Ha ha like Mark Carney wants to be Permanent Secretary at the Treasury. Maybe we can tempt Barack Obama over to serve as UK Ambassador to Bhutan and install Tom Cruise as number three at DCMS while we're at it. Why is everyone even remotely connected to this government a total moron?
Brexit, essentially.
The ruling class since 2016 (including multiple media outriders) simply chose to believe the world was flat.
Round earthers were ostracised and expelled.
It's true that the factionalism in the Tory party since 2016 has led to an erosion of talent, but that is a lazy analysis of why it happened. It's not so much that "round earthers" were ostracised and expelled, but that they radicalised themselves into opposition because they couldn't reconcile themselves to the decision to leave the EU.
I feel your last sentence should read "... they radicalised themselves into opposition because they couldn't reconcile themselves to the Earth being flat"
I mean, the decision to leave the EU is a fact, so...
The unfortunate thing in all of this is Truss has agreed to attend Macron's inaugural outer EU trading zone talks with Iceland, Norway and others and agreed to host the following round of talks in London
This is something that should be supported across the political divide, though extreme remainers and leavers will no doubt call foul
Ha ha like Mark Carney wants to be Permanent Secretary at the Treasury. Maybe we can tempt Barack Obama over to serve as UK Ambassador to Bhutan and install Tom Cruise as number three at DCMS while we're at it. Why is everyone even remotely connected to this government a total moron?
Brexit, essentially.
The ruling class since 2016 (including multiple media outriders) simply chose to believe the world was flat.
Round earthers were ostracised and expelled.
It's true that the factionalism in the Tory party since 2016 has led to an erosion of talent, but that is a lazy analysis of why it happened. It's not so much that "round earthers" were ostracised and expelled, but that they radicalised themselves into opposition because they couldn't reconcile themselves to the decision to leave the EU.
Except they mainly backed the May deal. Unlike the "radicals" on the other side. I have to hand it to you though. There are changes of mind, really quite striking changes of mind, almost complete 180s ... and then there's whatever the hell has happened to you on Brexit.
Russian sources claim that Russian 503rd regiment from Kreminna has been dispatched to Torske, presumably to help withdrawing the troops but I have my doubts. A bit late for that. Likely only a (tiny) morale boost to hold the line. #Lyman #Ukraine https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1575851452509040641
Some Russian sources saying the Lyman pocket is now sealed. Perhaps 2000 troops now cut off. Large surrender underway soon, Seems like other areas are also in trouble and the deployment of the new conscripts is close to disastrous.
The facts on the ground show Putin´s speech to be pure delusion. Tens of thousands are still leaving through Georgia alone.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
If Putin bombed the UK, people would react with rage against Russia, not regret for supporting Ukraine.
by that time it wouldnt matter the uk would be an irradiated wasteland and i would be hunting rats for food
But surely in Russian bunny-land the steaks just fall off the cattle, and you'd clearly wallow in bathtubs of milk and honey?
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Utter lunacy. That 80 seat majority will evaporate as Tory MPs in marginal seats (ie all of them) realise what Truss is doing to their electoral prospects. They won't be able to get any of it through, and meanwhile they are poisoning the well for their party for a generation. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
Ha ha like Mark Carney wants to be Permanent Secretary at the Treasury. Maybe we can tempt Barack Obama over to serve as UK Ambassador to Bhutan and install Tom Cruise as number three at DCMS while we're at it. Why is everyone even remotely connected to this government a total moron?
Brexit, essentially.
The ruling class since 2016 (including multiple media outriders) simply chose to believe the world was flat.
Round earthers were ostracised and expelled.
It's true that the factionalism in the Tory party since 2016 has led to an erosion of talent, but that is a lazy analysis of why it happened. It's not so much that "round earthers" were ostracised and expelled, but that they radicalised themselves into opposition because they couldn't reconcile themselves to the decision to leave the EU.
I feel your last sentence should read "... they radicalised themselves into opposition because they couldn't reconcile themselves to the Earth being flat"
I mean, the decision to leave the EU is a fact, so...
A decision which was about as sensible as a flat earth
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
If Putin bombed the UK, people would react with rage against Russia, not regret for supporting Ukraine.
by that time it wouldnt matter the uk would be an irradiated wasteland and i would be hunting rats for food
If Russia tried to bomb the UK most of their missiles would probably be duds and those that aren't could be intercepted.
Quite frankly, Russia isn't the USSR and doesn't have the capabilities to annihilate the world, any more than it has the capability to take Kyiv.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
Why not the booster? Flu jab too at the same time.
Because if you have just had covid they do not give you the booster. I was asked last time I had my booster - you had to have been clear of covid for 6 months
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
Why not the booster? Flu jab too at the same time.
Because if you have just had covid they do not give you the booster. I was asked last time I had my booster - you had to have been clear of covid for 6 months
If it helps this seems to be the official advice
How long after having COVID-19 can you get a booster?
You will still need the booster but you should wait at least 4 weeks from your COVID-19 infection
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Utter lunacy. That 80 seat majority will evaporate as Tory MPs in marginal seats (ie all of them) realise what Truss is doing to their electoral prospects. They won't be able to get any of it through, and meanwhile they are poisoning the well for their party for a generation. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
I wonder how many Red Wall Tory MPs would cross the aisle if they were offered to be the Labour Candidate at the next election? I also wonder how many of those MPs would be acceptable to the Labour Party
Haven't read it properly but isn't that simply assuming universal swing since 2020? I'm assuming 538's model takes into account things like opinion polls
There is so little polling at individual Congressional seat level that it makes no difference.
538's model takes into account generic polling and Presidential approval ratings.
There IS significant amount of polling in contested races. However, most of it is by campaigns and NOT public; or if publicized, cherry-picked.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
even if they arent just 1 nuclear bomb on london and thats city of london and westminster completely wiped out with massive blast damage likely as far away as hampstead
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Utter lunacy. That 80 seat majority will evaporate as Tory MPs in marginal seats (ie all of them) realise what Truss is doing to their electoral prospects. They won't be able to get any of it through, and meanwhile they are poisoning the well for their party for a generation. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
I wonder how many Red Wall Tory MPs would cross the aisle if they were offered to be the Labour Candidate at the next election? I also wonder how many of those MPs would be acceptable to the Labour Party
Do we have views on defections? There were none to Labour during their conference but perhaps one on the eve of the Tory conference works better. Got to be a decent chance, no? %
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
If Putin bombed the UK, people would react with rage against Russia, not regret for supporting Ukraine.
by that time it wouldnt matter the uk would be an irradiated wasteland and i would be hunting rats for food
If Russia tried to bomb the UK most of their missiles would probably be duds and those that aren't could be intercepted.
Quite frankly, Russia isn't the USSR and doesn't have the capabilities to annihilate the world, any more than it has the capability to take Kyiv.
I expect a disproportionate number of ICBMs would be heading our way though, it's a kind of grudge match with the UK it seems. Italy might get off more lightly.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
As a slight mea culpa I might have leaned towards the “she may be refreshing and surprise on the upside” crowd. I wish I hadn’t been, as I had started off the leadership contest convinced she would be utterly crap. And lo, she is utterly crap. Unfortunately I did have a wobble in the middle.
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
Who are these fictional PB Tories you are talking about?
I can't remember anyone who said Truss would be popular. All I can remember is you banging on repeatedly about a bounce and Tory poll lead, I can't remember even a single "PB Tory" suggesting it.
I am one of the few PB Tories who supported Truss and I said I didn't expect any midterm Tory poll leads. I also said that I thought she might well be unpopular and lose the next election, but that I was OK with that.
You keep tilting at windmills. These PB Tories you rail against are figments of your own imagination.
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Utter lunacy. That 80 seat majority will evaporate as Tory MPs in marginal seats (ie all of them) realise what Truss is doing to their electoral prospects. They won't be able to get any of it through, and meanwhile they are poisoning the well for their party for a generation. Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
I wonder how many Red Wall Tory MPs would cross the aisle if they were offered to be the Labour Candidate at the next election? I also wonder how many of those MPs would be acceptable to the Labour Party
Is it even worth taking them? With one notable exception, they are cretinous blow-hards.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
even if they arent just 1 nuclear bomb on london and thats city of london and westminster completely wiped out with massive blast damage likely as far away as hampstead
Believe you me if it came to that Moscow and St Petersburg would be annihilated along with many other Russian cities
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
Who are these fictional PB Tories you are talking about?
I can't remember anyone who said Truss would be popular. All I can remember is you banging on repeatedly about a bounce and Tory poll lead, I can't remember even a single "PB Tory" suggesting it.
I am one of the few PB Tories who supported Truss and I said I didn't expect any midterm Tory poll leads. I also said that I thought she might well be unpopular and lose the next election, but that I was OK with that.
You keep tilting at windmills. These PB Tories you rail against are figments of your own imagination.
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
Who are these fictional PB Tories you are talking about?
I can't remember anyone who said Truss would be popular. All I can remember is you banging on repeatedly about a bounce and Tory poll lead, I can't remember even a single "PB Tory" suggesting it.
I am one of the few PB Tories who supported Truss and I said I didn't expect any midterm Tory poll leads. I also said that I thought she might well be unpopular and lose the next election, but that I was OK with that.
You keep tilting at windmills. These PB Tories you rail against are figments of your own imagination.
Barty, you couldn’t tilt at more windmills if your name was Tilty McBlowhard of Windmill-on-the-Water.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
jags don't stop you getting anything apart from to the golf course.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to the golf course recovery also.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
even if they arent just 1 nuclear bomb on london and thats city of london and westminster completely wiped out with massive blast damage likely as far away as hampstead
I would expect Trident to be altogether more accurate, and to have been far better maintained.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
Oh, I suspect they can still do a fair bit of damage
Conservative Home is in meltdown. I've just come across this comment under today's critical leader:
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.' We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both. In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Yes. Which is why a message from the country's leadership is important at a time like this. Will the public give Truss a fair hearing on a different topic, or will they recoil?
Unless I’ve missed something there’s been no significant development other than Ukraines application for a fast track membership of NATO. Presumably that application now needs to be considered, so there are no security guarantees as yet and therefore no need for la Truss to speak to the nation?
Although if we’re expecting her to give any kind of speech of that nature you can bet your bottom dollar it will be the least reassuring thing ever. “Some of you may die, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.”
Finland and Sweden received security guarantees before they applied to join NATO. If NATO doesn't immediately rebuff Ukraine's application then I'd expect some sort of security guarantee for Ukraine before the end of the day.
Logically then Russia is given a deadline by which to stop firing and to withdraw from Ukrainian territory.
Surely Nato isn't going to give security guarantees to a country already at war with Russia
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
even if they arent just 1 nuclear bomb on london and thats city of london and westminster completely wiped out with massive blast damage likely as far away as hampstead
Just 1 nuclear bomb on London and it'll probably fizzle out embarrassingly due to your nation's shockingly poor maintenance of its weaponry.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
jags don't stop you getting anything apart from to the golf course.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to the golf course recovery also.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Yes. Which is why a message from the country's leadership is important at a time like this. Will the public give Truss a fair hearing on a different topic, or will they recoil?
Unless I’ve missed something there’s been no significant development other than Ukraines application for a fast track membership of NATO. Presumably that application now needs to be considered, so there are no security guarantees as yet and therefore no need for la Truss to speak to the nation?
Although if we’re expecting her to give any kind of speech of that nature you can bet your bottom dollar it will be the least reassuring thing ever. “Some of you may die, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.”
Finland and Sweden received security guarantees before they applied to join NATO. If NATO doesn't immediately rebuff Ukraine's application then I'd expect some sort of security guarantee for Ukraine before the end of the day.
Logically then Russia is given a deadline by which to stop firing and to withdraw from Ukrainian territory.
Surely Nato isn't going to give security guarantees to a country already at war with Russia
At the same time as Russia giving nuclear guarantees to bits of "New Russia" *occupied* by Ukraine
Either of these commitments potentially leads to all out war. Together?
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
Who are these fictional PB Tories you are talking about?
I can't remember anyone who said Truss would be popular. All I can remember is you banging on repeatedly about a bounce and Tory poll lead, I can't remember even a single "PB Tory" suggesting it.
I am one of the few PB Tories who supported Truss and I said I didn't expect any midterm Tory poll leads. I also said that I thought she might well be unpopular and lose the next election, but that I was OK with that.
You keep tilting at windmills. These PB Tories you rail against are figments of your own imagination.
Barty, you couldn’t tilt at more windmills if your name was Tilty McBlowhard of Windmill-on-the-Water.
Nice try, but the difference is I don't insist my opinions are widespread or winning or represent everyone. I just say what I think, and I don't care if I'm in a minority. I don't see the point in following the herd and suspending your own critical thinking, we're all individuals.
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
I mean I stopped taking anything posted by BartyB, WilliamG, LuckyGuy, AndyJS, Misty etc seriously some time ago.
They are clowns - clever clowns, undoubtedly - but clowns nonetheless.
MISTY is now banned
Do we know why?
I understand he questioned the ethics/reliability of a specific pollster - but I may be wrong. Nevertheless that sort of thing is frowned upon generally speaking. With the possible exception of Trafalgar.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
jags don't stop you getting anything apart from to the golf course.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to the golf course recovery also.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
Oh, I suspect they can still do a fair bit of damage
I've never really liked you beloved Camden that much, but that'll be the least of it.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
jags don't stop you getting anything apart from to the golf course.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to the golf course recovery also.
Jags? Jabs surely
Omnium is kindly speaking demotic Scots for Fairlie's benefit. Very polite of him/her/it/them.
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
I mean I stopped taking anything posted by BartyB, WilliamG, LuckyGuy, AndyJS, Misty etc seriously some time ago.
They are clowns - clever clowns, undoubtedly - but clowns nonetheless.
MISTY is now banned
Do we know why?
I understand he questioned the ethics/reliability of a specific pollster - but I may be wrong. Nevertheless that sort of thing is frowned upon generally speaking. With the possible exception of Trafalgar.
Didn't like the poll therefore attacked the company?
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Yes. Which is why a message from the country's leadership is important at a time like this. Will the public give Truss a fair hearing on a different topic, or will they recoil?
Unless I’ve missed something there’s been no significant development other than Ukraines application for a fast track membership of NATO. Presumably that application now needs to be considered, so there are no security guarantees as yet and therefore no need for la Truss to speak to the nation?
Although if we’re expecting her to give any kind of speech of that nature you can bet your bottom dollar it will be the least reassuring thing ever. “Some of you may die, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.”
Finland and Sweden received security guarantees before they applied to join NATO. If NATO doesn't immediately rebuff Ukraine's application then I'd expect some sort of security guarantee for Ukraine before the end of the day.
Logically then Russia is given a deadline by which to stop firing and to withdraw from Ukrainian territory.
Surely Nato isn't going to give security guarantees to a country already at war with Russia
Pointless considering an application for membership of NATO from a country at war with Russia if we aren't.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
jags don't stop you getting anything apart from to the golf course.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to the golf course recovery also.
Jags? Jabs surely
A jag is a Scottish jab. If Partick Thistle played in the Premiership, their nickname would be The Jabs.
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
I mean I stopped taking anything posted by BartyB, WilliamG, LuckyGuy, AndyJS, Misty etc seriously some time ago.
They are clowns - clever clowns, undoubtedly - but clowns nonetheless.
MISTY is now banned
Do we know why?
I understand he questioned the ethics/reliability of a specific pollster - but I may be wrong. Nevertheless that sort of thing is frowned upon generally speaking. With the possible exception of Trafalgar.
Didn't like the poll therefore attacked the company?
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
Why not the booster? Flu jab too at the same time.
Because if you have just had covid they do not give you the booster. I was asked last time I had my booster - you had to have been clear of covid for 6 months
Ah, thanks - didn't realise.
Its not the case though, its four weeks.
If anyone has been told to be clear for 6 months that's a mistake, if that were the case very few people would be getting boosted.
Its four weeks, because they want the virus to be clear of your system by the time you get boosted, so the booster doesn't interact with an active virus.
While not remotely a fan of this omnishambles of a government (sic), some of us are old enough to remember how Mrs T was only there "temporarily" and soon one of the "grown ups" would be along to take over....
Apart from the economics, who on gods green earth thought local radio would be an easy option?
PB Tories who spent a few days telling us how good Truss was, hope we never look at their posting history ever again
I mean I stopped taking anything posted by BartyB, WilliamG, LuckyGuy, AndyJS, Misty etc seriously some time ago.
They are clowns - clever clowns, undoubtedly - but clowns nonetheless.
MISTY is now banned
Do we know why?
Calling into question the integrity of a recognised polling company because they had the temerity to suggest Labour were 30-odd pts ahead, can't remember which one tbh.
Conservative Home is in meltdown. I've just come across this comment under today's critical leader:
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.' We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both. In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Given the proven state of their armed forces, I doubt that Russia is capable of raining much destruction on the UK.
even if they arent just 1 nuclear bomb on london and thats city of london and westminster completely wiped out with massive blast damage likely as far away as hampstead
Just 1 nuclear bomb on London and it'll probably fizzle out embarrassingly due to your nation's shockingly poor maintenance of its weaponry.
Conservative Home is in meltdown. I've just come across this comment under today's critical leader:
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.' We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both. In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
How insecure are they, if they think that the Political Betting leader articles are "enemies of the government".
Conservative Home is in meltdown. I've just come across this comment under today's critical leader:
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.' We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both. In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
How insecure are they, if they think that the Political Betting leader articles are "enemies of the government".
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Yes, but who is the "source" saying this? Is it a cabinet minister? One of the pretty young spads? A civil servant? It does sound a bit like one of our PB Conservatives....
Lab gain from Con Con hold x2 Lab hold LDm hold x3 PC hold Ind hold
Good week/Bad Week Index
LDm +172 Lab +72 PC +51 Con +13 Grn -2 SNP -18
Adjusted Seat Value
LDm +2.2 Lab +1.2 PC +0.9 Con +0.2 Grn -0.0 SNP -0.3
I have compared last night's results with the results in these wards the last time they were fought. This produces the following changes in percentage overall shares: LD +5.5, Con +4.0, PC +0.3, SNP -0.2, Ind -0.9, Green -1.0, Lab -7.5. Not what the opinion polls are showing. The Rossendale results will probably have affected the overall picture.
Haven't read it properly but isn't that simply assuming universal swing since 2020? I'm assuming 538's model takes into account things like opinion polls
There is so little polling at individual Congressional seat level that it makes no difference.
538's model takes into account generic polling and Presidential approval ratings.
It would be nice if 538 explained why the Republicans seem to have lost their vote efficiently advantage since the last House elections in their model. There might be a good reason for it.
Presumably Hungary under Orban will block Ukraine membership of NATO? Not sure what Turkey will say on it either (although Erdogan has told Russia to get out of Ukraine, so maybe he is not going to block it?)
Don't think so. Too much pressure & "mitigation" from Joe Biden and USA methinks for these fuckers to block.
Turkey got some concessions, Erdogan said they were good with that. Mostly words about Kurdish groups in Sweden. As in "we will extradite terrorists". Which leaves out the bit about "... after our courts have accepted they are terrorists, will receive a fair trial, will have their human rights preserved.". Never basically.
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Yes, but who is the "source" saying this? Is it a cabinet minister? One of the pretty young spads? A civil servant? It does sound a bit like one of our PB Conservatives....
You can absolutely see the logic. There are many worthwhile reforms which the government has simply dodged because they are unpopular.
But Truss has got it all wrong. Unpopularity is not the actual objective in itself.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
Why not the booster? Flu jab too at the same time.
Because if you have just had covid they do not give you the booster. I was asked last time I had my booster - you had to have been clear of covid for 6 months
Ah, thanks - didn't realise.
Its not the case though, its four weeks.
If anyone has been told to be clear for 6 months that's a mistake, if that were the case very few people would be getting boosted.
Its four weeks, because they want the virus to be clear of your system by the time you get boosted, so the booster doesn't interact with an active virus.
It’s definitely four weeks, we have been able to rearrange ours for the end of October.
While not remotely a fan of this omnishambles of a government (sic), some of us are old enough to remember how Mrs T was only there "temporarily" and soon one of the "grown ups" would be along to take over....
Apart from the economics, who on gods green earth thought local radio would be an easy option?
Not sure it was quite like that in 1979 tbh. Thatcher's popularity descended over a year or more. And at most she was only (!) ever 16% behind Labour.
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Yes, but who is the "source" saying this? Is it a cabinet minister? One of the pretty young spads? A civil servant? It does sound a bit like one of our PB Conservatives....
You can absolutely see the logic. There are many worthwhile reforms which the government has simply dodged because they are unpopular.
But Truss has got it all wrong. Unpopularity is not the actual objective in itself.
It's all part of her unappreciated political genius. The only way to overcome vested interests and get Tory MPs to vote for supply-side reforms is to put the fear of god into them about the economy make them think they have nothing to lose.
As luck would have it I am just looking at my insurance policy.
There is no cover for:
10) War, terrorism, radioactive contamination and pressure waves Any claim resulting directly or indirectly from or in connection with: a) war, terrorism, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, uprising, military or usurped power; b) ionising radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel; c) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component of it; d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speed.
Yes, but if there are not merely one, but several, large brown objects on the ground unexpectedly, and they fee squidgy when poked with a stick (ie not papier mache), one wants to know what was producing them.
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
Yes. Which is why a message from the country's leadership is important at a time like this. Will the public give Truss a fair hearing on a different topic, or will they recoil?
Unless I’ve missed something there’s been no significant development other than Ukraines application for a fast track membership of NATO. Presumably that application now needs to be considered, so there are no security guarantees as yet and therefore no need for la Truss to speak to the nation?
Although if we’re expecting her to give any kind of speech of that nature you can bet your bottom dollar it will be the least reassuring thing ever. “Some of you may die, but that’s a price I’m willing to pay.”
Finland and Sweden received security guarantees before they applied to join NATO. If NATO doesn't immediately rebuff Ukraine's application then I'd expect some sort of security guarantee for Ukraine before the end of the day.
Logically then Russia is given a deadline by which to stop firing and to withdraw from Ukrainian territory.
Surely Nato isn't going to give security guarantees to a country already at war with Russia
The time, if any, for such a guarantee was early this year. It is a fascinating counter factual to contemplate.
If Russia tried to bomb the UK most of their missiles would probably be duds and those that aren't could be intercepted.
Quite frankly, Russia isn't the USSR and doesn't have the capabilities to annihilate the world, any more than it has the capability to take Kyiv.
How's that going to happen? The UK has nothing that can intercept an ICBM.
@BartholomewRoberts will fly up into the sky in his patented Truss-o-copter and personally punch the Russian missiles on the nose, thereby sorting out everything
As luck would have it I am just looking at my insurance policy.
There is no cover for:
10) War, terrorism, radioactive contamination and pressure waves Any claim resulting directly or indirectly from or in connection with: a) war, terrorism, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, uprising, military or usurped power; b) ionising radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel; c) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component of it; d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speed.
OK so in the event that London is destroyed, I will just have to take my share of the lumps.
I have been feeling a bit under the weather over the last few days, so I took a covid test and it was positive.
I have finally caught the plague.
You must be kind to yourself and rest
Hope you soon recover
Thank you. I think I already have. I am doing my normal stuff although I must make a pot of FUD broth in order to fortify myself
I guess I will not be getting my autumn booster....
I caught Covid for the first time about two weeks ago. I have no idea where I caught it. It was very minor. I felt slightly under the weather, and am fine now. I also passed it onto Mrs. F. Unfortunately, we were due to get our boosters and flu jags tomorrow, so have had to postpone them. I am guessing the previous jags, a year ago, had worn off.
jags don't stop you getting anything apart from to the golf course.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to the golf course recovery also.
Jags? Jabs surely
A jag is a Scottish jab. If Partick Thistle played in the Premiership, their nickname would be The Jabs.
"A jag is a Scottish jab", (tongue in cheek) ah so an ineffectual but demonstrative bit of a punch forwards?
Russian sources claim that Russian 503rd regiment from Kreminna has been dispatched to Torske, presumably to help withdrawing the troops but I have my doubts. A bit late for that. Likely only a (tiny) morale boost to hold the line. #Lyman #Ukraine https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1575851452509040641
Some Russian sources saying the Lyman pocket is now sealed. Perhaps 2000 troops now cut off. Large surrender underway soon, Seems like other areas are also in trouble and the deployment of the new conscripts is close to disastrous.
The facts on the ground show Putin´s speech to be pure delusion. Tens of thousands are still leaving through Georgia alone.
Bruno Ganz - wherever you are, you made the world a better place....
does that mean if russia is continuing the war they are attacking nato then...thats ww3
I think the intention is that Ukraine will have the same sort of protection that Sweden and Finland currently do. As an applicant there will be a series of multilateral security agreements.
So if occupied Ukraine is "Russia", unoccupied Ukraine is de facto NATO or as near as dammit.
Apparently there are going to be some big announcements this evening.
If the UK is providing security guarantees to Ukraine, while it's at war, I'd expect an address to the nation from Truss this evening.
An interesting moment. To what extent would voters compartmentalise their contempt for Truss over the budget from their instinctive support for Ukraine?
instinctive support for Ukraine is not the same as risking death and bombs raining on the UK for it
If Putin bombed the UK, people would react with rage against Russia, not regret for supporting Ukraine.
by that time it wouldnt matter the uk would be an irradiated wasteland and i would be hunting rats for food
As luck would have it I am just looking at my insurance policy.
There is no cover for:
10) War, terrorism, radioactive contamination and pressure waves Any claim resulting directly or indirectly from or in connection with: a) war, terrorism, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, uprising, military or usurped power; b) ionising radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel; c) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component of it; d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speed.
Who would ever have thought that a post like that could be even considered as needed
No sense whatever of an imminent U-turn in Downing Street on Budget. One source says: 'We've got an 80-seat majority and we've done nothing with it. We have an opportunity now to push through reforms to things that have been holding Britain back for years. If not now, when?' https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
They have gone full tonto...
Yes, but who is the "source" saying this? Is it a cabinet minister? One of the pretty young spads? A civil servant? It does sound a bit like one of our PB Conservatives....
You can absolutely see the logic. There are many worthwhile reforms which the government has simply dodged because they are unpopular.
But Truss has got it all wrong. Unpopularity is not the actual objective in itself.
Ideally we hang on til Wednesday for Armageddon because I've got La Dame de Pic on Tuesday.
Could we make it Thursday, please? Meeting a friend for lunch on Wednesday.
Oh jeez are we putting our bids in. Mon/Tues I'm in Paris; Thurs I have a drinks, then Friday off for the weekend.
So I have a window I suppose on Weds but if people are busy that night then I'm happy to bump it to next week.
I've got stuff on everyday for the next week, although I guess my son doesn't have to move house if the world is going to end, but next Friday I am driving a Formula Renault car and I would rather not miss that if at all possible. if you could have a word with Putin I would appreciate it.
As luck would have it I am just looking at my insurance policy.
There is no cover for:
10) War, terrorism, radioactive contamination and pressure waves Any claim resulting directly or indirectly from or in connection with: a) war, terrorism, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations (whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection, uprising, military or usurped power; b) ionising radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or any nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel; c) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive nuclear assembly or nuclear component of it; d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or supersonic speed.
Conservative Home is in meltdown. I've just come across this comment under today's critical leader:
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.' We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both. In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
How insecure are they, if they think that the Political Betting leader articles are "enemies of the government".
I feel all fuzzy and warm being an Enemy of The Government. Or maybe it is the covid....
Incredibly , SLab would only gain one seat with that projection. Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, which is currently held by Alba. However, Mundell and Lamont wouldn’t be the last two Tories standing.
Conservative Home is in meltdown. I've just come across this comment under today's critical leader:
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.' We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both. In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
The tragicomic bit is that ConHome is being planned for being insufficiently loyal.
What is it they say about revolutions, children and menus?
