Saturday, May 19th and Sunday, May 20th 2018
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Saturday, May 19th and Sunday, May 20th 2018
Good morfternoon.
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http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018 ... ou-did-so/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Sometime soon you will have consented to Brexit whatever you might think: the Brexiteers will deem that you did so"
Richard Murphy, on EU Withdrawal Bill & definition of "consent decision".
"Sometime soon you will have consented to Brexit whatever you might think: the Brexiteers will deem that you did so"
Richard Murphy, on EU Withdrawal Bill & definition of "consent decision".
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Morning all.
Seen on a mate's FB page yesterday.
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Seen on a mate's FB page yesterday.
Bracing myself for tomorrow's grotesque flaunting of entrenched privilege, hideous wealth inequalities, tarnished tradition, petty feuds and dysfunctional dislikeable institutions. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THE FA CUP FINAL …
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ro ... 56061.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Forget the Markles – who in their right mind would want to marry into the royal family?"
"Forget the Markles – who in their right mind would want to marry into the royal family?"
Kay Burley will tell us on Sky News: “You can see as you look around Windsor, even the flies are buzzing with a joyful air. The worms in the park are giving off a distinct glow this morning – they know this is a very special day indeed.”
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Morning.
Thank goodness for Aljazeera. Some actual news.
Thank goodness for Aljazeera. Some actual news.
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
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Nooooooo!
Now Aljazeera are doing the wedding too.
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Edited to add it's ok, they gave it all of 2 minutes!![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
Now Aljazeera are doing the wedding too.
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Edited to add it's ok, they gave it all of 2 minutes!
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"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
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Ah - good point. I've been sedulously avoiding the news thus far! I'm rather worried that all sorts are really going on, under the cover of this expensive farce, that we won't get to hear about.Willow904 wrote:Morning.
Thank goodness for Aljazeera. Some actual news.
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Oh. Perhaps I'll maintain my position, then.Willow904 wrote:Nooooooo!
Now Aljazeera are doing the wedding too.
Edited to add it's ok, they gave it all of 2 minutes!
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Typed and posted before your own edit.
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I'm trying to get used to some new varifocal glasses today, so I'm already a bit grumpy. The lack of normal news is just adding to my irritation. I mostly missed the last royal wedding by going shopping, but not completely because the tills for the food hall were next to the electrical department where the tv's were all on and so my check out assistant was able to watch as she rang my stuff through, so I got a cheerful running commentary of the exchanging of the rings as I paid for my groceries.
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
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https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/art ... -struggles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Why the spirit of the Levellers lives on in today’s struggles"
It's Levellers day! Might help explain the street party thing, up the road.
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"Why the spirit of the Levellers lives on in today’s struggles"
It's Levellers day! Might help explain the street party thing, up the road.
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tinybgoat wrote:http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2018 ... ou-did-so/
"Sometime soon you will have consented to Brexit whatever you might think: the Brexiteers will deem that you did so"
Richard Murphy, on EU Withdrawal Bill & definition of "consent decision".
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) a consent decision is—
(a) a decision to agree a motion consenting to the laying of the
draft,
(b) a decision not to agree a motion consenting to the laying of the
draft, or
(c) a decision to agree a motion refusing to consent to the laying of
the draft;
and a consent decision is made when the Parliament first makes a
decision falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) (whether or not it
subsequently makes another such decision).
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I tried to access the link - sadly, to no avail.tinybgoat wrote:https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/art ... -struggles
"Why the spirit of the Levellers lives on in today’s struggles"
It's Levellers day! Might help explain the street party thing, up the road.
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Pretty obvious tbh, but still raised a smileRogerOThornhill wrote:Morning all.
Seen on a mate's FB page yesterday.
Bracing myself for tomorrow's grotesque flaunting of entrenched privilege, hideous wealth inequalities, tarnished tradition, petty feuds and dysfunctional dislikeable institutions. BUT ENOUGH ABOUT THE FA CUP FINAL …
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_e_smile.gif)
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
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tried to edit it & failed abysmallyPorFavor wrote:I tried to access the link - sadly, to no avail.tinybgoat wrote:https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/art ... -struggles
"Why the spirit of the Levellers lives on in today’s struggles"
It's Levellers day! Might help explain the street party thing, up the road.
![Crying or Very Sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article ... -struggles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
See if this works.
See if this works.
"Fall seven times, get up eight" - Japanese proverb
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Yes - that worked, thanks. Somewhere about the place I've got a book about the Levellers. Amazingly, it's called "The Levellers". I got it in a second-hand bookshop years ago, and still haven't read it. Now, if only I knew what box it was in . . .
