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Did they ever follow through with the this fuckers costing x to the British taxpayer,neon lighted on prescriptions thing?
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Have a good evening, everyone
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And you (and afternoon by the looks of it)
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I just ate a pepperami and now I'm wondering why.
I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.
I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.
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Might be one way to get into Accident and Emergency, but it seems a bit extreme.Willow904 wrote:I just ate a pepperami and now I'm wondering why.
I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.
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Ha!tinybgoat wrote:Might be one way to get into Accident and Emergency, but it seems a bit extreme.Willow904 wrote:I just ate a pepperami and now I'm wondering why.
I kind of got a craving for one, but it was really rather horrible in actuality. I'm pretty certain I came to the same conclusion the last time I ate one, so why did I eat another one? Must be the same reason people keep voting Tory. Pepperami have brainwashed me.
All I can say is I wouldn't recommend it, for any reason. I blame the power of advertising.
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Hammond, oh dear. And we are always told that he is one of the sensible ones.......
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
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Peston
"To be clear, I am not saying Boris Johnson will be PM within weeks. But I am saying that I no longer regard that as an absurd notion."
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"To be clear, I am not saying Boris Johnson will be PM within weeks. But I am saying that I no longer regard that as an absurd notion."
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#Paul Krugman
Right now, I'm feeling more terrified than at any point since the 2016 election. Why? It's time for some game theory! 1/
Start with a clear-eyed assessment of Trump's character: he basically has negative empathy -- that is, enjoys seeing others hurt 2/
Normally, however, one would expect him to pretend to care and maybe even do some good things out of ambition and self-aggrandizement 3/
At this point, however, it's clear to everyone -- probably even him -- that he just can't do this president thing, and won't get better 4/
Right now, I'm feeling more terrified than at any point since the 2016 election. Why? It's time for some game theory! 1/
Start with a clear-eyed assessment of Trump's character: he basically has negative empathy -- that is, enjoys seeing others hurt 2/
Normally, however, one would expect him to pretend to care and maybe even do some good things out of ambition and self-aggrandizement 3/
At this point, however, it's clear to everyone -- probably even him -- that he just can't do this president thing, and won't get better 4/
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The prospect that he will be removed, say by 25th amdt, getting realer by the day. And again, he probably knows this at some level
So we're getting into the end game. He can't save his presidency. He can, however, still hurt a lot of people. And he surely wants to
So from now on, until he's gone, I'm going to fire up my computer every morning in a state of existential dread 7/
So we're getting into the end game. He can't save his presidency. He can, however, still hurt a lot of people. And he surely wants to
So from now on, until he's gone, I'm going to fire up my computer every morning in a state of existential dread 7/
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Stop doing that!
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Not sure if cja's impressed by a packet of chewing gum as a wedding anniversary present.
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More than I ever bought,though I did make a card using better half's materials.Sometimes not all the embellishments fell off on opening.
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Dad gave the same one for decades,it had an adjusteable "number".
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Government response
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
Government response
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
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Press release
New leave allowance for bereaved parents will be one of the most generous in the world
Carlsberg theme continuing.
Press release
New leave allowance for bereaved parents will be one of the most generous in the world
Carlsberg theme continuing.
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Correspondence
Letter to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee on Spending Authority
Correspondence
Letter to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee on Spending Authority
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That's all very well, but I don't know which world they live in.HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new- ... -the-world
Press release
New leave allowance for bereaved parents will be one of the most generous in the world
Carlsberg theme continuing.
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Trump goes, Pence "Christian, conservative, republican. In that order" comes next. Scary thought.HindleA wrote:The prospect that he will be removed, say by 25th amdt, getting realer by the day. And again, he probably knows this at some level
So we're getting into the end game. He can't save his presidency. He can, however, still hurt a lot of people. And he surely wants to
So from now on, until he's gone, I'm going to fire up my computer every morning in a state of existential dread 7/
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Odd one that - where does it leave single sex schools I wonder?HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement
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Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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When it comes to the economy, Britain has a choice: May’s 80s rerun or Corbyn’s bold rethink
Joseph E. Stiglitz
When it comes to the economy, Britain has a choice: May’s 80s rerun or Corbyn’s bold rethink
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I can't help thinking that Philip Hammond's "enemies" comment was his attempt at a humourous piss-take. Which backfired.
