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While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
I don't doubt it - and in such circumstances, I can hardly blame some of your more excitable like minded fellows and fellowettes from getting a bit carried away. Who wouldn't?
For over a year now this Site has published many posts claiming that UKIP has peaked and that it will decline into a well merited obscurity any day soon.
One day, one such a post will doubtless prove correct. The question is whether it will happen before or after NF becomes PM. ;-)
Breaking PB News: Farage 'unlikely to be elected God this year' -UKIP in dismay Further Breaking PB News: Lib Dem triumph as pollsters predict 'Most to still be alive' after May 2015
While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
Of course it is. Look at that chart that was posted about the recovery yesterday. Those tiny black bits are all the people who have actually 'felt' the recovery. They are the only voters with any real interest in maintaining the status quo. The entire vast mass of everyone else is there for the taking.
Ok, so my current plan, though I need to read more, is to withdraw my e-books from sale ahead of that vile law's introduction [I don't fancy registering for VAT in Slovenia]..
I think you can happily continue to sell them to customers in the UK and outside the EU.
Who is the seller here -- MD or will Amazon take care of the details?
That is a good point: it depends on exactly how you sell, i.e. whether you are selling direct to the consumer, or are selling to (say) Amazon as a trade deal (i.e. they are your customer).
Breaking PB News: Farage 'unlikely to be elected God this year' -UKIP in dismay Further Breaking PB News: Lib Dem triumph as pollsters predict 'Most to still be alive' after May 2015
While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
I don't doubt it - and in such circumstances, I can hardly blame some of your more excitable like minded fellows and fellowettes from getting a bit carried away. Who wouldn't?
For over a year now this Site has published many posts claiming that UKIP has peaked and that it will decline into a well merited obscurity any day soon.
One day, one such a post will doubtless prove correct. The question is whether it will happen before or after NF becomes PM. ;-)
Young Jack will be along to tell you "Nigel Farage will never be Prime Minister"
I would agree. I am beginning to feel that a lot of us south of the border (In my case several thousand miles south of the border) are getting as tired of the whole affair as you are, most of us would rather you got your DevoMax++ or preferably independence, then you could find out the joys of running a balanced budget and none of it would be our fault! Full devolution or independence is clearly at the end of the road, its just wasting time and p155ing everyone off taking time to get there.
For the record I am English and live in England.
All I am asking for is that everyone actually understands what is being proposed.
Excuse my ignorance, but what law is this? Will it affect my e-book "An ever rolling stream."? The story of an alternative future where Jack Kennedy initiated WW3. Or will Wild Wolf Publishing pay?
Will my nascent writing career die stillborn?
Oh well, there goes my hopes of two nights in Butlins (Skegness) - the dream of my childhood.
KentOnline @Kent_Online 2h2 hours ago #Ukip South Thanet member 'no longer on twitter' after mistaking cathedral for mosque: http://bit.ly/1rqz7X8
If all the thick Kippers obsessed with Islam/Muslims disappeared UKIP would be polling behind the loonies.
It's an easy mistake to make, TSE.
I've often trotted round for a quick confession only to find myself kneeling before a puzzled-looking Imam.
I'd like to see a poll asking people to identify what type of religious building Westminster cathedral is from just a picture. I know the building as I lived near there, but it does look more like a mosque than a cathedral.
I used to work opposite, Socco. It's one of London's hidden treasures.
Nevertheless I think anybody who mistakes it for a mosque needs a trip to Specsavers. The absence of a separate entrance for Ladies is a bit of a giveaway.
I'm not sure you can easily tell the entrance labels from the backshot of a news report. The reality is that, unlike most British cathedrals, it's built in the Byzantine style, and Islamic architecture followed the Byzantine style from the Dome of the Rock onwards.
OK, Socco, point taken.
I can in fact see the similarities. I still think the culprit deserves his or her place in the Twitter For Dummies class, next to Ms Thornbury.
For God's sake, it's got a huge picture of Jesus over the front door. If that's not a clue that it's not a mosque, I don't know what is.
I used to live next door to it too.
Jesus is mentioned in the Quran.
OT: where in Italy did your Italian parent come from?
He's not portrayed on the outsides of mosques, though.
Napoli - the city. I say that only because lots of people use Naples to mean anywhere in the Campania region, I find.
Ok, so my current plan, though I need to read more, is to withdraw my e-books from sale ahead of that vile law's introduction [I don't fancy registering for VAT in Slovenia].
I do need to read up more and see how Cable reacts, but that's my plan.
So, as well as signing that petition, please do consider buying my books if you haven't yet.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
Pull the other one, Nabavi. If a judge says he is satisfied that Mitchell did use the word pleb and Mitchell says he didn't, thats a lie by Mitchell in my book and in any normal persons book.
Interesting perspective on the Smith Commission and how it was watered down by the Tories - and Labour trying to aplly a sticking plaster:
"The decree on page 23 of the report that “MPs representing constituencies across the whole of the UK will continue to decide the UK’s Budget, including income tax” was described by one co-author as “utterly meaningless … inserted purely for the benefit of Labour” and “nothing to do with the remit” of the Smith Commission. “Nobody (on the Commission) wanted it there … but Labour needed it,” the source said."
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While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
I don't doubt it - and in such circumstances, I can hardly blame some of your more excitable like minded fellows and fellowettes from getting a bit carried away. Who wouldn't?
Exactly... best to enjoy it while it lasts, especially as all the shrewdies on here think its all over!
Pull the other one, Nabavi. If a judge says he is satisfied that Mitchell did use the word pleb and Mitchell says he didn't, thats a lie by Mitchell in my book and in any normal persons book.
There you go again. You can't stop yourself, can you?
You wrote "Judge proclaims Andrew Mitchell a liar". I wouldn't normally bother to point it out, were it not for the curious and unpleasant tendency of Kippers to throw the word around indiscriminately, but your statement is, in plain English, a lie. The Judge didn't proclaim that.
KentOnline @Kent_Online 2h2 hours ago #Ukip South Thanet member 'no longer on twitter' after mistaking cathedral for mosque: http://bit.ly/1rqz7X8
If all the thick Kippers obsessed with Islam/Muslims disappeared UKIP would be polling behind the loonies.
It's an easy mistake to make, TSE.
I've often trotted round for a quick confession only to find myself kneeling before a puzzled-looking Imam.
Nevertheless I think anybody who mistakes it for a mosque needs a trip to Specsavers. The absence of a separate entrance for Ladies is a bit of a giveaway.
OK, Socco, point taken.
I can in fact see the similarities. I still think the culprit deserves his or her place in the Twitter For Dummies class, next to Ms Thornbury.
For God's sake, it's got a huge picture of Jesus over the front door. If that's not a clue that it's not a mosque, I don't know what is.
I used to live next door to it too.
Jesus is mentioned in the Quran.
He is one of the messengers of Allah and considered a very very great man, but just a man. And you wouldn't or shouldn't find a picture of him because it's considered wrong to depict the face of any of the prophets and God himself.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
It's not an honest question at all, and you know it isn't. As I mentioned earlier, 80% of Muslims are non-Arabic. Islam has about 1.6 billion followers which at the last count, notwithstanding the enthusiasm on here, was slightly more than UKIP.
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While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
I don't doubt it - and in such circumstances, I can hardly blame some of your more excitable like minded fellows and fellowettes from getting a bit carried away. Who wouldn't?
For over a year now this Site has published many posts claiming that UKIP has peaked and that it will decline into a well merited obscurity any day soon.
One day, one such a post will doubtless prove correct. The question is whether it will happen before or after NF becomes PM. ;-)
Young Jack will be along to tell you "Nigel Farage will never be Prime Minister"
Kippers appear to think they have abolished "boom and bust".
Breaking PB News: Farage 'unlikely to be elected God this year' -UKIP in dismay Further Breaking PB News: Lib Dem triumph as pollsters predict 'Most to still be alive' after May 2015
While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
I don't doubt it - and in such circumstances, I can hardly blame some of your more excitable like minded fellows and fellowettes from getting a bit carried away. Who wouldn't?
For over a year now this Site has published many posts claiming that UKIP has peaked and that it will decline into a well merited obscurity any day soon.
One day, one such a post will doubtless prove correct. The question is whether it will happen before or after NF becomes PM. ;-)
To be fair, the anti kipper doom mongers on here must have lost so much dough with their value bets that they are entitled to feel rather bitter
Something which always depressed me when I practised in the Sheriff Criminal court was how rarely a Sheriff would contemplate that police officers could be bare faced liars and in the High Court the chance of a Judge believing it was even less likely. The reason I wasn't in the Grand Hotel in Brighton in 1984 was because my firm was involved in a series of major drugs trials. When several senior detectives gave perjured evidence (they would have had to be capable of seeing round the corner of a stone wall), the presiding judge refused to allow our counsel to lead evidence which suggested the police had committed perjury.
Incidentally, even if it were (say) applied to Amazon and I were personally ok, the change would still shaft small businesses and those who sell directly to others via the internet. It's a massive steaming mountain of bullshit, whether it lands on me or not.
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
As for limiting it to Amazon UK (for example): a German can still buy things from Amazon UK. I can't magically make only British people buy my stuff.
You need to check with Amazon. They must know the answer to this, and they already have to know the customer's country. It may be that they will deal with the whole thing for you, or alternatively that they can block customers from other EU countries.
Incidentally I think that there were quite a few things wrong in that article Indigo linked to. Don't take it as definitive - for example, I think the author was confused about the distinction between the evidence needed to accept the default 'place of supply' rules, and the evidence needed to override the default.
They pledged to reduce immigration, immigration went up.
They need to come up with a coherent response.
That said, I would not be surprised to hear EdM next Weds lead on this and somehow simultaneously be outraged that the Cons haven't brought down immigration and delighted that immigration is so "healthy". He has form.
My answer is too complicated, but isn't the only positive way to spin it that those bits of immigration they can control they have controlled.
And those that they can't - they're trying to change the rules so they can.
Admitting to powerlessness may be the best answer.
Otherwise it has to be a variant on "oops"
Brave but ultimately doomed attempt to defend the indefensible, Charles.
Btw, I must say what a pleasure it was to meet you at DD the other night. I would have liked to chat more to you but had to be away early. (Matron doesn't like me to be out much after 8.30pm.) Next time, maybe?
Indeed: not trying to defend the indefensible so much as, out of intellectual curiosity, whether a credible defence can be created!
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
KentOnline @Kent_Online 2h2 hours ago #Ukip South Thanet member 'no longer on twitter' after mistaking cathedral for mosque: http://bit.ly/1rqz7X8
If all the thick Kippers obsessed with Islam/Muslims disappeared UKIP would be polling behind the loonies.
It's an easy mistake to make, TSE.
I've often trotted round for a quick confession only to find myself kneeling before a puzzled-looking Imam.
Nevertheless I think anybody who mistakes it for a mosque needs a trip to Specsavers. The absence of a separate entrance for Ladies is a bit of a giveaway.
OK, Socco, point taken.
I can in fact see the similarities. I still think the culprit deserves his or her place in the Twitter For Dummies class, next to Ms Thornbury.
For God's sake, it's got a huge picture of Jesus over the front door. If that's not a clue that it's not a mosque, I don't know what is.
I used to live next door to it too.
Jesus is mentioned in the Quran.
He is one of the messengers of Allah and considered a very very great man, but just a man. And you wouldn't or shouldn't find a picture of him because it's considered wrong to depict the face of any of the prophets and God himself.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
It's not an honest question at all, and you know it isn't. As I mentioned earlier, 80% of Muslims are non-Arabic. Islam has about 1.6 billion followers which at the last count, notwithstanding the enthusiasm on here, was slightly more than UKIP.
I assure it is honest! What is their average IQ compared with Kippers?
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While I am one who believes there is a tendency for Kippers to, shall we say, overreact to things - there is possibly more provocation to do so - that is solid gold right there. In any case, we all know UKIP would not be in dismay were Farage not elected God this year, because the divine elections take place every 3 years, holy trinity and all that.
As a kipper I can say with hand on heart that it is going better for us than I could have possibly dreamt
I don't doubt it - and in such circumstances, I can hardly blame some of your more excitable like minded fellows and fellowettes from getting a bit carried away. Who wouldn't?
For over a year now this Site has published many posts claiming that UKIP has peaked and that it will decline into a well merited obscurity any day soon.
One day, one such a post will doubtless prove correct. The question is whether it will happen before or after NF becomes PM. ;-)
To be fair, the anti kipper doom mongers on here must have lost so much dough with their value bets that they are entitled to feel rather bitter
Believe it or not, Isam, I have a voucher here for a five pound bet on NF becoming the next PM - odds of 200/1.
OK, I know it ain't gonna happen - I must have been drunk at the time - but if anybody wants to buy it off me now, bidding starts at twenty-five quid.
Interesting perspective on the Smith Commission and how it was watered down by the Tories - and Labour trying to aplly a sticking plaster:
"The decree on page 23 of the report that “MPs representing constituencies across the whole of the UK will continue to decide the UK’s Budget, including income tax” was described by one co-author as “utterly meaningless … inserted purely for the benefit of Labour” and “nothing to do with the remit” of the Smith Commission. “Nobody (on the Commission) wanted it there … but Labour needed it,” the source said."
Indeed - as discussed last night, the idea that MPs across the UK will not get to decide the UK's budget is pretty ridiculous. Those on here and elsewhere trying to portray that clause as a betrayal of England by Labour were being ever so slightly silly.
And, of course, the Tories were not in a position to water anything down. It all had to be agreed. It's kind of hard to believe that the SNP, at least, would not be making hay on last minute changes forced through by the Tories if that had actually happened.
Mr. Indigo, thanks very much for that link [I'm very much a layman at this sort of thing].
This bit stuck out: "After January 2015 if Tom sells an ebook to a customer in Germany with no VAT number he has to charge VAT at the German rate. This is because the “place of supply” for a digitally delivered service is changing to be the customer’s country NOT the supplier’s.
He also has to pay the VAT due to the German authorities, meaning he needs to register for VAT in Germany. In the UK however, as a VAT registered business, he will be able to register for the “Mini One Stop Shop” (MOSS), submit a return and pay the VAT due to them, and then MOSS will distribute it to each country."
Presumably this is aka the "get Amazon to pay some f*****g tax" law
The interesting thing about the libel judgement is that it seems to reflect something suggested here at the time, which was that the cctv footage shown on Channel 4 did not, despite what was claimed, vindicate Mitchell.
From the BBC account: [The judge] described the MP's behaviour as "childish" and found his version of events was inconsistent with the CCTV recording from that evening.
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A Kipper whinging and moaning like a whore?
I'm shocked.
You are the Fuzzy Wuzzies of the political world.
They don't like it up 'em.
With Farage in a dog fight for Thanet South you'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel a twinge of compassion for @MikeK and his prediction of 80 Ukip seats at the general election.
They pledged to reduce immigration, immigration went up.
They need to come up with a coherent response.
That said, I would not be surprised to hear EdM next Weds lead on this and somehow simultaneously be outraged that the Cons haven't brought down immigration and delighted that immigration is so "healthy". He has form.
My answer is too complicated, but isn't the only positive way to spin it that those bits of immigration they can control they have controlled.
And those that they can't - they're trying to change the rules so they can.
Admitting to powerlessness may be the best answer.
Otherwise it has to be a variant on "oops"
Brave but ultimately doomed attempt to defend the indefensible, Charles.
Btw, I must say what a pleasure it was to meet you at DD the other night. I would have liked to chat more to you but had to be away early. (Matron doesn't like me to be out much after 8.30pm.) Next time, maybe?
Indeed: not trying to defend the indefensible so much as, out of intellectual curiosity, whether a credible defence can be created!
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
That was certainly an exceptional turnout, Charles.
If you give BFDave a copy of your travel schedule he may be able to work the next meet around it.
I assume you are limited to ninety days a year in this country? ;-)
KentOnline @Kent_Online 2h2 hours ago #Ukip South Thanet member 'no longer on twitter' after mistaking cathedral for mosque: http://bit.ly/1rqz7X8
If all the thick Kippers obsessed with Islam/Muslims disappeared UKIP would be polling behind the loonies.
It's an easy mistake to make, TSE.
I've often trotted round for a quick confession only to find myself kneeling before a puzzled-looking Imam.
I'd like to see a poll asking people to identify what type of religious building Westminster cathedral is from just a picture. I know the building as I lived near there, but it does look more like a mosque than a cathedral.
I used to work opposite, Socco. It's one of London's hidden treasures.
Nevertheless I think anybody who mistakes it for a mosque needs a trip to Specsavers. The absence of a separate entrance for Ladies is a bit of a giveaway.
I'm not sure you can easily tell the entrance labels from the backshot of a news report. The reality is that, unlike most British cathedrals, it's built in the Byzantine style, and Islamic architecture followed the Byzantine style from the Dome of the Rock onwards.
OK, Socco, point taken.
I can in fact see the similarities. I still think the culprit deserves his or her place in the Twitter For Dummies class, next to Ms Thornbury.
For God's sake, it's got a huge picture of Jesus over the front door. If that's not a clue that it's not a mosque, I don't know what is.
I used to live next door to it too.
Jesus is mentioned in the Quran.
OT: where in Italy did your Italian parent come from?
My family used to spend summers in Umbria (blasted Callaghan). A cousin did rather well for himself and repurchased their family house on Como (sold by his grandfather in disgust at Italy's poor performance in the first world war)
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
Don't know but I think I'm in the top percentile.
Think of me as a latter day Alan Turing.
Ah, which brings me neatly to a point I've been itching the post for several weeks for fear of being moderated for life:
Benedict is such a terribly wooden actor, that he should really be called "Lumberbatch"
There - I said it!
Nor is he good looking. Amazing to me that anyone thinks he is.
I read an interview (tube stuck in a tunnel for 30mins, so reduced to Metro!) where he said that his financee couldn't stop laughing when he was awarded the 'sexiest man' title in whatever magazine it was...
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A Kipper whinging and moaning like a whore?
I'm shocked.
You are the Fuzzy Wuzzies of the political world.
They don't like it up 'em.
With Farage in a dog fight for Thanet South you'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel a twinge of compassion for @MikeK and his prediction of 80 Ukip seats at the general election.
I'm sure PBers will treat him kindly ....
Greetings Jack! Unless I missed it, I haven't had the pleasure of seeing your ARSE lately!
I don't want my fellow PBers being left unable to discern it from my ELBOW!
Speaking of which - will there be crossover come Sunday?
So far this week we have five polls, giving a "part-ELBOW" of:
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr. Nabavi, good idea to contact Amazon directly. As for countries and opting out, that is entirely possible but may not necessarily work, as (I mentioned before) a German *can* order through the UK site, if they have a UK account.
Mr. Charles, quite. It's deranged, and indefensible. Even disregarding my own personal worry, they're going to strangle small firms with red tape to try and get something out of Amazon. It's nuts.
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A Kipper whinging and moaning like a whore?
I'm shocked.
You are the Fuzzy Wuzzies of the political world.
They don't like it up 'em.
With Farage in a dog fight for Thanet South you'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel a twinge of compassion for @MikeK and his prediction of 80 Ukip seats at the general election.
They pledged to reduce immigration, immigration went up.
They need to come up with a coherent response.
That said, I would not be surprised to hear EdM next Weds lead on this and somehow simultaneously be outraged that the Cons haven't brought down immigration and delighted that immigration is so "healthy". He has form.
My answer is too complicated, but isn't the only positive way to spin it that those bits of immigration they can control they have controlled.
And those that they can't - they're trying to change the rules so they can.
Admitting to powerlessness may be the best answer.
Otherwise it has to be a variant on "oops"
Brave but ultimately doomed attempt to defend the indefensible, Charles.
Btw, I must say what a pleasure it was to meet you at DD the other night. I would have liked to chat more to you but had to be away early. (Matron doesn't like me to be out much after 8.30pm.) Next time, maybe?
Indeed: not trying to defend the indefensible so much as, out of intellectual curiosity, whether a credible defence can be created!
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
That was certainly an exceptional turnout, Charles.
If you give BFDave a copy of your travel schedule he may be able to work the next meet around it.
I assume you are limited to ninety days a year in this country? ;-)
Not at all - I believe in paying my fair share of tax in the UK. Don't do anything cute (beyond ISAs, JISAs, pensions, EIS and SEIS, of course...)
It's just, in winter, I find the urgent need to visit my clients in Southern France and Spain. Personal service and all that, of course.
Mr. Nabavi, good idea to contact Amazon directly. As for countries and opting out, that is entirely possible but may not necessarily work, as (I mentioned before) a German *can* order through the UK site, if they have a UK account.
Mr. Charles, quite. It's deranged, and indefensible. Even disregarding my own personal worry, they're going to strangle small firms with red tape to try and get something out of Amazon. It's nuts.
I wish they would make more use of safe-harbours.
Let's say: exempt anyone with qualifying sales of less than £50,000 in total.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
Don't know but I think I'm in the top percentile.
Think of me as a latter day Alan Turing.
Ah, which brings me neatly to a point I've been itching the post for several weeks for fear of being moderated for life:
Benedict is such a terribly wooden actor, that he should really be called "Lumberbatch"
There - I said it!
Nor is he good looking. Amazing to me that anyone thinks he is.
I read an interview (tube stuck in a tunnel for 30mins, so reduced to Metro!) where he said that his financee couldn't stop laughing when he was awarded the 'sexiest man' title in whatever magazine it was...
30 minutes reading the Metro. I'm impressed. 3 minutes would be more than sufficient!!
Mind you, sex appeal doesn't depend on looks but IMO he has neither.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
Don't know but I think I'm in the top percentile.
Think of me as a latter day Alan Turing.
Ah, which brings me neatly to a point I've been itching the post for several weeks for fear of being moderated for life:
Benedict is such a terribly wooden actor, that he should really be called "Lumberbatch"
There - I said it!
Nor is he good looking. Amazing to me that anyone thinks he is.
I read an interview (tube stuck in a tunnel for 30mins, so reduced to Metro!) where he said that his financee couldn't stop laughing when he was awarded the 'sexiest man' title in whatever magazine it was...
30 minutes reading the Metro. I'm impressed. 3 minutes would be more than sufficient!!
Mind you, sex appeal doesn't depend on looks but IMO he has neither.
I spent the first 28 minutes catching up on emails.
The remainder was a toss up between slitting my wrists and reading the Metro.
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr O'Flynn was interviewed in The Spectator recently. He seemed to say that UKIP's target was ~20%.
Interesting perspective on the Smith Commission and how it was watered down by the Tories - and Labour trying to aplly a sticking plaster:
"The decree on page 23 of the report that “MPs representing constituencies across the whole of the UK will continue to decide the UK’s Budget, including income tax” was described by one co-author as “utterly meaningless … inserted purely for the benefit of Labour” and “nothing to do with the remit” of the Smith Commission. “Nobody (on the Commission) wanted it there … but Labour needed it,” the source said."
Indeed - as discussed last night, the idea that MPs across the UK will not get to decide the UK's budget is pretty ridiculous. Those on here and elsewhere trying to portray that clause as a betrayal of England by Labour were being ever so slightly silly.
And, of course, the Tories were not in a position to water anything down. It all had to be agreed. It's kind of hard to believe that the SNP, at least, would not be making hay on last minute changes forced through by the Tories if that had actually happened.
Early days yet. Mr Gibbon's report only came out today, so your last comment is still to be tested. Especially as most of the media has been spinning the Commission proposals as beyond devo max, and are hardly likely to be critical. I'm puzzled, though, that the Coalition should have been as obvious as that, for the reasons you give.
The point about the MPs across the UK is, I presume, that it is completely outwith the Commission's remit - which is a Very Bad Thing for any such commission to allow, as any fule kno.
They pledged to reduce immigration, immigration went up.
They need to come up with a coherent response.
That said, I would not be surprised to hear EdM next Weds lead on this and somehow simultaneously be outraged that the Cons haven't brought down immigration and delighted that immigration is so "healthy". He has form.
My answer is too complicated, but isn't the only positive way to spin it that those bits of immigration they can control they have controlled.
And those that they can't - they're trying to change the rules so they can.
Admitting to powerlessness may be the best answer.
Otherwise it has to be a variant on "oops"
Brave but ultimately doomed attempt to defend the indefensible, Charles.
Btw, I must say what a pleasure it was to meet you at DD the other night. I would have liked to chat more to you but had to be away early. (Matron doesn't like me to be out much after 8.30pm.) Next time, maybe?
Indeed: not trying to defend the indefensible so much as, out of intellectual curiosity, whether a credible defence can be created!
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
They pledged to reduce immigration, immigration went up.
They need to come up with a coherent response.
That said, I would not be surprised to hear EdM next Weds lead on this and somehow simultaneously be outraged that the Cons haven't brought down immigration and delighted that immigration is so "healthy". He has form.
My answer is too complicated, but isn't the only positive way to spin it that those bits of immigration they can control they have controlled.
And those that they can't - they're trying to change the rules so they can.
Admitting to powerlessness may be the best answer.
Otherwise it has to be a variant on "oops"
Brave but ultimately doomed attempt to defend the indefensible, Charles.
Btw, I must say what a pleasure it was to meet you at DD the other night. I would have liked to chat more to you but had to be away early. (Matron doesn't like me to be out much after 8.30pm.) Next time, maybe?
Indeed: not trying to defend the indefensible so much as, out of intellectual curiosity, whether a credible defence can be created!
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
That was certainly an exceptional turnout, Charles.
If you give BFDave a copy of your travel schedule he may be able to work the next meet around it.
I assume you are limited to ninety days a year in this country? ;-)
Not at all - I believe in paying my fair share of tax in the UK. Don't do anything cute (beyond ISAs, JISAs, pensions, EIS and SEIS, of course...)
It's just, in winter, I find the urgent need to visit my clients in Southern France and Spain. Personal service and all that, of course.
Lol!
Don't blame you at all, Charles. I used to have a friend (now sadly deceased) whose job it was to renegotiate Tax Treaties. By some curious chance it always seemed the Swiss Treaty needed renegotiating around Christmas, the French Treaty in the spring, and the Australian Treaty every four years during the Ashes.
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
There may be Kipper value in Wales somehow I think, check out the polls
Breaking PB News: Farage 'unlikely to be elected God this year' -UKIP in dismay Further Breaking PB News: Lib Dem triumph as pollsters predict 'Most to still be alive' after May 2015
A Kipper whinging and moaning like a whore?
I'm shocked.
You are the Fuzzy Wuzzies of the political world.
They don't like it up 'em.
With Farage in a dog fight for Thanet South you'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel a twinge of compassion for @MikeK and his prediction of 80 Ukip seats at the general election.
I'm sure PBers will treat him kindly ....
Greetings Jack! Unless I missed it, I haven't had the pleasure of seeing your ARSE lately!
Last published on 18th November with Ukip on 3 seats. Next sighting will be on Tuesday at 9:00am.
Couldn't find where to contact Amazon on this (surprisingly) but a diagram from HMRC on twitter suggested I should be ok (because I don't sell directly). However, I know there have been some contradictory murmurings from HMRC and elsewhere, so I'm still planning to withdraw (and re-release if it's ok).
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
Breaking PB News: Farage 'unlikely to be elected God this year' -UKIP in dismay Further Breaking PB News: Lib Dem triumph as pollsters predict 'Most to still be alive' after May 2015
A Kipper whinging and moaning like a whore?
I'm shocked.
You are the Fuzzy Wuzzies of the political world.
They don't like it up 'em.
With Farage in a dog fight for Thanet South you'd have to have a heart of stone not to feel a twinge of compassion for @MikeK and his prediction of 80 Ukip seats at the general election.
I'm sure PBers will treat him kindly ....
Greetings Jack! Unless I missed it, I haven't had the pleasure of seeing your ARSE lately!
Last published on 18th November with Ukip on 3 seats. Next sighting will be on Tuesday at 9:00am.
As for limiting it to Amazon UK (for example): a German can still buy things from Amazon UK. I can't magically make only British people buy my stuff.
Incidentally I think that there were quite a few things wrong in that article Indigo linked to. Don't take it as definitive - for example, I think the author was confused about the distinction between the evidence needed to accept the default 'place of supply' rules, and the evidence needed to override the default.
