Worrying. Not for them precisely, I just like to hope all the unionist parties will do well and an already tough ask is probably harder if they have leader troubles.
It's not worrying at all. Douglas Ross is standing - young, (hopefully) capable, and resigned (choreographed?) over Cummings, showing admirable independence from Doris (my portmanteau word for Dom and Boris). It's the best news for the Scottish Tories for ages.
Another duffer, he should stick to his refereeing career, an absolute t***er but great news for SNP. I see Archie McPherson is calling for "invisible" Richard Leonard to resign as Labour sub regional manager, time for their annual leadership melee as well I think. What excitement we will have at the donkey derby's this summer.
All we need is for Salmond’s proxy Cherry to make an official move and we’d have the full house.
Usual shoo in of handpicked sock puppet, talent not required , extra long tongue,d ability to wriggle along on your belly and bend over backwards all that is required.
They did, which is how Boris came to replace Theresa May.
Blimey.
I hope this change of leadership proves less disastrous.
Tories to get a more than 80 majority at the next Scottish election?
Well that would be hilarious if improbable. But Tories to be dragged through the courts, and left floundering in a series of national emergencies due to being led by a pair of third rate dishonest morons was more what I was thinking.
It might be worth pondering the readvent of Ms Davidson. Mooted as temporary, but that's how Mr Carlaw himself began.
When I first heard this news, my immediate thought was that Ruth Davidson must have had a change of heart about leadership.
Certainly her return would be dramatic, although I’m not sure it would be a game changer. Salmond excepted, leaders who come back for second stints tend not to be markedly successful.
You have to be joking , she wants a cushier number , £300 a day and huge expenses. Still to hold her first ever constituent surgery meeting as an MSP.
Didn’t know Russia Today paid more than £300 a day.
Worrying. Not for them precisely, I just like to hope all the unionist parties will do well and an already tough ask is probably harder if they have leader troubles.
It's not worrying at all. Douglas Ross is standing - young, (hopefully) capable, and resigned (choreographed?) over Cummings, showing admirable independence from Doris (my portmanteau word for Dom and Boris). It's the best news for the Scottish Tories for ages.
Another duffer, he should stick to his refereeing career, an absolute t***er but great news for SNP. I see Archie McPherson is calling for "invisible" Richard Leonard to resign as Labour sub regional manager, time for their annual leadership melee as well I think. What excitement we will have at the donkey derby's this summer.
All we need is for Salmond’s proxy Cherry to make an official move and we’d have the full house.
Don't see that happening , she will not rock the boat for sure, that would be for later if at all. Be interesting if the king over the water started a List party though.
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
Points to the first PBer to get the reference to the headline.
Idi Amin?
Nope.
Donald Duck?
Nearly, Fernando Wood on Abraham Lincoln, when Lincoln was trying to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, Wood said in the House
'Estimable colleagues, two bloody years ago this month, his Highness, King Abraham Africanus the First, our Great Usurping Caesar, violator of habeas corpus and freedom of the press, abuser of states' rights.'
In this case, it's the madness of King Donald.
The Madness of King Donald is a headline I've used for a forthcoming thread.
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
He only had the half part of the wit unfortunately
Scottish Tory bloke resigning is potentially good ground for Labour if they dump useless Leanord
Not at all, surely? The independence polling suggests that quite a few Labour voters might break to the SNP. And the unionists in the remainder are much more likely to vote Tory if the SCUPs dress themselves up again as Ruth Davidson and Say No to Indy and save the Union if she is their leader, or shows herself on TV a lot more with Mr Ross. Why bother with federalism if you can have proper indy, or full fat and added salt Unionist?
Edit: the exception might be if they thave some really charismatic candidate. But would Ms Baillie or Mr Sarwar do?
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
He only had the half part of the wit unfortunately
If he’d teamed up with Richard Leonard would the two halfwits have made one wit?
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
The last outing for the Ruth Davidson No to Indy Ref II party couldn't be called an unalloyed success.
Usual shoo in of handpicked sock puppet, talent not required , extra long tongue,d ability to wriggle along on your belly and bend over backwards all that is required.
If half of Nicola’s cabinet had that range of talents she might crack a smile more often. What’s today’s position on schools opening ?
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
He only had the half part of the wit unfortunately
If he’d teamed up with Richard Leonard would the two halfwits have made one wit?
"Data on deaths has been temporarily paused while an urgent review into @PHE_UK data is carried out".
We dont know how many people were tested nor how many died.
FIASCO
Has the ONS stopped functioning or something?
Are too many people dying for the government's liking??
Or too few??
The issue is PHE using the following methodology -
1) You had COVID 2) You are dead 3) Therefore you died of COVID
This means that anyone beaten to death by a maniacal lawyer with a baseball bat, in his wife's kimono died of COVID - if they ever had a positive test.
Since 100ks of people have had COVID, this means that every day for next few decades, PHE will be reporting deaths from COVID.
This is a bit useless.
The ONS is reporting all deaths where COVID Is on the death certificate or other paperwork.
Govt wants to adopt a system where 1) you had COVID 2)You died of COVID after being in ITU on a ventilator for more than 4 weeks 3) Well done you might be dead and have died of COVID but at least you wont count on our figures. Thanks
"Data on deaths has been temporarily paused while an urgent review into @PHE_UK data is carried out".
We dont know how many people were tested nor how many died.
FIASCO
Has the ONS stopped functioning or something?
Are too many people dying for the government's liking??
Or too few??
The issue is PHE using the following methodology -
1) You had COVID 2) You are dead 3) Therefore you died of COVID
This means that anyone beaten to death by a maniacal lawyer with a baseball bat, in his wife's kimono died of COVID - if they ever had a positive test.
Since 100ks of people have had COVID, this means that every day for next few decades, PHE will be reporting deaths from COVID.
This is a bit useless.
The ONS is reporting all deaths where COVID Is on the death certificate or other paperwork.
Govt wants to adopt a system where 1) you had COVID 2)You died of COVID after being in ITU on a ventilator for more than 4 weeks 3) Well done you might be dead and have died of COVID but at least you wont count on our figures. Thanks
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
He only had the half part of the wit unfortunately
If he’d teamed up with Richard Leonard would the two halfwits have made one wit?
Having Ruth back until the next election would be a massive step forward for the Scottish Tories. Carlaw was just never up to the job. To be effective as opposition leader you need wit.
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
The last outing for the Ruth Davidson No to Indy Ref II party couldn't be called an unalloyed success.
European Election 2019: Scotland
Conservative 11.6% (-5.6)
A lot of Tories boycotted that election because they were pissed off that we hadn’t left yet. Not sure it tells us much.
19:39 France adds 1,377 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total figure to 186,573 positives since the onset of pandeamia, with 16 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours (30,254 in total). In addition, it is the first time in 16 weeks that France increases the number of ICU admissions for coronavirus, one more than yesterday.
"Data on deaths has been temporarily paused while an urgent review into @PHE_UK data is carried out".
We dont know how many people were tested nor how many died.
FIASCO
Has the ONS stopped functioning or something?
Are too many people dying for the government's liking??
Or too few??
The issue is PHE using the following methodology -
1) You had COVID 2) You are dead 3) Therefore you died of COVID
This means that anyone beaten to death by a maniacal lawyer with a baseball bat, in his wife's kimono died of COVID - if they ever had a positive test.
Since 100ks of people have had COVID, this means that every day for next few decades, PHE will be reporting deaths from COVID.
This is a bit useless.
The ONS is reporting all deaths where COVID Is on the death certificate or other paperwork.
Govt wants to adopt a system where 1) you had COVID 2)You died of COVID after being in ITU on a ventilator for more than 4 weeks 3) Well done you might be dead and have died of COVID but at least you wont count on our figures. Thanks
Nope.
They want to move to the ONS definition.
Doubt it, that would move us to an unassailable position at the top of the deaths league.
Hancock talked about a 28 day cut off no mention of the death certificate cause of death
Some better polling for Trump today - the Rasmussen approval number id back to -3 from -9 yesterday (48-51) while Gallup shows -15 (41-56) so make of that what you will.
The state polls show Trump closing the gap in some places but in NH, a state which Clinton won by a fraction last time, Biden leads by 13 while he's up 11 in Virginia.
The IBD/TIPP poll shows Biden up 48-41 across the country. No crosstabs but among Independents Biden has a huge lead.
19:39 France adds 1,377 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total figure to 186,573 positives since the onset of pandeamia, with 16 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours (30,254 in total). In addition, it is the first time in 16 weeks that France increases the number of ICU admissions for coronavirus, one more than yesterday.
I do hope those figures are more accurate than their ones from the BSE pandemic.
19:39 France adds 1,377 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total figure to 186,573 positives since the onset of pandeamia, with 16 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours (30,254 in total). In addition, it is the first time in 16 weeks that France increases the number of ICU admissions for coronavirus, one more than yesterday.
I do hope those figures are more accurate than their ones from the BSE pandemic.
No idea I’m losing faith in any numbers I see posted but I have at last worked out that
They did, which is how Boris came to replace Theresa May.
Blimey.
I hope this change of leadership proves less disastrous.
Tories to get a more than 80 majority at the next Scottish election?
Well that would be hilarious if improbable. But Tories to be dragged through the courts, and left floundering in a series of national emergencies due to being led by a pair of third rate dishonest morons was more what I was thinking.
It might be worth pondering the readvent of Ms Davidson. Mooted as temporary, but that's how Mr Carlaw himself began.
When I first heard this news, my immediate thought was that Ruth Davidson must have had a change of heart about leadership.
Certainly her return would be dramatic, although I’m not sure it would be a game changer. Salmond excepted, leaders who come back for second stints tend not to be markedly successful.
Ruth D staying on and defeating carpet bagger Robertson would be funny.
19:39 France adds 1,377 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total figure to 186,573 positives since the onset of pandeamia, with 16 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours (30,254 in total). In addition, it is the first time in 16 weeks that France increases the number of ICU admissions for coronavirus, one more than yesterday.
I do hope those figures are more accurate than their ones from the BSE pandemic.
No idea I’m losing faith in any numbers I see posted but I have at last worked out that
Well, as even their official figures were out by 30,000% and the real figure is probably around forty times higher than the revised official figure, if the French are covering up as they usually are this is going to make the Black Death look like the common cold.
So I’m hoping for once the French are telling the truth.
They did, which is how Boris came to replace Theresa May.
Blimey.
I hope this change of leadership proves less disastrous.
Tories to get a more than 80 majority at the next Scottish election?
Well that would be hilarious if improbable. But Tories to be dragged through the courts, and left floundering in a series of national emergencies due to being led by a pair of third rate dishonest morons was more what I was thinking.
It might be worth pondering the readvent of Ms Davidson. Mooted as temporary, but that's how Mr Carlaw himself began.
When I first heard this news, my immediate thought was that Ruth Davidson must have had a change of heart about leadership.
Certainly her return would be dramatic, although I’m not sure it would be a game changer. Salmond excepted, leaders who come back for second stints tend not to be markedly successful.
Ruth D staying on and defeating carpet bagger Robertson would be funny.
Same as one of the key drivers in Spain, the others being family and agricultural workers. We are seeing increased infections from recent illegal immigrants which seem to be coming in all along the costas
You know, I can watch and listen to ODI cricket and find it interesting and enjoyable. T20 I’ll admit I don’t really pay much attention to.
But without a crowd, this just doesn’t have any feel to it. At least the Tests still had an intensity and a level of engagement. But without a crowd to create atmosphere, this is quite dull.
And that’s to take nothing away from some quite nice shots Billings has played.
"Data on deaths has been temporarily paused while an urgent review into @PHE_UK data is carried out".
We dont know how many people were tested nor how many died.
FIASCO
Has the ONS stopped functioning or something?
Are too many people dying for the government's liking??
Or too few??
The issue is PHE using the following methodology -
1) You had COVID 2) You are dead 3) Therefore you died of COVID
This means that anyone beaten to death by a maniacal lawyer with a baseball bat, in his wife's kimono died of COVID - if they ever had a positive test.
Since 100ks of people have had COVID, this means that every day for next few decades, PHE will be reporting deaths from COVID.
This is a bit useless.
The ONS is reporting all deaths where COVID Is on the death certificate or other paperwork.
Govt wants to adopt a system where 1) you had COVID 2)You died of COVID after being in ITU on a ventilator for more than 4 weeks 3) Well done you might be dead and have died of COVID but at least you wont count on our figures. Thanks
Anyone who dies in hospital of COVID gets counted in the hospital death statistics by PHE in a separate series. Unsurprisingly you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about.
Sweden simply closes down establishments that don't enforce social distancing.
Good for them. I think we should be doing the same.
What’s bothering me is the thought of how this will,play out in schools, particularly with Scotland going back so soon. Anyone who thinks SD will be possible to enforce in a meaningful way in schools, especially primary schools, knows nothing about children.
You know, I can watch and listen to ODI cricket and find it interesting and enjoyable. T20 I’ll admit I don’t really pay much attention to.
But without a crowd, this just doesn’t have any feel to it. At least the Tests still had an intensity and a level of engagement. But without a crowd to create atmosphere, this is quite dull.
And that’s to take nothing away from some quite nice shots Billings has played.
Can they not play Sweet Caroline and have the commentary team sing it?
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
They did, which is how Boris came to replace Theresa May.
Blimey.
I hope this change of leadership proves less disastrous.
Tories to get a more than 80 majority at the next Scottish election?
Well that would be hilarious if improbable. But Tories to be dragged through the courts, and left floundering in a series of national emergencies due to being led by a pair of third rate dishonest morons was more what I was thinking.
It might be worth pondering the readvent of Ms Davidson. Mooted as temporary, but that's how Mr Carlaw himself began.
When I first heard this news, my immediate thought was that Ruth Davidson must have had a change of heart about leadership.
Certainly her return would be dramatic, although I’m not sure it would be a game changer. Salmond excepted, leaders who come back for second stints tend not to be markedly successful.
Ruth D staying on and defeating carpet bagger Robertson would be funny.
I'm not the biggest fan of his current attempts to leverage his way into the candidacy, but tbf Robertson was brought up & educated in the constituency, and I believe lives there. I'm not sure carpetbagger is quite the correct term.
The Generalitat appreciates an improvement and stabilization of the pandemic in Barcelona and its metropolitan area, although the outbreaks of Amposta, Figueres and Castelldefels are of concern, and therefore they have asked the citizens to comply with the protection regulations and not obsess over possible confinement. . The Secretary of Public Health, Josep Maria Argimon, has highlighted that Barcelona "is an absolutely safe city" and has been in favor of celebrating the traditional summer festivals, although putting 'seny' (common sense) on hand cleaning , mask, physical distance and avoiding crowds
How can you celebrate a summer festival whilst avoiding crowds? Josep Maria might have got this wrong!
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
I have to prepare three sets of lessons:
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
You know, I can watch and listen to ODI cricket and find it interesting and enjoyable. T20 I’ll admit I don’t really pay much attention to.
But without a crowd, this just doesn’t have any feel to it. At least the Tests still had an intensity and a level of engagement. But without a crowd to create atmosphere, this is quite dull.
And that’s to take nothing away from some quite nice shots Billings has played.
On the radio they've got some sort of fake crowd noise playing in the background which works quite well compared to the TV coverage.
Kinabalu's education plan is very 'if I just find a big enough paddle to smack people into place with, they. will. behave. as. I. want. them. to.' No doubt the mass exodus of rich people's kids to foreign schools would call for some sort of penalty, or the world at large would just be blamed for not following the same system.
A perennial problem with the lefties. They try and deal with the world as they it think it should be rather than how it actually is.
OK yes a danger in this. OTOH if you shrug and accept everything as "just how it is" you can be certain that that remains the case.
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
I have to prepare three sets of lessons:
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
How has your timetable changed? Professional interest as I’m responsible for writing ours and I want to know what bright ideas SMT might get.
Has anyone taken a good look at the gov.uk Beta site for the Covid stats recently? There is some bizarre stuff going on.
Whilst lab confirmed cases are trickling up, hospitalisations and ventilator bed cases both continue to drift downwards, which is obviously good news. However, the breakdown by nation is all out of whack. Consider:
1. In terms of new Covid patients being admitted to hospital, there are almost none in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but a grossly disproportionate number in Wales 2. Looking at the total numbers of Covid patients in hospital, the numbers for both Wales and Scotland are disproportionately high; however 3. Out of the remaining total of patients on ventilation (which is now, thankfully, below 100,) as with new admissions there are almost none left in Scotland and Northern Ireland but more than you would expect in Wales
Put Ross up in the Highlands on the list and Davidson back for the constituency of Edinburgh Central, especially as the SNP are infighting over whether to stand Robertson or Cherry as their candidate
I don't support private schools in principal but the solution is to make state schools better.
Private schools are the best.
We should abolish the Department for Education, privatise every state school, and use the money saved to give to parents as vouchers, and watch education standards soar.
To be perfectly fair, one gathers the impression that everyone was all over the place and making guesses back in March. You will know much better than I do, but I seem to recall that the WHO was also quite mask-sceptical back at the start of all this, but look at where we are now on that subject.
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
I have to prepare three sets of lessons:
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
How has your timetable changed? Professional interest as I’m responsible for writing ours and I want to know what bright ideas SMT might get.
Because we are working in ‘bubbles:’
1) Staggered start and end times of the school day - so no tutor time for Year 8 and 10, for example - to ensure we don’t have huge gatherings of students coming in together
2) Students stay in rooms and we go to them
3) Lessons lengthened for Years 11 and 13 in a bid to make up for lost time
4) Teaching groups rejigged to accommodate 1 and 2.
I think those are the salient points at this moment, others may emerge.
I also oppose the Royal Family in principle but my solution is to get Labour into Government and make the lives of people better. Opposing the Royal Family makes that goal impossible.
Time to prioritise, do we want to help people or just shout at clouds forever?
Frankly America might be better if Trump was indeed King Donald, a constitutional monarch, and the government was run by somebody serious.
Jail. Nothing less.
There would be a certain irony if the Dems went with ‘Lock him up’ as their slogan.
It would. But let's not because -
When they go low we go HIGH.
Plus it would prejudice the trial and possibly lead to him getting off on a technicality.
Also I hope that the Democrats believe in the rule of law.
Trump has abused his powers to pardon the guilty (though I would be reluctant to have a situation where there wasn’t someone who could do so in exceptional circumstances), but far better that than if he had the power to do the reverse and lock up the innocent .
He’s at the point where he knows that he has to roll the dice and get sixes. An even more unpredictable and slightly desperate Trump is somewhat sub optimal for the planet.
Frankly America might be better if Trump was indeed King Donald, a constitutional monarch, and the government was run by somebody serious.
Jail. Nothing less.
There would be a certain irony if the Dems went with ‘Lock him up’ as their slogan.
It would. But let's not because -
When they go low we go HIGH.
Plus it would prejudice the trial and possibly lead to him getting off on a technicality.
We know what prison does to the mental health of US billionaires. It would be awful if something terrible, and definitely self-inflicted, happened before things got as far as a trial.
I don't support private schools in principal but the solution is to make state schools better.
Private schools are the best.
We should abolish the Department for Education, privatise every state school, and use the money saved to give to parents as vouchers, and watch education standards soar.
That would solve nothing - at least, not unless your aim is to widen inequality and make life even better for the upper strata of society. The best schools would, of course, be located in the most affluent areas, where they could afford to charge the parents a lot more than the face value of the vouchers (and therefore build the best facilities and attract the best teachers.)
The shit schools would all be located in the poorest areas, where parents would have the vouchers and nothing more.
Broadly speaking, one would then expect the good schools to get better and the bad schools to get worse. Standards would soar, but only for the wealthy.
In a free market, competition creates choice but the choices available to individual consumers are *always* related to their relative levels of affluence. The rich can afford to dine at Michelin starred restaurants, the poor get a greasy burger as a treat. As it is with dining, so would it be with privatised education.
I don't support private schools in principal but the solution is to make state schools better.
Private schools are the best.
We should abolish the Department for Education, privatise every state school, and use the money saved to give to parents as vouchers, and watch education standards soar.
There could be mileage in that, education free at the point of delivery. One of the problems could be fast buck exploitation where the object is to make as much money as possible before the market notices.
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
I have to prepare three sets of lessons:
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
How has your timetable changed? Professional interest as I’m responsible for writing ours and I want to know what bright ideas SMT might get.
Because we are working in ‘bubbles:’
1) Staggered start and end times of the school day - so no tutor time for Year 8 and 10, for example - to ensure we don’t have huge gatherings of students coming in together
2) Students stay in rooms and we go to them
3) Lessons lengthened for Years 11 and 13 in a bid to make up for lost time
4) Teaching groups rejigged to accommodate 1 and 2.
I think those are the salient points at this moment, others may emerge.
The second one of those would be impossible for us, not just because of practical subjects but because for Y10 upwards each pupil will have a timetable that reflects their subject choices and will be different to most if not all of the others in their tutor groups. In fact from Y9 up we don’t teach any lessons in groups that match their tutor groups. That means that there is no one group for them to stay with.
I think we are thinking more along the lines of having half in half out. We are preparing to have lessons we teach twice while the other half each time get on with work set.
