How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
1/ Several councils taking legal action against Home Office to try & stop asylum seekers living in hotels in their areas. Some tell us they’re worried about impact on local resources, tourism, community/racial tension. Govt says hotels are “temporary solution”, but I’m told ..
2/ relationship btw central & local govt tenuous, with lack of data/info sharing making assigning asylum seekers more difficult. One council told me “trust is at a very low point”. More at 1030pm @BBCNewsnight
Lmao, Maricopa has 400,000 left to count and wont be done till 'next week' (CNN)
Gut feel - and if it follows what happened in 2020 - I think that's good for Lake and Masters. That's a large number of votes and, given the Maricopa machines had problems on the day, my guess is many of those are election day voters, which would favour the GOP.
Kelly is 100k up on Masters, so that means the 400k has to break nearly 2-1. That's a tough ask. Kelly is three points above where Biden was at this point in 2020 (5% lead vs 2%), and Biden still snuck it.
While Lake has to be favourite, Masters is probably rightly about 12-1. Yes, a chance, and 12-1 shots come in all the time... But I suspect Kelly is feeling pretty confident.
It's helping me mitigate my Senate losses all the time.
Now, +£209 House but sadly -£327 Senate.
Unless Laxalt takes Nevada. In which case I'm pretty.
Okay, maybe I am missing subtle signals but I've gone back in on this. Currently 1.17 and that's totally mental?
Like can anyone construct a path where the GOP do not get a majority?
You scenario can involve aliens, nothing is off limits.
I can only assume its some bedwetters looking at the balance of seats on the CNN feed and shitting it wherever they don't see a very very clear red lead in the live count.
John Fetterman’s job for the next few months, is to make Biden appear lucid and coherent.
But seriously, the president is about to turn 80, it’s time to stand aside. The biggest problem with that, is how to stop Kamala Harris becoming the nominee by default.
DeDantis still likely beats anyone, so long as Trump doesn’t do a Ross Perot and fly solo.
Not convinced. 3 factors could easily derail DeSantis in a GE
1. His social conservatism/ abortion views could energise the young and female vote just as it seems to have harmed the GOP this week.
2. It is not yet clear who his Dem opponent will be and it could result in a much stiffer challenge than an aged Biden would present, and there is no certainty whatsoever that it would be Harris.
3. You allude to Trump running as an independent and even if he doesn't he is not the sort of person that takes defeat gracefully. He will be a real thorn in DeSantis's side from here on in and his really fanatical supporters may well stay at home if he's not on the ballot on 2024. The issue of getting a conservative majority on the Supreme Court has become irrelevant
1) “On April 14, 2022, he signed into law a bill that bans elective abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, shortening the period of viability from 24 weeks.”
So he brought the law in Florida in line with the EU average and is more liberal on the matter than for example Germany.
2) It’s not obvious there are Democrat politicians ready to break from the field who really would present a significantly stiffer challenge than Biden. Perhaps? I still think the Democrats best chance is a celebrity candidate rather than a serving politician. Michelle Obama or Matthew McConaughey. But they’re not yet desperate enough to cast aside the career politicians.
3) No Trump on the ballot might keep the fanatical MAGA and apathetic left leaning middle at home in equal measure.
1. DeSantis is very socially conservative and it is currently not clear how that plays in a GE. I'm fairly certain he was in favour of Wade v Roe being overturned and that decision seems to have backfired on the GOP. It is quite likely that he continues to energise the voters who turned out this week. DeSantis is no moderate.
2. There have often been nominees that barely register 2 years out from the election. The US primary system is tailor made for someone to almost come out of nowhere. I would not discount it.
3. If DeSantis is deemed to have usurped Trump then I would imagine far more fanatical MAGA voters staying at home. Some apathetic left-wingers may do the same but in nowhere near equal numbers - DeSantis is a divisive culture-warrior, he's not a McCain or a Romney.
Lmao, Maricopa has 400,000 left to count and wont be done till 'next week' (CNN)
Gut feel - and if it follows what happened in 2020 - I think that's good for Lake and Masters. That's a large number of votes and, given the Maricopa machines had problems on the day, my guess is many of those are election day voters, which would favour the GOP.
I agree, not sure if enough for Masters but Lake i think wins as does the GOP AG Edit - and probably the two remaining house seats go red too
Assuming a 60-40 Masters-Kelly split for those votes - which I've done assuming (1) what happened in 2020 and (2) the problems with the voting machines which impacted the ED vote, which trends GOP - that's a net 80K for Masters vs a current 90K gap
Though yes a younger more centrist candidate like Biden's Transport Secretary and 2020 candidate Buttigieg would be the Democrats best bet. Especially if De Santis beats Trump for the GOP nomination, as in 2020 a lot of Biden votes were anti Trump rather than for him
Although I noted your post yesterday saying that 30% of the electorate, inc many Dems and Independents, wouldn't vote for a gay president?
