'In 1999 I was elected to the Scottish Parliament as a Conservative MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife. In my first speech in the chamber as a callow, inexperienced politician, I levelled the charge at the late Donald Dewar that he lacked ambition for Scotland. My words then were: “If you never raise your eyes above the horizon you will never see the stars.” Today, nearly 15 years later, the more successful Scotland I believe most of us want is not only firmly in focus – it is within our reach. More recently, I have become convinced that a Yes vote on 18 September next year is the way to achieve that better Scotland.'
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
Wow, no further Eastern European countries in the EU!
So, considering Poland, Romania and Bulgaria have already been admitted and we've been flooded with Poles and have Bulgarians and Romanians (with extensive Roma populations) still to come, exactly what 'red line' is being talked about?
Nigel fights to regain control of our borders.
Clueless Dave locks stable door after a string of horses have bolted.
Avery LP - Do keep up. The post from Divvie is for tomorrow, the link you have posted is for Friday.
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
Avery LP - Do keep up. The post from Divvie is for tomorrow, the link you have posted is for Friday.
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
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Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
Avery LP - Do keep up. The post from Divvie is for tomorrow, the link you have posted is for Friday.
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
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Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
THE long summer holidays and short working days enjoyed by teachers could be scrapped under plans to provide schools with the flexibility to open until 6pm for up to 51 weeks a year.
The proposals have been submitted to the School Teachers Review Body, an independent panel that vets teachers’ pay and working conditions, by Michael Gove, the education secretary. The panel is due to report by January 14, after which the government will decide whether to accept its recommendations.
LABOUR is studying plans to extend elections from one day to a week and to set up ballot boxes in supermarkets and railway stations in an attempt to increase the number of people voting.
The party will also consider changing the days on which polls open — perhaps to Saturday from Thursday — to fit in better with the lifestyles of working people.
THE long summer holidays and short working days enjoyed by teachers could be scrapped under plans to provide schools with the flexibility to open until 6pm for up to 51 weeks a year.
The proposals have been submitted to the School Teachers Review Body, an independent panel that vets teachers’ pay and working conditions, by Michael Gove, the education secretary. The panel is due to report by January 14, after which the government will decide whether to accept its recommendations.
Avery LP - Do keep up. The post from Divvie is for tomorrow, the link you have posted is for Friday.
Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable.
THE long summer holidays and short working days enjoyed by teachers could be scrapped under plans to provide schools with the flexibility to open until 6pm for up to 51 weeks a year.
The proposals have been submitted to the School Teachers Review Body, an independent panel that vets teachers’ pay and working conditions, by Michael Gove, the education secretary. The panel is due to report by January 14, after which the government will decide whether to accept its recommendations.
That'll give the part-timers something to moan about.
Teachers get more time off than Douglas Bader's legs.
THE long summer holidays and short working days enjoyed by teachers could be scrapped under plans to provide schools with the flexibility to open until 6pm for up to 51 weeks a year.
The proposals have been submitted to the School Teachers Review Body, an independent panel that vets teachers’ pay and working conditions, by Michael Gove, the education secretary. The panel is due to report by January 14, after which the government will decide whether to accept its recommendations.
I doubt that will surprise anyone.
As someone who knows a few teachers, it was the short working days perception that might have upset teachers
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
He hasn't vetoed anything. He signed off on the next step in the enlargement process as usual without even mentioning the issue, the gave a press conference for purely domestic consumption:
"But EU diplomatic sources claim this is just empty rhetoric.“If he was serious about changing the rules, the UK would have raised the question at the previous General Affairs Council, whose conclusions on enlargement Cameron endorsed."
THE long summer holidays and short working days enjoyed by teachers could be scrapped under plans to provide schools with the flexibility to open until 6pm for up to 51 weeks a year.
The proposals have been submitted to the School Teachers Review Body, an independent panel that vets teachers’ pay and working conditions, by Michael Gove, the education secretary. The panel is due to report by January 14, after which the government will decide whether to accept its recommendations.
I doubt that will surprise anyone.
As someone who knows a few teachers, it was the short working days perception that might have upset teachers
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
He hasn't vetoed anything. He signed off on the next step in the enlargement process as usual without even mentioning the issue, the gave a press conference for purely domestic consumption:
"But EU diplomatic sources claim this is just empty rhetoric.“If he was serious about changing the rules, the UK would have raised the question at the previous General Affairs Council, whose conclusions on enlargement Cameron endorsed."
