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Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 7:46 am
by HindleA
Morning

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

Universal credit rules risk 'crushing' self-employed and startups
Committee of MPs says benefit ‘designed with little regard’ for sixth of UK workforce

https://www.parliament.uk/business/comm ... nch-17-19/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 8:11 am
by HindleA
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/ ... y-12509109" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Government officials will probe whether the Tory benefits regime is causing homelessness


Making people vulnerable.Impact statements clearly states,subject to (impossible/irrelevant)behaviour change.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 8:24 am
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ome-office" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


NHS will no longer have to share immigrants' data with Home Office
Exclusive: minister announces U-turn over key element in ‘hostile environment’ immigration policy

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 8:33 am
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... hment-1968" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


From the archive: no ban on caning disabled children - May 1968

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 8:38 am
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-s ... investment" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Making profit from rough sleepers: the perils of social investment

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 8:49 am
by PaulfromYorkshire
Thanks for all those A and good morning ;-)

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 9:14 am
by HindleA
Surprised I could link given I'm in a cave in the Outer Inner Hebrides.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 9:23 am
by HindleA
[youtube]a3MiETaBSnc[/youtube]

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 9:32 am
by PaulfromYorkshire
Staffa to be precise then?

;-)

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 9:54 am
by PaulfromYorkshire
By the way has anyone seen any swifts yet?

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 9:58 am
by PorFavor
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:By the way has anyone seen any swifts yet?
I'm not saying . . .

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 9:59 am
by HindleA
Don't know tbh.Unless birds tell me I generally don't know what they are.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:00 am
by HindleA
"Golden Eagle?"

"Really?"

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:01 am
by HindleA
Miniature?

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:02 am
by HindleA
Should have ID cards or something.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:04 am
by HindleA
I'm worse with plants.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:08 am
by HindleA
"Forget me nots"

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:09 am
by frog222
HindleA wrote:I'm worse with plants.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/6 ... artins.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

swallows swifts and a couple of types of martin !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/22527420" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Now I know too :-)

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Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:10 am
by gilsey
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:By the way has anyone seen any swifts yet?
No, but some have been seen in Yorkshire so hopefully won't be long. Swallows have only just turned up here.

eg.
NorthYorksBirdNews Retweeted

helios mortis


@MortisHelios
16h16 hours ago
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Walking in a bit of a daze from the shops only to be snapped back to reality by the screech of three swifts soaring past. First of the season in Loftus @clevelandbirds @nybirdnews

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:18 am
by HindleA
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/do ... arns-56162" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Domestic violence victims face ‘thousands of pounds’ of UC rent arrears, MP warns

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:19 am
by gilsey
Paul Lewis


@paullewismoney
17h17 hours ago
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Refugees resettled under the vulnerable persons resettlement scheme sanctioned for attending English language courses, says Government inspector - report here, extract below http://bit.ly/2KMdNGU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... evised.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:29 am
by HindleA
DWP=(as ever)rogue,actively working against ,no chance of integration in any area with its continued existence,time to disband and disperse.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:29 am
by frog222
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Classic Vid above of Caroline Nokes and hopeless very senior (!) acccomplices from the Home Office .

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Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:37 am
by RogerOThornhill
Morning all.
Paul
‏@PaulOnBooks
19h19 hours ago
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David Davis: We have options A and B

EU: No

Few days later:

May: Option A

Half cabinet: No

May: Or option B

Other half cabinet: No

May: Ok, I'll put both to EU

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:42 am
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Frances Ryan
Give up her job or go to a care home: that’s the choice this 30-year-old was given. And she’s by no means alone

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:45 am
by HindleA
(There's a point in my continual bemoaning about the false portrayal/misrepresentation)
Historical amnesia,abounds.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:46 am
by HindleA
When I say historical,increasingly current.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:47 am
by HindleA
SegreTory bastards.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 10:50 am
by HindleA
Segregate yourselves to an island somewhere away from the rest of us,in "fairness"

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 11:06 am
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... t-pm-at-92" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Malaysia's former leader set to become world's oldest prime minister at 92

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 11:14 am
by HindleA
https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilydugan/the ... #.cnQ8eOdy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


The Government Has Been Reported To The Information Commissioner Over A Report Leaked To BuzzFeed News

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 11:25 am
by HindleA
"Chris Ruane (Vale of Clwyd) (Lab)
Q13. Waiting times for personal independence payment tribunals in Wales have quadrupled over the past four years. My constituent, Alan McKittrick, is suffering from prostate cancer, angina, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, hernias, mental ill health, dizziness, blackouts and ulcers, yet his initial PIP claim was refused. He then waited 56 weeks for an appeal, which he won. Will the Prime Minister apologise to Alan, and when will she end this hostile environment towards sick and disabled people? [905242]


The Prime Minister
Obviously, Members across this House raise issues about the PIP process, and the Department for Work and Pensions is consistently looking at the whole PIP process. One of the issues that the hon. Gentleman raised in his question was the health of the individual concerned. As he sits for a Welsh constituency, I would have thought that, if he wants to talk about health, he should talk to the Labour Government in Wales."

