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Re: Apologising for Brexit – politicalbetting.com
Meanwhile another £17.7bn borrowed to fund the public sector and welfarism:It says:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/governmentpublicsectorandtaxes/publicsectorfinance/bulletins/publicsectorfinances/may2025
And an idiot Labour MP prefers to resign rather than do anything to slow future borrowing increases.
"Borrowing in the financial year to May 2025 was £37.7 billion; this was £1.6 billion more than in the same two-month period of 2024 and the third-highest April to May borrowing since monthly records began, after those of 2020 and 2021."
And Reeves answer to this was a public spending round that will eventually add another £140bn to current spending. We are heading for a disaster and those who put their hands over their ears and hum are doing those that need protection no good at all in the medium term.
DavidL
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Re: Apologising for Brexit – politicalbetting.com
More likely, it would push Reform into the mid-thirties, at the Conservatives’ expense.Yep, this is a sad and irrelevant argument persisted in by the sore losers who dominate our media and think that they know better. After 9 years of being told what a disaster this was many will believe it. Of course, the reality is that it simply hasn't been a factor in our fairly average performance.
I know we could have done more to seize the potential upsides of Brexit but there has been a reluctance to do this, principally because failure to keep our regulatory regimes in lockstep with the EU makes closer alignment more difficult. This is a reasonable point but it should be looked at in a case by case basis rather than across the board.
DavidL
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Re: Apologising for Brexit – politicalbetting.com
One day before the Brexit referendum, there was a Populus poll showing almost the exact same percentage of people favouring Remain.
Yougov was less biased towards Remain, but still showed a Remain lead of 51% -49%.
If the polls were this wrong back then, then what guarantee do we have that they are correct now ?
56% is hardly the type of overwhelming public support that would justify a public apology or active steps by the government to rejoin.
Yougov was less biased towards Remain, but still showed a Remain lead of 51% -49%.
If the polls were this wrong back then, then what guarantee do we have that they are correct now ?
56% is hardly the type of overwhelming public support that would justify a public apology or active steps by the government to rejoin.
vik
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Re: Apologising for Brexit – politicalbetting.com
Revelation of the morning, IDS is a biker (or a motorcyclist as he put it). Will the quiet man be buying a set of noisy pipes for his ride?Born to be mild...
Re: Vox populi, vox Dei – politicalbetting.com
"Jaws Of Life" my arse. Only retained firefighters who think Backdraft is a training film call them that. The sharp ones are cutters, the blunt ones are spreaders and if they have both edges they're a combi.
If there's no one trapped, they're just "Making Safe", in an ICE vehicle, that's just disconnecting the battery-impacts cause door/bonnet/boot locks to jam, so it's usually easier to just force it open. EVs are more problematic, but we have Mobile Data Terminal on pumps that give us a blow up schematic of any vehicle in the database that tells us where switches, cables and isolators are.
We don't ever touch undeployed airbags. Best just keep out of the way of those puppies.
If there's no one trapped, they're just "Making Safe", in an ICE vehicle, that's just disconnecting the battery-impacts cause door/bonnet/boot locks to jam, so it's usually easier to just force it open. EVs are more problematic, but we have Mobile Data Terminal on pumps that give us a blow up schematic of any vehicle in the database that tells us where switches, cables and isolators are.
We don't ever touch undeployed airbags. Best just keep out of the way of those puppies.
Re: Vox populi, vox Dei – politicalbetting.com
Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
Re: Vox populi, vox Dei – politicalbetting.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/trump-caution-on-iran-strike-linked-to-doubts-over-bunker-buster-bomb-officials-saySurprising, but Trump is completely right for once. First use of a nuclear weapon, without an imminent threat, opens up a huge can of worms. Russia would start using tactical nukes on Ukraine. China would be pointing them at Taiwan.
Graun says US would need to drop a tactical nuke to be sure of taking out fordor and trump refuses.
Re: Vox populi, vox Dei – politicalbetting.com
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/19/trump-caution-on-iran-strike-linked-to-doubts-over-bunker-buster-bomb-officials-sayThe irony of using a nuclear weapon to stop another country from developing nuclear weapons would tear apart the space-time continuum.
Graun says US would need to drop a tactical nuke to be sure of taking out fordor and trump refuses.
Re: Vox populi, vox Dei – politicalbetting.com
Someone inserted all in there.Two weeks is the same as "90 day pause" on tariffs.Yep. It's pathetic.
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“To what extent is this two week delay the result of interventions by Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene?” Reporter
“The president hears all voices.” - Leavitt
Re: Vox populi, vox Dei – politicalbetting.com
Yes. Because MAD kept the peace in Europe throughout my life. Ukraine were conned into giving up their nukes and have paid a terrible price. Nothing else has brought peace to the Middle East. MAD might.Why not?I wouldn’t.I'm disappointed in you David.I agree. FWIW TACO is the right answer here.I don't often sympathise with Donald Trump but Netanyahu obviously launched the attack on Iran against Trump's expressed wishes in the expectation America would be bounced into doing the heavy lifting. Trump is saying, wait a moment ...Trump is playing for time.TACO.
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1935753377385689389
Trump on U.S. military action against Iran: "I will make my decision whether or not to go, within the next two weeks."
How would you eliminate Fordow then?
Just do nothing and let them get nukes then?
DavidL
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