People say all kinds of things to pollsters that they don't follow through with when they actually vote.
Yep. But I'd have thought this would skew the other way and make it worse - ie more people would say they're cool with a gay prez when they aren't than would say they aren't when they are.
That seems a surprisingly high proportion of the electorate but then again we must always remind ourselves that America is a much more religious society than the UK.
We have a higher percentage of Muslims than the US though and many of them would not vote for a gay PM
Also a lot more in the C of E (merely being 'in the Anglican Communion' doesn't count as different A churches have different policies anyway). And you're always going on about how outrageous it would be for the C of E to be made to follow the law of the land and marry gay couples.
To be precise the law of the land is that CoE clergy cannot marry gay couples. It is enshrined in statute.
For now, if the Synod voted to allow Vicars to conduct gay weddings if they wanted then Parliament would wave that through the next day
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
Town councils certainly are elected with competing party labels, Parish councils in villages though are normally Independent and elected unopposed
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
I agree - get rid. Perfectly possible to have only one body, as in NZ.
Lmao, Maricopa has 400,000 left to count and wont be done till 'next week' (CNN)
Gut feel - and if it follows what happened in 2020 - I think that's good for Lake and Masters. That's a large number of votes and, given the Maricopa machines had problems on the day, my guess is many of those are election day voters, which would favour the GOP.
Kelly is 100k up on Masters, so that means the 400k has to break nearly 2-1. That's a tough ask. Kelly is three points above where Biden was at this point in 2020 (5% lead vs 2%), and Biden still snuck it.
While Lake has to be favourite, Masters is probably rightly about 12-1. Yes, a chance, and 12-1 shots come in all the time... But I suspect Kelly is feeling pretty confident.
Im leaning towards bearish now on Lake. She tweeted about a Yavapai county dump of 3000 votes 60 39 in her favour as if its the red wave but thats just in line with the current......
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
Town councils certainly are elected with competing party labels, Parish councils in villages though are normally Independent and elected unopposed
They aren’t really independent though, are they? It’s the most powerful local party in a friendship group. Thankfully they have limited powers (and should be abolished) but they can waste public funds on vanity projects.
The best result for AMERICA is a solid De Santis win in 2024
That's a route back to political sanity for the whole nation, and a long step away from the civil war precipice
De Santis is rightwing and anti-Woke enough to be entirely agreeable to the Republicans (apart from the outright QAnon nutters) BUT he is not an election denier, he's not mad, Trump dislikes and fears him (a good sign), and he might actually be a good, clever president. So the left can at least tolerate De Santis (apart from the ultra-woke, but they are as bad and as intractable as the QAnon types on the right, and should be ignored for the same reason)
Say De Santis wins two terms, by the end the Democrats should have purged their Marxist nutters and they will then offer a young centrist candidate who then wins for the Dems. And America is saved!
De Santis is the optimistic option for the USA. Trump remains the nightmare
De Santis seems to think he is sent by god. That’s a bit of a worry.
Also the book banning, refernedum overturning and anti-LGBT legislation.
“In 2018, he told the Sun-Sentinel that he "doesn't want any discrimination in Florida, I want people to be able to live their life, whether you're gay or whether you're religious."
Yup. So far so liberal.
“DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women's Sports Act (SB 1028). It bans transgender girls and women from participating and competing in middle-school and high-school girls' and college women's sports competitions in Florida.”
A view in line with such far right firebrands as Dame Kelly Holmes.
“DeSantis voiced his support for the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" law by its opponents, which would prohibit instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in school classrooms from kindergarten to grade 3. He said it was "entirely inappropriate" for teachers and school administrators to talk to students about their gender identity.”
Quite uncontroversial to mainstream America I would have thought for kids ages 3-8 to be spared sex ed.
You're being a teensy bit disingenuous with the last one. Because, it doesn't just prevent discussion of gender identity in elementary schools. If it did, it would be largely unobjectionable.
For a start, it doesn't just apply to very young children:
For the first group (grades K–3), it imposes an absolute ban on “classroom instruction … on sexual orientation or gender identity.” For the second group (grades 4–12), it imposes a partial ban, outlawing instruction that is “not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate … in accordance with state standards.”
Secondly, it's not just gender, it is also sexual orientation.
This is Section 28 on steroids.
