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Wednesday 8th February 2017
Morning all.
I seem to have missed the front pages articles referencing Nicky Morgan or Claire Perry. Perhaps they'll be discussed or make an appearance on Today.
I seem to have missed the front pages articles referencing Nicky Morgan or Claire Perry. Perhaps they'll be discussed or make an appearance on Today.
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Morning SD
NAO Report into Health & Social Care Integration
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Steve Bell’s If ... the Dalek solution to Trump's fear of stairs
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Morning.
Harry Leslie Smith last night: The hour hath cometh. So when cometh the man or woman to lead ?
Harry Leslie Smith last night: The hour hath cometh. So when cometh the man or woman to lead ?
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Jeff Sessions: uproar as Republicans exploit procedure to silence Elizabeth Warren
Jeff Sessions: uproar as Republicans exploit procedure to silence Elizabeth Warren
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Stonehenge tunnel: heritage groups warn over ancient barrow
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As you were
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Surrey council abandons plan to raise council tax by 15%
Conservative-run council planned to poll voters on increase to pay for social care but instead recommends rise of just under 5%
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Surrey council abandons plan to raise council tax by 15%
Conservative-run council planned to poll voters on increase to pay for social care but instead recommends rise of just under 5%
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MP proposes UK rape shield law to protect victims in court
Plaid Cymru’s Liz Saville Roberts to table bill in Commons seeking to prevent cross-examination on sexual history
MP proposes UK rape shield law to protect victims in court
Plaid Cymru’s Liz Saville Roberts to table bill in Commons seeking to prevent cross-examination on sexual history
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Introduction of 30 hours free childcare could mean shortage of places
Introduction of 30 hours free childcare could mean shortage of places
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Social care is on the brink. This new nightmare might push it over the edge
Social care is on the brink. This new nightmare might push it over the edge
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I started reading Sinclair Lewis' 1935 novel 'It Couldn't Happen Here' last night.
Penguin re-issued it recently.
Lewis uses humour to comment on views supporting creationism, racism, anti-worker and union sentiment, militarism hiding behind isolationism and ''peace'', the need for a ''strong leader'', America as the victim of Jews, commies, Europe.
Penguin re-issued it recently.
Lewis uses humour to comment on views supporting creationism, racism, anti-worker and union sentiment, militarism hiding behind isolationism and ''peace'', the need for a ''strong leader'', America as the victim of Jews, commies, Europe.
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If we invite leaders of once repressive regimes in response to their becoming more open and democratic, it's actually pretty logical that we would stop inviting leaders of democratic countries who are becoming more repressive. I think the Tories are in denial about what Trump represents. At least, I hope the Tories are in denial about what Trump represents and not admirers of his unconstitutional ways.
Yvette Cooper defending John Bercow quite eloquently here.Speaking later on Today, the leading Labour backbencher Yvette Cooper said she agreed with Bercow, arguing that the case of Trump was different from those such as Xi.
“This is our closest ally, a country that we have worked with and should continue to work with, that is currently walking away from democratic values, as opposed to us building alliances with countries across the world who we are trying to move towards democracy and towards human rights,” she said.
If we invite leaders of once repressive regimes in response to their becoming more open and democratic, it's actually pretty logical that we would stop inviting leaders of democratic countries who are becoming more repressive. I think the Tories are in denial about what Trump represents. At least, I hope the Tories are in denial about what Trump represents and not admirers of his unconstitutional ways.
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
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'Punishment for the self-employed': Farmers slam Universal Credit introduction in NI
'Punishment for the self-employed': Farmers slam Universal Credit introduction in NI
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JustGiving takes £20m cut from fundraisers
JustGiving takes £20m cut from fundraisers
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A woman walking her dog,can't reveal name of either,revealed to me it is going to snow soon.Another said not necessarilly soon,but at some time in the future.Well,they would say that.
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Single sourced bollocks. We've seen what happens when these get used. Kuenssberg and Gove about the Queen for example. Flimsiest of caveats applied to get a negative sentence out.
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Anyone else listen to Starmer? The toys out of the pram line was a good one. Still a nuanced position to take so far as I can tell and, imho, a difficult one to explain to the majority of the public to get them on board. You'd like to think that getting key info of what WTO rules would actually mean to a person's everyday life, explain what we take for granted.
