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Times: DPP to announce it would 'not be in the public interest' to prosecute Lord(Greville) Janner despite testimony from 20 alleged victims

RogerOThornhill wrote:Has anyone audited this £21bn of welfare (sic) cuts that Cameron keeps banking on about?

TechnicalEphemera wrote:This is an outrage.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 79718.html

We simply no longer live in a democracy.

The fact the Greens are going along with this charade is also shocking. Bennett (Australian) colluding with two politicians who want to break up the UK.

Meanwhile the BBC gives the Tories a free shot in the interests of balance.

Although they are trying to draw a political dividing line, Labour’s manifesto suggests to me that they and their Tory opponents disagree on the detail rather than the principle of encouraging new schools run by new providers. Surely it is possible to have a sensible debate on things like the weighting given to different types of ‘need’ for a new school without decrying the work and achievements of the teachers, parents, charities and schools that created these 400 new schools?

I would also suggest that Labour think again about the support that groups might need if they truly want to attract the most innovative school providers. Of the genuinely ‘new’ providers that get through the rigorous application process to set up a new school, most will have worked with the advice charity New Schools Network – those applying without this help struggle to navigate the red tape and fall at the first hurdle. If we want new, innovative schools to succeed, they are going need support from an independent body to give them the best possible start.

Tubby Isaacs wrote:In my old firm, they used to phone up people in other countries fairly often for advice.

I don't recall that making people liable for British tax.

RogerOThornhill wrote:I do marvel at the gall of free school defenders...like this one. The author is the chair of governors at the (very) selective 6th form in Newham - London School of Excellence.

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Although they are trying to draw a political dividing line, Labour’s manifesto suggests to me that they and their Tory opponents disagree on the detail rather than the principle of encouraging new schools run by new providers. Surely it is possible to have a sensible debate on things like the weighting given to different types of ‘need’ for a new school without decrying the work and achievements of the teachers, parents, charities and schools that created these 400 new schools?

I would also suggest that Labour think again about the support that groups might need if they truly want to attract the most innovative school providers. Of the genuinely ‘new’ providers that get through the rigorous application process to set up a new school, most will have worked with the advice charity New Schools Network – those applying without this help struggle to navigate the red tape and fall at the first hurdle. If we want new, innovative schools to succeed, they are going need support from an independent body to give them the best possible start.

Barnaby Lenon - where have I seen that name before?

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Oh, you're a trustee of New Schools Network?

I guess that slipped your mind when you wrote that puff piece then...independent body my arse.

AngryAsWell wrote:SUN FRONT PAGE: "We DO have two kitchens...nanny uses the one downstairs" #skypapers

(Having a nanny is better than leaving the kids in the pub I think)

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RogerOThornhill wrote:The Times is reporting that Greville Janner won't be charged over historic sex abuse claims - not in the public interest apparently.

A veteran Labour politician is to escape charges for the second time over alleged child sex crimes in a decision that will prompt anger at prosecutors and claims of an establishment cover-up. Alison Saunders, the director of public prosecutions, will announce today that it would not be in the public interest to put on trial Lord Janner of Braunstone, QC, the former MP for Leicester West, for historical abuse allegations. Crown Prosecution Service lawyers have spent nine months studying volumes of evidence gathered by Leicestershire police’s Operation Enamel, while detectives have interviewed more than 20 men who claim that they were abused by Lord Janner in their youth. Last night police officers were visiting the alleged victims in person to inform them of the decision not to proceed with the case. Lord Janner, 86, who strongly denied the allegations against him when they surfaced 20 years ago, has not been interviewed by detectives because of poor health but police obtained warrants…

Not sure what you can say about this - maybe the evidence just isn't strong enough or is it just because he's too infirm to stand trial?

Tubby Isaacs wrote:

This is interesting, seeing the HA homes she's objecting to have never had right to buy before.

Going to be an ex-council place, transferred to an HA, isn't it? These have always had the right to buy, haven't they?

Tubby Isaacs wrote:Ah look- she bought it auction. So not the same thing at all.

gilsey wrote:I thought there was a right-to-buy on HA homes, but the discounts are small so it's not often used.

ErnstRemarx wrote:

TechnicalEphemera wrote:This is an outrage.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/po ... 79718.html

We simply no longer live in a democracy.

The fact the Greens are going along with this charade is also shocking. Bennett (Australian) colluding with two politicians who want to break up the UK.

Meanwhile the BBC gives the Tories a free shot in the interests of balance.

Fucking outrageous. OK, I demand to turn up at a Tory only meeting to slag the fuckers off and insist that the meeja cover my comments. That sounds fair.