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https://www.reuters.com/world/un-says-israeli-military-warns-11-mln-gazans-relocate-south-2023-10-13/
https://x.com/mericamemed/status/1712453064790274095?s=61&t=s0ae0IFncdLS1Dc7J0P_TQ
With this and the Ulez extension, it really does seem as though Khan wants to stop visitors from those weird places called "out of London".
The world is a better place for having comedians.
I've no idea what we do now - especially as our son, who is nine, does not have an Oystercard, mobile, or bank card. Will we have to get him an Oystercard and keep money on it just in case we want to travel to London?
Geoff Marshall's did an experiment on his video and concluded that you had to do more than 3 journies in London on an oyster or tap card before you started losing out.
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/5-10-zip-oyster-photocard?intcmp=55572
'We are in the process of replacing our current fare structure with a very unfair structure.'
And the card will only be needed for a few months until he is ten, and then we'll need to get another card?
As I said, Khan evidently does not want people from those dark, Satanic areas outside the M25 to travel to London...
Whoever it was deserves to be renamed Nostradamus.
Or perhaps Cassandra if you're an Aussie.
It’s just about the easiest metro system in the world to access for visitors.
Our girls are now 21. They had Oyster cards from the age of 11 - easy to get and a nice momento of London
Glad that Israel is seeking to maintain its humanity and do it's level best to minimise civilian casualties as it seeks to eradicate Hamas.
It needs to do the same across every square inch of Gaza until Hamas is destroyed but trying not to kill civilians.
Hopefully the rest of the world, especially the world that claims to support Palestinians, steps up to the plate and offers safe haven for civilians, as happens in other such conflicts, before Israel needs to give the same warning to the Southern half of Gaza.
It's always been absurd that multi-millionaire pensioners travel for free while poor workers pay full price and students only get 30% off. I have some relatives in that category, both of whom admit its ridiculous.
Khan has mucked up TfL's finances, and he's trying to make anyone but Londoners pay.
Or its going to get pretty bloody but hopefully somewhere that claims to support Palestinians has seen some humanity and offers refuge by then.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67080391
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/labour-s-supposedly-bold-new-towns-idea-has-been-tried-before-and-it-failed/ar-AA1i6Zwr?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=7a3b2af16c884cd4b9845a74629e93cb&ei=16
Israel is going to invade and occupy Gaza in response to the slaughter this weekend. Either it just goes ahead and does this, as most armies at war do, with a high risk of collateral damage, or it sends prior warning (despite the risk of losing the element of surprise) to reduce the risk of civilian casualties.
The trouble is they’ve said it in such a way it sounds like they’re going to flatten Gaza city. So now people on the airwaves are talking about this being ethnic cleansing. Instead of what it is, an attempt to reduce the number of people in the way during the advance. Ukraine has made similar requests multiple times when it was recapturing settlements, including Kherson.
The most predictable game is Wales Argentina. While Argentina started the tournament poorly, they have gradually improved and should provide Wales with stiff competion. But Wales have had a strong performance so far, and apart from their traditional 60 minute wobble have generally been dominant in their matches. Wales by +10.
France v South Africa. This was my original prediction for the final, but Ireland spoilt that, and this game will be very close. France looked very good in their New Zealand match but have not been tested since. South Africa have had two tough games and will be fully prepared for this match. Home advantage will help and I predict France by +6
Ireland v New Zealand. Ireland are fully deserving of their #1 world ranking, and are almost perfect in every aspect of the game. New Zealand have had a couple of poor games (by their standards) but will have done their homework on Ireland. New Zealand could continue Ireland's quarter final curse, but I predict Ireland to win by +3.
England v Fiji. This game is very difficult to predict, and very dependent on which teams turn up. England have not impressed but seem to have developed a simple game plan - this worked well against Argentina but not so much against Samoa. Fiji played well against Wales and Australia but were poor against Portugal. I predict this game will follow a similar pattern to the Wales Fiji game - with England cruising to an early lead based on their kicking, but with Fiji countering with some punching tries. My prediction is Fiji by +6 but this could equally be England by +6.
