If it is true, as Polly Toynbee in Guardian asserts, that Reeves backed out of her 2p income tax rise at the "command" of Downing Street, why didn't save some dignity and resign?
Integrity has disappeared from politics
That is as may be, but remember however that Boris Johnson got all the big calls right.
No he didn't and you know that
Silly remark
Sarcastic remark, possibly?
Hardly sarcastic.
It was one of the comfort blankets that BoJo apologists held onto during the trauma of 2022. "Boris may have been tricked into saying something untrue, he may have technically broken the rules the government set, but he got the Big Calls right". Those Big Calls were usually enumerated as Brexit, COVID and Ukraine, for what they are worth.
MI5 has taken the unusual step of sending MPs and peers this cut-out and keep guide to how to avoid being targeted by Chinese spies
It says that the Chinese Ministry of State Security is offering 'large financial incentives for seemingly low-level information' just to build relationships
It is targeting those who are 'one step removed' from MPs and peers, who it says are the 'ultimate target'
'Parliament staff, economists, think tank employees, geo-political consultants and those working alongside HMG have been targeted for their network, including MPs and members of the House of Lords'
This morning I came up with a very rude political Spoonerism: stunt karma
I then made up a phrase including it: political stunt karma (a phrase appreciated by @Benpointer )
I then found a very recent and topical example of k*** Starma’s political stunts leading to karma
And nobody replied with any sort of acknowledgment of the Spoonerism
PBers are a tough crowd, the amount of times they’ve all missed my subtle puns/musical references is astonishing.
Have we had Keir-less Whisper?
Re Farage: he was in the same class at school as my local Rector. The Rector hasn't mentioned any racism from Farage but says Farage was a loner and unpopular, an academic low flyer, only good at debating.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the claims about Farage at school had a fair bit of truth about them. Racism was far more common then, and someone who is now an outspoken, right of centre politician is bound to have been saying offensive stuff. It probably will lose him some votes.
I think it’s similar to centrist Labour politicians being Marxists or communists in their youth. There’s still an element of it in them, but they’ve mellowed with age.and wouldn’t necessarily agree with their teenage selves now
If it is true, as Polly Toynbee in Guardian asserts, that Reeves backed out of her 2p income tax rise at the "command" of Downing Street, why didn't save some dignity and resign?
Integrity has disappeared from politics
That is as may be, but remember however that Boris Johnson got all the big calls right.
No he didn't and you know that
Silly remark
Sarcastic remark, possibly?
Hardly sarcastic.
It was one of the comfort blankets that BoJo apologists held onto during the trauma of 2022. "Boris may have been tricked into saying something untrue, he may have technically broken the rules the government set, but he got the Big Calls right". Those Big Calls were usually enumerated as Brexit, COVID and Ukraine, for what they are worth.
Err..yes, but look at who the poster is. Not exactly a Johnsonite.
Not sure if this has been discussed but Sky Bet is moving its head office to Malta to avoid Reeves betting tax
It looks as though General Betting Duty (the tax on horse and greyhound racing profits) will remain unchanged after strong lobbying from both codes.
Remote Gaming Duty (the tax paid on the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs)) in betting shops may well rise and it's indicative of the significance of the latter the bookies are still threatening to close shops, make redundancies, move HQ locations, etc, etc.
We'll see whehter bark and bite applies here and whether there will be any significant reductions in the betting shop estate - Sky Bet have no physical presence and operate purely online so the impact of moving the HQ will be limited but it's clearly a tax avoidance tactic.
I suspect far more of Sky Bet's income is derived from gaming than from betting on dogs and horses.
Sky Bet is now owned by Flutter, along with Betfair and Paddy Power.
The question then becomes whether Paddy Power (who have two shops in East Ham High Street) will decide to retrench their retail estate in the light of taxational changes and whether this will be co-ordinated with Entain and other groups.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Not sure if this has been discussed but Sky Bet is moving its head office to Malta to avoid Reeves betting tax
It looks as though General Betting Duty (the tax on horse and greyhound racing profits) will remain unchanged after strong lobbying from both codes.
Remote Gaming Duty (the tax paid on the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs)) in betting shops may well rise and it's indicative of the significance of the latter the bookies are still threatening to close shops, make redundancies, move HQ locations, etc, etc.
We'll see whehter bark and bite applies here and whether there will be any significant reductions in the betting shop estate - Sky Bet have no physical presence and operate purely online so the impact of moving the HQ will be limited but it's clearly a tax avoidance tactic.
I suspect far more of Sky Bet's income is derived from gaming than from betting on dogs and horses.
Sky Bet is now owned by Flutter, along with Betfair and Paddy Power.
The question then becomes whether Paddy Power (who have two shops in East Ham High Street) will decide to retrench their retail estate in the light of taxational changes and whether this will be co-ordinated with Entain and other groups.
i an sure I have shared this before, but FWIW, my policy on FOBT’s
I did say 50 Republican rebels was going to be a significant underestimate!
And they closed down government for weeks - for THIS outcome? Methinks the Speaker has some questions to answer.
Now the same in the Senate please - a veto-proof margin looks nailed on. Then down to shenanigans about "would love to release, but ongoing investigation into Democrats..." Which nobody will wear, least of all MAGA.
I wonder what California will do now ? Their change was in retaliation for the Texas change . Of course there might be appeals by Texas so there’s still a chance the new maps go into effect .
The California map is contingent on the Texas map. If the Texas map is pulled, then the California one automatically goes.
Here's something annoying. My train is running late, so it looks like I will miss my connection at Leeds. According to the Working Timetable it is an 11 minute connection, above the 10 minute minimum at Leeds for official connections. However, in the public timetable it is only 9 minutes, so not an official connection so I will not be entitled to Delay Repay. Grrr.
Trump's deportations have turned some Hispanics against him, that was certainly the case in New Jersey in the mini midterms
Actually, I think it's a little more complex than that.
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of "the wall".
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of deporting undocumented migrants who have committed criminal offences.
Many Hispanic voters are more ... nuanced when it comes to deporting Hispanic voters who are otherwise law abiding citizens in the US.
Most Histpanic voters oppose the deportation of those who have strong ties to the US, and perhaps came here via DACA and who are married to US spouses, and have US childtrn.
And almost all Hispanic voters oppose them getting accosted by ICE outside Walmart and being made to prove they are American.
The second to last one is a surprisingly big category. There are many, many millions of people who are in the US with ambigious status. Let me give you an example: a property developer friend of mine in LA is a British citizen on a Green Card, with an American wife. But here's the thing. He came on a tourist visa. Fell in love. Married a woman. And applied for a Green Card. But there was a period of about four or five months when he was in the US on an expired tourist visa, married to an American and before his Green Card was granted. He could definitely be deported, because - under current US immigration rules - that prior breach means that his Green Card may be invalid. Now, he's a wealthy guy with great lawyers, and he's racing to get his US citizenship. But there are a lot of people like that who are being deported so as to get the numbers up. And a lot of them are Hispanic.
I think a further one is that the authorities have been targeting Hispanics for random detention and deportation, since they are detectible by skin colour.
A lot of Hispanics have relatives, friends or acquaintances who have been impacted m, or at least have seen conmvincing media reports.
That's the "Who? ME?" factor.
I agree: I think it's the one thing that really grates - the possibility you could be detained essentially based only on your skin colour
What really grates is that it's not infrequently a reality rather than possibility.
And the SC has ruled that it's fine to profile based on appearance (ie apparent ethnicity) for immigration check stops.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Working with a couple of guys setting up a crypto, based on being underpinned by mineral reserves in the ground. Could mine it if really had to, but in an ideal world it makes money just underpinning the currency. Especially where the reserves are in a sensitive area/public opposition to extraction.
Rather like having a crypto underpinned by the the gold standard....
Trump's deportations have turned some Hispanics against him, that was certainly the case in New Jersey in the mini midterms
Actually, I think it's a little more complex than that.
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of "the wall".
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of deporting undocumented migrants who have committed criminal offences.
Many Hispanic voters are more ... nuanced when it comes to deporting Hispanic voters who are otherwise law abiding citizens in the US.
Most Histpanic voters oppose the deportation of those who have strong ties to the US, and perhaps came here via DACA and who are married to US spouses, and have US childtrn.
And almost all Hispanic voters oppose them getting accosted by ICE outside Walmart and being made to prove they are American.
The second to last one is a surprisingly big category. There are many, many millions of people who are in the US with ambigious status. Let me give you an example: a property developer friend of mine in LA is a British citizen on a Green Card, with an American wife. But here's the thing. He came on a tourist visa. Fell in love. Married a woman. And applied for a Green Card. But there was a period of about four or five months when he was in the US on an expired tourist visa, married to an American and before his Green Card was granted. He could definitely be deported, because - under current US immigration rules - that prior breach means that his Green Card may be invalid. Now, he's a wealthy guy with great lawyers, and he's racing to get his US citizenship. But there are a lot of people like that who are being deported so as to get the numbers up. And a lot of them are Hispanic.
I think a further one is that the authorities have been targeting Hispanics for random detention and deportation, since they are detectible by skin colour.
A lot of Hispanics have relatives, friends or acquaintances who have been impacted m, or at least have seen conmvincing media reports.
That's the "Who? ME?" factor.
I agree: I think it's the one thing that really grates - the possibility you could be detained essentially based only on your skin colour
What really grates is that it's not infrequently a reality rather than possibility.
And the SC has ruled that it's fine to profile based on appearance (ie apparent ethnicity) for immigration check stops.
I wonder if some mischievous copper will apply that to Clarence Thomas?
Trump's deportations have turned some Hispanics against him, that was certainly the case in New Jersey in the mini midterms
Actually, I think it's a little more complex than that.
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of "the wall".
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of deporting undocumented migrants who have committed criminal offences.
Many Hispanic voters are more ... nuanced when it comes to deporting Hispanic voters who are otherwise law abiding citizens in the US.
Most Histpanic voters oppose the deportation of those who have strong ties to the US, and perhaps came here via DACA and who are married to US spouses, and have US childtrn.
And almost all Hispanic voters oppose them getting accosted by ICE outside Walmart and being made to prove they are American.
The second to last one is a surprisingly big category. There are many, many millions of people who are in the US with ambigious status. Let me give you an example: a property developer friend of mine in LA is a British citizen on a Green Card, with an American wife. But here's the thing. He came on a tourist visa. Fell in love. Married a woman. And applied for a Green Card. But there was a period of about four or five months when he was in the US on an expired tourist visa, married to an American and before his Green Card was granted. He could definitely be deported, because - under current US immigration rules - that prior breach means that his Green Card may be invalid. Now, he's a wealthy guy with great lawyers, and he's racing to get his US citizenship. But there are a lot of people like that who are being deported so as to get the numbers up. And a lot of them are Hispanic.
I think a further one is that the authorities have been targeting Hispanics for random detention and deportation, since they are detectible by skin colour.
A lot of Hispanics have relatives, friends or acquaintances who have been impacted m, or at least have seen conmvincing media reports.
That's the "Who? ME?" factor.
I agree: I think it's the one thing that really grates - the possibility you could be detained essentially based only on your skin colour
What really grates is that it's not infrequently a reality rather than possibility.
And the SC has ruled that it's fine to profile based on appearance (ie apparent ethnicity) for immigration check stops.
I wonder if some mischievous copper will apply that to Clarence Thomas?
Trump's deportations have turned some Hispanics against him, that was certainly the case in New Jersey in the mini midterms
Actually, I think it's a little more complex than that.
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of "the wall".
Most Hispanic voters are in favour of deporting undocumented migrants who have committed criminal offences.
Many Hispanic voters are more ... nuanced when it comes to deporting Hispanic voters who are otherwise law abiding citizens in the US.
Most Histpanic voters oppose the deportation of those who have strong ties to the US, and perhaps came here via DACA and who are married to US spouses, and have US childtrn.
And almost all Hispanic voters oppose them getting accosted by ICE outside Walmart and being made to prove they are American.
The second to last one is a surprisingly big category. There are many, many millions of people who are in the US with ambigious status. Let me give you an example: a property developer friend of mine in LA is a British citizen on a Green Card, with an American wife. But here's the thing. He came on a tourist visa. Fell in love. Married a woman. And applied for a Green Card. But there was a period of about four or five months when he was in the US on an expired tourist visa, married to an American and before his Green Card was granted. He could definitely be deported, because - under current US immigration rules - that prior breach means that his Green Card may be invalid. Now, he's a wealthy guy with great lawyers, and he's racing to get his US citizenship. But there are a lot of people like that who are being deported so as to get the numbers up. And a lot of them are Hispanic.
I think a further one is that the authorities have been targeting Hispanics for random detention and deportation, since they are detectible by skin colour.
A lot of Hispanics have relatives, friends or acquaintances who have been impacted m, or at least have seen conmvincing media reports.
That's the "Who? ME?" factor.
I agree: I think it's the one thing that really grates - the possibility you could be detained essentially based only on your skin colour
What really grates is that it's not infrequently a reality rather than possibility.
And the SC has ruled that it's fine to profile based on appearance (ie apparent ethnicity) for immigration check stops.
I wonder if some mischievous copper will apply that to Clarence Thomas?
The speaker went on to announce that MI6 has recently determined the the potentate of a small Italian microstate is a Catholic.
Is this not about some MPs being asleep or having blind spots, so MI6 has repeatedly to explain that one plus one equals two, and that yes that is an elephant sitting in the corner of the room?
Some people snuck phones in that played the sounds of women orgasming into the HOC. Talk about blind spots.
Oh, you know *exactly* what the noises were? You must have some very interesting, or at least naughty, friends.
It was Clay Higgins and it was no accident. He said:
"I have been a principled “NO” on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the House."
To be honest he has a point and credit to him standing by his principles.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Just about the most despicable thing he's said amid a lorryload of deplorable rubbish
Its a new low, even for Trump.
The clock though finally seems to be clicking on his baleful time in public life.
Maybe I am an idiot but I'm starting to think the corner has been turned.
It might be wishcasting (I have form on this with Trump) but me too. This can't go on for another three years. It's not a tenable state of affairs. I just hope it ends with some things still intact.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Just about the most despicable thing he's said amid a lorryload of deplorable rubbish
Its a new low, even for Trump.
The clock though finally seems to be clicking on his baleful time in public life.
Maybe I am an idiot but I'm starting to think the corner has been turned.
It might be wishcasting (I have form on this with Trump) but me too. This can't go on for another three years. It's not a tenable state of affairs. I just hope it ends with some things still intact.
I suspect you might have to rely on the Grim Reaper.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Just about the most despicable thing he's said amid a lorryload of deplorable rubbish
Its a new low, even for Trump.
The clock though finally seems to be clicking on his baleful time in public life.
Maybe I am an idiot but I'm starting to think the corner has been turned.
It might be wishcasting (I have form on this with Trump) but me too. This can't go on for another three years. It's not a tenable state of affairs. I just hope it ends with some things still intact.
I suspect you might have to rely on the Grim Reaper.
Well that's one way. But there are others. Including those 'unknown unknowns'.
If it is true, as Polly Toynbee in Guardian asserts, that Reeves backed out of her 2p income tax rise at the "command" of Downing Street, why didn't save some dignity and resign?
Integrity has disappeared from politics
That is as may be, but remember however that Boris Johnson got all the big calls right.
Um... he turned the moderate Tories into the snow, creating a ludicrous reality-denying, populist fiasco, and all to defend his disastrous judgement on Brexit, for which both he and Farage should be left in the political stocks for the rest of their lives.
As for Ukraine, he claims vast credit, but that is, quite frankly, stolen valor .
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Working with a couple of guys setting up a crypto, based on being underpinned by mineral reserves in the ground. Could mine it if really had to, but in an ideal world it makes money just underpinning the currency. Especially where the reserves are in a sensitive area/public opposition to extraction.
Rather like having a crypto underpinned by the the gold standard....
Surely, a cryptocurrency backed by all the gold in South East Asia stolen by the Imperial Japanese Army and buried in the Philippines is the traditional pitch?
