Oh God, please don’t let anything happen to Endgame, he was the star of the last season.
Test inconclusive, so retest will be needed. Not usually a good sign.
Bugger.
So will the next series be cull badgers because they spread TB or don’t cull badgers as it restricts the distances badgers “cover”
Unfortunately, because we have dithered over what to do about TB in badgers for forty years it's rather too late to deal with the situation whether we cull or don't cull.
Before he died three years ago my father (who was quite heavily involved in all of this) said that it was so widespread and endemic in badgers that culling would likely not make much difference. Nor would vaccination as there would be no way of vaccinating prior to infection, which normally occurs in the first few days of life.
So unless a way of vaccinating cattle without compromising their disease-free status can be found, we're a bit buggered, and so far nobody has.
While if we had culled badgers in TB hotspots thirty years ago, we might have eliminated the problem altogether.
Well done badger lobby, how to get it spectacularly backwards.
What you're saying is that the badger population was largely TB-free and now, because we haven't vaccinated cows, the delightful wee critters are all sick? Classic victim-blaming.
Also out of date. The farmers from my patch are now blasting Bambi to smithereens because they've convinced themselves that's the real reason. They might be right - the deer population has doubled since 1990.
Er, no, on both counts. You can't vaccinate badgers because the adults infect the cubs before you can get at them with vaccine. And you can't vaccinate cattle because of restrictions on movement and sale due to difficulties distinguishing between infected and vaccinated animals. If that could be properly dealt with the problem would be at an end, pretty much.
And yes, the badger population was largely TB at one point, but now it isn't because of a failure to shoot out those badgers which provided a reservoir of the disease which allowed it to spread among the whole population.
If you're telling the truth about deer and it's not just one farmer who's been smoking weed, they are idiots. Deer don't have nose-to-nose contact with cattle, which badgers do ('a deer that smells a cow will be half a field away in seconds') and deer don't piss on nice deep patches of grass that cattle like to eat, as badgers do.
And do you know, I don't actually find this subject very funny? It's done terrible harm for years, and shows just how nasty, stupid and bigoted a lot of people who pose as 'environmentalists' and 'animal lovers' can be. Ironically, the only member of my family to be infected as a result is a vegan, but hey.
"Tulip Siddiq to face corruption trial in Bangladesh Former anti-corruption minister is alleged to have illegally received land from despot aunt’s government"
The area has more LibDem councillors than Green ones. I think it goes Lab, LibDem, Con, Green. The local LibDems have selected a candidate already.
At the general election, it was...
Labour 48% Conservative 17% Green 14% Liberal Democrats 13% Reform UK 6% Rejoin EU 1% Independent 1%
In by-election conditions, I think that the Lib Dems would take it.
In theory, Reform might hit second place, but I expect any increase in their vote will lag far behind the national average.
No, this is not a Reform UK-y type of place. And do you know how many Gail's we have?
(I don't know how many Gail's we have, but I think it's 5.)
I thought Gails were the Sydney Sweeney of bakeries these days for progressives?
What's wrong with Gail's? (I mean, I'm sure there are plenty of things wrong with Gail's,* but to what are you referring?)
* I can't eat gluten. Like the SNP on votes on English matters, I excuse myself from taking a view.
The owner of Gails has views that many of the left don't like and also the general gentrification / squeezing out local businesses has led to some backlash.
I never liked Gail’s but that’s not why I’m opposed’: Walthamstow’s revolt
last week this desirable corner of north-east London hit the news with a change.org petition to prevent the upmarket cafe and bakery chain Gail’s,
Gail's is just a bit basic isn't it. It's Clapham in bakery form.
Perfect description of Gail's.
But the bread is so much better than supermarket loaves, and there's not exactly a surplus of independent bakeries in my corner of SW London. Why the hate?
It's an overpriced chain for people who like overpriced chains.
I don't actually like their bread. Other specialist bakers seem to make far better. I do like their sausage rolls though.
Looks like it, I swore like a Glaswegian with Tourette's when I dislocated my finger (and even more so when they put it back in) so I cannot imagine how much pain he must be in right now.
My Dad dislocated his shoulder when I was a young teenager, at the time I thought I knew all the swear words, but it appears I didn't.....
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
(It is worth remembering that wealthy people from Saudi / Qatar /etc come to the Portland Hospital or St John and St Elizabeth to have their babies born in the same place as the Beckams kids. At least 50% of Portland births are to people who are none resident. Now while that will be a relativelty small number in the general scheme of things, it will be hundreds of babies - at least - over the year.)
It always looks like there're a lot of fans at the games, but that's probably because the game is so short in terms of time.
The tickets are very cheap / they give away a lot.
They should make it almost free to attend county matches and then make money from selling food, drinks, merchandise, etc. It would just look a lot better with people in the stands than 95% empty. £5 for adults for children for example. At the moment it's £20 or £25 but that's still quite a lot of money for ordinary people.
Is that true?
Look at the numbers who are charged many hundreds every year (thousands if a family?) to go to football as a walking cash cow, and fall for it.
Because football is a far more exciting game than cricket and neither does cricket excite the same degree of tribal loyalty as the footie.
Unless I missed the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club Agreeable Upgrade to First Class Rail Crew calling card when last they played Lord's*.
*I did not, of course, go to Lord's - just using some artistic licence.
I find cricket far more exciting than football. Just because you have to wait between balls isn't really an argument imo because no-one uses it against tennis which is similar in that respecet.
Cricket can be exciting at the end of the match when there is a run chase. But that's about it. The actual game play is deathly boring. Football's game play is very exciting.
Is it ? I find football pretty tedious.
In isolation football's good. For me the problem is the relentless churn of the same league/cup fixtures. It will never finally be decided who has won the football.
This is why the World Cup and Euros are the best football. Nice self-contained tournaments every 4 years.
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
I was told by someone I work with, when I misspelt their name, it was due to the different variants of Islam. That may have been BS though
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
I have no idea. Fashion, probably.
I was presuming it was something to do with language spoken by parents / family origins or different sects of Islam?
In this 1991 Van Halen video for Pouncake, off the album For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge, 'Power Drill Girl' from about three minutes in, is one of my neighbours
I've just eaten a slice of the delicious Bakewell tart she made for me
Oh God, please don’t let anything happen to Endgame, he was the star of the last season.
Test inconclusive, so retest will be needed. Not usually a good sign.
Bugger.
So will the next series be cull badgers because they spread TB or don’t cull badgers as it restricts the distances badgers “cover”
Unfortunately, because we have dithered over what to do about TB in badgers for forty years it's rather too late to deal with the situation whether we cull or don't cull.
Before he died three years ago my father (who was quite heavily involved in all of this) said that it was so widespread and endemic in badgers that culling would likely not make much difference. Nor would vaccination as there would be no way of vaccinating prior to infection, which normally occurs in the first few days of life.
So unless a way of vaccinating cattle without compromising their disease-free status can be found, we're a bit buggered, and so far nobody has.
While if we had culled badgers in TB hotspots thirty years ago, we might have eliminated the problem altogether.
Well done badger lobby, how to get it spectacularly backwards.
Missing some relevant nuance here.
There is a test that identifies TB vs Vaccinated, but it is thought too expensive for Eastern European farmers to use to import British livestock.
We are killing our wildlife to protect the option to import being affordable to people that rarely import our animals.
My priority would be to vaccinate badgers and cows. If we did that we could stop the poor biosecurity of our farms and the spiral of infection damaging our local environment and our economy.
Trade law does this to us. You may have noticed ash dieback? It’s costing us billions to keep our highways safe.
The original license to import trees was dropped by the government in about 2004 ish. The garden centres that lobbied for the option to import are reputed to have had a less than 20m turnover.
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
I have no idea. Fashion, probably.
It's more regional variation/accent.
My antecedents go for the Mohammed (pronounced Mo hammed), other parts of the world go for Muhammed (pronounced Muu hammad).
It's a bit like how people in France and England pronounce David differently.
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
I have no idea. Fashion, probably.
I was presuming it was something to do with language spoken by parents / family origins or different sects of Islam?
Won't it also just be the sheer number of times the name has been anglicised over many years ?
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
I have no idea. Fashion, probably.
I was presuming it was something to do with language spoken by parents / family origins or different sects of Islam?
Different transliterations from non-Roman alphabets perhaps?
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Do you have to? Leon's about due to show up and he's probably well lit by now.
...and will have spent the evening with a super rich senior statesman of the world (identity REDACTED) who will have told him that Trump is a fine fellow and that we and our country are all doomed because the proportion of children with Arabic names has risen to a few per cent, and so there will be civil war here breaking out before teatime tomorrow...
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
Thank you: it's fascinating how little move there was between (say) 2004 and 2021. In total, the fracxtion went from 2.2% to 2.3% (and indeed fell between 2016 and 2021).
But then there's been a huge move in the last three years.
Checking, the Deputy Leader of Ashfield Council has an extra three lots of criminal convictions from the last 18 months. This follows on from the previous two below, and the ones before that I do not mention.
