FlyTheNest

Morning all.

@frog

IDS knows the square root of fuck all about the benefit system,he wanted his own way as to particular misanthropy,this was heralded by the infamous Guardian "in praise "of article.

His examples as illustration of a Byzantium system and things he had never heard of are now part of advice,as an example of his lack of the very basics.

It was colder outside than the freezer,but you can't have a fag in the latter,health and safety gone mad.

As if a dead chicken would object.

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Policy paper

Universal Credit: Budget 2018 brief

Morning all.

I see that Hammond's back to calling it "Labour's recession".

31 countries out of 34 in the OECD went into recession at pretty much the same point but it's "Labour's recession"

Delay means less transitional payments of course.

Did he mention "carers"? CA predicted cut in tandem with disability benefits removal /by design/intention.

Unless he meant paid carers.

Good morfternoon.

[Philip] Hammond says sometimes shocks don’t come in the way that is expected. (Politics Live, Guardian)

I'm unexpectedly shocked.

Freeze means effective cut of course despite the disingenuity of "protection"Exponential purposeful harm but nice juicy tax cut benefitting the better off,presumably a better class of "striver"

I'm expectedly shocked but in a different way.Remove the bollox from politicos and there really isn't anything left.

And I should know

(before PF gets in)

Constance annoyed about the vaping tax.

OBR UC more expensive than legacy system,the Tories the party of benefits.

Throwing money at an evidential disaster.

Money far better used,Tories are the scum of the Earth.

The bemoaned maligned system has a wry smile,I had faults but was adjustable,I served you well.

Indeed,so fucking useless was I you are having to revert/spend zillions to account for what was removed/changed.

People on UC are not trapped,they are on a "journey",fucking X factor fantasy.

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Andrew Adonis having a right go at Ofcom

Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds

'We've never seen this': massive Canadian glaciers shrinking rapidly

Crisis, what crisis?

Wren-Lewis.
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Brexit 50p designs leaked.

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Oft said bringing Beveridge back,is it the eugenicist or an adequate income for life without further proof "version?"

Everybody should have the right to work,regardless.Fundamentally different for the State to,at best,utilise divisive language/fake protection from the State itself as some kind of generosity.

Morning from the back garden in Derbyshire, UK,by the way.I pace up and down outside(regardless of weather) when agitated.Tarquin keeps a watching brief as to any self harm(eg.headbutting carpeted shed)

Yoko Ono asking whether it was PfY standing next to her at a conference in Bergen.

So the budget isn't the prelude to an early election, Number 10 says.

Glad that's cleared up, then

I mentioned yesterday that the World at One had just had two of Osborne’s former accomplices on , (to give balance, because they differed on one or two details ?), and later we had this --

@paulmasonnews
The BBC Ten O'clock News actually ran a clip from George Osborne's former chief of staff praising Hammond budget as if he was some kind of impartial "expert". Switch the fuck off, people. Watch #c4news

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Robbie Gibb does a good job in calling in favours from his BBC mates, I will grant him that.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:So the budget isn't the prelude to an early election, Number 10 says.

Glad that's cleared up, then

I just heard Theresa May saying that an election wouldn't be in the national interest - much the same as the last one then?

AnatolyKasparov wrote:So the budget isn't the prelude to an early election, Number 10 says.

Glad that's cleared up, then

I saw a theory that it's an insurance policy, just-in-case it goes tits-up (inevitable) leading to a GE (not inevitable).

I'm a bit puzzled - how did Lord Digby "man of the People" Jones get to head up the Confederation of British Industry having been a lawyer in private practice for 20 years before that?

@PaulfromYorkshire

Theresa May is giving a speech in Oslo to the Nordic Council now.

No hiding place.

gilsey wrote:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major report finds

'We've never seen this': massive Canadian glaciers shrinking rapidly

Crisis, what crisis?

Cheer up, Bolsonaro wants to cut down the Amazon jungle. I'm sure that will improve things no end.

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McDonnell has raised some eyebrows today, it is fair to say.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:McDonnell has raised some eyebrows today, it is fair to say.

Yes. Rather an "unexpected" response from him. I didn't expect it, and don't understand it.

But is it an unexpected shock response?

Good-evening, everyone

I rarely go back to my old Twitter account but did enjoy this when I logged on just now.



Oops.

goodnight, all
love,
cJA

Been out drinking this evening with a friend who has been part of the Labour party for all the years I've known him.

I shan't bore you with the details but after a night of discussing the rise of the right* at the end he said to me 'We have a fight on our hands'.

And I said 'Do we?'

We're both in our late forties and as far as I'm concerned I've tried. Yet everything seems to be turning to shit. The Boomers get a lot of stick but what about us from the so called generation X? What the fuck have we achieved? Because to me right now it looks like we inherited an ongoing somewhat successful fight against racism, an ongoing somewhat successful fight against gender inequality and an ongoing somewhat successful attempt to get people to use respectful language and we've fucked them all up. Every single one of them.

So perhaps it's time we left well alone and gave the next generation a chance because we've been fucking useless.

Forgot about the *

We weren't so boring to talk about politics all night, we also discussed who had been to the doctor for the worst thing, how we seemed to be farting more, how our ex-girlfriends had got fat. That kind of thing.

You've forgotten to put the clock back.