Very interesting read on Russian artillery challenges in Ukraine.
Russia's Problems with Artillery Support Are Growing There are major problems now with Russian artillery in Ukraine. "Every day Ukrainian forces are degrading Russian arty which throughout the war has been a strong suit for Moscow. They have leveled out parity and seem to actually have gained the upper hand." https://x.com/randymot4/status/1702657716986991038?s=20
These are Ukrainian reports of Russian artillery losses since the start of spring.
I've undecided on the XL dogs thing (I think a ban might be good though definitions and case law may make it difficult) but it feels very much like a distraction from issues that actually worry people. Do most people - even on rough estates - fret that they might be attacked when they go out? I'd guess not. And every week that Ministers don't seem to be paying attention to problems that actually do worry people is another wasted week for Sunak. He only has about 54 weeks...
Other breeds like pit bulls are banned so not hard to ban these- They are obviously dangerous (the poor man attacked yesterday was killed by two of them) . The benefit of not banning them (ie a load of wannabee hard blokes having them to look tough is not outweighing the danger of them. I normally default against banning anything or having rules imposed by the state but this seems even to me to be pretty clear cut
STATIST! STATIST!
As I said even me thinks they should be banned
The fundamental flaw in libertarianism. “I’m a libertarian until I want to ban something.”
"Rumour has it the Sunday Times is working on a big story this weekend — biggest of the year, supposedly. Due to drop tomorrow at 3pm. Leave cancelled, all hands to the pump, security tightened, etc. May be a sex scandal of some kind, possibly involving a politician. Anyone know?"
I mean, it's Toby Young so it could be bullshit. But I know PB loves an unsubstantiated rumour.
According to the Twitter comments (!) Iain Dale has also hinted at something, and there’s a Dispatches programme scheduled for 9pm tomorrow on C4, but with no further details of the content.
Presumably it’s a bit more serious than someone in the cabinet snogging their secretary.
3pm seems a bit early to drop a bombshell exclusive as it gives the other papers several hours to copy it, although I suppose a television tie-in might be the reason. Hmm. "Bombshell exclusive" works even though it uses a noun as an adjective and an adjective as a noun. Take that, English teachers!
Epic pedantry. I do approve.
Not really, because exclusive is both an adjective and a noun.
On Scotland it does seem to be taking an eternity for Police Scotland to conclude their investigation into the SNP and in the event little comes from it, then a SNP recovery may be on the cards
On Starmer and Cooper 'terrorist' small boats policy it has gone down like a lead balloon across the political spectrum with the Guardian leading the outcry and allowing the conservatives to accuse labour of an open door immigration policy
And as far as I can tell last nights locals were hardly stellar for labour
And we have a year left to GE 24
I still expect a labour majority but the size of it I am very uncertain
It is fact that labour are so crap and anti Scottish that is causing them issues G. SNP are not popular but most will grit their teeth and vote for them as the only real Scottish party.
Don't be so soft. Labour aren't anti-Scottish, they just disagree with you about independence.
You halfwit, they are an offshoot of an English Labour party. They are mere sockpuppets who are ordered what to do and say. They F***ed Scotland over for best part of 40-50 years previously under the same guise. They are not a Scottish political party. They have no policies to improve or do anything for Scotland. Starmer gives the orders to jump and they say how high. Bent SNP party are far better than those clowns.
Yes, they're a UK party. Yes, their leadership is down south.
That doesn't make them anti-Scottish.
Their actions do and thos of their puppet masters are certainly anything but pro Scottish.
Despite the apparent boost to the SNP’s fortunes, backing for independence fell three points to 39 per cent while an unchanged 44 per cent of people said they wanted to remain in the Union. This left 16 per cent who said they were either undecided, would not vote or refused to reveal their preference.
YouGov are on the No-friendly side of major polling companies.
Nothing is absolute, but property rights should not be violated unless under a specific law and then genuine compensation provided. My stuff is my stuff, thank you
Specific law yes. Genuine compensation usually. But not always. Your stuff is your stuff unless you should reasonably have known better in which case maybe not.
From Wikipedia: A 2021 study of fatal dog attacks in Europe during the period 1995–2016 placed the United Kingdom (with 56 fatalities) as fourth in the top five countries for number of human fatalities alongside Hungary (#1), France (#2), Romania (#3), and Poland (#5).
So, the dangerous dogs act can’t have been working very well!
For the umpteenth time, the 2019 Get Brexit Done election was atypical.
For the umpteenth time - you’re wrong.
Well, then counter it with cogent arguments - same goes for you @Casino_Royale if you're going to 'like' a throwaway.
Nothing in recent polling, including voter party allegiance, the demise of 'Brexit' as a factor, and the positivity towards Labour in the Red Wall, gives any credence to what I suspect to be mere wishful thinking on your part?
I have. Dozens of times. You ignore them. So what's the point in repeating them? All you do is parrot what you think must be true and provide no evidence at all, which makes this post deeply ironic.
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So, the dangerous dogs act can’t have been working very well!
I have. Dozens of times. You ignore them. So what's the point in repeating them? All you do is parrot what you think must be true and provide no evidence at all, which makes this post deeply ironic.