“These reports are categorically untrue. This Government is focussed on using our Brexit freedoms to create opportunities that drive growth and strengthen our economy. 1/2
“Brexit means we will never again have to accept a relationship with Europe that would see a return to freedom of movement, unnecessary payments to the European Union or jeopardise the full benefit of trade deals we are now able to strike around the world.” 2/2
But doesn’t really address problem that a “senior government figure” quite clearly told the Sunday Times it was being considered.
As far as Brexit is concerned there is no going back. We left as King of the Castle, we can't return as the Court Jester.
I am reminded of the Mafia Boss in the Italian Job on learning of the traffic jam in Turin:"The English are not so stupid as they look. They planned this jam, they must have planned a way out of it". So Nigel, Boris and Rishi you planned this jam we are in, what is your planned way out of it?
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
Since some of you are more than mildly interested in the EU, perhaps you can answer this question, which I have been wondering about, for years. Was joining the euro good for Greece?
(My impression is that it was very bad, and that their economy has still not recovered completely, but, if I am wrong, feel free to tell me so.)
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Didn't Ford ditch his Vice President in 1976?
Yes, Dole replaced Nelson Rockefeller, thanks to pressure from the resurgent right.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
ydoethur sid: "Didn't Ford ditch his Vice President in 1976?"
According to Wikipedia, "Rockefeller declined to be placed on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later." source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller
But these paragraphs from the story must be a classic...
"Lt Castro said officers were able to immediately enter the venue, and located one individual they believed to be the suspect." "They are now in custody and being treated for injuries at a local hospital."
The suspect was male and singular. The American use of pronouns makes the story a complete nonsense.
Recent history suggests that many officers belong in custody...but it's not usual for them to arrest themselves while in hospital.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
ydoethur sid: "Didn't Ford ditch his Vice President in 1976?"
According to Wikipedia, "Rockefeller declined to be placed on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later." source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller
It was a bit more than that, I think. Ford was hesitating over whether to keep Rockefeller on or not because of pressure from Goldwater and Reagan, so Rockefeller withdrew.
In any case, it's another example of a president changing his running mate.
I think it was offside - the pass after the goalie came out only had one defending player behind
You are allowed to be level and he clearly was.
Seems he was offside by a knee
Afternoon, BigG - hope you are well.
This might interest you - obviously not just a Mr Drakeford thing (though, like him, more empowering local councils to make the decision). And supported by Conservatives.
ydoethur sid: "Didn't Ford ditch his Vice President in 1976?"
According to Wikipedia, "Rockefeller declined to be placed on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later." source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller
That is not entirely unlike the resigned/sacked non distinction.
I note you omitted the rather more informative bit: … With the moderate Ford facing continued difficulty in securing the support of conservative Republicans for the 1976 presidential nomination, and anticipating a challenge from the conservative Ronald Reagan, he considered the possibility of another running mate, and discussed it with Rockefeller. In November 1975, Rockefeller offered to withdraw. Ford eventually concurred, and in explaining his decision Rockefeller said that he "didn't come down (to Washington) to get caught up in party squabbles which only make it more difficult for the President in a very difficult time ..."[102][103]
After Ford was nominated at the 1976 Republican National Convention, Reagan, Barry Goldwater, and other prominent conservatives conditioned their support for Ford on his selection of a suitable vice presidential nominee. Ford considered several candidates, including moderate-to-liberal Republicans such as William Ruckelshaus, and moderate-to-conservative Republicans including Bob Dole, and eventually decided upon Dole as the most acceptable to conservatives.[citation needed]
Ford is the most recent incumbent president to not choose his incumbent vice president as his running mate. Ford later said not choosing Rockefeller was one of his biggest mistakes,[104] and "one of the few cowardly things I did in my life."…
I was just looking at some new-build rental flats after someone asked about them. Look nice and glossy, but I kept thinking 'that's going to fall off. oh, and the damp will get in I'm sure. bet that window handle will snap.'
Looks very nice to me. The great thing about renting is after all that you don't need to worry about window handles etc. - if they snap, it's the landlord's job to fix them, and if the landlord is consistently useless you can move somewhere else. For what it's worth, I've never had a problem with corporate landlords - they've always fixed problems faster than I could have done. Private landlords are more of a lottery, and at the bottom of the market they're still horrible.
It does look very nice. I'm just a bit wary of glossy new builds. Especially after quite a few years of developers here selling 'luxury' flats then scarpering ('boo hoo, we've gone "bankrupt"') when they begin to fall apart.
Also a lot of privately/corporate student accommodation here is shamefully badly managed which taints my view of the sector.
While it is difficult to comprehend what you're saying, largely because you appear incapable of understanding what you're trying to communicate, I am sure, however, that you are past reason.
You appear unable to deal with any facts that don't fit your theories, to understand complex problems, while your editing of posts to wilfully mislead people about their content borders on a Cummings style contempt for facts.
Intellectual dishonesty is the hallmark of the Brexit debate on both sides. Sad to see that you are so deeply infected by it that it's spilling over into every part of your life.
Since some of you are more than mildly interested in the EU, perhaps you can answer this question, which I have been wondering about, for years. Was joining the euro good for Greece?
(My impression is that it was very bad, and that their economy has still not recovered completely, but, if I am wrong, feel free to tell me so.)
It’s a difficult counterfactual, because it is hard to know how Greek governments would have behaved outside the euro
What we can say is that recovery inside the euro is proving mighty challenging. Greek GDP per capita is STILL $10k down from its pre crash high. What’s more you can see this painfully in less touristy parts of the country. The suburbs of Athens are grim and poor. Towns on the mainland can feel more like Tunisia than the EU. And so many shuttered businesses
ydoethur sid: "Didn't Ford ditch his Vice President in 1976?"
According to Wikipedia, "Rockefeller declined to be placed on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later." source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller
That is not entirely unlike the resigned/sacked non distinction.
I note you omitted the rather more informative bit: … With the moderate Ford facing continued difficulty in securing the support of conservative Republicans for the 1976 presidential nomination, and anticipating a challenge from the conservative Ronald Reagan, he considered the possibility of another running mate, and discussed it with Rockefeller. In November 1975, Rockefeller offered to withdraw. Ford eventually concurred, and in explaining his decision Rockefeller said that he "didn't come down (to Washington) to get caught up in party squabbles which only make it more difficult for the President in a very difficult time ..."[102][103]
After Ford was nominated at the 1976 Republican National Convention, Reagan, Barry Goldwater, and other prominent conservatives conditioned their support for Ford on his selection of a suitable vice presidential nominee. Ford considered several candidates, including moderate-to-liberal Republicans such as William Ruckelshaus, and moderate-to-conservative Republicans including Bob Dole, and eventually decided upon Dole as the most acceptable to conservatives.[citation needed]
Ford is the most recent incumbent president to not choose his incumbent vice president as his running mate. Ford later said not choosing Rockefeller was one of his biggest mistakes,[104] and "one of the few cowardly things I did in my life."…
Once again demonstrating that he was a thoroughly decent man left in an impossible position by a crook.
Since some of you are more than mildly interested in the EU, perhaps you can answer this question, which I have been wondering about, for years. Was joining the euro good for Greece?
(My impression is that it was very bad, and that their economy has still not recovered completely, but, if I am wrong, feel free to tell me so.)
It’s a difficult counterfactual, because it is hard to know how Greek governments would have behaved outside the euro
What we can say is that recovery inside the euro is proving mighty challenging. Greek GDP per capita is STILL $10k down from its pre crash high. What’s more you can see this painfully in less touristy parts of the country. The suburbs of Athens are grim and poor. Towns on the mainland can feel more like Tunisia than the EU. And so many shuttered businesses
Greece was pretty shitty before the Euro.
And they issued far too much foreign currency denominated debt even before joining.
But there can be little doubt that the Euro has made their problems significantly harder than they would otherwise have been.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
I'm glad to see my first thought on this was correct, must still have good pub quiz instincts.
If you can't follow the argument, feel free to refrain from commenting on it
That is a truly epic self-awareness fail. It's what you've been doing all day. And yet again, you are falsifying evidence. Are you David Irving or Nigel Farage in disguise?
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Sad bastards whose entire national identity consists of opposition to another country.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Well, I guess they are not judging those fans by the standards of their goverment, but posing with the flag is unnecessary.
This football is shite. Makes you realise the incredible quality of the Premier League and Champions League. We are spoiled
It's made worse by the fact that there are so many fouls.
Yes, it's so clumsy. And slow
I reckon this World Cup will be a ratings hit, however - especially in Europe and N America - because it is such a nice diversion from cold wintry reality. We can all escape into sport. People want to do that. Escape
I was just looking at some new-build rental flats after someone asked about them. Look nice and glossy, but I kept thinking 'that's going to fall off. oh, and the damp will get in I'm sure. bet that window handle will snap.'
Looks very nice to me. The great thing about renting is after all that you don't need to worry about window handles etc. - if they snap, it's the landlord's job to fix them, and if the landlord is consistently useless you can move somewhere else. For what it's worth, I've never had a problem with corporate landlords - they've always fixed problems faster than I could have done. Private landlords are more of a lottery, and at the bottom of the market they're still horrible.
It does look very nice. I'm just a bit wary of glossy new builds. Especially after quite a few years of developers here selling 'luxury' flats then scarpering ('boo hoo, we've gone "bankrupt"') when they begin to fall apart.
Also a lot of privately/corporate student accommodation here is shamefully badly managed which taints my view of the sector.
When any old shit sells, just a well a properly made stuff…
A friend is on the management board of a block. When the needed to change the cladding, the engineers told them that the building was structurally marginal. Already. The original builders were a sub contractor of a big name. The big name had to step in, or lose their reputation in a big way, to fix the problem.
If you can't follow the argument, feel free to refrain from commenting on it
An odd post - if people cannot follow something, better for them to say so, surely? Others are under no obligation to try to explain it further, but how will you known you have 'owned' someone if it turns out people didn't understand what you were getting at?
The suspect in the Club Q shooting, Anderson Lee Aldrich, was arrested last year in connection with bomb threat. He was charged with felony menacing at the time and found with multiple weapons, per El Paso County Sheriff's Office https://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/status/1594349248069378049
rcs1000 - Thanks for the info on Greece and Italy. I haven't had time to watch your Italy video yet, but will.
(I recall reading some years ago -- in the Economist, perhaps -- that prior to joining the euro, Italy's economy depended in part on chronic, but mild, corruption, which allowed businesmen to often reach "free market" solutions, in spite of regulations. That struck me as plausible, but hard to prove completely.)
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Sad bastards whose entire national identity consists of opposition to another country.
Two other countries: the Great Satan and the Little Satan.
Brazil and Argentina flags everywhere in Calicut, in north Kerala. Followed by Portugal. Massive cardboard cut-outs of Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo abound too! Big screen on the beach!
That’ll be the strain of being ultra woke. Beware, wokies, this will happen to you when the contradictions tear you apart… Free speech, as long as you agree with everything I agree with.
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Sad bastards whose entire national identity consists of opposition to another country.
Two other countries: the Great Satan and the Little Satan.
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
If you can't follow the argument, feel free to refrain from commenting on it
An odd post - if people cannot follow something, better for them to say so, surely? Others are under no obligation to try to explain it further, but how will you known you have 'owned' someone if it turns out people didn't understand what you were getting at?
I think the problem is he can't follow his own posts, and doesn't like people pointing out they're gibberish.
Mostly because they are becoming more and more detached from the facts.