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Then, of course (if memory serves), there were the True Levellers, and also the Diggers. Nothing's ever straightforward, is it?
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Always liked their music.PorFavor wrote:Yes - that worked, thanks. Somewhere about the place I've got a book about the Levellers. Amazingly, it's called "The Levellers". I got it in a second-hand bookshop years ago, and still haven't read it. Now, if only I knew what box it was in . . .
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Then, of course (if memory serves), there were the True Levellers, and also the Diggers. Nothing's ever straightforward, is it?
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So it appears the rumours about Connaught were just rumours after all.
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
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Yes - but we must be running out of mainland counties to be Duke and Duchess of by now, surely?AnatolyKasparov wrote:So it appears the rumours about Connaught were just rumours after all.
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Any guesses as to how many days the news will continue to be subsumed by all this crap?
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 6.html?amp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Starts well![Confused :?](./images/smilies/icon_e_confused.gif)
Starts well
Then morphs intoJeremy Corbyn warns 'perfect storm' of economic pressures facing workers fuelling 'mental health epidemic'
Hmm, I see what you mean.The remarks from Mr Corbyn at Labour’s state of the economy conference in central London came as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exchanged vows at their wedding in Windsor......
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Late drama over the Labour selection for Lewisham East - but the winner was still the widely expected one.
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
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Was there a video link to the wedding service of his speech? Novel, if so. Totally irrelevant, if not.tinybgoat wrote:https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 6.html?amp
Starts wellThen morphs intoJeremy Corbyn warns 'perfect storm' of economic pressures facing workers fuelling 'mental health epidemic'Hmm, I see what you mean.The remarks from Mr Corbyn at Labour’s state of the economy conference in central London came as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle exchanged vows at their wedding in Windsor......
Or do you think the Independent was making a real world v the royal family\waste of money point?
Can but hope.
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I'm predicting a birth (aka a drain on public funds - which will, unfortunately, delight "everyone") around March\early April 2019.
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I can only assume that everyone's sloped off to surreptitiously watch the wedding highlights . . .
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& I predict that Corbyn will be deemed to be to slow in twittering his congratulations.PorFavor wrote:I'm predicting a birth (aka a drain on public funds - which will, unfortunately, delight "everyone") around March\early April 2019.
Edited to add a comma
hmm late March/early April 2019, am I missing something significant?
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No - not at all. I can't think of anything else that's happening around then. It's merely a passage of time which could do with a bit of enlivening. After all, there's no Budget and "Brexit" should all be sorted out.tinybgoat wrote:& I predict that Corbyn will be deemed to be to slow in twittering his congratulations.PorFavor wrote:I'm predicting a birth (aka a drain on public funds - which will, unfortunately, delight "everyone") around March\early April 2019.
Edited to add a comma
hmm late March/early April 2019, am I missing something significant?
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PorFavor wrote: and "Brexit" should all be sorted out.
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"Bercow’s shortcomings as Speaker were distilled in his abandoning the regalia"![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
"Bercow’s shortcomings as Speaker were distilled in his abandoning the regalia"
This is why whoever follows him as Speaker should restore the traditional uniform (for the clerks too ). It’s not just a matter of reactionary aesthetic sensibilities: the regalia played – and can play again – an important role in the proper functioning of the Speakership.
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Swifts have arrived.
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As somebody put it, peak ConHometinybgoat wrote:https://www.conservativehome.com/thetor ... galia.html
"Bercow’s shortcomings as Speaker were distilled in his abandoning the regalia"This is why whoever follows him as Speaker should restore the traditional uniform (for the clerks too ). It’s not just a matter of reactionary aesthetic sensibilities: the regalia played – and can play again – an important role in the proper functioning of the Speakership.
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"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"
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I haven't seen any above our street, but a few some distance away last week, so hoping their arrival is staggered.gilsey wrote:Swifts have arrived.
edit: update - following intensive research (lying on bed, with attic window open), it seems we, also have swifts.
The cat will be delighted.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thegua ... erra-leone" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"From top sprinter to homeless in London – what happened next to Jimmy Thoronka?"
"From top sprinter to homeless in London – what happened next to Jimmy Thoronka?"
the Home Office determination to prosecute the case as hard as it could, despite knowing of Jimmy’s traumatised state, significantly prolonged the agony. The fact that the government’s initial refusal of his case triggered hospitalisation and a suicide watch was no deterrent. What appeared to matter far more was sending tough messages about migration to swing voters: that this government is not so much robust as positively steel-capped
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Good morfternoon.
