Saturday 23rd & Sunday 24th April 2016
Posted: Sat 23 Apr, 2016 8:06 am
Morning all.
Agree. Am shouting at radio.StephenDolan wrote:Humphrys being a complete twat with Khan. Interrupt, interrupt, interrupt.
Lynton must have sent him a dead cat to throw on the table. Shockingly bad interview.StephenDolan wrote:Humphrys being a complete twat with Khan. Interrupt, interrupt, interrupt.
but before that ...MichaelWhite @MichaelWhite 42m42 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan can keep R4's John Humphrys in order ( he just did) perhaps he can do the same uppity property developers as London mayor ?
Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound 51m51 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan is really 20pts ahead, why does he feel the need to try to put the extremism stuff to bed?
They just can't help themselves can they.Tory MPs pay themselves £20,000 each out of Brexit campaign cash
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/to ... 00-7807052
What is Shipman on about? When quizzed repeatedly about extremism what choice does he have but talk about it? I thought Khan came across very well on R4 this morning, laid back and affable. Unfortunately, I thought David Owen came across very well, also, on why we should ignore Obama and leave the EU. On the other hand, Eddie Izzard argued well for "in" on HIGNFY last night. Very hard to guess which way this referendum is going to go, not good for either side as it will leave a decision either way under a cloud if there isn't a decisive majority for one or the other.rebeccariots2 wrote:Morning.
but before that ...MichaelWhite @MichaelWhite 42m42 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan can keep R4's John Humphrys in order ( he just did) perhaps he can do the same uppity property developers as London mayor ?
Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound 51m51 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan is really 20pts ahead, why does he feel the need to try to put the extremism stuff to bed?
Well, Boris, it would seem you just failed the intelligence test
Andrew Rawnsley
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... CMP=twt_gu
Not that hard on past precedent, tbh. To have a chance of winning on the day, "leave" needs to get a significant lead for a period of time.Willow904 wrote:What is Shipman on about? When quizzed repeatedly about extremism what choice does he have but talk about it? I thought Khan came across very well on R4 this morning, laid back and affable. Unfortunately, I thought David Owen came across very well, also, on why we should ignore Obama and leave the EU. On the other hand, Eddie Izzard argued well for "in" on HIGNFY last night. Very hard to guess which way this referendum is going to go, not good for either side as it will leave a decision either way under a cloud if there isn't a decisive majority for one or the other.rebeccariots2 wrote:Morning.
but before that ...MichaelWhite @MichaelWhite 42m42 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan can keep R4's John Humphrys in order ( he just did) perhaps he can do the same uppity property developers as London mayor ?
Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound 51m51 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan is really 20pts ahead, why does he feel the need to try to put the extremism stuff to bed?
Willow904 wrote:What is Shipman on about? When quizzed repeatedly about extremism what choice does he have but talk about it? I thought Khan came across very well on R4 this morning, laid back and affable. Unfortunately, I thought David Owen came across very well, also, on why we should ignore Obama and leave the EU. On the other hand, Eddie Izzard argued well for "in" on HIGNFY last night. Very hard to guess which way this referendum is going to go, not good for either side as it will leave a decision either way under a cloud if there isn't a decisive majority for one or the other.rebeccariots2 wrote:Morning.
but before that ...MichaelWhite @MichaelWhite 42m42 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan can keep R4's John Humphrys in order ( he just did) perhaps he can do the same uppity property developers as London mayor ?
Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound 51m51 minutes ago
If Sadiq Khan is really 20pts ahead, why does he feel the need to try to put the extremism stuff to bed?
It doesn't seem to be haunting him as it should, though. All apparently forgotten (save for your reminder).ohsocynical wrote:Well, Boris, it would seem you just failed the intelligence test
Andrew Rawnsley
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre ... CMP=twt_gu
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/artic ... z46e8khPjV" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;This kind of politics is not just ugly, it is cynical, divisive and sectarian.
Only a political organisation which is losing touch with basic decency would seek to win votes in this way.
I believe that the battle for London’s mayoralty is the nastiest election campaign since 1983, when Peter Tatchell was Labour’s candidate in the by-election in Bermondsey and he was the victim of vile homophobic smears.
In addition to running a shameful London mayor campaign, the Cameron-led Conservative Party has been guilty of other morally disagreeable behaviour through the activities of the so-called ‘Tatler Tory’ Mark Clarke.
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016 ... isk-seniorJunior doctors' strike will not put patients at risk, senior medics say
More than 2,5000 consultants, GPs and senior doctors sign letter backing all-out strike and promising to cover for colleagues (Guardian)
Oh, Boris doesn't count. He never means it, the dear old chap, it's just his way. Besides, he's a tory, not like those ghastly, leftie, Labour types.PorFavor wrote:Where are the calls for David Cameron to disown Boris Johnson (who is, lest we forget, a Conservative MP)? I'm sure that if a Labour MP had made similar comments (part-Kenyan etc) there would be loud calls from many sources demanding that Jeremy Corbyn "take action".
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Ha!mbc1955 wrote:Oh, Boris doesn't count. He never means it, the dear old chap, it's just his way. Besides, he's a tory, not like those ghastly, leftie, Labour types.PorFavor wrote:Where are the calls for David Cameron to disown Boris Johnson (who is, lest we forget, a Conservative MP)? I'm sure that if a Labour MP had made similar comments (part-Kenyan etc) there would be loud calls from many sources demanding that Jeremy Corbyn "take action".
