Two points on DeSantis (before any of you bet large sums on him): First, he may not survive the upcoming gubernatorial election, especially if his opponent is Charlie Crist: Who is about a bipartisan as you get in American politics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Crist
Second, his handling of COVID in Florida resulted in thousands of deaths that could have been prevented. Here's an example of his latest blunder: "In an astoundingly callous move, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Department of Health has refused to put in an order with the federal government for a supply of the pediatric vaccines for children under 5, leaving pediatricians and parents to scramble on their own. The deadline for placing a preorder was Tuesday, and the 49 other states met the cutoff. The department said in a statement that it “does not recommend” the shot “for all children,” but, after protests, announced on Friday that it would begin accepting orders for shots from doctors and health-care providers. The department is led by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a DeSantis appointee who has been an outspoken skeptic of coronavirus vaccines." source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/18/ron-desantis-florida-refuses-children-covid-vaccines/
If you want data, take a look at how the COVID death rates in Florida compare to those of other states. Because COVID transmission occurs mostly indoors, I am predicting that there will be a surge of cases -- and deaths -- this summer in Florida, when many retreat to air-conditioned malls, and the like.
On the subject of databases, if Starmer wants a free hit on sanity he could announce Labour will abandon the crazily bureaucratic and expensive Making Tax Digital programme the moment they get into power.
Even if the government steals the idea that would be a huge win for small business.
Irrespective of whether that is dodgy by virtue of her husband's connections, I don't see any reason a political party needs to receive such large donations from someone.
Clamp down with a severe reduction in scale of acceptable donation, from any person or group, and if they cannot survive, tough.
But WTAF is the Tory party doing taking ANY Russian money in the current climate? They should have run a mile!
Irrespective of whether that is dodgy by virtue of her husband's connections, I don't see any reason a political party needs to receive such large donations from someone.
Clamp down with a severe reduction in scale of acceptable donation, from any person or group, and if they cannot survive, tough.
But WTAF is the Tory party doing taking ANY Russian money in the current climate? They should have run a mile!
She's a British citizen.
So is Jeremy Corbyn and I don't want him anywhere near the levers of power either.
It's striking the amount of opprobrium that The Mail is pouring over Sir Keir personally at the moment. I don't recall them being this brutal with Miliband, Brown or even Blair or Corbyn. Odd. Sir Keir seems a ludicrously unlikely bogeyman.
Shows both the threat they think SKS and the scale of the problems they think Bozo has.
Johnson absolutely tonked Starmer today at PMQs.
P.S. I wonder if Starmer has had the heads up from Durham that an FPN is on the way.
You keep saying this, Pete, after every PMQs, whether he did or not. I suspect you are a cchq troll.
Pete does a special line in irono-masochism. It's good once you get into it.
But anyway, Keir out, Mick in! I don't whether it'll work but he's doing some terrific tory trashing telly.
I do, and it is, but he was absolutely s*** again. I hate to say this, but I am coming over to BJO way of thinking.
But not all the way to preferring the Magnificent Muscly Man, I hope. Or that's me and you done.
No. I will never be a fan of the svelte athlete.I absolutely loathe the self absorbed narcissistic oaf. I am nonetheless frustrated that his opponents are giving him a free ride.
I can't believe what Raab is up to today either and yet Starmer has no answer for it. This Government is riding roughshod over pretty much every convention and the opposition is having no impact whatsoever. Johnson is running rings around everyone, particularly Starmer. Mind you I am not convinced that Streeting or Nandy have an answer either, and as for BJO's preferred choice, Burnham, he would be worse still.
For all the talk of a LibDem deluge I have only seen a Labour activist thus far (I am in the third town after T and H pretty much every day).
Maybe we'll get a teller tomorrow.
We haven't had that many leaflets really either, though maybe neither Tories or LDs have the resources to deliver the villages. Greens haven't even done a freepost, though perhaps that is deliberate.
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
Irrespective of whether that is dodgy by virtue of her husband's connections, I don't see any reason a political party needs to receive such large donations from someone.
