The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Only about 15-20% of the Welsh population can read and write Welsh proficiently. Why on earth are you making comparisons to Italy or Germany ?
After the way the language has been treated over the years by those in charge? Nothing wrong with a bit of role reversal to even out the balance a fraction. The Saesun are showing how the Welsh have felt for centuries.
Ahem.
I hate to be pedantic* but;
The word is 'Saeson.'
*This is officially the X most unconvincing lie told in the last 24 hours, pending an official count of the number in that Trump/Musk porno.
Thank you - very happy to be corrected. Sometimes I mentally get crosswired with the Gaelic.
Glad to have you join us. Thig a-steach, mo charaid.
Edit - I was visiting Aber on Sunday and there I met a young American doing a PhD in Celtic languages supervised by an old friend of mine. He has just started taking lessons in Gaelic. In Welsh.
Respect...
Part of the charm of foreign travel is to escape the Anglosphere for a while. That the English can achieve this simply by driving west for a couple of hours just shows how lucky they are.
One of the other joys is thunderstorms. We’ve had 4 days of sweltering weather and cobalt blue skies, then suddenly this evening the sky clouds over, violent zephyrs blow around the washing, the sunbed cushions and all the nearby trees, and ominous rumbles and flashes emanate from the South West horizon.
If you have 2 and a half minutes, talk me through the appeal of a 2nd home?
Doesn't it mean you have almost twice the hassle of one home, and you have to go to the same place every summer?
I don't get it. Decades ago I thought about it, but then I realised all this
The one reason I think you might do it, is if you intend to retire there. Then that might make sense. Build a new social network for your twilight years. But you are quite young and vigorous...
We have a second home in Southwold. Primarily it is for my wife, but I enjoy it also. It doesn't stop us going elsewhere. I have been to America and France this year and will be going to Portugal and Spain and possibly elsewhere this year. It is small so doesn't require much maintenance and we have a life there (friends, events, favourite places, etc) but you are right it is more commitment , but some of those commitments are fun eg gardening. However as I get older and the children have fled I should downsize from our large house, but can't face the hassle. I would also like to buy in France, but for the reasons you have said I haven't. It is also why I haven't bought a classic car yet, because of that doubt, having spent ages looking, but then the looking is fun.
So yep you are right, but these are the compromises you make. It's hassle but it provides joy.
I kill 100's of people because its my job and thats ok You kill the odd person because its fun thats not ok
Why don't you focus on what YOU do, rather than me?
Can you make the world a significantly better place? Yes. Get rid of your pets; it is irredeemably selfish to keep cats or dogs
Why don't you focus on the shit you do to the environment rather than me....
Because I can do my own thing, or not, I am pointing out what YOU can do. What I do is irrelevant to whether you feel it is still morally justifiable to keep enslaved mammals merely for your own entertainment: when the evidence is now undeniable that they are destroying the ecosystem - and in multiple ways, from the medications polluting our rivers to their behaviours slaughtering our birds, mammals, amphibians
Go to the mirror, look yourself in the eye, and say "Yeah I'm cool with my chimp tea party, it's great, who cares if we have forests". If that is your conclusion, good for you
I am not the one obsessively lecturing you so you can frankly fuck off
Great, you like special "chimp tea parties". Good for you. Forests can all die, you don't care. Got it
If you care about the environment I take it you're never going to fly again?
No, thought not.
So kindly shut the fuck up on this topic.
i will say what the fuck I like, unless you're actually going to ban me for having an opinion on pets?
I'll ban you for being a tedious troll.
Simple question, are you giving up flying?
I've mentioned this twice in about a year, last night and tonight. Are you going to ban me for having a strident opinion?
I hope you don't get banned for having a strident opinion; it should be for being an utter twat.
What? Finding pet-ownership immoral?
Is that what PB is reduced to? Banning opinions simply because they make us uncomfortable?
You can't even accuse me of spamming the site on this topic, I mention it about twice a year, at most (tho I sincerely and fervently believe it, I simply don'r return to it very often)
So your only argument is: you don't like this opinion, because it makes you personally uneasy. Ergo, it should be banned. PB should be a safe space for you, a pet owner
Er, can't you read? I specifically said I hope you don't get banned for your strident opinion.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Migrant caps or otherwise, nobody is able to articulate why Badenoch was a popular choice in the first place. She is, to my admittedly limited experience, a dull speaker and was entirely invisible in a ministerial role. What on god’s green Earth has she done that qualifies her for the job?
The party that previously selected Johnson, Truss and Sunak isn't bothered about qualified for the job.
What is 'qualified for the job?' Labour thought Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn 'qualified for the job' after all.
On topic I think Badenoch could still make it, because we have not got to the sharp end of the campaign yet, and she is articulate and often quite convincing as a media performer. I do however agree that Jenrick is the more likely. Out of those that have announced, I actually think he might be the best option, perhaps other than Cleverley.
I think that Badenoch could lead them down a garden path of culture war minutiae (some of what she says is interesting but it’s not going to be enough to create an election winning force - see DeSantis, Ron). She seems to have very little to say about any other topic. I think Tugendhat is too weak, Stride too invisible and Patel is yesterday’s woman. Jenrick can say the “right” things, is a bit more of an unknown, presentationally ‘ok’ and combative on immigration. He straddles the gap between trying to appeal to Reform and also bringing the old school Tory coalition along for the ride. I happen to think he is also a slimy git, but my opinion doesn’t really matter.
He wont last three years.
But it's their funeral.
If taxes are up, the boats unstopped, wokeism rampant, strikes a plenty even Jenrick might have a chance
Springwatch episode 11. Getting fucking angry at pet-owners again
DO YOU NOT FEEL GUILTY?
These collapses in bird life. IT'S THE FUCKING CATS AND DOGS
So ones that have been neutered are OK?
kill them all. Grow the fuck up, Britain
Seriously if we want wildlife and birdlife and living rivers, we need to get rid of our animal slaves that do nothing but "entertain us" by hiding amusingly in paperbags. It is pitiful. Only imbeciles can honestly reconcile themselves to what dogs and cats do to the ecosystem
It's like destroying all the forests in Europe because we are so amused by chimp tea-parties in circuses
I've noticed a lot of couples my age get a dog instead of children (or at least a very high proportion of those who choose not to have kids).
It's a lower effort, lower cost alternative to being a parent, but less rewarding too.
I cannot imagine getting one unless I get bored in retirement in 30 years or so.
