LAB majority hits new high in the general election betting – politicalbetting.com
Given the way that almost all of the polls have moved even more away from the Tories in recent weeks, it is hard to argue that punters have got this wrong.
Would have thought there were better use of activists time then lining them up to look like fools as your opponent arrives even before the tweet underneath...
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
I doubt people give much of a damn about stupid tweets one way or the other, even the minority of the population that's actually on Twitter, almost all of whom are already convinced one way or the other.
The only person on Twitter I follow (through Google) is Darth Putin. He justifies Twitter's existence on his own.
Would have thought there were better use of activists time then lining them up to look like fools as your opponent arrives even before the tweet underneath...
Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe a grand plan will reveal itself in time.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
Would have thought there were better use of activists time then lining them up to look like fools as your opponent arrives even before the tweet underneath...
Yes but Starmer is only a millionaire, Sunak is son in law of a billionaire. He and his wife have a combined net worth of £730million. So of course he will sometimes use helicopters for longer journeys ...
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
Yes but Starmer is only a millionaire, Sunak is son in law of a billionaire.
I do expect Selby to be very close however between Labour and the Conservatives
Mr Sunak's helicopter flights are becoming the 2020s equivalent of burning £50 notes in front of Oxford dossers.
Yes and I bet it is us paying them , they for sure will not be coming out of his £730M
Some are RAF ones. Others are private, out of his money [edit] or party/donor money or in kind (in other words, by definition they are not needed for Government business). Both look bad at a time of energy crisis and climate crisis, and government and family financial crisis.
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
I'd like to believe this doesn't get you anywhere near winning an election in the UK.
I do believe it given the Brexit vote result, where getting the votes of: 1. the people who would back this kind of crap + 2. the non-frothers persuing (their own idea of) sovereignty + 3. the socially liberal economic libertarians + 4. the generally shafted and rightly pissed off who wanted to stick it to Cameron and the elite still only got to 52%
2. e.g. Richard Tyndal 3. e.g. Bart 4. parts of the so-called 'Red Wall'
Customers withdraw record amount of savings in May ... There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said. ... The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Customers withdraw record amount of savings in May ... There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said. ... The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Everyone bar Nigel Farage was taking money out.
Um, isn't this a big problem? Interest rate rises are supposed to take money out of the system by imprisoning it in savings accounts and similar? If that isn't happening, whence the rationale for interest rate rises?
Is there a seasonal effect I don't know about? Do people take money out in May usually?
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
Goodwin completes his rapid journey, or descent, from respected academic to shrill Faragist, I see.
It’s been so long since someone not called Matt Goodwin has called Matt Goodwin a respected academic that it seems a status lost in the mists of time, like Holy Roman Emperor or One Nation Tory.
Customers withdraw record amount of savings in May ... There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said. ... The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Everyone bar Nigel Farage was taking money out.
Um, isn't this a big problem? Interest rate rises are supposed to take money out of the system by imprisoning it in savings accounts and similar? If that isn't happening, whence the rationale for interest rate rises?
Is there a seasonal effect I don't know about? Do people take money out in May usually?
Would have thought there were better use of activists time then lining them up to look like fools as your opponent arrives even before the tweet underneath...
Comfort campaigning.
They should be out canvassing.
Greg Hands is proving to be a bad Chairman.
I've met Greg Hands on a number of occasions and he seemed perfectly clever and affable but it strikes me that he's in the wrong job. Pretending to be some kind of hyper-partisan attack dog for the "stop the boats" iteration of the Tory party really can't be what he went into politics for and it's unsurprising that he isn't terribly convincing in this role.
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
A huge opportunity for @RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Customers withdraw record amount of savings in May ... There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said. ... The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Everyone bar Nigel Farage was taking money out.
Um, isn't this a big problem? Interest rate rises are supposed to take money out of the system by imprisoning it in savings accounts and similar? If that isn't happening, whence the rationale for interest rate rises?
Is there a seasonal effect I don't know about? Do people take money out in May usually?
The money withdrawn will also include mortgage and other loan payments I would assume so there has probably been a big rise without anyone actually withdrawing any money in the commonly understood sense
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
I suppose the accounts were in credit? Just wondering.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Except they first came for many ordinary plebs over the last few years.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Except they first came for many ordinary plebs over the last few years.
Indeed, with very little in the way of mainstream media coverage. It’s genuinely scary.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Closing them, Mr Farage, or just blocking them? Lots of people have them blocked, and then have to turn up in person at their branch to get them unblocked. Wherever that nearest branch happens to be these days.
Nice personal letter from Sunak, urging me to vote for the Con candidate as she's a barrister with a history of putting bad people in prison. I can only assume he's also a Stamer fan...
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Not to worry.
His wife, children and girlfriend all have EU citizenship. He shouldn't have too much trouble relocating to one of the 27 countries- unlike myself!
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Closing them, Mr Farage, or just blocking them? Lots of people have them blocked, and then have to turn up in person at their branch to get them unblocked. Wherever that nearest branch happens to be these days.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Closing them, Mr Farage, or just blocking them? Lots of people have them blocked, and then have to turn up in person at their branch to get them unblocked. Wherever that nearest branch happens to be these days.
That is the real scandal.
When Farage says anything, he's either lying, saying it for personal benefit or, more likely, both.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Everyone should have the right to a basic bank account including direct debits and card payments. Especially if we are talking about banning cash at some point.
If it gets to the stage where someone is closed by their bank and rejected by another six, not quite sure why tipping off rules apply. It is bleeding obvious and they are tipped off already. So at that point the complaints against them should be shared and open to challenge in a court of law.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
Sunak's travel arrangements were highlighted for debate by Hands's ridiculous Tweet and the comedic and ironic reaction thereof.
The decision will be immensely popular with Asian communities. Especially East Asian
Swings both ways
And Trump will be taking the credit, with his appointments to the Supreme Court. Asian-American communities have been lobbying hard against this racism for years.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Closing them, Mr Farage, or just blocking them? Lots of people have them blocked, and then have to turn up in person at their branch to get them unblocked. Wherever that nearest branch happens to be these days.
That is the real scandal.
That doesn't actually sound that onerous. Far worse is if they refuse to tell you why it is blocked or how to unblock it.
Customers withdraw record amount of savings in May ... There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said. ... The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Everyone bar Nigel Farage was taking money out.
Um, isn't this a big problem? Interest rate rises are supposed to take money out of the system by imprisoning it in savings accounts and similar? If that isn't happening, whence the rationale for interest rate rises?
Is there a seasonal effect I don't know about? Do people take money out in May usually?
The money withdrawn will also include mortgage and other loan payments I would assume so there has probably been a big rise without anyone actually withdrawing any money in the commonly understood sense
It does seem to say savings accounts, but transfers to current accounts for the reason you suggest would also be covered by that.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Except they first came for many ordinary plebs over the last few years.
Another fun one. The police search the hard drive of your computer. They find a file they can't open - appears to be gibberish. They claim it is password protected and demand the key.
Not providing the key, when asked under legal sanction is a crime.
Forgot the key - no defence? Never had the key - good luck....
If the file is just a pile of random numbers - you will have to prove that.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
Sunak's travel arrangements were highlighted for debate by Hands's ridiculous Tweet and the comedic and ironic reaction thereof.
Keep up!
You mean Greg Hands' tweet today caused the Guardian to write an article last month? My goodness, Hands has an amazing temporal power!
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Closing them, Mr Farage, or just blocking them? Lots of people have them blocked, and then have to turn up in person at their branch to get them unblocked. Wherever that nearest branch happens to be these days.
That is the real scandal.
That doesn't actually sound that onerous. Far worse is if they refuse to tell you why it is blocked or how to unblock it.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Closing them, Mr Farage, or just blocking them? Lots of people have them blocked, and then have to turn up in person at their branch to get them unblocked. Wherever that nearest branch happens to be these days.
That is the real scandal.
That doesn't actually sound that onerous. Far worse is if they refuse to tell you why it is blocked or how to unblock it.
That's the problem with CIFAS markers (and many other things). you can't say anything about why the issue is occurring for want of ending up with criminal charges yourself (extreme example but there are numerous examples of people revealing things at banks (even unwittingly) only to discover they are out due to gross misconduct)..
