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danesclose wrote:@ohso. Sent you a PM last night re my response to someone else's mail. Don't think it got through. Apologies if my mail offended you

HindleA wrote:"Hello playmates"

HindleA wrote:"Oh, what a wonderful thing to be,
A healthy grown up busy busy bee;
Whiling away all the passing hours
Pinching all the pollen from the cauliflowers."

Theresa May Is A Great Self-Promoter, But A Terrible Home Secretary

In the run-up to the 2015 election, one of the handicaps David Cameron had to finesse was the fact that net migration to the UK was three times as high as he had promised it would be. Remarkably, none of the opprobrium this failure provoked brought forth the name of Theresa May, the cabinet minister actually entrusted with bringing migration down. Then, as now, it was as if the icy Home Secretary had a dark magic that warded off all critical scrutiny.

The fact that her lead role in this fiasco went unnoticed and unmentioned likely reflects Mrs May’s brilliant, all-consuming efforts to burnish her image with a view to become prime minister.

After all, Mrs May’s tenure as Home Secretary has been little better than disastrous – a succession of derelictions that has left Britain’s borders and coastline at least as insecure as they were in 2010, and which mean that British governments still rely on guesswork to estimate how many people enter and leave the country.

People find this hard to credit because she exudes determination and strength. Compared to many of her bland, flabby cabinet colleagues, she has real gravitas. And few who follow British politics would deny that she is a deadly political infighter. Indeed Theresa May is to Westminster what Cersei Lannister is to Westeros in Game of Thrones: no one who challenges her survives undamaged, while the welfare of the realm is of secondary concern.

Take the demoralised, underfunded UK Border Force. As the public discovered after a people-smugglers’ vessel ran aground in May, it has has only three cutters protecting 7,700 miles of coastline. Italy by contrast has 600 boats patrolling its 4722 miles.

Considering the impression Mrs May gives of being serious about security, it’s all the more astonishing that she has also allowed the UK’s small airfields to go unpatrolled – despite the vastly increased terrorist threat of the last few years, the onset of the migration crisis, and the emergence of smuggling networks that traffic people, drugs and arms.

Then there is the failure to establish exit checks at all the country’s airports and ports. These were supposed to be in place by March 2015.

Unfortunately the Border Force isn’t the only organisation under Mrs May’s control that is manifestly unfit for purpose. Recent years have seen a cavalcade of Home Office decisions about visas and deportations that suggest a department with a bizarre sense of the national interest.

The most infamous was the refusal of visas to Afghan interpreters who served with the British forces in Afghanistan – as Lord Guthrie said, a national shame.

Mrs May has kept so quiet about this and other scandals – such as the collapse of the eBorders IT system, at cost of almost a billion pounds – that you might imagine someone else was in charge the Home Office.

[It’s not just a matter of the odd error. Yvette Cooper pointed out in 2013 that despite Coalition rhetoric, the number of people refused entry to the UK had dropped by 50 per cent, the backlog of finding failed asylum seekers had gone up and the number of illegal immigrants deported had gone down.]

HindleA wrote:"Oh, what a wonderful thing to be,
A healthy grown up busy busy bee;
Whiling away all the passing hours
Pinching all the pollen from the cauliflowers."

HindleA wrote:#savethebees

HindleA wrote:Toby or not Toby

ohsocynical wrote:Gina Loxam
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This is becoming beyond a joke. "Late this afternoon I was issued with a formal warning by the Labour Party NEC, as some here had indicated might happen. They claim that I am in violation of Labour Party rules because I, and the people who have kindly donated, are buying memberships for those unwilling to do so themselves. They have requested that I shut down the page, and return all monies to the original donors by 12 noon on Monday, 18 July. Please read the rest of my update on this here:

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HindleA wrote:Had to check it,to be honest.Way before my time,he lies.

yahyah wrote:Morning, what has happened to summer ? Another cold, dank, grey day.

A man has been jailed for sending Leanne Wood a nasty message hoping she is gang raped by immigrants.
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HindleA wrote:http://labourlist.org/2016/07/left-slat ... minations/


"A late surge in nominations for the Momentum-backed slate has put left wingers in a strong position for NEC positions as Labour members begin voting."

Final CLP nominations



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HindleA wrote:Probably a bit nervous,hardly surprising.

AnatolyKasparov wrote:The coup in Turkey appears to have failed - over 60 dead so far. Some suggestions it was at least in part a "self coup" by Erdogan.

ohsocynical wrote:

HindleA wrote:http://labourlist.org/2016/07/left-slat ... minations/


"A late surge in nominations for the Momentum-backed slate has put left wingers in a strong position for NEC positions as Labour members begin voting."

Final CLP nominations



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I haven't had my form yet....

There was another powerful woman getting an ovation in Westminster this week. Ruth Davidson wowed a Brexit-weary parliamentary press pack who haven’t seen the likes of this kick-boxing, bull-riding, former Territorial before. Her barrack-room gags not only had the canteen where she held court over a parliamentary lobby lunch echoing with laughter, but hours later along the press lobby corridor you could hear bursts of giggles as reporters tapped out their notes and recordings.

Her best gag was also an accurate piece of analysis, with Davidson joking that while Labour is “still fumbling with its flies while the Tories are enjoying a post-coital cigarette – after withdrawing our massive Johnson”.
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6m ago 11:28
Anti-government group take over frigate, according to Greek military

Reuters is reporting that an anti-Government group has taken over a frigate and taken the head of the Turkish fleet hostage at Turkey’s Golcuk naval base. (Guardian)

PorFavor wrote:

AnatolyKasparov wrote:The coup in Turkey appears to have failed - over 60 dead so far. Some suggestions it was at least in part a "self coup" by Erdogan.

Certainly looks like it (the "self coup" bit). He needed a boost and an excuse to continue the way he was going. I wonder who the front person was (ie the one who rallied the troops - who now look like lambs to the slaughter).

RogerOThornhill wrote: