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  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 22,124
    I doubt there is any difference between the truth-telling or otherwise tendencies of the populist left and the populist right, save that the right are currently on the march worldwide.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 65,016
    Nigelb said:

    Senate just voted in invoke cloture on Gabbard - 52 GOP senators in favour - which means she's definitely going to be confirmed.
    God help us all.

  • FF43 said:

    Feels very significant. Not a lot to do with AI I suspect, but essentially a political decision to throw our lot in with America, Trump or no Trump.
    If China are signing something saying "open, transparent .." it's not worth the paper it is written on.
  • FF43FF43 Posts: 17,798

    If China are signing something saying "open, transparent .." it's not worth the paper it is written on.
    Actually if China are signing something saying "open, transparent .." it could also be significant geopolitically.
  • Russia disappearing from the internet: cloaking digital presence brings strategic cyberwarfare advantage
    https://cybernews.com/security/russia-disappearing-from-the-internet-cyberwarfare/

    It looks as if Russia is following China in increasing censorship of its own people, and at the same time isolating itself from the worldwide internet.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 22,124
    Britain’s AI industry is simply owned by the Americans.
    So, no, it is not the “third power” of AI.

    London is obviously a reservoir of AI talent, which is great, but it looks like Britain has decided to throw its lot in with US industrial interest on this one.

    I wait to see more reporting on this, seems thin at the moment.
  • SelebianSelebian Posts: 9,195
    .
    MattW said:

    Good counter.

    I'd go a little higher but perhaps only 31%.
    When I answered (I don't remember what I answered in the competition) I put, for all parties, what I thought was a reasonable upper/lower bound on polling average and then added/subtracted 6 or 7pp. It's common to have polls coming in at least that far from the smoothed trend - e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2024_United_Kingdom_general_election - outliers up to 10pp away from averages also happen, for the bigger parties at least.

    So, if I thought Reform's real limit was ~30, I'd have said 35-36% for the highest poll result.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 53,380
    edited February 11
    Taz said:

    I used to edit and add actor/actress profiles and shows. Not done it for a long time.

    Are railway pics contentious ? Does railway fandom have splits and schisms and arguments like Sci Fi fandom does.
    I've been partially banned from the "Rail UK" forum (nothing to do with Wiki) for repeatedly stating that the DLR is NOT a tramway, and OO gauge models are less accurate than H0 gauge. I can't post to the main sub-forums, but I can post to the others.
  • DavidLDavidL Posts: 54,905

    I've been partially banned from the "Rail UK" forum for repeatedly stating that the DLR is NOT a tramway, and OO gauge models are less accurate than H0 gauge. I can't post to the main sub-forums, but I can post to the others.
    Your indefatigable will is indomitable Sunil. An inspiration to us all.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,794
    FF43 said:

    Actually if China are signing something saying "open, transparent .." it could also be significant geopolitically.
    Or they get western nations to sign up to it and bind their hands while ignoring it themselves. It's exactly what I would do in China's place. Use the west's stupidity against them, happily by chance or by design that UK has avoided this outcome.
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133
    DavidL said:

    Well, normally the stores that remain open have higher sales per member of staff than those whose stores are closed so sales per employee increase.
    I get the theory and I am sure we would like to hope so but that has not exactly been the case on the high street in recent years. It is a highly competitive market already and that should have already driven productivity improvements, and in some cases has, like self scanning tills, scan while you go, ordering your Big Mac on a screen etc etc.

    It also means Labour are at risk of not getting the extra money to fund rNHS they are hoping to get.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 22,124
    FF43 said:

    Actually if China are signing something saying "open, transparent .." it could also be significant geopolitically.
    The opportunity for China is to actually present itself as more reasonable on the global stage than the U.S.

    PBers will be forgiven for extreme cynicism about China’s willingness to actually deliver openness and transparency, but words in a communique are not nothing, and China’s commitment may prove helpful at some stage in the future.

    Green energy is an interesting analogy. China is actually the world’s leading green energy power now and if humanity manages to arrest global warming it will probably be down to Chinese endeavours. This is worth encouraging, applauding and allying with, even if we profoundly dissent from China’s political system and regime.
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133

    I've been partially banned from the "Rail UK" forum (nothing to do with Wiki) for repeatedly stating that the DLR is NOT a tramway, and OO gauge models are less accurate than H0 gauge. I can't post to the main sub-forums, but I can post to the others.
    Brilliant.

    I take it they are wrong, of course.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 59,274

    Britain’s AI industry is simply owned by the Americans.
    So, no, it is not the “third power” of AI.

    London is obviously a reservoir of AI talent, which is great, but it looks like Britain has decided to throw its lot in with US industrial interest on this one.

    I wait to see more reporting on this, seems thin at the moment.

    All powers are subsidiary to America and China in this field. I wish that weren’t so, it would be great if Britain was some dark horse…. But it isn’t

    What we are however is a great hive of talent and innovation - from deep mind down (as you say). And quite frankly if you want to pick a side in this war America is the best bet because

    1. America is still significantly ahead and has tons of money and remains democratic (albeit fragile)

    2. China is even more amoral and nationalistic than Trump’s America and

    3. The eu is sadly nowhere

    London has a good chance of being one of three or four major AI cities on Earth that decide the future of all. We should seize it
  • Taz said:

    Brilliant.

    I take it they are wrong, of course.
    Of course :)
  • Sam Kerr found not guilty.

    That rozzer wasn't credible at all.
  • LeonLeon Posts: 59,274
    MaxPB said:

    Or they get western nations to sign up to it and bind their hands while ignoring it themselves. It's exactly what I would do in China's place. Use the west's stupidity against them, happily by chance or by design that UK has avoided this outcome.
    Quite. The Chinese are desperate for the western world to sign up to some absurd EU regulations which they will simply swat aside at home. It’s what they do in every single industry - and this is probably the biggest and last industry mankind will create

    Vance is right. Fuck this
  • DavidL said:

    Your indefatigable will is indomitable Sunil. An inspiration to us all.
    Thanks!

    The irony, stupidly, is that I still have permissions for the sub-forums for Light Railways and for Rail Modelling!
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,485

    Sam Kerr found not guilty.

    That rozzer wasn't credible at all.

    Will the FA take action for her racist comment as they did with John Terry?
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,794

    Britain’s AI industry is simply owned by the Americans.
    So, no, it is not the “third power” of AI.

    London is obviously a reservoir of AI talent, which is great, but it looks like Britain has decided to throw its lot in with US industrial interest on this one.

    I wait to see more reporting on this, seems thin at the moment.

    I don't think anyone disputes that AI in the UK is an outpost of US AI, I think the surprise is that the government seems to have recognised this and backed away from any communique that would jeopardise this relationship that does actually bring tens of billions into the economy and could be worth 10-15% of total GDP within 10 years.

    As I said, I'm currently consulting with a Berlin based company that is lock stock moving it's data science, infrastructure and analytics to the UK over the next 18 months because the scope for user data processing wrt to AI is much less limited here and much less likely to be regulated so heavily. I'm sure they're not the only company doing the same. What's interesting about them is that they've also started hiring their marketing team here too starting at VP level with the expectation that the new VP of product will follow too, so in the end what's left in Berlin will be software engineering and operations, both of which face heavy attrition from AI.
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133
    edited February 11

    Sam Kerr found not guilty.

    That rozzer wasn't credible at all.

    I guess it is not a criminal offence to be an arsehole. She didn't come over as a role model to young girls, I feel.
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,752
    Leon said:

    lol

    You’re STILL going round telling everyone Covid DEFINITELY came from the wet market, which is probably the biggest lie told about the biggest thing in the history of all humanity. And you have the temerity to accuse others of “misinformation”?!

    I can never quite work out whether you are really stupid or really deluded, I have decided to compromise on the idea that you are quite stupid, quite deluded, very seriously mendacious, and I pity any students who get you as a prof
    You are most definitely stupid or really deluded to believe that it MUST be a lab leak and not a coincidental cause. You have, so far as is evident, zero scientific training and zero understanding of anything relating to the subject. You do not know. You just want to be right, not because you have any knowledge of the subject, but because you have a kind of crazy religious and irrational fervour on any conspiratorial bandwagon that takes your fancy. Of course it could be a lab leak, but anyone with half a rational brain realises there is little evidence, concrete or indicative, to say for certain. It is unlikely that there ever will be.
  • tlg86 said:

    Will the FA take action for her racist comment as they did with John Terry?
    Don't think so, due to their different contexts, remember she was in fear of the copper unlike Terry.
  • bondegezoubondegezou Posts: 13,333
    Taz said:

    I used to edit and add actor/actress profiles and shows. Not done it for a long time.

    Are railway pics contentious ? Does railway fandom have splits and schisms and arguments like Sci Fi fandom does.
    Don't all fandoms have splits and schisms and arguments?
  • Taz said:

    I guess it is not a criminal offence to be an arsehole. She didn't come over as a role model to young girls I feel.
    She's an Aussie, need I say more.
  • noneoftheabovenoneoftheabove Posts: 24,004

    God help us all.

    Given He has made Trump his communicator on earth, I would rather someone else comes to help us.
  • GardenwalkerGardenwalker Posts: 22,124
    MaxPB said:

    I don't think anyone disputes that AI in the UK is an outpost of US AI, I think the surprise is that the government seems to have recognised this and backed away from any communique that would jeopardise this relationship that does actually bring tens of billions into the economy and could be worth 10-15% of total GDP within 10 years.

    As I said, I'm currently consulting with a Berlin based company that is lock stock moving it's data science, infrastructure and analytics to the UK over the next 18 months because the scope for user data processing wrt to AI is much less limited here and much less likely to be regulated so heavily. I'm sure they're not the only company doing the same. What's interesting about them is that they've also started hiring their marketing team here too starting at VP level with the expectation that the new VP of product will follow too, so in the end what's left in Berlin will be software engineering and operations, both of which face heavy attrition from AI.
    I work in Marketing.

    I would certainly prefer a UK Marketing function than a German one. It’s one of the UK’s specialisms, along with various other business services (law, accounting, business consulting, IT consulting etc).
  • DavidL said:

    I'll be very disappointed if they stop coming here on a Saturday morning.
    Enjoy them whilst you can.

    With the online safety bill we're going to be in a new world for registering on PB which I don't think they'll be able to muster.

    Honestly, mostly as they keep on using the same IP address.
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133
    For those of us who remember the Bud Light Kerfuffle, and its sales cratering over its misjudged marketing, it's a rebrand/packaging change.

    Have to say the marketing was nowhere near as dire as the Kendall Jenner Pepsi ad. Now that was stupid.

    I have never drunk the stuff. I am guessing it is not as sophisticated as Madri or Carling. For all the posh beer and wine lovers here am I missing anything ?

    https://www.msn.com/en-gb/foodanddrink/other/bud-light-tries-to-regain-american-consumers-with-packaging-change/ar-AA1yI5qe?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=21b208c4e5ac4438807992fbf20bd50f&ei=11
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 9,948
    It's been a good few days for Sir Keir. The immigration issue being presented as he'd want it with plaudits from the Mail. Everyone agreeing he's played a blinder with AI. Maybe he just had a weird type of inverse honeymoon. The Right could do we another intervention from Elon to motivate them again.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,391
    edited February 11

    Don't all fandoms have splits and schisms and arguments?
    I would put rail fans in the same catergory as Whovians.

    Go over to Outpost Gallifrey and praise Chris Chibnall or ask which number Doctor John Hurt is.

    Edit or which number(s) Doctor(s) David Tennant is.
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133

    Don't all fandoms have splits and schisms and arguments?
    Dr Who fandom couldn't exist without it :smiley:
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,923
    edited February 11
    Taz said:

    As someone used to say to people who moaned about Facebook "demand a refund".

    I wonder what Vanilla gets from hosting this board ?
    Information, Number 6. Vanilla can access your browser and so knows your browser history, favourites and bookmarks. It can also work out your location. Given this information it can construct a profile of @Taz. That profile can then be sold to advertisers, researchers and even the police and govt. In short, it is mining you. And, thinking about it, me too.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 44,617
    MattW said:

    That's a thought - woolly liberal.
    He was indeed a Liberal, as it happens!

    Scottish Liberals tended then to come from sheep country ...
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133
    viewcode said:

    Information, Number 6. Vanilla can access your browser and so knows your browser history, favourites and bookmarks. It can also work out your location. Given this information it can construct a profile of @Taz. That profile can then be sold to advertisers, researchers and even the police and govt. In short, it is mining you. And, thinking about it, me too.
    I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 44,617
    viewcode said:

    Information, Number 6. Vanilla can access your browser and so knows your browser history, favourites and bookmarks. It can also work out your location. Given this information it can construct a profile of @Taz. That profile can then be sold to advertisers, researchers and even the police and govt. In short, it is mining you. And, thinking about it, me too.
    Is that so, now? And can one switch it off?
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,752

    It's been a good few days for Sir Keir. The immigration issue being presented as he'd want it with plaudits from the Mail. Everyone agreeing he's played a blinder with AI. Maybe he just had a weird type of inverse honeymoon. The Right could do we another intervention from Elon to motivate them again.

    I think he was invented by AI. Someone said to a forerunner of ChatGPT; "Please describe the most boring, bland, grey politician you can, with zero leadership capability and no understanding of anything outside the public sector, and produce a sound effect of his monotonous voice.

    AI delivered it's answer and the Labour Party went out and found the nearest approximation they could find to the description.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 75,837
    Taz said:

    "Presumably - used to say what you think is the likely situation"

    Based on what I have seen on some of the edit sections on contentious issues.

    I don't use Wiki these days for anything other than reference for Film and TV
    Out of curiosity I had a quick read of the 'Gaza' page.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

    No doubt it can be faulted in places, but it seems reasonably factual to me, as opposed to "insanely left wing".

    YMMV.

    I mainly use it for quick historical data - what happened in 1633: an outline of Paul Dirac's career, etc.
    I don't know if it survives the coming AI storm, but for now it's quite reliable, and useful.
  • Ally_B1Ally_B1 Posts: 55

    Of course :)
    I think the key word is "repeatedly stating". People don't like reading threads where the same voice keeps interrupting to point out a "technicality". A bit like here somedays.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,923

    I would put rail fans in the same catergory as Whovians.

    Go over to Outpost Gallifrey and praise Chris Chibnall or ask which number Doctor John Hurt is.

    Edit or which number(s) Doctor(s) David Tennant is.
    1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,War,9,10,11,12,13,14. Apparently Fugitive is before 1. It's best to think of them as categorical data that can be ordered, instead of integers
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133

    I would put rail fans in the same catergory as Whovians.

    Go over to Outpost Gallifrey and praise Chris Chibnall or ask which number Doctor John Hurt is.

    Edit or which number(s) Doctor(s) David Tennant is.
    God, it that place still going.

    I remember when it was Gallifreybase, or is it vice versa, I cannot recall which came first. I have been banned from there multiple times.

    There is also the forum of the crankly, middle aged, white men - roobarbs/Zeta Minor. They are also known for being argumentative over nothing.

    @RobD's avatar being from a TV show that is popular there.
  • SelebianSelebian Posts: 9,195

    Don't all fandoms have splits and schisms and arguments?
    Even Milifandom?

    I guess there's a branch favouring David as the finest Miliband :disappointed:
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133
    Nigelb said:

    Out of curiosity I had a quick read of the 'Gaza' page.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip

    No doubt it can be faulted in places, but it seems reasonably factual to me, as opposed to "insanely left wing".

    YMMV.

    I mainly use it for quick historical data - what happened in 1633: an outline of Paul Dirac's career, etc.
    I don't know if it survives the coming AI storm, but for now it's quite reliable, and useful.
    The greatest gift Paul Dirac gave to humanity was his surname being anagramised into the greatest Dr Who companion ever, Adric.

    I am sure @viewcode would agree.
  • CarnyxCarnyx Posts: 44,617
    edited February 11

    Of course :)
    BTW Sunil - news for you - you might have to come back up here. Or perhaps proper tramways don't count in your quest? Nothing wrong with being SpecificMARTargeted.

    https://www.1722waggonway.co.uk/
    https://www.1722waggonway.co.uk/about-the-project
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133
    viewcode said:

    1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,War,9,10,11,12,13,14. Apparently Fugitive is before 1. It's best to think of them as categorical data that can be ordered, instead of integers
    The Timeless Child came first, surely ?
  • Ally_B1 said:

    I think the key word is "repeatedly stating". People don't like reading threads where the same voice keeps interrupting to point out a "technicality". A bit like here somedays.
    Touche, But a six month ban?
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,923
    Taz said:

    The Timeless Child came first, surely ?
    I am trying not to think of that... :(
  • FossFoss Posts: 1,333
    viewcode said:

    Information, Number 6. Vanilla can access your browser and so knows your browser history, favourites and bookmarks. It can also work out your location. Given this information it can construct a profile of @Taz. That profile can then be sold to advertisers, researchers and even the police and govt. In short, it is mining you. And, thinking about it, me too.
    Web pages cannot access your favourites and bookmarks.
  • Sean_FSean_F Posts: 38,329

    Sam Kerr found not guilty.

    That rozzer wasn't credible at all.

    The Judge seems to have been distinctly unimpressed with Sam Kerr's behaviour.

    She seems very much someone who's attitude is "Don't you know who I am?" when challenged over poor behaviour.
  • TheScreamingEaglesTheScreamingEagles Posts: 121,391
    edited February 11
    Taz said:

    God, it that place still going.

    I remember when it was Gallifreybase, or is it vice versa, I cannot recall which came first. I have been banned from there multiple times.

    There is also the forum of the crankly, middle aged, white men - roobarbs/Zeta Minor. They are also known for being argumentative over nothing.

    @RobD's avatar being from a TV show that is popular there.
    Nah, it closed down in 2009, which forum was I thinking about.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,923
    Foss said:

    Web pages cannot access your favourites and bookmarks.
    Foss said:

    Web pages cannot access your favourites and bookmarks.
    Happy to correct if wrong. It's not Intuitively obvious. Can it be overridden by the cookie consent? Is that browser specific or legislation specific?
  • TazTaz Posts: 17,133

    Nah, it closed down in 2009, which forum was I thinking about.
    Gallifreybase ?

    Shaun Lyon Closed Outpost Gallifrey then Steven W Hill launched Gallifreybase, IIRC.
  • Carnyx said:

    BTW Sunil - news for you - you might have to come back up here. Or perhaps proper tramways don't count in your quest? Nothing wrong with being SpecificMARTargeted.

    https://www.1722waggonway.co.uk/
    https://www.1722waggonway.co.uk/about-the-project
    Is it just a pipe-dream?

    I absolutely do count tramways as rail transport, I've done London Tramlink, West Midlands Metro, Nottingham Express Transit, Manchester Metrolink, Sheffield Supertram, Blackpool Trams, and, of course, Edinburgh!
  • MattWMattW Posts: 26,152
    edited February 11
    Selebian said:

    Even Milifandom?

    I guess there's a branch favouring David as the finest Miliband :disappointed:
    That has a Wikipedia Page, also featuring Cameronettes, and exaggerated claims from Rhiannon-Lucy Cosslett (it's a day with Y in it), just to annoy Loon.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milifandom

    Which is a needs-to-be-forgotten, meme, unlike the not-at-all-embarrassing adventures of Max Gogarty, aged 19 and 3/4.

    Hello. I'm Max Gogarty. I'm 19 and live on top of a hill in north London.

    At the minute, I'm working in a restaurant with a bunch of lovely, funny people; writing a play; writing bits for Skins; spending any sort of money I earn on food and skinny jeans, and drinking my way to a financially blighted two-month trip to India and Thailand. Clichéd I know, but clichés are there for a reason.

    I'm kinda shitting myself about travelling. Well not so much the travelling part. It's India that scares me. The heat, the roads, the snakes, Australian travellers. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited. But shitting myself. And I just know that when I step off that plane and into the maelstrom of Mumbai - well, actually, I don't know how I'll react.

    https://www.theguardian.com/travel/blog/2008/feb/14/skinsblog

    He got his nuts slightly roasted in the comments.
  • FossFoss Posts: 1,333
    edited February 11
    viewcode said:

    Happy to correct if wrong. It's not Intuitively obvious. Can it be overridden by the cookie consent? Is that browser specific or legislation specific?
    The TLDR is that a modern web browser interprets a webpage in a sandbox/'safe space' with defined and limited exit points from this sandbox. Out of the box, none of the modern browsers have an exit point to grab favourites. Actual browser history is the same - though there are other methods of tracking users across sites that don't rely on your local history.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,485

    Don't think so, due to their different contexts, remember she was in fear of the copper unlike Terry.
    Generally not a good idea to call someone stupid if you are in fear of them.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,923
    viewcode said:

    Happy to correct if wrong. It's not Intuitively obvious. Can it be overridden by the cookie consent? Is that browser specific or legislation specific?
    Viewcode: "how can a webpage access your bookmarks, favorites and browser history?"
    CoPilot: "Webpages, by default, cannot directly access your browser's bookmarks, favorites, or browsing history due to the security and privacy measures enforced by modern web browsers. This is designed to protect your personal information and ensure your browsing activities remain private. However, there are a few ways that web pages or external services can interact with this data, but only with your explicit consent and involvement. They are:

    * Browser Extensions: You can install browser extensions that request permission to access your bookmarks, favorites, and browsing history. Always ensure that these extensions come from trusted sources and review the permissions they request before installing them.
    * APIs and Synchronization Services: Some browsers provide APIs that can be used by trusted applications or services to access your bookmarks and browsing history. Again, this access requires your explicit consent.


  • MattWMattW Posts: 26,152
    edited February 11
    Carnyx said:

    He was indeed a Liberal, as it happens!

    Scottish Liberals tended then to come from sheep country ...
    Are Scottish Liberals in a historical tradition like Victorian East Anglian Non-Conformists, who were often Liberals - keeping out of the way and being quiet?

    My favourite group of those were known as the Peculiar People *, who existed from 1838 to now, and later split into the Old Peculiars and the New Peculiars, depending on attitudes to medicine, then reunited.

    They still have about 15 chapels under a less distinctive name ("Union of Evangelical Churches"), and have recently reopened several formerly closed chapels.

    They have a web page as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiar_People

    * KIng James Bible-ism for "chosen people". Roughly.
  • Sean_F said:

    The Judge seems to have been distinctly unimpressed with Sam Kerr's behaviour.

    She seems very much someone who's attitude is "Don't you know who I am?" when challenged over poor behaviour.
    I use a lot of Uber Execs/Luxury and other high end vehicles to get me out and about and speaking to a lot of drivers, they don't like sports starts and other celebs because they think they can trash a taxi and then it'll be okay if they leave a tip.

    I think she fits into that category.
  • viewcodeviewcode Posts: 23,923
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9xpv8105jo

    The Australian international [Sam Kerr], who made the comments to PC Stephen Lovell, did not deny using the words "stupid and white" but denied it amounted to a racial offence.

    Um. How?
  • NEW THREAD

  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,388
    Sean_F said:

    The Judge seems to have been distinctly unimpressed with Sam Kerr's behaviour.

    She seems very much someone who's attitude is "Don't you know who I am?" when challenged over poor behaviour.
    Six and two three's by the sound of it.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 34,388
    MattW said:

    Are Scottish Liberals in a historical tradition like Victorian East Anglian Non-Conformists, who were often Liberals - keeping out of the way and being quiet?

    My favourite group of those were known as the Peculiar People *, who existed from 1838 to now, and later split into the Old Peculiars and the New Peculiars, depending on attitudes to medicine, then reunited.

    They still have about 15 chapels under a less distinctive name ("Union of Evangelical Churches"), and have recently reopened several formerly closed chapels.

    They have a web page as well: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peculiar_People

    * KIng James Bible-ism for "chosen people". Roughly.
    Deleted
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 62,083
    FATCH.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 62,083

    I've been partially banned from the "Rail UK" forum (nothing to do with Wiki) for repeatedly stating that the DLR is NOT a tramway, and OO gauge models are less accurate than H0 gauge. I can't post to the main sub-forums, but I can post to the others.
    You are correct, on both counts.
  • ChrisChris Posts: 11,867
    edited February 11

    It's been a good few days for Sir Keir. The immigration issue being presented as he'd want it with plaudits from the Mail. Everyone agreeing he's played a blinder with AI. Maybe he just had a weird type of inverse honeymoon. The Right could do we another intervention from Elon to motivate them again.

    Sabine Hossenfelder picked Starmer's AI speech as her first example of politicians getting it completely wrong about AI, and it's hard to disagree:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNJEOTouhvs
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,924
    Leon said:

    Tell me about it. From that moment on I realised this government would be shite. Utterly utterly clueless

    Basically this Labour government has been a painful exercise in catching-up-with-reality after a catastrophic first six months, but political history says you probably don’t get a second chance
    I realised in 2020

    Call me a visionary
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,924
    To the poster who reckoned SKS has had a few good days

    NEW: Government approval is now at minus 48%
    16% Approve
    64% Disapprove


    @YouGov
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