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
I have to prepare three sets of lessons:
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
How has your timetable changed? Professional interest as I’m responsible for writing ours and I want to know what bright ideas SMT might get.
Because we are working in ‘bubbles:’
1) Staggered start and end times of the school day - so no tutor time for Year 8 and 10, for example - to ensure we don’t have huge gatherings of students coming in together
2) Students stay in rooms and we go to them
3) Lessons lengthened for Years 11 and 13 in a bid to make up for lost time
4) Teaching groups rejigged to accommodate 1 and 2.
I think those are the salient points at this moment, others may emerge.
The second one of those would be impossible for us, not just because of practical subjects but because for Y10 upwards each pupil will have a timetable that reflects their subject choices and will be different to most if not all of the others in their tutor groups. In fact from Y9 up we don’t teach any lessons in groups that match their tutor groups. That means that there is no one group for them to stay with.
I think we are thinking more along the lines of having half in half out. We are preparing to have lessons we teach twice while the other half each time get on with work set.
It’s going to be bloody difficult for us too, but we’re still doing it.
For Years 10 and 11 we’re having bubbles of multiple classes to minimise disruption to option blocks, but it still isn’t going to be easy.
He’s at the point where he knows that he has to roll the dice and get sixes. An even more unpredictable and slightly desperate Trump is somewhat sub optimal for the planet.
I read that at first as “roll the dice and get sevens”.
Not impossible if you’ve seen the sort of dice an old school D&D player uses of course...
I don't support private schools in principal but the solution is to make state schools better.
Private schools are the best.
We should abolish the Department for Education, privatise every state school, and use the money saved to give to parents as vouchers, and watch education standards soar.
That would solve nothing - at least, not unless your aim is to widen inequality and make life even better for the upper strata of society. The best schools would, of course, be located in the most affluent areas, where they could afford to charge the parents a lot more than the face value of the vouchers (and therefore build the best facilities and attract the best teachers.)
The shit schools would all be located in the poorest areas, where parents would have the vouchers and nothing more.
Broadly speaking, one would then expect the good schools to get better and the bad schools to get worse. Standards would soar, but only for the wealthy.
In a free market, competition creates choice but the choices available to individual consumers are *always* related to their relative levels of affluence. The rich can afford to dine at Michelin starred restaurants, the poor get a greasy burger as a treat. As it is with dining, so would it be with privatised education.
These poor schools would fail and be replaced by something better, so there's an incentive for them to ensure great standards.
Plus being a One Nation Conservative, I'd ensure that poorer families would get a higher value voucher than affluent parents.
Edit - And maybe free/subsidised transport for the kids to get to school.
Songs of the (Emerging) Battle Ground States - Texas
WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN Kelly Clarkson, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Chi Coney
You ain't know? Texas women do it bigger (What? Say it ain't so) In the South, it don't get realer, baby Pot full of grits, I'm hotter than your mama's supper, boy Better get with it Better watch your mouth, I might burn you, boy
You goin', uh, downtown, gonna work Good love I deserve If you're scared, go to church Woo-woo! I'm a lover Hold on tight, little country boy I ain't no girl, I'm a boss with orders All I'm needin' is a baby love me Like a warm biscuit on a Sunday morning
I got what you want, I'm aiming to please I got what it takes, I sure got the means I got what you want, sugar, honey, iced tea All eyes on me, oh, oh, baby
I'm a whole lotta woman (From the way I walk and toss my hips) I'm a whole lotta woman (From the sound to my voice to the gloss on my lips) I'm a whole lotta woman (Anything I see I want, I get) I'm a strong, badass chick with class and confidence, yeah
One time for the green And rolling like Tina Loving heart ain't easy Whoo-whoo, if you mean it Hold on tight, little country boy I ain't no girl, I'm a boss with orders All I'm needin' is a baby love me Like a warm biscuit on a Sunday morning
I got what you want, I'm aiming to please I got what it takes, I sure got the means I got what you want, sugar, honey, iced tea All eyes on me, oh, oh, baby
I'm a whole lotta woman (From the way I walk and toss my hips) I said I'm a whole lotta woman (From the sound to my voice to the gloss on my lips) I'm a whole lotta woman (Anything I see I want, I get) I'm a strong, badass chick with class and confidence
Ain't no competition, babe It's just can you keep up with me? I can't do a thing about my wicked ways with gravity Higher than the leaves, they fall from trees like D-O-double-Gs I reside in Tennessee, but Texas still flows deep in me
I'm a whole lotta woman (From the way I walk and toss my hips) I'm a whole lotta woman (From the sound to my voice to the gloss on my lips) I said I'm a whole lotta woman (Anything I see I want, I get) I'm a strong, badass chick with class and confidence
I’ve had a busy day planning lessons and sorting various bits of paperwork.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
My sons back on the 17th of next month! This holiday has seemed shorter than usual despite the working from home end to last term. I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
I have to prepare three sets of lessons:
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
How has your timetable changed? Professional interest as I’m responsible for writing ours and I want to know what bright ideas SMT might get.
