The top political betting markets as we start 2023 – politicalbetting.com

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The top political betting markets as we start 2023 – politicalbetting.com

I am publishing the above simply because it is useful to have a reference point about where the betting stood in the key markets at the start of the year.

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DavidL

But Sunak's experience (and lack of it) is an inevitable consequence of long periods in government. The equivalent is the shadow cabinet which contains a lot of people who have never had ministerial responsibility, not even at a junior level. Life was easier in the 60s and 70s when governments changed often enough for there to be a lot of actual experience on both sides.

Benpointer

FPT:

MaxPB said:

eek said:

MaxPB said:

My sister was over today fretting about schools etc... because her first is starting next September and forms need to be submitted soon. Can someone in education explain when schools started having teaching assistants in classrooms? I don't remember having anyone other than the teacher in the classroom for primary or secondary school and yet this now seems commonplace, all classes seem to have a teacher and teaching assistant as standard. Is this is a relatively recent change? It seems like a huge expense for no gain at all. Wouldn't it be better to not have the TAs at all and pay the teachers more? Solves a lot of issues. From what my sister was saying the TAs don't seem to do very much either.

TAs will be there to look after any special needs children of which there are likely to be some.

On a basic level special needs children bring their own pot of money and using TAs is an efficient use of the money which can’t be used for much else.

Hmm, thanks for the info. I wonder whether a better use for the money would be having special needs schools with specialist teachers and staffing ratios to suit rather than just dumping TAs in classrooms.

I know this is not your intent but I fear that that way leads to ghettoisation.

DavidL

On the US the very low possibility of Trump returning is thankfully self fulfilling. His star quality is being a winner. As it becomes increasingly clear that he is not he will hopefully fade quickly. This is not enough however. If the US is to return to the role of a functioning democracy it is essential that Trump is punished for his multiple crimes and dishonesty, just as it is important that Boris is condemned here.

CorrectHorseBattery3

TheScreamingEagles said:

I'm not too keen on the woke, to a lot of them I'm a coconut/Uncle Tom.

Remember I've been told, on more than one occasion, that I don't know what racism is because I'm a privately educated, middle class, Oxbridge graduate chap.

If only I could put them in contact with the EDL people who really didn't like me for having a white girlfriend.

Nah not to me matey, you're class

HYUFD

DavidL said:

But Sunak's experience (and lack of it) is an inevitable consequence of long periods in government. The equivalent is the shadow cabinet which contains a lot of people who have never had ministerial responsibility, not even at a junior level. Life was easier in the 60s and 70s when governments changed often enough for there to be a lot of actual experience on both sides.

The governments of the 1960s and 1970s however were not very successful and led to high inflation and strikes and inefficient nationalised industry and very high taxation. That is why they changed so often.

dixiedean

Benpointer said:

FPT:

MaxPB said:

eek said:

MaxPB said:

My sister was over today fretting about schools etc... because her first is starting next September and forms need to be submitted soon. Can someone in education explain when schools started having teaching assistants in classrooms? I don't remember having anyone other than the teacher in the classroom for primary or secondary school and yet this now seems commonplace, all classes seem to have a teacher and teaching assistant as standard. Is this is a relatively recent change? It seems like a huge expense for no gain at all. Wouldn't it be better to not have the TAs at all and pay the teachers more? Solves a lot of issues. From what my sister was saying the TAs don't seem to do very much either.

TAs will be there to look after any special needs children of which there are likely to be some.

On a basic level special needs children bring their own pot of money and using TAs is an efficient use of the money which can’t be used for much else.

Hmm, thanks for the info. I wonder whether a better use for the money would be having special needs schools with specialist teachers and staffing ratios to suit rather than just dumping TAs in classrooms.

I know this is not your intent but I fear that that way leads to ghettoisation.

It's also a nirvana compared to where we are at.

SandyRentool

I'm not convinced that Labour will win more seats than the Tories. If I was a betting type of person, "Conservatives Most Seats" might be somewhere I'd stake a few quid.

beinndearg

I have just really enjoyed Glass Onion. Hope this doesn't make me a bad person.

Gardenwalker

EXC: Rishi Sunak has shelved plans for a ‘big bang’ overhaul of the childcare system drafted by Liz Truss

Truss was looking at an extra 20hrs of free childcare + scrapping staff-child ratios. Due to be revealed pre Xmas

But reforms delayed + scaled back.

https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1609671687032770566?s=46&t=R5Q6RxYfm1aLTPwRcbXM1Q

Malmesbury

Benpointer said:

FPT:

MaxPB said:

eek said:

MaxPB said:

My sister was over today fretting about schools etc... because her first is starting next September and forms need to be submitted soon. Can someone in education explain when schools started having teaching assistants in classrooms? I don't remember having anyone other than the teacher in the classroom for primary or secondary school and yet this now seems commonplace, all classes seem to have a teacher and teaching assistant as standard. Is this is a relatively recent change? It seems like a huge expense for no gain at all. Wouldn't it be better to not have the TAs at all and pay the teachers more? Solves a lot of issues. From what my sister was saying the TAs don't seem to do very much either.

TAs will be there to look after any special needs children of which there are likely to be some.

On a basic level special needs children bring their own pot of money and using TAs is an efficient use of the money which can’t be used for much else.

Hmm, thanks for the info. I wonder whether a better use for the money would be having special needs schools with specialist teachers and staffing ratios to suit rather than just dumping TAs in classrooms.

I know this is not your intent but I fear that that way leads to ghettoisation.

Including special needs children in regular classes has, in a number of instances, completely disrupted education for everyone else.

