I don't know what Foden has done or said to Gareth Waistcoast, but doesn't matter if he is England's most gifted and creative player against a team where you need that, bench warming duties again tonight.
To be fair to Southgate, Foden doesn't always get into the City team and Saka is at least as good as Mahrez.
Foden form dipped after WC / he had an injury, but has past few weeks been absolutely brilliant. At the same time, Phillips is in the starting lineup, who has played about 20s for Man City in past 18 months....while England is also playing Rice / Bellingham to cover the defensive part of the midfield.
Its consistent with Southgate, he picked everybody but Foden in the WC to start with, despite Foden having an amazing season for Man City.
Saka’s not been too shabby either and I guess there’s only room for him or Foden in Southgate’s formation.
Phillips is a good example of why the minimum number of homegrown or English players rule needs scrapping. City only signed him because he’s English and he helps get their numbers up.
Saka obviously starts. But there is no Mount or Sterling, and Grealish is in. They should play Foden in the Mount role, or instead of Grealish.
There was a council vote brought to abolish the directly elected city mayor by some dissident councillors to try to get rid of Sir Peter Soulsby. They lost, and have been de-selected in consequence.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
Also Cafe Rouge.
Cafe Rouge is so bad, it makes Pret look "authentic".....
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
Also Cafe Rouge.
Cafe Rouge is so bad, it makes Pret look "authentic".....
They've been sending out increasingly desperate promotions over the last few months. I wouldn't be surprised if they end up offering to pay people to eat there.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
We have no 25th amendment nor a line of succession.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
Also, lets remember the narrative at the time. Boris was trying to appear Churchillian, he was posting those videos every day, stiff upper lip and all that, bravely fighting the covid while still remaining at work....then being rushed into hospital kinda of burst that particular bubble pretty quick. It was obvious that it was actually real and serious. Also, post COVID, he was absolute mess for months...and I don't mean in the Boris manufactured ruffled hair way, he did those press conferences and seemed totally out of it most of the time, forgetting names of people or what has just been said 2 seconds ago. Where as we know the manfactured Boris is the I am going to distract you with waffle, not errrh well errhhh Brian, Bob, Tom, Dave, man from the video, what was your question again.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Good contingency planning for sure. I’m pretty sure he was on oxygen and closely monitored. I know people believe a lot of shit* but this one’s so ridiculous.
*Sone believe that Radiohead were an award winning, talented musical combo. I mean really.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Good contingency planning for sure. I’m pretty sure he was on oxygen and closely monitored. I know people believe a lot of shit* but this one’s so ridiculous.
*Sone believe that Radiohead were an award winning, talented musical combo. I mean really.
Wasn't contingency planning, we were close to having an incapacitated PM.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was posting about this last night. Bad Al Campbell was responsible for peddling this nonsense to a wide audience after he replied to someone on Twitter.
Barbara Chambers. Proud to be a blob. @wokinglass · Mar 21 Does anyone actually believe that Johnson nearly died of COVID?
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was posting about this last night. Bad Al Campbell was responsible for peddling this nonsense to a wide audience after he replied to someone on Twitter.
Barbara Chambers. Proud to be a blob. @wokinglass · Mar 21 Does anyone actually believe that Johnson nearly died of COVID?
Russia's budget deficit just exceeded what was planned for all YEAR 2023 in less than THREE months! This is a combined effect of growing budget expenses and declining energy revenues.
There was a council vote brought to abolish the directly elected city mayor by some dissident councillors to try to get rid of Sir Peter Soulsby. They lost, and have been de-selected in consequence.
15 of the 29 BAME Labour Councillors deselected only 4 of the 22 white Labour Counciliors deselected.
A Labour spokesperson said diversity will be maintained or improved
Presumably a Party with a Heirarchy of racism thinks all brown people are the same anyway!!
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
Russia's budget deficit just exceeded what was planned for all YEAR 2023 in less than THREE months! This is a combined effect of growing budget expenses and declining energy revenues.
I'm sure Elvira Nabiullina will print the all the rubles VVP needs.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
Russia's budget deficit just exceeded what was planned for all YEAR 2023 in less than THREE months! This is a combined effect of growing budget expenses and declining energy revenues.
I'm sure Xi will be more than happy to bankroll them... for the right price...
Russia's budget deficit just exceeded what was planned for all YEAR 2023 in less than THREE months! This is a combined effect of growing budget expenses and declining energy revenues.
Guy on the right seems to be somewhat embarrassed to be in the vicinity of the photo.
Can't think why.
