FlyTheNest

Morning all.

Blackbird has spoken-a sweary bemoanment of the water temperature in the bird bath.

20 inside, 14 outside, now cooling the house

From under a shady tree and blue Sky, with coffee and wifi !

This makes sense --

/manchester-makes-a-beeline-for-new-dutch-style-cycling-network

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... ng-network" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

"" Around 250 million car journeys of less than 1km (0.6 miles) are made per year in Greater Manchester; the equivalent of a 15-minute walk or a five-minute bike ride. A large proportion of those trips are school runs. In the Netherlands, 50% of children bike to school every day. In Greater Manchester the proportion is less than 2%. A study earlier this month found that dangerous levels of air pollution costs Greater Manchester £1bn every year""

Far more interesting than HS2, Runway 5...

Good morfternoon.

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Minister questioned on Universal Credit and benefit sanctions

Witnesses
Wednesday 27 June 2018, Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 9.30am
Alok Sharma MP, Minister of State for Employment, Department of Work and Pensions
Neil Couling BBE, Director, Universal Credit Programme
Iain Walsh, Director of Labour Market Strategy & International Affairs
Universal Support
Neil Couling, director of the UC programme at DWP, will also be questioned on Universal Support – the component of UC intended as an integral part of the rollout of the massive welfare reform, to help claimants make the transition from legacy benefits. The Committee has heard in evidence that there are questions over how effectively Universal Support is being provided, or in some cases if it is being provided at all.

https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/6 ... 48f0233143" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl ... CMP=twt_gu" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

UK ban on heterosexual civil partnerships ruled discriminatory

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https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sit ... cialSignIn" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/56920" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
What is social housing for?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44627729" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies quits

Fintan o'Toole on 'Pre-Nazism' --
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fint ... -1.3543375" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Fear Wins Elections (Bannon)
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A good take on the government's negotiating strategy from btl in the graun

A group of people go into a vegan restaurant.

Waiter: What would you like to order?
People: Beef!
Waiter: We're sorry, this is a vegan restaurant. Here's the menu. What would you like to order?
People: Veal!

"The economy is gonna tank."

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Not available in MY area --

channel4.com/programmes/inside-the-american-embassy/on-demand/66335-001

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HindleA wrote:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-44627729
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies quits

Not long after he echoed BoJo's "business can go forth and multiply" comments.

RT is not the only one to have done this --

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Crowley losing his Democratic primary is a pretty big development across the pond.

BMA backs referendum on final Brexit deal, saying leaving EU poses 'major threat' to health (Politics Live, Guardian)

Edited to add -

I wonder if that will have any effect on public opinion? Might frighten a good few - I know it does me (but, then again, it always has done since all this started).

Re yesterday's discussion here on Labour strategy, I will just note that Corbyn has not ruled out another referendum.

There's a lone cabbage white butterfly doing the rounds out in the garden.

https://www.24housing.co.uk/news/latest ... rs-are-up/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Latest stats show temporary accommodation numbers are up
Overall the numbers have increased by 56% from 2010 – rising to 190% for those in B&B over the same period

Obvious,stop giving people temporary housing tsk,see foodbanks,tents,air.

More coded messages from PF

https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-cent ... pplication" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Council ignores medical evidence when deciding man’s housing application

Good-afternoon, everyone

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... ackle-fire

Army called in to help tackle Saddleworth Moor wildfire
PM says situation is under constant review as fire rages on outskirts of Manchester

Explains the dire air quality

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

Squeaky posterior time for Germany in the WC

Well!

Well?

Don't tell me I'm going to have to visit the sports pages to find out what happened.

All I've got on Twitter is " Don't mention the VAR!"l

Have Germany pulled "an England" in the world cup?!

I thought it was a toilet joke . . .

Justice Anthony Kennedy of the US Supreme Court is retiring. He was appointed by Reagan, and I don't claim great expertise here but it seems he has been quite similar to the man he replaced - a judicial conservative with something of a conscience who can be swayed and has often been the swing vote in more liberal decisions.

Just as the Republicans insisted that Scalia be replaced by a proper conservative voice, so I'm sure they will make certain that Kennedy is replaced by a more reliable proper conservative voice to give the court a clear conservative majority. I'm aware that sentence doesn't make sense but there you go.

Of course in reality the Senate should decline to consider a nomination given that they're in the last six months of the current term.

goodnight, everyone
love,
cJA

Is this real? If so it's got to be one of the funniest auto translates ever

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Is this real? If so it's got to be one of the funniest auto translates ever

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Theresa (I would if I) Could (but I can't).

a lot of calls for for additional readability

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I've seen badly translated self-assembly furniture instructions that have more "readability" than this does.

May insists Brexit talks still on track ahead of key EU summit

Prime minister travels to Brussels after a week of very public cabinet disunity (Guardian)

It was the photo' that transfixed me. I hadn't really taken it in before. Donald Tusk looks as if he's surveying the results of his having seated Theresa May on a chair covered in wet paint.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... t-brussels