Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
And yet it could be sold as "doppio zero" alongside proper pizza flour so unwitting customers who don't read the ingredients or labels on the back would end up buying it.
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
And yet it could be sold as "doppio zero" alongside proper pizza flour so unwitting customers who don't read the ingredients or labels on the back would end up buying it.
Certainly tiny letters in the ingredients part doesn't constitute "obvious labelling".
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
And yet it could be sold as "doppio zero" alongside proper pizza flour so unwitting customers who don't read the ingredients or labels on the back would end up buying it.
The same is true of all foodstuffs. A frozen pizza may be topped with pineapple and kept with all the other pizzas. It's a bit much to expect governments to keep products separate on the basis of this or that ingredient. Just make sure it's all labelled and let people decide. If they don't read the ingredients of a Hawaiian pizza and are ignorant of its delicious sweet fruity topping, is there any harm done?
This is the same as the French government going to extraordinary lengths to police the language people use: too much nannying.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Also, it might be an artefact of differential response. Gurkhas/descendants/families more likely than other non native English speaking groups to respond to the census due to higher levels of trust in the government as a consequence of their link to the military?
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
What particular characteristic made it a "far-right lie"?
It's a lie that is in common circulation in far-right political circles. Some conspiracy theories, lies, panics, etc are more common in some ideological circles than in others.
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
What particular characteristic made it a "far-right lie"?
It's a lie that is in common circulation in far-right political circles. Some conspiracy theories, lies, panics, etc are more common in some ideological circles than in others.
Are there any non-lies in far right discourse?
Yeah, even the far right are right about some things. It's regrettable that they've taken ownership of the discourse around child protection because they do it in such a partial way (they have made it into a point of racial division), but their passion for it is otherwise admirable.
No ideology is completely immune from being right sometimes.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
You should consider eating venison: it's just like meat, only woker.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
‘Now,’ he turned back to the menu, ‘I myself will accompany mademoiselle with the caviar, but then I would like a very small “tournedos”, underdone, with “sauce Béarnaise” and a “cœur d’artichaut”. While mademoiselle is enjoying the strawberries, I will have half an avocado pear with a little French dressing. Casino Royale (raising the suspicion that Ian Fleming had seen avocado pears on a fancy foreign menu but had actually ordered one).
Oops. Wrecked my smartarsery by not proofreading. The suspicion is Fleming had *never* actually ordered an avocado pear, since James Bond seems to be having it as a dessert, "while mademoiselle is enjoying the strawberries".
Indeed.
In the other hand, Googling for “avocado dessert“ finds quite a few recipes.
I would be surprised if Fleming were describing it as a dessert given that it's being ordered with vinaigrette.
There's a UK tradition of ending meals with a savoury like Welsh Rarebit, or cheese - maybe it's that.
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
What particular characteristic made it a "far-right lie"?
It's a lie that is in common circulation in far-right political circles. Some conspiracy theories, lies, panics, etc are more common in some ideological circles than in others.
It's not really a lie though, is it? You might think it's odd to see something sinister and make a big issue of it, but it's not wrong.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
You should consider eating venison: it's just like meat, only woker.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
You should consider eating venison: it's just like meat, only woker.
The chances of good meat substitutes on a menu like Venison are fairly fallow though. Chefs need to buck up their ideas.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
In New Zealand a meeting by a speaker supporting women’s rights against male violence was broken up by (largely) male violence…..
There are multiple videos of Kellie-Jay being assaulted. Women have become used to lies, threats of violence and outright denial of reality, but if you imagine anyone feels 'defeated', think again. Your men's rights activists showed the world exactly who they are. #LetWomenSpeak
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Quite a lot of Gurkhas in Colchester. Couple of Gurkha restaurants too. Never tried them though.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Quite a lot of Gurkhas in Colchester. Couple of Gurkha restaurants too. Never tried them though.
You really should try them, Gurkhas are renowned for their Kukri skills.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Quite a lot of Gurkhas in Colchester. Couple of Gurkha restaurants too. Never tried them though.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Quite a lot of Gurkhas in Colchester. Couple of Gurkha restaurants too. Never tried them though.
Couldn't eat a whole one.
Triggers the joke Ali told. He goes into a diner in the days of segregation.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
What annoys me is that all this time it’s been so simple, all anyone needed to do to cut knife crime and attacks on women and girls was to say you would impose targets.
It doesn’t actually need a massively complicated set of laws, reorganising of policing, change in society, you just need to say you are going to impose targets and the crims download an app to their phone and if it will tip over the target they don’t commit the crime.
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
What particular characteristic made it a "far-right lie"?
It's a lie that is in common circulation in far-right political circles. Some conspiracy theories, lies, panics, etc are more common in some ideological circles than in others.
Are there any non-lies in far right discourse?
Yeah, even the far right are right about some things. It's regrettable that they've taken ownership of the discourse around child protection because they do it in such a partial way (they have made it into a point of racial division), but their passion for it is otherwise admirable.
No ideology is completely immune from being right sometimes.
On which topic, sort of, Lozza Fox is irate that his son told him he needed consent to kiss him goodnight. Blaming woke. 🥱
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Quite a lot of Gurkhas in Colchester. Couple of Gurkha restaurants too. Never tried them though.
You really should try them, Gurkhas are renowned for their Kukri skills.
Scene - walking through tall reeds in the Chitwan nature reserve.
Guide - "Did you bring that khukuri you bought in Kathmandu?"
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
That's certainly the case in Reading and Aldershot - old soldiers who got to know the area when they were based at Arborfield Barracks.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
That's certainly the case in Reading and Aldershot - old soldiers who got to know the area when they were based at Arborfield Barracks.
Aldershot (Central) is essentially Nepalese these days.
Big change since I were young, when it was squaddie central.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
An elegant closer there. Quite like that. Might steal.
There was a young man in town working the Socialist Worker trestle in *full* Che cosplay.
He was clearly *totally unaware* of Citizen Smith.
I often think there's material enough for a kind of CyberNat version of Citizen Smith. Don't fancy being the person dealing with the show's twitter account mind you.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
An elegant closer there. Quite like that. Might steal.
Eh? That's an astonishingly shit closer that says nothing at all. Whatsoever.
There was a young man in town working the Socialist Worker trestle in *full* Che cosplay.
He was clearly *totally unaware* of Citizen Smith.
I often think there's material enough for a kind of CyberNat version of Citizen Smith. Don't fancy being the person dealing with the show's twitter account mind you.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
An elegant closer there. Quite like that. Might steal.
Eh? That's an astonishingly shit closer that says nothing at all. Whatsoever.
Chill out, dude, go vegan, give up the booze, hug some trees. You'll be better.
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has been fined for speeding after admitting driving at 78mph on a motorway where there was a reduced 40mph limit. ... In a statement, Mr Burnham accepted he was "going too fast".
If his masterplan to become the next Labour prime minister doesn't work out, at least he will have another career option as a presenter of 'Top Gear'.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
That's certainly the case in Reading and Aldershot - old soldiers who got to know the area when they were based at Arborfield Barracks.
Aldershot (Central) is essentially Nepalese these days.
Big change since I were young, when it was squaddie central.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
Quite a lot of Gurkhas in Colchester. Couple of Gurkha restaurants too. Never tried them though.
You really should try them, Gurkhas are renowned for their Kukri skills.
Scene - walking through tall reeds in the Chitwan nature reserve.
Guide - "Did you bring that khukuri you bought in Kathmandu?"
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
What particular characteristic made it a "far-right lie"?
It's a lie that is in common circulation in far-right political circles. Some conspiracy theories, lies, panics, etc are more common in some ideological circles than in others.
Are there any non-lies in far right discourse?
Yeah, even the far right are right about some things. It's regrettable that they've taken ownership of the discourse around child protection because they do it in such a partial way (they have made it into a point of racial division), but their passion for it is otherwise admirable.
No ideology is completely immune from being right sometimes.
On which topic, sort of, Lozza Fox is irate that his son told him he needed consent to kiss him goodnight. Blaming woke. 🥱
This is not a terrible thing to behold. It's a mark of youthful naivety to take a good idea and mis- or over-apply it. Goodness knows his father is guilty of exactly that, as are a great number of political ideologues of all colours. A lot of people on here could reflect on this truth: just because something is good, doesn't mean it's good in every circumstance.
We finally got around to renewing our passports this week. (I haven't travelled abroad for years.)
We'd thought maybe Paris, to have a nice weekend break.
Hmmm. Nope.
No Paris will be fine. In 2024. You'll be lucky to get your new passport back by 2023.
Went up to Newport, in the Land of Dragons, to collect personally. Got booked in just before the strikes were announced.
My luck ran out at Paris though!