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Lack of transparency over green energy subsidies 'shambolic', say MPs
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Lack of transparency over green energy subsidies 'shambolic', say MPs
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StephenDolan wrote:Anyone else listen to Starmer? The toys out of the pram line was a good one. Still a nuanced position to take so far as I can tell and, imho, a difficult one to explain to the majority of the public to get them on board. You'd like to think that getting key info of what WTO rules would actually mean to a person's everyday life, explain what we take for granted.
I did.
Inevitably like most of twitter, I thought it embarrassing flailing.
A tough brief, handled badly.
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Total recall: the people who never forge
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Widespread rumours of Corbyn quitting, with bookies slashing odds of his going this year.
Hopeless over optimism. Poor devils.
Hopeless over optimism. Poor devils.
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Spinal Tap creators aim to 'go to 11' with $400m lawsuit
Spinal Tap creators aim to 'go to 11' with $400m lawsuit
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Heathrow Airport north-west runway: map of potential changes
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Open consultation
Heathrow expansion: draft Airports National Policy Statement
Heathrow Airport north-west runway: map of potential changes
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Open consultation
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HindleA wrote:Total recall: the people who never forge
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Very disappointed that, when I went to your link, it wasn't an article about lazy blacksmiths.
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Good morfternoon.
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Morning all.
Hadn't realised that we were now up to 7 closures. trying to fit a move at 14 into an 11-18 edu system was always going to be dicey but these appear to be really badly run too which doesn't help.Freddie Whittaker @FCDWhittaker 12m12 minutes ago
GM UTC will be 7th to close. It had 127 pupils last Jan. Daventry had 151. Govt must address recruitment or bin the idea.
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PorFavor wrote:HindleA wrote:Total recall: the people who never forge
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Very disappointed that, when I went to your link, it wasn't an article about lazy blacksmiths.
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Well spotted and nice retor
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I am having difficulty in finishing my sentenc
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Not incarcerated(as yet)clarification.
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Tapper, Conway have heated exchange in tense interview
Tapper, Conway have heated exchange in tense interview
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Cheers LostSoul ,found letters
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I blame Vince Cable.HindleA wrote:Cheers LostSoul ,found letters
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Ian Lavery (who is utterly astonishingly in the shadow cabinet - what a disgrace) denies Corbyn rumours, saying no grain of truth.
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Are you saying that we should take what he says with a pinch of salt?SpinningHugo wrote:Ian Lavery (who is utterly astonishingly in the shadow cabinet - what a disgrace) denies Corbyn rumours, saying no grain of truth.
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Quite so.StephenDolan wrote:Are you saying that we should take what he says with a pinch of salt?SpinningHugo wrote:Ian Lavery (who is utterly astonishingly in the shadow cabinet - what a disgrace) denies Corbyn rumours, saying no grain of truth.
These things are hard as once rumour starts it can render the leader a lame(r) duck.
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Won on a fake promise that a number of them even denying making or, when shown the evidence of said bus, say they weren't in a position to promise anyway.Andrew Cooper @AndrewCooper__ 14h14 hours ago
"Would we have won without £350m/NHS? All our research and the close result strongly suggests No" - Dominic Cummings, Director of Vote Leave
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Worth paying attention to for anybody who ever, for a moment, thinks that maybe the Republicans in congress won't be that bad and might hold Trump to account.HindleA wrote:Jeff Sessions: uproar as Republicans exploit procedure to silence Elizabeth Warren
In a nomination hearing, where the whole point is to hold nominees to account whilst investigating their history, she was banned from criticising him by use of a Senate rule forbidding senators from demeaning other senators. She was reading a letter from Loretta Scott King, MLK's widow, about Sessions' history.
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UK supreme court backs woman's right to receive late partner's pension
Ruling marks significant extension of unmarried cohabitees’ rights and could affect millions of families
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UK supreme court backs woman's right to receive late partner's pension
Ruling marks significant extension of unmarried cohabitees’ rights and could affect millions of families
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So - nothing has really changed, then. Hardly newsworthy. ("So why post it"? I hear you all ask.)Clive Lewis admits he is considering resigning today over article 50 bill
Clive Lewis, the shadow business secretary, has been speaking about today’s third reading vote on the article 50 bill, the BBC’s Norman Smith reports. And he has refused to confirm that he will vote for the bill. In other words, he has admitted that he is contemplating resignation. (There is a three-line whip on Labour MPs, and so if he does not vote for the bill, he would have to resign.) (Politics Live, Guardian)
I suppose it indicates that he thinks that things haven't changed for the better, though.
