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Surely there's a conflict of interest there ?
edited to add: re the author sponsored police force cars.
edited to add: re the author sponsored police force cars.
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Hmm Sigh ......post truth politics?
Israel is a thriving democracy, a beacon of tolerance an engine of enterprise so sayeth Margo Ledbetter,sorry Teresa May.
Of course all this anti Semitism stuff is a left wing issue. No right wingers are in any way anti Semitic ........
Israel is a thriving democracy, a beacon of tolerance an engine of enterprise so sayeth Margo Ledbetter,sorry Teresa May.
Of course all this anti Semitism stuff is a left wing issue. No right wingers are in any way anti Semitic ........
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I always enjoy Peter James's novels because they are based around Brighton & Hove so the landmarks he writes of are known to me.yahyah wrote:Surely there's a conflict of interest there ?
edited to add: re the author sponsored police force cars.
Not quite seeing any conflict of interest though, until such time as James breaks the law that is.....
Haven't seen any police cars bearing his advertising either, apart from at his book signing sessions whenever he has a new book to promote.
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It can be sufficient with conflicts of interest for them to be known. If he was ever arrested, it would hardly be a secret that he had this relationship!pk1 wrote:I always enjoy Peter James's novels because they are based around Brighton & Hove so the landmarks he writes of are known to me.yahyah wrote:Surely there's a conflict of interest there ?
edited to add: re the author sponsored police force cars.
Not quite seeing any conflict of interest though, until such time as James breaks the law that is.....
Haven't seen any police cars bearing his advertising either, apart from at his book signing sessions whenever he has a new book to promote.
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Luciana Berger may have a few observations to make on the latter claim.ScarletGas wrote:Hmm Sigh ......post truth politics?
Israel is a thriving democracy, a beacon of tolerance an engine of enterprise so sayeth Margo Ledbetter,sorry Teresa May.
Of course all this anti Semitism stuff is a left wing issue. No right wingers are in any way anti Semitic ........
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Exactly my thoughts.AnatolyKasparov wrote:Luciana Berger may have a few observations to make on the latter claim.ScarletGas wrote:Hmm Sigh ......post truth politics?
Israel is a thriving democracy, a beacon of tolerance an engine of enterprise so sayeth Margo Ledbetter,sorry Teresa May.
Of course all this anti Semitism stuff is a left wing issue. No right wingers are in any way anti Semitic ........
Our Prime minister playing petty party politics (for that is what it is) over such a serious issue is indicative of the level of political discourse to which we have descended.
Without wanting to open up an interminable and frankly, tedious debate on his merits or otherwise, can you imagine the furore from the usual suspects if Corbyn had claimed something in a similar vein?
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Where've they gone?
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Where have what/who gone?
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am taking a rare moment off from talking about Theresa May's trousers to bring you this:
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A further 340 public libraries could close in the next five years if the government does not act urgently to halt drastic funding cuts, the head of a leading library organisation has warned, which would equal the number of closures witnessed by the sector over the past eight years.
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My mum in law would suggest a prayer to Saint Anthony for retrieval.
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tinyclanger2's posts. Unless I imagined them . . .Willow904 wrote:Where have what/who gone?
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Am working on the right tone and narrative to combine my thoughts on:
1) mouse shops
2) people
3) solidarity
4) Shirley Williams
5) Sea Shepherd
6) self-righteousness
7) Tories
8) the planet
9) terror
10) xmas
1) mouse shops
2) people
3) solidarity
4) Shirley Williams
5) Sea Shepherd
6) self-righteousness
7) Tories
8) the planet
9) terror
10) xmas
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PS - the mouse shops were brilliant.
I trust that liking them doesn't somehow suggest that I 'm not interested in anything else
I trust that liking them doesn't somehow suggest that I 'm not interested in anything else
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I volunteer at a local library. It's mostly what you would expect, pensioners borrowing books, parents with toddlers attending story time for something to do. What a lot of people might not realise is just how many people pop in to use the computers to print something out. While many people have smartphones, the expense of a printer simply isn't worth it for the very rare occasions they need one. Libraries will be missed and by more people than you might think. It really is strange how people are just accepting the closure of so many public services. We've been able to afford all these things in the past, yet it is being passively accepted we can't afford them now. I think the Tory right must have picked up some tips from the US right which for so long has persuaded Americans that not having universal healthcare like Canada and much of Europe makes them sonehow superior. I mean seriously, how are they getting away with this crap?tinyclanger2 wrote:am taking a rare moment off from talking about Theresa May's trousers to bring you this:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/ ... n-is-taken" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
A further 340 public libraries could close in the next five years if the government does not act urgently to halt drastic funding cuts, the head of a leading library organisation has warned, which would equal the number of closures witnessed by the sector over the past eight years.
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Ho ho ho!
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -next-week
Can't say as I really blame them - but it won't endear them to the public.Post Office workers to stage five days of strikes next week
Industrial action, which will include strike on Christmas Eve, is over job losses, pension changes and franchising of crown post offices
https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... -next-week
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Re the Post Office strike - I forgot to say that there are no details as yet so I don't know what the strike actually involves with regard to how seriously services are likely to be affected.
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UK heading for warmest Christmas Day ever, according to bookies
Ladbrokes slashes odds of previous high being beaten after cold start to December is followed by mild weather
UK heading for warmest Christmas Day ever, according to bookies
Ladbrokes slashes odds of previous high being beaten after cold start to December is followed by mild weather
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Guardian quote various EU faces saying Brexit UK EU citizenship is not going to happen.
