It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
Well he does have form, and many of the cases being investigated are about abuse of patriarchal power structures.
Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that's not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court's bad decisions… https://twitter.com/5thCircAppeals/status/1542522257511026689
Rivas-Villegas -- SCOTUS reversed the lower court to give a cop qualified immunity for using excessive force Tahlequah v. Bond -- SCOTUS reversed the lower court to give a cop qualified immunity for killing a man Shoop v. Twyford -- SCOTUS made it harder to get habeas relief Brown v. Davenport -- SCOTUS made it harder to get habeas relief Shinn v. Ramirez -- SCOTUS made it harder to get habeas relief Zubaydah -- SCOTUS allowed the Govt to withhold information about torture on CIA black sites Vaello-Madero -- SCOTUS denied SS benefits to residents of Puerto Rico Cummings -- SCOTUS disallowed recovery for emotional-distress damages in civil rights lawsuits Patel -- SCOTUS stripped federal courts of jurisdiction to review fact issues in immigration proceedings Biden v. Missouri -- SCOTUS blocked a federal vaccine mandate Garland v. Gonzalez -- SCOTUS denied long-detained immigrants' access to a bond hearing Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez -- SCOTUS denied long-detained immigrants' access to a bond hearing FEC v. Ted Cruz -- SCOTUS struck down campaign finance restrictions to enable Ted Cruz to pay himself back for loans he made to his own campaign (from donations post election) Egbert v. Boule -- SCOTUS further limited a person's ability to sue federal officers (Bivens actions) Vega v. Tekah -- SCOTUS weakened enforcement of Miranda rights Carson v. Makin -- SCOTUS undermined the Establishment Clause, forcing states to fund private religious schools Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist. -- SCOTUS undermined the Establishment Clause, allowing football coach to have public/publicized Christian prayers at football games Denezpi -- SCOTUS recognized tribal sovereignty just enough to allow an Indian defendant to be prosecuted twice for the same crime (no double jeopardy), then... Castro-Huerta -- SCOTUS undermined tribal sovereignty by making tribal land "part of state" and allowing state to exercise jurisdiction on tribal land Bruen -- SCOTUS struck down NY's 100yo restriction on concealed carry to expand 2A and limit gun restrictions U.S. v. Texas -- SCOTUS allowed Texas's "bounty hunter" antiabortion law to go into effect Dobbs -- SCOTUS overruled Roe & Casey, eliminating the federal right to abortion and enabling severe (life-threatening) restrictions on abortion to go into effect West Virginia v. EPA -- SCOTUS undermined the EPA's ability to regulate emissions and fight global warming
Note, shadow docket decisions - with no published reasons - not included in above list.
This seems to miss the ruling where a prison warden watched a prisoner who was a suicide risk wrap a a telephone cord round their neck and strangle himself for 10 minutes without the warden taking any action.
It’s all rather dull and academic, because the chances of us returning to the EU in the foreseeable future are nil.
I find Brexit one of the most boring topics on Earth these days. It’s happened. We lost. It was saddening. Most of us eventually got over it. Life goes on.
It’s rather like covid, in that some people simply cannot seemingly bear to accept it as a reality of normal life.
I guess it depends how you define the foreseeable future. Since the future is essentially unknowable, you could say that the foreseeable future is a very short period of time indeed. But if you define it as, say, 20 years, I think the chances of us rejoining are definitely not nil. The first step to making it happen is to make sure the public notices every single cost and inconvenience of Brexit. A relentless guerilla information war against the lying Brexit establishment. It won't be especially edifying.
It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
Well he does have form, and many of the cases being investigated are about abuse of patriarchal power structures.
Why can't they just be about what they look as if they are about without the cod sociology overlay?
I don't think Brexit has made life better, but then the purpose of Brexit was not, in and of itself, to make life better. Going out of your front door in the morning doesn't necessarily make your life better - you could be flattened by a Number 22 bus. But it is necessary if you have ambitions beyond sitting at home eating pies.
It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
Well he does have form, and many of the cases being investigated are about abuse of patriarchal power structures.
Why can't they just be about what they look as if they are about without the cod sociology overlay?
We're the Catholic priests, children's homes, Muslim grooming gangs, Hollywood and TV light entertainment sex scandals etc purely about sex, or did they reveal a lot about how power was used and abused in those sub-cultures?
I don't think Brexit has made life better, but then the purpose of Brexit was not, in and of itself, to make life better. Going out of your front door in the morning doesn't necessarily make your life better - you could be flattened by a Number 22 bus. But it is necessary if you have ambitions beyond sitting at home eating pies.
Finally! A simple, compelling description of the benefits of Brexit.
It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
Well he does have form, and many of the cases being investigated are about abuse of patriarchal power structures.
Why can't they just be about what they look as if they are about without the cod sociology overlay?
We're the Catholic priests, children's homes, Muslim grooming gangs, Hollywood and TV light entertainment sex scandals etc purely about sex, or did they reveal a lot about how power was used and abused in those sub-cultures?
It’s an irritating feature of autocorrect that it doesn’t accept a sentence can begin with ‘were’.
It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
Well he does have form, and many of the cases being investigated are about abuse of patriarchal power structures.
Why can't they just be about what they look as if they are about without the cod sociology overlay?
We're the Catholic priests, children's homes, Muslim grooming gangs, Hollywood and TV light entertainment sex scandals etc purely about sex, or did they reveal a lot about how power was used and abused in those sub-cultures?
Sky News @SkyNews · 1h Gordon Brown tells @BethRigby that after the Kremenchuk "shopping centre massacre" there is "no argument" against holding Putin responsible.
He added "there is nothing Putin understands other than strength".
Have a bit more background on Pincher situation from govt source 1/ Source tells me: “Pincher was drunk & groped people in front of other people at Carlton club. He apologies & is mortified” 2/ Told of the two men involved - one is an MP & 2nd might be too. Source not sure 1/ https://twitter.com/BethRigby/status/1542614757978554369
He's called Pincher?
After losing the MP for Hornytown as well.
Have we stumbled out of reality into a Carry On script?
Though for clarity, I would prefer it to be Don't Carry On, Boris.
I was disappointed that constituency wasn't Tiverton & Axminster, then we could have had a T&A by-election.
It's like Titter ye not, a la Frankie Howerd.
Reminds me of when I was a teacher in a private school with boarding houses. The boss of the boarding house was called a matron. I could never keep a straight face when I heard the phrace "ooh, Matron..."
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
The English made the bed so the Irish and Scots will just have to suffer.
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
The English made the bed so the Irish and Scots will just have to suffer.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. Am I alone in thinking this?
Yes. Next. Struggling to think of examples to be honest.
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
The English made the bed so the Irish and Scots will just have to suffer.
It isn't yet clear quite what happened in this sexual assault, but for a whip to be acting like this does show that we still have a long way to go in tackling entrenched abuses of power in Westminster, in particular of sexual abuse.
That's very likely bollocks. He seems to have got drunk and gropey in the Carlton Club. It's a odd feature of earnest leftydom to insist that sex is not really about sex, rapists aren't really after sex but reinforcing the patriarchal phallocratic power structure etc.
The 2 guests at the Carlton club he groped are likely to be posh Tories, though obviously that does not excuse the groping
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
While I am glad to see my opinion of Brexit is shared by such a growing plurality of Britons it is hard to be sure of what is the cart and what is the horse.
Is Brexit so despised because it is Tory policy, or are the Tories so despised because they are the party of Brexit. A bit of both IMO.
No party (other than SF and SNP) will be campaigning to Rejoin at the next GE, so we will have 5 more years for opinion against Brexit to strengthen before Rejoin is an option for English voters. (Have the Greens expressed a European policy yet?)
PC too are pro-EU? (pedantic but significant in Wales)
Are they proposing in their manifesto to Rejoin though?
*checks, on reflection* ... yes, or at least what seems to be the manifesto in their website. Seems reasonably positive, though the referendum proviso is sensible as the balance of opinion is not so clar as in Scotland.
'Following Brexit the prospects of the UK rejoining the EU in the medium term are remote. Nevertheless, we will make the case for the advantages for Wales and the UK as a whole, of closer regulatory alignment with the EU.
Plaid Cymru’s longer-term aspiration is for an independent Wales to join the European Union, subject to a future referendum after the achievement of independence.'
LD policy is currently to aim to rejoin the EU ultimately, PC policy now just to rejoin the single market
The Tories contain more sex pests than the nonce wing at Broadmoor.
Politics is just so eurgh at the moment.
So I'm delighted you've introduced me the Rest of History podcast. Hours of fun and learning. Thank you. I will disappear there and resurface when a touch of civilised behaviour has returned to our public life.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
Am I alone in thinking this?
It's a good thing that Phil Spector is in jail and therefore can't respond to this comment.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. Am I alone in thinking this?
Yes. Next. Struggling to think of examples to be honest.
A Rush of Blood to the Head vs absolutely everything else from Coldplay?
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
The English made the bed so the Irish and Scots will just have to suffer.
Sorry, forgot to acknowledge my nation’s racial inferiority.
Apropos of nothing apart from a dodgy political era with a whiff of deviancy, my partner has just come back from a trip to see Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club and is raving about it, one of the best stage shows she's seen she says. I think someone here intended to go, she would definitely recommend it. Also she really enjoyed a gay flamenco thing if that tickles anyone's pickle..
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
The English made the bed so the Irish and Scots will just have to suffer.
Sorry, forgot to acknowledge my nation’s racial inferiority.
"Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.9 million in March, the highest level on records that date back 20 years. At that level, there are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person. That’s a sharp reversal from the historic pattern: Before the pandemic, there were always more unemployed people than available jobs.
The number of people quitting their jobs remained near record highs at 4.4 million in April, mostly unchanged from the previous month. Nearly all of those who quit do so to take another job, typically for higher pay."
I don't think Brexit had much to do with the labor shortages here in the US. And, if I may make an obvious point, there are worse problems than laborshortages for a nation to have.
The Tories contain more sex pests than the nonce wing at Broadmoor.
Politics is just so eurgh at the moment.
So I'm delighted you've introduced me the Rest of History podcast. Hours of fun and learning. Thank you. I will disappear there and resurface when a touch of civilised behaviour has returned to our public life.
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
You could also find that it's quite a superficial judgement that will swing the other way if there is any economic news that unequivocally bucks the narrative.
The Tories contain more sex pests than the nonce wing at Broadmoor.
Politics is just so eurgh at the moment.
So I'm delighted you've introduced me the Rest of History podcast. Hours of fun and learning. Thank you. I will disappear there and resurface when a touch of civilised behaviour has returned to our public life.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
Am I alone in thinking this?
It's a good thing that Phil Spector is in jail and therefore can't respond to this comment.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. Am I alone in thinking this?
Yes. Next. Struggling to think of examples to be honest.
A Rush of Blood to the Head vs absolutely everything else from Coldplay?
Coldplay, with perhaps one or two exceptions, are crud. That whole movement (Keane, Travis etc) in British music was a bloody disaster.
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
You could also find that it's quite a superficial judgement that will swing the other way if there is any economic news that unequivocally bucks the narrative.
There won’t be though. Brexit is turning out pretty much as expected.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
Am I alone in thinking this?
Always on my Mind - best cover version is the VERY electronic version by the Pet Shop Boys.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. Am I alone in thinking this?
Yes. Next. Struggling to think of examples to be honest.
A Rush of Blood to the Head vs absolutely everything else from Coldplay?
Coldplay, with perhaps one or two exceptions, are crud. That whole movement (Keane, Travis etc) in British music was a bloody disaster.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. Am I alone in thinking this?
Yes. Next. Struggling to think of examples to be honest.
A Rush of Blood to the Head vs absolutely everything else from Coldplay?
Coldplay, with perhaps one or two exceptions, are crud. That whole movement (Keane, Travis etc) in British music was a bloody disaster.
Keane had some good songs on their debut album.
It’s not exactly epoch defining stuff but it reminds me of a very pleasant driving holiday down to Italy in 2005, so it’ll do.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
Am I alone in thinking this?
It's a good thing that Phil Spector is in jail and therefore can't respond to this comment.
"Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.9 million in March, the highest level on records that date back 20 years. At that level, there are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person. That’s a sharp reversal from the historic pattern: Before the pandemic, there were always more unemployed people than available jobs.
The number of people quitting their jobs remained near record highs at 4.4 million in April, mostly unchanged from the previous month. Nearly all of those who quit do so to take another job, typically for higher pay."
I don't think Brexit had much to do with the labor shortages here in the US. And, if I may make an obvious point, there are worse problems than laborshortages for a nation to have.
At the end of Q1, vacancies-to-job seeker ratios were at records in:
UK Singapore USA Spain Austria Canada
But not in Germany or France.
Basically labour shortages were a feature of the developed world in the immediate post Covid period.
@GlasgowPam outlined what I feel is the most powerful argument in the unionist arsenal. One which when earnestly made always lands: that indy is effectively abandoning working class people across the UK. I don't agree, but Yessers have never really dealt with that moral argument
@GlasgowPam outlined what I feel is the most powerful argument in the unionist arsenal. One which when earnestly made always lands: that indy is effectively abandoning working class people across the UK. I don't agree, but Yessers have never really dealt with that moral argument
I thought that scottish votes had not changed any UK election outcome in recent memory? Though they may do so, of course.
A related idea is that Scotland and/or the present SNP government is inherently more progressive than England. Not everyone agrees:
The chieftains had reason to be astonished when they heard that Rade [Njegos] would succeed [his uncle] Bishop Petar [as Prince-Bishop of Montenegro].
. . . [T]here was held an assembly on Velje Guvno and the testament was read. There was an oppressive silence among the chieftains as the Archimandrite of Ostrog, Josef Pavecevic, asked the assemblage if they accepted the testament. It was a silence that held a threat and a promise of mob action. It was then, according to a reliable account, that Filip Nikolin Djuraskovic, of Ceklin, Serdar of the Nahi of Rijeka, sprang forward and demanded to know if they accepted the testament, challenging anyone who rejected it to a duel. The chieftains shouted their assent, and Filip took out his long pistol and fired it in sign of rejoicing and confirmation. With the firing of the guns the tension relaxed.
Serdar Filip was no ordinary chieftain. . . . Filip was serdar in his own right - a renowned hero and a collaborator of Bishop Petar, famed for his bezerk attacks on the Turks, for his sagacity, resoluteness, and forcefulness. He stood by Bishop Rade from the first, and there he was to remain, becoming his senator and helping him in everything, especially in putting down opposition and rebellions throughout Montenegro. He was beside him even unto his dying hour. Filip had songs sung about him even in his lifetime, while Njegos . . . extoll[ed] him as the greatest hero of Montenegro - in a time and place where every reproach and praise was measured out by the gram. . . [A] slightly hunched warrior who never hesitated to strike a blow; a man made for hacking and hewing. That he was really like that is known from the tales recorded about him. He once cut down two Turks and captured a third, stuck the heads of the two on stakes, and bound the captive to a post in front of his house, a house more like a fortress ruled by a completely independent master, one whose strength and daring had no match in the counrty.
SSI - Sir Walter Scott couldn't say it better. AND just imagine if SWS was a Reform Commie instead of an Orthodox Tory . . .
"Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.9 million in March, the highest level on records that date back 20 years. At that level, there are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person. That’s a sharp reversal from the historic pattern: Before the pandemic, there were always more unemployed people than available jobs.
The number of people quitting their jobs remained near record highs at 4.4 million in April, mostly unchanged from the previous month. Nearly all of those who quit do so to take another job, typically for higher pay."
I don't think Brexit had much to do with the labor shortages here in the US. And, if I may make an obvious point, there are worse problems than laborshortages for a nation to have.
At the end of Q1, vacancies-to-job seeker ratios were at records in:
UK Singapore USA Spain Austria Canada
But not in Germany or France.
Basically labour shortages were a feature of the developed world in the immediate post Covid period.
Is greater acceptance & entry of refugees including UKR & of other immigrants in Germany & France a factor?
"Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.9 million in March, the highest level on records that date back 20 years. At that level, there are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person. That’s a sharp reversal from the historic pattern: Before the pandemic, there were always more unemployed people than available jobs.
The number of people quitting their jobs remained near record highs at 4.4 million in April, mostly unchanged from the previous month. Nearly all of those who quit do so to take another job, typically for higher pay."
I don't think Brexit had much to do with the labor shortages here in the US. And, if I may make an obvious point, there are worse problems than laborshortages for a nation to have.
At the end of Q1, vacancies-to-job seeker ratios were at records in:
UK Singapore USA Spain Austria Canada
But not in Germany or France.
Basically labour shortages were a feature of the developed world in the immediate post Covid period.
Is greater acceptance & entry of refugees including UKR & of other immigrants in Germany & France a factor?
Perhaps less flexible labour markets are an advantage in this case? Or maybe their furlough schemes were better?
France has taken about the same number of Ukranians as us. Germany many times more. So the two cases are different.
Orwell Festival of Political Writing 2022: 'Bismarck and Political Power'
We were delighted to be joined by Dominic Cummings, Richard Evans, Gideon Rachman, and Katja Hoyer on 23 June 2022 to unpack Bismarck’s understanding of political power, how Bismarck has been understood historically, and whether Bismarck’s approach to politics is still relevant. The discussion was chaired by Ken Macdonald QC, Chair of Trustees of The Orwell Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oos_mGp7qr8
"[Bismark] was just as reactionary as [Jacob] Rees-Mogg but he had a brain." — Richard Evans
I don't think Brexit has made life better, but then the purpose of Brexit was not, in and of itself, to make life better. Going out of your front door in the morning doesn't necessarily make your life better - you could be flattened by a Number 22 bus. But it is necessary if you have ambitions beyond sitting at home eating pies.
That begs the question, what was the purpose of Brexit? The referendum paper asked only if we should remain in or leave the EU. While there were some who voted on the basis of sovereignty or on ending FOM, many others will have voted to make their lives better, for instance by levelling up or raising NHS funding or increasing GDP by hundreds of billions of pounds.
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
Am I alone in thinking this?
Always on my Mind - best cover version is the VERY electronic version by the Pet Shop Boys.
Kate Bush's Rocketman is IMO better than Elton John's, and a more complex song.
But the above might be exceptions that prove the rule...
Royal Ascot week, although that might not be the full explanation, or even a partial one.
I doubt it would have *that* much effect. It was also pre-Glastonbury. The figures are compared to the same week in 2019. (1) Royal Ascot was apparently 20th to 22nd June, so one day's figures *may* b in this years.
It is also reflected by a trend of a steady increase in rail travel over this year (2).
Mr Zahawi, the Education Secretary, wants to give the 130,000 teachers in England in the first five years of their careers a rise of up to nine per cent from September as part of moves to take starting salaries to £30,000.
It’s interesting that the number of remain voters who think it’s had a positive effect has doubled.
Up 5%, while the percentage of Remain voters thinking it has been negative is up 19% and the number of Leave voters negative is up 12%.
Far fewer in any category are in the undecided, and the momentum is to the negatives, anything else is a wilful distortion.
It’s becoming the consensus. Whether that means there will ever be a consensus for rejoin is another matter.
The worry is that public opinion becomes “Brexit was a mistake, but we made our bed so we’ll just have to suffer”. Admirable stoicism but not really very constructive.
You could also find that it's quite a superficial judgement that will swing the other way if there is any economic news that unequivocally bucks the narrative.
It's objectively fucking terrible for UK business, certainly for anyone that deals in exports within the EU.
Completely off-topic, but I’m going to Wimbledon today and had to download their app for the ticket. Unfortunately this meant downloading the latest iOS. I’ve resisted doing this as I found each update made my old phone worse.
So far no performance issues on my current phone. But my God, what have they done to Safari? I can get the address bar back to the top, but it doesn’t seem possible to go back to stacked tabs. What idiot decided this was a good idea?
@GlasgowPam outlined what I feel is the most powerful argument in the unionist arsenal. One which when earnestly made always lands: that indy is effectively abandoning working class people across the UK. I don't agree, but Yessers have never really dealt with that moral argument
So please vote for Sir Keir just in case not enough of those working class people across the UK who backed Brexit and BJ don't vote for him. Oh, and don't worry about abandoning those working class people in the EU, they're forrins.
Presumably, former chief whip Gavin Williamson got his ridiculous knighthood for keeping schtum about the extra-marital blow job that is now public knowledge anyway. What an utterly appalling shambles our country has become. https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1542551105019813894
Orwell Festival of Political Writing 2022: 'Bismarck and Political Power'
We were delighted to be joined by Dominic Cummings, Richard Evans, Gideon Rachman, and Katja Hoyer on 23 June 2022 to unpack Bismarck’s understanding of political power, how Bismarck has been understood historically, and whether Bismarck’s approach to politics is still relevant. The discussion was chaired by Ken Macdonald QC, Chair of Trustees of The Orwell Foundation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oos_mGp7qr8
"[Bismark] was just as reactionary as [Jacob] Rees-Mogg but he had a brain." — Richard Evans
Unlike say, one of the other members of the panel…
Mr Zahawi, the Education Secretary, wants to give the 130,000 teachers in England in the first five years of their careers a rise of up to nine per cent from September as part of moves to take starting salaries to £30,000.
ETA that is what EdSec has asked for; whether Number 10 and Treasury cough up has yet to be seen.
The government have already said they will fund pay rises for rookie teachers only. Any other pay rises will have to come out of existing budgets.
This is incredibly problematic as most schools are already in deficit.
One way it might be done is to abolish academy chains, which are expensive and cumbersome, while doing no actual good. But that won’t happen as that’s a particular pet of the DfE and the current government.
Which leaves redundancies as the other option.
So this could actually make staffing shortages much, much worse, not better.
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Court ruled they had qualified immunity.
However, nobody in the Labour Party was ever nuts enough to give him a government job.
Still, she does have a way of grasping the point of the argument, and milking it for what it's worth.
Cleveleys Park (Wyre) Result:
CON: 53.7% (-9.0)
LAB: 46.3% (+9.0)
Conservative HOLD.
Changes w/ 2019.
This is a blip. Things are likely to recover.
Free money.
Ollerton (Newark & Sherwood) council by-election result:
LAB: 64.9% (+0.6)
CON: 26.7% (-9.0)
IND: 8.4% (+8.4)
Votes cast: 1,482
Labour HOLD.
Fazakerley (Liverpool) council by-election result:
LAB: 57.5% (-25.6)
IND: 26.9% (+26.9)
LDEM: 12.2% (+8.2)
GRN: 3.3% (-1.0)
No Con (-6.6) and Lib (-1.8) as prev.
Votes cast: 2,372
Labour HOLD.
Girls & boys, get out your beach (& other balls) and join Leon (& Gidget?) on sandy shores of the balmy Baltic!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlogorsk,_Kaliningrad_Oblast
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelenogradsk
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that after the Kremenchuk "shopping centre massacre" there is "no argument" against holding Putin responsible.
He added "there is nothing Putin understands other than strength".
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1542611956502335492
LDEM: 57.1% (+57.1)
CON: 31.5% (-39.5)
LAB: 5.0% (-23.9)
SDP: 3.7% (+3.7)
YRK: 2.7% (+2.7)
Votes cast: 3,416
Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
LD hyper surge however result is in line with another by election on the same ward in July 2019 after the May 2019 locals the swing is based on
Reminds me of when I was a teacher in a private school with boarding houses. The boss of the boarding house was called a matron. I could never keep a straight face when I heard the phrace "ooh, Matron..."
I was going to post this on Reddit r/unpopular opinion but a) I don’t have a Reddit account, and b ) I value the opinions of PBers more than random redditors.
So,
After spending too long on YouTube, I’ve come to the conclusion that most songs by most artists are much better in their stripped-down, acoustic form, rather than the overproduced end-product that appears on most records. It’s like pretty much everything that goes on between the writers original composition on a piano or guitar - and the final product is almost always bad.
Am I alone in thinking this?
Struggling to think of examples to be honest.
https://www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-back-long-term-aspiration-to-rejoin-eu-65957.html
https://www.business-live.co.uk/economic-development/plaid-cymru-calls-uk-rejoin-24344694
So I'm delighted you've introduced me the Rest of History podcast. Hours of fun and learning. Thank you. I will disappear there and resurface when a touch of civilised behaviour has returned to our public life.
I may be gone for some time.
https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=331952
"Dear Prime Minister, Last night I drank far too much."
At least he gets to the point quickly.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-62002088
FWIW, there is a similar shortage in the US: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/u-s-job-openings-remain-high-with-nearly-twice-as-many-openings-as-unemployed-people
"Employers advertised 11.4 million jobs at the end of April, the Labor Department said Wednesday, down from nearly 11.9 million in March, the highest level on records that date back 20 years. At that level, there are nearly two job openings for every unemployed person. That’s a sharp reversal from the historic pattern: Before the pandemic, there were always more unemployed people than available jobs.
The number of people quitting their jobs remained near record highs at 4.4 million in April, mostly unchanged from the previous month. Nearly all of those who quit do so to take another job, typically for higher pay."
I don't think Brexit had much to do with the labor shortages here in the US. And, if I may make an obvious point, there are worse problems than laborshortages for a nation to have.
Yes, I know exactly how you feel.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55697979
Brexit is turning out pretty much as expected.
Con 49%
Lab 32%
UK
Singapore
USA
Spain
Austria
Canada
But not in Germany or France.
Basically labour shortages were a feature of the developed world in the immediate post Covid period.
@GlasgowPam outlined what I feel is the most powerful argument in the unionist arsenal. One which when earnestly made always lands: that indy is effectively abandoning working class people across the UK. I don't agree, but Yessers have never really dealt with that moral argument
A related idea is that Scotland and/or the present SNP government is inherently more progressive than England. Not everyone agrees:
https://www.thesocialreview.co.uk/2020/03/02/the-myth-of-scotlands-progressive-government/
The chieftains had reason to be astonished when they heard that Rade [Njegos] would succeed [his uncle] Bishop Petar [as Prince-Bishop of Montenegro].
. . . [T]here was held an assembly on Velje Guvno and the testament was read. There was an oppressive silence among the chieftains as the Archimandrite of Ostrog, Josef Pavecevic, asked the assemblage if they accepted the testament. It was a silence that held a threat and a promise of mob action. It was then, according to a reliable account, that Filip Nikolin Djuraskovic, of Ceklin, Serdar of the Nahi of Rijeka, sprang forward and demanded to know if they accepted the testament, challenging anyone who rejected it to a duel. The chieftains shouted their assent, and Filip took out his long pistol and fired it in sign of rejoicing and confirmation. With the firing of the guns the tension relaxed.
Serdar Filip was no ordinary chieftain. . . . Filip was serdar in his own right - a renowned hero and a collaborator of Bishop Petar, famed for his bezerk attacks on the Turks, for his sagacity, resoluteness, and forcefulness. He stood by Bishop Rade from the first, and there he was to remain, becoming his senator and helping him in everything, especially in putting down opposition and rebellions throughout Montenegro. He was beside him even unto his dying hour. Filip had songs sung about him even in his lifetime, while Njegos . . . extoll[ed] him as the greatest hero of Montenegro - in a time and place where every reproach and praise was measured out by the gram. . . [A] slightly hunched warrior who never hesitated to strike a blow; a man made for hacking and hewing. That he was really like that is known from the tales recorded about him. He once cut down two Turks and captured a third, stuck the heads of the two on stakes, and bound the captive to a post in front of his house, a house more like a fortress ruled by a completely independent master, one whose strength and daring had no match in the counrty.