He went down the short traffic calmed High Street in his Land Rover Effete, also called Evoque. followed by an unmarked police car complete with blue lights flashing, at 65mph "after a night at the bingo". He then pulled into a petrol station, and reversed into the police car.
He's built up quite the criminal record over the last decade, the most remarkable being making a police phone call to 999 when arguing with his neighbour about a hot tub, and putting on a "keep ... keep away from me with that knife" pantomime to the emergency operator.
Meanwhile his neighbours wife was videoing him with his phone.
He now has another three from the last 18 months. Non-disclosure of financial interest, and four our of control dangerous dogs in a public place, and obstructing the police investigating dangerous dogs.
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
Thank you: it's fascinating how little move there was between (say) 2004 and 2021. In total, the fracxtion went from 2.2% to 2.3% (and indeed fell between 2016 and 2021).
But then there's been a huge move in the last three years.
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
Imagine sharing a name with Farage.
Could be worse. Imagine sharing a name with Donald.
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
Presumably because it's generally written in squiggles ?
I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
Piers Gaveston as in David Cameron's willy and a pig's head?
Is that every variation or just that particular spelling?
That's just the one spelling, and the popularity of the various spellings of Mohammed/Muhammed changes over time too.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
I am ignorant on this. Why the variations of the spelling?
I was told by someone I work with, when I misspelt their name, it was due to the different variants of Islam. That may have been BS though
See also "Muslim" and "Moslem".
I don't know the answer without going and looking it up, but it looks like a parallel.
It could also be to do with language, and transliteration.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
People naming children are worse humans than people planning weddings. Assigned names is first law change of the Woolie Revolution
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
Piers Gaveston as in David Cameron's willy and a pig's head?
I wasn’t being serious. Was joking that being mistaken for being named after Piers Morgan would be worse than Piers Gaveston.
"Tulip Siddiq to face corruption trial in Bangladesh Former anti-corruption minister is alleged to have illegally received land from despot aunt’s government"
The area has more LibDem councillors than Green ones. I think it goes Lab, LibDem, Con, Green. The local LibDems have selected a candidate already.
At the general election, it was...
Labour 48% Conservative 17% Green 14% Liberal Democrats 13% Reform UK 6% Rejoin EU 1% Independent 1%
In by-election conditions, I think that the Lib Dems would take it.
In theory, Reform might hit second place, but I expect any increase in their vote will lag far behind the national average.
Id be backing Green/Corbyn myself but we will see if it happens i suppose The Tories arent taking it, that much is certain
We do abut Islington North, Corbyn's seat, and a Your Party-associated candidate (then standing as an independent) came second in the constituency to our south, Holborn & St Pancras. However, the constituency we are perhaps most like and with which we share the longest border is Finchley & Golders Green.
I guess I'm basing it on progress in 2024 and where I see a 'protest' vote going at the moment. I just think the Green/Corbyn style of London candidate has a better claim at the moment than a LD one and is running ahead on votes last time.LDs have to construct an argument from fourth. That said I don't know the area so its entirely feels based
The Westerly part of the constituency, around Queen's Park and Kilburn is younger and more likely to go Your Party / Green. But Belsize Park, West Hampstead and Hampstead itself are all very wealthy areas, and quite a bit older. They are much more likely LibDemmy than Green, and they aren't Your Party at all.
I suspect that the Labour vote in Hampstead and environs would most go LibDem in protest, and they might even pick up some of the more Remainy Conservatives.
For Your Party / the Greens to have a serious chance, they would (a) need not to be competing with each other, and (b) would have to flood the seat with activists, leaflets, etc to make themselves the obvious challenger. The LDs are the masters at that; it will be interesting to see if either the Greens or Your Party is able to do similar.
Hampstead town certainly won't go YourParty, indeed the Tories came top in the ward even in 2022 and the Tories were still second in Hampstead and Highgate at the general election with the Greens third, just ahead of the LDs
True: but remember it's now Hampstead and Kilburn, so the constituency has changed somewhat.
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
"Tulip Siddiq to face corruption trial in Bangladesh Former anti-corruption minister is alleged to have illegally received land from despot aunt’s government"
The area has more LibDem councillors than Green ones. I think it goes Lab, LibDem, Con, Green. The local LibDems have selected a candidate already.
At the general election, it was...
Labour 48% Conservative 17% Green 14% Liberal Democrats 13% Reform UK 6% Rejoin EU 1% Independent 1%
In by-election conditions, I think that the Lib Dems would take it.