Customers withdraw record amount of savings in May ... There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said. ... The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Everyone bar Nigel Farage was taking money out.
Um, isn't this a big problem? Interest rate rises are supposed to take money out of the system by imprisoning it in savings accounts and similar? If that isn't happening, whence the rationale for interest rate rises?
Is there a seasonal effect I don't know about? Do people take money out in May usually?
It might be CoL related but might not be. Households might be deliberately drawing down savings or it might reflect less lending (since the creation of banking sector assets - loans - implies equal creation of banking sector liabilities - deposits) or households may be switching from liquid assets to non-liquid asset holdings. It is always tempting to draw obvious conclusions from these data but the story isn't necessarily the obvious one. Especially because macro data don't necessarily allow the same interpretation as data for an individual. For instance, if an individual deposit decreases it will almost certainly be matched by an increase in another person or business's deposit, not by a decline in the overall level of deposits.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Except they first came for many ordinary plebs over the last few years.
Another fun one. The police search the hard drive of your computer. They find a file they can't open - appears to be gibberish. They claim it is password protected and demand the key.
Not providing the key, when asked under legal sanction is a crime.
Forgot the key - no defence? Never had the key - good luck....
If the file is just a pile of random numbers - you will have to prove that.
Of course, it wouldn't even have to be a file as you can store data without a file system.
It might be an unused partition that you wiped with random data and someone takes a dislike to.
There's a lot of failure to understand technicalities when it comes to legislation. Look at this plan to break end to end encryption that keeps coming back.
Combined with people losing social credit - which is essentially what this is about - it really isn't good.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
No, he is right. It was CCHQ (G Hands, prop) who started this. On the wider point, I'd agree with you and have often suggested it is a mistake to play on Sunak's wealth, but it wasn't Labour who lined up Conservative activists at the station.
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Except they first came for many ordinary plebs over the last few years.
Another fun one. The police search the hard drive of your computer. They find a file they can't open - appears to be gibberish. They claim it is password protected and demand the key.
Not providing the key, when asked under legal sanction is a crime.
Forgot the key - no defence? Never had the key - good luck....
If the file is just a pile of random numbers - you will have to prove that.
"If the file is just a pile of random numbers"...
It's probably just some of my code.
(Actually, truly random numbers can be rather valuable. Just say you're working for GCHQ...)
"Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
Weird way of forcing someone out of the country.
One one level yes. On another level, a very effective way of shutting down someones life.
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
First they came for Nigel Farage, and I said nothing ‘cos I don’t like Nigel Farage…
Except they first came for many ordinary plebs over the last few years.
Another fun one. The police search the hard drive of your computer. They find a file they can't open - appears to be gibberish. They claim it is password protected and demand the key.
Not providing the key, when asked under legal sanction is a crime.
Forgot the key - no defence? Never had the key - good luck....
If the file is just a pile of random numbers - you will have to prove that.
Of course, it wouldn't even have to be a file as you can store data without a file system.
It might be an unused partition that you wiped with random data and someone takes a dislike to.
There's a lot of failure to understand technicalities when it comes to legislation. Look at this plan to break end to end encryption that keeps coming back.
Combined with people losing social credit - which is essentially what this is about - it really isn't good.
Watching politicians continually attempting to ban mathematics, would be very funny if it wasn’t so damn serious.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
Sunak's travel arrangements were highlighted for debate by Hands's ridiculous Tweet and the comedic and ironic reaction thereof.
Keep up!
You mean Greg Hands' tweet today caused the Guardian to write an article last month? My goodness, Hands has an amazing temporal power!
(To be clear; Sunak's travel arrangements were obviously up for debate well before Hands' tweet.)
Without Hands's Tweet ProudGranny24 wouldn't have brought the Guardian article up again and reminded us Starmer takes the Train whilst Sunak (has in the recent past) let the RAF take the strain.
And as to your "well Blair did it" defence. I don't believe that particular warmonger has been PM for almost two decades.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
No, he is right. It was CCHQ (G Hands, prop) who started this. On the wider point, I'd agree with you and have often suggested it is a mistake to play on Sunak's wealth, but it wasn't Labour who lined up Conservative activists at the station.
Please tell me, how did Hands lead to the Guardian writing that article last month?
When Blair and Brown travelled by helicopter, was it their 'wealth' that allowed them to do it, or because it made the trip and job possible?
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
No, he is right. It was CCHQ (G Hands, prop) who started this. On the wider point, I'd agree with you and have often suggested it is a mistake to play on Sunak's wealth, but it wasn't Labour who lined up Conservative activists at the station.
Please tell me, how did Hands lead to the Guardian writing that article last month?
When Blair and Brown travelled by helicopter, was it their 'wealth' that allowed them to do it, or because it made the trip and job possible?
As I said, on the wider point, I agree with you. In this instance, however, it was a CCHQ stunt that has backfired.
The decision will be immensely popular with Asian communities. Especially East Asian
Swings both ways
And Trump will be taking the credit, with his appointments to the Supreme Court. Asian-American communities have been lobbying hard against this racism for years.
Affirmative action, as it has evolved, has become absolutely racist
Asian Americans are deliberately marked down on “likeability” and “sociability” - because they are often more introverted, scholastic and hard working - so the universities can let in more black Americans with much lower SAT scores than Asians
How can that possibly be acceptable? Outright racism. SCOTUS has made the correct decision
The decision will be immensely popular with Asian communities. Especially East Asian
Swings both ways
It does. East Asian (Chinese/Japanese/Korean: US uses the phrase "Asian" differently to us) are concentrated on the West Coast, where Biden is strongest, but the pro-Trump Hispanics are North-East coast (the other Hispanics are other: it's not a monolithic bloc). What will the overall effect be, one wonders.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
Sunak's travel arrangements were highlighted for debate by Hands's ridiculous Tweet and the comedic and ironic reaction thereof.
Keep up!
You mean Greg Hands' tweet today caused the Guardian to write an article last month? My goodness, Hands has an amazing temporal power!
(To be clear; Sunak's travel arrangements were obviously up for debate well before Hands' tweet.)
Without Hands's Tweet ProudGranny24 wouldn't have brought the Guardian article up again and reminded us Starmer takes the Train whilst Sunak (has in the recent past) let the RAF take the strain.
And as to your "well Blair did it" defence. I don't believe that particular warmonger has been PM for almost two decades.
G-MAOL is operated by Sloane Helicopters, I believe, not the RAF.
Man of the people Rishi Sunak uses Sloane Helicopters - you couldn't make it up.
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
No, he is right. It was CCHQ (G Hands, prop) who started this. On the wider point, I'd agree with you and have often suggested it is a mistake to play on Sunak's wealth, but it wasn't Labour who lined up Conservative activists at the station.
Please tell me, how did Hands lead to the Guardian writing that article last month?
When Blair and Brown travelled by helicopter, was it their 'wealth' that allowed them to do it, or because it made the trip and job possible?
As I said, on the wider point, I agree with you. In this instance, however, it was a CCHQ stunt that has backfired.
The majority of such stunts are infantile at best. But how does a nobody tweeting an article from a month ago that makes a bogus point (and I think you agree with me on that) mean 'the stunt' has backfired?
IMV the article is based on a bogus premise. How is someone irrelevantly tweeting it suddenly a really important addition to the debate?
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That seems a rather odd thing to say. And you've obviously missed the other times Sunak's travel arrangements have been cricitised.
No, he is right. It was CCHQ (G Hands, prop) who started this. On the wider point, I'd agree with you and have often suggested it is a mistake to play on Sunak's wealth, but it wasn't Labour who lined up Conservative activists at the station.
Please tell me, how did Hands lead to the Guardian writing that article last month?
When Blair and Brown travelled by helicopter, was it their 'wealth' that allowed them to do it, or because it made the trip and job possible?
As I said, on the wider point, I agree with you. In this instance, however, it was a CCHQ stunt that has backfired.
