He does seem to like a pint, which clearly proves his tofu eating wokerati credentials.
It didn't exactly go off like this, but he also did something like clipped a cyclist in his car a while ago, and I think drove off?
This one from the Guardian?
A spokesman for Starmer said: “Keir was involved in a minor road traffic accident on Sunday.
“He spoke to a British Transport Police officer who attended the scene and swapped details with the officer and the other individual involved.
“Keir stayed at the scene until the ambulance arrived. Later that afternoon, he reported the incident to a police station in accordance with the law. Since the incident, Keir has also been in touch with the other individual involved.”
The Metropolitan police refused to confirm Starmer’s involvement, but said the driver was not arrested.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Well their polling has declined from the mid-forties to the high-thirties in the last four months, so it's had some impact so far.
The most recent poll saw Labour down 3, Conservative up 2 and the SNP up 4.
It had the SNP on 37%, which is still significantly lower than their polling a few months back. Then there's also the recent Scotland YouGov MRP and Best for Britain MRP which predicted significant gains for SLAB.
Both of the latter were not based on the most recent poll which as you know saw movement away from Labour. The initial Labour boost may already be waning. Those Labour gains are far from in the bag.
Isn't this a bit like the PB Tories proclaiming Starmer was toast when the GE polls started to narrow before the local elections? It's a bit much to assume all previous SNP voters will switch back at the GE, especially on the basis of one poll.
Dramatic, however we must remember just because Sturgeon has been arrested doesn't mean she will be charged. Not a great weekend for the SNP now either not just the Conservatives
so Tory, Labour and SNP leaders all investigated by police.
But only two face further action…
Sir Ed Davey: Once again the LDs are ignored! We deserve the same level of police scrutiny! Police: What's a LD?
Your former leader was on trial for conspiracy to murder in the late 1970s, albeit Thorpe was acquitted as portrayed in the brilliant Hugh Grant drama a few years ago
He does seem to like a pint, which clearly proves his tofu eating wokerati credentials.
It didn't exactly go off like this, but he also did something like clipped a cyclist in his car a while ago, and I think drove off?
This one from the Guardian?
A spokesman for Starmer said: “Keir was involved in a minor road traffic accident on Sunday.
“He spoke to a British Transport Police officer who attended the scene and swapped details with the officer and the other individual involved.
“Keir stayed at the scene until the ambulance arrived. Later that afternoon, he reported the incident to a police station in accordance with the law. Since the incident, Keir has also been in touch with the other individual involved.”
The Metropolitan police refused to confirm Starmer’s involvement, but said the driver was not arrested.
There were other stories floating about at the time. One that Sir Keir fled into the night and only presented himself to the Old Bill some time later.
In looking at the news story about Sturgeon I see a story from a few weeks ago about the police saying they will resist political interference, which includes a grand old quote. The party's former spin doctor recently attacked the investigation as a "grotesque spectacle".
Now, I think there's a decent shot of their being no charges made myself. But I don't think claiming to be willing to wager a whole £5 on that outcome expresses the confidence in that outcome Mr Foote thinks it does.
I’m sorry for being right about everything. I know it’s annoying
We discussed this while you were busy posting your holiday photos.
Nonetheless, I was right, wasn’t I? All those months and years ago, when I told you: IT CAME FROM THE LAB
At one point I was the only person on PB voicing that opinion, to the derision of all others. Indeed I was about to give up, until @Gardenwalker - bless him - said “you know, you might be on to something”
Think that was late 2020?
Um, piss off. I most certainly did not deride anyone for theorising that it came from a lab. Once the lab's work and location were known, it was the only remotely sensible theory.
How do you account for MERS? And the original SARS?
I don't account for them. I don't know remotely enough about their origins to posit any sort of theory. This is whataboutery.
It’s really not. It’s making the point that all known epidemics in the history of man have been natural in origin. That does not preclude covid being the result of genetic manipulation in the WIV but it makes it having a natural source eminently plausible, in the way all the others ones started by crossing species to man.
Yes, in the absence of proof or near proof Natural is the default. For Lab to become favourite requires evidence compatible with Lab and incompatible with Natural. Just the first doesn't cut it.
The overwhelming circumstantial evidence makes lab leak the default in this case. As it was from the start. A novel bat coronavirus with strange manipulations at the furin cleavage site making it more dangerous for humans emerges in the ONLY city in the world with a bio lab playing with novel bat coronaviruses, and doing so by manipulating the furin cleavage site to make the viruses more dangerous for humans?
What are the odds on there being NO connection between these two things? About a thousand to one against
So it’s the natural wet marketeers who have all the proving to do. And despite three years of strenuous effort what proof have they managed to find? None. Zero. Nil. Nada. Nuffink. Every paper that claims to find a link with the market has been savagely debunked soon after
Meanwhile the evidence for a lab leak grows with more and more revelations of secrecy and cover up - to the extent that the Chinese themselves are now saying Hell yeah, it could be the lab
At this point piously believing in a natural origin is a basic intelligence test. Which you have failed
It is weird how this has become political. It is - generally - a few people on the left who are still desperate to believe it came from the market. As we see here. Why? Is it really coz trump said “lab leak” three years ago? Does he bother you that much?
This is not politics. It’s basic logic. Get over yourselves. It almost certainly came from the lab
Dramatic, however we must remember just because Sturgeon has been arrested doesn't mean she will be charged. Not a great weekend for the SNP now either not just the Conservatives
so Tory, Labour and SNP leaders all investigated by police.
But only two face further action…
Sir Ed Davey: Once again the LDs are ignored! We deserve the same level of police scrutiny! Police: What's a LD?
Your former leader was on trial for conspiracy to murder in the late 1970s, albeit Thorpe was acquitted as portrayed in the brilliant Hugh Grant drama a few years ago
Blackadder was and remains v funny, but there’s something a bit necrophiliac about constantly invoking it through emphysemic wheezes of hilarity.
That's called having a sense of humour.
Never trust someone without one.
Do you wear “amusing” ties, too? I bet you do.
endlessly quoting Blackadder or the Young Ones is no more indication of having a sense of humour than the old farts who used to tediously regurgitate Spike Milligan, Tony Hancock or Monty Python lines.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Like Sinn Fein, the SNP have a huge core vote who don’t actually care what their politicians do, so long as they’re sticking it to them uns.
Rather like the Conservative Party, then?
We support the Conservative Party because, now the grown-ups are in charge, we think the country is on the right path and we think that as facepalmy as they are that Labour will be worse.
I know that's a tedious/tired/unfashionable view, particularly because they've been in office for 13 years and everyone is fed up with them, but it also happens to be true.
