FlyTheNest

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:49 am**

Morning all.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 6:52 am**

Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 1h
UKIP GAIN from CON Folkestone Harvey C on Shepway
UKIP 287
CON 224
LD 198
LAB 196
GRN 96
TUSC 29
Farage's party doing well in Kent

No doubt Anatoly will be along later - in the G - to give us a round up with commentary.

Glad I don't live in Kent.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 7:31 am**

Good morning. Labour lead at 4 points on Yougov:

Latest YouGov / The Sun results 4th Sept -

Con 32%, (-1)
Lab 36%, (no change)
LD 7%, (no change)
UKIP 16%; (+2)

APP -25 (-2)

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:29 am**

Morning.

Boris not a shoe-in for Uxbridge ?

Local paper quotes a Tory there as saying
“Boris is not at all a shoe-in and he’s got a real fight on his hands now. David Simmonds is very popular around here, and Uxbridge’s kind of guy.
We don’t go in for flashy and we’ve never been interested in celebrated MPs…”

http://www1.politicalbetting.com/index. ... rst-fence/

& where's our haven pic gone ?
Thought it was an ad there when first logged on, then realised it's the forum host.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:39 am**

Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:43 am**

yahyah wrote:Morning.

Boris not a shoe-in for Uxbridge ?

Local paper quotes a Tory there as saying
“Boris is not at all a shoe-in and he’s got a real fight on his hands now. David Simmonds is very popular around here, and Uxbridge’s kind of guy.
We don’t go in for flashy and we’ve never been interested in celebrated MPs…”

http://www1.politicalbetting.com/index. ... rst-fence/

& where's our haven pic gone ?
Thought it was an ad there when first logged on, then realised it's the forum host.

It ran away. I've caught it and put it back again.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:45 am**

Happy birthday Roger

Enjoy Sicily. Presume the Roman mosaics etc at Piazza Armerina one of your stop-offs?

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 8:52 am**

RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Happy Birthday Roger.

Have fun in Sicily.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:05 am**

yahyah wrote:Happy birthday Roger

Enjoy Sicily. Presume the Roman mosaics etc at Piazza Armerina one of your stop-offs?

Thanks.

No, not this time - went there when I last was in Sicily which, to my amazement, is 21 years ago!

I'm off to Agrigento, Solunto and Tyndaris and have a couple of days free in Palermo - Monreale is a definite...the mosaics in the cathedral are astonishing.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:20 am**

Happy Birthday Rog. Say "Ciao" to Salvo Montalbano if you see him.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:54 am**

Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 9:59 am**

RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Buon Compleanno!

Mine's an espresso and lemon polenta cake, please.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 10:03 am**

HindleA wrote:Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.

I was watching ITV last night and when I put the telly on just now it came on to Jeremy Kyle.

Having switched to BBC Parliament, I'm not sure there's a lot of difference.....

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 10:17 am**

RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Happy Birthday Roger - have fun on holiday

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 10:41 am**

HindleA wrote:Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.

Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 10:58 am**

LadyCentauria wrote:
HindleA wrote:Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.
Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Hello,yes a time wasting tactic.They'll be more from the usual suspects.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 11:07 am**

Good morning.

Happy birthday RogerOThornhill. Enjoy your holiday. - it sounds idyllic.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 11:18 am**

LadyCentauria wrote:
HindleA wrote:Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.
Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Kerry McCarthy tweeted (about half an hour ago) "For those unfamiliar with Friday sittings, P Davies or Nuttall will soon start filibustering... and we will all lose the will to live.". She, like many of us, is frustrated at the pathetic holding tactics being used in Parliament and the media to protect IDS; and, yes, I do think Sparrow is as guilty of that as anybody, I'm more convinced than ever that editorial policy is to leave IDS alone.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 11:21 am**

It's Friday so I brought the cake & seeing as it's Roger's birthday, I decided to combine the two.

Happy birthday Roger & have a great holiday.