:roll: :flick:

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 11:46 am
by 55DegreesNorth
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:By the way has anyone seen any swifts yet?
Morning folks,
I saw my first swallows on Tuesday, in Chatton. No swifts yet.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 11:56 am
by HindleA
https://act.autism.org.uk/page/23714/petition/1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


http://careandsupportalliance.com/bigso ... urvey2018/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 12:00 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Lewisham East byelection will be on 14th June.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 12:00 pm
by HindleA
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/whe ... elections/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


When getting the most votes isn’t enough – England’s 2018 local elections

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 12:26 pm
by adam
55DegreesNorth wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:By the way has anyone seen any swifts yet?
Morning folks,
I saw my first swallows on Tuesday, in Chatton. No swifts yet.
Saw quite a few swallows in a small bird sanctuary near Newtown (which was new in the 19th century, has an unfortunate name and is a nice place) about three weeks ago now, and also saw a pied flycatcher (which I have just failed to upload a picture of, pretty little black and white thing).

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 12:48 pm
by Willow904
Impossible to sign every petition, but have signed this one. The Dilnot Report was published back in 2011 and still no action 7 years later. A real disgrace.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 12:54 pm
by Willow904
No answers for PaulfromYorkshire from Andrew Leadsom, it seems:

Leadsom refuses to deny reports key Brexit bill being delayed until autumn to avoid Commons defeat
In business questions Valerie Vaz, the shadow leader of the Commons, asked when the EU withdrawal bill would come back to the Commons. And she asked about reports that the government is planning to delay bringing back the trade bill and the customs bill until the autumn because ministers are worried about losing votes on the customs union.

She did not get much in the way of answers. Andrea Leadsom, the Commons leader, said the EU withdrawal bill would be coming back to the Commons, but she did not say when. And she claimed that there was “no hold up” with other legislation like the trade bill or the customs bill. But she would not confirm that those bills would come back to the Commons for their report stage debates before the summer recess (which is what everyone was expecting until recently). She went on:

There are very complex negotiations underway and it’s right that we bring forward these bills at the appropriate time, as indeed we will do.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/bl ... itics-live" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 2:10 pm
by gilsey
HindleA wrote:DWP=(as ever)rogue,actively working against ,no chance of integration in any area with its continued existence,time to disband and disperse.
After 8 years every govt dept seems to have descended into incompetence and/or sociopathy.

Hated Thatcher's govts but I remember them as being reasonably competent at what they were trying to do, leaving aside macroeconomics at which they were truly terrible.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 2:53 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
Andy Burnham on Debbie Abrahams

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rahams-out" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

andy-burnham-says-labour-hounded-debbie-abrahams-out

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 3:37 pm
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... ast-minute" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 4:02 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
:lol:

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 4:28 pm
by HindleA
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ ... wledge-hub" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Nick Gibb speech at launch of Midland Knowledge Hub

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 4:40 pm
by RogerOThornhill
HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ ... wledge-hub


Nick Gibb speech at launch of Midland Knowledge Hub
It is a pleasure to be at the launch of the Midland Knowledge Hub. Today marks another milestone in the movement to ensure that all children benefit from a knowledge-rich curriculum.
Parp!

that was quick - now I don't have to read the rest of it.

That phrase really grates....

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 5:00 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Senior Brexiteer Dan Hannan admits leaving EU is not quite going to plan

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politic ... 35561.html
Dan Hannan, the Conservative MEP whose speeches against Brussels went viral on YouTube, said Britain should seek an “Efta-type arrangement, à la Suisse” to protect trade with the EU.

He expressed surprise that an uncompromising Brexit was being pursued despite the closeness of the 52-48 referendum result which backed Leave.

Mr Hannan, writing on ConservativeHome, said he was often asked, “not working out the way you thought, is it?” He said: “To be fair, they’ve got a point.” He went on: “I had assumed that, by now, we’d have reached a broad national consensus around a moderate form of withdrawal that recognised the narrowness of the result.”
The idea that Hannan had any idea about thing might work post-Brexit is pretty far-fetched.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 5:19 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
RogerOThornhill wrote:Senior Brexiteer Dan Hannan admits leaving EU is not quite going to plan
A bit of honesty from him, whatever next :o

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 7:28 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
Heidi Alexander

It's official. I am no longer the MP for Lewisham East. I am instead the "Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead". A strange title and an even stranger feeling. New twitter handle = next task.

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 7:29 pm
by frog222
US sanctions were already biting VERY hard , blowback coming perhaps ? --

chinas-zte-may-be-first-major-casualty-of-trade-war-with-us

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ar-with-us" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Thursday 10th May 2018

Posted: Thu 10 May, 2018 7:34 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Heidi Alexander

It's official. I am no longer the MP for Lewisham East. I am instead the "Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead". A strange title and an even stranger feeling. New twitter handle = next task.
So she isn't following Chris Williamson, then ;)