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Come on England, don't let me down.
Given his lordship's record at the general election and 2 new polls with Remain ahead would not get too excited
O/T Had quite an interesting evening at the parliamentary carols as a guest of James Davies MP, a friend of a friend, readings by John Bercow, Chris Bryant and Michael Fallon and Diane Abbott nearby then a drink on the Commons Terrace and a meal with Bill Cash walking by. Then saw Mark Gambill (Luke Skywalker) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) coming out of the Star Wars Premiere, Gambill winding down his window and being chased by fans down Charing Cross Road. Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham and Brian May also coming out of the film
Mark HAMILL
Yes just looked him up and was waiting for the inevitable correction
FPT Alistair said: "I see Reuters are tweeting that the San Bernardino shooters did not post support for jihad on social media.
Just regular run of the mill nutters then."
My understanding is that there is no doubt of a Islamic terrorist motivation. FBI Director Comey reported to the Senate Judiciary Committee that: "the couple sent a joint digital message pledging their allegiance to Islamic State on the day of the San Bernardino attack, either just before or after they entered the holiday party in camouflage with guns blazing."
The questions here seem to be around whether there was a direct link to one of the terror organizations, or whether this was freelance in support of the overall objectives of such organizations. Another question is by whom they were introduced to each other, given that they were independently radicalized before meeting.
There are three (possibly four) types of terror attack linked with Islamic extremism:
1. Those actions planned and executed by ISIS/Al Queda using their own operatives. 9/11 is one example.
2. Those actions by local groups who are affiliated with the parent, but not part of any command and control system.
3. Those actions planned and perpetrated by individuals (or couples) who sympathise with the goals of ISIS/Al Quaeda but have never been part of groups. These could almost be called "Inspired By" murders, and they are very hard to stop.
(And sort of 4. Which is a mentally ill person who sees a cause of some kind as a justification for their existing urges to kill people.)
I think San Bernardino comes under the third category.
So far, that is what the evidence is pointing towards. But I see you wanted someone else banished from the site for blatant use of facts. So perhaps, Robert, you should get yer coat too?
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Get in!
Come on England, don't let me down.
Given his lordship's record at the general election and 2 new polls with Remain ahead would not get too excited
O/T Had quite an interesting evening at the parliamentary carols as a guest of James Davies MP, a friend of a friend, readings by John Bercow, Chris Bryant and Michael Fallon and Diane Abbott nearby then a drink on the Commons Terrace and a meal with Bill Cash walking by. Then saw Mark Gambill (Luke Skywalker) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) coming out of the Star Wars Premiere, Gambill winding down his window and being chased by fans down Charing Cross Road. Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham and Brian May also coming out of the film
Mark HAMILL
Yes just looked him up and was waiting for the inevitable correction
It is not that governments may intentionally set out to deceive us. But governments can be wrong. For example, barely 18 months ago when the oil price was above $110 per barrel, the SNP administration claimed the sector would generate between £15.8 billion and £38.7bn for the public purse over five years.
Instead, with the devastating collapse in the oil price to below $40, official figures point to the first oil revenue loss recorded in a six-month period since North Sea oil started production 40 years ago......How fortunate is Mr Swinney this week not to be presenting the Budget of an independent Scotland on the basis of a tax bonanza that has all but vanished.
Great movie. In terms of a 'film' story, one of the best.
Oh god, aye. The fashion these days is for characters you have to care about, a narrative that flows, character arcs. And I can see the importance of that human stuff. But it omits the possibility of scale, beauty, the joy of the gaze. I'm looking at it right now over my shoulder, and fuck it's beautiful: Kubrick always did have lovely framing and design...
Scotland will follow the Conservative government at Westminster by raising tax on the purchase of some properties and keeping income tax at current levels — choosing not to use its greater fiscal autonomy to diverge from the rest of the UK.
In a pre-election budget announced amid tumbling oil prices, John Swinney, the Scottish National party finance secretary, also announced funding for the near doubling of free childcare hours over the next parliament, another goal shared by the Tories south of the border.
While denouncing Conservative austerity policies for squeezing the Westminster block grant for Scotland, Mr Swinney emulated the UK chancellor George Osborne in introducing a 3 percentage point surcharge on tax paid on the purchase of buy-to-let or second homes worth more than £40,000.
