Friday 13th April 2018
Posted: Fri 13 Apr, 2018 8:49 am
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A woman is sitting at her deceased husband’s funeral. A man leans in to her and asks, “Do you mind if I say a word?”.
“No, go right ahead”, the woman replies.
The man stands, clears his throat, says “Plethora”, and sits back down.
“Thanks”, the woman says, “that means a lot”
No, it was all about hitting a 3m target.Fast food giants, coffee shops and retailers are relabelling low-skilled jobs as apprenticeships and gaining subsidies for training, a report says.
The study by centre-right think tank Reform says many firms have rebranded existing roles after being obliged to contribute cash to on-the-job training.
It adds that 40% of government-approved apprenticeship standards do not meet a traditional definition of them.
The government says "quality" is at the heart of its apprenticeship reforms.
The people I know were very much against what he was trying to do to the OU.UCU
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BREAKING NEWS: The vice-chancellor of @Openuniversity Peter Horrocks has resigned.
Also on HE news, the result of the UCU ballot is due this afternoon to decide whether industrial action will resume, meaning strikes next week in some universities.RogerOThornhill wrote:Well, this is excellent news.
The people I know were very much against what he was trying to do to the OU.UCU
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BREAKING NEWS: The vice-chancellor of @Openuniversity Peter Horrocks has resigned.
I think dodging a vote in the Commons will also be highly unpopular.gilsey wrote:Matthew Austin
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Replying to @AngelaRayner
May's avoiding vote as if MPs vote as their constituents desire, vote will be lost. If they vote with the government, it won't go down well with consituents & local election results, already predicted to be poor, may suffer. Avoiding a vote is least bad of 3 bad options.
#Syria
Town/parish council level, doesn't countHindleA wrote:Or a clean sweep for the Tories....
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Britain Has Set Out Its Most Detailed Explanation Yet For Why It Believes Russia Is Responsible For The Salisbury Poisoning
I wish governmental leadership would act in the best interests of country and peoplegilsey wrote:Matthew Austin
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Replying to @AngelaRayner
May's avoiding vote as if MPs vote as their constituents desire, vote will be lost. If they vote with the government, it won't go down well with consituents & local election results, already predicted to be poor, may suffer. Avoiding a vote is least bad of 3 bad options.
#Syria
Exactlygilsey wrote:
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2. The trap is the anti-immigrant ratchet. Immigration is not a problem in the UK, only its perception is, and it’s a perception not related to reality.
Watch out for official data coming out today, everyoneWillow904 wrote:All assuming, of course, that Donald Trump actually takes some kind of action.
Which can't be relied upon.
And even if he does take some action, it is by no means certain it would be any more extensive than his previous response to use of chemical weapons and thus May's support without a vote may not be such a risk.
The Russians and Russian point of view are getting a lot of airtime today. Why is that?
A clean sweep for ToriesHindleA wrote:Or a clean sweep for the Tories....
http://www.killamarsh-pc.gov.uk/news/20 ... ion-result" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Also, if there's no vote, and it all goes tits up, Theresa May and the Government will be the can-carriers.AnatolyKasparov wrote:I think dodging a vote in the Commons will also be highly unpopular.gilsey wrote:Matthew Austin
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Replying to @AngelaRayner
May's avoiding vote as if MPs vote as their constituents desire, vote will be lost. If they vote with the government, it won't go down well with consituents & local election results, already predicted to be poor, may suffer. Avoiding a vote is least bad of 3 bad options.
#Syria
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ria-debateTory backbenchers fear the minority government could be at risk if May acts without MPs’ support and things go wrong. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Theresa May is under increasing pressure from her own backbenchers to cancel Monday’s business in parliament to make time for a full-scale debate and vote on intervention in Syria.
“The government owes it to parliament to come and explain,” said Bob Seely, the Isle of Wight Conservative MP who says he is sceptical about intervention. “Articulating their case in a chamber full of critical voices is good for the government. If it can’t, then maybe it shouldn’t be doing it.”
Tory backbenchers fear that if May approves a military strike without parliamentary support and it goes wrong, perhaps through civilian casualties or the loss of a British plane, she could jeopardise her minority government.
Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes
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Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, said on Friday: “If it all goes terribly wrong then the government will be in difficulties. It will then have chucked at it that it hasn’t consulted parliament.(Guardian)
Very good article by Gary Younge.frog222 wrote:https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/216539
/2018/apr/13/commonwealth-citizens-harassment-british-immigration-policy
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Tory backbenchers seem to have a bit of a soft spot for Assad. Interesting that neither Cameron or May can get a majority to back bombing him, as opposed to Hussein, Gaddafi and Isis.PorFavor wrote:Oh - just seen this!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ria-debateTory backbenchers fear the minority government could be at risk if May acts without MPs’ support and things go wrong. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Theresa May is under increasing pressure from her own backbenchers to cancel Monday’s business in parliament to make time for a full-scale debate and vote on intervention in Syria.
