Over the next few weeks Labour’s internal debate will narrow down to the following: should Labour listen to the voters, or should it listen to the members? It will rage for a while, and then someone will pop up and say “the truth is we have to do both”. At which point people will nod sagely, and say “that’s right. The voters. The members. It’s a false choice."
It’s not a false choice. It is not actually a choice at all. If the Labour party continues to listen to those people who after the events of the last week believe Jeremy Corbyn is “doing a good job” then it’s over... Labour MPs have the following priorities > The voters come first. And Labour MPs work for the voters. They don’t work for you [members].
I'm still grappling with 'why' members think Corbyn is doing a good job. My latest hypothesis is that it's all a form of narcissism - political selfies if you like. It appears that a good chunk of Labour members prefer to feel good about themselves vs. kicking the Tories out of government.
We live in a world where it's very easy to withdraw into an echo chamber and only communicate with people who agree with us (and block those who don't). I can't see that as healthy (and I take my own medicine here - I read the Guardian, the Mirror and so forth).
When it comes to food, what’s appropriation and what’s not can be tricky to think about.
Cultural appropriation is when members of a dominant culture adopt parts of another culture from people that they’ve also systematically oppressed. The dominant culture can try the food and love the food without ever having to experience oppression because of their consumption.
With food, it isn’t just eating food from someone else’s culture. It might not be appropriation if you’re White and you love eating dumplings and hand pulled noodles. Enjoying food from another culture is perfectly fine.
But, food is appropriated when people from the dominant culture – in the case of the US, white folks – start to fetishize or commercialize it, and when they hoard access to that particular food.
So, next time you have a Lamb Biryani you should remember that you are racist scum continuing the vile oppression of Indians, Pakistanis, or Bangladeshis. I think.
I am glad you think - because the author of that 'article' clearly doesn't know how to engage their brain to form coherent thoughts.
It amazes me how entitled some people think they are.
(This comment does not come with a trigger warning - if you are feeling oppressed by it, please take to Tumblr and complain loudly to your 2 followers there)
The world would be a boring place if none of us adopted practices from other cultures. Presumably, the SJWs who complain about cultural appropriation would then accuse us of xenophobia.
When it comes to food, what’s appropriation and what’s not can be tricky to think about.
Cultural appropriation is when members of a dominant culture adopt parts of another culture from people that they’ve also systematically oppressed. The dominant culture can try the food and love the food without ever having to experience oppression because of their consumption.
With food, it isn’t just eating food from someone else’s culture. It might not be appropriation if you’re White and you love eating dumplings and hand pulled noodles. Enjoying food from another culture is perfectly fine.
But, food is appropriated when people from the dominant culture – in the case of the US, white folks – start to fetishize or commercialize it, and when they hoard access to that particular food.
So, next time you have a Lamb Biryani you should remember that you are racist scum continuing the vile oppression of Indians, Pakistanis, or Bangladeshis. I think.
I am glad you think - because the author of that 'article' clearly doesn't know how to engage their brain to form coherent thoughts.
It amazes me how entitled some people think they are.
(This comment does not come with a trigger warning - if you are feeling oppressed by it, please take to Tumblr and complain loudly to your 2 followers there)
The world would be a boring place if none of us adopted practices from other cultures. Presumably, the SJWs who complain about cultural appropriation would then accuse us of xenophobia.
I think we've collectively overshot Maslow's hierarchy. We're so privileged that some feel the need to actively seek out things to worry about. I given up one of my TG forums because of the sturm und drang around fecking pronouns; as if we don't have bigger fish to fry .
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
BTW, I dislike Erdogan. I shouldn't really need to say that, but the more frenetic on here need to be reminded occasionally ...
Note: the subject Josias "Erdogan" Jessop responds to the stimulus as predicted!
I prefer the sort of stimulus Mrs J gives me.
BTW, we still need to have a "hair-off" to see who's the hairiest.
Now that's something for PBers to look forward to ...
Would you two stick together if placed back-to-back?
That experiment could be rather dangerous.
Besides, how could I go walking when Sunil is working in his lab? Sunil, is your workplace mobile? How do you fancy working at the top of a mountain or two?
Or the really tricky question: do you fancy changing the little 'un's nappy ...
Would be interesting to conduct laboratory experiments at the top of a mountain - but the real question you should have asked is "how could I go walking when Sunil is cavorting around on his railway sojourns?"
When it comes to food, what’s appropriation and what’s not can be tricky to think about.
Cultural appropriation is when members of a dominant culture adopt parts of another culture from people that they’ve also systematically oppressed. The dominant culture can try the food and love the food without ever having to experience oppression because of their consumption.
With food, it isn’t just eating food from someone else’s culture. It might not be appropriation if you’re White and you love eating dumplings and hand pulled noodles. Enjoying food from another culture is perfectly fine.
But, food is appropriated when people from the dominant culture – in the case of the US, white folks – start to fetishize or commercialize it, and when they hoard access to that particular food.
So, next time you have a Lamb Biryani you should remember that you are racist scum continuing the vile oppression of Indians, Pakistanis, or Bangladeshis. I think.
I am glad you think - because the author of that 'article' clearly doesn't know how to engage their brain to form coherent thoughts.
It amazes me how entitled some people think they are.
(This comment does not come with a trigger warning - if you are feeling oppressed by it, please take to Tumblr and complain loudly to your 2 followers there)
The world would be a boring place if none of us adopted practices from other cultures. Presumably, the SJWs who complain about cultural appropriation would then accuse us of xenophobia.