Days of future past, modernist design, corporate men in mad men drag and elliptical sentences flattened by the chaos of events, one of the best designed films, still in the Sight&Sound top ten films evah...
...and all the special effects are British. God when we're good, we're good...
Filmed 50 years ago although released in 1968. Filmed by a genius who happened in this case to be an American. Written by him and Arthur C Clarke of course.
Oh for chrissake, did Ashcroft *really* do it like that? Does he take his socks off by keeping his shoes on and patiently unthreading his socks, then rethreading them once retrieved?. It's a simple question: REMAIN or LEAVE? What is it with this "mark out of a 100" bobbins?
I think he's trying to prove his constituency wasn't the most bobbins bit of polling he's produced this year.
I'm 'inclined' to regard Lord Ashcroft as a bit of a tosser.
Great movie. In terms of a 'film' story, one of the best.
..and every inch was filmed in Britain.
As was (virtually all of) GRAVITY, another recent Space epic....
It's even better than that: the amount of CGI (I know the kids today insist it's called CG, but fuck them) in Gravity is phenomenal (see here:[1]). So much so, in fact, it's arguably an animated movie. And was it ILM? Was it Digital Domain? WETA? No, it was Framestore. Just off Wardour Street....:-)
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Get in!
Come on England, don't let me down.
Given his lordship's record at the general election and 2 new polls with Remain ahead would not get too excited
O/T Had quite an interesting evening at the parliamentary carols as a guest of James Davies MP, a friend of a friend, readings by John Bercow, Chris Bryant and Michael Fallon and Diane Abbott nearby then a drink on the Commons Terrace and a meal with Bill Cash walking by. Then saw Mark Gambill (Luke Skywalker) and Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) coming out of the Star Wars Premiere, Gambill winding down his window and being chased by fans down Charing Cross Road. Simon Pegg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry, Brooklyn and Romeo Beckham and Brian May also coming out of the film
Mark HAMILL
Yes just looked him up and was waiting for the inevitable correction
"Your powers are weak, old man!"
You're a big man, but you're out of shape
"Don't you call me a mindless philosopher, you overweight glob of grease!"
What a pity Salmond wasn't born in America. He could join the race for the Republican nomination and finish off Trumpy in the first 5 minutes of debate. The only reason these charactors can't lay a glove on Trump is that a) they are all useless and b) they are frighted of Trump. Salmond is neither.
On their current exchange I suspect Salmond knows his constituency rather well. The petition to ban Trunp is running at 1169 in Gordon, the Not to ban petition at 76 in the constituency ie 15 to one to ban the Trump!
Days of future past, modernist design, corporate men in mad men drag and elliptical sentences flattened by the chaos of events, one of the best designed films, still in the Sight&Sound top ten films evah...
...and all the special effects are British. God when we're good, we're good...
Filmed 50 years ago although released in 1968. Filmed by a genius who happened in this case to be an American. Written by him and Arthur C Clarke of course.
If you look at the visual displays, you'll see the sharp corners, wireframe graphics and flat screens, but that was unachievable with 1960's technology: they cheated like crazy with hand animation and back projection. It's full of little details like that
Oh for chrissake, did Ashcroft *really* do it like that? Does he take his socks off by keeping his shoes on and patiently unthreading his socks, then rethreading them once retrieved?. It's a simple question: REMAIN or LEAVE? What is it with this "mark out of a 100" bobbins?
So we're of the opinion that the Ashcroft poll is so Voodoo that he should be deported from Belize to Haiti?
Unfortunately, it's not that simple: I assume he got some of the basics right. But the weird structure of the question plus the known problems with polls these days make it difficult to assess.
Assessment is difficult: the Labour Uncut article about bad postal vote returns a week before the election was laughed out of court, but it was true and if we'd've paid more attention we would be richer today. So I don't want to dismiss the Ashcroft 0-100 poll out-of-hand: he may be 100% correct, I genuinely don't know. But the stupid way he phrased the question doesn't help matters.
What a pity Salmond wasn't born in America. He could join the race for the Republican nomination and finish off Trumpy in the first 5 minutes of debate. The only reason these charactors can't lay a glove on Trump is that a) they are all useless and b) they are frighted of Trump. Salmond is neither.
