Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
It’s more nuanced than that
I’m a patriot. More importantly many of my friends and fam are British and work in Britain. I don’t want the country to go down the toilet
But when it does, there is some consolation in hurling vile and deserved abuse at the morons doing the flushing
A patriot who endlessly slags of this country on any basis he can think of: including daily, hyperbolic weather reports whenever it happens to raining – or even gloomy – in Camden Town. And who frequently threatens to leave the country permanently.
Some kind of patriot.
This is where I pay my not inconsiderable taxes. Tax returns which I am doing right now
That’s the only patriotism that really counts
Surely AI should be able to do your tax returns?
Well, if I am allowed to talk about it (you brought it up, talking to me) I had a go at this just for fun. I fed my gross earnings etc into ChatGPT and gave it a frankly incomprehensible letter from my accountant, explaining the new self assessment regime
ChatGPT translated the letter into good plain English, elucidating how the changes would affect ME. It then number crunched all my data and we did some Q&As and it came back with exact sums. “You will be paying £xxxx on January 31” and £xxxx on July 31”
It was amazing. And all in half an hour. And free, of course
It’s too late for me to bin off my human accountant this year, but I don’t expect to be using humans next year
Mate, most of us know you’ve not been using humans for years, the sex doll industry thanks you for your custom.
I followed your excellent advice, drawn from your deep personal experience. Me and Mrs X###44.82bot 9 are very happy
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
It’s more nuanced than that
I’m a patriot. More importantly many of my friends and fam are British and work in Britain. I don’t want the country to go down the toilet
But when it does, there is some consolation in hurling vile and deserved abuse at the morons doing the flushing
That’s giving them too much agency. They are more like the bacteria clinging on to the rim saying “only I can save us from the Harpic!”
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
I'm fine thanks, overworked but it pays well.
Overworked
You spend most of your day posting here. Clearly a most demanding role
Guilty verdicts so far for those men who raped and drugged Gisele Pelicot.
The courage of that woman is something else. The men who did this to her are scum.
There is no word that can adequately describe the depravity of these men nor prison sentence
The courage of Gisele Pelicot is amazing and if nothing else, the world wide publicity she has achieved hopefully may have an effect and all men should utterly condemn this unspeakable abuse of a woman
Absolutely. This is not a case where "It's not all men" will wash. That is just attemtping mitigation. This needs to be condemned strongly by everyone.
What struck me was the rapists were just ordinary people with ordinary lives in the town. This could happen anywhere and behaviour like that normalised becoming accepted.
Utterly disgusting behaviour.
This is an extreme case but it does indicate how misogyny is not the rare perversion one would like to think it is. It's commonplace, taking various forms (some subtle some less so) across all cultures and societies.
Yes, an extreme case, but it shows that this sort of behaviour once normalised and accepted simply grows and expands sucking in all sorts of men from all walks of life and a cross section of ages.
It just shows, to me, once again for all we like to think of ourselves as civilised we really are only a short step from barbarism.
I think her lawyer was right when he said that this case does not show that all men are potential rapists, but it does make it very clear indeed that such men are not at all unusual.
And the other problem that follows from that is that these not unusual people will make up a not inconsiderate fraction of the jurors who are asked to decide on rape trials in a country like Britain.
The problem of rape is bigger than the criminal justice system, because it's so big that it undermines the criminal justice system.
I’m sorry but I have to disagree
Speaking as one of Britain’s Top Rapists (acquitted) I think the criminal justice system works perfectly well as it is
Being wrongly accused of rape must be absolutely horrific. The fact that wrongful accusations do happen is justification for the bar of evidence needing to be very high indeed.
I was clearly injecting a dark joke. I’ve been doing my taxes, nursing a cold AND furiously working on a flint this last week, so haven’t had much time to PB. But when I do peek in here it feels rather flat and worthy
However, to be serious, yeah it’s not fun. And getting the law right is hard. eg I’m really not sure “stealthing” - removing a condom DURING sex - should count as “rape”. It should be some kind of offence, but it’s simply not “rape”. There was consent
Consent for one thing (protected sex) does not imply consent for something else (unprotected sex)
It’s consent to penetration. End of
As I say, this SHOULD be an offence. It’s plainly bad and wrong, but it’s not rape
And see my other point, we should have equal offences for when it happens the other way round. “I’m on the pill, honest”
This happened to a very good friend of mine, he became a father without his consent, and it has changed his life in ways he really didn’t want
There is no “end of”. That makes it a circular argument: I have defined “rape” as A. This is A. Therefore A is rape.
The concept of “informed consent” is well established in law and ethics. If you lie about your intention then the counter party does not give legal consent. That makes it rape. Let's take a mythological example: was Uther guilty of rape because he pretended to be Gorlois? Possibly yes… depending on whether you believe Ygraine recognised him or not. But, today, the answer would almost certainly be yes.
As for your case that is clearly a wrongful act on her part. Proving it would be difficult, but if you can then he shouldn’t be liable for for child support. The challenge with imprisonment for the mother (which might be reasonable) is the negative impact on the innocent child.
Rape by deception is certainly rape.
I can remember being startled when I read the unabridged version of The Three Musketeers, ten years ago, to learn that D’Artagnan raped Milady by deception (something omitted from the version I had read at school).
That plotline never came up in Dogtanian and the three muskehounds I remember watching as a kid.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
TRUMP doesn’t want to just lift the debt ceiling- he’s keen to get rid of it, telling me in a phone interview “The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge.”
If this is actually true, there will be a very large number of Democrats quite willing to take him up on this. Would probably require only a dozen or so Republican representatives to vote for it.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
It's going to be a very small number of people, noone with a job and/or a mortgage WANTS Reeves or Starmer (Or Truss or anyone else) to particularly fail.
Probably true. But there isn't really a fail v succeed binary. There's just a sluggish economy that will either stay sluggish or get a little bit better. The outliers, positive transformation or long deep recession, the outcomes most people would notice in their lives, are unlikely (esp the former). And in any case how the UK economy performs is only marginally down to the UK government.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
That flint dildo must be a hell of a size if it's long enough to do a genuine mind fuck.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
She sent me an email recently about probity in the financial services sector.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
It does put some dresses and a new pair of glasses into perspective though…
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
We are all partisans in one way or another. Even those of us with no real party affiliation anymore still have our enthusiastic causes. I was very critical of Johnson and Trump for example. There are a fair few from the "Reeves is shit" party.
One or two castigate centrist dads as being outrageous partisans compared to their own non partisanship as they claim the last government left a golden legacy which this government has squandered. To a certain extent that is one of the joys of PB.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
It’s more nuanced than that
I’m a patriot. More importantly many of my friends and fam are British and work in Britain. I don’t want the country to go down the toilet
But when it does, there is some consolation in hurling vile and deserved abuse at the morons doing the flushing
A patriot who endlessly slags of this country on any basis he can think of: including daily, hyperbolic weather reports whenever it happens to raining – or even gloomy – in Camden Town. And who frequently threatens to leave the country permanently.
Some kind of patriot.
Although I am in the OC at the moment and walking around in shirt sleeves in mid December is rather pleasant…
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
I'm fine thanks, overworked but it pays well.
Overworked
You spend most of your day posting here. Clearly a most demanding role
I don't actually, I only post a few times a day – you just remember my posts, is all.
Guilty verdicts so far for those men who raped and drugged Gisele Pelicot.
The courage of that woman is something else. The men who did this to her are scum.
There is no word that can adequately describe the depravity of these men nor prison sentence
The courage of Gisele Pelicot is amazing and if nothing else, the world wide publicity she has achieved hopefully may have an effect and all men should utterly condemn this unspeakable abuse of a woman
Absolutely. This is not a case where "It's not all men" will wash. That is just attemtping mitigation. This needs to be condemned strongly by everyone.
What struck me was the rapists were just ordinary people with ordinary lives in the town. This could happen anywhere and behaviour like that normalised becoming accepted.
Utterly disgusting behaviour.
This is an extreme case but it does indicate how misogyny is not the rare perversion one would like to think it is. It's commonplace, taking various forms (some subtle some less so) across all cultures and societies.
Yes, an extreme case, but it shows that this sort of behaviour once normalised and accepted simply grows and expands sucking in all sorts of men from all walks of life and a cross section of ages.
It just shows, to me, once again for all we like to think of ourselves as civilised we really are only a short step from barbarism.
I think her lawyer was right when he said that this case does not show that all men are potential rapists, but it does make it very clear indeed that such men are not at all unusual.
And the other problem that follows from that is that these not unusual people will make up a not inconsiderate fraction of the jurors who are asked to decide on rape trials in a country like Britain.
The problem of rape is bigger than the criminal justice system, because it's so big that it undermines the criminal justice system.
I’m sorry but I have to disagree
Speaking as one of Britain’s Top Rapists (acquitted) I think the criminal justice system works perfectly well as it is
Being wrongly accused of rape must be absolutely horrific. The fact that wrongful accusations do happen is justification for the bar of evidence needing to be very high indeed.
I was clearly injecting a dark joke. I’ve been doing my taxes, nursing a cold AND furiously working on a flint this last week, so haven’t had much time to PB. But when I do peek in here it feels rather flat and worthy
However, to be serious, yeah it’s not fun. And getting the law right is hard. eg I’m really not sure “stealthing” - removing a condom DURING sex - should count as “rape”. It should be some kind of offence, but it’s simply not “rape”. There was consent
Consent for one thing (protected sex) does not imply consent for something else (unprotected sex)
It’s consent to penetration. End of
As I say, this SHOULD be an offence. It’s plainly bad and wrong, but it’s not rape
And see my other point, we should have equal offences for when it happens the other way round. “I’m on the pill, honest”
This happened to a very good friend of mine, he became a father without his consent, and it has changed his life in ways he really didn’t want
There is no “end of”. That makes it a circular argument: I have defined “rape” as A. This is A. Therefore A is rape.
The concept of “informed consent” is well established in law and ethics. If you lie about your intention then the counter party does not give legal consent. That makes it rape. Let's take a mythological example: was Uther guilty of rape because he pretended to be Gorlois? Possibly yes… depending on whether you believe Ygraine recognised him or not. But, today, the answer would almost certainly be yes.
As for your case that is clearly a wrongful act on her part. Proving it would be difficult, but if you can then he shouldn’t be liable for for child support. The challenge with imprisonment for the mother (which might be reasonable) is the negative impact on the innocent child.
Rape by deception is certainly rape.
I can remember being startled when I read the unabridged version of The Three Musketeers, ten years ago, to learn that D’Artagnan raped Milady by deception (something omitted from the version I had read at school).
That plotline never came up in Dogtanian and the three muskehounds I remember watching as a kid.
I used to love that. "All for one and one for all, Muskehounds are always ready"
Also 80 days around the world, with Willy Fogg.
Donald Churchill wrote and starred in an Armchair Theatre called "A Bit of A Lift" which was a comedy where he slept with Ann Beach's character and she thought him Ronald Fraser's character.
Presented as a comedy/farce and released on DVD nowadays this is probably rape by deception. Makes watching it now a little more difficult.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
She sent me an email recently about probity in the financial services sector.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
Absolutely and for every right wing partisan there is a Shecorns88 to balance it.
Sadly since Labour took office a few people have taken any criticism of them very badly. One even had a hissy fit and left, but then came back numerous times just to make the same point repeatedly. More comebacks than Frank Sinatra but at least when Ol Blue Eyes made a comeback he was greeted with joy.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
It was so much more agreeable on here this morning discussing David's excellent header. The Field Marshal hadn't turned up and it was a little early for the other "Reeves is shit" posters. They are catching up now mind. I don't mind the critique, there is some justification, it's just the same one each day normally quoting another Telegraph expose.
Those crying at the Badenoch thread yesterday were the most vocal "you lost Remoaners, suck it up losers" posters and those in pole position with the onslaught against Starmer's genuinely poor LOTO start.
I don’t think I ever phrased it like that, but I was definitely in the “suck it up camp”.
After a general election the result is implemented. There is a new government. People get to support or criticise as they want.
After the Brexit vote there were people arguing that the result should be ignored or there should be a second vote. That was anti-democratic.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
She sent me an email recently about probity in the financial services sector.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear.
That's even better than the time Tim Yeo fathered a child of wedlock just after giving a speech on family values.
Guilty verdicts so far for those men who raped and drugged Gisele Pelicot.
The courage of that woman is something else. The men who did this to her are scum.
There is no word that can adequately describe the depravity of these men nor prison sentence
The courage of Gisele Pelicot is amazing and if nothing else, the world wide publicity she has achieved hopefully may have an effect and all men should utterly condemn this unspeakable abuse of a woman
Absolutely. This is not a case where "It's not all men" will wash. That is just attemtping mitigation. This needs to be condemned strongly by everyone.
What struck me was the rapists were just ordinary people with ordinary lives in the town. This could happen anywhere and behaviour like that normalised becoming accepted.
Utterly disgusting behaviour.
This is an extreme case but it does indicate how misogyny is not the rare perversion one would like to think it is. It's commonplace, taking various forms (some subtle some less so) across all cultures and societies.
Yes, an extreme case, but it shows that this sort of behaviour once normalised and accepted simply grows and expands sucking in all sorts of men from all walks of life and a cross section of ages.
It just shows, to me, once again for all we like to think of ourselves as civilised we really are only a short step from barbarism.
I think her lawyer was right when he said that this case does not show that all men are potential rapists, but it does make it very clear indeed that such men are not at all unusual.
And the other problem that follows from that is that these not unusual people will make up a not inconsiderate fraction of the jurors who are asked to decide on rape trials in a country like Britain.
The problem of rape is bigger than the criminal justice system, because it's so big that it undermines the criminal justice system.
I’m sorry but I have to disagree
Speaking as one of Britain’s Top Rapists (acquitted) I think the criminal justice system works perfectly well as it is
Being wrongly accused of rape must be absolutely horrific. The fact that wrongful accusations do happen is justification for the bar of evidence needing to be very high indeed.
I was clearly injecting a dark joke. I’ve been doing my taxes, nursing a cold AND furiously working on a flint this last week, so haven’t had much time to PB. But when I do peek in here it feels rather flat and worthy
However, to be serious, yeah it’s not fun. And getting the law right is hard. eg I’m really not sure “stealthing” - removing a condom DURING sex - should count as “rape”. It should be some kind of offence, but it’s simply not “rape”. There was consent
Consent for one thing (protected sex) does not imply consent for something else (unprotected sex)
It’s consent to penetration. End of
As I say, this SHOULD be an offence. It’s plainly bad and wrong, but it’s not rape
And see my other point, we should have equal offences for when it happens the other way round. “I’m on the pill, honest”
This happened to a very good friend of mine, he became a father without his consent, and it has changed his life in ways he really didn’t want
There is no “end of”. That makes it a circular argument: I have defined “rape” as A. This is A. Therefore A is rape.
The concept of “informed consent” is well established in law and ethics. If you lie about your intention then the counter party does not give legal consent. That makes it rape. Let's take a mythological example: was Uther guilty of rape because he pretended to be Gorlois? Possibly yes… depending on whether you believe Ygraine recognised him or not. But, today, the answer would almost certainly be yes.
As for your case that is clearly a wrongful act on her part. Proving it would be difficult, but if you can then he shouldn’t be liable for for child support. The challenge with imprisonment for the mother (which might be reasonable) is the negative impact on the innocent child.
Rape by deception is certainly rape.
I can remember being startled when I read the unabridged version of The Three Musketeers, ten years ago, to learn that D’Artagnan raped Milady by deception (something omitted from the version I had read at school).
Thank you - I am not a lawyer so assumed, but didn’t know, that would be the case.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
I'm surprised she was even appointed - or indeed allowed to be on the candidates' list. It is hardly a secret that she is part of an extremely corrupt family. While I would not accept responsibility for my brother's sins, I'm not a politician and short of her renouncing her family totally, if it had been my decision I would have kept her firmly on the rearmost of the back benches.
(Aside: one thing that interests me is how few listeners these Telegraph podcasts manage. Daily T afaics normally runs at 5-10k.
Even Ukraine the Latest is only around 20k-40k normally, despite being really excellent.)
This one is currently at 10,000 on YouTube but we need to be careful because there are many other platforms, and probably most podcasts are consumed as audio only.
That said, this top 100 chart based on iTunes and Spotify has six of the top ten from the same stable:-
Guilty verdicts so far for those men who raped and drugged Gisele Pelicot.
The courage of that woman is something else. The men who did this to her are scum.
There is no word that can adequately describe the depravity of these men nor prison sentence
The courage of Gisele Pelicot is amazing and if nothing else, the world wide publicity she has achieved hopefully may have an effect and all men should utterly condemn this unspeakable abuse of a woman
Absolutely. This is not a case where "It's not all men" will wash. That is just attemtping mitigation. This needs to be condemned strongly by everyone.
What struck me was the rapists were just ordinary people with ordinary lives in the town. This could happen anywhere and behaviour like that normalised becoming accepted.
Utterly disgusting behaviour.
This is an extreme case but it does indicate how misogyny is not the rare perversion one would like to think it is. It's commonplace, taking various forms (some subtle some less so) across all cultures and societies.
Yes, an extreme case, but it shows that this sort of behaviour once normalised and accepted simply grows and expands sucking in all sorts of men from all walks of life and a cross section of ages.
It just shows, to me, once again for all we like to think of ourselves as civilised we really are only a short step from barbarism.
I think her lawyer was right when he said that this case does not show that all men are potential rapists, but it does make it very clear indeed that such men are not at all unusual.
And the other problem that follows from that is that these not unusual people will make up a not inconsiderate fraction of the jurors who are asked to decide on rape trials in a country like Britain.
The problem of rape is bigger than the criminal justice system, because it's so big that it undermines the criminal justice system.
I’m sorry but I have to disagree
Speaking as one of Britain’s Top Rapists (acquitted) I think the criminal justice system works perfectly well as it is
Being wrongly accused of rape must be absolutely horrific. The fact that wrongful accusations do happen is justification for the bar of evidence needing to be very high indeed.
I was clearly injecting a dark joke. I’ve been doing my taxes, nursing a cold AND furiously working on a flint this last week, so haven’t had much time to PB. But when I do peek in here it feels rather flat and worthy
However, to be serious, yeah it’s not fun. And getting the law right is hard. eg I’m really not sure “stealthing” - removing a condom DURING sex - should count as “rape”. It should be some kind of offence, but it’s simply not “rape”. There was consent
Consent for one thing (protected sex) does not imply consent for something else (unprotected sex)
It’s consent to penetration. End of
As I say, this SHOULD be an offence. It’s plainly bad and wrong, but it’s not rape
And see my other point, we should have equal offences for when it happens the other way round. “I’m on the pill, honest”
This happened to a very good friend of mine, he became a father without his consent, and it has changed his life in ways he really didn’t want
There is no “end of”. That makes it a circular argument: I have defined “rape” as A. This is A. Therefore A is rape.
The concept of “informed consent” is well established in law and ethics. If you lie about your intention then the counter party does not give legal consent. That makes it rape. Let's take a mythological example: was Uther guilty of rape because he pretended to be Gorlois? Possibly yes… depending on whether you believe Ygraine recognised him or not. But, today, the answer would almost certainly be yes.
As for your case that is clearly a wrongful act on her part. Proving it would be difficult, but if you can then he shouldn’t be liable for for child support. The challenge with imprisonment for the mother (which might be reasonable) is the negative impact on the innocent child.
Rape by deception is certainly rape.
I can remember being startled when I read the unabridged version of The Three Musketeers, ten years ago, to learn that D’Artagnan raped Milady by deception (something omitted from the version I had read at school).
That plotline never came up in Dogtanian and the three muskehounds I remember watching as a kid.
I made the mistake of watching some old episodes on YouTube a few months ago. They are not as good as I remember!
(Aside: one thing that interests me is how few listeners these Telegraph podcasts manage. Daily T afaics normally runs at 5-10k.
Even Ukraine the Latest is only around 20k-40k normally, despite being really excellent.)
This one is currently at 10,000 on YouTube but we need to be careful because there are many other platforms, and probably most podcasts are consumed as audio only.
That said, this top 100 chart based on iTunes and Spotify has six of the top ten from the same stable:-
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
I'm fine thanks, overworked but it pays well.
Overworked
You spend most of your day posting here. Clearly a most demanding role
Indeed, and cashing in. Excellent to see a PBer doing well.
TRUMP doesn’t want to just lift the debt ceiling- he’s keen to get rid of it, telling me in a phone interview “The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge.”
If this is actually true, there will be a very large number of Democrats quite willing to take him up on this. Would probably require only a dozen or so Republican representatives to vote for it.
To be fair, it would be an entirely sensible move. The only thing the 'Ceiling' is any use for is provoking period political crises in which players can lobby more strongly than usual for or against their pet issue of the day. As a means of controlling spending or the deficit, it's functionally useless and quite possibly unconstitutional.
Either Trump will be very successful or he’ll kill Trumpism dead.
I hope for the US’s sake it’s the former but history tells me it will be the latter.
What do you think happened during the first Trump Presidency?
It was a disaster.
But Trump can’t run again so any continuity of Trump really is based on how this term goes.
Which of Trump’s policies were disastrous in the first term?
He said we should inject bleach into ourselves to kill Covid.
No, he didn't. He asked if something like that was possible. He is not a scientist.
He isn't a scientist, indeed.
He is a clueless, gormless, reckless fuckwit.
And he cluelessly, gormlessly, recklessly uses his prominent platform to push fuskwittery.
And the USA is full of fuckwits who take such as gospel and act on it.
That is the one nub of the Trump problem. The other is that Trump is a career criminal who views himself as above the law, and is willing to corrupt everything he touches to protect his personal interest - compounding the tragedy that the Usonian system is brittle in the face of such interventions.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
We are all partisans in one way or another. Even those of us with no real party affiliation anymore still have our enthusiastic causes. I was very critical of Johnson and Trump for example. There are a fair few from the "Reeves is shit" party.
One or two castigate centrist dads as being outrageous partisans compared to their own non partisanship as they claim the last government left a golden legacy which this government has squandered. To a certain extent that is one of the joys of PB.
Ah yes that legacy, lol.
One thing I got wrong (been a few recently, I fear I'm losing my touch) was the political legacy. I thought Starmer winning big but without any massive expectations put him in a great place. Not so. Ok, so there's been some missteps but nothing to objectively justify the plumet in his approvals. That people are so pissed off with him so quickly (which I accept they are, it's not confined to the tory troubadours on here) means there WERE some serious expectations, not just of being better than the last few years of the Cons (a bar they've cleared with plenty to spare) but of actually being straight-up good.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
It does put some dresses and a new pair of glasses into perspective though…
Even certain fashionistas around here could afford a couple of pairs of shoes on the money they are talking about.
TRUMP doesn’t want to just lift the debt ceiling- he’s keen to get rid of it, telling me in a phone interview “The Democrats have said they want to get rid of it. If they want to get rid of it, I would lead the charge.”
If this is actually true, there will be a very large number of Democrats quite willing to take him up on this. Would probably require only a dozen or so Republican representatives to vote for it.
To be fair, it would be an entirely sensible move. The only thing the 'Ceiling' is any use for is provoking period political crises in which players can lobby more strongly than usual for or against their pet issue of the day. As a means of controlling spending or the deficit, it's functionally useless and quite possibly unconstitutional.
It absolutely would, The Democrats have been arguing so for many years.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
I have to say that I can't get all that exercised about Trump doing away with jus solis, we did it over 40 years ago and it made sense then as it does now. It's just going to be difficult to get 60 senators to say yes to it and if he does it by EO then the next president can just undo it.
Jus solis is an antiquated idea that never took into account the ease at which people can travel for citizenship tourism when the idea was thought up.
You’re not concerned by a President taking away the citizenship of individuals by overturning the constitution ? It’s not a decision that is his to make.
This isn’t an abstract argument about the merits or otherwise of US citizenship laws. It’s about whether as president can take away constitutional rights without any check.
If he were to do it by the legal process for constitutional amendment, then plenty of people would be unhappy about it, but it wouldn’t undermine the basis of democracy in the US. But the chances of his succeeding in that are slim to none. Successfully doing so by executive order - which is blatantly unconstitutional - would put democracy at risk. If successful, it would effectively mean no limits at all on presidential power.
Although the birthright clause has TWO conditions. People tend to forget the second (although David mentioned it in passing) - “and are subject to US jurisdiction”
Could he make a case that the parents are illegal aliens. Therefore they are not subject to US jurisdiction - and have no protections as a result - but are simply automatically expelled (without die process) if apprehended. He can then further argue that the children of such individuals are not citizens
Although arguing that illegal aliens are not subject to US jurisdiction opens up a can of worms around (say) taxation.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
Absolutely and for every right wing partisan there is a Shecorns88 to balance it.
Sadly since Labour took office a few people have taken any criticism of them very badly. One even had a hissy fit and left, but then came back numerous times just to make the same point repeatedly. More comebacks than Frank Sinatra but at least when Ol Blue Eyes made a comeback he was greeted with joy.
I suspect you are referring to me. I am quite content to call out this government. The WFA was dreadful politics, yesterday's WASPI climb down was absolutely pathetic, particularly when the likes of Starmer were signing petitions on behalf of WASPI women in 2022. They have been a disappointment in terms of people still living in tents and one in three children still in poverty. It is not a great start. However the Reeves is shit tag team of you and the Field Marshal is very dreary. The disingenuous stuff about Chagos, Rwanda and trade discussions with China is also criticism for criticism's sake.
You don't like the cut of my jib and you claim you ignore my shit posts and yet you then bellyache about what a cupid stunt I am. As for yesterday's comment wouldn't "Herbie goes Bananas" have been more appropriate than "Herbie goes to Monte Carlo"? If it's the avatar to which you are referring that is a SNL joke about Ted Kennedy's Presidential prospects if he'd taken Mary Jo home in a Volkswagen.
Move Heathrow to the seaside. Use the concrete gravity structure the Norwegians perfected to build it in massive sections (500,000 tons each). 6 runaways,
Heathrow becomes a town - un-cursed vast areas of land for homes. Transport, power, sewerage all existing.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
I remember studying this case in-depth as part of a previous life.
It would be much more environmentally friendly to allow the third runway. At the moment we burn jet fuel pointlessly day after day and will forever as planes circle around unable to land.
The real reason it’s opposed is for silly NIMBY reasons.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
We are all partisans in one way or another. Even those of us with no real party affiliation anymore still have our enthusiastic causes. I was very critical of Johnson and Trump for example. There are a fair few from the "Reeves is shit" party.
One or two castigate centrist dads as being outrageous partisans compared to their own non partisanship as they claim the last government left a golden legacy which this government has squandered. To a certain extent that is one of the joys of PB.
Maybe if she stopped being shit, people wouldn't have to comment on how shit she is being and you and the others wouldn't have to support her shit.
In July, I expected some poor decisions and vague incompetency, but it's been a shower of shit that we will be paying for for some time.
When I mentioned government debt (30 yr debt highest since 1998) you tried to shut me down. Suck it up. It's going to get louder.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
It was so much more agreeable on here this morning discussing David's excellent header. The Field Marshal hadn't turned up and it was a little early for the other "Reeves is shit" posters. They are catching up now mind. I don't mind the critique, there is some justification, it's just the same one each day normally quoting another Telegraph expose.
Those crying at the Badenoch thread yesterday were the most vocal "you lost Remoaners, suck it up losers" posters and those in pole position with the onslaught against Starmer's genuinely poor LOTO start.
Maybe if she stopped being shit, people wouldn't have to comment on how shit she is being and you and the others wouldn't have demean yourselves by supporting her shit.
In July, I expected some poor decisions and vague incompetency, but it's been a shower of shit that we will be paying for for some time.
When I mentioned government debt (30 yr debt now highest since 1998) you tried to shut me down. Suck it up. It's going to get louder.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
Who cares?
I think we should all care. See my subsequent post to the moderators.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
Or you can go fuck yourself with a frozen platypus
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
I’m not saying people can’t say Labour are bad. Or that Keir Starmer isn’t useless.
