There’s a notable proliferation of Lime Bikes in London at the moment. Like they had a good winter with not too much frost and are now breeding rapidly with the copious rain.It's really noticeable how many more Lime (and, round my way, HumanForest) bikes have appeared in the last year. It's gone from being maybe a 20% chance of having one within a hundred metres, to there permanently being 3 or 4 parked right outside my front door.
This outside the Hill Station in @OnlyLivingBoy land just now (when I go there I’m always on the sly lookout for a middle aged man looking mildly left wing with a Sri Lankan wife)
What’s the collective noun for lime bikes? A grove?
The manifesto will be like the conversion you have with someone on a first date. Nothing too controversial, but just enough to hold their interest and want to see you again.He won't achieve anything if he doesn't win power.A braver Starmer might put it in the manifesto, but he’s too scared of anything that might scare the horses. The result will shackle any attempts at serious change, sadly.Given the triple lock has acquired hallowed status what's to be done? who will be brave enough to ditch it? At some point it will have to be tackled.I notice Starmer is now referring to the Labour Party as his. He does seem to have got a total grip on it.Working people? So ending the triple lock for the elderly money grabbers?
@Keir_Starmer
Thank you to everyone who put your trust in my changed Labour Party.
Labour is back in the service of working people and ready to govern.
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I think a simple link to earnings could be sold to the electorate. Alongside equalising taxation between earned, pension, and investment income, that might contain the costs for the medium term.
If I look him up and he does not look like a Greek God, I will be coming for youWent over mine.I rather think your satire has gone over the heads of PB ...Snigger. The SNP are more broke than a broken thing. They need a contested election with all the costs of that like a hole in the head. They will also have to give an update on their membership numbers again which they could do without.Perhaps Humza will be contributing a handy chunk of his £52k pa pension to party coffers?
Yousaf has left a complete shambles behind him. In fairness to him he inherited exactly the same. What we need now are some more charges. A small soupcon of misery added to the dish.
BTW, has anyone ever seen @malcolmg in the same room as Graeme McCormick?
Anecdote: Chatting to a couple of fellow lefties today, and the conversation turned to Gaza. I decided that silence would be prudent, as it was clear that my views are somewhat out of step with theirs. Plenty of talk of Israeli genocide, not a single mention of the murderous, rapist, hostage taking terrorists responsible for initiating the war and ensuring its continuation.Anecdote: Chatting to a group of fellow lefties today, and the conversation turned to Gaza. All agreed that the Hamas attack on October 7 was a total outrage and had no justification. All agreed that Netanyahu's response in killing thousands of innocent Gazans as collateral was also a total outrage. All wanted a peaceful outcome that included a Palestinian state and security for Israel, and that the future should exclude both Hamas and Netanyahu.
Who do you think I am? Kissinger?Any ideas how to reach that end point?Anecdote: Chatting to a couple of fellow lefties today, and the conversation turned to Gaza. I decided that silence would be prudent, as it was clear that my views are somewhat out of step with theirs. Plenty of talk of Israeli genocide, not a single mention of the murderous, rapist, hostage taking terrorists responsible for initiating the war and ensuring its continuation.Anecdote: Chatting to a group of fellow lefties today, and the conversation turned to Gaza. All agreed that the Hamas attack on October 7 was a total outrage and had no justification. All agreed that Netanyahu's response in killing thousands of innocent Gazans as collateral was also a total outrage. All wanted a peaceful outcome that included a Palestnian state and security for Israel, and that the future should exclude both Hamas and Netanyahu.
There’s a notable proliferation of Lime Bikes in London at the moment. Like they had a good winter with not too much frost and are now breeding rapidly with the copious rain.A byker grove in fact...
This outside the Hill Station in @OnlyLivingBoy land just now (when I go there I’m always on the sly lookout for a middle aged man looking mildly left wing with a Sri Lankan wife)
What’s the collective noun for lime bikes? A grove?
@Rehman_ChishtiMaybe "coming shortly" was the personal statement?
A personal statement coming shortly.