I think we've collectively overshot Maslow's hierarchy. We're so privileged that some feel the need to actively seek out things to worry about. I given up one of my TG forums because of the sturm und drang around fecking pronouns; as if we don't have bigger fish to fry .
Interestingly (for me at least), Lamb of God had a bit of an internal battle over the title of their last album: VII Sturm Und Drang. Randy wanted it without the VII prefix (Was a reflection of his time in a Czech Republic prison facing manslaughter charges)
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
o_O
I've had a brief google of the phrase, and it seems to be a crock of horse-shit.
BREAKING: Russia Advises Citizens Not To Visit Turkey (AFP)
Presumably some will still travel.
But that is at least 90% of the 3.5 million Russian tourists Turkey gets each year gone in a stroke.
Both sides need to de-escalate this, and fast.
Turkey should apologise for the shoot down and the consequent death of the pilots. Russia should promise never to encroach over Turkish borders without permission.
Both sides should be able to come up with a form of words that would satisfy the other without admitting much more. Unfortunately it is quite possible that neither side is in the mood to back down: both Putin and Erdogan are playing to domestic audiences now.
As I've warned several times in the past few years, the conflict is spreading, and could spread further.
The Turkish flight path map shows an incursion over a sticky out part of Turkey that with the Russian plane flying at speed, it would have taken approximately 15 seconds to cross.
Whether they did or not is beside the point, airspace violations happen all the time, they do not result in planes being shotdown.
This was a premeditated ambush by Turkey. No doubt, Turkey was unhappy about Russian action against Turkmen rebel groups in the 'Jabal Turkman' mountain range, just South of the Turkish border in Syria's Latakia province.
The Russian coalition, R+6, has been carrying out offensive action in the region for several days now and are slowly closing the border areas and rebels supply routes in the region. Additionally, France has been trying lately to bridge gaps with Russia over action against ISIS and any rapprochement would weaken those in Turkey (and in the US) who are opposed to a large international coalition both the Western and GCC coalition and R+6.
If someone wanted to 'sabotage' an attempt at bringing everybody together over Syria, they wouldn't do it otherwise. Now NATO faces a dilemma and compromise with Russia over the fight against ISIS seems less likely. Hollande is meeting Obama today and was supposed to meet Putin the day after tomorrow in an effort to mend fences. I wonder what is going to happen now.
I'm not sure those "experts" who predict Russia will do anything in retaliation have a clue about how serious this is. I've also checked flight tracking of the alleged breach of Turkish airspace. If anything it was very short and could be linked to mistake. This was not a aggression against Turkey, whose reaction is very very very out of proportion ...
Finally, the two pilots seem to have been gunned down as they were parachuting inside Syria (which strengthens the point about the border breach). Some people are playing with fire here ...
BTW, I dislike Erdogan. I shouldn't really need to say that, but the more frenetic on here need to be reminded occasionally ...
Note: the subject Josias "Erdogan" Jessop responds to the stimulus as predicted!
I prefer the sort of stimulus Mrs J gives me.
BTW, we still need to have a "hair-off" to see who's the hairiest.
Now that's something for PBers to look forward to ...
Would you two stick together if placed back-to-back?
That experiment could be rather dangerous.
Besides, how could I go walking when Sunil is working in his lab? Sunil, is your workplace mobile? How do you fancy working at the top of a mountain or two?
Or the really tricky question: do you fancy changing the little 'un's nappy ...
Would be interesting to conduct laboratory experiments at the top of a mountain - but the real question you should have asked is "how could I go walking when Sunil is cavorting around on his railway sojourns?"
I'd quite enjoy railway sojourns. I keep on meaning to go to the Midland Railway Centre, which I haven't been to for a couple of decades, and Barrow Hill, which I've never been to. I haven't even had a ride behind the steam loco I own a little share of.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
How have people coped with reading fairy tales over the centuries (the real fairy tales, not the Disneyfied versions?)
Syrian rebels release footage of them destroying a Russian helicopter on the ground with a US anti-tank weapon...
Chopper may have been brought down with small arms fire.
Did the Russians not think ahead and consider what would actually happen to the crew if one of their aircraft was downed over hostile territory in Syria? Have they forgotten what happened to pilots in Afghanistan, particularly those flying Hinds? These savages don't follow the Geneva Convention.
The UK should steer well clear of any further involvement.
When the CIA were helping the Mujahideen, they shipped in millions of Soviet rounds, rifles etc left behind from previous conflicts - all to ensure there wasn't an obvious linky.
I suspect the same has happened many times with both sides playing this game.
The Turkish flight path map shows an incursion over a sticky out part of Turkey that with the Russian plane flying at speed, it would have taken approximately 15 seconds to cross.
Whether they did or not is beside the point, airspace violations happen all the time, they do not result in planes being shotdown.
This was a premeditated ambush by Turkey.
(snip)
You mean they flew the Russian aircraft over their border? They somehow mind-controlled the pilots to veer off-course?
You miss the point about the airspace violation. It was coming out of an active warzone, and is of the same type that Syrian forces use.
Turkey has shot down Syrian airplanes in the past.
This was bound to happen. You could just as easily say that it was premeditated by Russia.
Syrian rebels release footage of them destroying a Russian helicopter on the ground with a US anti-tank weapon...
Chopper may have been brought down with small arms fire.
If I lived or worked in any kind of a base in that area I would be taking unofficial leave right now. The Turkish airforce cannot protect them from cruise missiles.
When it comes to food, what’s appropriation and what’s not can be tricky to think about.
Cultural appropriation is when members of a dominant culture adopt parts of another culture from people that they’ve also systematically oppressed. The dominant culture can try the food and love the food without ever having to experience oppression because of their consumption.
With food, it isn’t just eating food from someone else’s culture. It might not be appropriation if you’re White and you love eating dumplings and hand pulled noodles. Enjoying food from another culture is perfectly fine.
But, food is appropriated when people from the dominant culture – in the case of the US, white folks – start to fetishize or commercialize it, and when they hoard access to that particular food.
So, next time you have a Lamb Biryani you should remember that you are racist scum continuing the vile oppression of Indians, Pakistanis, or Bangladeshis. I think.
I am glad you think - because the author of that 'article' clearly doesn't know how to engage their brain to form coherent thoughts.
It amazes me how entitled some people think they are.
(This comment does not come with a trigger warning - if you are feeling oppressed by it, please take to Tumblr and complain loudly to your 2 followers there)
The world would be a boring place if none of us adopted practices from other cultures. Presumably, the SJWs who complain about cultural appropriation would then accuse us of xenophobia.
I think we've collectively overshot Maslow's hierarchy. We're so privileged that some feel the need to actively seek out things to worry about. I given up one of my TG forums because of the sturm und drang around fecking pronouns; as if we don't have bigger fish to fry .
These are all very rich peoples' problems. And very much confined to universities.
Most people grow out of such nonsense, but there is a danger that some of the people who blather on about safe spaces, rights to be comfortable, cultural appropriation, microaggressions etc. won't grow out of it, and will achieve positions of influence.
The Turkish flight path map shows an incursion over a sticky out part of Turkey that with the Russian plane flying at speed, it would have taken approximately 15 seconds to cross.
Whether they did or not is beside the point, airspace violations happen all the time, they do not result in planes being shotdown.
... snip... Finally, the two pilots seem to have been gunned down as they were parachuting inside Syria (which strengthens the point about the border breach). Some people are playing with fire here ...
Of course, it's possible the Russians wished to deliberately engineer an incident too. Hence their continual overflying, and ignorance of warning transmissions from the Turks.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
It's ironic that Turkey may prove to be the country that leads to a break-up or fundamental reform of NATO when everyone was expecting Russia to use the Baltic states as their lever.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
How have people coped with reading fairy tales over the centuries (the real fairy tales, not the Disneyfied versions?)
I've been reading some Roald Dahl stories to my 4y/o recently... some fairly nasty stuff in there too.
''Now NATO faces a dilemma and compromise with Russia over the fight against ISIS seems less likely. Hollande is meeting Obama today and was supposed to meet Putin the day after tomorrow in an effort to mend fences. I wonder what is going to happen now.''
Indeed. the Turks must be desperate to avoid a coalition of big boys helping its sworn enemies, ie Assad and the Kurds.
And so divide and confuse.
Its Erdogan's own fault. What on earth did he think he was doing playing ball with ISIS?
I watched Storyville - Cartel Land yesterday and there doesn't seem to be much between the Mexican cartel factions and ISIS when it comes to revolting behaviour. An excellent docu well worth watching.
Blair's third way involving stripping the Labour party of ideology and re-positioning it as a pragmatic party of Govt was always going to hit stormy waters once Labour lost power. But who could have predicted its disastrous choice of leaders and just what kind of pickle it has got itself into?
I really struggle with Nick's personal approach to Corbyn. Although I am a member of the Labour Party and will continue to maintain my membership, I couldn't vote for Labour with Corbyn as leader. I just couldn't. I would much rather Dr Death himself, Osborne as PM, or even the frightening May, or narcissistic Boris. Not even close for me.
Note to Nick- I am a statist, left liberal- so if Corbyn has that effect on me, what kind of effect is he going to have on moderate swing voters when the spotlight is on him?
It depresses me beyond anything that 71% of Labour members care more about policies than power. The political equivalent of ISIS- suicidal, nihilistic politics.
I hope Labour lose Oldham, and every other election it participates in until Corbyn leaves or is ousted.
It just doesn't feel right to have such disparity in British politics- it needs checks and balances. I ask the Tories here- OK you had a few days of fun when Corbyn was elected- but do you really want a politics where the opposition is so enfeebled? Even in the darkest days of IDS, the Tory party still had stature and gravitas; that is much more than you can say for the Labour Party now.
Didn't the Russian military expect some form of resistance from a variety of quarters with different objectives from them? I thought it was the US who specialised in an unrealistic expectation of universal acclaim.
I never liked algebra anyway. Daft foreign gibberish.
We should start up a petition against playing chess (appropriated from the Persians) reading horoscopes (appropriated from the Chaldeans) and eating pasta (appropriated from the Italians)
I never liked algebra anyway. Daft foreign gibberish.
We should start up a petition against playing chess (appropriated from the Persians) reading horoscopes (appropriated from the Chaldeans) and eating pasta (appropriated from the Italians)
I'm struggling with second order effects: If I as an Englishman eat Japanese noodles, which were appropriated from Italian pasta, am I doubly guilty?
This is a deceptively attractive argument, but it's self-justification. The other candidates at the leadership election all put forward such policies - whether it was Liz on early years and decentralisation, or Yvette on Infrastructure/investment/childcare or Andy on supporting small business and improving opportunities for those who didn't go to university.
