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There’s still a big gap for the Tories to surount – politicalbetting.com

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edited October 2023 in General
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    Foxy said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Pulpstar said:

    Pulpstar said:

    The Israeli spokesman is stating that the IDF had given sufficient warning concerning the Al Ahli Baptist Hospital to enable its evacuation. #IsraelPalestineWar

    @Pkurzin (Source, X)

    Spectator index saying same thing.

    Others indicating Hamas misfire
    Speccy index does have 2.6 million followers so you think it'd check sources.

    Spectator writers are never jittery conspiracy mongers are they?
    Its nothing to do with The Spectator...The Spectator Index is the name of a popular Twitter account and website run by Abdul-Latif Halimi, a doctor from Melbourne, Australia.
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    TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 114,488
    edited October 2023
    Second.
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    YokesYokes Posts: 1,202
    New contender: outbound missile intercept
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    Israel's military says 'a hospital is not an IDF target'
    The BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen says he has received a statement in a phone call from the spokesperson’s office of the Israel Defence Forces, reacting to what Palestinian officials have said was an Israeli strike on the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

    The statement says "a hospital is a highly sensitive building and is not an IDF target."

    "The IDF is investigating the source of the explosion and as always is prioritising accuracy and reliability."

    "We urge everyone to proceed with caution when reporting unverified claims of a terrorist organisation."
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296
    Is there an m missing in the headline?
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    Penalty to England!
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    ydoethur said:

    Is there an m missing in the headline?

    New video tech = Surount Sound
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296
    edited October 2023

    ydoethur said:

    Is there an m missing in the headline?

    New video tech = Surount Sound
    Does that make Sunak a sub base politician?
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837

    Israel's military says 'a hospital is not an IDF target'
    The BBC's international editor Jeremy Bowen says he has received a statement in a phone call from the spokesperson’s office of the Israel Defence Forces, reacting to what Palestinian officials have said was an Israeli strike on the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza.

    The statement says "a hospital is a highly sensitive building and is not an IDF target."

    "The IDF is investigating the source of the explosion and as always is prioritising accuracy and reliability."

    "We urge everyone to proceed with caution when reporting unverified claims of a terrorist organisation."

    ...
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    Kane scores!

    1-1
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,293
    Kane scores

    1:1
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 54,007

    Kane scores!

    1-1

    Damn it. I'm two minutes behind in the US, so we're still looking to see if the penalty call is right.
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    rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 54,007
    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.
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    IanB2IanB2 Posts: 47,293
    ydoethur said:

    ydoethur said:

    Is there an m missing in the headline?

    New video tech = Surount Sound
    Does that make Sunak a sub base politician?
    He’ll be in Israel possibly Thursday, so it will all be sorted out there, I am sure.
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,402
    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?
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    A different take on the same thing;

    Historically, we're moving into the part of the Parliament when the polls begin to move in the Government's favour.

    Labour still outperforming the "winning opposition" average:




    https://twitter.com/OwenWntr/status/1713926569092096137

    I guess it would be interesting to see the individual trajectories going into each line, though not so interesting as to make me do the sums myself.
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    viewcode said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    HE'S LUKE'S FATHER
    It was his sled!
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    ITS THE SLEDGE. OR POSSIBLY A REFERENCE TO HIS MISTRESS'S RUDE BIT. PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED ON THE INTERPRETATION.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296
    viewcode said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    HE'S LUKE'S FATHER
    How did he manage that?

    He had to Leia mother.
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    Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit move
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67136177
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 5,244
    Had ITV news on while waiting for the footy. I only have “telly” on when there’s live sport so it’s always jarring when I catch it.

    ITV reported “we are just learning from social media that hundreds are dead at a hospital in Gaza after it was hit by Israeli air strikes”.

    And itv won’t be alone. That is now the truth, no matter what the facts of the matter of this horrific incident eventually turn out to be.
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    CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 39,803

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    Wouldn't have been. Lordly indifference to the squabbles on the Continent. "Fog in Channel. Continent Cut Off." And anyone who was anyone would have gone up north to the grouse moors and the fishing, as Grey did IIRC.
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    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296

    Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit move
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67136177

    Did Johnson predict a rosé future, or is this a desperate bid to reduce the alcohol intake of the DfE?
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    THEY ALL STABBED HIM. IT WAS A CONSPIRACY. POIRIOT WAS ONLY PRESENT BECAUSE ONE OF THE CONSPIRATORS WAS LATE LEADING TO AN UNEXPECTEDLY FREE ROOM ON THE CARRIAGE.
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 5,244
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    OMG Maguire just did a Beckham from the halfway line! ;-)
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    StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 7,061

    viewcode said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    HE'S LUKE'S FATHER
    It was his sled!
    It was the Inspector!
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,402

    Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit move
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67136177

    I would have said that, post-Brexit, if anything the whine has been turned up.
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    Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit move
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67136177

    fruit-based drink for the lady.....
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    CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 39,803
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    Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 55,402

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    It could have escalated all the way to the Manhattan Project, and beyond.
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    MightyAlexMightyAlex Posts: 1,447
    Yokes said:

    New contender: outbound missile intercept

    That detonated a conveniently placed arms cache?

    IF this is the strike it sounds more like a high speed missile.
    https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/1714337776873640216
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    HE FALLS IN LOVE WITH A LOCAL AND/OR THE CULTURE AND STAYS TO DEFEAT THE INVADERS FROM HIS TRIBE. AWED THEY MAKE HIM THEIR LEADER FOR NO GOOD REASON.
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    AFTER MANY ADVENTURES THEY RETURN HOME BUT ARE SADDENED BY THE MEMORIES OF THE DEAD. SOME CANNOT COPE WITH THE LOSS.
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    Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 33,018
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    He was dead the whole time
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    AFTER EARLY SUCCESSES THE PROTAGONIST IS FACED WITH AN UNEXPECTED LOSS. HE LEARNS FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND GROWS FROM THE OPPORTUNITY, COMING BACK TO WIN IN THE END, SADDER BUT WISER.
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    END THE IN GUY GOOD THE IS GUY BAD THE, NOLAN CHRISTOPHER BY DIRECTED ITS BECAUSE.
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 5,244
    edited October 2023
    IT WAS OLD MAN WITHERS, THE GUY WHO RUNS THE HAUNTED AMUSEMENT PARK
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    ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 2,948
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    IT WAS THE SLEDGE ALL ALONG!
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296
    ohnotnow said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    IT WAS THE SLEDGE ALL ALONG!
    South Africa are a bunch of chokers.
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,311
    Scott_xP said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    He was dead the whole time
    The Sixth Sense?
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    ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 2,948

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    Imagine Suez. Imagine.
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    FlatlanderFlatlander Posts: 3,891
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    KANE BLASTS IT OVER THE BAR AND FRANCE GO ON TO WIN
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    Andy_JS said:
    Wow, I'm not even an animal lover and that shocks me more than the disaster zone in the middle east. Just why?
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    CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 39,803
    edited October 2023
    ohnotnow said:

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    Imagine Suez. Imagine.
    Trouble is, especially in 1914, we'd get our news in the morning and a bit in the evening, and very, very occasionally a special edition. Imagine Leon confined to one post a day. With an editorial (and proprietorial) veto.
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    DESPITE PERSONALITY CLASHES AND ALMOST LOSING, THE GROUP, AFTER A ROUSING SPEECH FROM THEIR LEADER, RALLIES AND SNATCHES VICTORY AT THE VERY END
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    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    KANE BLASTS IT OVER THE BAR AND FRANCE GO ON TO WIN
    Isn't that worth 3 goals?
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    kyf_100kyf_100 Posts: 3,956
    DavidL said:

    Scott_xP said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    He was dead the whole time
    The Sixth Sense?
    Weekend at Bernies, surely?
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    WTF IS GOING ON?
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,311
    viewcode said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    DESPITE PERSONALITY CLASHES AND ALMOST LOSING, THE GROUP, AFTER A ROUSING SPEECH FROM THEIR LEADER, RALLIES AND SNATCHES VICTORY AT THE VERY END
    Almost every film involving a gang ever.
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    This hospital disaster. One of two things has happened:
    1. Israel had bombed it. Massive condemnation internationally. Makes acting quite difficult
    2. Hamas blew it up themselves (a failed rocket launch blowing it up has been blamed). Makes Israel more determined than ever to smash Hamas, likely with the international community cheering them on
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    AFTER CALLOUS BEHAVIOUR HE REALISES THAT HE LOVED HER ALL ALONG AND RUNS TO HER SIDE TO MAKE AN IMPASSIONED SPEECH. DESPITE MANIFEST EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY SHE TAKES HIM BACK.
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    ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 2,948
    Carnyx said:

    ohnotnow said:

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    Imagine Suez. Imagine.
    Trouble is, especially in 1914, we'd get our news in the morning and a bit in the evening, and very, very occasionally a special edition. Imagine Leon confined to one post a day. With an editorial (and proprietorial) veto.
    I like to imagine him just on the cusp of modern comms. One day minute-by-minute telegrams, the next nothing. The frustration would be exquisite.
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    StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 7,061
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    The wizard is a con man from Omaha called Oscar
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    This hospital disaster. One of two things has happened:
    1. Israel had bombed it. Massive condemnation internationally. Makes acting quite difficult
    2. Hamas blew it up themselves (a failed rocket launch blowing it up has been blamed). Makes Israel more determined than ever to smash Hamas, likely with the international community cheering them on

    3. (The Leon Theory) - It was a strike by the little green men in their UFOs.
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    ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 2,948
    It's this kind of insight I happily pay my license fee for.


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    StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 7,061

    WTF IS GOING ON?

    Robert doesn’t want spoilers
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,311

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    KANE BLASTS IT OVER THE BAR AND FRANCE GO ON TO WIN
    Isn't that worth 3 goals?
    Only if they catch it.
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    viewcodeviewcode Posts: 18,837
    THERES A BAD GUY IN BLACK WITH A MASK. THERE'S A GOOD GUY IN WHITE WITH NO MASK. AFTER FIGHTS THE GOOD GUY WINS. THE BAD GUY COMES BACK IN THE NEXT MOVIE BECAUSE DEATH IS ONLY TEMPORARY IN MOVIEWORLD.
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 5,244
    ohnotnow said:

    Carnyx said:

    ohnotnow said:

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    Imagine Suez. Imagine.
    Trouble is, especially in 1914, we'd get our news in the morning and a bit in the evening, and very, very occasionally a special edition. Imagine Leon confined to one post a day. With an editorial (and proprietorial) veto.
    I like to imagine him just on the cusp of modern comms. One day minute-by-minute telegrams, the next nothing. The frustration would be exquisite.
    Leon would be f£cked on Mars. Twenty mins lag for a google search, forty mins to get a reply to witty banter. In fairness I think all of us on here would struggle with that
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    CatManCatMan Posts: 2,772
    ohnotnow said:

    It's this kind of insight I happily pay my license fee for.


    You could always not pay it and watch the BBC anyway
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited October 2023
    From the official Israel Twitter Account (with video)...

    From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit.

    According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.

    https://x.com/Israel/status/1714366327538794512?s=20
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    ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 2,948
    moonshine said:

    ohnotnow said:

    Carnyx said:

    ohnotnow said:

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    Imagine Suez. Imagine.
    Trouble is, especially in 1914, we'd get our news in the morning and a bit in the evening, and very, very occasionally a special edition. Imagine Leon confined to one post a day. With an editorial (and proprietorial) veto.
    I like to imagine him just on the cusp of modern comms. One day minute-by-minute telegrams, the next nothing. The frustration would be exquisite.
    Leon would be f£cked on Mars. Twenty mins lag for a google search, forty mins to get a reply to witty banter. In fairness I think all of us on here would struggle with that
    Think of the (slightly delayed) updates we'd get from Mars though.

    "Musk has ordered us all out without oxygen masks!"

    "Urgghh!"

    "...."

    "On the upside..."
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    moonshinemoonshine Posts: 5,244
    I don’t wanna spoil the surprise rcs. But that persil ad is something else
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    . . . meanwhile back under the Big Top . . .

    NYT live blog - The failed first ballot has prompted renewed discussions among lawmakers around empowering the temporary speaker, Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, until House Republicans can coalesce and elect a new leader. Several appropriations committee members who voted against Jordan have said they would support such a move. McHenry helped negotiate the debt ceiling deal with President Biden earlier this year.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296
    edited October 2023
    ohnotnow said:

    It's this kind of insight I happily pay my license fee for.


    Downing Street have announced that they do not think the Israeli visit will be particularly important.

    'The truth is, that everybody just think Sunak's a bit of a dick,' said a spokesman 'so his decision to go to Israel is not likely to sway any minds on the subject my way or another.'

    This message was immediately countered by Jacob Rees-Mogg declaring that Sunak was the most important person in the world and the universe revolves around him because he was the spawn of Satan. "He will cause the death of the universe if he goes to Israel by making Hamas blow up something else and the Israelis airstrike the USS Gerald R Ford, "said Rees-Mogg, trying not to look like the complete twat he undoubtedly is and failing miserably.

    Keir Starmer, on being asked to comment, said the whole thing was just an indictment of Sunak's Israeli policy and he would have gone to Gaza several weeks before he even knew the attack was about to happen.
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    FoxyFoxy Posts: 44,694
    ydoethur said:

    Wine definition to be watered down in post-Brexit move
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67136177

    Did Johnson predict a rosé future, or is this a desperate bid to reduce the alcohol intake of the DfE?
    Are we to be in Hock forever!
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    ohnotnowohnotnow Posts: 2,948
    CatMan said:

    ohnotnow said:

    It's this kind of insight I happily pay my license fee for.


    You could always not pay it and watch the BBC anyway
    Shush. Otherwise how would they fund 'Celebrity Cooking On Ice With The Stars' and other such programmes?
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    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
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    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    KANE BLASTS IT OVER THE BAR AND FRANCE GO ON TO WIN
    ITALY, not FRANCE
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    OnlyLivingBoyOnlyLivingBoy Posts: 15,122
    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    ILSA LEAVES WITH VICTOR LASZLO BUT ONLY BECAUSE RICK TRICKED HER INTO IT. RICK AND LOUIS WALK OFF TOGETHER INTO THE MIST, RICK SAYING "YOU KNOW LOUIS, I THINK THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP".
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    What? Now that really is a spoiler. I thought it was book 7!
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    AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 20,011
    HE WOULD HAVE GOT AWAY WITH IT IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU PESKY KIDS
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    From the official Israel Twitter Account (with video)...

    From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit.

    According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.

    https://x.com/Israel/status/1714366327538794512?s=20

    As one reply to that says - its massive if true, its massive if its a deliberate lie...
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    CatManCatMan Posts: 2,772

    . . . meanwhile back under the Big Top . . .

    NYT live blog - The failed first ballot has prompted renewed discussions among lawmakers around empowering the temporary speaker, Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, until House Republicans can coalesce and elect a new leader. Several appropriations committee members who voted against Jordan have said they would support such a move. McHenry helped negotiate the debt ceiling deal with President Biden earlier this year.

    Yes that's all very interesting, but we've got much more important things to think about, like the result of a Euro 2024 Qualifying game.
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,311
    ydoethur said:

    ohnotnow said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    IT WAS THE SLEDGE ALL ALONG!
    South Africa are a bunch of chokers.
    So SA losing to the Netherlands or England losing to Afghanistan. Which is the more embarrassing?
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    ydoethur said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    What? Now that really is a spoiler. I thought it was book 7!
    Serves me right for not looking it up and just going off memory, its Dumbledore in 6!
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    CatManCatMan Posts: 2,772

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    ILSA LEAVES WITH VICTOR LASZLO BUT ONLY BECAUSE RICK TRICKED HER INTO IT. RICK AND LOUIS WALK OFF TOGETHER INTO THE MIST, RICK SAYING "YOU KNOW LOUIS, I THINK THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP".
    That's not how it ended

    https://youtu.be/2o8FLdIIVeg?si=OGRPlCpzCDn4njTu
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    DavidLDavidL Posts: 51,311
    edited October 2023

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    At which point it all gets rather dull because he is by far the best character played by the best actor. Actually he didn't, he died in 7. Dumbledore died in 6.
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    MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 44,450
    Carnyx said:

    ohnotnow said:

    FPT - I'm really glad pb.com wasn't around in August 1914, and @Leon a regular poster at the time.

    I mean, can you imagine?

    He would have been worse in 1939/40.
    Imagine Suez. Imagine.
    Trouble is, especially in 1914, we'd get our news in the morning and a bit in the evening, and very, very occasionally a special edition. Imagine Leon confined to one post a day. With an editorial (and proprietorial) veto.
    There was a rather marvellous little book I came across and lost, years ago. It was by a clerk in the City on the eve of 1914, and about his experiences in the war.

    There were brilliant descriptions of the hectic rate of trading - sometime several times a day! And how as August 1914 came on, he went with the manager of his little firm to a meeting with the management of other firms to come to a common view - which was then passed up to the Big Houses. Who in turn aggregated the View Of The City.... and went to No. 10 to voice their concerns.
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    turbotubbsturbotubbs Posts: 15,206
    So the BBC has decided it was an Israeli strike then? I’m guessing they don’t have inside information and are guessing, so I’m a little surprised at the headline they are using. Might be more prudent to keep some doubt?
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    turbotubbsturbotubbs Posts: 15,206
    DavidL said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    At which point it all gets rather dull because he is by far the best character played by the best actor.
    The book, dear David, the book…
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    CatManCatMan Posts: 2,772
    ydoethur said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    What? Now that really is a spoiler. I thought it was book 7!
    No, that's when he's reincarnated as a German terrorist and falls off the Nakatomi building.
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    An all-time absolute banger of a sentence there

    BREAKING: The Captain Tom Foundation is set to be closed down following a series of financial scandals as his daughter Hannah-Ingram Moore fights to keep her controversial spa complex.

    https://twitter.com/AGKD123/status/1714345177505050726

    It really is a sad state of affairs, that one of the most feel good stories of COVID in the UK has totally been trashed by his money grubbing daughter.
    Her grift would embarrass Donald Trump.
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    CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 39,803

    An all-time absolute banger of a sentence there

    BREAKING: The Captain Tom Foundation is set to be closed down following a series of financial scandals as his daughter Hannah-Ingram Moore fights to keep her controversial spa complex.

    https://twitter.com/AGKD123/status/1714345177505050726

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/17/captain-tom-moore-family-defend-home-spa

    'Captain Tom Moore’s family have defended the construction of an oversized spa pool complex in their home that has been earmarked for demolition, saying it could provide rehabilitation sessions for elderly people.

    A council appeal hearing on Tuesday heard how Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin, applied in 2021 for permission to build a Captain Tom Foundation building in the grounds of their Bedfordshire home.

    An L-shaped building was approved but the couple opted to build a larger C-shaped building containing a spa pool instead. When they submitted a retrospective application in 2022, the planning authority refused. [...]

    The chartered surveyor James Paynter, for the appellants, said the scheme had “evolved” to include the spa pool.

    He said: “It was felt that a larger building could provide this extra space for this extra facility going forward. The spa pool has the opportunity to offer rehabilitation sessions for elderly people in the area.

    “They want to offer one-to-one sessions, only on a once or twice per week basis. They felt this extra limb to create a C-shape was needed to create this facility.”'
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited October 2023

    From the official Israel Twitter Account (with video)...

    From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit.

    According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.

    https://x.com/Israel/status/1714366327538794512?s=20

    As one reply to that says - its massive if true, its massive if its a deliberate lie...
    It is a rather definite statement, I presume they have comms evidence.
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    ydoethurydoethur Posts: 67,296
    CatMan said:

    ydoethur said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    What? Now that really is a spoiler. I thought it was book 7!
    No, that's when he's reincarnated as a German terrorist and falls off the Nakatomi building.
    Please, no Hans.
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    turbotubbsturbotubbs Posts: 15,206

    ydoethur said:

    rcs1000 said:

    NO SPOILERS PLEASE.

    SNAPE DIES IN BOOK SIX.
    What? Now that really is a spoiler. I thought it was book 7!
    Serves me right for not looking it up and just going off memory, its Dumbledore in 6!
    Outing yourself as not a Harry Potter obsessive, or was that a cunning mistake to make us think that?
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    StillWatersStillWaters Posts: 7,061
    AFTER MANY ADVENTURES, SAURON IS DEFEATED AND THE HOBBITS RETURN HOME
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    From the official Israel Twitter Account (with video)...

    From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit.

    According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.

    https://x.com/Israel/status/1714366327538794512?s=20

    As one reply to that says - its massive if true, its massive if its a deliberate lie...
    It is a rather definite statement, I presume they have comms evidence.
    The thing that doesn't add up for me at least.

    Didn't the Israelis advise for the hospital to be evacuated, they'd only do that if they were planning on bombing it?
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    algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 10,551
    edited October 2023
    THE MURDER WAS COMMITTED BY THE NARRATOR OF THE BOOK, BUT IT'S NOT A SPOILER BECAUSE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE TITLE
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    What do the films The Sixth Sense and Titanic have in common?

    Icy dead people.
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    FrancisUrquhartFrancisUrquhart Posts: 76,285
    edited October 2023

    From the official Israel Twitter Account (with video)...

    From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed through the vicinity of the hospital when it was hit.

    According to intelligence information, from several sources we have, the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization is responsible for the failed shooting that hit the hospital.

    https://x.com/Israel/status/1714366327538794512?s=20

    As one reply to that says - its massive if true, its massive if its a deliberate lie...
    It is a rather definite statement, I presume they have comms evidence.
    The thing that doesn't add up for me at least.

    Didn't the Israelis advise for the hospital to be evacuated, they'd only do that if they were planning on bombing it?
    I imagine Israel will be asked to show receipts, at very least to international partners.
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