I've just heard a repeat of Ken Livingstone's interview on LBC regarding Simon Danczuk. He managed to get sexual abuse, paedophiles all in the same sentence. God, these people really are something, they would trample over their own mother to score a political point.
As I said earlier, SD has been a bloody fool, it's hard to believe he fell for this.
Because Ken's love life is and has always been dead straight....It doesn't learn from for instance his comments on Boris the tax dodger, only to find that Boris pays way more than he really needs to and the only tax dodger in that election was him.
I'm convinced that every time she appears on QT, Newsnight, in the Guardian etc, that Labour lose another few hundred votes to the Tories in marginals.
I'm convinced that every time she appears on QT, Newsnight, in the Guardian etc, that Labour lose another few hundred votes to the Tories in marginals.
Keep going Diane!
I very much doubt she was even aware she 'wrote' that...
Woman on Sky is saying that this hotel has one of the best views for the New Year fireworks and so was rammed. She seems totally unconvinced that everybody will have got out safely, given how busy it was and how fast the fire has spread.
She is also saying that at least 2 other skyscrapers have had fires this year alone.
I hope they didn't pay good money for that. They could have found that out here many months ago - in various No Shit, Sherlock threads....
This surely is not very consistent with the late swing many people put the pollsters' failure down to. If there were structural issues in who they were polling, surely that would have remained the case for some time rather than a last-minute change.
In which case, Basil might have been rested a year or more earlier ...
Got to watch some more excellent BAFTA screeners so I will now wish all PBers a happy and prosperous New Year..even those in the very far North of the Kingdom..and I hope all Labour supporters have as good a year in 2016 as they did in 2015..xxx
I'm convinced that every time she appears on QT, Newsnight, in the Guardian etc, that Labour lose another few hundred votes to the Tories in marginals.
Keep going Diane!
I very much doubt she was even aware she 'wrote' that...
Better written than she could manage. Milne passive aggressivism - the man who has been briefing the re-shuffle in the first place. If I were mandelson I'd have steered clear and left them to it. Their whole Xmas press operation has been to set up a 'jeremy didn't want to but you've made him do it 'narrative.
I am indulging in a complete immersion day of football. Right now it's the Peach Bowl from Atlanta, Houston v Florida State. I don't have a dog in the fight though I like Florida State.
Then it's the college football playoff semi-finals - Oklahoma v Clemson, Alabama v Michigan State.
Go Tigers! Roll Tide!
My nightmare is a Clemson v Alabama final. Clemson is just a few miles up the road, and I've supported Bama for over 30 years. Luckily the final is on my birthday so I could go out for dinner if I can find a restaurant with no TVs.
Ben Gartside I do enjoy when Corbynites say "Don't trust the polls"when we are 8 points behind. Mate, the problem is that polls were biased in our favour
Ben Gartside I do enjoy when Corbynites say "Don't trust the polls"when we are 8 points behind. Mate, the problem is that polls were biased in our favour
Hope springs eternal - maybe the polls are now overcompensating!
Civil defence Dubai reporting no injuries reported from the hotel at the moment. Dubai fireworks for the new year are going to continue as planned.
Sky news.
If there really are no injuries - inshallah - then congrats to Dubai for a brilliant evacuation, though their building regulations might need a little attention.
Indeed It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Wan't The Towering Inferno set on New Years Eve, too?
Or was that The Poseidon Adventure?
Poseidon adventure was New Year's Eve. The towering inferno was the opening ceremony for the building. At least in the latter the building designer who cut corners on fire protection had the decency to fall out of the 149th floor window 10 minutes from the end.
Civil defence Dubai reporting no injuries reported from the hotel at the moment. Dubai fireworks for the new year are going to continue as planned.
Sky news.
If there really are no injuries - inshallah - then congrats to Dubai for a brilliant evacuation, though their building regulations might need a little attention.
Indeed It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Sky just shown pictures of people getting treatment on the pavement, so it is clearly bollocks...