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
That said, the World Cup coverage in the New York Times is absolutely excellent, and puts plenty of British media to shame
Of course, they have the resources of The Athletic to call upon, and they have hired a lot of Brits who know their soccer scallions
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
The commentators on the BBC didn't know the offside rule either.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
That said, the World Cup coverage in the New York Times is absolutely excellent, and puts plenty of British media to shame
Of course, they have the resources of The Athletic to call upon, and they have hired a lot of Brits who know their soccer scallions
Thank you for your financial support of the most instinctively anti British news organization outside of Russia.
I think it was offside - the pass after the goalie came out only had one defending player behind
You are allowed to be level and he clearly was.
Seems he was offside by a knee
Afternoon, BigG - hope you are well.
This might interest you - obviously not just a Mr Drakeford thing (though, like him, more empowering local councils to make the decision). And supported by Conservatives.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
This is her husband
Golly
What I didn't realise, is, "The wedding date was set to accommodate President Theodore Roosevelt, who was scheduled to be in New York City for the St. Patrick's Day parade, and who agreed to give the bride away." Eleanor's dad having died of falling out of a window while drunk.
I was just looking at some new-build rental flats after someone asked about them. Look nice and glossy, but I kept thinking 'that's going to fall off. oh, and the damp will get in I'm sure. bet that window handle will snap.'
Looks very nice to me. The great thing about renting is after all that you don't need to worry about window handles etc. - if they snap, it's the landlord's job to fix them, and if the landlord is consistently useless you can move somewhere else. For what it's worth, I've never had a problem with corporate landlords - they've always fixed problems faster than I could have done. Private landlords are more of a lottery, and at the bottom of the market they're still horrible.
It does look very nice. I'm just a bit wary of glossy new builds. Especially after quite a few years of developers here selling 'luxury' flats then scarpering ('boo hoo, we've gone "bankrupt"') when they begin to fall apart.
Also a lot of privately/corporate student accommodation here is shamefully badly managed which taints my view of the sector.
When any old shit sells, just a well a properly made stuff…
A friend is on the management board of a block. When the needed to change the cladding, the engineers told them that the building was structurally marginal. Already. The original builders were a sub contractor of a big name. The big name had to step in, or lose their reputation in a big way, to fix the problem.
Do you mean it would fall down if they took the foam plastic off the outside?! What sort of remedial works were needed, do you know?
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
Despite paying for GamePass, I have to also pay Sky if I want to watch the Eagles tonight.
They get the US commentary, but every time they break from that (which is a lot) they cut to some knob in the studio.
It's desperate.
Hey @ydoethur, don't read this post. It will only confuse and upset you.
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Sad bastards whose entire national identity consists of opposition to another country.
Two other countries: the Great Satan and the Little Satan.
Little Satan = Wales is a bit harsh, actually no it isn't.
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
That said, the World Cup coverage in the New York Times is absolutely excellent, and puts plenty of British media to shame
Of course, they have the resources of The Athletic to call upon, and they have hired a lot of Brits who know their soccer scallions
Thank you for your financial support of the most instinctively anti British news organization outside of Russia.
I love reading the NYT liberal-lefties when they Totally Lose Their shit, repeatedly, because Elon Musk owns Twitter
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Honestly that is pathetic. Iran is both treating its women like second class citizens ( on a good day) and supplied most of the drones being used to destroy Ukraine’s infrastructure as winter approaches. What sort of scum would want to wave their flag?
Sad bastards whose entire national identity consists of opposition to another country.
Two other countries: the Great Satan and the Little Satan.
Little Satan = Wales is a bit harsh, actually no it isn't.
The last time a president replaced a vice president on the ticket was when FDR chose Harry S Truman to replace Henry Wallace in 1944. (Party leaders, knowing FDR was in poor health, pressured him to make that change.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Wallace
Good pub quiz question: what was Eleanor Roosevelt's maiden name?
This is her husband
died of falling out of a window while drunk.
Sounds like Putin has been up to his old tricks for a lot longer than I realised.
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
Despite paying for GamePass, I have to also pay Sky if I want to watch the Eagles tonight.
They get the US commentary, but every time they break from that (which is a lot) they cut to some knob in the studio.
It's desperate.
Hey @ydoethur, don't read this post. It will only confuse and upset you.
Hi Scott.
I'm not the one who's confused. As you have amply demonstrated all day, you're the one who's confused.
I think it was offside - the pass after the goalie came out only had one defending player behind
You are allowed to be level and he clearly was.
Seems he was offside by a knee
Afternoon, BigG - hope you are well.
This might interest you - obviously not just a Mr Drakeford thing (though, like him, more empowering local councils to make the decision). And supported by Conservatives.
I was just looking at some new-build rental flats after someone asked about them. Look nice and glossy, but I kept thinking 'that's going to fall off. oh, and the damp will get in I'm sure. bet that window handle will snap.'
Looks very nice to me. The great thing about renting is after all that you don't need to worry about window handles etc. - if they snap, it's the landlord's job to fix them, and if the landlord is consistently useless you can move somewhere else. For what it's worth, I've never had a problem with corporate landlords - they've always fixed problems faster than I could have done. Private landlords are more of a lottery, and at the bottom of the market they're still horrible.
It does look very nice. I'm just a bit wary of glossy new builds. Especially after quite a few years of developers here selling 'luxury' flats then scarpering ('boo hoo, we've gone "bankrupt"') when they begin to fall apart.
Also a lot of privately/corporate student accommodation here is shamefully badly managed which taints my view of the sector.
When any old shit sells, just a well a properly made stuff…
A friend is on the management board of a block. When the needed to change the cladding, the engineers told them that the building was structurally marginal. Already. The original builders were a sub contractor of a big name. The big name had to step in, or lose their reputation in a big way, to fix the problem.
Do you mean it would fall down if they took the foam plastic off the outside?! What sort of remedial works were needed, do you know?
The new fireproof cladding would weigh 300 tons more IIRC,
The engineers looked at the building and said that some parts of the structure were already at 98% of theoretical load.
They are adding fucktons of reinforced concrete to the pillars holding the building up.
This football is shite. Makes you realise the incredible quality of the Premier League and Champions League. We are spoiled
A key problem is that the standard of those two events are so high because not only do you have the worlds best players in them, but the standard of coaching / tactics / analytics etc is on a totally different level. However, it requires months, if not years, of drilling the players to be able to perform at that level consistently. The likes of Man City and Liverpool now expect it to take a year before their new signings are fully up to speed with the nuances of the tactical approaches they are trying to deploy. Man City famously have special training pitches with differing mini boxes sprayed onto them and Pep has all ages grouped being drilled relentlessly in tactics based upon if player 1 in his box 1, player 2 must be in box 3 / player 3 moves to box 4...etc etc etc.
Gone of the days of 4-4-2, bang it wide to the winger, who crosses in it. Formations and positions are fluid ever changing depending on game scenarios.
In comparison, national teams, they get a week here and there to try and come together to formulate a cohesive tactical system.
You apparently couldn't even follow a simple instruction.
I give up
Well, you keeping editing people's posts to alter their meaning, or quoting fraudulent studies, despite being repeatedly asked not to. Which I have to say seems a simple instruction to me, but then I am quite intelligent and I realise it may be more complicated for you.
It would be delightful if you gave up doing those as well as mis-editing my posts, but I'm not holding my breath.
I think it was offside - the pass after the goalie came out only had one defending player behind
You are allowed to be level and he clearly was.
Seems he was offside by a knee
Afternoon, BigG - hope you are well.
This might interest you - obviously not just a Mr Drakeford thing (though, like him, more empowering local councils to make the decision). And supported by Conservatives.
You guys are very lucky not to be watching the game on Fox Sports in the US.
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
The commentators on the BBC didn't know the offside rule either.
It's funny because the CBS Sports team are excellent. Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards and Kate Abdo.
I think it was offside - the pass after the goalie came out only had one defending player behind
You are allowed to be level and he clearly was.