On their current exchange I suspect Salmond knows his constituency rather well. The petition to ban Trunp is running at 1169 in Gordon, the Not to ban petition at 76 in the constituency ie 15 to one to ban the Trump!
So we're of the opinion that the Ashcroft poll is so Voodoo that he should be deported from Belize to Haiti?
Unfortunately, it's not that simple: I assume he got some of the basics right. But the weird structure of the question plus the known problems with polls these days make it difficult to assess.
Assessment is difficult: the Labour Uncut article about bad postal vote returns a week before the election was laughed out of court, but it was true and if we'd've paid more attention we would be richer today. So I don't want to dismiss the Ashcroft 0-100 poll out-of-hand: he may be 100% correct, I genuinely don't know. But the stupid way he phrased the question doesn't help matters.
This is "In your constituency" on steroids. It is serious VOODOO.
Days of future past, modernist design, corporate men in mad men drag and elliptical sentences flattened by the chaos of events, one of the best designed films, still in the Sight&Sound top ten films evah...
...and all the special effects are British. God when we're good, we're good...
Filmed 50 years ago although released in 1968. Filmed by a genius who happened in this case to be an American. Written by him and Arthur C Clarke of course.
If you look at the visual displays, you'll see the sharp corners, wireframe graphics and flat screens, but that was unachievable with 1960's technology: they cheated like crazy with hand animation and back projection. It's full of little details like that
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh for chrissake, did Ashcroft *really* do it like that? Does he take his socks off by keeping his shoes on and patiently unthreading his socks, then rethreading them once retrieved?. It's a simple question: REMAIN or LEAVE? What is it with this "mark out of a 100" bobbins?
Just as a note, I know that The Times has reported that UK troops are on standby to take a hand in Libya.
An advanced party of special operations types from another country have turned up today. Something is going to happen but how the government could get away with the kind of numbers The Times is talking about will be interesting. It seems large but a very notable intervention looks more probable than possible. A very senior IS figure turned up in Libya a while back, from their heartland in Syria/Iraq in what looks like a concerted IS move to establish secure ground. It has been noted by Western officials who don't fancy that kind of spread.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
Oh for chrissake, did Ashcroft *really* do it like that? Does he take his socks off by keeping his shoes on and patiently unthreading his socks, then rethreading them once retrieved?. It's a simple question: REMAIN or LEAVE? What is it with this "mark out of a 100" bobbins?
Simple, likelihood to vote.
Not really. Ashcroft did a question 0 = definitely likely to vote stay, 100 = definitely likely to vote go. Problems with this approach are
* What's 50? definitely likely to vote yes and no? definitely likely to be undecided? Ashcroft has interpreted 50 as undecided, but I'm not sure that's true: is it undecided on what to vote when arrive at the booth, or unlikely to travel to the booth in the first place?
If he wanted to take likelihood to vote into account, then that's *two* questions: how likely are you to vote, and if you do vote, how likely are you to vote remain (or leave)? Those aren't the questions he's asking
Oh for chrissake, did Ashcroft *really* do it like that? Does he take his socks off by keeping his shoes on and patiently unthreading his socks, then rethreading them once retrieved?. It's a simple question: REMAIN or LEAVE? What is it with this "mark out of a 100" bobbins?
Simple, likelihood to vote.
Not really. Ashcroft did a question 0 = definitely likely to vote stay, 100 = definitely likely to vote go. Problems with this approach are
* What's 50? definitely likely to vote yes and no? definitely likely to be undecided? Ashcroft has interpreted 50 as undecided, but I'm not sure that's true: is it undecided on what to vote when arrive at the booth, or unlikely to travel to the booth in the first place?