It doesn't sound it to me. A partial bam putlawinh instruction which is not age appropriate sounds entirely sane. I'd support that. I've mentioned before how uncomfortable I am with the way senior schools here seem to be trying to crowbar quite young children into sexual identies far too early.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
Town councils certainly are elected with competing party labels, Parish councils in villages though are normally Independent and elected unopposed
They aren’t really independent though, are they? It’s the most powerful local party in a friendship group. Thankfully they have limited powers (and should be abolished) but they can waste public funds on vanity projects.
Total misinformed bollocks. Parish/town councils are probably the most economically efficient form of local government. The people on them might sometimes get things wrong, but they are for the most part well-meaning volunteers who take zero payment for the hours put in. Their reward is sniping by small-minded tossers who have never done anything voluntary in their lives. Said small-minded tossers always moan but never put themselves up for election to oppose the things they moan about.
The best result for AMERICA is a solid De Santis win in 2024
That's a route back to political sanity for the whole nation, and a long step away from the civil war precipice
De Santis is rightwing and anti-Woke enough to be entirely agreeable to the Republicans (apart from the outright QAnon nutters) BUT he is not an election denier, he's not mad, Trump dislikes and fears him (a good sign), and he might actually be a good, clever president. So the left can at least tolerate De Santis (apart from the ultra-woke, but they are as bad and as intractable as the QAnon types on the right, and should be ignored for the same reason)
Say De Santis wins two terms, by the end the Democrats should have purged their Marxist nutters and they will then offer a young centrist candidate who then wins for the Dems. And America is saved!
De Santis is the optimistic option for the USA. Trump remains the nightmare
De Santis seems to think he is sent by god. That’s a bit of a worry.
Also the book banning, refernedum overturning and anti-LGBT legislation.
“In 2018, he told the Sun-Sentinel that he "doesn't want any discrimination in Florida, I want people to be able to live their life, whether you're gay or whether you're religious."
Yup. So far so liberal.
“DeSantis signed the Fairness in Women's Sports Act (SB 1028). It bans transgender girls and women from participating and competing in middle-school and high-school girls' and college women's sports competitions in Florida.”
A view in line with such far right firebrands as Dame Kelly Holmes.
“DeSantis voiced his support for the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, often called the "Don't Say Gay" law by its opponents, which would prohibit instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in school classrooms from kindergarten to grade 3. He said it was "entirely inappropriate" for teachers and school administrators to talk to students about their gender identity.”
Quite uncontroversial to mainstream America I would have thought for kids ages 3-8 to be spared sex ed.
You're being a teensy bit disingenuous with the last one. Because, it doesn't just prevent discussion of gender identity in elementary schools. If it did, it would be largely unobjectionable.
For a start, it doesn't just apply to very young children:
For the first group (grades K–3), it imposes an absolute ban on “classroom instruction … on sexual orientation or gender identity.” For the second group (grades 4–12), it imposes a partial ban, outlawing instruction that is “not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate … in accordance with state standards.”
Secondly, it's not just gender, it is also sexual orientation.
This is Section 28 on steroids.
It doesn't sound it to me. A partial bam putlawinh instruction which is not age appropriate sounds entirely sane. I'd support that. I've mentioned before how uncomfortable I am with the way senior schools here seem to be trying to crowbar quite young children into sexual identies far too early.
Are you denying the ability of teachers to admit that there are homosexual relationships?
The other thing that is slightly disingenuous about the law, is that the law itself doesn't say what's permitted: it says that it may not be what the State determines later is not acceptable.
Biden would be 86 this time in 6 years which is mid 80's not late 80's. A mere whippersnapper compared to Senator Strom Thurmond who retired from Congress at the age of 101. Marvellous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond
Okay so Joe Biden stumbles over a few words but seems pretty physically agile. I'd rather have him than a zippy younger evangelical zealot.
Very good article in today's i on ageing and about how it's a myth that ageing mean irreversible decline.
I think this is a UK-centric story. We're not used to ageing politicians who live the American dream and stay fit and sprightly. Most of the ageing old tory crusties look like they're on death's door. Sir Edward Leigh is the spit of Rowley Birkin QC.
Probably the difference is our relationship with booze. I mean I drink - too much. But then most of us do.
By contrast, being teetotal or near teetotal is quite normal in the States.
Biden and Trump aren’t that unusual in that regard.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
Town councils certainly are elected with competing party labels, Parish councils in villages though are normally Independent and elected unopposed
Even in many towns there will be plenty returned unopposed. But they are generally more likely to be contested (that may be helped by many being warded, so only a few needed to get a contest in certain wards).
Dunno, but Republicans only needed +5 pickups to take it from the 2020 election and they're already running at a net +12 pickups, I think.
So, it would require the Dems to make 6-7 pickups of their own amongst the 34 seats left (and I think only 20-22 are really "competitive") and for the Republicans to pick up no more, which would go against the grain of last time.
Lmao, Maricopa has 400,000 left to count and wont be done till 'next week' (CNN)
Gut feel - and if it follows what happened in 2020 - I think that's good for Lake and Masters. That's a large number of votes and, given the Maricopa machines had problems on the day, my guess is many of those are election day voters, which would favour the GOP.
I agree, not sure if enough for Masters but Lake i think wins as does the GOP AG Edit - and probably the two remaining house seats go red too
Assuming a 60-40 Masters-Kelly split for those votes - which I've done assuming (1) what happened in 2020 and (2) the problems with the voting machines which impacted the ED vote, which trends GOP - that's a net 80K for Masters vs a current 90K gap
Don't forget Pima County (home of Tucson) - that's the second most populous county in AZ, has a lower % counted than Maricopa, and is by far the most Democratic place in the State.
As I've said before, there seems to be a distinct lack of people with names like "John Smith" in Just Stop Oil. Not sure why this is.
Your posh climate activist name, is the last place you went on holiday and your least favourite vegetable
Truro Aubergine? It's plausible.
Pitlochry Courgette.
Is it wrong that I want to change my account on PB to Bideford Broad Bean? I’ve just overtopped 10,000 posts (what a waste of time!). Time to regenerate?
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
Town councils certainly are elected with competing party labels, Parish councils in villages though are normally Independent and elected unopposed
They aren’t really independent though, are they? It’s the most powerful local party in a friendship group. Thankfully they have limited powers (and should be abolished) but they can waste public funds on vanity projects.
They shouldn't, as a town councillor myself Parish and Town councils offer by far the closest council to the local community and know most about it and what it wants.
Councillors all come from and meet in the town or village, whereas district councils are always in the biggest town not a village and unitary and county councils are often in a town or city on the other side of the county
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
Right now, judging only by the reported totals, there's a good chance that Democrats will take Washington's 3rd district from the Republicans. Democrat Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is leading Trumpista Republican Joe Kent, 114,839 to 104,620. In the top-two primary, Kent defeated the Republican incumbent Jaime Herrera Beutler, by about a thousand votes. (Beutler voted to impeach Trump after January 6th.)
The district was generally rated safe Republican before the primary.
(For those who want to dig further: You would need to know how many votes are yet to be counted from urban Clark County, and how many from the rest of the district -- and whether Kent urging his followers to hold back their votes until election day affected the count.)
Dunno, but Republicans only needed +5 pickups to take it from the 2020 election and they're already running at a net +12 pickups, I think.
So, it would require the Dems to make 6-7 pickups of their own amongst the 34 seats left (and I think only 20-22 are really "competitive") and for the Republicans to pick up no more, which would go against the grain of last time.
The Republicans are leading in 12 uncalled races, and are on 209 now, which suggests to me that they're almost certain to be between 220 and 222. In other words, they'll have grabbed the House, but only by the narrowest of margins.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Or the Pope?
The College of Cardinals elect the Pope
What fraction of a % of the world's Catholics is that?
So if Biden says he is not running the talk about his mental and physical condition will go into overdrive.
If he doesn't say he backs Harris that's a slam on her, and the party immediately starts sticking daggers in one another. If he does say he backs Harris they still do that
Lmao, Maricopa has 400,000 left to count and wont be done till 'next week' (CNN)
Gut feel - and if it follows what happened in 2020 - I think that's good for Lake and Masters. That's a large number of votes and, given the Maricopa machines had problems on the day, my guess is many of those are election day voters, which would favour the GOP.
I agree, not sure if enough for Masters but Lake i think wins as does the GOP AG Edit - and probably the two remaining house seats go red too
Assuming a 60-40 Masters-Kelly split for those votes - which I've done assuming (1) what happened in 2020 and (2) the problems with the voting machines which impacted the ED vote, which trends GOP - that's a net 80K for Masters vs a current 90K gap
Don't forget Pima County (home of Tucson) - that's the second most populous county in AZ, has a lower % counted than Maricopa, and is by far the most Democratic place in the State.
That's true although the flip flip is there are still votes in rurals. There are apparently more drop-offs this year than 2020: I agree Kelly probably wins but I think it's probably tighter than assumed.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Simply vote for political parties that won't reelect Ursula. By the way, the fact that nobody runs on this platform tells you that the personal leadership of the Commission is not really that relevant; a bit like demanding a public vote on the Leader of the House of Commons.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The archbishop is ultimately democratically appointed, by the PM. We don't expect democracy at every level. The UN president and nato secretary General don't get voted for. We don't vote for judges though we could like they do in the US, and most people think that is a good thing. If you work for a company, it might be a democratic cooperative but it's statistically unlikely. And it's not an issue that bothers you.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Simply vote for political parties that won't reelect Ursula. By the way, the fact that nobody runs on this platform tells you that the personal leadership of the Commission is not really that relevant; a bit like demanding a public vote on the Leader of the House of Commons.
At the risk of falling foul of Anabobazina's list, 'Simply' is doing a lot of work there.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
Biden would be 86 this time in 6 years which is mid 80's not late 80's. A mere whippersnapper compared to Senator Strom Thurmond who retired from Congress at the age of 101. Marvellous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond
Okay so Joe Biden stumbles over a few words but seems pretty physically agile. I'd rather have him than a zippy younger evangelical zealot.
Very good article in today's i on ageing and about how it's a myth that ageing mean irreversible decline.
I think this is a UK-centric story. We're not used to ageing politicians who live the American dream and stay fit and sprightly. Most of the ageing old tory crusties look like they're on death's door. Sir Edward Leigh is the spit of Rowley Birkin QC.
Probably the difference is our relationship with booze. I mean I drink - too much. But then most of us do.
By contrast, being teetotal or near teetotal is quite normal in the States.
Biden and Trump aren’t that unusual in that regard.
Yes, Americans seem constantly flabbergasted by how much Britons drink.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Simply vote for political parties that won't reelect Ursula. By the way, the fact that nobody runs on this platform tells you that the personal leadership of the Commission is not really that relevant; a bit like demanding a public vote on the Leader of the House of Commons.
At the risk of falling foul of Anabobazina's list, 'Simply' is doing a lot of work there.
If there were 20 Le Pen-type governments in the EU, Ursula would not be European Commission president, right? So the reason is just that most European governments are in line with the thinking of the president - not surprising since they are the ones who nominate her.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
For me it was the pointlessness of MEPs. They don’t really seem to have any power or function. At least the U.K. PM is the one who can command the majority of the house. Who is the equivalent in the EU?
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The archbishop is ultimately democratically appointed, by the PM. We don't expect democracy at every level. The UN president and nato secretary General don't get voted for. We don't vote for judges though we could like they do in the US, and most people think that is a good thing. If you work for a company, it might be a democratic cooperative but it's statistically unlikely. And it's not an issue that bothers you.
Yes, there will be argument over which roles should be democratically appointed, but most of us agree not everything should, yet occasionally people deploy the 'unelected' argument in rather absurd areas.
Biden would be 86 this time in 6 years which is mid 80's not late 80's. A mere whippersnapper compared to Senator Strom Thurmond who retired from Congress at the age of 101. Marvellous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond
Okay so Joe Biden stumbles over a few words but seems pretty physically agile. I'd rather have him than a zippy younger evangelical zealot.
Very good article in today's i on ageing and about how it's a myth that ageing mean irreversible decline.
I think this is a UK-centric story. We're not used to ageing politicians who live the American dream and stay fit and sprightly. Most of the ageing old tory crusties look like they're on death's door. Sir Edward Leigh is the spit of Rowley Birkin QC.
Probably the difference is our relationship with booze. I mean I drink - too much. But then most of us do.
By contrast, being teetotal or near teetotal is quite normal in the States.
Biden and Trump aren’t that unusual in that regard.
Yes, Americans seem constantly flabbergasted by how much Britons drink.
I am not an American, but I am regularly flabbergasted at how much I drink.
Good lord. Just watching the interview on sky news with the Just Stop Oil person Indigo Rumbelow. It's such an unusual name and I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before. Then I realised that I'd bumped into her once or twice in the Cardiff arts scene. Thought she was quite cute. Weird.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
For me it was the pointlessness of MEPs. They don’t really seem to have any power or function. At least the U.K. PM is the one who can command the majority of the house. Who is the equivalent in the EU?
Well, for one thing, it was MEPs who kicked out the Santer commission.
Nominative Determinism: the billionaire CEO of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that shat its guts this week, now facing possible bankruptcy... Sam Bankman–Fried!
Biden would be 86 this time in 6 years which is mid 80's not late 80's. A mere whippersnapper compared to Senator Strom Thurmond who retired from Congress at the age of 101. Marvellous. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond
Okay so Joe Biden stumbles over a few words but seems pretty physically agile. I'd rather have him than a zippy younger evangelical zealot.
Very good article in today's i on ageing and about how it's a myth that ageing mean irreversible decline.
I think this is a UK-centric story. We're not used to ageing politicians who live the American dream and stay fit and sprightly. Most of the ageing old tory crusties look like they're on death's door. Sir Edward Leigh is the spit of Rowley Birkin QC.