"Decentralisation" is the most laughable suggestion for a big political philosophy that I've ever heard, and I have no idea what "early years" means.
Also, even as someone who half-heartedly gave Andy and Yvette my top preferences, I don't remember either saying much about childcare or improving opportunities for people who don't go to university - it's not enough just to say they think something is a problem, they need to come forward with concrete plans of how they would solve those problems - concrete plans which will INEVITABLY cost money and will INEVITABLY have to mean rich people and big businesses making a bigger contribution, and which would be impossible under the austerity plans that all 3 mainstream candidates were proposing (to varying degrees) in the leadership contest.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
I watched Storyville - Cartel Land yesterday and there doesn't seem to be much between the Mexican cartel factions and ISIS when it comes to revolting behaviour. An excellent docu well worth watching.
Didn't the Russian military expect some form of resistance from a variety of quarters with different objectives from them? I thought it was the US who specialised in an unrealistic expectation of universal acclaim.
In what way do you feel they should have responded differently to this?
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
How have people coped with reading fairy tales over the centuries (the real fairy tales, not the Disneyfied versions?)
I've been reading some Roald Dahl stories to my 4y/o recently... some fairly nasty stuff in there too.
Friday 4th Dec 6.30 Canterbury University an EU event with speakers Dan Hannan, Frederick Forsyth and Brendan Chilcott of Labour Leave. PM me for more details.
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
Didn't the Russian military expect some form of resistance from a variety of quarters with different objectives from them? I thought it was the US who specialised in an unrealistic expectation of universal acclaim.
In what way do you feel they should have responded differently to this?
Not having an inside hotline to what actually went on, it's hard for me to say how the Kremlin should respond. They haven't had a great track record of respecting international airspace so they may not have been saints on this occasion either. Equally, the Turks have their own agenda in the area which they are no doubt going to pursue. For now I'm prepared to wait and see how this unfolds before making any snap judgements.
But that wasn't my point. My point was that going on military adventures in pursuit of la gloire has risks. Finding that you get shot back at is the most obvious one.
Scott-you are right to call this set of affairs a disgrace- it's just wrong on all angles to have Corbyn as leader of the opposition. It reminds me of the French election when Le Pen squeaked onto the second round and was subsequently trounced by Chirac. The French people deserved a well contested 2nd round presidential election where differing arguments could be debated. From memory LePen polled less in the second round polled less as many who voted for him as a protest realised the error of their ways.
Well the British people deserve to have an opposition. It's what our politics needs. It doesn't feel right without it.
Friday 4th Dec 6.30 Canterbury University an EU event with speakers Dan Hannan, Frederick Forsyth and Brendan Chilcott of Labour Leave. PM me for more details.
Blair's third way involving stripping the Labour party of ideology and re-positioning it as a pragmatic party of Govt was always going to hit stormy waters once Labour lost power. But who could have predicted its disastrous choice of leaders and just what kind of pickle it has got itself into?
I really struggle with Nick's personal approach to Corbyn. Although I am a member of the Labour Party and will continue to maintain my membership, I couldn't vote for Labour with Corbyn as leader. I just couldn't. I would much rather Dr Death himself, Osborne as PM, or even the frightening May, or narcissistic Boris. Not even close for me.
Note to Nick- I am a statist, left liberal- so if Corbyn has that effect on me, what kind of effect is he going to have on moderate swing voters when the spotlight is on him?
It depresses me beyond anything that 71% of Labour members care more about policies than power. The political equivalent of ISIS- suicidal, nihilistic politics.
I hope Labour lose Oldham, and every other election it participates in until Corbyn leaves or is ousted.
It just doesn't feel right to have such disparity in British politics- it needs checks and balances. I ask the Tories here- OK you had a few days of fun when Corbyn was elected- but do you really want a politics where the opposition is so enfeebled? Even in the darkest days of IDS, the Tory party still had stature and gravitas; that is much more than you can say for the Labour Party now.
I agree. I'm also a Labour Party member.
It was entirely predictable - and predicted - that Corbyn would be a disaster. Nobody involved in the Party for more than 5 minutes could have failed to notice that he was unelectable, would be unable to command loyalty, and was surrounded by ideologically-driven men (and they are nearly all men) who cared more about imposing their views on the party than winning elections.
Friday 4th Dec 6.30 Canterbury University an EU event with speakers Dan Hannan, Frederick Forsyth and Brendan Chilcott of Labour Leave. PM me for more details.
I can't make that, but it's an interesting line-up. Might be a good one.
On a more serious note events in Turkey/Syria have taken a very sinister turn today, heaven knows where this is all leading.
Perhaps Nigel could ask his friend Vladimir.
I know whose side I want to be on now - what about you?
I'm happy not to choose. Some of us haven't forgotten about the poor souls who died over the Ukraine.
Well I don't have to choose either, but history has a dim view of appeasers.
You probably regret making a puerile remark about a man that Farage has never met now.
Nope.
Putin is the world leader that Farage most admires. Sound like hero worship.
Well you referred to him as "his friend and hero", I've met all of my friends.
This is what happens when silly party politics overtakes reasoned discussion, people look even sillier. You are attempting to trivialise an event where people have died and as a consequence more will, you should be ashamed of yourself.
I saw a very peculiar docu about adult male fans of MLP who went to conventions aimed at them and the thousands they spent on giant MLPs - called things like Perfect Princess Sparkle Diamond.