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How does that conclusion (by AS?) tally with what McDonnell said regarding the need for resignations only the other day?PorFavor wrote:So - nothing has really changed, then. Hardly newsworthy. ("So why post it"? I hear you all ask.)Clive Lewis admits he is considering resigning today over article 50 bill
Clive Lewis, the shadow business secretary, has been speaking about today’s third reading vote on the article 50 bill, the BBC’s Norman Smith reports. And he has refused to confirm that he will vote for the bill. In other words, he has admitted that he is contemplating resignation. (There is a three-line whip on Labour MPs, and so if he does not vote for the bill, he would have to resign.) (Politics Live, Guardian)
I suppose it indicates that he thinks that things haven't changed for the better, though.
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Locally, Elland Bridge reopens to traffic today after reconstruction following the Boxing Day floods in 2015.
Thankfully, as promised, the Government have invested heavily into ensuring the floods won't happen again.
Oh.....
Thankfully, as promised, the Government have invested heavily into ensuring the floods won't happen again.
Oh.....
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In the Dom Cummings piece that was linked the other day, he said that he'd spoken to Boris about it the day after the vote and they were keen to do 100m/week, this was before tory reality set in.RogerOThornhill wrote:Won on a fake promise that a number of them even denying making or, when shown the evidence of said bus, say they weren't in a position to promise anyway.Andrew Cooper @AndrewCooper__ 14h14 hours ago
"Would we have won without £350m/NHS? All our research and the close result strongly suggests No" - Dominic Cummings, Director of Vote Leave
Hypocritical scum.
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Because of the definition of a 3 line whip. If he doesn't have to resign then Labour no longer has 3 line whips and collective responsibility is over.StephenDolan wrote:How does that conclusion (by AS?) tally with what McDonnell said regarding the need for resignations only the other day?PorFavor wrote:So - nothing has really changed, then. Hardly newsworthy. ("So why post it"? I hear you all ask.)Clive Lewis admits he is considering resigning today over article 50 bill
Clive Lewis, the shadow business secretary, has been speaking about today’s third reading vote on the article 50 bill, the BBC’s Norman Smith reports. And he has refused to confirm that he will vote for the bill. In other words, he has admitted that he is contemplating resignation. (There is a three-line whip on Labour MPs, and so if he does not vote for the bill, he would have to resign.) (Politics Live, Guardian)
I suppose it indicates that he thinks that things haven't changed for the better, though.
Which, of course, may be the truth.
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TLW, HS2 and Starmer ring any bells?SpinningHugo wrote:Because of the definition of a 3 line whip. If he doesn't have to resign then Labour no longer has 3 line whips and collective responsibility is over.StephenDolan wrote:How does that conclusion (by AS?) tally with what McDonnell said regarding the need for resignations only the other day?PorFavor wrote: So - nothing has really changed, then. Hardly newsworthy. ("So why post it"? I hear you all ask.)
I suppose it indicates that he thinks that things haven't changed for the better, though.
Which, of course, may be the truth.
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Just reading the local report on the UTC that is being closed and came across this bit.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... h-12570796
Well done Michael Gove - what a great edu system you out in place...
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If there's anyone who shouldn't be allowed within a country mile of public money it's this one.Last summer none of them got a C in English and maths, but insiders at Oldham council - which has no direct control over the college - said they had struggled to have a conversation with its management in the days and weeks that followed.
It is understood concerns were then raised with the regional schools commissioner, who oversees academies.
In November the school’s board of trustees - headed up by venture capitalist Mike Dwan, whose Bright Tribe academy chain was last year investigated by the government over its finances - quit.
Well done Michael Gove - what a great edu system you out in place...
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Yawn....SpinningHugo wrote:Because of the definition of a 3 line whip. If he doesn't have to resign then Labour no longer has 3 line whips and collective responsibility is over.StephenDolan wrote:How does that conclusion (by AS?) tally with what McDonnell said regarding the need for resignations only the other day?PorFavor wrote: So - nothing has really changed, then. Hardly newsworthy. ("So why post it"? I hear you all ask.)
I suppose it indicates that he thinks that things haven't changed for the better, though.
Which, of course, may be the truth.