Mr. 1983, it isn't helped by Erdogan. He's an ally of the West, apparently, but seems rather similar to Putin (with fewer foreign adventures but more Islamism).
Quite. A good deal fonder of twitter blackouts, cracking down on political dissent etc. by my reckoning too. And on foreign adventures our media has been exceedingly polite in glossing over Erdogan's attempts to foment the situation in Syria to his advantage.
Mr. 1983, it isn't helped by Erdogan. He's an ally of the West, apparently, but seems rather similar to Putin (with fewer foreign adventures but more Islamism).
Mr Dancer, the Turks having been in occupation of Northern Cyprus since 1974, with the de facto blessing of NATO.
The Official Opposition is simply the largest party presence not in government. If Labour splits then it seems the key question would be who is 2nd official opposition party (which gains some minor rights to speak etc). Could be SNP if split leaves Corbyn with less than 54 MPs.
I believe that the wording is "party in opposition to Her Majesty's government" rather than "party not forming part of Her Majesty's government" or similar. If so Bercow could theoretically rule that because Corbyn can't fill a front bench his party is not effectively opposing HMG and therefore he can't be LOTO. In which case it would have to be Angus Robertson.
Corbyn only has the confidence of around 40 MPs, that's less than Angus Robertson => Robertson should be Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.
The residual (rebel) Labour party is several times bigger than the SNP. Even the Lib Dems had more than twice as many votes as the SNP.
For better or worse that doesn't amount to a hill of beans in the UK parliament.
Mr. 1000, caught up with a friend a week or two ago who said she'd stopped going on Facebook because people on both sides just kept banging on about it.
A sign Corbyn is expecting to lose the court case today ?
The Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith is facing calls to make sure Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot if a judge rules on Thursday that the incumbent leader needs to collect nominations from MPs.
Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) and a key backer of Corbyn, called on Smith to “show courage” and insist on a fair contest if the high court rules at 2pm that Corbyn is not automatically entitled to be on the ballot.
We stayed in it so long because successive UK Governments feared losing political influence over the institutions of the EU, and the structure of the single market, if we vetoed that path and felt we had no choice anyway given the potential economic disruption to do anything but acquiesce.
Plus a huge number of British politicians have made a LOT of money out of the the EU gravy-train graveyard for failed politicians.
Cleggers saw his gravy train pull out of the station on 24th June
Clegg was not an MEP, surely it applies to Farage more.
@theJeremyVine: Have you been dumped by your partner and they blamed Brexit? @BBCRadio2 we are talking about #Brexcuse - people blaming everything on Brexit
Well, eight people defriended me on Facebook.
Does that count?
I was very saddened to learn, when talking to an elderly relation the other day, that her family are “not talking" to her and her husband because she voted Leave, while the rest of them voted Remain. .
Anybody that cause's a rift with their friends and family because they take a different political view is crazy - That really is the way a society can descend from civilized political debate to violence.
I'm hugely optimistic about the modern world, yet it does have some drawbacks.
Our increasing ability to withdraw from the world and only ever encounter headlines/people/arguments we like is worrying. Reasonable people can disagree over the EU. It was ultimately a matter for personal judgement, not the basis for family feuds.
You have to wonder whether these people who are falling out with friends and family over Brexit are entirely rational or whether there were "tensions" long before the referendum.
It's also bringing people together though. Even JackW and MalcG are about to join forces for Scottish independence.... Who would have thunk it?
The Pew figures are for citizenship. I am not convinced that the electorate is more diverse than ever, on the implied metric. Here are some government stats (possibly self-reported, because why separate "reported not registered" from "no response to registration"?). Numbers are /1000.
A sign Corbyn is expecting to lose the court case today ?
The Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith is facing calls to make sure Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot if a judge rules on Thursday that the incumbent leader needs to collect nominations from MPs.
Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) and a key backer of Corbyn, called on Smith to “show courage” and insist on a fair contest if the high court rules at 2pm that Corbyn is not automatically entitled to be on the ballot.
Still nonsense though. It would be a farce if Corbyn doesn't get nominations, but if the rules are fair, and I'll bet when they proposed them they said they were, then it is fair to follow the rules, and if a man cannot get the required nominations when he needs them, that's fair.
