Histogram analysis shows the first two categories post more than the last two in the ratio of about 60:40 or 65:35, depending (roughly) on how well/badly the Tories are doing at the time.
You missed a category:
Anti-woke posters with far too much time on their hands: 1.
Its quite funny how The Herd know exactly who they are and willingly self-identify.
I think in general we all play quite nicely on here. We don't need some self-identifying straight down the middle non-partisan to categorise us as left, right, up or down.
Yeah, sure.
You're still one of the Labour Herd though.
You're kidding. Mexicanpete likes Starmer about as much as BJO does (albeit for completely different reasons).
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
McDoom was useless.
Worse than useless - actively mortgaged the nations finances using PFI on a huge scale, something many hospitals etc round the country are still paying the price of. Believed his own hype about abolishing boom and bust, then oversaw a huge bust, with little wriggle room due to his overspending in the upcoming period. When he finally became PM he had nothing left. Apart from that, I suspect a decent man.
Completely off topic but having watched PBS America yesterday I was gobsmacked to find out I didn't know who first circumnavigated the earth, or at least it wasn't who I thought it was. Just leaving that out there for people to fret over before using Google.
Sebastian del Cano, Anthony Pigafetta and 31 others who crewed the Victoria would be my assumption?
Smarty pants.
Not what most people would answer, nor me before yesterday.
Really? Would you have gone for Drake, sixty years later, or Magellan, who was killed at Mactan?
Magellan. I think that is what most people would have said and what I would have said upto 24 hours ago.
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
Very sad.
Yes. Very sad. And a loss to independent minded thinking. Notable that though it was Major who made the disastrous step of joining ERM, Lawson had strongly supported it.
Fascinating how the real greats none the less get some big calls wrong. If we had resisted there may have been no Blair. OTOH if we hadn't had the disaster we may have joined the Euro on a whim. Rendering Brexit impossible...
Downing Street has acknowledged that new post-Brexit “processes” contributed to issues at the Port of Dover over the weekend.
The prime minister’s official spokesman said he was aware that French border officials were “inspecting and stamping every single passport”, as is the case at all European borders for arrivals from outside the bloc.
I must confess I find Simon Calder’s analysis on this rather more compelling than Suella Braverman. Did we really insist on every passport being checked and stamped ?
Every passport being checked and stamped is a natural consequence of the end of FoM. "We insisted" is partisan gloss.
Simon Calder is merely using the FBPEr's "we shot ourselves in the foot" insinuation as he always does.
If he were more honest, he would point out that passports take longer to check now, but that busy weekends at Dover have often involved delays. For example, this from 2012:
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
Completely off topic but having watched PBS America yesterday I was gobsmacked to find out I didn't know who first circumnavigated the earth, or at least it wasn't who I thought it was. Just leaving that out there for people to fret over before using Google.
Sebastian del Cano, Anthony Pigafetta and 31 others who crewed the Victoria would be my assumption?
Smarty pants.
Not what most people would answer, nor me before yesterday.
Really? Would you have gone for Drake, sixty years later, or Magellan, who was killed at Mactan?
Magellan. I think that is what most people would have said and what I would have said upto 24 hours ago.
Magellan's story is still a great read though. Laurence Bergreen 'Over the edge of the world' - fabulous account.
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
Bringing the Western economies to their knees on the strength of totally unremarkable changes in climate is going to age a lot worse.
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
Bringing the Western economies to their knees on the strength of totally unremarkable changes in climate is going to age a lot worse.
You either don't have a clue, or you have some sort of dishonest agenda.
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
Bringing the Western economies to their knees on the strength of totally unremarkable changes in climate is going to age a lot worse.
Perhaps not remarkable in terms of its amplitude, but certainly in terms of its speed.
Sky and BBC have been following his motorcade to his plane and take off, and it is a relief they cannot fly alongside his plane as they would fly alongside him to New York if they could, but of course they will pick it up again when he arrives in New Your later this evening and travels to Trump Towers
I dread Trump standing in 24 but it does seem he is playing a dangerous game with the US voters and if he does become a martyr for his cause who knows what happens in 24
Biden v Trump is enough to depress the whole of the western world
Surely America can do better than this
Both the BBC and Sky have been Trump's biggest backers. They may quibble about small matters, but it's all Trump agenda. In part this is because Biden is just a vacuum. Nobody dislikes him, but he's a pointless walking corpse to be frank. The US will get it's proper delivery Obama moment, but it seems just not yet.
The support for Andrew Tate amongst almost half of all 16-24 year old boys/men show that Trumpy type support is here for the long-term.
The Woke don't realise that by sowing the wind, they reap the whirlwind.
I hadn't realised that Andrew Tate had converted to Islam.
All he needs to do is get a job driving a taxi in a Northern Mill town and Tory heads will explode.
Although the obvious question is why did he convert to Islam?
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
Bringing the Western economies to their knees on the strength of totally unremarkable changes in climate is going to age a lot worse.
You either don't have a clue, or you have some sort of dishonest agenda.
Histogram analysis shows the first two categories post more than the last two in the ratio of about 60:40 or 65:35, depending (roughly) on how well/badly the Tories are doing at the time.
You missed a category:
Anti-woke posters with far too much time on their hands: 1.
Its quite funny how The Herd know exactly who they are and willingly self-identify.
I think in general we all play quite nicely on here. We don't need some self-identifying straight down the middle non-partisan to categorise us as left, right, up or down.
Yeah, sure.
You're still one of the Labour Herd though.
You're kidding. Mexicanpete likes Starmer about as much as BJO does (albeit for completely different reasons).
I had Mexicanpete down as fairly orthodox back in the day, but he's got a bit bored, I think, and has been mainly messing about with jokey posts in recent months.
I'll be vaguely offended if I'm not in the 106, though I'm probably League 2 / Conference in my level of posting.
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Unsure whether Horse v4 is a deliberate parody of Horses v1-3. Or you've kicked in the emergency back up personality as Sean did during a Leon persona ban last year when he became Xipi.
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
They were very poor even on the evidence available when he first stated them.
Quite a last 30 minutes for Michael Keane. Gives away a penalty. 0-1. Viciously fouled to make it 10 a side. Then fires in a thunderbolt 25 yarder. Keeper never moved. Up the Toffees. A super point after being a man short and one down. Helped by Spurs being woeful. We've gone up three places with one point it's that close. Man United next up.
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Unsure whether Horse v4 is a deliberate parody of Horses v1-3. Or you've kicked in the emergency back up personality as Sean did during a Leon persona ban last year when he became Xipi.
Either way, we know it's you. Be you.
I’m not sure who you think I am but I’m not.
I’m a right winger as I said. Labour has bankrupted this country every time it has been elected.
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
Bringing the Western economies to their knees on the strength of totally unremarkable changes in climate is going to age a lot worse.
Perhaps not remarkable in terms of its amplitude, but certainly in terms of its speed.
The amplitude has already been big enough to prevent the next glacial cycle, and may well knock the climate into a new, entirely ice-free paradigm, for the first time in a very long time.
Now, no-one would have wanted another ice age, but in terms of global warming I think you could fairly say that a little goes a long way, and you can have too much of a good thing.
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Unsure whether Horse v4 is a deliberate parody of Horses v1-3. Or you've kicked in the emergency back up personality as Sean did during a Leon persona ban last year when he became Xipi.
Either way, we know it's you. Be you.
I’m not sure who you think I am but I’m not.
I’m a right winger as I said. Labour has bankrupted this country every time it has been elected.
Got it. So you're someone who is the opposite of Horse taking his name and calling for him to be unbanned because you are about as far away from him as it's possible to get.
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Unsure whether Horse v4 is a deliberate parody of Horses v1-3. Or you've kicked in the emergency back up personality as Sean did during a Leon persona ban last year when he became Xipi.
Either way, we know it's you. Be you.
I’m not sure who you think I am but I’m not.
I’m a right winger as I said. Labour has bankrupted this country every time it has been elected.
Got it. So you're someone who is the opposite of Horse taking his name and calling for him to be unbanned because you are about as far away from him as it's possible to get.
Hi Sean!
I don’t know this Sean but he sounds a good poster, certainly better than you
Quite a last 30 minutes for Michael Keane. Gives away a penalty. 0-1. Viciously fouled to make it 10 a side. Then fires in a thunderbolt 25 yarder. Keeper never moved. Up the Toffees. A super point after being a man short and one down. Helped by Spurs being woeful. We've gone up three places with one point it's that close. Man United next up.
Everton deserved their point and should have won if they had retained 11
His book, the View from Number 11, is one of the very best political books I have ever read. He didn't go by chronology but by topic and as a result gave really fascinating insights as to how policy was formed and the limitations on government. It is a good innings but that is sad news. An intellectual giant compared to almost anyone in any political party today.
His views on climate change haven't aged well.
Bringing the Western economies to their knees on the strength of totally unremarkable changes in climate is going to age a lot worse.
Where, I wonder, did Casino place you in his PB poster analysis? As far as I could see he didn't have a Right-wing Headbanger category.
Sky and BBC have been following his motorcade to his plane and take off, and it is a relief they cannot fly alongside his plane as they would fly alongside him to New York if they could, but of course they will pick it up again when he arrives in New Your later this evening and travels to Trump Towers
I dread Trump standing in 24 but it does seem he is playing a dangerous game with the US voters and if he does become a martyr for his cause who knows what happens in 24
Biden v Trump is enough to depress the whole of the western world
Surely America can do better than this
Both the BBC and Sky have been Trump's biggest backers. They may quibble about small matters, but it's all Trump agenda. In part this is because Biden is just a vacuum. Nobody dislikes him, but he's a pointless walking corpse to be frank. The US will get it's proper delivery Obama moment, but it seems just not yet.
The support for Andrew Tate amongst almost half of all 16-24 year old boys/men show that Trumpy type support is here for the long-term.
The Woke don't realise that by sowing the wind, they reap the whirlwind.
I hadn't realised that Andrew Tate had converted to Islam.
All he needs to do is get a job driving a taxi in a Northern Mill town and Tory heads will explode.
Although the obvious question is why did he convert to Islam?
I think this is quite a predictable evolution. Islam can rise, based on disillusionment and alienation in western society.
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Margret Thatcher destroyed the NHS 8 or 9 times, when I was young.
My favourite was when they authorised micro surgery.
An indignant surgeon who sounded as if he had a very red face and a three piece tweed suit, denounced this, on Radio 4, on the grounds that a chap couldn’t do a good job unless he had big hole in the patient to work in.
So one of two things is happening. 1. Horse has decided to trash his own reputation with this new v4 2. Someone has created a Horse account to pretend to be Horse whilst trashing his reputation
Having come on here once and found someone posting as my actual name with an image lifted off Facebook - posting things which were the opposite to what I think - I'm not convinced this is funny. One for the mods to check over just in case Horse v4 is a malicious account?
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Unsure whether Horse v4 is a deliberate parody of Horses v1-3. Or you've kicked in the emergency back up personality as Sean did during a Leon persona ban last year when he became Xipi.
Either way, we know it's you. Be you.
I’m not sure who you think I am but I’m not.
I’m a right winger as I said. Labour has bankrupted this country every time it has been elected.
Got it. So you're someone who is the opposite of Horse taking his name and calling for him to be unbanned because you are about as far away from him as it's possible to get.
Hi Sean!
I don’t know this Sean but he sounds a good poster, certainly better than you
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
My theory on horse-gate . The original CHB read some of his posts - realized how mind numbingly tedious they'd become and is currently having an extreme nervous reaction which has catapulted him from tedious, dull and woke left winger into full on semi-fascist Oswald Mosley eat your heart out mega bore. The jury is out as to which is worse ...
My theory on horse-gate . The original CHB read some of his posts - realized how mind numbingly tedious they'd become and is currently having an extreme nervous reaction which has catapulted him from tedious, dull and woke left winger into full on semi-fascist Oswald Mosley eat your heart out mega bore. The jury is out as to which is worse ...
I thought that the new Horse was a facist, not a fascist?
Quite a last 30 minutes for Michael Keane. Gives away a penalty. 0-1. Viciously fouled to make it 10 a side. Then fires in a thunderbolt 25 yarder. Keeper never moved. Up the Toffees. A super point after being a man short and one down. Helped by Spurs being woeful. We've gone up three places with one point it's that close. Man United next up.
Everton deserved their point and should have won if they had retained 11
Agreed. Doucore will be a huge loss. He's been our only creative player. We don't look like conceding under Dyche. Which means if we can somehow nick a goal from somewhere it's usually good for a point at least.
So one of two things is happening. 1. Horse has decided to trash his own reputation with this new v4 2. Someone has created a Horse account to pretend to be Horse whilst trashing his reputation
Having come on here once and found someone posting as my actual name with an image lifted off Facebook - posting things which were the opposite to what I think - I'm not convinced this is funny. One for the mods to check over just in case Horse v4 is a malicious account?
CHB hated SeanLeon... so 2 might be true, after all.
So one of two things is happening. 1. Horse has decided to trash his own reputation with this new v4 2. Someone has created a Horse account to pretend to be Horse whilst trashing his reputation
Having come on here once and found someone posting as my actual name with an image lifted off Facebook - posting things which were the opposite to what I think - I'm not convinced this is funny. One for the mods to check over just in case Horse v4 is a malicious account?
I agree and @Horse_B is far too similar in posting and knowledge of @CorrectHorseBattery3 to cause concern as this is not funny and very dispectful to the forum
It’s a shame some posters whom I’ve been enjoying reading for so long are deciding to try and out other users. But I will continue to enjoy their posts, as they are fine posters. I hope Big G can continue to post
We know that Alexei in Moscow is also a "long-time lurker" and creates a new account every weekend for the latest "Zelinsky is Satan" post. Oddly Alexei seems to put more into that weekly sock puppet than the Sean has into the Horse AI project.
I assume I am not the only person watching Picard? Changelings already replaced various people long term and now they are harder to spot than ever!
Any of use could be a "long-term lurker" and not the person we are passing ourselves off as.
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
Unfortunately you do not impress several on here with your protestations
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
Unfortunately you do not impress several on here with your protestations
I think you make fantastic posts. I’m sad you’ve decided to take a disliking to a recent member but that’s for you.
I will continue to enjoy your excellent political insight but I’ll not be able to respond to you again. Best wishes Sir.
It’s a shame some posters whom I’ve been enjoying reading for so long are deciding to try and out other users. But I will continue to enjoy their posts, as they are fine posters. I hope Big G can continue to post
If we're trying to out you Sean it's because you / your AI are passing yourself off as someone else.
Post as one of your many accounts. Not as someone else.
My theory on horse-gate . The original CHB read some of his posts - realized how mind numbingly tedious they'd become and is currently having an extreme nervous reaction which has catapulted him from tedious, dull and woke left winger into full on semi-fascist Oswald Mosley eat your heart out mega bore. The jury is out as to which is worse ...
I thought that the new Horse was a facist, not a fascist?
I'm not sure Rishi and Suella's Muslim bashing is a very wise idea.....
I'd thought he was quite a refreshing choice when he was chosen in that he seemed quite a serious person and possibly knew what he was doing.
I was wrong. He's become a Tory parody. He's discarding his USP's like a string of broken pearls
What a load of utter nonsense.
Rishi is clearly competent and is charting the Tories back to a victory, even if only a slim majority. He’s set out his missions including on boats - or would you prefer we didn’t do anything about that?
Greatest chancellor of all time. All downhill since.
Come now, what of Gordon ‘I saved the world’ Brown?
Labour has destroyed this country every time it has been elected.
Unsure whether Horse v4 is a deliberate parody of Horses v1-3. Or you've kicked in the emergency back up personality as Sean did during a Leon persona ban last year when he became Xipi.
Either way, we know it's you. Be you.
I’m not sure who you think I am but I’m not.
I’m a right winger as I said. Labour has bankrupted this country every time it has been elected.
Got it. So you're someone who is the opposite of Horse taking his name and calling for him to be unbanned because you are about as far away from him as it's possible to get.
Hi Sean!
I don’t know this Sean but he sounds a good poster, certainly better than you
It’s a shame some posters whom I’ve been enjoying reading for so long are deciding to try and out other users. But I will continue to enjoy their posts, as they are fine posters. I hope Big G can continue to post
Why reference myself as I have posted on this forum since 2014 and endeavour to be polite and have not been banned
However, you do not convince me about your comments about being new on here and being a long time lurker
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
Unfortunately you do not impress several on here with your protestations
I think you make fantastic posts. I’m sad you’ve decided to take a disliking to a recent member but that’s for you.
I will continue to enjoy your excellent political insight but I’ll not be able to respond to you again. Best wishes Sir.
I do not dislike any member but your response just now could have been written by @CorrectHorseBattery3
Histogram analysis shows the first two categories post more than the last two in the ratio of about 60:40 or 65:35, depending (roughly) on how well/badly the Tories are doing at the time.
Assuming this is serious, well done on attempting it. I bet we'd all love to see where we've been categorised though!
What constitutes a regular poster, I wonder.
Someone who's posted in the last 12 months, who I've clocked.
I'm disappointed that you didn't scrape vanilla forums with a Python script as I had - naturally - assumed.
I don't know how to do that.
So go on @Casino_Royale - where do I fit in? I promise I won't take offense. I'm guessing one of the last three categories? Your analysis of course - you can categorise how you like, and your results are interesting.
I would have categorised as follows: Lab Con LD SNP Alba PC Non-aligned generally left Non-aligned generally right (where I'd place myself) Neutral Guest posters from overseas
I'd expect to place most in categories 7,8 and 9.
But that's as much as I've done. I can't criticse yours until I've done at least as much work as you have. Which isn't going to happen tonight as I have the online shop to finish.
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
Classic Leonist use of 'we' there. Pure coincidence naturally.
I'm not sure Rishi and Suella's Muslim bashing is a very wise idea.....
I'd thought he was quite a refreshing choice when he was chosen in that he seemed quite a serious person and possibly knew what he was doing.
I was wrong. He's become a Tory parody. He's discarding his USP's like a string of broken pearls
I don’t think there’s any deliberate importation of India-Pakistan tensions into government rhetoric, but there must surely be the risk of unintended consequences here. With Modi and his fellow travellers upping the ante there’s always a risk of overflow into British politics, as there is from the US culture wars.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next election in constituencies with large Hindu populations (and yes I know Braverman is Buddhist). The Hindu vote seems to have been moving more towards the conservatives in the last couple of elections, against the run of play for the rest of the population, and more so than Sikh voters. Might that give us some surprising results in London suburbs and the West Midlands for example?
Histogram analysis shows the first two categories post more than the last two in the ratio of about 60:40 or 65:35, depending (roughly) on how well/badly the Tories are doing at the time.
Assuming this is serious, well done on attempting it. I bet we'd all love to see where we've been categorised though!
What constitutes a regular poster, I wonder.
Someone who's posted in the last 12 months, who I've clocked.
I'm disappointed that you didn't scrape vanilla forums with a Python script as I had - naturally - assumed.
I don't know how to do that.
So go on @Casino_Royale - where do I fit in? I promise I won't take offense. I'm guessing one of the last three categories? Your analysis of course - you can categorise how you like, and your results are interesting.
I would have categorised as follows: Lab Con LD SNP Alba PC Non-aligned generally left Non-aligned generally right (where I'd place myself) Neutral Guest posters from overseas
I'd expect to place most in categories 7,8 and 9.
But that's as much as I've done. I can't criticse yours until I've done at least as much work as you have. Which isn't going to happen tonight as I have the online shop to finish.
Histogram analysis shows the first two categories post more than the last two in the ratio of about 60:40 or 65:35, depending (roughly) on how well/badly the Tories are doing at the time.
Assuming this is serious, well done on attempting it. I bet we'd all love to see where we've been categorised though!
What constitutes a regular poster, I wonder.
Someone who's posted in the last 12 months, who I've clocked.
I'm disappointed that you didn't scrape vanilla forums with a Python script as I had - naturally - assumed.
I don't know how to do that.
So go on @Casino_Royale - where do I fit in? I promise I won't take offense. I'm guessing one of the last three categories? Your analysis of course - you can categorise how you like, and your results are interesting.
I would have categorised as follows: Lab Con LD SNP Alba PC Non-aligned generally left Non-aligned generally right (where I'd place myself) Neutral Guest posters from overseas
I'd expect to place most in categories 7,8 and 9.
But that's as much as I've done. I can't criticse yours until I've done at least as much work as you have. Which isn't going to happen tonight as I have the online shop to finish.
Good proposal. You might add Green.
Put me down in Non-aligned generally left.
I did consider Green, but then wasn't sure we had any. Dura Ace?
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
Classic Leonist use of 'we' there. Pure coincidence naturally.
Purely to keep the conversation going, if you're still around @Horse_B, what's your view on
a) airline pilots, and b) the website what3words.com ?
Just to fill a gap in conversation, like at an awkward dinner party.
Histogram analysis shows the first two categories post more than the last two in the ratio of about 60:40 or 65:35, depending (roughly) on how well/badly the Tories are doing at the time.
Assuming this is serious, well done on attempting it. I bet we'd all love to see where we've been categorised though!
What constitutes a regular poster, I wonder.
Someone who's posted in the last 12 months, who I've clocked.
I'm disappointed that you didn't scrape vanilla forums with a Python script as I had - naturally - assumed.
I don't know how to do that.
So go on @Casino_Royale - where do I fit in? I promise I won't take offense. I'm guessing one of the last three categories? Your analysis of course - you can categorise how you like, and your results are interesting.
I would have categorised as follows: Lab Con LD SNP Alba PC Non-aligned generally left Non-aligned generally right (where I'd place myself) Neutral Guest posters from overseas
I'd expect to place most in categories 7,8 and 9.
But that's as much as I've done. I can't criticse yours until I've done at least as much work as you have. Which isn't going to happen tonight as I have the online shop to finish.
Good proposal. You might add Green.
Put me down in Non-aligned generally left.
I did consider Green, but then couldn't think of any. Dura Ace perhaps?
As a Conservative voter, I have been thoroughly impressed with Suella Braverman's work as Attorney General. Her commitment to upholding the rule of law and protecting the interests of the United Kingdom is truly admirable.
She has been a staunch defender of Brexit and has worked tirelessly to ensure that the UK's departure from the EU is carried out in a fair and just manner. Her legal expertise has been invaluable in navigating the complex legal issues surrounding Brexit and ensuring that the UK's interests are protected.
I’m a long time lurker and I know we do not try and doxx people or try and say somebody is somebody else. There are plenty of people that come and go under different names and is respected.
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
Classic Leonist use of 'we' there. Pure coincidence naturally.
Purely to keep the conversation going, if you're still around @Horse_B, what's your view on
a) airline pilots, and b) the website what3words.com ?
Just to fill a gap in conversation, like at an awkward dinner party.
What I love about what3words is its simplicity and precision. It's incredibly easy to use and communicate, and it ensures that you arrive at the exact location you're looking for. The three-word addresses are also easier to remember and communicate than traditional street addresses, which can be lengthy and confusing.
