It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
When all this ends the West is going to owe Ukraine a lot. Their sacrifice has brought the west together and made it much stronger. They have also shown the weakness of Russia and with any luck there may be big changes in Russia and Belarus. Let's hope we don't do the usual after a war and forget about the Ukrainians. Let's hope we really help them rebuild their country.
The South of France, Orange, etc., Is very much the FN heartland. Pretty much all their elected officials are there. (Which always surprised me: I would have thought they would have been stronger in the Past de Calais region.)
I'll tell you who else was strong in the South of France..
I'd guess many Pieds-Noirs resettling in the south also helped.
The one time I visited the town of Vichy it felt, quite irrationally, wrong at a visceral level, that somehow I had soiled myself for going there.
When all this ends the West is going to owe Ukraine a lot. Their sacrifice has brought the west together and made it much stronger. They have also shown the weakness of Russia and with any luck there may be big changes in Russia and Belarus. Let's hope we don't do the usual after a war and forget about the Ukrainians. Let's hope we really help them rebuild their country.
Best suggestions I've seen today is that Elon Musk should get into lithium mining and set up operations in Mariupol and Kherson.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
Right now they make her totally unelectable, even if she has detoxed everything else
I’m just trying to work out what is going on in France. Those pictures of Le Pen being met by delighted French teens are quite remarkable
However, I seem to recall that Hitler was very popular with young Germans, for a while. Not that she is Hitler. But the idea all kids are naturally “left wing” is simplistic and wrong
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
Oh, really, has Mrs Sunak published her tax return?
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
Le Pen’s get out the vote campaign slogan is “if the people vote, the people will win”.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
No, not really. Declaring potential conflicts of interests, doesn't have to extend to publishing tax returns.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
The #FBPE crowd sneering evidently didn’t read:
The Ukrainian embassy in London tweeted a picture of the two leaders meeting face to face.
In a Facebook post, Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office said: "The UK is the leader in defence support for Ukraine. The leader in the anti-war coalition. The leader in sanctions against the Russian aggressor."
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
The #FBPE crowd sneering evidently didn’t read:
The Ukrainian embassy in London tweeted a picture of the two leaders meeting face to face.
In a Facebook post, Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office said: "The UK is the leader in defence support for Ukraine. The leader in the anti-war coalition. The leader in sanctions against the Russian aggressor."
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
What a moronic post.
It's fair to also ask them if they're US green card holders or non-UK dom, but I'm not aware of any suggestion they are either of those things.
When all this ends the West is going to owe Ukraine a lot. Their sacrifice has brought the west together and made it much stronger. They have also shown the weakness of Russia and with any luck there may be big changes in Russia and Belarus. Let's hope we don't do the usual after a war and forget about the Ukrainians. Let's hope we really help them rebuild their country.
Even before this is over, we need to have competitions for the best architects and the best craftsmen, to design for Ukraine some of the finest buildings anywhere on the planet. Beacons that say: this is what democracy is about; this is what those who defend democracy deserve.
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
No, not really. Declaring potential conflicts of interests, doesn't have to extend to publishing tax returns.
An excellent programme from the BBC WS this lunchtime: The Shadow of Algiers.
Looking at the legacy, impact in France, contemporary relevance.
- An interview with an 87 year old French woman who planted a bomb for the FLN when a student. - The impact on the Front National - JM Le Pen left his monogrammed knife planted in a house search in Algeria, and it emerged decades later. - The Paris police massacre of Algerian demonstrators in 1961 - Macron's efforts to start France coming to terms with it in the last year or two.He deserves credit for that.
I had not realised quite the number of assassination attempts there had been on de Gaulle, or potential coup attempt(s?) from his own military.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
A couple weeks ago a Wagner source told me of a hastily out together new PMC, owned by a son-in-law of a GRU general, and set up to get a piece of the money pie available during the war. A unit numbering approx 200 was stationed in Pripyaty /1
They stationed them in old condemned apartment blocks, seemingly unaware of the risks. A couple days later a wounded merc ended up in a Belarus clinic, causing the Geiger counter to almost break. The rest of the mercs, hearing of this, deserted in panic. MoD were looking for them
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
The 330 has been on refuelling duty over Poland and the 320’s last reported flight was to Southend on Sunday. Possibly RAF to close to the Polish border then overland from there?
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
Macron's approval is higher now than it's been since early 2018. +44 -54
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
A good op for the United scribes as usual. Today's favourite
"There’s bound to be dressing room questions about this embarrassing result against such a lowly club … Lampard will want to know why his men only won by one goal"
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
The 330 has been on refuelling duty over Poland and the 320’s last reported flight was to Southend on Sunday. Possibly RAF to close to the Polish border then overland from there?
If I were to guess, I’d say a two-car convoy out of Downing St to either Heathrow or Northolt in the middle of the night, then either a ‘fake’ BA flight or a mil flight to somewhere in Eastern Poland, then a Hercules for the last leg to land on whatever passes for a runway in Kiev, followed by a helicopter to the meeting place. Kiev is 500km from the Polish border.
Apparently Ursula vdL was there yesterday, so they’ve got a VIP corridor in place somehow.
I’m sure they selected lots of REALLY young people, but nonetheless the really young people look overwhelmingly delighted to see her. Thrilled, even. That’s not fake. She has star quality for them,
Of course her problem is 15 year olds can’t vote and 18 year olds don’t vote but… hmm….
Looking at that makes me think she might indeed win. Macron needs the crumblies to come out, big time
It is, of course, well worth remembering that both Melenchon and Le Pen draw predominantly from the young, while Pecresse gets the oldies. Macron gets the middle aged.
I think it cannot be repeated enough, since people do tend to assume 'good' progressive policies will follow from listening to young people, but it isn't a universal rule.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Reminiscent of the tautology ‘survival of the fittest’.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Sale of Goods Act, 1979 s14(3) If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
I had always assumed that 'fit for purpose' came from the engineering world. It seems it was the consumer protection world.
I have no problem with neologisms and new phrases that serve a useful purpose. Fit for purpose certainly fits that bill, it is 'fit for purpose'
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
Right now they make her totally unelectable, even if she has detoxed everything else
I’m just trying to work out what is going on in France. Those pictures of Le Pen being met by delighted French teens are quite remarkable
However, I seem to recall that Hitler was very popular with young Germans, for a while. Not that she is Hitler. But the idea all kids are naturally “left wing” is simplistic and wrong
I suspect the young french thing is partly to do with youth unemployment which is crap in FR iirc.
Anyway, my money is on LePen and I am sticking my head out to say it to me it just feels like there is a shock coming and Macron is done. As just one example, according to NYT, 30 yellow vest protestors lost an eye thanks to police brutal tactics.
It will be a disaster for France and for the EU, but like all the other 2020s shit, we will have to just get on with dealing with it.
When all this ends the West is going to owe Ukraine a lot. Their sacrifice has brought the west together and made it much stronger. They have also shown the weakness of Russia and with any luck there may be big changes in Russia and Belarus. Let's hope we don't do the usual after a war and forget about the Ukrainians. Let's hope we really help them rebuild their country.
It's literally the least we could do, it simply must happen.
Spectator had powerful piece this weekend on war crimes and collecting evidence. No one thought they would ever see the Serb leaders anywhere near the Hague in 1990s. But they painstaking collected the evidence and kept building it over years and years.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
Unconfirmed reports that the PM is or was in Kiev meeting Zelensky.
Eh, Von der Leyen got in their first, she gets bragging rights.
The Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs were the first to visit Kyiv.
When it was even more risky of course. But they don't count among great/formerly great/aspiring to be great powers (or rather, are simply not as recognizable globally as a UvDL or BL)
Spectator had powerful piece this weekend on war crimes and collecting evidence. No one thought they would ever see the Serb leaders anywhere near the Hague in 1990s. But they painstaking collected the evidence and kept building it over years and years.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
Whether Putin ever sees justice is a matter of conjecture. But the amount of evidence by the time this has finished will be overwhelming.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Reminiscent of the tautology ‘survival of the fittest’.
Except 'survival of the fittest' is a useless phrase as it misleads as to what evolution actually is. Fit for purpose means what it says and expresses a useful concept.
When all this ends the West is going to owe Ukraine a lot. Their sacrifice has brought the west together and made it much stronger. They have also shown the weakness of Russia and with any luck there may be big changes in Russia and Belarus. Let's hope we don't do the usual after a war and forget about the Ukrainians. Let's hope we really help them rebuild their country.
It's literally the least we could do, it simply must happen.
Aid and goodwill are really important, especially in the coming weeks and months. We need to get bridges quickly reopened then rebuilt.
The most important thing though, is trade. Buy Ukranian, and get the brilliant Ukranian marketing team to put little flags on everything they sell. Go to visit, there’s some lovely places to explore there. Stay in their hotels, rent their cars, buy their (very cheap) beer and vodka.
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
Senior politicians getting caught indulging in any form of industrial scale tax avoidance has hopeless optics, especially so when one is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Your request is a foolish one. Almost as foolish as the Sunaks' tax affairs.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
When all this ends the West is going to owe Ukraine a lot. Their sacrifice has brought the west together and made it much stronger. They have also shown the weakness of Russia and with any luck there may be big changes in Russia and Belarus. Let's hope we don't do the usual after a war and forget about the Ukrainians. Let's hope we really help them rebuild their country.
Even before this is over, we need to have competitions for the best architects and the best craftsmen, to design for Ukraine some of the finest buildings anywhere on the planet. Beacons that say: this is what democracy is about; this is what those who defend democracy deserve.
And just fucking DARE Russia to knock them down.
Ukraine was beautiful, but now it will become great.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
The South of France, Orange, etc., Is very much the FN heartland. Pretty much all their elected officials are there. (Which always surprised me: I would have thought they would have been stronger in the Past de Calais region.)
I'll tell you who else was strong in the South of France..
I'd guess many Pieds-Noirs resettling in the south also helped.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
Yep, I take no pleasure in it at all. For me, the greatest achievement of the EU was the planting of seeds of democracy in eastern Europe and Thatcher was absolutely right to support it strongly. It is really sad to see these seeds wither but its been going on for a while. Supporting those fledgling democracies was, for me, the most compelling reason to remain in the EU and it nearly tipped the balance.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
I do wonder at the processes deciding who imprisons these people in the end. The former dictator of Liberia is serving time in a British prison as well. Must be a weird experience for them.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
Surely Le Pen is going to lose
Almost certainly, but I was thinking more generally of a) the tensions in places like Hungary and Poland testing the limits of EU norms, as that has not gone away, and b) the inevitable complications of a long and grinding war, and the costs to EU populations to take or persist in further actions. It's a miracle so many can agree in the first place, it won't continue indefinitely.
"Valeriy Simyonov, the chief safety engineer for the Chernobyl nuclear site, told the New York Times that one Russian soldier picked up a source of Cobalt-60 with his bare hands, exposing himself to so much radiation in a few seconds that it went off the scales of a Geiger counter."
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
I had always assumed that 'fit for purpose' came from the engineering world. It seems it was the consumer protection world.
I have no problem with neologisms and new phrases that serve a useful purpose. Fit for purpose certainly fits that bill, it is 'fit for purpose'
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
Surely Le Pen is going to lose
Probably but the last runoff poll has it Le Pen 51.5% and Macron 48.5% which is too close for comfort for the Macron campaign
I want Starmer's and Davey's wife to publish their tax return so the nation can see them. That they haven't done so already suggests that both obviously have something to hide. What is fair for Sunak should be fair for every other politician spouse orr even their children if they are old enough to earn money don't you all think?
Senior politicians getting caught indulging in any form of industrial scale tax avoidance has hopeless optics, especially so when one is Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Your request is a foolish one. Almost as foolish as the Sunaks' tax affairs.
To be fair Mr Dunn is more used to the level of debate that occurs on ConHome (or UKIP Home as it really should be renamed). Stupid comments like his would barely raise an eyebrow
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
The South of France, Orange, etc., Is very much the FN heartland. Pretty much all their elected officials are there. (Which always surprised me: I would have thought they would have been stronger in the Past de Calais region.)
I'll tell you who else was strong in the South of France..
I'd guess many Pieds-Noirs resettling in the south also helped.
A couple weeks ago a Wagner source told me of a hastily out together new PMC, owned by a son-in-law of a GRU general, and set up to get a piece of the money pie available during the war. A unit numbering approx 200 was stationed in Pripyaty /1
They stationed them in old condemned apartment blocks, seemingly unaware of the risks. A couple days later a wounded merc ended up in a Belarus clinic, causing the Geiger counter to almost break. The rest of the mercs, hearing of this, deserted in panic. MoD were looking for them
I understood that Prypyat wasn't badly affected, the wind direction was such that it was blown over the Red Forest. Otherwise 20,000 people could have died.
"Valeriy Simyonov, the chief safety engineer for the Chernobyl nuclear site, told the New York Times that one Russian soldier picked up a source of Cobalt-60 with his bare hands, exposing himself to so much radiation in a few seconds that it went off the scales of a Geiger counter."
It does seem that the Russian soldiers at Chernobyl didn’t understand where they were, and had no radiation PPE nor training on how to behave there.
There could be dozens of looted ‘trinkets’ out there, which no-one will know about until people turn up in hospital and send Geiger counters off the scale.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
I do wonder at the processes deciding who imprisons these people in the end. The former dictator of Liberia is serving time in a British prison as well. Must be a weird experience for them.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
That was a classic missed opportunity to “rise above it” - notably Johnson with Sholz focussed on what united them rather than the (non trivial) differences.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Sale of Goods Act, 1979 s14(3) If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
'fit for that purpose' - seems proper English to me. 'fit for purpose' not.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
I do wonder at the processes deciding who imprisons these people in the end. The former dictator of Liberia is serving time in a British prison as well. Must be a weird experience for them.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
I do wonder at the processes deciding who imprisons these people in the end. The former dictator of Liberia is serving time in a British prison as well. Must be a weird experience for them.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
I do wonder at the processes deciding who imprisons these people in the end. The former dictator of Liberia is serving time in a British prison as well. Must be a weird experience for them.
n a videotaped message, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia, the largest country in the world by area, had attacked his nation, Ukraine, the largest country in the world by courage.
This man does soundbites like no one since JFK. He's just brilliant at it.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Sale of Goods Act, 1979 s14(3) If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
'fit for that purpose' - seems proper English to me. 'fit for purpose' not.
I take the view that if you make yourself understood, that's good enough. On that basis, "fit for purpose" is fit for purpose.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
Surely Le Pen is going to lose
Probably but the last runoff poll has it Le Pen 51.5% and Macron 48.5% which is too close for comfort for the Macron campaign
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Sale of Goods Act, 1979 s14(3) If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
'fit for that purpose' - seems proper English to me. 'fit for purpose' not.
I take the view that if you make yourself understood, that's good enough. On that basis, "fit for purpose" is fit for purpose.
Well who am I to argue? I'll continue not liking it though.
n a videotaped message, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia, the largest country in the world by area, had attacked his nation, Ukraine, the largest country in the world by courage.
This man does soundbites like no one since JFK. He's just brilliant at it.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Sale of Goods Act, 1979 s14(3) If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
'fit for that purpose' - seems proper English to me. 'fit for purpose' not.
I found his "not a shot in anger" indication about Afghanistan far, far more bizarre and indeed dishonest.
n a videotaped message, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia, the largest country in the world by area, had attacked his nation, Ukraine, the largest country in the world by courage.
This man does soundbites like no one since JFK. He's just brilliant at it.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
I believe 'fair play to' is an Irish expression.
Chwarae Teg
It is certainly a Welsh expression & occurs in the work of mid-twentieth century Anglo-Welsh writers like Rhys Davies and Dylan Thomas.
Maybe Irish as well, though I don't recall its use in 'Father Ted'
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
I believe 'fair play to' is an Irish expression.
I assume it's a sporting expression, "fair play" is a standard phrase meaning something is acceptable according to the laws of the game. Maybe golf.
n a videotaped message, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia, the largest country in the world by area, had attacked his nation, Ukraine, the largest country in the world by courage.
This man does soundbites like no one since JFK. He's just brilliant at it.
And JFK had someone else writing them.
Indeed, the late great Teddy Sorensen, arguably one of the best speechwriters in history.
The South of France, Orange, etc., Is very much the FN heartland. Pretty much all their elected officials are there. (Which always surprised me: I would have thought they would have been stronger in the Past de Calais region.)
I'll tell you who else was strong in the South of France..
I'd guess many Pieds-Noirs resettling in the south also helped.
The one time I visited the town of Vichy it felt, quite irrationally, wrong at a visceral level, that somehow I had soiled myself for going there.
An excellent programme from the BBC WS this lunchtime: The Shadow of Algiers.
Looking at the legacy, impact in France, contemporary relevance.
- An interview with an 87 year old French woman who planted a bomb for the FLN when a student. - The impact on the Front National - JM Le Pen left his monogrammed knife planted in a house search in Algeria, and it emerged decades later. - The Paris police massacre of Algerian demonstrators in 1961 - Macron's efforts to start France coming to terms with it in the last year or two.He deserves credit for that.
I had not realised quite the number of assassination attempts there had been on de Gaulle, or potential coup attempt(s?) from his own military.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Sale of Goods Act, 1979 s14(3) If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
'fit for that purpose' - seems proper English to me. 'fit for purpose' not.
Fitness for purpose was originally an engineering concept, where a supplier would say (legally) that the product being supplied was good to be used in the specific way intended by the recipient.
As a simple example, the bricks to build a house would be good for a two-storey house, but not for a four-storey house, as they had specific load limits. Same bricks, different purpose.