Newport? Paris? Much the same thing. Transporter Bridge = Eiffel Tower.
Transporter Bridge is closed for another 18 months for rebuilding and creating a visitor centre.
It always is. Although I did get to go across circa 2004.
Ditto the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. Not sure when that will open again. Looks like the costs keep getting far bigger with each structural report they prepare.
There is currently now officially no reason to go to Middlesbrough.
We finally got around to renewing our passports this week. (I haven't travelled abroad for years.)
We'd thought maybe Paris, to have a nice weekend break.
Hmmm. Nope.
No Paris will be fine. In 2024. You'll be lucky to get your new passport back by 2023.
Went up to Newport, in the Land of Dragons, to collect personally. Got booked in just before the strikes were announced.
My luck ran out at Paris though!
Newport? Paris? Much the same thing. Transporter Bridge = Eiffel Tower.
Also St Woolos Cathedral = Notre Dame. It really is quite spooky:
Oh wow that takes me back. I had sex in that churchyard. It wasn't nearly as warm that night as it seems to be in that photo.
Sounds a grave matter.
Did you make love in dead Ernest?
I don't know if "making love" is really the expression here. It was a sordid episode, an ex's friend whom I ran into by chance after I'd lost my friends for the evening. It was cold and windy and the church was up some steep hill in the opposite direction from the train station which is where I needed to be getting to. We struggled to find a place where we didn't feel observed by houses and then a nearby fox started making screeching noises which really spoiled what was already a grim episode. We both left unsatisfied and I missed the last train.
I think I'd have been better off visiting the transporter bridge, which I remember seeing all lit up in the distance from up that hill. Industrial engineering 1-0 post-pub grappling.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
What annoys me is that all this time it’s been so simple, all anyone needed to do to cut knife crime and attacks on women and girls was to say you would impose targets.
It doesn’t actually need a massively complicated set of laws, reorganising of policing, change in society, you just need to say you are going to impose targets and the crims download an app to their phone and if it will tip over the target they don’t commit the crime.
That’s all wrong.
To start with “criminal” is a pejorative term. Legally Challenged Community (LCC) is much less down punching.
What is required is a full engagement with stakeholders in the leadership of the LCC, forming a cooperative arrangement between police representatives, government etc.
By evolving community standards and involvement of LCC leadership a better future can be ensured for all.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
What annoys me is that all this time it’s been so simple, all anyone needed to do to cut knife crime and attacks on women and girls was to say you would impose targets.
It doesn’t actually need a massively complicated set of laws, reorganising of policing, change in society, you just need to say you are going to impose targets and the crims download an app to their phone and if it will tip over the target they don’t commit the crime.
That’s all wrong.
To start with “criminal” is a pejorative term. Legally Challenged Community (LCC) is much less down punching.
What is required is a full engagement with stakeholders in the leadership of the LCC, forming a cooperative arrangement between police representatives, government etc.
By evolving community standards and involvement of LCC leadership a better future can be ensured for all.
Very good!
Starmer is ripe for mockery when he comes out with this kind of stuff.
Vote labour to reduce unwanted staring in public by (up to) 8% before 2030!
This is what I see when I load the BBC news homepage;
Why do journos feel the need to insert themselves into stories/headlines?
I just don’t get it.
“asks Laura Kuenssberg, as she considers” is entirely unnecessary.
And why is her opinion/analysis “BREAKING NEWS” ???
I think it's done out of nostalgia for the days when the BBC had a near monopoly on broadcasting and could claim to be the voice of the nation, but it just comes across as desperate and needy.
I would never have guessed Nepalese would be 2nd most common first language in NINE local authorities??!!!
Might the explanation be Gurkhas and their families/descendants, concentrated on/near military bases in areas with few other recent immigrants/decendents?
That’s my best guess.
I assume the map is correct? Wouldn’t surprise me if it was wrong.
How many Nepalese people do we have in the UK? There aren’t that many, surely?
That's certainly the case in Reading and Aldershot - old soldiers who got to know the area when they were based at Arborfield Barracks.
Aldershot (Central) is essentially Nepalese these days.
Big change since I were young, when it was squaddie central.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
Perhaps; perhaps not.
The current policy if not having targets is certainly working, though not in a very good way.
This is what I see when I load the BBC news homepage;
Why do journos feel the need to insert themselves into stories/headlines?
I just don’t get it.
“asks Laura Kuenssberg, as she considers” is entirely unnecessary.