Welcome @LadyCentauria

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 11:42 am**

TheGrimSqueaker wrote:
LadyCentauria wrote:
HindleA wrote:Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.
Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.
Kerry McCarthy tweeted (about half an hour ago) "For those unfamiliar with Friday sittings, P Davies or Nuttall will soon start filibustering... and we will all lose the will to live.". She, like many of us, is frustrated at the pathetic holding tactics being used in Parliament and the media to protect IDS; and, yes, I do think Sparrow is as guilty of that as anybody, I'm more convinced than ever that editorial policy is to leave IDS alone.

Thanks. Yes, I was losing the will to live during Baldry's contribution. Giggled when someone referred to his, um, history lesson as "Baldrydash."

And thanks, @pk1 for the welcome

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 11:57 am**

LadyCentauria wrote:
HindleA wrote:Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.

Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.
Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Hello and welcome LadyCentauria

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 12:03 pm**

Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf has replaced Lady Butler-Sloss as head of the UK government inquiry into historical child abuse.

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Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 12:06 pm**

Afternoon, did anyone see Gordon's speech this morning, and did he really say this, if so, good effort?!

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Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 12:10 pm**

Populus:

Lab 38 (+2)
Con 32 (nc)
LD 8 (-1)
UKIP 14 (-1)
Oth 8 (nc).

Most unusual lately for a Friday Populus to be so favourable to Labour so enjoy but bear in mind that it might well be a sampling error.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 12:18 pm**

pk1 wrote:Populus:

Lab 38 (+2)
Con 32 (nc)
LD 8 (-1)
UKIP 14 (-1)
Oth 8 (nc).

Most unusual lately for a Friday Populus to be so favourable to Labour so enjoy but bear in mind that it might well be a sampling error.

Labour lead went up on Friday a few weeks ago as well.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 12:29 pm**

AnatolyKasparov wrote:
pk1 wrote:Populus:

Lab 38 (+2)
Con 32 (nc)
LD 8 (-1)
UKIP 14 (-1)
Oth 8 (nc).

Most unusual lately for a Friday Populus to be so favourable to Labour so enjoy but bear in mind that it might well be a sampling error.
Labour lead went up on Friday a few weeks ago as well.

Indeed. Which is odd, because Populus are on record as saying their weighting marks Labour down and UKIP up; so, even allowing for sampling errors, could the Clacton bandwagon be stuttering a little?

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:00 pm**

Stephen Pound speaking now. Usually very good.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:00 pm**

Procedurally stopped from speaking.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:03 pm**

Every child deserves a great education and the chance to get on in life.

So, as part of our plan for education, we're making sure children have the best teachers - recruiting inspiring people who might not have considered teaching before but have so much to offer in the classroom.

We're working with school heads to restore discipline and improve standards - and 80,000 more children are starting secondary school with a good understanding of English and Maths than under Labour.

We're opening a record number of new schools - and more children than ever before are attending schools ranked as 'good' or 'outstanding'.

Delivering the best schools and skills for children and young people is a central part of our long-term economic plan. If you support our plan, and want to help secure a better future for Britain, donate £20 today.

Labour were in power for 13 long years - and under them, schools standards fell and youth unemployment rose.

But we're making sure young people can fulfil their potential: creating millions of new apprenticeships that allow them to learn a trade - and backing businesses, so they can create the jobs and opportunities young people need.

Thanks to our plan, the number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) is at its lowest since records began.

We have to keep going to secure a better future for our children and grandchildren.

Please play your part by making a donation today:

Thanks,

Nicky Morgan MP
Education Secretary

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:04 pm**

FO, how/where are you following the parliamentary coverage?

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:05 pm**

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Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:07 pm**

So many "facts" in that Nicky Morgan email.

Presumably most are explained by the simple fact that there are more children.

But the record low NEET figure. Hang on a mo!

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:07 pm**

ErnstRemarx wrote:FO, how/where are you following the parliamentary coverage?