SSI - Sir Walter Scott couldn't say it better. AND just imagine if SWS was a Reform Commie instead of an Orthodox Tory . . .
France has taken about the same number of Ukranians as us. Germany many times more. So the two cases are different.
Orwell Festival of Political Writing 2022: 'Bismarck and Political Power'
We were delighted to be joined by Dominic Cummings, Richard Evans, Gideon Rachman, and Katja Hoyer on 23 June 2022 to unpack Bismarck’s understanding of political power, how Bismarck has been understood historically, and whether Bismarck’s approach to politics is still relevant. The discussion was chaired by Ken Macdonald QC, Chair of Trustees of The Orwell Foundation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oos_mGp7qr8
"[Bismark] was just as reactionary as [Jacob] Rees-Mogg but he had a brain." — Richard Evans
Fears channels could be swamped with commercials like in the US as Ofcom reviews whether it needs to change its advertising guidelines
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/06/30/longer-advert-breaks-could-hit-tv-viewers/ (£££)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10971443/Facemaker-saved-broken-gargoyles-World-War-grandfather-plastic-surgery.html
Last-minute intervention by Jacob Rees-Mogg into review of gambling laws
The Bill could now be held back or even neutered after complaints by Rees-Mogg
Sources said: 'unwarranted intervention in people's lives and should be ditched'
Iain Duncan Smith said it was 'nonsense' to describe the curbs as a nanny state
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10971519/Is-Jacob-Rees-Mogg-killing-nanny-state-betting-review.html
But the above might be exceptions that prove the rule...
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1542622215287574528
Did someone brief Erdogan on the latest Tory scandal ?
"he week from 13th June to 20 June was the first week where GB national rail ridership was over 90% of pre-pandemic levels every single day."
https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1542093921307738112
It is also reflected by a trend of a steady increase in rail travel over this year (2).
(1): https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic/covid-19-transport-data-methodology-note#rail-passenger-journeys
(2): https://twitter.com/joncstone/status/1542097732596383746/photo/1
"Russia manufactured 3,700 cars in May, 97% fewer than the same month last year, the country’s statistics agency Rosstat said late Wednesday." (1)
And Gazprom's share price fell by 25-30% yesterday, after it said it would not be giving out any dividends for the first time since 1998.
(1): https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/06/30/russias-car-manufacturing-collapses-by-97-in-may-a78151
Mr Zahawi, the Education Secretary, wants to give the 130,000 teachers in England in the first five years of their careers a rise of up to nine per cent from September as part of moves to take starting salaries to £30,000.
He is also proposing a pay increase of five per cent for the remaining 380,000 teachers across the country instead of the three per cent originally planned by the Government.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/30/nadhim-zahawi-give-teachers-pay-rises-9pc-avoid-going-strike/ (£££)
ETA that is what EdSec has asked for; whether Number 10 and Treasury cough up has yet to be seen.
So far no performance issues on my current phone. But my God, what have they done to Safari? I can get the address bar back to the top, but it doesn’t seem possible to go back to stacked tabs. What idiot decided this was a good idea?
Bernwood
LD 1158 38.7% +21.4%
Green 1030 34.4& -3.9%
Con 723 24.1% -9.8%
Lab 85 2.8% -7.7%
LD gain from Con
It would appear, a split result between the Tories and Greens last time, and the LibDems have somehow come through the middle?
https://twitter.com/mrjamesob/status/1542551105019813894
It is suggested this is based on something the Tories may have sent out from HQ. Leaked to the local paper in Wokingham.
This is incredibly problematic as most schools are already in deficit.
One way it might be done is to abolish academy chains, which are expensive and cumbersome, while doing no actual good. But that won’t happen as that’s a particular pet of the DfE and the current government.
Which leaves redundancies as the other option.
So this could actually make staffing shortages much, much worse, not better.