Clamp down with a severe reduction in scale of acceptable donation, from any person or group, and if they cannot survive, tough.
But WTAF is the Tory party doing taking ANY Russian money in the current climate? They should have run a mile!
She's a British citizen.
We've been down this racist rabbit hole before.
Apparently living in the UK for decades, having British citizenship etc is never enough to remove the tar of where some people used to live or were born according to some blood and soil nationalists. 😣
I've experienced this bullshit in real life from utter morons being rude to myself as I lived overseas when I was young, and worse my wife because she had the temerity not to be born in this country, or to move here until she was an adult already. But I didn't expect to see such rampant xenophobia on display on this site. 😠
Irrespective of whether that is dodgy by virtue of her husband's connections, I don't see any reason a political party needs to receive such large donations from someone.
Clamp down with a severe reduction in scale of acceptable donation, from any person or group, and if they cannot survive, tough.
But WTAF is the Tory party doing taking ANY Russian money in the current climate? They should have run a mile!
She's a British citizen.
We've been down this racist rabbit hole before.
Apparently living in the UK for decades, having British citizenship etc is never enough to remove the tar of where some people used to live or were born according to some blood and soil nationalists. 😣
I've experienced this bullshit in real life from utter morons being rude to myself as I lived overseas when I was young, and worse my wife because she had the temerity not to be born in this country, or to move here until she was an adult already. But I didn't expect to see such rampant xenophobia on display on this site. 😠
On the subject of databases, if Starmer wants a free hit on sanity he could announce Labour will abandon the crazily bureaucratic and expensive Making Tax Digital programme the moment they get into power.
Even if the government steals the idea that would be a huge win for small business.
Have to agree there. WTF is wrong with the current process? It actually works quite well.
Forcing a one person business to buy some sh*t software to fill in their tax form monthly stinks of lobbying by someone. Forcing monthly reporting for a small business which has a very variable income is also nuts.
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
My friend told me that it saves her about an hour and a half a week in paperwork, and she hasn’t needed my help to update in the three years since I set it up.
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
My friend told me that it saves her about an hour and a half a week in paperwork, and she hasn’t needed my help to update in the three years since I set it up.
It's striking the amount of opprobrium that The Mail is pouring over Sir Keir personally at the moment. I don't recall them being this brutal with Miliband, Brown or even Blair or Corbyn. Odd. Sir Keir seems a ludicrously unlikely bogeyman.
Shows both the threat they think SKS and the scale of the problems they think Bozo has.
Johnson absolutely tonked Starmer today at PMQs.
P.S. I wonder if Starmer has had the heads up from Durham that an FPN is on the way.
You keep saying this, Pete, after every PMQs, whether he did or not. I suspect you are a cchq troll.
Sorry for the late response, but I was golfing with RT and Alun Cairns, and they said much the same as me.
Beergate has taken the wind out of Starmer's sails. He just needs to go now, he is a liability, and the Daily Mail scents blood.
I hope you are joking about RT and Cairns
I have never met RT, but I have met, and do correspond with Cairns. I am awaiting s reply from my email sent just after he supported Johnson in the VONC. I explained that my Conservative wife believes him to be "spineless" and she will never again vote for him. He knows I never have, and never will vote for him..
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
My friend told me that it saves her about an hour and a half a week in paperwork, and she hasn’t needed my help to update in the three years since I set it up.
Is that the sort of thing?
In the format of a STAR response. It's all the rage in interviewing these days.
On the subject of databases, if Starmer wants a free hit on sanity he could announce Labour will abandon the crazily bureaucratic and expensive Making Tax Digital programme the moment they get into power.
Even if the government steals the idea that would be a huge win for small business.
Have to agree there. WTF is wrong with the current process? It actually works quite well.
Forcing a one person business to buy some sh*t software to fill in their tax form monthly stinks of lobbying by someone. Forcing monthly reporting for a small business which has a very variable income is also nuts.
