Wednesday 19th August 2015
Posted: Wed 19 Aug, 2015 7:10 am
Morning all.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33972240The Islamic Climate Declaration says that the world's 1.6bn Muslims have a religious duty to fight climate change.
It urges politicians to agree a new treaty to limit global warming to 2C, "or preferably 1.5 degrees."
The Declaration asks Muslims, in the words of the Koran, "not to strut arrogantly on the Earth".
Drafted at an international symposium in Istanbul, the Declaration calls for "all people, leaders and businesses ...to commit to 100% renewable energy".
Oh no! Fingers firmly crossed...ephemerid wrote:Bugger.
No beds. Have to phone in an hour or so.
Thanks to all for the good wishes - I hope they're not premature.
Refitman - did you get my PM and what do you think?
LadyCentauria wrote:Oh no! Fingers firmly crossed...ephemerid wrote:Bugger.
No beds. Have to phone in an hour or so.
Thanks to all for the good wishes - I hope they're not premature.
Refitman - did you get my PM and what do you think?
I did, but only saw it at half 7 this morning. Will reply tonight. Keep on posting.ephemerid wrote:Bugger.
No beds. Have to phone in an hour or so.
Thanks to all for the good wishes - I hope they're not premature.
Refitman - did you get my PM and what do you think?
I'm certainly not in favour of the leadership coming up for review\renewal, annually. Think of what a distraction it would be in the year running up to a General Election. The press would focus on nothing else. Unless that year could be made a "fallow" year.ephemerid wrote:Has anyone had the Labour List survey about releasing the voting figures after the election?
Apparently Labour has decided not to publish the breakdown of the vote. Credit to Liz Kendall, who has asked for this to be looked into.
It would be interesting to know - whoever wins - which groups (long-term members, affiliates, new members, registered supporters) voted for whom. If the result is very close, it would be nice to know which group swayed the vote a particular way.
If Corbyn wins, and it turns out that his support came mainly from people who are not full members, it would give some ammunition to those who are saying that he might win due to entryism - and of course it would show if the opposite was true too.
I actually think, as a fully paid-up member (albeit less than 2 years) I'd like to see those results.
I'm glad others are noticing this.
David Hencke @davidhencke
Extraordinary story in Guardian of ex CSA chair Butler Sloss giving reference to now convicted paedophile http://bit.ly/1fozpYZ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; #csainquiry
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Great Judge of character...@davidhencke scary
I agree it could cause problems but surely a job review sort of thing by members could only be helpful ?PorFavor wrote:I'm certainly not in favour of the leadership coming up for review\renewal, annually. Think of what a distraction it would be in the year running up to a General Election. The press would focus on nothing else. Unless that year could be made a "fallow" year.ephemerid wrote:Has anyone had the Labour List survey about releasing the voting figures after the election?
Apparently Labour has decided not to publish the breakdown of the vote. Credit to Liz Kendall, who has asked for this to be looked into.
It would be interesting to know - whoever wins - which groups (long-term members, affiliates, new members, registered supporters) voted for whom. If the result is very close, it would be nice to know which group swayed the vote a particular way.
If Corbyn wins, and it turns out that his support came mainly from people who are not full members, it would give some ammunition to those who are saying that he might win due to entryism - and of course it would show if the opposite was true too.
I actually think, as a fully paid-up member (albeit less than 2 years) I'd like to see those results.
Read this...all rather odd if true.rebeccariots2 wrote:Morning. Currently rained off work. Definitely no lawn mowing today.
Now.
I'm glad others are noticing this.
David Hencke @davidhencke
Extraordinary story in Guardian of ex CSA chair Butler Sloss giving reference to now convicted paedophile http://bit.ly/1fozpYZ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; #csainquiry
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Great Judge of character...@davidhencke scary
yahyah wrote:I agree it could cause problems but surely a job review sort of thing by members could only be helpful ?PorFavor wrote:ephemerid wrote:Has anyone had the Labour List survey about releasing the voting figures after the election?
Apparently Labour has decided not to publish the breakdown of the vote. Credit to Liz Kendall, who has asked for this to be looked into.
It would be interesting to know - whoever wins - which groups (long-term members, affiliates, new members, registered supporters) voted for whom. If the result is very close, it would be nice to know which group swayed the vote a particular way.
If Corbyn wins, and it turns out that his support came mainly from people who are not full members, it would give some ammunition to those who are saying that he might win due to entryism - and of course it would show if the opposite was true too.
I actually think, as a fully paid-up member (albeit less than 2 years) I'd like to see those results.
I'm certainly not in favour of the leadership coming up for review\renewal, annually. Think of what a distraction it would be in the year running up to a General Election. The press would focus on nothing else. Unless that year could be made a "fallow" year.
Also, maybe I am looking for confirmation bias now after casting my vote but Monbiot's piece has bits that resonate.
''To imagine that Labour could overcome such odds by becoming bland, blurred and craven is to succumb to thinking that is simultaneously magical and despairing.
Such dreamers argue that Labour has to recapture the middle ground.
But there is no such place; no fixed political geography. The middle ground is a magic mountain that retreats as you approach. The more you chase it from the left, the further to the right it moves.''
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... ible-dream" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Read it. Words fail if it's true. Even if it's not ... how on earth would Butler Sloss have been considered an impartial and unconflicted chair of the CSA enquiry? How on earth could she even have imagined she might be?yahyah wrote:Read this...all rather odd if true.rebeccariots2 wrote:Morning. Currently rained off work. Definitely no lawn mowing today.
Now.
I'm glad others are noticing this.
David Hencke @davidhencke
Extraordinary story in Guardian of ex CSA chair Butler Sloss giving reference to now convicted paedophile http://bit.ly/1fozpYZ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; #csainquiry
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Stanley North retweeted David Hencke
Great Judge of character...@davidhencke scary
The blog alleges it was contacted by 'this victim of Philip Chard'. Not sure which alleged victim that means.
https://theneedleblog.wordpress.com/201 ... rting-him/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
You can see why conspiracy theories proliferate. There's even a daft one based around the fact that she looks so much like Jimmy Savile !
Hello. Although the sun is shining here, there's a definite autumnal quality to the weather. Were those few days "it"?rebeccariots2 wrote:Morning. Currently rained off work. Definitely no lawn mowing today.
There's a lot that resonates in the Monbiot piece. The Newsnight visit to Nuneaton last night (it had to be Nuneaton, eh ..) to see if voters thought Corbyn would make them more likely to vote for Labour was a depressing and thin item. I say that because the bloke in the ukelele class they asked (yes, ukelele class) parroted off the exact same stuff we've heard all the commentators wheeled out by the MSM spout about Corbyn (back to the 80s, reds under the bed, unions striking all over the place) ... it was like a learning by rote test - and he passed with flying colours. He clearly wasn't going to be more likely to vote Labour. The other person they asked who wasn't going to be swayed - had voted Tory in 2015 - was someone I would consider a natural Tory voter rather than a swing voter anyway - young woman in a racing car. There was a young person who very clearly said he would vote Labour if Corbyn was leader - and another person who said they might be swayed by it.yahyah wrote:That's part of why I voted Corbyn. I want someone who will point that out.
Why is it we can have a right wing government that is selling off all and sundry and we get fed the notion that Cameron is middle ground ?
Now, if you had to pick one, what would you say that sounded more like - teacher or bureaucrat?The new CEO, reporting directly to the Trust Board, will lead the delivery of the Trust’s strategic priorities, placing pupils at the centre of everything we do.
With proven leadership and management experience, the successful candidate will need strong strategic, political and media credentials, underpinned by effective networks and an ability to influence stakeholders and partners.
If you are a strong advocate for our mission statement and strategic priorities and you have a proven track record of leadership in a complex education based organisation, then we would be pleased to hear from you.
People are sharing fake testimonials after the DWP admitted it made up quotes
http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/p ... bJaFsnvnEe" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
SNP is destroying our education system
http://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/le ... -1-3862160" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
No I didn't bother watching after the first one - it's something maybe someone should do over a longer period of time but without the intrusion of a TV camera there.rebeccariots2 wrote:Did you watch the last episode of the Chinese school in UK experiment Roger? And was Birbalsingh active on Twitter again?
Well quite.Francis Gilbert said the same on C4 News last night. It was notable that much of what he said appeared to come as something previously entirely unconsidered by Katharine Birbalsingh. She didn’t appear to be entirely intellectually equipped for justifying the academy programme she supports so vocally.
I watched that C4 News piece you linked to. The look on her face when it was pointed out that you need bureaucracy to ensure the well-being of the pupils was fantastic.RogerOThornhill wrote:Morning.
I see Greenwood Dale academy trust are advertising for a new CEO.
http://schoolsweek.co.uk/jobs/career/28 ... Nottingham" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Now, if you had to pick one, what would you say that sounded more like - teacher or bureaucrat?The new CEO, reporting directly to the Trust Board, will lead the delivery of the Trust’s strategic priorities, placing pupils at the centre of everything we do.
With proven leadership and management experience, the successful candidate will need strong strategic, political and media credentials, underpinned by effective networks and an ability to influence stakeholders and partners.
If you are a strong advocate for our mission statement and strategic priorities and you have a proven track record of leadership in a complex education based organisation, then we would be pleased to hear from you.
Answers on a postcard to D.Cameron, 10 Downing Street, London...
But of course, "bureaucracy is always a bad thing" according to that well-known defender of academies, Ms Birbalsingh...
