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Posted: Sat 09 Jun, 2018 7:02 am
Morning all.
Unveiling the plans at a London primary school on Friday, the London mayor announced a four-year study looking at the impact of toxic air on the health of 3,000 primary schoolchildren.
The project, led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London, will compare the health of children in the capital with those in polluted areas of Luton where there is no low-emission zone planned
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44415339Birthday Honours 2018: Network Rail boss [Mark Carne] made CBE amid travel chaos (BBC News website)
That will have been decided before the present chaos blew up, but stillPorFavor wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44415339Birthday Honours 2018: Network Rail boss [Mark Carne] made CBE amid travel chaos (BBC News website)
Yes, I know - but it could, and should, have been rescinded.AnatolyKasparov wrote:That will have been decided before the present chaos blew up, but stillPorFavor wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44415339Birthday Honours 2018: Network Rail boss [Mark Carne] made CBE amid travel chaos (BBC News website)
I agree. This "problem" has arisen because of the shortcomings of the honours system in general, rather than an error in this particular case imo. Network Rail is only one part of our railway system and as far as I'm aware isn't responsible for the larger factors that led to the timetable failure. They wouldn't have made the decision to cancel various electrification works, for instance. So although the Network Rail boss hasn't done anything special to deserve an honour, I'm not sure he deserves one any less than all the other well paid people who are honoured for doing an adequate but unremarkable job.PorFavor wrote:PorFavor wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44415339Birthday Honours 2018: Network Rail boss [Mark Carne] made CBE amid travel chaos (BBC News website)
Yes, I know - but it could, and should, have been rescinded.
Edited to add - Also, I don't hold with people being honoured for simply doing a job for which they are already handsomely remunerated.
The organisers say the initiative is aimed at preventing people “being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom” over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU.
....A team of five registered therapists and psychologists from north London’s Existential Academy have agreed to offer people up to 10 free sessions of therapy.
In reality it's not our country or individuals that have changed so much as our government. Our Polish neighbours faced plenty of anti-foreigner sentiment before the referendum. Anti-immigrant and anti-EU attitudes have always been there, alongside the more open and welcoming attitudes that made them decide to stay. The issues with Brexit are less emotional and more practical because they don't know how they will stand legally going forwards. As do none of us, in terms of travel and work in Europe. I think a little bit of the anger and frustration of remain voters is less about the decision to leave and more about the reckless, clueless way the government is going about it. We see failures at the home office and listen to nonsense about invisible borders and we have very rational doubts about the government's ability to do this. We don't need counselling, we need leaders who have half a clue what they're doing. Ultimately the difference between remain and leave voters is that remain voters have at least a little bit of an idea of what an enormous undertaking Brexit is and it's not doing it that's horrifying but doing it with people in charge who genuinely appear to be incapable of organising a piss up in a brewery.tinybgoat wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ounselling
"Suffering from Brexit anxiety? You could get free counselling"The organisers say the initiative is aimed at preventing people “being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom” over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU.
....A team of five registered therapists and psychologists from north London’s Existential Academy have agreed to offer people up to 10 free sessions of therapy.
Chris Grayling to blame for rail chaos, says Lord Adonis
Former Labour transport minister says his successor should have blocked train timetable changes – ‘I did when I was in charge’
Presumably it's a personal decision on when someone needs counselling & there's varying levels of gloom and doom, ranging from acceptable levels of ftn posters too extreme cases where people are too depressed to function normally, with Nick Cohen sitting somewhere between.Willow904 wrote:In reality it's not our country or individuals that have changed so much as our government. Our Polish neighbours faced plenty of anti-foreigner sentiment before the referendum. Anti-immigrant and anti-EU attitudes have always been there, alongside the more open and welcoming attitudes that made them decide to stay. The issues with Brexit are less emotional and more practical because they don't know how they will stand legally going forwards. As do none of us, in terms of travel and work in Europe. I think a little bit of the anger and frustration of remain voters is less about the decision to leave and more about the reckless, clueless way the government is going about it. We see failures at the home office and listen to nonsense about invisible borders and we have very rational doubts about the government's ability to do this. We don't need counselling, we need leaders who have half a clue what they're doing. Ultimately the difference between remain and leave voters is that remain voters have at least a little bit of an idea of what an enormous undertaking Brexit is and it's not doing it that's horrifying but doing it with people in charge who genuinely appear to be incapable of organising a piss up in a brewery.tinybgoat wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... ounselling
"Suffering from Brexit anxiety? You could get free counselling"The organisers say the initiative is aimed at preventing people “being sucked into a vortex of gloom and doom” over the prospect of the UK leaving the EU.
....A team of five registered therapists and psychologists from north London’s Existential Academy have agreed to offer people up to 10 free sessions of therapy.