I can't see how it's anything other than a junket for accountants, who get their clients to buy the software, provide training on how to use it at a handsome rate, and then make it much harder for them to change as they'd have to do the same thing again with a different accountant. £1900 is what it has so far cost one of my friends, one way and another.
And what will it raise? Not a penny. In fact, it will likely cut tax take as people will be so damn busy filling it in they will be less productive.
It's proof the Treasury are useless c***s as well, of course, but that didn't really need proving after the last 30 years.
No, I don’t think there is much communication between Blair and Keir. I think many New Labour types are still unconvinced that Keir has what it takes.
Blair considered launching a third party around the time of peak Brexit lunacy. I think John Major was also interested or involved, as was Ruth Davison. But it fizzled.
After that Blair was backing Jess Phillips but it’s become clear she’s a bit of an empty vessel. Blair is focusing more on his Institute now, but he still has some influence behind the scenes on things like candidate selection.
My insider suggested that Streeting would “not get through the membership”, and conceded we are all probably stuck with Starmer.
On the Excel front - it surprises me how little investment there is in training admin staff how to take advantage of it. I know people who use it who don't even realise you can do things like `SUM()` and so developers are paid to replicate Excel instead. To those users it's just a bit list of rows with no functionality beyond splitting them into columns.
Yeah, but people often become impromptu developers and use Excel to build something incredibly complex and sophisticated.
I see that Mick Lynch is on Question Time tommorow. I normally am not a fan of blood sports, but on this occasion I will make an exception. And some popcorn.
I predict he will steal the show and the hapless fool who has been sent on by Johnson to defend his shitshow will be humiliated.
Lynch could start with Johnson's policy of increasing the wages of the working class which he was trumpeting only, what, six months ago, as a massive benefit of his Brexit.
No, I don’t think there is much communication between Blair and Keir. I think many New Labour types are still unconvinced that Keir has what it takes.
Blair considered launching a third party around the time of peak Brexit lunacy. I think John Major was also interested or involved, as was Ruth Davison. But it fizzled.
After that Blair was backing Jess Phillips but it’s become clear she’s a bit of an empty vessel. Blair is focusing more on his Institute now, but he still has some influence behind the scenes on things like candidate selection.
My insider suggested that Streeting would “not get through the membership”, and conceded we are all probably stuck with Starmer.
Starmer only goes before the GE if he chooses to do so (including resigning if gets a fine). I think though that him resigning is a definite possibility.
I see that Mick Lynch is on Question Time tommorow. I normally am not a fan of blood sports, but on this occasion I will make an exception. And some popcorn.
I predict he will steal the show and the hapless fool who has been sent on by Johnson to defend his shitshow will be humiliated.
Lynch could start with Johnson's policy of increasing the wages of the working class which he was trumpeting only, what, six months ago, as a massive benefit of his Brexit.
On the subject of databases, if Starmer wants a free hit on sanity he could announce Labour will abandon the crazily bureaucratic and expensive Making Tax Digital programme the moment they get into power.
Even if the government steals the idea that would be a huge win for small business.
Have to agree there. WTF is wrong with the current process? It actually works quite well.
Forcing a one person business to buy some sh*t software to fill in their tax form monthly stinks of lobbying by someone. Forcing monthly reporting for a small business which has a very variable income is also nuts.
I can't see how it's anything other than a junket for accountants, who get their clients to buy the software, provide training on how to use it at a handsome rate, and then make it much harder for them to change as they'd have to do the same thing again with a different accountant. £1900 is what it has so far cost one of my friends, one way and another.
And what will it raise? Not a penny. In fact, it will likely cut tax take as people will be so damn busy filling it in they will be less productive.
It's proof the Treasury are useless c***s as well, of course, but that didn't really need proving after the last 30 years.
See my post yesterday about Austin and the IRS’s canteen full of paper.
Irrespective of whether that is dodgy by virtue of her husband's connections, I don't see any reason a political party needs to receive such large donations from someone.
Clamp down with a severe reduction in scale of acceptable donation, from any person or group, and if they cannot survive, tough.
But WTAF is the Tory party doing taking ANY Russian money in the current climate? They should have run a mile!
