Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
We had it twice at Heathrow - bit unnerving
It happens more at Heathrow than pretty much anywhere else (except perhaps Funchal), as they space the landing planes closer together than at most airports.
It works well until it doesn’t, and one approaches to find the plane in front still on the runway.
It also means that on bad weather days half the short haul departures get cancelled.
If you’re not the pilot, they earn their money on the windy days.
The aforementioned Funchal suffers from horrible winds in the lee of a mountain, the planes come down sideways on most days and often need a couple of goes at it thanks to low level wind shear.
Nearer home, Leeds Bradford can have some fun cross winds, too. A few decades back the pilot of the turboprop I was on had four goes at getting it down in one piece.
LBA also gets the fog really bad in winter. Not sure there’s many pilots who’ll take four goes at it these days, more usually it’s two then go somewhere else with better weather.
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
We had it twice at Heathrow - bit unnerving
It happens more at Heathrow than pretty much anywhere else (except perhaps Funchal), as they space the landing planes closer together than at most airports.
It works well until it doesn’t, and one approaches to find the plane in front still on the runway.
It also means that on bad weather days half the short haul departures get cancelled.
If you’re not the pilot, they earn their money on the windy days.
The aforementioned Funchal suffers from horrible winds in the lee of a mountain, the planes come down sideways on most days and often need a couple of goes at it thanks to low level wind shear.
Nearer home, Leeds Bradford can have some fun cross winds, too. A few decades back the pilot of the turboprop I was on had four goes at getting it down in one piece.
Birmingham is a right barsteward for crosswinds too.
I assumed my go-around was due to turbulence. It was very bumpy. But apparently not - just been told it was “birds” - the pilot saw a dangerous flock at the wrong t moment 🤷🏼♂️
My one and only go-around was the same. Short final into Aberdeen from the north and suddenly we're TOGA and climbing at pace over the airfield.
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
We had it twice at Heathrow - bit unnerving
It happens more at Heathrow than pretty much anywhere else (except perhaps Funchal), as they space the landing planes closer together than at most airports.
It works well until it doesn’t, and one approaches to find the plane in front still on the runway.
It also means that on bad weather days half the short haul departures get cancelled.
If you’re not the pilot, they earn their money on the windy days.
The aforementioned Funchal suffers from horrible winds in the lee of a mountain, the planes come down sideways on most days and often need a couple of goes at it thanks to low level wind shear.
Nearer home, Leeds Bradford can have some fun cross winds, too. A few decades back the pilot of the turboprop I was on had four goes at getting it down in one piece.
Birmingham is a right barsteward for crosswinds too.
I assumed my go-around was due to turbulence. It was very bumpy. But apparently not - just been told it was “birds” - the pilot saw a dangerous flock at the wrong t moment 🤷🏼♂️
When the little bastards chew up both turbines your 777 becomes a glider.
It’s a bit like him always eating his Asda curry, sitting at home, in front of an 800 foot wide Union Jack, while worrying that the flag is “divisive”
He probably loves people singing Happy Birthday to him but he also hates it so they only get to sing half of it
Have we ever had such a bizarre and vacuous fool for a leader? At least Boris was funny on purpose
Starmer is just dreary. Where's the comedy? He's just not very good at, well anything.
@Leon on the other hand "is a brilliantly surreal comic creation".
Hats off to his writer.
No, Starmer is properly funny - in a slightly cruel “look at the weirdo” way. In that sense he’s very British. A lot of our humour is sadistically watching people being cringe. See the original British version of the Office. The American version was much kinder
We need to cut spending but we can't cut services - they are already on the verge of collapse in many areas.
So what we need to do is a make a bonfire of the administration structures. We tip record amounts of cash into the NHS and simultaneously starve front line services of cash. The NHS is a bonfire and we need to think like its actually on fire.
We can't save the whole thing. It will burn. So which are the operationally critical bits that get restarted first, with a management team directing resources?
We need to deregulate substantially to increase efficiency, but people will have to acknowledge there are always losers and consequences to that. To that extent I suspect this will only happen until it is forced on government, but the benefits could I think be very substantial in the medium to long term.
I see below the comment re Reeves "You simply can’t have your finance minister crying in public. Markets don’t like it. They lose confidence. "
PBers may care to remember that actually what the markets didn't like was that her being upset made it seem more likely that she was heading for the exit, and that she would be replaced by someone LESS conscious of the realities of the bond markets. Markets recovered somewhat as it became clear she was staying for the time being.
She's not great, she's not really up to the job, but she's still better - from a fiscal continence point of view - than many of the alternatives.
If so why are the bond markets reacting so badly ?
Again, reacting so badly to WHAT ? What are the political headlines about ? Does Reeves look more or less secure in her post than before Starmer made his latest appointments ? Who becomes CoE if she goes ?
The commentariat suggest Starmer's reshuffle has weakened Reeves but also they are reacting to labour refusing welfare cuts and more widely problems across markets
I would suggest the next COE moved into Starmer's Office yesterday, one Darren Jones MP
So we agree then, that it's not Reeves causing UK-specific government debt nervousness, it's the Labour government (and party) as a whole.
This is why I don't get the comparisons to Truss. Reeves is sane but weak, and undermined by utopian idiots within her party. Truss was insane, a utopian idiot who ought to have been undermined a lot sooner.
No we do not agree
Reeves is COE and responsible for policy, and as such has to accept the consquences and her personal position
Truss was in office for just 6 weeks, and the bond markets were less even under Truss's short period in officer than now
"Some analysts pointed out on Wednesday night that the jitters in the bond market were borne of concern about her departing as chancellor. That if she were to leave she could ultimately be replaced by a more left-wing alternative who could dispense with the government’s iron-clad fiscal rules entirely and go on a borrowing binge to fund public spending...
The very bond markets that are causing so much pain for the chancellor now could ultimately end up being her saviour."
Reform UK's former deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council is under police investigation over allegations he tried to influence voters. Councillor Joseph Boam is accused of giving away ice creams outside a polling station for this year's local elections.
The 22-year-old, who left both his deputy leader and adult social care cabinet role last month, was filmed in May this year allegedly handing out ice creams during his and Reform UK's local election campaign in North West Leicestershire. The ice cream van is reportedly family-owned, with Leicestershire Police confirming it had received a third-party report about the van's proximity to the polling station.
Reform UK's former deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council is under police investigation over allegations he tried to influence voters. Councillor Joseph Boam is accused of giving away ice creams outside a polling station for this year's local elections.
The 22-year-old, who left both his deputy leader and adult social care cabinet role last month, was filmed in May this year allegedly handing out ice creams during his and Reform UK's local election campaign in North West Leicestershire. The ice cream van is reportedly family-owned, with Leicestershire Police confirming it had received a third-party report about the van's proximity to the polling station.
And yet Farage is riding high in the polls, which is simply a testament to Starmer, Reeves and labour's perceived failure in government
Also Birmingham bin workers have voted to continue their strike to March 2026
This is insane
Reform and the Tories together are on a whopping 46% playing Labour on 20. That is a 26 point Tory lead!
Anyway my last visit was to a West Walian entrepreneur. He said don't just look at Trump's America, France is also looking decidedly dodgy for us and our 30 year bond repayment value. He is very worried about France's political instability.
I have no idea why you lump reform and conservatives, unless you are channelling your inner @HYUFD !!!
One and the same. One and the same. Remember HY knows best!
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
We had it twice at Heathrow - bit unnerving
It happens more at Heathrow than pretty much anywhere else (except perhaps Funchal), as they space the landing planes closer together than at most airports.
It works well until it doesn’t, and one approaches to find the plane in front still on the runway.
It also means that on bad weather days half the short haul departures get cancelled.
If you’re not the pilot, they earn their money on the windy days.
The aforementioned Funchal suffers from horrible winds in the lee of a mountain, the planes come down sideways on most days and often need a couple of goes at it thanks to low level wind shear.
Nearer home, Leeds Bradford can have some fun cross winds, too. A few decades back the pilot of the turboprop I was on had four goes at getting it down in one piece.
Birmingham is a right barsteward for crosswinds too.
I assumed my go-around was due to turbulence. It was very bumpy. But apparently not - just been told it was “birds” - the pilot saw a dangerous flock at the wrong t moment 🤷🏼♂️
It happens. Let’s not send a flock of birds into the engines, that gets really expensive at best.
It’s a bit like him always eating his Asda curry, sitting at home, in front of an 800 foot wide Union Jack, while worrying that the flag is “divisive”
He probably loves people singing Happy Birthday to him but he also hates it so they only get to sing half of it
Have we ever had such a bizarre and vacuous fool for a leader? At least Boris was funny on purpose
Starmer is just dreary. Where's the comedy? He's just not very good at, well anything.
@Leon on the other hand "is a brilliantly surreal comic creation".
Hats off to his writer.
No, Starmer is properly funny - in a slightly cruel “look at the weirdo” way. In that sense he’s very British. A lot of our humour is sadistically watching people being cringe. See the original British version of the Office. The American version was much kinder
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
We had it twice at Heathrow - bit unnerving
It happens more at Heathrow than pretty much anywhere else (except perhaps Funchal), as they space the landing planes closer together than at most airports.
It works well until it doesn’t, and one approaches to find the plane in front still on the runway.
It also means that on bad weather days half the short haul departures get cancelled.
If you’re not the pilot, they earn their money on the windy days.
The aforementioned Funchal suffers from horrible winds in the lee of a mountain, the planes come down sideways on most days and often need a couple of goes at it thanks to low level wind shear.
Nearer home, Leeds Bradford can have some fun cross winds, too. A few decades back the pilot of the turboprop I was on had four goes at getting it down in one piece.
Birmingham is a right barsteward for crosswinds too.
I assumed my go-around was due to turbulence. It was very bumpy. But apparently not - just been told it was “birds” - the pilot saw a dangerous flock at the wrong t moment 🤷🏼♂️
A bird strike ended quite badly for US Airways Flight 1549
Reform UK's former deputy leader of Leicestershire County Council is under police investigation over allegations he tried to influence voters. Councillor Joseph Boam is accused of giving away ice creams outside a polling station for this year's local elections.
The 22-year-old, who left both his deputy leader and adult social care cabinet role last month, was filmed in May this year allegedly handing out ice creams during his and Reform UK's local election campaign in North West Leicestershire. The ice cream van is reportedly family-owned, with Leicestershire Police confirming it had received a third-party report about the van's proximity to the polling station.
And yet Farage is riding high in the polls, which is simply a testament to Starmer, Reeves and labour's perceived failure in government
Also Birmingham bin workers have voted to continue their strike to March 2026
This is insane
Why work when they are being paid something by the union.
Where do you think the union money comes from in the first place?
Unless you think the Tolpuddle Six should still be in the outback ...
I see below the comment re Reeves "You simply can’t have your finance minister crying in public. Markets don’t like it. They lose confidence. "
PBers may care to remember that actually what the markets didn't like was that her being upset made it seem more likely that she was heading for the exit, and that she would be replaced by someone LESS conscious of the realities of the bond markets. Markets recovered somewhat as it became clear she was staying for the time being.
She's not great, she's not really up to the job, but she's still better - from a fiscal continence point of view - than many of the alternatives.
If so why are the bond markets reacting so badly ?
Again, reacting so badly to WHAT ? What are the political headlines about ? Does Reeves look more or less secure in her post than before Starmer made his latest appointments ? Who becomes CoE if she goes ?
The commentariat suggest Starmer's reshuffle has weakened Reeves but also they are reacting to labour refusing welfare cuts and more widely problems across markets
I would suggest the next COE moved into Starmer's Office yesterday, one Darren Jones MP
So we agree then, that it's not Reeves causing UK-specific government debt nervousness, it's the Labour government (and party) as a whole.
This is why I don't get the comparisons to Truss. Reeves is sane but weak, and undermined by utopian idiots within her party. Truss was insane, a utopian idiot who ought to have been undermined a lot sooner.
Unfortunately, the utopian idiots aren't confined to the Parliamentary Labour Party. They also infest the rest of the political system, and the wider electorate.
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
I'm quite surprised by that, given the amount you travel. I've had two separate incidents in (probably, trying to do the maths...) under 100 flights. Plus one engine failure. Maybe avoid planes I'm on
A joke. obviously but...
One of my friends and colleagues passed away over the bank holiday at a ridiculously young age (42). The colleague he shared a lab with is starting to get worried as he is the second such lab mate he has lost in the last couple of years...
What’s going on in the lab?
A good question... I was discussing this among colleagues yesterday. The said lab synthesizes analogues of street drugs for analytical purposes - some of them being extremely potent and thus dangerous. The colleague who works in that lab immediately wondered if there had been an accident with something from the lab. I had just assumed either bad luck (a heart defect etc) or poor lifestyle (he was someone who loved his food and drink). A third colleague wondered about suicide (which I'm pretty confident it won't be).
We all bring our assumptions to the table...
Vapours?
I'm expecting it to be a heart attack in his sleep. Loved his booze and his food, and not that much exercise. Never particularly unwell, so if it was his heart you'd suspect some pre-existing issue/anomaly.