Whomever came up with the idea is a very rich person indeed.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
Official Rubik's cube record broken. 4.9 seconds to solve. Not Ed Millibands week really.....
This is a really dull question. How do they ensure that the starting point for each record attempt is fair and comparable. I presume it is some random starting point, because otherwise there wouldn't be any solving involved, but how to they ensure that one random starting point is no harder than another?
It looks like the 2 pilots of the Russian plane were shot and killed by Turkmen as they approached the ground in their parachutes, according to Al Jazeera.
I never liked algebra anyway. Daft foreign gibberish.
We should start up a petition against playing chess (appropriated from the Persians) reading horoscopes (appropriated from the Chaldeans) and eating pasta (appropriated from the Italians)
Wasn’t Geometry originaly Greek? Pythagoras and all that.
I saw a very peculiar docu about adult male fans of MLP who went to conventions aimed at them and the thousands they spent on giant MLPs - called things like Perfect Princess Sparkle Diamond.
Whomever came up with the idea is a very rich person indeed.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
Didn't the Russian military expect some form of resistance from a variety of quarters with different objectives from them? I thought it was the US who specialised in an unrealistic expectation of universal acclaim.
In what way do you feel they should have responded differently to this?
Not having an inside hotline to what actually went on, it's hard for me to say how the Kremlin should respond. They haven't had a great track record of respecting international airspace so they may not have been saints on this occasion either. Equally, the Turks have their own agenda in the area which they are no doubt going to pursue. For now I'm prepared to wait and see how this unfolds before making any snap judgements.
But that wasn't my point. My point was that going on military adventures in pursuit of la gloire has risks. Finding that you get shot back at is the most obvious one.
Yes, but you've not provided anything to support to your notion that they didn't expect resistance or opposition. We can only go by their response which so far has been measured in the extreme.
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
I dare say the voters in the constituencies of these MPs have equally strong views about what their MP should or should not be doing. But, hey, they don't pay a subscription so who cares about them, eh? After all, it was only their votes which got the MP elected.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
Some people do know some odd facts!
There's some weird stuff online. Whole cottage industries dedicated to pornographic "reinterpretations" of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Frozen, and Barney the Dinosaur.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
o_O
I've had a brief google of the phrase, and it seems to be a crock of horse-shit.
I'm not a fan. It seems to be another way to be passive-aggressive - basically, unless you provide me with a full and comprehensive list of all your possible triggers, 'tis but a matter of time before I offend you.
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
I dare say the voters in the constituencies of these MPs have equally strong views about what their MP should or should not be doing. But, hey, they don't pay a subscription so who cares about them, eh? After all, it was only their votes which got the MP elected.
If the MP feels their election owes more to them personally than to the Labour Party banner (and the money that such a banner gives them(, then they are free to quit and stand in a by-election as an independent anytime - then they would be completely free of any demands from people like me.
My favourite trigger warning is the call for trigger warning to be mentioned because the word 'trigger' might cause trauma to gunshot victims. Or those scared of guns.
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
Taking that further, if 'paying' means you believe you are entitled to a greater say than those who don't - should welfare claimants be banned from having the vote?
How about all those Corbyn-enthusiastic under 25 year old, frequently jobless and non-contributing, students?
I saw a very peculiar docu about adult male fans of MLP who went to conventions aimed at them and the thousands they spent on giant MLPs - called things like Perfect Princess Sparkle Diamond.
Whomever came up with the idea is a very rich person indeed.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
I dare say the voters in the constituencies of these MPs have equally strong views about what their MP should or should not be doing. But, hey, they don't pay a subscription so who cares about them, eh? After all, it was only their votes which got the MP elected.
If the MP feels their election owes more to them personally than to the Labour Party banner (and the money that such a banner gives them(, then they are free to quit and stand in a by-election as an independent anytime - then they would be completely free of any demands from people like me.
How many independents ever won a second time , let alone the first time ?
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
I dare say the voters in the constituencies of these MPs have equally strong views about what their MP should or should not be doing. But, hey, they don't pay a subscription so who cares about them, eh? After all, it was only their votes which got the MP elected.
If the MP feels their election owes more to them personally than to the Labour Party banner (and the money that such a banner gives them(, then they are free to quit and stand in a by-election as an independent anytime - then they would be completely free of any demands from people like me.
You seem to want donor privilege. Presumably we'll never hear a peep out of you on the subject of Tory donations.
Blair's third way involving stripping the Labour party of ideology and re-positioning it as a pragmatic party of Govt was always going to hit stormy waters once Labour lost power. But who could have predicted its disastrous choice of leaders and just what kind of pickle it has got itself into?
I really struggle with Nick's personal approach to Corbyn. Although I am a member of the Labour Party and will continue to maintain my membership, I couldn't vote for Labour with Corbyn as leader. I just couldn't. I would much rather Dr Death himself, Osborne as PM, or even the frightening May, or narcissistic Boris. Not even close for me.
Note to Nick- I am a statist, left liberal- so if Corbyn has that effect on me, what kind of effect is he going to have on moderate swing voters when the spotlight is on him?
It depresses me beyond anything that 71% of Labour members care more about policies than power. The political equivalent of ISIS- suicidal, nihilistic politics.
I hope Labour lose Oldham, and every other election it participates in until Corbyn leaves or is ousted.
