Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
A week is a long time in politics . But 24hrs can be aswell . Tomorrow’s ONS immigration update is likely to show a record fall in net migration. We all know this is mainly down to the Tories new rules but it won’t stop the government trying to take credit for that .
Depends on the drop, they wont get any credit for a drop from x to y if y is still more than people want which it will be. I expect the new figures to be circa 450k
I think the direction of travel is important for No 10. So they will big up the drop , and it will fall again in November.
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
SA official paints a grim picture of the country for Trump: "There is no doubt about it that we are a violent nation. If you go into the rural areas where there is black majority, you would find black elderly women with their throats slit who have been raped multiple times. It is not necessarily about race but it is about crime."
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
See this is my problem with this redemption thing.....you are sacrificing innocents to save the sinners and all you see is people released. If you release a 1000 paedophiles on average 40% will offend again....even assuming they only assault one child each before being caught you have released a 1000 but traumatized 400. Most wont however get caught after the first child
FPT - we can criticise wanker judges, and some are - and activist ones at that - but all the stuff they adjudicate on with ludicrous results, like the Human Rights Act, ECHR, Equality Act and Net Zero law, were voted into law by performing politicians who either didn't know about the impact, or did and liked it.
FPT - we can criticise wanker judges, and some are - and activist ones at that - but all the stuff they adjudicate on with ludicrous results, like the Human Rights Act, ECHR, Equality Act and Net Zero law, were voted into law by performing politicians who either didn't know about the impact, or did and liked it.
Quite true. A sequence of absurd laws have come back to haunt us
That said, the expansion of the ECHR is very much down to activist judges forcing it into every area of national life
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
And an astonishing press conference gets covered by the BBC with a rather sulky Gary O'Donoghue.
He needs to go, Frank Gardiner too, Faisal Islam obviously. These really poor journalists are doing the BBC a substantial dis-service.
Steve Rosenberg is rather the opposite, and it's early days but Sumi SumiSomething seems to be a BBC recruitment great coup - I'd shuffle her off to front Newsnight if I was the BBC.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
Seems like Ramaphosa turned up without a free plane to offer.
Huge mistake.
Exactly. Trump has no morals, and does not give a damn about anything other than enriching himself. Bribe him and he'll be your pal, even if you did have a journalist chopped up, but if you have nothing to give him or are a victim yourself then expect him to put the boot in or side with your enemy.
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Then campaign to get the law changed so sentences are increased.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
It is utterly surreal
Astonishing. You simply don’t do this on air .
Link?
Doing it "on air" is the whole point of Trump. It is all a TV show. Nothing matters other than he is centre of endless drama.
Not sure where "graft as much $$$$$$$$$ as possible" fits in vs be "the drama" but both are much higher ranked than his own ideas of good governance.....which are in turn mostly things like tariffs/threats i.e. actually bad governance.
That order is bizarrely probably better than if he was more focused on his own good governance!
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Then campaign to get the law changed so sentences are increased.
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Then campaign to get the law changed so sentences are increased.
I don’t believe in whole of life sentences
I didn't advocate whole life sentences
May be I misunderstood but I thought you were advocating that paedophiles should never be released from prison and, if they were, it was the authorities who should be blamed for any future crimes
Seems like Ramaphosa turned up without a free plane to offer.
Huge mistake.
Exactly. Trump has no morals, and does not give a damn about anything other than enriching himself. Bribe him and he'll be your pal, even if you did have a journalist chopped up, but if you have nothing to give him or are a victim yourself then expect him to put the boot in or side with your enemy.
Most of the bad stuff from the administration [this week] had to do with corruption. Which, if we’re being honest, is probably the best-case scenario for this timeline.
If you offered me a world in which Trump walks away from the White House with, I dunno, $250 billion in ill-gotten gains, but leaves the foundations of democracy basically intact? I’d take that deal in a heartbeat.
Put the numbers into Electoral Calculus (as you do with every other poll) and see how "relieved" Kemi will be feeling.
Still a clear Reform majority and Farage PM but a 7% Conservative lead over the LDs on voteshare and just 1% behind Labour will relieve her somewhat after Yougov. Though as I said before again PR much better for the Tories than FPTP in terms of seats they would win
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Then campaign to get the law changed so sentences are increased.
I don’t believe in whole of life sentences
I didn't advocate whole life sentences
May be I misunderstood but I thought you were advocating that paedophiles should never be released from prison and, if they were, it was the authorities who should be blamed for any future crimes
Nope I think transportation is the answer....pick a deserted island somewhere surround by warships so they can't get off. Drop supplies on the beach but otherwise let them sort themselves out. Separate the criminal arseholes from the rest of us
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
Put the numbers into Electoral Calculus (as you do with every other poll) and see how "relieved" Kemi will be feeling.
Still a clear Reform majority and Farage PM but a 7% Conservative lead over the LDs on voteshare and just 1% behind Labour will relieve her somewhat after Yougov. Though as I said before again PR much better for the Tories than FPTP in terms of seats they would win
Yes but finishing on 53 seats, three seats behind the LDs wouldn't be brilliant, would it? With a Reform majority, the Conservatives would be a minor party on the Opposition benches.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
Put the numbers into Electoral Calculus (as you do with every other poll) and see how "relieved" Kemi will be feeling.
Still a clear Reform majority and Farage PM but a 7% Conservative lead over the LDs on voteshare and just 1% behind Labour will relieve her somewhat after Yougov. Though as I said before again PR much better for the Tories than FPTP in terms of seats they would win
Yes but finishing on 53 seats, three seats behind the LDs wouldn't be brilliant, would it? With a Reform majority, the Conservatives would be a minor party on the Opposition benches.
I am celebrating the demise of the tories, I hope to celebrate the demise of labour and lib dems in due course
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Then campaign to get the law changed so sentences are increased.
I don’t believe in whole of life sentences
I didn't advocate whole life sentences
May be I misunderstood but I thought you were advocating that paedophiles should never be released from prison and, if they were, it was the authorities who should be blamed for any future crimes
Nope I think transportation is the answer....pick a deserted island somewhere surround by warships so they can't get off. Drop supplies on the beach but otherwise let them sort themselves out. Separate the criminal arseholes from the rest of us
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
Bloody hell - what on earth will the SA press say tomorrow?
"Kill the boor"?
Well this is the most racist press conference I've ever seen. It's just awful.
I believe the nazis probably had a few that you havent seen then
I concede the point.
The Imperial Japanese Army, at Nanking, updated the Japanese press, daily, on the progress of the beheading competition that some of its soldiers were having. As in - who could behead more civilian Chinese prisoners.
Put the numbers into Electoral Calculus (as you do with every other poll) and see how "relieved" Kemi will be feeling.
Still a clear Reform majority and Farage PM but a 7% Conservative lead over the LDs on voteshare and just 1% behind Labour will relieve her somewhat after Yougov. Though as I said before again PR much better for the Tories than FPTP in terms of seats they would win
Yes but finishing on 53 seats, three seats behind the LDs wouldn't be brilliant, would it? With a Reform majority, the Conservatives would be a minor party on the Opposition benches.
I am celebrating the demise of the tories, I hope to celebrate the demise of labour and lib dems in due course
What will you have left?
A one-party state with Reform the only party or do you see a revived Mebyon Kernow sweeping from the Tamar to the Tyne (and perhaps beyond) ?
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
That they can only pay by having to sell the farmland, crops and farmhouse making it unviable for large numbers of family farms to pass onto the next generation.
Don't the powers-that-be realise what they are doing? These idiot lawyers? These wanker judges?
Maybe they do, and they simply do not care
So we send the nasty whatsit back to face certain death? However nasty he is, however vile his crime?
He isn't facing "certain death".
"Your sentence has been commuted from certain death to probable death!"
What are the rights of the current UK residents who’s risk of being assaulted have increased as a result of this judgement?
Strangely perhaps in view of my earlier comment, but I agree with this. Just saying 'he can't go back 'cos he'll be killed' is only part of it. Somehow he has to be stopped from re-offending...... re-educated so that he doesn't, or restrained in some way. Maybe if he's Moslem 'we' should be engaging more with people in that community who can make a difference. And/or religious and social leaders in that community should be encouraged to spell out even more clearly to their communities that this sort of behaviour isn't tolerated anywhere.
His last conviction was 2013. Has he reoffended since?
Probably never seen anyone claim paedophiles could be rehabilitated
I don’t believe their underlying preferences ever change but they can control actions.
You let a child molester out what percentage do you want to endure, how many traumatized children is worth it?
Personally I think anyone who has been sentenced to more than x (say 3) years in prison automatically forfeits their right to be in this country regardless of the risks they face elsewhere. Actions have consequences.
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
Shrugs I just look it from the new victims point of view sorry
Then campaign to get the law changed so sentences are increased.
I don’t believe in whole of life sentences
I didn't advocate whole life sentences
May be I misunderstood but I thought you were advocating that paedophiles should never be released from prison and, if they were, it was the authorities who should be blamed for any future crimes
Nope I think transportation is the answer....pick a deserted island somewhere surround by warships so they can't get off. Drop supplies on the beach but otherwise let them sort themselves out. Separate the criminal arseholes from the rest of us
Why do you need warships if it's a desert island?
I meant deserted not desert, there maybe trees they could build a raft from and also some misguided individuals may try and rescue them.
Now you may think I am being harsh here but here is a question for people who support rehabilitation and its a serious one. We will refer to paedophiles as that was the thing that kicked off the discussion
How many newly traumatized victims of child rape are you happy to tolerate to bring convicted paedophiles back into the community that have served their sentence?
Bloody hell - what on earth will the SA press say tomorrow?
"Kill the boor"?
Well this is the most racist press conference I've ever seen. It's just awful.
I believe the nazis probably had a few that you havent seen then
I concede the point.
The Imperial Japanese Army, at Nanking, updated the Japanese press, daily, on the progress of the beheading competition that some of its soldiers were having. As in - who could behead more civilian Chinese prisoners.
I'm not clear quite why you should use me conceding a minor point as a thrice-forceful argument!
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
Put the numbers into Electoral Calculus (as you do with every other poll) and see how "relieved" Kemi will be feeling.
Still a clear Reform majority and Farage PM but a 7% Conservative lead over the LDs on voteshare and just 1% behind Labour will relieve her somewhat after Yougov. Though as I said before again PR much better for the Tories than FPTP in terms of seats they would win
Yes but finishing on 53 seats, three seats behind the LDs wouldn't be brilliant, would it? With a Reform majority, the Conservatives would be a minor party on the Opposition benches.
As I said, the fault of FPTP.
Though I somewhat dispute the EC figures, on UNS for example, Reform would only gain 48 Tory seats on the MiC numbers.
They might even hold some more with Labour or LD tactical votes for the Tories to keep out Farage, plus they would gain a few Labour seats too eg Chelsea and Fulham and Cities of London and Westminster would be Tory gains.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
From what I've seen, the new law in South Africa is basically OK; it includes checks and balances in the process of compulsory purchase, and defined criteria as to when it can be done, and the general principle is that it should be compensated, as it is in the UK.
There is a consideration of the history of how the land was obtained, which - given the apartheid period - seems quite logical to me.
That's a different question as to whether the process can be operated corruptly, but we have that here too around planning.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
From what I've seen, the new law in South Africa is basically OK; it includes checks and balances in the process of compulsory purchase, and defined criteria as to when it can be done, and the general principle is that it should be compensated, as it is in the UK.
There is a consideration of the history of how the land was obtained, which - given the apartheid period - seems quite logical to me.
That's a different question as to whether the process can be operated corruptly, but we have that here too around planning.
Even the compensation can be waived if the ANC government think that 'equitable'
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
A week is a long time in politics . But 24hrs can be aswell . Tomorrow’s ONS immigration update is likely to show a record fall in net migration. We all know this is mainly down to the Tories new rules but it won’t stop the government trying to take credit for that .
Depends on the drop, they wont get any credit for a drop from x to y if y is still more than people want which it will be. I expect the new figures to be circa 450k
I think the direction of travel is important for No 10. So they will big up the drop , and it will fall again in November.
What period will this cover?
I'd say that if the like for like drop in the Govt's first full year is >50%, that is on the way to a win 12 months later if the trend continues.
But I'd also say that there is a need to adjust what is in the numbers, that the Opposition will use as an opportunity for rhetoric.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
I'm hoping it is joke by hy
Hyufd is a tory they don't actually do proper jokes
On the Joe Biden thing, it is not the first time a tight circle have kept Presidential health problems hidden.
That sounds quite like the end of the Woodrow Wilson Presidency after his heart attack in 1919, when his wife and his physician became his controllers and gatekeepers. That episode lasted for a year and a half until the next election.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
You should be ashamed of yourself
It is not remotely comparable
You embarrass this conservative with utterance such as this
I did once consider linking this site to CCHQ because some of his utterances concerned me....then the rest of the actually elected conservative mp's showed him to be a moderate liberal
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
I'm hoping it is joke by hy
Hyufd is a tory they don't actually do proper jokes
I would immediately counter that with some Shakespearean puns. But I’ve been bard.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
I'm hoping it is joke by hy
Hyufd is a tory they don't actually do proper jokes
That's slightly unfair. I've seen HYUFD do jokes before. They are normally very dry and very subtle.
On the Joe Biden thing, it is not the first time a tight circle have kept Presidential health problems hidden.
That sounds quite like the end of the Woodrow Wilson Presidency after his heart attack in 1919, when his wife and his physician became his controllers and gatekeepers. That episode lasted for a year and a half until the next election.
Hence why Trump always has a flunky near him to guide him away from walking into the wall?
Oliver Johnson @BristOliver · 10h It's weird how there isn't a word for the smell you get when it has just rained
Er, there is. Petrichor
Interesting it was only coined in 1964.
Is there a spell-word in Harry Potter that is:
"Petrichor !!!"
What would it mean?
My suggestion is "Turn into a rock", or "I am become a rock", given the ending is ersatz passive voice. It could also be around "Become odoriferous, nicely."
We also need a word for "the smell of damp dog." @Leon ?
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
In what way is it confiscation? Whoever inherits the farm will get an inheritance tax bill that they can either pay and keep the farm or they can sell the farm and keep the rest of the money. It's perfectly valid to think that it's wrong to levy that tax but you shouldn't misrepresent what it is.
I'm hoping it is joke by hy
Hyufd is a tory they don't actually do proper jokes
That's slightly unfair. I've seen HYUFD do jokes before. They are normally very dry and very subtle.
Or did you just take them as jokes and he is actually serious, I assumed for a long while some of it was just joking much as I might but I came to the conclusion he actually believes
This is a disastrous response to it for Starmer and Labour.
Yep
With luck the press and Reform can batter and batter at these numbers until it is 30% very bad and 1% very good (which is correct, as it is bad) and then Starmer must be nailed to it for all time. Make it as calamitous as Winter Fuel
Half an hour at Passport control and not seeing cheaper groceries (in fact with inflation the opposite) and the numbers will collapse. If he's guffing off about 'excitement' over e gates you know it's garbage 🗑
I was going to make the same point, but dyedwoolie beat me to it. It will be interesting to see some more polling about voters views on this deal in the Autumn.
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
From what I've seen, the new law in South Africa is basically OK; it includes checks and balances in the process of compulsory purchase, and defined criteria as to when it can be done, and the general principle is that it should be compensated, as it is in the UK.
There is a consideration of the history of how the land was obtained, which - given the apartheid period - seems quite logical to me.
That's a different question as to whether the process can be operated corruptly, but we have that here too around planning.
Is South Africa another hill that liberals want to die on? It's pretty clear the place is a mess.
As an aside I wish people would think carefully before using the term genocide.
Bullish on LD seats. They will struggle to hold on to all of the tactical votes from 2024, although May 1st does suggest the SW at least will be still very fertile, but (for example) on a national Con 24 LD 13 repeat of 2024 I'd expect up to a couple dozen of the gains to drop. Might all become moot if things move for either party before then but UNS a dangerous thing where those bountiful LD seats are concerned (especially as i suspect the Tory vote share is going down in Non LD facing red wall type areas much more than in the Blue Wall/Golden Arch) - time will tell
'Evening all. Wednesday Night update from the Victoria Tap, Manchester.
As I was walking here, there were, literally, thousands of people in Manchester United kits coming the other way. It turns out the UEFA cup final is being televised in the AO Arena, which is above Manchester Victoria.
Now I know some Manchester United fans. And I know some football fans, and the sorts of people who on occasion dress in a replica shirt to watch their favourite team. And I like some of these people. And I'm sure some of the people I passed were, individually, nice people. But collectively, they are fucking morons. Their tone is almost perfectly judged to make you dislike them. There are no other sports like this. I get that tribalism is a big part of football (because God knows, you don't watch it for the entertainment). But still - shut up you fucking imbeciles.
Happily, there are none of them in here. There were two - a father and son meeting up. Quite touching really: it reminded me of a photo of my wife's cousin and uncle last weekend from Wembley, going to see the team they'd long supported - Crystal Palace - in the FA Cup Final. Sharing an experience. But they've gone now, subsumed by the throng; likable individuals in an unlikable crowd. No telly in here, happily. In their place are four incongruous individuals - lads in their 20s in very smart suits with terribly posh accents. I'm trying to eavesdrop to work out who they are but their conversation just appears to be a succession of vowel sounds.
The bits of conversation I cam glean are about either music or children. Chetham's school is next door. Perhaps they're teachers there. I have no idea what I would expect teachers at a specialist private music school to look like,
FPT - we can criticise wanker judges, and some are - and activist ones at that - but all the stuff they adjudicate on with ludicrous results, like the Human Rights Act, ECHR, Equality Act and Net Zero law, were voted into law by performing politicians who either didn't know about the impact, or did and liked it.
Partially.
It's mostly that, but its partially just evolution of case history. Which to be fair is largely how we got Common Law originally.
Cases that would have been dismissed out of court, or never even made it there, under the ECHR originally are now taken credibly.
I wouldn't say its activist judges though. It's just people pushing boundaries, then looking at case history.
A boundary case is won, then that both sets precedent but it also sets a new boundary. Then that boundary is pushed against until a case is won and that repeats with many individual cases eroding the original meaning of the law Parliamentarians originally intended until it is warped into something completely different.
FPT - we can criticise wanker judges, and some are - and activist ones at that - but all the stuff they adjudicate on with ludicrous results, like the Human Rights Act, ECHR, Equality Act and Net Zero law, were voted into law by performing politicians who either didn't know about the impact, or did and liked it.
Partially.
It's mostly that, but its partially just evolution of case history. Which to be fair is largely how we got Common Law originally.
Cases that would have been dismissed out of court, or never even made it there, under the ECHR originally are now taken credibly.
I wouldn't say its activist judges though. It's just people pushing boundaries, then looking at case history.
A boundary case is won, then that both sets precedent but it also sets a new boundary. Then that boundary is pushed against until a case is won and that repeats with many individual cases eroding the original meaning of the law Parliamentarians originally intended until it is warped into something completely different.
It's like coastal erosion, but for the law.
Parliament can amend statute to clarify if it desires
'Evening all. Wednesday Night update from the Victoria Tap, Manchester.
As I was walking here, there were, literally, thousands of people in Manchester United kits coming the other way. It turns out the UEFA cup final is being televised in the AO Arena, which is above Manchester Victoria.
Now I know some Manchester United fans. And I know some football fans, and the sorts of people who on occasion dress in a replica shirt to watch their favourite team. And I like some of these people. And I'm sure some of the people I passed were, individually, nice people. But collectively, they are fucking morons. Their tone is almost perfectly judged to make you dislike them. There are no other sports like this. I get that tribalism is a big part of football (because God knows, you don't watch it for the entertainment). But still - shut up you fucking imbeciles.
Happily, there are none of them in here. There were two - a father and son meeting up. Quite touching really: it reminded me of a photo of my wife's cousin and uncle last weekend from Wembley, going to see the team they'd long supported - Crystal Palace - in the FA Cup Final. Sharing an experience. But they've gone now, subsumed by the throng; likable individuals in an unlikable crowd. No telly in here, happily. In their place are four incongruous individuals - lads in their 20s in very smart suits with terribly posh accents. I'm trying to eavesdrop to work out who they are but their conversation just appears to be a succession of vowel sounds.
The bits of conversation I cam glean are about either music or children. Chetham's school is next door. Perhaps they're teachers there. I have no idea what I would expect teachers at a specialist private music school to look like,
Oi I am a big supporter of padstow united....now its true we haven't quite got to the premier league just yet but when they do I will be in that tide
So is Trump's plan to say something outrageous knowing that his opponents will go crazy and probably start defending the South African government to the hilt, making themselves look silly in the process?
What's the movement relative to US, German, Japanese equivalents ?
I'll answer my own question. All up 0.04% today except Japan.
The only relevant issue over rising bond rates is Reeves is boxed in even further, and whataboutery is not going to give her a free pass
It looks like CPI inflation will be around 4% or maybe more in September, much more than expected a little while ago, and this will put additional strain on public finances as the uplift to benefits (and to an extent the state pension) is based on September CPI
The pay demands by the unions will be the next issue for Reeves
I am not sure she will survive to the Autumn budget
I agree. The WFA U turn is too little, too late. The political damage it has inflicted on Starmer's Labour government is already irreversable and its is now looking very likely to be spun as an excuse by the Chancellor for further tax increases in the Autumn budget.
On the Joe Biden thing, it is not the first time a tight circle have kept Presidential health problems hidden.
That sounds quite like the end of the Woodrow Wilson Presidency after his heart attack in 1919, when his wife and his physician became his controllers and gatekeepers. That episode lasted for a year and a half until the next election.
Hence why Trump always has a flunky near him to guide him away from walking into the wall?
The Mad King is having an even madder than usual one in the Oval Office right now
Just shown the South African President a video about genocide of white farmers, Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now. The South African Agriculture Minister though says most white farmers still want to stay rather than leave (CNN has a piece on Orania, a separatist “Afrikaner-only” settlement in the country’s Northern Cape) and the government is tackling livestock theft.
'Ramphosa probably the only world leader treating farmers worse than Starmer now'
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
No, Ramphosa is confiscating some family farms much like Starmer effectively is with the family farms tax
You should be ashamed of yourself
It is not remotely comparable
You embarrass this conservative with utterance such as this
No, you sucking up to Starmer over our farmers whose livelihood he is wrecking, some of whom are even considering suicide to pass on their farm to their son before full APF is ended next year, is what is shameful
'Evening all. Wednesday Night update from the Victoria Tap, Manchester.
As I was walking here, there were, literally, thousands of people in Manchester United kits coming the other way. It turns out the UEFA cup final is being televised in the AO Arena, which is above Manchester Victoria.
Now I know some Manchester United fans. And I know some football fans, and the sorts of people who on occasion dress in a replica shirt to watch their favourite team. And I like some of these people. And I'm sure some of the people I passed were, individually, nice people. But collectively, they are fucking morons. Their tone is almost perfectly judged to make you dislike them. There are no other sports like this. I get that tribalism is a big part of football (because God knows, you don't watch it for the entertainment). But still - shut up you fucking imbeciles.
Happily, there are none of them in here. There were two - a father and son meeting up. Quite touching really: it reminded me of a photo of my wife's cousin and uncle last weekend from Wembley, going to see the team they'd long supported - Crystal Palace - in the FA Cup Final. Sharing an experience. But they've gone now, subsumed by the throng; likable individuals in an unlikable crowd. No telly in here, happily. In their place are four incongruous individuals - lads in their 20s in very smart suits with terribly posh accents. I'm trying to eavesdrop to work out who they are but their conversation just appears to be a succession of vowel sounds.
The bits of conversation I cam glean are about either music or children. Chetham's school is next door. Perhaps they're teachers there. I have no idea what I would expect teachers at a specialist private music school to look like,
Oi I am a big supporter of padstow united....now its true we haven't quite got to the premier league just yet but when they do I will be in that tide
I've got Cornwall My Home by Fisherman's Friends blasting round my flat on Sonos at about 200 decibels
I shall direct my angry neighbours to you, if they seek someone to blame for this sudden loud liking for Cornish music that invokes mighty heaves of Hiraeth
On the Joe Biden thing, it is not the first time a tight circle have kept Presidential health problems hidden.
That sounds quite like the end of the Woodrow Wilson Presidency after his heart attack in 1919, when his wife and his physician became his controllers and gatekeepers. That episode lasted for a year and a half until the next election.
Hence why Trump always has a flunky near him to guide him away from walking into the wall?
What's the movement relative to US, German, Japanese equivalents ?
I'll answer my own question. All up 0.04% today except Japan.
The only relevant issue over rising bond rates is Reeves is boxed in even further, and whataboutery is not going to give her a free pass
It looks like CPI inflation will be around 4% or maybe more in September, much more than expected a little while ago, and this will put additional strain on public finances as the uplift to benefits (and to an extent the state pension) is based on September CPI
The pay demands by the unions will be the next issue for Reeves
I am not sure she will survive to the Autumn budget
I agree. The WFA U turn is too little, too late. The political damage it has inflicted on Starmer's Labour government is already irreversable and its is now looking very likely to be spun as an excuse by the Chancellor for further tax increases in the Autumn budget.
WFA is regrettable. A perfectly sensible measure outweighed by the increase in the state pension.
The triple lock inevitably means that the the state pension will rise by more than average earnings over time. That is not sensible.
What's the movement relative to US, German, Japanese equivalents ?
I'll answer my own question. All up 0.04% today except Japan.
The only relevant issue over rising bond rates is Reeves is boxed in even further, and whataboutery is not going to give her a free pass
It looks like CPI inflation will be around 4% or maybe more in September, much more than expected a little while ago, and this will put additional strain on public finances as the uplift to benefits (and to an extent the state pension) is based on September CPI
The pay demands by the unions will be the next issue for Reeves
I am not sure she will survive to the Autumn budget
I agree. The WFA U turn is too little, too late. The political damage it has inflicted on Starmer's Labour government is already irreversable and its is now looking very likely to be spun as an excuse by the Chancellor for further tax increases in the Autumn budget.
Watch the Red Queen. Angela 'regrettably' resigning as she cannot support disability cuts and then ousting the Starmer cabal is this summers fashion
Petrichor is such a social media weather staple (like apricity), it’s become a bit of a meme, and I know he follows a few of the same weather accounts I do.
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🌳 CON 21% (+1)
🔶 LIB DEM 14% (nc)
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🟡 SNP 2% (nc)
https://x.com/LukeTryl/status/1925084392684192109
Feels like the sort of thing that you might get in a 21st century Monty Python. (North Minehead by-election, only more disturbing.)
Huge mistake.
Those Rejoin figures are soft and would rapidly approach parity, or flip, if a campaign were ever spun.
Right now, it reflects energy on one side and apathy on the other. What people want is a close, practical relationship with Europe.
That said, the expansion of the ECHR is very much down to activist judges forcing it into every area of national life
Do you ever stop and think what you write
To even suggest that is utter hyperbole and just wrong
He needs to go, Frank Gardiner too, Faisal Islam obviously. These really poor journalists are doing the BBC a substantial dis-service.
Steve Rosenberg is rather the opposite, and it's early days but Sumi SumiSomething seems to be a BBC recruitment great coup - I'd shuffle her off to front Newsnight if I was the BBC.
Why would any leader want to meet Trump at the White House
Indeed from Starmer to Carney and others they simply are belittled by this utter madman Trump
On releasing paedophiles if they have served their sentence they should be released. It’s a simple as that.
I don’t believe in whole of life sentences
That order is bizarrely probably better than if he was more focused on his own good governance!
Oliver Johnson
@BristOliver
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10h
It's weird how there isn't a word for the smell you get when it has just rained
Most of the bad stuff from the administration [this week] had to do with corruption. Which, if we’re being honest, is probably the best-case scenario for this timeline.
If you offered me a world in which Trump walks away from the White House with, I dunno, $250 billion in ill-gotten gains, but leaves the foundations of democracy basically intact? I’d take that deal in a heartbeat.
JVL - The Bulwark
Good evening, everyone.
A one-party state with Reform the only party or do you see a revived Mebyon Kernow sweeping from the Tamar to the Tyne (and perhaps beyond) ?
Now you may think I am being harsh here but here is a question for people who support rehabilitation and its a serious one. We will refer to paedophiles as that was the thing that kicked off the discussion
How many newly traumatized victims of child rape are you happy to tolerate to bring convicted paedophiles back into the community that have served their sentence?
