Policies please!!!

You know when you said that you had increased the amount of money you had put into education when challenged by Corbyn at PMQs yesterday, can you explain why schools in your constituency are asking parents for donations as they cannot afford stationery?

www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-mays-local-schools-write-to-parents-begging-for-donations-because-they-cant-afford-to-buy-a3692316.html

Those schools should write to their MP.

Go on, Theresa, tell us what you would say to them.

I'm very disappointed to hear that your party has voted out this proposed clause to the EU Withdrawal Bill, which was intended "to ensure after exit day, EU derived rights relating to consumer standards, employment & more, can only be amended by primary legislation or legislation made under this Act."

mobile.twitter.com/HouseofCommons/status/930873358660534273

Is it a clever way to save time and money for Parliament, because you expect that your party along with the DUP and anyone else who'll take a backhander would sweep away all opposition to any changing of rights, meaning that debate and voting would be pointless?

Well really It isn't my fault if schools are unable to balance their budgets. We are giving them more money. Perhaps the children are not taking as much care as they should of the items listed. Teachers need to make sure that children do not waste resources, they should be taught to only use felt pens when essential and a return to flour and water paste instead of expensive glue sticks might help (I must ask Ofsted to include this in inspections).

I believe totally and absolutely in human rights FarNorth my friends in Saudi Arabia and Donald T can vouch for me.

Whose human rights?

Please can you do something about banning fracking, otherwise this might have to happen on the North York Moors.

www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/sweden-kiruna-town-moving-mining-displacement/

While you'rs on about it, can you bring back the water industry into public ownership?

corporatewatch.org/south-west-water-privatisation-pollution-floods-and-a-lot-of-cash/

Or at least make the public aware of how much of their money flows abroad.

And can you ask all your friends who own care home groups to at least register their companies in the UK, please?

corporatewatch.org/

Corporate Watch is watching them.
Does a lack of response mean that you are on holiday again - or am I getting too serious for you?

"Exclusive: David Davis could quit because 'he is being frozen out on Brexit strategy' by civil servants. "
A premium article in the Telegraph.

Can you give him a push, please?

Sounds like the Telegraph is casting around for someone else to blame.
I imagine that the civil servants have had a weird few months, hanging around waiting for clear guidance from Davis and other ministers on what exactly is the government position on Brexit.
Davis's strategy seems to be
1. Talk in a macho way about the negotiations as if it is something he's supposed to "win" rather than a process whereby the best possible outcome for Britain can be co-operatively agreed
2. Delay as much as possible despite the fact that he's had a clear timeline from the EU, and a lot of clarity about what areas have to be agreed before talks about trade can commence.
3. Make occasional meaningless announcements about "significant progress"
4. Imply that that the EU are somehow not being fair to him.
Meanwhile the civil servants must oscillate between putting their heads in their hands and doing the Times crossword because they don't know what he wants them to actually DO. I note that several senior people in the Brexit department have departed their posts in the last few months. And who can be surprised.

That naughty Larry the Cat has been tweeting again, Theresa. This is what he said:
Summary of David Davis' speech:
The incompetent, promising the impossible, to the ill-informed, in front of the incredulous.
Just thought you should know!
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Oh I wish I'd thought of that. Do you think Larry could be persuaded to write speeches for me? I shall buy some cat treats and see

That's one of your better ideas, Theresa.

There I've got something! Driverless Cars! Now that should inspire everyone and take your minds off the schools, the NHS and the housing crisis.

Dear Theresa
Could you do something about the free childcare your Government promised in 2015?
The subsidy from the Government doesn't cover the nursery/playgroup staff costs and so parents find the "free hours" aren't available in practice. Many childcare facilities operate at a loss and increasingly nurseries are going out of business.
The brilliant Surestart scheme started by the Labour government was very effective until Tory austerity cuts hit.

As Andrea pointed out during the leadership farce contest I don't have children. But driverless cars may mean parents can send their children to Granny's for the day and nurseries won't be needed.

A problem about driverless cars has appeared.
Philip does not appear to think that all those who drive for a living will have a problem getting work. He said that all those typists who were put out of work by technology must have found new jobs because there are no unemployed!
Can you remind him that, although unemployment figures are down, it hasn't disappeared altogether, and that many people are underemployed?
Andrew Marr appeared to be quite flummoxed by that response.

dj this is part of our new policy of denying everything so - no unemployed, no housing crisis, no NHS Oops!

Philip said that as well, or nearly. Apparently the problem of the NHS is because Simon Stevens hasn't been doing his job properly. I thought that Jeremy Hunt was in charge.
Can you sort him out again, please?
Philip is going to have enough problems this week, with doing the budget.
Maybe he's got too much on his plate, and needs time to rest?

I don't remember any Gransnetters suggesting that policy, TM, but I like it.
The managing-very-nicely-thankyou will believe you and will happily keep voting Tory.
So that'll be nice, won't it.

Made up on the hoof by Philip, I think, FarNorth. You know what Theresa is like; she listens to everyone, then agrees with them all.
Isn't that right, Theresa?

FarNorth I am so pleased you approve (there aren't many people who do now)
dj Jeremy is working hard behind the scenes working out the value of everything in the NHS before we privatise the best bits Who is Simon Stevens?
I am currently not agreeing with everybody. Larry has provided me with an alternative approach. It involves staring very hard at a spot just over everyone's head and not moving. He assures me it unnerves people and cats have been using it for centuries.

Just remember that Larry the cat can depend on Palmerston at the FCO and Gladstone at the Treasury for inside information. They have such good feline chats round the back of No. 10. ???

I hear that Hammond ducked out of his trip to drive a driverless car today.
Can you make sure he does it soon, and takes you with him?