To put it simply, don't mock the opposition leader for being a rich Londoner member of the metropolitan elite when your own leader is a richer Londoner* member of the metropolitan elite
*he lives in that there London, albeit for good reasons (and Richmond is as good as another country for many residents of S&A, so that doesn't realy help either - the closest link many have to Richmond is once having eaten a 'Richmond' sausage)
The decision will be immensely popular with Asian communities. Especially East Asian
Swings both ways
It does. East Asian (Chinese/Japanese/Korean: US uses the phrase "Asian" differently to us) are concentrated on the West Coast, where Biden is strongest, but the pro-Trump Hispanics are North-East coast (the other Hispanics are other: it's not a monolithic bloc). What will the overall effect be, one wonders.
It is amazing. In terms of uniform swing, it would be 17% Con to Lab and 8% Con to LD. But in a situation where antipathy to the Tories is the dominant driver, tactical voting will inevitably make that much worse for the Tories in Con/LD marginals.
The decision will be immensely popular with Asian communities. Especially East Asian
Swings both ways
It does. East Asian (Chinese/Japanese/Korean: US uses the phrase "Asian" differently to us) are concentrated on the West Coast, where Biden is strongest, but the pro-Trump Hispanics are North-East coast (the other Hispanics are other: it's not a monolithic bloc). What will the overall effect be, one wonders.
The New York Times says that it “all but ensures that elite institutions will become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino”.
It possibly saves American universities from self destruction. The logical endpoint of affirmative action - if continued - will be East Asians (and maybe even whites) saying Fuck this then, we will go to universities that don’t discriminate against us. Eg Chinese students will choose Chinese universities (which are fast improving and shooting up the rankings, already). White Americans will go to British or Aussie unis. And so on
Meanwhile a Harvard degree will become increasingly valueless as employers (etc) estimate you got in because of your skin colour not your intellect
So American universities might have been saved by SCOTUS from a disastrous course of action, if continued. Paradoxically
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https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/explained/inside-rishi-sunak-wealth-net-worth-prime-minister-salary/#:~:text=What is Rishi Sunak's net,with his wife Akshata Murty.
I do expect Selby to be very close however between Labour and the Conservatives
@GoodwinMJ
A huge opportunity for
@RishiSunak. Turn the volume up all the way to 10 on "Stop The Boats". Cast iron pledge to Leave ECHR. "I'll do whatever it takes to complete the Brexit Project, oppose The Blob & finally give the British people what they want --full control of their own borders". Go hard. And keep going."
https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1674384966363250688
The only person on Twitter I follow (through Google) is Darth Putin. He justifies Twitter's existence on his own.
Flatten that industrial unit and you'd have a pretty clear view across a park to Selby Abbey
https://twitter.com/Nigel_Farage/status/1674357026921623552
"Nigel Farage
@Nigel_Farage
The establishment are trying to force me out of the UK by closing my bank accounts. I have been given no explanation or recourse as to why this is happening to me. This is serious political persecution at the very highest level of our system. If they can do it to me, they can do it to you too"
They should be out canvassing.
Greg Hands is proving to be a bad Chairman.
I do believe it given the Brexit vote result, where getting the votes of:
1. the people who would back this kind of crap
+
2. the non-frothers persuing (their own idea of) sovereignty
+
3. the socially liberal economic libertarians
+
4. the generally shafted and rightly pissed off who wanted to stick it to Cameron and the elite
still only got to 52%
2. e.g. Richard Tyndal
3. e.g. Bart
4. parts of the so-called 'Red Wall'
...
There was £4.6bn more withdrawn than paid into bank and building society accounts, the Bank of England said.
...
The latest figure marks a sharp turnaround from April when net deposits saw £3.7bn added to bank and building society accounts.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66051711
Everyone bar Nigel Farage was taking money out.
Is there a seasonal effect I don't know about? Do people take money out in May usually?
While I despise the man, the way that you can be black balled (ha!) without explanation and very little recourse from any bank is concerning. Especially since it doesn't have to be hard evidence based.
A further concern is that this is often outsourced to third parties. With the result that multiple banks and card issuers are using the same system to identify "problem customers".
So a provider of anti-fraud data decides that all seals in the legal profession are dodgy. Maybe a childhood trauma involving the zoo and a writ?
Suddenly, your bank accounts are shut down. Your car loan is recalled. Your mortgage....
