Thursday 22nd February 2018
Posted: Thu 22 Feb, 2018 7:09 am
Morning all.
Eurotom is the reason why we need an extension of article 50.Andrew Adonis
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Just finished 9 hours on EU Withdrawal Bill in Lords! Total opposition to leaving Euratom, including from all the Tories who spoke. Govt bound to lose this when we vote.
Notable for the absence of the usual trite, complacent government statement in response. Stagnating incomes for middle income households can't really be combatted with "we're helping people into work" bollocks.Incomes of middle and low earners set to flatline for another three years, study finds
Inequality to hit record highs as recovery favours wealthier people but poor miss out
Well, she was clearly issued with a NI no when she turned 16 and has made contributions against it ever since. So she is clearly in the system as someone who came here prior to 1971. I assume the difficulty is proving her identity, that she is the person who has made those contributions? I think it's a good thing that people are being encouraged to get formal documentation so their right to live here is put beyond doubt, but this is something people should be helped with. Government resources should be deployed to help people find the necessary evidence to establish identity, they should be working with them, not against them. The foreign office help British Citizens abroad who have lost vital documents. This isn't so very different, is it?“They keep saying that I am not on their system – but of course I can’t be on their system because when I came here in 1963 there were no computers,” she says, enraged by the catch-22.
“The people they have targeted have all worked and contributed. I don’t think this is a mistake. I think they are deliberately doing it. I’ve paid my tax and insurance. The Home Office should know that. The whole system stinks because there is no one to help us. That’s what is hurting me most. When I started this, I was entitled to legal aid, but they took it away. I’ve got no one to turn to.”
As a general rule, people shouldn't state *opinions* as if they were unchallengeable holy writ carved on tablets of stone.howsillyofme1 wrote:Apologies to all (one exception) for losing my temper last night - I do not withdraw my comments, however, just the tone
Willow904 wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... ssion=true
Notable for the absence of the usual trite, complacent government statement in response. Stagnating incomes for middle income households can't really be combatted with "we're helping people into work" bollocks.Incomes of middle and low earners set to flatline for another three years, study finds
Inequality to hit record highs as recovery favours wealthier people but poor miss out
We need a new definition of 'recession' imo.It means families deemed to be “just about managing” will have seen their incomes rise by just £300 (2 per cent) between 2010 and 2020
Except there are question marks over our being able to remain in Eurotom during transition, let alone permanently, once we leave the EU. No non-EU country is a member of Eurotom because it involves not just accepting ECJ jurisdiction but also remaining part of the European Parliament and the European Commission.The government must think again about leaving Euratom, given the impact on healthcare, says Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
Euratom: Does the UK really have to leave?
Link to the study.Willow904 wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... ssion=true
Notable for the absence of the usual trite, complacent government statement in response. Stagnating incomes for middle income households can't really be combatted with "we're helping people into work" bollocks.Incomes of middle and low earners set to flatline for another three years, study finds
Inequality to hit record highs as recovery favours wealthier people but poor miss out
This is a good point:gilsey wrote:Link to the study.Willow904 wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... ssion=true
Notable for the absence of the usual trite, complacent government statement in response. Stagnating incomes for middle income households can't really be combatted with "we're helping people into work" bollocks.Incomes of middle and low earners set to flatline for another three years, study finds
Inequality to hit record highs as recovery favours wealthier people but poor miss out
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How many people will be able to continue with their automatic workplace pension contributions when they triple?Finally, pensions auto-enrolmenthas successfully boosted the number of pension savers. This is good news for future pension incomes, but the rises in minimum contribution rates in April 2018 and April 2019 will lower disposable incomes in the short-term. This report models these effects for the first time, showing significant pressures on income growth for middle-income working-age households in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
I don't quite see how just part of a country can be in the SM & CU but not the rest of it. Are there any real world examples which suggest this is even slightly feasible?tinybgoat wrote:https://www.conservativehome.com/thecol ... union.html
"To get real Brexit for Great Britain, the DUP should consent to Ulster staying in the Single Market and Customs Union"(Garvan Walshe)
Not universally popular, judging from the comments.
