Government Watch - 2

I would say that comment by Hammond is unbelievable except, sadly, it isn't.

The person who wrote that blog knows what she is talking about, unlike Hammond.

kittysjones.wordpress.com/

"Labour MP John Mann, a Committee member, said the Chancellor’s comments were “appalling” and later tweeted: “Chancellor just linked low productivity growth to the labour market and specified the increased employment of disabled people.

“My experience of employing disabled people is that they are brilliant employees. The chancellor’s comments are ignorant.”

Anna Bird, director of policy and research at disability charity Scope, said: “These comments are totally unacceptable and derogatory.

“They fundamentally undermine the Government’s policy to get more disabled people into work, and the ambition set out by the Prime Minister just a week ago.

“The Chancellor must urgently withdraw them and offer a full apology.” "

How about the latest from the government

Hammond. “ productivity rates are down BECAUSE SO MANY DISABLED PERSONS HAVE ENTERED THE WORKPLACE”

Good point, Pogs.
Instead of "innocent until proved guilty" it has become "guilty until proved innocent".

durhamjen

" Two Labour MPs have died because of this, lemon. You appear to have forgotten."

Have you forgotten durhamjen?

That is exactly why posters who behave in a kangaroo court fashion should be ashamed of themselves not to have learnt lessons!

Shame on posters who are making practically allegations of guilt without due diligence and I don't care if it is about a Tory, Labour , Lib Dem MP or Uncle Tom bloody Cobley. I am not saying the subject is taboo but for heavens sake making allegations is another thing.

As for raising the poor souls who took their life we do not know anything more than the time line, speculation and whilst we may have our views it is timely to remind those posters / the media who are targeting Damian Green and making comments alluding to his guilt that this behaviour may well have contributed to not only theirs but their families awful situation .

So everybody needs to remember and stop playing judge and jury until the facts are substantiated.

But you see grumppa if someone had put it there, that means that green is allowing other unknown people access to his computer and by default access to sensitive material. However you look at Green has behaved extremely unwisely.

Sorry for the delay, whitewave. I was suggesting that someone else could have put it there. If they had, whether he would have known would depend on what use he made of his Parliament computer, where the pictures were filed, whether he checked his browser history, etc.

My overall point was that these things are very hard to prove, either way.

I still say you have to be careful. It is quite possible for both Damien Green and the two police people to be in the wrong.

Exactly, Morgana.
Why are more people not shocked that there were about 3000 pornographic photos on his computer?
There is no enquiry into how they got there, and it's been known about for a long time now.

If those two policemen were now saying that they had seen child porn on his computer, wouldn't we now be congratulating them for speaking out?

Here's another interesting article from the same website.

www.thepileus.com/economics/neoliberalism-tainted-relationship-employment/

A good one to read on Philip Hammond's birthday, but I bet he doesn't.

Talking about pensioner poverty, is there anyone on Gransnet who goes round on the buses just to keep warm, even though you haven't got any money to go anywhere?
Thank heavens for bus passes.

So you watch the tax research video, then the article about 1 in 5 pensioners being in poverty, then watch the Ageuk Christmas ad.
If people realised about MMT, they would also realise that pensioner poverty is just a political choice, as is the treatment of the NHS and the jobless.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/04/damian-green-harassed-woman-lied-tory-modernisers-may-deputy

Something everyone should watch Jen - but those whose understanding is the least are most likely not to do so.

Indeed they have durhamjen but I don’t remember any GNers saying anything but sympathetic things about them.

Two in 10 pensioners now living in poverty

As we prepare to leave the EU, we have to make sure that our country and our economy works for everyone and doesn’t leave even more people behind.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2017/12/04/an-mmt-interlude/

Here's something worth reading, GracesGran.

Sorry - should have checked before I posted.

to what the government is doing to the rest of us. ink{https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/884980/state-pension-pensions-pension-credit-pensioners-new-state-pension-retirement-Steve-Webbwww.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/884980/state-pension-pensions-pension-credit-pensioners-new-state-pension-retirement-Steve-Webb REVEALED: Poorest pensioners to get smallest increase in April}

^Figures published today by the Department of Work and Pensions show that the new flat-rate state pension will rise by 3 per cent next April - from £159.55 to £164.35 per week.
However the weekly limit for pension credit - a means tested benefit for those on low incomes that tops up the old basic state pension - will only rise by 2 per cent, from £159.35 to £163 per week for individuals and from £243.23 to £248.80 per week for couples.^

Two Labour MPs have died because of this, lemon. You appear to have forgotten.

I see it as two separate issues - or possibly three.

One is that information was given to the Conservatives about legal porn being accessed during working time in the HoP. The difficultly, as I see it, is that MPs are not actually employed as far as I am aware. I believe they are self-employed. So no HR and not one to comment on your conduct.

The second is the cover-up, if that is what it is. Lying to Parliament is a no-no. It is cover-ups that tend to bring politicians down and it is usually media led. It could be called a Kangaroo Court but it is often what happens as MPs don't have the protection of being employed.

The third is should the policemen, retired or not, have made privileged information public. I don't believe they should have done. There is more depth to that argument but I believe it affects the trust we have in the police.

Typical knee jerk reactions from some left wing GN members (about Damien Green). If this had been a Labour MP on trial by media, there would have been nothing but sympathy.
Think hard about what these ex policeman have done ( no doubt for revenge purposes) and in fact, they may well be prosecuted for it......by the police!

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/parliament-data-security_uk_5a2543f6e4b04dacbc9bd8ff?utm_hp_ref=uk-politics

This is the government that has been telling us this weekend not to use Kaspersky because it's Russian and you never know who is reading your emails, etc.

So they now know that they can probably quite easily get into Dorries's computer, and Blunt's.

"No matter how many technical systems we put in place, we also rely on you to help us to protect yourself, your office and the wider parliamentary community from cyber attack. Cyber security is everyone’s responsibility.

A strong password, known only to you, is an essential first- line defence . As the attack in June demonstrated, weak and shared passwords can put the entire parliamentary network at risk.

Parliament’s ICT Security Policy, which we all agree to comply with as a condition of using parliamentary digital services, clearly states:

“Passwords must be considered as confidential and must be used only by the originator (and so not shared with other users)”. If you share your password, or login as anyone other than yourself, you are in breach of this policy.

If you have been working in an insecure way by sharing your password with others, or by logging in to someone else’s account, we would like to help. In most scenarios, the solution is to provide colleagues with delegated access to your email and calendar via their own accounts. Contact the Support Desk on 020 7219 2001 to set this up. If your issues are more sensitive or more complex, please contact [email protected] , and someone will call or email you back."