Giving specific discounts is a stupid way to help particular groups, because the amount they use the service differs widely. Much better to spend the money on cash handouts directly rather than tie it to specific consumption of a service, which they may or may not use. But it's a popular gimmick for politicians, so of course we're stuck with it for a while.
Could have had good odds on that at the start of the tournament...
But what you're talking about is more complex. Buying a ticket means the job is jobbed; if you don't know the arcane system in London then it's blooming confusing.
I fear the problem is that people who live in London and use the system regularly are used to it. The problem occurs with us plebs who only go into London a few times a year.
(And I went on about the stupidity of the fare freeze well before Covid struck...)
You want an example of Broken Britain, of the so-called party of law and order failing to make anything work, and here it is. The country is crumbling around us and everyone can see it. And yet the happy few still insist that we must vote Tory because Labour would ruin things.
Open your eyes. Its ruined already.
How can they believe killing tens of thousands of civilians will make them safer?
We stand with Israel.
Let those who stand with Palestine take them.
TfL are currently running approximately 80% of scheduled bus services and 50% of Tube services. The number of passengers carried, however, has dropped by 85% on buses and 95% on the Tube. This means that it is currently costing TfL £600m a month to operate services.
That leaves an anticipated revenue gap for 2020/21 of roughly £4bn and climbing...
Some mitigating measures (such as the government furlough scheme) and existing emergency funds can be used to offset this, but TfL’s new emergency budget anticipates at least a £3.2bn funding shortfall for this year. This is unsustainable, for a number of reasons, so it is no surprise that TfL are now turning to the government for help...
What is true, however is that the Fare Freeze has no real impact on the unprecedented situation today. TfL do not have £12bn of debt because Sadiq Khan decided to forego £650m of farebox revenue over the last four years. Claiming otherwise is the kind of basic mathematical failure that would make a Year 3 schoolchild blush.
https://www.londonreconnections.com/2020/tfl-the-impossible-finances-of-fighting-a-pandemic/
Long story short, central government have TfL over a barrel and everyone knows it. See also the sharp edges of ULEZ expansion (e.g. stingy scrappage) which TfL can't afford to mitigate.
Which is of course one of the reasons why 'Egypt should just take them all' isn't likely to be an easy solution.
It might seem odd to us to be so passionately attached to somewhere like Gaza, but many are.
https://tfl.gov.uk/fares/free-and-discounted-travel/5-10-zip-oyster-photocard
https://tfl.gov.uk/
If I were you, I'd get Oyster cards for your child and yourself. It will make your son feel more grown-up to have his own ticket; you can use the normal gates rather than having to look for the special ones at the side; if you drop your card, there is not the risk of a thief making off with your credit card or phone.
YOU MUST SUPPORT THE PALESTINIANS people say. Yet the Palestinians outside of Gaza refuse to do so. Egypt has tightly restricted the Rafa border crossing since 2007, as afeared of Hamas as Israel is. Even now, its policy on Gazans fleeing the war is don't come here.
Sorry, not good enough. Hamas started this war, you were a key player in turning up the heat which led up to it, now you need to take some responsibility.
The way to beat Fiji is to play fast and creative rugby, like Portugal did. England have some creative players but seem reluctant to use them. Farrell is certainly not a bad player but England never play creatively when he is at flyhalf. Can't see England winning.
And it's likely to get worse without a change in policy.
Todays casualty numbers: 1,030 military personnel, 26 tanks, 49 armoured fighting vehicles, 44 artillery. That's 3,000 troops lost in 3 days. If this was being driven by the military - well, it wouldn't have been started as these levels of losses would have been obvious. Somone in the Kremlin - someone running for re-election in March - has said he needs a win before winter closes the campaign. A win to put before the voters. Regardless of cost.
And regardless of the weaknesses it might cause elsewhere along the line, where they have robbed Peter to pay Paul. Especially when the F-16s and ATACMS come out to play to exploit those weaknesses.