It just doesn't feel right to have such disparity in British politics- it needs checks and balances. I ask the Tories here- OK you had a few days of fun when Corbyn was elected- but do you really want a politics where the opposition is so enfeebled? Even in the darkest days of IDS, the Tory party still had stature and gravitas; that is much more than you can say for the Labour Party now.
I've said repeatedly that Corbyn is a tragedy for British politics. I'm right of centre, yet understand that this government can, has and will make mistakes. If we don't have a credible opposition we're more likely to have even more poor governance and bad legislation. I also would like a choice as to where to lend my vote.
I have to say, I take a harder line than Nick regarding some of these whining Labour MPs.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
I dare say the voters in the constituencies of these MPs have equally strong views about what their MP should or should not be doing. But, hey, they don't pay a subscription so who cares about them, eh? After all, it was only their votes which got the MP elected.
If the MP feels their election owes more to them personally than to the Labour Party banner (and the money that such a banner gives them(, then they are free to quit and stand in a by-election as an independent anytime - then they would be completely free of any demands from people like me.
How many independents ever won a second time , let alone the first time ?
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
But, as ever, the need of some to prove oneself more sensitive to the differences of others (I am not using the phrase virtue signalling come hell or high water), has meant warnings being put on articles on muggings, assaults, divorce, loss of a family member, war, terrorist attacks, loss of virginity, paper cuts, and cakes not rising. Basically anything not about kittens or unicorns.
Unicorns! Why, oh why, did you have to mention unicorns?
*shudders*
Strange as it may seem, My Little Pony has inspired thousands of pornographic fanfics online.
Some people do know some odd facts!
There's some weird stuff online. Whole cottage industries dedicated to pornographic "reinterpretations" of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Frozen, and Barney the Dinosaur.
If you've been abused as a child, or raped, then an article about child abuse or rape might cause flashbacks and emotional trauma. Therefore, people have started pressing for 'Trigger warning' to be posted prominently above said article.
o_O
I've had a brief google of the phrase, and it seems to be a crock of horse-shit.
I'm not a fan. It seems to be another way to be passive-aggressive - basically, unless you provide me with a full and comprehensive list of all your possible triggers, 'tis but a matter of time before I offend you.
The areshole in me would want to make a point of being as offensive as possible if people start to whittle on about safe-spaces and triggers...
Blair's third way involving stripping the Labour party of ideology and re-positioning it as a pragmatic party of Govt was always going to hit stormy waters once Labour lost power. But who could have predicted its disastrous choice of leaders and just what kind of pickle it has got itself into?
I really struggle with Nick's personal approach to Corbyn. Although I am a member of the Labour Party and will continue to maintain my membership, I couldn't vote for Labour with Corbyn as leader. I just couldn't. I would much rather Dr Death himself, Osborne as PM, or even the frightening May, or narcissistic Boris. Not even close for me.
Note to Nick- I am a statist, left liberal- so if Corbyn has that effect on me, what kind of effect is he going to have on moderate swing voters when the spotlight is on him?
It depresses me beyond anything that 71% of Labour members care more about policies than power. The political equivalent of ISIS- suicidal, nihilistic politics.
I hope Labour lose Oldham, and every other election it participates in until Corbyn leaves or is ousted.
It just doesn't feel right to have such disparity in British politics- it needs checks and balances. I ask the Tories here- OK you had a few days of fun when Corbyn was elected- but do you really want a politics where the opposition is so enfeebled? Even in the darkest days of IDS, the Tory party still had stature and gravitas; that is much more than you can say for the Labour Party now.
I've said repeatedly that Corbyn is a tragedy for British politics. I'm right of centre, yet understand that this government can, has and will make mistakes. If we don't have a credible opposition we're more likely to have even more poor governance and bad legislation. I also would like a choice as to where to lend my vote.
I love the crocodile tears from PBTories about the lack of real opposition, but who then start getting outraged when the Tories do in fact face opposition from the House of Lords (opposition on things which the Tories didn't get a mandate for in the election, to boot).
Didn't the Russian military expect some form of resistance from a variety of quarters with different objectives from them? I thought it was the US who specialised in an unrealistic expectation of universal acclaim.
In what way do you feel they should have responded differently to this?
Not having an inside hotline to what actually went on, it's hard for me to say how the Kremlin should respond. They haven't had a great track record of respecting international airspace so they may not have been saints on this occasion either. Equally, the Turks have their own agenda in the area which they are no doubt going to pursue. For now I'm prepared to wait and see how this unfolds before making any snap judgements.
But that wasn't my point. My point was that going on military adventures in pursuit of la gloire has risks. Finding that you get shot back at is the most obvious one.
Yes, but you've not provided anything to support to your notion that they didn't expect resistance or opposition. We can only go by their response which so far has been measured in the extreme.
What options do they really have against the Turks in practice? The Turks too are capable of making life very awkward for the Russians if they so choose.
Official Rubik's cube record broken. 4.9 seconds to solve. Not Ed Millibands week really.....
This is a really dull question. How do they ensure that the starting point for each record attempt is fair and comparable. I presume it is some random starting point, because otherwise there wouldn't be any solving involved, but how to they ensure that one random starting point is no harder than another?
There was an interview about this on the radio today.
The completer is given a period of time to observe the cube, then places it on a surface. They then places both hands on electronic starting mats. On the command, they complete and then the timer stops when both hands are back down.
I don't know about the precise configuration of the colours, but that seems like they've given it some thought.
