Monday 15th July 2019

[refitman]

Morning all.

[Willow904]

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

Destitution on the rise, say frontline family support workers

Note the government's response:

A government spokesperson said: “National statistics show that severe poverty has not been rapidly increasing, and this has been confirmed by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which has found that severe poverty has declined in recent years.”

We have definitions and statistics for "relative poverty", "absolute poverty" and "persistent poverty" but "severe poverty" is a new one on me. I guess they couldn't find a genuine stat that looked good.

[RogerOThornhill]

Morning all.

Well, we needed something to unite the nation...and that something is Jacob Rees-Mogg who succeeded in making himself look a complete moron.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Morning all.

Well, we needed something to unite the nation...and that something is Jacob Rees-Mogg who succeeded in making himself look a complete moron.

Given the excitement of the last 24 hours, I missed this?

[RogerOThornhill]

Morning all.

Well, we needed something to unite the nation...and that something is Jacob Rees-Mogg who succeeded in making himself look a complete moron.

Given the excitement of the last 24 hours, I missed this?

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... mg00000001" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[AnatolyKasparov]

Ah yes, what a dickhead

[citizenJA]

Thank you for this.

"...we could try crowdfunding a lair."

I love it.

[citizenJA]

Good afternoon, everyone.

[citizenJA]

I think the Tory party is abandoning any pretence of caring for various industries and the people sustaining them. Look at what they're doing or not doing.

[PorFavor]

Good morfternoon.

David Lammy
✔
@DavidLammy

Too often people are more allergic to the term racism than the acts of racism themselves. Trump's tweets, calling for Congresswomen of colour to "go back", were not "racially-charged" or "racially-loaded." They were racist. Silence is complicity. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 04881.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; …
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1:16 PM - Jul 15, 2019

[AnatolyKasparov]

I think that certainly removes any benefit of the doubt in his case, anyway.

[ScarletGas]

Greetings from a prolific lurker but only a very occasional contributor (Apologies)

Just a quick observation on the world cup win.

Thank goodness it happened now and not in 3 weeks!

With his previous attempts of claiming success off of others efforts. I'm thinking Boris bikes and the Olympics.Can you imagine what the blustering bully would have claimed his involvement was in this case!!

[citizenJA]

Trump shows how weak he is to the world.

[PaulfromYorkshire]

Thank you for this.

"...we could try crowdfunding a lair."

I love it.

We may not be as youthful as the protagonists in the Decameron, but the idea of us retiring to a lair on a hill above Calderdale reminds me of Boccaccio's masterpiece

[tinybgoat]

Thank you for this.

"...we could try crowdfunding a lair."

I love it.

We may not be as youthful as the protagonists in the Decameron, but the idea of us retiring to a lair on a hill above Calderdale reminds me of Boccaccio's masterpiece

Withnail and I.springs to mind, for some reason.

[PaulfromYorkshire]

We may not be as youthful as the protagonists in the Decameron, but the idea of us retiring to a lair on a hill above Calderdale reminds me of Boccaccio's masterpiece

Withnail and I.springs to mind, for some reason.

[RogerOThornhill]

I see that someone else is claiming credit for "delivering the Olympics" now.

Jeremy Hunt
@Jeremy_Hunt
Team takeover for #FinalShowdown: I delivered the London Olympics, more money for the NHS and I deliver as Foreign Secretary. Back me to deliver for Britain.

I seem to recall that one of the things that nearly went very wrong was the security arrangements...

[adam]

It is more complicated than this, because there are several people involved from diverse backgrounds, but it's still a very good shorthand description of what's going on in the States, for the avoidance of any doubt, as if there were any.

A first generation white American has told a first generation black American to 'go home'.

Without the use of specific racially charged names, I think it's difficult to imagine a more blatantly and indeed a more deliberately racist statement than this.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Graun has really spoiled us today hasn't it?

First the "May was a terrific feminist" spiel and then Gavin Shuker (who?) - "I'm a terrific failure who doesn't know anything, but Labour MPs should do what I suggest anyway"

Almost enough to make you want Freedland.

Almost

[adam]

I see that someone else is claiming credit for "delivering the Olympics" now.

Jeremy Hunt
@Jeremy_Hunt
Team takeover for #FinalShowdown: I delivered the London Olympics, more money for the NHS and I deliver as Foreign Secretary. Back me to deliver for Britain.

I seem to recall that one of the things that nearly went very wrong was the security arrangements...

Having to draft 3500 forces personnell in at the last moment is merely a sign of just how prepared we are as a nation. It clearly bodes well if any problems arise out of a no-deal Brexit.

[citizenJA]

Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA