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Just how large Khan’s lead would be without ULEZ? – politicalbetting.com
Just how large Khan’s lead would be without ULEZ? – politicalbetting.com
Sadiq Khan holds a 25pt lead over Tory rival Susan Hall for mayorSadiq Khan (Labour): 50% Susan Hall (Conservative): 25% Zoe Garbett (Green): 11% Rob Blackie (Lib Dem): 7% Howard Cox (Reform UK): 4% Some other candidate: 3%https://t.co/BW1lnjmKN6 pic.twitter.com/eMeGTMJgyV
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““We need to understand, mistakes happen”
Mikel Arteta - October 2023
https://twitter.com/stehoare/status/1720899268267938019
Just how small would Khan's lead be without ULEZ?
Doesn't matter if he loses outer London if he piles up the anti-death-by-lung-disease vote.
The poll still has Khan running a bit behind national Labour in London, which smells about right.
What annoys me is when someone watches a forearm smash to the head and thinks "nah, that's fine".
VAR should be for clear and obvious errors, and it isn't a clear and obvious error if it takes more than 30 seconds to decide.
The idea has some merit, but isn't working well in practice.
https://twitter.com/sebkrier/status/1721669744795820230
Are Chinese AIs intended to be 'helpful' ?
The most disturbing thing about the Spurs v Liverpool fuck up was the fact there was a qualified referee and a qualified linesman in the VAR hub but the only person who realised something was wrong was the TV operator.
https://www.politico.eu/article/anne-frank-kindergarten-germany-change-name-uproar/
...According to television outlet n-tv, the city council said that some parents and employees requested to the change the name. The daycare center manager Linda Schichor said that children struggle to understand the name, while parents with a migration background often don’t relate to Anne Frank, German media Volksstimme first reported over the weekend. “We wanted something without a political background,” Schichor said...
Apart from when you get booked by the referee for not accepting his decision.
https://twitter.com/paddypower/status/1721664441383612803
And besides, it’s easy being green if you are rich beyond imagination, as Charles is. Try it on a council estate on minimum wage.
What’s more, Hall seems to be a cross between Braverman and Truss, pro-Trump and pro-Brexit. She’s not exactly the ideal candidate for London.
As I say, though, Khan is unpopular and has been as ineffective as his predecessor. He’s vulnerable and would probably lose to a more mainstream Tory or to a right-of-centre independent like Rory Stewart. If I were Hall, I’d forget ULEZ and go hard on crime.
Corbyn won’t stand. If he did it would mean immediate expulsion from the Labour party and he wants to keep his membership for as long as possible.
It did seem to work well in the Euros, and unobtrusively.
His complaint, which I think is a valid one, is how long it takes to make a decision. If you’re looking for minutes on end, it’s not a clear error. It spoils the flow of the game and also means the players’ muscles potentially tighten up, making them more vulnerable to injury.
In case you didn't know, the FA would make the DFE look competent.
Let’s not forget that there are plenty of guard rails on the Western AIs as well.
https://www.gbnews.com/lifestyle/driving-law-changes-kings-speech-impact
Does GB News fully understand our constitutional settlement? "Drivers are patiently waiting" is bad enough.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/blue-peter--anne-frank/zrj247h
The opportunity for improving efficiency of transport in particular is huge.
https://twitter.com/f10dg/status/1721485861156479425
On the negative side, if she did get just 25% that would be the lowest score for a Conservative London Mayoral candidate yet, even lower
than the 27% Steve Norris got in 2000 in the first round
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1721732090176123299
I have said it for a bit now but I wonder if Luftur Rahman will throw his hat in the ring. If he did, he would have an outside chance, especially on these numbers. He can probably take a good chunk of the Muslim vote away from Khan and, if Hall is no longer seen as a threat, the fear of being accused of letting the Conservative in goes away.
The treasury have come up with imaginary savings. This is deeply disturbing on many levels , where does it end .
