The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.
That article offers a pretty damning summary of our position:
"The gap between the U.K.’s reality as portrayed by the dominant narrative of its economy’s performance and real life as experienced by its average citizen has widened to the breaking point." "Average U.K. real wages are now lower than 18 years ago, which is unprecedented in the country’s peacetime economic history." "the country has the most limited welfare state of any developed country, including the United States" "today’s young Britons face paying far more in tax than they will ever receive back in terms of pensions and other benefits." "Excess deaths have risen while Britain is the only country in Europe suffering from declining life expectancy." "The U.K. is also running a large, structural trade deficit." "business investment is running at the lowest level in the G-7." "The United Kingdom remains one of the most unequal developed countries to this day, according to the Equality Trust." " there is an abiding belief that the U.K. must be performing well because it is run how an economy should be run according to the dominant narrative" "This encourages denial about the scale of the country’s underperformance or a tendency to scapegoat others for it—be it the poor for being lazy or immigrants for consuming public services and scarce housing."
Real wages are certainly not lower than in 2004, and we do not have a more limited welfare state than the USA.
When people make baseless assertions, it undermines any point they’re trying to make.
I think we're in deep shit, but some of those claims just don't seem right.
Granted they are asserting that people thinking it cannot be that bad when it is is part of the problem, but some of those are very specific measurable claims which I think are likely to be contestable.
Big Picture vs Small Picture.
You can have specific claims that are true in themselves, but which aren't an accurate reflection of the overall reality. Leon's thing about life expectancy changes across Europe in 2020-1 is presumably correct, but it don't change the big picture that life expectancy has been going the wrong way in the UK recently and that generally hasn't been happening in other parts of the continent.
But that just makes the point about being more careful about specific claims which are NOT true (or at least arguable), since including them is not necessary and will just allow the point to be undermined.
We see this in politics all the time of course. Take Boris - there's loads to criticise him about, yet plenty of people will still somehow be able to find things he didn't say or do and use that instead.
Yes, it's a weird phenomenon. And completely self-sabotaging. When you have several persuasive facts on your side, make up shit instead. Why??
Fact is, the UK is in a bit of a pickle, and we are - on several important metrics - being outpaced by our competitors. If the author of that original Foreign Policy piece had stuck to that sober analysis, then who could argue? And his essay would have been impactful and useful
But because - I suspect - he is a bit of a mad Remoaner he had to include some insane claims - "Britain has the only declining life expectancy in Europe", "America has a more generous welfare state than the UK" etc etc, which are so howlingly obviously wrong they would only be believed by a clueless fools like @DougSeal, or @RochdalePioneers -and these nitwits are not the demographic you want to persuade. You should be aiming higher up the intellectual scale
GDP per head is more than twice what it was in 1979.
Well not that impressive frankly as every 1000£ of gdp per head in 1979 should be worth £4,337 per head now so a mere doubling of the figure indicates that gdp per head is in fact a 50% decrease
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
is impossible for Ukraine to emerge victorious from this war – Die Welt AFU is running out of people, the enemy adapts better and has a huge amount of supplies, so Ukraine's victory is becoming less likely every day.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.
My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
Fan as I am of sensible centrist politics and of PR (with certain caveats), I think there are issues with assuming a particular voting system would necessarily ensure specific outcomes.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
Fan as I am of sensible centrist politics and of PR (with certain caveats), I think there are issues with assuming a particular voting system would necessarily ensure specific outcomes.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.
If we had PR we'd have to have compromise and long-term thinking, that is clearly what this country needs right now.
The most stable this country has been for many a long day was 2010-2015 however much I hated that they did.
How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
Would probably help though.
I can only go by anecdote that in the last year a lot of people I know who have never been concerned with counting every penny have been doing so, turning off devices and closing doors to keep in heat etc. So it must be pretty bad I figure.
How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.
Russia forecast to outperform uk this year...unbelievable
How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.
The Foreign Policy piece I posted expressly says that the political elite are not aware how badly off the country is, not the whole country.
I don't know if anyone's linked to it already, but this interview with Julie Ioffe about Putin and the presidents is well worth an hour of anyone's time:
My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
Fan as I am of sensible centrist politics and of PR (with certain caveats), I think there are issues with assuming a particular voting system would necessarily ensure specific outcomes.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.
If we had PR we'd have to have compromise and long-term thinking, that is clearly what this country needs right now.
The most stable this country has been for many a long day was 2010-2015 however much I hated that they did.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
To be fair to Corbyn his hero and (?) role model, Tony Benn was anti-EEC in1975. Caused quite a bit of soul-searching for yours truly!
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some good
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some good
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some good
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.
Have you seen the videos of old men dragged out of their houses mate...they are getting desperate...and im sure kle4 will be a good fighter
I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.
How often do I have to repeat this?
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some good
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.
Have you seen the videos of old men dragged out of their houses mate...they are getting desperate...and im sure kle4 will be a good fighter
I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.
How often do I have to repeat this?
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.
How often do I have to repeat this?
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some good
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.