Ignoring the intent of the rules was what got Labour into this mess in the first place.
We stayed in it so long because successive UK Governments feared losing political influence over the institutions of the EU, and the structure of the single market, if we vetoed that path and felt we had no choice anyway given the potential economic disruption to do anything but acquiesce.
Plus a huge number of British politicians have made a LOT of money out of the the EU gravy-train graveyard for failed politicians.
Cleggers saw his gravy train pull out of the station on 24th June
Clegg was not an MEP, surely it applies to Farage more.
We stayed in it so long because successive UK Governments feared losing political influence over the institutions of the EU, and the structure of the single market, if we vetoed that path and felt we had no choice anyway given the potential economic disruption to do anything but acquiesce.
Plus a huge number of British politicians have made a LOT of money out of the the EU gravy-train graveyard for failed politicians.
Cleggers saw his gravy train pull out of the station on 24th June
Clegg was not an MEP, surely it applies to Farage more.
Clegg should surely welcome the increased openness of the UK to the 80% of the world not in the EU and to a move away from EU centralisation and towards localism, a strong Lib Dem policy.
BREXIT equals more liberalism.
Let's wait and see if the increased openness actually happens. The main development so far has been the government saying it wants to intervene when foreign investors try to buy British companies. When it comes down to actual cases the voters don't want free trade, they want local shops for local people.
Mr. Urquhart, my understanding is that Tim Marshall left of his own accord (saw a brief Twitter chat about him following his return to Sky, independently, when the coup attempt happened).
FPT The problems identified in the Judgment of the Supreme Court in respect of the named persons legislation are pretty fundamental.
Essentially the Act requires a long list of professionals to share information (which may otherwise be confidential) with the named person who in turn has an obligation to disclose that information to other professionals who may be involved in the wellbeing of the child.
The provisions are found to be in breach of article 8 (protection of family life) because there is no duty to consult the child or the parents of the child before making such disclosures. The Act requires disclosure in many circumstances where the exceptions allowed by Article 8(2) would not apply.
The judgment did not find the provisions incompatible with the Data Protection Act but only because that Act and the EU Directive on which it is based continue to apply to the professionals notwithstanding the terms of the 2014 Act. There are repeated comments that this results in great confusion and uncertainty but it did not make the legislation itself technically incompetent. Anyone reading the explanation of how those provisions would have to work would be well advised to consider how this mess can be sorted out. For all practical purposes the law, as explained by the Supreme Court, requires professionals not to disclose confidential information except in the circumstances already permitted by the DPA.
The decision does not make having a named person for every child incompetent but well deprive that named person of most of their function for the majority of children. The Court are clear that this is not something that can be dealt with by guidance. It requires a change in the legislation and those changes will require the consent of the child or the parents to the disclosure of any confidential material except in extreme circumstances where the safety of the child might be at risk.
James Wolffe, our former Dean of Faculty, who represented the Scottish Ministers in the Supreme Court, is now the Lord Advocate. He is an extremely clever man. I very much hope the question of how this legislation is to be revised is left to him. The question of whether the legislation is a good idea remains a political question on which the Court, very properly, has expressed no view.
Mr. 1000, caught up with a friend a week or two ago who said she'd stopped going on Facebook because people on both sides just kept banging on about it.
I only go on Facebook when I'm bored in the small hours. Pictures of other people's kids and holiday snap... My brother posts dozens of pix of crap furniture he's doing up.
@theJeremyVine: Have you been dumped by your partner and they blamed Brexit? @BBCRadio2 we are talking about #Brexcuse - people blaming everything on Brexit
Well, eight people defriended me on Facebook.
Does that count?
I was very saddened to learn, when talking to an elderly relation the other day, that her family are “not talking" to her and her husband because she voted Leave, while the rest of them voted Remain. .
Anybody that cause's a rift with their friends and family because they take a different political view is crazy - That really is the way a society can descend from civilized political debate to violence.
I'm hugely optimistic about the modern world, yet it does have some drawbacks.
Our increasing ability to withdraw from the world and only ever encounter headlines/people/arguments we like is worrying. Reasonable people can disagree over the EU. It was ultimately a matter for personal judgement, not the basis for family feuds.
You have to wonder whether these people who are falling out with friends or family over Brexit are entirely rational or whether there were "tensions" long before the referendum.
