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https://twitter.com/JenWilliamsMEN/status/828957574036860929
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Plato, I've done a little scurrying around the field of truth that is Google.
Looks like I was wrong, the subject of this lady's documentary was no problem, the problem was the lady herself. Not a lot of people seem to like her. Strange
I doubt things will escalate to a vote of no confidence on the speaker, the PM will ignore Bercow’s outburst and a speech by Trump will be made in some form or other. If indeed the offer was ever made, or desired.
@PickardJE: Welcome to the mother of Parliaments, the engine room of British democracy.
Interesting article about the 'ideas' people behind Trump:
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/steve-bannon-books-reading-list-214745
What would it be called, though? They already did Somewhere Over the Rainbow, I think....
This is the Meyer panel with Affleck - Ben's not listening, just angry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vln9D81eO60
https://twitter.com/bbcsport/status/828962085044441088
A very good point and, if he was planning on otherwise standing down in 2018, highly likely that he'd take the opportunity to retire at the GE instead.
I agree that 5/1 is decent value. I don't think it should be above 3/1.
Our budget meeting is next week, there are some huge rises in fees and charges - we now have to charge people for many discretionary services that only some benefit from (and 'benefit' is loosely defined when it comes to resident parking schemes.) So thanks to the Government council tax rise limit, we have to spend far more money administering small charges all over the place, a very inefficient way for the Government to get their low tax headline. It really is time for the council tax referendum limit to go - if you don't like what your councillors decide, vote for someone else to run things.
The date on the release is 31 Jan. have we seen this poll before?
https://mobile.twitter.com/AndrewCooper__/status/828958773016457216
Intel might have a rather expensive ticking (or non-ticking) time bomb in some of their Atom chips:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/cisco_intel_decline_to_link_product_warning_to_faulty_chip/
Here's a newer poll
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/828924920151339013
How about this three-line whip for A50 is on purpose to divide the party. Put most of the Blairites on the wrong side by getting them to vote for it, but leaving a few people to rebel it (Abbot, Lewis etc?) then they on purpose remove Corbyn and then a new lefty, who will be on touch with the labour membership in this issue.
If you wanted to shaft someone like Stamer, and get someone else from the left of the party as leader, then that would how you do it.
I wasn't aware that social care was even eligible for a separate inflator of up to 3%. Given all the kerfuffle about social care in the news these days I'm guessing Surrey going for the full monty will set a precedent. 3% on top of inflation each year is alot!
Bercow's safe. The opposition will line up behind him, and he'll have enough blues on-side. He should, however, be tossed overboard.
My guess is that now the 15% is off the agenda, the likelihood is that they should, particularly if the Conservatives are polling well nationally.
Sir Edward Leigh, a Conservative, says he has doubts about not inviting the president of America to parliament, but that he thinks the Commons can only work if they respect the authority of the speaker...
Even Gorbals Mick had the self awareness to go
Sounds like the Donald and Europe should be getting on just fine
Do they even know they were born ?
I'd be very very glad to have him at Coventry City for life, but I doubt even he could turn us round.
"A second Swedish police officer has gone public to blow the whistle on how authorities are covering up a migrant crime wave just days after another top cop was reported as a “racist” for making similar comments.
Last week Peter Springare, police investigator and former deputy head of the division for serious crimes at the police in Örebro, made headlines after he wrote a Facebook post in which he detailed how the country was in “chaos” due to a never ending epidemic of serious crimes being committed by Muslim migrants.
Springare may now face charges under Sweden’s strict hate crime laws simply for accurately identifying the problem after he was reported to authorities over the remarks.
However, Springare has also received a deluge of support from both the public and his fellow police officers, one of whom came forward to validate his concerns.
In a Facebook message posted on a page set up to support Springare that currently has over 92,000 likes, Tomas Åsenlöv, a police officer for Greater Gothenburg, exposed how police have been told to implement a “Code 291” procedure in order to cover-up information about crimes committed by migrants...
http://www.infowars.com/second-swedish-police-officer-blows-the-whistle-on-migrant-crime-cover-up/
A replacement needs to put a different face on the party, and to concentrate on domestic issues. They need to show vision and leadership. It is the decline of living standards of people on average earnings or less that is driving discontent in Europe and America.
As a general rule it is domestic politics that wins popularity, and foreign policy that loses it.
For example, without Bercow ruling as favourably as he did, it is unlikely the Tory Right could have ambushed Cameron on Europe quite so effectively as they did during 2011-2014 and Steve Baker could not have got through his amendments on the EU referendum bill.
Indeed, it’s becoming clear that Trump-bashing is primarily a means of moral cleansing, of averting the public and historic gaze from your own sins and crimes and confusions by taking part in the Two Minute Hate of this ‘New Hitler’. Just say: ‘I oppose Trump, and therefore I’m good.’ Shame on everyone indulging this spectacle, clapping and tweeting as the politicians who started a decade of war berate a politician for passing a three-month travel ban.
Negotiations will be most important for decades
Keir Starmer, Labour's shadow Brexit secretary, is kicking off today's Brexit debate.
He says:
It's important as we go through this debate today that we remind ourselves of the context.
The negotiations that will take place under Article 50 will be the most difficult, most complex and the most important for decades.
"We must have tariff-free access to the single market, barrier-free access, regulatory alignment and full access for services as well as goods.
That suggest that the strongest mandate from Parliament is needed. No shirkers in voting for the bill please
Our owners are very slow to sack managers, so I think Claudio will last.
On Sunday 9 out of 11 starting players were the same as last seasons champions, with only Musa and Ndidi new, and Ndidi was Motm for Leicester. The formation was the same too, and Claudio has tinkered very little. I blame the players for losing focus.
https://twitter.com/epkaufm/status/828946564823527424
A state by state guide to turnout at the US presidential election in 2016:
http://www.electproject.org/2016g
There does seem to be a slightly higher turnout in quite a few swing states, which may imply that some supporters of the non-dominant party in some safe states do indeed not bother to vote.
@DavidLammy: Under no circumstances can the Govnt pull us out of the EU in 2019 without a deal in place. Vote must not be simply "take it or leave it".
Any nominee needs the support of 30% of MPs, and any MPs lending out sympathy nominations to broaden the debate will be hung from Traitors' Gate.