Just following up on a post a couple of nights back regarding the suspected threat by IS inspired types to attack New Years Eve revellers in a number of Western and North African countries.
The arrests, event cancellations and 'largest number of police on duty' reports are now all well within the news domain.
Curiously though a prominent British passport holder who fights for IS, has been urging followers to go for New Years Day.
Only one problem, he's been sending these ideas via a well known, apparently secure encrypted messaging application.
God they really have gone ahead with fireworks in Dubai....look look over there pretty fireworks, don't worry about that massive building over there glowing with 50 floors on fire....
If Dubai hoped this wouldn't ruin the PR, it is even worse. Sky split screen looks terrible, as you see the reflections of fireworks and lights onto the building that is on fire.
Civil defence Dubai reporting no injuries reported from the hotel at the moment. Dubai fireworks for the new year are going to continue as planned.
Sky news.
If there really are no injuries - inshallah - then congrats to Dubai for a brilliant evacuation, though their building regulations might need a little attention.
Indeed It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Sky just shown pictures of people getting treatment on the pavement, so it is clearly bollocks...
Civil defence Dubai reporting no injuries reported from the hotel at the moment. Dubai fireworks for the new year are going to continue as planned.
Sky news.
If there really are no injuries - inshallah - then congrats to Dubai for a brilliant evacuation, though their building regulations might need a little attention.
Indeed It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Sky just shown pictures of people getting treatment on the pavement, so it is clearly bollocks...
Oh dear. I guess it was inevitable really.
An eye witness described people fighting and clambering over each other to get out. Sky reporter " would you describe it as panic" Eye witness " errr... Yes"
Civil defence Dubai reporting no injuries reported from the hotel at the moment. Dubai fireworks for the new year are going to continue as planned.
Sky news.
If there really are no injuries - inshallah - then congrats to Dubai for a brilliant evacuation, though their building regulations might need a little attention.
Indeed It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Sky just shown pictures of people getting treatment on the pavement, so it is clearly bollocks...
Civil defence Dubai reporting no injuries reported from the hotel at the moment. Dubai fireworks for the new year are going to continue as planned.
Sky news.
If there really are no injuries - inshallah - then congrats to Dubai for a brilliant evacuation, though their building regulations might need a little attention.
Indeed It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Sky just shown pictures of people getting treatment on the pavement, so it is clearly bollocks...
Oh dear. I guess it was inevitable really.
An eye witness described people fighting and clambering over each other to get out. Sky reporter " would you describe it as panic" Eye witness " errr... Yes"
Where do they get these dumbass reporters?
They were saying earlier oh look it seems to be going out because the flames are dying down. Has he ever seen a damn campfire for instance, that is what a fire does, it gets white hot in the middle...
Apple today announced that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iTit will cost from $499 to $699 depending on cup and speaker size.
This is considered a major social breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.
The treble and bass knobs will be user friendly, for sure....
There is a slider lower down for volume.....
Nope just checked the user handbook...... That's the bASS control.
The turn on slider is just in front of that.
Oh yes my apologies I was reading the Japanese Instructions however, it does not explain if the frequency of use depends on the amount of waved length ?
The police and CPS seem to be after him after being humiliated so badly at the time of his original incarceration. It feels like a very personal attack on this man.
It's perhaps more likely that he can no longer get a licence because of his criminal record... but has a firearm anyway.
A criminal record he should not have and does not deserve. It's probable that you are right, but this still feels vindictive.
I'm sorry but I disagree. A jury considered the evidence and decided that a conviction for murder was justified. They had the option of convicting him of manslaughter or acquitting him (both options explicitly laid out for them by the judge) but they rejected both of these options. Unlike those who get their facts from the press (many of the reports being misleading or just plain wrong) the jurors were in possession of all the evidence. In the context of today's report it is perhaps worth reminding people that he did not hold a licence for the shotgun he used in the shooting of Barras and Fearon.
If there have been as many high-rise fires in Dubai as claimed (*), why is this happening? It can't just be poor building codes.