I have no idea about this passing, but when I had my (huge) DVT nearly two years ago the ultra sound discovered I had an undiagnosed aneurysm and as a result I have annual scans to check on it and am preventing from lifting. I remain under a vascular surgeon who will operate if it grows beyond small as it is at present
It is a very serious condition with free screening for all males over the age of 64
In Scotland, too. Was called for it by an automatic letter. I had it a few years back. Basically like a pregnancy ultrasonic scan but very brief! At least when they don't spot one, I imagine.
Its actually quite brief when they do spot it, but with my DVT and an aneurysm my wife looked extremely worried
Anyway, I have lived to tell the tale and I really do not lift anything
A couple of weeks ago on the train an elderly lady wanted to lift her cabin bag onto the luggage rack and my wife apologised that saying I couldn't help her but thankfully others did
I see below the comment re Reeves "You simply can’t have your finance minister crying in public. Markets don’t like it. They lose confidence. "
PBers may care to remember that actually what the markets didn't like was that her being upset made it seem more likely that she was heading for the exit, and that she would be replaced by someone LESS conscious of the realities of the bond markets. Markets recovered somewhat as it became clear she was staying for the time being.
She's not great, she's not really up to the job, but she's still better - from a fiscal continence point of view - than many of the alternatives.
If so why are the bond markets reacting so badly ?
Again, reacting so badly to WHAT ? What are the political headlines about ? Does Reeves look more or less secure in her post than before Starmer made his latest appointments ? Who becomes CoE if she goes ?
The commentariat suggest Starmer's reshuffle has weakened Reeves but also they are reacting to labour refusing welfare cuts and more widely problems across markets
I would suggest the next COE moved into Starmer's Office yesterday, one Darren Jones MP
So we agree then, that it's not Reeves causing UK-specific government debt nervousness, it's the Labour government (and party) as a whole.
This is why I don't get the comparisons to Truss. Reeves is sane but weak, and undermined by utopian idiots within her party. Truss was insane, a utopian idiot who ought to have been undermined a lot sooner.
Right. Much easier to replace Truss as PM than to find enough Labour backbenchers who can count.
Truss was a dead woman walking from the day the late Queen was buried.
The forces of Sunak in the Treasury sought to undermine her no matter what she actually did, and the reaction to the ‘mini-budget’ was so ridiculously over-the-top, considering how minor were the actual changes announced and a lot of other things that were happening around the same time.
As I recall the BoE had to step in to prevent the collapse of the British Pension industry. Truss did that, with the help of Kwarteng. No-one else.
The bigger reason was a combination of the energy price crisis happening at the same time, and the determination of the Sunakites, both in the parliamentary party and the treasury, to get her out as soon as possible by engineering a crisis.
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
I was once on a BA flight to somewhere, I forget where but definitely a smaller airport somewhere in Europe, and we were on soft final, probably already over the threshold, when I was absolutely catapulted back into my seat.
I mean, I've Go Arounds before, but this was much more brutal.
As we reached 6,000 feet or so, the Captain announced
"I'm sorry about that Ladies and Gentlemen, but some idiot just rolled their plane onto the runway."
The Germans claim they didn't lose the Norwegian frigate order to us, as they didn't participate.
"Wie eine Sprecher von TKMS mitteilte, hat das Unternehmen jedoch nicht an einem Wettbewerb für die norwegischen Fregatten partizipiert: „TKMS hat an keiner Ausschreibung zur Beschaffung norwegischer Fregatten teilgenommen und kein Angebot abgegeben."
Russia considers Ukraine’s NATO membership unacceptable — Putin He added that Russia has never opposed Ukraine’s membership in the European Union. https://x.com/KyivPost/status/1962814265326219460
"Police have launched an inquiry into possible electoral malpractice amid claims that a Reform UK councillor had handed out ice-cream to would-be voters from a van located outside a polling station in May."
I see below the comment re Reeves "You simply can’t have your finance minister crying in public. Markets don’t like it. They lose confidence. "
PBers may care to remember that actually what the markets didn't like was that her being upset made it seem more likely that she was heading for the exit, and that she would be replaced by someone LESS conscious of the realities of the bond markets. Markets recovered somewhat as it became clear she was staying for the time being.
She's not great, she's not really up to the job, but she's still better - from a fiscal continence point of view - than many of the alternatives.
If so why are the bond markets reacting so badly ?
Again, reacting so badly to WHAT ? What are the political headlines about ? Does Reeves look more or less secure in her post than before Starmer made his latest appointments ? Who becomes CoE if she goes ?