In theory, Reform might hit second place, but I expect any increase in their vote will lag far behind the national average.
Id be backing Green/Corbyn myself but we will see if it happens i suppose The Tories arent taking it, that much is certain
We do abut Islington North, Corbyn's seat, and a Your Party-associated candidate (then standing as an independent) came second in the constituency to our south, Holborn & St Pancras. However, the constituency we are perhaps most like and with which we share the longest border is Finchley & Golders Green.
I guess I'm basing it on progress in 2024 and where I see a 'protest' vote going at the moment. I just think the Green/Corbyn style of London candidate has a better claim at the moment than a LD one and is running ahead on votes last time.LDs have to construct an argument from fourth. That said I don't know the area so its entirely feels based
The Westerly part of the constituency, around Queen's Park and Kilburn is younger and more likely to go Your Party / Green. But Belsize Park, West Hampstead and Hampstead itself are all very wealthy areas, and quite a bit older. They are much more likely LibDemmy than Green, and they aren't Your Party at all.
I suspect that the Labour vote in Hampstead and environs would most go LibDem in protest, and they might even pick up some of the more Remainy Conservatives.
For Your Party / the Greens to have a serious chance, they would (a) need not to be competing with each other, and (b) would have to flood the seat with activists, leaflets, etc to make themselves the obvious challenger. The LDs are the masters at that; it will be interesting to see if either the Greens or Your Party is able to do similar.
Hampstead town certainly won't go YourParty, indeed the Tories came top in the ward even in 2022 and the Tories were still second in Hampstead and Highgate at the general election with the Greens third, just ahead of the LDs
True: but remember it's now Hampstead and Kilburn, so the constituency has changed somewhat.
It still includes H & H, but stretches down into the better end of Primrose Hill (not quite as far as to where the more grotty Camden bedsits are), but otherwise isn't that different from H&H was when I fought my first council election, unsuccessfully, there, so many decades back.
Checking, the Deputy Leader of Ashfield Council has an extra three lots of criminal convictions from the last 18 months. This follows on from the previous two below, and the ones before that I do not mention.
He went down the short traffic calmed High Street in his Land Rover Effete, also called Evoque. followed by an unmarked police car complete with blue lights flashing, at 65mph "after a night at the bingo". He then pulled into a petrol station, and reversed into the police car.
He's built up quite the criminal record over the last decade, the most remarkable being making a police phone call to 999 when arguing with his neighbour about a hot tub, and putting on a "keep ... keep away from me with that knife" pantomime to the emergency operator.
Meanwhile his neighbours wife was videoing him with his phone.
He now has another three from the last 18 months. Non-disclosure of financial interest, and four our of control dangerous dogs in a public place, and obstructing the police investigating dangerous dogs.
He's lost a lot of his vote, but still won last time. He is still in post as Deputy Leader, and not disqualified.
We are difficult to shift. I was told that I was unsackable for anything below a prison sentence of a year and a day.
So - 🤯🔫🦹♂️ is not allowed! But most everything else is okay.
I saw something about 3 months in prison or suspended in a Govt consultation, somewhere.
He was Reformed out as a County Councillor last May (they lost 9 from 10), and I'm predicting the same for District next May. Unless he turns his coat, which could happen.
Zadrozny in the Crown Court next year will be an interesting one.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
Surely they are all naming their kids for Vincent Van Goghs younger brother Theo??
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
also, Dr Seuss.
Arhh, the actor who is the lead in the Gentleman and in things like the White Lotus tv shows is called Theodore.
"Tulip Siddiq to face corruption trial in Bangladesh Former anti-corruption minister is alleged to have illegally received land from despot aunt’s government"
The area has more LibDem councillors than Green ones. I think it goes Lab, LibDem, Con, Green. The local LibDems have selected a candidate already.
At the general election, it was...
Labour 48% Conservative 17% Green 14% Liberal Democrats 13% Reform UK 6% Rejoin EU 1% Independent 1%
In by-election conditions, I think that the Lib Dems would take it.
In theory, Reform might hit second place, but I expect any increase in their vote will lag far behind the national average.
Id be backing Green/Corbyn myself but we will see if it happens i suppose The Tories arent taking it, that much is certain
We do abut Islington North, Corbyn's seat, and a Your Party-associated candidate (then standing as an independent) came second in the constituency to our south, Holborn & St Pancras. However, the constituency we are perhaps most like and with which we share the longest border is Finchley & Golders Green.