The problem is that the information won't be held by Labour, but by the Electoral Reform Society, who are managing the vote. Labour are only vetting / vetoing the people who get voting numbers, not the individuals themselves.ephemerid wrote:Has anyone had the Labour List survey about releasing the voting figures after the election?
Apparently Labour has decided not to publish the breakdown of the vote. Credit to Liz Kendall, who has asked for this to be looked into.
It would be interesting to know - whoever wins - which groups (long-term members, affiliates, new members, registered supporters) voted for whom. If the result is very close, it would be nice to know which group swayed the vote a particular way.
If Corbyn wins, and it turns out that his support came mainly from people who are not full members, it would give some ammunition to those who are saying that he might win due to entryism - and of course it would show if the opposite was true too.
I actually think, as a fully paid-up member (albeit less than 2 years) I'd like to see those results.
You start to see why she was being propped up by some very high-powered people in the edu world when the schools opened - even now they have two advisers that 99% of all start-ups wouldn't get anywhere near the same kind of support.refitman wrote: I watched that C4 News piece you linked to. The look on her face when it was pointed out that you need bureaucracy to ensure the well-being of the pupils was fantastic.
Civil Service World
@CSWnews
Ex No 10 staffers on life in the thick of it. Feat. @MichaelBarber9, @DanRCorry & @jamesosh: http://tinyurl.com/pjl89s3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I hope all goes well.ephemerid wrote:
All - Show's going in later today; as his lift won't be able to hang around while I get him settled in, and I can't cope with (or afford) the 3 buses and 4 hours it'll take me to get home (assuming I get to Hereford in time for the last bus), I'm staying here. I think he's secretly relieved that I won't be faffing about making too much fuss and/or bursting into tears or asking too many questions of the nurses....I won't be able to visit, either, until my daughter comes at the weekend. I'll find out tonight if the op's going ahead tomorrow.
So I'm here to annoy you all!
I know we knew this already but Monckton comes across as a weirdo. O'Shaughnessy isn't that much better - he's part of the problem!rebeccariots2 wrote:Civil Service World
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Ex No 10 staffers on life in the thick of it. Feat. @MichaelBarber9, @DanRCorry & @jamesosh: http://tinyurl.com/pjl89s3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yes, and what happened post-2010?What was most satisfying?
The PMDU was an innovation not just in British government but globally – and it worked! During that parliament crime fell, health outcomes improved, NHS waiting times fell, school performance improved and even the trains became more reliable! I also loved being part of a great team dedicated to the PM, all pulling together during some tough times, especially before, during and after 9/11 and the Iraq War.
Interesting that you quoted the very paragraph that most grabbed me, Roger. It was striking in that it showed someone who actually cared about the outcomes for the people and the country of his work ... didn't see much evidence of that in the contributions by the others.RogerOThornhill wrote:I know we knew this already but Monckton comes across as a weirdo. O'Shaughnessy isn't that much better - he's part of the problem!rebeccariots2 wrote:Civil Service World
@CSWnews
Ex No 10 staffers on life in the thick of it. Feat. @MichaelBarber9, @DanRCorry & @jamesosh: http://tinyurl.com/pjl89s3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
From Barber:
Yes, and what happened post-2010?What was most satisfying?
The PMDU was an innovation not just in British government but globally – and it worked! During that parliament crime fell, health outcomes improved, NHS waiting times fell, school performance improved and even the trains became more reliable! I also loved being part of a great team dedicated to the PM, all pulling together during some tough times, especially before, during and after 9/11 and the Iraq War.
Cameron disbanded it presumably on the basis that "It's a Labour idea so can't be any good".
And guess what - he's now put something back very much like it.
But . . . but he eats Pringles . . .yahyah wrote:That's part of why I voted Corbyn. I want someone who will point that out.
Why is it we can have a right wing government that is selling off all and sundry and we get fed the notion that Cameron is middle ground ?
I have first-hand experience of that PMDU. I can't recall which policy it was now but we (and about 5 other schools in the borough) had a visit from them to get our views on whether we thought that one area of policy was working. At the end they'd take all of those views and carry them back to No 10.rebeccariots2 wrote: Interesting that you quoted the very paragraph that most grabbed me, Roger. It was striking in that it showed someone who actually cared about the outcomes for the people and the country of his work ... didn't see much evidence of that in the contributions by the others.