If it is true, as Polly Toynbee in Guardian asserts, that Reeves backed out of her 2p income tax rise at the "command" of Downing Street, why didn't save some dignity and resign?
Integrity has disappeared from politics
That is as may be, but remember however that Boris Johnson got all the big calls right.
Um... he turned the moderate Tories into the snow, creating a ludicrous reality-denying, populist fiasco, and all to defend his disastrous judgement on Brexit, for which both he and Farage should be left in the political stocks for the rest of their lives.
As for Ukraine, he claims vast credit, but that is, quite frankly, stolen valor .
I was being very impish. I can't stand the vile f*****.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Do you know of anywhere else with a sniff of copper? And is it copper that can be easily extracted without massive hydrocarbon burning or chemical pollution on an unprecedented scale right where those huge copper reserves lie hidden?
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
Just about the most despicable thing he's said amid a lorryload of deplorable rubbish
Its a new low, even for Trump.
The clock though finally seems to be clicking on his baleful time in public life.
Maybe I am an idiot but I'm starting to think the corner has been turned.
To paraphrase Hemingway, political bankruptcy happens gradually then all at once. There are significant barriers to Trump and Starmer's removals and a lot of things will need to line up. The art of betting in some political markets is to identify the inflection point where those things have lined up and gradually becomes all at once. I'm not sure I'm confident on such predictions.
It will need the thorough loss of MAGA way beyond MTG (the vote tonight was sanctioned by Trump to mask a loss, so many aren't lost) and for that to come through to those who make a call on the 25th or whatever mechanism is used to see unambiguously there is no way back. It's a massive step for a fixed term appointment, it won't be done lightly, it won't be done before abject panic sets in. Epstein or no, there is a course to run yet and the base level of insanity around Trump means the elevated insanity could still be gradual stage noise.
Starmer is definitely still fully in the gradual stage, there are rivals to be seen off and successful use of Labour's replacement mechanisms are rather untested. It will be a good while.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
There's still vast quantities in the Copperbelt of Zambia and Katanga, even after a century of mining.
My shares in Antoare were at an all time high this month (down today) and double what they were. It looks a bit toppy now, as indeed does pretty much everything in the market.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Do you know of anywhere else with a sniff of copper? And is it copper that can be easily extracted without massive hydrocarbon burning or chemical pollution on an unprecedented scale right where those huge copper reserves lie hidden?
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
Sigh. You need to look at how resources are found, identified and *proven*
Proven is very expensive. Because regulators get upset if you float a company based on a *proven* deposit of Illudium Phosdex and it turns out there is none there. So you have to do all kind of geologic surveys, lots of samples etc etc. A *proven* reserve is nearly as good as cash.
No, its English overconfidence, because most Scots are currently hiding behind the sofa.
Scotland need another goal and Denmark were totally dominant after the goal. This is going to be a second half that will feel like a geological age. Gannon-Doak is a serious loss. He was our out ball. Batten down the hatches.
Not sure if this has been discussed but Sky Bet is moving its head office to Malta to avoid Reeves betting tax
It looks as though General Betting Duty (the tax on horse and greyhound racing profits) will remain unchanged after strong lobbying from both codes.
Remote Gaming Duty (the tax paid on the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs)) in betting shops may well rise and it's indicative of the significance of the latter the bookies are still threatening to close shops, make redundancies, move HQ locations, etc, etc.
We'll see whehter bark and bite applies here and whether there will be any significant reductions in the betting shop estate - Sky Bet have no physical presence and operate purely online so the impact of moving the HQ will be limited but it's clearly a tax avoidance tactic.
I suspect far more of Sky Bet's income is derived from gaming than from betting on dogs and horses.
Sky Bet is now owned by Flutter, along with Betfair and Paddy Power.
The question then becomes whether Paddy Power (who have two shops in East Ham High Street) will decide to retrench their retail estate in the light of taxational changes and whether this will be co-ordinated with Entain and other groups.
i an sure I have shared this before, but FWIW, my policy on FOBT’s
I think I'd read it. You are (or were) in the industry and must have a sense for how much the profitability of the retail estate depends on the FOBTs. They are in competition (in East Ham at any rate) with at least three fully-fledged arcades or mini-casinos so that's a lot of places chasing the gambling man's cash.