It's interesting given the almost total lack of police enthusiasm for cases like that since they were stitched up over Driberg-Boothby back in the 1960s.
Now why do we think that the lefty Independent might print an article about a Labour politician being investigated by the police but put a photograph of David Cameron at the top?
I'm assuming that Janner is one of the minor figures standing right at the back of the picture in the corner.
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
He hasn't vetoed anything. He signed off on the next step in the enlargement process as usual without even mentioning the issue, the gave a press conference for purely domestic consumption:
"But EU diplomatic sources claim this is just empty rhetoric.“If he was serious about changing the rules, the UK would have raised the question at the previous General Affairs Council, whose conclusions on enlargement Cameron endorsed."
Dave might have had a prior word with Angela but there is no way a British Prime Minister would talk to an Eurocrat in the General Affairs Council.
The nation's pride is at stake.
You know the "Queen of Europe" Twitter account is a joke, right? Merkel isn't really Queen of Europe. If you want to affect what the EU does, you bring it up at the meeting where the ministers from the countries in the EU make decisions about it.
On the other hand, if you just want to keep a newspaper off your case you don't say anything and just have a press conference later to make gullible people think you did.
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
He hasn't vetoed anything. He signed off on the next step in the enlargement process as usual without even mentioning the issue, the gave a press conference for purely domestic consumption:
"But EU diplomatic sources claim this is just empty rhetoric.“If he was serious about changing the rules, the UK would have raised the question at the previous General Affairs Council, whose conclusions on enlargement Cameron endorsed."
Dave might have had a prior word with Angela but there is no way a British Prime Minister would talk to an Eurocrat in the General Affairs Council.
The nation's pride is at stake.
You know the "Queen of Europe" Twitter account is a joke, right? Merkel isn't really Queen of Europe. If you want to affect what the EU does, you bring it up at the meeting where the ministers from the countries in the EU make decisions about it.
On the other hand, if you just want to keep a newspaper off your case you don't say anything and just have a press conference later to make gullible people think you did.
I thought the traditional way of "affecting what the EU does" was to give up most of the rebate first and the really really hope that the French would have a chat over coffee about the Common Agricultural Policy afterwards?
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
He hasn't vetoed anything. He signed off on the next step in the enlargement process as usual without even mentioning the issue, the gave a press conference for purely domestic consumption:
"But EU diplomatic sources claim this is just empty rhetoric.“If he was serious about changing the rules, the UK would have raised the question at the previous General Affairs Council, whose conclusions on enlargement Cameron endorsed."
Dave might have had a prior word with Angela but there is no way a British Prime Minister would talk to an Eurocrat in the General Affairs Council.
The nation's pride is at stake.
You know the "Queen of Europe" Twitter account is a joke, right? Merkel isn't really Queen of Europe. If you want to affect what the EU does, you bring it up at the meeting where the ministers from the countries in the EU make decisions about it.
On the other hand, if you just want to keep a newspaper off your case you don't say anything and just have a press conference later to make gullible people think you did.
Edmondo
I think our disagreement can be best explained by time difference.You are enjoying breakfast on the day after winter solstice.
Now why do we think that the lefty Independent might print an article about a Labour politician being investigated by the police but put a photograph of David Cameron at the top?
I'm assuming that Janner is one of the minor figures standing right at the back of the picture in the corner.
How odd.
He is on the right looking at the photo or standing behind Cameron's left side.
Now why do we think that the lefty Independent might print an article about a Labour politician being investigated by the police but put a photograph of David Cameron at the top?
I'm assuming that Janner is one of the minor figures standing right at the back of the picture in the corner.
How odd.
He is on the right looking at the photo or standing behind Cameron's left side.
Many thanks, appreciated - I had also resorted to Google images to narrow down the options.
Interestingly it appears that photographs of Janner actually exist which don't feature him standing behind a random Prime Minister.
Google Images must have been out of stock that afternoon.
Isn't this "dismissal" a gravy train for the Manager's ? They insist on their "contract" being paid. Fine. Then immediately or shortly thereafter start a new job.
So, if you are relatively successful and do not end up getting the sack, you will actually earn less money if they both had the same contract.
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
If you mean Cameron makes claims he knows to be false and promises he knows he cannot keep whilst UKIP points out the idiocy of the EU then yes I agree that is indeed the difference between the two of them.