Starmer is a tedious tactical triangulator, who will say whatever he need to say to get elected and only then show his true colours, but even the rather limited policy platform he's declared so far shows him to be a rather inept and destructive Leftist.
Blackadder was and remains v funny, but there’s something a bit necrophiliac about constantly invoking it through emphysemic wheezes of hilarity.
That's called having a sense of humour.
Never trust someone without one.
Do you wear “amusing” ties, too? I bet you do.
endlessly quoting Blackadder or the Young Ones is no more indication of having a sense of humour than the old farts who used to tediously regurgitate Spike Milligan, Tony Hancock or Monty Python lines.
Hancock? You were lucky. We used to dream of regurgitating Hancock...
He's a very odd man. Why spend so much time fiddling about with a social media app and trolling the libs on it, when he could be presenting as a visionary futurist working on rockets, electric cars and silly hyperloops?
My theory of Elon is that you can achieve great things in America if you're
* rich * energetic * audacious * charismatic * sociopathic * have no sense of shame * easily led * getting advice from smart people
The problem is that that last one is kind of random, and if you end up surrounded by aging, increasingly reactionary rich people who did too much cocaine in the 90s you end up believing their bullshit, but also acting on it.
At both Tesla and SpaceX, he was able to hire the best in the sector, relatively cheaply (in the first because no one else was in it, and the second thanks to NASA layoffs, and sclerotic commercial competitors).
Who is the sector would see Twitter as the most exciting place to work ?
Tesla and SpaceX were about stuff actually happening. Time Mueller was a senior rocket engine designer who had so little rocket engine designing to do, he started building his own, at home, in the garage - 13,000lb thrust, IIRC. He met Elon while looking for a test stand.
There's so many named recent official sources, which is new.
What counts is evidence which can be expertly examined and re-examined and reported on according to peer reviewed science standards. Adjectives and hearsay don't count. That which is merely unexplained visual phenomena doesn't count either. We can't explain lots of things - consciousness, the origin of the universe, the reason why the law of gravity is how it is and not different, why we see yellow as yellow and not green, how life began and so on - but we don't attribute it to aliens.
As and when there is a real story it isn't going to be confined to websites no-one has heard of. There is a fortune out there for real scientists and accurate journalists, and they will get it if they can.
The rest is noise.
I wouldn't quite agree with this point of view. Much of the new information is already out there on mainstream news sources, for instance. What we have here, I think, is an entirely new situation where there are multiple current-serving or recently, named governmental officials making extraordinary claims, but for whom there seems to a great deal of legislation preventing them going further. So I would say still this seems to be primarily an issue about process, for the moment, rather than materials or evidence yet.
This is why the focus in the U.S is shifting to new Congressional hearings, and possible changes in the law to make further whistleblowing on this topic more easy.
And an awful lot more current serving or recent officials pouring scorn on the idea.
It’s grift, pure and simple, and it’s conning people who want to believe.
Well, let's do a little bit of a cut-and-paste of all the most credible recent sources, and do a sort of compilation of them, to see how they stack up.
When I have some time in a a bit, I will nose about and put them all together.
Kind of a problem when there are no credible sources, just grifters and lunatics.
This is a good piece on the latest UFO flap, and why it is different from all others. It makes the point I have been making for many months (but maybe you will accept it from the NYT if not from me) - even if you discount any idea of actual non human intelligence, the level of disclosure is now so high and detailed and “legitimate” something really really WEIRD is happening in the US government. At the very least. And smart people should now pay attention to this story
Indeed. What we have in fact is a completely new situation of multiple, current or near-current US official sources making UFO claims.
That 's certainly very interesting, at the least.
And when China is knocking on their door, they will regret deeply investing time and resources in creating such a frivolous ruse.
Although we can't say for sure if it's any ruse, ofcourse. What strikes me as very interesting is how different Grusch's profile has been from the image of a the classic UFO claimant. Currently serving, or very recently serving, young and bushy-tailed and preciously promoted and bright, and deep inside a US intelligence agency. That's a very similar profile to Edward Snowden, and he even has some of his earnest expression.
He may even be aware of the parallels, and is using him as his template. It's all very fascinating, and a story that bears following as it develops, I would say.
He does seem to like a pint, which clearly proves his tofu eating wokerati credentials.
It didn't exactly go off like this, but he also did something like clipped a cyclist in his car a while ago, and I think drove off?
This one from the Guardian?
A spokesman for Starmer said: “Keir was involved in a minor road traffic accident on Sunday.
“He spoke to a British Transport Police officer who attended the scene and swapped details with the officer and the other individual involved.
“Keir stayed at the scene until the ambulance arrived. Later that afternoon, he reported the incident to a police station in accordance with the law. Since the incident, Keir has also been in touch with the other individual involved.”
The Metropolitan police refused to confirm Starmer’s involvement, but said the driver was not arrested.
There were other stories floating about at the time. One that Sir Keir fled into the night and only presented himself to the Old Bill some time later.
Around these parts (Cowbridge) we call that a "Jamie", particularly if cross dressing accompanies the post road accident flight.
Worth pointing out that the Absolute Boy managed to win 7 seats in Scotland against the SNP when they weren't scandal ridden and led by Nicola Sturgeon. Do people really think Starmer will do worse or no better than the Absolute Boy?
There's so many named recent official sources, which is new.
What counts is evidence which can be expertly examined and re-examined and reported on according to peer reviewed science standards. Adjectives and hearsay don't count. That which is merely unexplained visual phenomena doesn't count either. We can't explain lots of things - consciousness, the origin of the universe, the reason why the law of gravity is how it is and not different, why we see yellow as yellow and not green, how life began and so on - but we don't attribute it to aliens.
As and when there is a real story it isn't going to be confined to websites no-one has heard of. There is a fortune out there for real scientists and accurate journalists, and they will get it if they can.
The rest is noise.
I wouldn't quite agree with this point of view. Much of the new information is already out there on mainstream news sources, for instance. What we have here, I think, is an entirely new situation where there are multiple current-serving or recently, named governmental officials making extraordinary claims, but for whom there seems to a great deal of legislation preventing them going further. So I would say still this seems to be primarily an issue about process, for the moment, rather than materials or evidence yet.
This is why the focus in the U.S is shifting to new Congressional hearings, and possible changes in the law to make further whistleblowing on this topic more easy.
And an awful lot more current serving or recent officials pouring scorn on the idea.
It’s grift, pure and simple, and it’s conning people who want to believe.
Well, let's do a little bit of a cut-and-paste of all the most credible recent sources, and do a sort of compilation of them, to see how they stack up.
When I have some time in a a bit, I will nose about and put them all together.