Seems he was offside by a knee
Afternoon, BigG - hope you are well.
This might interest you - obviously not just a Mr Drakeford thing (though, like him, more empowering local councils to make the decision). And supported by Conservatives.
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
Well, they claim to be supporting diversity, which surely has to include the right of Qataris to practice their culture without being judged for it by outsiders?
Brazil and Argentina flags everywhere in Calicut, in north Kerala. Followed by Portugal. Massive cardboard cut-outs of Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo abound too! Big screen on the beach!
Are you there, now?
I had a fun couple of weeks in Kerala, a few years back.
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
Well, they claim to be supporting diversity, which surely has to include the right of Qataris to practice their culture without being judged for it by outsiders?
I was thinking of the Iranians. I know very little about Qatar apart from the homophobia and the corruption. Do they insist on headscarves too?
Betting angle, back Kane to get a yellow card tomorrow and yellow card in the first 10 mins.
The Football Association has been told by Fifa its regulations do not allow for Harry Kane to wear the “OneLove” armband designed to express solidarity with marginalised people, including the criminalised gay community, at the Qatar World Cup finals.
The latest conversation, part of a standard meeting between team officials and the Fifa match commissioner on Sunday, has left the FA deeply frustrated with Fifa on the eve of the first game against Iran.
There is concern among some European nations who have pledged to wear the armband in Qatar that the team captain could be subject to a booking as soon as the game kicks off, although that has not yet been conveyed to the players.
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
No, the England team should do THIS
"Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine."
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
No, the England team should do THIS
"Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine."
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
No, the England team should do THIS
"Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine."
The Chinese owners of British Steel have injected only a fraction of the £1.2bn they promised to invest despite begging British taxpayers for a bailout worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
Jingye, the largely unknown Chinese company that acquired British Steel almost three years ago, has pumped in just £156m since acquiring the business in a Government-supported takeover in March 2020, the Telegraph can disclose.
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
Well, they claim to be supporting diversity, which surely has to include the right of Qataris to practice their culture without being judged for it by outsiders?
I was thinking of the Iranians. I know very little about Qatar apart from the homophobia and the corruption. Do they insist on headscarves too?
My understanding is "not officially".
The point is, of course, that there's plenty of things to protest about in both Qatar and Iran, and England are risking sidelining that by provoking arguments about BLM-inspired kneeling.
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
No, the England team should do THIS
"Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine."
That would be truly brave. I hope one of the players has the cullions to give it a go if they score
Might cause a riot on the pitch, but you're right it would be a brave thing to do. And would certainly infuriate the Ayatollahs.
Sobering video from Omad Djalili. He doesn't seem very hopeful either about the fate of the prisoners or for the regime to be overthrown.
Yes, it's not "brave" to take the bloody knee. It would be brave and marvellous if one of them does this. And I would forgive Southgate every single boring managerial decision if he then backs the player
I guess Farage, Leon, and other idiots will be cheering for Iran tomorrow.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
Taking the knee is not a bad action.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
No, the England team should do THIS
"Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine."
Just realised that Elon Musk owning Twitter is literally Elon Musk owning the libs
Is it? iirc Twitter's algorithm leans to the right. Maybe you mean the workers, those who are left.
ETA come to think of it, who has Musk's $40 billion made rich? I've not seen stories of Twitter employees with valuable share options. Maybe that all happened when Twitter floated.
Since some of you are more than mildly interested in the EU, perhaps you can answer this question, which I have been wondering about, for years. Was joining the euro good for Greece?
(My impression is that it was very bad, and that their economy has still not recovered completely, but, if I am wrong, feel free to tell me so.)
I'm guessing the Euro was a net bad for Greece - but it is worth pointing out the country has received massive fiscal transfers from the EU, which should mitigate the effects relative to not being in the Euro in the first place.
Interestingly the third worst country in Europe over for income stagnation since the GFC, after Greece and Cyprus is the UK. Germany and France on the other hand have done quite well.