It's also bringing people together though. Even JackW and MalcG are about to join forced for Scottish independence.... Who would have thunk it?
I know. I’d thought that set of my relations were a prettry forgiving lot, likely to get on with each other in spite of everything.
We stayed in it so long because successive UK Governments feared losing political influence over the institutions of the EU, and the structure of the single market, if we vetoed that path and felt we had no choice anyway given the potential economic disruption to do anything but acquiesce.
Plus a huge number of British politicians have made a LOT of money out of the the EU gravy-train graveyard for failed politicians.
Cleggers saw his gravy train pull out of the station on 24th June
Clegg was not an MEP, surely it applies to Farage more.
@theJeremyVine: Have you been dumped by your partner and they blamed Brexit? @BBCRadio2 we are talking about #Brexcuse - people blaming everything on Brexit
We stayed in it so long because successive UK Governments feared losing political influence over the institutions of the EU, and the structure of the single market, if we vetoed that path and felt we had no choice anyway given the potential economic disruption to do anything but acquiesce.
Plus a huge number of British politicians have made a LOT of money out of the the EU gravy-train graveyard for failed politicians.
Cleggers saw his gravy train pull out of the station on 24th June
Clegg was not an MEP, surely it applies to Farage more.
It does, but Clegg would no doubt have got a Brussels job, or at the very least several jobs in Brussels funded quangos.
Mr. Urquhart, my understanding is that Tim Marshall left of his own accord (saw a brief Twitter chat about him following his return to Sky, independently, when the coup attempt happened).
Marshall's a top chap. Very well-informed.
Fair enough. Sky have lost a number of their better people over the past couple of years. Jeff Randall is another that quit.
I read in the Guardian a couple of weeks ago they were going to cut business bulletins (but keep the Ian King show). And Andrew Wilson, Lorna Dunkley and Samantha Simmonds are all leaving.
@dhothersall: Corbynite-controlled CLP selects ineligible member for Labour-held seat, unable to stand as Labour, seat lost. FFS. https://t.co/VItOymWeN9
Do you have to be a party member for 12 months to stand for election ?
Hillary Clinton's former boss and putative predecessor, along with her husband, are perhaps the best speechmakers of recent times. Unfortunately she herself is completely outclassed by them.
I thought B Obama's speech was too long but the opening was... masterful. Getting the Bernie or Busters on side and just appearing effortless.
@theJeremyVine: Have you been dumped by your partner and they blamed Brexit? @BBCRadio2 we are talking about #Brexcuse - people blaming everything on Brexit
@dhothersall: Corbynite-controlled CLP selects ineligible member for Labour-held seat, unable to stand as Labour, seat lost. FFS. https://t.co/VItOymWeN9
Do you have to be a party member for 12 months to stand for election ?
I'm fairly sure that's not the case. I mean, you can leave a party the day after you are elected if you want, so long as you are in the party at the time of submitting nomination papers it seems like that would be all that is needed. I was told in a recent by-election round my way the winning candidate had only been a member of that party for less than 6 months (I'm not certain of the details, although they had previously been the candidate for a different party so were definitely a member of another party at some point)
3. I click on the link, which says: "Alan Bennett admits double murder in Teesside".
I didn't even bother to read the article to check whether the double-murderer Alan Bennett is the same person as the playwright Alan Bennett, or whether they are different people.
Summary for those of us without the ability to watch it at work?
He goes into a church saying doesn't seem to be any security, and comes out a few minutes later to say there are about 12 people in there and if I was a terrorist I could have killed them all...to which the people watching says some very naughty words.
Totnes (South Hams) result: LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6) GRN: 27.1% (-14.4) IND: 21.3% (+21.3) CON: 7.4% (-9.9) Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
Was the IND ex-LAB?
She (I think) is Labour, but has been for less than a year so is ineligible to represent her party under their rules. The branch actually selected someone who couldn't represent them.
Why do light bulbs need to be connected to the internet?
So you can turn them on / off remotely, also the idea is with the internet of things both diagnostics for you and tell you when your bulb is going to go / has gone, order you a new one etc etc etc.
The companies see this as a huge opportunity on the data collection side. They will be able to get automated collection of failure rates of products, how they are used in the home, etc etc etc.