They are clearly surrogate kids. It is tragic
That is true. But a bit of empathy for people who have pets because of an involuntary absence of kids, while not detracting from your overall point, would not go amiss. TBF I am not totally unsympathetic to your line of argument but your hyperbole is pure trolling.
Tom Tugendhat for me has the air of a permanent secretary at the war office telling his minister that very sadly General Gordon has fallen at Khartoum.
I will be voting for Tugendhat if I get the chance too but I could live with Jenrick who I expect to win
This approved in 5 months, across both Governments.
A multi-billion pound subsea cable that can shift vast amounts of renewable electricity between Scotland and England has been given the go-ahead by regulators.
SSEN Transmission says the energy transfer project is needed to move energy around the grid on days when the wind doesn’t blow or demand is high.
The two 315-mile (507km) cables will run from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire and will initially work alongside a similar link down the west coast.
It is part of wider moves to modernise and increase capacity on the energy transmission network for the shift away from fossil fuels to tackle climate change.
Springwatch episode 11. Getting fucking angry at pet-owners again
DO YOU NOT FEEL GUILTY?
These collapses in bird life. IT'S THE FUCKING CATS AND DOGS
So ones that have been neutered are OK?
kill them all. Grow the fuck up, Britain
Seriously if we want wildlife and birdlife and living rivers, we need to get rid of our animal slaves that do nothing but "entertain us" by hiding amusingly in paperbags. It is pitiful. Only imbeciles can honestly reconcile themselves to what dogs and cats do to the ecosystem
It's like destroying all the forests in Europe because we are so amused by chimp tea-parties in circuses
I've noticed a lot of couples my age get a dog instead of children (or at least a very high proportion of those who choose not to have kids).
It's a lower effort, lower cost alternative to being a parent, but less rewarding too.
I cannot imagine getting one unless I get bored in retirement in 30 years or so.
They are clearly surrogate kids. It is tragic
That is true. But a bit of empathy for people who have pets because of an involuntary absence of kids, while not detracting from your overall point, would not go amiss. TBF I am not totally unsympathetic to your line of argument but your hyperbole is pure trolling.
Not only that, not all cat owners get a cat. My current one just decided to move in and graciously allows me to continue living here
Springwatch episode 11. Getting fucking angry at pet-owners again
DO YOU NOT FEEL GUILTY?
These collapses in bird life. IT'S THE FUCKING CATS AND DOGS
So ones that have been neutered are OK?
kill them all. Grow the fuck up, Britain
Seriously if we want wildlife and birdlife and living rivers, we need to get rid of our animal slaves that do nothing but "entertain us" by hiding amusingly in paperbags. It is pitiful. Only imbeciles can honestly reconcile themselves to what dogs and cats do to the ecosystem
It's like destroying all the forests in Europe because we are so amused by chimp tea-parties in circuses
I've noticed a lot of couples my age get a dog instead of children (or at least a very high proportion of those who choose not to have kids).
It's a lower effort, lower cost alternative to being a parent, but less rewarding too.
I cannot imagine getting one unless I get bored in retirement in 30 years or so.
They are clearly surrogate kids. It is tragic
Perhaps punitive taxes on pet food would be a way to solve the fertility crisis.
Our cat lived on Aldi tuna flakes, which were not cat food - but better value.
The remarkable market is in the business of custom-prepared pet food subscription products. It takes "child substitute" or "husband substitute" to a whole new level.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
On topic I think Badenoch could still make it, because we have not got to the sharp end of the campaign yet, and she is articulate and often quite convincing as a media performer. I do however agree that Jenrick is the more likely. Out of those that have announced, I actually think he might be the best option, perhaps other than Cleverley.
I think that Badenoch could lead them down a garden path of culture war minutiae (some of what she says is interesting but it’s not going to be enough to create an election winning force - see DeSantis, Ron). She seems to have very little to say about any other topic. I think Tugendhat is too weak, Stride too invisible and Patel is yesterday’s woman. Jenrick can say the “right” things, is a bit more of an unknown, presentationally ‘ok’ and combative on immigration. He straddles the gap between trying to appeal to Reform and also bringing the old school Tory coalition along for the ride. I happen to think he is also a slimy git, but my opinion doesn’t really matter.
He wont last three years.
But it's their funeral.
If taxes are up, the boats unstopped, wokeism rampant, strikes a plenty even Jenrick might have a chance
His best chance would have been against the previous government then.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
On topic I think Badenoch could still make it, because we have not got to the sharp end of the campaign yet, and she is articulate and often quite convincing as a media performer. I do however agree that Jenrick is the more likely. Out of those that have announced, I actually think he might be the best option, perhaps other than Cleverley.
I think that Badenoch could lead them down a garden path of culture war minutiae (some of what she says is interesting but it’s not going to be enough to create an election winning force - see DeSantis, Ron). She seems to have very little to say about any other topic. I think Tugendhat is too weak, Stride too invisible and Patel is yesterday’s woman. Jenrick can say the “right” things, is a bit more of an unknown, presentationally ‘ok’ and combative on immigration. He straddles the gap between trying to appeal to Reform and also bringing the old school Tory coalition along for the ride. I happen to think he is also a slimy git, but my opinion doesn’t really matter.
He wont last three years.
But it's their funeral.
If taxes are up, the boats unstopped, wokeism rampant, strikes a plenty even Jenrick might have a chance
His best chance would have been against the previous government then.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Well, the site wont be the same without you if this really is the end.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Well, the site wont be the same without you if this really is the end.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Indian rail stations can have signage in up to THREE languages: English, Hindi, and the local state language where applicable.
Japanese stations often have four languages. Official Japanese, simplified Japanese, and a weird phonetic Japanese (because Japanese is so hard sometimes that's the only way to let Japanese people understand where they are). Plus English
Japanese has four alphabets.
In Israel, signs are in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Pedantry alert: it's Hebrew, Arabic and Roman. The idea that the English invented the alphabet (clue's in the name) should be resisted.
Incorrect. If they were in Roman script, they would be e.g. Ierico and Ierusalem.
And if they were in Latin, then they would be Hiericous and Aelia Capitolina.
The names are in English, which uses a Roman-derived but not fully Roman script.
That's not 'English'. It's the transliteration of Modern Hebrew in the modified Roman alphabet. You've chosen two well-known place names that happen to be mentioned in the English Bible. What about all the others which don't exist in an English context? Be'er Sheva isn't 'English', for example. It's Hebrew, written in the Roman alphabet.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
On topic I think Badenoch could still make it, because we have not got to the sharp end of the campaign yet, and she is articulate and often quite convincing as a media performer. I do however agree that Jenrick is the more likely. Out of those that have announced, I actually think he might be the best option, perhaps other than Cleverley.
I think that Badenoch could lead them down a garden path of culture war minutiae (some of what she says is interesting but it’s not going to be enough to create an election winning force - see DeSantis, Ron). She seems to have very little to say about any other topic. I think Tugendhat is too weak, Stride too invisible and Patel is yesterday’s woman. Jenrick can say the “right” things, is a bit more of an unknown, presentationally ‘ok’ and combative on immigration. He straddles the gap between trying to appeal to Reform and also bringing the old school Tory coalition along for the ride. I happen to think he is also a slimy git, but my opinion doesn’t really matter.
He wont last three years.
But it's their funeral.
If taxes are up, the boats unstopped, wokeism rampant, strikes a plenty even Jenrick might have a chance
His best chance would have been against the previous government then.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Community note: @Leon has joined the Liberal Democrats
How long before @Leon alone in his flat without PB to console the wee hours of the night goes out and gets a cat?
Poor cat
Yet incredibly it will be one of the best and rarest cats ever to live!!
By some twist of events involving a taxi driver and drinks into the late hours at a sleazy club in Pristina that only the most dissolute but discerning ex-pats know, a cat will be procured that is descended directly from Tutankhamun's original favourite mog.
I don't think Badenoch is a lightweight at all. As I've said before she actually has a degree of depth I don't see in many other politicians right now. And if being a culture warrior means challenging the postmodern drivel destroying our universities then good. That being said she WAS quiet on the post office. I think she said she wouldn't be launching her campaign until September. She has 3(?) young children. Does she really want it?
I don't think Badenoch is a lightweight at all. As I've said before she actually has a degree of depth I don't see in many other politicians right now. And if being a culture warrior means challenging the postmodern drivel destroying our universities then good. That being said she WAS quiet on the post office. I think she said she wouldn't be launching her campaign until September. She has 3(?) young children. Does she really want it?
She's be better off skipping this or losing gracefully.
There is time enough and whoever wins is going be gone in three years.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Only about 15-20% of the Welsh population can read and write Welsh proficiently. Why on earth are you making comparisons to Italy or Germany ?
After the way the language has been treated over the years by those in charge? Nothing wrong with a bit of role reversal to even out the balance a fraction. The Saesun are showing how the Welsh have felt for centuries.
Ahem.
I hate to be pedantic* but;
The word is 'Saeson.'
*This is officially the X most unconvincing lie told in the last 24 hours, pending an official count of the number in that Trump/Musk porno.
Thank you - very happy to be corrected. Sometimes I mentally get crosswired with the Gaelic.
Glad to have you join us. Thig a-steach, mo charaid.
Edit - I was visiting Aber on Sunday and there I met a young American doing a PhD in Celtic languages supervised by an old friend of mine. He has just started taking lessons in Gaelic. In Welsh.
Respect...
Part of the charm of foreign travel is to escape the Anglosphere for a while. That the English can achieve this simply by driving west for a couple of hours just shows how lucky they are.
One of the other joys is thunderstorms. We’ve had 4 days of sweltering weather and cobalt blue skies, then suddenly this evening the sky clouds over, violent zephyrs blow around the washing, the sunbed cushions and all the nearby trees, and ominous rumbles and flashes emanate from the South West horizon.
If you have 2 and a half minutes, talk me through the appeal of a 2nd home?
Doesn't it mean you have almost twice the hassle of one home, and you have to go to the same place every summer?
I don't get it. Decades ago I thought about it, but then I realised all this
The one reason I think you might do it, is if you intend to retire there. Then that might make sense. Build a new social network for your twilight years. But you are quite young and vigorous...
I only just read this.
The appeal of a second home? I don’t know really. I bought it in 2007 because I couldn’t afford a house in London at the time but had itchy feet and needed a project.
For the most part it’s still a project. We all need something to do, and a second home has the advantage of being a familiar place to spend a different sort of time.
The downside is if it forces you to spend all your holidays there, or it becomes a burden. So far this hasn’t done either, but I know it does for some.
How long before @Leon alone in his flat without PB to console the wee hours of the night goes out and gets a cat?
Poor cat
Yet incredibly it will be one of the best and rarest cats ever to live!!
By some twist of events involving a taxi driver and drinks into the late hours at a sleazy club in Pristina that only the most dissolute but discerning ex-pats know, a cat will be procured that is descended directly from Tutankhamun's original favourite mog.
I'm somehow now thinking of the old line :
"Curiosity killed the cat, but what it found, brought it back."
I don't think Badenoch is a lightweight at all. As I've said before she actually has a degree of depth I don't see in many other politicians right now. And if being a culture warrior means challenging the postmodern drivel destroying our universities then good. That being said she WAS quiet on the post office. I think she said she wouldn't be launching her campaign until September. She has 3(?) young children. Does she really want it?
She's be better off skipping this or losing gracefully.
There is time enough and whoever wins is going be gone in three years.
One trouble is, she came fourth in 2022 and Sunak, Truss and Mordaunt aren't available this time. So if she doesn't win this time, she's been overtaken, and that's it.
The other is that, although anything can happen, the most likely answer is that none of the class of 2019-24 are going to be Prime Minister. That the next Conservative PM (assuming there is one) is someone we haven't heard of yet.
Do any of them have the stoic dignity to run the party, improve things a bit, lose in 2028 and shuffle off? Because, although that's not the job description for sure, it's the winner's most likely fate.
"As Kamala Harris's lead widens, some Republicans tell Andrew Neil they now fear Trump's age and increasingly deranged behavior mean he's on track to lose the election... and could even be at risk of a breakdown"
I don't think Badenoch is a lightweight at all. As I've said before she actually has a degree of depth I don't see in many other politicians right now. And if being a culture warrior means challenging the postmodern drivel destroying our universities then good. That being said she WAS quiet on the post office. I think she said she wouldn't be launching her campaign until September. She has 3(?) young children. Does she really want it?
She's be better off skipping this or losing gracefully.
There is time enough and whoever wins is going be gone in three years.
One trouble is, she came fourth in 2022 and Sunak, Truss and Mordaunt aren't available this time. So if she doesn't win this time, she's been overtaken, and that's it.
The other is that, although anything can happen, the most likely answer is that none of the class of 2019-24 are going to be Prime Minister. That the next Conservative PM (assuming there is one) is someone we haven't heard of yet.
Do any of them have the stoic dignity to run the party, improve things a bit, lose in 2028 and shuffle off? Because, although that's not the job description for sure, it's the winner's most likely fate.