As a Conservative voter, I have been thoroughly impressed with Suella Braverman's work as Attorney General. Her commitment to upholding the rule of law and protecting the interests of the United Kingdom is truly admirable.
She has been a staunch defender of Brexit and has worked tirelessly to ensure that the UK's departure from the EU is carried out in a fair and just manner. Her legal expertise has been invaluable in navigating the complex legal issues surrounding Brexit and ensuring that the UK's interests are protected.
Two other theories.
One is that the B in fact stands for Braverman. In which case, I'm sure your time would be better spent making sure you have a seat for next time, babes.
The other is that we have an AI without the intelligence. Artificial Stupidity?
It’s a shame some posters whom I’ve been enjoying reading for so long are deciding to try and out other users. But I will continue to enjoy their posts, as they are fine posters. I hope Big G can continue to post
Why reference myself as I have posted on this forum since 2014 and endeavour to be polite and have not been banned
However, you do not convince me about your comments about being new on here and being a long time lurker
Just be honest
SeanT has been lurking on here for a very long time indeed, and hasn’t posted in ages.
I'm not sure Rishi and Suella's Muslim bashing is a very wise idea.....
I'd thought he was quite a refreshing choice when he was chosen in that he seemed quite a serious person and possibly knew what he was doing.
I was wrong. He's become a Tory parody. He's discarding his USP's like a string of broken pearls
I don’t think there’s any deliberate importation of India-Pakistan tensions into government rhetoric, but there must surely be the risk of unintended consequences here. With Modi and his fellow travellers upping the ante there’s always a risk of overflow into British politics, as there is from the US culture wars.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next election in constituencies with large Hindu populations (and yes I know Braverman is Buddhist). The Hindu vote seems to have been moving more towards the conservatives in the last couple of elections, against the run of play for the rest of the population, and more so than Sikh voters. Might that give us some surprising results in London suburbs and the West Midlands for example?
Watching Rishi and Suella's PR tour it was clear the White working class of Rochdale don't know the difference between a Muslim groomer and a Hindu one. Even one of their local Red Wall MPs tied himself in knots as he tried to explain why it was important that we called a spade a spade until he realised mid sentence he didn't know who the spades were!
I've never seen anything quite so half cocked. It was a PR event that had everyone with an IQ above room temperature squirming. That his poll ratings are plummeting should surprise no one. Being charitable I'd say he's being badly advised and he should NEVER go on a PR walk about with Braverman again. Certainly not on a Pakistani Muslim bashing tour!
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https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1641630739702636545
Chancellor Top Trumps
Apart from that, I suspect a decent man.
https://twitter.com/InspGadgetBlogs/status/1642922697490300930?t=l5s71Tw2ovclkeY5_O_PHw&s=19
Fascinating how the real greats none the less get some big calls wrong. If we had resisted there may have been no Blair. OTOH if we hadn't had the disaster we may have joined the Euro on a whim. Rendering Brexit impossible...
Simon Calder is merely using the FBPEr's "we shot ourselves in the foot" insinuation as he always does.
If he were more honest, he would point out that passports take longer to check now, but that busy weekends at Dover have often involved delays. For example, this from 2012:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-18307471
I'll be vaguely offended if I'm not in the 106, though I'm probably League 2 / Conference in my level of posting.
Either way, we know it's you. Be you.
Gives away a penalty. 0-1.
Viciously fouled to make it 10 a side.
Then fires in a thunderbolt 25 yarder. Keeper never moved.
Up the Toffees. A super point after being a man short and one down. Helped by Spurs being woeful.
We've gone up three places with one point it's that close. Man United next up.
I’m a right winger as I said. Labour has bankrupted this country every time it has been elected.
Now, no-one would have wanted another ice age, but in terms of global warming I think you could fairly say that a little goes a long way, and you can have too much of a good thing.
Hi Sean!
Just be honest @Horse_B and respect this forum
Along with swivel eyed loon.