Suddenly the profession is looking more attractive. Wonder why....
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Scottish Tory bloke resigning is potentially good ground for Labour if they dump useless Leanord
Ruth did an interview with the ST last weekend. What a remarkable coincidence.
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/30/trump-delay-election-gop-388290
Edit: the exception might be if they thave some really charismatic candidate. But would Ms Baillie or Mr Sarwar do?
Hancock trying to review the 46k that contrary to what PB Tories would have you believe significantly underestimates the true position.
Tories want to move to a position that if you don't die in 28 days it doesnt count even if you have been on a Ventilator for months.
Lets just move to the ONS number and stop taking the public for fools.
Champions of Europe
European Election 2019: Scotland
Conservative 11.6% (-5.6)
1) you had COVID
2)You died of COVID after being in ITU on a ventilator for more than 4 weeks
3) Well done you might be dead and have died of COVID but at least you wont count on our figures. Thanks
They want to move to the ONS definition.
Which people sometimes forget, in answer to your earlier question @DavidL , teachers still have to do in the holidays.
I think I’ll be ready for the start of term by noon on Monday, which means I can enjoy the four weeks of holiday with a clear conscience.
Cant they do a Hancock and suspend the reporting of deaths?
Hancock talked about a 28 day cut off no mention of the death certificate cause of death
Some better polling for Trump today - the Rasmussen approval number id back to -3 from -9 yesterday (48-51) while Gallup shows -15 (41-56) so make of that what you will.
The state polls show Trump closing the gap in some places but in NH, a state which Clinton won by a fraction last time, Biden leads by 13 while he's up 11 in Virginia.
The IBD/TIPP poll shows Biden up 48-41 across the country. No crosstabs but among Independents Biden has a huge lead.
https://twitter.com/CyberHibby/status/1288877391574634496?s=20
"Data on deaths has been temporarily paused while an urgent review into
@PHE_UK data is carried out".
Made me look a total twat (again)!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-53592442
So I’m hoping for once the French are telling the truth.
But without a crowd, this just doesn’t have any feel to it. At least the Tests still had an intensity and a level of engagement. But without a crowd to create atmosphere, this is quite dull.
And that’s to take nothing away from some quite nice shots Billings has played.
This has been going on for a while.
In the meantime PHE are carrying on publishing the numbers on their website.
The publication time varies from day to day. Sometimes data comes in very late. Or comes in broken and they have to call people to fix it.
Such is life in production.
What’s bothering me is the thought of how this will,play out in schools, particularly with Scotland going back so soon. Anyone who thinks SD will be possible to enforce in a meaningful way in schools, especially primary schools, knows nothing about children.
I presume that working out how you are going to teach in the face of the dreaded lurgy has added to the paperwork.
How can you celebrate a summer festival whilst avoiding crowds? Josep Maria might have got this wrong!
https://twitter.com/DrRosena/status/1288781409168035840?s=09
I'm agog waiting for the first 'Douglas Ross, the man the Nats fear'.
1) If we’re all in school
2) If some of us are in school
3) if we’re teaching online.
As you say, this isn’t lightening my load much.
I’ve also spent much of the day reading protocols for staff on teaching, safeguarding, social distancing and remedial lessons, and getting my head round a new style of timetable.
Apart from that it’s so easy Dominic Cummings could probably do it.
Has anyone taken a good look at the gov.uk Beta site for the Covid stats recently? There is some bizarre stuff going on.
Whilst lab confirmed cases are trickling up, hospitalisations and ventilator bed cases both continue to drift downwards, which is obviously good news. However, the breakdown by nation is all out of whack. Consider:
1. In terms of new Covid patients being admitted to hospital, there are almost none in Scotland and Northern Ireland, but a grossly disproportionate number in Wales
2. Looking at the total numbers of Covid patients in hospital, the numbers for both Wales and Scotland are disproportionately high; however
3. Out of the remaining total of patients on ventilation (which is now, thankfully, below 100,) as with new admissions there are almost none left in Scotland and Northern Ireland but more than you would expect in Wales
It all looks rather peculiar to me.
