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A bit of a tangent but this is quite interesting (you only need to read the first two pages)
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Can you imagine that kind of stuff being pretty much every second of your working day?
(Actually, probably too many people can given how some places operate...)
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Just got round to reading that. Hilarious (and obviously ridiculous/depressing at the same time).
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There's some excitement about a NatCen panel data that shows a marked move in favour of Remain.
Here's an article that discusses it.
https://whatukthinks.org/eu/what-might-lead-voters-to-change-their-minds-about-brexit/
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Quite funny replies to this tweet
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A helpful summary of the 'no deal' report they published earlier
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Loathsome man continues his campaign to become PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmHrGbrXcAEgDHh?format=jpg&name=large
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Not really a surprise (that the hype of driver-less cars doesn't match the reality)
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This is interesting (as ever) from John Curtice's crew
https://whatukthinks.org/eu/a-question-of-wording-another-look-at-polling-on-a-second-referendum/
(And more generally interesting on how the wording of questions influences survey outcomes, and the difficulty of determining trends from different sets of polling data)
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That's interesting. I benefited from a free university education, and admittedly would find paying for tuition now a less-than-welcome prospect.
The reason I raised the point is not so much to champion the idea itself, but rather to show a different perspective on a policy that has been universally criticised. Its overall intentions were never articulated at the time (for whatever reason), and had I not heard Nick Clegg talk about it, I would not have been able to appreciate it in a different light.
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(It's not Alice Cooper - I zoomed in to check)
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Yes, it was considered that, on balance, the middle classes might be able to afford fees, and that reinvesting that money into early education could potentially have a significant impact on the lives of those who traditionally might not have benefited from much schooling. So, genuinely a redistributive policy.
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I got the impression the Lib Dems would have communicated it in those terms if they had been able to do so. But they basically got bullied in the coalition, and no doubt it suited Cameron and Osborne to secure the revenue from a 'graduate tax' as a contribution to austerity, while also taking the opportunity to let Clegg get a kicking for it all.
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University fees are interesting... I saw Nick Clegg talk about that (among other things) a while ago. He described how it was designed as a tax of redistribution, with the intention being that money recovered from those paying for higher education would be allocated to improving education at younger ages. The argument was that better intervention at early stages of life was thought to have the greatest (positive) impact on people's life outcomes. When viewed in those terms, it can give you pause for thought as to its merits. (Doubtless Cameron and Osborne spunked the cash from fees on some tax giveaway for their mates while making sure Clegg got a good kicking.)
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The fourth paragraph makes for interesting reading (and does contrast with Mr Bone Spurs)
As you may notice it's an article dating back to April 2000.
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This is quite good too. This week will hopefully prove to have been pivotal.
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Not sure if that was posted? A further take on the potential Weisselberg impact.
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A fella called ShivAroor has posted some audio on Twitter of when the shots start. It’s quite chilling (and so I won’t post the link directly).
(Edit: Actually that link seems to everywhere now...)
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Why aren't MSM covering this event?
https://twitter.com/Ortelius67/status/1037282252009426944