Have you seen the videos of old men dragged out of their houses mate...they are getting desperate...and im sure kle4 will be a good fighter
Hmmm I may be wrong but you are the one sounding a little desperate Martin. Are they really itching for a deal in Moscow? Anyway it's probably best that I stop engaging with you now.
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.
Xanax is superb. How much you on?
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.
How often do I have to repeat this?
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
That article offers a pretty damning summary of our position:
"The gap between the U.K.’s reality as portrayed by the dominant narrative of its economy’s performance and real life as experienced by its average citizen has widened to the breaking point." "Average U.K. real wages are now lower than 18 years ago, which is unprecedented in the country’s peacetime economic history." "the country has the most limited welfare state of any developed country, including the United States" "today’s young Britons face paying far more in tax than they will ever receive back in terms of pensions and other benefits." "Excess deaths have risen while Britain is the only country in Europe suffering from declining life expectancy." "The U.K. is also running a large, structural trade deficit." "business investment is running at the lowest level in the G-7." "The United Kingdom remains one of the most unequal developed countries to this day, according to the Equality Trust." " there is an abiding belief that the U.K. must be performing well because it is run how an economy should be run according to the dominant narrative" "This encourages denial about the scale of the country’s underperformance or a tendency to scapegoat others for it—be it the poor for being lazy or immigrants for consuming public services and scarce housing."
Real wages are certainly not lower than in 2004, and we do not have a more limited welfare state than the USA.
When people make baseless assertions, it undermines any point they’re trying to make.
The real wage stat: the BBC say the UK matched the 2005 real wage peak in 2020. I'm sure the last years high inflation and relatively low wage growth has had some effect on this. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51543521
So no not baseless but as always the stats are chosen. Also I see you're not contesting the inequality, declining life expectancy and growing generational gap in state support.
That BBC chart certainly doesn't show real wages lower (or equivalent) to their figure in 2004 or 2005. And real wages grew in 2020 and 2021, although they fell in 2022.
Making a claim about the welfare state, overall, based upon one measure, is intellectually dishonest. Being poor in the US is a good deal worse than it is in the UK (although the median standard of living is much higher).
I'd grant the inequality and generational unfairness, but I'd contest the falling life expectancy. Of course it dropped during the pandemic, but it rose slowly up till 2020.
Had a fourth dose recently in Ireland. This means I now have the triple-V special - two primary doses of AZ, a half-dose Moderna as my first booster, and the bivalent Pfizer booster that targets BA4 and BA5.
Thanks Science! Thanks responsible democratic governments in Britain and Ireland!
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
Do I detect a sly weekend cheerful cheekiness creeping into your bant today? Go on admit it. ☺️
For someone who posted so damn Adam Ant you are not even reading let alone replying to my thought provoking posts ever ever again, you sadly appear to be struggling.
Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
That'll be quite exciting (!) ... PB involved in the talks.
I'd nominate NigelB and Nick Palmer to bat for us. A hawk and a dove, and both mature types who won't be overmatched by tough devious little Putin.
Now come on. We want Hyufd.
Somebody who will never shift his position no matter what the reality of the situation is perfect for this, where the first requirement is not to concede any Ukrainian territory whatsoever and move straight on to the reparations.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.
I spoke in glowing terms of Betty’s amazing Tea Rooms a few times before realising it was too obvious to survive long without ban hammer and I needed to be more subtle about it.
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.
Xanax is superb. How much you on?
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)
That would explain it. I'm on the placebo-level dose of 0.25mg.
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.
Xanax is superb. How much you on?
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)
Xanax is great but I got a prescription from a private consultant in about 2008 (GFC related stuff) but asked to come off it when I found myself internally justifying taking one to deal with the “anxiety” of getting on the train at Maze Hill.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.
I spoke in glowing terms of Betty’s amazing Tea Rooms a few times before realising it was too obvious to survive long without ban hammer and I needed to be more subtle about it.
See what I just did 🤗
Anyway shush, we got to be quiet - dear Gf is about to watch Arsenal try to break down Everton’s 10 man defence. Loving the use of Decoure as Defensive Forward, he’ll be man of match playing that role I reckon.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
Can we please have martingill unbanned? Someone needs to update us about the Lancaster Bomber which was found on the moon
That bomber obviously had me as navigator.
You moon people often?
All the time.
Which reminds me of a story: I was walking along the Pembrokeshire Path one March afternoon. Off the path to the left in the distance, amongst the grass and the heather, I saw what I thought was a bald head bobbing up and down. It looked a little odd, and as I approached long the path, it disappeared and was replaced, moments later, by two faces.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
Do I detect a sly weekend cheerful cheekiness creeping into your bant today? Go on admit it. ☺️
For someone who posted so damn Adam Ant you are not even reading let alone replying to my thought provoking posts ever ever again, you sadly appear to be struggling.
I can manage the short posts. I am working on my comprehension skills for when it comes to reading your dissertations.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?
Yep that was such an opportunity for him and he blew it.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?
Yep that was such an opportunity for him and he blew it.
Unusual role reversal given normally he was the one getting blown.