Blair's third way involving stripping the Labour party of ideology and re-positioning it as a pragmatic party of Govt was always going to hit stormy waters once Labour lost power. But who could have predicted its disastrous choice of leaders and just what kind of pickle it has got itself into?
I really struggle with Nick's personal approach to Corbyn. Although I am a member of the Labour Party and will continue to maintain my membership, I couldn't vote for Labour with Corbyn as leader. I just couldn't. I would much rather Dr Death himself, Osborne as PM, or even the frightening May, or narcissistic Boris. Not even close for me.
Note to Nick- I am a statist, left liberal- so if Corbyn has that effect on me, what kind of effect is he going to have on moderate swing voters when the spotlight is on him?
It depresses me beyond anything that 71% of Labour members care more about policies than power. The political equivalent of ISIS- suicidal, nihilistic politics.
I hope Labour lose Oldham, and every other election it participates in until Corbyn leaves or is ousted.
It just doesn't feel right to have such disparity in British politics- it needs checks and balances. I ask the Tories here- OK you had a few days of fun when Corbyn was elected- but do you really want a politics where the opposition is so enfeebled? Even in the darkest days of IDS, the Tory party still had stature and gravitas; that is much more than you can say for the Labour Party now.
I've said repeatedly that Corbyn is a tragedy for British politics. I'm right of centre, yet understand that this government can, has and will make mistakes. If we don't have a credible opposition we're more likely to have even more poor governance and bad legislation. I also would like a choice as to where to lend my vote.
I love the crocodile tears from PBTories about the lack of real opposition, but who then start getting outraged when the Tories do in fact face opposition from the House of Lords (opposition on things which the Tories didn't get a mandate for in the election, to boot).
But it is a problem when the Leader of the Opposition is a total jerk.
I love the crocodile tears from PBTories about the lack of real opposition, but who then start getting outraged when the Tories do in fact face opposition from the House of Lords (opposition on things which the Tories didn't get a mandate for in the election, to boot).
There is a difference between Opposition and Opportunism.
@matt_dathan: Jeremy Corbyn must start showing leadership and stop making "inappropriate" comments, says Len McCluskey https://t.co/71iQa4kyjP
When one of Jeremy Corbyn's most vocal supporters during the Labour leadership election openly starts criticising his leadership 'skills', the writing really is on the wall.
It strikes me that someone in Turkey has made a monumental balls up- I can't for the life of me understand the strategic point in taking out a Russian fighter plane inching over Turkish airspace.
Equally, the airliner over Ukraine was a monumental balls up- the separatists clearly though the aircraft was Ukranian military.
Didn't the Russian military expect some form of resistance from a variety of quarters with different objectives from them? I thought it was the US who specialised in an unrealistic expectation of universal acclaim.
In what way do you feel they should have responded differently to this?
Not having an inside hotline to what actually went on, it's hard for me to say how the Kremlin should respond. They haven't had a great track record of respecting international airspace so they may not have been saints on this occasion either. Equally, the Turks have their own agenda in the area which they are no doubt going to pursue. For now I'm prepared to wait and see how this unfolds before making any snap judgements.
But that wasn't my point. My point was that going on military adventures in pursuit of la gloire has risks. Finding that you get shot back at is the most obvious one.
Yes, but you've not provided anything to support to your notion that they didn't expect resistance or opposition. We can only go by their response which so far has been measured in the extreme.
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We live in a world where it's very easy to withdraw into an echo chamber and only communicate with people who agree with us (and block those who don't). I can't see that as healthy (and I take my own medicine here - I read the Guardian, the Mirror and so forth).
Was Corbyn ever on the ballot sheet for previous Labour leader?, I cannot recall previous Labour elections..... and if so did you vote for him.?
I think your views would be very different if you were still an MP with a small majority ...
Who is the hairiest one of all?
I wish agencies of national governments would learn cartographic basics and put scales on maps they produce ...
I mean, even the BBC can manage it.
Presumably some will still travel.
But that is at least 90% of the 3.5 million Russian tourists Turkey gets each year gone in a stroke.
Which isn't getting the numbers the huge investment had expected.
Russian pilots ‘shot dead’ as they parachuted from plane - rebels
http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id2721
I've had a brief google of the phrase, and it seems to be a crock of horse-shit.
Turkey should apologise for the shoot down and the consequent death of the pilots.
Russia should promise never to encroach over Turkish borders without permission.
Both sides should be able to come up with a form of words that would satisfy the other without admitting much more. Unfortunately it is quite possible that neither side is in the mood to back down: both Putin and Erdogan are playing to domestic audiences now.
As I've warned several times in the past few years, the conflict is spreading, and could spread further.
This was a premeditated ambush by Turkey. No doubt, Turkey was unhappy about Russian action against Turkmen rebel groups in the 'Jabal Turkman' mountain range, just South of the Turkish border in Syria's Latakia province.
The Russian coalition, R+6, has been carrying out offensive action in the region for several days now and are slowly closing the border areas and rebels supply routes in the region. Additionally, France has been trying lately to bridge gaps with Russia over action against ISIS and any rapprochement would weaken those in Turkey (and in the US) who are opposed to a large international coalition both the Western and GCC coalition and R+6.
If someone wanted to 'sabotage' an attempt at bringing everybody together over Syria, they wouldn't do it otherwise. Now NATO faces a dilemma and compromise with Russia over the fight against ISIS seems less likely. Hollande is meeting Obama today and was supposed to meet Putin the day after tomorrow in an effort to mend fences. I wonder what is going to happen now.