Well I had never heard of this named person thing before today.
What an astonishing load of nanny state bollox. Have they not got better things to do? Interfering busybodies' wet dream!
Have you read the actual legislation rather than the inaccurate summaries that groups who disapprove of sex outside marriage have put together?
You sound as if you're using the assimilation method. I've read the legislation. Interesting that it wouldn't apply to children attending private schools, i.e. most children from rich families.
Suppose Corbyn survives and we return to the status quo, with no split, but not enough Labour MP's willing to take front bench oposition roles. Would it be constitutionally allowable for him to offer positions on the opposition front bench and even shadow cabinet to SNP MP's?
Not suggesting it would be a good move, just wondering if it would be possible.
A sign Corbyn is expecting to lose the court case today ?
The Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith is facing calls to make sure Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot if a judge rules on Thursday that the incumbent leader needs to collect nominations from MPs.
Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) and a key backer of Corbyn, called on Smith to “show courage” and insist on a fair contest if the high court rules at 2pm that Corbyn is not automatically entitled to be on the ballot.
We stayed in it so long because successive UK Governments feared losing political influence over the institutions of the EU, and the structure of the single market, if we vetoed that path and felt we had no choice anyway given the potential economic disruption to do anything but acquiesce.
Plus a huge number of British politicians have made a LOT of money out of the the EU gravy-train graveyard for failed politicians.
Not many leading politicians won't prefer luxuriantly hobnobbing with their equals on a grander scale overseas than dealing with domestic political spats at Westminister.
It was convenient, too. It made politicians' lives easier having many important decisions taken off them. They could instead spend more time being glorified social workers and arguing (as Richard North has put it) about calling boats Boaty McBoatface.
It infantilised UK politics and MPs. That was one of the best arguments for leaving.
Summary for those of us without the ability to watch it at work?
Martin Brunt walks into the church, walks out again and says if he was a terrorist he "could have killed them all"
He even lists them. "There were about a dozen worshippers and one priest. I could have killed them all." Before the camera lingers on a close up of the name of the church.
Mr. kle4, but that simply leads to a paraphrased repetition: why do light bulbs need to be controlled via an app?
Mr Urquhart provides a less flippant answer, although to my mind it seems like the only convenience is on the provider side, not the consumer, for whom a switch works just as well. I hope they are also controllable by switches at least. Phones as universal devices for all sorts of things make a lot of sense, and has many great possibilities, but there are many things we just do not need apps for.
Suppose Corbyn survives and we return to the status quo, with no split, but not enough Labour MP's willing to take front bench oposition roles. Would it be constitutionally allowable for him to offer positions on the opposition front bench and even shadow cabinet to SNP MP's?
Not suggesting it would be a good move, just wondering if it would be possible.
I’d have thought Labour peers would be the first port of call – But with Corbyn? who knows..
Mr. kle4, but that simply leads to a paraphrased repetition: why do light bulbs need to be controlled via an app?
Mr Urquhart provides a less flippant answer, although to my mind it seems like the only convenience is on the provider side, not the consumer, for whom a switch works just as well. I hope they are also controllable by switches at least. Phones as universal devices for all sorts of things make a lot of sense, and has many great possibilities, but there are many things we just do not need apps for.
One of the greatest gifts to the intelligence services was the invention and deployment of soft switches in mobile phones. Bless you, nameless hero.
Totnes (South Hams) result: LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6) GRN: 27.1% (-14.4) IND: 21.3% (+21.3) CON: 7.4% (-9.9) Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
Was the IND ex-LAB?
She (I think) is Labour, but has been for less than a year so is ineligible to represent her party under their rules. The branch actually selected someone who couldn't represent them.
Why do light bulbs need to be connected to the internet?
So you can turn them on / off remotely, also the idea is with the internet of things both diagnostics for you and tell you when your bulb is going to go / has gone, order you a new one etc etc etc.
The companies see this as a huge opportunity on the data collection side. They will be able to get automated collection of failure rates of products, how they are used in the home, etc etc etc.
And insurance companies can tell when and how often your house is empty and so on (and they already use similar technology on cars).
The fear of course is that these things will be hacked so you'll have burglars knowing when you are out for an evening at the opera, and ISIL hackers overdosing patients via IOT-connected drug pumps.