Fair play to Boris. That takes some personal bravery (and it’s a very good photo op for them both)
Where do these linguistic things like 'fair play to' and 'fit for purpose' and 'approve this message' come from? I imagine that it might be the US (the last certainly) however why on earth would they want to butcher our shared language?
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
Fit for purpose was John Reid I believe describing what the home office was not
Yes. It is just a horrible phrase though. Simply wrong in some deep sense. (I'll quite happily defer to anyone that can point to long usage of such awfulness)
Reminiscent of the tautology ‘survival of the fittest’.
That ignores the random element, you can be the fastest and best trained gazelle on the savanna but if you trip or stumble at the wrong time you are lunch.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
Sadly could be true. The longer things go on, the tougher the choices, and the easier it will be for unity to fray. It's already not 100% pulling in the same direction, but the broad thrust at least is there.
Surely Le Pen is going to lose
I am £600 better off if she does. Not going to cash out as I am on at an average of 14.5
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
PB predictions of the collapse of the EU are a true hardy perennial.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
But this might be like Brexit.
British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
I don't see why Trump and Brexit can win, along with Orban and Law & Justice and Le Pen not.
The worst thing Macron and the "Establishment" in France could do is attack her as a fascist and her voters accordingly.
It's a bit rough for Macron seeing as practically he's done more than any other leader in Europe for French consumer energy costs. But I guess electorates don't do counterfactual gratitude.
Lots of people are angry with Macron: civil servants, who now need to work significantly longer before accruing their gold plated pensions; employees at medium and larger firms, who are now significantly easier to let go.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
It would certainly be a shame for France. For us, not so much.
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
What we are seeing in the EU at the moment is a patina of unity bought on by the terrible events in Ukraine but beneath that there are serious tensions. If Hungary did not border Ulkraine it might well be on its way to being expelled for no longer being a working democracy. Germany is really struggling to reverse 40 years of policy and Poland is not that far behind Hungary in the democracy stakes.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
PB predictions of the collapse of the EU are a true hardy perennial.
I have not and am not predicting the collapse of the EU. But I do think it is at serious risk of fraying at the edges. I hope that I am wrong. On the plus side, I usually am.
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British voters listened to all the sensible economic arguments against Brexit and said Yeah well fuck that, we want sovereignty. They may have been deluded, swindled, wrong and/or evil, but polls show sovereignty was THE most important argument (even more than migration)
Sometimes it’s not always “the economy, stupid”
France MAY be approaching one of these inflection points. I remain highly skeptical that Le Pen can win, but it’s gonna be close
“The policies I represent are the policies represented […] by Mr Putin”, Marine Le Pen tells @maitlis in this 2017 interview…
https://twitter.com/JeremyCliffe/status/1512355505234227200
Surprise 😉
https://twitter.com/ukremblondon/status/1512791528607031303
BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-61052643
Right now they make her totally unelectable, even if she has detoxed everything else
I’m just trying to work out what is going on in France. Those pictures of Le Pen being met by delighted French teens are quite remarkable
However, I seem to recall that Hitler was very popular with young Germans, for a while. Not that she is Hitler. But the idea all kids are naturally “left wing” is simplistic and wrong
Has Mrs Johnson?
I've not been keeping up with the news.
Le Pen will not have had intelligence briefings I guess. Nonetheless she has to have been somewhat aware of the vileness that is Russia.
Those changes needed to happen, and each President before Macron tried, and then gave up when faced with protests and strikes. He gets a lot of hate on here, but those reforms (which are really only the beginning) were much needed in France. It would be a shame to see someone with corbyn's economic policies come in, and drag France backwards.
The Ukrainian embassy in London tweeted a picture of the two leaders meeting face to face.
In a Facebook post, Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office said: "The UK is the leader in defence support for Ukraine. The leader in the anti-war coalition. The leader in sanctions against the Russian aggressor."
The above three examples just feel plain wrong (!!) to me
https://twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1512461578859384833?s=20&t=R4D_-12QSWw8BbdDZzXWKA
It's fair to also ask them if they're US green card holders or non-UK dom, but I'm not aware of any suggestion they are either of those things.
Are you?
Obviously the Lobby journalists might have known something and be under a D-Notice, but the world’s communications aren’t that simple any more.
Reminded of the day GW Bush turned up in Iraq on Thanksgiving.
https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/11/27/sprj.irq.bush.tic.toc/index.html
And just fucking DARE Russia to knock them down.