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I am reminded of the Mafia Boss in the Italian Job on learning of the traffic jam in Turin:"The English are not so stupid as they look. They planned this jam, they must have planned a way out of it". So Nigel, Boris and Rishi you planned this jam we are in, what is your planned way out of it?
According to Wikipedia, "Rockefeller declined to be placed on the 1976 Republican ticket with Ford. He retired from politics in 1977 and died two years later."
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Rockefeller
In any case, it's another example of a president changing his running mate.
At the start of the match it was 25/1 that Ecuador would win with more than 3 goals (Betfair Exchange).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xABIFxIlENI
Yes - I fully back increased council tax on second homes which here in Wales is 300%
I would be content for it to be even higher
I note you omitted the rather more informative bit:
… With the moderate Ford facing continued difficulty in securing the support of conservative Republicans for the 1976 presidential nomination, and anticipating a challenge from the conservative Ronald Reagan, he considered the possibility of another running mate, and discussed it with Rockefeller. In November 1975, Rockefeller offered to withdraw. Ford eventually concurred, and in explaining his decision Rockefeller said that he "didn't come down (to Washington) to get caught up in party squabbles which only make it more difficult for the President in a very difficult time ..."[102][103]
After Ford was nominated at the 1976 Republican National Convention, Reagan, Barry Goldwater, and other prominent conservatives conditioned their support for Ford on his selection of a suitable vice presidential nominee. Ford considered several candidates, including moderate-to-liberal Republicans such as William Ruckelshaus, and moderate-to-conservative Republicans including Bob Dole, and eventually decided upon Dole as the most acceptable to conservatives.[citation needed]
Ford is the most recent incumbent president to not choose his incumbent vice president as his running mate. Ford later said not choosing Rockefeller was one of his biggest mistakes,[104] and "one of the few cowardly things I did in my life."…
Also a lot of privately/corporate student accommodation here is shamefully badly managed which taints my view of the sector.
You appear unable to deal with any facts that don't fit your theories, to understand complex problems, while your editing of posts to wilfully mislead people about their content borders on a Cummings style contempt for facts.
Intellectual dishonesty is the hallmark of the Brexit debate on both sides. Sad to see that you are so deeply infected by it that it's spilling over into every part of your life.
What we can say is that recovery inside the euro is proving mighty challenging. Greek GDP per capita is STILL $10k down from its pre crash high. What’s more you can see this painfully in less touristy parts of the country. The suburbs of Athens are grim and poor. Towns on the mainland can feel more like Tunisia than the EU. And so many shuttered businesses
Scotland fans in England noise up as the Tartan Army party with Iran support ahead of #WorldCup opener 🏴
http://bit.ly/3TROAgK
https://twitter.com/Record_Sport/status/1594363652252893184
Drone to Russia....shooting protestors in the streets.....
Rights groups say children as young as eight are among the victims of the crackdown by security services since the death of Mahsa Amini
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/nov/20/iran-protests-children-killed-reports-mahsa-amini
And they issued far too much foreign currency denominated debt even before joining.
But there can be little doubt that the Euro has made their problems significantly harder than they would otherwise have been.
My word.
I reckon this World Cup will be a ratings hit, however - especially in Europe and N America - because it is such a nice diversion from cold wintry reality. We can all escape into sport. People want to do that. Escape
A friend is on the management board of a block. When the needed to change the cladding, the engineers told them that the building was structurally marginal. Already. The original builders were a sub contractor of a big name. The big name had to step in, or lose their reputation in a big way, to fix the problem.
https://twitter.com/AaronKatersky/status/1594349248069378049
(I recall reading some years ago -- in the Economist, perhaps -- that prior to joining the euro, Italy's economy depended in part on chronic, but mild, corruption, which allowed businesmen to often reach "free market" solutions, in spite of regulations. That struck me as plausible, but hard to prove completely.)
Brazil and Argentina flags everywhere in Calicut, in north Kerala. Followed by Portugal. Massive cardboard cut-outs of Neymar, Messi and Ronaldo abound too! Big screen on the beach!