Mr. kle4, but that simply leads to a paraphrased repetition: why do light bulbs need to be controlled via an app?
Mr Urquhart provides a less flippant answer, although to my mind it seems like the only convenience is on the provider side, not the consumer, for whom a switch works just as well. I hope they are also controllable by switches at least. Phones as universal devices for all sorts of things make a lot of sense, and has many great possibilities, but there are many things we just do not need apps for.
It seems that way to me, but a number of big companies seem to think the public really will buy into this.
The drones stuff from the other day is similar. Companies believe they can sell us that x via drone is better, but a big driver is the massive value for them is all the data they can collect by flying a fleet of drones day in day out (a lot of which doesn't need to be the core business).
What an absolute tool.....I just been to Tescos's local....no sign of security.....about 20 people in there...if I was a terrorist....
Remind they kept this guy, but sacked Tim Marshall...
I have just been into my local newsagent for a paper and there weren't any armed police in there.
Fortunately there weren't any terrorists either so I am still alive.
#chickenlickentrolls #letspointouttargets
I’ve just spent a happy half hour in the local Majestic Wine Store. Didn’t even think about terrorists.
Your first sentence should have read 'I've just spent a happy half hour in the local Majestic Wine Store, despite the Brexit vote'.
The alternative form of 'I've just spent a happy half hour in the local Majestic Wine Store - if I had been a terrorist I could have killed them all', would also be acceptable.
Mr. kle4, but that simply leads to a paraphrased repetition: why do light bulbs need to be controlled via an app?
Mr Urquhart provides a less flippant answer, although to my mind it seems like the only convenience is on the provider side, not the consumer, for whom a switch works just as well. I hope they are also controllable by switches at least. Phones as universal devices for all sorts of things make a lot of sense, and has many great possibilities, but there are many things we just do not need apps for.
It seems that way to me, but a number of big companies seem to think the public really will buy into this.
That will depend entirely on the price I suspect - the public will go for what is convenient and what is affordable, preferably both. If something is expensive but very convenient it might get picked up. Since these don't seem to provide much benefit to the user, they will have to at least not be inconvenient in price.
I have a couple of Amazon Echos, some internet connected lights and have also attached a couple of IR blasters to Raspberry Pis. This means that I can: say "Alexa, turn my bedside lamp off" or "Alexa, turn the projector on".
It's really very cool, and genuinely useful (especially if you're carrying things.)
Edit to add: I can also say "Alexa, turn all the downstairs lights off".
I have a couple of Amazon Echos, some internet connected lights and have also attached a couple of IR blasters to Raspberry Pis. This means that I can: "Alexa, turn my bedside lamp off" or "Alexa, turn the projector on".
It's really very cool, and genuinely useful (especially if you're carrying things.)
Totnes (South Hams) result: LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6) GRN: 27.1% (-14.4) IND: 21.3% (+21.3) CON: 7.4% (-9.9) Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
Was the IND ex-LAB?
She (I think) is Labour, but has been for less than a year so is ineligible to represent her party under their rules. The branch actually selected someone who couldn't represent them.
I have a couple of Amazon Echos, some internet connected lights and have also attached a couple of IR blasters to Raspberry Pis. This means that I can: "Alexa, turn my bedside lamp off" or "Alexa, turn the projector on".
It's really very cool, and genuinely useful (especially if you're carrying things.)
Totnes (South Hams) result: LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6) GRN: 27.1% (-14.4) IND: 21.3% (+21.3) CON: 7.4% (-9.9) Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Was the IND ex-LAB?
The situation is confused.
One story is that the Constituency Labour Party chair is claiming than the Labour candidate is Alex Mockridge, the Independent, as she couldn't run under Labour label, being a member for less than a year
Another story is that the CLP meeting used the time to debate Corbyn instead of agreeing a candidate.
Suppose Corbyn survives and we return to the status quo, with no split, but not enough Labour MP's willing to take front bench oposition roles. Would it be constitutionally allowable for him to offer positions on the opposition front bench and even shadow cabinet to SNP MP's?
Not suggesting it would be a good move, just wondering if it would be possible.