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Tory Election Expense Scandal Grows
http://zelo-street.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... grows.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
While Michael Crick of Channel 4 News has been focusing on the RoadTrip 2015 aspects of the Tories’ last General Election campaign, and the possibility that spending limits had been breached, in and around London, the party’s use of University students as evening canvassers may have been in contravention of the Representation of the People Act 1983, which specifically outlaws payment or inducement for canvassing...
Have they not noticed that this stuff rarely works out well?yahyah wrote:Grrr....Plaid led Ceredigion Council have employed PricewaterhouseCooper to 'develop plans to assist with financial challenges facing the authority'.
Looks like privatising car parks and other services is being discussed.
Stop using USB sticks to move kids' data, auditor tells Education Dept
UK.gov told to sharpen up over handling of database with 20 million children's info
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/22 ... processes/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Cost of everything, value of nothing.Whitehall waste: Cash splashed on consultants and temps up 90% in half decade
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/22 ... hall_soar/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This can be counted as yet another big FAIL for Osborne - for it was HIS policy, announced by HIM in HIS budget - which none of us could understand at the time but clearly he - the supposed master strategist - thought it was a masterstroke, a very clever wheeze - probably designed to divert attention from something he didn't want us to focus on.HindleA wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/education/20 ... ens-speech
Tory MPs call for compulsory academies plan to be dropped from Queen’s speech
Probably not - because the establishment will fall in behind them. But Mike Sivier is saying if push comes to shove he would crowdfund to take them to court over it ...Will proof of major election fraud end the Conservative Government?
http://voxpoliticalonline.com/2016/04/2 ... overnment/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Hmm...I'm still not certain it was his. I know it was in his Budget but in his Autumn Statement it only said about "helping" he remaining secondary schools to convert - nothing about force and nothing about primaries.rebeccariots2 wrote:This can be counted as yet another big FAIL for Osborne - for it was HIS policy, announced by HIM in HIS budget - which none of us could understand at the time but clearly he - the supposed master strategist - thought it was a masterstroke, a very clever wheeze - probably designed to divert attention from something he didn't want us to focus on.HindleA wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/education/20 ... ens-speech
Tory MPs call for compulsory academies plan to be dropped from Queen’s speech
Hope even the Tories are now realising how useless he is. Anyone would think he was under the influence of something when he comes up with these ideas ...
http://carmarthenplanning.blogspot.co.u ... edand.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;21,800 postal ballot papers scrapped...and other news
As the Herald reports, the potential for electoral chaos is on the cards with over 20,000 postal ballot papers for the Regional Assembly election being scrapped, at unknown cost, after an error was discovered. The ballot papers cover three counties and the error, in the instructions of how to vote, was not detected until they'd been sent out. Ceredigion, Preseli Pembrokeshire, and Carmarthen West and South Pembs being the areas affected, Carms East and Dinefwr, Llanelli, are not.
The Electoral Commission declared that the error was misleading for voters and despite the Returning Officer Mark James, legally responsible for the smooth running of the regional vote, seeking advice from 'the leading QC in the country' the papers had to be reprinted.
The Returning Officer, who can receive a fee of up to £4,730 for each constituency, blamed the mess on a 'most unfortunate error by the printers' which is interesting as it could be assumed perhaps that the printers would print the template given to them, not be responsible for the actual content.
Anyway, the problem now is that many of those who received a postal vote ballot paper may have already voted. Their vote will not count and they will have to vote again when the new papers, and new prepaid envelopes, arrive. Many who vote by post are elderly or vulnerable people and this mess could cause confusion and, at the very least, a reluctance to trek out to the postbox to recast their vote...
rebeccariots2 wrote:This can be counted as yet another big FAIL for Osborne - for it was HIS policy, announced by HIM in HIS budget - which none of us could understand at the time but clearly he - the supposed master strategist - thought it was a masterstroke, a very clever wheeze - probably designed to divert attention from something he didn't want us to focus on.HindleA wrote:http://www.theguardian.com/education/20 ... ens-speech
Tory MPs call for compulsory academies plan to be dropped from Queen’s speech
Hope even the Tories are now realising how useless he is. Anyone would think he was under the influence of something when he comes up with these ideas ...
I got my hair cut, if you really must know.AnatolyKasparov wrote:What happened between 2 and 5 PM today?
Yes, today's football does not displease me given that this season has been rather trying generally
http://www.conservativehome.com/platfor ... endum.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;At first glance, most in our groups saw leaving as a change and remaining as the status quo: “we know what ‘in’ is like”. When prompted with the thought, the idea that the EU itself might change – and would not necessarily stay as the devil we knew – was quite powerful. The most easily imagined change, and a worrying one for many, was expansion, particularly if it included Turkey: “when we joined it was six countries, a completely different animal”. The argument that remaining in the EU also involved change did not reverse the balance of risk, but evened things up somewhat.
This point was articulated this week in a speech by Michael Gove. We played a clip, which confirmed that the Justice Secretary was far from forgotten. “Is he the guy who kicked off all this schools business and then walked away from it? And now he’s come out against Cameron?” “I wouldn’t trust him.” “After what he did to education I could hang him up by his bollocks.”
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/regul ... -academiesThe best argument for converting local authority schools to academies is that it shifts power over what’s taught in the school and how away from politicians and bureaucrats and towards headteachers and school governors.
One of those rare occasions when I couldn't think of anything much to say, so I wandered off to make bread.AnatolyKasparov wrote:What happened between 2 and 5 PM today?
Yes, today's football does not displease me given that this season has been rather trying generally
So did Mr Ohso. By me. I didn't even get a tip.mbc1955 wrote:I got my hair cut, if you really must know.AnatolyKasparov wrote:What happened between 2 and 5 PM today?
Yes, today's football does not displease me given that this season has been rather trying generally