Wednesday 5th June 2019

[HindleA]

Morning.


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


F.Ryan was on Women's Hour discussing the book.The DWP.as ever knowingly lying about 'we spend billion on benefits",unquestioned.Of course there is a reason as to why they have kept to this lie as the "for balance" listener irrelevant tosh about children's DLA showed @46 m. and how the benefit system needed reform.Far easier.to enact pernicious policy by such diversion.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005mq8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... pensioners" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

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

[HindleA]

https://www.parliament.uk/business/comm ... nce-17-19/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Willow904]

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-06- ... ean-union/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Welsh Government will now campaign to remain in the European Union

Interesting in that the Welsh government rather reflects my views. I was willing to support a proper "soft" Brexit but opinion in the country has continued to polarize to the extremes, leaving a middle ground consensus virtually impossible to pursue, at least from outside the UK government. We are all left, therefore, with little choice but to choose a side, between remain and hard Brexit.

[RogerOThornhill]

Morning all. Usual busy Wednesday ahead...

Matt Hancock
@MattHancock
·
17h
Dear Mr President. The NHS isn’t on the table in trade talks - and never will be. Not on my watch.

Actions speak louder than words but this was good to see.

[citizenJA]

https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2019-06- ... ean-union/

Welsh Government will now campaign to remain in the European Union

Interesting in that the Welsh government rather reflects my views. I was willing to support a proper "soft" Brexit but opinion in the country has continued to polarize to the extremes, leaving a middle ground consensus virtually impossible to pursue, at least from outside the UK government. We are all left, therefore, with little choice but to choose a side, between remain and hard Brexit.

Weak governments like extremes and war

edited to add
I'm referring to Westminster, not Welsh government

[citizenJA]

Good morning, everyone.

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Befuddled sour banyan is new CHUK leader (4,6).

[AnatolyKasparov]

And "sour" is indeed an appropriate adjective there.

[refitman]

Morning all. Usual busy Wednesday ahead...

Matt Hancock
@MattHancock
·
17h
Dear Mr President. The NHS isn’t on the table in trade talks - and never will be. Not on my watch.

Actions speak louder than words but this was good to see.

He could have @ Trump. Just shouting into the void otherwise.

[refitman]

I see Mike Gapes is a stalinist. (He's cropped Chuka and Wollaston out of the photo on his twitter profile.)

[AnatolyKasparov]

Talking of Stalinism, today is the 30th anniversary of "Tank Man".

Given that nobody is sure who they were or what happened to them, that he is still remembered is all the more telling.

[HindleA]

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

[HindleA]

https://amp.theguardian.com/stage/2019/ ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

https://www.habinteg.org.uk/localplans" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.habinteg.org.uk/case-studie ... ble-homes-" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[AnatolyKasparov]

I see Mike Gapes is a stalinist. (He's cropped Chuka and Wollaston out of the photo on his twitter profile.)

So much invective from centrists is actually projection.

[citizenJA]

Apologies for the off-topic

I've secured bread, laundry tablets/fluid, greens and crackers, Mr citizen

[citizenJA]

Jeremy Hunt says he's an entrepreneur with flair

[AnatolyKasparov]

He says lots of things, not all of them wholly believable.

[PaulfromYorkshire]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/20 ... -homes/amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Interesting ideas around taxing land and property ownership.

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Just noticed that's two days old but not sure we've done it and I know it's of interest to friends here. Sorry if I missed it!

[citizenJA]

I don't know the 'Tory peer/polling expert', Robert Hayward.

...Conservative peer and polling expert Robert Hayward...
After analysing a slew of recent polls on the parties and candidates, Hayward said a new Tory leader would not win a general election unless they were “transfer-friendly”.

'Transfer-friendly' apparently means the following

“A Tory prime minister or leader can’t win without Brexiteers; but you actually can’t win without the people who don’t strongly identify with one side or the other, and are looking for good government,” he said.

The following is interesting.

Polling suggests the electorate is roughly divided into thirds, according to Hayward’s analysis, with one-third identifying as remain, one third as pro-Brexit, and the rest who could be won over by a “transfer-friendly” leader from either side.

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

This suggests tough navigating for any party.

[citizenJA]

Just noticed that's two days old but not sure we've done it and I know it's of interest to friends here. Sorry if I missed it!

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https://landforthemany.uk/wp-content/up ... e-many.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

About a third of the eligible don't vote in GE.

[PorFavor]

Sky News
✔
@SkyNews

Donald Trump has compared the post-Brexit Irish border with his own planned wall for the US border with Mexico.

5:25 PM - Jun 5, 2019 (Politics Live, Guardian)

[PorFavor]

Don't know how that (above) went down, and I await further details. Although he may well deny having said it.

[citizenJA]

Early night for me.
Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA