Thursday 6th February 2020
Posted: Thu 06 Feb, 2020 7:01 am
Morning all.
That last bit is amazing - how can you accidentally copy in the BBC?Shortly after the meeting, the PM's father used his personal email address to share an account of the discussion with the environment minister Lord Goldsmith and other UK officials.
He wrote: "Re the outbreak of coronavirus, Mr Liu obviously was concerned that there had not yet - so he asserted - been direct contact between the PM and Chinese head of state or government in terms of a personal message or telephone call."
Stanley Johnson also revealed he had raised the possibility of his son visiting China in October to attend an international conference on biodiversity, COP15, which will be held in Kunming.
Lord Goldsmith wrote a reply from his personal email address saying: "Thank you so much Stanley. That is extremely useful."
No one in the exchange appeared to have noticed the BBC was copied in until it was raised with them.
Labour picks Liam Byrne as its candidate for West Midlands mayor
(Politics Live, Guardian)
I would have though that they'd want to keep quiet about said person right now...Mayor Joe Anderson has made it clear that Liverpool Council will not be flying the Union Jack flag to mark the birthday of Prince Andrew.
The city leader was responding to reports that councils around the country have been ordered to fly the flag from town hall buildings on February 19 to mark the Duke of York's 60th birthday.
Councils have received an email from government telling them to mark the occasion - despite the Queen cancelling the formal celebration for her son's birthday following his disastrous Newsnight appearance.
Depends whether you think that the GE was all about "getting Brexit done" or really was a seismic shift in opinion.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Rather him than Salma Yaqoob tbh. Though given the GE results there, he will have his work cut out to win.
Apparently the BBC person has the same name as who it was intended for.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
We were told many years ago by our Company Secretary, "Don't put anything on an email that you wouldn't want to see on the front page of the FT tomorrow morning"...or in this case the BBC.
Boris Johnson's father spoke to Chinese ambassador about coronavirus
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That last bit is amazing - how can you accidentally copy in the BBC?Shortly after the meeting, the PM's father used his personal email address to share an account of the discussion with the environment minister Lord Goldsmith and other UK officials.
He wrote: "Re the outbreak of coronavirus, Mr Liu obviously was concerned that there had not yet - so he asserted - been direct contact between the PM and Chinese head of state or government in terms of a personal message or telephone call."
Stanley Johnson also revealed he had raised the possibility of his son visiting China in October to attend an international conference on biodiversity, COP15, which will be held in Kunming.
Lord Goldsmith wrote a reply from his personal email address saying: "Thank you so much Stanley. That is extremely useful."
No one in the exchange appeared to have noticed the BBC was copied in until it was raised with them.
HindleA wrote:https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/ ... uary-2020/
So, UC began in 2013, what is the date used for it being fully rolled out, and I suppose the 200,000 is an annual figure ... and then what is meant by 'work' ... how MANY hours per month ?Response on Statement on Universal Credit (PMQs, 22 January 2020)
Dear Ms Greenwood,
Thank you for your letter of 24 January about the Prime Minister’s remarks regarding Universal Credit during Prime Minister’s Questions on 22 January. You asked the UK Statistics Authority to investigate the claim that “Universal Credit has in fact succeeded in getting 200,000 people into jobs”.
As you say, the 200,000 figure represents the Department for Work and Pensions’ estimate of the predicted impact on employment once Universal Credit is fully rolled out rather than the effect so far.
I am copying this letter to the Prime Minister.
Yours sincerely,
Sir David Norgrove
Tory MP reprimanded but not suspended for speaking at event with far-right figures
The Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, who was widely-condemned for speaking alongside far-right politicians at a conference, has been reprimanded by the party but has avoided a suspension, the Press Association reports. Kawczynski defied critics to speak at an event in Rome as part of a line-up that included Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban and Italy’s Matteo Salvini. The MP was condemned by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Muslim Council of Britain. (Politics Live, Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... lls-labour" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;A key ally of Jeremy Corbyn has said failing to elect Rebecca Long-Bailey to be the Labour party’s next leader risks turning the clock back to 2015 and the leadership of Ed Miliband.
HindleA wrote:https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/jrf-respon ... ish-budget
Yes, agreed.“Scotland’s lower levels of child poverty compared with the rest of the UK are due to lower housing costs. If this advantage is to be maintained then the affordable homes programme needs to be continued beyond 2021. Now is the time to commit to further investment in secure, affordable homes for those facing rising rents and stuck in temporary accommodation."
I hope our QT Correspondent is back in action , as those without TV or sufficient courage to watch the shitshow, rely on his pretty objective opinions , AND that devotion to duty .PorFavor wrote:BBC Question time is on tonight.
The panellists are billed as:
Robert Buckland;
Stella Creasy;
Ed Davey;
and Rachel Shabi.
Rachel Shabi is usually rather good.
Yes - I read that. I knew that he's a Catholic, and therefore of a religious bent, but he doesn't usually come out with stuff quite like that . . .HindleA wrote:"The values of Catholism are the inherent values.of the Labour Party and the inherent values of Socialism"
J.McDonnell
I believe for the purposes of these kinds of figures 'work' is now defined as one hour a week. And that anyone claiming to be self employed is automatically taken to be in work under that definition.frog222 wrote:snip ... and then what is meant by 'work' ... how MANY hours per month ?
That's my MP It's worth mentioning that he was clearly told before the meeting that he was causing problems by going, including being formally written to about it by the tory chair of the commons all party group on anti-semitism.PorFavor wrote:Tory MP reprimanded but not suspended for speaking at event with far-right figures
The Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski, who was widely-condemned for speaking alongside far-right politicians at a conference, has been reprimanded by the party but has avoided a suspension, the Press Association reports. Kawczynski defied critics to speak at an event in Rome as part of a line-up that included Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban and Italy’s Matteo Salvini. The MP was condemned by the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Muslim Council of Britain. (Politics Live, Guardian)
No they are notHindleA wrote:"The values of Catholism are the inherent values.of the Labour Party and the inherent values of Socialism"
J.McDonnell
Well, there's that as well, of course.tinyclanger2 wrote:No they are notHindleA wrote:"The values of Catholism are the inherent values.of the Labour Party and the inherent values of Socialism"
J.McDonnell