If he wanted to take likelihood to vote into account, then that's *two* questions: how likely are you to vote, and if you do vote, how likely are you to vote remain (or leave)? Those aren't the questions he's asking
I guess they have a probabilistic model which says if you said 50, this means you have an x% chance of voting In, and a y% chance of voting at all.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Ask the Donald, he'll be able to help you with that
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Bigger than finding out Vader was Luke's Daddy
Don't tell me the Galactic Republic has finally rescinded the punitive tax on the outlying systems?!?!? Braver than the SNP.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Bigger than finding out Vader was Luke's Daddy
Don't tell me the Galactic Republic has finally rescinded the punitive tax on the outlying systems?!?!? Braver than the SNP.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Bigger than finding out Vader was Luke's Daddy
Don't tell me the Galactic Republic has finally rescinded the punitive tax on the outlying systems?!?!? Braver than the SNP.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
does anyone care but you though? there's only about 2 nat posters on here. Maybe they're already in bed with their cocoa?
You don't have to be a nat poster to have interest in this topic
For a government that traded on 'Independence' and for reasons which the slower Nat posters have yet to catch up with, has shifted to 'competence' the severing of a major infrastructure artery due to 'free stuff, which came at a cost', is not inconsequential....and that a paper devoted to independence can no longer sustain a cheer-leading role over their involvement in the affair is non-trivial too.....
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Bigger than finding out Vader was Luke's Daddy
Don't tell me the Galactic Republic has finally rescinded the punitive tax on the outlying systems?!?!? Braver than the SNP.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Bigger than finding out Vader was Luke's Daddy
Don't tell me the Galactic Republic has finally rescinded the punitive tax on the outlying systems?!?!? Braver than the SNP.
That was Episode I
Is this Episode VII?
Am I right in thinking it better to forget episodes 1 - 111?
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
I can't discuss it without disclosing two mahoosive spoilers.
Might go and see it in the IMAX when I get back to San Francisco. Probably should disconnect the internet at this point?
Bigger than finding out Vader was Luke's Daddy
Don't tell me the Galactic Republic has finally rescinded the punitive tax on the outlying systems?!?!? Braver than the SNP.
That was Episode I
Is this Episode VII?
Am I right in thinking it better to forget episodes 1 - 111?
Yes this was Episode VII.
Episode I to III is that drunken one night stand with your best mate's girlfriend.
Really, it's a sorry pass when Mr Osborne starts to sound more socialist on tax than Nicola Sturgeon or Ms Dugdale. Neither dare touch the SRIT or the council tax freeze. Arguably, Mr Swinney has gone the other way, allowing councils to cut business rates...
.... It's all very well attacking the Westminster Tories for cutting tax credits, but you won't hear a squeak about the council tax bonus to the better off in Scotland.
For this election year at least, both the SNP Government and Labour remain fiscal conservatives.
What a ridiculous idea. You can't buy a cat. You can invite a cat into your home, and, if on inspection the premises are of satisfactory quality and the staff are suitable, then the cat may decide to accept the invitation.
"Campaign group Republic said there was "no good reason" why Prince William receives the information."
Other than him being a future head of state. I understand they don't like the hereditary system, but it's what we have, and so rules/procedures are designed around that fact.
Slow news day.
Agreed completely. I'm a republican but unless or until the constitution changes it should be followed. William is two heartbeats from being King.
I'd even accept Harry having been briefed too at least until William became a father.
Oh dear.....the National no longer sticking to the SNP line:
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Not sure if you are going to make it through the other screenings today
My cinema is going to show it 52 times today. I have 2 more showings before 7.30am. I think I'm going to be living at the cinema for the next three months.
It can't be that good, surely?
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
It's in the top seven of Star Wars movies ever.
If you ignore the animation movies. And Caravan of Courage. And the Holiday Special.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
I don't think you do it justice. It was quite exceptionally brilliant. There was always a fear that after Lucas it could go off in a worrying direction. But thankfully, no. The Universe is safe with Disney. The way the story picks up is multi-faceted, intriguing, yet comfortingly familiar. Visually, the quality is the best I've ever seen. The effects are all you would hope for, the casting of the new kids brave but really pay off.
If I had one teensy criticism, it is that Jar-Jar Binks isn't revived only to meet some horrific yet comically gruesome end. But, there's still more episodes to come, so even that may be a premature doubt.
Just go and see it quick, before you hear any spoilers.......