Interesting argument.
Labour continue to drift and Cons shorten in Mid Beds. I’m not sure if we’ll actually get crossover though.
I cracked last week and put £8 on the Tories at 2/1.
The value might actually now be with the LDs at this stage.
And some baffling shit about London Underground tickets or something.
Liam Byrne's note has let the Tories off the hook for 13 years and counting.
Like ISIS before them they need to be eradicated. That means killing most of them. Because they aren't going to just give up or reform - like Jake and Ellwood they are on a Mission from God. They have no interest in the innocents in Gaza other than using them as human shields. And as for Egypt and the rest - they have no interest in the civilians either. They are political pawns left to suffer *by them* for regional points scoring.,
This has to end. The status quo can't be sustained, there is no viable status quo ante to wind the clock back to. We need a long-term solution for the diaspora issue and with respect to Egypt and Jordan and Syria their mission of leaving people in multi-generational refugee camps as Someone Else's Problem is also over.
Israel has demonstrated in recent years that it wants diplomatic solutions. Reaching out to make all kinds of previously unlikely alliances. But if diplomacy doesn't work, it will impose a settlement militarily. And as wounded as it is, and as armed as it is, woe betide any of the powers around it who think they still get to disrupt this.
Want to have a healthy disagreement, fine, don't doxx.
They want to go into the rats* nest and destroy every tunnel and bunker. And you can’t do that with civilians around
* Hamas just to be clear
1,200 Israelis dead.
1.1 million Palestinians forcibly displaced if Israel’s warning is heeded.
400,000 already displaced.
6000 bombs dropped on Gaza.
What is it about the current situation that makes a civilian Israeli life worth more than a civilian Palestinian one to justify such numbers?
Yes I expect Gazans may see this as a precursor to settlers moving in. Hopefully not. Pretty risky business if you're one of those settlers too.
If they do occupy half of Gaza then the question is do we see a flow of Gazans from North to South, to get out of the way of the occupiers, or a flow in the opposite direction if living conditions are better in the occupied zone.
https://fullfact.org/online/ulez-expansion-letter/
Diesel Range Rover catches fire on the way into the car park. Is abandoned in the middle of a floor and burns fiercely.
Other cars catch fire as the heat is contained by the structure and amplified.
Fire is so intense that the structure partially collapses.
Doesn't look to have been as big a fire as Liverpool, but looks very similar.
Then we have the social media / right wing media response.
EV. EV. EV. EV. Khan and Starmer and Net Zero.
Then video is released showing the back of the RR Sport burning. Some tosser says its an iPace and puts up a comparison pic showing it isn't. Now its iPace Pace iPace. Then someone accepts its a Range Rover.
But its a HYBRID ONE. With the flames out from its Lion battery. Hybrid Hybrid Hybrid. Then video is released showing the car burning from the front. With a number plate. Its a diesel. A 2014 diesel. With zero hybrid models available for that generation of RRS.
At which point the hysteria gets worse. Its a coverup. #fakenews makes an appearance, The BBC and MSM and even the Fire Brigade are lying.
There were still fresh tweets going out late yesterday from this lot. Desperate to maintain the EV connection to stop NetZero/Starmer/Khan. Small dick syndrome in full effect.
As for being in trouble. Why should he be. How many people here doxx Leon ? Before he was banned (not for doxxing) resident Anglophobe Stuart Dickson doxxed him on a daily basis. Never a murmur for that
Why is your and others’ entirely appropriate horror at the actions of Hamas not matched by a horror of indiscriminate bombing and killing of civilians in Gaza?
I can think of a few reasons, and am trying to understand whether my moral equivalence between a civilian Palestinian death and a civilian Israeli one is mistaken.
How do you justify this to yourself? (Again, this sounds loaded, it isn’t).
Of course, a tank full of 60 or 70 litres of petrol is hardly a zero fire-risk but I do wonder whether the fire risks from lithium batteries is being fully recognised yet.