UK university staff strike over pension changes – live
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(cJA bold)Our employers are planning to make our pensions entirely stock-market based, a move they accept will slash our income in retirement. Our union, the University and College Union, estimates this will result in cuts of 40%, or £200,000, over the course of retirement for the average member. The justification is what many see as a fictionalised deficit based on a valuation widely criticised by financial experts.
We will be taking action to defend our ever-declining working conditions. Those at the bottom – postgraduate teaching assistants and those who have not yet entered the pension scheme – face the worst outcome: zero security in old age.
- Vicky Blake
I’m striking with university colleagues as our pensions are being destroyed
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Good question & I can't think of any. Maybe countries with 'special economic zones' might be nearest equivalent, would have to see what biggest practical issues were & compare.Willow904 wrote:I don't quite see how just part of a country can be in the SM & CU but not the rest of it. Are there any real world examples which suggest this is even slightly feasible?tinybgoat wrote:https://www.conservativehome.com/thecol ... union.html
"To get real Brexit for Great Britain, the DUP should consent to Ulster staying in the Single Market and Customs Union"(Garvan Walshe)
Not universally popular, judging from the comments.
And nor should it betinybgoat wrote:https://www.conservativehome.com/thecol ... union.html
"To get real Brexit for Great Britain, the DUP should consent to Ulster staying in the Single Market and Customs Union"(Garvan Walshe)
Not universally popular, judging from the comments.
I liked that article a lot.HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... sons-exams
Exercise is more precious than ever. So let’s stop scaring kids off PE
Anna Kessel
Well I never knew that! ( knew it had a girl guide pack holiday house, though.)The residence is a 16th-century manor house called Chequers, and it is just outside a village called Ellesborough. Presciently, Ellesborough’s name came from the Old English for “hill where asses are put out to pasture”.
HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... illion-mps
Why is no one exposing our failing firms in advance?
Prem Sikka
Hope that PE lessons are better now than in my day, then.......HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... sons-exams
Exercise is more precious than ever. So let’s stop scaring kids off PE
Anna Kessel
“It’s not her words, it’s her actions: we’ve had words until we’ve nearly given each other migraines. In the final analysis, to get this sorted out, you can only judge and make a call when the words are silent and when you look to the actions.”
You little monkey, you!tinybgoat wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... emy-corbyn
Just another Guardian link.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... transitionUK to lose EU rebate in 2021 'in extended Brexit transition'
No discount beyond end of 2020 owing to start of new EU budget, says senior Brussels source
(Guardian)
My two both really look forward to PE. I'm still trying to get used to it, it just feels wrong, somehow. Neither of them are sporty any more than I was, but PE is rated on progress these days like everything else so there's more focus on individual goals, developing social skills, team work, leadership, that kind of thing. There's a bit more to it these days than school team players getting all the attention while everyone else is sent for laps round the track in between dying from sheer boredom.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hope that PE lessons are better now than in my day, then.......HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... sons-exams
Exercise is more precious than ever. So let’s stop scaring kids off PE
Anna Kessel
Sport is compulsory here , being marked as part of the baccalaureat. Probably doesn't count for very much... but it is there. Too late to call the kids to check!Willow904 wrote:My two both really look forward to PE. I'm still trying to get used to it, it just feels wrong, somehow. Neither of them are sporty any more than I was, but PE is rated on progress these days like everything else so there's more focus on individual goals, developing social skills, team work, leadership, that kind of thing. There's a bit more to it these days than school team players getting all the attention while everyone else is sent for laps round the track in between dying from sheer boredom.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hope that PE lessons are better now than in my day, then.......HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... sons-exams
Exercise is more precious than ever. So let’s stop scaring kids off PE
Anna Kessel
Steady!PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.
Been said a few times now, let's see.Bonnylad wrote:Trump may be feeling that noose around his neck...." onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What have we had now - smooth and sensible, calm and summat, brexit brexit, various other things and now BASKET CASE BREXIT.Brexit: EU rejects Theresa May's 'three baskets' trade plan for future relationship
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