Thursday 30th November 2017

[AnatolyKasparov]

I am not in Oz !


edited to remind to PTO

thankyou.

Duly done.

[PorFavor]

Net migration to UK shows largest annual fall since records began

Strong evidence that ‘Brexodus’ is under way, with EU nationals accounting for three-quarters of those returning home (Guardian)

That should help with this then -

Row breaks out as Jeremy Hunt says NHS must stick to targets - live updates

Health secretary insists health service cannot abandon targets after NHS bosses suggested they won’t be able to meet them (Guardian)

No? What do you mean, a lot of them are, or would be, NHS staff?

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ords-began

https://www.theguardian.com/society/liv ... ve-updates

[RogerOThornhill]

Things obviously going well at the Foreign Office...

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Ireland's govt 'told to ignore Boris Johnson' by Foreign Office

[HindleA]

FWIW Gorka was on the Washington Journal 'phone in shown on BBC Parliament Sundays a couple of weeks ago.You occasionally get calls from the UK.

[frog222]

For some light relief (we surely need it ?)

Kalten 34m ago 8 9

I've saved a fortune on Christmas thanks to Gwyneth's homeopathic gifts, I just rubbed some wrapping paper against the screen of my laptop whilst browsing the site and now all my family will be able to experience the amazing wellness of homeopathic gift giving.

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Recced by my fiend Thaumaturge, who is a homeopathophobe .

I'm not, necessarily, but a LOL thread too

[frog222]

FWIW Gorka was on the Washington Journal 'phone in shown on BBC Parliament Sundays a couple of weeks ago.You occasionally get calls from the UK.

Hindle -- he gets himself everywhere ! Or perhaps, his handlers/associates get him everywhere ???

The other alternative is that , in this case the BBC, either do it for kicks OR they have a RW agenda .

Reminds me of when R4's WorldatOne introduced Niall Ferguson of the Heritage Foundation as though it were a "neutral'' thinktank, when it's heavily rightwing .

[citizenJA]

Things obviously going well at the Foreign Office...

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Ireland's govt 'told to ignore Boris Johnson' by Foreign Office

Crazy times, crazy times

[citizenJA]

Has someone alerted the appropriate authorities? Please? Call the authorities now. This is enough.

[frog222]

More crazy times , I'm just settling down to read tonight's Crace --

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[RogerOThornhill]

There's an event at Policy Exchange right now...and Nick Gibb is talking about the importance of textbooks.

At the same even there is a teacher who just happens to have written some textbooks and will presumably be plugging them.

And when did he write them I hear you ask?

Why, when he was Teacher in residence at the DfE working under a certain Nick Gibb...cosy.

[frog222]

More crazy times , I'm just settling down to read tonight's Crace --

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This still wasn’t good enough for many MPs from both sides of the house. Labour’s Khalid Mahmood observed that if a Muslim hate preacher could be banned from entry to the UK, why did the same rules not apply to the US president?

The longer the session went on, the more extraordinary it became. Never before has an American president been described in parliament as a “Nazi”, “fascist” and “hate speaker” without a word of dissent. Not least from the home secretary. It was a day when parliament showed the leadership the prime minister couldn’t

.

Well, PM's do have to be diplomatic, in normal times !


Doing a thought experiment, just imagine a UK PM being castigated by a Mad Potus, WITH the solidarity of the EU behind her.

It's about Power, how many divisions has a post-brexit UK PM ?

[PorFavor]

I've TOd after seeing frog222's hint way back. Thank you! Yesterday was, as predicted, a flash in the pan.

[citizenJA]

Speech by Michel Barnier on German Employers' Day (Deutscher Arbeitgebertag) 2017
Berlin, 29 November 2017
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Barnier’s attack on Britain’s counter-terrorism efforts was crass and alarming
Shashank Joshi
30 November 2017
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I can't figure out why Joshi is so upset

[RogerOThornhill]

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Just a thought but apologies must be owed to John Bercow from those who wanted sacked a Speaker who said Donald Trump didn’t deserve to address Parliament

Indeed.

[HindleA]

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[HindleA]

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Academy chain gives up control of school after campaign by parents

[HindleA]

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Strategy seeks one million more disabled people in work by 2027



Neil Crowther

An effective but deeply cynical media strategy to pre-announce something but hold back on publishing any details til the media has moved on in order to control the message @dwppressoffice Where is the actual disability employment strategy?

[AngryAsWell]

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EXC: Donald Trump’s planned ‘working visit’ to UK in Jan 2018 has been dropped.

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[HindleA]

There are disadvantages in keeping my mop in shed number 2.I nearly knocked myself out with the frozen mop head.It should have had a suitable warning.

[HindleA]

"Man slain by killer mop"

[frog222]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stra ... rk-by-2027

Strategy seeks one million more disabled people in work by 2027

Neil Crowther

An effective but deeply cynical media strategy to pre-announce something but hold back on publishing any details til the media has moved on in order to control the message @dwppressoffice Where is the actual disability employment strategy?

My initial reaction on the general thrust of that --

IN Kissinger's words "" so many fewer useless eaters " .

[citizenJA]

"Man slain by killer mop"

I'm certain our kitchen is possessed
things that can break do
'I wasn't anywhere near it!'
poltergeist

[HindleA]

Labour had improving the life chances of disabled people over a decade ago.


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[citizenJA]

Goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA

[RogerOThornhill]

Lib Dems are having a good night in locals - 1 seat gained from each of Labour, Tories and UKIP so far.

[Sky'sGoneOut]

Question Time from Scarborough tonight, last time I was there I got the shits on the beach and had to quickly scoop out a small hollow in the sand to accommodate my hurried fecal offering, it was at night and the only person who saw was my then girlfriend so that was ok.

Anyway this evening Chuka was on and I thought he handled himself well, there was some Tory nonentity (prisons minister?) who waffled endlessly and uselessly, the new UKIP leader whose name I've already forgotten who was a crashing bore, a woman from The Sunday Tmes who seemed to find everything tremendously amusing regardless of the subject matter, and the star of the show Yanis Varoufakis who made me feel a bit of man love.

[HindleA]

You should write a travelogue,it would be "interesting".Perhaps some discretion as to what pictures are included,I suggest.

[HindleA]

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[HindleA]

Millefeuille

[HindleA]

(Blame AK)

[Sky'sGoneOut]

I should in all fairness say Scarborough is a really nice place to visit and my deposit was washed away long ago, the audience were complaining about infrastructure and they were absolutely right, it's a pain in the arse to get to those east Yorkshire coastal towns, especially on the train. No wonder Whitby loves the Goths, they're almost singlehandedly keeping the town going (even though most you see these days are steampunks).

[HindleA]

Rambling out of sequence.

[HindleA]

Went there once with in laws and then girlfriend(only had one she mistakingly for her became my wife).No deposits were made as far as I recall.

[HindleA]

Never been to Whitby.