Thread 29 Sunak: Borders, Barges and Bacteria

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Thanks pointythings

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If they were serious about helping people with disabilities who want to work they'd introduce something like we have here in Sweden.

We have a system where you can be 'signed off' for varying amounts and the benefits system reflects this. Is isn't all or nothing. So for example because of autism I've been assessed as having 50% capacity. So I am 50% sick pensioned. I will never have to be assessed for this again as it's not something you get better from. So I receive 50% disability benefits, which has no bearing at all on the other 50%. I can work 50% and earn millions (I wish) and it doesn't impact my disability benefits. And my DH's income is irrelevant.

They did indeed, and it is really very silly of them as it has stopped their governments making money since they own our water companies.

https://twitter.com/CristinaCriddle/status/1699396792931037494

Oh dear now the online safety bill is going wonky. On the plus side we can all continue using WhatsApp. The tech not actually existing is a bit reminiscent of tech solutions to the NI border issue.

Is there anything, literally anything, this government does successfully?

Enrich its mates?

Lie?

So, if it's helping immigrants to lie is potentially worth life imprisonment, where does that leave us in relation to people who help Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers to lie, and cover it up when they do? And how about the liars themselves?

I'm more surprised that so many heads have responded. If I were in that position I'd be tempted to tell Keegan to come and look for herself, as she clearly has more time to spare than the average headteacher.

On Politics Live they were talking about this claim that some headteachers haven't bothered to return their survey questionnaires by the deadline, ie it's all their fault. Turns out they were first emailed about it on 18th August and the deadline for return was 23rd. So 5 days for a school to respond to an email in the middle of the summer holidays. Absolute clueless idiots.

That’s the sort of thing that’s pretty normal for DfE.

Schools who did 'bother' to return their surveys, might as well not have done so

https://twitter.com/JohndickensSW/status/1699353895141609539?s=20

Gillian Keegan ordered heads to ‘get off their backsides’ and reply to RAAC surveys, threatening to name and shame them

But @ASCL_UK says six leaders got letters despite filling in surveys, some months ago - calling the validity of the whole DfE RAAC list into doubt

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Catching up with PMQs. Turns out it's labours fault for not raising RAAV with Sunak at any point in the past 5 years.

The Penny has dropped. Rishi’s shit.

https://twitter.com/CountBinface/status/1699422282551021923?t=Rdt3_fYCrror5bs7DQgkEg&s=19

Well Starmer did not use the word RAAC when adressing schools falling down in his speech, so how was Sunak to know

Love it. That says it all.

Turns out that Sunak's expensive education hasn't allowed him to think for himself or ask questions.

Was good to see a bit of continuity though.

I think we had world, European and everything else beating wangled in a least a dozen sentences

She looks like she wants to ground to swallow her up!

But she also wants his job

How long do you think it’s going to be before they realise that this image was a mistake.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66733660

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So not funny but still hilariously brilliant!

Ds is loving these Most ..... memes.

He laughs so hard every time.

You know there was a slight moment in No 10 where someone went ‘great a terror suspect has escaped from prison we can stop talking about RAAC’ before realising that this was yet another bad news story for them.

Just catching up with the news. I'd been expecting Pincher to resign - is he clinging on?

I thought he’d resigned but I can’t find anything online. Maybe I dreamt it.

He was expected to resign today but hasn't so far