Daily express story of the likes of JRM and Jake Berry upset at being thrown onto the backbenches but without any evidence
The evidence is that seemingly the whole of Whitehall is throwing political rocks at Rishi's pick for Home Secretary. Not off the record moans, demonstrable illegal actions and breaches of the ministerial code.
You may have faith in Rishi but he appears to have spectacularly torpedoed himself here. I expect she will be gone by the weekend, he will recover as the new cycle moves on, but the sense of grotesque chaos at the heart of government just deepens.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
When did the English start eating an American species at Christmas? Christmas has been celebrated in England for almost 2000 years. I’m assuming that for the first 1700 years or so they ate something else at feasts.
Oddly enough, Turks call turkeys 'Hindi' (or something like that), because they came from India...
The origins of the Yanks eating them is something to do with the Pilgrim Fathers eating plump American fowl, which they named 'Turkey' as they looked similar to a type of guinea fowl they knew. When the birds were imported from Turkey, they became known as 'Turkey Fowl', and hence 'turkeys'. So they're not an American species, and in fact due to breeding the turkeys we eat now are probably fairly different to either the original American or Indian fowls...
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I disagree
I have cooked excellent Christmas turkeys, both fresh and frozen, and of course the demand is always largest at Christmas when it is seen as the traditional way of celebrating Christmas
I do agree though it needs to be properly prepared and cooked
It's an American import – goose is the traditional Christmas bird
I don't really get why a Labour majority is so hard to envisage. The Conservatives will have been in power for over a decade at the next election. Their position in 2019 was flattered by the special circumstances of Brexit and Corbyn. Sunak is a much weaker candidate that 2019-era Johnson. The economic backdrop is very poor. Public services are in a bad state. Brexit - the Tories' sole "achievement" - is unpopular. And Labour has a solid and reassuring (if somewhat uninspiring) front bench team. These seem like the kind of circumstances that could produce a big enough swing for Labour to get a majority. I'm not saying it's nailed on, but surely it's not hard to see it happening?
History suggests it is very difficult to make a net gain of at least 123 seats.
Corbyn's toxic legacy really has screwed Labour.
Surely the 1945 result could not have come as a shock to anyone? During campaign they must have picked up on it’s a disaster out there. To have a result that size many voters must have shifted long in advance, and that couldn’t have gone unnoticed either?
You'd be amazed how many GE results are unexpected: 1992, 2010, 2015, 2017 frinstance which should ve gone lab, con, nom, con lansdslide.. Also, other things on their mind than polling in 1945. I believe that certainly Churchill was pretty flabberghasted.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I wish my family were big red meat lovers, but only Dad and me are so we always end up Turkeyed. I'm staying at his and doing partridges (bird flu allowing) and game chips xmas eve and a fillet of beef for boxing day with extra fattening homemade dauphinoise.
That's a great couple of menus right there – sounds delicious.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
When did the English start eating an American species at Christmas? Christmas has been celebrated in England for almost 2000 years. I’m assuming that for the first 1700 years or so they ate something else at feasts.
It is beginning to look like a trussterfuck all over again.
He's got 12 months unless these rebels can muster well over 100 letters. No way is Brady allowing another leadership election so soon unless he has no choice.
Russians fired at civilian tugboats transporting a barge with grain near Ochakiv, the Operational Command “South” reported. Two crew members were killed, and one with injuries was rescued. The fate of another one is not yet known.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I wish my family were big red meat lovers, but only Dad and me are so we always end up Turkeyed. I'm staying at his and doing partridges (bird flu allowing) and game chips xmas eve and a fillet of beef for boxing day with extra fattening homemade dauphinoise.
That's a great couple of menus right there – sounds delicious.
It is beginning to look like a trussterfuck all over again.
He's got 12 months unless these rebels can muster well over 100 letters. No way is Brady allowing another leadership election so soon unless he has no choice.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I disagree
I have cooked excellent Christmas turkeys, both fresh and frozen, and of course the demand is always largest at Christmas when it is seen as the traditional way of celebrating Christmas
I do agree though it needs to be properly prepared and cooked
It's an American import – goose is the traditional Christmas bird
Americans do NOT as a rule insist on turkey for Christmas dinner, though it's an option.
Instead, turkey is quintessentially a Thanksgiving thing. One reason why it's NOT on the menu in many US households for Christmas.
My initial surmise, is that Brits have tendency to cook turkey the way they make (or at least used to) coffee - badly.
It is beginning to look like a trussterfuck all over again.
He's got 12 months unless these rebels can muster well over 100 letters. No way is Brady allowing another leadership election so soon unless he has no choice.
If Sunak goes who on earth can Brady turn to?
The story doesn't even deserve engaging with hypothetically - a few unreconcilables mouthing off anonymously to, of all places, the Daily Express? Come on.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I wish my family were big red meat lovers, but only Dad and me are so we always end up Turkeyed. I'm staying at his and doing partridges (bird flu allowing) and game chips xmas eve and a fillet of beef for boxing day with extra fattening homemade dauphinoise.
I really don't understand turkey, other than it being the done thing.
If you want fowl, have chicken. Or goose. Both are far superior meats.
I cooked a herb-fed 'rooster' last year (effectively a large organic chicken). Highly recommended. It was a 10lb bird and could feed the five thousand, was far superior to turkey and much more fun to cook.
As you say, why anyone persists with a poor meat that isn't even traditional is beyond me.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I disagree
I have cooked excellent Christmas turkeys, both fresh and frozen, and of course the demand is always largest at Christmas when it is seen as the traditional way of celebrating Christmas
I do agree though it needs to be properly prepared and cooked
It's an American import – goose is the traditional Christmas bird
Americans do NOT as a rule insist on turkey for Christmas dinner, though it's an option.
Instead, turkey is quintessentially a Thanksgiving thing. One reason why it's NOT on the menu in many US households for Christmas.
My initial surmise, is that Brits have tendency to cook turkey the way they make (or at least used to) coffee - badly.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
This reporting is untrue. No policy decisions or requests were made as we waited for the new ministerial team to be announced, which only concluded at the weekend.
When decisions are made, they will be announced on http://gov.uk.
The issue AIUI is that a blanket "conversion ban" would stop discussion with patients presenting with claimed gender dysphoria exploring other underlying conditions that may be the root cause. As the interim Cass review pointed out, and the new NHS England proposed guidelines suggest.
I have the opposite problem to OGH. I am struggling to see how Labour will NOT have a majority. The present isn't a guide to the future but on present numbers Starmer's majority would be whopping. Add in likely tactical voting that will benefit Labour a lot more than the Lib Dems and the majority becomes even whoppier.
So we look at ways that Sunak might turn things round. Steady the ship = Yes - that should help narrow the gap to end-of-Johnson numbers without eliminating Starmer's majority. Can Sunak do a fourth re-launch of the Tory Party to say, we are no longer the party of Cameron, May, Johnson or Truss? That's a lot of people for Sunak not to be like, when he has Johnson's people, Truss' ideology and Cameron's slickness.
This directly contradicts conspiracy theories pushed by (and since deleted by) Twitter owner Elon Musk.
I would like to know how all the "Elon Musk is a genius" people feel now? I mean, not only is his personal genius in question based on his posting, but it is clear to all and sundry that Twitter is going to be an albatross across his neck - that he cannot run it as a business and also keep to the ideals he claims to believe in that got him his online groupies. Reports like this alone make it clear that he doesn't have a handle on this - as a political actor or a business man:
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
When did the English start eating an American species at Christmas? Christmas has been celebrated in England for almost 2000 years. I’m assuming that for the first 1700 years or so they ate something else at feasts.
I’m on ma tod this Christmas, so for like the first time ever, I can eat what the hell I like. It’ll definitely not be American turkey, not Swedish ham. Maybe steak pie? Lamb? Duck? I’ll have to have a wee think.
Steak and kidney pie with puff pastry, perhaps. Thouhg a pie for one is a bit pastry heavy, and there is always the next day question if you don't eat it all. Lamb - you can have stovies and beetroot with cold lamb on the 26th and curry on the 27th
Edit: almopst forgotten this. But will it ever be as good as Mum's? Best try one ahead of time.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I disagree
I have cooked excellent Christmas turkeys, both fresh and frozen, and of course the demand is always largest at Christmas when it is seen as the traditional way of celebrating Christmas
I do agree though it needs to be properly prepared and cooked
It's an American import – goose is the traditional Christmas bird
It is traditional and raised in the UK by British farmers
Goose is very greasy and not to everyone taste but as in all things the choice is yours
🇷🇺 MoD just released this picture of Oleksandr Volodymyrovyč Ševčenko, commander of the 35th Marine Infantry Brigade who organised the attack on the Black Sea Fleet on the 29th October.
I'm probably late to this, but I've only just got round to reading Braverman's letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-hasc-from-home-secretary It's well worth a read. Why, you ask? Well, because it's the biggest load of self-serving, semi-literate piffle that I've read in some time. Evasions or lies seep out of nearly every sentence. And, even if you accept her account, it shows she's not fit for office.
Any Civil Servant acting like this in my days would have been out on their ear by now for gross misconduct. Is it different for Ministers? Have standards slipped since BJ was PM, perchance?
LATEST A gloomy Tory MP - who is a member of the ERG and good friend of the Home secretary - says No 10 has hung out Suella Braverman to dry over 'emailgate'. He tells me: "We have been f***ed. No 10 wanted to say 'we have put our arm around her but can't save her'."
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I disagree
I have cooked excellent Christmas turkeys, both fresh and frozen, and of course the demand is always largest at Christmas when it is seen as the traditional way of celebrating Christmas
I do agree though it needs to be properly prepared and cooked
It's an American import – goose is the traditional Christmas bird
It is traditional and raised in the UK by British farmers
Goose is very greasy and not to everyone taste but as in all things the choice is yours
The meat is not greasy at all. The bird kicks out lots of fat when being cooked but that's a different thing. And as any fule kno the fat is great for roasting potatoes, so a beneficial byproduct.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
When did the English start eating an American species at Christmas? Christmas has been celebrated in England for almost 2000 years. I’m assuming that for the first 1700 years or so they ate something else at feasts.
I’m on ma tod this Christmas, so for like the first time ever, I can eat what the hell I like. It’ll definitely not be American turkey, not Swedish ham. Maybe steak pie? Lamb? Duck? I’ll have to have a wee think.
Steak and kidney pie with puff pastry, perhaps. Thouhg a pie for one is a bit pastry heavy, and there is always the next day question if you don't eat it all. Lamb - you can have stovies and beetroot with cold lamb on the 26th and curry on the 27th
Edit: almopst forgotten this. But will it ever be as good as Mum's? Best try one ahead of time.
Steak and kidney pudding, hearty and retains that traditional Christmas long steaming. Either with a full pudding case or topped with a suet dumpling 'bung' and steamed. Yum.
This directly contradicts conspiracy theories pushed by (and since deleted by) Twitter owner Elon Musk.
The weird thing is not just that people went out of their way to invent a story about Pelosi's husband having a gay lover, but why they would think it's relevant - if it had been true - to an attempted assassination of the Speaker of the House.
Daily express story of the likes of JRM and Jake Berry upset at being thrown onto the backbenches but without any evidence
The evidence is that seemingly the whole of Whitehall is throwing political rocks at Rishi's pick for Home Secretary. Not off the record moans, demonstrable illegal actions and breaches of the ministerial code.
You may have faith in Rishi but he appears to have spectacularly torpedoed himself here. I expect she will be gone by the weekend, he will recover as the new cycle moves on, but the sense of grotesque chaos at the heart of government just deepens.
I doubt she will last and she is simply not fit for purpose
Her position in the cabinet ensured Johnson was gone and for me that is the only plus
LATEST A gloomy Tory MP - who is a member of the ERG and good friend of the Home secretary - says No 10 has hung out Suella Braverman to dry over 'emailgate'. He tells me: "We have been f***ed. No 10 wanted to say 'we have put our arm around her but can't save her'."
Scottish Social Attitudes Siurvey now out. Have to go and do sorting out, but it may be of interest to some of us.
Following on from yesterday's discussion of Scottish education:
Public priorities for government action also differed by party identity, views on how Scotland should be governed, and attitudes towards Britain's relationship with the EU. Conservative supporters (36%) were more likely than SNP supporters (16%) and Scottish Green party supporters (5%) to prioritise improving the standard of education in Scotland.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
When did the English start eating an American species at Christmas? Christmas has been celebrated in England for almost 2000 years. I’m assuming that for the first 1700 years or so they ate something else at feasts.
I’m on ma tod this Christmas, so for like the first time ever, I can eat what the hell I like. It’ll definitely not be American turkey, not Swedish ham. Maybe steak pie? Lamb? Duck? I’ll have to have a wee think.
This directly contradicts conspiracy theories pushed by (and since deleted by) Twitter owner Elon Musk.
I would like to know how all the "Elon Musk is a genius" people feel now? I mean, not only is his personal genius in question based on his posting, but it is clear to all and sundry that Twitter is going to be an albatross across his neck - that he cannot run it as a business and also keep to the ideals he claims to believe in that got him his online groupies. Reports like this alone make it clear that he doesn't have a handle on this - as a political actor or a business man:
Elon Musk has repeatedly affirmed my long standing assessment of him being a complete arsehole. But to be fair to him, he is a genius at what he does, which is to combine superb delivery of complex projects with lashings of hype.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
The @EHRC recommended a pause on a legislative ban on trans conversion therapy because consultation proposals didn’t define what it is & because of fears it could negatively impact the healthcare of children with gender dysphoria by having a chilling impact on explorative therapy..
So it’s really disappointing to see this from @UKLabour. The healthcare of children with gender dysphoria continues to be a political football with some politicians placing scoring points with campaigners over evidence & expert input.
EXC Suella Braverman facing further questions about her judgement - her officials demanded a 120-year-old magazine for solicitors remove a comment piece because they did not like what it said.
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
I wish my family were big red meat lovers, but only Dad and me are so we always end up Turkeyed. I'm staying at his and doing partridges (bird flu allowing) and game chips xmas eve and a fillet of beef for boxing day with extra fattening homemade dauphinoise.
That's a great couple of menus right there – sounds delicious.
Has to be Turkey for me , prawn cocktail for starter and trifle for dessert, cannot be anything else. Ne'erday is steak pie made the proper way with steak and sausages.
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
I have the opposite problem to OGH. I am struggling to see how Labour will NOT have a majority. The present isn't a guide to the future but on present numbers Starmer's majority would be whopping. Add in likely tactical voting that will benefit Labour a lot more than the Lib Dems and the majority becomes even whoppier.
So we look at ways that Sunak might turn things round. Steady the ship = Yes - that should help narrow the gap to end-of-Johnson numbers without eliminating Starmer's majority. Can Sunak do a fourth re-launch of the Tory Party to say, we are no longer the party of Cameron, May, Johnson or Truss? That's a lot of people for Sunak not to be like, when he has Johnson's people, Truss' ideology and Cameron's slickness.
If polling returns to "end of Johnson" numbers, and that's quite likely to be a few % out on the day, then we get single figures Labour over Tory. At the next election Labour may need close to double figures for a majority, so it's tricky.