Probably the difference is our relationship with booze. I mean I drink - too much. But then most of us do.
By contrast, being teetotal or near teetotal is quite normal in the States.
Biden and Trump aren’t that unusual in that regard.
Yes, Americans seem constantly flabbergasted by how much Britons drink.
If you work with Americans or have American clients you’ll hear the phrase “national pastime” being aired a fair bit
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
For me it was the pointlessness of MEPs. They don’t really seem to have any power or function. At least the U.K. PM is the one who can command the majority of the house. Who is the equivalent in the EU?
I think you will find that they perform a pretty good function in their equivalent of select committees in aligning single market legislation. One good example was on roaming charges on mobiles. Not ground breaking, but useful nonetheless. I suspect you have just chosen to believe they achieve nothing because it suits your prejudice, rather like the poster who slags off parish councils but has probably never done anything useful for his community in his life.
Good lord. Just watching the interview on sky news with the Just Stop Oil person Indigo Rumbelow. It's such an unusual name and I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before. Then I realised that I'd bumped into her once or twice in the Cardiff arts scene. Thought she was quite cute. Weird.
Is she the heiress of the Rumbelows TV hire fortune?
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
For me it was the pointlessness of MEPs. They don’t really seem to have any power or function. At least the U.K. PM is the one who can command the majority of the house. Who is the equivalent in the EU?
I think you will find that they perform a pretty good function in their equivalent of select committees in aligning single market legislation. One good example was on roaming charges on mobiles. Not ground breaking, but useful nonetheless. I suspect you have just chosen to believe they achieve nothing because it suits your prejudice, rather like the poster who slags off parish councils but has probably never done anything useful for his community in his life.
It may surprise you to know that, with a heavy heart, I voted remain. My side lost. I have long despaired of the very politicised nature of what started as an Economic community, and became an attempt to create a United States of Europe. The people I blame most are the cowards in power in the U.K. who consistently failed to give the people a say in how the EEC/EU was changing. Right up to Gordon Brown scuttling through the back door to sign the Lisbon Treaty away from the cameras. They rarely tried to persuade, culminating in the awful lies and mischaracterisation of the referendum campaign itself. Remain were as dishonest as leave. I genuinely believe that the EU was U.K. democratic at heart, and that the bits the public got to cote for had little real power, at least when compared to national members of parliament. I don’t think that’s my prejudice, it’s my observation.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Or the Pope?
Errr, no, the Head of Government chooses the Archbishop of Canterbury, which matches the way VDL and Michel are chosen.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So no voters then.
No more democratically elected than the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Or the Prime Minister.
Errr, no, the Prime Minister is an elected Member of Parliament that is then chosen in a method determined by his or her peers of other elected Members of Parliament.
Good lord. Just watching the interview on sky news with the Just Stop Oil person Indigo Rumbelow. It's such an unusual name and I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before. Then I realised that I'd bumped into her once or twice in the Cardiff arts scene. Thought she was quite cute. Weird.
Is she the heiress of the Rumbelows TV hire fortune?
It could just be performance art. Maybe she us colleagues called Taupe Comet or Applewhite Habitat.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
For me it was the pointlessness of MEPs. They don’t really seem to have any power or function. At least the U.K. PM is the one who can command the majority of the house. Who is the equivalent in the EU?
I think you will find that they perform a pretty good function in their equivalent of select committees in aligning single market legislation. One good example was on roaming charges on mobiles. Not ground breaking, but useful nonetheless. I suspect you have just chosen to believe they achieve nothing because it suits your prejudice, rather like the poster who slags off parish councils but has probably never done anything useful for his community in his life.
It's a fair question, and it comes down to the strong separation of powers in the EU. MPs do multiple jobs which are distributed across numerous institutions of the EU, in part because the national governments want control and in part because EU constitutional framers fear partisan control of enforcement of the laws.
Good lord. Just watching the interview on sky news with the Just Stop Oil person Indigo Rumbelow. It's such an unusual name and I couldn't remember where I'd heard it before. Then I realised that I'd bumped into her once or twice in the Cardiff arts scene. Thought she was quite cute. Weird.
Is she the heiress of the Rumbelows TV hire fortune?
I've no idea and if it wasn't for the fact it's such an unusual name I probably wouldn't have remembered her. Apparently she grew up on a small farm near the Gower.
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
Or Ms Truss or Mr Sunak?
For the purposes of this discussion, the Conservative Party does not count as a demos. Even though some of it on here seem to think it has a fixed role within the constitution.
Truss and Sunak were both elected to Parliament, and have been chosen from within Parliament's elected members to lead Parliament.
