And now another country sends instructors to help with the British-led infantry training program for Ukraine.
"The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent ⚡️Finland to send military personnel to UK to train Ukrainian soldiers.
About 20 Finnish service personnel will participate in the British training program for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The trainers will join up to 120 Swedish and 225 Canadian instructors. 3:48 AM · Aug 9, 2022"
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
Come Shadsy put up a market on these snitches are.
Former Downing Street figures are preparing to give evidence claiming Boris Johnson misled Parliament over what he knew about the partygate scandal, The Telegraph can reveal.
This newspaper has talked to three people contacted by the committee investigating whether the Prime Minister misled MPs about what he knew about the lockdown-breaking gatherings.
All three have alleged that Mr Johnson did not give the fullest account of the facts as he knew them at the time. One has agreed to give evidence to the committee, and two others are considering likewise.
The development gives the clearest indication yet of what material Harriet Harman, the Labour chairman of the privileges committee, is starting to gather as part of her investigation.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
It also signposts the products to make them easier to find.
What to one busybody is insulting to 1000 other people is simply making things easier to spot…
One reason Aldi/Lidl are popular is the pseudo-brands. Cheap products but in "branded"packaging. But then they don't have vast varieties of the same thing, so you don't have to look hard for the cheapest tin of tomatoes.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
This is silly. If this winter is like the last time we had a major contraction in grocery spending power, the "Just Essentials" poverty packs will be sold in such vast numbers that nobody will feel left out.
They are bright yellow specifically so that they are visible - its called beacon branding. Look! All the bright yellow packs are great value ad our store is full of yellow so come shop here!!!! Bright yellow for basic tier is nothing new. And Asda want customers switching their shop from Home Bargains and Poundland, so it has to be visible.
Hardly surprising that people who get given things on a plate are less resilient than people who have to overcome adversity. Funny how they always get so angry when you question or threaten their supposed superiority.
That’s prejudice speaking, right there. Every person faces challenges in their lives. Eddie Jones’s period has been at times thrilling, and I will never forge5 crushing Australia and then cruising past NZ at the WC. But I will always remember the disaster against SA too. We haven’t got get better, we’ve got worse in recent years. Time for a change.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
It also signposts the products to make them easier to find.
What to one busybody is insulting to 1000 other people is simply making things easier to spot…
Literally that - "beacon branding". When its own label and can be across the whole shop it can be very effective. ISTR Co-op were yellow with their own basics range last time we had a big crunch, having inherited it from Zummerfield.
I would give Trump a total amnesty if he undertook to submit to full psychological and psychiatric analysis and profiling. The lessons learned would be hugely valuable.
Former Downing Street figures are preparing to give evidence claiming Boris Johnson misled Parliament over what he knew about the partygate scandal, The Telegraph can reveal.
This newspaper has talked to three people contacted by the committee investigating whether the Prime Minister misled MPs about what he knew about the lockdown-breaking gatherings.
All three have alleged that Mr Johnson did not give the fullest account of the facts as he knew them at the time. One has agreed to give evidence to the committee, and two others are considering likewise.
In discussions of "average" house temperatures, it might be clearer if people were to say what times they are talking about. For example, an American might keep their house at 60 degrees when they are sleeping, 72 degrees when they are awake and in the house, and then 60 again when they are away at work. That works out, if those are roughly equal periods, to an average of about 64 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 18 degrees Celsius.
And what seasons, for similar reasons.
(If they have a "smart" thermostat, they could lower the day time temperature even more, and begin a warm-up shortly before they get home, saving even more energy in the winter and, if they have air condiitoning, do the reverse in he summer.)
Almost no-one has air conditioning at home in the UK, which makes it very difficult to sleep on the few nights when it is hot.
Heat pumps as an alternative to gas boilers are the answer: pretty great at warming your house in winter, and can be used to cool it (albeit not as much as air conditioning) in summer. But massively more energy efficient.
We overwhelmingly have air to water heat pumps that can’t do cooling, not air to air.
Looking forwards to the FBI breaking down Nancy Pelosi's door as they investigate her husband's remarkable success in trading shares in companies where Congress has access to privileged access.
And that's even before we even get to Hunter "it's not his laptop but maybe it is but it doesn't matter anyway" Biden and how much old Cornpop knew.
Like I said, this is what the Trump RICO has done to America. Imagine the Illinois legislature having Elliot Ness arrested for threatening their favourite gangster Mr Capone.
Would have made for a very different movie. "Only a wop brings a knife to a legislative fight"
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
Apparently not. Now does the Federal structure matter to the Gilead Party as seen in that tweet.
The Brexit excuse? Privatisation was a brilliant magic money tree policy and it's unfair that it has all gone wrong.
Here is the fundamental problem will flogging off strategic national infrastructure like water. There is no free market. No competition. Simply a monopoly where private companies "have paid their bosses gargantuan salaries, and their foreign owners enormous dividends, while failing to invest in the infrastructure necessary to deal with a thirsty and growing population."
But it is a regulated industry. So regulate the fuckers to do the strategic national infrastructure part. They won't invest otherwise so force them to do so as part of their operating license.
The 30 year failure of all governments to properly "regulate the fuckers" is the failing. Yes they should never have been flogged off abroad cheaply, but having done that they should at least have been forced to do what they need to do.
The real advantage is that it is taken away from direct political control. When nationalised, it becomes all about appearances and protecting political arses in the too and fro, rather than supplying a decent water service.
See, for example, the backside-covering reactions when the Ferret Fact Service found that shitty rivers had been tackled far less effectively in ('nationalised' water) Scotland than (privatised water) England: https://theferret.scot/scotland-behind-england-sewage-leaks/
I'm not convinced by the "privatisation failure" talking point - more investment, a lot less leakage, much higher purity water, and so on. To me it is like the delusional people alleging that rail privatisation is an abject failure compared to British Rail.
The little 'un wants to go fossil hunting in Lyme Regis (because of the Mary Anning connection). He is not massively into fossils, so I expect most of the day to be playing on the beach.
I'm thinking of doing Splashdown in Poole with him one day, and perhaps the tank museum. Does anyone have other ideas of things for kids, museums etc in the area to the west of Southampton? I'm fairly knowledgeable about the coast, but not so much inland.