And why is her opinion/analysis “BREAKING NEWS” ???
I think it's done out of nostalgia for the days when the BBC had a near monopoly on broadcasting and could claim to be the voice of the nation, but it just comes across as desperate and needy.
These days journalists are on an ego trip. It’s all about them as well as the story.
Also a fair few articles on the website are just plugs for BBC TV shows.
It’s high time the license fee went and was replaced by a more commercial method of funding.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
What annoys me is that all this time it’s been so simple, all anyone needed to do to cut knife crime and attacks on women and girls was to say you would impose targets.
It doesn’t actually need a massively complicated set of laws, reorganising of policing, change in society, you just need to say you are going to impose targets and the crims download an app to their phone and if it will tip over the target they don’t commit the crime.
Oh phew. He's setting targets for cutting it not the number of attacks he wants to see? That's something of a relief.
Do Kwon, Korea's crypto 'genius' turned disgraced fugitive https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=347800 ...After months on the run, the 31-year-old, whose full name is Kwon Do-hyung, was arrested Thursday in Montenegro after being caught trying to catch a flight using fake Costa Rican travel documents.
He is accused of fraud over the dramatic implosion last year of his company Terraform Labs, which wiped out about $40 billion of investors' money and shook global crypto markets...
I'm just in the midst of a really good experience with the NHS. My daughter has a suspected broken wrist after a clash playing football. I arrived at Trafford General fearing the worst. Saturday afternoon is second only to Saturday night for a bad time to turn up at A&E. But we had waited less than 5 minutes before being seen. We've been in the building half an hour and have already been X rayed. Maybe it's because it's Spring and therefore over the seasonal peak.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
What annoys me is that all this time it’s been so simple, all anyone needed to do to cut knife crime and attacks on women and girls was to say you would impose targets.
It doesn’t actually need a massively complicated set of laws, reorganising of policing, change in society, you just need to say you are going to impose targets and the crims download an app to their phone and if it will tip over the target they don’t commit the crime.
That’s all wrong.
To start with “criminal” is a pejorative term. Legally Challenged Community (LCC) is much less down punching.
What is required is a full engagement with stakeholders in the leadership of the LCC, forming a cooperative arrangement between police representatives, government etc.
By evolving community standards and involvement of LCC leadership a better future can be ensured for all.
Very good!
Starmer is ripe for mockery when he comes out with this kind of stuff.
Vote labour to reduce unwanted staring in public by (up to) 8% before 2030!
This will be achieved by an act of parliament which clearly defines the distinction between wanted and unwanted male attention; or possibly even does so by abolishing the concept of females wanting any attention from any male ever.
Italy move to ban the inclusion of insect flour in pizza and pasta grade flours. Must be properly labelled and sold entirely separately to standard flours. Puts them on a collision course with the EU which wanted to silently make insect flour an additive to regular flour without obvious labelling.
Feels relevant to today's discussion.
I have to say, spending the last week and a bit in Rome was extremely refreshing for a cynical Brit. The people are fiercely protective of their culture and outsiders must assimilate, not carve out a bunch of special rules they get to live by. A lot to learn for Brits who should be more proud of who we are and our history.
Far-right lie klaxon
The designation of the novel food on the labelling of the foodstuffs containing it shall be ‘Acheta domesticus (house cricket) partially defatted powder’.
What particular characteristic made it a "far-right lie"?
It's a lie that is in common circulation in far-right political circles. Some conspiracy theories, lies, panics, etc are more common in some ideological circles than in others.
Are there any non-lies in far right discourse?
Yeah, even the far right are right about some things. It's regrettable that they've taken ownership of the discourse around child protection because they do it in such a partial way (they have made it into a point of racial division), but their passion for it is otherwise admirable.
No ideology is completely immune from being right sometimes.
On which topic, sort of, Lozza Fox is irate that his son told him he needed consent to kiss him goodnight. Blaming woke. 🥱
This is not a terrible thing to behold. It's a mark of youthful naivety to take a good idea and mis- or over-apply it. Goodness knows his father is guilty of exactly that, as are a great number of political ideologues of all colours. A lot of people on here could reflect on this truth: just because something is good, doesn't mean it's good in every circumstance.
Speaking words of wisdom unto we. Nice to see you back after quite a time btw.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
No, I'm correct. There are no plant foods that can be shown to contain Vitamin B12 in sufficient quantity/bioavailability for human needs, hence things like plant milks, cereals, marmite etc. often being fortified with synthetic B12. This is not subject to debate, and you're welcome to research it from any source you'd like.