She's a British citizen.
We've been down this racist rabbit hole before.
Apparently living in the UK for decades, having British citizenship etc is never enough to remove the tar of where some people used to live or were born according to some blood and soil nationalists. 😣
I've experienced this bullshit in real life from utter morons being rude to myself as I lived overseas when I was young, and worse my wife because she had the temerity not to be born in this country, or to move here until she was an adult already. But I didn't expect to see such rampant xenophobia on display on this site. 😠
Bollocks, Barty. Sorry to hear of your personal problems, but for starters how tf do you know where this woman "lives"? The uber rich tend to get about a lot. The reality is she is a Russian with UK citizenship, with very disturbing links to the current Russian government, and with a track record of lobbying the government to recognize the interests of the super rich. Do you think decisions tending to favour the super rich are going to make your own life better or worse?
I see that Mick Lynch is on Question Time tommorow. I normally am not a fan of blood sports, but on this occasion I will make an exception. And some popcorn.
I predict he will steal the show and the hapless fool who has been sent on by Johnson to defend his shitshow will be humiliated.
Lynch could start with Johnson's policy of increasing the wages of the working class which he was trumpeting only, what, six months ago, as a massive benefit of his Brexit.
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
My friend told me that it saves her about an hour and a half a week in paperwork, and she hasn’t needed my help to update in the three years since I set it up.
Is that the sort of thing?
In the format of a STAR response. It's all the rage in interviewing these days.
I see that Mick Lynch is on Question Time tommorow. I normally am not a fan of blood sports, but on this occasion I will make an exception. And some popcorn.
I predict he will steal the show and the hapless fool who has been sent on by Johnson to defend his shitshow will be humiliated.
Lynch could start with Johnson's policy of increasing the wages of the working class which he was trumpeting only, what, six months ago, as a massive benefit of his Brexit.
Rachel Maclean has drawn the short straw.
Who?
Exactly. I suspect unavoidable family emergencies, dental appointments and that new standby suspected COVID.
Irrespective of whether that is dodgy by virtue of her husband's connections, I don't see any reason a political party needs to receive such large donations from someone.
Clamp down with a severe reduction in scale of acceptable donation, from any person or group, and if they cannot survive, tough.
But WTAF is the Tory party doing taking ANY Russian money in the current climate? They should have run a mile!
She's a British citizen.
We've been down this racist rabbit hole before.
Apparently living in the UK for decades, having British citizenship etc is never enough to remove the tar of where some people used to live or were born according to some blood and soil nationalists. 😣
I've experienced this bullshit in real life from utter morons being rude to myself as I lived overseas when I was young, and worse my wife because she had the temerity not to be born in this country, or to move here until she was an adult already. But I didn't expect to see such rampant xenophobia on display on this site. 😠
Bollocks, Barty. Sorry to hear of your personal problems, but for starters how tf do you know where this woman "lives"? The uber rich tend to get about a lot. The reality is she is a Russian with UK citizenship, with very disturbing links to the current Russian government, and with a track record of lobbying the government to recognize the interests of the super rich. Do you think decisions tending to favour the super rich are going to make your own life better or worse?
The problem is not that she was once Russian, but rather that the source of her vast wealth is favours from Putin to one of his kleptocrats.
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
My friend told me that it saves her about an hour and a half a week in paperwork, and she hasn’t needed my help to update in the three years since I set it up.
Is that the sort of thing?
In the format of a STAR response. It's all the rage in interviewing these days.
I've only had three jobs in the last twenty years. And I didn't have to apply for any of them. I didn't know how to do it then, and I certainly don't now.
When asked if Govt wd have its own Brexit assessment, he said: “I’m not going to make those sorts of assessments because lots were made before the referendum and they are all bilge,”'
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
My friend told me that it saves her about an hour and a half a week in paperwork, and she hasn’t needed my help to update in the three years since I set it up.
Is that the sort of thing?
In the format of a STAR response. It's all the rage in interviewing these days.
I've only had three jobs in the last twenty years. And I didn't have to apply for any of them. I didn't know how to do it then, and I certainly don't now.