Yep.
Although there is the factor that we seem to live in more volatile times and people are more willing to switch their votes.
The newly minted sandcastle theory of voting.
So the winner will have some hope that something might turn up.
Ronald Reagan was not just a union member, he was president of the Screen Actors Guild, twice.
If he had chosen Jack Kemp as his running mate, the ticket would have been led by two union presidents, since Kemp had been president of the NFL player's association.
A few years ago I read about a solution some folks in Chicago had for rats. They hired a man to trap an alley cat for them, in a different part of the city. They kept the cat in their apartment for a few weeks, feeding it in a cage. They then put the cat out in the alley, put out food for it regularly, hoping it would stay around, and control the rat population. Seems to me like fair pay for the work -- which most cats would enjoy doing.
If the cat didn't like the deal, it could leave.
PS - I hope a few of you are patriotic and kind enough to get together and buy a Corgi for Leon. I think QE II, looking down on you, would approve.
Basically: 700 homes delayed by Covid to be sold off to a private company by a bankrupt council.
What the …..
“”But the properties have sat empty for months, with the council unable to sell them due to a lack of “market appetite” for one- and two-bedroom apartments in the area, and issues with mortgage providers valuing the properties at less than they were being sold for.
“A report presented to the council’s cabinet last week said selling off 755 properties to a private bidder, who has yet to be named, would result in a “significant loss to the public purse” but was the best outcome.
“It added that selling the apartments off individually would take more than five years, during which time the council would have to maintain the buildings “at significant expense” and would have to deal with unstable market conditions.
“The council has spent £325m on the development, of which £292m was borrowed. After selling off the homes, it is expected that £142m-£152m of debt will remain unpaid, costing £8m-£9m a year over a 40-year period to repay, taking the projected total loss in the region of £320m.”
How would it ever take five years to sell the apartments? All they needed to do was drop the price to what the banks would mortgage, and they’d be sold in weeks. Instead, they’ve sold them en masse as a massive discount.
£325 million for 755 one to two bed apartments?
That works out at nearly half a million pounds per one or two bed apartment.
In Birmingham, not London.
WTAF? I know the property market is overvalued, but not that overvalued surely?
It isn’t. The council spent that much on them, expecting them to be the athlete’s village for the Commonweath Games. But they weren’t finished on time, the athletes stayed elsewhere, and their disposal value is half the cost of building them.
And yet we still wonder why councils are going bankrupt.
By my calculation based on that article, the flats cost £335k each to build (including land cost) and were sold off in bulk for the equivalent of £200k each. However it is in a low land value area so most of the cost was clearly absorbed in building purpose built specialist accommodation.
I have commented before that build costs are astronomical , it is a combination of material cost, labour cost, and regulation cost. From what I have seen recently, the cost of building this type of development in London is now £3500/ sqm.
Another dimension to the housing question which defies simple analysis or simplistic solutions. It costs a lot to build and those costs are passed on to the purchaser thus keeping housing prices high which works well for a lot of other interests just not those needing a home.
Costs of building is a cost of actually doing something and a cost that needs paying. But that's a small element of properties overall cost.
Pre-1948 land cost 2% of a properties costs, nowadays land costs over a third of the cost meaning that build cost (and the developers own profits etc) is considerably under two thirds.
Get consent and you can add 00's to the price of land, drop those 00's back off and the price of homes would collapse while still being able to pay for build cost in full.
The build costs are what they are. One problem is significant extra costs are loaded on to flats due to regulation, and flats have lower sale prices than houses.
There are some planning changes afoot. The labour government are allocating lots more land for development, including parts of the green belt. One element is effectively forcing landowners to sell in the green belt for a small increase over the existing use value. The idea is that the prices stay high but the uplift is captured and spent on infrastructure/social housing. I am not sure it will work out that well... landowners and their advisors won't run the risks of going through planning for a small increase in land value over say the agricultural use value, which is peanuts.
Yes the problem is that land should cost peanuts but if permission is granted then suddenly its got 00's added to the price which means that is the starting point to which build costs get added to.
My solution is to let anyone build wherever the hell they want and let people sort it out themselves.
That means that all land will equalise down at the peanuts price, which will knock that differential off the costs of houses.
Build costs are what they are as you need to pay for labour and materials (but breaking up the oligopoly by removing barriers to competition will help) but land is only what it is because of the permission requirement.
Based on past exchanges, I don't think this is really your solution; you want to allocate land for development and then set out design codes, it isn't the same as removing the requirement for planning permission and having a free for all.
One problem is who pays for the infrastructure. Planning gain is subsidising infrastructure and to a large degree, the construction of social/subsidised housing, and this is reflected in a proportion of the 'cost' of new houses. If you remove that element the cost will be socialised , ie it comes out of general taxation.
Another problem is that landowners won't be incentivised to sell if the price is 'peanuts', they have to have some financial incentive, or otherwise be legally compelled to sell, which is inevitably messy.
The government's job is to provide infrastructure, that's what we pay taxes for. But also there's also some back-and-forth about the quality of infrastructure you get, eg if you're in a place far from sewers then you're gonna need a septic tank, and if you're somewhere without many people then you shouldn't expect a school near by. Japan works like this, it's fine.
"As Kamala Harris's lead widens, some Republicans tell Andrew Neil they now fear Trump's age and increasingly deranged behavior mean he's on track to lose the election... and could even be at risk of a breakdown"
"As Kamala Harris's lead widens, some Republicans tell Andrew Neil they now fear Trump's age and increasingly deranged behavior mean he's on track to lose the election... and could even be at risk of a breakdown"
"It is a curious, some might think bizarre, strategy to run for president of the world's greatest democracy by praising three of the globe's most evil autocrats."
The GOP should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
But the modern GOP wont because it is now a cult.
Cheney. Romney. Brad Raffensperger. A handful of others have stood against this madness.
A few years ago I read about a solution some folks in Chicago had for rats. They hired a man to trap an alley cat for them, in a different part of the city. They kept the cat in their apartment for a few weeks, feeding it in a cage. They then put the cat out in the alley, put out food for it regularly, hoping it would stay around, and control the rat population. Seems to me like fair pay for the work -- which most cats would enjoy doing.
If the cat didn't like the deal, it could leave.
PS - I hope a few of you are patriotic and kind enough to get together and buy a Corgi for Leon. I think QE II, looking down on you, would approve.
"In the UK, we have an expression for benchmark incompetence: we say someone couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery. But a tech boss being unable to organise a tech event on his own tech platform feels like a new industry standard"
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
The cookie warnings are due to GDPR which was an eu directive we haven't repealed. The online safety bill is a perfidious piece of law making its true, however despite how bad it is it pales into benignity compared to the the DSA from the eu which allows them to prosecute what they term a "Large online platform" for content that the eu technocrats deem harmful content....not false content, nor illegal content...just they deem it harmful
BREAKING: New poll from youth voting org NextGen America, shows that VP Harris has vastly improved performance among voters under 35, beating Trump in a multi-way survey, 53% to 36%.
Wow and wait until you see the other findings🧵⇩
Antonio Arellano @AntonioArellano · 3h Among young Black voters, Harris is crushing it!
She beats Trump among this group in the poll, 72% to 19%.
The Trump campaign has been touting its gains among young male voters, including African Americans, NextGen's poll shows those gains are evaporating.
BREAKING: New poll from youth voting org NextGen America, shows that VP Harris has vastly improved performance among voters under 35, beating Trump in a multi-way survey, 53% to 36%.
Wow and wait until you see the other findings🧵⇩
Antonio Arellano @AntonioArellano · 3h Among young Black voters, Harris is crushing it!
She beats Trump among this group in the poll, 72% to 19%.
The Trump campaign has been touting its gains among young male voters, including African Americans, NextGen's poll shows those gains are evaporating.
How is saying the Democratic candidate is winning easily amongst young black voters news? I know Trump was doing slightly better than usual with that category when Biden was the candidate, but still it isn't surprising.
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
The cookie warnings are due to GDPR which was an eu directive we haven't repealed. The online safety bill is a perfidious piece of law making its true, however despite how bad it is it pales into benignity compared to the the DSA from the eu which allows them to prosecute what they term a "Large online platform" for content that the eu technocrats deem harmful content....not false content, nor illegal content...just they deem it harmful
Britain's had 8 years to fix or repeal GDPR, at this point if they haven't got rid of the cookie warnings you have to conclude it's because they don't want you to use the website until you've clicked on the cookie warning.
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
The cookie warnings are due to GDPR which was an eu directive we haven't repealed. The online safety bill is a perfidious piece of law making its true, however despite how bad it is it pales into benignity compared to the the DSA from the eu which allows them to prosecute what they term a "Large online platform" for content that the eu technocrats deem harmful content....not false content, nor illegal content...just they deem it harmful
I think social media is doing terrible damage but the OSB worries me and that EU directive seems bats*it.
"As Kamala Harris's lead widens, some Republicans tell Andrew Neil they now fear Trump's age and increasingly deranged behavior mean he's on track to lose the election... and could even be at risk of a breakdown"
This is why I think Nikki Haley should have stuck it out because if Trump loses at some point the GOP have to have a clear out and she'd have been in the perfect told you so position
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
The cookie warnings are due to GDPR which was an eu directive we haven't repealed. The online safety bill is a perfidious piece of law making its true, however despite how bad it is it pales into benignity compared to the the DSA from the eu which allows them to prosecute what they term a "Large online platform" for content that the eu technocrats deem harmful content....not false content, nor illegal content...just they deem it harmful
Britain's had 8 years to fix or repeal GDPR, at this point if they haven't got rid of the cookie warnings you have to conclude it's because they don't want you to use the website until you've clicked on the cookie warning.
Yes they could have and should have and the online safety bill with its clauses allowing for the banning on end to end encryption should have ended in the midden
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
The cookie warnings are due to GDPR which was an eu directive we haven't repealed. The online safety bill is a perfidious piece of law making its true, however despite how bad it is it pales into benignity compared to the the DSA from the eu which allows them to prosecute what they term a "Large online platform" for content that the eu technocrats deem harmful content....not false content, nor illegal content...just they deem it harmful
Britain's had 8 years to fix or repeal GDPR, at this point if they haven't got rid of the cookie warnings you have to conclude it's because they don't want you to use the website until you've clicked on the cookie warning.
Before GDPR I had an ad blocker that blocked unwanted cookies.
Now AdBlock has a feature to block the cookie warning.
People on the remain side often ask for an advantage of brexit....this just came to my attention
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
I mean there are loads of potential benefits if you start from the premise that the EU is censorious and bureaucratic whereas the UK is open-minded and liberal. But Brexit tested this premise and disproved it. The UK is just as censorious and bureaucratic as the EU or more so, which is why it has its own version of any bad thing the EU has, and if I take my laptop to Britain then every website insists on popping up all these fucking cookie warnings.
The cookie warnings are due to GDPR which was an eu directive we haven't repealed. The online safety bill is a perfidious piece of law making its true, however despite how bad it is it pales into benignity compared to the the DSA from the eu which allows them to prosecute what they term a "Large online platform" for content that the eu technocrats deem harmful content....not false content, nor illegal content...just they deem it harmful
Britain's had 8 years to fix or repeal GDPR, at this point if they haven't got rid of the cookie warnings you have to conclude it's because they don't want you to use the website until you've clicked on the cookie warning.
It's pisses me right off when they disguise their notification acceptance as a cookie one. Cancelled a pizza order over it, had to start the whole thing again (5x large plus a bewildering array of sides)
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
See you tomorrow.
I don't know where I'm going But I sure know where I've been Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday And I've made up my mind I ain't wasting no more time Here I go again, here I go again
Only once the Electoral College has voted does the US Constitution say the VP-elect would replace the President-elect, and as a matter of practical politics, the Electoral College would probably follow that if Trump were to withdraw between the election and the EC meeting.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
With your departure I am looking forward to the return of SeanT or the 101 of your other pseudonyms.. Reminds me of a time on the train a few years back where another passenger saw my phone screen reading this site. He expressed "Oh you read that too". I was "uhh yeah?". His main comment was about Sean at the time, now Leon I guess. Irony is how Leon/Sean/Whoever was a highlight for it all to other viewers not actively participating. Heh..
Springwatch episode 11. Getting fucking angry at pet-owners again
DO YOU NOT FEEL GUILTY?
These collapses in bird life. IT'S THE FUCKING CATS AND DOGS
I don’t think it is. We've had cats and dogs a long time. I think a recent change has been the reintroduction of predators, particularly birds of prey like sparrowhawks, and the rules around gamekeepers not being able to dispatch them. There are always consequences to these so-called wonderful developments.
There are also probably more recent reasons relating to the dramatic increases in sea and other temperatures caused by the martime fuel regulations. That has made everything go out of kilter.