“The government owes it to parliament to come and explain,” said Bob Seely, the Isle of Wight Conservative MP who says he is sceptical about intervention. “Articulating their case in a chamber full of critical voices is good for the government. If it can’t, then maybe it shouldn’t be doing it.”
Tory backbenchers fear that if May approves a military strike without parliamentary support and it goes wrong, perhaps through civilian casualties or the loss of a British plane, she could jeopardise her minority government.
Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes
Read more
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, said on Friday: “If it all goes terribly wrong then the government will be in difficulties. It will then have chucked at it that it hasn’t consulted parliament.(Guardian)
Willow904 wrote:Tory backbenchers seem to have a bit of a soft spot for Assad. Interesting that neither Cameron or May can get a majority to back bombing him, as opposed to Hussein, Gaddafi and Isis.PorFavor wrote:Oh - just seen this!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ria-debateTory backbenchers fear the minority government could be at risk if May acts without MPs’ support and things go wrong. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Theresa May is under increasing pressure from her own backbenchers to cancel Monday’s business in parliament to make time for a full-scale debate and vote on intervention in Syria.
“The government owes it to parliament to come and explain,” said Bob Seely, the Isle of Wight Conservative MP who says he is sceptical about intervention. “Articulating their case in a chamber full of critical voices is good for the government. If it can’t, then maybe it shouldn’t be doing it.”
Tory backbenchers fear that if May approves a military strike without parliamentary support and it goes wrong, perhaps through civilian casualties or the loss of a British plane, she could jeopardise her minority government.
Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes
Read more
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, said on Friday: “If it all goes terribly wrong then the government will be in difficulties. It will then have chucked at it that it hasn’t consulted parliament.(Guardian)
Willow904 wrote:Tory backbenchers seem to have a bit of a soft spot for Assad. Interesting that neither Cameron or May can get a majority to back bombing him, as opposed to Hussein, Gaddafi and Isis.PorFavor wrote:Oh - just seen this!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ria-debateTory backbenchers fear the minority government could be at risk if May acts without MPs’ support and things go wrong. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Theresa May is under increasing pressure from her own backbenchers to cancel Monday’s business in parliament to make time for a full-scale debate and vote on intervention in Syria.
“The government owes it to parliament to come and explain,” said Bob Seely, the Isle of Wight Conservative MP who says he is sceptical about intervention. “Articulating their case in a chamber full of critical voices is good for the government. If it can’t, then maybe it shouldn’t be doing it.”
Tory backbenchers fear that if May approves a military strike without parliamentary support and it goes wrong, perhaps through civilian casualties or the loss of a British plane, she could jeopardise her minority government.
Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes
Read more
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, said on Friday: “If it all goes terribly wrong then the government will be in difficulties. It will then have chucked at it that it hasn’t consulted parliament.(Guardian)
Willow904 wrote:Tory backbenchers seem to have a bit of a soft spot for Assad. Interesting that neither Cameron or May can get a majority to back bombing him, as opposed to Hussein, Gaddafi and Isis.PorFavor wrote:Oh - just seen this!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ria-debateTory backbenchers fear the minority government could be at risk if May acts without MPs’ support and things go wrong. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA
Theresa May is under increasing pressure from her own backbenchers to cancel Monday’s business in parliament to make time for a full-scale debate and vote on intervention in Syria.
“The government owes it to parliament to come and explain,” said Bob Seely, the Isle of Wight Conservative MP who says he is sceptical about intervention. “Articulating their case in a chamber full of critical voices is good for the government. If it can’t, then maybe it shouldn’t be doing it.”
Tory backbenchers fear that if May approves a military strike without parliamentary support and it goes wrong, perhaps through civilian casualties or the loss of a British plane, she could jeopardise her minority government.
Syria mediators take centre stage as moment for rapid strike passes
Read more
Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, said on Friday: “If it all goes terribly wrong then the government will be in difficulties. It will then have chucked at it that it hasn’t consulted parliament.(Guardian)
I think it's a PorFavor of squirrels.PorFavor wrote:What's the collective term for Squirrels?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -gettlesonVote Leave broke spending limits 'on industrial scale', says ex-employee
Mark Gettleson is third whistleblower to come forward to make claim over EU referendum spending
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The information in your posts above is important enough to justify its being posted three times.PorFavor wrote:What's the collective term for Squirrels?
No doubt Nigel Farage is (genuinely) proud of himself.Woman told to speak English in London tube attack
Police search for two women after racially motivated assault on Spanish-speaking passenger
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