Hills withdrew from East Ham a few years ago and I suspect, IF we see the tax on FOBTs rise, we may see others depart.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Do you know of anywhere else with a sniff of copper? And is it copper that can be easily extracted without massive hydrocarbon burning or chemical pollution on an unprecedented scale right where those huge copper reserves lie hidden?
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
Sigh. You need to look at how resources are found, identified and *proven*
Proven is very expensive. Because regulators get upset if you float a company based on a *proven* deposit of Illudium Phosdex and it turns out there is none there. So you have to do all kind of geologic surveys, lots of samples etc etc. A *proven* reserve is nearly as good as cash.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Do you know of anywhere else with a sniff of copper? And is it copper that can be easily extracted without massive hydrocarbon burning or chemical pollution on an unprecedented scale right where those huge copper reserves lie hidden?
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
Sigh. You need to look at how resources are found, identified and *proven*
Proven is very expensive. Because regulators get upset if you float a company based on a *proven* deposit of Illudium Phosdex and it turns out there is none there. So you have to do all kind of geologic surveys, lots of samples etc etc. A *proven* reserve is nearly as good as cash.
No, its English overconfidence, because most Scots are currently hiding behind the sofa.
One thing I am not when it comes to sport is being over confident.
Growing up in the 1990s as an England cricket fan destroys any confidence.
It's also why I never get mad when the team do poorly or lose some games, because I know that on their day they can be great and beat anyone, so it is still better than those dark times.
Evening all! Two exciting points: One. They have passed the bill to release the Epstein files. But unfortunately someone has started all these new investigations and of course all the files related to those are required. Sorry! Two. If there are free and fair elections, the Republicans will lose. Badly. And then some of them are going to jail. So, considering their current slide into fascism, do they (a) play the system to rig the system, or (b) give up and lose everything?
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Do you know of anywhere else with a sniff of copper? And is it copper that can be easily extracted without massive hydrocarbon burning or chemical pollution on an unprecedented scale right where those huge copper reserves lie hidden?
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
Sigh. You need to look at how resources are found, identified and *proven*
Proven is very expensive. Because regulators get upset if you float a company based on a *proven* deposit of Illudium Phosdex and it turns out there is none there. So you have to do all kind of geologic surveys, lots of samples etc etc. A *proven* reserve is nearly as good as cash.
Are the vast reserves of copper that we’ll need very soon undiscovered or hidden?
No, its English overconfidence, because most Scots are currently hiding behind the sofa.
One thing I am not when it comes to sport is being over confident.
Growing up in the 1990s as an England cricket fan destroys any confidence.
It's also why I never get mad when the team do poorly or lose some games, because I know that on their day they can be great and beat anyone, so it is still better than those dark times.
The Ashes start on Friday, I am fully prepared for Australia to beat us 5 nil, again.
No, its English overconfidence, because most Scots are currently hiding behind the sofa.
One thing I am not when it comes to sport is being over confident.
Growing up in the 1990s as an England cricket fan destroys any confidence.
It's also why I never get mad when the team do poorly or lose some games, because I know that on their day they can be great and beat anyone, so it is still better than those dark times.
The Ashes start on Friday, I am fully prepared for Australia to beat us 5 nil, again.
I thought like that every time before we won as well as when we lost
Evening all! Two exciting points: One. They have passed the bill to release the Epstein files. But unfortunately someone has started all these new investigations and of course all the files related to those are required. Sorry! Two. If there are free and fair elections, the Republicans will lose. Badly. And then some of them are going to jail. So, considering their current slide into fascism, do they (a) play the system to rig the system, or (b) give up and lose everything?
Yes, Trump has invested a great deal of capital in getting all the bad guys Infront of a Judge. It would be a shame to jeopardise these prosecutions by releasing the files a decade too early.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
There are huge undeveloped copper prospects all over the place.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
Known reserves?
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
Do you know of anywhere else with a sniff of copper? And is it copper that can be easily extracted without massive hydrocarbon burning or chemical pollution on an unprecedented scale right where those huge copper reserves lie hidden?
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
Sigh. You need to look at how resources are found, identified and *proven*
Proven is very expensive. Because regulators get upset if you float a company based on a *proven* deposit of Illudium Phosdex and it turns out there is none there. So you have to do all kind of geologic surveys, lots of samples etc etc. A *proven* reserve is nearly as good as cash.
Are the vast reserves of copper that we’ll need very soon undiscovered or hidden?
Quite a lot are known, but not proven.
Given the geology of the planet and some estimates. Something like 5 *billion* tons are estimated to be in the ground as recoverable copper.
There are something like 850 million tons of proven reserves.
Annual demand in 22 million tons. The estimate is that by 2035 this will rise to.... drum roll... 30 million tons (maybe). And maybe 40 million tons by 2050.
I wonder what California will do now ? Their change was in retaliation for the Texas change . Of course there might be appeals by Texas so there’s still a chance the new maps go into effect .
The California map is contingent on the Texas map. If the Texas map is pulled, then the California one automatically goes.
It is just about the most principled gerrymander ever, being subject to popular ballot, and having self-limiting clauses.
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
There are huge undeveloped copper prospects all over the place.
I have actually preferred watching Scotland and Wales this international break than I do England. Celebrated that Tierney goal more than I have any scored by England in years
I have actually preferred watching Scotland and Wales this international break than I do England. Celebrated that Tierney goal more than I have any scored by England in years
His guide to British museums and galleries is wonderful, with lots of neglected and little known sites.
Mark Fisher, cultured Old Etonian Labour MP who served as arts minister under Tony Blair He opposed nuclear weapons, harboured ‘grave doubts’ about the first Gulf War and advocated drastic reform of the Lords https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c1d79635f5a39332
Free gift link (so no paywall) to Telegraph obituary.
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It was one of the comfort blankets that BoJo apologists held onto during the trauma of 2022. "Boris may have been tricked into saying something untrue, he may have technically broken the rules the government set, but he got the Big Calls right". Those Big Calls were usually enumerated as Brexit, COVID and Ukraine, for what they are worth.
@Steven_Swinford
MI5 has taken the unusual step of sending MPs and peers this cut-out and keep guide to how to avoid being targeted by Chinese spies
It says that the Chinese Ministry of State Security is offering 'large financial incentives for seemingly low-level information' just to build relationships
It is targeting those who are 'one step removed' from MPs and peers, who it says are the 'ultimate target'
'Parliament staff, economists, think tank employees, geo-political consultants and those working alongside HMG have been targeted for their network, including MPs and members of the House of Lords'
https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1990855658262917455
I think it’s similar to centrist Labour politicians being Marxists or communists in their youth. There’s still an element of it in them, but they’ve mellowed with age.and wouldn’t necessarily agree with their teenage selves now
At current demand levels, before we advance to EVs and heat pumps at every home run by solar and batteries, the known global copper reserves will run out in thirty years
These known reserves will become much more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract well before they run out
Unless we can develop an easily manufacturable and sustainable superconductor in the next decade, then copper prices will skyrocket
Does anyone want to help me start a company that buys and stores copper?
http://aboutasfarasdelgados.blogspot.com/2024/12/policy-on-fobts.html
And they closed down government for weeks - for THIS outcome? Methinks the Speaker has some questions to answer.
Now the same in the Senate please - a veto-proof margin looks nailed on. Then down to shenanigans about "would love to release, but ongoing investigation into Democrats..." Which nobody will wear, least of all MAGA.
And the SC has ruled that it's fine to profile based on appearance (ie apparent ethnicity) for immigration check stops.
Rather like having a crypto underpinned by the the gold standard....
"I have been a principled “NO” on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America. As written, this bill reveals and injures thousands of innocent people – witnesses, people who provided alibis, family members, etc. If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote. The Oversight Committee is conducting a thorough investigation that has already released well over 60,000 pages of documents from the Epstein case. That effort will continue in a manner that provides all due protections for innocent Americans. If the Senate amends the bill to properly address privacy of victims and other Americans, who are named but not criminally implicated, then I will vote for that bill when it comes back to the House."
To be honest he has a point and credit to him standing by his principles.