Kind of a problem when there are no credible sources, just grifters and lunatics.
This is a good piece on the latest UFO flap, and why it is different from all others. It makes the point I have been making for many months (but maybe you will accept it from the NYT if not from me) - even if you discount any idea of actual non human intelligence, the level of disclosure is now so high and detailed and “legitimate” something really really WEIRD is happening in the US government. At the very least. And smart people should now pay attention to this story
Indeed. What we have in fact is a completely new situation of multiple, current or near-current US official sources making UFO claims.
That 's certainly very interesting, at the least.
And when China is knocking on their door, they will regret deeply investing time and resources in creating such a frivolous ruse.
Although we can't say for sure if it's any ruse, ofcourse. What strikes me as very interesting is how differenr Grusch's profile has been from the classic UFO claimants. Currently serving, or very recently serving, preciously promoted and bright, and deep inside a US intelligence agency. That's a very similar profile to Edward Snowden, and he even has some of his earnest expression.
He may even be aware of the parallels, using him as his template. It's all fascinating, I would say,
Yes. The LEAST interesting explanation for all this: the Americans are conducting a vast black psyops campaign, involving presidents, senators, generals, spies, to convince the Chinese they have alien technology - is itself incredibly fascinating and hard to believe
From there the explanations only get weirder. At some point Actual Aliens becomes more credible than Not Aliens
I’m sorry for being right about everything. I know it’s annoying
We discussed this while you were busy posting your holiday photos.
Nonetheless, I was right, wasn’t I? All those months and years ago, when I told you: IT CAME FROM THE LAB
At one point I was the only person on PB voicing that opinion, to the derision of all others. Indeed I was about to give up, until @Gardenwalker - bless him - said “you know, you might be on to something”
Think that was late 2020?
I've always thought that it came from the lab. However, I didn't spam the site by voicing that opinion 20 times a day.
Not surprising for anyone following the story, though.
Starmer appears to be a very lucky general.
Corbyn, Johnson, Sturgeon. Keir is not the PM we want, but maybe he’s the PM we need.
I saw him today with a korma. Can of beer in his hand ...
No but seriously, yes to your point and I think the 2 things are correlated. He's the PM we need precisely because he's not the one that what we want (honey). Oh ffs stop it with the songs and make your point, kuntibula, it's a good one.
Ok so what I mean is, we only want an individual as PM if they enthuse and entertain and stimulate - which entails talking bollocks about 'transforming this great country of ours' etc etc and pretending they can do that. A bullshitter. Such a person isn't who we need (obvs) and therefore who we need must by definition be someone we don't want.
Massive black cloud visible from my place in east London. Must be over west London, not coming this way though. Judging from FlightRadar24, lots of flights into Heathrow taking the scenic route to land there!
Worth pointing out that the Absolute Boy managed to win 7 seats in Scotland against the SNP when they weren't scandal ridden and led by Nicola Sturgeon. Do people really think Starmer will do worse or no better than the Absolute Boy?
At the moment I cannot see Labour getting less than 15 seats in Scotland and possibly a lot more.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Like Sinn Fein, the SNP have a huge core vote who don’t actually care what their politicians do, so long as they’re sticking it to them uns.
Rather like the Conservative Party, then?
We support the Conservative Party because, now the grown-ups are in charge, we think the country is on the right path and we think that as facepalmy as they are that Labour will be worse.
I know that's a tedious/tired/unfashionable view, particularly because they've been in office for 13 years and everyone is fed up with them, but it also happens to be true.
Starmer is a tedious tactical triangulator, who will say whatever he need to say to get elected and only then show his true colours, but even the rather limited policy platform he's declared so far shows him to be a rather inept and destructive Leftist.
He is not to be trusted.
But you (Casino) also "support(ed) the Conservative Party...(because) we think the country is on the right path and facepalmy as they are that Labour will be worse", even when you had a brace of f***tards running your show.
Boris resignation dishonours list widely decried as a disgrace Go Nads Boris handed the Standards Committee report Go Boris Tory mouth-breathers swamp the media getting booked (e.g. Any Questions) Tory civil war binfire burns a little brighter Nippie nicked
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Like Sinn Fein, the SNP have a huge core vote who don’t actually care what their politicians do, so long as they’re sticking it to them uns.
Rather like the Conservative Party, then?
We support the Conservative Party because, now the grown-ups are in charge, we think the country is on the right path and we think that as facepalmy as they are that Labour will be worse.
I know that's a tedious/tired/unfashionable view, particularly because they've been in office for 13 years and everyone is fed up with them, but it also happens to be true.
Starmer is a tedious tactical triangulator, who will say whatever he need to say to get elected and only then show his true colours, but even the rather limited policy platform he's declared so far shows him to be a rather inept and destructive Leftist.
He is not to be trusted.
Hm. I know you don't do self-doubt, but surely you recognise that diatribe is simply your opinion, rather than what "happens to be true"? Other opinions are available.
Back on Boris, I find Farage's comments on the matter to be rather sad in a way. He knows he just cannot make Reform as relevant as UKIP or Brexit, for all he'll get invites or shows on GB or what have you, so he's trying to tag on to Boris, who is far more box office still, to puff himself up.
Apparently all rail traffic in Crimea has been stopped, and coincidentally there are reports that the Ukrainians have been able to sever the main rail link into Crimea from Melitopol.
I’m sorry for being right about everything. I know it’s annoying
We discussed this while you were busy posting your holiday photos.
Nonetheless, I was right, wasn’t I? All those months and years ago, when I told you: IT CAME FROM THE LAB
At one point I was the only person on PB voicing that opinion, to the derision of all others. Indeed I was about to give up, until @Gardenwalker - bless him - said “you know, you might be on to something”
Think that was late 2020?
I've always thought that it came from the lab. However, I didn't spam the site by voicing that opinion 20 times a day.
Apparently all rail traffic in Crimea has been stopped, and coincidentally there are reports that the Ukrainians have been able to sever the main rail link into Crimea from Melitopol.
It's possible thar we're approaching the end game in Ukraine.
Boris resignation dishonours list widely decried as a disgrace Go Nads Boris handed the Standards Committee report Go Boris Tory mouth-breathers swamp the media getting booked (e.g. Any Questions) Tory civil war binfire burns a little brighter Nippie nicked
What's that - 48 hours?
None of that would have happened if Starmer (a total pisshead, by the way) hadn't had a beer and curry in Durham a while back. Put the blame where it belongs, please.
I’m sorry for being right about everything. I know it’s annoying
We discussed this while you were busy posting your holiday photos.
Nonetheless, I was right, wasn’t I? All those months and years ago, when I told you: IT CAME FROM THE LAB
At one point I was the only person on PB voicing that opinion, to the derision of all others. Indeed I was about to give up, until @Gardenwalker - bless him - said “you know, you might be on to something”
Think that was late 2020?
Um, piss off. I most certainly did not deride anyone for theorising that it came from a lab. Once the lab's work and location were known, it was the only remotely sensible theory.
How do you account for MERS? And the original SARS?
I don't account for them. I don't know remotely enough about their origins to posit any sort of theory. This is whataboutery.
It’s really not. It’s making the point that all known epidemics in the history of man have been natural in origin. That does not preclude covid being the result of genetic manipulation in the WIV but it makes it having a natural source eminently plausible, in the way all the others ones started by crossing species to man.
Yes, in the absence of proof or near proof Natural is the default. For Lab to become favourite requires evidence compatible with Lab and incompatible with Natural. Just the first doesn't cut it.
The overwhelming circumstantial evidence makes lab leak the default in this case. As it was from the start. A novel bat coronavirus with strange manipulations at the furin cleavage site making it more dangerous for humans emerges in the ONLY city in the world with a bio lab playing with novel bat coronaviruses, and doing so by manipulating the furin cleavage site to make the viruses more dangerous for humans?
What are the odds on there being NO connection between these two things? About a thousand to one against
So it’s the natural wet marketeers who have all the proving to do. And despite three years of strenuous effort what proof have they managed to find? None. Zero. Nil. Nada. Nuffink. Every paper that claims to find a link with the market has been savagely debunked soon after
Meanwhile the evidence for a lab leak grows with more and more revelations of secrecy and cover up - to the extent that the Chinese themselves are now saying Hell yeah, it could be the lab
At this point piously believing in a natural origin is a basic intelligence test. Which you have failed
It is weird how this has become political. It is - generally - a few people on the left who are still desperate to believe it came from the market. As we see here. Why? Is it really coz trump said “lab leak” three years ago? Does he bother you that much?
This is not politics. It’s basic logic. Get over yourselves. It almost certainly came from the lab
You have talents but logical reasoning isn't one of them. It's more my thing. And I'm not desperate to believe either way. You otoh are enormously invested. To the point I'd worry for you if it went the 'wrong' way.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Well their polling has declined from the mid-forties to the high-thirties in the last four months, so it's had some impact so far.
The most recent poll saw Labour down 3, Conservative up 2 and the SNP up 4.
It had the SNP on 37%, which is still significantly lower than their polling a few months back. Then there's also the recent Scotland YouGov MRP and Best for Britain MRP which predicted significant gains for SLAB.
Both of the latter were not based on the most recent poll which as you know saw movement away from Labour. The initial Labour boost may already be waning. Those Labour gains are far from in the bag.
Isn't this a bit like the PB Tories proclaiming Starmer was toast when the GE polls started to narrow before the local elections? It's a bit much to assume all previous SNP voters will switch back at the GE, especially on the basis of one poll.
You're the one making assumptions based on a couple of earlier polls. I'm simply pointing out that big Labour gains in Scotland are yet to happen. Maybe the Rutherglen by election will take us further. I'm simply pointing out that the initial surge may have topped out. By the way can you reference those PB Tories who claimed Starmer was toast? I can recall nothing of that nature.
Apparently all rail traffic in Crimea has been stopped, and coincidentally there are reports that the Ukrainians have been able to sever the main rail link into Crimea from Melitopol.
It's possible thar we're approaching the end game in Ukraine.
If that is so then I'm beginning to worry I was entered into some kind of matrix style positive simulation last Friday.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Like Sinn Fein, the SNP have a huge core vote who don’t actually care what their politicians do, so long as they’re sticking it to them uns.
Rather like the Conservative Party, then?
We support the Conservative Party because, now the grown-ups are in charge, we think the country is on the right path and we think that as facepalmy as they are that Labour will be worse.
I know that's a tedious/tired/unfashionable view, particularly because they've been in office for 13 years and everyone is fed up with them, but it also happens to be true.
Starmer is a tedious tactical triangulator, who will say whatever he need to say to get elected and only then show his true colours, but even the rather limited policy platform he's declared so far shows him to be a rather inept and destructive Leftist.
He is not to be trusted.
I don't particularly trust any politician. But if I bother to vote at all next time, it'll be to turf the current lot out.
The Conservative Party only cares about wealthy elderly homeowners and their heirs (the core vote) and the extremely rich (its donors, its mates, the Chancellor, the Prime Minister.) Almost everybody else is getting poorer by the day whilst buckling under the weight of skyrocketing taxes (levied on incomes so that the Government can hose down pensioners with largesse, without having to raid asset wealth to pay for it,) coupled with extortionate mortgage repayments or even higher rents.
The Conservative Party has absolutely nothing of value left to offer to anyone bar the already minted. Labour only has to turn out to be slightly less bloody useless to be worth backing. Even if they turn out to be less incompetent managers of the rotten system that we currently have and they manage to get a few more houses built, then that would at least be some kind of improvement on the woeful dross that we have at the moment.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Well their polling has declined from the mid-forties to the high-thirties in the last four months, so it's had some impact so far.
The most recent poll saw Labour down 3, Conservative up 2 and the SNP up 4.
It had the SNP on 37%, which is still significantly lower than their polling a few months back. Then there's also the recent Scotland YouGov MRP and Best for Britain MRP which predicted significant gains for SLAB.
Both of the latter were not based on the most recent poll which as you know saw movement away from Labour. The initial Labour boost may already be waning. Those Labour gains are far from in the bag.
Isn't this a bit like the PB Tories proclaiming Starmer was toast when the GE polls started to narrow before the local elections? It's a bit much to assume all previous SNP voters will switch back at the GE, especially on the basis of one poll.
You're the one making assumptions based on a couple of earlier polls. I'm simply pointing out that big Labour gains in Scotland are yet to happen. Maybe the Rutherglen by election will take us further. I'm simply pointing out that the initial surge may have topped out. By the way can you reference those PB Tories who claimed Starmer was toast? I can recall nothing of that nature.
I’m sorry for being right about everything. I know it’s annoying
We discussed this while you were busy posting your holiday photos.
Nonetheless, I was right, wasn’t I? All those months and years ago, when I told you: IT CAME FROM THE LAB
At one point I was the only person on PB voicing that opinion, to the derision of all others. Indeed I was about to give up, until @Gardenwalker - bless him - said “you know, you might be on to something”
Think that was late 2020?
Um, piss off. I most certainly did not deride anyone for theorising that it came from a lab. Once the lab's work and location were known, it was the only remotely sensible theory.
How do you account for MERS? And the original SARS?
I don't account for them. I don't know remotely enough about their origins to posit any sort of theory. This is whataboutery.
It’s really not. It’s making the point that all known epidemics in the history of man have been natural in origin. That does not preclude covid being the result of genetic manipulation in the WIV but it makes it having a natural source eminently plausible, in the way all the others ones started by crossing species to man.
Yes, in the absence of proof or near proof Natural is the default. For Lab to become favourite requires evidence compatible with Lab and incompatible with Natural. Just the first doesn't cut it.
The overwhelming circumstantial evidence makes lab leak the default in this case. As it was from the start. A novel bat coronavirus with strange manipulations at the furin cleavage site making it more dangerous for humans emerges in the ONLY city in the world with a bio lab playing with novel bat coronaviruses, and doing so by manipulating the furin cleavage site to make the viruses more dangerous for humans?
What are the odds on there being NO connection between these two things? About a thousand to one against
So it’s the natural wet marketeers who have all the proving to do. And despite three years of strenuous effort what proof have they managed to find? None. Zero. Nil. Nada. Nuffink. Every paper that claims to find a link with the market has been savagely debunked soon after
Meanwhile the evidence for a lab leak grows with more and more revelations of secrecy and cover up - to the extent that the Chinese themselves are now saying Hell yeah, it could be the lab
At this point piously believing in a natural origin is a basic intelligence test. Which you have failed
It is weird how this has become political. It is - generally - a few people on the left who are still desperate to believe it came from the market. As we see here. Why? Is it really coz trump said “lab leak” three years ago? Does he bother you that much?
This is not politics. It’s basic logic. Get over yourselves. It almost certainly came from the lab
You have talents but logical reasoning isn't one of them. It's more my thing. And I'm not desperate to believe either way. You otoh are enormously invested. To the point I'd worry for you if it went the 'wrong' way.
Yeah but you’re GAY*
(*I make this remark solely to please @kjh who is weirdly convinced I hurl this vile allegation when I get into an argument)
On this point - lab leak - your determined stupidity is far more interesting than your gayness
Apparently all rail traffic in Crimea has been stopped, and coincidentally there are reports that the Ukrainians have been able to sever the main rail link into Crimea from Melitopol.
Apparently all rail traffic in Crimea has been stopped, and coincidentally there are reports that the Ukrainians have been able to sever the main rail link into Crimea from Melitopol.
If the earlier report about Blahodatne is true then they will have also cut the main road from Donetsk to Mariupol.
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
Boris resignation dishonours list widely decried as a disgrace Go Nads Boris handed the Standards Committee report Go Boris Tory mouth-breathers swamp the media getting booked (e.g. Any Questions) Tory civil war binfire burns a little brighter Nippie nicked
What's that - 48 hours?
What you thought was a Tory binfire was just Boris' pants aflame.....
Dramatic, however we must remember just because Sturgeon has been arrested doesn't mean she will be charged. Not a great weekend for the SNP now either not just the Conservatives
so Tory, Labour and SNP leaders all investigated by police.
But only two face further action…
Sir Ed Davey: Once again the LDs are ignored! We deserve the same level of police scrutiny! Police: What's a LD?
Your former leader was on trial for conspiracy to murder in the late 1970s, albeit Thorpe was acquitted as portrayed in the brilliant Hugh Grant drama a few years ago
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Well their polling has declined from the mid-forties to the high-thirties in the last four months, so it's had some impact so far.
The most recent poll saw Labour down 3, Conservative up 2 and the SNP up 4.
It had the SNP on 37%, which is still significantly lower than their polling a few months back. Then there's also the recent Scotland YouGov MRP and Best for Britain MRP which predicted significant gains for SLAB.
Both of the latter were not based on the most recent poll which as you know saw movement away from Labour. The initial Labour boost may already be waning. Those Labour gains are far from in the bag.
Isn't this a bit like the PB Tories proclaiming Starmer was toast when the GE polls started to narrow before the local elections? It's a bit much to assume all previous SNP voters will switch back at the GE, especially on the basis of one poll.
You're the one making assumptions based on a couple of earlier polls. I'm simply pointing out that big Labour gains in Scotland are yet to happen. Maybe the Rutherglen by election will take us further. I'm simply pointing out that the initial surge may have topped out. By the way can you reference those PB Tories who claimed Starmer was toast? I can recall nothing of that nature.
MarqueeMark for one.
I've said he SHOULD be toast, given how he was prepared to sit in Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet for three years as anti-semitism ran rife in the Labour Party.
Apparently all rail traffic in Crimea has been stopped, and coincidentally there are reports that the Ukrainians have been able to sever the main rail link into Crimea from Melitopol.
It wouldn't be a surprise. One of their main axes of attack is meant to be towards a town called Tokmak which is a rail hub along that line, but of course they don't necessarily need to invest the city to cut the route. If they seize the line at any single point along its length they can blow it up and prevent repair. That'd be the main Russian re-supply route into Crimea gone, as well as the main water supply following the blowing up of the Kakhovka Dam.
I wonder how long it will be before there's footage of more Russians fleeing in panic across the Kerch Bridge? Assuming that Putin lets anyone else out, of course.
Massive black cloud visible from my place in east London. Must be over west London, not coming this way though. Judging from FlightRadar24, lots of flights into Heathrow taking the scenic route to land there!
Sky getting dark. Rumbling in the distance. I think that it will be pissing it down in Airedale very soon.
Nicola Sturgeon is the first former FM or PM to be arrested in the history of the UK. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s. She is the first SNP MSP to be arrested since Wednesday 19th April.
Russian logistics runs on rail lines. Due to a lack of paletteisation, machinery for handling the same and militarily useful trucks, they can’t do much more than a handful of miles from their rail heads. Hence they still have railway engineers in their army.
In age of precision strike (Storm Shadow) rail heads are easy targets
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Well their polling has declined from the mid-forties to the high-thirties in the last four months, so it's had some impact so far.
The most recent poll saw Labour down 3, Conservative up 2 and the SNP up 4.
It had the SNP on 37%, which is still significantly lower than their polling a few months back. Then there's also the recent Scotland YouGov MRP and Best for Britain MRP which predicted significant gains for SLAB.
Both of the latter were not based on the most recent poll which as you know saw movement away from Labour. The initial Labour boost may already be waning. Those Labour gains are far from in the bag.
Isn't this a bit like the PB Tories proclaiming Starmer was toast when the GE polls started to narrow before the local elections? It's a bit much to assume all previous SNP voters will switch back at the GE, especially on the basis of one poll.
You're the one making assumptions based on a couple of earlier polls. I'm simply pointing out that big Labour gains in Scotland are yet to happen. Maybe the Rutherglen by election will take us further. I'm simply pointing out that the initial surge may have topped out. By the way can you reference those PB Tories who claimed Starmer was toast? I can recall nothing of that nature.
Nicola Sturgeon is the first former FM or PM to be arrested in the history of the UK. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s. She is the first SNP MSP to be arrested since Wednesday 19th April.
Given complete CON and SNP meltdown, is LAB now expecting 400 minimum at the GE??
Why would you assume SNP meltdown from this? It's not a given.
Like Sinn Fein, the SNP have a huge core vote who don’t actually care what their politicians do, so long as they’re sticking it to them uns.
Rather like the Conservative Party, then?
We support the Conservative Party because, now the grown-ups are in charge, we think the country is on the right path and we think that as facepalmy as they are that Labour will be worse.
I know that's a tedious/tired/unfashionable view, particularly because they've been in office for 13 years and everyone is fed up with them, but it also happens to be true.
Starmer is a tedious tactical triangulator, who will say whatever he need to say to get elected and only then show his true colours, but even the rather limited policy platform he's declared so far shows him to be a rather inept and destructive Leftist.
He is not to be trusted.
I don't particularly trust any politician. But if I bother to vote at all next time, it'll be to turf the current lot out.
The Conservative Party only cares about wealthy elderly homeowners and their heirs (the core vote) and the extremely rich (its donors, its mates, the Chancellor, the Prime Minister.) Almost everybody else is getting poorer by the day whilst buckling under the weight of skyrocketing taxes (levied on incomes so that the Government can hose down pensioners with largesse, without having to raid asset wealth to pay for it,) coupled with extortionate mortgage repayments or even higher rents.
The Conservative Party has absolutely nothing of value left to offer to anyone bar the already minted. Labour only has to turn out to be slightly less bloody useless to be worth backing. Even if they turn out to be less incompetent managers of the rotten system that we currently have and they manage to get a few more houses built, then that would at least be some kind of improvement on the woeful dross that we have at the moment.
Pigeon shits on Tories and it goes all over. Few protest.
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
The Government area is seriously boring, with low office buildings of no artistic value.
Georgetown is attractive (and old), and when the Universities are in season, buzzing with attractive early 20-somethings. Sadly, you've arrived two weeks too late.
Nicola Sturgeon is the first former FM or PM to be arrested in the history of the UK. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s. She is the first SNP MSP to be arrested since Wednesday 19th April.
Nicola Sturgeon is the first former FM or PM to be arrested in the history of the UK. She is the first former or current leader of a major party to be arrested since Jeremy Thorpe in the 1970s. She is the first SNP MSP to be arrested since Wednesday 19th April.
Ukrainian partisans have reportedly cut the railway line in Russian-occupied Yakymivka, between the Russian-occupied cities of Dzhankoy and Melitopol/Tokmak. Explosions can be seen on pictures and it is claimed it is from the local rail bridge.
The main train artery is leading through this city (green line in my map).
Dramatic, however we must remember just because Sturgeon has been arrested doesn't mean she will be charged. Not a great weekend for the SNP now either not just the Conservatives
so Tory, Labour and SNP leaders all investigated by police.
But only two face further action…
Sir Ed Davey: Once again the LDs are ignored! We deserve the same level of police scrutiny! Police: What's a LD?
Your former leader was on trial for conspiracy to murder in the late 1970s, albeit Thorpe was acquitted as portrayed in the brilliant Hugh Grant drama a few years ago
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
I'll risk a 'man of the world' observation of my own here. A rare event but why not. Here it is - places that are administrative capitals only (eg Canberra, Bonn (as was), Bern, Brasilia, various others not starting with B, tend to be disappointing and dull as cities.
I mean look at this. It’s big and it’s sort of imposing but it’s also bombastic and mediocre
It’s Ceaucescu’s Bucharest in fake tan
The CIA snatch squad in that black SUV are on to you. All that stuff about aliens? They've got something a bit juicier than an Off Topic button to shut you up!
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
The Government area is seriously boring, with low office buildings of no artistic value.
Georgetown is attractive (and old), and when the Universities are in season, buzzing with attractive early 20-somethings. Sadly, you've arrived two weeks too late.
The Capitol Hill area is also worth a visit: as in the neighbourhood. Lots of bars and restaurants.
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
I'll risk a 'man of the world' observation of my own here. A rare event but why not. Here it is - places that are administrative capitals only (eg Canberra, Bonn (as was), Bern, Brasilia, various others not starting with B, tend to be disappointing and dull as cities.
The government / NGO / international organisations part of DC is very boring.
Another railway incident happened, this time in Russian-occupied Crimea. According to multiple Russian sources the tracks were blown up near Kirovskoye, damaging the locomotive of a freight train.
The tracks connect the Russian-occupied cities of Kerch and Dzhankoy.
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
The Government area is seriously boring, with low office buildings of no artistic value.
Georgetown is attractive (and old), and when the Universities are in season, buzzing with attractive early 20-somethings. Sadly, you've arrived two weeks too late.
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
The Government area is seriously boring, with low office buildings of no artistic value.
Georgetown is attractive (and old), and when the Universities are in season, buzzing with attractive early 20-somethings. Sadly, you've arrived two weeks too late.
It is astonishingly ugly. It’s possibly the ugliest capital city I’ve ever visited. Even worse than Lima
It’s like Milton Keynes got married to Tashkent
It’s like someone looked at Paris and thought “oh, all we need is massive boulevards and lots of biggish buildings the same height. And chuck in some columns”
The White House is probably the prettiest building. The only lovely building. Perhaps that is the point. So it stands out. Like one of those cities where nothing can be built higher than such-and-such palace
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
I'll risk a 'man of the world' observation of my own here. A rare event but why not. Here it is - places that are administrative capitals only (eg Canberra, Bonn (as was), Bern, Brasilia, various others not starting with B, tend to be disappointing and dull as cities.
Bonn is great, but it was a city long before it was the temporary administrative capital
Dramatic, however we must remember just because Sturgeon has been arrested doesn't mean she will be charged. Not a great weekend for the SNP now either not just the Conservatives
so Tory, Labour and SNP leaders all investigated by police.
But only two face further action…
Sir Ed Davey: Once again the LDs are ignored! We deserve the same level of police scrutiny! Police: What's a LD?
Your former leader was on trial for conspiracy to murder in the late 1970s, albeit Thorpe was acquitted as portrayed in the brilliant Hugh Grant drama a few years ago
Which one stands out? Which one is the creme de la creme?
That's right. The liberal.
