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.
So in the event of War/Terrorism committed by Revolutionary Insurrectionist Radioactive Toxic Woke Illegal Immigrant Trans Alien AIs, in the form of supersonic passes over your house... you are really, really screwed?
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?
That's a good question. I support Ukraine but I oppose Truss using Ukraine to distract from her domestic pratfalls.
I've spent a fair bit of time wandering Wessenden Moors and Shiny Brook Clough in the past couple of years. Looks like we won't have to worry about coming across something unexpected any more (other than things we are actually looking for).
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.
It's fair also to say that any prejudice against a female leader should have decreased in the intervening four decades. I'm sure that was a factor (even if just four or five percentage points) back then.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
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What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
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In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
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?
If you don't eat your revolutions you are not allowed any show trials for afters?
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
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.
It's fair also to say that any prejudice against a female leader should have decreased in the intervening four decades. I'm sure that was a factor (even if just four or five percentage points) back then.
I don't think so, given she had just won an election by 7% in May 1979.
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?
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
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In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
In Cold War times, wasn't New Zealand's nuclear free policy regarded with extreme suspicion in the Kremlin? Thus they targeted it pretty heavily.
More space in Australia (and they've, ahem, seen the odd bomb go off already).
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
You get to die slowly rather than quickly. Congratulations.
Given all the apocalyptic nu-cu-lar chatter, as a point of interest Threads is available on Britbox at the moment. You can do the usual free trial thing.
Even as a serious horror aficionado, Threads is unquestionably the scariest film I've seen. A minor masterpiece.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
In Cold War times, wasn't New Zealand's nuclear free policy regarded with extreme suspicion in the Kremlin? Thus they targeted it pretty heavily.
More space in Australia (and they've, ahem, seen the odd bomb go off already).
I have read that on here. Dunno if it’s true.
More interesting to me is Putin’s visit to New Zealand to “sell shoes”, some time in the 90s I think.
Relatedly, my “East Asian Politics” tutor at Auckland University was later alleged to be a Chinese spy.
I like to think of NZ as a haven from the world’s ills, but perhaps not.
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?
If you don't eat your revolutions you are not allowed any show trials for afters?
"A little revolution now and then is a healthy thing, don’t you think?" - Sean Connery.
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
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
In Cold War times, wasn't New Zealand's nuclear free policy regarded with extreme suspicion in the Kremlin? Thus they targeted it pretty heavily.
More space in Australia (and they've, ahem, seen the odd bomb go off already).
I'm on a flight to Australia 10th October, if armageddon can wait till the 11th, that would be super.
Sadly I can’t speak Russian. What’s that they’re singing? Is it “Whistle a Happy Tune” from the King and I?
Look at the streets around them in the long shots. It's a couple of pens for a few thousand people bussed in for the regime. This in a city of 12m people.
Given all the apocalyptic nu-cu-lar chatter, as a point of interest Threads is available on Britbox at the moment. You can do the usual free trial thing.
Even as a serious horror aficionado, Threads is unquestionably the scariest film I've seen. A minor masterpiece.
Seconded, though if of a nervous disposition and troubled by current events Id recommend staying well clear. You will not be getting much sleep or much done in the coming days.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
In Cold War times, wasn't New Zealand's nuclear free policy regarded with extreme suspicion in the Kremlin? Thus they targeted it pretty heavily.
More space in Australia (and they've, ahem, seen the odd bomb go off already).
I'm on a flight to Australia 10th October, if armageddon can wait till the 11th, that would be super.
It it waits until the 12th, you could be On The Beach.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
You get to die slowly rather than quickly. Congratulations.
no the weather systems in the southern hemisphere are totally separate from the north....there would obviously be a collapse in the standard of living and food shortages but i would survive to start the rebuilding
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
In Cold War times, wasn't New Zealand's nuclear free policy regarded with extreme suspicion in the Kremlin? Thus they targeted it pretty heavily.
More space in Australia (and they've, ahem, seen the odd bomb go off already).
The Atherton Tablelands, in Queensland, would be an excellent place to sit out the Nuclear Apocalypse
Verdant, sunny, empty, pastoral. Above the mosquito line. Does get the odd typhoon but generally temperate and warm. And quietly beautiful and properly fertile
No one goes there. Hardly anyone lives there apart from a few mango farmers. There is fuck all to do there apart from get drunk and look at tree kangaroos falling out of trees (hence the name: "drop bears") but that might come as a relief after all the Recent Excitements
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.
Truss is not remotely in the same league as Thatcher - for one thing she hasn't got the intellectual heft behind her that Thatcher enjoyed, or the ability to communicate, or "roll the pitch".
My general point was that (as misappropriated to Samuel Clemens), reports of her imminent departure may be greatly exaggerated.
Mind you, as one Tory MP of that era helpfully observed "The Tory Party only ever panics in a crisis".....
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 think this is the only way it ends.
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"
Maybe that is the plan. Crazy, but these are crazy times.
Part of Boris'n'Dom's evil genius was to spend autumn 2019 winding the political system up to insanity. There was that long run where they couldn't get anything through the Commons at all. That then led to "give me a big majority to make all this stop", which we did.
We've already had Truss as Cargo Cult Maggie, maybe this is her dumbly copying BoJo's moves without understanding them. If she is putting up a stupid budget plan in the hope of smoking out traitors and then getting the public to give her a massive mandate... I don't see it working.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
thats why south america is safer...i thought about new zealand but thought the chinese may just decide to invade them in the chaos....so argentina or chile for me
In Cold War times, wasn't New Zealand's nuclear free policy regarded with extreme suspicion in the Kremlin? Thus they targeted it pretty heavily.
One thing people need to watch. The Tories have suffered an unprecedented poll collapse. But there are now a lot of polls floating around from companies that are clearly just trying to generate publicity by posting increasingly fantastical numbers.
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.
Truss is not remotely in the same league as Thatcher - for one thing she hasn't got the intellectual heft behind her that Thatcher enjoyed, or the ability to communicate, or "roll the pitch".
My general point was that (as misappropriated to Samuel Clemens), reports of her imminent departure may be greatly exaggerated.
Mind you, as one Tory MP of that era helpfully observed "The Tory Party only ever panics in a crisis".....
I don't think Truss is going anywhere as I don't see how it helps the Tories.
I do expect them to neuter her to some degree. Her 'I don't care what anyone says or thinks, or that I have no evidence backing up what I am saying' approach isn't going to fly with them whilst in the doldrums.
Another reason to strip the Dutch shunt of his 2020 title.
Red Bull have been accused of breaching the budget cap in Max Verstappen’s maiden championship-winning season last year, which could result in penalties.
All ten teams have submitted their accounts for 2021 — the first year for which the budget cap was set at $145 million (about £115 million) — and are waiting for the FIA, Formula One’s governing body, to issue compliance certificates on October 5.
However, reports have emerged from two respected publications — Auto Motor und Sport in Germany and Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy — suggesting that two of the teams have breached the limit. They are understood to be a minor breach by Aston Martin and a more significant one by Red Bull.
One thing people need to watch. The Tories have suffered an unprecedented poll collapse. But there are now a lot of polls floating around from companies that are clearly just trying to generate publicity by posting increasingly fantastical numbers.
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.
It's against the rules of Lloyd's and I assume also the companies market to write land based war risks.
Sadly I can’t speak Russian. What’s that they’re singing? Is it “Whistle a Happy Tune” from the King and I?
Look at the streets around them in the long shots. It's a couple of pens for a few thousand people bussed in for the regime. This in a city of 12m people.
The BBC certainly showed clips and it is obviously a much smaller crowd then Russian propaganda would have you believe
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
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Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
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In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
HMG was going to put Blue Streak in pioneering armoured underground silos in Norfolk but the Tory MPs went all NIMBY and dumped the bases on the Scots instread (true story).
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
HMG was going to put Blue Streak in pioneering armoured underground silos in Norfolk but the Tory MPs went all NIMBY and dumped the bases on the Scots instread (true story).
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
HMG was going to put Blue Streak in pioneering armoured underground silos in Norfolk but the Tory MPs went all NIMBY and dumped the bases on the Scots instread (true story).
The first silo was going to be in Wiltshire.
Oh, was it, really? I believe the hole for the test one still exists in Spadeadam in the middle of FA north of Hadrian's Wall (literally), but maybe yours was a service one.
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
They are more interested in our RAF base i think...
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
HMG was going to put Blue Streak in pioneering armoured underground silos in Norfolk but the Tory MPs went all NIMBY and dumped the bases on the Scots instread (true story).
The first silo was going to be in Wiltshire.
Oh, was it, really? I believe the hole for the test one still exists in Spadeadam in the middle of FA north of Hadrian's Wall (literally), but maybe yours was a service one.
They were looking at RNAS Crail as one site, and RAF Upavon as another. Upavaon would have been the development/test site for the rest of the program, in addition to being the first operational site.
Spadeadam was an engine development site, though there were some suggestions about turning it into a launch site. The holes there weren't for a full silo, more of a test of silo dining, IIRC.
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
I don't know about this particular MP - he's possibly one of the less toxic ones - but I'd imagine that most Tory MPs will be thinking about 1. hanging on until the last possible moment, 2. how much money can we extract from the public purse, 3. how much money can we give to potential post-election employers, so they might take us on after we've received our marching orders, and 4. how badly can we damage the country, in the hope that we can get gullible voters to blame Labour when they're unable to fix the mess that we created?
Does house insurance usually protect you in instances of nuclear war?
Asking for a friend.
Three problems. A living policyholder. An insurance company that hasn’t been annihilated. Insurance companies’ small print.
What kind of event or action is sufficient, do you think, to trigger a sensible evacuation of one’s family to the countryside or even New Zealand?
Asking for another friend.
In the event of a strategic nuclear exchange there's no point in running. Anywhere that's not obliterated by a thermonuclear blast will simply be irradiated by fallout, then starved and frozen to death in a nuclear winter.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
The Cold War plans of the USSR included nuking New Zealand. The reasoning was that
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Apparently they also tried planning to bomb Norfolk to the Stone Age, but had to give up when their scientists explained they did not have any bombs that could progress forwards through the different eras yet.
HMG was going to put Blue Streak in pioneering armoured underground silos in Norfolk but the Tory MPs went all NIMBY and dumped the bases on the Scots instread (true story).
The first silo was going to be in Wiltshire.
Oh, was it, really? I believe the hole for the test one still exists in Spadeadam in the middle of FA north of Hadrian's Wall (literally), but maybe yours was a service one.
They were looking at RNAS Crail as one site, and RAF Upavon as another. Upavaon would have been the development/test site for the rest of the program, in addition to being the first operational site.
Spadeadam was an engine development site, though there were some suggestions about turning it into a launch site. The holes there weren't for a full silo, more of a test of silo dining, IIRC.
THanks. I'd like to see the test stand at Spadeadam but apparently it's only possible as part of an organised group - my hints to the local archaeol soc have gone unrequited alas.
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
I don't know about this particular MP - he's possibly one of the less toxic ones - but I'd imagine that most Tory MPs will be thinking about 1. hanging on until the last possible moment, 2. how much money can we extract from the public purse, 3. how much money can we give to potential post-election employers, so they might take us on after we've received our marching orders, and 4. how badly can we damage the country, in the hope that we can get gullible voters to blame Labour when they're unable to fix the mess that we created?
charles walker is one of the better tory mps....sadly there are few like him in the tory party....mostly its a collection of chancers and grifters
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
I don't know about this particular MP - he's possibly one of the less toxic ones - but I'd imagine that most Tory MPs will be thinking about 1. hanging on until the last possible moment, 2. how much money can we extract from the public purse, 3. how much money can we give to potential post-election employers, so they might take us on after we've received our marching orders, and 4. how badly can we damage the country, in the hope that we can get gullible voters to blame Labour when they're unable to fix the mess that we created?
charles walker is one of the better tory mps....sadly there are few like him in the tory party....mostly its a collection of chancers and grifters
Back in February at the start of the war I ran a location assessment to work out where to go in the event nuclear war looked likely, and what the trigger would be.
For the trigger, unless your job and family situation allows, it’s not feasible to go very early and sit it out in a far flung location. We need to late enough that we’re not blowing our children’s schooling or my job.
But leave it too late and you’re in the rush with millions of others and might struggle to make it out. Our current trigger is detonation of a tactical nuke by Putin.
Location wise I followed the scorecard approach I take at work when I’m advising multinationals on where to put a new operation. Variables were speed and cost to get there and back, Covid and visa entry requirements, number of flights per week, agricultural self sufficiency, cost and standard of living, distance from blast and fallout, and avoiding flight paths over potential targets.
Narrowed it down to Morocco or Ireland. Asia involved flying over CIS and E Europe and was too restrictive on entry requirements. S America also too difficult with visas and Covid rules for a quick getaway, and expensive to get to and back.
Morocco was first choice. I think on balance it still is, but Ireland still in the running.
On Truss, she is clearly lacking in communication skills, one to many, one to several and maybevone to one. She appears to be averse to listening or taking advice. She apparently doesn't consider gor one moment her popularity. That is the best feature of her. We do need to get away from politics of the focus group. It is impossible to govern competently by enacting nothing but popular measures. I am all gor unpopular politicians.
Given all the apocalyptic nu-cu-lar chatter, as a point of interest Threads is available on Britbox at the moment. You can do the usual free trial thing.
Even as a serious horror aficionado, Threads is unquestionably the scariest film I've seen. A minor masterpiece.
Seconded, though if of a nervous disposition and troubled by current events Id recommend staying well clear. You will not be getting much sleep or much done in the coming days.
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.
Truss is not remotely in the same league as Thatcher - for one thing she hasn't got the intellectual heft behind her that Thatcher enjoyed, or the ability to communicate, or "roll the pitch".
My general point was that (as misappropriated to Samuel Clemens), reports of her imminent departure may be greatly exaggerated.
Mind you, as one Tory MP of that era helpfully observed "The Tory Party only ever panics in a crisis".....
Liz Truss is a panto parody of Margaret Thatcher, similar to how Boris Johnson is a panto parody of Winston Churchill.
Highly doubt that EITHER alleged role model would be flattered, let alone amused, by these "tribute" acts.
No birds sing here, No trees grow; Only we, shoulder to shoulder, Grow into the earth.
The planet burns and turns Above our Motherland there’s smoke. And we need a victory. One for us all - we don't care about the cost. One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
Deadly fire awaits us But it’s powerless. Cast doubt aside; off into the night is leaving Our 10th paratroop battalion, Our 10th paratroop battalion.
Just as the fire dies down, another order sounds, The postman will go mad looking for us.
A crimson rocket is flying, Machine-gun rounds pound And we need a victory. One for us all - we don't care about the cost. One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
Deadly fire awaits us But it’s powerless. Cast doubt aside; off into the night is leaving Our 10th paratroop battalion, Our 10th paratroop battalion.
From Kursk to Oryol the war has led us, To the enemy’s very gates: that, brother, is where we are.
Some day we’ll remember this And we won’t believe it outselves. And now we need a victory. One for us all - we don't care about the cost. One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
Deadly fire awaits us But it’s powerless. Cast doubt aside; off into the night is leaving Our 10th paratroop battalion, Our 10th paratroop battalion.
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
I don't know about this particular MP - he's possibly one of the less toxic ones - but I'd imagine that most Tory MPs will be thinking about 1. hanging on until the last possible moment, 2. how much money can we extract from the public purse, 3. how much money can we give to potential post-election employers, so they might take us on after we've received our marching orders, and 4. how badly can we damage the country, in the hope that we can get gullible voters to blame Labour when they're unable to fix the mess that we created?
Your nom de plume (if you excuse the pun), is clearly quite appropriate. Not in terms just of your obvious puffed out chest of self-importance, but also the miniscule size of your brain. Most MPs of all parties go into politics for positive reasons. While there are a number of dullards and charlatans in the Tory Party there are an equal number in the other parties too. Slandering them all because you are so partisan to be unable to see the good in someone of a differing political viewpoint just demonstrates your immaturity and general stupidity.
The Conservatives will lose the next election and must decide how to leave “some form of a legacy” to Labour, a senior Tory MP has said.
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
I don't know about this particular MP - he's possibly one of the less toxic ones - but I'd imagine that most Tory MPs will be thinking about 1. hanging on until the last possible moment, 2. how much money can we extract from the public purse, 3. how much money can we give to potential post-election employers, so they might take us on after we've received our marching orders, and 4. how badly can we damage the country, in the hope that we can get gullible voters to blame Labour when they're unable to fix the mess that we created?
charles walker is one of the better tory mps....sadly there are few like him in the tory party....mostly its a collection of chancers and grifters
It's the overuse of ellipses again.
Surely it's the poor use of ellipses that is the issue. I don't really like the idea but something like 'The tide turned...' seems to me to be ok. (Please do correct me)
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What’s that they’re singing? Is it “Whistle a Happy Tune” from the King and I?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-63091544
Looks like it is somewhere above Dovestones.
I've spent a fair bit of time wandering Wessenden Moors and Shiny Brook Clough in the past couple of years. Looks like we won't have to worry about coming across something unexpected any more (other than things we are actually looking for).
Sadly a bit too late for the family.
Besides which, Putin is psychotic, genocidal scum and so are all the people around him. It wouldn't at all surprise me if they decided to nuke as wide a range of targets as possible in their zeal to take the entire world down with them. New Zealand is, therefore, probably on their "let's kill the whole planet" list anyway.
+30% Lab
That’s one hell of a swing. The midlands loved Boris, but we really hate Truss!
More space in Australia (and they've, ahem, seen the odd bomb go off already).
a) The anti-nuclear thing was probably a fake
b) They were Western country so would probably ally with the rest of the West.
40 warheads, IIRC.
Australia was going to be nuked as well. IIRC Port Moresby was going to get urban redevelopment.... Yes, the USSR was planning on bombing Papua New Guinea back to the Stone Age.
Even as a serious horror aficionado, Threads is unquestionably the scariest film I've seen. A minor masterpiece.
More interesting to me is Putin’s visit to New Zealand to “sell shoes”, some time in the 90s I think.
Relatedly, my “East Asian Politics” tutor at Auckland University was later alleged to be a Chinese spy.
I like to think of NZ as a haven from the world’s ills, but perhaps not.
Verdant, sunny, empty, pastoral. Above the mosquito line. Does get the odd typhoon but generally temperate and warm. And quietly beautiful and properly fertile
https://www.exploreshaw.com/a-guide-to-the-atherton-tablelands-waterfalls/
No one goes there. Hardly anyone lives there apart from a few mango farmers. There is fuck all to do there apart from get drunk and look at tree kangaroos falling out of trees (hence the name: "drop bears") but that might come as a relief after all the Recent Excitements
My general point was that (as misappropriated to Samuel Clemens), reports of her imminent departure may be greatly exaggerated.
Mind you, as one Tory MP of that era helpfully observed "The Tory Party only ever panics in a crisis".....
Part of Boris'n'Dom's evil genius was to spend autumn 2019 winding the political system up to insanity. There was that long run where they couldn't get anything through the Commons at all. That then led to "give me a big majority to make all this stop", which we did.
We've already had Truss as Cargo Cult Maggie, maybe this is her dumbly copying BoJo's moves without understanding them. If she is putting up a stupid budget plan in the hope of smoking out traitors and then getting the public to give her a massive mandate... I don't see it working.
One thing people need to watch. The Tories have suffered an unprecedented poll collapse. But there are now a lot of polls floating around from companies that are clearly just trying to generate publicity by posting increasingly fantastical numbers.
https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1575876449294114817
Most of these seem pretty well established:
Current Labour Lead By Pollster:
YouGov: LAB +33%
Omnisis: LAB +32%
PeoplePolling: LAB +30%
Survation: LAB +21%
Techne: LAB +20%
Deltapoll: LAB +19%
Redfield & Wilton: LAB +17%
(All fieldwork between 27-30th)
Average: 🌹 LAB +24.6%
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1575874214170484737
I do expect them to neuter her to some degree. Her 'I don't care what anyone says or thinks, or that I have no evidence backing up what I am saying' approach isn't going to fly with them whilst in the doldrums.
Red Bull have been accused of breaching the budget cap in Max Verstappen’s maiden championship-winning season last year, which could result in penalties.
All ten teams have submitted their accounts for 2021 — the first year for which the budget cap was set at $145 million (about £115 million) — and are waiting for the FIA, Formula One’s governing body, to issue compliance certificates on October 5.
However, reports have emerged from two respected publications — Auto Motor und Sport in Germany and Gazzetta dello Sport in Italy — suggesting that two of the teams have breached the limit. They are understood to be a minor breach by Aston Martin and a more significant one by Red Bull.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/red-bull-accused-of-significantly-exceeding-budget-cap-for-max-verstappen-s-maiden-title-0p0gxd2g2
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I get criticised if I post too few (cherry-picking).
I get criticised if I post too many (bloody jocks).
"NOW - Crowd chants "Russia, Russia, Russia" in Moscow's Red Square as Putin makes an appearance."
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1575882405075787779?s=20&t=6Z_WQE_8H5SK-FkfFPaK9A
Frying tonight.
I wonder if he has been told yet?
Sir Charles Walker, a former chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, said that YouGov’s poll for The Times showing Labour with a 33-point lead was “pretty shattering” and reflected a “cliff-edge collapse” in Conservative support.
He told Times Radio: “There’s a general election in two years, at the most in just over two years. And I think it’s hard to construct an argument now that the Conservatives can win that general election. I suspect the conversation is, you know, how much do we lose it by? And what is our duty to the country?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/weve-lost-the-next-election-says-senior-tory-charles-walker-5c8j520c2
Spadeadam was an engine development site, though there were some suggestions about turning it into a launch site. The holes there weren't for a full silo, more of a test of silo dining, IIRC.
https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1575884952109215744
https://twitter.com/JasonGroves1/status/1575866749106327552
He means you, Black Sabbath!
But look at this table - every single measure in it is popular on net, *except* the end of the bonus cap and scrapping the 45p income tax rate.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/latest-polls-tory-voters-abandoned-party-liz-truss-budget-crisis-poll-1888362 https://twitter.com/HugoGye/status/1575884403946897413/photo/1
Not a sign they think they will win.
You never know, the rest of Russia might just shrug and say 'thank God for that' and not bother firing back.
Nearly half of 2019 Tory voters have now abandoned the party - and the backlash against govt economic plans seems to be to blame.
Labour holds 17pt lead in @BMGResearch poll - enough for a 1997-style landslide election victory.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/latest-polls-tory-voters-abandoned-party-liz-truss-budget-crisis-poll-1888362
For the trigger, unless your job and family situation allows, it’s not feasible to go very early and sit it out in a far flung location. We need to late enough that we’re not blowing our children’s schooling or my job.
But leave it too late and you’re in the rush with millions of others and might struggle to make it out. Our current trigger is detonation of a tactical nuke by Putin.
Location wise I followed the scorecard approach I take at work when I’m advising multinationals on where to put a new operation. Variables were speed and cost to get there and back, Covid and visa entry requirements, number of flights per week, agricultural self sufficiency, cost and standard of living, distance from blast and fallout, and avoiding flight paths over potential targets.
Narrowed it down to Morocco or Ireland. Asia involved flying over CIS and E Europe and was too restrictive on entry requirements. S America also too difficult with visas and Covid rules for a quick getaway, and expensive to get to and back.
Morocco was first choice. I think on balance it still is, but Ireland still in the running.
She appears to be averse to listening or taking advice.
She apparently doesn't consider gor one moment her popularity.
That is the best feature of her. We do need to get away from politics of the focus group. It is impossible to govern competently by enacting nothing but popular measures.
I am all gor unpopular politicians.
Highly doubt that EITHER alleged role model would be flattered, let alone amused, by these "tribute" acts.
Tory MP asks: “You either have investment zones or an investment country – if you want the latter, what’s the point in the former?”
https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1575878717414539272
The world has gone insane though, so we might as well all do the same.
Here it is, sung by the gorgeous Keti Topuria, a Georgian lass whose group A-Studio made it big in Kazakhstan.
The lyrics in English:
No birds sing here,
No trees grow;
Only we, shoulder to shoulder,
Grow into the earth.
The planet burns and turns
Above our Motherland there’s smoke.
And we need a victory.
One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
Deadly fire awaits us
But it’s powerless.
Cast doubt aside; off into the night is leaving
Our 10th paratroop battalion,
Our 10th paratroop battalion.
Just as the fire dies down, another order sounds,
The postman will go mad looking for us.
A crimson rocket is flying,
Machine-gun rounds pound
And we need a victory.
One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
Deadly fire awaits us
But it’s powerless.
Cast doubt aside; off into the night is leaving
Our 10th paratroop battalion,
Our 10th paratroop battalion.
From Kursk to Oryol the war has led us,
To the enemy’s very gates: that, brother, is where we are.
Some day we’ll remember this
And we won’t believe it outselves.
And now we need a victory.
One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
One for us all - we don't care about the cost.
Deadly fire awaits us
But it’s powerless.
Cast doubt aside; off into the night is leaving
Our 10th paratroop battalion,
Our 10th paratroop battalion.
Hate to see how they react when the growth they are convinced is coming doesn’t appear.