This is a classic piece of nonsense. Known reserves for lots of things are a few decades. This is because finding resources and *proving* them is expensive. So the next few decades are mapped out - to mine and plan mining. No one bothers to spend millions to prove the potential copper mines for 100 years time.
The classic of this genre was Peak Oil. Then we had Rare Earths (Not Rare, Not earths and Not Lithium).
As for Ukraine, he claims vast credit, but that is, quite frankly, stolen valor .
{Enoch Root has entered the chat}
The copper crisis isn’t a marketing tool, it’s real and imminent
It will need the thorough loss of MAGA way beyond MTG (the vote tonight was sanctioned by Trump to mask a loss, so many aren't lost) and for that to come through to those who make a call on the 25th or whatever mechanism is used to see unambiguously there is no way back. It's a massive step for a fixed term appointment, it won't be done lightly, it won't be done before abject panic sets in. Epstein or no, there is a course to run yet and the base level of insanity around Trump means the elevated insanity could still be gradual stage noise.
Starmer is definitely still fully in the gradual stage, there are rivals to be seen off and successful use of Labour's replacement mechanisms are rather untested. It will be a good while.
My shares in Antoare were at an all time high this month (down today) and double what they were. It looks a bit toppy now, as indeed does pretty much everything in the market.
Growing up in the 1990s as an England cricket fan destroys any confidence.
Proven is very expensive. Because regulators get upset if you float a company based on a *proven* deposit of Illudium Phosdex and it turns out there is none there. So you have to do all kind of geologic surveys, lots of samples etc etc. A *proven* reserve is nearly as good as cash.
Hills withdrew from East Ham a few years ago and I suspect, IF we see the tax on FOBTs rise, we may see others depart.
https://internationalcopper.org/sustainable-copper/about-copper/cu-demand-long-term-availability/
One. They have passed the bill to release the Epstein files. But unfortunately someone has started all these new investigations and of course all the files related to those are required. Sorry!
Two. If there are free and fair elections, the Republicans will lose. Badly. And then some of them are going to jail. So, considering their current slide into fascism, do they (a) play the system to rig the system, or (b) give up and lose everything?
Mr Fisher, 81, represented Stoke-on-Trent Central from 1983 until 2010, when he stood down due to health reasons and was succeeded by Tristram Hunt.
Passionate about the arts, Eton-educated Mr Fisher was the son of a Tory MP with aristocratic relatives.
Former veteran Labour MP and colleague Joan Walley said she was sorry to hear of the loss of an "oustanding constituency MP"."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k09pm47llo
https://tvpworld.com/89623022/massive-copper-find-could-make-poland-a-global-economic-powerhouse
https://www.miningvisuals.com/post/the-world-s-largest-operating-copper-mines-vs-reko-diq
https://www.mining.com/web/a-mile-underground-americas-largest-untapped-copper-mine-inches-toward-reality/
https://investingnews.com/next-us-copper-mine/
https://www.cruxinvestor.com/posts/seabridge-gold-worlds-largest-undeveloped-gold-copper-project-ready-for-jv-deal-in-2025
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a64784652/copper-filo-del-sol-argentina/
Etc
If copper demand doubles, there will be a shortage for a few years, but production will catch up.
It's an almost copper bottomed certainty.
Given the geology of the planet and some estimates. Something like 5 *billion* tons are estimated to be in the ground as recoverable copper.
There are something like 850 million tons of proven reserves.
Annual demand in 22 million tons. The estimate is that by 2035 this will rise to.... drum roll... 30 million tons (maybe). And maybe 40 million tons by 2050.
While also being smart, hardball politics.
How does that compare with South America running out in years?
All of the future copper that does exist will become increasingly harder to cheaply and sustainably extract
It's an absolute shit show of a 'technology'.
"Line of Duty to return for seventh series on BBC"
I take back all my anti-BBC comments.
Fckn hell.
3 absolute bangers by Scotland tonight.
He opposed nuclear weapons, harboured ‘grave doubts’ about the first Gulf War and advocated drastic reform of the Lords
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/c1d79635f5a39332
Free gift link (so no paywall) to Telegraph obituary.