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PF please feed your cat,it's chewing at the skirting board.
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Yeah I thought that. Haven't seen the judges reasoning so wonder what the exact grounds for the ruling were. Certainly as a co-ed school, it seems reasonable for Ofsted to expect it to provide a co-ed education, but the idea that single sex learning is fundamentally detrimental in and of itself is going to come as something of a surprise to the British upper classes!RogerOThornhill wrote:Odd one that - where does it leave single sex schools I wonder?HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement
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Judgement:-
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It's just another example of Tories playing to the home crowd as if the rest of Europe can't hear what they're saying. It's this insular, arrogant outlook that got us into this mess in the first place and it seems few Tories are immune.PorFavor wrote:I can't help thinking that Philip Hammond's "enemies" comment was his attempt at a humourous piss-take. Which backfired.
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You think it was an attempt to be "in" with the "in crowd" (or, in this case, the "out crowd")? Perhaps I'm being too charitable.Willow904 wrote:It's just another example of Tories playing to the home crowd as if the rest of Europe can't hear what they're saying. It's this insular, arrogant outlook that got us into this mess in the first place and it seems few Tories are immune.PorFavor wrote:I can't help thinking that Philip Hammond's "enemies" comment was his attempt at a humourous piss-take. Which backfired.
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Night night.
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Doesn't appear to affect single-sex schools:Willow904 wrote:Yeah I thought that. Haven't seen the judges reasoning so wonder what the exact grounds for the ruling were. Certainly as a co-ed school, it seems reasonable for Ofsted to expect it to provide a co-ed education, but the idea that single sex learning is fundamentally detrimental in and of itself is going to come as something of a surprise to the British upper classes!RogerOThornhill wrote:Odd one that - where does it leave single sex schools I wonder?HindleA wrote:https://www.gov.uk/government/news/stat ... -judgement
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Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2 ... -of-appeal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;The ruling applies only to co-educational schools. Single-sex schools are given a specific exemption from discrimination claims related to admissions under the Equalities Act, although it is unclear if the provisions would extend to arguments that both sexes suffer from the absence of the other.
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There's a lot there but a quick skim through suggests a precedent that when the opposite sex are allowed into a single sex school, such as girls studying 'A' levels at a boys school, whether and what they can attend to study can be decided by the school, but social activity can't, so being excluded from the cafeteria or trips because they are girls would be viewed as discrimination.HindleA wrote:Judgement:-
https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/judgments/ ... ah-school/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Odd in many ways, but certainly suggests a co-ed school which allows both girls and boys to attend could be seen as discriminating under current UK law if they limit access to the canteen or trips based on sex, in a way that it isn't discrimination, bizarrely, to only offer places in a school generally to one sex or the other. I guess that would have to be the case or you wouldn't legally be able to have women only gym sessions, for instance.
I can see this rumbling on. There are other schools segregating in this way and this ruling does suggest they are acting unlawfully by not allowing a girl to socialise with a fellow boy pupil solely because she is a girl and vice versa.
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Martin Rowson on the woes of Philiip Hammond
Martin Rowson on the woes of Philiip Hammond
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Letter in the Indy:
A sentiment I could go along with.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/let ... 99051.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;No Prime Minister is better than this Prime Minister
The Eccentric Party propose that Britain adopts a radical new plan of replacing Theresa May with nobody at all and leaving the post permanently vacant.
As plotting against the Prime Minister gathers strength, the country has largely agreed with the Tories that there are no suitable candidates and suggested Downing Street should be left fallow for the immediate future.
...Theresa May’s already essentially a vacancy at the top. We’d just be making it formal.
Lord Toby Jug, leader, the Eccentric Party of Great Britain
A sentiment I could go along with.
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@NevilleSouthall Shurrup about politics nev, tell us what you had for tea last night
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