Who elected VDL and Michel?
The Leaders of the Governments of the European Union?
So UVDL got fewer votes than my Parish Councillors?
Count yourself lucky if your parish council, pointless as they are, sees much voting happen. Ours falls out of sequence with anything notable so most of them seem to get elected unopposed or get co-opted in between times. It’s all family and friends links. I think disrupting their cosy lifestyle might be a retirement project for me.
Town councils certainly are elected with competing party labels, Parish councils in villages though are normally Independent and elected unopposed
They aren’t really independent though, are they? It’s the most powerful local party in a friendship group. Thankfully they have limited powers (and should be abolished) but they can waste public funds on vanity projects.
Total misinformed bollocks. Parish/town councils are probably the most economically efficient form of local government. The people on them might sometimes get things wrong, but they are for the most part well-meaning volunteers who take zero payment for the hours put in. Their reward is sniping by small-minded tossers who have never done anything voluntary in their lives. Said small-minded tossers always moan but never put themselves up for election to oppose the things they moan about.
Utter bollocks. But no more than I’d expect from a rich prick like you who has clearly never done a hard day’s work in his life and thinks volunteering is about sitting around tables and talking rather than actually doing things.
The only people who think local Government is useful or in touch with its community are those who make an effort to enrich themselves from it and delude themalefes accordingly.
By “local Government” here I mean the elected idiots, not the hard working staff who actually make things happen.
As I've said before, there seems to be a distinct lack of people with names like "John Smith" in Just Stop Oil. Not sure why this is.
Your posh climate activist name, is the last place you went on holiday and your least favourite vegetable
Truro Aubergine? It's plausible.
Bideford Broad Bean. I like it.
At the risk of causing mild offence, why would you holiday in Bideford with so many nice places close by? A family connection?
We stay on a farm a mile out of Bideford, and it’s where the Legendary Grand Tour is based (classic mini event at the end of August). Bideford itself is not a great location…
How often do the various EU Presidents get "voted" in and out?
I mean, when can VDL and Michel be unelected by their demos?
No, no, you don’t understand. The EU was always about democracy. Never about stitching up jobs for those who’ve failed in their careers within their own countries.
*Cough* House of Lords *Cough*
Sue*cough*ella Braver*cough*man.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
When Brexit apologists moan about lack of democracy in the EU they really highlight how little they understand about our own pseudo-democracy.
I moan about both, thanks. I don’t hold up the U.K. as some bastion of pure democracy. But it is fair to ask how a citizen in the EU can remove UVDL from office. You may detest the current PM. You may not. But you know for certain that no later than early 2025 the entire electorate of the U.K. will get their say.
Technically a citizen of the EU could lobby their MPs to lobby their head of government to vote with other heads of government of the 27 to remove UVDL from office via the Council of Ministers. The current UK PM was voted for by Con MPs. The previous one was voted for by a selectorate of swiveleyed geriatric lunatics. The one before that was essentially voted in by those people who live in marginal constituencies and he in his infinite wisdom is about to make Nadine Dorries a peer of the Realm. Our system of democracy is a pile if shit. It needs root and branch reform, but it will not get it. We are in no position to wave our democratic credentials at UVDL who in reality has very little power because it is almost entirely vested in the Council of Ministers.
For me it was the pointlessness of MEPs.
They don’t really seem to have any power or function. At least the U.K. PM is the one who can command the majority of the house. Who is the equivalent in the EU?
The abolition of MEPs in this country, rendering pompous, arrogant embarrassing prats such as Farage unemployed ( ironically) was definitely a factor in voting leave. Not decisive by any means but it certainly felt the right thing to do.
For somebody who is senile he's absolutely given Putin a good hiding.
Granted, I am no expert on american political history, and he's been around a long time, but I quite like Biden. He seems to be relatively moderate and practical, normal (which is not easy for a politician of long standing), and shows some skill anad fortitude from time to time.
Admittedly the gaffes and, er, handsiness, have seen him mocked even by his own side, never mind others.
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Like can anyone construct a path where the GOP do not get a majority?
You scenario can involve aliens, nothing is off limits.
The old unwritten rule that you needed to face the electorate before returning from a ministerial disgrace had quite a lot going for it.
2/ relationship btw central & local govt tenuous, with lack of data/info sharing making assigning asylum seekers more difficult. One council told me “trust is at a very low point”. More at 1030pm @BBCNewsnight
While Lake has to be favourite, Masters is probably rightly about 12-1. Yes, a chance, and 12-1 shots come in all the time... But I suspect Kelly is feeling pretty confident.
