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HindleA wrote:After forgetting you can't get commentary on what I'm not listening to on-line.

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refitman wrote:Cor blimey. Rugby eh?

PorFavor wrote:

Most household bills set for above inflation rises in April

We look at a raft price hikes from phones and broadband to gas, water and electricity
(Guardian)

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/ ... s-in-april

Living longer: caring in later working life
Examining the interplay between caring and working in later life in the UK.

People are living longer and are increasingly likely to have a living parent and/or a grandchild. Unpaid informal care provided by friends and family is essential to our society and the economy.

In 2016, informal adult care was valued at £59.5 billion per year, with around 2 million adults in the UK receiving informal care. This is the equivalent of just over 4 million adult social care workers working every week of the year at their median weekly hours.

- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
15 March 2019

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulation ... 2019-03-15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

PorFavor wrote:Good morfternoon.

I'm watching the Jeremy Corbyn interview on TV.

Why can't he say that he would like to have the best, and most advantageous to the UK, relationship with the EU and that, if it transpires that that would mean remaining in the EU, he would support "Remain"? It would make things clearer whilst still not committing him to anything specific at this point. He'd, after all, have to say clearly what his position is in the Labour Manifesto should he get his General Election wish.

PorFavor wrote:He (Jeremy Corbyn) seems unable to utter the word "Remain" and even has trouble with the words "second referendum"). It's fast approaching the time when, even for tactical reasons (which I could understand (and agreed with) but was never convinced were his real reasons) when the issue cannot be totally avoided.

citizenJA wrote:Please excuse me, PorFavor. I don't watch much media and don't know what Corbyn said or didn't say in this morning's interview. My response to your excellent question was flippant. I meant well and intended no disrespect.

PorFavor wrote:

citizenJA wrote:Please excuse me, PorFavor. I don't watch much media and don't know what Corbyn said or didn't say in this morning's interview. My response to your excellent question was flippant. I meant well and intended no disrespect.

Don't worry about that! I like flippant, whimsy and all that stuff.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:I am quite happy with what Corbyn said, he has always seen it as his primary task to speak for Labour's remain *and* leave voters.

And leaving the nuts and bolts to Starmer is also absolutely the correct decision.

HindleA wrote:The context.of the default room for care is spare and discretionary and home owners,regardless if in adapted homes are unfair in providing this "societal and economic" necessity.

Some of UK's religious charities promote harmful views, claims report (Observer)

citizenJA wrote:Though I've consistently followed Brexit-politics, I don't understand some of the machinations. Twelve days to go and Brexit is more and not less confusing.

May in make-or-break bid to gain DUP support for her Brexit deal

“We will only bring the deal back if we are confident that enough of our colleagues, and the DUP, are prepared to support it, so that we can get it through parliament. We’re not going to keep presenting it if we haven’t moved the dial,” said the chancellor, Philip Hammond.

Asked if extra funding for Northern Ireland could be involved, as it was in clinching the DUP’s support for May’s minority government two years ago, Hammond said: “We are coming up to a spending review and we will have to look at all budgets, including devolved block-grant budgets, in that spending review; of course we will.” (Guardian - my emphasis)

tinybgoat wrote:https://www.itv.com/news/2019-03-17/wha ... d-the-dup/
"The prime minister’s frantic last attempt to persuade Northern Ireland’s DUP to back her third meaningful vote on Tuesday involves a promise that if the controversial backstop is ever triggered, Great Britain would adopt any new food and business rules that could be forced by the EU on Northern Ireland."(Peston)

PorFavor wrote:Yes - I'm here, but with nothing to say.