The commentariat suggest Starmer's reshuffle has weakened Reeves but also they are reacting to labour refusing welfare cuts and more widely problems across markets
I would suggest the next COE moved into Starmer's Office yesterday, one Darren Jones MP
So we agree then, that it's not Reeves causing UK-specific government debt nervousness, it's the Labour government (and party) as a whole.
This is why I don't get the comparisons to Truss. Reeves is sane but weak, and undermined by utopian idiots within her party. Truss was insane, a utopian idiot who ought to have been undermined a lot sooner.
Right. Much easier to replace Truss as PM than to find enough Labour backbenchers who can count.
Truss was a dead woman walking from the day the late Queen was buried.
The forces of Sunak in the Treasury sought to undermine her no matter what she actually did, and the reaction to the ‘mini-budget’ was so ridiculously over-the-top, considering how minor were the actual changes announced and a lot of other things that were happening around the same time.
As I recall the BoE had to step in to prevent the collapse of the British Pension industry. Truss did that, with the help of Kwarteng. No-one else.
The bigger reason was a combination of the energy price crisis happening at the same time, and the determination of the Sunakites, both in the parliamentary party and the treasury, to get her out as soon as possible by engineering a crisis.
Seems a bit unfair to blame 'Sunakites' (que?) for a run on gilts caused by the actions of his successor.
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
I was once on a BA flight to somewhere, I forget where but definitely a smaller airport somewhere in Europe, and we were on soft final, probably already over the threshold, when I was absolutely catapulted back into my seat.
I mean, I've Go Arounds before, but this was much more brutal.
As we reached 6,000 feet or so, the Captain announced
"I'm sorry about that Ladies and Gentlemen, but some idiot just rolled their plane onto the runway."
Apparently 1 in 250 flights experience a Go Around, so I was well overdue
Not something I’m desperate to repeat, especially in a really small jet on a really windy day
“Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live”
Guardian blog
If the Labour party arent selling St George cross salf and pepper sets on their website by teatime its all a dirty rotten fake
It's been a long six weeks. On 15th July BBC reported that a girl had been sent home from school for the crime of wearing a union flag dress on 'Culture Celebration Day'. How things change. It won't be long before thay are compulsory. I am looking forward to Emily Thornberry wearing one.
“Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live”
Guardian blog
If the Labour party arent selling St George cross salf and pepper sets on their website by teatime its all a dirty rotten fake
It's been a long six weeks. On 15th July BBC reported that a girl had been sent home from school for the crime of wearing a union flag dress on 'Culture Celebration Day'. How things change. It won't be long before thay are compulsory. I am looking forward to Emily Thornberry wearing one.
“Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live”
Guardian blog
If the Labour party arent selling St George cross salf and pepper sets on their website by teatime its all a dirty rotten fake
It's been a long six weeks. On 15th July BBC reported that a girl had been sent home from school for the crime of wearing a union flag dress on 'Culture Celebration Day'. How things change. It won't be long before thay are compulsory. I am looking forward to Emily Thornberry wearing one.
How things *go back to what they were*, perhaps: I'm reminded of Twiggy and of Tories with Mr Heath, who at least offer some useful ideas:
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
I was once on a BA flight to somewhere, I forget where but definitely a smaller airport somewhere in Europe, and we were on soft final, probably already over the threshold, when I was absolutely catapulted back into my seat.
I mean, I've Go Arounds before, but this was much more brutal.
As we reached 6,000 feet or so, the Captain announced
"I'm sorry about that Ladies and Gentlemen, but some idiot just rolled their plane onto the runway."
Apparently 1 in 250 flights experience a Go Around, so I was well overdue
Not something I’m desperate to repeat, especially in a really small jet on a really windy day
I’ve had two; one at Alderney where we trying to land across some very nasty looking cliffs and once at Southend where we were supposed to be going to Le Touquet and after about 45 minutes flying in very stormy weather we looked through a gap in the clouds and saw Canvey Island. Once in New Zealand we were booked on a local flight, in a four seater plane, and the pilot had to fiddle about with the engine before we could take off.
"Police have launched an inquiry into possible electoral malpractice amid claims that a Reform UK councillor had handed out ice-cream to would-be voters from a van located outside a polling station in May."
It’s a bit like him always eating his Asda curry, sitting at home, in front of an 800 foot wide Union Jack, while worrying that the flag is “divisive”
He probably loves people singing Happy Birthday to him but he also hates it so they only get to sing half of it
Have we ever had such a bizarre and vacuous fool for a leader? At least Boris was funny on purpose
Starmer is just dreary. Where's the comedy? He's just not very good at, well anything.