On a point of order:
It was *attempted* murder.
The assassin shot the dog instead by mistake.
I realise this made it worse in the eyes of the British public.
But it also led to one of the great comedy one-liners:
'a man incapable of carrying out a simple murder plot without cocking the whole thing up.'
It was neither murder nor attempted murder. It was conspiracy and incitement to murder.
Only one of the four (not JT) accused gave evidence. 'Gorgeous' George Carman QC was for JT at the trial (not at the committal IIRC), and it made him fantastically famous thereafter.
Unusually there was an old style committal, and also unusually, one of the defendants asked for reporting restrictions to be lifted, so the whole thing was reported at length twice over.
Such defence as there was relied on it being a conspiracy to frighten, not to murder.
I mean look at this. It’s big and it’s sort of imposing but it’s also bombastic and mediocre
It’s Ceaucescu’s Bucharest in fake tan
When in DC, thing to see is NOT the Dept of Commerce or whatever, but rather
> US Capitol = personally think it's way more interesting than the White House, plus lines are (or at least were) lot shorter.
> Smithsonian Institution museums = was ten years old when I saw "Spirit of St Louis" hanging from the ceiling - am still impressed!
> National Archives = check out the moth-eaten copy of Magna Carta, ditto Declaration of Independence and original US Constitution (best catch the later before the next Trump-MAGA administration sends it to the Trump Presidential Library for spare toilet paper).
> Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam War Memorial = each amazing in its own way.
> Embassy Row = even a world-weary globe-trotter like Leon might be impressed by the proliferation of flags and fine houses, in one of DC's toniest 'hoods.
> Fort Myers = parts that they MIGHT allow a dodgy Brit journalist (is there any other kind?) inside the perimeter.
I mean look at this. It’s big and it’s sort of imposing but it’s also bombastic and mediocre
It’s Ceaucescu’s Bucharest in fake tan
When in DC, thing to see is NOT the Dept of Commerce or whatever, but rather
> US Capitol = personally think it's way more interesting than the White House, plus lines are (or at least were) lot shorter.
> Smithsonian Institution museums = was ten years old when I saw "Spirit of St Louis" hanging from the ceiling - am still impressed!
> National Archives = check out the moth-eaten copy of Magna Carta, ditto Declaration of Independence and original US Constitution (best catch the later before the next Trump-MAGA administration sends it to the Trump Presidential Library for spare toilet paper).
> Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam War Memorial = each amazing in its own way.
> Embassy Row = even a world-weary globe-trotter like Leon might be impressed by the proliferation of flags and fine houses, in one of DC's toniest 'hoods.
> Fort Myers = parts that they MIGHT allow a dodgy Brit journalist (is there any other kind?) inside the perimeter.
People register new parties all the time, but obviously this one's name will have some very excited.
The Election Commission have just published the fact that they received an application to register a political party called the "National Conservatism Party".
What a great few days we have had. Trump arrested, Johnson forced to resign from parliament, Mad Nad resigning from parliament and now Sturrrrgeon arrested. Please God, I know I am being greedy, but can we please have Farage found in a compromising position and Putin overthrown in the next few days?
Then Lord, we really will know there is a God. (we will also overlook the Man City thing)
I mean look at this. It’s big and it’s sort of imposing but it’s also bombastic and mediocre
It’s Ceaucescu’s Bucharest in fake tan
When in DC, thing to see is NOT the Dept of Commerce or whatever, but rather
> US Capitol = personally think it's way more interesting than the White House, plus lines are (or at least were) lot shorter.
> Smithsonian Institution museums = was ten years old when I saw "Spirit of St Louis" hanging from the ceiling - am still impressed!
> National Archives = check out the moth-eaten copy of Magna Carta, ditto Declaration of Independence and original US Constitution (best catch the later before the next Trump-MAGA administration sends it to the Trump Presidential Library for spare toilet paper).
> Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam War Memorial = each amazing in its own way.
> Embassy Row = even a world-weary globe-trotter like Leon might be impressed by the proliferation of flags and fine houses, in one of DC's toniest 'hoods.
> Fort Myers = parts that they MIGHT allow a dodgy Brit journalist (is there any other kind?) inside the perimeter.
Agree re my ancestor's museums.
Take your pick . . . and take at least a day to check out one or two, maybe three if you're tough enough!
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A spokesman for Starmer said: “Keir was involved in a minor road traffic accident on Sunday.
“He spoke to a British Transport Police officer who attended the scene and swapped details with the officer and the other individual involved.
“Keir stayed at the scene until the ambulance arrived. Later that afternoon, he reported the incident to a police station in accordance with the law. Since the incident, Keir has also been in touch with the other individual involved.”
The Metropolitan police refused to confirm Starmer’s involvement, but said the driver was not arrested.
I bet you do.
Trump (Republican): documents. Boring.
Johnson (Conservative): covid rules. Lame.
Sturgeon (SNP): accounting. Yawn.
Thope (Liberal): murder.
Which one stands out? Which one is the creme de la creme?
That's right. The liberal.
The party's former spin doctor recently attacked the investigation as a "grotesque spectacle".
Murray Foote said he was prepared to bet £5 on there being no charges after the investigation had concluded.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65709243
Now, I think there's a decent shot of their being no charges made myself. But I don't think claiming to be willing to wager a whole £5 on that outcome expresses the confidence in that outcome Mr Foote thinks it does.
What are the odds on there being NO connection between these two things? About a thousand to
one against
So it’s the natural wet marketeers who have all the proving to do. And despite three years of strenuous effort what proof have they managed to find? None. Zero. Nil. Nada. Nuffink. Every paper that claims to find a link with the market has been savagely debunked soon after
Meanwhile the evidence for a lab leak grows with more and more revelations of secrecy and cover up - to the extent that the Chinese themselves are now saying Hell yeah, it could be the lab
At this point piously believing in a natural origin is a basic intelligence test. Which you have failed
It is weird how this has become political. It is - generally - a few people on the left who are still desperate to believe it came from the market. As we see here. Why? Is it really coz trump said “lab leak” three years ago? Does he bother you that much?
This is not politics. It’s basic logic. Get over yourselves. It almost certainly came from the lab
It was *attempted* murder.
The assassin shot the dog instead by mistake.
I realise this made it worse in the eyes of the British public.
But it also led to one of the great comedy one-liners:
'a man incapable of carrying out a simple murder plot without cocking the whole thing up.'
I know that's a tedious/tired/unfashionable view, particularly because they've been in office for 13 years and everyone is fed up with them, but it also happens to be true.
Starmer is a tedious tactical triangulator, who will say whatever he need to say to get elected and only then show his true colours, but even the rather limited policy platform he's declared so far shows him to be a rather inept and destructive Leftist.