A warning to anyone with a Disney+ subscription. Our unfair contract terms legislation would probably invalidate this crap, but in the US ...?
Disney wants wrongful death suit involving LI doctor tossed, citing Disney+ terms
https://longisland.news12.com/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-of-long-island-doctor Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a Long Island doctor. The lawsuit claims that Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant despite repeatedly informing the waiter of her severe allergy. Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior. The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company...
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Well, the site wont be the same without you if this really is the end.
Thank goodness. When Flouncy McFlounceface is on the site shouting his usually stupid opinions about cats, immigration or how generally shit Britain is, thanks to -checks notes- five weeks of a Labour government and all at full full shouty volume; then it's like being trapped in a lift with a dribbling, farting and very aggressive drunk. A bit of calm for a few days might tempt a few non nutters back into the room. Even maybe a few more people who know something about um politics and betting thereon...
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Substantive political commentator, who knew?
I laughed at that, as well. We must have missed such commentary amid all the trolling and BS copied from the internet.
I doubt that his hysterical anti-pettery has anything whatsoever to do with a (purported and newfound) deep concern for our environmental future, or is down to any significant impact on his own lifestyle! Rather, he sees the deep long-term commitment and care that looking after a pet brings with it, of which he knows deep down he is incapable, and it makes him feel vulnerable and inadequate, for reasons that we should best leave for private speculation.
It was particularly amusing that he thinks he is regularly banned for having opinions about such subjects, and not for being an annoying twat who regularly disrupts this forum and uses his ‘superior intelligence’ to drag our discussion down into the gutter.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
OMG. This reminds me of that seminal and fateful day in 1973 ( or was it 1974?) when David Bowie announced that that Ziggy Stardust was retiring.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Substantive political commentator, who knew?
I laughed at that, as well. We must have missed such commentary amid all the trolling and BS copied from the internet.
I doubt that his hysterical anti-pettery has anything whatsoever to do with a (purported and newfound) deep concern for our environmental future, or is down to any significant impact on his own lifestyle! Rather, he sees the deep long-term commitment and care that looking after a pet brings with it, of which he knows deep down he is incapable, and it makes him feel vulnerable and inadequate, for reasons that we should best leave for private speculation.
It was particularly amusing that he thinks he is regularly banned for having opinions about such subjects, and not for being an annoying twat who regularly disrupts this forum and uses his ‘superior intelligence’ to drag our discussion down into the gutter.
Are you implying that his superior intelligence is artificial?
I don't think Badenoch is a lightweight at all. As I've said before she actually has a degree of depth I don't see in many other politicians right now. And if being a culture warrior means challenging the postmodern drivel destroying our universities then good. That being said she WAS quiet on the post office. I think she said she wouldn't be launching her campaign until September. She has 3(?) young children. Does she really want it?
She's be better off skipping this or losing gracefully.
There is time enough and whoever wins is going be gone in three years.
You're assuming a Labour 1997 situation. Sadly (for you) Labour hasn't been elected on a wave of euphoria with plenty of Tory golden economic legacy in the bank to spend. They've been elected on a wave of apathy with the bailiffs at the door.
I'd say whoever is elected Tory leader if they don't make any stupendous mistakes (and I agree it's a big if) will be doing pretty badly not to be in Government next time round.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Indian rail stations can have signage in up to THREE languages: English, Hindi, and the local state language where applicable.
Japanese stations often have four languages. Official Japanese, simplified Japanese, and a weird phonetic Japanese (because Japanese is so hard sometimes that's the only way to let Japanese people understand where they are). Plus English
Japanese has four alphabets.
In Israel, signs are in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Pedantry alert: it's Hebrew, Arabic and Roman. The idea that the English invented the alphabet (clue's in the name) should be resisted.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Indian rail stations can have signage in up to THREE languages: English, Hindi, and the local state language where applicable.
Japanese stations often have four languages. Official Japanese, simplified Japanese, and a weird phonetic Japanese (because Japanese is so hard sometimes that's the only way to let Japanese people understand where they are). Plus English
Japanese has four alphabets.
In Israel, signs are in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Pedantry alert: it's Hebrew, Arabic and Roman. The idea that the English invented the alphabet (clue's in the name) should be resisted.
Clue’s in the name: alpha-bet[a]
Isn’t that Greek, not Roman?
Also the Arabic writing system in an abjad not an alphabet as vowel sounds are inferred or represented by diacritics. Don't know about Hebrew but I expect there is analogous point of philological pedantry to be winkled out there too.
And in the last few hours, Missouri has confirmed a citizen initiative to overturn the state's ban on abortion will be on the ballot in November.
Jay Ashcroft, the Secretary of State concerned, is vehemently anti-abortion (he tried to write some very dodgy stuff around the actual question) is somewhat notorious for his election rigging antics, and is running for governor on a pledge to essentially abolish taxes.
It's something therefore to find that he's not as dodgy as his opposite number in Arkansas. Admittedly, that's like saying somebody is more honest than Donald Trump.
This has been known about for the past year - as for the last year the July 2023 reduction in energy prices has artificially lowered the reported rate of inflation
This has been known about for the past year - as for the last year the July 2023 reduction in energy prices has artificially lowered the reported rate of inflation
It did not 'artifically' lower the rate on inflation - it lowered the rate of inflation.
This has been known about for the past year - as for the last year the July 2023 reduction in energy prices has artificially lowered the reported rate of inflation
It did not 'artifically' lower the rate on inflation - it lowered the rate of inflation.
Indeed. Prices actually fell by 0.2% in July but by a lot less than last July. Last August and September had substantial rises so I would expect inflation to be downwards again over the next couple of months.
Yesterday's earnings increase figures were down and the public sector rises announced recently were really no more than average.
I think the Grauniad / IFS are trying to make some kind of scandal out of this. Nothing to see - the products that make the manufacturers and retailers the least money had no ability to absorb any inflation to costs and thus increased the most shock.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Indian rail stations can have signage in up to THREE languages: English, Hindi, and the local state language where applicable.
Japanese stations often have four languages. Official Japanese, simplified Japanese, and a weird phonetic Japanese (because Japanese is so hard sometimes that's the only way to let Japanese people understand where they are). Plus English
Japanese has four alphabets.
In Israel, signs are in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Pedantry alert: it's Hebrew, Arabic and Roman. The idea that the English invented the alphabet (clue's in the name) should be resisted.
Clue’s in the name: alpha-bet[a]
Isn’t that Greek, not Roman?
The alphabet we use is Roman, or Latin. The Greek one is quite a bit different, as you will have noticed if you have ever tried to read signage in Greece.