Bear in mind that even the big landslides we've had, haven't been huge leads. Blair was 13% ahead even with huge poll leads for years before the election.
One factor may be that Starmer is friendly to a lot of Lib Dem voters so we may see a lot more tactical voting, but current polling doesn't guarantee a Labour majority.
Truss effect unwind...... The Government’s net competency rating stands at -34% this week, up 30 points from last Sunday. Altogether, 15% find the Government competent (+7), and 49% find the Government incompetent (-23). Still dire but Boris dire not Liz dire
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
Why do the mods give you a pass time after time after time? I thought after yesterday's appalling post that would be it. But no, not even a new nom de plume...
Sky have just announced that from the 7th November all poultry have to be kept indoors in England due to Avian flu which looks very serious
I listened to a report on this a couple of days ago that said the Ministry of Agriculture has approved the early slaughter of turkeys and to be frozen and then thawed to sell as fresh at Christmas
I expect this will have an effect on the availability of Christmas turkeys and I would be very annoyed if I bought a fresh one for it to have been frozen previously
Turkey is a shit meat anyway, were it any good we'd eat it year round. We don't. It's rubbish. Have rib of beef instead.
When did the English start eating an American species at Christmas? Christmas has been celebrated in England for almost 2000 years. I’m assuming that for the first 1700 years or so they ate something else at feasts.
I’m on ma tod this Christmas, so for like the first time ever, I can eat what the hell I like. It’ll definitely not be American turkey, not Swedish ham. Maybe steak pie? Lamb? Duck? I’ll have to have a wee think.
Extra-luxurious (read - fatty, possibly even minced lamb) lasagne is calling me this Xmas. Nice the day after hot or cold too - or easy to freeze if you're still in a coma from the night before.
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
Why do the mods give you a pass time after time after time? I thought after yesterday's appalling post that would be it. But no, not even a new nom de plume...
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
Why do the mods give you a pass time after time after time? I thought after yesterday's appalling post that would be it. But no, not even a new nom de plume...
It's up to them to judge who they consider an asset to their site, is it not?
Sunak 41 37 Starmer on best PM Sunsk plus 10, Starmer plus 8 approvals
Are there gross figures or just net?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak receives a net approval rating of +10%, up 8 points from our poll last Thursday. Yesterday’s poll finds 29% approving of his overall job performance (+2), against 19% disapproving (-6).
Among 2019 Conservative voters, 44% (+2) approve of Rishi Sunak’s job performance as Prime Minister. Only 10% (-5) disapprove. His net approval rating with 2019 Conservative voters stands at +34%, up seven points since Thursday’s poll.
Labour leader Keir Starmer’s net approval rating stands at +8%, down five points from Thursday last week. 35% approve of Starmer’s job performance (-3), while 27% disapprove (+2).
EXC Suella Braverman facing further questions about her judgement - her officials demanded a 120-year-old magazine for solicitors remove a comment piece because they did not like what it said.
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
Why do the mods give you a pass time after time after time? I thought after yesterday's appalling post that would be it. But no, not even a new nom de plume...
It's up to them to judge who they consider an asset to their site, is it not?
I'm not denying that. I'm asking for an explanation as to their rationale.
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
I'll be leaving the site again until Leon is banned. Goodbye.
Your antipathy genuinely mystifies me - tho I confess it does not distress me - because I am consistently quite pleasant to you. Apart from one occasion when I might have teased you with an AI photo of what I claimed you looked like. It was a joke
And this despite you hurling out fairly continuous abuse to disparate commenters, often for no reason at all, as far as I can see
So why not hang around, and I will continue to be consistently quite emollient to you
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
Why do the mods give you a pass time after time after time? I thought after yesterday's appalling post that would be it. But no, not even a new nom de plume...
Well that’s where you’re wrong
Ah well. The pics you crib off other people's IG accounts are nice though.
I'll be leaving the site again until Leon is banned. Goodbye.