I am glad you have the zeal of the converted, and I am sure your current dietary regime has many benefits over your old regime, but you should perhaps try and see this as the beginning of your learning journey rather than the end.
I'm just in the midst of a really good experience with the NHS. My daughter has a suspected broken wrist after a clash playing football. I arrived at Trafford General fearing the worst. Saturday afternoon is second only to Saturday night for a bad time to turn up at A&E. But we had waited less than 5 minutes before being seen. We've been in the building half an hour and have already been X rayed. Maybe it's because it's Spring and therefore over the seasonal peak.
Acvtually building up to a new peak covid wise, from the quick look I had at the stats the other day. Though flu is out of the way now, thank goodness.
I'm just in the midst of a really good experience with the NHS. My daughter has a suspected broken wrist after a clash playing football. I arrived at Trafford General fearing the worst. Saturday afternoon is second only to Saturday night for a bad time to turn up at A&E. But we had waited less than 5 minutes before being seen. We've been in the building half an hour and have already been X rayed. Maybe it's because it's Spring and therefore over the seasonal peak.
Probably helped by Trafford General not being an A&E hospital rather an Urgent Care hospital so the ambulances are heading to Salford Royal, Wythenshawe or the MRI instead of Trafford these days.
If you are looking for wild meat, you can still find it in many parts of the US. For example, in poor rural areas, road-kill venison often ends up in school lunches. And according to a recent Washington Post article, many areas would welcome visitors who wanted to hunt wild pigs.
The reaction to some of his pledges was “a sharp intake of breath”, Keir Starmer said on Thursday. He welcomed that because “nobody can doubt the scale of our ambition, nor its urgency”.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
Interesting stuff; SKS is setting targets for things like knife crime and attacks of women and girls.
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
Perhaps; perhaps not.
The current policy if not having targets is certainly working, though not in a very good way.
There are targets and targets. If there is a target with consequences and it can be assisted by artificial means - like recording a crime as X instead of Y, or not recording it at all, then that is what will happen.
Schools provide decent examples of target culture. If the target is the number of children getting 5Cs at GCSE (this is the olden days) then some schools coast along the clear As and Bs, and focus relentlessly on getting the Ds to a C.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
No, I'm correct. There are no plant foods that can be shown to contain Vitamin B12 in sufficient quantity/bioavailability for human needs, hence things like plant milks, cereals, marmite etc. often being fortified with synthetic B12. This is not subject to debate, and you're welcome to research it from any source you'd like.
I am glad you have the zeal of the converted, and I am sure your current dietary regime has many benefits over your old regime, but you should perhaps try and see this as the beginning of your learning journey rather than the end.
I though 30mph above was a straight red card. Perhaps such rules don't apply to the King Dickhead of the North.
As someone who accumulated 30 points in 5 years you can get away with it if the normal speed is 70mph on the road.
I'd say driving isn't for you. Have you thought about a chauffeur?
It's a weird one, though he is Police and Crime Commissioner for GM, is he not?
I'd say he got a patsy of a Magistrate - in a 40mph limit, 66mph is where an insta-ban can start (says the Sentencing Guide).
In his account he admitted 2 separate counts of driving without due care, one of which was driving through nearly 10 miles of all lane running Smart Motorway without even being aware he was on a Smart Motorway with no hard shoulder and variable speed limits. The other was coming off at a closed motorway junction and having to 'quickly divert' back on.
I'm just in the midst of a really good experience with the NHS. My daughter has a suspected broken wrist after a clash playing football. I arrived at Trafford General fearing the worst. Saturday afternoon is second only to Saturday night for a bad time to turn up at A&E. But we had waited less than 5 minutes before being seen. We've been in the building half an hour and have already been X rayed. Maybe it's because it's Spring and therefore over the seasonal peak.
Acvtually building up to a new peak covid wise, from the quick look I had at the stats the other day. Though flu is out of the way now, thank goodness.
I noticed this was the last week we'll get an ONS survey of covid. I guess it had to end sometime.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
No, I'm correct. There are no plant foods that can be shown to contain Vitamin B12 in sufficient quantity/bioavailability for human needs, hence things like plant milks, cereals, marmite etc. often being fortified with synthetic B12. This is not subject to debate, and you're welcome to research it from any source you'd like.
