Tuesday 30th July 2019

[refitman]

Morning all.

[HindleA]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... ssion=true" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

"I have no wish to be a member of a party I'm not a member of"

[HindleA]

Well,it has only taken 48 years,but all being well I am going to watch Leeds play for the first time,a week Saturday.

[HindleA]

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opende ... lobbyists/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[gilsey]

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... ssion=true

Last year it was a 10% increase at least. Which is shocking, considering we were one of the initial pilot areas. If anything, we should be seeing things getting better as a pilot area, not worse. Half a decade is long enough to show the government it’s not working. But they don’t care.”

[AnatolyKasparov]

"I have no wish to be a member of a party I'm not a member of"

His appeal against expulsion would be a "slam dunk", we were told.

Hmmm, maybe it actually wasn't?

[HindleA]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00074hg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[HindleA]

https://www.sense.org.uk/get-support/in ... -payments/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Your council has a legal responsibility to offer you the option of a direct payment.

[AnatolyKasparov]

https://www.sense.org.uk/get-support/in ... -payments/

Your council has a legal responsibility to offer you the option of a direct payment.

I remember back in the 1980s that a shocking amount of benefits that people were actually entitled to, went unclaimed.

Would imagine that things haven't got much better since?

[HindleA]

Similar considerations,it ain't easy outlining in intimate detail .I just think the "needy/vulnerable" narrative doesn't help before the relentless horror stories.No price could be put on the physchological and other health benefits of self organising ,providing employment etc ,remaining active ,rather than at best passive receiver of the soggy wet flannel and dash.IMHO.

[GetYou]

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/ ... unclaimed/

Government figures released today show that up to an estimated £10.1 billion of pension credit, housing benefit and income support were left unclaimed in a single year (2016/17)

[AnatolyKasparov]

To state the obvious £10 billion is quite a lot of money!

[citizenJA]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00074hg

Responsible and successful care provision requires time enough to complete that work. Are surgeons paid by the hour?

[citizenJA]

Similar considerations,it ain't easy outlining in intimate detail .I just think the "needy/vulnerable" narrative doesn't help before the relentless horror stories.No price could be put on the physchological and other health benefits of self organising ,providing employment etc ,remaining active ,rather than at best passive receiver of the soggy wet flannel and dash.IMHO.

I completely agree with you. Needing help doesn't define a person.

Some of the finest work I've ever done included caring for people so they could remain in their home, heal and have a social life. It was work I did professionally, my job description well-defined, my responsibilities clearly negotiated between myself and those I helped. What I couldn't do, I didn't and it wasn't a surprise to anyone when those times came. Others provided what I couldn't. I often thoroughly enjoyed my work. A few times I thought I shouldn't be paid for it. A few others I thought no one could pay me enough to continue. I always had time enough leaving those I cared for safe and stabilised when it was time for me to go. The time constraints imposed on care workers and those they're caring for is an unacceptable, unsafe condition.

[PorFavor]

Henry Mance
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@henrymance

Jim O’Neil, ex Goldman on @BBCWorldatOne: “A lot of big foreign exchange and hedge fund type people [are] probably looking at what’s coming out the UK as almost close to a free lunch... [A lot] are saying thank goodness for Boris, he’s giving us a chance to make some money.”
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1:40 PM - Jul 30, 2019

(Politics Live, Guardian)

[citizenJA]

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The time constraints imposed on care workers and those they're caring for is an unacceptable, unsafe condition.

It's difficult and not typically well-paid work. I've known many good care workers; not everyone can do it regardless of training. I can't think of a more inappropriate, unredeemable workplace condition than stopwatch care.

[AnatolyKasparov]

Henry Mance
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@henrymance

Jim O’Neil, ex Goldman on @BBCWorldatOne: “A lot of big foreign exchange and hedge fund type people [are] probably looking at what’s coming out the UK as almost close to a free lunch... [A lot] are saying thank goodness for Boris, he’s giving us a chance to make some money.”
176
1:40 PM - Jul 30, 2019

(Politics Live, Guardian)

Nice to see that some people see him as useful, then

[citizenJA]

Henry Mance
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@henrymance

Jim O’Neil, ex Goldman on @BBCWorldatOne: “A lot of big foreign exchange and hedge fund type people [are] probably looking at what’s coming out the UK as almost close to a free lunch... [A lot] are saying thank goodness for Boris, he’s giving us a chance to make some money.”
176
1:40 PM - Jul 30, 2019

(Politics Live, Guardian)

Currency speculation, what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
Some don't know the difference between good and bad.

[citizenJA]

GBP is nearing parity with the Euro

edited to add
That abstract piece of information above impacts the laws of physics not at all
Neither does it make food grow

[PorFavor]

According to Dan Bloom at the Mirror, Boris Johnson’s chief adviser on Brexit, David Frost, argued earlier this year that it would be a mistake for the UK to agree to continue matching EU rules on workers’ rights after Brexit. (Politics Live, Guardian)

[citizenJA]

@PorFavor
I added things to my post before I knew you'd thanked it; I'm sorry.

[PorFavor]

@PorFavor
I added things to my post before I knew you'd thanked it; I'm sorry.

Don't think that it went unnoticed . . .

[HindleA]

(gin deficit)

[HindleA]

Constance doing a pawstand.

[HindleA]

Whilst purring in Chinese,for some reason.Maybe she finds in cathartic

[HindleA]

Not that I am that knowledgeable about Chinese purring from upside down cats.

[HindleA]

That is without the non claiming of others and non means tested and of course related support.

[AnatolyKasparov]

According to Dan Bloom at the Mirror, Boris Johnson’s chief adviser on Brexit, David Frost, argued earlier this year that it would be a mistake for the UK to agree to continue matching EU rules on workers’ rights after Brexit. (Politics Live, Guardian)

Risen without trace, indeed.