Your antipathy genuinely mystifies me - tho I confess it does not distress me - because I am consistently quite pleasant to you. Apart from one occasion when I might have teased you with an AI photo of what I claimed you looked like. It was a joke
And this despite you hurling out fairly continuous abuse to disparate commenters, often for no reason at all, as far as I can see
So why not hang around, and I will continue to be consistently quite emollient to you
Regardless, I'm sure you're as mystified as I am that anybody posting on here gives a flying fuck what you think of them or their views. Weird.
Sunak 41 37 Starmer on best PM Sunsk plus 10, Starmer plus 8 approvals
Are there gross figures or just net?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak receives a net approval rating of +10%, up 8 points from our poll last Thursday. Yesterday’s poll finds 29% approving of his overall job performance (+2), against 19% disapproving (-6).
Among 2019 Conservative voters, 44% (+2) approve of Rishi Sunak’s job performance as Prime Minister. Only 10% (-5) disapprove. His net approval rating with 2019 Conservative voters stands at +34%, up seven points since Thursday’s poll.
Labour leader Keir Starmer’s net approval rating stands at +8%, down five points from Thursday last week. 35% approve of Starmer’s job performance (-3), while 27% disapprove (+2).
Still only a minority with an opinion on Sunak, then.
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You may have faith in Rishi but he appears to have spectacularly torpedoed himself here. I expect she will be gone by the weekend, he will recover as the new cycle moves on, but the sense of grotesque chaos at the heart of government just deepens.
The origins of the Yanks eating them is something to do with the Pilgrim Fathers eating plump American fowl, which they named 'Turkey' as they looked similar to a type of guinea fowl they knew. When the birds were imported from Turkey, they became known as 'Turkey Fowl', and hence 'turkeys'. So they're not an American species, and in fact due to breeding the turkeys we eat now are probably fairly different to either the original American or Indian fowls...
I think. It's complicated...
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/why-americans-call-turkey-turkey/383225/
https://twitter.com/iblogtoglasgow/status/1587070366710730754?s=46&t=cCAoGMtV-HrWMD0Uh-dCiQ
So was my Dad's.
This year I guess I'll be restricted to salmon unless I break my own rules for a day.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/oct/31/ministers-scrap-target-cutting-91000-civil-service-jobs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1587116305789984771
Instead, turkey is quintessentially a Thanksgiving thing. One reason why it's NOT on the menu in many US households for Christmas.
My initial surmise, is that Brits have tendency to cook turkey the way they make (or at least used to) coffee - badly.
As you say, why anyone persists with a poor meat that isn't even traditional is beyond me.
EXCL: Further delay to long-promised conversion therapy ban, as Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch insists on reviewing work of her predecessor.
I understand plan had been for a Joint Committee of MPs and Lords to expedite a ban. Now that's up in the air.
https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1587077362075721728
This reporting is untrue. No policy decisions or requests were made as we waited for the new ministerial team to be announced, which only concluded at the weekend.
When decisions are made, they will be announced on http://gov.uk.
https://twitter.com/GEOgovuk/status/1587097743750844427
The issue AIUI is that a blanket "conversion ban" would stop discussion with patients presenting with claimed gender dysphoria exploring other underlying conditions that may be the root cause. As the interim Cass review pointed out, and the new NHS England proposed guidelines suggest.
So we look at ways that Sunak might turn things round. Steady the ship = Yes - that should help narrow the gap to end-of-Johnson numbers without eliminating Starmer's majority. Can Sunak do a fourth re-launch of the Tory Party to say, we are no longer the party of Cameron, May, Johnson or Truss? That's a lot of people for Sunak not to be like, when he has Johnson's people, Truss' ideology and Cameron's slickness.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-twitter-takeover-sparked-n-word-use-jump-2022-10?r=US&IR=T
Edit: almopst forgotten this. But will it ever be as good as Mum's? Best try one ahead of time.