Chap with the flag is going to get stabbed by some ultras then we will see him in The Sun with a sad face on complaining about violent Italian thugs attacking him whilst he was minding his own business. What a prick.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
He was seriously ill but did not nearly die - this is my sense of it.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There was a council vote brought to abolish the directly elected city mayor by some dissident councillors to try to get rid of Sir Peter Soulsby. They lost, and have been de-selected in consequence.
15 of the 29 BAME Labour Councillors deselected only 4 of the 22 white Labour Counciliors deselected.
A Labour spokesperson said diversity will be maintained or improved
Presumably a Party with a Heirarchy of racism thinks all brown people are the same anyway!!
Well, your own late lamented Mr Johnson famously and disgracefully described Muslim women as all looking like letterboxes, so I’d be careful in the stones you throw.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
He was seriously ill but did not nearly die - this is my sense of it.
I agree. It's quite plausible that they took a slightly more precautionary approach than they would have with Joe Bloggs (see also Trump being hospitalised). But I get why they'd do that for a Head of Government, and don't think there was anything remotely dodgy about it.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
We have no 25th amendment nor a line of succession.
I was asked to be the default fall-back for my line manager during the 1st lockdown. We are all heroes.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
We do. It’s called “the Cabinet tells the Palace and they get a call”. No drama whatsoever.
For Cameron? Hague. May? Lillington. Boris? Raab it seems.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was posting about this last night. Bad Al Campbell was responsible for peddling this nonsense to a wide audience after he replied to someone on Twitter.
Barbara Chambers. Proud to be a blob. @wokinglass · Mar 21 Does anyone actually believe that Johnson nearly died of COVID?
It up there with Boris is hiding the bodies stuff.
I can just about believe that he would not have been transferred to hospital quite that quickly nor to Intensive Care quite that early if he had not been the prime minister. But Campbell really is being a tit.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
He was seriously ill but did not nearly die - this is my sense of it.
I agree. It's quite plausible that they took a slightly more precautionary approach than they would have with Joe Bloggs (see also Trump being hospitalised). But I get why they'd do that for a Head of Government, and don't think there was anything remotely dodgy about it.
It's not like there isn't plenty to have a go at Boris about, but the paranoid turbo-charged Boris hate is ridiculous.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was posting about this last night. Bad Al Campbell was responsible for peddling this nonsense to a wide audience after he replied to someone on Twitter.
Barbara Chambers. Proud to be a blob. @wokinglass · Mar 21 Does anyone actually believe that Johnson nearly died of COVID?
It up there with Boris is hiding the bodies stuff.
I can just about believe that he would not have been transferred to hospital quite that quickly nor to Intensive Care quite that early if he had not been the prime minister. But Campbell really is being a tit.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There is something to be said for flexibility. At the moment, if Sunak fell under the proverbial, it would not be ideal for Raab as DPM to step in given there is an inquiry into his behaviour reporting imminently. Probably Hunt would do it in the interim by acclaim, and that would be a better, more stabilising position.
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There is something to be said for flexibility. At the moment, if Sunak fell under the proverbial, it would not be ideal for Raab as DPM to step in given there is an inquiry into his behaviour reporting imminently. Probably Hunt would do it in the interim by acclaim, and that would be a better, more stabilising position.
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
Yup. Trust in the Cabinet to not be dicks. In those circumstances, they usually wouldn’t be. Worst case they’d insist on a proper contest in slower time but the best person in the moment would be obvious.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There is something to be said for flexibility. At the moment, if Sunak fell under the proverbial, it would not be ideal for Raab as DPM to step in given there is an inquiry into his behaviour reporting imminently. Probably Hunt would do it in the interim by acclaim, and that would be a better, more stabilising position.
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
The current incumbant doesn't inspire much confidence
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
That’s not correct. The “t” is pronounced by native French speakers.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
Meanwhile, talking about mixed language sayings, the logo on the Italian dugout says "The impossibile is nothing"
It’s an Adidas slogan and they make the Italy kit.
Yebbut the Adidas slogan doesn't mix up the spelling - impossible/impossibile
My apologies - eyesight was crap and didn’t read your post correctly.
When I saw 'the Adidas slogan' my brain immediately reverted to childhood i.e. "After Dinner I Did A Shit". If you were unwise enough at school to sport any item of kit labelled Adidas, people would choose to assume that's what you were trying to tell everyone.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was posting about this last night. Bad Al Campbell was responsible for peddling this nonsense to a wide audience after he replied to someone on Twitter.
