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Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 7:06 am
by refitman
Morning all.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 7:39 am
by PaulfromYorkshire
Morning!

Thanks the SkysGoneOut for an excellent Question Time review last night :-)

Some interesting material for AK perhaps in the by-election results.

Labour won the one it wasn't defending and lost two of the four it was defending (to Independents in both cases I think).

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 8:44 am
by tinybgoat
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rifles-ban" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban"
Hard Brexit Tories will use a Commons vote to try and overturn Home Office plans to ban high-powered military-grade rifles in a show of political defiance aimed at Theresa May.
Police want the .50 calibre or higher weapons – which can immobilise a vehicle or truck from a mile away – banned because they fear a terrorist who got hold of one would be impossible to defend against.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 10:18 am
by Lost Soul
tinybgoat wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rifles-ban
"Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban"
Hard Brexit Tories will use a Commons vote to try and overturn Home Office plans to ban high-powered military-grade rifles in a show of political defiance aimed at Theresa May.
Police want the .50 calibre or higher weapons – which can immobilise a vehicle or truck from a mile away – banned because they fear a terrorist who got hold of one would be impossible to defend against.
From the same article :

...'The Clifton-Brown/ERG amendment also has the support of the Democratic Unionist MP Sammy Wilson, whose party has threatened to vote down the budget, and one Brexit-supporting Labour member, Kate Hoey....'

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 10:48 am
by AnatolyKasparov
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Morning!

Thanks the SkysGoneOut for an excellent Question Time review last night :-)

Some interesting material for AK perhaps in the by-election results.

Labour won the one it wasn't defending and lost two of the four it was defending (to Independents in both cases I think).
Erm, that is last week's results :D

Two holds for Labour last night, one of which was widely expected to be won by the Greens. Plus a rare treat - a Northern Ireland poll - to come.

(though this one is in a massively Unionist area so won't tell us much about the wider state of play there)

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 11:04 am
by tinybgoat
Lost Soul wrote:
tinybgoat wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... rifles-ban
"Tory rightwingers seek to embarrass May over high-powered rifles ban"
Hard Brexit Tories will use a Commons vote to try and overturn Home Office plans to ban high-powered military-grade rifles in a show of political defiance aimed at Theresa May.
Police want the .50 calibre or higher weapons – which can immobilise a vehicle or truck from a mile away – banned because they fear a terrorist who got hold of one would be impossible to defend against.
From the same article :

...'The Clifton-Brown/ERG amendment also has the support of the Democratic Unionist MP Sammy Wilson, whose party has threatened to vote down the budget, and one Brexit-supporting Labour member, Kate Hoey....'
“You will be aware it was .50 calibre rifles which were used by the IRA to murder British soldiers and members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the 1990s. I can see no reasonable explanation for any member of the public to own such a weapon.”

Not sure Sammy Wilson does perfectly reasonable but would have thought some dup supporters might like to hear explanation for his support.

edit: inserted 'some' qualifier, may have been to optimistic.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:26 pm
by HindleA
As well as stealing money from the sick and disabled knowingly for years the rogue and corrupt DWP illegally ended check off costing us three million and tops the league table for discrimination cases against its own staff.Systematically pernicious.Way beyond who happens to be in charge of indeed which party,it doesn't need reform it needs abolishing ,it's tentacles undermine/actively hinder otherwise good or sensible intentions.IMHO.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:42 pm
by tinybgoat
https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -president" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"No-deal Brexit must be avoided at all costs, says Toyota president"
For Japanese carmakers to continue contributing to the economies and job markets of Britain and the EU, Toyoda said, “it is necessary that an unimpaired trade environment between the United Kingdom and the European Union be maintained and that the automobile industry’s activities remain predicated on shared standards, including those regulating vehicle certification”.
Elsewhere in Guardian (A.Sparrow), it says cabinet members looking as alleviating effect of no-deal by immediate post brexit stimulation package, but can't that this would help with car industry supply chains.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:47 pm
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... media-cuts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:50 pm
by HindleA
Effects everybody,getting a tad peeved off in the pretence of immunity and/or consequences for all regardless.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:53 pm
by HindleA
"only the poor" etc ,one of the main reasons it hasn't got the coversge bemoaned about.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:53 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Morning!

Thanks the SkysGoneOut for an excellent Question Time review last night :-)

Some interesting material for AK perhaps in the by-election results.

Labour won the one it wasn't defending and lost two of the four it was defending (to Independents in both cases I think).
Erm, that is last week's results :D

Two holds for Labour last night, one of which was widely expected to be won by the Greens. Plus a rare treat - a Northern Ireland poll - to come.

(though this one is in a massively Unionist area so won't tell us much about the wider state of play there)
Whoops - thanks for putting me straight. And I don't think I read your round-up last week.

Behind the times....

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 12:55 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
Refreshingly honest (hopefully) from Clive Lewis too

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 1:00 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
Quite insightful I think

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

is-theresa-may-any-closer-brexit-deal-after-brussels-summit

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 1:02 pm
by PaulfromYorkshire
Incidentally Hugo said on Twitter that the extension to the transition period was completely irrelevant.

Heather Stewart explains why he might just be wrong :twisted:

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 1:22 pm
by RogerOThornhill
tinybgoat wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -president
"No-deal Brexit must be avoided at all costs, says Toyota president"
For Japanese carmakers to continue contributing to the economies and job markets of Britain and the EU, Toyoda said, “it is necessary that an unimpaired trade environment between the United Kingdom and the European Union be maintained and that the automobile industry’s activities remain predicated on shared standards, including those regulating vehicle certification”.
Elsewhere in Guardian (A.Sparrow), it says cabinet members looking as alleviating effect of no-deal by immediate post brexit stimulation package, but can't that this would help with car industry supply chains.
Interesting that the justification for Tory company directorships was that it gave them insights into the world of business...I wonder how many have links with manufacturing and commercial rather than just City finance.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 1:23 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Nick Clegg as Facebook's global head of communication?

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 1:43 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:
AnatolyKasparov wrote:
PaulfromYorkshire wrote:Morning!

Thanks the SkysGoneOut for an excellent Question Time review last night :-)

Some interesting material for AK perhaps in the by-election results.

Labour won the one it wasn't defending and lost two of the four it was defending (to Independents in both cases I think).
Erm, that is last week's results :D

Two holds for Labour last night, one of which was widely expected to be won by the Greens. Plus a rare treat - a Northern Ireland poll - to come.

(though this one is in a massively Unionist area so won't tell us much about the wider state of play there)
Whoops - thanks for putting me straight. And I don't think I read your round-up last week.

Behind the times....
It didn't get posted until Sunday evening, hopefully this one should be a bit sooner :)

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 1:56 pm
by PorFavor
Good morfternoon.

I didn't watch Question Time, but I agree with Sky'sGoneOut (last night).

Keir Starmer is rather boring.



Edited - tidy up

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 2:09 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

I didn't watch Question Time, but I agree with Sky'sGoneOut (last night).

Keir Starmer is rather boring.



Edited - tidy up
He is good at what he does.

In some ways the idea of him as leader is not unattractive - solid soft left politics, decent life story - but he is going to have to improve as a speaker.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 3:31 pm
by gilsey
PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

I didn't watch Question Time, but I agree with Sky'sGoneOut (last night).

Keir Starmer is rather boring.



Edited - tidy up
Yes, I've always thought he seems to have had a charisma bypass. Round peg in a round hole as DPP.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 3:34 pm
by gilsey
tinybgoat wrote: Elsewhere in Guardian (A.Sparrow), it says cabinet members looking as alleviating effect of no-deal by immediate post brexit stimulation package,
I suppose we should be relieved that they're talking about that rather than Osborne's punishment budget.
Sticking plaster after we've cut our own arm off.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 3:35 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
"Looking at" can of course mean everything or nothing.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 3:38 pm
by gilsey
Stimulating the economy's been a foreign concept since 2010, so they've got to start somewhere.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 3:50 pm
by gilsey
RogerOThornhill wrote:Nick Clegg as Facebook's global head of communication?
Harry Leslie Smith

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You know what ever Facebook does now to further erode democracy and your right to privacy, #nickclegg is going to say: "it would have been much worst if I had not been there to temper their excesses."

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 6:22 pm
by gilsey
gilsey wrote:
tinybgoat wrote: Elsewhere in Guardian (A.Sparrow), it says cabinet members looking as alleviating effect of no-deal by immediate post brexit stimulation package,
I suppose we should be relieved that they're talking about that rather than Osborne's punishment budget.
Sticking plaster after we've cut our own arm off.
Having now read that, I'm not at all relieved. Javid's stimulation package = disaster capitalism.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 6:45 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
gilsey wrote:
gilsey wrote:
tinybgoat wrote: Elsewhere in Guardian (A.Sparrow), it says cabinet members looking as alleviating effect of no-deal by immediate post brexit stimulation package,
I suppose we should be relieved that they're talking about that rather than Osborne's punishment budget.
Sticking plaster after we've cut our own arm off.
Having now read that, I'm not at all relieved. Javid's stimulation package = disaster capitalism.
Ah, what a surprise.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 8:35 pm
by PorFavor
gilsey wrote:
gilsey wrote:
tinybgoat wrote: Elsewhere in Guardian (A.Sparrow), it says cabinet members looking as alleviating effect of no-deal by immediate post brexit stimulation package,
I suppose we should be relieved that they're talking about that rather than Osborne's punishment budget.
Sticking plaster after we've cut our own arm off.
Having now read that, I'm not at all relieved. Javid's stimulation package = disaster capitalism.

