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Re: Tories won't be in the top 2 at the next election if Badenoch maintains these numbers
I have the heart of a lion and a lifetime ban from Chester Zoo.Stephen King said:Not Iain Banks?I should probably credit Stephen King with the inspiration for that line.So presumably Sir Shifty now thinks a woman cant have a penis.Of course a woman can have a penis.
Some of them keep them in glass jars on their bedside table.
“I have the heart of a small boy… I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
Re: Tories won't be in the top 2 at the next election if Badenoch maintains these numbers
Just popping in from Purgatory to sayYup. I've had a similar, albeit, of course, masculine time in hospital. And it's dreadful. Infantilising. You're no longer in control and for people who expect to be that's VERY difficult.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Do not ever mess with angry women who know their stuff. And we do. We really do.
I see that Harriet Harman has already started misconstruing what the judgment says and means, just like people did with Forstater. Well, I and others will have something to say about that and we're not going to let her and others get away with yet more lies about what the law says.
Meanwhile I'm having blood tests for my heart. And some sort of heart scan will be needed. To find out if there is some sort of heart failure. Well, I'd bloody well like to know that too - and preferably before I die of boredom - or it - waiting to be told. Am on limited fluid intake so I have to pee in a blasted bedpan. Still waiting for the breast surgeons to see me and tell me that I have cancer or some other nastiness which seems to have shown up on the CT scan in my lymph nodes and which is what the doctors have been going on about since Sunday night and it is now Wednesday evening. Meanwhile I'm running out of knickers.
But apart from that it's all absolutely fucking peachy .......
Best wishes. Hope it's sorted out today/tomorrow because SFA is likely to happen over Easter!
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Fingers crossed all goes well for @Cyclefree

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Re: Tories won't be in the top 2 at the next election if Badenoch maintains these numbers
Yesterday, I read a comment by a member of the Trump administration complaining that Europe (in general) was not doing enough to support Starlink, and risked ending up dependent on China.
To which I thought Really? Do you not have any idea why the US might now be seen as a less reliable ally than they were in the past?
It is astonishing the extent to which members of the Trump administration don't seem to think that there might be consequences to pissing off ones (historic) allies.
To which I thought Really? Do you not have any idea why the US might now be seen as a less reliable ally than they were in the past?
It is astonishing the extent to which members of the Trump administration don't seem to think that there might be consequences to pissing off ones (historic) allies.

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Re: Tories won't be in the top 2 at the next election if Badenoch maintains these numbers
whichever way you decide, Britain will prosper." That would have taken so much of the divisiveness out of the question.That's bollocks though

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FPT
My concerns remain. The EU is an essentially undemocratic institution. It now contains undemocratic members such as Hungary. The Euro was way ahead of its time. The economies of Europe were not nearly integrated enough to share the same currency, interest rates and monetary policies. The consequences for many have been disastrous. Their share of world GDP has fallen sharply as a result. Their bureaucracy makes it difficult to compete internationally. Even Vance is right sometimes.
OTOH the world has got a lot more uncertain than it was at the time of the vote. America is no longer a reliable friend or ally. There is much to be said for being part of a bigger club. Brexit has added to the paperwork of trade. It has had adverse effects on our freedom of movement throughout Europe and the ability to work there. We have not used our new freedoms well.
It’s still a balancing act. I think I would probably reach the same conclusion but I can see circumstances where I wouldn’t.
My concerns remain. The EU is an essentially undemocratic institution. It now contains undemocratic members such as Hungary. The Euro was way ahead of its time. The economies of Europe were not nearly integrated enough to share the same currency, interest rates and monetary policies. The consequences for many have been disastrous. Their share of world GDP has fallen sharply as a result. Their bureaucracy makes it difficult to compete internationally. Even Vance is right sometimes.
OTOH the world has got a lot more uncertain than it was at the time of the vote. America is no longer a reliable friend or ally. There is much to be said for being part of a bigger club. Brexit has added to the paperwork of trade. It has had adverse effects on our freedom of movement throughout Europe and the ability to work there. We have not used our new freedoms well.
It’s still a balancing act. I think I would probably reach the same conclusion but I can see circumstances where I wouldn’t.

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Re: Tories won't be in the top 2 at the next election if Badenoch maintains these numbers
Just popping in from Purgatory to say
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Do not ever mess with angry women who know their stuff. And we do. We really do.
I see that Harriet Harman has already started misconstruing what the judgment says and means, just like people did with Forstater. Well, I and others will have something to say about that and we're not going to let her and others get away with yet more lies about what the law says.
Meanwhile I'm having blood tests for my heart. And some sort of heart scan will be needed. To find out if there is some sort of heart failure. Well, I'd bloody well like to know that too - and preferably before I die of boredom - or it - waiting to be told. Am on limited fluid intake so I have to pee in a blasted bedpan. Still waiting for the breast surgeons to see me and tell me that I have cancer or some other nastiness which seems to have shown up on the CT scan in my lymph nodes and which is what the doctors have been going on about since Sunday night and it is now Wednesday evening. Meanwhile I'm running out of knickers.
But apart from that it's all absolutely fucking peachy .......
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Do not ever mess with angry women who know their stuff. And we do. We really do.
I see that Harriet Harman has already started misconstruing what the judgment says and means, just like people did with Forstater. Well, I and others will have something to say about that and we're not going to let her and others get away with yet more lies about what the law says.
Meanwhile I'm having blood tests for my heart. And some sort of heart scan will be needed. To find out if there is some sort of heart failure. Well, I'd bloody well like to know that too - and preferably before I die of boredom - or it - waiting to be told. Am on limited fluid intake so I have to pee in a blasted bedpan. Still waiting for the breast surgeons to see me and tell me that I have cancer or some other nastiness which seems to have shown up on the CT scan in my lymph nodes and which is what the doctors have been going on about since Sunday night and it is now Wednesday evening. Meanwhile I'm running out of knickers.
But apart from that it's all absolutely fucking peachy .......

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Re: Tories won't be in the top 2 at the next election if Badenoch maintains these numbers
Just popping in from Purgatory to sayThe day after Christmas 2024 following a dvt and the discovery of an aneurysm my cardiologist phoned me to say my heart was finished and I needed an urgent pacemaker
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Do not ever mess with angry women who know their stuff. And we do. We really do.
I see that Harriet Harman has already started misconstruing what the judgment says and means, just like people did with Forstater. Well, I and others will have something to say about that and we're not going to let her and others get away with yet more lies about what the law says.
Meanwhile I'm having blood tests for my heart. And some sort of heart scan will be needed. To find out if there is some sort of heart failure. Well, I'd bloody well like to know that too - and preferably before I die of boredom - or it - waiting to be told. Am on limited fluid intake so I have to pee in a blasted bedpan. Still waiting for the breast surgeons to see me and tell me that I have cancer or some other nastiness which seems to have shown up on the CT scan in my lymph nodes and which is what the doctors have been going on about since Sunday night and it is now Wednesday evening. Meanwhile I'm running out of knickers.
But apart from that it's all absolutely fucking peachy .......
On the day of the operation he told me that I wouldn't see summer without this operation and it has been a complete success
I am still monitored regularly by my haemotogist, annually by my vascular surgeon and cardiologist both of which happened in the last fortnight and all is well with my next reviews due in April 26
My wife, family, and myself are so grateful for the interventions and look forward to the future, though a wee bit slower than previously
I am sure you will get excellent treatment and wish you the very best
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The Tories need to work out what they're for first.
They still haven't bothered to do that.
They still haven't bothered to do that.