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Monday 3rd September 2018

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Morning all.
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Morning all. INSET this morning so won't be here long...

I see Boris is trending on that Twitter and most aren't impressed...
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If only Boris Johnson had occupied one of four major offices of state and been in cabinet for last 2 years. Could all have been different.
and lots of variants on that theme...
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Brexit: Boris Johnson branded 'great charlatan' by senior Tory after he ridicules Chequers plan - Politics live
The tories really need to get with it, who uses a phrase like 'great charlatan'? Sarah Wollaston, not some dinosaur in the HoL.
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Three years ago I was frequently advised in a rather patronising manner that Corbyn is a really nice man, a great anti racist a polite pacifist but no leader. Now one of the most popular leaders of the largest debt free party I am told daily Corbyn is an evil dangerous racist.
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Pretty straightforward. Data shows that DUP is increasing chances of a United Ireland by embracing #Brexit - can there ever have been a more ridiculous stance from a Unionist party?
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The practical response to our society’s widening inequality? A partial basic income
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gilsey wrote:David McWilliams

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Pretty straightforward. Data shows that DUP is increasing chances of a United Ireland by embracing #Brexit - can there ever have been a more ridiculous stance from a Unionist party?
Is that a challenge?

David Trimble, back in his leadership days, didn't refer to most of his fellow Ulster Unionist MPs as "the woodentops" for nothing.
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Good-afternoon, everyone
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Back from a morning in school - no snake oil salesmen, no "please buy our product/ides"...just "what are we here for and what are our shared beliefs and vision?"

And I've just remembered the date..."It was the Third of September...."
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Fracking is back in England – and only the Tories want it
Lancastrians protested against it, the council rejected it, the health impacts are shocking. But this government doesn’t care

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People, hydraulic fracturing is one of the worst things leadership can foist onto communities
It's too dangerous
I'm frightened of it based upon what I've seen with my own eyes and reading research about this method of fossil fuel extraction
Tory government are doing this against the wishes of people living there
It's horrifying
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Seems like the new BBC politics show is going swimming.
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Britain Elects


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Estimated membership of UK political parties, as of mid-2018:

Lab: 540,000
SNP: 125,000
Con: 124,000
LDem: 99,000
Grn: 39,000
UKIP: 24,000
PC: 8,000
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refitman wrote:Seems like the new BBC politics show is going swimming.
Is that a typo or did something wet happen?
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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Britain Elects


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Estimated membership of UK political parties, as of mid-2018:

Lab: 540,000
SNP: 125,000
Con: 124,000
LDem: 99,000
Grn: 39,000
UKIP: 24,000
PC: 8,000
I think that still puts the SNP ahead of Labour in pro-rata terms.
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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:
refitman wrote:Seems like the new BBC politics show is going swimming.
Is that a typo or did something wet happen?
It's a typo, but from what I've read, that would be more informative.
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All 9 pro-Corbyn candidates elected to the NEC
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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:All 9 pro-Corbyn candidates elected to the NEC
You mean Willsman won? Not totally happy about that tbh.
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Yasmine Dar (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 88,176– elected
Claudia Webbe (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 83,797 – elected
Jon Lansman (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 83,072– elected
Rachel Garnham (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 81,702 – elected
Huda Elmi (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 80,371– elected
Darren Williams (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 79,361 – elected
Ann Henderson (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 79,176 – elected
Nav Mishra (Momentum/CLPD/CLGA slate) 75,224 – elected
Peter Willsman (CLPD/CLGA slate) 70,321 – elected
Eddie Izzard (independent) 67,819
Johanna Baxter (Progress/Labour First slate) 50,185
Gurinder Singh Josan (Progress/Labour First slate) 48,643
Ann Black (Open Labour-backed) 45,566
Jasmin Beckett (Progress/Labour First slate) 43,955
Heather Peto (Progress/Labour First slate) 43,774
Luke Akehurst (Progress/Labour First slate) 43,156
Eda Cazimoglu (Progress/Labour First slate) 40,807
Mary Wimbury (Progress/Labour First slate) 40,507
Lisa Banes (Progress/Labour First slate) 37,993
Marianna Masters (Progress/Labour First slate) 35,061
Jonathan Fletcher (independent) 15,303
Stephen Guy (independent) 14,985
Nicola Morrison (independent) 10,671
James Craigie (independent) 10,326
Gary Spedding (independent) 9,854
Stephen Stanners (independent) 8,909
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It was close for the last place, then. Had hoped (and expected tbh) that Black would do better.

Maybe some more "moderates" should have supported her, rather than awful careerist rubbish like Beckett.
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Interesting list, I thought. Does the UK belong there? Certainly the EU referendum has led to unprecedented levels of power being concentrated in the hands of the executive via the withdrawal bill. The biggest difference in the UK's case is that May seems to resemble a hostage of circumstances outside of her control than a would be dictator shoring up power.
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Willow904 wrote:---
The biggest difference in the UK's case is that May seems to resemble a hostage of circumstances outside of her control than a would be dictator shoring up power.
(cJA edit)
I disagree. May and her Tory party crew are using circumstances to entrench Tory leadership of the country for the benefit of the Tory party. Using the results of the EU referendum accomplishing this is a choice consciously made.
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Nooooo

Jacqueline Pearce aka Servalan has died.

The definitive female TV villain?
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In other news, there isn't going to be any byelection in Birkenhead. I am truly SHOCKED TO MY CORE.

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PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Nooooo

Jacqueline Pearce aka Servalan has died.

The definitive female TV villain?
Thats a shame. I really fancied Servalan when I was watching Blakes 7.
Oh, and evening folks.
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But first, there is the matter of that degrading and primitive act you subjected me to in the control room... I should like you to do it again.
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According to the turnover data obtained under freedom of information, a staggering 357 staff have left the Dexeu in just two years.
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Almost half of Scottish voters - 47 percent - said they would now vote for independence if the UK leaves the European Union. Only 43 percent said they would vote for Scotland to remain part of Britain after Brexit.
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tinyclanger2 wrote:According to the turnover data obtained under freedom of information, a staggering 357 staff have left the Dexeu in just two years.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 19361.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
hiking in the forest and suddenly many terrified deer come tearing past you going the opposite direction and you're standing there wondering what the hell scared them
it's not an exact analogy but it's the first thing I thought after reading tinyclangers2's post
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tinyclanger2 wrote:Almost half of Scottish voters - 47 percent - said they would now vote for independence if the UK leaves the European Union. Only 43 percent said they would vote for Scotland to remain part of Britain after Brexit.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 19526.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hmmm, one suspects the actual sort of Brexit would make a significant difference there.
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Goodnight, everyone
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Tweets that didn't go that well.

First one a couple of days old

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A few years ago, some time well before his 2015 US speech on Iran, Netanyahu was hosting some great meeting , and a few days before that Elie Wiesel was on at least two radio stations here and probably the TV too. The not particularly subliminal message, relating to Iran, really struck me, it was

” We are in 1938. Appeasement. Genocide ! “

We began today with Lord Sachs going on about fearful jews emigrating if there is a Corbyn government, and he was on R4 for half an hour this evening lecturing on Morality.

Wall to wall stuff for ages now in the media bubble . But interestingly the public don't appear to be moved by it from the polls ?
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