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Today marks that day where it has officially taken Nadine Dorries longer to resign than Liz Truss was Prime Minister #NadineDorries
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Which puts the punters' opinion, as cited by OGH, somewhat in doubt.
Certain further small changes might help - such as e-motorbikes requiring insurance on private land, and pre-registration by the selling dealer.
The "Electric Bikes" mentioned are electric motorbikes (or mopeds if restricted to 30mph aiui) - "Electric Bikes" do not exist as a category in the UK.
It's either a pedal cycle ('Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle - EAPC') - assistance stop at 15mph, no throttle beyond 4mph (as a mobility aid in some cases) and 250W motor limit. As defined in the type approval regulations.
Or an e-motorbike, which is anything outside that category, including hacked EAPC's and the likes of Surrons which do 50mph or so, in which case registration, insurance, and motorcycle gear are required.
Such need an appropriate policing response using existing powers, eg Section 59 and seizing anything that is not insured. Durham Police for example have been demonstrating such approaches since the late 1990s (not Section 59 since that came in in 2002).
Here's a Durham Police powerpoint about "Operation Endurance":
https://democracy.durham.gov.uk/documents/s148563/07 2Nuisance motorbikes and quads presentation.pdf
The twats who run Hammersmith & Fulham are about to come a monumental cropper on the Thames Path PSPO because they are banning "E-Bikes", and their officers will be harrassing people using EAPCs which are pedal cycles in law, despite all kinds of attempts to educate them from various disabled charities pointing out that EAPCs are often legal mobility aids to boot. So they have a legal exposure under the Equality Act too.
They have also quite gloriously provided an exemption for "carrying a child", which means that Florence or Dougal can e-bike take their kid to the nursery, but are banned from riding home again by the same route. What divots.
(For the record the vast majority of pedal cycle users do have liability insurance free with their household insurance. E-motorbike users do not, since they are not pedal cycles.)
A daring British performance that leaves the opposition feeling like they've been mugged, always on the edge of going a little too far - "You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" - and it ends finely poised, teetering on the edge of a precipice, and it could go either way. A shame Michael Caine is too old to play Stokes in the biopic.
So this got me to wondering, what films would best embody the spirit of past British Prime Ministers? Boris Johnson is easy, he was a Carry On film from start to finish. I suppose, if you're being charitable, you could see Liz Truss as Thelma & Louise. Any other suggestions?
One argument for Dorries being there is that Lords in theory only get paid when they turn up and do some work - though Dorries may well find a way to play the system.
At present Dorries is like a latterday Stuart Bell * - completely missing in action afaics.
* See "Toryboy the Movie", a somewhat amusing journey by the young Tory candidate in 2010 in Middlesbrough to hunt for Stuart Bell in his constituency like David Attenborough going out to find the Yeti. Included I think with Amazon Prime:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ToryBoy-Movie-John-Walsh/dp/B08DK77NXH
Who gives the tiniest micro-iota of a fuck about the thoughts deeds and fate of Nadine Dorries?
I can see a bit of the spirit of Liz Truss in the films "Falling Down" and "Queen Jane" too. Surely we won't have to wait long for the Liz Truss film? It's not like it needs to be that long...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/reality-check-with-polly-curtis/2011/sep/08/reality-check-britain-s-laziest-mp
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cricket/64959414
He did constituency surgeries via an answering machine and appointments iirc, having been assaulted when doing them normal style in 1997.
Obit:https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/oct/14/stuart-bell
If she stands and loses she gets more pay off money iirc?
Surely more like an X-file?
Titles are tricky things. Most people think Andy Murray is a knight, when actually he is Sir Andrew, Barron Murray.
Charlotte Owen was granted her peerage as part of a research study into conspiracy theories.
Aaron’s middle name is Stuart.
Also a young Londoner in the North, with some stereotyped opinions.
And
“President of South Africa to Putin: "In particular, you spoke about grain. We proposed to implement the Black Sea Grain Initiative, we said that we would like the Black Sea to be open to world markets. And we did not come here to ask for some "gifts" for the African continent."”
https://twitter.com/polidemitolog/status/1685246513830563840?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
Brilliant, not
Here’s Sisi of Egypt keeping Putin waiting
https://twitter.com/fsasoldier/status/1684842697822007296?s=46&t=bulOICNH15U6kB0MwE6Lfw
The Egyptians are crucially dependant on Ukrainian grain
43 African leaders attended Putin’s last African summit. He got 17 around the table, this time
And if it is really worried about peace and prosperity it should solve the dozen or so big conflicts raging on its own land.
And Egypt really matters in the Middle East. It is the most populous Arab nation and constantly teeters on the edge of famine/civil strife
Putin will massively anger the Middle East if his grain embargo pushes Egypt into turmoil
So, yeah. Africa is important
https://twitter.com/ChoooCole/status/1684905740266303488
"We need to stop telling 12-year-olds that they were born wrong, that they are right to reject their own bodies and feel uncomfortable with their own skin. We need to stop telling children that puberty is an option. That they can choose what kind of puberty they will go through just as they can choose what clothes to wear or music to listen to."