Discuss
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We should abolish the Department for Education, privatise every state school, and use the money saved to give to parents as vouchers, and watch education standards soar.
When they go low we go HIGH.
Plus it would prejudice the trial and possibly lead to him getting off on a technicality.
1) Staggered start and end times of the school day - so no tutor time for Year 8 and 10, for example - to ensure we don’t have huge gatherings of students coming in together
2) Students stay in rooms and we go to them
3) Lessons lengthened for Years 11 and 13 in a bid to make up for lost time
4) Teaching groups rejigged to accommodate 1 and 2.
I think those are the salient points at this moment, others may emerge.
Time to prioritise, do we want to help people or just shout at clouds forever?
Trump has abused his powers to pardon the guilty (though I would be reluctant to have a situation where there wasn’t someone who could do so in exceptional circumstances), but far better that than if he had the power to do the reverse and lock up the innocent .
The shit schools would all be located in the poorest areas, where parents would have the vouchers and nothing more.
Broadly speaking, one would then expect the good schools to get better and the bad schools to get worse. Standards would soar, but only for the wealthy.
In a free market, competition creates choice but the choices available to individual consumers are *always* related to their relative levels of affluence. The rich can afford to dine at Michelin starred restaurants, the poor get a greasy burger as a treat. As it is with dining, so would it be with privatised education.
I think we are thinking more along the lines of having half in half out. We are preparing to have lessons we teach twice while the other half each time get on with work set.
For Years 10 and 11 we’re having bubbles of multiple classes to minimise disruption to option blocks, but it still isn’t going to be easy.
Not impossible if you’ve seen the sort of dice an old school D&D player uses of course...
Plus being a One Nation Conservative, I'd ensure that poorer families would get a higher value voucher than affluent parents.
Edit - And maybe free/subsidised transport for the kids to get to school.
WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN
Kelly Clarkson, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Chi Coney
You ain't know? Texas women do it bigger
(What? Say it ain't so)
In the South, it don't get realer, baby
Pot full of grits, I'm hotter than your mama's supper, boy
Better get with it
Better watch your mouth, I might burn you, boy
You goin', uh, downtown, gonna work
Good love I deserve
If you're scared, go to church
Woo-woo! I'm a lover
Hold on tight, little country boy
I ain't no girl, I'm a boss with orders
All I'm needin' is a baby love me
Like a warm biscuit on a Sunday morning
I got what you want, I'm aiming to please
I got what it takes, I sure got the means
I got what you want, sugar, honey, iced tea
All eyes on me, oh, oh, baby
I'm a whole lotta woman
(From the way I walk and toss my hips)
I'm a whole lotta woman
(From the sound to my voice to the gloss on my lips)
I'm a whole lotta woman
(Anything I see I want, I get)
I'm a strong, badass chick with class and confidence, yeah
One time for the green
And rolling like Tina
Loving heart ain't easy
Whoo-whoo, if you mean it
Hold on tight, little country boy
I ain't no girl, I'm a boss with orders
All I'm needin' is a baby love me
Like a warm biscuit on a Sunday morning
I got what you want, I'm aiming to please
I got what it takes, I sure got the means
I got what you want, sugar, honey, iced tea
All eyes on me, oh, oh, baby
I'm a whole lotta woman
(From the way I walk and toss my hips)
I said I'm a whole lotta woman
(From the sound to my voice to the gloss on my lips)
I'm a whole lotta woman
(Anything I see I want, I get)
I'm a strong, badass chick with class and confidence
Ain't no competition, babe
It's just can you keep up with me?
I can't do a thing about my wicked ways with gravity
Higher than the leaves, they fall from trees like D-O-double-Gs
I reside in Tennessee, but Texas still flows deep in me
I'm a whole lotta woman
(From the way I walk and toss my hips)
I'm a whole lotta woman
(From the sound to my voice to the gloss on my lips)
I said I'm a whole lotta woman
(Anything I see I want, I get)
I'm a strong, badass chick with class and confidence
Wonder why....
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/30/trainee-teacher-applications-surge-by-65-per-cent-in-england