As has already been mentioned Cameron has not vetoed any expansion, has no intention of vetoing any expansion and cannot make any changes to the EU rules on free movement of people's for as long as the UK is a member of the EU.
He is simply making himself (and anyone who actually believes him) look stupid.
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
If you mean Cameron makes claims he knows to be false and promises he knows he cannot keep whilst UKIP points out the idiocy of the EU then yes I agree that is indeed the difference between the two of them.
As has already been mentioned Cameron has not vetoed any expansion, has no intention of vetoing any expansion and cannot make any changes to the EU rules on free movement of people's for as long as the UK is a member of the EU.
He is simply making himself (and anyone who actually believes him) look stupid.
You are absolutely correct. The free movement of people's are enshrined in the original Treaty of Rome. No government can say they were unaware of it.
Wasn't Mrs Thatcher the main driver behind East European expansion ?
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
There are quite a few Englishmen in Australia for various reasons if Monty got injured. I thought Swann needed to go and he's gone, whether of his own accord or not. I think he has the right to announce his retirement even if he was actually pushed.
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
Swann is also probably going to still be in Oz himself, judging by his column. Reads like he plans to take a holiday.
Isn't this "dismissal" a gravy train for the Manager's ? They insist on their "contract" being paid. Fine. Then immediately or shortly thereafter start a new job.
So, if you are relatively successful and do not end up getting the sack, you will actually earn less money if they both had the same contract.
The entire situation regarding football management is completely farcical anyway. Chelsea sacked so many that they've ended up back where they started ! It is a contract between owners who generally want to rid themselves of some of their cash, and managers (Some good, some clueless) who are on a merry-go round from club to club. If it was public money I'd be concerned but I find it amusing
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
That's an interesting point about contracts. The devil will be in the legal detail of central ECB contracts. Swann was on a full central contract which I think isn't limited just to the series itself but for a longer period. I doubt we'll ever know - he will surface in a commentary box for the India series I am sure.
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
There are quite a few Englishmen in Australia for various reasons if Monty got injured. I thought Swann needed to go and he's gone, whether of his own accord or not. I think he has the right to announce his retirement even if he was actually pushed.
Plenty of qualified players taking part in the Big Bash tonight - Hales, Shah, Kieswetter...
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
There are quite a few Englishmen in Australia for various reasons if Monty got injured. I thought Swann needed to go and he's gone, whether of his own accord or not. I think he has the right to announce his retirement even if he was actually pushed.
Plenty of qualified players taking part in the Big Bash tonight - Hales, Shah, Kieswetter...
Woakes was playing yesterday. Swann is taking some stick on Twitter, though I'm sure he is big and ugly enough to cope with that. The fact that he really doesn't seem to have decided if he's playing any cricket next year suggests this wasn't long in the planning. He's quite possibly retired from international duty in an Andy Cole sense. But I have no problem with him doing that.
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
There are quite a few Englishmen in Australia for various reasons if Monty got injured. I thought Swann needed to go and he's gone, whether of his own accord or not. I think he has the right to announce his retirement even if he was actually pushed.
Plenty of qualified players taking part in the Big Bash tonight - Hales, Shah, Kieswetter...
Woakes was playing yesterday. Swann is taking some stick on Twitter, though I'm sure he is big and ugly enough to cope with that. The fact that he really doesn't seem to have decided if he's playing any cricket next year suggests this wasn't long in the planning. He's quite possibly retired from international duty in an Andy Cole sense. But I have no problem with him doing that.
The original article on cricinfo had Swann paying tribute to his club in what seemed an oddly past-tense way, so that suggested a retirement from that arena too. I guess that leaves him with a swannsong (see what I did there?) in the IPL before picking up a microphone.
With apologies, my incredibly limited knowledge/interest in football leaves me unaware of what you mean with the Ashley Cole reference.
I see Swann has backed Scottie Borthwick as a long term replacement. Well, its a relatively short shortlist....
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
The tour selectors probably told him politely in advance that he would be dropped and he has thrown all the toys out of the pram.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Why? If he was told informally that his time was up, surely you or I in that situation would take the opportunity to spend Christmas at home with our family and friends?
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Surely he has a contract to play until the end of the series. If Monty was injured in the 4th test, who will bowl in Sydney ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
There are quite a few Englishmen in Australia for various reasons if Monty got injured. I thought Swann needed to go and he's gone, whether of his own accord or not. I think he has the right to announce his retirement even if he was actually pushed.
