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Saturday 23rd to Wednesday 27th December 2017

Post by HindleA »

Morning

(Feel free to adjust "title")



http://press.labour.org.uk/post/1688484 ... riod-stuck" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Labour Press
Number of people spending Christmas period stuck in hospital doubled

Tory cuts to local authorities since 2010 will have seen reductions in social care budgets of £6.3 billion by March 2018 and a 26% drop in the numbers of older people receiving publicly funded care – some 400,000 people.


(Not sure if figures just older,but usual a third of those that do receive are not reminder)
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12 ... -huge-tax/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Taxman accused of ‘revenge of the Establishment’ as it slaps huge tax demands on Brexit-backing entrepreneurs

Donors who bankrolled the successful Brexit campaign have accused HM Revenue and Customs of a "political attack" after they were hit with six or seven-figure tax demands on their contributions, The Telegraph can disclose.

Among those targeted are Lord Edmiston, the Midlands entrepreneur, who donated £1million to Brexit campaigns; Peter Cruddas, the City mogul; and Arron Banks, who made millions from his insurance businesses. Letters which could lead to them paying out up to £2m have been issued to them by HMRC in the past fortnight.

In what has been dubbed the "revenge of the Establishment", the tax authorities have seized upon a relatively obscure area of inheritance tax laws which forces people to pay the tax upfront on large "gifts".
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HindleA wrote:Morning

(Feel free to adjust "title")
Morning.

Confused me for a second (added a "to").
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Martin Rowson on festive cheer at Conservative HQ –
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Good morfternoon.
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I don't think Wednesday 27th is actually a holiday this year?
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AnatolyKasparov wrote:I don't think Wednesday 27th is actually a holiday this year?

No, it isn't. But you know what a party person HindleA is - almost every day's a holiday!
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Morning all. (Still before lunch so that counts as morning).

A full house now chez ROT - daughter arrived last night and son this morning after I'd just got back from braving Sainsburys.

And this afternoon's jolly is to Covent Garden which I prefer to Westfield which is a hell hole.
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I'm not at all religious - but I think that this is a beautiful piece of Christmas music -

[youtube]JwQWxCwRxl0[/youtube]

Not overly jolly, I grant you, but I hope you enjoy it.
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"Farty person"
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Brussels sprouts?
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Good-afternoon, everyone
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challenging crossword puzzle?
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@citizenJA

Hello!
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Lovely music, PorFavor
thank you
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FWIW we are selecting our parliamentary candidate for next election on 10th February via,all woman shortlist.
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HindleA wrote:FWIW we are selecting our parliamentary candidate for next election on 10th February via,all woman shortlist.
NE Derbyshire, I presume?
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Yes
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Anything interesting happening?
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Our main telly decided to pack in today, if that's of interest.

Totally blank screen, no menu, nothing, just sound.

Hubby currently hooking up the tiny Toshiba from the conservatory as a temporary replacement.

Still, we finally managed to sell our 4 month old dual fuel cooker, so it's not all bad. :)
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I see that the Beeb are showing an Indiana Jones film at this time of year. Just for a change and everything.

Like most others here I am old enough to recall when the annual staples were Wizard of Oz, The Great Escape and True Grit :P
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[youtube]KecnOolcwIo[/youtube]
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I think there's a whole clutch of MR James stories on BBC4 tomorrow evening. And a Maigret on ITV(?). Both a bit more my cup of tea.
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I don't have a tv but Gone With The Wind is a favourite too ? Either FR or GB.

I found some pretty cheap coquilles Saint Jacques for the kids and four grandsons when they come around late on Christmas Day .

Frog4 my second daughter has to endure a late-starting and -finishing and many-coursed traditional French country feast which means they just might do the 30 minutes to arrive by 6.30 with three of the grandsons ...

Her in-laws come directly from peasant Normandy stock, and though successful in business and well-off still retain some very traditional ideas on festive meals.

