Saturday, 2nd and Sunday, 3rd February 2019

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 5:56 am

Good morfternoon.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 6:00 am

Would someone be good enough to insert a comma after the word "Sunday" for me, please?

Should have left it to the expert.

Oh - and a 2019 wouldn't go amiss, either. I only got up for a cup of tea.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 6:08 am

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PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 6:45 am

‘Dickensian diseases’: gout, whooping cough and scarlet fever on rise

UK hospital visits for illnesses common in Victorian era up by 3,000 a year since 2010 (Guardian -my emphasis)

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... er-on-rise

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:23 am

G and T

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:24 am

And bucket rather than cup

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:25 am

Dickens has got a lot to answer for

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:29 am

"Those that are dead are not dead they are just living in my head"

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:34 am

Very tangentially "know" Chris Martin via Exeter/sister in law links.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:40 am

On such basis everybody could claim to "know"anybody they choose to mention

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:44 am

Anna Carteret of "Juliet Bravo" fame,once asked me directions to the Adelphi in Liverpool.I was surprised given I was in conversation with Dr.Legg of EastEnders in a London tube station at the time.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 7:57 am

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

"McNally still believes that the cuts to legal aid, from a £2.5bn bill in 2010 to £1.6bn today, were necessary at the time"

A repeated piffling obvious nonsense.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:03 am

Not only the we had no choice to throw people under the bus we actively took part.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:09 am

"Basic justice had to be suspended"

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:20 am

UK weather: temperatures to plunge again on Saturday night

Thousands of people have been trapped, delayed and had their journeys disrupted by heavy snow that swept across parts of the UK, as forecasters warned more severe weather was on the way over the weekend.

Claire Cranton, who works for the mobile network operator’s trade body GSMA, was trapped in her car on the A303 near Chicklade, near Warminster, Wiltshire, for more than two hours on Friday. “It has been quite entertaining,” she said. “You see a bit of the British spirit of people walking up and down talking to each other and trying to sort out what’s going on.” (Guardian - my emphasis)

Aren't we wonderful - and unique? I can't understand how the rest of the world survives.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... pts-travel

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:26 am

I'm going back to bed for a while.

Post by **refitman** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:27 am

PorFavor wrote:Would someone be good enough to insert a comma after the word "Sunday" for me, please?

Should have left it to the expert.

Oh - and a 2019 wouldn't go amiss, either. I only got up for a cup of tea.

Sorted for you.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:31 am

Your contributions (both) are appreciated.PF have rest,sweet dreams etc.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:34 am

If I do dream,often involves jelly beans.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:46 am

The blue ones,of course,are the villians.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 8:50 am

Off to do further research as to the number of raisins in a scone,a longitudinal study.

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 10:39 am

Posted yesterday by HindleA:

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

Spending on benefits for disabled people is increasing
Sarah Newton, minister for disabled people, defends the government’s record,

Sarah Newton probably feels like she's robustly defended the government's record with the following:

To suggest our reforms have created a benefits system staked against disabled claimants is pure scaremongering. Frances Ryan gives an incomplete picture of the support on offer (Disabled people are going hungry and ministers are to blame. Tears are not enough, 30 January).

We are actually spending more on benefits for disabled people and those with health conditions than ever before – £52.7bn

The fact she says Frances Ryan's picture is incomplete rather than incorrect and then goes on to explain how the government is spending more than ever on benefits for the disabled, however, simply underlines what we have long suspected - that not only is the government reducing and denying benefits to disabled people, they are spending more money in doing so. Because no amount of extra overall spending is going to make the person who has seen a £30 cut to their weekly ESA better off, and no amount of extra demand pushing the overall figures up is going to make the person whose PIP award has been cut or axed compared to their previous DLA award feel like the government is supporting disabled people more than ever as opposed to supporting more disabled people (in a growing population) less.

Sarah Newton is an ass and Frances Ryan is an absolute hero for plugging away at this week in, week out ensuring that the government can't pretend to be unaware of the consequences of its policies.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 10:50 am

The fifty billon on benefits line is a complete lie,has been regularly regurgitated.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 10:55 am

As I suggested,cynically deployed,people are generally ignorant,which is hardly surprising given the barrage of such lies,deception,disingenuity,in short bollox to be countered.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:01 am

Calling Hitler a bastard paints an incomplete picture,given his interest in art.

AnatolyKasparov · Post by **AnatolyKasparov** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:01 am

PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

You were up early........

tinybgoat · Post by **tinybgoat** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:02 am

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/s ... because-he" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Chris Grayling thinks people say Chris Grayling is rubbish because he supports Brexit"

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:12 am

Of course it is Chris

Willow904 · Post by **Willow904** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:14 am

HindleA wrote:The fifty billon on benefits line is a complete lie,has been regularly regurgitated.

It doesn't surprise me this isn't an accurate figure, but I guess my argument is more around the overall spend not being a relevant measure of how well people with disabilities are supported. Individual experience can't be ignored because it's the experience of individuals that reflects the outcome, intended or otherwise, of the money spent. The government representative in this article is basically saying that the amount of money spent proves the government is looking after people with disabilities, but the money spent is not an outcome. It proves nothing and as she didn't dispute the negative outcomes highlighted by Frances Ryan, in terms of reasoned debate, her letter is a big fat fail. It's depressing the government is able to throw around big numbers, accurate or otherwise, without context and so many people are seemingly impressed.

"More people in work than ever" - we have a larger population than ever. Is the percentage of working age people in work higher than ever? Who knows, but once upon a time the media would have asked and that's what's really changed over the last few years. The public has always been bamboozled by big numbers, but the media used to do more to put those numbers into context on behalf of their viewers and the political debate in this country has greatly suffered as a result.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:14 am

And of course demonisers of Government for pointing out you knew sweet f.a.about your own policies whilst at the DWP.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:15 am

True,Willow

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:23 am

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/f ... drink-more" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So true,I must take a leak about ten times a night.Which isn't that inconvenient given proximity to(so called) smoking "shelter"

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:25 am

@refitman

Thank you!

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:28 am

Did you get your 'while?'

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:30 am

Twelve raisins,but the removal of "free"biscuit,seems to be permanent.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:30 am

@AnatolyKasparov

How's your gout? I hope you're ok now.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:32 am

HindleA wrote:True,Willow

Almost seamless . . .

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:32 am

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:33 am

Read that as goat,maybe I should restart wearing my glasses.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:34 am

If I could see to find them.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:38 am

In the interests of honesty,given.this will consume me with guilt and possibly condemn me to eternal damnation,I mistook Willow for cJA and subsequently edited.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:40 am

If AK has a goat I hope it is o.k.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:42 am

Can goats get gout?

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:45 am

Living under a Tory MP has had consequences,not least to (what remains of)my sanity.

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:52 am

Have I Got News For You
‏@haveigotnews
Feb 1

BREAKING: Piers Morgan rages on Twitter as his home is besieged by snowflakes.

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 11:59 am

HindleA wrote:In the interests of honesty,given.this will consume me with guilt and possibly condemn me to eternal damnation,I mistook Willow for cJA and subsequently edited.

Just call me Jiminy . . .

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 12:00 pm

Norma Gripes

PorFavor · Post by **PorFavor** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 12:04 pm

HindleA wrote:Twelve raisins,but the removal of "free"biscuit,seems to be permanent.

Are you sure it was twelve? Without your glasses and all. I demand a recount.

HindleA · Post by **HindleA** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 12:04 pm

Independently verified

Post by **PaulfromYorkshire** » Sat 02 Feb, 2019 12:05 pm

HindleA wrote:Norma Gripes

Nice one

My main challenge today will be getting the inhabitants of the local to turn one of the TVs over from the rugby to the Leeds Norwich match....

PTO