Plenty of qualified players taking part in the Big Bash tonight - Hales, Shah, Kieswetter...
Woakes was playing yesterday. Swann is taking some stick on Twitter, though I'm sure he is big and ugly enough to cope with that. The fact that he really doesn't seem to have decided if he's playing any cricket next year suggests this wasn't long in the planning. He's quite possibly retired from international duty in an Andy Cole sense. But I have no problem with him doing that.
The original article on cricinfo had Swann paying tribute to his club in what seemed an oddly past-tense way, so that suggested a retirement from that arena too. I guess that leaves him with a swannsong (see what I did there?) in the IPL before picking up a microphone.
With apologies, my incredibly limited knowledge/interest in football leaves me unaware of what you mean with the Ashley Cole reference.
I see Swann has backed Scottie Borthwick as a long term replacement. Well, its a relatively short shortlist....
Andy Cole 'retired from international duty' having hardly been picked in ages. Not Ashley. We still need him in the squad!
Andy Cole 'retired from international duty' having hardly been picked in ages. Not Ashley. We still need him in the squad!
Ah! That mis-type shows my ignorance even more! But thanks for the explanation. I was based in Pompey when Terry Venables was in charge there, and I blame him for my aggressively apathetic attitude to football.
The difference between UKIP and the Conservatives.
If you mean Cameron makes claims he knows to be false and promises he knows he cannot keep whilst UKIP points out the idiocy of the EU then yes I agree that is indeed the difference between the two of them.
As has already been mentioned Cameron has not vetoed any expansion, has no intention of vetoing any expansion and cannot make any changes to the EU rules on free movement of people's for as long as the UK is a member of the EU.
He is simply making himself (and anyone who actually believes him) look stupid.
You are absolutely correct. The free movement of people's are enshrined in the original Treaty of Rome. No government can say they were unaware of it.
Wasn't Mrs Thatcher the main driver behind East European expansion ?
Right. But TBF this policy hasn't really worked out the way they strategized it, so maybe it makes tactical sense to ditch it.
The idea was that they would make the EU "broad and shallow", which was supposed to prevent the core from integrating. But for that to work you need Europe to move at a single speed. Thatcher and Major then found they weren't able to sell the idea of staying together with the core to their base, so they ended up embracing a two-speed Europe with "flexible geometry". Once you've done that, enlargement doesn't slow very much down, because the core just move ahead, if necessary formally outside the EU as with the original Schengen, and the new members integrate in the core when they're ready.
It's interesting how most international cricketers usually retire from the game completely these days. Until about ten years ago it was usual for them to play another five years or so in county cricket. I guess the idea of spending cold mornings in front of two men and a dog at Scarborough isn't very appealing to today's international players.
We all have a pretty good idea who that is. The rumour mills were working overtime a 28 years ago.
Remember how the rumour mills got another story wrong last year? It led to several court cases, some famous people getting embarrassed, donations to charity, and a great deal of personal pain for an innocent man whose only sin was possessing the same surname as another man.
And he had suffered those rumours for well over a decade.
Also note that the police investigating someone does not equate to guilt.
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It'll all be out in the open soon enough, once the arrest is made.
Unlike certain other legal cases which Mike does not want us to even mention,*this one will probably be under Scots law, so Mike will perhaps be under less pressure to keep a lid on it.
*according to the Herald the alleged offences occurred "at various locations in England".
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
It seems that the stubborn Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid and the stubborn British nationalist Lib-Con government in London have been working hand in hand. Fools.
All this Lib-Con mucking about is going to put even more strain on the collapsing Bitter Together stitch up. Most Labour folk are sick of the Tory front organisation already.
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
It seems that the stubborn Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid and the stubborn British nationalist Lib-Con government in London have been working hand in hand. Fools.
All this Lib-Con mucking about is going to put even more strain on the collapsing Bitter Together stitch up. Most Labour folk are sick of the Tory front organisation already.
Can you post your polling evidence for the last assertion?
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
It seems that the stubborn Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid and the stubborn British nationalist Lib-Con government in London have been working hand in hand. Fools.
All this Lib-Con mucking about is going to put even more strain on the collapsing Bitter Together stitch up. Most Labour folk are sick of the Tory front organisation already.
having failed so far to attract Cameron into a debate, Salmonds now reduced to inventing bogeyman stories. Desperate stuff.