This could be read two ways. Many btl seem to think Labour are gearing up to call the election illegitimate if Corbyn wins but to me it reads that Labour are looking to shut down any claims of illegitimacy whoever wins and they really must. The media will try to drag it out for months, ignoring government scandals and incompetence in the meanwhile, in an attempt to destabilise the opposition. Labour can't let that happen. If Corbyn wins, Labour need to run with him, at least until its clear from the polls whether or not he's connecting with the electorate. As far as I'm concerned, a lot of genuine people also need to vote for whoever wins, so they will be genuinely popular within the party regardless of fraudulent voters. All the contenders have been selected by MPs as viable contenders. Kendall is easily as far to the margins of the party to the right, as Corbyn is to the left, but I can't see this conversation about "illegitimacy" and rigged ballots happening if she were in the lead, even though the same possibility of people with no real affiliation signing up for £3 to vote for her would still exist.Labour seeks legal advice over leadership election infiltration fears
Lawyers called in to ensure process is not open to challenge after concerns system is being gamed by people who support other parties
I see the legal advice as you do ... to ensure there are no grounds for judicial review / challenge by groups who don't like or trust the outcome of the election. And the point you make about Kendall being as far to the right of the party as Corbyn is to the left is spot on. September is going to be grisly - we'll probably have yet more furious, contorted commentators from the right of the party and the usual 'expert' commentators brought in by the media. It'll be like a massive outbreak of political acne - the flare up of flare ups. Oh what a wondrous prospect.Willow904 wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/politics/201 ... t-57794363
This could be read two ways. Many btl seem to think Labour are gearing up to call the election illegitimate if Corbyn wins but to me it reads that Labour are looking to shut down any claims of illegitimacy whoever wins and they really must. The media will try to drag it out for months, ignoring government scandals and incompetence in the meanwhile, in an attempt to destabilise the opposition. Labour can't let that happen. If Corbyn wins, Labour need to run with him, at least until its clear from the polls whether or not he's connecting with the electorate. As far as I'm concerned, a lot of genuine people also need to vote for whoever wins, so they will be genuinely popular within the party regardless of fraudulent voters. All the contenders have been selected by MPs as viable contenders. Kendall is easily as far to the margins of the party to the right, as Corbyn is to the left, but I can't see this conversation about "illegitimacy" and rigged ballots happening if she were in the lead, even though the same possibility of people with no real affiliation signing up for £3 to vote for her would still exist.Labour seeks legal advice over leadership election infiltration fears
Lawyers called in to ensure process is not open to challenge after concerns system is being gamed by people who support other parties
Elizabeth Butler-Sloss has no formal qualifications in law. Her formal education is limited to school and a year at the University of Lausanne. She was called to the Bar in 1955, aged 22, from the Inner Temple - so I assume she was studying, doing a pupillage, whatever. These days you wouldn't be called until after you'd done the formal education.rebeccariots2 wrote: Read it. Words fail if it's true. Even if it's not ... how on earth would Butler Sloss have been considered an impartial and unconflicted chair of the CSA enquiry? How on earth could she even have imagined she might be?
I'm thinking more along the lines of bumboils.rebeccariots2 wrote: It'll be like a massive outbreak of political acne - the flare up of flare ups.
Well quite - I notice that the Tory leadership has been very quiet about their supporters signing up for Labour - apart from the idiotic Tim Loughton who really ought to be given a dressing down by his party - and by Bercow when Parliament is sitting.AnatolyKasparov wrote:As already pointed out, there are only a few thousand genuine "Trots" in the whole country. And many of them have no interest in entryism, indeed are explicitly opposed to it.
If anything, it is the other end of things we have to worry about - though it shouldn't be that hard to track down Tories trying to subvert the process given their propensity to crow about it on social media. And if they had any sense (or concept of fair play, though I admit that is being a tad optimistic) CCO could simply declare such an activity incompatible with continued party membership - as is indeed the case already if you follow their existing rules strictly.
After all, other parties (Tories included) have an interest in primary type elections and ensuring they are not tainted.
Take a look. You can see the postcode inequalities looming in the service - well in advance. Really worrying.UrgentHealthUK @UrgentHealthUK 20m20 minutes ago
Map: Regional variation in GP trainee vacancies revealed by @GPonlinenews @davdmillett http://bit.ly/1hooP6f" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Not a bad assessment of Labour's current challenges.HindleA wrote:Afternoon.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/20 ... atter-most" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For Labour's next leader, their first 17 days in charge are the ones that matter most
To win again, Labour must tackle the perception that it was a soft touch on immigration and spent too heavily in office, warns Ed Miliband's pollster James Morris.
*snigger*yahyah wrote:Ashley Madison hack: '150 UK Government email addresses' in data dump of 32 million adulterers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1181135 ... -live.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Please let Gove be one of them, if only to wipe the complacent smirk off Sarah Vine's gob.
& if there's someone posting there from a government email address who likes dog collars, rubber pants, call girls and Colombian exports it won't be too hard to guess who that is.
Thanks for all the good wishes.yahyah wrote:Morning.
Just want to echo the good wishes sent to Show, Ephie, Adrian and his partner and OhSo & Mr OhSo.
& lovely to see AAW pop in last night.