This is quite a frustrating ruling. MPs have to make a decision whether to accept or reject a withdrawal bill and a withdrawal agreement, without knowing whether it will be possible to revoke article 50 of they do. The judge is saying until Parliament decides it wants to revoke article 50 there can be no ruling on whether it can be, but at that point surely it will be too late. We only have 10 months left.Scottish judge rejects attempt to get ruling on UK stopping Brexit
Lord Boyd dismisses question of whether article 50 can be revoked as ‘academic’
I think it's the freedom to say what he really thinks without having to curry favour with either donors or voters. Ken Clarke similarly. Even when you don't agree with their opinion you do respond positively to the sense that they are opinions honestly expressed for no other reason than its what they think.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Adonis is on a bit of a roll lately, even if you might not always agree.
You're right of course. I maybe wasn't taking the article very seriously. It may well be a serious problem for some people.tinybgoat wrote:Presumably it's a personal decision on when someone needs counselling & there's varying levels of gloom and doom, ranging from acceptable levels of ftn posters too extreme cases where people are too depressed to function normally, with Nick Cohen sitting somewhere between.Willow904 wrote:
In reality it's not our country or individuals that have changed so much as our government. Our Polish neighbours faced plenty of anti-foreigner sentiment before the referendum. Anti-immigrant and anti-EU attitudes have always been there, alongside the more open and welcoming attitudes that made them decide to stay. The issues with Brexit are less emotional and more practical because they don't know how they will stand legally going forwards. As do none of us, in terms of travel and work in Europe. I think a little bit of the anger and frustration of remain voters is less about the decision to leave and more about the reckless, clueless way the government is going about it. We see failures at the home office and listen to nonsense about invisible borders and we have very rational doubts about the government's ability to do this. We don't need counselling, we need leaders who have half a clue what they're doing. Ultimately the difference between remain and leave voters is that remain voters have at least a little bit of an idea of what an enormous undertaking Brexit is and it's not doing it that's horrifying but doing it with people in charge who genuinely appear to be incapable of organising a piss up in a brewery.
The lead counselor is a remainer (doesn't say if they all are), so hopefully would be at least sympathetic to Brexit being a bloody stupid idea, handled badly & Remainers concerns being mostly rational & well founded.
I think the biggest worry to me is finding out how irrational & ill informed a lot of leave voters & brexiteers are, not that I don't understand some of their motives & reasons, but hearing the more rabid & vacuous talk on phone-ins from both leading brexiteers & supporters tends to leave me despairing for democracy.
Also with a tendency to write off Brexiteers views on anything, ie.if their decisions re: leaving eu. are so bad, then why trust their decision-making on anything.
Some of the #FBPE brigade are little better, it has to be said.tinybgoat wrote: I think the biggest worry to me is finding out how irrational & ill informed a lot of leave voters & brexiteers are, not that I don't understand some of their motives & reasons, but hearing the more rabid & vacuous talk on phone-ins from both leading brexiteers & supporters tends to leave me despairing for democracy.
Also with a tendency to write off Brexiteers views on anything, ie.if their decisions re: leaving eu. are so bad, then why trust their decision-making on anything.
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The @thesundaytimes has seen a huge cache of emails from Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore of http://Leave.EU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; to Russian officials. We also have interviews with both. This story is going to develop
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Exclusive: Emails reveal Russian links of millionaire Brexit backer Arron Banks
Arron Banks, the millionaire businessman who helped fund Brexit, had three meetings with the Russian ambassador to Britain — raising explosive questions about attempts by Moscow to influence the...
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Meanwhile it appears that the principled reasonable wing of the parliamentary conservative party have found their reason not to rebel against Theresa May in Tuesday's votes - they've decided it might damage Theresa May.Meanwhile, the number of documents being restricted is going “well beyond” those containing sensitive details of the government’s EU negotiations. Even basic planning and guidance documents are kept locked away, largely inaccessible to civil service teams that need to see them. A security clearance backlog has also meant that some officials have waited up to nine months to gain access to the material they need.
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Of course you see a headline about Trump called 'Nutcase News' and you realise it could be about absolutely everything. I'm waiting for him to produce a pair of handcuffs during his meeting with Kim and arrest him then and there.frog222 wrote:NUTCASE NEWS !
Trump’s latest trade war target is Canada’s protected dairy industry. But Canadians have no intention of abandoning it – because it works
In 2016, Canada imported dairy products from the US worth five times more than the small amount it exported there. “I would call that a pretty good deal,” she told the House of Commons.
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The rest of us would also be better off with the old-fashioned pre-Thatcher-Ideology Milk Marketing Boards --
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The rates of dairy farmer suicides in the US and Europe cannot continue indefinitely ?
Interesting piece, I don't see how it's wrong, if it's raising awareness of issues, though maybe cynical & shallow. Is it just product differentiation or will it lead to competition between businesses trying to 'out-ethical' each other, with consumers bombarded with awareness campaigns?Was it right or wrong to flog coloured bicarb off the back off a craftily designed controversy whose shelf life was due, however, to be shorter than that of a preservative-free bath bomb? While commentators go back and forth, the answer surely lies in Lush’s annual financial report, due next spring.
(Nick Cohen)
Fifa’s stance on racism is as notorious as it is contemptible. It wound up its anti-racism taskforce, saying its mission was accomplished before it had even begun. When Russian fans directed monkey chants at Paul Pogba, it fined the Russian Football Association £22,000, a sum so pathetic no aspiring host nation would dare offer it to a Fifa delegate.