I guess I'm basing it on progress in 2024 and where I see a 'protest' vote going at the moment. I just think the Green/Corbyn style of London candidate has a better claim at the moment than a LD one and is running ahead on votes last time.LDs have to construct an argument from fourth. That said I don't know the area so its entirely feels based
The Westerly part of the constituency, around Queen's Park and Kilburn is younger and more likely to go Your Party / Green. But Belsize Park, West Hampstead and Hampstead itself are all very wealthy areas, and quite a bit older. They are much more likely LibDemmy than Green, and they aren't Your Party at all.
I suspect that the Labour vote in Hampstead and environs would most go LibDem in protest, and they might even pick up some of the more Remainy Conservatives.
For Your Party / the Greens to have a serious chance, they would (a) need not to be competing with each other, and (b) would have to flood the seat with activists, leaflets, etc to make themselves the obvious challenger. The LDs are the masters at that; it will be interesting to see if either the Greens or Your Party is able to do similar.
Hampstead town certainly won't go YourParty, indeed the Tories came top in the ward even in 2022 and the Tories were still second in Hampstead and Highgate at the general election with the Greens third, just ahead of the LDs
True: but remember it's now Hampstead and Kilburn, so the constituency has changed somewhat.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
also, Dr Seuss.
Arhh, the actor who is the lead in the Gentleman and in things like the White Lotus tv shows is called Theodore.
And people are drooling celeb obsessed morons. The maths works out
"Tulip Siddiq to face corruption trial in Bangladesh Former anti-corruption minister is alleged to have illegally received land from despot aunt’s government"
The area has more LibDem councillors than Green ones. I think it goes Lab, LibDem, Con, Green. The local LibDems have selected a candidate already.
At the general election, it was...
Labour 48% Conservative 17% Green 14% Liberal Democrats 13% Reform UK 6% Rejoin EU 1% Independent 1%
In by-election conditions, I think that the Lib Dems would take it.
In theory, Reform might hit second place, but I expect any increase in their vote will lag far behind the national average.
Id be backing Green/Corbyn myself but we will see if it happens i suppose The Tories arent taking it, that much is certain
We do abut Islington North, Corbyn's seat, and a Your Party-associated candidate (then standing as an independent) came second in the constituency to our south, Holborn & St Pancras. However, the constituency we are perhaps most like and with which we share the longest border is Finchley & Golders Green.
I guess I'm basing it on progress in 2024 and where I see a 'protest' vote going at the moment. I just think the Green/Corbyn style of London candidate has a better claim at the moment than a LD one and is running ahead on votes last time.LDs have to construct an argument from fourth. That said I don't know the area so its entirely feels based
The Westerly part of the constituency, around Queen's Park and Kilburn is younger and more likely to go Your Party / Green. But Belsize Park, West Hampstead and Hampstead itself are all very wealthy areas, and quite a bit older. They are much more likely LibDemmy than Green, and they aren't Your Party at all.
I suspect that the Labour vote in Hampstead and environs would most go LibDem in protest, and they might even pick up some of the more Remainy Conservatives.
For Your Party / the Greens to have a serious chance, they would (a) need not to be competing with each other, and (b) would have to flood the seat with activists, leaflets, etc to make themselves the obvious challenger. The LDs are the masters at that; it will be interesting to see if either the Greens or Your Party is able to do similar.
Hampstead town certainly won't go YourParty, indeed the Tories came top in the ward even in 2022 and the Tories were still second in Hampstead and Highgate at the general election with the Greens third, just ahead of the LDs
True: but remember it's now Hampstead and Kilburn, so the constituency has changed somewhat.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
also, Dr Seuss.
Arhh, the actor who is the lead in the Gentleman and in things like the White Lotus tv shows is called Theodore.
And people are drooling celeb obsessed morons. The maths works out
Maybe Sydney will be top of the pops come next year....
Of all the reasons to oppose a ban on politicians' insider trading...
Rand Paul on voting against the stock trading ban: We discourage successful people from holding office…If Trump were the next president, and some say he might run for a 3rd term, he would be forced to divest everything https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1950933173321269538
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
also, Dr Seuss.
Arhh, the actor who is the lead in the Gentleman and in things like the White Lotus tv shows is called Theodore.
And people are drooling celeb obsessed morons. The maths works out
Maybe Sydney will be top of the pops come next year....
Or Bazoombas. Bazoombas Woolie, named after your mother's jeans ad my precious
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
People naming children are worse humans than people planning weddings. Assigned names is first law change of the Woolie Revolution
We should name our children the Icelandic way. Woolie Wooliesson and Fairlie Fairliesdottir.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
Aren't there a few actors and footballers called Theo ?
also, Dr Seuss.