SLabbers are currently going mental because some London Labourite has vaguely touted a parliamentary alliance with the SNP. The prospect of SNP MPs taking up shadow cabinet positions would cause mass seppukus north of the border. Whether London Labour would consider that a bad thing..
I have a couple of Amazon Echos, some internet connected lights and have also attached a couple of IR blasters to Raspberry Pis. This means that I can: "Alexa, turn my bedside lamp off" or "Alexa, turn the projector on".
It's really very cool, and genuinely useful (especially if you're carrying things.)
Totnes (South Hams) result: LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6) GRN: 27.1% (-14.4) IND: 21.3% (+21.3) CON: 7.4% (-9.9) Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
Was the IND ex-LAB?
She (I think) is Labour, but has been for less than a year so is ineligible to represent her party under their rules. The branch actually selected someone who couldn't represent them.
Forgive me, how do you know how long they were members from that?
Well the gap between elections was less than a year, and Mark Taylor stood as UKIP in 2015 and CON in 2016 - so obviously there is no rule for the Conservatives that you need to be a member for at least a year in order to stand for election. There doesn't seem to be in the Lib Dems either - hence I'm musing that it is a rule that is particular to the Labour party.
I have a couple of Amazon Echos, some internet connected lights and have also attached a couple of IR blasters to Raspberry Pis. This means that I can: say "Alexa, turn my bedside lamp off" or "Alexa, turn the projector on".
It's really very cool, and genuinely useful (especially if you're carrying things.)
Edit to add: I can also say "Alexa, turn all the downstairs lights off".
I've converted to all LED lighting, but my only other compromise with modernity is a motion sensor in the kitchen that automagically turns the under-cupboard LED strips on when I shuffle down in the middle of the night.
Totnes (South Hams) result: LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6) GRN: 27.1% (-14.4) IND: 21.3% (+21.3) CON: 7.4% (-9.9) Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour
Was the IND ex-LAB?
The situation is confused.
One story is that the Constituency Labour Party chair is claiming than the Labour candidate is Alex Mockridge, the Independent, as she couldn't run under Labour label, being a member for less than a year
Another story is that the CLP meeting used the time to debate Corbyn instead of agreeing a candidate.
Good grief. It really is amateur hour in the CLPs and PLP at the moment.
Or maybe the Lib Dem fightback is ON!
On another note, if you get the chance to watch back any of the keynote speeches from last night's DNC, then Joe Biden's is worth a watch. Appealing to the rust belt/blue collar voters - brilliant speaker.
Well I had never heard of this named person thing before today.
What an astonishing load of nanny state bollox. Have they not got better things to do? Interfering busybodies' wet dream!
Have you read the actual legislation rather than the inaccurate summaries that groups who disapprove of sex outside marriage have put together?
You sound as if you're using the assimilation method. I've read the legislation. Interesting that it wouldn't apply to children attending private schools, i.e. most children from rich families.
Yes it does.
Q. How will independent schools be supported to comply with their duties in the Act? A. The duties in the Act fall on individual school proprietors and it will be for these individual employers to ensure that their staff are appropriately trained to carry out the statutory functions which apply to them. This will include provision of the Named Person role as outlined in the Act. As children and young people move between the independent and state sectors in education, we would encourage CPPs and independent schools to share training on common issues where appropriate. The Scottish Government is providing support and advice on training to all stakeholder groups, including the independent school sector in partnership with Scottish Council for Independent Schools ( SCIS). There are materials available via the website and e newsletter. The statutory guidance will be published in 2015 in advance of the commencement of the Act. Q. Who will provide the Named Person service for children attending an independent school? A. In all cases, the independent school will have a duty to provide the Named Person.
@theJeremyVine: Have you been dumped by your partner and they blamed Brexit? @BBCRadio2 we are talking about #Brexcuse - people blaming everything on Brexit
Well, eight people defriended me on Facebook.
Does that count?
Eight people de friended you because u supported Leave? That crazy, I've heard this happen to other people and its always Remainiacs de friending Leavers, how is it the msm have made us out to be the intolerant stupid ones?
Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong century.
Surely: use a light switch. If the bulb fails, put in a new one. If there aren't many left, buy more.
I see no need for the insertion of the interweb at any stage (perhaps excepting the purchasing part).