2. There have often been nominees that barely register 2 years out from the election. The US primary system is tailor made for someone to almost come out of nowhere. I would not discount it.
3. If DeSantis is deemed to have usurped Trump then I would imagine far more fanatical MAGA voters staying at home. Some apathetic left-wingers may do the same but in nowhere near equal numbers - DeSantis is a divisive culture-warrior, he's not a McCain or a Romney.
Budget exhausted now. If I had another monkey I'd spunk it in to expunge my loss almost entirely.
Tight as a gnats chuff
https://twitter.com/ClarkCountyNV/status/1590793142613463040
It's a dozen journalists being absolutely fucking bemused by this 50k figure.
They will tend to be southern and WASPy.
If Dem were to win all or most of them then House would be very close.
Does anyone have the knowledge to analyse these races to see if any real prospect of Dems winning them?
https://edition.cnn.com/election/2022/results/house?election-data-id=2022-HG&election-painting-mode=projection&filter-key-races=false&filter-flipped=false
The man that handed Trump’s arse to him - twice.
I've mentioned before how uncomfortable I am with the way senior schools here seem to be trying to crowbar quite young children into sexual identies far too early.
https://edition.cnn.com/election/2022/results/house?election-data-id=2022-HG&election-painting-mode=projection&filter-key-races=false&filter-flipped=false
On that basis, @SandyRentool , I’m in.
The other thing that is slightly disingenuous about the law, is that the law itself doesn't say what's permitted: it says that it may not be what the State determines later is not acceptable.
By contrast, being teetotal or near teetotal is quite normal in the States.
Biden and Trump aren’t that unusual in that regard.
So, it would require the Dems to make 6-7 pickups of their own amongst the 34 seats left (and I think only 20-22 are really "competitive") and for the Republicans to pick up no more, which would go against the grain of last time.
Councillors all come from and meet in the town or village, whereas district councils are always in the biggest town not a village and unitary and county councils are often in a town or city on the other side of the county
The district was generally rated safe Republican before the primary.
(For those who want to dig further: You would need to know how many votes are yet to be counted from urban Clark County, and how many from the rest of the district -- and whether Kent urging his followers to hold back their votes until election day affected the count.)
The Republicans are leading in 12 uncalled races, and are on 209 now, which suggests to me that they're almost certain to be between 220 and 222. In other words, they'll have grabbed the House, but only by the narrowest of margins.
Good God.
I knew these people were fundamentally evil, but I never imagined in my wildest nightmares, that they had tits.
Something must be done.
I expect to regret it. Good luck to you.
Senate: NV, GA (r/o) and AZ all go blue.
Governor NV: no idea.
"She said 'I've only got two years' and I said, you'll have two months if you carry on like this."
In full at 10pm ► http://youtu.be/cTF_r4Cg0w8 https://twitter.com/FirstEdition/status/1590811534107648000/video/1
Nominative Determinism: the billionaire CEO of FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that shat its guts this week, now facing possible bankruptcy... Sam Bankman–Fried!
I can't believe I hadn't.. This song, co-produced by George Harrison in 1970 is awesome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imskpbqO-Ak
"If I back the decision to withdraw from Kherson, I'm going to jail for questioning Russia's territorial integrity
And if I oppose it, I'm going to jail for discrediting the armed forces"'
https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1590729203485356034
For somebody who is senile he's absolutely given Putin a good hiding.
https://twitter.com/ZoeSchiffer/status/1590812793787518977
"BREAKING: 'Stop shouting at me!' - Sky's Mark Austin challenges Just Stop Oil activist"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bumKlEoGhvk
I genuinely believe that the EU was U.K. democratic at heart, and that the bits the public got to cote for had little real power, at least when compared to national members of parliament. I don’t think that’s my prejudice, it’s my observation.
The Pope is chosen by cardinals. Errr, no, the Prime Minister is an elected Member of Parliament that is then chosen in a method determined by his or her peers of other elected Members of Parliament.
The only people who think local Government is useful or in touch with its community are those who make an effort to enrich themselves from it and delude themalefes accordingly.
By “local Government” here I mean the elected idiots, not the hard working staff who actually make things happen.
The chilling genius of autocracy.
Admittedly the gaffes and, er, handsiness, have seen him mocked even by his own side, never mind others.
Three men are in prison. One asks what the others are there for.
'I was ten minutes late to work, so I was accused of sabotage,' says the first.
'I was ten minutes early to work, so I was accused of espionage,' says the second. 'How about you?'
'I was on time for work two days running, so I was accused of having a Western watch.'
Edit - the punchline of this one will, sadly for him, be when he is arrested for publicly dissing the penal code.
New numbers from Pima, Greenlee and Navajo.