Springwatch episode 11. Getting fucking angry at pet-owners again
DO YOU NOT FEEL GUILTY?
These collapses in bird life. IT'S THE FUCKING CATS AND DOGS
I don’t think it is. We've had cats and dogs a long time. I think a recent change has been the reintroduction of predators, particularly birds of prey like sparrowhawks, and the rules around gamekeepers not being able to dispatch them. There are always consequences to these so-called wonderful developments.
There are also probably more recent reasons relating to the dramatic increases in sea and other temperatures caused by the martime fuel regulations. That has made everything go out of kilter.
I think you've slightly missed the point here - if there weren't as many cats and dogs, there would be more songbirds and ground-nesting birds, and therefore more natural predators like sparrowhawks.
I don't wish to speak for Leon (RIP), but I don't think he would see that as a bad thing.
The Welsh are so insular, it's why nobody likes them.
‘Unnecessary’ English place names covered up on Welsh road signs
White Eagle activists on a mission to ‘deanglicise’ country
English place names have been covered up on some Welsh road signs by a group which says it wants to “deanglicise” the country.
The Mudiad Eryr Wen, (White Eagle Movement), this week claimed responsibility for daubing green paint across road signs on the A525, between St Asaph and Denbigh in North Wales.
Non-Welsh-speaking motorists navigating by street signs would have to negotiate the five miles between Llanelwy and Dinbych on their own as a result of the spray-painting.
“Deanglicise Wales!” the Eryr Wen group posted on social media along with pictures of the signs they had defaced.
“Imposed and unnecessary English place names have been removed from signage across Sir Ddinbych. Decolonise our geography!”
Why on earth should Welsh placenames be up in two languages? Do you see Firenze also signposted as Florence for the benefit of English speakers? Do the Germans helpfully write Cologne after Koeln?
Most of us can just about work out that Caerdydd actually means Cardiff, and most other Welsh placenames are similarly fathomable. As for those that aren't, if the English want to call Abertawe by the name of Swansea, that's up to us, but I don't see why the Welsh should go to any trouble or expense to accommodate our whims.
Indian rail stations can have signage in up to THREE languages: English, Hindi, and the local state language where applicable.
Japanese stations often have four languages. Official Japanese, simplified Japanese, and a weird phonetic Japanese (because Japanese is so hard sometimes that's the only way to let Japanese people understand where they are). Plus English
Japanese has four alphabets.
In Israel, signs are in Hebrew, Arabic and English.
Pedantry alert: it's Hebrew, Arabic and Roman. The idea that the English invented the alphabet (clue's in the name) should be resisted.
Clue’s in the name: alpha-bet[a]
Isn’t that Greek, not Roman?
The alphabet we use is Roman, or Latin. The Greek one is quite a bit different, as you will have noticed if you have ever tried to read signage in Greece.
The name originally comes from the Greek alphabet, I think was the point.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
Substantive political commentator, who knew?
I laughed at that, as well. We must have missed such commentary amid all the trolling and BS copied from the internet.
I doubt that his hysterical anti-pettery has anything whatsoever to do with a (purported and newfound) deep concern for our environmental future, or is down to any significant impact on his own lifestyle! Rather, he sees the deep long-term commitment and care that looking after a pet brings with it, of which he knows deep down he is incapable, and it makes him feel vulnerable and inadequate, for reasons that we should best leave for private speculation.
It was particularly amusing that he thinks he is regularly banned for having opinions about such subjects, and not for being an annoying twat who regularly disrupts this forum and uses his ‘superior intelligence’ to drag our discussion down into the gutter.
A warning to anyone with a Disney+ subscription. Our unfair contract terms legislation would probably invalidate this crap, but in the US ...?
Disney wants wrongful death suit involving LI doctor tossed, citing Disney+ terms
https://longisland.news12.com/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-of-long-island-doctor Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a Long Island doctor. The lawsuit claims that Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant despite repeatedly informing the waiter of her severe allergy. Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior. The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company...
Wow. Interesting. I get a free Disney+ account with my Lloyds Bank account. Not used it as it is mostly junk on the show.
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So yep you are right, but these are the compromises you make. It's hassle but it provides joy.
This approved in 5 months, across both Governments.
A multi-billion pound subsea cable that can shift vast amounts of renewable electricity between Scotland and England has been given the go-ahead by regulators.
SSEN Transmission says the energy transfer project is needed to move energy around the grid on days when the wind doesn’t blow or demand is high.
The two 315-mile (507km) cables will run from Peterhead in Aberdeenshire to Drax in North Yorkshire and will initially work alongside a similar link down the west coast.
It is part of wider moves to modernise and increase capacity on the energy transmission network for the shift away from fossil fuels to tackle climate change.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clynlkjp5m1o
The remarkable market is in the business of custom-prepared pet food subscription products. It takes "child substitute" or "husband substitute" to a whole new level.
I have been toying with this for a while. but here it is
I am retiring from the site. I am constantly under threat of being banned, by @TSE. And today is yet another example of it - simply for expressing, for the second time in a year, an opinion on.... pets??? Fuck this for a game of soldiers. The site moderators want me largely gone, and so do quite a few commentators, and I will now yield. I hope you enjoy the ensuing boredom
I'm done. It's been a rollicking 20 years or so, but I cannot exist on a site when I am constantly at risk of being banned for expressing an opinion on.... anything. It is completely arbitrary, now. And no one can endure that on a site dedicated to expressing opinions!
I don't really blame @TSE or anyone else, they do a thankless task for no money. But neither do I congratulate them on their great moderating skill. OGH, in retrospect, did an amazing job
I will be back occasionally to show you pictures of beer in nice countries, but as a substantive political commenter, this is it. Adieu
By some twist of events involving a taxi driver and drinks into the late hours at a sleazy club in Pristina that only the most dissolute but discerning ex-pats know, a cat will be procured that is descended directly from Tutankhamun's original favourite mog.
There is time enough and whoever wins is going be gone in three years.
The appeal of a second home? I don’t know really. I bought it in 2007 because I couldn’t afford a house in London at the time but had itchy feet and needed a project.
For the most part it’s still a project. We all need something to do, and a second home has the advantage of being a familiar place to spend a different sort of time.
The downside is if it forces you to spend all your holidays there, or it becomes a burden. So far this hasn’t done either, but I know it does for some.
"Curiosity killed the cat, but what it found, brought it back."
The other is that, although anything can happen, the most likely answer is that none of the class of 2019-24 are going to be Prime Minister. That the next Conservative PM (assuming there is one) is someone we haven't heard of yet.