What's STAR?
Situation Task Action Result
It's silly, but having it to hand seems to help, as interviewers are told to look for it in peoples responses. So you don't forget to state what you personally did
Sky News understands ministers asked Train Operating Companies to report back on the customer / operational impact of banning rest day work & overtime over the strike period
My eve of poll betting position for tommorow. Best outcome on Wakefield is a Labour win, Greens in third place, with a sub 40% turnout and 35%+ Tory vote share, with a T+H Con win by less than 3 000 votes.
It isn't an accumulator, but rather separate bets, with that the optimal betting outcome.
When asked if Govt wd have its own Brexit assessment, he said: “I’m not going to make those sorts of assessments because lots were made before the referendum and they are all bilge,”'
Yes, they were such utter bilge that he moved his hedge fund from London and Somerset to Dublin.
My eve of poll betting position for tommorow. Best outcome on Wakefield is a Labour win, Greens in third place, with a sub 40% turnout and 35%+ Tory vote share, with a T+H Con win by less than 3 000 votes.
It isn't an accumulator, but rather separate bets, with that the optimal betting outcome.
There was a general sense that "process is more important than supporting a school or principal" for the authority, the review added.
"Decision making in the Education Authority can be characterised by 'has the process been followed?'" it said.
Of course, nothing will change, since these things are always so bloody obvious that everyone involved already knew it was the case, so why would admitting it lead to alteration?
In which case self awareness about it might be even worse.
My eve of poll betting position for tommorow. Best outcome on Wakefield is a Labour win, Greens in third place, with a sub 40% turnout and 35%+ Tory vote share, with a T+H Con win by less than 3 000 votes.
It isn't an accumulator, but rather separate bets, with that the optimal betting outcome.
I've said for a while that the creators of Succession should get Logan Roy to marry Liz Hurley.
Roman's reactions would be great.
I still find it hard to believe that the creator of Succession is also one of the creators of Peep Show.
Perhaps a guest appearance from Super Hans?
The two series share an absolutely bone dry, dark sense of humour. Both are brilliantly funny and biting satires. They're two of the best TV shows ever made. It isn't that hard to believe they share a writer is it?
No, I don’t think there is much communication between Blair and Keir. I think many New Labour types are still unconvinced that Keir has what it takes.
Blair considered launching a third party around the time of peak Brexit lunacy. I think John Major was also interested or involved, as was Ruth Davison. But it fizzled.
After that Blair was backing Jess Phillips but it’s become clear she’s a bit of an empty vessel. Blair is focusing more on his Institute now, but he still has some influence behind the scenes on things like candidate selection.
My insider suggested that Streeting would “not get through the membership”, and conceded we are all probably stuck with Starmer.
If the membership voted for Starmer they would vote for Streeting. However given Labour leads in the polls and Starmer leads as preferred PM they are not going to replace him
Sky News understands ministers asked Train Operating Companies to report back on the customer / operational impact of banning rest day work & overtime over the strike period
When asked if Govt wd have its own Brexit assessment, he said: “I’m not going to make those sorts of assessments because lots were made before the referendum and they are all bilge,”'
On the subject of databases, if Starmer wants a free hit on sanity he could announce Labour will abandon the crazily bureaucratic and expensive Making Tax Digital programme the moment they get into power.
Even if the government steals the idea that would be a huge win for small business.
Oh lord yes. My poor wife now spends 2 days each quarter doing my VAT return that used to take a couple of hours. If anyone on here had any part in writing Quickbooks I would keep it quiet. She wants revenge.
No, I don’t think there is much communication between Blair and Keir. I think many New Labour types are still unconvinced that Keir has what it takes.
Blair considered launching a third party around the time of peak Brexit lunacy. I think John Major was also interested or involved, as was Ruth Davison. But it fizzled.
After that Blair was backing Jess Phillips but it’s become clear she’s a bit of an empty vessel. Blair is focusing more on his Institute now, but he still has some influence behind the scenes on things like candidate selection.
