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Just imagine if Boris Johnson was still PM – politicalbetting.com
Just imagine if Boris Johnson was still PM – politicalbetting.com
I am a gobby bastard but even I am lost for words.Boris Johnson "wanted to be injected with Covid-19 on television" to calm public fears, an ex-aide has said.The claim – by Lord Lister – came in a witness statement to the Covid inquiry.https://t.co/pdlwdANoB9
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In that spirit, and because Mrs Burgessian is having a clear-out, I've just for the very first time in my life put some items on ebay for sale.
After just a few minutes already some action! Christ, this is exciting!
(£5 bid for an Airfix 1:32 scale Triumph Herald, and an offer below starting bid price for a 1:72 scale Britten Norman Islander).
This is how to while away winter afternoons for sure.
When will Professor Sir Chris Whitty be called to the dock to explain why he ignored the entire South African medical profession and deliberately brought hospitality to its knees with his comments in Christmas 2021?
Oh, spouse initiated clearouts. Whew.
And - my god - who'd a thought you could accumulate so many chargers and leads without having a scooby for which appliance they are intended for.
I am confident I am losing this bet.
Ukraine certainly needs to bring back the element of surprise because the last few months have been a bit predictable (sure, Russia is predictable too but with a brute style that can still be effective in an ugly way, a bit like England's Rugby team).
The Tories would still be more likely be in govt after the next GE if Boris was PM than they are now
Is there one that is affordable and effective?
And some Biggles first editions, which were a surprise to find.
And a mint Mamod Steam Engine, which I am keeping.
But not on the Dnieper - it's huge, and fast where slightly less huge.
Somebody must have pontoon bridges that can be sunk slightly during the day.
Carol Vorderman has lost her BBC Radio Show, as she lives in contravention of their social media policies.
You can't have both Radio Carol and Twitter Carol, anymore. 2 into1 will not go.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67357877
Edit: did I say two when I meant to say three?
Not going well so far. I think our upstairs ceilings might collapse due to stuff in the loft. On the plus side, we've now effectively got a uniform 6-foot thick layer of insulation up there.
My parents are going to be downsizing next year, and I am going to have to decide what to do with a whole load of stuff. I basically emigrated with a couple of suitcases, a decade and a half ago, and emptied my own house into parents’ loft so I could rent it out!
It seems you can fool a quarter of the people all of the time.....
The Vulcan gets all the kudos but for my money, the grace of the Victor outclasses it.
Of the smaller planes there was the Hawker Hunter.
There's a very good book on the post-war British aviation industry and the depressingly large number of opportunities that were squandered. "Empire of the Clouds" by James Hamilton-Paterson.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Clouds-Golden-Britains-Aircraft/dp/0571341489
Unfortunately, the public grew bored of the lies and grifting. It has been suggested above that if he were still PM he would lead the Tories to a better result. Really? This enquiry would be wall to wall, with continued denials and that is out of context and actually the villain is Starmer actually.
Why is this part of the enquiry focused on "who-said-what-when" - because its critically important for our politics. The remaining handful of PB Tories may not care, but voters do. I did say at the time that "kill your granny for Christmas" wouldn't be popular. It wasn't then, its hugely damaging now.
Well done with the ball at the end, at least we’re now unlikely to be last in the tournament!
The greatest aircraft of all time.
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- the "always voted Tory and don't care what they're doing";
- pensioners and home-owners with small or no mortgages doing quite nicely, thank-you;
- Brexit / anti-woke 'values' voters not willing to move to Reform, on tactical or other grounds;
- right-of-centre voters with an instinctive or residual distrust of Labour;
- disillusioned Conservatives who, despite the Tories' behaviour and lack of delivery, don't want Labour to have too large a majority / want the party to have a future base to build from;
Between the family we are getting
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for Christmas.
The polling consequence of all that would indeed be that the Tories would be miles behind - but that being the case, why wouldn't MPs act? Why would they show such loyalty when maybe half of them could be looking at redundancy? I can't really answer that.
Put simply, had he not been brought down when he was, he'd have been brought down later.
I have just returned from a visit to my medical centre re my recent dvt and have a series of further investigations as the medics work to resolve my issues, and I have absolute confidence in them. The good news is my wife is improving from her dreadful covid infection
I have to say the combination of the witness statements about Johnson at the covid enquiry timed with the idiotic release of the Johnson sycophant Dorries's book makes one despair at the way these two and others have trashed the conservative brand and should hang their heads in shame
I have lost my appetite for the to and fro in politics and despair at the wars in Ukraine and Israel/Gaza
If I could influence anything I would want a peace settlement in both conflicts and an early general election but my efforts are entirely directed at my family and recovery
I have to disagree on the Victor though: it's fugly. The frontal view is awful IMV, with those windows between the massive intakes. The Valiant looked better, albeit a less adventurous and successful design. And of course, the Vulcan beats them all.