Everything I read suggests they operate at 35C not 60-70C, so how do they get a radiator hot enough to heat a room? Also, if it's really cold, does the output drop making it chillier just when you need it most? How do you turn up the thermostat quickly so it responds? What about extra hot water you need for a bath or shower?
The little 'un wants to go fossil hunting in Lyme Regis (because of the Mary Anning connection). He is not massively into fossils, so I expect most of the day to be playing on the beach.
I'm thinking of doing Splashdown in Poole with him one day, and perhaps the tank museum. Does anyone have other ideas of things for kids, museums etc in the area to the west of Southampton? I'm fairly knowledgeable about the coast, but not so much inland.
TIA.
My sister and family were in Dorset recently. Swanage steam railway and Corfe Castle might be of interest.
The Brexit excuse? Privatisation was a brilliant magic money tree policy and it's unfair that it has all gone wrong.
Here is the fundamental problem will flogging off strategic national infrastructure like water. There is no free market. No competition. Simply a monopoly where private companies "have paid their bosses gargantuan salaries, and their foreign owners enormous dividends, while failing to invest in the infrastructure necessary to deal with a thirsty and growing population."
But it is a regulated industry. So regulate the fuckers to do the strategic national infrastructure part. They won't invest otherwise so force them to do so as part of their operating license.
The 30 year failure of all governments to properly "regulate the fuckers" is the failing. Yes they should never have been flogged off abroad cheaply, but having done that they should at least have been forced to do what they need to do.
The real advantage is that it is taken away from direct political control. When nationalised, it becomes all about appearances and protecting political arses in the too and fro, rather than supplying a decent water service.
See, for example, the backside-covering reactions when the Ferret Fact Service found that shitty rivers had been tackled far less effectively in ('nationalised' water) Scotland than (privatised water) England: https://theferret.scot/scotland-behind-england-sewage-leaks/
I'm not convinced by the "privatisation failure" talking point - more investment, a lot less leakage, much higher purity water, and so on. To me it is like the delusional people alleging that rail privatisation is an abject failure compared to British Rail.
If there is a lot less leakage, how is it that the failure of private monopolies like Thames Water to do anything about maintenance is cited as one of the big drivers behind our water shortage?
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
It also signposts the products to make them easier to find.
What to one busybody is insulting to 1000 other people is simply making things easier to spot…
Agree - all the expensive stuff is put at eye level, with the value version tucked away somewhere high/low.
Time is another thing poor people don't have loads of, so getting through a gargantuan Asda 10mins quicker will add up.
Is that true? Sainsbury's seems to put the good stuff high up. In any case, the busybodies might have a point. Ten years ago, Tesco stopped the blue and white stripes on its cheapest range for this very reason.
In discussions of "average" house temperatures, it might be clearer if people were to say what times they are talking about. For example, an American might keep their house at 60 degrees when they are sleeping, 72 degrees when they are awake and in the house, and then 60 again when they are away at work. That works out, if those are roughly equal periods, to an average of about 64 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 18 degrees Celsius.
And what seasons, for similar reasons.
(If they have a "smart" thermostat, they could lower the day time temperature even more, and begin a warm-up shortly before they get home, saving even more energy in the winter and, if they have air condiitoning, do the reverse in he summer.)
Almost no-one has air conditioning at home in the UK, which makes it very difficult to sleep on the few nights when it is hot.
Heat pumps as an alternative to gas boilers are the answer: pretty great at warming your house in winter, and can be used to cool it (albeit not as much as air conditioning) in summer. But massively more energy efficient.
We overwhelmingly have air to water heat pumps that can’t do cooling, not air to air.
Types of cooling are possible on the same pipework system.
It is not rare, though certainly not common, to have the ability to cycle cool water through the ufh system when the heat pump is not running. That tends to have the effect of redistributing heat, though - so not technically cooling, but increases resilience to overheating.
It's something I have seen amongst self-builders. One of the potential downsides is condensation around the pipework, which has to be considered.
Cooling and keeping heat out becomes a topic of debate at time like this .
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
Leaving aside the assumption that the AG (and the head of the FBI appointed by Donald Trump) should be optimizing for the Democrats' electoral situation, maybe it's better to wait until we know what they're investigating and what their case is before we decide if it's a good idea or not?
If the Republicans spend all their time talking about Trump, rather than talking about policies that affect voters, won’t that lose them votes among “Independents”? The Dems just need to keep talking about reducing healthcare costs, improving infrastructure, standing up to China, abortion etc.
I was leaning towards Rishi, but now I’m backing Liz
here have been a lot of twists and turns in this leadership race. It seems more than a month ago that the starting gun was fired by the prime minister’s resignation. Since then, we have had parliamentary hustings, TV debates and membership hustings — not to mention Twitter spats and WhatsApp wars.
It has been a tough campaign for everybody. There has been a lot of in-depth policy debate about the future of our party and country, much of which has been productive and insightful. And it’s important that there has been a contest, because it’s right that the candidates have been tested under pressure — we need to know that our next prime minister has what it takes to lead. But there has been a darker side to the campaign too. The blue-on-blue attacks have been bruising and have left me concerned for the good reputation of our party.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
I suspect unlike your demand for partisan retribution under a GOP Administration, there is some hard and fast evidence to suggest there are national security sensitive documents in Mar a Lago that shouldn't be in Mar a Lago. That seems worth investigating at a moment in time when the US is in tacit conflict with a foreign power that has known personal links to residents of Mar a Lago who previously had access to aforementioned sensitive material and now shouldn't.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
It also signposts the products to make them easier to find.
What to one busybody is insulting to 1000 other people is simply making things easier to spot…
Agree - all the expensive stuff is put at eye level, with the value version tucked away somewhere high/low.
Time is another thing poor people don't have loads of, so getting through a gargantuan Asda 10mins quicker will add up.
Is that true? Sainsbury's seems to put the good stuff high up. In any case, the busybodies might have a point. Ten years ago, Tesco stopped the blue and white stripes on its cheapest range for this very reason.
Apparently, and it's more effective on men cos we're lazy.
Used to work in retail and we worked really hard to get the sightlines right in the shop.
Compared to RedfieldWilton the Yougov numbers are not good for Truss. Starmer has more 2019 Tory voters preferring him as PM to her than she has 2019 Labour voters preferring her as PM to him. Starmer also has significantly more LD voters preferring him as PM to her.
Most 2019 Conservative voters also think Boris should not have been removed and most voters think the leadership campaign has showed the party in a bad light
I was leaning towards Rishi, but now I’m backing Liz
here have been a lot of twists and turns in this leadership race. It seems more than a month ago that the starting gun was fired by the prime minister’s resignation. Since then, we have had parliamentary hustings, TV debates and membership hustings — not to mention Twitter spats and WhatsApp wars.
It has been a tough campaign for everybody. There has been a lot of in-depth policy debate about the future of our party and country, much of which has been productive and insightful. And it’s important that there has been a contest, because it’s right that the candidates have been tested under pressure — we need to know that our next prime minister has what it takes to lead. But there has been a darker side to the campaign too. The blue-on-blue attacks have been bruising and have left me concerned for the good reputation of our party.
Energy nationalism is a prisoners’ dilemma, and everyone needs to avoid it no matter how attractive it might seem.
If Biden block exports before the mid-terms, Europe is utterly screwed this winter.
Nationalism? Or just sanity? If Norway isn't generating sufficient energy for Norway, why should it make itself even shorter by continuing to sell what it doesn't have?
The interconnected energy market only works when there is sufficient power generation being fed into it. As there isn't, there isn't a surplus to be traded. Which is bad news for countries like the UK who failed to invest in generation instead relying on others to invest for us.
It'd be ironic if Sunak won and had to decide which MPs to put in the Cabinet: those who never wanted him to start with, or those who did but jumped ship.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
But most people won't see that point.
What they will see (because Trump will claim it as truth) is that the Democrats signed off the visit even though there is zero evidence to back it up.
Remember a lot of people will believe Trump even when all the evidence points elsewhere.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
Trump fans will vote GOP anyway, it is the independent swing voters in the suburbs who are still key
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
I suspect unlike your demand for partisan retribution under a GOP Administration, there is some hard and fast evidence to suggest there are national security sensitive documents in Mar a Lago that shouldn't be in Mar a Lago. That seems worth investigating at a moment in time when the US is in tacit conflict with a foreign power that has known personal links to residents of Mar a Lago who previously had access to aforementioned sensitive material and now shouldn't.
Yawn. You are one of the most partisan people on here. Anything that comes up about Trump, you and many others can't stop your frothing. I don't want him to run in 2024, I think it would be bad for the United States but your woeful blindness when it comes to seeing only the faults of one side in this whole saga is at the root of the problem. Clinton's campaign after all was the only who fed false evidence to get a Federal court to sign off on the FBI investigating a Presidential campaign.
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
It also signposts the products to make them easier to find.
What to one busybody is insulting to 1000 other people is simply making things easier to spot…
Agree - all the expensive stuff is put at eye level, with the value version tucked away somewhere high/low.
Time is another thing poor people don't have loads of, so getting through a gargantuan Asda 10mins quicker will add up.
Is that true? Sainsbury's seems to put the good stuff high up. In any case, the busybodies might have a point. Ten years ago, Tesco stopped the blue and white stripes on its cheapest range for this very reason.
Apparently, and it's more effective on men cos we're lazy.
Used to work in retail and we worked really hard to get the sightlines right in the shop.
Getting an optimal planogram (the layout of products on shelf) is something a lot of companies spend a lot of money on. Get your products in the "hot spot" - the central bubble where the eye is naturally drawn - and you sell more than if you are on the periphery.
Tesla cars now incorporate something called a Superbottle, so called because it has a logo of someone resembling superman on it but wearing a Tesla t shirt. Its job is to act as a centralised hub for all heat transfer in the car. Battery cooling/heating, internal climate control, computer heat extraction etc… such that no power is wasted on hearing/cooling, much of the heat is merely shifted from one place to the other.
It’s seen by engineers as utterly revolutionary because normally each department in an auto company is highly siloed and you’d never get this degree of coordination. Instead you gets layers of duplicated activity and pushing against a string. But it is possible in a car company that has very high degrees of vertical integration rather than just being an glorified components assembler.
So for homes. A project long hinted at by Musk but no sign of yet. It’s waaay harder due to the bespoke nature of home building and the plethora of appliances. But it’s not beyond plausibility that in the not so distant future goods like fridge-freezers or air con units will direct expunged heat to a centralised “superbottle” that would then in turn use the heat to preheat or your hot water tank.
It’s the sort of thing that the Lunar base / Mars projects will demand and it will happen. Doesn’t solve the issue for existing properties however. Which is a problem in a country that can’t keep up with new demand yet alone make a dent in replenishing the existing stock.
The little 'un wants to go fossil hunting in Lyme Regis (because of the Mary Anning connection). He is not massively into fossils, so I expect most of the day to be playing on the beach.
I'm thinking of doing Splashdown in Poole with him one day, and perhaps the tank museum. Does anyone have other ideas of things for kids, museums etc in the area to the west of Southampton? I'm fairly knowledgeable about the coast, but not so much inland.
TIA.
Army Flying Museum at Middle Wallop, about 20 miles North of Southampton.
Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton, includes a Concorde prototype.
Salisbury Cathedral (if you’re a wannabe Russian terrorist).
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
There is no way Biden did not know about this raid beforehand given all the potential implications.
The Brexit excuse? Privatisation was a brilliant magic money tree policy and it's unfair that it has all gone wrong.
Here is the fundamental problem will flogging off strategic national infrastructure like water. There is no free market. No competition. Simply a monopoly where private companies "have paid their bosses gargantuan salaries, and their foreign owners enormous dividends, while failing to invest in the infrastructure necessary to deal with a thirsty and growing population."
But it is a regulated industry. So regulate the fuckers to do the strategic national infrastructure part. They won't invest otherwise so force them to do so as part of their operating license.
The 30 year failure of all governments to properly "regulate the fuckers" is the failing. Yes they should never have been flogged off abroad cheaply, but having done that they should at least have been forced to do what they need to do.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
But most people won't see that point.
What they will see (because Trump will claim it as truth) is that the Democrats signed off the visit even though there is zero evidence to back it up.
Remember a lot of people will believe Trump even when all the evidence points elsewhere.
I know - because Trump and the GOP are the mob. So do the US authorities stand back and say the law doesn't apply to Mr Trump because he is the mob? Or go after him anyway because America used to stand for truth and justice?
Lets all be honest here. They find evidence that Trump has shot 47 people and personally stolen gold from Fort Knox. As in hard irrefutable evidence. The GOP and shitkickers will still say fake news and its a partisan witch hunt.
That is the power of the mob. And if they get back into power they will never again be removed from it. So a lot is at stake.
Everything I read suggests they operate at 35C not 60-70C, so how do they get a radiator hot enough to heat a room? Also, if it's really cold, does the output drop making it chillier just when you need it most? How do you turn up the thermostat quickly so it responds? What about extra hot water you need for a bath or shower?
They sound shit.
My brother-in-law put a heat pump with underfloor heating and concrete heat-retaining slabs in his new-build (well, it's about three years old now). It works great.
It will be harder and more expensive to retrofit an existing house, but they certainly work.
Very rabble rousing statement. And if I were part of the rabble (I have my rabble moments) I would be roused.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
I suspect unlike your demand for partisan retribution under a GOP Administration, there is some hard and fast evidence to suggest there are national security sensitive documents in Mar a Lago that shouldn't be in Mar a Lago. That seems worth investigating at a moment in time when the US is in tacit conflict with a foreign power that has known personal links to residents of Mar a Lago who previously had access to aforementioned sensitive material and now shouldn't.
Yawn. You are one of the most partisan people on here. Anything that comes up about Trump, you and many others can't stop your frothing. I don't want him to run in 2024, I think it would be bad for the United States but your woeful blindness when it comes to seeing only the faults of one side in this whole saga is at the root of the problem. Clinton's campaign after all was the only who fed false evidence to get a Federal court to sign off on the FBI investigating a Presidential campaign.
Question: is that Clinton badness remotely on the same scale of bad as the Trump mob?
Objectively there is no comparison. Or with Hunter Biden's laptop. And you must know this - so why suggest there is?
Compared to RedfieldWilton the Yougov numbers are not good for Truss. Starmer has more 2019 Tory voters preferring him as PM to her than she has 2019 Labour voters preferring her as PM to him. Starmer also has significantly more LD voters preferring him as PM to her.
Most 2019 Conservative voters also think Boris should not have been removed and most voters think the leadership campaign has showed the party in a bad light
The biggest culprit for showing the party in a bad light is Johnson himself
Very rabble rousing statement. And if I were part of the rabble (I have my rabble moments) I would be roused.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
Thank God the AG is finally bloody doing something to try and stop this demagogue from becoming POTUS again.
I was leaning towards Rishi, but now I’m backing Liz
here have been a lot of twists and turns in this leadership race. It seems more than a month ago that the starting gun was fired by the prime minister’s resignation. Since then, we have had parliamentary hustings, TV debates and membership hustings — not to mention Twitter spats and WhatsApp wars.
It has been a tough campaign for everybody. There has been a lot of in-depth policy debate about the future of our party and country, much of which has been productive and insightful. And it’s important that there has been a contest, because it’s right that the candidates have been tested under pressure — we need to know that our next prime minister has what it takes to lead. But there has been a darker side to the campaign too. The blue-on-blue attacks have been bruising and have left me concerned for the good reputation of our party.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
There is no way Biden did not know about this raid beforehand given all the potential implications.
Sure! So flip this over. The Trump-appointed head of the FBI believes there is a legal reason his agents need to raid Mar-el-Lago. Should Biden intervene because politics?
Very rabble rousing statement. And if I were part of the rabble (I have my rabble moments) I would be roused.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
It does come across as politically motivated, same as the “January 6” hearings.
It’s the sort of thing that drives Republican turnout, although I’m not sure how many swing voters are pulled one way or the other.
Incidentally, when did the right-wing start becoming reflexively anti new technology? Whenever a new technology comes along there always seem to be a bunch of right-wrong people creating sprouts arguments why it's crap.
We've seen this with wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, heart pumps, over and over again. It's really negative and boring. Indicative that there are many on the right who just reflexively oppose anything, particularly if they've ever heard a left-wrong person surreal favourably about it.
Compared to RedfieldWilton the Yougov numbers are not good for Truss. Starmer has more 2019 Tory voters preferring him as PM to her than she has 2019 Labour voters preferring her as PM to him. Starmer also has significantly more LD voters preferring him as PM to her.
Most 2019 Conservative voters also think Boris should not have been removed and most voters think the leadership campaign has showed the party in a bad light
Neither set of numbers is brilliant. Thatcher's announcement of her departure led to an instant C+10/L-10 shift in the polls, and there's no sign of that happening. There's still time, but one obvious opportunity has passed. As it stands, Truss's honeymoon looks like it might be at the Skegness Bypass Travelodge end of things, rather than a 5* hotel on a private Caribbean Island.
The other set of findings might say why. Lots of Conservative members are backing Doris Johnson because they don't believe that Boris should go. And whilst Truss is ruthless enough to dump Boris, his backers and policies the attosecond she doesn't need them any more, she has missed one obvious opportunity to do so.
Boris Derangement Syndrome comes in several variants, and a lot of Conservatives look like they have a serious case of the one involving the Sun and Boris's bottom.
Very rabble rousing statement. And if I were part of the rabble (I have my rabble moments) I would be roused.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
Trump removed hundreds of classified docs from the white House to Mar-A-Largo when he left office, docs at a secrecy level so high hey can't be described in public indictments.
They were politely asked to be returned and Trump refused.
The options are: Trump is above the law or FBI raid time.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
Trump fans will vote GOP anyway, it is the independent swing voters in the suburbs who are still key
True. But independents don't exactly think the Administration is a beacon of probity. Anyone who is an independent can see where this path will go to because it's happened before when it comes to retaliation. The Democrats scrapped the filibuster for federal appointments, the Republicans then did the same for the Supreme Court. Given what is happening in the US at the moment, unless there is a smoking gun, this is not a clever move.
This won't work. Because they don't want "fair" anything. They want to overthrow the whole system. Which the people struggling don't want.
I'm not super hard left and I recognise that the "system" isn't working.
If it's as bad as everyone is suggesting this winter, you might well find people want a mini revolution. Corbyn got 40% in 2017.
You misunderstand me. Their stated objectives are fine - I even think "enough is enough" is quite clever. But as I watched it my first reaction was "oh God, not Sultana". She is getting deselected. The hard left will kick and scream about Corbyn, not about people's bills. And demand a General Strike.
People may agree with the individual aims. But not with the General Strike already being called for by the fine individuals in this campaign. Which is why it will not only fail, it will aid the Tories. Which is the group's 6th aim unstated...
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
Trump fans will vote GOP anyway, it is the independent swing voters in the suburbs who are still key
True. But independents don't exactly think the Administration is a beacon of probity. Anyone who is an independent can see where this path will go to because it's happened before when it comes to retaliation. The Democrats scrapped the filibuster for federal appointments, the Republicans then did the same for the Supreme Court. Given what is happening in the US at the moment, unless there is a smoking gun, this is not a clever move.
So, independents think the Republicans will respond inappropriately, therefore they will vote Republican? I don’t entirely follow the logic there.
The little 'un wants to go fossil hunting in Lyme Regis (because of the Mary Anning connection). He is not massively into fossils, so I expect most of the day to be playing on the beach.
I'm thinking of doing Splashdown in Poole with him one day, and perhaps the tank museum. Does anyone have other ideas of things for kids, museums etc in the area to the west of Southampton? I'm fairly knowledgeable about the coast, but not so much inland.
TIA.
We went to Lyme Regis for exactly that reason - Junior had learnt about Mary Anning at school. He was surprisingly interested by the little independent fossil museum in LR, and you can buy a fossil for a quid on the way out.
The Seaton Tramway is fun too.
We took his bike in the car and stopped off at the traffic-free path at Blandford Forum on the way back, which he loved... right up until the time he decided to speed down a hill and come off at the bottom. Hey ho.
Incidentally, when did the right-wing start becoming reflexively anti new technology? Whenever a new technology comes along there always seem to be a bunch of right-wrong people creating sprouts arguments why it's crap.
We've seen this with wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, heart pumps, over and over again. It's really negative and boring. Indicative that there are many on the right who just reflexively oppose anything, particularly if they've ever heard a left-wrong person surreal favourably about it.
Surreal indeed
The case against heat pumps is pretty compelling, as even their proponents seem to concede. Barely detectable warmth pumps would be more accurate
Asda ‘shaming poor families’ by putting cheap food in bright yellow packaging
Asda has defended its new budget range of items after being accused of ‘shaming’ poor people with bright yellow packaging.
The chain recently replaced Smartprice products with new Just Essentials branding, its ‘largest ever budget-friendly range’, which is intended to help shoppers combat the rising cost of living.
It includes fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen and cupboard staples as well as washing up liquid, toilet roll, shampoo and other toiletries and household essentials.
However, the bright yellow design of the new range has led some people to claim that it stands out too much and gives ‘poverty markers’ to shoppers.
All previous Smart Price items had white packaging.
One shopper said the bright colour screams: ‘We are poor!’
Another added it suggests ‘people on lower incomes should have a basket full of poverty markers’.
But Asda said its customers were ‘loving’ the range.
This won't work. Because they don't want "fair" anything. They want to overthrow the whole system. Which the people struggling don't want.
The problem they have is that they won't be able to prevent the free palestine/net zero stuff gradually creeping in to this type of campaign, alienating them from their prospective supporters. Then the communists would join in and start going on about Lenin. That and the inevitable infighting.
A more credible and likely popular campaign, would be D Cummings 'stop paying bills' idea. It could scapegoat "elite remainers policies of green crap, green levies, stopping coal power stations" etc.
Compared to RedfieldWilton the Yougov numbers are not good for Truss. Starmer has more 2019 Tory voters preferring him as PM to her than she has 2019 Labour voters preferring her as PM to him. Starmer also has significantly more LD voters preferring him as PM to her.
Most 2019 Conservative voters also think Boris should not have been removed and most voters think the leadership campaign has showed the party in a bad light
Neither set of numbers is brilliant. Thatcher's announcement of her departure led to an instant C+10/L-10 shift in the polls, and there's no sign of that happening. There's still time, but one obvious opportunity has passed. As it stands, Truss's honeymoon looks like it might be at the Skegness Bypass Travelodge end of things, rather than a 5* hotel on a private Caribbean Island.
The other set of findings might say why. Lots of Conservative members are backing Doris Johnson because they don't believe that Boris should go. And whilst Truss is ruthless enough to dump Boris, his backers and policies the attosecond she doesn't need them any more, she has missed one obvious opportunity to do so.
Boris Derangement Syndrome comes in several variants, and a lot of Conservatives look like they have a serious case of the one involving the Sun and Boris's bottom.
"Meet the new boss ..."
In view of her past history a Truss honeymoon will share much with the honeymoons of George Joseph Smith.
Very rabble rousing statement. And if I were part of the rabble (I have my rabble moments) I would be roused.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
It does come across as politically motivated, same as the “January 6” hearings.
It’s the sort of thing that drives Republican turnout, although I’m not sure how many swing voters are pulled one way or the other.
It comes across as politically motivated because the GOP mob say any investigation into their RICO activities is politically motivated. What other reason could here be for the Trump-appointed FBI Head to find sufficient evidence of RICO to raid Trump's house?
And note the pivots again back to Clinton and Hunter Biden. Any minor issue from them not being witch-hunted is political bias, just as any investigation at all against the boss is political bias.
And yet people still claim America is a functioning democracy.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
There is no way Biden did not know about this raid beforehand given all the potential implications.
Sure! So flip this over. The Trump-appointed head of the FBI believes there is a legal reason his agents need to raid Mar-el-Lago. Should Biden intervene because politics?
Again, whither the rule of law?
In 1960, Nixon didn't challenge the election results - even though he thought honestly JFK had cheated - because he was concerned about the fallout from calling the US electoral system into disrepute (less well known is that Romney had similar doubts in 2012 and didn't pursue them).
Given the atmosphere in the US at the moment, there are ways this could have been handled better. As I said, raiding a former President's home - and, more importantly, one who could be the opposing candidate to an incumbent - sends off a powerful signal.
Let's flip it round again. Let's say the FBI had raided Hunter Biden's apartment before the November 2020 election looking for evidence that his family may have been involved in backhanders. Would you have been so comfortable talking about this being the rule of law?
Incidentally, when did the right-wing start becoming reflexively anti new technology? Whenever a new technology comes along there always seem to be a bunch of right-wrong people creating sprouts arguments why it's crap.
We've seen this with wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, heart pumps, over and over again. It's really negative and boring. Indicative that there are many on the right who just reflexively oppose anything, particularly if they've ever heard a left-wrong person surreal favourably about it.
Are they against the technology, or against the people who are for the technology?
Energy nationalism is a prisoners’ dilemma, and everyone needs to avoid it no matter how attractive it might seem.
If Biden block exports before the mid-terms, Europe is utterly screwed this winter.
Nationalism? Or just sanity? If Norway isn't generating sufficient energy for Norway, why should it make itself even shorter by continuing to sell what it doesn't have?
The interconnected energy market only works when there is sufficient power generation being fed into it. As there isn't, there isn't a surplus to be traded. Which is bad news for countries like the UK who failed to invest in generation instead relying on others to invest for us.
UK will be comparatively okay, compared to many other European countries. We have a fair amount of renewables and reasonable O&G production capacity.
Many other places will be relying on importing O&G products at almost any price.
Yes, it’s superficially attractive for each country to try keep their own energy prices down, but if everyone does it then large parts of Europe are totally reliant on Putin not turning off the tap. It’s a time for co-operation rather than nationalism.
Very rabble rousing statement. And if I were part of the rabble (I have my rabble moments) I would be roused.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
Trump removed hundreds of classified docs from the white House to Mar-A-Largo when he left office, docs at a secrecy level so high hey can't be described in public indictments.
They were politely asked to be returned and Trump refused.
The options are: Trump is above the law or FBI raid time.
Yebbut no one knows that. Unless they find the docs.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
There is no way Biden did not know about this raid beforehand given all the potential implications.
Sure! So flip this over. The Trump-appointed head of the FBI believes there is a legal reason his agents need to raid Mar-el-Lago. Should Biden intervene because politics?
Again, whither the rule of law?
In 1960, Nixon didn't challenge the election results - even though he thought honestly JFK had cheated - because he was concerned about the fallout from calling the US electoral system into disrepute (less well known is that Romney had similar doubts in 2012 and didn't pursue them).
Given the atmosphere in the US at the moment, there are ways this could have been handled better. As I said, raiding a former President's home - and, more importantly, one who could be the opposing candidate to an incumbent - sends off a powerful signal.
Let's flip it round again. Let's say the FBI had raided Hunter Biden's apartment before the November 2020 election looking for evidence that his family may have been involved in backhanders. Would you have been so comfortable talking about this being the rule of law?
The FBI raiding Hunter Biden in August 2018? Sure, if they had evidence.
Does anyone have a link to the historic energy price cap data split by electricity and gas rates?
Everywhere I look all I can find is the composite rate (2,900kWh electric; 12,000kWh gas) which is effin' useless if you live somewhere without mains gas.
Everything I read suggests they operate at 35C not 60-70C, so how do they get a radiator hot enough to heat a room? Also, if it's really cold, does the output drop making it chillier just when you need it most? How do you turn up the thermostat quickly so it responds? What about extra hot water you need for a bath or shower?
They sound shit.
My brother-in-law put a heat pump with underfloor heating and concrete heat-retaining slabs in his new-build (well, it's about three years old now). It works great.
It will be harder and more expensive to retrofit an existing house, but they certainly work.
I was discussing a ventillation system to deal with a problem of condensation in our property with a surveyor. It turned out that the ventilation system would pump in cold air in winter which would then lead to a greater need for heating. The suggestion was that it would save money because we wouldn't need to keep the windows open in winter, which we don't do anyway.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
This is law enforcement, not ‘the Democrats’. Just how stupid can you get - or is it that you just expect voters for fall for that kind of bullshit ?
A warrant was granted by a judge, and demonstrating probable cause to search a former President’s house would be a pretty high bar. That an AG as timid as the current one signed off on this reinforces that.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
I suspect unlike your demand for partisan retribution under a GOP Administration, there is some hard and fast evidence to suggest there are national security sensitive documents in Mar a Lago that shouldn't be in Mar a Lago. That seems worth investigating at a moment in time when the US is in tacit conflict with a foreign power that has known personal links to residents of Mar a Lago who previously had access to aforementioned sensitive material and now shouldn't.
Yawn. You are one of the most partisan people on here. Anything that comes up about Trump, you and many others can't stop your frothing. I don't want him to run in 2024, I think it would be bad for the United States but your woeful blindness when it comes to seeing only the faults of one side in this whole saga is at the root of the problem. Clinton's campaign after all was the only who fed false evidence to get a Federal court to sign off on the FBI investigating a Presidential campaign.
Question: is that Clinton badness remotely on the same scale of bad as the Trump mob?
Objectively there is no comparison. Or with Hunter Biden's laptop. And you must know this - so why suggest there is?
Clinton et al's main aim was the same as the Jan 6th mob - to overturn a result they didn't like. Their methods were different, their aims were the same.
I think you need to check your privilege that you are the arbiter of what is objective and what is not. If it was Erik Trump with the same material and the same questions as HB is facing, you would be talking about how it shows Trump's corruption and the threat to democracy. You are not objective. I might not be either but then again I'm not claiming I have the right to set the standards.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
This is law enforcement, not ‘the Democrats’. Just how stupid can you get - or is it that you just expect voters for fall for that kind of bullshit ?
A warrant was granted by a judge, and demonstrating probable cause to search a former President’s house would be a pretty high bar. That an AG as timid as the current one signed off on this reinforces that.
Erm, you are one of the more seasoned PB posters yet you write this?!
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
This is law enforcement, not ‘the Democrats’. Just how stupid can you get - or is it that you just expect voters for fall for that kind of bullshit ?
A warrant was granted by a judge, and demonstrating probable cause to search a former President’s house would be a pretty high bar. That an AG as timid as the current one signed off on this reinforces that.
That an AG appointed by Trump signed off on it - more than reinforces that fact. But MrEd is right that it isn't what a lot of people will see because their news will be biased towards a different viewpoint - that someone is attacking Trump for political reasons rather than criminal ones..
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
This is law enforcement, not ‘the Democrats’. Just how stupid can you get - or is it that you just expect voters for fall for that kind of bullshit ?
A warrant was granted by a judge, and demonstrating probable cause to search a former President’s house would be a pretty high bar. That an AG as timid as the current one signed off on this reinforces that.
Just like with the FISA court eh? What was it now? Oh yes, credible evidence that Trump was p1ssed on by Russian hookers. Ok........
Incidentally, when did the right-wing start becoming reflexively anti new technology? Whenever a new technology comes along there always seem to be a bunch of right-wrong people creating sprouts arguments why it's crap.
We've seen this with wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, heart pumps, over and over again. It's really negative and boring. Indicative that there are many on the right who just reflexively oppose anything, particularly if they've ever heard a left-wrong person surreal favourably about it.
Surreal indeed
The case against heat pumps is pretty compelling, as even their proponents seem to concede. Barely detectable warmth pumps would be more accurate
A plumber who did some work for us talked about combined air-source heat pump/oil boilers for older rural properties like ours. The idea is a constant level of heating from the air source and when needed the oil kicks in. I guess a bit like hybrid cars. My relatives in Scotland had a new house built with ground source heating and fully set up for it (very well insulated, under floor heating) and it works brilliantly. The issue for most is that retro-fitting is not so simple (as has been said probably new, bigger radiators, bigger diameter pipes and so on.
All new builds should be built to standards that allow air-source or ground source heat pumps, but the residual housing stock is a far harder challenge.
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Just saw the news about Trump. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Just when there was good news coming through for the Democrats, then they sign off on this. How stupid can you get.
The rule of law is the rule of law. In a democracy that matters.
You keep saying the democrats. Trump personally appointed the head of the FBI who signed this off.
There is no way Biden did not know about this raid beforehand given all the potential implications.
Sure! So flip this over. The Trump-appointed head of the FBI believes there is a legal reason his agents need to raid Mar-el-Lago. Should Biden intervene because politics?
Again, whither the rule of law?
In 1960, Nixon didn't challenge the election results - even though he thought honestly JFK had cheated - because he was concerned about the fallout from calling the US electoral system into disrepute (less well known is that Romney had similar doubts in 2012 and didn't pursue them).
Given the atmosphere in the US at the moment, there are ways this could have been handled better. As I said, raiding a former President's home - and, more importantly, one who could be the opposing candidate to an incumbent - sends off a powerful signal.
Let's flip it round again. Let's say the FBI had raided Hunter Biden's apartment before the November 2020 election looking for evidence that his family may have been involved in backhanders. Would you have been so comfortable talking about this being the rule of law?
The FBI raiding Hunter Biden in August 2018? Sure, if they had evidence.
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What to one busybody is insulting to 1000 other people is simply making things easier to spot…
Time is another thing poor people don't have loads of, so getting through a gargantuan Asda 10mins quicker will add up.
Other supermarkets already use Yellow don't they?
It reminds me of the old brand that used to be around in Yorkshire - "My Mum's ..."
It’s time for us in the Florida Legislature to call an emergency legislative session & amend our laws regarding federal agencies
Sever all ties with DOJ immediately
Any FBI agent conducting law enforcement functions outside the purview of our State should be arrested upon sight
https://twitter.com/anthonysabatini/status/1556805568207196160
I can spot a nearly out of date Tesco finest pizza at about 50m.
They are bright yellow specifically so that they are visible - its called beacon branding. Look! All the bright yellow packs are great value ad our store is full of yellow so come shop here!!!! Bright yellow for basic tier is nothing new. And Asda want customers switching their shop from Home Bargains and Poundland, so it has to be visible.
We haven’t got get better, we’ve got worse in recent years. Time for a change.
Former Downing Street figures are preparing to give evidence claiming Boris Johnson misled Parliament over what he knew about the partygate scandal, The Telegraph can reveal.
This newspaper has talked to three people contacted by the committee investigating whether the Prime Minister misled MPs about what he knew about the lockdown-breaking gatherings.
All three have alleged that Mr Johnson did not give the fullest account of the facts as he knew them at the time. One has agreed to give evidence to the committee, and two others are considering likewise.
Looking forwards to the FBI breaking down Nancy Pelosi's door as they investigate her husband's remarkable success in trading shares in companies where Congress has access to privileged access.
And that's even before we even get to Hunter "it's not his laptop but maybe it is but it doesn't matter anyway" Biden and how much old Cornpop knew.
Would have made for a very different movie. "Only a wop brings a knife to a legislative fight"
See, for example, the backside-covering reactions when the Ferret Fact Service found that shitty rivers had been tackled far less effectively in ('nationalised' water) Scotland than (privatised water) England:
https://theferret.scot/scotland-behind-england-sewage-leaks/
I'm not convinced by the "privatisation failure" talking point - more investment, a lot less leakage, much higher purity water, and so on. To me it is like the delusional people alleging that rail privatisation is an abject failure compared to British Rail.
Love Fux News - "Biden's FBI raid home of potential 2024 opponent".
The little 'un wants to go fossil hunting in Lyme Regis (because of the Mary Anning connection). He is not massively into fossils, so I expect most of the day to be playing on the beach.
I'm thinking of doing Splashdown in Poole with him one day, and perhaps the tank museum. Does anyone have other ideas of things for kids, museums etc in the area to the west of Southampton? I'm fairly knowledgeable about the coast, but not so much inland.
TIA.
Everything I read suggests they operate at 35C not 60-70C, so how do they get a radiator hot enough to heat a room? Also, if it's really cold, does the output drop making it chillier just when you need it most? How do you turn up the thermostat quickly so it responds? What about extra hot water you need for a bath or shower?
They sound shit.
These companies are pirates.
It is not rare, though certainly not common, to have the ability to cycle cool water through the ufh system when the heat pump is not running. That tends to have the effect of redistributing heat, though - so not technically cooling, but increases resilience to overheating.
It's something I have seen amongst self-builders. One of the potential downsides is condensation around the pipework, which has to be considered.
Cooling and keeping heat out becomes a topic of debate at time like this
As has been said, who raids an ex-President for the Presidential Records Act? It's like sending in the SAS to deal with a parking ticket. Unless they find a smoking gun, the Democrats have just given the Trump campaign a huge turnout boost when it comes to the GOP fan base without any corresponding boost to their own.
The timing on this is also not coincidental. Trump was the big winner of last week's primaries. At the same time, the Democrats got their spending bill in and the polls have narrowed for congress. They obviously thought it was the right time to strike. The idea that Biden didn't know about this is laughable.
But you reap what you sow. If you don't think the Republicans are not going to take your statement if they win Congress and investigate Biden for all the Hunter stuff, I have a bridge to sell you. Probably with Pelosi as well on all the share dealing stuff.
Energy nationalism is a prisoners’ dilemma, and everyone needs to avoid it no matter how attractive it might seem.
If Biden block exports before the mid-terms, Europe is utterly screwed this winter.
Used to work in retail and we worked really hard to get the sightlines right in the shop.
