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As per the new format of the show each guest chooses some polling that they think is interesting and the group discuss what it means. Topics discussed this week include:
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OK 4th like Stein
I mean, I know that SATs are supposed to measure aptitude (as with IQ tests), but there is ample evidence that practice and training has a dramatic effect on results. And, do you really want children to spend 18 months drilling on fairly standardised tests of mental agility?
Why are Leavers so thick? Ah got it, she went to Oxford.
Louise Mensch Confuses Fabric Night Club With Brexit, Gets Comically Torn Apart
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/louise-mensch-brexit-fabric_uk_57cff2f5e4b0d45ff8706b1c?
But the flip side that the youth are more important than the oldies is as daft as Andrea Leadsom's argument that she'd be a better Prime Minister than Theresa May, because she had children and Mrs May doesn't.
By the Leadsom argument, Mick Philpott is the most eminently qualified person in the country to be Prime Minister.
On a side note thanks for that book recommendation earlier on today. I bought it and read a couple of chapters whilst waiting for Herself to dish up supper. The question I have is why did they stop actually teaching that stuff at school?
(Any better than none) does not imply (many better than few).
And I'm saying the logic fail was all Mrs Leadsom's.
Sir Winston Churchill died 51 years ago but an parliament insider said his poo may still be in the sewage system because the pipes are so old.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1744926/politicians-have-to-leave-the-houses-of-parliament-for-five-years-while-10billion-refurb-takes-place/
"But the Philippine leader, who has insulted prominent figures before, is not the only one guilty of offending world leaders.
"From a "sadistic nurse" to "the devil" himself, here are some of the more memorable comments made by or about those in positions of power."
On every occasion I saw a mouse or rat, once millimetres from my food.
To say I went all ponceyboots gaylord would be an understatement.
Dan Hannan
I'm starting to think that we Leavers need an equivalent to @eddieizzard's pink beret. I'm trying out this look... https://t.co/y7grEMsdyE
4-4 fifth set.
Murray fell apart after the PA system made a bleep in the middle of a point in the fourth set when he was coasting along.
https://www.twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/773639726070988802
The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said it was looking into Timea Bacsinszky's win over Vitalia Diatchenko.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/37302708
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1745441/leader-of-black-lives-matter-uk-blacked-up-and-pretended-to-be-in-the-minstrels/
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/773532773994725376
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/07/pro-eu-protest-planned-for-last-night-of-the-proms
What I find weird is that lots of people don't seem to be able to separate Europe / European countries from the political unions that is the EU.
https://twitter.com/DailyMail/status/773587502024257536
As for Owen Smith, no he doesn't have a single chance.
I can't think of a worse night to make a protest than Last Night of the Proms with the British flag waving and triumphalist finale to Land of Hope and Glory etc ... the idea anyone at the end of Last Night is going to become pro-Remain when they weren't before is about as likely as John McDonnell being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer by our new PM.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rem_Koolhaas#European_Flag_proposal
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/sep/15/2
It was actually used for a short period between 2004-2006.
LEAVE 52%
REMAIN 48%
The people have spoken, they're keen for the central and highest authority to be the parliament that only their own demos votes for.
I remember mocking it back then, when I read "EU flag campaigner" I remembered it again.
In the words of the good lady. Brexit means Brexit.
REMAIN 48%
It's the PB equivalent of yelling MORNINGTON CRESCENT! Game over. No more discussion.
The people have spoken.
Don't you love the smell of democracy in the morning?