The hanging-around and interminable meals are very difficult indeed for her, but no sign of divorce so far !
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Just watching Passport to Pimlico (dvd, not telly)
Evidence so far, suggests all passports were shades of black, don't know where this blue nonsense came from.
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".. and it's just because we are English that we're sticking up for our rights to be Burgundian"
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tinybgoat wrote:Just watching Passport to Pimlico (dvd, not telly)
Evidence so far, suggests all passports were shades of black, don't know where this blue nonsense came from.
They were very very VERY dark blue.

Possibly.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42468938" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Theresa May's communications director has hit out at "fake news" after a claim about the cost of post-Brexit blue British passports was shared tens of thousands of times on Twitter.
Robbie Gibb said deliberately misrepresenting government policies "harms our democracy".
whereas Government lying about reason for existing colour doesn't.
...
There is no Brussels regulation which states that EU countries' passports have to be a certain colour, simply a legally non-binding European Council resolution from 1981 which recommends burgundy red.
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PorFavor wrote:I think there's a whole clutch of MR James stories on BBC4 tomorrow evening. And a Maigret on ITV(?). Both a bit more my cup of tea.
I love MR James!
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'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'

http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/848 ... mages.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Anything good on the radio over Christmas?

Edited to add -

Is it now ok to call it the wireless again?
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"" Bannon’s frenetic pace is part of his strategy. “I realized if you’re not out there for the hobbits, you’re not in their lives,” Bannon said, using his affectionate moniker for Trump voters. ""+

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12 ... ner-ivanka" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/bannon-for-president-trump-kushner-ivanka

Christmas long read recced by Miss Chin .

Well ... if DJT can be POTUS what next is impossible ?

Aaaargh !
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There is a programme on Radio 4 on boxing day at 11am with James Burke,I noticed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09jvfc4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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PorFavor wrote:Anything good on the radio over Christmas?

Edited to add -

Is it now ok to call it the wireless again?
(cJA emphasis)

"...‘nostalgic’ Brexit stunt"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... les-powell" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0076bg6" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



Stories often on 4xtra
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PorFavor wrote:Anything good on the radio over Christmas?

Edited to add -

Is it now ok to call it the wireless again?
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Night night.
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PorFavor wrote:Night night.
Goodnight, PorFavor
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ncil-edict" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Yorkshire town battles to save its historic market from the plans of ‘modernisers’
In Knaresborough market a resistance movement is growing against a new council edict
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https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prim ... ssage-2017" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Prime Minister Theresa May's Christmas message 2017
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... isk-stigma" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Plan to collect data on excluded pupils could put them at ‘lifelong risk’ of stigma
Sensitive data on physical or mental health issues, pregnancy or criminal offences to be added to pupil records
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HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prim ... ssage-2017


Prime Minister Theresa May's Christmas message 2017
How thoughtful of them to provide an "Is there anything wrong with this page?" button.
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https://www.politico.eu/article/brexit-christmas-carol/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"A Brexit Christmas Carol"
.."Listen, Theresa,” the spirit began. “Brexit is a shambles. The party is all over the place. You need some discipline!”

May shivered. The stentorian voice hadn’t changed one jot. The whole situation seemed unbelievable, the very opposite of strong and stable, as much of a waking nightmare as when the letters had started falling off the backdrop when she was making her conference speech. The specter fixed her with an iron glare.
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Hello Nesters!

Just popped in to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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Merry Christmas everyone

Hope everyone has as great a Christmas as possible and enjoys good health
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https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/news/d ... -no-thanks" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Disability adaptations in my house? No thanks, I can manage


Not just older people of course.Suffice to say I see it differently and somewhat bemused as to why people thought I would remove/revert "back".Not only are they in place potentially for me they make the home accessible for others/friends/relatives/in general.Besides which I am so used to walking around the wheel in shower/wet room I feel claustrophic when in a cubicle thing,they become part of the furniture.
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http://press.labour.org.uk/post/1688858 ... mas-corbyn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Labour Press
Show people love this Christmas
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Good morfternoon.

And Merry Christmas to everyone - regular posters, poppers-in, and "lurkers". (And Bing and Bot.)
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ees-asylum" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


The refugees who brought hope to a Scottish island



PTO after next .
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ephemerid wrote:Hello Nesters!

Just popped in to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

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Very kind of you.

Can we all go over to reciprocate?
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