post by **RogerOThornhill** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:00 pm

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PorFavor wrote:
Brexit minister Baroness Anelay resigns after five months over 'injury sustained in 2015'

The Brexit department has lost its third minister in four months after Baroness Anelay stepped down from the front bench on Friday.

The Conservative peer cited "a worsening of an injury sustained in 2015" as her reason for leaving the Department for Exiting the European Union.

More follows… (Independent)
Dropping like flies

An updated version of "It's the old war wound playing up"?

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:06 pm

HindleA wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41780116

Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule

Rajoy is a prize idiot.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:08 pm

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2 ... deal-video" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UK. Under Pressure to Agree to an EU Trade Deal

Jonathan Portes, senior fellow at The U.K. in a Changing Europe, and David Blake, economics professor at Cass Business School, discuss progress made on trade in Brexit negotiations. They speak with Bloomberg's Mark Barton.

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:43 pm

https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/po ... t-politics" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Tom Tugendhat, on Boris

..I just think that it’s very, very hard to make humour work in international environments, which is why very few serious politicians try it.

Post by **refitman** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 5:57 pm

PorFavor wrote:
Brexit minister Baroness Anelay resigns after five months over 'injury sustained in 2015'

The Brexit department has lost its third minister in four months after Baroness Anelay stepped down from the front bench on Friday.

The Conservative peer cited "a worsening of an injury sustained in 2015" as her reason for leaving the Department for Exiting the European Union.

More follows… (Independent)

I assume ATOS will find her fit for work toot-sweet.

frog222 · Post by **frog222** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 6:14 pm

refitman wrote:
PorFavor wrote:
Brexit minister Baroness Anelay resigns after five months over 'injury sustained in 2015'

The Brexit department has lost its third minister in four months after Baroness Anelay stepped down from the front bench on Friday.

The Conservative peer cited "a worsening of an injury sustained in 2015" as her reason for leaving the Department for Exiting the European Union.

More follows… (Independent)
I assume ATOS will find her fit for work toot-sweet.

Atos, Maximus, Capita, they're all dastards .

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 06896.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The SNP has the right approach -- take them around the back of the woodshed .

With an axe

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 6:16 pm

https://waitingfortax.com/2017/10/27/so ... g-at-hmrc/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG AT HMRC

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 6:32 pm

http://www.parliament.uk/business/commi ... ing-trust/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Committee publishes 'damning' new Universal Credit evidence

Committee Chair Frank Field MP calls evidence submitted to the Committee by Halton Housing Trust the "most damning" he has ever read on what he describes as Department for Work and Pensions "maladministration."

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 6:36 pm

HindleA wrote:http://www.parliament.uk/business/commi ... ing-trust/

Committee publishes 'damning' new Universal Credit evidence

Committee Chair Frank Field MP calls evidence submitted to the Committee by Halton Housing Trust the "most damning" he has ever read on what he describes as Department for Work and Pensions "maladministration."

The Christmas payment rule - very festive.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:02 pm

http://www.musculardystrophyuk.org/blog ... t-so-good/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Access to Work: The good and the not so good!

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:10 pm

HindleA wrote:https://waitingfortax.com/2017/10/27/so ... g-at-hmrc/

SOMETHING IS VERY WRONG AT HMRC

This is news?

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:16 pm

https://dpac.uk.net/2017/10/we-know-tha ... on-system/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:22 pm

Some background on tomorrow's Icelandic elections

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/i ... 34672.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:29 pm

PFI: five firms avoid tax despite £2bn profits, BBC learns

The BBC has also learned that a small number of big offshore companies are currently on a buying spree.

They are buying up a number of the UK's public buildings.

Research carried out by the think tank* that investigates PFI deals, the European Services Strategy Unit, reveals the extent of the buy-up in Britain.

Nine off-shore infrastructure funds own between 50% and 100% of the equity in 335 PFI/Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects. This amounts to 45% of all 735 current projects
12 offshore companies have bought equity in 74% of the 735 current projects
Education and health projects, including schools and hospitals, account for two-thirds of the purchases by offshore companies

Meg Hillier, the Labour MP who chairs the Public Accounts Select Committee, told the BBC's The World Tonight: "Frankly it is shocking. Our taxes are paying for our schools and hospitals... and yet these companies are clearly profiting and paying no UK tax. I don't think that was ever envisaged when PFI was established." (BBC News website)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-41778609

*The European Services Strategy Unit is committed to social justice through the provision of good quality public services by democratically accountable public bodies implementing best practice management, employment, equal opportunity and sustainable development policies.

It is an independent, non-profit organisation, which continues the work of Services to Community Action and Trade Unions (SCAT) and later the Centre for Public Services since 1973.

Edited to add the asterisks and associated text so that you stood a chance of knowing what I was on about.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:37 pm

A valiant effort but I have difficulty knowing what I am on about before attending to anything else but I am sure others will appreciate.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:40 pm

And,of course you don't have to answer,but out of interest why are you wearing a Noddy hat?

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 8:45 pm

HindleA wrote:And,of course you don't have to answer,but out of interest why are you wearing a Noddy hat?

Big Ears is popping round later. He may not recognise me without the hat.

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:12 pm

Have just had a lovely hot shower (1st world comfort has resumed). Yay!

And thanks to gilsey there's an electric cooker with induction hob on the way. Am feeling very modern.

Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it all with Tory induced stagnating income. Ho hum!

As for politics, I see David Davis is determined to prove the best man won the 2005 leadership contest. It's still a close contest, however.....very difficult to determine who is the biggest numpty out of him and Cameron. What a shower.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:17 pm

HindleA wrote:Some background on tomorrow's Icelandic elections

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/10/i ... 34672.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The left could be making a bit of a comeback there, worth a watch.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:23 pm

Willow904 wrote:Have just had a lovely hot shower (1st world comfort has resumed). Yay!

And thanks to gilsey there's an electric cooker with induction hob on the way. Am feeling very modern.

Now I just have to figure out how to pay for it all with Tory induced stagnating income. Ho hum!

As for politics, I see David Davis is determined to prove the best man won the 2005 leadership contest. It's still a close contest, however.....very difficult to determine who is the biggest numpty out of him and Cameron. What a shower.

I don't think that there's anything to choose between the two of them. They just differ in some aspects of their duffness. Both of them are lazy but David Cameron enjoyed the flash stuff. I'm not sure that David Davis does.

Glad you've got your domestics (and I don't mean the servants) sorted!

Edited to add -

Can all cooking pots etc be used on induction hobs or do you need special equipment? I'm not very well up on this stuff.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:50 pm

Depends, a "coil"symbol to that effect,or use of a magnet to check.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:54 pm

HindleA wrote:Depends, a "coil"symbol to that effect,or use of a magnet to check.

Magnetic - good or bad?

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 9:56 pm

Magnetic - good! Just read it!

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:08 pm

I have a talking cooker which gives info,instructions and a running commentary,you can choose the accent/language etc.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:09 pm

A bit on the nervous side,it panics a bit.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Fri 27 Oct, 2017 10:10 pm

Colourful language "Not ####ing pasta,again" etc.

PTO.