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Labour are bonkers enough it seems.
I backed Rebecca Long-Bailey at a range of odds over 300, which was nice.
Somebody's gender is a terrible (and usually illegal) reason to choose them for a job. This sort of tokenism is probably ineffective and may actually be counter-productive.
Mind you, the set of male candidates isn't exactly overwhelming either, especially if McIRA is ruled out.
Such good sports. Really sorry they are going no further.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/13/families-in-england-hit-by-70-cut-in-school-uniform-grant
As an aside, here in deepest Leaverstan , we had two ' Uniform Banks ' launch in the last two years and one ' pay what you can afford ' pop up uniform shop using donated stock.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/oct/13/families-in-england-hit-by-70-cut-in-school-uniform-grant
As an aside, here in deepest Leaverstan , we had two ' Uniform Banks ' launch in the last two years and one ' pay what you can afford ' pop up uniform shop using donated stock.
Canada is heading for electoral stalemate, with the Quebec separatists potentially holding the balance of power. The election is on 21st October. Latest forecast:
Con 140
Lib 135
BQ 33
NDP 25
Grn 4
PPC 1
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/
My daughter's school uniform was purchased at Asda and cost about £30 for the whole year.
There's no reason uniforms need to be expensive or branded. Cheap, generic uniforms are easily available and are surely a better solution than grants.
Added to her ' journey ' on a second referendum she's preparing.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/13/labour-pledges-to-ban-sale-of-petrol-diesel-cars
Hope Jess Philips runs as it would liven up the contest no end, and who knows?
Manchester vs Birmingham?
However, Long-Bailey is the annointed one and is clearly coordinating her manoeuvres with McDonnell. She will walk the leadership contest with Momentum backing. Her odds are ridiculously long at 14%.
I think it's very unlikely that the SNP would support a Tory motion to call an election without Labour support. They have a phobia of being seen as helping the Tories in any way; remember they didn't even support May's motion calling for an election in 2017, stating "Scotland will never dance to a Tory PM's tune" or somesuch. In the event that Labour refuse to back an election, the SNP would probably react the exact same way they did in September: they'd call them frit and urge them to "get their act together" and agree an election date with them, but they'd stop short of actually agreeing to the Tories' date themselves.
The Lib Dems might well back the Tories in a FTPA amendment, but (a) it's not clear that even they would be enough for a simple majority, (b) there'd be scope for a ton of wrecking amendments, and (c) less likely but still possible, the Lords could nuke the whole thing.
All told, it's probably ~25% chance an early election gets called without Labour's support.
Wrecking amendments won't pass, the crossbenchers won't interfere with a call for an election and labour Lords on their own are just a minority bunch of seat fillers.
I did allow that the Lords rejecting it was less likely, but it still can't be ruled out, especially since, in the scenario we're talking about, the amendment would only have scraped through the Commons by the skin of its teeth.
Any change made in haste like that btw would be very unlikely to be in place or make a difference to 'this' election
Cheers Donald, you massive oaf
And to my 5 remaining voters I say fuck you, fuck you very much indeed
It makes me suspicious toward the trend in my parts toward more blazer style uniforms - they do look smarter, which I like, but it seems like it makes it that much harder for a generic uniform to be possible, and they cost more to the parent to boot.
Smirk A is essentially visual shorthand for "Project Fear again": the - often serious - belief that all Brexit downsides are spurious, or at least likely only to affect little people
Smirk B is a smile of pure pleasure. Just as among technofanatics, "disruptive" is high praise for a new business (FAR more interesting than "profitable" or "job-creating"), so among many Leavers the real argument for Brexit is the chaos it'll cause. Mostly, in their view, among the kind of untermenschen who deserve to be chaoticised because they're so boooooring.
"Massive oaf" is being far too kind to Trump on this. The man is a menace.
(Oh - and just for @isam, an overweight, ill-mannered, badly dressed menace - with hair that on its own should be grounds for some sort of impeachment.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/07/22/corbyns-reputation-takes-big-hit-labour-members-mo
If Corbyn the Communal is replaced by Sensible Centrist Starmer, a good chunk of the Labour "purity" vote will be lost to them forever...
That means while you can dress a boy for £30 it's a minimum of £50 if you have girls.
Bad luck for Scotland in the rugby.
Fingers crossed Australia can take England to pieces on Saturday.
Are you Australian?
Mr. Tyndall, that kind of dickishness is damned stupid when it comes to school uniforms. Entirely unnecessary and increases costs of parents, sometimes significantly.
May I have your attention please?
May I have your attention please?
Will the real Long-Bailey please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Long-Bailey please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here..
Not sure if the rest of the lyrics are appropriate, mind.
Phillips vs Johnson at the dispatch box would be box office.
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“A Northern Ireland-only backstop as proposed by the EU in February 2018 could be landed by the European council on Thursday – anything else will not,” said one diplomatic source.
EU officials have privately warned that at best a “technical extension” taking the UK’s membership of the bloc beyond 31 October will be necessary to work through the details of Johnson’s new approach to the issue of customs.
Speaking on Sunday, Ireland's agriculture minister Michael Creed, a senior member of Varadkar’s cabinet, said: There are very significant issues to be addressed here. We are not there yet.”
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/13/eu-ready-to-grant-brexit-extension-as-johnson-prepares-for-key-summit