Barbara Chambers. Proud to be a blob. @wokinglass · Mar 21 Does anyone actually believe that Johnson nearly died of COVID?
It up there with Boris is hiding the bodies stuff.
I can just about believe that he would not have been transferred to hospital quite that quickly nor to Intensive Care quite that early if he had not been the prime minister. But Campbell really is being a tit.
It also worth remembering is we are being pedantic, before vaccines / Omicron, you got to the stage of needing oxygen, nobody really could predict if you were hours away from death or not. When people went downhill, it was rapid and unpredictable. There were infinite stories of people not going to hospital quick enough, or we will just put you on a bit of oxygen and they were dead by the morning.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
Are you one of those folk who make "coup de grace" rhyme with "mardi gras"?
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
Are you one of those folk who make "coup de grace" rhyme with "mardi gras"?
I did say a native french speaker ... my french is terrible. I do try and pronounce croissant correctly though.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There is something to be said for flexibility. At the moment, if Sunak fell under the proverbial, it would not be ideal for Raab as DPM to step in given there is an inquiry into his behaviour reporting imminently. Probably Hunt would do it in the interim by acclaim, and that would be a better, more stabilising position.
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
Oh, I understand the flexibility point. Just, you'd hope that in some sort of "designated survivor" style incident we're not relying on the people who'd make the decision on who should be the replacement to also not be out of commission themselves. Presumably there is sufficient continuity of government to make that obvious, in which case presumably the one-off instance of replacing the PM at very short notice is also itself part of that understood process and not overly reliant on that sometimes peculiarly vague notion of "parliamentary convention".
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There is something to be said for flexibility. At the moment, if Sunak fell under the proverbial, it would not be ideal for Raab as DPM to step in given there is an inquiry into his behaviour reporting imminently. Probably Hunt would do it in the interim by acclaim, and that would be a better, more stabilising position.
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
The current incumbant doesn't inspire much confidence
The current VP would be a perfectly capable President.
That doesn't mean she should or will get the nomination in future, or that she is a popular VP.
But Agnew was a spiv who was very fortunate not to do serious jail time, and Quayle had a very thin record (actually, I think even he would've been adequate as he didn't combine that with a massively high opinion of himself, but he'd have been worrying).
It should be noted that Harris's relative unpopularity derives from the fact she is good enough to be trusted to do stuff (as neither Agnew not Quayle were) but not good enough to be seen to knock it out of the park.
These people are laughable, but I almost agree with them about La Poste starting an online bank called "Ma French Bank". Imagine if the post office here opened "My banque anglais" here.
We have Pret A Manger, although I suppose that's mitigated by everyone mispronouncing the first word.
It's not pronounced "pret"? This is messing with my mind.
A native french speaker won’t sound the t on the end of pret. (Also, it’s prêt à manger but the accents would just confuse I guess.)
He/she would before the vowel
I think that varies these days - for an older generation you’re right though & it’s certainly the way I was taught.
I know Johnson is an absolute arse, but I stumbled on a batch of twitter nonsense claiming he didn’t actually have covid, and that even if he did it was mild and not needing hospital care. He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
I was told it was that serious that the palace asked the cabinet to have a successor to Boris Johnson ready.
Presumably would have been Rabb?
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
It isn't automatically the DPM. Indeed, I believe the Coalition Agreement was explicit that Clegg would step in when Cameron was unavailable for planned reasons but NOT if he was incapacitated.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Sort of feels like maybe we should have a clear and defind plan for that regardless of whether the PM's ill in hospital or not, to account for the unlikely but possible situations of hit by bus/asteroid/Captain Trips/nuclear war/alien invasion/woke AI robot uprising.
There is something to be said for flexibility. At the moment, if Sunak fell under the proverbial, it would not be ideal for Raab as DPM to step in given there is an inquiry into his behaviour reporting imminently. Probably Hunt would do it in the interim by acclaim, and that would be a better, more stabilising position.
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
Oh, I understand the flexibility point. Just, you'd hope that in some sort of "designated survivor" style incident we're not relying on the people who'd make the decision on who should be the replacement to also not be out of commission themselves. Presumably there is sufficient continuity of government to make that obvious, in which case presumably the one-off instance of replacing the PM at very short notice is also itself part of that understood process and not overly reliant on that sometimes peculiarly vague notion of "parliamentary convention".
That’s a fair point: the Cabinet all being dead.
Well, I guess the residual grey suits in Parliament choose; and if they are all gone, the Monarch does on the advice of the most senior living civil servant. There had to be A Monarch even if the first 50 in line just died.