Benefit fraud is tiny but the government attitude is to treat all claimants as guilty
Took a police helicopter and armed cops to subdue it, like a rampaging terrorist. There are rumours online about the injuries sustained.
The consistent problem is their ability to jump fences, so the policy of allowing them access to gardens even after the ban comes into place is not going to work.
It was obvious that ULEZ would be forgotten after a couple of months, as I posted in August. And so it is proving.
It makes me think Labour should be much bolder: Wealth tax, rolling NI into ICT, phase out private education, replace the HoL with an elected assembly. They's probably get away with all of those since most people would be unaffected or better off.
Labour’s policy is screwing over working class kids.
Why panicked private-school parents are fighting each other for a place at the local comp
Labour's plan to charge VAT on fees has sparked a scramble for the top state schools – and put the independent sector in peril
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/2023/11/06/labour-vat-tax-policy-private-school-state-parents-student/
If he makes a habit of it, he'll make Richard Keys angry.
https://twitter.com/Funwithflares/status/1721811249942409375
Mind you it comes off the back of recent studies that showed that actual playing time is only about 2/3rds of game time in the Premier League - and they are better than some of the other leagues.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1359233/premier-league-in-play-time/
Next will be using the rules about reporting to push detection of other kinds of fraud/tax evasion onto the banks.
The problem is the owners. Also in saying to people that the issue is with the breed therefore implying all other dogs are safe. They are not in the wrong circumstances. The Dangerous Dogs Act is a bad piece of legislation and has not stopped the issues.
But "not invented here" of course.
Not to mention any sort of crime or even spies being paid by foreign governments. Cash won't help as the banks could be asked to compare spending against similar sized families; those not spending enough must be using illicitly-gained cash. The possibilities are endless.
That's not to say something doesn't need to be done about XLBs etc. But it doesn't help.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/30/var-should-only-be-used-for-clear-and-obvious-offside-errors-say-law-makers
I mean, you couldn’t have a comp without dodgy concrete in the roof, right? It would take 3 years to prepare the reports on the social inclusiveness of the paint scheme as well.
I think Scott told me.
First the tax they pay that helps pay state schools. Secondly, they forgo the benefit they have paid for but won't use and thirdly the VAT on the alternative option chosen.
Whether you agree with that comes down to ideology of course.
As a smallish-state liberal, I think for me this comes a tad to close judgementally saying 'this is what we, the state, provides and this is what you SHOULD use' rather than supporting individual choice; though I find this one a tricky issue and am open as always to be persuaded otherwise.
Which is funny. The Tories have presided over a collapse in the criminal justice system. Cuts have removed capacity in the CPS and the courts, and even access to legal representation. Cases taking an eternity to get to trial, and then judges instructed not to send serious offenders to jail as they are full.
The usual question- do the Tories really think voters are that stupid? And don’t the polls show that the majority can see right through them.
As he sees it,some of their parents will be priced out, but they are planning to go to the next school down (in fees) as it were and - in most cases - for the next child rather than moving the current one, although some would be forced out more quickly. He has no worries about filling those places as they have more applicants than they can accommodate and can fill their places with, particularly, families from overseas (China in particular) wanting to send their children. So he sees a cascade effect, where the top schools fill in from unmet demand and a section in each school move down to the one below (at the bottom some transfering to state). So he sees more kids in state education, but doesn't think there will be much overall effect on the private sector numbers - possibly some problems for those at the bottom really not adding value versus state for the fees.
If correct, this would mean more kids to accommodate in the state system (but well under 1/5th of current private numbers, so the VAT on fees should more than cover those costs) and increased overseas income from more foreign pupils attending the top private schools.
He's a signed up member of the metropolitan remoaner liberal elite, but centrist in views - e.g. voted for Justine Greening when in Putney. He's ambivalent overall on the VAT on schools issue; thinks reviewing charity status would make more sense.