PMs change and lol we're all gonna die (but brexit will never end)

I’d bet on Southern Rail being a big part of the reason Amber Rudd nearly lost her seat in 2017.

could be - her latest circular was about trying to get better rail services to London (although that's Southeastern Rail not Southern tbf)

Does anyone know enough about these things to know how workable that universities proposal is from an administrative point of view?

I don't think it's crazy. As with any new model it take some coordination (timetable jiggling/quicker a-level marking?) and require more staff, but lots of bigger unis are creating vast new integrated admin systems and cutting staff atm which is no less disruptive.

There doesn't seem to be any detail in the proposal so it's hard to judge but (from dim academic admin memory) it would require the academic year to be re-structured such that exams were a bit earlier. I can't see any reason it would be impossible and it seems to me it might well be much more efficient: a lot of work goes into predicting grades and so on.

Seems like a sensible idea to me, on the face of it. Rayner was on the radio this morning saying admission happens post-results in other countries but I wouldn't know about that.

xp I'm not sure it would require more staff hours but it would change the time of year when those hours are needed to run the system.

It happens in Ireland. Takes a bit of scrambling to find accommodation is the only thing.

Also they manage elsewhere (though my understanding* is that the Guardian's note that this is "England's unusual status" would be news in at least Scotland and Wales)

*with of course the proviso that you are all a bunch of savages

American universities offer in April and admission is based on grades, extracurricular activities, and standardised (ACT or SAT) test scores. Some institutions also want ACH test scores (these are subject-based and the closest thing America has to A Level). My old high school offers IB - International Baccalaureate - too. But you are judged on information already held or gathered when you apply in the autumn. Sometimes a college/uni will revoke an offer if your grades nosedive in the final semester of senior year, or make an offer contingent on maintaining GPA.

In France admissions are determined before the bac.

Scotland, Wales and NI all work on actual grades, not predicted ones.

Actually that might just be Scotland.

University of Edinburgh thinks otherwise?

https://www.ed.ac.uk/science-engineering/studying/undergraduate/applying/predicted-grades

That will be for applicants outside of Scotland aiui. Scottish students already have their grades when they apply.

Chris Williamson sues Labour over his suspension from party https://t.co/5DjbWfeQsa

— The Guardian (@guardian) August 13, 2019

🙄🙄🙄

See you in court, wanker.

Was almost inevitable and shows why strict adherence to policy is essential.

but ffs he's like one of them stubborn verrucas that keep coming back. fuck policy! just take the pertinacious muppet around the back and shoot him... after a big mac last meal.

if he didn't have so many dickhead acolytes on twitter wishing him well he'd have probably given up by now and gone back to being the corporate billy no mark he was before the fake trot conversion.

Matthew Collings still stanning for him, wtf is right with some of these people? Not exactly celebs but boosting such an obvious oxygen thief as CW just seems so at odds with the apparent intelligence some of these people display at times.

When I attended uni in Scotland I got accepted on predicted grades.

Johnson just used the word "collaboration" to describe anti No Deal efforts

Just highlighting his predilection for Latinate terms.

Although he looks up to the Athenian Pericles rather than, say, Caligula, whom he resembles far more.

his cabinet looks like a "conspiracy" of dunces.

Or a stultifera navis.

In other news, more people dying.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/homeless-deaths-homelessness-housing-rough-sleeping-a9055671.html

“This government is committed to ensuring everyone has a safe place to live. Councils are responsible for helping people at risk of being homeless so they can get the safety and support they need.”

seriously wish death upon these craven fucks.

Do we have a Latinate term for this, pom? xp

Ah, full Galloway. What kind of hat should he wear?

Marcus Ball rip:

Right decision from courts. Voters decide what to believe when they vote.

Doesn’t mean supervisory bodies should have no powers over propaganda - but jury deploying criminal law was always a hopeless course https://t.co/MeHw5WGD3v

— Simon Cox (@SimonFRCox) August 14, 2019

Do we have a Latinate term for this, pom? xp

'Austerity' stems from the Greek and is thus consistent with Johnson's self-proclaimed Periclean lineage.

A cursory search also led me to this post on reddit's Ask Historians, which I found quite interesting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/67jm3s/were_there_homeless_people_in_ancient_rome/

xp
at least led by donkies and EU supergirl have some final product from all the money they scrounge off eejits + fules!

xp That is interesting, ta!

Pom - thank you for your service

Nihil est.

Prince Andrew announced his retirement today from public life after a long period of severe personal stress.
In a statement, his Royal Highness added he is ‘following advice’ from his doctor.
There was no comment from #buckinghampalace @BBCScotlandNews BBC-NEWS pic.twitter.com/gtxurRvPQb

— Brain Taylor (@BrainTaylorBBC) August 13, 2019

another waste of skin who can be used to fertilise the crops when there are food shortages.

When I attended uni in Scotland I got accepted on predicted grades.

― Bidh boladh a' mhairbh de 'n láimh fhalaimh (dowd), Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:26 AM (five hours ago)

you'll have had a "conditional acceptance", no?

i only vaguely remember the process, 2002 seems a long way away. i of course found my place in clearing

xp having a fucking appalling commute (featuring Owen smith lookalike cunt) and this has cheered me up no end

A few interesting snippets from today's @Survation poll...

First, the headline: voters lean Remain over Leave in 2nd referendum intentions, by 55% to 45% pic.twitter.com/1noUY6GQU5

— Sophie Hill (@sophie_e_hill) August 14, 2019

without unveiling myself as a closet fbpe'er some interesting analysis from the latest survation poll on this thread :"This is consistent with research by @fetzert showing that at least some of the Leave vote was an anti-austerity "protest vote" that decayed pretty quickly.(amongst Labour voters)"

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GrgDOb6Cnmc/sddefault.jpg

look at those fucking sausage fingers

"people's pmqs"

Looks like he's had a Glasgow kiss tbh.

I thought this was interesting - nothing we haven't seen before, but all mostly in one place.

https://www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2019/08/14/the-way-forward-for-the-labour-right/

He woke up like this.

that tweet about Andrew is from a parody account

but i so wanted it to be true :(

the account pic is a dead giveaway, still thought it was worth posting.

The lazy freeloading cunt doesn't have a public life to retire from.

This however is real.

oh noooooooooo pic.twitter.com/k5XoIt6kQi

— Steve Jail (@wariotifo) August 14, 2019