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Are you absolutely sure about that?gilsey wrote:Swifts have arrived.
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Morning.
Still wall to wall wedding today, then.
"Making Britain Great Again"![Sick :sick:](./images/smilies/vomit.gif)
Still wall to wall wedding today, then.
"Making Britain Great Again"
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Here too. I love hearing them swooping over the roofs....gilsey wrote:Swifts have arrived.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
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https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -rees-mogg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Brexit realists take control as May slaps down Rees-Mogg"
Sadly realist seems be relative, and 'slaps down'
metaphorical.
"Brexit realists take control as May slaps down Rees-Mogg"
Sadly realist seems be relative, and 'slaps down'
metaphorical.
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Mr citizen and I were able to get tickets in mid-April through the New Vic for the new production of Swan Lake in London yesterday.
It was wonderful.
It was wonderful.
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Good-afternoon, everyone
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The first trip we've made to London in almost six years fell on the same day of Labour’s 2nd Annual State of the Economy conference held there too. Ha-Joon Chang spoke at the conference. I like him a lot.
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Jonathan Pie
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this is brilliant
Jonathan Pie
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this is brilliant
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Hells Bells, the latest Cohen is readable !
![Image](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/5817968c795403475234a05c4ff8a7e9e62b2551/0_45_3337_2002/master/3337.jpg?w=620&q=20&auto=format&usm=12&fit=max&dpr=2&s=d783392e043aa9747a0c57395f585234)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
""Staffed by civil servants rather than the police and intelligence officers needed to protect free elections in the 2010s, the Electoral Commission has been hopeless. So uninterested was it in doing its duty, the pro-Remain Good Law Project sought a judicial review of its failure to investigate the payments to Grimes. It’s as if the Mueller inquiry into Trump’s Russia connections were being run by back-covering bureaucrats rather than investigators with the power to issue search warrants and offer plea-bargaining deals.
The hard work has been done by journalists and whistleblowers, who have been treated shockingly. ""
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... are_btn_tw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
""Staffed by civil servants rather than the police and intelligence officers needed to protect free elections in the 2010s, the Electoral Commission has been hopeless. So uninterested was it in doing its duty, the pro-Remain Good Law Project sought a judicial review of its failure to investigate the payments to Grimes. It’s as if the Mueller inquiry into Trump’s Russia connections were being run by back-covering bureaucrats rather than investigators with the power to issue search warrants and offer plea-bargaining deals.
The hard work has been done by journalists and whistleblowers, who have been treated shockingly. ""
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We failed to realise until f*****g Friday afternoon what we were heading intocitizenJA wrote:Mr citizen and I were able to get tickets in mid-April through the New Vic for the new production of Swan Lake in London yesterday.
It was wonderful.
We were trapped for over one half hour in a coach stopped dead in traffic less than a mile from the ROH with no way out and the radio broadcasting the wedding live on the intercom
We were alternatively serenaded and harassed by intoxicated sport enthusiasts enjoying the sun and game outside the pub during the traffic hold up
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... est-brexit" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"Vote Leave faces scrutiny over £50m football contest"
"Vote Leave faces scrutiny over £50m football contest"
Now it has emerged that a data set referred to by
Facebook , called “50million_remains”, is likely to be a competition that Vote Leave ran, in which it offered fans the chance to win £50m if they correctly predicted the outcome of every game in the European Championships that year.
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“Individuals can neutralise guilt they might otherwise feel when stealing by telling themselves that there are no victims of the crime, no human being is actually being hurt by this, only some mega-corporation that can surely afford the loss of a few quid. In fact, the corporation has saved so much money by laying off all its cashiers that it is almost morally necessary to steal from them.”
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Cashiers...diverted to different sections of our stores, ostensibly to better help customers mid-shop, until they will disappear altogether, along with human interaction, the one thing that seems to keep us on the straight and narrow.
- Nation of shoplifters
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018 ... f-checkout" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Please watch the Jonathan Pie skit I've linked above. It's not four minutes long and funny as hellWillow904 wrote:Morning.
Still wall to wall wedding today, then.
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Ah well, we have to take consolation in small things at present.tinybgoat wrote:https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -rees-mogg
"Brexit realists take control as May slaps down Rees-Mogg"
Sadly realist seems be relative, and 'slaps down'
metaphorical.
"IS TONTY BLAIR BEHIND THIS???!!!!111???!!!"