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Instead, with the devastating collapse in the oil price to below $40, official figures point to the first oil revenue loss recorded in a six-month period since North Sea oil started production 40 years ago......How fortunate is Mr Swinney this week not to be presenting the Budget of an independent Scotland on the basis of a tax bonanza that has all but vanished.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/bill-jamieson-john-swinney-dodged-another-bullet-1-3977781
..and every inch was filmed in Britain.
Scotland will follow the Conservative government at Westminster by raising tax on the purchase of some properties and keeping income tax at current levels — choosing not to use its greater fiscal autonomy to diverge from the rest of the UK.
In a pre-election budget announced amid tumbling oil prices, John Swinney, the Scottish National party finance secretary, also announced funding for the near doubling of free childcare hours over the next parliament, another goal shared by the Tories south of the border.
While denouncing Conservative austerity policies for squeezing the Westminster block grant for Scotland, Mr Swinney emulated the UK chancellor George Osborne in introducing a 3 percentage point surcharge on tax paid on the purchase of buy-to-let or second homes worth more than £40,000.
Tartan Tories!
Filmed by a genius who happened in this case to be an American.
Written by him and Arthur C Clarke of course.
[1] www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCm3FYp4hdI
Assessment is difficult: the Labour Uncut article about bad postal vote returns a week before the election was laughed out of court, but it was true and if we'd've paid more attention we would be richer today. So I don't want to dismiss the Ashcroft 0-100 poll out-of-hand: he may be 100% correct, I genuinely don't know. But the stupid way he phrased the question doesn't help matters.
Ignore !
TRANSPORT Scotland and the quango in charge of the Forth Road Bridge until June 1 this year knew much earlier than has previously been stated that tens of millions of pounds needed to be spent to prolong its life.
The National can reveal that as early as April 2008, Bridgemaster Barry Colford of the Forth Estuary Transport Authority (Feta) went public on the level of work that needed to be done on the bridge.
http://www.thenational.scot/news/authorities-knew-forth-road-bridge-work-had-to-be-done-in-2008
But it still doesn't make Carlotta's weak attempts worth replying to.
(I'll get me coat)
Luke: I think I just blasted it!
An advanced party of special operations types from another country have turned up today. Something is going to happen but how the government could get away with the kind of numbers The Times is talking about will be interesting. It seems large but a very notable intervention looks more probable than possible. A very senior IS figure turned up in Libya a while back, from their heartland in Syria/Iraq in what looks like a concerted IS move to establish secure ground. It has been noted by Western officials who don't fancy that kind of spread.
* What's 50? definitely likely to vote yes and no? definitely likely to be undecided? Ashcroft has interpreted 50 as undecided, but I'm not sure that's true: is it undecided on what to vote when arrive at the booth, or unlikely to travel to the booth in the first place?
If he wanted to take likelihood to vote into account, then that's *two* questions: how likely are you to vote, and if you do vote, how likely are you to vote remain (or leave)? Those aren't the questions he's asking
Leave 55%
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/eureferendum/12054924/More-Britons-want-to-leave-the-EU-than-stay.html
Squeeeeee!
The Force Awakens is fantastic.
It is the Caesar to the prequels Hannibal.
We might be talking about the finest film in the franchise.
Squeeeeee!
Squeeeeee!
Now, if they were showing the 2015 election coverage, that'd be another matter
Ah - but did you first see the first one in the cinema, or on TV?
That opening sequence really needs the BIG screen......
WOW!
My next showing is starting in a few mins
Am I right in thinking it better to forget episodes 1 - 111?
Episode I to III is that drunken one night stand with your best mate's girlfriend.
Best to pretend it never happened.
.... It's all very well attacking the Westminster Tories for cutting tax credits, but you won't hear a squeak about the council tax bonus to the better off in Scotland.
For this election year at least, both the SNP Government and Labour remain fiscal conservatives.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/14150267.Why_silence_on_raising_taxes_amounts_to_a_counsel_of_despair/
Dogs have owners
Cats have staff
OR:
Dogs are children
Cats are teenagers
Meh spoiler tags don't work here
If you ignore the animation movies. And Caravan of Courage. And the Holiday Special.
If I had one teensy criticism, it is that Jar-Jar Binks isn't revived only to meet some horrific yet comically gruesome end. But, there's still more episodes to come, so even that may be a premature doubt.
Just go and see it quick, before you hear any spoilers.......