It's on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/21006885" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:14 pm**

PaulfromYorkshire wrote:So many "facts" in that Nicky Morgan email.

Presumably most are explained by the simple fact that there are more children.

But the record low NEET figure. Hang on a mo!

A quick check. It seems this is true only for 16-18 year olds, where of course the changes to the school leaving age have had a massive impact.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:15 pm**

I'm following it on Freeview 131 - BBC Parliament.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:18 pm**

Closure Motion:

Ayes: 304
Noes: 237

Now dividing on Bill being read a 2nd Time

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:25 pm**

refitman wrote:
ErnstRemarx wrote:FO, how/where are you following the parliamentary coverage?
It's on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/21006885" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Cheers Dan - will have a look.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:26 pm**

frightful_oik wrote:I'm following it on Freeview 131 - BBC Parliament.

Of course, how silly of me! Might have a look in a mo. Bet my idiot MP's up to his usual loathsome tricks.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:29 pm**

LadyCentauria wrote:Closure Motion:

Ayes: 304
Noes: 237

Now dividing on Bill being read a 2nd Time

Further thanks - and a belated welcome to you, LC, hope you find the place to your liking. Your locker is next to pk1's, the cafeteria is open until 8pm and bicycle hre can be arranged for a nominal fee.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:32 pm**

Labour were in power for 13 long years - and under them, schools standards fell and youth unemployment rose.

Was there something that happened just before they left power that might have raised unemployment?

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:34 pm**

ErnstRemarx wrote: Further thanks - and a belated welcome to you, LC, hope you find the place to your liking. Your locker is next to pk1's, the cafeteria is open until 8pm and bicycle hre can be arranged for a nominal fee.

...but please refrain from asking for the main gate to be opened as this may lead to a problem with your parliamentary career.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:37 pm**

Ayes 306, Noes 231 - the Government have been defeated by 75 votes!!

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:39 pm**

TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Ayes 306, Noes 231 - the Government have been defeated by 75 votes!!

Good - be interesting to see how the FibDems voted.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:41 pm**

ErnstRemarx wrote:
LadyCentauria wrote:Closure Motion:

Ayes: 304
Noes: 237

Now dividing on Bill being read a 2nd Time
Further thanks - and a belated welcome to you, LC, hope you find the place to your liking. Your locker is next to pk1's, the cafeteria is open until 8pm and bicycle hre can be arranged for a nominal fee.

Thanks, Ernst! And thanks to @Angry, too

Now voting to refer the Affordable Homes Bill to a Select Committee under Standing Order 63. Result of this division expected at 13.45

@Eric_WLothian: Am I allowed to climb the gate, instead?

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:47 pm**

LadyCentauria wrote: @Eric_WLothian: Am I allowed to climb the gate, instead?

Well ...if you can do it without damaging the bike. Easier to use the pedestrian gate though, like the rest of us plebs!

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:48 pm**

ErnstRemarx wrote:
TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Ayes 306, Noes 231 - the Government have been defeated by 75 votes!!
Good - be interesting to see how the FibDems voted.

Fibs were voting for it official line) 'twas a fibby that put it forward

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 1:51 pm**

Another live debate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hous ... s-29039369" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Small class sizes - T Hunt speaking now just called some one a boiled cabbage? lol

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:00 pm**

''To quote Keynes, when the facts change, I do, what do you do''

Well, to quote me, I wouldn't have voted for it in the first ******* place!

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Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:10 pm**

AngryAsWell wrote:Another live debate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hous ... s-29039369" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Small class sizes - T Hunt speaking now just called some one a boiled cabbage? lol

Oops!
Not a live debate, a recording, the debate was lost.

Labour's motion - which called for capital spending to be re-directed to areas where more places are needed - was rejected in a vote, by a majority of 96.

Posted: **Fri 05 Sep, 2014 2:17 pm**

Has anyone any idea how the LibDems, who attended voted? Going to find an old saucepan and that can be used as a spittoon as I read the list.

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