My favourite was when they authorised micro surgery.
An indignant surgeon who sounded as if he had a very red face and a three piece tweed suit, denounced this, on Radio 4, on the grounds that a chap couldn’t do a good job unless he had big hole in the patient to work in.
All I can say is just be honest and stop this charade
Why don’t you just do what is understood on here and if somebody says they aren’t somebody and they want that to be respected, it is.
1. Horse has decided to trash his own reputation with this new v4
2. Someone has created a Horse account to pretend to be Horse whilst trashing his reputation
Having come on here once and found someone posting as my actual name with an image lifted off Facebook - posting things which were the opposite to what I think - I'm not convinced this is funny. One for the mods to check over just in case Horse v4 is a malicious account?
I am not Horse. We can leave it at that. No more.
That's what I reckon.
Stylistically, I just don't see enough commonality with CHB.
We don't look like conceding under Dyche. Which means if we can somehow nick a goal from somewhere it's usually good for a point at least.
I know my poster ID says Benpointer, but I'm not him ok. I'm just a long-term lurker.
I will start posting support for Boris Johnson and Donald Trump soon so that you know it's not me him.
Passing himself off as Horse though is below the belt.
A fascinating article from Sean, formally of this parish. Terrifying and scary, what a weird world we live in
SeanLeon... so 2 might be true, after all.I assume I am not the only person watching Picard? Changelings already replaced various people long term and now they are harder to spot than ever!
Any of use could be a "long-term lurker" and not the person we are passing ourselves off as.
I'd thought he was quite a refreshing choice when he was chosen in that he seemed quite a serious person and possibly knew what he was doing.
I was wrong. He's become a Tory parody. He's discarding his USP's like a string of broken pearls
I will continue to enjoy your excellent political insight but I’ll not be able to respond to you again. Best wishes Sir.
Post as one of your many accounts. Not as someone else.
Rishi is clearly competent and is charting the Tories back to a victory, even if only a slim majority. He’s set out his missions including on boats - or would you prefer we didn’t do anything about that?
However, you do not convince me about your comments about being new on here and being a long time lurker
Just be honest
CHB3 must've served his time now, shirley?
You might want to consider a change of account name, Horse_B_not_Horse.
I would have categorised as follows:
Lab
Con
LD
SNP
Alba
PC
Non-aligned generally left
Non-aligned generally right (where I'd place myself)
Neutral
Guest posters from overseas
I'd expect to place most in categories 7,8 and 9.
But that's as much as I've done. I can't criticse yours until I've done at least as much work as you have. Which isn't going to happen tonight as I have the online shop to finish.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/03/finland-to-join-nato-on-tuesday-as-russia-sounds-border-warning
That is my hope but who knows
Pure coincidence naturally.
It will be interesting to see what happens in the next election in constituencies with large Hindu populations (and yes I know Braverman is Buddhist). The Hindu vote seems to have been moving more towards the conservatives in the last couple of elections, against the run of play for the rest of the population, and more so than Sikh voters. Might that give us some surprising results in London suburbs and the West Midlands for example?
Put me down in Non-aligned generally left.
a) airline pilots, and
b) the website what3words.com ?
Just to fill a gap in conversation, like at an awkward dinner party.
She has been a staunch defender of Brexit and has worked tirelessly to ensure that the UK's departure from the EU is carried out in a fair and just manner. Her legal expertise has been invaluable in navigating the complex legal issues surrounding Brexit and ensuring that the UK's interests are protected.
One is that the B in fact stands for Braverman. In which case, I'm sure your time would be better spent making sure you have a seat for next time, babes.
The other is that we have an AI without the intelligence. Artificial Stupidity?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-65167914
I've never seen anything quite so half cocked. It was a PR event that had everyone with an IQ above room temperature squirming. That his poll ratings are plummeting should surprise no one. Being charitable I'd say he's being badly advised and he should NEVER go on a PR walk about with Braverman again. Certainly not on a Pakistani Muslim bashing tour!