F1: also put a small bet on Alonso at 12 for the title.
The Red Bull may be unreliable. So may the Ferrari. Aston Martin so far is looking like it is possibly the only car that is fast, reliable, and doesn't chew its tyres. As I said, small bet (following a splendid 8 winner on Perez for pole, each way) but worth considering.
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
As someone here (I think Stuartinromford) has commented correctly, it must have been serious for Sturgeon to resign and give up the significant advantage to her and Murrell of being in office. Are any of the newspapers online doing a rolling blog of events?
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
It's a real case of cognitive dissonance. Tories hate jobs for life in the public sector or council houses for life, but love the monarchy. I just can't get my head around it.
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
Question is what that service looks like. He has experience of serving whilst not being monarch, and I'm not sure that the nation or monarchy or the Windsors are well-served if the monarch is always in the age range 70 to 90.
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
It's a real case of cognitive dissonance. Tories hate jobs for life in the public sector or council houses for life, but love the monarchy. I just can't get my head around it.
Huh? The whole problem with this lot is that they appoint a lot of useless drunken twats to jobs for life (or at least, jobs that carry fat pensions making them in effect for life).
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
It's a real case of cognitive dissonance. Tories hate jobs for life in the public sector or council houses for life, but love the monarchy. I just can't get my head around it.
That just shows the limitations of your puny mind.
Perhaps if you ate some meat and weren't so angry and misanthropic you might be able to think more clearly.
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
It's a real case of cognitive dissonance. Tories hate jobs for life in the public sector or council houses for life, but love the monarchy. I just can't get my head around it.
Huh? The whole problem with this lot is that they appoint a lot of useless drunken twats to jobs for life (or at least, jobs that carry fat pensions making them in effect for life).
I should have said they hate jobs for life for other people!
Interesting article in the telegraph on Tucker Carlson.
Is this the man in America turning the Ukraine war for Vladimir Putin?
Tucker Carlson's Fox News show goes out to three million Americans – and flies straight into the Kremlin’s propaganda videos
ByJosie Ensor, US CORRESPONDENT, NEW YORK18 March 2023 • 12:26pm
"Ukraine is not a democracy," Tucker Carlson told viewers tuning into his Fox News show in late February, 2022 as Russian tanks rolled towards the Ukrainian border. "It’s a colony with a puppet regime essentially managed by the US State Department."
It is not clear if the popular television host had tuned into President Vladimir Putin’s national address a day earlier, but the talking points were near-identical.
Since Russia's invasion, Mr Carlson has advocated forcefully for the dismantling of Nato and repeatedly amplified Kremlin messaging to his some three million viewers, earning him the nickname “Putin’s parrot”.
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
It's a real case of cognitive dissonance. Tories hate jobs for life in the public sector or council houses for life, but love the monarchy. I just can't get my head around it.
That just shows the limitations of your puny mind.
Perhaps if you ate some meat and weren't so angry and misanthropic you might be able to think more clearly.
Clearly I can't compete with your titanic mind. I'll get by.
Ireland didn't need a biased ref to win but they've had one anyway. Feckin joke.
Was the ref biased? I havent seen the game. England did well not to be utterly thrashed after going a man down on half time.
Every marginal call against England, than no guts to stand up to the crowd over the red. Slow motion always makes incidents look bad. I would ban it and only allow incidents to be reviewed at normal speed.
It seems to me that a lot of republicans are upset that King Charles didn’t self destruct, the way that they were telling each other he would.
A monarch, who has interested himself in race relations, the environment, food quality and quality of housing, for decades, failed to prove himself out of touch with the modern world.
Ready to be proven wrong but I’m pretty sure it’ll attract a good enough audience. Anecdotally I know a few people who say they’ll watch it for the fact that it’s the first one we’ve had for 70 years and therefore the first one most of us have seen in our lifetimes.
I see no groundswell of republicanism right now, and I’m not entirely sure where others seem to be seeing it.
I wont be watching. Charles is way too politically divisive to be an effective monarch.
In other words, only 3 in 5 have an even slightly positive view of the King.
That's pretty pathetic actually.
Is it, given his past favourability ratings?
I think people are naturally rallying round. The significant thing though is the enduring popularity of William and Kate. The monarchy seems utterly secure for the foreseeable.
That’s certainly how I interpret public opinion.