Not only are we watching a very average game, we're also having to listen to some truly dreadful commentary, with the commentators getting all confused about the off side rule.
For those of us with poor facial hair the attempt is not worth it.
Mostly because they are becoming more and more detached from the facts.
Of course, they have the resources of The Athletic to call upon, and they have hired a lot of Brits who know their soccer scallions
I literally looked at the screen when half time came on and thought: Wait, who's that little old guy, where is Lineker?
Ecuador are possible 2nd round opponents for England - if we win our group and Ecuador finish second in theirs or vice versa.
What I didn't realise, is, "The wedding date was set to accommodate President Theodore Roosevelt, who was scheduled to be in New York City for the St. Patrick's Day parade, and who agreed to give the bride away." Eleanor's dad having died of falling out of a window while drunk.
They get the US commentary, but every time they break from that (which is a lot) they cut to some knob in the studio.
It's desperate.
Hey @ydoethur, don't read this post. It will only confuse and upset you.
I'm not the one who's confused. As you have amply demonstrated all day, you're the one who's confused.
I give up
The engineers looked at the building and said that some parts of the structure were already at 98% of theoretical load.
They are adding fucktons of reinforced concrete to the pillars holding the building up.
Gone of the days of 4-4-2, bang it wide to the winger, who crosses in it. Formations and positions are fluid ever changing depending on game scenarios.
In comparison, national teams, they get a week here and there to try and come together to formulate a cohesive tactical system.
It would be delightful if you gave up doing those as well as mis-editing my posts, but I'm not holding my breath.
England players are taking the knee tomorrow.
But if they really wanted to make a political point, they should burn a hijab as well.
I realise this may be an alien concept to somebody who can't even do basic research correctly.
I had a fun couple of weeks in Kerala, a few years back.
The Football Association has been told by Fifa its regulations do not allow for Harry Kane to wear the “OneLove” armband designed to express solidarity with marginalised people, including the criminalised gay community, at the Qatar World Cup finals.
The latest conversation, part of a standard meeting between team officials and the Fifa match commissioner on Sunday, has left the FA deeply frustrated with Fifa on the eve of the first game against Iran.
There is concern among some European nations who have pledged to wear the armband in Qatar that the team captain could be subject to a booking as soon as the game kicks off, although that has not yet been conveyed to the players.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-cup/2022/11/20/fifa-ban-harry-kane-england-wearing-onelove-armband-world-cup/
"Message to the @England football team at the #WorldCup for the game v Islamic Republic of Iran 🇮🇷 on Monday. We think it would be amazing if you did this. It would mean more than you could ever imagine."
https://twitter.com/omid9/status/1594065798867615749?s=20&t=SMY1I5rafU2lUYcStTOiRA
That would be truly brave. I hope one of the players has the cullions to give it a go if they score
'Powerful blasts' at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/20/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-st-petersburg-explosion-putin/
If the heat does this to everyone it will be the worst World Cup ever, apart from that one in South Africa with the fucking vuvuzelas
Sobering video from Omad Djalili. He doesn't seem very hopeful either about the fate of the prisoners or for the regime to be overthrown.
Jingye, the largely unknown Chinese company that acquired British Steel almost three years ago, has pumped in just £156m since acquiring the business in a Government-supported takeover in March 2020, the Telegraph can disclose.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/11/20/chinese-owners-british-steel-breaks-investment-promise/
The point is, of course, that there's plenty of things to protest about in both Qatar and Iran, and England are risking sidelining that by provoking arguments about BLM-inspired kneeling.
Do it, England!
taking the kneekneeling before the game?ETA come to think of it, who has Musk's $40 billion made rich? I've not seen stories of Twitter employees with valuable share options. Maybe that all happened when Twitter floated.
Interestingly the third worst country in Europe over for income stagnation since the GFC, after Greece and Cyprus is the UK. Germany and France on the other hand have done quite well.
https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/the-living-standards-audit-2022/