I am glad you have the zeal of the converted, and I am sure your current dietary regime has many benefits over your old regime, but you should perhaps try and see this as the beginning of your learning journey rather than the end.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
An elegant closer there. Quite like that. Might steal.
Eh? That's an astonishingly shit closer that says nothing at all. Whatsoever.
Didn't mean as a killer mic drop type of thing. But a nice variation on the agree to disagree shuffle. Exchange ended cordially but v firmly, tiniest hint of edge, no blood.
I have ordered the pork belly with dauphinoise potatoes, carrots and a red wine jus. A pint of Surrey Nirvana to wash it down.
It will probably be the Baileys Creme Brulee for dessert. Maybe the cheese board too with a port.
What no photos? Anyway, welcome back Leon.
Here's the main.
Is that vegan "pork"?
Looks like the plate is upside down! Still, at least it's not been served on an old shovel or any other pretentious wank!
You're just jealous.
Nothing to stop you ordering the same or having a surreptitiously danger-wank over it later on.
Casino, mate, genuinely we need to stop this little vegan/meat eater spat. I only tell you to go vegan because I know it winds you up. For what it's worth, my veganism isn't a religion, it's just a dietary and lifestyle choice after re assessing my own health and fitness after my wife's brush with breast cancer. Plus equally importantly, we really should be kinder to non humans and the planet in general. It's not down to me to judge how anyone else eats. So enjoy that pork, yer dirty meat eating bastard!🤣🤪
Well done for taking stock of your health and fitness - that's great. Veganism sadly is unlikely to help you acheive your long term health and fitness goals, as the diet is very poor in nutrient dense health-giving foods, and it denies the vegan a lot of the foods like butter and eggs that can help to ameliorate a vegetarian diet. A human cannot live a healthy and full life on a vegan diet, without fortifying their diet with synthetic b-vitamins, which I hope you're taking care of. You may also struggle with Vitamin D, iron, calcium, and others.
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
Cheers, mate, but I'm sorry, you're factually incorrect on the nutritional aspects of a well balanced vegan diet. I don't struggle getting any essential nutrients and vitamins. As with anything, we all research information from our own chosen sources, so we'll have to agree to disagree .
No, I'm correct. There are no plant foods that can be shown to contain Vitamin B12 in sufficient quantity/bioavailability for human needs, hence things like plant milks, cereals, marmite etc. often being fortified with synthetic B12. This is not subject to debate, and you're welcome to research it from any source you'd like.
I am glad you have the zeal of the converted, and I am sure your current dietary regime has many benefits over your old regime, but you should perhaps try and see this as the beginning of your learning journey rather than the end.
It's not zeal, it's just well researched. You are of course correct about the B12. It's the only supplement I take, but I just disagree with you that a vegan diet is unhealthy.
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This is the same as the French government going to extraordinary lengths to police the language people use: too much nannying.
Fascinating.
It's regrettable that they've taken ownership of the discourse around child protection because they do it in such a partial way (they have made it into a point of racial division), but their passion for it is otherwise admirable.
No ideology is completely immune from being right sometimes.
There's a UK tradition of ending meals with a savoury like Welsh Rarebit, or cheese - maybe it's that.
I fear he may be misinterpreting the responses. People are not saying to him, “That will be really difficult, but we admire your determination to push the system.” They are saying, “Are you out of your mind?”
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-starmer-rishi-sunak-promises-labour-b2307626.html
I would advise you to introduce some foods brought to us by the animal kingdom, for example, eggs from hens you keep or a trusted ethical supplier, or plain yoghurt made with organic milk.
There are multiple videos of Kellie-Jay being assaulted. Women have become used to lies, threats of violence and outright denial of reality, but if you imagine anyone feels 'defeated', think again. Your men's rights activists showed the world exactly who they are. #LetWomenSpeak
https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1639612603302395905?s=20
"Patriotic Alternative: The town fighting the far-right with Welsh cakes"
Would the BBC ever run a headline (mutatis mutandis) like:
"Patriotic Alternative: The town fighting the far-left with Welsh cakes"?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65057093
There was a young man in town working the Socialist Worker trestle in *full* Che cosplay.
He was clearly *totally unaware* of Citizen Smith.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDuy2Kx2HlI
Owner protests. "Sorry pal. No n*****s here."
"No problem. I only want a cheeseburger."