It means that if you are in Tokyo, you can turn on the bedroom lights back home in Weybridge in order to disconcert the burglars.
Seems rather a good plan, but I see bulbs are over £50 a pop atm. Will re investigate next year.
I was on a business trip about a year ago. Awake at some ungodly hour, I decided to VPN into the home network and to do some development on our home automation system. (I built it myself.)
Five minutes later I get a panicked call from my wife, as all the lights in the house kept turning on and off. And it was freaking her out. She was particularly cross as it was 2am and I'd managed to wake the kids too.
Suppose Corbyn survives and we return to the status quo, with no split, but not enough Labour MP's willing to take front bench oposition roles. Would it be constitutionally allowable for him to offer positions on the opposition front bench and even shadow cabinet to SNP MP's?
Not suggesting it would be a good move, just wondering if it would be possible.
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The Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith is facing calls to make sure Jeremy Corbyn is on the ballot if a judge rules on Thursday that the incumbent leader needs to collect nominations from MPs.
Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) and a key backer of Corbyn, called on Smith to “show courage” and insist on a fair contest if the high court rules at 2pm that Corbyn is not automatically entitled to be on the ballot.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/28/owen-smith-jeremy-corbyn-ballot-labour-leadership?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_a-politics_b-gdnukpolitics#link_time=1469702212
East Midlands 1999 – 2004
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Clegg
It's also bringing people together though. Even JackW and MalcG are about to join forces for Scottish independence.... Who would have thunk it?
Remind they kept this guy, but sacked Tim Marshall...
(Source: US Census Bureau.)
Still nonsense though. It would be a farce if Corbyn doesn't get nominations, but if the rules are fair, and I'll bet when they proposed them they said they were, then it is fair to follow the rules, and if a man cannot get the required nominations when he needs them, that's fair.
Ignoring the intent of the rules was what got Labour into this mess in the first place.
Marshall's a top chap. Very well-informed.
The problems identified in the Judgment of the Supreme Court in respect of the named persons legislation are pretty fundamental.
Essentially the Act requires a long list of professionals to share information (which may otherwise be confidential) with the named person who in turn has an obligation to disclose that information to other professionals who may be involved in the wellbeing of the child.
The provisions are found to be in breach of article 8 (protection of family life) because there is no duty to consult the child or the parents of the child before making such disclosures. The Act requires disclosure in many circumstances where the exceptions allowed by Article 8(2) would not apply.
The judgment did not find the provisions incompatible with the Data Protection Act but only because that Act and the EU Directive on which it is based continue to apply to the professionals notwithstanding the terms of the 2014 Act. There are repeated comments that this results in great confusion and uncertainty but it did not make the legislation itself technically incompetent. Anyone reading the explanation of how those provisions would have to work would be well advised to consider how this mess can be sorted out. For all practical purposes the law, as explained by the Supreme Court, requires professionals not to disclose confidential information except in the circumstances already permitted by the DPA.
The decision does not make having a named person for every child incompetent but well deprive that named person of most of their function for the majority of children. The Court are clear that this is not something that can be dealt with by guidance. It requires a change in the legislation and those changes will require the consent of the child or the parents to the disclosure of any confidential material except in extreme circumstances where the safety of the child might be at risk.
James Wolffe, our former Dean of Faculty, who represented the Scottish Ministers in the Supreme Court, is now the Lord Advocate. He is an extremely clever man. I very much hope the question of how this legislation is to be revised is left to him. The question of whether the legislation is a good idea remains a political question on which the Court, very properly, has expressed no view.
LDEM: 44.2% (+22.6)
GRN: 27.1% (-14.4)
IND: 21.3% (+21.3)
CON: 7.4% (-9.9)
Labour didn't stand.
Lib Dem GAIN from Labour.
REMAIN 48%
Suck it up, TSE!
Brexit really is damaging people's job prospects.
I read in the Guardian a couple of weeks ago they were going to cut business bulletins (but keep the Ian King show). And Andrew Wilson, Lorna Dunkley and Samantha Simmonds are all leaving.
Can't find anything about it in here: http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/141787/Part-2b-standing-as-a-party-candidate-LGEW.pdf
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36903274
Why do light bulbs need to be connected to the internet?
Hope that hasn't spoiled things for anyone who hasn't seen No Way Out.