@Leon on the other hand "is a brilliantly surreal comic creation".
Hats off to his writer.
No, Starmer is properly funny - in a slightly cruel “look at the weirdo” way. In that sense he’s very British. A lot of our humour is sadistically watching people being cringe. See the original British version of the Office. The American version was much kinder
All British Prime Ministers from at least May onwards fit the template of being British sitcom characters.
Ugh. My first ever aborted landing. Frankfurt airport
Nasty
I was once on a BA flight to somewhere, I forget where but definitely a smaller airport somewhere in Europe, and we were on soft final, probably already over the threshold, when I was absolutely catapulted back into my seat.
I mean, I've Go Arounds before, but this was much more brutal.
As we reached 6,000 feet or so, the Captain announced
"I'm sorry about that Ladies and Gentlemen, but some idiot just rolled their plane onto the runway."
If that’s what actually happened, there will be report you can read somewhere!
It’s getting both silly and sinister. There’s a chilling effect on public discourse when there is only one permitted view on a topic as seems to be the case
This is obviously completely untrue, given widespread celebration of Terf talking points both here and elsewhere. If you could be locked up for pushing a Terfy POV then half the commentariat on this site would be behind bars already.
The problem for Linehan is that trans people are a protected class under equality laws & advocating violence against them is a criminal offence: Whether Linehan is guilty of that is for a court to decide of course. Arresting him at the airport seems like an overreaction, but from the perspective of the police it probably seemed like the simplest, quickest option - they knew he was going to be there & they had officers on the ground already.
If you think trans people shouldn’t be a protected class, then you can make that case but right now that’s the way it is.
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@Leon on the other hand "is a brilliantly surreal comic creation".
Hats off to his writer.
Ask Captain Sullenburger.
“Put them up anywhere’: Cooper backs St George’s flags as No 10 says asylum seekers could be housed in industrial buildings – UK politics live”
Guardian blog
Anyway, I have lived to tell the tale and I really do not lift anything
A couple of weeks ago on the train an elderly lady wanted to lift her cabin bag onto the luggage rack and my wife apologised that saying I couldn't help her but thankfully others did
In a similar way that after the Truss debacle the media just quietly assumed that the Tories were out at the next GE and seemed to report accordingly.
Seriously, though, what on earth is that account?!
Reforesting Iceland (30 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbkWBmFmdN4
I mean, I've Go Arounds before, but this was much more brutal.
As we reached 6,000 feet or so, the Captain announced
"I'm sorry about that Ladies and Gentlemen, but some idiot just rolled their plane onto the runway."
They are trying to out-Farage Farage, and it likely can’t be done. But with the polls as they are it is the only option
Politically Snookered
The Germans claim they didn't lose the Norwegian frigate order to us, as they didn't participate.
"Wie eine Sprecher von TKMS mitteilte, hat das Unternehmen jedoch nicht an einem Wettbewerb für die norwegischen Fregatten partizipiert: „TKMS hat an keiner Ausschreibung zur Beschaffung norwegischer Fregatten teilgenommen und kein Angebot abgegeben."
Peinliches Statement
https://x.com/Leopard24theWin/status/1962532431258341873
What the hell were we evaluating from Germany if there was no German offer?!
https://x.com/Soerings/status/1962551471620149444
Russia considers Ukraine’s NATO membership unacceptable — Putin
He added that Russia has never opposed Ukraine’s membership in the European Union.
https://x.com/KyivPost/status/1962814265326219460
Putin literally sanctioned Ukraine for daring to seek closer relations with the EU in 2013. He lies like he breathes.
https://x.com/KyleJGlen/status/1962844513795219909
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/02/cooper-reeves-starmer-green-party-leader-badenoch-devolution-latest-updates
You can't outflank Farage as Kemi Hopeless is discovering. What you can do is outthink him.
I want to see some umph back in our politics. So lets have Starmer coming out swinging.
Not something I’m desperate to repeat, especially in a really small jet on a really windy day
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Once in New Zealand we were booked on a local flight, in a four seater plane, and the pilot had to fiddle about with the engine before we could take off.
The problem for Linehan is that trans people are a protected class under equality laws & advocating violence against them is a criminal offence: Whether Linehan is guilty of that is for a court to decide of course. Arresting him at the airport seems like an overreaction, but from the perspective of the police it probably seemed like the simplest, quickest option - they knew he was going to be there & they had officers on the ground already.
If you think trans people shouldn’t be a protected class, then you can make that case but right now that’s the way it is.