AFAICR India had significant problems with people taking portable cookers on trains and even planes, leading to several disasters. Saudia Flight 163 might have crashed because of the use of such cookers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163
There has to be a reason, if the number is as much an aberration as it appears.
If there have been as many high-rise fires in Dubai as claimed (*), why is this happening? It can't just be poor building codes.
AFAICR India had significant problems with people taking portable cookers on trains and even planes, leading to several disasters. Saudia Flight 163 might have crashed because of the use of such cookers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163
There has to be a reason, if the number is as much an aberration as it appears.
You can have as many building codes as you like, if people stick to them / they are enforced is another matter.
There are eye witness claims in this case that despite fire raging right outside of people's apartments, the alarms still weren't sounding nor sprinklers going off.
It is only in a feudal dictatorship can a fireworks "celebration" take place while a real big fire was burning. Imagine New Year's festivities at Trafalgar Square while the Hilton is ablaze !
The police and CPS seem to be after him after being humiliated so badly at the time of his original incarceration. It feels like a very personal attack on this man.
It's perhaps more likely that he can no longer get a licence because of his criminal record... but has a firearm anyway.
A criminal record he should not have and does not deserve. It's probable that you are right, but this still feels vindictive.
I'm sorry but I disagree. A jury considered the evidence and decided that a conviction for murder was justified. They had the option of convicting him of manslaughter or acquitting him (both options explicitly laid out for them by the judge) but they rejected both of these options. Unlike those who get their facts from the press (many of the reports being misleading or just plain wrong) the jurors were in possession of all the evidence. In the context of today's report it is perhaps worth reminding people that he did not hold a licence for the shotgun he used in the shooting of Barras and Fearon.
I once sat next to a judge at a dinner, and he said - basically - that when 12 people make up their minds, unanimously, and after hearing all the evidence, then the decision is almost always right. What we see in the newspapers - or read on the Internet - is usually slanted, and contains only a subset of the facts.
It is only in a feudal dictatorship can a fireworks "celebration" take place while a real big fire was burning. Imagine New Year's festivities at Trafalgar Square while the Hilton is ablaze !
The problem is with the likes of Periscope, Feudal dictatorships are losing the battle in controlling the message. The result was, despite Dubai being desperate to signal to the world look at our amazing firework display, what a modern progressive attractive country we are, what we actually got was a nice split screen of fireworks on one side of the screen, the towering inferno on the other.
So anyhoo...I'm a bit squiffy at the mo, and will be off out in a bit pursuant to many other drinks to be drunk. So while I can still type I'd wish to wish you all a happy new year. Even if this site comes across as a weird telepod accident between Eurosceptics and the SNP, it's more fun than a bucket of soapy frogs, and in 2016 may the odds be ever in your favor...
(salutes screen, slopes off into forest clutching bow...lost to sight, smash cut to black, credits...)
The police and CPS seem to be after him after being humiliated so badly at the time of his original incarceration. It feels like a very personal attack on this man.
It's perhaps more likely that he can no longer get a licence because of his criminal record... but has a firearm anyway.
A criminal record he should not have and does not deserve. It's probable that you are right, but this still feels vindictive.
I'm sorry but I disagree. A jury considered the evidence and decided that a conviction for murder was justified. They had the option of convicting him of manslaughter or acquitting him (both options explicitly laid out for them by the judge) but they rejected both of these options. Unlike those who get their facts from the press (many of the reports being misleading or just plain wrong) the jurors were in possession of all the evidence. In the context of today's report it is perhaps worth reminding people that he did not hold a licence for the shotgun he used in the shooting of Barras and Fearon.
I once sat next to a judge at a dinner, and he said - basically - that when 12 people make up their minds, unanimously, and after hearing all the evidence, then the decision is almost always right. What we see in the newspapers - or read on the Internet - is usually slanted, and contains only a subset of the facts.