Do any of them have the stoic dignity to run the party, improve things a bit, lose in 2028 and shuffle off? Because, although that's not the job description for sure, it's the winner's most likely fate.
(for avoidance of doubt - a man who fails to have a cat, but somehow has children. Not that he is a child-man. For we know that not to be true.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13740141/Republicans-Trump-fear-breakdown-lose-election-ANDREW-NEIL.html
Although there is the factor that we seem to live in more volatile times and people are more willing to switch their votes.
The newly minted sandcastle theory of voting.
So the winner will have some hope that something might turn up.
If he had chosen Jack Kemp as his running mate, the ticket would have been led by two union presidents, since Kemp had been president of the NFL player's association.
David Neuberger condemned as ‘delusional’ for upholding a conviction against persecuted pro-democracy campaigner"
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/british-judge-hong-kong-jimmy-lai-b2595792.html
@ByDonkeys
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Liz Truss is on a pro-Trump speaking tour. So we dropped a strategically-positioned remote-controlled lettuce banner 🥬
https://x.com/ByDonkeys/status/1823462606872719831
If the cat didn't like the deal, it could leave.
PS - I hope a few of you are patriotic and kind enough to get together and buy a Corgi for Leon. I think QE II, looking down on you, would approve.
Jeez. Where have they been?
Not being tied into the digital services act....though I acknowledge we have our own problem which is the online safety bill
"It is a curious, some might think bizarre, strategy to run for president of the world's greatest democracy by praising three of the globe's most evil autocrats."
The GOP should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
But the modern GOP wont because it is now a cult.
Cheney. Romney. Brad Raffensperger. A handful of others have stood against this madness.
Let's hope history records their names.
Marina Hyde on the Musk/Trump interview:
"In the UK, we have an expression for benchmark incompetence: we say someone couldn’t organise a piss-up in a brewery. But a tech boss being unable to organise a tech event on his own tech platform feels like a new industry standard"
Antonio Arellano
@AntonioArellano
BREAKING: New poll from youth voting org NextGen America, shows that VP Harris has vastly improved performance among voters under 35, beating Trump in a multi-way survey, 53% to 36%.
Wow and wait until you see the other findings🧵⇩
Antonio Arellano
@AntonioArellano
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Among young Black voters, Harris is crushing it!
She beats Trump among this group in the poll, 72% to 19%.
The Trump campaign has been touting its gains among young male voters, including African Americans, NextGen's poll shows those gains are evaporating.
https://x.com/AntonioArellano/status/1823428845359267899
Now AdBlock has a feature to block the cookie warning.
It's rather gone full circle.
I don't know where I'm going
But I sure know where I've been
Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday
And I've made up my mind
I ain't wasting no more time
Here I go again, here I go again
The FT explored this question before Vance was picked.
Neither party’s rules say that the running mate must succeed a presidential nominee who quits or dies.
https://www.ft.com/content/34ce2774-fb61-4bce-bb4c-62c4d557f94e
Only once the Electoral College has voted does the US Constitution say the VP-elect would replace the President-elect, and as a matter of practical politics, the Electoral College would probably follow that if Trump were to withdraw between the election and the EC meeting.
Which she may enjoy.
That 9% lead is maintained if you include third parties (Kennedy gets only 3%).
Biden won Wisconsin by just 0.63% in 2020.
Donald, don't look at the polls before bedtime.
There are also probably more recent reasons relating to the dramatic increases in sea and other temperatures caused by the martime fuel regulations. That has made everything go out of kilter.
Our unfair contract terms legislation would probably invalidate this crap, but in the US ...?
Disney wants wrongful death suit involving LI doctor tossed, citing Disney+ terms
https://longisland.news12.com/disney-asks-court-to-dismiss-wrongful-death-lawsuit-of-long-island-doctor
Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a Long Island doctor.
The lawsuit claims that Dr. Kanokporn Tangsuan suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating at a Disney Springs restaurant despite repeatedly informing the waiter of her severe allergy.
Disney is calling for the lawsuit to be dismissed because her husband signed up for a one-month trial of the Disney+ streaming service years prior.
The company says signing up for the trial requires users to arbitrate all disputes with the company...
When Flouncy McFlounceface is on the site shouting his usually stupid opinions about cats, immigration or how generally shit Britain is, thanks to -checks notes- five weeks of a Labour government and all at full full shouty volume; then it's like being trapped in a lift with a dribbling, farting and very aggressive drunk.
A bit of calm for a few days might tempt a few non nutters back into the room. Even maybe a few more people who know something about um politics and betting thereon...
I doubt that his hysterical anti-pettery has anything whatsoever to do with a (purported and newfound) deep concern for our environmental future, or is down to any significant impact on his own lifestyle! Rather, he sees the deep long-term commitment and care that looking after a pet brings with it, of which he knows deep down he is incapable, and it makes him feel vulnerable and inadequate, for reasons that we should best leave for private speculation.
It was particularly amusing that he thinks he is regularly banned for having opinions about such subjects, and not for being an annoying twat who regularly disrupts this forum and uses his ‘superior intelligence’ to drag our discussion down into the gutter.
I'd say whoever is elected Tory leader if they don't make any stupendous mistakes (and I agree it's a big if) will be doing pretty badly not to be in Government next time round.
Isn’t that Greek, not Roman?
Jay Ashcroft, the Secretary of State concerned, is vehemently anti-abortion (he tried to write some very dodgy stuff around the actual question) is somewhat notorious for his election rigging antics, and is running for governor on a pledge to essentially abolish taxes.
It's something therefore to find that he's not as dodgy as his opposite number in Arkansas. Admittedly, that's like saying somebody is more honest than Donald Trump.
https://x.com/ByDonkeys/status/1823481596185616717?t=CP2NcxTdlLKpwRs8lYM13Q&s=19
Sounds like an audience of of two.
STOP STEALING OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE BY FLYING UNNECESSARILY YOU SELFISH WANKERS AND AS FOR THOSE WHO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO ...
Wait, what, he's gone?
Yesterday's earnings increase figures were down and the public sector rises announced recently were really no more than average.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/14/revealed-how-uks-poor-paid-price-of-cheapflation-in-cost-of-living-crisis
I think the Grauniad / IFS are trying to make some kind of scandal out of this. Nothing to see - the products that make the manufacturers and retailers the least money had no ability to absorb any inflation to costs and thus increased the most shock.
NEW THREAD
I don't wish to speak for Leon (RIP), but I don't think he would see that as a bad thing.
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