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/29/uk-households-withdrawing-savings-at-fastest-ever-rate-official-figures-show
I look forward to PM Starmer never flying around the country in a helicopter. They even did a portrait of Blair in one:
https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw135230/Tony-Blair-Helicopter-Flight-from-RAF-Lyneham-to-Battersea
Or this:
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/blair-talks-uk-economy-flying-2913702
Or this:
https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/1397294.prime-minister-tony-blair-drops-in-on-halesowen-school/
etc, etc.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14217367.snp-spent-35-000-election-sturgeon-copter/
The one who has pulled his own pants down and given himself a good spanking is Greg Hands by his Tweet. Without Hands's Tweet Sunak wouldn't have been brought into the ironic comedy.
That is the real scandal.
His wife, children and girlfriend all have EU citizenship. He shouldn't have too much trouble relocating to one of the 27 countries- unlike myself!
If it gets to the stage where someone is closed by their bank and rejected by another six, not quite sure why tipping off rules apply. It is bleeding obvious and they are tipped off already. So at that point the complaints against them should be shared and open to challenge in a court of law.
Swings both ways
Keep up!
Routine for UK PMs to visit Scotland during Holyrood elections. Apart from Mr J in 2021, but there were other reasons for that.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jun/29/uk-households-withdrawing-savings-at-fastest-ever-rate-official-figures-show
The Green Party may be watermelons; Climate Party appear to be... um, what fruit is green on the outside and blue on the inside? A mouldy bilberry?
Not providing the key, when asked under legal sanction is a crime.
Forgot the key - no defence? Never had the key - good luck....
If the file is just a pile of random numbers - you will have to prove that.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/09/sunak-helicopter-train-southampton-prime-minister-rail
(To be clear; Sunak's travel arrangements were obviously up for debate well before Hands' tweet.)
https://twitter.com/triggerpod/status/1659563447305089024
Basically we no longer wish you give you a bank account, that’s a final decision and we have no interest in discussing this any further.
They kicked up a stink and it was eventually reinstated, including a social media campaign and some very expensive lawyers from the Free Speech Union.
It might be an unused partition that you wiped with random data and someone takes a dislike to.
There's a lot of failure to understand technicalities when it comes to legislation. Look at this plan to break end to end encryption that keeps coming back.
Combined with people losing social credit - which is essentially what this is about - it really isn't good.
It's probably just some of my code.
(Actually, truly random numbers can be rather valuable. Just say you're working for GCHQ...)
And as to your "well Blair did it" defence. I don't believe that particular warmonger has been PM for almost two decades.
When Blair and Brown travelled by helicopter, was it their 'wealth' that allowed them to do it, or because it made the trip and job possible?
Will Root go for the ramp straight up?
Asian Americans are deliberately marked down on “likeability” and “sociability” - because they are often more introverted, scholastic and hard working - so the universities can let in more black Americans with much lower SAT scores than Asians
How can that possibly be acceptable? Outright racism. SCOTUS has made the correct decision
LAB: 46% (-1)
CON: 24% (+2)
LDM: 10% (-1)
RFM: 8% (+1)
GRN: 7% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
Via @YouGov, 27-28 Jun.
Changes w/ 20-21 Jun.
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1674413501362888704
Man of the people Rishi Sunak uses Sloane Helicopters - you couldn't make it up.
This sentiment is entirely unrelated to my possession of a ticket for the fifth day at Lord’s
IMV the article is based on a bogus premise. How is someone irrelevantly tweeting it suddenly a really important addition to the debate?
*he lives in that there London, albeit for good reasons (and Richmond is as good as another country for many residents of S&A, so that doesn't realy help either - the closest link many have to Richmond is once having eaten a 'Richmond' sausage)
The New York Times says that it “all but ensures that elite institutions will become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino”.
Just not this test, thanks
universities (which are fast improving and shooting up the rankings, already). White Americans will go to British or Aussie unis. And so on
Meanwhile a Harvard degree will become increasingly valueless as employers (etc) estimate you got in because of your skin colour not your intellect
So American universities might have been saved by SCOTUS from a disastrous course of action, if continued. Paradoxically