Excellent of course but there are two dangers: the obvious one that he can't and won't meet them - human nature not being in his gift; but secondly and more subtle, if you are to set a target on how much real and deep and damaging evil you want to have in people's lives the only rational target is ZERO. So don't set one. It grants hostages.
This is an unforced error.
My luck ran out at Paris though!
It doesn’t actually need a massively complicated set of laws, reorganising of policing, change in society, you just need to say you are going to impose targets and the crims download an app to their phone and if it will tip over the target they don’t commit the crime.
Guide - "Did you bring that khukuri you bought in Kathmandu?"
Me - "No - why?"
Guide - "We may be being stalked by a tiger."
I offend the local ones, these days, by asking them about the dissonance between their Topple The Statues stuff and support for Shamima Begum.
Big change since I were young, when it was squaddie central.
If his masterplan to become the next Labour prime minister doesn't work out, at least he will have another career option as a presenter of 'Top Gear'.
It wasn't nearly as warm that night as it seems to be in that photo.
Did you make love in dead Ernest?
There is currently now officially no reason to go to Middlesbrough.
This is what I see when I load the BBC news homepage;
Why do journos feel the need to insert themselves into stories/headlines?
I just don’t get it.
“asks Laura Kuenssberg, as she considers” is entirely unnecessary.
And why is her opinion/analysis “BREAKING NEWS” ???
I think I'd have been better off visiting the transporter bridge, which I remember seeing all lit up in the distance from up that hill. Industrial engineering 1-0 post-pub grappling.
I have now lost my wife to it.
She came in after I think episode 3 and basically went "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"
And has now departed back to it.
That reminds me of some really awful posters on Gallifreybase.
A temporary separation would surely have sufficed ?
I’ve been squeeing all season.
The plot could say pineapple does belong on pizza and I wouldn’t mind.
That’s how good this season has been.
To start with “criminal” is a pejorative term. Legally Challenged Community (LCC) is much less down punching.
What is required is a full engagement with stakeholders in the leadership of the LCC, forming a cooperative arrangement between police representatives, government etc.
By evolving community standards and involvement of LCC leadership a better future can be ensured for all.
Starmer is ripe for mockery when he comes out with this kind of stuff.
Vote labour to reduce unwanted staring in public by (up to) 8% before 2030!
What was he thinking doing this speed
https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1639661654387437573?t=_-rR-AHd3iTiZ_Et5McQFQ&s=19
The current policy if not having targets is certainly working, though not in a very good way.
Also a fair few articles on the website are just plugs for BBC TV shows.
It’s high time the license fee went and was replaced by a more commercial method of funding.
https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=347800
...After months on the run, the 31-year-old, whose full name is Kwon Do-hyung, was arrested Thursday in Montenegro after being caught trying to catch a flight using fake Costa Rican travel documents.
He is accused of fraud over the dramatic implosion last year of his company Terraform Labs, which wiped out about $40 billion of investors' money and shook global crypto markets...
My daughter has a suspected broken wrist after a clash playing football.
I arrived at Trafford General fearing the worst. Saturday afternoon is second only to Saturday night for a bad time to turn up at A&E. But we had waited less than 5 minutes before being seen. We've been in the building half an hour and have already been X rayed. Maybe it's because it's Spring and therefore over the seasonal peak.
Nice to see you back after quite a time btw.
I am glad you have the zeal of the converted, and I am sure your current dietary regime has many benefits over your old regime, but you should perhaps try and see this as the beginning of your learning journey rather than the end.
Schools provide decent examples of target culture. If the target is the number of children getting 5Cs at GCSE (this is the olden days) then some schools coast along the clear As and Bs, and focus relentlessly on getting the Ds to a C.
I'd say he got a patsy of a Magistrate - in a 40mph limit, 66mph is where an insta-ban can start (says the Sentencing Guide).
In his account he admitted 2 separate counts of driving without due care, one of which was driving through nearly 10 miles of all lane running Smart Motorway without even being aware he was on a Smart Motorway with no hard shoulder and variable speed limits. The other was coming off at a closed motorway junction and having to 'quickly divert' back on.
Aside from that, the account doesn't really quite together afaics.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/andy-burnham-slapped-hefty-fine-26556762#comments-wrapper
https://www.fda.gov/food/ingredients-additives-gras-packaging-guidance-documents-regulatory-information/food-defect-levels-handbook
I did a lot of commuting in those days and was often in a hurry.
Also had very fast vehicles.
A heady mix.