My insider suggested that Streeting would “not get through the membership”, and conceded we are all probably stuck with Starmer.
If the membership voted for Starmer they would vote for Streeting. However given Labour leads in the polls and Starmer leads as preferred PM they are not going to replace him
Starmer worked with Corbyn, Streeting perhaps not so much.
Obviously I would never vote for him in a million years, were I American, but he does at least seem within the basic parameters of sane.
If DeSantis won the GOP nomination Trump would be beyond livid and I would put money on him standing as an independent to wreck his chances.
Given DeSantis currently trails Crist in the latest Florida governorship poll ahead of November's election his candidacy may be over before it even begins
Obviously I would never vote for him in a million years, were I American, but he does at least seem within the basic parameters of sane.
If DeSantis won the GOP nomination Trump would be beyond livid and I would put money on him standing as an independent to wreck his chances.
Given DeSantis currently trails Crist in the latest Florida governorship poll ahead of November's election his candidacy may be over before it even begins
No, I don’t think there is much communication between Blair and Keir. I think many New Labour types are still unconvinced that Keir has what it takes.
Blair considered launching a third party around the time of peak Brexit lunacy. I think John Major was also interested or involved, as was Ruth Davison. But it fizzled.
After that Blair was backing Jess Phillips but it’s become clear she’s a bit of an empty vessel. Blair is focusing more on his Institute now, but he still has some influence behind the scenes on things like candidate selection.
My insider suggested that Streeting would “not get through the membership”, and conceded we are all probably stuck with Starmer.
If the membership voted for Starmer they would vote for Streeting. However given Labour leads in the polls and Starmer leads as preferred PM they are not going to replace him
Starmer worked with Corbyn, Streeting perhaps not so much.
Long Bailey was the Corbynite candidate and was heavily beaten
Good evening all, I promise not to join the PB travelogue by spamming my festival exploits over the next few days but I felt the gorgeous sunset over the Mendip Hills this evening was too good not to be shared. To atone I'll definitely be keeping up with Wakefield and Tiverton & Homerton as the results come in tomorrow evening.
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Yes thank you for clarifying where I did not
Second, his handling of COVID in Florida resulted in thousands of deaths that could have been prevented. Here's an example of his latest blunder:
"In an astoundingly callous move, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’s Department of Health has refused to put in an order with the federal government for a supply of the pediatric vaccines for children under 5, leaving pediatricians and parents to scramble on their own. The deadline for placing a preorder was Tuesday, and the 49 other states met the cutoff. The department said in a statement that it “does not recommend” the shot “for all children,” but, after protests, announced on Friday that it would begin accepting orders for shots from doctors and health-care providers. The department is led by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a DeSantis appointee who has been an outspoken skeptic of coronavirus vaccines."
source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/18/ron-desantis-florida-refuses-children-covid-vaccines/
If you want data, take a look at how the COVID death rates in Florida compare to those of other states. Because COVID transmission occurs mostly indoors, I am predicting that there will be a surge of cases -- and deaths -- this summer in Florida, when many retreat to air-conditioned malls, and the like.
Even if the government steals the idea that would be a huge win for small business.
But until that happens (it never will), some accurate reporting would be preferable to smear by association.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-61080537
Maybe sprinkle some actual knowledge about it during the interview?
I can't believe what Raab is up to today either and yet Starmer has no answer for it. This Government is riding roughshod over pretty much every convention and the opposition is having no impact whatsoever. Johnson is running rings around everyone, particularly Starmer. Mind you I am not convinced that Streeting or Nandy have an answer either, and as for BJO's preferred choice, Burnham, he would be worse still.
Maybe we'll get a teller tomorrow.
We haven't had that many leaflets really either, though maybe neither Tories or LDs have the resources to deliver the villages. Greens haven't even done a freepost, though perhaps that is deliberate.
You'll need to contextualise your Excel skills.
Mention the time we used Excel to do X and it helped us reduce costs/increase sales/target our customers with the best products/etc/delete as applicable.