[google shopping for clootie dumpling]
Goose is very greasy and not to everyone taste but as in all things the choice is yours
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-hasc-from-home-secretary
It's well worth a read. Why, you ask? Well, because it's the biggest load of self-serving, semi-literate piffle that I've read in some time. Evasions or lies seep out of nearly every sentence. And, even if you accept her account, it shows she's not fit for office.
Any Civil Servant acting like this in my days would have been out on their ear by now for gross misconduct. Is it different for Ministers? Have standards slipped since BJ was PM, perchance?
He tells me: "We have been f***ed. No 10 wanted to say 'we have put our arm around her but can't save her'."
https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1587122675864027136
"Go on then, you do the job, Mr Gobby!"
Her position in the cabinet ensured Johnson was gone and for me that is the only plus
Marvellous.
A sort of Napoleon of Business
Not in Sweden apparently...
How very woke of you.
So it’s really disappointing to see this from
@UKLabour. The healthcare of children with gender dysphoria continues to be a political football with some politicians placing scoring points with campaigners over evidence & expert input.
https://twitter.com/soniasodha/status/1587121480164413442
Westminster Voting Intention (30 October):
Labour 50% (-5)
Conservative 27% (+4)
Liberal Democrat 9% (–)
Green 5% (–)
Scottish National Party 4% (–)
Reform UK 3% (-1)
Other 2% (+1)
Changes +/- 25-26 October
https://redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/latest-gb-voting-intention-30-october-2022 https://twitter.com/RedfieldWilton/status/1587127269138477058/photo/1
Labour leads by 23%.
Westminster Voting Intention (30 October):
Labour 50% (-5)
Conservative 27% (+4)
Liberal Democrat 9% (–)
Green 5% (–)
Scottish National Party 4% (–)
Reform UK 3% (-1)
Other 2% (+1)
Changes +/- 25-26 October
redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/latest-gb-voti…
Sunsk plus 10, Starmer plus 8 approvals
Rishi Sunak (41%, +2) leads Keir Starmer (37%, -1) by four points on who would be the better Prime Minister at this moment.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/suella-braverman-law-gazette-opinion-b2214481.html
As in, it's a low probability event.
“EXCLUSIVE: New classified report to Congress says only HALF of UFO sightings can be properly explained, leaving nearly 200 mysteries unsolved - as critics say investigators 'glossed over' unknown cases”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11373603/New-classified-report-congress-says-HALF-UFO-sightings-properly-explained.html
Bear in mind that even the big landslides we've had, haven't been huge leads. Blair was 13% ahead even with huge poll leads for years before the election.
One factor may be that Starmer is friendly to a lot of Lib Dem voters so we may see a lot more tactical voting, but current polling doesn't guarantee a Labour majority.
However, those suggesting Rishi is in decline are not in line with the polling which shows steady positive progress
The Government’s net competency rating stands at -34% this week, up 30 points from last Sunday. Altogether, 15% find the Government competent (+7), and 49% find the Government incompetent (-23).
Still dire but Boris dire not Liz dire
Still, a very long way to go before depriving labour of a majority.
We’ll see how the dust settles after the Autumn statement.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak receives a net approval rating of +10%, up 8 points from our poll last Thursday. Yesterday’s poll finds 29% approving of his overall job performance (+2), against 19% disapproving (-6).
Among 2019 Conservative voters, 44% (+2) approve of Rishi Sunak’s job performance as Prime Minister. Only 10% (-5) disapprove. His net approval rating with 2019 Conservative voters stands at +34%, up seven points since Thursday’s poll.
Labour leader Keir Starmer’s net approval rating stands at +8%, down five points from Thursday last week. 35% approve of Starmer’s job performance (-3), while 27% disapprove (+2).
And this despite you hurling out fairly continuous abuse to disparate commenters, often for no reason at all, as far as I can see
So why not hang around, and I will continue to be consistently quite emollient to you
Big show of support from Tory MPs and cabinet members