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Perhaps some Tory members here could enlighten us ?
Which probably explains a lot.
When he lost it was a better feeling than coitus for me.
You know, like a friend.
George Eaton:
Unlike Cameron, who was never regarded by MPs as "one of them", May has forged warm relations through policies such as grammar schools and a more traditional line on climate change and international aid. Crucially, the country also likes the PM. Under May, the Tories have enjoyed their best poll ratings since returning to government. While Labour MPs grow more rebellious in times of political success, their Conservative counterparts tend to respect it. Cameron's worst period coincided with the 2012 "omnishambles" Budget, forcing him to concede a referendum the following January. Under the former PM, some Tory MPs viewed defeat to Labour as inevitable, they are now urged by ministers not to jeopardise what most regard as inevitable victory at the next election.
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2017/04/theresa-may-softens-her-brexit-why-are-tory-mps-so-calm
I think you might ask TSE as I am sure he can clarify matters
http://www.bbc.com/news/education-39504338
I don't know the merits of the particular case, but I do strongly dislike the nanny state that thinks it is in all cases (as indicated by legislating on the matter) a better judge than the parents on what is best for the kid. In my view, it is the exception, rather than the rule, both that parents make bad decisions for their kids, and that government is even in a position to have the facts to decide what is truly in the kid's interests.
Personally, I think all kids should travel more and all kids should spend more time with their parents. Admittedly, not all travel is equal in terms of its positive impact on a kid's education, inquisitiveness and openness to other cultures and ways of doing things, but even a beach holiday in Ibiza can open eyes and widen horizons.
My original comment says more about my hatred of Mark Reckless, which I think I've hidden quite well from PBers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-out_of_incandescent_light_bulbs
Brazil and Venezuela started the controversial phase-out in 2005,[citation needed] and the European Union, Switzerland, and Australia started to phase them out in 2009. Likewise, other nations are implementing new energy standards or have scheduled phase-outs: Argentina, and Russia in 2012, and the United States, Canada, Mexico, Malaysia and South Korea in 2014.
But anyone elected by a PR system that assigns seats based on party votes should surrender their seat to the p[arty when they leave. That goes for MEPs and assembly members as well. It was not Reckless's seat.
They should (and are whether they like it not not) scale down and concentrate resources where they can influence matters. Parish councils etc aren't worth the bother, just attack Remain MPs at the next GE, don't try and stand a candidate in every seat
https://twitter.com/asabenn/status/849967573206806528
Why fight a May government that is implementing Brexit when you can fight a Corbyn opposition, or Farron's die-in-the-ditch-for-Remain Lib Dems?
His subsequent actions in the days after also made him despised.
Surely I'm not alone in celebrating the fact that it's now 6 April and hopefully therefore I will no longer be confronted by a picture of Neil Woodford grinning out at me every time I switch on the internet, advertising his latest ISA suitable fund in which I should consider investing.
*hides*
Neil Hamilton AC/AM @NeilUKIP
So #Reckless ratted on Tories & now ratted on UKIP. Never be trusted again. Gone into hiding & refused to face press.
Besides it isn't just about holiday prices. Some parents can't get time off during the school holidays, what are they supposed to do? Never go on a holiday? Never spend time with their children?
Maybe they should fine all those teachers who decide to strike during term time as well.
Reckless, like Carswell, has not altered his political views about the EU since forever. Under the gimps the Tory party drifted away from the common man and into bed with Clegg and views shared by (shudders) Heseltine, Clark, Ashdown, Mandelson, and god-only-knows what manner of pondlife. When Dave, who got himself elected as party leader on the false prospectus of being a Eurosceptic, basically gave up trying to get EU reform Reckless had had enough and walked. The timing was most unhelpful to project Daveosexualist. The party left Reckless and Carswell really, not the other way around.
Post-Brexit and with that nice MrsMay in charge, the party has come right back to where it bloody well should have been all along (and mostly was but in a quiet, resentful sort of way).
Simples.
https://twitter.com/standardnews/status/849969950626267136
https://twitter.com/malmstromeu/status/849875120235708416
This is what a Leaver Tory MP told me at the time
I can't say the word c**t but Mark Reckless is a f**king c**t who deserves a red hot poker up his arse
Obviously if someone if 15 or 16 and building up to GCSE's they shouldn't be going off on holiday in term time but if a kid if 5, 6, 7, 10 etc.. And their parents want to go on holiday for a week in term time I don't think it's anybody else's business.
I remember when I was about 10 we went to Jersey in June (term time) that was one of the best holiday's I had with my parents and brother and after my father died last year there were many fond memories that I looked back on from that holiday when we were all together...
Oh and after visiting the WWII underground hospital, when I got back to school, I wrote a long project about it and got an A*.
The reason for this is probably the same as the reason we can't have lots of nice things we'd like: people taking the piss.
Another way of thinking about it: if you want the state to educate your child, you have to abide by the state's rules. Discuss...
There are plenty of parents who do not ensure their children attend school and allow them to play truant. All this is doing is going after the responsible parents who simply want to take their child away for a holiday rather than those who don't give a damn. I am afraid both the law and your view of parenting are somewhat warped.
Which was as brave as it was inflammatory in the current BBC climate!
I do wonder how it worked for decades before these morons decided to criminalise having a holiday. You know? Back when we actually had a reasonable education system rather than the devalued rubbish we have now.
Labour's plan to tax private school fees to pay for free school meals in tatters
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/06/jeremy-corbyn-announces-vat-rise-private-schools-policy-pay/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/06/why-worlds-largest-fund-manager-paying-george-osborne-650000-pounds
Richard Tyndall is right. For years (decades) this all ran perfectly smoothly with a flexible system where-by if a family wanted to do something exceptional (like have a week's holiday in June rather than August) it was acceptable (and in some cases maybe even encouraged as "family time" seemed to be valued much more)
Why does everything have to be such a big issue these days?