But my simple point is that people keep saying Starmer is a dud and finished six months after he won a landslide. People don’t seem to want to understand how or why. As I keep saying, all the people opposing him were going to anyway.
I find @Taz and @rottenborough’s analysis the most interesting as they are the kind of voter I guess SKS won over. Their analysis pretty much aligns with the focus groups. Disappointment but if things pick up next year Labour gets rewarded.
I just find it boring to constantly read how finished Labour are. Like it not, they have five years for something to pick up. It’s quite obvious to me that they’ve put the bad stuff now to give the maximum time for anything good to appear.
And again like it or not but they are making changes. Planning, energy generation, railways. These are all large things. They probably don’t win elections but these are big changes.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
Absolutely and for every right wing partisan there is a Shecorns88 to balance it.
Sadly since Labour took office a few people have taken any criticism of them very badly. One even had a hissy fit and left, but then came back numerous times just to make the same point repeatedly. More comebacks than Frank Sinatra but at least when Ol Blue Eyes made a comeback he was greeted with joy.
I'm enjoying shecorns but I doubt the stamina for the long haul.
Guilty verdicts so far for those men who raped and drugged Gisele Pelicot.
The courage of that woman is something else. The men who did this to her are scum.
There is no word that can adequately describe the depravity of these men nor prison sentence
The courage of Gisele Pelicot is amazing and if nothing else, the world wide publicity she has achieved hopefully may have an effect and all men should utterly condemn this unspeakable abuse of a woman
Absolutely. This is not a case where "It's not all men" will wash. That is just attemtping mitigation. This needs to be condemned strongly by everyone.
What struck me was the rapists were just ordinary people with ordinary lives in the town. This could happen anywhere and behaviour like that normalised becoming accepted.
Utterly disgusting behaviour.
There is much one could say about this case, much of which has probably already been said here and elsewhere, but I would just add one slant from Mrs PtP who lived many years in France, some of them not far from Avignon. She thought there was a definite French angle to this. She was alluding particularly to attitudes towards women, proprietal attitudes of some men, the narrow provincial milieu. These added to the toxicity of the brew. She is by no means an Anglophile, but she did think this kind of thing less likely in this country. (We have other failings which will be passed over for the moment.)
For myself I would also add that a former gf once turned up late at my flat so intoxicated as to be in a comparable state to the unfortunate French lady. If I had raped her, she wouldn't have known. That I did not says nothing about my scruples. It was a completely unsexy situation. It would have been like fucking a corpse, or blow-up doll. It would also have been rape, without question. Non-consensual sex always is.
The men who did this too her deserve no sympathy. Not all men are like that, but too many are, and it's good that fewer will now be unaware of the likely consequences.
I've never found the "too inebriated to consent" look a particularly attractive one in a sexual partner. I prefer my partner to be at least vaguely engaged. (Just a simple "hurry up will you, we've got to pick the kids up at 3" is enough.)
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
Who cares?
I think we should all care. See my subsequent post to the moderators.
Of whether someone was exaggerating when they said that they hadn’t been on PB all week? Hmmm.
I wear my many political mistakes. I own up to them and move on.
Others seem to prefer to hide when they get things wrong.
For all his many faults, @Luckyguy1983 continues to support Truss. He has never moved from that view. Truss was the worst PM ever but I commend him for sticking to his views. Others would like us to forget.
Many of those telling us now how SKS is useless. My political judgment may be historically awful but I think between 2020 and now I am closer to the average Labour voter than most here. I’d be happy to discuss why I think SKS isn’t doomed.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
Or you can go fuck yourself with a frozen platypus
Given they come from Australia, I imagine a frozen platypus is rarer than - I don't know - a sober writer?
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
Or you can go fuck yourself with a frozen platypus
Given they come from Australia, I imagine a frozen platypus is rarer than - I don't know - a sober writer?
But they have an anal spur so venomous it can kill a dog
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
Genuinely, why do you make it private? Is it for privacy reasons?
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
Genuinely, why do you make it private? Is it for privacy reasons?
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
Or you can go fuck yourself with a frozen platypus
Given they come from Australia, I imagine a frozen platypus is rarer than - I don't know - a sober writer?
But they have an anal spur so venomous it can kill a dog
Only the males, so you need to get close enough to sex them first. Which is not easy.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
Genuinely, why do you make it private? Is it for privacy reasons?
Yes, Sherlock, Yes
Do you feel the need to respond that way for any reason? I simply asked a question to you.
It’s fine to make it private for privacy reasons. I can respect that, I just find it hard to understand what you have to be private about when it’s an anonymous forum. Forgive me for not quite getting it. Perhaps you could explain.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
@TheScreamingEagles and @rcs1000 can we get rid of the ability of posters to make their history private. I have asked this before. This is the 2nd time someone I challenged about their history has responded by going private. The other was @moonshine.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
Or you can go fuck yourself with a frozen platypus
Given they come from Australia, I imagine a frozen platypus is rarer than - I don't know - a sober writer?
But they have an anal spur so venomous it can kill a dog
I remember studying this case in-depth as part of a previous life.
It would be much more environmentally friendly to allow the third runway. At the moment we burn jet fuel pointlessly day after day and will forever as planes circle around unable to land.
The real reason it’s opposed is for silly NIMBY reasons.
So I would support it and have it built ASAP.
I remember N.E. Labour MP Cat McKinnell was strongly in favour of it too simply as she believed it would help bring more wealth and opportunities to the regions.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
Who cares?
I think we should all care. See my subsequent post to the moderators.
Of whether someone was exaggerating when they said that they hadn’t been on PB all week? Hmmm.
Yeah I agree, I don't give a toss about that, although down right lying is not quite the same as exaggerating. What I do object to is the hiding of public comments previously made. In this case it was trivial, although @TheScreamingEagles had previously un-privatised Leon's comments for just this reason recently. In the other example I gave, which I won't go into, it was far more serious with some very dubious links (And just to make clear that wasn't Leon) that were hidden when challenged.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
Yes, but I really don't think many people are that partisan. Even on here, I'd say partisan types will be in a minority.
Half a dozen or so?
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
Absolutely and for every right wing partisan there is a Shecorns88 to balance it.
Sadly since Labour took office a few people have taken any criticism of them very badly. One even had a hissy fit and left, but then came back numerous times just to make the same point repeatedly. More comebacks than Frank Sinatra but at least when Ol Blue Eyes made a comeback he was greeted with joy.
I'm enjoying shecorns but I doubt the stamina for the long haul.
I hope she makes the game of "find the typo" a little more testing. Now you mentioned it yesterday and I did mock you calling it "fun" it is mildly entertaining to try to find it. So you were onto something there,
I find it staggering that both Musk and the official Twitter account for the Department for Government Efficiency claimed that Congressmen were voting themselves a 40% payrise rather than a 3.8% one.
It is also bears noting that this would be the first payrise for members of Congress since the financial crisis in 2009.
Move Heathrow to the seaside. Use the concrete gravity structure the Norwegians perfected to build it in massive sections (500,000 tons each). 6 runaways,
Heathrow becomes a town - un-cursed vast areas of land for homes. Transport, power, sewerage all existing.
