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Mike Smithson ‏@MSmithsonPB 1h
UKIP GAIN from CON Folkestone Harvey C on Shepway
UKIP 287
CON 224
LD 198
LAB 196
GRN 96
TUSC 29
Farage's party doing well in Kent

Morning.

Boris not a shoe-in for Uxbridge ?

Local paper quotes a Tory there as saying
“Boris is not at all a shoe-in and he’s got a real fight on his hands now. David Simmonds is very popular around here, and Uxbridge’s kind of guy.
We don’t go in for flashy and we’ve never been interested in celebrated MPs…”

http://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2014/09/05/the-betting-favourite-for-next-con-leader-and-2nd-favourite-for-next-pm-is-in-danger-of-falling-at-the-first-fence/

& where's our haven pic gone ?
Thought it was an ad there when first logged on, then realised it's the forum host.

Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Happy birthday Roger

Enjoy Sicily. Presume the Roman mosaics etc at Piazza Armerina one of your stop-offs?

Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.


Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.

Morning all.

My birthday today so have a virtual piece of cake on me. I'm off to Sicily tomorrow so won't be around next week.

Happy Birthday Roger,enjoy your trip.


Andrew George's Bill being debated now on Parliament channel.Tories have already attempted to have the debate in private.

Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Kerry McCarthy tweeted (about half an hour ago) "For those unfamiliar with Friday sittings, P Davies or Nuttall will soon start filibustering... and we will all lose the will to live.". She, like many of us, is frustrated at the pathetic holding tactics being used in Parliament and the media to protect IDS; and, yes, I do think Sparrow is as guilty of that as anybody, I'm more convinced than ever that editorial policy is to leave IDS alone.

Happy Birthday to Roger from me, too.

Watching the debate on Andrew George's Bill and I was rather p'd to see the motion to hear in private. Thought it was more of a time-wasting measure than anything else. Wish the Speaker would have insisted that Andrew George 'be heard' as I was having difficulty in hearing him introduce the Bill.

Lord Mayor of London Fiona Woolf has replaced Lady Butler-Sloss as head of the UK government inquiry into historical child abuse.

Populus:

Lab 38 (+2)
Con 32 (nc)
LD 8 (-1)
UKIP 14 (-1)
Oth 8 (nc).

Most unusual lately for a Friday Populus to be so favourable to Labour so enjoy but bear in mind that it might well be a sampling error.

Labour lead went up on Friday a few weeks ago as well.

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Thanks,


Nicky Morgan MP
Education Secretary

FO, how/where are you following the parliamentary coverage?

So many "facts" in that Nicky Morgan email.

Presumably most are explained by the simple fact that there are more children.

But the record low NEET figure. Hang on a mo!

It's on the BBC website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/21006885

I'm following it on Freeview 131 - BBC Parliament.

Closure Motion:

Ayes: 304
Noes: 237

Now dividing on Bill being read a 2nd Time

Labour were in power for 13 long years - and under them, schools standards fell and youth unemployment rose.

Further thanks - and a belated welcome to you, LC, hope you find the place to your liking. Your locker is next to pk1's, the cafeteria is open until 8pm and bicycle hre can be arranged for a nominal fee.

Ayes 306, Noes 231 - the Government have been defeated by 75 votes!!

Further thanks - and a belated welcome to you, LC, hope you find the place to your liking. Your locker is next to pk1's, the cafeteria is open until 8pm and bicycle hre can be arranged for a nominal fee.

@Eric_WLothian: Am I allowed to climb the gate, instead?

Good - be interesting to see how the FibDems voted.

Another live debate

http://www.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hous ... s-29039369
Small class sizes - T Hunt speaking now just called some one a boiled cabbage? lol

Labour's motion - which called for capital spending to be re-directed to areas where more places are needed - was rejected in a vote, by a majority of 96.