In the gap, I guess the civil service and military muddle through.
There should be an option to switch off the idiot commentators and keep the crowd noise.
I found MoTD without commentators or pundits to be a major improvement. Only missed the theme tune.
Bore off
Tbf the ITV commentary team are a bit pants
C4 and yes they are but it was the PB Tory Lineker reference that grated more
Eh? I made no reference to Lineker and in so far as I had a side in that debate I was on his?
Not everything is a political argument. Sometimes it’s about football and, in this case, disliking commentary….
Fair enough, and apologies if that is the case. There were a LOT of PB Tory posts at the time arguing that MOTD would be better without Lineker - so I’m probably oversensitive.
There should be an option to switch off the idiot commentators and keep the crowd noise.
I found MoTD without commentators or pundits to be a major improvement. Only missed the theme tune.
Bore off
Tbf the ITV commentary team are a bit pants
C4 and yes they are but it was the PB Tory Lineker reference that grated more
Eh? I made no reference to Lineker and in so far as I had a side in that debate I was on his?
Not everything is a political argument. Sometimes it’s about football and, in this case, disliking commentary….
Fair enough, and apologies if that is the case. There were a LOT of PB Tory posts at the time arguing that MOTD would be better without Lineker - so I’m probably oversensitive.
No worries, I get that. For the record I also think he’s a great tv presenter and someone has to do some introduction to sport. It’s the punditry that bothers me as well as the commentary.
“They had a lot of joy down the right wing”. Yes, I was watching the sodding game.
“He was completely unmarked in the box and someone should do that”. Really? You don’t say.
Comments
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There was a council vote brought to abolish the directly elected city mayor by some dissident councillors to try to get rid of Sir Peter Soulsby. They lost, and have been de-selected in consequence.
He clearly wasn’t ventilated, but I can readily believe an overweight, unfit mid fifties male with no protection became seriously enough ill to require oxygen.
Money on Italy
It’s gonna be a dull draw, isn’t it?
We have no 25th amendment nor a line of succession.
(game in Napoli)
*Sone believe that Radiohead were an award winning, talented musical combo. I mean really.
Remains to be seen if Phillips lasts the 90 mins, a surprising selection of the Man City reserve.
Barbara Chambers. Proud to be a blob.
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No.
A Labour spokesperson said diversity will be maintained or improved
Presumably a Party with a Heirarchy of racism thinks all brown people are the same anyway!!
Lord JohnO of PB would now be on the red leather benches and looking truly magisterial clad in ermine
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/england-fan-flag-maradona-italy-naples-b2307019.html
Can't think why.
It's not like the US where there is anything automatic about it, and indeed there often is no DPM.
Meanwhile, talking about mixed language sayings, the logo on the Italian dugout says "The impossibile is nothing"
54th goal for England, all-time record!
For Cameron? Hague.
May? Lillington.
Boris? Raab it seems.
England = Labour
Italy = Tories
Similarly, whilst I can't immediately recall a terrible VP who has had to step up, there are a couple who haven't. Spiro Agnew and Dan Quayle spring to mind as people who might have been problematic.
That was a great chance right at the end
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/prêt#Pronunciation
Some long form post match analysis from the likes of Neville is a bit more informative if you like that sort of thing.
Not everything is a political argument. Sometimes it’s about football and, in this case, disliking commentary….
That doesn't mean she should or will get the nomination in future, or that she is a popular VP.
But Agnew was a spiv who was very fortunate not to do serious jail time, and Quayle had a very thin record (actually, I think even he would've been adequate as he didn't combine that with a massively high opinion of himself, but he'd have been worrying).
It should be noted that Harris's relative unpopularity derives from the fact she is good enough to be trusted to do stuff (as neither Agnew not Quayle were) but not good enough to be seen to knock it out of the park.
Well, I guess the residual grey suits in Parliament choose; and if they are all gone, the Monarch does on the advice of the most senior living civil servant. There had to be A Monarch even if the first 50 in line just died.
In the gap, I guess the civil service and military muddle through.
Fair enough, and apologies if that is the case. There were a LOT of PB Tory posts at the time arguing that MOTD would be better without Lineker - so I’m probably oversensitive.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rahul-gandhi-sentenced-prison-modi-remark-india-opposition-leader-0tpxc9q00?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1679595476
- G. Lineker, 1990.
“They had a lot of joy down the right wing”. Yes, I was watching the sodding game.
“He was completely unmarked in the box and someone should do that”. Really? You don’t say.
TMS gave us Alison Mitchell; I think she's superb