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
It seems that the stubborn Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid and the stubborn British nationalist Lib-Con government in London have been working hand in hand. Fools.
All this Lib-Con mucking about is going to put even more strain on the collapsing Bitter Together stitch up. Most Labour folk are sick of the Tory front organisation already.
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
As you say it could be an outlier. However, it could also be the first sign that the nationalists have overplayed their hand and that maybe Rajoy has got it right. For all it's undoubted continual problems Spain is moving slowly but surely in the right direction economically.
The latest independence poll in Catalonia - and the first since the proposed wording for the referendum that will not happen was released - shows a tiny No lead. That has not been seen for a very long time - in a straight choice Yes is usually a decent way ahead. It could be an outlier, but if not it suggests that a Basque style devomax solution would probably put the issue to bed. However, the stubborn, Spanish nationalist PP government in Madrid will not contemplate such a thing. Fools.
As you say it could be an outlier. However, it could also be the first sign that the nationalists have overplayed their hand and that maybe Rajoy has got it right. For all it's undoubted continual problems Spain is moving slowly but surely in the right direction economically.
If No really is ahead in Catalonia, then Rajoy has got it even more wrong than everybody already thinks he has. Surely the best result for Spanish nationalists would be a democratic No vote. Using military force to prevent the vote taking place at all would be a disaster for Spanish nationalists. And for the whole of Europe.
@Stuart - Rajoy and PP can be relied on to make bad choices on how to deal with Catalonian separatism. They are Spanish nationalists with an unhealthy regard for Franco. A deal with the Catalan government that have Catalonia what the Basques have, followed by a referendum to confirm it, would solve everything. But they seem to prefer the confrontation. It's utterly ridiculous; not that the small-minded, parochial Catalan nationalists in Barcelona are that much better.
That said, given the Gibraltar stand-off the idea that London and Madrid are engaged in some anti Scottish conspiracy is a bit far fetched, surely.
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How will an independent Scotland join if new members are vetoed?
But this article appears to be the lead on the Herald's website:
http://bit.ly/1kuhw9I
So, considering Poland, Romania and Bulgaria have already been admitted and we've been flooded with Poles and have Bulgarians and Romanians (with extensive Roma populations) still to come, exactly what 'red line' is being talked about?
Nigel fights to regain control of our borders.
Clueless Dave locks stable door after a string of horses have bolted.
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.
If all time is eternally present
All time is unredeemable.
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What or where is "Burnt Norton"?
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And Happy Birthday (what's left of it!).
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From the Sunday Times
THE long summer holidays and short working days enjoyed by teachers could be scrapped under plans to provide schools with the flexibility to open until 6pm for up to 51 weeks a year.
The proposals have been submitted to the School Teachers Review Body, an independent panel that vets teachers’ pay and working conditions, by Michael Gove, the education secretary. The panel is due to report by January 14, after which the government will decide whether to accept its recommendations.
LABOUR is studying plans to extend elections from one day to a week and to set up ballot boxes in supermarkets and railway stations in an attempt to increase the number of people voting.
The party will also consider changing the days on which polls open — perhaps to Saturday from Thursday — to fit in better with the lifestyles of working people.
Teachers get more time off than Douglas Bader's legs.
I hope he moves into the commentary box.
Something tells me, he'd be like David Lloyd.
"But EU diplomatic sources claim this is just empty rhetoric.“If he was serious about changing the rules, the UK would have raised the question at the previous General Affairs Council, whose conclusions on enlargement Cameron endorsed."
http://m.euractiv.com/details.php?aid=532554
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Tomorrow's front page:
Clegg blocks more curbs on migrants
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Dave might have had a prior word with Angela but there is no way a British Prime Minister would talk to an Eurocrat in the General Affairs Council.
The nation's pride is at stake.
Up there with Djimi Traore's and Jamie Pollock's efforts.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-investigating-child-abuse-search-peer-greville-janners-home-9019061.html
Jonathan Trott,England`s most reliable player goes off sick and now Swann trotts off into retirement just because he`s had a few bad tests.
You might as well have posted:
Well at least we know it cannot be:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/fresh-jimmy-savile-sex-abuse-allegations-are-being-reported-weekly-8972358.html
I'm assuming that Janner is one of the minor figures standing right at the back of the picture in the corner.