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.
I spoke in glowing terms of Betty’s amazing Tea Rooms a few times before realising it was too obvious to survive long without ban hammer and I needed to be more subtle about it.
See what I just did 🤗
Anyway shush, we got to be quiet - dear Gf is about to watch Arsenal try to break down Everton’s 10 man defence. Loving the use of Decoure as Defensive Forward, he’ll be man of match playing that role I reckon.
As an Arse-o-phile I fear a New Manager Bounce for Everton today.
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairness
Show-time.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?
Yep that was such an opportunity for him and he blew it.
Unusual role reversal given normally he was the one getting blown.
Voting leave was sensible for lots of people and they did.
Which is why they are now delighted, and Brexit is more popular than ever.
Oh, wait...
Brexit is a disaster. It was not sensible to vote for disaster.
I dont consider it a disaster that we could vaccinate at our own pace, dont have to share energy to keep the german chemcial industry going, are not on the hook for billions to pay of EU recovery programmes and can support Ukraine as we wish.
The benefit for Remain inclined people is we are not being fed the constant diet of EU fk ups and expected to pay for them. Mrs Merkel led the EU for and trashed it , the bills are still coming in.
I must be living in a parallel universe.
Thats the one in your head where you ignore whats happening around you.
With all due respect I think you are one that's ignoring what's going on around you. Fortunately the numbers believing Brexit was a mistake keeps climbing month by month. I expect it to hit 70% by the end of this year.
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Fact is, the UK is in a bit of a pickle, and we are - on several important metrics - being outpaced by our competitors. If the author of that original Foreign Policy piece had stuck to that sober analysis, then who could argue? And his essay would have been impactful and useful
But because - I suspect - he is a bit of a mad Remoaner he had to include some insane claims - "Britain has the only declining life expectancy in Europe", "America has a more generous welfare state than the UK" etc etc, which are so howlingly obviously wrong they would only be believed by a clueless fools like @DougSeal, or @RochdalePioneers -and these nitwits are not the demographic you want to persuade. You should be aiming higher up the intellectual scale
Ah well. Enuff
Tis gin o'clock in the Kok. And away...
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1621074744467660800?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.
The most stable this country has been for many a long day was 2010-2015 however much I hated that they did.
I can only go by anecdote that in the last year a lot of people I know who have never been concerned with counting every penny have been doing so, turning off devices and closing doors to keep in heat etc. So it must be pretty bad I figure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEu0oRajJxE
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64496025
2:40 Wetherby - Ballygrifincottage
2:55 Sandown - Coquelicot
3:16 Musselburgh - Collingham
3:30 Sandown - Celebre D'Allen
https://twitter.com/Jimcorrsays/status/1621470905091211272?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw
Mate,
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
https://www.tropiccitybkk.com/
,,,, for some free cocktails. I am afraid you must expect photos, of my "beta-cuck" lifestyle
MAN COMES BACK FROM GYM
Shocking, I know. Have you thought of journalism as a career? You have a nose for a good story
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
PB needs to up its Russian bot game. We are getting the dregs now
How about your views on Trump for a bit of variety? Getting a bit bored with the Ukraine and vaccine stuff.
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)
https://youtu.be/5bbdy8tMlFw
https://www.statista.com/statistics/933075/wage-growth-in-the-uk/
Making a claim about the welfare state, overall, based upon one measure, is intellectually dishonest. Being poor in the US is a good deal worse than it is in the UK (although the median standard of living is much higher).
I'd grant the inequality and generational unfairness, but I'd contest the falling life expectancy. Of course it dropped during the pandemic, but it rose slowly up till 2020.
Thanks Science! Thanks responsible democratic governments in Britain and Ireland!
I'd nominate NigelB and Nick Palmer to bat for us. A hawk and a dove, and both mature types who won't be overmatched by tough devious little Putin.
For someone who posted so damn Adam Ant you are not even reading let alone replying to my thought provoking posts ever ever again, you sadly appear to be struggling.
Somebody who will never shift his position no matter what the reality of the situation is perfect for this, where the first requirement is not to concede any Ukrainian territory whatsoever and move straight on to the reparations.
The lord giveth and the lord taketh away.
Anyway shush, we got to be quiet - dear Gf is about to watch Arsenal try to break down Everton’s 10 man defence.
Loving the use of Decoure as Defensive Forward, he’ll be man of match playing that role I reckon.
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
Which reminds me of a story: I was walking along the Pembrokeshire Path one March afternoon. Off the path to the left in the distance, amongst the grass and the heather, I saw what I thought was a bald head bobbing up and down. It looked a little odd, and as I approached long the path, it disappeared and was replaced, moments later, by two faces.
Have a nice day.
"A waste collection firm in Brighton has been told by lawyers for the Lord of the Rings franchise to change its name.
Lord of the Bins collects household, building and office waste across East Sussex and West Sussex.
The company also claimed they were ordered to ditch their slogan, One Ring to Remove It All."
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?
https://mobile.twitter.com/NickSDickinson/status/1321779533389787137/photo/2