The diplomat described Trump as a “whirlpool” and “out of control.”
But it will all be Corbyn's fault according to the #FBPE lot, as ever. And they will continue to laud the likes of Soubry for talking a good game.adam wrote:‘Extraordinary secrecy’ in Whitehall is crippling Brexit plans - Even basic guidance is being classified as restricted and locked away, finds thinktank
Meanwhile it appears that the principled reasonable wing of the parliamentary conservative party have found their reason not to rebel against Theresa May in Tuesday's votes - they've decided it might damage Theresa May.Meanwhile, the number of documents being restricted is going “well beyond” those containing sensitive details of the government’s EU negotiations. Even basic planning and guidance documents are kept locked away, largely inaccessible to civil service teams that need to see them. A security clearance backlog has also meant that some officials have waited up to nine months to gain access to the material they need.
I've been outside the news for a dayWillow904 wrote:Useful round up of the G7 summit, including that photo.
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Best line:
The diplomat described Trump as a “whirlpool” and “out of control.”
It's sad but the likeliest explanation of Trump's behaviour is he's jealous of TrudeauWillow904 wrote:Isn't it just.
And on the way home Trump had a paddy over Justin Trudeau's post G7 speech and now Guy Verhofstadt is actually trolling Trump on twitter. God knows what went on, but I get the impression that Trump tried to throw his weight around and the others weren't having it.
This will all play well with the Donald's "base", however. Hard to believe that wasn't a major consideration all along.Willow904 wrote:Isn't it just.
And on the way home Trump had a paddy over Justin Trudeau's post G7 speech and now Guy Verhofstadt is actually trolling Trump on twitter. God knows what went on, but I get the impression that Trump tried to throw his weight around and the others weren't having it.
I'm not sure the G7 leaders are very interested in how it plays to Trump's base. The point I'm making is how the idea that Trump is in Putin's pocket appears to becoming accepted as fact. And that other leaders now appear to be treating him in line with this assumption. This is a real problem for the US, I think.AnatolyKasparov wrote:This will all play well with the Donald's "base", however. Hard to believe that wasn't a major consideration all along.Willow904 wrote:Isn't it just.
And on the way home Trump had a paddy over Justin Trudeau's post G7 speech and now Guy Verhofstadt is actually trolling Trump on twitter. God knows what went on, but I get the impression that Trump tried to throw his weight around and the others weren't having it.
I don't think so. Lots of MPs have regretted the result but I'm not aware that any have admitted that actively voting for a referendum on such a huge issue with a simple majority and no clear plan in the event of a leave win was a mistake and apologised for their poor judgement in supporting it.frog222 wrote:as-their-cause-crumbles-brexiters-turn-to-fantasy-and-bitter-recriminations
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Now,
1. WHO voted for that bloody referendum ?
2. Have any of them admitted their mistake ?
HindleA wrote:Thought I was imagining Clangers in Hull but no,there is video evidence of my sprint start but not posting.
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Proud to have helped @thesundaytimes get this out today. We forced @IsabelOakshott to finally break cover with material she's sat on for MONTHS. If you want to help our public service journalism & keep digging (in an ethical way) please support @guardian!
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Max Clifford is dead. His spirit, though, lives on as desperate hacks use his dubious methods to engage in brazen damage limitation, to enact spoilers, nullify or even damage the product of true investigative journalism. Some are adept at channelling the Clifford method; others less so. And one who is not at all good at doing a Clifford is mercenary hack Isabel Oakeshott, as today’s papers demonstrate.
Yes - he came across as such a top geezer.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Completely shocked at the idea Arron Banks might be a bit dodgy, I can tell you.
A former Conservative parliamentary candidate who quit the party over its treatment of black and minority ethnic communities has said that, as the son of two refugees, he was “unable to look at himself in the mirror”.
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Exactly Willow-- "" tantamount to admitting they made a mistake in asking the people such a complex question without the safeguard of a super majority in the first place. ""Willow904 wrote:I don't think so. Lots of MPs have regretted the result but I'm not aware that any have admitted that actively voting for a referendum on such a huge issue with a simple majority and no clear plan in the event of a leave win was a mistake and apologised for their poor judgement in supporting it.frog222 wrote:as-their-cause-crumbles-brexiters-turn-to-fantasy-and-bitter-recriminations
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Now,
1. WHO voted for that bloody referendum ?
2. Have any of them admitted their mistake ?
I think this is why some MPs are so attached to the idea of fulfilling the "will of the people" because not doing so is tantamount to admitting they made a mistake in asking the people such a complex question without the safeguard of a super majority in the first place.
Just pondering, If he gave money as a loan, then is there some monitoring of how it's repaid the loan? ie at what point after the referendum did/will the recipient campaigns repay the loans & where does the sum of money then come from - in effect Banks isn't giving them money, he's just providing it (possibly through a loan,himself), the money is then coming from elsewhere, presumably with less restrictions.Banks owns the insurance company GoSkippy and gave £9m to the Leave.EU and Grassroots Out Brexit campaigns, mostly in the form of loans and branded merchandise.