He is not to be trusted.
He may even be aware of the parallels, and is using him as his template. It's all very fascinating, and a story that bears following as it develops, I would say.
My wife and I collapsed laughing when we remember her reaction to Jo Swinson losing her seat at the last GE
Not laughing now are we Nicola?
Looks as if the next parliament will be a Starmer and labour walk over
Mind you, then the hard work begins
This saga reminds me of DK Brown on Victoria vs Camperdown
“The author is pleased that he is not called upon to explain these events”
I can get as far as the camper van was some kind of temporary accommodation.
The rest just defies explanation - not having auditors is a thing that will end badly, inevitably.
Do people really think Starmer will do worse or no better than the Absolute Boy?
to believe
From there the explanations only get weirder. At some point Actual Aliens becomes more credible than Not Aliens
No but seriously, yes to your point and I think the 2 things are correlated. He's the PM we need precisely because he's not the one that what we want (honey). Oh ffs stop it with the songs and make your point, kuntibula, it's a good one.
Ok so what I mean is, we only want an individual as PM if they enthuse and entertain and stimulate - which entails talking bollocks about 'transforming this great country of ours' etc etc and pretending they can do that. A bullshitter. Such a person isn't who we need (obvs) and therefore who we need must by definition be someone we don't want.
I think the longer they are in power full stop the greater the risk of worsening the eventual smash, opposition be damned.
GB News has Neil Hamilton commenting on Sturgeon's arrest.
All the jokes I want to make would be contempt of court.
https://twitter.com/stephenpollard/status/1667916612698095616
Go Nads
Boris handed the Standards Committee report
Go Boris
Tory mouth-breathers swamp the media getting booked (e.g. Any Questions)
Tory civil war binfire burns a little brighter
Nippie nicked
What's that - 48 hours?
https://twitter.com/OliviaUtley/status/1667913791118401537/photo/1
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPR/status/1667912403588087810
Put the blame where it belongs, please.
I’m in WASHINGTON DC!!!!
I’m nearly 60 years old and I’ve been all over the world and the joy of a fascinating new city is as vivid as ever
I’m gonna have a look at THE WHITE HOUSE!!!!
The Conservative Party only cares about wealthy elderly homeowners and their heirs (the core vote) and the extremely rich (its donors, its mates, the Chancellor, the Prime Minister.) Almost everybody else is getting poorer by the day whilst buckling under the weight of skyrocketing taxes (levied on incomes so that the Government can hose down pensioners with largesse, without having to raid asset wealth to pay for it,) coupled with extortionate mortgage repayments or even higher rents.
The Conservative Party has absolutely nothing of value left to offer to anyone bar the already minted. Labour only has to turn out to be slightly less bloody useless to be worth backing. Even if they turn out to be less incompetent managers of the rotten system that we currently have and they manage to get a few more houses built, then that would at least be some kind of improvement on the woeful dross that we have at the moment.
(*I make this remark solely to please @kjh who is weirdly convinced I hurl this vile allegation when I get into an argument)
On this point - lab leak - your determined stupidity is far more interesting than your gayness
1. Washington is seriously - and I mean seriously - ugly
2. It’s also oddly Soviet. Lots of pompous buildings that don’t quite impress and they are all a sludge brown colour. It’s not even Moscow. It’s more Minsk or east Berlin
3. They do, however, have Pret A Manger
Most of the 1970’s Party ought to have been in prison, yet somehow, the Party survived.
It’s Ceaucescu’s Bucharest in fake tan
I wonder how long it will be before there's footage of more Russians fleeing in panic across the Kerch Bridge? Assuming that Putin lets anyone else out, of course.
https://www.notesonnationalism.com/p/nicola-sturgeon-arrested
In age of precision strike (Storm Shadow) rail heads are easy targets
She's not even the first former SNP First Minister/former SNP leader to have been arrested.
Georgetown is attractive (and old), and when the Universities are in season, buzzing with attractive early 20-somethings. Sadly, you've arrived two weeks too late.
George Eaton
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Humza Yousaf is the only current or former SNP First Minister who hasn’t been arrested at some point.
The main train artery is leading through this city (green line in my map).
Source: https://t.me/a_shtirlitz/26084
#Ukraine #Zaporizhzhia #Yakimivka
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1667893691271266304?s=20
Freud: check.
Cyril Smith: check.
There are now as many former SNP First Ministers who have been arrested as part of a criminal investigation as there are giant pandas in Scotland
The university parts are more interesting.
The tracks connect the Russian-occupied cities of Kerch and Dzhankoy.
Source: https://t.me/ENews112/14210
#Ukraine #Crimea
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1667920047199735809?s=20
It’s like Milton Keynes got married to Tashkent
It’s like someone looked at Paris and thought “oh, all we need is massive boulevards and lots of biggish buildings the same height. And chuck in some columns”
The White House is probably the prettiest building. The only lovely building. Perhaps that is the point. So it stands out. Like one of those cities where nothing can be built higher than such-and-such palace
Only one of the four (not JT) accused gave evidence. 'Gorgeous' George Carman QC was for JT at the trial (not at the committal IIRC), and it made him fantastically famous thereafter.
Unusually there was an old style committal, and also unusually, one of the defendants asked for reporting restrictions to be lifted, so the whole thing was reported at length twice over.
Such defence as there was relied on it being a conspiracy to frighten, not to murder.
> US Capitol = personally think it's way more interesting than the White House, plus lines are (or at least were) lot shorter.
> Smithsonian Institution museums = was ten years old when I saw "Spirit of St Louis" hanging from the ceiling - am still impressed!
> National Archives = check out the moth-eaten copy of Magna Carta, ditto Declaration of Independence and original US Constitution (best catch the later before the next Trump-MAGA administration sends it to the Trump Presidential Library for spare toilet paper).
> Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam War Memorial = each amazing in its own way.
> Embassy Row = even a world-weary globe-trotter like Leon might be impressed by the proliferation of flags and fine houses, in one of DC's toniest 'hoods.
> Fort Myers = parts that they MIGHT allow a dodgy Brit journalist (is there any other kind?) inside the perimeter.
https://twitter.com/paulhutcheon/status/1667907820715491334?s=20
https://twitter.com/indy4scotss/status/1667903725942308866?s=61&t=s0ae0IFncdLS1Dc7J0P_TQ
The Election Commission have just published the fact that they received an application to register a political party called the "National Conservatism Party".
https://twitter.com/edwinhayward/status/1667550824958926849/photo/1
Then Lord, we really will know there is a God. (we will also overlook the Man City thing)