(I've been wondering about the Loser's record on spreading COVID, and thinking the total must be at least in the double digits, but haven't seen any counts.)
But evidently the scales have fallen from her eyes as far as the Tories are concerned.
Lamb broth: leftover roast lamb from Sunday, cubes of potato, large chunks of carrot, roughly chopped onion, the leftover Sunday gravy, pearl barley, lots of black pepper and chopped parsley, and about 2 litres of water. Salt to be added to taste later.
Took me 5 minutes to get all the ingredients peeled, chopped and in the pan and that was it. Now it simmers while I go off to hospital to be tested for a cat allergy and when I return it’ll be ready to serve.
EDIT: looked it up and does indeed look good news https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/French-senate-backs-automatic-visa-right-for-UK-second-home-owners#
Ideally that could help me avoid the increasingly frequent holdups at immigration (in other countries, the French never bother) while passport people count up my stamps.
They held the Kentucky Governorship by a decent margin in the end (albeit they missed in Mississippi by an identical one).
They held onto the Virginia Senate, while taking the House of Delegates from the Republicans.
In the House Special elections, the Dems increased their vote share slightly in Rhode Island.
Plus, after the Ohio legislature enacted a six week abortion ban, the voters amended the State constitution to guarantee access. I really do think that the Republican focus on abortion is a major vote loser. You can, I think, restrict access to 15 weeks without much electoral consequence, but when you go beyond there, voters tend to shout "No", even in Red States.
I've always voted Labour
Pensioners and home-owners with small or no mortgages, who'd done very well from the rise in house prices from 1997-2007.
Left wing "values" voters
Left of centre voters with a residual distrust of the Tories
Disillusioned Labour voters who nevertheless, didn't want the Tories coming in with a big majority.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/rmt-and-train-operators-reach-breakthrough-in-national-rail-row?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/28/carol-vorderman-conservative-row-david-cameron/
Labour would also not be polling as high as it is now in the redwall, albeit the LDs might be doing a bit better again in the bluewall
Trump is also not as hardline against abortion as DeSantis is or Pence was so Trump won't be at all bothered by the Ohio ballot result either
'It appears that Elaine Cottam genuinely didn’t know what a witness statement was, nor had she worked out what it might be by the end of her inquiry session.
Beer’s questioning concluded shortly thereafter. He had, without being derailed, successfully demonstrated that Fujitsu had kept a serious software problem from a Subpostmaster who then lost money and subsequently her livelihood as a result of the callous ineptitude of Elaine Cottam and her colleagues at the Post Office. Having achieved this, it seems someone at the Post Office went on to produce a misleading witness statement supposedly authored by someone without the capacity or capability of being responsible for it.'
However, do have my own collection of 3-D models made of what look mostly like crossword puzzle pieces mad of thinish foam rubber or similar, that I got and assembled over a decade ago.
Including (in my order of preference) Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Flatiron Building; also the skyscraper in Taipei that looks like either a) bamboo stalk; or b) stack of Chinese takeout boxes (personally think b, but will defer to the eminent PBer who is former Taipei resident but whose name escapes me.)
Also the butt-ugly, Darth-Vaderesque Sears Tower in Chicago, which is what I still call it, officially the Willis Tower, but reckon that in the Windy City only corporate suckup types use the W-word.
One practical advantage to models of skyscrapers is that they have relatively small footprints, which is helpful when your space is limited. Which is NOT the case for, say, the US Capitol, of which I also have a foam 3-D model.
Note that I have model of St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square, Moscow that's still in its box, not having a suitable place to display it if I put it together.
I think he probably wouldn't, but he does have something special so hard to count him out.
I do think there's an argument that he's a one off and essentially can't be copied.
That would be funny were this not so serious. This piece of work repeatedly tried to insinuate dishonesty by the husband of the SPM on no basis whatsoever despite being repeatedly challenged by the KC referring to it as the "suspicion without proof issue raising its head again?”
Ropes and lampposts are too good for these people.
Cottam has also thrown the lawyer under the bus here. This lawyer has given evidence already but will likely need to be recalled because it appears that she wrote the witness statement and/or coached the witness in a way which should get her struck off. Though my guess is that the SRA will prove even more ineffectual than the Met at nailing any of these bastards.
Within the couple of seconds it took to read “yours truly is NOT a fan” I knew this was @SeaShantyIrish2
And yes, we wanted rid of him because he was a winner. But we failed - it wasn't us who got rid of him. It was his own party, with ample help from Boris himself.