I've sought, but not found. May I have a link, please? Might as well get more depressed.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 8:53 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Three local council byelections this week:

Oxfordshire CC - Labour hold in a close contest in a ward that they perhaps unexpectedly took from the Greens last year after the latter had won it in 2013, the first post boundary change election here. This division contains the only seat the Greens won in the city council elections earlier this year and the results then in the relevant wards (though on slightly different boundaries) were again close between the two. Labour support edged up this time towards the halfway mark, but a Green improvement of almost 5 points meant they only finished 3% behind - Tories down slightly on 2017 but they overtook the LibDems who dropped to less than 2% - this may not be unconnected with their candidate endorsing the Green during the campaign.

Hackney - Labour hold with about 58% of the vote in a ward that safely returned three councillors for them in 2014 - the first elections after boundary redrawing - and again earlier this year; Labour's share being down about 10 points since then only made a slight dent in their overall dominance. in this case, though, the LibDems did distinctly better than above as they doubled their share to 19% - overtaking the Greens who finished second here in the last two elections. Tories down slightly, whilst the Womens Equality Party came last with under 4%.

Mid and East Antrim - finally a highly unusual NI byelection, caused by the passing away of an Independent (former Ulster Unionist) councillor who did not have any valid and willing candidates to replace him - co-option is the normal way of filling council vacancies here, but any contests that do occur use STV as is the case in Scotland in recent years. In the 2014 elections - the first since these new councils were set up - this five member division split 2DUP/1UUP/1Ind/1UKIP, which befits an overwhelmingly Unionist area of a predominantly Protestant local authority. This time round the DUP again came out on top, their 38% being a double figure increase on four years ago. Ulster Unionists also had a healthy increase in second spot, as did the Alliance Party in third - they get the support of most of the small Catholic/Nationalist minority here, but their lack of transfer friendliness cost them a seat last time and was also evident now. UKIP were now absent, and many of their previous voters may have backed the candidate from the "splinter" party Democrats and Veterans who polled a surprisingly decent 15%. This time round another Independent - from a rather different mould perhaps, with a distinctly "New Age" resume - had to settle for just 2% and last place.

A busy week to end the month - ten contests.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 8:54 pm
by refitman
PorFavor wrote:I've sought, but not found. May I have a link, please? Might as well get more depressed.
It's in this section of the Live Blog: A link to Fraser Nelson in the Kipper.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 8:59 pm
by HindleA
Thanks AK

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 9:50 pm
by PorFavor
@refitman

Thank you.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Fri 19 Oct, 2018 10:50 pm
by HindleA
https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... uncil-cuts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 12:54 am
by HindleA
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/adul ... s-overhaul" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

One of the most petty pernicious first acts of the coalition government undertaken by a "liberal"(as insulting to me if not more so than "Tory' an ever changing cloak to hide of convenience rather like fake religiosity was the ending of caring with confidence course.The first acts are often the most indicative of the mindset and base nature.Another one was the attempt to remove DLA mobility from home/school residential attendees.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 12:59 am
by PorFavor
Might help if the Government looked to itself and got its "online forms" to bloody well work.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 1:06 am
by HindleA
And of course even when misanthropes nab they reframe to suit,most noticeably their version of the savings gateway by specifically excluding their usual targets,the lifestyle choosers of sickness/disability caring responsibilities whilst introducing bespoke policy that removes the ability to work.The underlining message is clear-the increase in passing on ability for chucking in a home and equalisation with daring to stay in your own home which due to widespread ignorance and warped narrative this obviousness wasn't mentioned.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 1:14 am
by HindleA
Well of course Governments blame the thickness of people,an essential is having confidence and trust,the fact that you can use a computer may very well be used against you.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 1:15 am
by HindleA
If you can move your neck to operate a possum you can work full time.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 1:19 am
by HindleA
And the to combat social isolation is taking the proverbial,from arseholes that encouraged spying on your neighbour for any sign of activity.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 1:21 am
by HindleA
No win of course.

Re: Friday 19th October 2018

Posted: Sat 20 Oct, 2018 1:29 am
by HindleA
Even the deemed we don't mean you genuine are encouraged to enjoin,you are supposed to go apeshit on minimal fraud and supposed stealing money from you,except of course the immune from the tactic diversion.