Some SENs issues are very, very disruptive.

Gardenwalker

Croatia joined the Euro (and Schengen) today.

dixiedean

Malmesbury said:

Benpointer said:

FPT:

MaxPB said:

eek said:

MaxPB said:

My sister was over today fretting about schools etc... because her first is starting next September and forms need to be submitted soon. Can someone in education explain when schools started having teaching assistants in classrooms? I don't remember having anyone other than the teacher in the classroom for primary or secondary school and yet this now seems commonplace, all classes seem to have a teacher and teaching assistant as standard. Is this is a relatively recent change? It seems like a huge expense for no gain at all. Wouldn't it be better to not have the TAs at all and pay the teachers more? Solves a lot of issues. From what my sister was saying the TAs don't seem to do very much either.

TAs will be there to look after any special needs children of which there are likely to be some.

On a basic level special needs children bring their own pot of money and using TAs is an efficient use of the money which can’t be used for much else.

Hmm, thanks for the info. I wonder whether a better use for the money would be having special needs schools with specialist teachers and staffing ratios to suit rather than just dumping TAs in classrooms.

I know this is not your intent but I fear that that way leads to ghettoisation.

Including special needs children in regular classes has, in a number of instances, completely disrupted education for everyone else.

Some SENs issues are very, very disruptive.

Inclusion needs to be a broad brush.

Gardenwalker

beinndearg said:

I have just really enjoyed Glass Onion. Hope this doesn't make me a bad person.

Daniel Craig is fun; he and Janelle Monae are worth the price of admission. I enjoyed it, it’s just that it’s very largely shite.

dixiedean

Gardenwalker said:

Croatia joined the Euro (and Schengen) today.

Continuing the march of countries out of the EU structure.
Who will be next?
Doubtless the Express will know.

Luckyguy1983

Gardenwalker said:

EXC: Rishi Sunak has shelved plans for a ‘big bang’ overhaul of the childcare system drafted by Liz Truss

Truss was looking at an extra 20hrs of free childcare + scrapping staff-child ratios. Due to be revealed pre Xmas

But reforms delayed + scaled back.

https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1609671687032770566?s=46&t=R5Q6RxYfm1aLTPwRcbXM1Q

Government by blob. We can't have that, can we, no no, don't want to upset the applecart.

beinndearg

Gardenwalker said:

beinndearg said:

I have just really enjoyed Glass Onion. Hope this doesn't make me a bad person.

Daniel Craig is fun; he and Janelle Monae are worth the price of admission. I enjoyed it, it’s just that it’s very largely shite.

Not very twisty either. I was assuming SPOILER that the twin thing would turn out to be a fiction.

Malmesbury

dixiedean said:

Malmesbury said:

Benpointer said:

FPT:

MaxPB said:

eek said:

MaxPB said:

My sister was over today fretting about schools etc... because her first is starting next September and forms need to be submitted soon. Can someone in education explain when schools started having teaching assistants in classrooms? I don't remember having anyone other than the teacher in the classroom for primary or secondary school and yet this now seems commonplace, all classes seem to have a teacher and teaching assistant as standard. Is this is a relatively recent change? It seems like a huge expense for no gain at all. Wouldn't it be better to not have the TAs at all and pay the teachers more? Solves a lot of issues. From what my sister was saying the TAs don't seem to do very much either.

TAs will be there to look after any special needs children of which there are likely to be some.

On a basic level special needs children bring their own pot of money and using TAs is an efficient use of the money which can’t be used for much else.

Hmm, thanks for the info. I wonder whether a better use for the money would be having special needs schools with specialist teachers and staffing ratios to suit rather than just dumping TAs in classrooms.

I know this is not your intent but I fear that that way leads to ghettoisation.

Including special needs children in regular classes has, in a number of instances, completely disrupted education for everyone else.

Some SENs issues are very, very disruptive.

Inclusion needs to be a broad brush.

That’s sounds very nice. But what does it mean?

beinndearg

NEW THREAD

Must be a record

IanB2

Gardenwalker said:

Croatia joined the Euro (and Schengen) today.

Also today, my longtime bets that no other country would trigger article fifty before 2023 finally pay out. Best odds of the bunch, 1.58 made in April 2019.

kinabalu

test

MaxPB

rcs1000 said:

I was using Chat GPT today, to see if I could use .format in Python to convert datetime objects:

Yes, you can use the .format() method to format dates and datetime objects as strings. To do this, you need to use a format string that includes codes for the elements you want to include in the formatted date, such as the day, month, and year.

Here's an example of how you can use the .format() method to format a date as a string:

Copy code
from datetime import date

# Create a date object
d = date(2022, 1, 1)

# Use the .format() method to format the date as a string
formatted_date = d.strftime('%B %d, %Y')

print(formatted_date) # Output: January 01, 2022

Can any Python users deduce the small issue with the answer?

Maybe I'm going mad but where is using the .format() function?

tyson

Gardenwalker said:

beinndearg said:

I have just really enjoyed Glass Onion. Hope this doesn't make me a bad person.

Daniel Craig is fun; he and Janelle Monae are worth the price of admission. I enjoyed it, it’s just that it’s very largely shite.

I slept through pretty much the whole of it...my wife enjoyed it though...
Hustle though on Netflix is a gem....Adam Sandler is magnificent.

We are working our way through the series Gomorrah too.....perhaps the single most bleakest, violent, nihilistic series ever filmed. It makes Goodfellas seem like light comedy by comparison. At times unwatchable.

I am so dreading returning to work tomorrow by the way. I'm sure there are a few others in my boat....