No its not definitive its another person trying to get to the bottom of what the hell it means, she has started an open source document project (mentioned in the comments) for people to update and modify as they get advise from their various professional. I am wondering what the hell its going to do to people that make money from GoogleAds!
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr O'Flynn was interviewed in The Spectator recently. He seemed to say that UKIP's target was ~20%.
They pledged to reduce immigration, immigration went up.
They need to come up with a coherent response.
That said, I would not be surprised to hear EdM next Weds lead on this and somehow simultaneously be outraged that the Cons haven't brought down immigration and delighted that immigration is so "healthy". He has form.
My answer is too complicated, but isn't the only positive way to spin it that those bits of immigration they can control they have controlled.
And those that they can't - they're trying to change the rules so they can.
Admitting to powerlessness may be the best answer.
Otherwise it has to be a variant on "oops"
Brave but ultimately doomed attempt to defend the indefensible, Charles.
Btw, I must say what a pleasure it was to meet you at DD the other night. I would have liked to chat more to you but had to be away early. (Matron doesn't like me to be out much after 8.30pm.) Next time, maybe?
Indeed: not trying to defend the indefensible so much as, out of intellectual curiosity, whether a credible defence can be created!
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
What time did you leave on Friday?
About 8.30 - too early to have a good time and too late to avoid my wife being annoyed ;-)
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr O'Flynn was interviewed in The Spectator recently. He seemed to say that UKIP's target was ~20%.
Mr. Nabavi, good idea to contact Amazon directly. As for countries and opting out, that is entirely possible but may not necessarily work, as (I mentioned before) a German *can* order through the UK site, if they have a UK account.
Mr. Charles, quite. It's deranged, and indefensible. Even disregarding my own personal worry, they're going to strangle small firms with red tape to try and get something out of Amazon. It's nuts.
Thereby cementing Amazon's market dominance. Utter genius. Unintended consequences and all that. Jeff Bezos must be laughing his socks off.
Couldn't find where to contact Amazon on this (surprisingly) but a diagram from HMRC on twitter suggested I should be ok (because I don't sell directly). However, I know there have been some contradictory murmurings from HMRC and elsewhere, so I'm still planning to withdraw (and re-release if it's ok).
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
The government and the EU have some explaining to do, but as usual i'm afraid they will stick their heads in the sand.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
Don't know but I think I'm in the top percentile.
Think of me as a latter day Alan Turing.
Ah, which brings me neatly to a point I've been itching the post for several weeks for fear of being moderated for life:
Benedict is such a terribly wooden actor, that he should really be called "Lumberbatch"
There - I said it!
Nor is he good looking. Amazing to me that anyone thinks he is.
I read an interview (tube stuck in a tunnel for 30mins, so reduced to Metro!) where he said that his financee couldn't stop laughing when he was awarded the 'sexiest man' title in whatever magazine it was...
30 minutes reading the Metro. I'm impressed. 3 minutes would be more than sufficient!!
Mind you, sex appeal doesn't depend on looks but IMO he has neither.
I spent the first 28 minutes catching up on emails.
The remainder was a toss up between slitting my wrists and reading the Metro.
Bring a good book with you in the future. I have sometimes missed my stop, so engrossed have I been.
Mind you I will probably feature in a Bateman cartoon of the future: "The Woman found Reading a Book on the Tube".
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr O'Flynn was interviewed in The Spectator recently. He seemed to say that UKIP's target was ~20%.
Hmmm, I'd take that with a pinch of salt, but if they target their resources sensibly a dozen ought to be well within reach.
Their first aim is to copy the LD pre-2010 performance while avoiding a AV style referendum:
"Strikingly, O’Flynn is insistent that, for now, the general election is more important for Ukip than an EU referendum. In the hunt for Westminster seats, it aims to create a ‘set of political ideas’ that commands the loyalty of 20 per cent of the electorate, with ‘concentrated clusters of support’. But then, ‘If you create for a referendum a brand that only commands 20 per cent support, you’re in a lot of trouble. So it’s a completely different challenge when we get to an in/out referendum.’ "
Couldn't find where to contact Amazon on this (surprisingly) but a diagram from HMRC on twitter suggested I should be ok (because I don't sell directly). However, I know there have been some contradictory murmurings from HMRC and elsewhere, so I'm still planning to withdraw (and re-release if it's ok).
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
The government and the EU have some explaining to do, but as usual i'm afraid they will stick their heads in the sand.
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
It's a question to which I was giving some serious thought earlier today, CD.
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr O'Flynn was interviewed in The Spectator recently. He seemed to say that UKIP's target was ~20%.
It's in UKIP's interest to talk a good game to combat the "wasted vote" argument. Realistically they will get about 8-9% of the vote and half a dozen seats.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
Don't know but I think I'm in the top percentile.
Think of me as a latter day Alan Turing.
Ah, which brings me neatly to a point I've been itching the post for several weeks for fear of being moderated for life:
Benedict is such a terribly wooden actor, that he should really be called "Lumberbatch"
There - I said it!
Nor is he good looking. Amazing to me that anyone thinks he is.
I read an interview (tube stuck in a tunnel for 30mins, so reduced to Metro!) where he said that his financee couldn't stop laughing when he was awarded the 'sexiest man' title in whatever magazine it was...
30 minutes reading the Metro. I'm impressed. 3 minutes would be more than sufficient!!
Mind you, sex appeal doesn't depend on looks but IMO he has neither.
I spent the first 28 minutes catching up on emails.
The remainder was a toss up between slitting my wrists and reading the Metro.
Couldn't find where to contact Amazon on this (surprisingly) but a diagram from HMRC on twitter suggested I should be ok (because I don't sell directly). However, I know there have been some contradictory murmurings from HMRC and elsewhere, so I'm still planning to withdraw (and re-release if it's ok).
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
The government and the EU have some explaining to do, but as usual i'm afraid they will stick their heads in the sand.
Not until UKIP make it into a pre-election poster. I highly recommend UKIP to make giant posters of it, simply to force the government to respond. UKIP may not have many MP's, but at least they are good as a pressure group.
He is one of the messengers of Allah and considered a very very great man, but just a man. And you wouldn't or shouldn't find a picture of him because it's considered wrong to depict the face of any of the prophets and God himself.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
What IQ do Muslims have? (honest question by the way!)
It's not an honest question at all, and you know it isn't. As I mentioned earlier, 80% of Muslims are non-Arabic. Islam has about 1.6 billion followers which at the last count, notwithstanding the enthusiasm on here, was slightly more than UKIP.
UKIP only stand in the UK though, and they've got a lot more support than Mohammed and his daft ideas here.
The judge did not 'proclaim Andrew Mitchell a liar', nor did the BBC claim that he did.
Why can't Kippers avoid unfounded accusations of lying? It's weird, some kind of bizarre psychological tick they have.
It's cos the Kippers are a bit thick.
Really low IQs. See my link below.
An IQ of 101 is above average. Not "really low". A really low IQ would be that of the sort of person who uses a single poster as an evidence for claiming 93% of UKIP supporters are thick.
Brent low of the day $71.25, which was $6.50 down on last night's settle.
Gasoil low $640.75, ULSD low 650.75....quite the sell off....
With world production still rising fast while demand is stagnant the result will be that prices will drop until the gap closes by either a production fall or a rise in demand. I expect it will help transportation but it will ruin energy producers. In short, sell BP and buy GM.
Couldn't find where to contact Amazon on this (surprisingly) but a diagram from HMRC on twitter suggested I should be ok (because I don't sell directly). However, I know there have been some contradictory murmurings from HMRC and elsewhere, so I'm still planning to withdraw (and re-release if it's ok).
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
The government and the EU have some explaining to do, but as usual i'm afraid they will stick their heads in the sand.
Not until UKIP make it into a pre-election poster. I highly recommend UKIP to make giant posters of it, simply to force the government to respond. UKIP may not have many MP's, but at least they are good as a pressure group.
I think with our national debt, the billions have become meaningless these days. I don't think people are even prepared to confront it mentally. Therefore I don't actually anticipate this helping UKIP.
Brent low of the day $71.25, which was $6.50 down on last night's settle.
Gasoil low $640.75, ULSD low 650.75....quite the sell off....
With world production still rising fast while demand is stagnant the result will be that prices will drop until the gap closes by either a production fall or a rise in demand. I expect it will help transportation but it will ruin energy producers. In short, sell BP and buy GM.
Brent low of the day $71.25, which was $6.50 down on last night's settle.
Gasoil low $640.75, ULSD low 650.75....quite the sell off....
With world production still rising fast while demand is stagnant the result will be that prices will drop until the gap closes by either a production fall or a rise in demand. I expect it will help transportation but it will ruin energy producers. In short, sell BP and buy GM.
Is Putin bankrupt yet?
It's not looking good, is it. Their neighbours must be getting a little nervous (well, more nervous). Nothing like a dose of ultra-nationalism to shore up an ailing government (cf. Argentina).
Couldn't find where to contact Amazon on this (surprisingly) but a diagram from HMRC on twitter suggested I should be ok (because I don't sell directly). However, I know there have been some contradictory murmurings from HMRC and elsewhere, so I'm still planning to withdraw (and re-release if it's ok).
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
The government and the EU have some explaining to do, but as usual i'm afraid they will stick their heads in the sand.
Not until UKIP make it into a pre-election poster. I highly recommend UKIP to make giant posters of it, simply to force the government to respond. UKIP may not have many MP's, but at least they are good as a pressure group.
- OECD pointing out Eurozone is facing permanent economic stagnation - UK has to make a gross payment of £34 billion to the EU - EU tax changes causing an avalanche of bureaucracy for small business - Bristol the 30th town facing Muslim grooming gangs raping kids - Theresa May suppressing critical immigration reports - The head of the European Commission in trouble for tax dealings - Net immigration higher than when Labour left office
I'd say UKIP are lucky to benefit from events, but it's not luck when things go your way because you were right.
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One day, one such a post will doubtless prove correct. The question is whether it will happen before or after NF becomes PM. ;-)
All I am asking for is that everyone actually understands what is being proposed.
Nooooooooooooooooo.
"... ahead of that vile law's introduction ..."
Excuse my ignorance, but what law is this? Will it affect my e-book "An ever rolling stream."? The story of an alternative future where Jack Kennedy initiated WW3. Or will Wild Wolf Publishing pay?
Will my nascent writing career die stillborn?
Oh well, there goes my hopes of two nights in Butlins (Skegness) - the dream of my childhood.
Napoli - the city. I say that only because lots of people use Naples to mean anywhere in the Campania region, I find.
Think of me as a latter day Alan Turing.
Interesting perspective on the Smith Commission and how it was watered down by the Tories - and Labour trying to aplly a sticking plaster:
"The decree on page 23 of the report that “MPs representing constituencies across the whole of the UK will continue to decide the UK’s Budget, including income tax” was described by one co-author as “utterly meaningless … inserted purely for the benefit of Labour” and “nothing to do with the remit” of the Smith Commission. “Nobody (on the Commission) wanted it there … but Labour needed it,” the source said."
Benedict is such a terribly wooden actor, that he should really be called "Lumberbatch"
There - I said it!
Lol!
Well I'd love to, TSE, but somehow I don't see Benedick Cumberpatch playing you.
You wrote "Judge proclaims Andrew Mitchell a liar". I wouldn't normally bother to point it out, were it not for the curious and unpleasant tendency of Kippers to throw the word around indiscriminately, but your statement is, in plain English, a lie. The Judge didn't proclaim that.
The bucket is coming - and it's full.
As for limiting it to Amazon UK (for example): a German can still buy things from Amazon UK. I can't magically make only British people buy my stuff.
Miss Cyclefree, thanks. Might I recommend the comedy, Sir Edric's Temple?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30235009
Looks like Cameron's judgement was right to throw him out of the Cabinet?
Was it Vince who said that or was it Doctor Strangelove? I always get the two confused.
Andrew Mitchell or David Mellor?
I suspect that Ukip must peak soon. Certainly before they poll 100%, because the main parties are just realising that calling them all racist bigots is counter-productive. It took long enough to sink in, though, so it didn't say much for their IQs.
I exempt Mt Eagles as he's just enjoying himself.
I expected 10% to be the best Ukip could hope for in May 2015, so I can't claim to be a political genius either.
Incidentally I think that there were quite a few things wrong in that article Indigo linked to. Don't take it as definitive - for example, I think the author was confused about the distinction between the evidence needed to accept the default 'place of supply' rules, and the evidence needed to override the default.
Good to meet you as well - I sense Fridays may be better than Thursdays for numbers. That said it depends whether I am in the country...
OK, I know it ain't gonna happen - I must have been drunk at the time - but if anybody wants to buy it off me now, bidding starts at twenty-five quid.
And, of course, the Tories were not in a position to water anything down. It all had to be agreed. It's kind of hard to believe that the SNP, at least, would not be making hay on last minute changes forced through by the Tories if that had actually happened.
Scotland: do you see that very big bullet over there? You dodged it.
From the BBC account: [The judge] described the MP's behaviour as "childish" and found his version of events was inconsistent with the CCTV recording from that evening.
I'm sure PBers will treat him kindly ....
If you give BFDave a copy of your travel schedule he may be able to work the next meet around it.
I assume you are limited to ninety days a year in this country? ;-)
I don't want my fellow PBers being left unable to discern it from my ELBOW!
Speaking of which - will there be crossover come Sunday?
So far this week we have five polls, giving a "part-ELBOW" of:
Lab 33.5%
Con 31.2%
UKIP 16.4%
LD 7.2%
Lab lead 2.3% (was 0.5% last weekend).
They are averaging in the high teens, yet they have little or no representation in Wales and Scotland; indeed, they are virtually absent in some parts of England. You have to reckon that realistically they cannot possibly rise much above 20%, which of course gives them few if any seats on a crude Baxter extrapolation.
In practice, it would probably give them a dozen or more, some perhaps completely out of left field. Who knows, maybe Doncaster....Hallam....Witney?!
Mr. Charles, quite. It's deranged, and indefensible. Even disregarding my own personal worry, they're going to strangle small firms with red tape to try and get something out of Amazon. It's nuts.
I capped his losses at £50...
;-)
It's just, in winter, I find the urgent need to visit my clients in Southern France and Spain. Personal service and all that, of course.
Let's say: exempt anyone with qualifying sales of less than £50,000 in total.
Mind you, sex appeal doesn't depend on looks but IMO he has neither.
The remainder was a toss up between slitting my wrists and reading the Metro.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9361742/ukips-patrick-oflynn-on-the-genius-nigel-farage-and-why-douglas-carswells-votes-wont-set-party-policy/
The point about the MPs across the UK is, I presume, that it is completely outwith the Commission's remit - which is a Very Bad Thing for any such commission to allow, as any fule kno.
Don't blame you at all, Charles. I used to have a friend (now sadly deceased) whose job it was to renegotiate Tax Treaties. By some curious chance it always seemed the Swiss Treaty needed renegotiating around Christmas, the French Treaty in the spring, and the Australian Treaty every four years during the Ashes.
http://blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/electionsinwales/wp-content/uploads/sites/100/2013/07/UKGE-Polls.png
If bookies price up "to finish 2nd" I think we will be in for a bonanza of bets UK wide
Maybe even Islington South...
Edited extra bit: apologies for banging on about this, but it's infuriating, and even if it doesn't affect me it's still total bullshit.
Hmmm, I'd take that with a pinch of salt, but if they target their resources sensibly a dozen ought to be well within reach.
At least I know there's a chance I won't personally be shafted, but the law itself remains completely ****ing insane.
Mind you I will probably feature in a Bateman cartoon of the future: "The Woman found Reading a Book on the Tube".
"Strikingly, O’Flynn is insistent that, for now, the general election is more important for Ukip than an EU referendum. In the hunt for Westminster seats, it aims to create a ‘set of political ideas’ that commands the loyalty of 20 per cent of the electorate, with ‘concentrated clusters of support’. But then, ‘If you create for a referendum a brand that only commands 20 per cent support, you’re in a lot of trouble. So it’s a completely different challenge when we get to an in/out referendum.’ "
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/eu/11255493/UK-faces-34bn-bill-for-blackhole-in-EU-budget.html
:that-is-all-for-now:
I highly recommend UKIP to make giant posters of it, simply to force the government to respond.
UKIP may not have many MP's, but at least they are good as a pressure group.
Gasoil low $640.75, ULSD low 650.75....quite the sell off....
I am, it must be said, greatly relieved that it may not affect me directly (though I am not convinced, yet) but it's still absolutely crackers.
http://www.ft.com/intl/fastft/242752/post-242752
French unemployment rose by 0.8% in October.
Marine Le Pen anyone?
I expect it will help transportation but it will ruin energy producers.
In short, sell BP and buy GM.
- UK has to make a gross payment of £34 billion to the EU
- EU tax changes causing an avalanche of bureaucracy for small business
- Bristol the 30th town facing Muslim grooming gangs raping kids
- Theresa May suppressing critical immigration reports
- The head of the European Commission in trouble for tax dealings
- Net immigration higher than when Labour left office
I'd say UKIP are lucky to benefit from events, but it's not luck when things go your way because you were right.