William and Kate will be very popular once they, eventually, accede to the throne.
That could be in 20 years time, mind.
Unless Charles turns out to be an incredibly unpopular King the monarchy will last till then. Out of the two main parties, only Labour might abolish the monarchy and - a bit like its position on Brexit right now - won't do so if they think it will lose them votes.
Charles may abdicate in 10 years and retire to Highgrove and hand over to Camilla like the monarchs of Japan, the Netherlands and Spain have abdicated by their late 80s and handed over to their younger sons.
Even Labour voters want to keep the monarchy by 50% to 36%
I could see Charles abdicating in a way I couldn't see HMQEII ever doing.
He doesn't feel duty in the same way she did, but does feel hard done by in general.
I could have done too. Right up until his first broadcast as King.
He handled that superbly.
The key is he gave a pledge of lifelong service.
It's a real case of cognitive dissonance. Tories hate jobs for life in the public sector or council houses for life, but love the monarchy. I just can't get my head around it.
Huh? The whole problem with this lot is that they appoint a lot of useless drunken twats to jobs for life (or at least, jobs that carry fat pensions making them in effect for life).
I should have said they hate jobs for life for other people!
The love of jobs for life is quite evenly distributed in our body politic.
If/when Starmer gets into government, does anyone think that the NU10K will be seriously discombobulated? No - the steady march of failure to new heights will continue. The steady river of golden goodbyes and hellos will continue.
The nostrums they chant will change, a little, to placate the new rulers. But the same faces will be smiling at you
It seems to me that a lot of republicans are upset that King Charles didn’t self destruct, the way that they were telling each other he would.
A monarch, who has interested himself in race relations, the environment, food quality and quality of housing, for decades, failed to prove himself out of touch with the modern world.
It's early days. Wait till the novelty wears off, for both him and us.
As someone here (I think Stuartinromford) has commented correctly, it must have been serious for Sturgeon to resign and give up the significant advantage to her and Murrell of being in office. Are any of the newspapers online doing a rolling blog of events?
It seems to me that a lot of republicans are upset that King Charles didn’t self destruct, the way that they were telling each other he would.
A monarch, who has interested himself in race relations, the environment, food quality and quality of housing, for decades, failed to prove himself out of touch with the modern world.
I am mildly republican - and I have to say I have given Charles zero thought.
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The Red Bull may be unreliable. So may the Ferrari. Aston Martin so far is looking like it is possibly the only car that is fast, reliable, and doesn't chew its tyres. As I said, small bet (following a splendid 8 winner on Perez for pole, each way) but worth considering.
As someone here (I think
Stuartinromford) has commented correctly, it must have been serious for Sturgeon to resign and give up the significant advantage to her and Murrell of being in office. Are any of the newspapers online doing a rolling blog of events?
Any one with a shred of decency would resign.
Perhaps if you ate some meat and weren't so angry and misanthropic you might be able to think more clearly.
Is this the man in America turning the Ukraine war for Vladimir Putin?
Tucker Carlson's Fox News show goes out to three million Americans – and flies straight into the Kremlin’s propaganda videos
ByJosie Ensor, US CORRESPONDENT, NEW YORK18 March 2023 • 12:26pm
"Ukraine is not a democracy," Tucker Carlson told viewers tuning into his Fox News show in late February, 2022 as Russian tanks rolled towards the Ukrainian border. "It’s a colony with a puppet regime essentially managed by the US State Department."
It is not clear if the popular television host had tuned into President Vladimir Putin’s national address a day earlier, but the talking points were near-identical.
Since Russia's invasion, Mr Carlson has advocated forcefully for the dismantling of Nato and repeatedly amplified Kremlin messaging to his some three million viewers, earning him the nickname “Putin’s parrot”.
Appears they are getting the RTE feed, certainly commentators are as Irish as Mrs Murphy's potato patch.
"Brave England" as they said now fighting back.
A monarch, who has interested himself in race relations, the environment, food quality and quality of housing, for decades, failed to prove himself out of touch with the modern world.
If/when Starmer gets into government, does anyone think that the NU10K will be seriously discombobulated? No - the steady march of failure to new heights will continue. The steady river of golden goodbyes and hellos will continue.
The nostrums they chant will change, a little, to placate the new rulers. But the same faces will be smiling at you
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