How odd.
On the other hand, if you just want to keep a newspaper off your case you don't say anything and just have a press conference later to make gullible people think you did.
Worked well for Blair.
I think our disagreement can be best explained by time difference.You are enjoying breakfast on the day after winter solstice.
Interestingly it appears that photographs of Janner actually exist which don't feature him standing behind a random Prime Minister.
Google Images must have been out of stock that afternoon.
He could have retired at the end of the tour !
Isn't this "dismissal" a gravy train for the Manager's ? They insist on their "contract" being paid.
Fine. Then immediately or shortly thereafter start a new job.
So, if you are relatively successful and do not end up getting the sack, you will actually earn less money if they both had the same contract.
Would you hang around thousands of miles from home for two more Tests just carrying the drinks? I'd be on the next flight back with a beer in my hand.
Worth a read !
As has already been mentioned Cameron has not vetoed any expansion, has no intention of vetoing any expansion and cannot make any changes to the EU rules on free movement of people's for as long as the UK is a member of the EU.
He is simply making himself (and anyone who actually believes him) look stupid.
Wasn't Mrs Thatcher the main driver behind East European expansion ?
Prima Donna will be in England by then. We seem to have different interpretations of contracts. One for Sportspeople [ Players and Managers ] and another for the rest of us.
It is a contract between owners who generally want to rid themselves of some of their cash, and managers (Some good, some clueless) who are on a merry-go round from club to club. If it was public money I'd be concerned but I find it amusing
With apologies, my incredibly limited knowledge/interest in football leaves me unaware of what you mean with the Ashley Cole reference.
I see Swann has backed Scottie Borthwick as a long term replacement. Well, its a relatively short shortlist....
I was based in Pompey when Terry Venables was in charge there, and I blame him for my aggressively apathetic attitude to football.
The idea was that they would make the EU "broad and shallow", which was supposed to prevent the core from integrating. But for that to work you need Europe to move at a single speed. Thatcher and Major then found they weren't able to sell the idea of staying together with the core to their base, so they ended up embracing a two-speed Europe with "flexible geometry". Once you've done that, enlargement doesn't slow very much down, because the core just move ahead, if necessary formally outside the EU as with the original Schengen, and the new members integrate in the core when they're ready.
Look up Geoffrey Dickens MP, and his dossier on the Paedophile Information Exchange, which mysteriously disappeared.
And never forget, good people of Britain, who their friends and apologists were...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2523526/How-Labour-Deputy-Harriet-Harman-shadow-minister-husband-Health-Secretary-Patricia-Hewitt-linked-group-lobbying-right-sex-children.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/inside-westminster-if-the-prime-minister-wants-to-change-the-eu-he-has-to-stop-making-enemies-9018943.html
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tom-watson-after-30-years-2824776
Remember how the rumour mills got another story wrong last year? It led to several court cases, some famous people getting embarrassed, donations to charity, and a great deal of personal pain for an innocent man whose only sin was possessing the same surname as another man.
And he had suffered those rumours for well over a decade.
Also note that the police investigating someone does not equate to guilt.
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Unlike certain other legal cases which Mike does not want us to even mention,*this one will probably be under Scots law, so Mike will perhaps be under less pressure to keep a lid on it.
*according to the Herald the alleged offences occurred "at various locations in England".
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/police-investigate-former-thatcher-cabinet-minister-over-child-sex-abuse.23015992
http://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/referendum-news/salmond-spain-is-working-with-uk-to-thwart-yes-vote.23013356
All this Lib-Con mucking about is going to put even more strain on the collapsing Bitter Together stitch up. Most Labour folk are sick of the Tory front organisation already.
Latest YouGov / Sunday Times results 20th December - Con 34%, Lab 40%, LD 9%, UKIP 11%; APP -26
Are we expecting any others? We're overdue for a Survation, I think.
If Scottish oil is like Salmond's anger, then it'll be manufactured by the Fischer – Tropsh process.
Blimey, the mirror has it that PIE campaigned for age of consent = 4y!
Were Harman&co really supporters?!?
Hewitt ran the f*ing NHS for Nulab. While she's gone now, Harman's still there next to Ed on the frontbench every week!
That said, given the Gibraltar stand-off the idea that London and Madrid are engaged in some anti Scottish conspiracy is a bit far fetched, surely.