Arhh, the actor who is the lead in the Gentleman and in things like the White Lotus tv shows is called Theodore.
And people are drooling celeb obsessed morons. The maths works out
Maybe Sydney will be top of the pops come next year....
Tel Aviv, right now: thousands protest Israel’s starvation of Gaza and relentless killing of its people, calling the government to end the brutal attacks and bring back the hostages.
Theodore is up there in the list. Am I missing somebody famous with that name or is this common people like they have done with the double barrel, decided that giving their kids a super posho name is the next meta?
People naming children are worse humans than people planning weddings. Assigned names is first law change of the Woolie Revolution
We should name our children the Icelandic way. Woolie Wooliesson and Fairlie Fairliesdottir.
Sir Woolie FitzWoolie of the Borders laid waste to the lands and castle of Fairlie MacFairlie after a dispute over Grazing rights
The crucial part of that question is accessing porn...which a lot of the objections people have aren't the crux of the issue.
For people who are very online, I agree. But we are a minority.
And I mostly posted that poll because the percentage amused me. I know...
Yes, I am sure YouGov had a chuckle too.
The public clearly don't think it will work though, which is interesting. I don't know if the government gets blame* or just well they tried, so that's something.
* maybe they public want "paper please" for every website interaction!!!!
(It is worth remembering that wealthy people from Saudi / Qatar /etc come to the Portland Hospital or St John and St Elizabeth to have their babies born in the same place as the Beckams kids. At least 50% of Portland births are to people who are none resident. Now while that will be a relativelty small number in the general scheme of things, it will be hundreds of babies - at least - over the year.)
Yeah. We just need “Janan Ganesh” to tell us that THIS IS FINE
Meanwhile:
“Some 1,731 foreign-national sex offenders were in prison as of June this year, up by 9.9 per cent in 12 months. The rate of increase was nearly three times that of Britons, with the number imprisoned for sex offences up 3.8 per cent, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice on Thursday.
The number of foreign violent offenders held in jails is also at its highest since records began a decade ago. It has risen by 8.8 per cent in a year to 3,250, nearly double the rate of 4.8 per cent for Britons imprisoned for violence.”
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
These are the same people who wanted to keep the nightclubs closed after Covid
The YouGov surveys often show, as in this case, that Reform voters are much more libertarian than Conservative voters. Could this prevent more Conservatives potentially voting Reform, due to ideological differences?
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
The crucial part of that question is accessing porn...which a lot of the objections people have aren't the crux of the issue.
For people who are very online, I agree. But we are a minority.
And I mostly posted that poll because the percentage amused me. I know...
And I was told that the Online Safety Act was about to bring down the government Britons with strong right arms hit the streets in a frustrated frenzy of fapping.
Its almost as if Albanian taxi drivers and eccentric millionaires don't really know anything about the country
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Killing badgers without TB is likely to allow badgers WITH TB to move into their patch.
Of the top 10 financial losses for farmers, TB came in 11th.
9 of the other 10 were down to bad husbandry practices.
There are very few badgers left without TB now. That's the issue.
As for 'bad husbandry,' what is worse husbandry than allowing badgers infected with a disease and transmitting it to livestock on somebody's land?
I'm beginning to grasp why this disaster has happened. Talking about tests being too expensive when they didn't work, people saying their preferred option despite the actual impossibility of it being vaccinating badgers, and now again the perturbation claim - which was right 25 years ago, but not now - shows just how sterile and unproductive the debate is. And without informed debate, nothing will happen.
(The irony of the Krebs report which first noted it, and was seized on by activists as a reason not to cull, was that it proved a causal link between TB in badgers and TB in cattle by doing so.)
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
I’ve only known one Piers and he was an utter arse. I always wondered if he had been called Dave or Paul if he might not have been such a complete prat.
Tel Aviv, right now: thousands protest Israel’s starvation of Gaza and relentless killing of its people, calling the government to end the brutal attacks and bring back the hostages.
Tel Aviv, right now: thousands protest Israel’s starvation of Gaza and relentless killing of its people, calling the government to end the brutal attacks and bring back the hostages.
Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets, our communities, and our economy. When I said we’d back them all the way, I meant it. Promise made. Promise delivered.
British Retail Consortium poll of Finance Directors covering more than 9,000 UK stores. They fear Reeves will ramp up taxes again this autumn on top of her ‘Awful April’ bills which have already squeezed businesses across the sector…
The survey also found:
85% of businesses had been forced to raise prices already. 56% described trading conditions over the next 12 months as “pessimistic”. 42% had frozen recruitment. 38% said they had reduced job numbers in-store. 38% had reduced investment. 15% had already delayed opening new stores. 88% said “tax and regulatory burden” were their biggest financial fears. Up more than 20 percentage points from January…
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
No wonder there are no Piers’s. Naming your child after Piers Morgan should lead to immediate removal into care.
Imagine how my friend felt, named his son Piers after Piers Gaveston only to find out how utterly embarrassing it was as people thought he had named him after Piers Moron
I’ve only known one Piers and he was an utter arse. I always wondered if he had been called Dave or Paul if he might not have been such a complete prat.
Have known quite a few Piers, Brighton was nice. Only joking, I have known many and most were very nice, one a knob.
It's official @ONS baby name day! Here are the names that are dying out – A mere 9 boys called Norman last year – Rodney = 8 – Nigel = 5 – Giles = 3 And not a single Piers was registered! (If it's 2 or fewer, it's not released for data reasons, so it's possible 2 were)
In contrast there were 161 boys called Zorawar Zakariyya = 63 Theo-James = 22 Paris = 14 London = 7 Lucifer = 7
Killing badgers without TB is likely to allow badgers WITH TB to move into their patch.
Of the top 10 financial losses for farmers, TB came in 11th.
9 of the other 10 were down to bad husbandry practices.
There are very few badgers left without TB now. That's the issue.
As for 'bad husbandry,' what is worse husbandry than allowing badgers infected with a disease and transmitting it to livestock on somebody's land?
I'm beginning to grasp why this disaster has happened. Talking about tests being too expensive when they didn't work, people saying their preferred option despite the actual impossibility of it being vaccinating badgers, and now again the perturbation claim - which was right 25 years ago, but not now - shows just how sterile and unproductive the debate is. And without informed debate, nothing will happen.
(The irony of the Krebs report which first noted it, and was seized on by activists as a reason not to cull, was that it proved a causal link between TB in badgers and TB in cattle by doing so.)
The badgers got hit by a PR exercise by the hedgehogs. Less hedgehog-munching badgers = more badger-food hedgehogs
The crucial part of that question is accessing porn...which a lot of the objections people have aren't the crux of the issue.
For people who are very online, I agree. But we are a minority.
And I mostly posted that poll because the percentage amused me. I know...
And I was told that the Online Safety Act was about to bring down the government Britons with strong right arms hit the streets in a frustrated frenzy of fapping.
Its almost as if Albanian taxi drivers and eccentric millionaires don't really know anything about the country
Nah, the reason public aren't rioting about the OSA is because they rioting about the secret Afghan story.
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Right now, the cuddly badgers and Brian May wins.
Avoid dislocating any body part.
One of my favourite shows of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEyOJyYJzY0&list=RDZEyOJyYJzY0&start_radio=1
They are lucky they did not end up with Neasdon Beckham and Penge Beckham.
So back in 1996, when the data first starts, Mohammad and Mohammed were both more popular spelling than Muhammad. In fact, back then Muhammad wasn't in the top 100, while the other two spellings were both pretty popular. Now, Muhammad dominates - it's by far the most common spelling.
There are numerous conclusions: (1) there are more boys today that have a name that is a variation of the spelling of Mohammed than at at any time in the past; (2) you need to look at aggregated numbers; and (3) the rise up the charts is exaggerated by the fragmentation of other names.
Next?
"Epstein was actually still on the Mar-a-Lago membership logs up to 2007. ... That of course is a year after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in Florida."
So Trump didn't kick him out for many years after knowing Epstein 'stole' Virginia Giuffre from MAL in 2000.
https://x.com/rgoodlaw/status/1950343427377549343
I've just eaten a slice of the delicious Bakewell tart she made for me
https://youtu.be/1uF5xMhfp1c
There is a test that identifies TB vs Vaccinated, but it is thought too expensive for Eastern European farmers to use to import British livestock.
We are killing our wildlife to protect the option to import being affordable to people that rarely import our animals.
My priority would be to vaccinate badgers and cows. If we did that we could stop the poor biosecurity of our farms and the spiral of infection damaging our local environment and our economy.
Trade law does this to us. You may have noticed ash dieback? It’s costing us billions to keep our highways safe.
The original license to import trees was dropped by the government in about 2004 ish. The garden centres that lobbied for the option to import are reputed to have had a less than 20m turnover.
My antecedents go for the Mohammed (pronounced Mo hammed), other parts of the world go for Muhammed (pronounced Muu hammad).