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm/cmregmem/220328/contents.htm
Though Starmer provides considerably more than does Sunak.
Looking at the legacy, impact in France, contemporary relevance.
- An interview with an 87 year old French woman who planted a bomb for the FLN when a student.
- The impact on the Front National - JM Le Pen left his monogrammed knife planted in a house search in Algeria, and it emerged decades later.
- The Paris police massacre of Algerian demonstrators in 1961
- Macron's efforts to start France coming to terms with it in the last year or two.He deserves credit for that.
I had not realised quite the number of assassination attempts there had been on de Gaulle, or potential coup attempt(s?) from his own military.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct41d0
If I was French I would (a) be very sad both in general and in the choice I was being given and (b) vote for him in the second round.
They stationed them in old condemned apartment blocks, seemingly unaware of the risks. A couple days later a wounded merc ended up in a Belarus clinic, causing the Geiger counter to almost break. The rest of the mercs, hearing of this, deserted in panic. MoD were looking for them
https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1512796540494041097
https://news.sky.com/story/emmanuel-macron-calls-polish-pm-mateusz-morawiecki-far-right-anti-semite-after-criticism-of-his-putin-calls-12585999
https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1512704940233404422
Translation: We committed massive war crimes in Irpin and you are about to discover them😡
https://twitter.com/AlexWeidmann4/status/1512713601303429121
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&geo=GB&q="fit for purpose"
Please stay in Kyiv you worthless sack of lard.
"There’s bound to be dressing room questions about this embarrassing result against such a lowly club … Lampard will want to know why his men only won by one goal"
Apparently Ursula vdL was there yesterday, so they’ve got a VIP corridor in place somehow.
https://twitter.com/lesiavasylenko/status/1512439627025682435
s14(3)
If the buyer expressly or implicitly makes his purpose for the goods known to the seller, the seller is obliged to make sure the goods provided are fit for that purpose, if it is reasonable for the buyer to rely on the seller's expertise. An example of the application of this provision can be found in Godley v Perry.
I have no problem with neologisms and new phrases that serve a useful purpose. Fit for purpose certainly fits that bill, it is 'fit for purpose'
Anyway, my money is on LePen and I am sticking my head out to say it to me it just feels like there is a shock coming and Macron is done. As just one example, according to NYT, 30 yellow vest protestors lost an eye thanks to police brutal tactics.
It will be a disaster for France and for the EU, but like all the other 2020s shit, we will have to just get on with dealing with it.
Karadzic is now serving life imprisonment. On the Isle of Wight.
But the amount of evidence by the time this has finished will be overwhelming.
The most important thing though, is trade. Buy Ukranian, and get the brilliant Ukranian marketing team to put little flags on everything they sell. Go to visit, there’s some lovely places to explore there. Stay in their hotels, rent their cars, buy their (very cheap) beer and vodka.
There's a really striking parallel of a war busily destroying an innocent nation as a proxy for a far bigger argument.
(I don't think that it's quite true in either case - both wars are due to more domestic issues)
Your request is a foolish one. Almost as foolish as the Sunaks' tax affairs.
I reckon they have a rocky few years ahead. It will be even worse if Macron loses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeDzEapSn0Y
The hoped for result of all this, even if it takes a long time.
https://inews.co.uk/news/urgent-chernobyl-radiation-checks-needed-russians-disturbed-material-expert-1566516?ico=related_stories
"Valeriy Simyonov, the chief safety engineer for the Chernobyl nuclear site, told the New York Times that one Russian soldier picked up a source of Cobalt-60 with his bare hands, exposing himself to so much radiation in a few seconds that it went off the scales of a Geiger counter."
http://harris-interactive.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/04/Rapport-Harris-Interactive-Toluna-V41-Intentions-de-vote-Presidentielle-2022-Challenges.pdf
There could be dozens of looted ‘trinkets’ out there, which no-one will know about until people turn up in hospital and send Geiger counters off the scale.
Then again, I've also seen Oz...
This man does soundbites like no one since JFK. He's just brilliant at it.
It is certainly a Welsh expression & occurs in the work of mid-twentieth century Anglo-Welsh writers like Rhys Davies and Dylan Thomas.
Maybe Irish as well, though I don't recall its use in 'Father Ted'
Why do I always do this
As a simple example, the bricks to build a house would be good for a two-storey house, but not for a four-storey house, as they had specific load limits. Same bricks, different purpose.
Johnson, however...
The worst thing Macron and the "Establishment" in France could do is attack her as a fascist and her voters accordingly.
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