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Post by tucson on Sept 22, 2015 10:06:11 GMT
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Post by anthony on Sept 22, 2015 14:09:46 GMT
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timmullen1
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Post by timmullen1 on Sept 22, 2015 17:22:29 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Sept 22, 2015 17:40:46 GMT
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Post by hedgehog on Sept 22, 2015 17:57:40 GMT
She has a good personal vote, but baffled by her decision to defect to Labour, I think she will have plenty of time on her hands after May 2018. |
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Post by Davıd Boothroyd on Sept 22, 2015 17:59:57 GMT
Isn't she the partner of Stephen Knight, fellow ward councillor and also half of the Lib Dem group on the London Assembly?
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Post by neilm on Sept 22, 2015 18:01:06 GMT
She is indeed.
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Sept 22, 2015 18:03:06 GMT
Isn't she the partner of Stephen Knight, fellow ward councillor and also half of the Lib Dem group on the London Assembly? Yes. He's staying put, even though they apparently agree politically. |
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 22, 2015 19:05:37 GMT
you could have knocked me down with a feather when I read about this, and as you say this must be one of the few defections where everybody is nice about the defector. You are right about Teddington but it would be true about almost every ward in RUT these days. Labour's best ward is Heathfield (where my mum lives) and even then.... The situation in RUT was one of the main things that made me a PR supporter... |
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Sept 22, 2015 19:46:36 GMT
No I'd bet it isn't. He looks like a right panty waist
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Sept 23, 2015 7:33:09 GMT
The plot deepens in Rochdale, where North Middleton councillor Chris Furlong has been reported to his whip for claiming that IDS "is killing more disabled people than Hitler".
Local party at war up in the hills, clearly.
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Post by timmullen1 on Sept 23, 2015 8:33:15 GMT
The plot deepens in Rochdale, where North Middleton councillor Chris Furlong has been reported to his whip for claiming that IDS "is killing more disabled people than Hitler". Local party at war up in the hills, clearly. As a person with a disability, whilst not agreeing with the claim, I'd imagine if Cllr Furlong uses social media he'd have a pretty good defence, as the claim is regularly made by groups claiming to represent disabled people who campaign against any benefit changes, but particularly the Work Capability Assessment, and have been extrapolated from the official DWP figures published a couple of weeks ago. |
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Crimson King
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Post by Crimson King on Sept 23, 2015 9:14:06 GMT
I'm not sure that 'I got it off facebook, so it must be true' stands up that well as a defence
I'm not sure that that specific claim has been made by any reputable campaign groups either.
(declaration of interest - I spend a significant part of my working life dealing with the fall out from stupid WCAs, so am no fan)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 9:25:53 GMT
I'm not sure that 'I got it off facebook, so it must be true' stands up that well as a defence I'm not sure that that specific claim has been made by any reputable campaign groups either. (declaration of interest - I spend a significant part of my working life dealing with the fall out from stupid WCAs, so am no fan) It seems to be pot luck in postcode lottery. tinyurl.com/p2z4vfa |
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Crimson King
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Post by Crimson King on Sept 23, 2015 16:21:03 GMT
thats PIP assesment not WCA
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Dan
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Post by Dan on Sept 25, 2015 9:14:15 GMT
^^^ I'm never quite sure if you actually believe in everything you say, or whether you just enjoy showing off how you're so very good at being able to construct robust arguments that support random thoughts.
Is there a danger that you think too much about too many different things??
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2015 9:18:17 GMT
Is there a danger that you think too much about too many different things?? I feel a poll coming on ......  |
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Post by Richard Allen on Sept 25, 2015 11:11:55 GMT
Is there a danger that you think too much about too many different things?? Thinking is never a bad thing. Almost ever policy mistake comes from a lack of thinking. |
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Post by maxque on Sept 25, 2015 11:31:28 GMT
Is there a danger that you think too much about too many different things?? Thinking is never a bad thing. Almost ever policy mistake comes from a lack of thinking. Well, overthinking and indecision are bad things. Not than it is an issue for government, whose inaction is not usually due to overthinking but rather due to stalling on purpose or government not bothering to even think about it. |
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Post by finsobruce on Sept 25, 2015 11:56:46 GMT
Thinking is never a bad thing. Almost ever policy mistake comes from a lack of thinking. Well, overthinking and indecision are bad things. Not than it is an issue for government, whose inaction is not usually due to overthinking but rather due to stalling on purpose or government not bothering to even think about it. I've been thinking about overthinking for a long time, and still can't make up my mind about indecision. |
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