I think where this falls down is when the crime is complex, perhaps not even clear cut any crime has even been committed. Something like murder is much easier in that respect as we have a dead person (of course getting to the bottom of if it was murder, man slaughter etc, but it is clear somebody died from unnatural causes), but financial crimes, computer hacking etc it gets very very complex, very quickly.
Wan't The Towering Inferno set on New Years Eve, too?
Or was that The Poseidon Adventure?
Poseidon adventure was New Year's Eve. The towering inferno was the opening ceremony for the building. At least in the latter the building designer who cut corners on fire protection had the decency to fall out of the 149th floor window 10 minutes from the end.
Even though I saw the Towering Inferno 40 years ago, one scene is still in my mind. I think [ was it William Holden ? ] who said when a skyscraper catches fire, there is very little you can do. It was true then as it is true today. Fire fighters cannot really deal with any fire above 30 stories.
Maybe they should have gone for those helicopter drops.
But, of course, they had the NY celebrations to worry about !
Wan't The Towering Inferno set on New Years Eve, too?
Or was that The Poseidon Adventure?
Poseidon adventure was New Year's Eve. The towering inferno was the opening ceremony for the building. At least in the latter the building designer who cut corners on fire protection had the decency to fall out of the 149th floor window 10 minutes from the end.
Even though I saw the Towering Inferno 40 years ago, one scene is still in my mind. I think [ was it William Holden ? ] who said when a skyscraper catches fire, there is very little you can do. It was true then as it is true today. Fire fighters cannot really deal with any fire above 30 stories.
Maybe they should have gone for those helicopter drops.
But, of course, they had the NY celebrations to worry about !
Apparently, the authorities have placed an order for jet packs...no giggling at the back. I am not sure even helicopter drops would do that much given how fast this thing went up.
It is only in a feudal dictatorship can a fireworks "celebration" take place while a real big fire was burning. Imagine New Year's festivities at Trafalgar Square while the Hilton is ablaze !
The France vs. Germany match continued even as IS idiots were trying to bomb it. How do you know what is the safe or appropriate thing for them to do in Dubai? They might well have come to a similar view to the one the French authorities did.
The police and CPS seem to be after him after being humiliated so badly at the time of his original incarceration. It feels like a very personal attack on this man.
It's perhaps more likely that he can no longer get a licence because of his criminal record... but has a firearm anyway.
A criminal record he should not have and does not deserve. It's probable that you are right, but this still feels vindictive.
I'm sorry but I disagree. A jury considered the evidence and decided that a conviction for murder was justified. They had the option of convicting him of manslaughter or acquitting him (both options explicitly laid out for them by the judge) but they rejected both of these options. Unlike those who get their facts from the press (many of the reports being misleading or just plain wrong) the jurors were in possession of all the evidence. In the context of today's report it is perhaps worth reminding people that he did not hold a licence for the shotgun he used in the shooting of Barras and Fearon.
I once sat next to a judge at a dinner, and he said - basically - that when 12 people make up their minds, unanimously, and after hearing all the evidence, then the decision is almost always right. What we see in the newspapers - or read on the Internet - is usually slanted, and contains only a subset of the facts.
I think where this falls down is when the crime is complex, perhaps not even clear cut any crime has even been committed. Something like murder is much easier in that respect as we have a dead person (of course getting to the bottom of if it was murder, man slaughter etc, but it is clear somebody died from unnatural causes), but financial crimes, computer hacking etc it gets very very complex, very quickly.
I am not sure if a jury of 12 "ordinary" people is the best way to deal with complex financial fraud. People also forget how "executives" avoid juries.
It is only in a feudal dictatorship can a fireworks "celebration" take place while a real big fire was burning. Imagine New Year's festivities at Trafalgar Square while the Hilton is ablaze !
The France vs. Germany match continued even as IS idiots were trying to bomb it. How do you know what is the safe or appropriate thing for them to do in Dubai? They might well have come to a similar view to the one the French authorities did.
The France v Germany game was already on and many were not sure what was actually happening. Here we had the fireworks 2 1/2 hours early.