I'm not sure those "experts" who predict Russia will do anything in retaliation have a clue about how serious this is. I've also checked flight tracking of the alleged breach of Turkish airspace. If anything it was very short and could be linked to mistake. This was not a aggression against Turkey, whose reaction is very very very out of proportion ...
Finally, the two pilots seem to have been gunned down as they were parachuting inside Syria (which strengthens the point about the border breach). Some people are playing with fire here ...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-11-24/caught-tape-syrian-rebels-destroy-russian-helicopter-us-supplied-anti-tank-missile
Chopper may have been brought down with small arms fire.
Sky just showed Russian rescue chopper getting zapped on the ground with an American supplied missile.
That not good
Even if it is the wrong colour.
The UK should steer well clear of any further involvement.
I suspect the same has happened many times with both sides playing this game.
You miss the point about the airspace violation. It was coming out of an active warzone, and is of the same type that Syrian forces use.
Turkey has shot down Syrian airplanes in the past.
This was bound to happen. You could just as easily say that it was premeditated by Russia.
Most people grow out of such nonsense, but there is a danger that some of the people who blather on about safe spaces, rights to be comfortable, cultural appropriation, microaggressions etc. won't grow out of it, and will achieve positions of influence.
*shudders*
Indeed. the Turks must be desperate to avoid a coalition of big boys helping its sworn enemies, ie Assad and the Kurds.
And so divide and confuse.
Its Erdogan's own fault. What on earth did he think he was doing playing ball with ISIS?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06q7csp
Trigger Warning - been beheaded? This is not for you.
I really struggle with Nick's personal approach to Corbyn. Although I am a member of the Labour Party and will continue to maintain my membership, I couldn't vote for Labour with Corbyn as leader. I just couldn't. I would much rather Dr Death himself, Osborne as PM, or even the frightening May, or narcissistic Boris. Not even close for me.
Note to Nick- I am a statist, left liberal- so if Corbyn has that effect on me, what kind of effect is he going to have on moderate swing voters when the spotlight is on him?
It depresses me beyond anything that 71% of Labour members care more about policies than power. The political equivalent of ISIS- suicidal, nihilistic politics.
I hope Labour lose Oldham, and every other election it participates in until Corbyn leaves or is ousted.
It just doesn't feel right to have such disparity in British politics- it needs checks and balances. I ask the Tories here- OK you had a few days of fun when Corbyn was elected- but do you really want a politics where the opposition is so enfeebled? Even in the darkest days of IDS, the Tory party still had stature and gravitas; that is much more than you can say for the Labour Party now.
Every day Corbyn stays in post is a disgrace.
I have been urging the PLP to act, but I don't expect them to. Again.
Also, even as someone who half-heartedly gave Andy and Yvette my top preferences, I don't remember either saying much about childcare or improving opportunities for people who don't go to university - it's not enough just to say they think something is a problem, they need to come forward with concrete plans of how they would solve those problems - concrete plans which will INEVITABLY cost money and will INEVITABLY have to mean rich people and big businesses making a bigger contribution, and which would be impossible under the austerity plans that all 3 mainstream candidates were proposing (to varying degrees) in the leadership contest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34908420
Indeed. Trouble is, Turkey's Nato membership. Very tricky.
My unicorn didn't fart rainbows either - is there no end to this child abuse?
Not Ed Millibands week really.....
Nicola has said she will
- not take any action on Natalie McGarry until later
- has not made a decision on Syria
You probably regret making a puerile remark about a man that Farage has never met now.
(according to University Challenge last night)
Friday 4th Dec 6.30 Canterbury University an EU event with speakers Dan Hannan, Frederick Forsyth and Brendan Chilcott of Labour Leave. PM me for more details.
Nope. Putin is the world leader that Farage most admires. Sounds like hero worship.
I do not pay my subscription money every year simply so that these people have cushy jobs with no strings attached - I pay so that my politics are represented, and I'm not going to be shy about demanding certain things (such as OPPOSING THE GOVERNMENT in the Commons when right-wing things are proposed) in return for the privilege we are granting to them.
Has World War Three been averted? Is Brussels still closed?
But that wasn't my point. My point was that going on military adventures in pursuit of la gloire has risks. Finding that you get shot back at is the most obvious one.
Well the British people deserve to have an opposition. It's what our politics needs. It doesn't feel right without it.
It was entirely predictable - and predicted - that Corbyn would be a disaster. Nobody involved in the Party for more than 5 minutes could have failed to notice that he was unelectable, would be unable to command loyalty, and was surrounded by ideologically-driven men (and they are nearly all men) who cared more about imposing their views on the party than winning elections.
This is what happens when silly party politics overtakes reasoned discussion, people look even sillier. You are attempting to trivialise an event where people have died and as a consequence more will, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Whomever came up with the idea is a very rich person indeed.
Wasn’t Geometry originaly Greek? Pythagoras and all that.
Miss Plato, Rule 34 predicts this.
How about all those Corbyn-enthusiastic under 25 year old, frequently jobless and non-contributing, students?
There was an interview about this on the radio today.
The completer is given a period of time to observe the cube, then places it on a surface. They then places both hands on electronic starting mats. On the command, they complete and then the timer stops when both hands are back down.
I don't know about the precise configuration of the colours, but that seems like they've given it some thought.
There is a difference between Opposition and Opportunism.
Equally, the airliner over Ukraine was a monumental balls up- the separatists clearly though the aircraft was Ukranian military.