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Could go in either thread but **** me tonight's question time is embarrassing stuff

never mind killing ISIS let's start with Soubry , Burnham and Hasan 

It's been on a massive decline for a long time, sadly too as I used to love it

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And if there's any clearer argument that policy needs to be kept away from the military then it's the stuff that Kemp has just come out with.

Add in to that the obviously over-egged influence of the likes of him on politicians that was demonstrated by Kendall's comments at the start of the show.

 

'Defeat Al-Qaeda' - ha ha ha ha ha.

 

Edit: And then George comes in and suggests that the Russians are top hole and we need to 'support the Syrian Army'. Prick.

 

 

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Junior doctors row: 98% vote in favour of strikes - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34859860

Junior doctors in England have overwhelmingly voted in favour of going on strike in their dispute with ministers over a new contract.

Some 98% voted in favour of a full strike and 99% in favour of action just short of a full strike.

The first walk-out will start on 1 December with another two dates earmarked for later in the month....

Well done Jeremy, you utter Hunt.

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44 minutes ago, snowychap said:

They're going to have to up that trade union bill threshold. :D

Anything less than 100% in favour, with 100% turnout, and government approval just isn't a mandate to strike.

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8 minutes ago, Jon said:

Is there a section of society,  other than the landed gentry,  city traders and arms traders,  that the tories won't go after,  with the enthusiasm of a rabid dog? 

Pensioners.

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First aid seems like a valuable skill to give to schoolchildren, surely nobody could object to that?

Filibustering should be made illegal, IMO.

 

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Conservative MPs have blocked a bill to bring first aid training to schools by talking non-stop until time to discuss and vote on it ran out.

The Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-Funded Secondary Schools) Bill would have required schools to teach first aid training to children as part of the national curriculum.

The group of MPs used up the bill’s time by talking for hours, with one speech by an education minister described by the deputy speaker as like reading a “telephone book” out loud.

Tory MP Philip Davies, who is famous for “talking out” bills during Friday sessions of parliament, gave the longest speech of all, lasting around 50 minutes.

“The title gives away the principle of this bill: compulsory emergency first aid education in state-funded secondary schools. The point I am trying to make is that I do not agree with the principle of compulsory first aid education in schools. Why on earth would I allow a bill that principle of which I don’t like a second reading?” he said.

Mr Davies ultimately gave way before the end of the debate, with other MPs continuing to talk at length until time ran out. 

The debate ended without a vote while Conservative education minister Sam Gyimah continued to read a long list of subjects despite interventions by the deputy speaker asking him to stop.

The Bill was proposed by Labour MP Teresa Pearce but had cross party support, including from some Conservatives. During Mr Davies’ marathon speech fellow Tory MP Roger Gale urged him not to block the law.

“I’d like to think that given that this is a matter of life and death my honourable friend might just allow this to have a second reading and then allow it to be dissected in a committee stage,” Mr Gale said. Mr Davies responded that Mr Gale’s argument was “ludicrous”.

Among reasons he listed for blocking the bill was that himself had been taught first aid in school but had forgotten what he was taught.

He also said the Government should not expect teachers to assume a “pseudo-parent role”, and that he did not want “the Government to be sticking their nose in at every turn trying to lecture [teachers] every five minutes that they should be doing this, that, and the other”. 

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St John’s Ambulance said: “We’re frustrated at today’s result as we believe that the opportunity to learn first aid shouldn’t be left up to chance.” The British Red Cross said the outcome was “disappointing”.

The incident follows outrage over Mr Davies filibustering a bill to scrap hospital car parking charges for carers, and an incident where Government health ministers deliberately blocked a bill to promote cheaper off-patent drugs in the NHS.

Mr Davies has also blocked a law that would have required landlords to make sure their homes were fit for human habitation.

Over 9,000 people have signed a petition calling on the Government to reform the filibuster process after the series of high-profile vetos and increased media coverage on the issue.

 

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Mr Osborne pushed ahead with the expected £12bn in welfare cuts, including a fresh squeeze on housing benefit.

Other announcements include:

  • Plans to hand billions to private developers to build 400,000 new homes in England
  • A real terms increase for education funding - including early years and further and higher education
  • Basic state pension to rise by £3.35 next year to £119.30 a week
  • Local authorities with responsibility for social care to be allowed to levy a new precept of up to 2% on council tax
  • Arts and sports funding to get a boost
  • Money for new road and rail projects, including the electrification of TransPennine, Midland Mainline and Great Western
  • Holloway women's prison, in North London, will close as part of a plan to modernise Britain's jails
  • The government will breach its welfare cap (the limit it set itself to spend on welfare) in the first years of this Parliament, but meet it in the later part
  • Housing benefit for new social tenants to be capped at same level as private sector
  • NHS to deliver £22bn efficiency savings in England and Department of Health to cut 25% from its Whitehall budget
  • Proposals to raise £5bn in a fresh crackdown on tax avoidance
  • Using £15m a year from VAT on sanitary products to fund women's health charities

right wing mouthpiece news organ

Planned changes to tax credits scrapped. Not tweeked or phased in or explained or cushioned or any of that rubbish. Just not doing it now.

 

 

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On ‎20‎/‎11‎/‎2015‎ ‎15‎:‎12‎:‎00, Jon said:

Is there a section of society,  other than the landed gentry,  city traders and arms traders,  that the tories won't go after,  with the enthusiasm of a rabid dog? 

Junior Doctors

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