On travel : a very useful item to take is lightweight drawstring bags. The kind advertised for gym kit & can be used as a backpack.
They make an excellent light day bag - shopping, spare layers, water etc - without add the volume of a full backpack. Can roll them up and put the in a coat pocket. Also saves the planet - no need for buying plastic bags.
Hence Putin demonstrating this week, that the Ukranian port is within missile reach.
But that's in Central London. I think it far less likely that people will find it practicable to give up driving in Outer London, where population is less concentrated and public transport networks less dense, so a higher proportion in Outer London will switch to petrol driven cars and consume more fuel henceforth. The methodology that Khan's report used was also flawed, because it failed to take account of the vast CO2 consumed in unnecessarily manufacturing any new vehicle including and perhaps especially an electric one, emissions which only become necessary when you scrap prematurely a fuel-efficient diesel vehicle well before the end of its useful life.
So the evidence suggests that ULEZ in Outer London will increase CO2 emissions. That is not something that would necessarily have happened if Khan had given people at least a couple more years notice so that they could make choices when replacing their car closer to the point when they would have wanted to anyway.
Will there be any over 30s left in the major European leagues?
The Oakland NAACP does something brave — and wise:
"OAKLAND, Calif. – The Oakland NAACP has called on city leaders to declare a state of emergency due to rising crime, calling the situation a “crisis,” and has urged residents across the city to speak out against it.
The group, alongside Bishop Bob Jackson of the Acts Full Gospel Church, issued the statement on Thursday, blasting both city and county officials, as well as social justice movements."
source: https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-naacp-blasts-local-leaders-calls-for-state-of-emergency-due-to-crime
Ever since I worked in a slum school on the west side of Chicago more than 50 years ago, I have known that most of the victims of black criminals are also black*. And that crime often causes poverty. But those are things you won’t hear said by the leftists on Martha’s Vineyard.
(*That is true of other groups. According to reports I’ve seen, most of Bernie Madoff’s victims were other Jews. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that the Mafia mostly vitimizes Italians. And so on.)
Cross posted at Patterico's Pontifications.
The laws put in place whereby steal less than $800-1000 bucks from a store and it is effectively a parking ticket has to be some of the most stupid laws ever thought up....and of course employees are not to try and stop this, otherwise they get sacked and the police, well they have been defunded and told they are all racist, so ain't going to rush there to issue the citation.
Even after looking it up.
Commendable indeed from the NAACP, who see how things are on the streets, rather than how wealthy policymakers think they should be.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12339965/My-walkies-Japanese-man-bought-12-000-dog-costume-finally-goes-outside-immediately-makes-canine-friends-settles-new-life-collie.html
"Human" identity is cis-speciesist hate speech! Halifax bank should make a new badge for their employees, alongside the pronouns one...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazball
So businesses are just shutting up shop.
Incompetently administered capital punishment in the street looks bad.
And of course the police officers responsible for administering capital punishment were correctly jailed. Despite the often touted claims that any young black unarmed man might get murdered by the police, the figures don't hold up. The numbers of individuals killed by the police is very high compared to say the UK, but it is armed criminals....lead to heavily armed police...lead to many more situations where its life and death decisions. And with the introduction of bodycams, police can't get away with anywhere near as much dodgy stuff as perhaps they did before.
The issue of shoplifting not really being properly enforced has been on the books in some cities from before George Floyd and was causing trouble with organised gangs. But the word spreads and now it is a total disaster in quite a few US cities.
It's good to have the option. Suddenly there are five good options for the top three: Duckett, Crawley, Lees, Pope and Stokes
I remember someone writing about Mark Ramprakash, who probably epitomised the problem. In the nets and at county level the most talented stroke player of his generation, up there with Lara. But in England whites a rabbit in the headlights. Chris Lewis was another one, so was Graham Hick. We had some very talented players who just couldn’t deal with the mental pressures of test cricket.
As social media slowly dies and information gets locked behind paywalls, accessing things will become more and more difficult. Workarounds are available but getting sparser. #badworld
I got a 2:2
They have the skills to win major tournaments. They’ve shown it. All they lack is the last varnish of self confidence in attack. And maybe a different coach….
I fear there is no such hope for England rugby. Just not very good, despite a couple of promising youngsters
It’s been sad to see cricket’s decline in the Carribean nations since then, replaced mostly by Track & Field, and American sports that offer big money.
At club level, they play very complex tactical systems which enables players to show this self confidence. You see Man City training ground, its nuts, all these weird different size boxes painted onto the pitches, and players know when X move to this box, I move to that box, etc etc etc.
International football in comparison, every nation now can put out a half decent starting 11, who are at very least well drilled to stop the opposition. But there isn't enough time for the likes of England to develop the sort of tactical systems that Man City or Liverpool use to break down say European teams with style.
It is why for instance Belgium tried for past 10 years or so to play the same tactical systems all the way through the age groups. So that as they progressed they were already well drilled in them.