Just fucking do it.
I would support that. I think Heathrow is in the wrong place in relation to London and should just be closed. (Extra runways at Gatwick/Stansted to compensate if need be).
Actually I think all intercontinental flights should be based at a new 4-runway airport in the Midlands, as being more appropriately central to the UK, ideally Birmingham airport. That would remove the need for the busy SE to accommodate everyone arriving regardless of where in the UK they want to go. This would hardly inconvenience Londoners either, in fact until the Lizzie Line opened I could get to Birmingham Airport more quickly from where I live in east London than to Heathrow.
I find it staggering that both Musk and the official Twitter account for the Department for Government Efficiency claimed that Congressmen were voting themselves a 40% payrise rather than a 3.8% one.
It is also bears noting that this would be the first payrise for members of Congress since the financial crisis in 2009.
It's also slightly ironic given Musk's own - ummmm - substantial pay package has been repeatedly ruled illegal due to the way he passed it.
I find it staggering that both Musk and the official Twitter account for the Department for Government Efficiency claimed that Congressmen were voting themselves a 40% payrise rather than a 3.8% one.
It is also bears noting that this would be the first payrise for members of Congress since the financial crisis in 2009.
I find it amusing that Elon is doing what the GOP extremists inaccurately accused George Soros of doing.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
Who cares?
I think we should all care. See my subsequent post to the moderators.
Of whether someone was exaggerating when they said that they hadn’t been on PB all week? Hmmm.
Yeah I agree, I don't give a toss about that, although down right lying is not quite the same as exaggerating. What I do object to is the hiding of public comments previously made. In this case it was trivial, although @TheScreamingEagles had previously un-privatised Leon's comments for just this reason recently. In the other example I gave, which I won't go into, it was far more serious with some very dubious links (And just to make clear that wasn't Leon) that were hidden when challenged.
I keep my profile private because that’s how I REALLY prefer it. If that’s made impossible then I’ll likely have to stop commenting
I was unaware that my profile had been switched to public without my knowing
I remember studying this case in-depth as part of a previous life.
It would be much more environmentally friendly to allow the third runway. At the moment we burn jet fuel pointlessly day after day and will forever as planes circle around unable to land.
The real reason it’s opposed is for silly NIMBY reasons.
So I would support it and have it built ASAP.
I remember N.E. Labour MP Cat McKinnell was strongly in favour of it too simply as she believed it would help bring more wealth and opportunities to the regions.
So there is a regional imperative here too.
This is another decision that I expect will be opposed by a lot of people but SKS really should just approve it.
Royal Mail, I am pretty sceptical about that being sold off. But I’m also pretty sceptical about it being privatised in the first place. Another example of privatisation not resulting in a better or more efficient service. Just accept that some things are better run by the state and others not. Thankfully this Labour at least seem pretty pragmatic in that sense.
Labour’s problem is that politically the big decisions they can make seem to be universally unpopular. I can’t think of any popular big decisions they can make at the moment. Any ideas?
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
Each to his own. One bugbear though.
When somebody with a private profile uses the comments history of another poster to locate and copy to the active thread a historical comment of theirs in order to embarrass them.
Either Trump will be very successful or he’ll kill Trumpism dead.
I hope for the US’s sake it’s the former but history tells me it will be the latter.
What do you think happened during the first Trump Presidency?
It was a disaster.
But Trump can’t run again so any continuity of Trump really is based on how this term goes.
Which of Trump’s policies were disastrous in the first term?
He said we should inject bleach into ourselves to kill Covid.
No, he didn't. He asked if something like that was possible. He is not a scientist.
Let me ask you a question, would you ever wonder if injecting bleach would kill Covid or do you just have some common sense?
Let me ask you another question, if somebody else had said that on TV, would you have given them a pass?
Of course I wouldn't wonder that specific question, but then I am officially a scientist (I have the library card to prove it). Non-scientists sometimes ask what seem like really stupid questions and sometimes they can the best questions as they provoke thought. I don't think that was what Trump was doing. But let me ask you this - how do many chemotherapy drugs work? Many are very cytotoxic and kill cells. You hope that they kill the cancer cells before you kill the patient (and in general that can work well). But ultimately to treat the patient you are injecting a poison. Thats not so far removed from injecting bleach.
I personally regard Trump as an evil, malignant, and rather stupid person. I don't give him a 'pass'. But its fair to criticise correctly - he didn't tell people to inject bleach he asked a rather naive and stupid question at a press conference.
This is correct.
Trump was just thinking aloud. There is much to criticize Trump for (and I am usually at the front of the queue), but claiming he told people to inject bleach to kill Covid is simply bullshit.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
Each to his own. One bugbear though.
When somebody with a private profile uses the comments history of another poster to locate and copy to the active thread a historical comment of theirs in order to embarrass them.
Poor behaviour, that, imo.
Leon makes so many bad predictions it is understandable why he tries to hide them.
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
@TheScreamingEagles un-privatised you a while ago because of complaints by other posters. He did post that he had done it.
Either Trump will be very successful or he’ll kill Trumpism dead.
I hope for the US’s sake it’s the former but history tells me it will be the latter.
What do you think happened during the first Trump Presidency?
It was a disaster.
But Trump can’t run again so any continuity of Trump really is based on how this term goes.
Which of Trump’s policies were disastrous in the first term?
He said we should inject bleach into ourselves to kill Covid.
No, he didn't. He asked if something like that was possible. He is not a scientist.
Let me ask you a question, would you ever wonder if injecting bleach would kill Covid or do you just have some common sense?
Let me ask you another question, if somebody else had said that on TV, would you have given them a pass?
Of course I wouldn't wonder that specific question, but then I am officially a scientist (I have the library card to prove it). Non-scientists sometimes ask what seem like really stupid questions and sometimes they can the best questions as they provoke thought. I don't think that was what Trump was doing. But let me ask you this - how do many chemotherapy drugs work? Many are very cytotoxic and kill cells. You hope that they kill the cancer cells before you kill the patient (and in general that can work well). But ultimately to treat the patient you are injecting a poison. Thats not so far removed from injecting bleach.
I personally regard Trump as an evil, malignant, and rather stupid person. I don't give him a 'pass'. But its fair to criticise correctly - he didn't tell people to inject bleach he asked a rather naive and stupid question at a press conference.
This is correct.
Trump was just thinking aloud. There is much to criticize Trump for (and I am usually at the front of the queue), but claiming he told people to inject bleach to kill Covid is simply bullshit.
He may have been thinking out loud but he did it publicly in front of millions. If it had been any other politician they’d have been called out for the idiotic comment it was.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
I'm surprised she was even appointed - or indeed allowed to be on the candidates' list. It is hardly a secret that she is part of an extremely corrupt family. While I would not accept responsibility for my brother's sins, I'm not a politician and short of her renouncing her family totally, if it had been my decision I would have kept her firmly on the rearmost of the back benches.
Tulip Siddiq being in government provides more evidence that Starmer is a lawyer, not a politician. After Boris and Rishi (but mainly Boris) Honest Keir Starmer was supposed to be the upright, reliable, adult in the room, but now this is undermined by freebiegate, Tulipgate, Waspigate and coming soon, croneys-in-ermingate.
Tulip Siddiq is surely toast. If she were in a less sensitive department she might ride this out but Caesar’s wife surely applies here. You can’t have the minister charged with rooting out corruption plausibly accused of large-scale corruption.
I'm surprised she was even appointed - or indeed allowed to be on the candidates' list. It is hardly a secret that she is part of an extremely corrupt family. While I would not accept responsibility for my brother's sins, I'm not a politician and short of her renouncing her family totally, if it had been my decision I would have kept her firmly on the rearmost of the back benches.
Tulip Siddiq being in government provides more evidence that Starmer is a lawyer, not a politician. After Boris and Rishi (but mainly Boris) Honest Keir Starmer was supposed to be the upright, reliable, adult in the room, but now this is undermined by freebiegate, Tulipgate, Waspigate and coming soon, croneys-in-ermingate.
I still think freebiegate was just very badly communicated as opposed to actually showing corruption. None has come out, still.
Waspigate, I mean it was a stupid idea and they’ve shut it down?
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
@TheScreamingEagles un-privatised you a while ago because of complaints by other posters. He did post that he had done it.
As I’ve said, I probably can’t continue commenting if I am unable to stay private, or - indeed - if the mods will make me public without even telling me
Because she despises borrowers and savers in equal measure.
To be clear, I am giving you a like because this made me laugh, not because I think this is true. (I get slightly riled by claims that politician x takes action y because he hates section of the electorate z.)
Taylor's vote (The only Reeves appointment so far) makes it clear she is likely more on the side of borrowers tbh.
As she's a borrower herself, on behalf of close to bankrupt Britain that is no surprise.
Growth forecast slashed for Q4 2024 to 0 %, so no growth, down from 0.3% estimated last month.
Well done Rachel, a winning economic strategy. All that doom and gloom and talking down the economy and the economic situation has really reaped rewards.
This is a quite catastrophic government. PB is right to bang on about it. The worst government of my entire life, I think
It's hard to know what Reeves thinks she's doing. Six months ago, I'd assumed that we would have respectable growth for the rest of the year and 2025. The government worked hard to choke it off.
Rachel from Accounts has no fucking clue what she’s doing. Nor does Sir Sheer Wanker. David fucking Lammy god help us
They’re all utter mediocrities with limited brains, woke ideas and the mindsets of confused county councillors and deputy head teachers from Newent
I read in the Spec yesterday that HMG is really worried about the collapsing Chagos deal and dearly want to see it through. Why? Not because it’s any good but because it’s “one of their few concrete achievements”
That’s it. The measure of their awfulness is that their main “concrete achievement” is giving away sovereign British territory, to a geopolitical enemy, and making us pay for it
I told you not to vote for them…
We're up to Taz and Leon with buyer's remorse I think from voting Labour at the last GE ?
Any more ?
I still think Starmer was the better option at the election and I strongly hope that the economy picks up, the NHS improves and all the other stuff. There was a very definite sense after Brexit that some remainers were actively (a) wanting things sush as the economy to go badly and (b) delighting in it if it did. Not all remainers for sure, but a goodly number. The danger is that we see that now amongst die hard Tories - almost wishing failure on the nation.
That's an uncomfortable aspect of political partisanship. If the other lot are in you want things to go to shit. The better side of you won't but a big part of you will.
The daily group therapy for the PB Tories is getting a bit much though. Not only is it depressing, it's also hypocritical – witness the ludicrous spectacle yesterday of their demanding the moderators stopped writing so-called "Kemi is Crap" threads. This is despite the data showing that she is indeed a dud.
The very same people lapped up the endless articles about Ed Miliband that were in a similar vein.
Oh do stop fucking whining. It’s democracy. Governments get viciously attacked. It’s just been so long since the Left was in power, you’re not used to it
It is you who is doing the whining. Every day. Monotonously. You spent a week complaining vocally about December sunset times FFS.
lol! I haven’t been on the site all week, for reasons given
Are you ok? Christmas can be a tough time
Does tens of posts a day rather than several hundred count as not being on the site all week?
Entire days have passed and I’ve barely glanced at PB
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh 2. Taxes - ugh 3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
You do know we can see your history don't you? Pages of posts every single day in December so far.
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
I said “barely glanced” not “didn’t post at all”
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
God you are useless at lying.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
I’m glad you get this unique micro-erection policing the exactitude of my comments, but I’m not sure it’s healthy to deprive your wife her annual 3 seconds of sexual gratification
Rattled or what. Why go private if you weren't
No, I thought my account WAS private. It certainly was a few months ago - coz that’s how I like it. Maybe I bodged it when tipsy
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
@TheScreamingEagles un-privatised you a while ago because of complaints by other posters. He did post that he had done it.
As I’ve said, I probably can’t continue commenting if I am unable to stay private, or - indeed - if the mods will make me public without even telling me
It won’t show your email address or anything like that.
Just your past comments and the ability to send you a private message.
Comments
But partisans are needed. In life and on here. It's all too easy being detached and objective. Anyone can do that.
You spend most of your day posting here. Clearly a most demanding role
True story
1. Lurgy - ugh
2. Taxes - ugh
3. Remarkable new project, one of the most exciting creative projects I’ve ever encountered. Genuine mind-fuck 🕺🕺🍾🍾👏👏
He sees it as a fake thing. No real value re: debt control
https://x.com/GarrettHaake/status/1869744357886263420
If this is actually true, there will be a very large number of Democrats quite willing to take him up on this.
Would probably require only a dozen or so Republican representatives to vote for it.
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Interest rates on the UK government's 30-year debt are currently up at the highest level since 1998
One or two castigate centrist dads as being outrageous partisans compared to their own non partisanship as they claim the last government left a golden legacy which this government has squandered. To a certain extent that is one of the joys of PB.
It’s macabre but fascinating. But macabre
Also 80 days around the world, with Willy Fogg.
Donald Churchill wrote and starred in an Armchair Theatre called "A Bit of A Lift" which was a comedy where he slept with Ann Beach's character and she thought him Ronald Fraser's character.
Presented as a comedy/farce and released on DVD nowadays this is probably rape by deception. Makes watching it now a little more difficult.
Sadly since Labour took office a few people have taken any criticism of them very badly. One even had a hissy fit and left, but then came back numerous times just to make the same point repeatedly. More comebacks than Frank Sinatra but at least when Ol Blue Eyes made a comeback he was greeted with joy.
After a general election the result is implemented. There is a new government. People get to support or criticise as they want.
After the Brexit vote there were people arguing that the result should be ignored or there should be a second vote. That was anti-democratic.
They are different cases
Honestly you aren't very good at this fibbing lark are you?
That said, this top 100 chart based on iTunes and Spotify has six of the top ten from the same stable:-
- The Rest Is Classified
- The Rest Is History
- The Rest Is Entertainment
- Sherlock Holmes, Short Stories
- The News Agents
- The Rest Is Politics
- Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett & Josh Widdicombe
- The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
- Leading (from The Rest Is Politics)
- The Rest Is Football
https://uk.podwatch.io/charts/https://www.gocomics.com/wumo/2024/12/19
Q: What do you call people who are afraid of Father Christmas?
A: Claustrophobic.
He is a clueless, gormless, reckless fuckwit.
And he cluelessly, gormlessly, recklessly uses his prominent platform to push fuskwittery.
And the USA is full of fuckwits who take such as gospel and act on it.
That is the one nub of the Trump problem. The other is that Trump is a career criminal who views himself as above the law, and is willing to corrupt everything he touches to protect his personal interest - compounding the tragedy that the Usonian system is brittle in the face of such interventions.
I’m a great multitasker - I can generally bang out 100 comments a day on PB even when I’m busy. If it goes below 30 I must be SERIOUSLY distracted. Below 10, call an ambulance or send flowers
One thing I got wrong (been a few recently, I fear I'm losing my touch) was the political legacy. I thought Starmer winning big but without any massive expectations put him in a great place. Not so. Ok, so there's been some missteps but nothing to objectively justify the plumet in his approvals. That people are so pissed off with him so quickly (which I accept they are, it's not confined to the tory troubadours on here) means there WERE some serious expectations, not just of being better than the last few years of the Cons (a bar they've cleared with plenty to spare) but of actually being straight-up good.
The Democrats have been arguing so for many years.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5048455-fani-willis-disqualified-trump-georgia/
..The court declined to outright dismiss Trump’s indictment, but disqualifying Willis’s office throws the future of the case further into doubt, which was already complicated by Trump’s impending return to the White House. ..
No kidding.
Quote: 'I haven’t been on the site all week'
Oh and look you have just made yourself private after you were caught out. And there were pages of posts.
"Heathrow is in talks with the Government about controversial plans for a third runway and has announced a £2.3billion upgrade.
Europe’s busiest airport is in fresh discussions with ministers and airlines in its latest push in a long battle to expand.
Chief executive Thomas Woldbye wants to boost existing infrastructure -while drumming up support for a third runway."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/heathrow-launches-fresh-bid-to-build-third-runway-as-it-presses-ahead-with-2-3bn-upgrade/ar-AA1w7fVx?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=2accb09b1e754738b0928a30e82e5b7c&ei=17
You don't like the cut of my jib and you claim you ignore my shit posts and yet you then bellyache about what a cupid stunt I am. As for yesterday's comment wouldn't "Herbie goes Bananas" have been more appropriate than "Herbie goes to Monte Carlo"? If it's the avatar to which you are referring that is a SNL joke about Ted Kennedy's Presidential prospects if he'd taken Mary Jo home in a Volkswagen.
Heathrow becomes a town - un-cursed vast areas of land for homes. Transport, power, sewerage all existing.
Just fucking do it.
People should own up to what they post or retract it and not hide what they have posted on a public forum. If they regret what they have posted they can always retract.
It would be much more environmentally friendly to allow the third runway. At the moment we burn jet fuel pointlessly day after day and will forever as planes circle around unable to land.
The real reason it’s opposed is for silly NIMBY reasons.
So I would support it and have it built ASAP.
Brilliant. More please. Merry Christmas
In July, I expected some poor decisions and vague incompetency, but it's been a shower of shit that we will be paying for for some time.
When I mentioned government debt (30 yr debt highest since 1998) you tried to shut me down. Suck it up. It's going to get louder. Maybe if she stopped being shit, people wouldn't have to comment on how shit she is being and you and the others wouldn't have demean yourselves by supporting her shit.
In July, I expected some poor decisions and vague incompetency, but it's been a shower of shit that we will be paying for for some time.
When I mentioned government debt (30 yr debt now highest since 1998) you tried to shut me down. Suck it up. It's going to get louder.
Q: What do you call a snowman with a six-pack?
A: An abdominal snowman.
But my simple point is that people keep saying Starmer is a dud and finished six months after he won a landslide. People don’t seem to want to understand how or why. As I keep saying, all the people opposing him were going to anyway.
I find @Taz and @rottenborough’s analysis the most interesting as they are the kind of voter I guess SKS won over. Their analysis pretty much aligns with the focus groups. Disappointment but if things pick up next year Labour gets rewarded.
I just find it boring to constantly read how finished Labour are. Like it not, they have five years for something to pick up. It’s quite obvious to me that they’ve put the bad stuff now to give the maximum time for anything good to appear.
And again like it or not but they are making changes. Planning, energy generation, railways. These are all large things. They probably don’t win elections but these are big changes.
Others seem to prefer to hide when they get things wrong.
For all his many faults, @Luckyguy1983 continues to support Truss. He has never moved from that view. Truss was the worst PM ever but I commend him for sticking to his views. Others would like us to forget.
Many of those telling us now how SKS is useless. My political judgment may be historically awful but I think between 2020 and now I am closer to the average Labour voter than most here. I’d be happy to discuss why I think SKS isn’t doomed.
Helpfully you made me check, so now it’s private again. Thankyou!
...would have been a more elegant setup.
It’s fine to make it private for privacy reasons. I can respect that, I just find it hard to understand what you have to be private about when it’s an anonymous forum. Forgive me for not quite getting it. Perhaps you could explain.
(I shall also change Leon’s user name to ‘Leon_Voted_For_Starmer’)
I know we have often not seen eye to eye but this is a very good move, in my view.
Thanks again.
So there is a regional imperative here too.
What with ChatGPT unable to do basic maths, I really stick by my view that it’s not going to be taking any or many jobs.
It is also bears noting that this would be the first payrise for members of Congress since the financial crisis in 2009.
Actually I think all intercontinental flights should be based at a new 4-runway airport in the Midlands, as being more appropriately central to the UK, ideally Birmingham airport. That would remove the need for the busy SE to accommodate everyone arriving regardless of where in the UK they want to go. This would hardly inconvenience Londoners either, in fact until the Lizzie Line opened I could get to Birmingham Airport more quickly from where I live in east London than to Heathrow.
Bet this comes back to bite me.
I was unaware that my profile had been switched to public without my knowing
Royal Mail, I am pretty sceptical about that being sold off. But I’m also pretty sceptical about it being privatised in the first place. Another example of privatisation not resulting in a better or more efficient service. Just accept that some things are better run by the state and others not. Thankfully this Labour at least seem pretty pragmatic in that sense.
Labour’s problem is that politically the big decisions they can make seem to be universally unpopular. I can’t think of any popular big decisions they can make at the moment. Any ideas?
I do not return to work until the 6th of January.
Although I have two work Christmas parties to attend, tonight and tomorrow.
When somebody with a private profile uses the comments history of another poster to locate and copy to the active thread a historical comment of theirs in order to embarrass them.
Poor behaviour, that, imo.
Trump was just thinking aloud. There is much to criticize Trump for (and I am usually at the front of the queue), but claiming he told people to inject bleach to kill Covid is simply bullshit.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/economy/foxconn-exec-in-france-to-discuss-nissan-stake-purchase-from-renault-central-news-agency-reports/ar-AA1w9TsK?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=f812cdf8f4e742b89e56100d056c82f0&ei=17
Waspigate, I mean it was a stupid idea and they’ve shut it down?
Just your past comments and the ability to send you a private message.