FlyTheNest

Morning all.

Morning

https://www.theguardian.com/society/201 ... sal-credit


Church leaders and food banks have called for an overhaul of universal credit to halt a surge in vulnerable claimants being pushed into destitution, hunger and debt when they move on to the benefit.


Made vulnerable,may be pedantic but lets them off the hook misdirects to the characteristics of claimants rather than the purposeful neglect of the fundamentals by the State.

Opposition Day debate on McVey's handling of UC

https://calendar.parliament.uk

Absolute no one is immune from the vagaries of life eg several months,at best that extra costs allowances kick in,costs of course that start from day one.

Realise why the "vulnerable" line but not useful in the othering/couldn't happen to me.It could within a nanosecond.

Morning all.

So whose resignation are we to see today I wonder?

Given Suella Braverman's links with the ERG I wondered whether the "did she resign or not?" confusion was a tactical move so that she could resign at a later date.

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Queen resigns
exclaiming
"Fuck this for a game of soldiers"

If they're playing games - as has been suggested - then you might expect a resignation to come quite soon before PMQs

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Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy's birthday
It's just a rumour that was spread around town by the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding.

" Why are they always failed artists ?"

Some light relief, and it still makes me laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... pbTmXsfiYk

Kuenssberg-watching ...

https://www.carersuk.org/news-and-campa ... urvey-2018

State of Caring Survey 2018 results.

Certainly with the targeted reduction as fairness enacted since,a lessening in quality of life,whether you think applying to an obvious shorter life is indeed "fairer" not for me to say,suffice to say no one actually gains,certainly not those who find themselves in the same situation who may think so.

Sod it.I resign.Don't know what from yet..

"Constance the Cat Appreciation Society."

An obvious trying to be PM move.

Following on from something I posted last night - on what might happen as generally pro-May tory MPs spend time with their constituents and hear what they have to say about all of this, there is this from Today's Telegraph...

Is Theresa May guilty of treason? Plenty of readers think so. Politicians would be wise to listen up (paywalled - you can see one article in full a week if you sign up for free)

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Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy's birthday
It's just a rumour that was spread around town by the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding.

Meanwhile...


And I have a very grumpy Blue Labour Leave supporter on my timeline asking Remain supporters where their plan was.

A Leave plan? Not relevant. Remain didn't have a plan apart from "as you were" which was kinda the point...

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Stephen Doughty - who he?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... -of-brexit


FOI release

Potential impact of Brexit
Request for information regarding the potential impact of Brexit

Though these days the Barclaygraph readership is probably less representative than ever, many of the more "sensible" types having jumped ship.

I have thoroughly enjoyed Emily Thornberry at the despatch box today. Exposing the nonsense for what it is.

She usually does well at PMQs.

(you can tell just how well by how often Twitter trolls feel the need to call her "Lady Nugee" in response)

Afternoon all - long meeting at school with our LA advisor complete...

Why has the NHS not been copied? (Spoiler: it has)

https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/why-has-the-nhs-not-been-copied-spoiler-it-has



This last but is the most important since there are a number of articles from the usual suspects* which have the premises of "Look at our poor outcomes. This means we should change the funding model."


* mostly with very opaque funding...

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Bit quiet again, I suppose most of us are just waiting for you know what to start?

Waiting for what to start?

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I do believe there is a game of Association Football just under way, M'Lud.

Crace -- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... y-play-off

I did watch substitute PMQ's on parliament tv, and agree with Sparrow that she got the customs checks wrong ... but nobody much cared !

Have found Five Live on Medium Wave for the second half

It's all gotten too much for my other half.

He's gone out to water the garden.

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Our garden isn't big enough to last through extra time.

He's just going to have to suffer a little longer.

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Well this is good news...

Revealed: Charity watchdog probes pro-Brexit anti-NHS think tank


https://www.opendemocracy.net/uk/brexitinc/peter-geoghegan/revealed-charity-watchdog-probes-pro-brexit-anti-nhs-think-tank

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Good !

Long about time ...

Pickford saves, but now for a corner ........................

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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If only I had a garden

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LET'S FACE IT I'M JUST 'KIN' SEETHIN'

Football not coming home, then?

One of the disadvantages of living in very rural Normandy is that you're welcome to 1000m2 of mine

glumtastic

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The latest opinion from Fox (good for a laugh until you stop to think that the country is in hands like his):





Can anybody enlighten me as to which EU countries don't have elected governments?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/p ... 42501.html

Two things.

As a Scot may I just say Yeeeeeeeeeesssss.

And secondly I, for my sins, watched the debate this afternoon about sanctioning McVile. And what struck me more than anything else was the utter blinkered fuck all the evidence attitude of the tories. All they seemed to care about was playing the victim as in 'nasty Labour making it personal' rather than confronting the evidence of the genuine victims of their policies. Apparently the NAO, The Trussel Trust and housing associations were all scaremongering and could be countered by blathering on about 'making work pay' and other such bollocks cliches. They paid absolutely no heed whatsoever to some obviously heartfelt contributions from the opposition, the best being offered by the SNP, and only reacted positively to useless arselickers like Frank Field. It was a depressing affair all round, both in the individual cases raised and the couldn't give a fuck we're the real victims here behaviour of the tories.

At least Kane will be fresh for the third place play off after being rested tonight.

(Too soon?)

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Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy's birthday
It's just a rumour that was spread around town by the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding.

I think we can expect to hear a fair bit more of this kind of thing - claiming that the commission do not represent the views of the countries and trying to appeal over its head. One more last fling of desperate, worthless idiots.

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Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife, and a bicycle on the boy's birthday
It's just a rumour that was spread around town by the women and children
Soon we'll be shipbuilding.

Brexit is fucked up. England are out of the world cup.

I have a nice bottle of French Claret.

Happy

The EU will reject anything that tries to compromise the four freedoms.

It's as simple as that.

No matter how much we'd like to get behind any soft option the EU has rules.

May's plans are nonsense.