Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
Strange that not one European Leader agrees with your utterly jaundiced view.
Chancellor and Foreign Sec is a little beyond even his talents.
Give FS to Carns, with the sole brief of shaking Trump extremely firmly by the hand until he surrenders.
He can multitask, just like I can.
The cabinet* should lead on Britain's productivity crisis by taking on multiple roles. With AI assistance. What could go wrong?
*Might be able to slim it down enough to make it a drawer!
I tested this plan by asking Copilot, "What should the UK Government's response be to the constitutional crisis around delayed elections in Gagauzia?" It recommended:
The UK should treat Gagauzia’s crisis as a rule‑of‑law and security issue in Moldova’s neighbourhood: back Chişinău’s constitutional framework, push hard (but quietly) for rapid, credible elections under national law, and work with EU/US/OSCE to deter spoilers—especially those linked to Russian influence—while visibly engaging Gagauz society so this doesn’t look like “London vs Gagauzia” but “London for free elections in Gagauzia”.
I think that's probably a better answer than 87% of MPs could come up with unaided. It then offered to sketch a short ministerial statement that looked good. I hereby approve Selebian's plan.
Of course, if the models ever get trained on US high level foreign policy discussions from recent years, the the answer to any question will, I guess, be bomb Iran!
God help us.
Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford: "If you think about the way President Trump is treating this, it's not unlike the way MacArthur engaged with Japan post-World War 2." https://x.com/atrupar/status/2069755660183437529
I'd think SKS would want to withdraw for a while to lick his wounds and recover. It isn't as though he willingly made way for a successor. Expecting him to turn up at Cabinet like a former owner become a guest seems a bit of a stretch.
I did note that Burnham could keep Cooper at the Foreign Office for a bit then Starmer takes over, so it doesn't have to be immediate.
Starmer is far more likely to end up at NATO in my opinion
Dear God, no, he'd be awful. He should never be in an important job that involves people's lives. He's a lawyer. Let him go back to that. He can charge a lot of money for doing things that are checked by others, constrained by the law, overseen by a judge, and assessed by a jury. That way he will cause minimum damage.
Someone who underfunded defence by 14 billion on his own review ends up in NATO
Not going to happen
Macron might in a few years
Get your facts right.
He has delivered record increase in Defence funding AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OF TORY DESTRUCTION
The fact the Country cannot afford what the Armed Forces want is not down to Starmer or Reeves it's down to TORY MISMANAGEMENT
When will one of you Tories ever accept responsibility for anything
Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
It's inevitable some hope Starmer may still play a role, but like Boris, when you have become so unpopular time for reflection and likely leave politics behind in due course
I can see Starmer coming back into government to be FS at some point but I agree with @Barnesian that he's just going to be too hurt to do that right now. Plus he will have a biography to write.
My guess is that a Burnham government, events allowing, will be much more domestically focused than Starmer proved to be. I can see him leaving the position alone.
I too expect Burnham to be less focused on 'abroad' than Starmer was.
My most fervent hope is that he gets it right with the US president. By which I mean he makes no effort with him whatsoever. Ignores him to the greatest extent possible. If he calls, ok take it, but pretty much nothing else. No response (positive or negative) to tweets or media comments. No squirmy fake 'chemistry'. No outgoing calls. No trip to Washington. No PM/Prez meetings at all other than what can't be avoided at summits. No entreaties on trade. No attempts to pander or to 'manage' on foreign or defence matters. Just put that 100% monstrosity of an individual in the fridge and close the door.
I'll be judging our new Labour PM on this more than anything. If he does it as above I'll be impressed and delighted. If he doesn't, if it's the same old same old, I'll be sad and disappointed.
It is worth noting that Burnham considers London to be abroad.
Yes, big part of the brand. Let's see if he can maintain that. I couldn't. Came down to London when I was 18 and went all poncey almost straightaway. Started wearing velvet jackets and holding my cigarette like a philosopher.
I'd think SKS would want to withdraw for a while to lick his wounds and recover. It isn't as though he willingly made way for a successor. Expecting him to turn up at Cabinet like a former owner become a guest seems a bit of a stretch.
I did note that Burnham could keep Cooper at the Foreign Office for a bit then Starmer takes over, so it doesn't have to be immediate.
Starmer is far more likely to end up at NATO in my opinion
Dear God, no, he'd be awful. He should never be in an important job that involves people's lives. He's a lawyer. Let him go back to that. He can charge a lot of money for doing things that are checked by others, constrained by the law, overseen by a judge, and assessed by a jury. That way he will cause minimum damage.
Someone who underfunded defence by 14 billion on his own review ends up in NATO
Not going to happen
Macron might in a few years
Get your facts right.
He has delivered record increase in Defence funding AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OF TORY DESTRUCTION
The fact the Country cannot afford what the Armed Forces want is not down to Starmer or Reeves it's down to TORY MISMANAGEMENT
When will one of you Tories ever accept responsibility for anything
Well I am not a Tory and am happy to tell you, you are talking bollocks.
I'd think SKS would want to withdraw for a while to lick his wounds and recover. It isn't as though he willingly made way for a successor. Expecting him to turn up at Cabinet like a former owner become a guest seems a bit of a stretch.
I did note that Burnham could keep Cooper at the Foreign Office for a bit then Starmer takes over, so it doesn't have to be immediate.
Starmer is far more likely to end up at NATO in my opinion
Dear God, no, he'd be awful. He should never be in an important job that involves people's lives. He's a lawyer. Let him go back to that. He can charge a lot of money for doing things that are checked by others, constrained by the law, overseen by a judge, and assessed by a jury. That way he will cause minimum damage.
Someone who underfunded defence by 14 billion on his own review ends up in NATO
Not going to happen
Macron might in a few years
Get your facts right.
He has delivered record increase in Defence funding AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OF TORY DESTRUCTION
The fact the Country cannot afford what the Armed Forces want is not down to Starmer or Reeves it's down to TORY MISMANAGEMENT
When will one of you Tories ever accept responsibility for anything
My facts are right
His 'own' defence review wants 28 billion and he offered 14 billion hence why Healey resigned
This is Labour's responsibility and the conservatives will fund Starmer's review
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Have you been to many care homes? Most of them could start by turning the heating down/off. I'd be surprised if there's a care home in the country that isn't continually well above 22degrees. There may be a few days a year when they need air con to cool them down but most of the time they heat them into the mid to high 20s. Windows that open and radiators that aren't too hot to touch without 3rd degree burns are definitely things to look for when choosing a care home.
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
The John Major model isn't a bad one to emulate. Depends on how he feels once the shock has worn off, I suppose.
Royal Mail have given us a leaflet entitled 'Small changes for more dependable deliveries'. This translates as 'we're only going to deliver 2nd class mail every other day' (which would actually be an improvement here but that's another issue.)
No doubt PBers have heard this before, but I am a footballing ignoramus, so found it amusing.
By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”
Royal Mail have given us a leaflet entitled 'Small changes for more dependable deliveries'. This translates as 'we're only going to deliver 2nd class mail every other day' (which would actually be an improvement here but that's another issue.)
The consumer benefits of privatisation, eh?
Hilarious, we have received a similar leaflet entirely in Welsh when of course it should be billingual
Royal Mail have given us a leaflet entitled 'Small changes for more dependable deliveries'. This translates as 'we're only going to deliver 2nd class mail every other day' (which would actually be an improvement here but that's another issue.)
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
The John Major model isn't a bad one to emulate. Depends on how he feels once the shock has worn off, I suppose.
Don't fully understand why that would lead to the Tories going up one, mind?
FPTP at such polling is weird.
I think the wider theory is that if Reform don't look like winners, they will then lose some of their fair-weather support which is really Tories chasing a winner. So even if Reform still lead the Tories, if the former are not looking like coming top of the polls they will start to bleed back to the latter.
Royal Mail have given us a leaflet entitled 'Small changes for more dependable deliveries'. This translates as 'we're only going to deliver 2nd class mail every other day' (which would actually be an improvement here but that's another issue.)
The consumer benefits of privatisation, eh?
Second class works to a Day D standard, whereas first class works to Day B. Hence first class is sorted in the evening on day of posting, then driven through the night to reach you the next day, whereas second class is held over and sorted daytime on Day B, giving the late shift some work to do before the proceeds of that day’s pillar boxes starts to arrive, and is then despatched with the first class of the day after. Therefore most second class arrives for Day C delivery currently, and it can meet its advertised Day D standard by only delivering to your front door every other day.
In the old days, when there was a lot of first class mail, just delivering second class on alternate days would deliver little efficiency advantage, since the number of delivery points not needing a visit wouldn’t reduce that much (the postie having to visit most front doors with a first class letter). But it’s quite obvious that since privatisation the pricing strategy has been to open a gulf between first and second class postage prices, such that most ordinary post nowadays is second class.
Indeed, as a betting site PB’ers will appreciate the lack of appeal in a product only 90-95% likely to be delivered the next day, with prices starting from £1.80, when you can pay half and have it delivered probably the day after, or pay a bit more for anything that is genuinely important and have tracking and probably 99% reliability.
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Everywhere should. The government should offer some kind of incentive for domestic houses to install solar panels + aircon as a package.
That sounds like a woke green package to me
No, the inclusion of AC inoculates it against being woke. It would appeal to aspirational voters and turn off virtue signallers who would moan that they don't qualify for the incentive unless they install AC.
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
The John Major model isn't a bad one to emulate. Depends on how he feels once the shock has worn off, I suppose.
Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
Strange that not one European Leader agrees with your utterly jaundiced view.
Of course they love Mr Keirpitulation. The British public despises him. Rightly so. You are probably relieved that you wont have to embarrass yourself on here every day, trying to come up with ever more desperate ways to support him. At least you have a brief honeymoon period with Burnham to look forward to. Make the most of it.
Don't fully understand why that would lead to the Tories going up one, mind?
FPTP at such polling is weird.
I think the wider theory is that if Reform don't look like winners, they will then lose some of their fair-weather support which is really Tories chasing a winner. So even if Reform still lead the Tories, if the former are not looking like coming top of the polls they will start to bleed back to the latter.
I don't think it's Tories chasing a winner it's Never Labour chasing a party able to beat Labour...
As I've said before Reform is the Racist and None of the Above party with extra Never Labour and Never Tory votes as Reform looks more likely to defeat Labour / Tories than other parties.
Restore is taking the Racist and None of the above vote. The Never XYZ votes will move back to the opposite Tories / Labour vote as the parties start to regain populate - especially if Reform stops getting so much political coverage.
Don't fully understand why that would lead to the Tories going up one, mind?
FPTP at such polling is weird.
I think the wider theory is that if Reform don't look like winners, they will then lose some of their fair-weather support which is really Tories chasing a winner. So even if Reform still lead the Tories, if the former are not looking like coming top of the polls they will start to bleed back to the latter.
I don't think it's Tories chasing a winner it's Never Labour chasing a party able to beat Labour...
As I've said before Reform is the Racist and None of the Above party with extra Never Labour and Never Tory votes as Reform looks more likely to defeat Labour / Tories than other parties.
Restore is taking the Racist and None of the above vote. The Never XYZ votes will move back to the opposite Tories / Labour vote as the parties start to regain populate - especially if Reform stops getting so much political coverage.
Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
Strange that not one European Leader agrees with your utterly jaundiced view.
Of course they love Mr Keirpitulation. The British public despises him. Rightly so. You are probably relieved that you wont have to embarrass yourself on here every day, trying to come up with ever more desperate ways to support him. At least you have a brief honeymoon period with Burnham to look forward to. Make the most of it.
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
The John Major model isn't a bad one to emulate. Depends on how he feels once the shock has worn off, I suppose.
Maybe Starmer will start posting on PB.com now he has more time on his hands. The clue will be a new poster with a lot of "Keir was right!" comments ...
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Everywhere should. The government should offer some kind of incentive for domestic houses to install solar panels + aircon as a package.
That sounds like a woke green package to me
No, the inclusion of AC inoculates it against being woke. It would appeal to aspirational voters and turn off virtue signallers who would moan that they don't qualify for the incentive unless they install AC.
I'd think SKS would want to withdraw for a while to lick his wounds and recover. It isn't as though he willingly made way for a successor. Expecting him to turn up at Cabinet like a former owner become a guest seems a bit of a stretch.
I did note that Burnham could keep Cooper at the Foreign Office for a bit then Starmer takes over, so it doesn't have to be immediate.
Starmer is far more likely to end up at NATO in my opinion
Dear God, no, he'd be awful. He should never be in an important job that involves people's lives. He's a lawyer. Let him go back to that. He can charge a lot of money for doing things that are checked by others, constrained by the law, overseen by a judge, and assessed by a jury. That way he will cause minimum damage.
Someone who underfunded defence by 14 billion on his own review ends up in NATO
Not going to happen
Macron might in a few years
Get your facts right.
He has delivered record increase in Defence funding AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OF TORY DESTRUCTION
The fact the Country cannot afford what the Armed Forces want is not down to Starmer or Reeves it's down to TORY MISMANAGEMENT
When will one of you Tories ever accept responsibility for anything
My facts are right
His 'own' defence review wants 28 billion and he offered 14 billion hence why Healey resigned
This is Labour's responsibility and the conservatives will fund Starmer's review
The Tories won't find Starmer's review they'll never get in to power again.
14 years holliwing out armed forces Funding promised by Tories NEVER EXISTED they spent it 3 x over on other things.
Little Ms Angry can blurt out unfunded promises no one will believe her.
I'd think SKS would want to withdraw for a while to lick his wounds and recover. It isn't as though he willingly made way for a successor. Expecting him to turn up at Cabinet like a former owner become a guest seems a bit of a stretch.
I did note that Burnham could keep Cooper at the Foreign Office for a bit then Starmer takes over, so it doesn't have to be immediate.
Starmer is far more likely to end up at NATO in my opinion
Dear God, no, he'd be awful. He should never be in an important job that involves people's lives. He's a lawyer. Let him go back to that. He can charge a lot of money for doing things that are checked by others, constrained by the law, overseen by a judge, and assessed by a jury. That way he will cause minimum damage.
Someone who underfunded defence by 14 billion on his own review ends up in NATO
Not going to happen
Macron might in a few years
Get your facts right.
He has delivered record increase in Defence funding AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OF TORY DESTRUCTION
The fact the Country cannot afford what the Armed Forces want is not down to Starmer or Reeves it's down to TORY MISMANAGEMENT
When will one of you Tories ever accept responsibility for anything
Well I am not a Tory and am happy to tell you, you are talking bollocks.
So can you explain how a Government that reduces defence spending from 2.5% to 2%, hollows out capability to lowest levels can escape any blame but the people sorting out the shithousery are at fault as they can only find 14bn and not 28bn
Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
Strange that not one European Leader agrees with your utterly jaundiced view.
Of course they love Mr Keirpitulation. The British public despises him. Rightly so. You are probably relieved that you wont have to embarrass yourself on here every day, trying to come up with ever more desperate ways to support him. At least you have a brief honeymoon period with Burnham to look forward to. Make the most of it.
Are you that teat plumber from pimlico
You're not paid enough for humiliating yourself like this. He's shit. The country knows it. If he has an ounce of self-awareness (and I'm not sure about that), he would retire quietly and hide away for a while and enjoy some time with his family.
So the island is claiming a possible record for its hottest ever June day - but not its hottest day ever, as was forewarned. The shaded garden thermometer I have recorded 31C, but then being by the sea with an onshore breeze we get some relief on very hot days. Towards the centre and west of the island I expect they had the worst of it. Mr Dog and I have spent the day in the garden reading a book about UK economic history.
Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
Strange that not one European Leader agrees with your utterly jaundiced view.
Of course they love Mr Keirpitulation. The British public despises him. Rightly so. You are probably relieved that you wont have to embarrass yourself on here every day, trying to come up with ever more desperate ways to support him. At least you have a brief honeymoon period with Burnham to look forward to. Make the most of it.
Are you that teat plumber from pimlico
You're not paid enough for humiliating yourself like this. He's shit. The country knows it. If he has an ounce of self-awareness (and I'm not sure about that), he would retire quietly and hide away for a while and enjoy some time with his family.
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Everywhere should. The government should offer some kind of incentive for domestic houses to install solar panels + aircon as a package.
That sounds like a woke green package to me
No, the inclusion of AC inoculates it against being woke. It would appeal to aspirational voters and turn off virtue signallers who would moan that they don't qualify for the incentive unless they install AC.
That’s exactly what a wokey would say
I'm right. Just look at how Zack Polanski can't bring himself to advocate AC:
So the island is claiming a possible record for its hottest ever June day - but not its hottest day ever, as was forewarned. The shaded garden thermometer I have recorded 31C, but then being by the sea with an onshore breeze we get some relief on very hot days. Towards the centre and west of the island I expect they had the worst of it. Mr Dog and I have spent the day in the garden reading a book about UK economic history.
Same here on temps. 35.8 with tomorrow hotter again which is getting a bit tedious. Am very thankful that the sea is about 100 metres away and I’m getting the pathetic effort of breeze off it.
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
Royal Mail have given us a leaflet entitled 'Small changes for more dependable deliveries'. This translates as 'we're only going to deliver 2nd class mail every other day' (which would actually be an improvement here but that's another issue.)
The consumer benefits of privatisation, eh?
Wonder if they will reword the Interpretation Act? Seem a bit tight for service by 2nd Class post.
So the island is claiming a possible record for its hottest ever June day - but not its hottest day ever, as was forewarned. The shaded garden thermometer I have recorded 31C, but then being by the sea with an onshore breeze we get some relief on very hot days. Towards the centre and west of the island I expect they had the worst of it. Mr Dog and I have spent the day in the garden reading a book about UK economic history.
Same here on temps. 35.8 with tomorrow hotter again which is getting a bit tedious. Am very thankful that the sea is about 100 metres away and I’m getting the pathetic effort of breeze off it.
So the island is claiming a possible record for its hottest ever June day - but not its hottest day ever, as was forewarned. The shaded garden thermometer I have recorded 31C, but then being by the sea with an onshore breeze we get some relief on very hot days. Towards the centre and west of the island I expect they had the worst of it. Mr Dog and I have spent the day in the garden reading a book about UK economic history.
Same here on temps. 35.8 with tomorrow hotter again which is getting a bit tedious. Am very thankful that the sea is about 100 metres away and I’m getting the pathetic effort of breeze off it.
Roll on September.
Possibly my favourite month. Still warm, nicer light than June/July and august. Sea is warmest then, most tourists have buggered off and it’s not light at stupid o’clock until late.
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
Found a foolproof solution to the overbearing heat. Just travelled back to Newcastle. At least 10° cooler.
I was wondering the other day when I saw that 2056 mock temperature forecasts if the centres of power, population and commerce in the country would slowly track "upwards" i.e. northwards as the temperature rose over the decades.
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
The John Major model isn't a bad one to emulate. Depends on how he feels once the shock has worn off, I suppose.
John Major went off to Carlyle Group where he made a mid-sized fortune.
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Everywhere should. The government should offer some kind of incentive for domestic houses to install solar panels + aircon as a package.
solar panels + heat pumps please
AC is an air-to-air heat pump.
Previously they only promoted air-to-water heat pumps as an alternative to gas boilers but they're not always suitable for retrofitting as a like-for-like replacement which has damaged their image. The good thing about AC is that it complements whatever else you've got instead of attempting to replace it.
My guess Starmer will simply retire. He's 63 years old and has led two very senior jobs.
I don't think he'll continue as an MP until 2029. He'll step down within 12 months probably.
Possible. Presumably he will get a place in the House of Lords at that point. So two good pensions plus MP salary or HoL attendance fees. I could see him chairing a commission or two in topics that interest him so he isn't bored. An agreeable retirement, it seems
The John Major model isn't a bad one to emulate. Depends on how he feels once the shock has worn off, I suppose.
John Major went off to Carlyle Group where he made a mid-sized fortune.
Ah did he. Not just cricket at the Oval and graceful pottering around then. Tbf he was only 54. Still a bit in the tank.
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
Laughable that anyone thinks that a new PM would appoint the most disliked person in politics into any role. (Only Starmer would be crazy enough to do that - see Mandelson.) He is utterly unsuited to anything in politics. Into NATO, are you losing your mind.
Let him retire, quietly, only to be seen in November placing a wreath. In a couple of decades he may have recovered a few percentage points as memories fade.
Strange that not one European Leader agrees with your utterly jaundiced view.
Of course they love Mr Keirpitulation. The British public despises him. Rightly so. You are probably relieved that you wont have to embarrass yourself on here every day, trying to come up with ever more desperate ways to support him. At least you have a brief honeymoon period with Burnham to look forward to. Make the most of it.
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Everywhere should. The government should offer some kind of incentive for domestic houses to install solar panels + aircon as a package.
solar panels + heat pumps please
Heat pumps are shit though.
Solar panels are ok but I dropped £12k on them, and it shaved a bit off my bill but not enough.
Heat pumps are just air conditioners that heat as well as cool. They tend to be variable speed too, which means you avoid the on-off-on-off action that is typical for heating and cooling systems.
We replaced our air conditioners with heat pumps and saved an absolute fortune, with no loss of efficacy. (Except -perhaps- they took very slightly longer to cool the house down on very hot days.)
No doubt PBers have heard this before, but I am a footballing ignoramus, so found it amusing.
By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”
He was a truly great player though. I recall when he was managing in Italy he was asked about one of his players having thrown a hissy fit at being substituted. Journo said to him as a former player you must understand the frustration of being taken off early. Straightaway came the response from GS, 'I was never substituted'.
Note that they are talking about episodes where the mean temperature hit… 22 and a bit degrees
And they were noticing deaths in the statistics.
The conclusion that care homes should have air-con is astonishingly obvious
Everywhere should. The government should offer some kind of incentive for domestic houses to install solar panels + aircon as a package.
solar panels + heat pumps please
AC is an air-to-air heat pump.
Previously they only promoted air-to-water heat pumps as an alternative to gas boilers but they're not always suitable for retrofitting as a like-for-like replacement which has damaged their image. The good thing about AC is that it complements whatever else you've got instead of attempting to replace it.
A heat pump is just an AC unit with (a) a variable speed compressor, that can (b) run in reverse and therefore heat as well as cool.
In our flat in London, we put in air conditioning about three years ago. In retrospect, we should have gone with a heat pump. But I guess we were probably about a year too early.
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
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Jackpot?
At least with Charlwood and Wisley we don't have to put up with the nothing-to-see-here urban heat island / aircraft exhaust trolls.
Imagine the apoplexy if we still had the ultra-urban Camden Square station in the Met portfolio!
Record will be beaten again tomorrow or Friday.
Meanwhile Paris just recorded 40.9C, its hottest ever June day. France has so far high 44C, short of the 2019 record of 46.
https://x.com/freudgreyskull/status/2069747240554619130
Big boom! 💣
Intelligence Chair Rick Crawford: "If you think about the way President Trump is treating this, it's not unlike the way MacArthur engaged with Japan post-World War 2."
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2069755660183437529
They are ignoramuses.
He has delivered record increase in Defence funding AFTER FOURTEEN YEARS OF TORY DESTRUCTION
The fact the Country cannot afford what the Armed Forces want is not down to Starmer or
Reeves it's down to TORY MISMANAGEMENT
When will one of you Tories ever accept responsibility for anything
I do not expect Starmer or Sunak to stand in 2029
Far too much money available outside politics
Of club.
MAGA going even more mental.
https://x.com/dlondonwortel/status/2069738047827018238?s=61&t=LYVEHh2mqFy1oUJAdCfe-Q
His 'own' defence review wants 28 billion and he offered 14 billion hence why Healey resigned
This is Labour's responsibility and the conservatives will fund Starmer's review
@poll_checker
Westminster VI with Andy Burnham hypothetically leading Labour
Lab: 21% (Starmer) / 27% (Burnham)
Ref: 28% (Starmer) / 26% (Burnham)
PollCheck seat projections:
Starmer: Reform 253, Labour 142
Burnham: Labour 252, Reform 141
Via: More in Common"
https://x.com/poll_checker/status/2069795933290721282
She’s standing for election in New York.
https://x.com/greg_price11/status/2069615344956612991
Most of them could start by turning the heating down/off.
I'd be surprised if there's a care home in the country that isn't continually well above 22degrees.
There may be a few days a year when they need air con to cool them down but most of the time they heat them into the mid to high 20s.
Windows that open and radiators that aren't too hot to touch without 3rd degree burns are definitely things to look for when choosing a care home.
The consumer benefits of privatisation, eh?
By far my favourite Scotland vs Brazil story is the referee saying “Good luck, may the best team win” to both captains before the game in 1982 and Graeme Souness replying “I fucking hope not”
Not sure that is something to emulate.
I think the wider theory is that if Reform don't look like winners, they will then lose some of their fair-weather support which is really Tories chasing a winner. So even if Reform still lead the Tories, if the former are not looking like coming top of the polls they will start to bleed back to the latter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brcnZAlEo3s
In the old days, when there was a lot of first class mail, just delivering second class on alternate days would deliver little efficiency advantage, since the number of delivery points not needing a visit wouldn’t reduce that much (the postie having to visit most front doors with a first class letter). But it’s quite obvious that since privatisation the pricing strategy has been to open a gulf between first and second class postage prices, such that most ordinary post nowadays is second class.
Indeed, as a betting site PB’ers will appreciate the lack of appeal in a product only 90-95% likely to be delivered the next day, with prices starting from £1.80, when you can pay half and have it delivered probably the day after, or pay a bit more for anything that is genuinely important and have tracking and probably 99% reliability.
As I've said before Reform is the Racist and None of the Above party with extra Never Labour and Never Tory votes as Reform looks more likely to defeat Labour / Tories than other parties.
Restore is taking the Racist and None of the above vote. The Never XYZ votes will move back to the opposite Tories / Labour vote as the parties start to regain populate - especially if Reform stops getting so much political coverage.
As I've said before Reform is the Racist and None of the Above party with extra Never Labour and Never Tory votes as Reform looks more likely to defeat Labour / Tories than other parties.
Restore is taking the Racist and None of the above vote. The Never XYZ votes will move back to the opposite Tories / Labour vote as the parties start to regain populate - especially if Reform stops getting so much political coverage.
With Sir Keir remaining an MP, I think foreign secretary could be back on. If not now, then in the future.
Of the four great offices of state it is the most detached from everyday politics.
And, for all his weaknesses as a leader, Sir Keir’s statecraft is widely recognised.
I might just take the 16s if still available.
14 years holliwing out armed forces
Funding promised by Tories NEVER EXISTED they spent it 3 x over on other things.
Little Ms Angry can blurt out unfunded promises no one will believe her.
It is a very pretty car.
Every meeting I have is 'who can we tax in order to pay benefits to others'.
Reeves's parting idea:
22% Charge on interest paid on cash held in non Cash ISAs
Non Cash ISA portfolios made up of 100% cash-like assets will be non-qualifying investments
Restrictions on transfers into cash ISAs
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fiscal-events-2026-factsheets/isa-reform-2027-anti-circumvention-rules-factsheet
The 1600 Super; I think it’s from 1957 or 8
https://x.com/ZackPolanski/status/2069770251546354092
While the government collapses, kids are fainting in classrooms and workers are sweltering.
It's time to heatproof Britain:
1⃣ Heatproofing for every home that needs it
2⃣ Cooling measures for schools, hospitals and care homes
3⃣ A maximum workplace temperature limit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN63LoWs1XU
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Mike Johnson: "This is not a joke. We are in a fight right now to save the republic and every American needs to take this seriously. You need to wake up. This upcoming midterm is not the midterm elections of years ago. This is gonna decide the direction of the country. Are we gonna maintain our status as a constitutional republic on our 250th anniversary?"
https://x.com/atrupar/status/2069792967485784227
When he wasn't using his battleship grey 1930 Bentley 4.5 litre convertible coupe with Amherst Villiers supercharger, that is.
The Green Party
@TheGreenParty
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The Green Party is calling for a maximum workplace temperature to be introduced.
https://x.com/TheGreenParty/status/2069802320829743518
The Green Party
@TheGreenParty
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The Green Party is calling for a maximum workplace temperature to be introduced.
https://x.com/TheGreenParty/status/2069802320829743518
I know there is a sucker born every minute but really....
Just travelled back to Newcastle.
At least 10° cooler.
Peter.
Previously they only promoted air-to-water heat pumps as an alternative to gas boilers but they're not always suitable for retrofitting as a like-for-like replacement which has damaged their image. The good thing about AC is that it complements whatever else you've got instead of attempting to replace it.
Solar panels are ok but I dropped £12k on them, and it shaved a bit off my bill but not enough.
DCswampcreatures.org?
Sittingonmyhandsdoingnothing.org?
Pause
"teat plumber"???
That's a job? I thought they came pre-installed!
We replaced our air conditioners with heat pumps and saved an absolute fortune, with no loss of efficacy. (Except -perhaps- they took very slightly longer to cool the house down on very hot days.)
In our flat in London, we put in air conditioning about three years ago. In retrospect, we should have gone with a heat pump. But I guess we were probably about a year too early.
So no bet.