Most 2019 Conservative voters also think Boris should not have been removed and most voters think the leadership campaign has showed the party in a bad light
The interconnected energy market only works when there is sufficient power generation being fed into it. As there isn't, there isn't a surplus to be traded. Which is bad news for countries like the UK who failed to invest in generation instead relying on others to invest for us.
https://twitter.com/jonsopel/status/1556824124797894659?s=20&t=OdJBWxXtAyHqleLgrSqQxg
What they will see (because Trump will claim it as truth) is that the Democrats signed off the visit even though there is zero evidence to back it up.
Remember a lot of people will believe Trump even when all the evidence points elsewhere.
This won't work. Because they don't want "fair" anything. They want to overthrow the whole system. Which the people struggling don't want.
It’s seen by engineers as utterly revolutionary because normally each department in an auto company is highly siloed and you’d never get this degree of coordination. Instead you gets layers of duplicated activity and pushing against a string. But it is possible in a car company that has very high degrees of vertical integration rather than just being an glorified components assembler.
So for homes. A project long hinted at by Musk but no sign of yet. It’s waaay harder due to the bespoke nature of home building and the plethora of appliances. But it’s not beyond plausibility that in the not so distant future goods like fridge-freezers or air con units will direct expunged heat to a centralised “superbottle” that would then in turn use the heat to preheat or your hot water tank.
It’s the sort of thing that the Lunar base / Mars projects will demand and it will happen. Doesn’t solve the issue for existing properties however. Which is a problem in a country that can’t keep up with new demand yet alone make a dent in replenishing the existing stock.
Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton, includes a Concorde prototype.
Salisbury Cathedral (if you’re a wannabe Russian terrorist).
This does not apply to Welsh water
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Lets all be honest here. They find evidence that Trump has shot 47 people and personally stolen gold from Fort Knox. As in hard irrefutable evidence. The GOP and shitkickers will still say fake news and its a partisan witch hunt.
That is the power of the mob. And if they get back into power they will never again be removed from it. So a lot is at stake.
It will be harder and more expensive to retrofit an existing house, but they certainly work.
As you say, if I were a Trump fan it wouldn't make a difference but without knowing the whys and wherefores of the raid it sounds on the face of it like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut and I imagine many in the US will take against the action. Will it make them vote for Trump?
I am of the view that he gets in in 2024 because people are drawn to him, so yes perhaps it will.
note: I know absolutely nothing about American politics, hence felt compelled to comment.
Objectively there is no comparison. Or with Hunter Biden's laptop. And you must know this - so why suggest there is?
If it's as bad as everyone is suggesting this winter, you might well find people want a mini revolution. Corbyn got 40% in 2017.
Is grimacing out loud a thing?
Again, whither the rule of law?
It’s the sort of thing that drives Republican turnout, although I’m not sure how many swing voters are pulled one way or the other.
We've seen this with wind turbines, solar panels, electric cars, heart pumps, over and over again. It's really negative and boring. Indicative that there are many on the right who just reflexively oppose anything, particularly if they've ever heard a left-wrong person surreal favourably about it.
The other set of findings might say why. Lots of Conservative members are backing Doris Johnson because they don't believe that Boris should go. And whilst Truss is ruthless enough to dump Boris, his backers and policies the attosecond she doesn't need them any more, she has missed one obvious opportunity to do so.
Boris Derangement Syndrome comes in several variants, and a lot of Conservatives look like they have a serious case of the one involving the Sun and Boris's bottom.
They were politely asked to be returned and Trump refused.
The options are: Trump is above the law or FBI raid time.
Biden at an implied 63% chance for the presidency
Desantis at 73%.
Trump at 84%.
People may agree with the individual aims. But not with the General Strike already being called for by the fine individuals in this campaign. Which is why it will not only fail, it will aid the Tories. Which is the group's 6th aim unstated...
The Seaton Tramway is fun too.
We took his bike in the car and stopped off at the traffic-free path at Blandford Forum on the way back, which he loved... right up until the time he decided to speed down a hill and come off at the bottom. Hey ho.
The case against heat pumps is pretty compelling, as even their proponents seem to concede. Barely detectable warmth pumps would be more accurate
Aren’t the Issa brothers Mancunians ?
A more credible and likely popular campaign, would be D Cummings 'stop paying bills' idea. It could scapegoat "elite remainers policies of green crap, green levies, stopping coal power stations" etc.
In view of her past history a Truss honeymoon will share much with the honeymoons of George Joseph Smith.
And note the pivots again back to Clinton and Hunter Biden. Any minor issue from them not being witch-hunted is political bias, just as any investigation at all against the boss is political bias.
And yet people still claim America is a functioning democracy.
Given the atmosphere in the US at the moment, there are ways this could have been handled better. As I said, raiding a former President's home - and, more importantly, one who could be the opposing candidate to an incumbent - sends off a powerful signal.
Let's flip it round again. Let's say the FBI had raided Hunter Biden's apartment before the November 2020 election looking for evidence that his family may have been involved in backhanders. Would you have been so comfortable talking about this being the rule of law?
Many other places will be relying on importing O&G products at almost any price.
Yes, it’s superficially attractive for each country to try keep their own energy prices down, but if everyone does it then large parts of Europe are totally reliant on Putin not turning off the tap. It’s a time for co-operation rather than nationalism.
The dental story on the BBC last night seems to have flashed across the sky like a comet and vanished!
Everywhere I look all I can find is the composite rate (2,900kWh electric; 12,000kWh gas) which is effin' useless if you live somewhere without mains gas.
Just how stupid can you get - or is it that you just expect voters for fall for that kind of bullshit ?
A warrant was granted by a judge, and demonstrating probable cause to search a former President’s house would be a pretty high bar. That an AG as timid as the current one signed off on this reinforces that.
I think you need to check your privilege that you are the arbiter of what is objective and what is not. If it was Erik Trump with the same material and the same questions as HB is facing, you would be talking about how it shows Trump's corruption and the threat to democracy. You are not objective. I might not be either but then again I'm not claiming I have the right to set the standards.
My relatives in Scotland had a new house built with ground source heating and fully set up for it (very well insulated, under floor heating) and it works brilliantly. The issue for most is that retro-fitting is not so simple (as has been said probably new, bigger radiators, bigger diameter pipes and so on.
All new builds should be built to standards that allow air-source or ground source heat pumps, but the residual housing stock is a far harder challenge.