1. "Alan Bennett" is trending
2. I thought: Has Alan Bennett died?
3. I click on the link, which says: "Alan Bennett admits double murder in Teesside".
I didn't even bother to read the article to check whether the double-murderer Alan Bennett is the same person as the playwright Alan Bennett, or whether they are different people.
He goes into a church, emerges and says something like "There was no security. If I were a terrorist, I could have killed them all."
The companies see this as a huge opportunity on the data collection side. They will be able to get automated collection of failure rates of products, how they are used in the home, etc etc etc.
Not suggesting it would be a good move, just wondering if it would be possible.
Fortunately there weren't any terrorists either so I am still alive.
#chickenlickentrolls #letspointouttargets
Coat.
It infantilised UK politics and MPs. That was one of the best arguments for leaving.
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/8/elections_and_voting/2463/coventry_city_council_local_elections_-_7_may_2015/17 Westwood (UKIP Mark Taylor)
http://www.coventry.gov.uk/info/8/elections_and_voting/2722/coventry_city_council_local_election_results_-_5_may_2016/5 Cheylesmore (Con Mark Taylor)
The fear of course is that these things will be hacked so you'll have burglars knowing when you are out for an evening at the opera, and ISIL hackers overdosing patients via IOT-connected drug pumps.
Surely: use a light switch. If the bulb fails, put in a new one. If there aren't many left, buy more.
I see no need for the insertion of the interweb at any stage (perhaps excepting the purchasing part).
The drones stuff from the other day is similar. Companies believe they can sell us that x via drone is better, but a big driver is the massive value for them is all the data they can collect by flying a fleet of drones day in day out (a lot of which doesn't need to be the core business).
The alternative form of 'I've just spent a happy half hour in the local Majestic Wine Store - if I had been a terrorist I could have killed them all', would also be acceptable.
I have a couple of Amazon Echos, some internet connected lights and have also attached a couple of IR blasters to Raspberry Pis. This means that I can: say "Alexa, turn my bedside lamp off" or "Alexa, turn the projector on".
It's really very cool, and genuinely useful (especially if you're carrying things.)
Edit to add: I can also say "Alexa, turn all the downstairs lights off".
Almost as if there is are some communication difficulties in the party.
One story is that the Constituency Labour Party chair is claiming than the Labour candidate is Alex Mockridge, the Independent, as she couldn't run under Labour label, being a member for less than a year
Another story is that the CLP meeting used the time to debate Corbyn instead of agreeing a candidate.
Con 385
Lab 165
SNP 55
Others 35
And Labour are still a mess with Corbyn still in charge but unable to get a Shadow Cabinet together, still less a full front bench...
What's to stop the Tories spinning off an "Opposition Conservatives" party?
I noticed by daughter was racing through her maths homework in no time. Had I bred a maths genius?
No. She'd just discovered that she could ask "Alexa, what's 144 divided by 12".
http://dailym.ai/2abLMHu
Seems rather a good plan, but I see bulbs are over £50 a pop atm. Will re investigate next year.
Or maybe the Lib Dem fightback is ON!
On another note, if you get the chance to watch back any of the keynote speeches from last night's DNC, then Joe Biden's is worth a watch. Appealing to the rust belt/blue collar voters - brilliant speaker.
Q. How will independent schools be supported to comply with their
duties in the Act?
A. The duties in the Act fall on individual school proprietors and it will be for these
individual employers to ensure that their staff are appropriately trained to carry out
the statutory functions which apply to them. This will include provision of the Named
Person role as outlined in the Act. As children and young people move between the
independent and state sectors in education, we would encourage CPPs and
independent schools to share training on common issues where appropriate.
The Scottish Government is providing support and advice on training to all
stakeholder groups, including the independent school sector in partnership with
Scottish Council for Independent Schools ( SCIS). There are materials available via
the website and e newsletter. The statutory guidance will be published in 2015 in
advance of the commencement of the Act.
Q. Who will provide the Named Person service for children
attending an independent school?
A. In all cases, the independent school will have a duty to provide the Named Person.
Five minutes later I get a panicked call from my wife, as all the lights in the house kept turning on and off. And it was freaking her out. She was particularly cross as it was 2am and I'd managed to wake the kids too.