Comments
This is something that should be supported across the political divide, though extreme remainers and leavers will no doubt call foul
The facts on the ground show Putin´s speech to be pure delusion. Tens of thousands are still leaving through Georgia alone.
Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.
Quite frankly, Russia isn't the USSR and doesn't have the capabilities to annihilate the world, any more than it has the capability to take Kyiv.
How long after having COVID-19 can you get a booster?
You will still need the booster but you should wait at least 4 weeks from your COVID-19 infection
2 Feb 2022
They are clowns - clever clowns, undoubtedly - but clowns nonetheless.
So I have a window I suppose on Weds but if people are busy that night then I'm happy to bump it to next week.
https://twitter.com/maria_drutska/status/1575842000057683969
I doubt if any of it will happen, though, as she’s so badly fucked the politics.
I don’t see Tory vote share recovering any time soon. Her best hope is that things turn nastier in Ukraine.
I can't remember anyone who said Truss would be popular. All I can remember is you banging on repeatedly about a bounce and Tory poll lead, I can't remember even a single "PB Tory" suggesting it.
I am one of the few PB Tories who supported Truss and I said I didn't expect any midterm Tory poll leads. I also said that I thought she might well be unpopular and lose the next election, but that I was OK with that.
You keep tilting at windmills. These PB Tories you rail against are figments of your own imagination.
With one notable exception, they are cretinous blow-hards.
They just lessen the effects of Covid.
Hope Mrs F is on her way to
the golf courserecovery also.Putin is like an angry gerbil right now.
Over on The Politicalbetting site they are running the headline 'A damning attack on Liz Truss from Conservativehome.'
We are at the point where the editors of this site are supplying the enemies of the government and the wider conservative party with ammunition to attack both.
In doing this, the editors are working for a Labour victory. It is high time they all considered their positions.
PB: enemy of the government. You've got to laugh, haven't you?
Either of these commitments potentially leads to all out war. Together?
Asking for a friend.
Here we are, just one example of the PB Tory love in for Truss they wish we'd forget.
If anyone has been told to be clear for 6 months that's a mistake, if that were the case very few people would be getting boosted.
Its four weeks, because they want the virus to be clear of your system by the time you get boosted, so the booster doesn't interact with an active virus.
Apart from the economics, who on gods green earth thought local radio would be an easy option?
Lab 53%
Con 32%
LD 11%
Scotland
SNP 51%
SLab 29%
SCon 11%
SLD 7%
Wales
WLab 53%
WLD 18%
WCon 16%
PC 12%
(Survation; 29 September; 1,092)
Off you trot.
https://fightforua.org/
And he's banned so not here to speak for himself either.
A living policyholder.
An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated.
Insurance companies’ small print.
Hungary is being a bit more circumspect.
There are many worthwhile reforms which the government has simply dodged because they are unpopular.
But Truss has got it all wrong. Unpopularity is not the actual objective in itself.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_1983_United_Kingdom_general_election#1979
Asking for another friend.
There is no cover for:
10) War, terrorism, radioactive contamination and pressure waves
Any claim resulting directly or indirectly from or in connection with:
a) war, terrorism, invasion, act of foreign enemy, hostilities or warlike operations
(whether war be declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution, insurrection,
uprising, military or usurped power;
b) ionising radiation or contamination by radioactivity from any nuclear fuel or any
nuclear waste from the combustion of nuclear fuel;
c) the radioactive, toxic, explosive or other hazardous properties of any explosive
nuclear assembly or nuclear component of it;
d) pressure waves caused by aircraft or other aerial devices travelling at sonic or
supersonic speed.
https://twitter.com/WarfareReports/status/1575874253521833984?s=20&t=cs2L1WQI5Ls7s4LUaP_-gA
Maybe 'jag' is the older term.
Bruno Ganz - wherever you are, you made the world a better place....
Terrible times
The markets implode. "We expect to be unpopular"
The polls explode. "We have an 80 seat majority"
They can't get a vote through the commons. "Ummm"
"Are you interested in financial stability? If so, we'd love to hear from you!" https://twitter.com/michaelsavage/status/1575875929406046209/photo/1
What is it they say about revolutions, children and menus?