James Chapman (Mail) @jameschappers 24m24 minutes ago
Tories rebrand English votes for English laws (EVEL) as "A Fair United Kingdom". Less happy acronym #GE2015
Yes, really. They never fail to disappoint with their choice of branding, titles, phrases, photos .... Welcome back Grumpy Old Git. Sorry to hear about your aunt.Grumpy Old Git wrote:Hello to all,have been busy of late.Had a death in the family.A Aunt passed away,she was 98 though so cannot complain,she really had a full life.
Anyway,don't know if this has been posted already.
Company failures rise by one third as growth UK economy loses steam.
Source:
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Rob Merrick @Rob_Merrick 34s34 seconds ago
Ouch! Labour's Sadiq Khan asks if UK aim to spread "best practice in Saudi justice policy" includes ...."best practice on how to behead"
Love the top-rated comment.Tish wrote:Here's a sad tale from the Telegraph about how terribly difficult it is owning a million pound house in London when you don't have the income to go with it and therefore "don't feel rich." My heart bled as I read it
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Funnily enough though the comments underneath aren't terribly sympathetic, even Telegraph readers don't really seem to sorry for poor Mr Wallop, especially as he admits he only managed to buy this manacle around his neck becouse: "I was given £210,000 in 1998." Some people just have no heart.
asingstoke67 • 4 hours ago
"Daddy, are you a smug git?"
"Yes, darling. Now, lets go and laugh at people going into the Food Bank".
Brilliant. Poverty porn may be on the way out ... and reinforces what you said earlier Tish - those people that were all too ready to believe 'benefit scroungers' needed harsher treatment have pretty much had their desires sated by the Condems - the rest of us have just had enough.Tish wrote:Yay! Southampton tells exploititive TV producers to fuck off! Benefit Street spin off Immigration Street is to be cut short after locals forced the film crew out.
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That's made me very proud of living here.
Includes this linkMcVey is a dogged defender of a government notorious for its incuriosity and ideological arrogance. Taking stock of whether a policy actually works, as opposed to whether it plays well with the Daily Mail, is not its strong point. No one will be surprised if McVey, flying in the face of available evidence, acclaims sanctions as a unalloyed success.
She's also recently resigned as a local councillor. I have wondered whether she's going to be the Danczuk who joins UKIP????AngryAsWell wrote:Karen Danczuk: Cleavage selfie councillor sells deli business after becoming famous for breast pictures
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ka ... or-5097517" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I'd be surprised if she did. I think she's binning all her other stuff so she can concentrate on being a professional celebrity/glamour model. She'll probably be on I'm A Celeb in a few months.rebeccariots2 wrote:She's also recently resigned as a local councillor. I have wondered whether she's going to be the Danczuk who joins UKIP????AngryAsWell wrote:Karen Danczuk: Cleavage selfie councillor sells deli business after becoming famous for breast pictures
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ka ... or-5097517" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hi Ohsoohsocynical wrote:@Paul
Confess I do forget. I find it's a bit of a bother having to log in and out of my and FTNs account more than once a day. The good news is if I read posts on here I can usually find some pithy comments that I can shorten for Twitter. I'll see if I can knock out half a dozen or so around midday.
Tom McTague @TomMcTague 10m10 minutes ago
Exc: Tory minister insists £9k tuition fees not too expensive - because they only cost a 'posh coffee' a day to repay http://dailym.ai/1DsNsTN" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A Tory minister has insisted £9,000-a-year tuition fees are not too expensive – because it only costs the same as a 'posh coffee' to pay them back every day.
Universities Minister Greg Clark said if graduates earn £30,000 a year they have to pay back £2.22 a day, which he claimed was a 'phenomenal investment'.
Labour said Mr Clark's 'bizarre' remarks showed the Government was out of touch with public concern over the cost of university.
Whatever she does I just wish she'd take hubby with her.Tish wrote:I'd be surprised if she did. I think she's binning all her other stuff so she can concentrate on being a professional celebrity/glamour model. She'll probably be on I'm A Celeb in a few months.rebeccariots2 wrote:She's also recently resigned as a local councillor. I have wondered whether she's going to be the Danczuk who joins UKIP????AngryAsWell wrote:Karen Danczuk: Cleavage selfie councillor sells deli business after becoming famous for breast pictures
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ka ... or-5097517" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Conservative Central Office appear to be working for the SNP
In their desperation to stop Miliband the Tories are prepared to risk the future of the United Kingdom.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehous ... r-the-snp/
Government costcutting plans will mean stricter measures for benefit claimants
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 19224.html
They really are determined to kick and kick and kick people while they're down. 2 trials - no info re how many people or precise areas but job opportunity levels might well be very unrepresentative of many signing on areas - and a paltry average reduction of 2.6 days fewer on benefits.... sheesh.All unemployed people might have to “sign on” at the Jobcentre twice as often if they want to continue receiving benefits, under cost-cutting plans being considered by the Government.
Research by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), published last week, concluded that people who were compelled to sign on every week found a job almost six days faster than those who only had to appear at the Jobcentre once a fortnight.
A source familiar with the pilot projects said the Government was taking the results “very seriously” and that all of the UK’s 1.91 million job-seekers could “potentially” have to sign on once a week in the long term...
The weekly signing-on trials took place in east London and the west of Scotland. In their report for the DWP, researchers said job-seekers who signed weekly “spent at least an average of 2.6 fewer days on benefits than fortnightly signers”...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/lett ... -jobs.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;SIR – It has been suggested that the deficit reduction programme set out by George Osborne in his emergency Budget should be watered down and spread over more than one parliament. We believe that this would be a mistake.
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So, each writing in our personal capacity, we would encourage George Osborne and the Government to press ahead with his plans to reduce the deficit.
In the long run it will deliver a healthier and more stable economy.
I bet my home that these names will be adorning the front pages of the RW press between now & May 7thWill Adderley
CEO, Dunelm Group
Robert Bensoussan
Chairman, L.K. Bennett
Andy Bond
Chairman, ASDA
Ian Cheshire
Chief Executive, Kingfisher
Gerald Corbett
Chairman, SSL International, moneysupermarket.com, Britvic
Peter Cullum
Executive Chairman, Towergate
Tej Dhillon
Chairman and CEO, Dhillon Group
Philip Dilley
Chairman, Arup
Charles Dunstone
Chairman, Carphone Warehouse Group
Chairman, TalkTalk Telecom Group
Warren East
CEO, ARM Holdings
Gordon Frazer
Managing Director, Microsoft UK
Sir Christopher Gent
Non-Executive Chairman, GlaxoSmithKline
Ben Gordon
Chief Executive, Mothercare
Anthony Habgood
Chairman, Whitbread
Chairman, Reed Elsevier
Aidan Heavey
Chief Executive, Tullow Oil
Neil Johnson
Chairman, UMECO
Nick Leslau
Chairman, Prestbury Group
Ian Livingston
CEO, BT Group
Ruby McGregor-Smith
CEO, MITIE Group
Rick Medlock
CFO, Inmarsat; Non-Executive Director lovefilms.com, The Betting Group
John Nelson
Chairman, Hammerson
Stefano Pessina
Executive Chairman, Alliance Boots
Nick Prest
Chairman, AVEVA
Nick Robertson
CEO, ASOS
Sir Stuart Rose
Chairman, Marks & Spencer
Tim Steiner
CEO, Ocado
Andrew Sukawaty
Chairman and CEO, Inmarsat
Michael Turner
Executive Chairman, Fuller, Smith and Turner
Moni Varma
Chairman, Veetee
Paul Walker
Chief Executive, Sage
Paul Walsh
Chief Executive, Diageo
Robert Walters
CEO, Robert Walters
Joseph Wan
Chief Executive, Harvey Nichols
Bob Wigley
Chairman, Expansys, Stonehaven Associates, Yell Group
Simon Wolfson
Chief Executive, Next
Mr Hunt discussed opportunities for local businesses and explained his fourteen-years running his own business helps him in his every day role in running the NHS.
He then spoke to the audience, addressing the subject of the NHS and refuting the negative rhetoric used by political opponents.
He also made clear when problems are identified with the health service, this Government wanted swift action to ensure they are remedied.
To do this, the Health Secretary explained the Government had introduced “the toughest regime inspection in the world for hospitals, modelled on the Ofsted regime in schools” where inspectors “call a spade a spade” and call for substantive improvements whenever it is deemed necessary.
He said: “We have a long-term plan for the NHS; we are backing a strong NHS with a strong economy. This is why the Labour message on the NHS is failing to get through; in Greece and Portugal they had to cut spending on health because they forgot about the deficit.”
http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/local- ... on-8560604
Do we have more information on Hunty today? What sparked the row?AnatolyKasparov wrote:Well, does Hunt have previous on that sort of thing? Thornberry (regrettably) did.frightful_oik wrote:A businessman is not necessarily an economist and vice versa.
Tristram Hunt and Emily Thornberry: compare and contrast. Whose offence was the more serious?
It would be if it was realcitizenJA wrote:@Toby Latimer
Extraordinary wild man, that Putin - incredible image
Ooh, very tempted ......RobertSnozers wrote:Maybe Cameron's people could Photoshop the fish photos so he was pointing at a Velociraptor, or poking a tiger in the eye.Toby Latimer wrote:It would be if it was realcitizenJA wrote:@Toby Latimer
Extraordinary wild man, that Putin - incredible image
Extremely good photoshop though ...
I'm sure Shapps could do a stellar job
http://www.thewayofhorses.com/apples.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Is your horse the apple of your eye? Or does he just have his eye on your apple?
Most horses love apples. An apple cut into pieces makes a wonderful treat. Apples and applesauce are used to hide oral medications. But is an apple really as healthy as they say. And can an apple a day keep the vet away?
You'll be glad to know apples are a very healthy treat...for both you and your horse.
I thought it was real. It didn't occur to me it might be fake.Toby Latimer wrote:It would be if it was realcitizenJA wrote:@Toby Latimer
Extraordinary wild man, that Putin - incredible image
Extremely good photoshop though ...
Apples or carrots are fine. But some horse owners don't like their animals being fed from the hand at all, so to be on the safe side you could drop the food on the ground. If it's a regular thing, that is, if it's only once in a while I can't see a problem.yahyah wrote:
Is it acceptable to feed someone's horse a snack ?
Had wondered about carrying an apple or what ever they like as a healthy snack when I'm out walking but don't want to injure the horse's well being or upset its owner.
Ah, thanks. Would probably be more likely to drop it on the ground as it is the possessor of a very fine and very large pair of gnashers.gilsey wrote:Apples or carrots are fine. But some horse owners don't like their animals being fed from the hand at all, so to be on the safe side you could drop the food on the ground. If it's a regular thing, that is, if it's only once in a while I can't see a problem.yahyah wrote:
Is it acceptable to feed someone's horse a snack ?
Had wondered about carrying an apple or what ever they like as a healthy snack when I'm out walking but don't want to injure the horse's well being or upset its owner.
Any number of ideas. When I get home I will have to fire up Photoshop.RobertSnozers wrote:Or Sticking his arm into a crocodile's mouth, perhaps?TheGrimSqueaker wrote:Ooh, very tempted ......RobertSnozers wrote: Maybe Cameron's people could Photoshop the fish photos so he was pointing at a Velociraptor, or poking a tiger in the eye.
I'm sure Shapps could do a stellar job
If that really is the Tories central strategy then its difficult to see them increasing their vote before the election. Simply saying "long term economic plan" on a daily basis isn't going to enspire voters to switch to them from Labour, and its not going to drag back all their traditional voters who've jumped ship to UKIP either. Doubled up with increasingly desperate attacks on Milliband from people who've clearly got a vested interest in stopping Labour it all looks a bit pathetic.mikems wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... ton-crosby
Dreadful rubbishy article, with one interesting piece of Smallheathian fantasy. Corinne reckons that the tories have a 70,000 army of canvassers to deploy to marginals.
Yeah, right.
Shame they couldn't even get the hashtag right!! The meeja are beginning to get distinctly rattled aren't they?pk1 wrote:My my, looks like @Jon_Swindon is getting to some who would prefer we plebs worship at the feet of the Cons !
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I'm not certain about this - I'm blessed with not being involved with having to manage - but I think the big issue is a combination of (1) schools and colleges being very very keen on getting bums on seats and (2) then making sure that the only students they keep registered after a 'census date' (around the end of September, I think) are not going to fail or drop out - because they payment for the year will be based on their census numbers and they will be heavily penalised for failures or drop-outs from students after that date.thatchersorphan wrote:http://www.independent.co.uk/news/educa ... 16920.html
More than £800m a year is being wasted on students who drop out of apprenticeships and A-level courses because their schools and colleges are more interested in getting “bums on seats” than on guiding them to the right subjects
I don't think this is the whole story - the colleges have changed the way they operate because of attendance targets - they actually kick you off the courses quite quickly for poor attendance, even if you are likely to pass. This means those with both physical and health issues get kicked off rapidly, so I'm wondering how many of the quits are actually kicked off for being ill.
Sheeple.Toby Latimer wrote:Longtermeconomic plan .... must repeat longtermeconomicplan ...
It's haunting my dreams
There is a condition known as Insulin Resistance (well, its more of a syndrome really) that prevents some horses from utilising sugar properly. They can - if not very closely monitored (diet wise) go to develop laminitis, a crippling, painful condition of the feet. (This is a lose explanation of IR in equines, its much more complicated) its unlikely this horse would have it as frozen grass is also a no no so he would be kept in if its frosty, but if were you I'd pop a note on the gate just asking is it of to give him apples and carrots.yahyah wrote:Afternoon.
Completely off topic...but I know we have some horse owners on FTN and wonder if anyone can help with some horse etiquette.
As I've mentioned part of my surviving the negativity of the election campaigning is getting out and walking as often as possible.
We pass a lovely chestnut horse in a field and it now comes to say hello.
He/she [didn't examine the undercarriage !] was chewing grass today, no mean feat as the sods were frozen. There seemed to be remnants of porridge oats around the field gate.
Is it acceptable to feed someone's horse a snack ?
Had wondered about carrying an apple or what ever they like as a healthy snack when I'm out walking but don't want to injure the horse's well being or upset its owner.
