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We appear to have entered a new era of sleaze. How many scalps will it claim?
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Very convenient for Mr Johnson to have a mobile talking lightning-conductor- cum-flung-shite attractor in the form of Mr Cox MP, no?
If I compare him to Max Verstappen will I be exiled to ConHome for all eternity?
Cox.
The government needs a Willy.
Verstappen... what were you thinking?
That would create a further tranche of their rank and file pissed off with the leadership.
Would be funny as fuck if they're both put to the back. Then wait for a really thrilling Grand Prix...
I think the tipping point was earlier on this season when Verstappen's car and wheels ended up on Hamilton's head and the Dutch **** kept on putting his foot down causing the wheels to nearly murder Hamilton.
That said Boris is an instant gratification prime minister who's unlikely to be able to afford a giveaway come 2024. And he doesn't command much sense of loyalty from the troops.
Working from home is one thing but would any employer not think someone is taking the piss by asking to do their job while in the West Indies for their own purposes ?
His ratings sank like a stone when the Millie Dowler revelations broke but after a few weeks nobody seemed to care.
I remember reading that in the 3 months afterwards the Tories called over 30,000 respondents in their private polls and only two people mentioned it, and they were 10/10 Labour people.
That said there is scope for Boris to turn a crisis into an opportunity.
But that would require reform, clearing out all the old farts and from himself hard work and self-restraint / personal financial discipline.
That's the thing about shift leaders sometimes - they can sell things very well, and expect people to follow along with whatever they sell, but it might be that their followers really believed them the first time and want to push on.
I'm not sure we'd be that lucky.
As Quincel says sticking by him until at least then, if not beyond, doesn't really take much effort.
Of course, MPs often don't like and criticise their local councils anyway, on the basis it does stuff their constituents don't like and as they cannot do anything they might as well back the voters over the council, so it is a bit weird that people would punish councils for their MPs, but it happens all the time that national matters impact them.
I'm looking for an app that gives speedy notifications when a goal has been scored in selected football games please. I've seen others recommend certain apps in the past (and I think one PBer may have been involved in one) but I'd be interested now so would appreciate any recommendations.
Not for any specific clubs on an ongoing basis, but for selected games.
PS preferably one that would pop up on screen when a goal is scored (possibly as a pop-up bubble), as opposed to one that sends a push notification that would not appear on screen. Don't know if that's a phone setting though.
Android if it matters. Thanks for any advice.
Covid-19 is absolutely raging in mittelEuropa. Like a drunken Dad, home from the pub, stamping on all the pets
But why endure all the crap? Step down to spend more time with his hoard of gold
I'm not sure that applies.
Supporting hard Brexit was a policy which had a fervent support among many Conservatives.
But is there anything like it for the right to earn money as a sleazy middle man or to work 35 hours per week on behalf of a tax haven ?
OK. I know we have had Covid and lockdowns, WFH and Zoom but the fact is that just over 4 decades ago some MPs were prepared to hasten their own death in order to cast their vote for their party, whereas now we have a rich lawyer sitting on his backside in the tropical sun who thinks that just because because he can push a few buttons, he is doing his bit for Parliament.
I'll leave it there. Otherwise my comments would make Dura Ace sound like a maiden aunt.
Who's going to be their useful idiots this time?
As for that 'Other', I'm picking up in Toryland the pushing of a new cult of personality around the CoE. Just as Johnson is brand "Boris" - and people know my feelings about this - so Sunak seems to be becoming "Rishi" to lots of people who know him only through the tv. An unwelcome development.
https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1459522967969443850
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst is a veteran, surgeon, and barrister.
Also, veteran, surgeon and barrister? What a show off.
https://www.drneilshastri-hurst.co.uk/about
Their tourist industry must be in ruins
That's some impressive CV.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2021/11/13/north-shropshire-by-election-tories-select-birmingham-barrister-as-candidate/
https://twitter.com/IsabelOakeshott/status/1459527098897420294
Can't get a bloody ambulance these days.
So. PB Quiz. Where is the nearest hot sunny weather in January, if you're in the UK?
The Canaries aren't quite reliable enough. They can be cool and rainy then
I reckon Luxor, Egypt. Any other contenders?
On topic, I think that the sleaze stories will fade as the press gets bored - some of today's are a bit trivial. In particular I doubt if anyone outside the Commons much cares whether Cox earns his squillions from his office or his flat.
But there's a trap for the Tories in the "moving on" concept. As things stand, polls suggest that most people think they're corrupt. If we move on without that being addressed, it'll linger as remembered "fact". Doesn't mean people won't vote for them anyway, if the economy is doing wonderfully and Starmer is found in bed with a 6-toed alien. But it'll load the dice against them.
If they deal with it now in some way that satisfies the public, that can be avoided. But coming back to the issue later won't work.
Regrettably, Neil’s surgical career has been cut short following the diagnosis of a peripheral neuropathy. Whilst an unexpected and challenging set-back, Neil used it as an opportunity to re-evaluate and channel his skills in a new direction. He built upon his interest in health related law, developed through his work as a Tribunal Member for the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service, and cross-qualified as a Healthcare Law Barrister.
I think he's been Rishi in the papers since I noticed him.
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Vietnam’s capital enters lockdown after ‘dangerous’ new COVID variant found"
Great
https://twitter.com/avnblogfeed/status/1459505607510310913?s=20
https://twitter.com/TadeuszGiczan/status/1459523589829533703?s=20
Mrs Foxy and I wandered around around on our own with minimal hassle in Banjul. The traditional wrestling was well worth the trip, and any taxi will take you there and wait for you.
But Dominica. Hmm
Mauritius too is good for food.
Food in Cuba was terrible when we went. Interesting culture, obvs, and a lot of charm but a pretty sad place.
The general rule in the Caribbean is that the further you go from the US the nicer it gets.
Surinam I do not know at all.
I'm gonna look at Dominica
And yes, Cuban food. OMFG. Probably the worst food I have ever had. Communism = terrible food
https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19715361.rail-replacement-bus-stuck-underneath-bridge-brighton/?ref=twtrec
Like you, I had a blast
This was 30 years back but even then Port of Spain was dangerous, however (Tobago was very safe). I remember armed guards outside bars and hotels. Now it is somehow more dangerous still, I am told. Probably because of these guys:
"The rise of Trinidad’s cocaine caliphate
Its drug wars make it a breeding ground for Isis"
ISIS plus drug trafficking? Fantastic. No thanks
https://unherd.com/2021/11/the-rise-of-trinidads-cocaine-caliphate/
So many countries have got WORSE in recent decades. Tragic
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6-point Lab lead, average of 5 latest polls 5-12 Nov, 1.2-pt Lab lead:
Lab 36.8%
Con 35.6%
Should be very pleasant in January. And should you have the misfortune to misbehave, which is quite possible, excellent legal help is on hand. His charges are quite steep, but well within your pocket, I'm sure.
I went with Mrs Foxy, but like many poor countries there is sex tourism, male and female. Not a boozy place either being Islamic, but vibrant culture away from the resorts. People either get Africa or recoil from it. It can test a comfort zone when you leave the tourist resort bubble, but is really quite safe.
Ghana is on my list too, and is a bit more developed. Senegal may be better for food, but The Gambia was quite OK.
He was in the Medical Corps and then moved to the reservists and became a surgeon. So that’s just military to civilian.
He then got sick and was unable to work as a surgeon any more so trained as a lawyer.
Edit - it was a decade ago when I went at least. Given how things in SA have deteriorated it's probably a shit hole now. 😢