BTW my brother was on a television programme about Templars, considering he says he is one.
Though I somewhat dispute the EC figures, on UNS for example, Reform would only gain 48 Tory seats on the MiC numbers.
They might even hold some more with Labour or LD tactical votes for the Tories to keep out Farage, plus they would gain a few Labour seats too eg Chelsea and Fulham and Cities of London and Westminster would be Tory gains.
https://www.electionpolling.co.uk/battleground/targets/reform-uk
There is a consideration of the history of how the land was obtained, which - given the apartheid period - seems quite logical to me.
That's a different question as to whether the process can be operated corruptly, but we have that here too around planning.
.
It is not remotely comparable
You embarrass this conservative with utterance such as this
I'd say that if the like for like drop in the Govt's first full year is >50%, that is on the way to a win 12 months later if the trend continues.
But I'd also say that there is a need to adjust what is in the numbers, that the Opposition will use as an opportunity for rhetoric.
Spencer Hakimian
@SpencerHakimian
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*TREASURY 30-YEAR YIELD RISES 10 BASIS POINTS ON DAY TO 5.07%
That sounds quite like the end of the Woodrow Wilson Presidency after his heart attack in 1919, when his wife and his physician became his controllers and gatekeepers. That episode lasted for a year and a half until the next election.
But I’ve been bard.
"Petrichor !!!"
What would it mean?
My suggestion is "Turn into a rock", or "I am become a rock", given the ending is ersatz passive voice. It could also be around "Become odoriferous, nicely."
We also need a word for "the smell of damp dog." @Leon ?
ie, you don't get much "petrichor" in Polperro in the six dry minutes between two weeklong spells of mizzle
I think he's referring to the U.S, surely.
A bunch of corrupt, racist crooks
So actually quite a good match for Trump, and certainly no better
Sounds familiar.
As an aside I wish people would think carefully before using the term genocide.
As I was walking here, there were, literally, thousands of people in Manchester United kits coming the other way. It turns out the UEFA cup final is being televised in the AO Arena, which is above Manchester Victoria.
Now I know some Manchester United fans. And I know some football fans, and the sorts of people who on occasion dress in a replica shirt to watch their favourite team. And I like some of these people. And I'm sure some of the people I passed were, individually, nice people. But collectively, they are fucking morons. Their tone is almost perfectly judged to make you dislike them. There are no other sports like this. I get that tribalism is a big part of football (because God knows, you don't watch it for the entertainment). But still - shut up you fucking imbeciles.
Happily, there are none of them in here. There were two - a father and son meeting up. Quite touching really: it reminded me of a photo of my wife's cousin and uncle last weekend from Wembley, going to see the team they'd long supported - Crystal Palace - in the FA Cup Final. Sharing an experience. But they've gone now, subsumed by the throng; likable individuals in an unlikable crowd. No telly in here, happily. In their place are four incongruous individuals - lads in their 20s in very smart suits with terribly posh accents. I'm trying to eavesdrop to work out who they are but their conversation just appears to be a succession of vowel sounds.
The bits of conversation I cam glean are about either music or children. Chetham's school is next door. Perhaps they're teachers there. I have no idea what I would expect teachers at a specialist private music school to look like,
It's mostly that, but its partially just evolution of case history. Which to be fair is largely how we got Common Law originally.
Cases that would have been dismissed out of court, or never even made it there, under the ECHR originally are now taken credibly.
I wouldn't say its activist judges though. It's just people pushing boundaries, then looking at case history.
A boundary case is won, then that both sets precedent but it also sets a new boundary. Then that boundary is pushed against until a case is won and that repeats with many individual cases eroding the original meaning of the law Parliamentarians originally intended until it is warped into something completely different.
It's like coastal erosion, but for the law.
I shall direct my angry neighbours to you, if they seek someone to blame for this sudden loud liking for Cornish music that invokes mighty heaves of Hiraeth
The triple lock inevitably means that the the state pension will rise by more than average earnings over time. That is not sensible.
Petrichor is such a social media weather staple (like apricity), it’s become a bit of a meme, and I know he follows a few of the same weather accounts I do.