Apparently living in the UK for decades, having British citizenship etc is never enough to remove the tar of where some people used to live or were born according to some blood and soil nationalists. 😣
I've experienced this bullshit in real life from utter morons being rude to myself as I lived overseas when I was young, and worse my wife because she had the temerity not to be born in this country, or to move here until she was an adult already. But I didn't expect to see such rampant xenophobia on display on this site. 😠
Forcing a one person business to buy some sh*t software to fill in their tax form monthly stinks of lobbying by someone. Forcing monthly reporting for a small business which has a very variable income is also nuts.
Perhaps a guest appearance from Super Hans?
Is that the sort of thing?
It's all the rage in interviewing these days.
And what will it raise? Not a penny. In fact, it will likely cut tax take as people will be so damn busy filling it in they will be less productive.
It's proof the Treasury are useless c***s as well, of course, but that didn't really need proving after the last 30 years.
No, I don’t think there is much communication between Blair and Keir. I think many New Labour types are still unconvinced that Keir has what it takes.
Blair considered launching a third party around the time of peak Brexit lunacy. I think John Major was also interested or involved, as was Ruth Davison. But it fizzled.
After that Blair was backing Jess Phillips but it’s become clear she’s a bit of an empty vessel. Blair is focusing more on his Institute now, but he still has some influence behind the scenes on things like candidate selection.
My insider suggested that Streeting would “not get through the membership”, and conceded we are all probably stuck with Starmer.
Oh yes.
And broken.
Lynch could start with Johnson's policy of increasing the wages of the working class which he was trumpeting only, what, six months ago, as a massive benefit of his Brexit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/22/bristol-couple-jailed-for-enslaving-29-slovakian-people
https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1539640221742297088
As for making tax digital 3- seconds on Google points me at a free vat reporting tool https://anna.money/free-tools/vat-filing/ so there are plenty round
First multigenerational study of Head Start shows significant gains for second generation
https://news.nd.edu/news/first-multigenerational-study-of-head-start-shows-significant-gains-for-second-generation/
Head Start for those unaware:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start_(program)
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Brexit is making the cost of living crisis worse, a new report has found.
So isn't it time for @BorisJohnson to level with the British public and start fixing it?
https://twitter.com/paulwaugh?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
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That is genuine lol funny.
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Mick Whelan is chair of Tulo, the Labour Parry organisation bringing affiliated unions together, as well as Aslef.
Starmer banning frontbenchers going on RMT picket lines is creating internal havoc for zero public gain.
https://twitter.com/Kevin_Maguire/status/1539702967133261825
https://youtu.be/NuPolrd9yuo
I suspect unavoidable family emergencies, dental appointments and that new standby suspected COVID.
Long live England.
What's STAR?
'Jacob Rees-Mogg today said the @resfoundation @LSEnews report was 'Project Fear'.
When asked if Govt wd have its own Brexit assessment, he said:
“I’m not going to make those sorts of assessments because lots were made before the referendum and they are all bilge,”'
Task
Action
Result
It's silly, but having it to hand seems to help, as interviewers are told to look for it in peoples responses. So you don't forget to state what you personally did
Sky News understands ministers asked Train Operating Companies to report back on the customer / operational impact of banning rest day work & overtime over the strike period
Ministers want to stop strikers topping up salaries to make up for strike days when they aren’t paid
https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1539715989616607233
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61896411
But not ideal either.
It isn't an accumulator, but rather separate bets, with that the optimal betting outcome.
Just in case...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61896411
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-61897975
There was a general sense that "process is more important than supporting a school or principal" for the authority, the review added.
"Decision making in the Education Authority can be characterised by 'has the process been followed?'" it said.
Of course, nothing will change, since these things are always so bloody obvious that everyone involved already knew it was the case, so why would admitting it lead to alteration?
In which case self awareness about it might be even worse.
For example rail workers...
New Thread
http://thelistenergroup.com/charlie-crist-leading-ron-desantis-in-very-close-race/
Rail workers
Lawyers
Posties
Teachers
If they really want the 70's vibe, refuse collectors next.