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Interesting item on supply teachers on R4 now
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Guess how many stately homes (roughly) there are in Cheshire.
(I insist)
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4 all owned by Osborne ?tinyclanger2 wrote:Guess how many stately homes (roughly) there are in Cheshire.
(I insist)
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Why the Tories’ so-called free childcare will punish children and families
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Why the Tories’ so-called free childcare will punish children and families
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the 3.5 billion dollar tweet.http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busin ... 70046.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Donald Trump wipes $3.5bn off Lockheed Martin market value with single tweet
Last week, Trump took a shot at Boeing via Twitter threatening to cancel its 747 Air Force One program, with the company taking a $1.4bn hit to its market value
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212 ? .....big place Cheshire.tinyclanger2 wrote:212
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Oh God! Hilary Ben jumping on the UKIP bandwagon now.
Hilary Benn, the chair of the Brexit Select Committee and former frontbencher, argued the 52% who voted to leave the EU “sent a message” about ending the free movement of people.
It comes amid a brewing Labour war on the issue, with leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott opposed to curbing immigration from the EU.
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Hilary Benn, the chair of the Brexit Select Committee and former frontbencher, argued the 52% who voted to leave the EU “sent a message” about ending the free movement of people.
It comes amid a brewing Labour war on the issue, with leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott opposed to curbing immigration from the EU.
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tinyclanger2 wrote:Any chance of a link?
EU citizenship deal for British nationals has 'no chance', say experts
Britons getting special rights in Europe – as supported by EU’s Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt – seen as very unlikely
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RIP Ian McCaskill
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As a chap who likes bobbing about on the briney, and has a great deal of admiration for our cetacean brethren, somewhat higher than that for a lot of my fellow Homo "sapiens", I have ruthlessly parsed your list down to things that I like right now.tinyclanger2 wrote:Am working on the right tone and narrative to combine my thoughts on:
1) mouse shops
2) people
3) solidarity
4) Shirley Williams
5) Sea Shepherd
6) self-righteousness
7) Tories
8) the planet
9) terror
10) xmas
So that'll be Sea Shepherd then. I must say that they seem to be getting an awful lot of chunky support, having just had a very spouncy new high speed craft built from new, the Ocean Warrior.
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Blimey. What with stately homes and golf courses, no wonder there isn't any room left for the rest of us.tinyclanger2 wrote:212
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'High social cost' adults can be predicted from as young as three, says study
Linked purely on the basis of the kind of utter tosh that pervades.
'High social cost' adults can be predicted from as young as three, says study
Linked purely on the basis of the kind of utter tosh that pervades.
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It looks like it's only Post Office employees involved - ie Crown offices, not those operated by supermarkets or local shops. Royal Mail will presumably be unaffected.PorFavor wrote:Re the Post Office strike - I forgot to say that there are no details as yet so I don't know what the strike actually involves with regard to how seriously services are likely to be affected.
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Lord Freud, Peter Oborne, and welfare reform
Lord Freud, Peter Oborne, and welfare reform
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Is a 'stately home' in Cheshire the same as a 'detached villa' elsewhere?Willow904 wrote:Blimey. What with stately homes and golf courses, no wonder there isn't any room left for the rest of us.tinyclanger2 wrote:212
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Petition:
Force the government to act on the eleven recommendations of the UNCRPD report
As a result of being investigated by a United Nations committee for not fulfilling the terms of the UNCRPD, the government have been found guilty of grave & systematic violations of the rights of disabled people as a direct result of austerity policies introduced into welfare & social care.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/172393" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Force the government to act on the eleven recommendations of the UNCRPD report
As a result of being investigated by a United Nations committee for not fulfilling the terms of the UNCRPD, the government have been found guilty of grave & systematic violations of the rights of disabled people as a direct result of austerity policies introduced into welfare & social care.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/172393" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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It's true that they vary somewhat in size.Eric_WLothian wrote:Is a 'stately home' in Cheshire the same as a 'detached villa' elsewhere?Willow904 wrote:Blimey. What with stately homes and golf courses, no wonder there isn't any room left for the rest of us.tinyclanger2 wrote:212
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...and here are just a few of themtinyclanger2 wrote:212
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Goodnight, everyone.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy 35s36 seconds ago
It gets weirder. 75 years ago today Romania declared war on the USA. Good luck with that.
It gets weirder. 75 years ago today Romania declared war on the USA. Good luck with that.
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Round pegs, square holes. And the obsession with changing the pegs, rather than the holes. At least that's what I took from it.HindleA wrote:https://www.theguardian.com/science/201 ... CMP=twt_gu
'High social cost' adults can be predicted from as young as three, says study
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Santa and his elves doing bhangra in southall, England
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Marvellous.AngryAsWell wrote:Santa and his elves doing bhangra in southall, England
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What will mouse shops and now bhangra I think I'm getting a bit frivolous.......must be Christmastinyclanger2 wrote:Marvellous.AngryAsWell wrote:Santa and his elves doing bhangra in southall, England
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This called "taking the piss" - the consultation hasn't even closed yet...
If I'm not here, then I'll be in the library. Or the other library.
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Brexit: Theresa May would consider 'associate European citizenship' for British people
No 10 says it wants to 'find a way' for UK citizens to live and work in member states following the country's withdrawal from the bloc
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