It's a bit like how people in France and England pronounce David differently.
Muhammad
Mohammed
Mohammad
Muhammed
Mohamed
Mohamad
Muhamad
Muhamed
Mohammod
1996: 1.1%
2000: 1.6%
2004: 2.0%
2008: 2.2%
2012: 2.3%
2016: 2.4%
2020: 2.4%
2021: 2.3%
2022: 2.6%
2023: 2.8%
2024: 3.3%
But then there's been a huge move in the last three years.
So - 🤯🔫🦹♂️ is not allowed!
But most everything else is okay.
Was my expectation of the price Liverpool are going to pay for Alexander Isak.
(Was meant for a WhatsApp but I copied and pasted the wrong thing here.)
Slightly excessive, IMO.
I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1950933899195887657
I don't know the answer without going and looking it up, but it looks like a parallel.
It could also be to do with language, and transliteration.
Assigned names is first law change of the Woolie Revolution
I have always wondered about people named Otis.
also, Dr Seuss.
He was Reformed out as a County Councillor last May (they lost 9 from 10), and I'm predicting the same for District next May. Unless he turns his coat, which could happen.
Zadrozny in the Crown Court next year will be an interesting one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampstead_and_Highgate_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
That's football - so downmarket not upmarket.
Rand Paul on voting against the stock trading ban: We discourage successful people from holding office…If Trump were the next president, and some say he might run for a 3rd term, he would be forced to divest everything
https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1950933173321269538
Bazoombas Woolie, named after your mother's jeans ad my precious
69% of Britons say they support the new age verification rules brought in by the Online Safety Act
This is despite just 24% thinking they will be effective at stopping under-18s accessing porn (down from 34% before the changes came into effect)
https://bsky.app/profile/yougov.co.uk/post/3lvbi325l2s25
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/jlr-ceo-steps-down-amid-jaguar-rebrand-and-tariff-disruption
Tel Aviv, right now: thousands protest Israel’s starvation of Gaza and relentless killing of its people, calling the government to end the brutal attacks and bring back the hostages.
https://x.com/BtSIsrael/status/1950966877603209629
And I mostly posted that poll because the percentage amused me. I know...
The public clearly don't think it will work though, which is interesting. I don't know if the government gets blame* or just well they tried, so that's something.
* maybe they public want "paper please" for every website interaction!!!!
Of the top 10 financial losses for farmers, TB came in 11th.
9 of the other 10 were down to bad husbandry practices.
Meanwhile:
“Some 1,731 foreign-national sex offenders were in prison as of June this year, up by 9.9 per cent in 12 months. The rate of increase was nearly three times that of Britons, with the number imprisoned for sex offences up 3.8 per cent, according to data published by the Ministry of Justice on Thursday.
The number of foreign violent offenders held in jails is also at its highest since records began a decade ago. It has risen by 8.8 per cent in a year to 3,250, nearly double the rate of 4.8 per cent for Britons imprisoned for violence.”
Telegraph - ££
There aren’t.
Its almost as if Albanian taxi drivers and eccentric millionaires don't really know anything about the country
22% oppose...26% have encountered it.
As for 'bad husbandry,' what is worse husbandry than allowing badgers infected with a disease and transmitting it to livestock on somebody's land?
I'm beginning to grasp why this disaster has happened. Talking about tests being too expensive when they didn't work, people saying their preferred option despite the actual impossibility of it being vaccinating badgers, and now again the perturbation claim - which was right 25 years ago, but not now - shows just how sterile and unproductive the debate is. And without informed debate, nothing will happen.
(The irony of the Krebs report which first noted it, and was seized on by activists as a reason not to cull, was that it proved a causal link between TB in badgers and TB in cattle by doing so.)
Small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets, our communities, and our economy. When I said we’d back them all the way, I meant it. Promise made. Promise delivered.
https://x.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1950938661672951836
British Retail Consortium poll of Finance Directors covering more than 9,000 UK stores. They fear Reeves will ramp up taxes again this autumn on top of her ‘Awful April’ bills which have already squeezed businesses across the sector…
The survey also found:
85% of businesses had been forced to raise prices already.
56% described trading conditions over the next 12 months as “pessimistic”.
42% had frozen recruitment.
38% said they had reduced job numbers in-store.
38% had reduced investment.
15% had already delayed opening new stores.
88% said “tax and regulatory burden” were their biggest financial fears. Up more than 20 percentage points from January…
For years I wondered who would win a fight between a badger and a baboon.
FIGHT!