Earl Aelfheah

I read an interesting post by an academic today saying that there is very little capacity in the civil service to deliver anything much in the next parliament. All effort will be focused on Brexit (which is much more complicated than either party admit) and that the short to medium term economic impact of it (something even pro-brexit economists agree will be negative), will severely limit attempts to do much of anything in policy terms. Neither Renationalisations (from Labour), nor big changes to education (from the Tories) are likely to succeed.

Good source of analysis https://election2017.ifs.org.uk/

I don't actually think there is much chance of a Labour victory, but never the less May has royally cocked up this campaign.

LBC still providing a platform for Nasty Nigel of course. Still it's an improvement.

The Daily Mail is a vile rag, so not really that surprising.

It's not that interesting tbh. Not as interesting as a possible swing of 15 points in around 3 weeks. But each to their own.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you are kidding Rahrahrah? Yes

jaywalker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tory lead has halved again now to only 5% in the > poll in the Times today - they are projected now > to lose seats: poll suggests a majority of only 2. > Pound is falling sharply. That can't be right - the press told me that Labour were going to be wiped out, that the election was going to be the end of the party.

FFS. Everytime I travel to Europe, the pound seems to drop again.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Otta Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > KidKruger Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > There's always someone going to say what > > > happened > > > > is not real. > > > > > > > > > A.K.A REALLY sad people with empty lives. > > > > I suspect it's just a coping mechanism of sorts > > > Possibly in some cases. > > But I remember one after 9/11 that said "if you > enter the flight number of the plane that crashed > (and then gave you a number) in to Word and choose > this particular font..." > > You did it, and it showed a plane and a building > and an explosion or something. > > Of course the number it gave you as the flight > number was total bollocks and nothing like the > actual flight number. > > That was the work of a sad person. Well yeah, that's ridiculous.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > KidKruger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There's always someone going to say what > happened > > is not real. > > > A.K.A REALLY sad people with empty lives. I suspect it's just a coping mechanism of sorts

..a misguided attempt obviously.

I wonder if these conspiracies or searches for patterns aren't just an attempt to make sense of the senseless, to bring some order to the completely chaotic and incomprehensible.

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The two things are not related. The tweet is fine.

Why don't they stand up? Must be hard on the thighs.

Heartbreaking. Many of the concert goers were young children. My thoughts go out to the victims and their families.

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Mays performance on Andrew Neil show is appalling

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you forgot ...those that own a home Yep, that's true. Anyone who owns a house or has an estate of more than ?100k will have it taken after their death, (only) if they are unlucky enough to die of a drawn out, degenerative illness. So a form of deferred privatisation. The other way to provide social care would be through a system of progressive taxation during people's lives, which pays for public health provision.

The 'dementia tax' isn't progressive nor a tax. It's a deferred charge for a service..effectively a deferred privatisation of social care. It's the removal of publically funded social care provision for those unlucky enough to develop a slow degenerative illness in old age.

If only foxes and infants read the Daily Mail, we might get a couple more policy u turns.

Wait for the third runway.

The sign said something about it becoming 'A Fabulous Little Place' (or something like that), which the way it was written gave the impression that this might literally the name of the new venture. I hope not, or I will never visit on principle.

ruffers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > THERESA MAY: > "Remain. No. Wait. Leave." > "No election. No. Wait. Election." > "Care costs. No. Wait. Costs cap." > "Strong and stable. No. Wait." > > Credit - Theresa May's 9 U-Turns https://www.ft.com/content/e021c208-3ede-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2