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Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 6:49 am
by refitman
Morning all.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 11:57 am
by AnatolyKasparov
Good morefternoon, anyone about?

Just to add to the discussion in the early hours - I like swede, and even turnips are tolerable.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 12:39 pm
by citizenJA
Good afternoon, everyone.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 12:56 pm
by citizenJA
Turnips and swedes are two of my favourite root vegetables. I never tasted a US-grown parsnip worth the time and energy harvesting and cooking them. UK-grown parsnips are magnificent.

I'll have to reconcile the Sky and PorFavor disclosures on last night's thread with the love I have for them. I won't let differences of this sort come between us though I'm still reeling. It explains why some of the lentil stews I shared here weren't touched by either of them. They went straight for the rhubarb-raspberry crumble.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 1:00 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Morning all.

Wes Streeting seems to be going down well with edu people hat normally despair of Labour edu policies.

Labour ‘got it wrong’ on scrapping Ofsted, says shadow schools minister

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Although welcomed by teaching unions, Streeting, who has been in post for just over a month, said the policy went down badly with families.

“I think what Labour got wrong, if I can be frank, before the last election was that the public heard the scrap Ofsted bit. They didn’t hear the ‘we want to replace it with something better’ bit. And as a result, I can tell you that one cut through pretty quickly to parents and grandparents who were saying ‘why are you going soft on standards?'”

“That’s not where I’m prepared to be and where I think the Labour Party should be. But the fundamental point here is don’t tell us what you want to scrap, tell us what you want to build.”

Streeting said Ofsted was “there to assure us, whether Parliament or parents and the public, that standards in schools are as we’d expect them to be”, adding that theirs was a “really important role”.
And this bit is interesting too.
He questioned whether safeguarding inspection should be “lumped in” with current “high-stakes” visits,
The first thing Ofsted check is the Single Central register which has details of everyone who works with children and that includes all staff, midday assistants, people who come in on a regular basis; with their DBS. If it isn't up to scratch they walk away immediately and give you a Fail.

Should they be able to simply walk in unannounced and without warning to do this? Probably.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 1:01 pm
by citizenJA
Only sweet potatoes worth eating are grown in the US. I don't like eating food grown so far from where I live so I'll give them up. If anyone knows a good sweet potato or alternative root vegetable like it grown nearer the UK, let me know.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 1:06 pm
by citizenJA
Let's do something other than stockpiling resources in advance of Tory government incompetence. I don't know what exactly but I'm thinking. Suggestions welcome.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 1:37 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Talk to people and try to convince them that better things are possible?

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 5:51 pm
by tinyclanger2
V happy with the overall "root vegetable" discussion.
Which of course, technically, sweet "potatoes" are, and "actual" potatoes aren't.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 5:52 pm
by tinyclanger2
So far my favourite is from Merriam-Webster which more or less defines a tuber as something which resembles a tuber.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 5:54 pm
by PorFavor
And a parsnip in a pear tree.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 6:31 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Roast parsnips.......yum.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 6:32 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Well, of course we're all shocked shocked!

Inquiry 'found Priti Patel broke behaviour rules'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55007122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
The report, carried out by the government's independent adviser on standards, Sir Alex Allan, has not been published.

But one source said it had concluded that the "home secretary had not met the requirements of the ministerial code to treat civil servants with consideration and respect".

They added that the investigation had found evidence of bullying, even if it had not been intentional.

Another source who saw the report called it "unambiguous in stating that Priti Patel broke the ministerial code and that the prime minister buried it".

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:10 pm
by tinyclanger2
5 years ago i would never have believed that one orange tosser could actually bore the world into giving up on democracy

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:17 pm
by citizenJA
PorFavor wrote:And a parsnip in a pear tree.
I thought I knew you.
Then the parsnip disclosure.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:18 pm
by citizenJA
tinyclanger2 wrote:V happy with the overall "root vegetable" discussion.
Which of course, technically, sweet "potatoes" are, and "actual" potatoes aren't.
We've got to have these discussions. If we don't, who will?

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:24 pm
by citizenJA
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Talk to people and try to convince them that better things are possible?
Action that'd shake up government. They're so damned complaisant, ignorant of how much they rely upon other people. Not causing them physical harm, they're scoundrels, they'll likely have protection and I don't do violence anyway.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:43 pm
by tinyclanger2
citizenJA wrote:
tinyclanger2 wrote:V happy with the overall "root vegetable" discussion.
Which of course, technically, sweet "potatoes" are, and "actual" potatoes aren't.
We've got to have these discussions. If we don't, who will?
Quite

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:45 pm
by tinyclanger2
Rudy Giuliani’s leaking hair dye is the gift that keeps on giving.
Independent live US "politics" blog

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 7:50 pm
by tinyclanger2
(I know I shouldn't)

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 9:24 pm
by RogerOThornhill
What on earth does trump think he's doing to America's reputation in the wider world?
Joe Scutella
@JoeScutella
Replying to
@AmyEGardner
and
@emptywheel
@realDonaldTrump
is now resorting to personally leaning on @GOP state lawmakers to elect their own set of electors in an effort to steal an election that he lost by 6 million votes and over 70 electoral votes. This is seditious, anti-democratic theft of historic proportions.
5:14 PM · Nov 19, 2020 from Nashville, TN·Twitter for iPad
:roll:

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 9:31 pm
by tinyclanger2
It's not great is it

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 9:35 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Jonathan Simons
@jonathansimons
Why is no one talking about the biggest scandal which is that the NYPD doesn’t even HAVE a choir
8:53 PM · Nov 19, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
:D

Score for today - Pogues 1 Lozza Fox 0...

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 9:40 pm
by RogerOThornhill
tinyclanger2 wrote:
Rudy Giuliani’s leaking hair dye is the gift that keeps on giving.
Independent live US "politics" blog
Ah, I get why Death in Venice was trending earlier.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:09 pm
by gilsey
RogerOThornhill wrote:Well, of course we're all shocked shocked!

Inquiry 'found Priti Patel broke behaviour rules'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55007122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Horrible woman.

David Schneider
@davidschneider
If only there was some precedent for whether Priti Patel, a minister who had to resign for going against the ministerial code, should have to resign for going against the ministerial code.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:14 pm
by adam
Celeriac. That is all.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:15 pm
by RogerOThornhill
Did we see this?

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I know we all know this but Farage really is a piece of crap.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:16 pm
by adam
It's not all. I roasted some lumps of celeriac and of fennel around a piece of pork belly last weekend and they both came out lovely. (I'm not lumping fennel in as a root here, it's just what happened). Parsnip and celeriac mash is very nice too.

Sweet potato is one of the very few food things I really don't like. Not sure why. Tried it a few ways but never been keen and never persisted.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:19 pm
by adam
RogerOThornhill wrote:What on earth does trump think he's doing to America's reputation in the wider world?
There's also this

Trump administration in 'staggering' isolation at UN on health issues
The outgoing Trump administration’s final days at the United Nations have resulted in a deepening of US isolation on social and health issues, with only a handful of allies including Russia, Belarus and Syria.
In one vote this week, the US was entirely alone in backing its own amendment to a seemingly uncontroversial resolution about efforts to treat medical complications from childbirth. It called for the removal of references to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Population Fund.
No other nation agreed, with 153 voting against the amendment and 11 abstaining.

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:23 pm
by adam
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Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:24 pm
by adam
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Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:25 pm
by AnatolyKasparov
Belarus one of Trump's few remaining allies - maybe he asked Lukashenko for tips on how to stay in power after losing an election?

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 10:36 pm
by RogerOThornhill
And for the GOP to go along with this instead of just dumping Trump.
GOP
@GOP
"We will not be intimidated...We are going to clean this mess up now. President Trump won by a landslide. We are going to prove it. And we are going to reclaim the United States of America for the people who vote for freedom."—Sidney Powell
:lol:

Another one to add to the "In what year..." questions in future quizzes...

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 11:06 pm
by RogerOThornhill
And we don't need reminding about Ian Austin...
Ian Austin
@LordIanAustin
I worked with Priti Patel. We were on Foreign Affairs Committee together.

Is she a strong woman?
Yes. I'm sure she needed to be to get where she's got.

Did I ever see her bully anyone?
Never. Not once.


Daughter of refugees becomes Home Secretary?
Great British success story.
10:22 PM · Nov 19, 2020·Twitter Web App
:lol:

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 11:15 pm
by citizenJA
Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA

Re: Thursday 19th November 2020

Posted: Thu 19 Nov, 2020 11:34 pm
by RogerOThornhill
From the former Perm Sec at the treasury..
Nick Macpherson
@nickmacpherson2
2 thoughts of the day. Bullying at work is never justified: it can cause huge misery for those affected and their families. In my experience, things have to be very bad indeed for a Cabinet Office enquiry to find fault in a minister -the system is rigged to conclude the contrary.
10:53 PM · Nov 19, 2020·Twitter Web App