I think the Emirs overplayed their hand and looked really insensitive. The show must go on is probably right in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Not when a full scale fire is raging.
I also don't buy this "no casualties" announcement within 25 minutes.
It is only in a feudal dictatorship can a fireworks "celebration" take place while a real big fire was burning. Imagine New Year's festivities at Trafalgar Square while the Hilton is ablaze !
The problem is with the likes of Periscope, Feudal dictatorships are losing the battle in controlling the message. The result was, despite Dubai being desperate to signal to the world look at our amazing firework display, what a modern progressive attractive country we are, what we actually got was a nice split screen of fireworks on one side of the screen, the towering inferno on the other.
The news "managers" have been so used to managing that they lose perspective.
Did you notice Al-Jazeera was the least informative ? I expected them to be right at the place. Maybe they have to work within restrictions, more than anyone else being Qataris.
The France v Germany game was already on and many were not sure what was actually happening. Here we had the fireworks 2 1/2 hours early.
I think the Emirs overplayed their hand and looked really insensitive. The show must go on is probably right in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Not when a full scale fire is raging.
You are presuming what has happened is simply a fire. The people at the fireworks event are presumably in a place that is safe, and until authorities have a good idea of what has happened and are sure it is safe to send people home it might be the best thing to keep them there and have the events continue.
The annual UKIP conference in autumn 2003 in London was a two-day affair, and the first day was a propaganda show open to the public (the second day was for internal party business) so i went along.
The guest speaker for the opening session was the aforementioned Tony Martin, who spoke in favour of UKIP's then obsession-of-the-week in championing the Ordinary Citizen's right to "defend" himself and his home from burglars. He spoke relatively incoherently for a few minutes (he was obviously unaccustomed to public speaking, and I think he was essentially being used by UKIP for its own purposes) and clearly didn't understand the reality of why he had been convicted or imprisoned in the first place.
The vast majority of the audience gave him a huge cheering-and-standing ovation, as if they were hailing some sort of great Hero of the People. I deliberately sat with my arms folded, looking as miserable as possible, to indicate that I disagreed with the prevailing opinion in the hall. As far as i am concerned, Tony Martin was correctly convicted of murder, and it was a miscarriage of justice when his conviction was reduced on appeal to manslaughter.
I was bewildered at the fact that a major political party should be so blinkered in misunderstanding and misrepresenting a basic part of the existing law (they seemed to think that "self-defence" didn't require any element about the amount which was "reasonable", and they obviously thought it was OK for householders to murder burglars willy-nilly with gay abandon).
It was at that moment that I realised that, although I was against UK membership of the EU, I could never join UKIP and be a member alongside other members of such mentality.
The annual UKIP conference in autumn 2003 in London was a two-day affair, and the first day was a propaganda show open to the public (the second day was for internal party business) so i went along.
The guest speaker for the opening session was the aforementioned Tony Martin, who spoke in favour of UKIP's then obsession-of-the-week in championing the Ordinary Citizen's right to "defend" himself and his home from burglars. He spoke relatively incoherently for a few minutes (he was obviously unaccustomed to public speaking, and I think he was essentially being used by UKIP for its own purposes) and clearly didn't understand the reality of why he had been convicted or imprisoned in the first place.
The vast majority of the audience gave him a huge cheering-and-standing ovation, as if they were hailing some sort of great Hero of the People. I deliberately sat with my arms folded, looking as miserable as possible, to indicate that I disagreed with the prevailing opinion in the hall. As far as i am concerned, Tony Martin was correctly convicted of murder, and it was a miscarriage of justice when his conviction was reduced on appeal to manslaughter.
I was bewildered at the fact that a major political party should be so blinkered in misunderstanding and misrepresenting a basic part of the existing law (they seemed to think that "self-defence" didn't require any element about the amount which was "reasonable", and they obviously thought it was OK for householders to murder burglars willy-nilly with gay abandon).
It was at that moment that I realised that, although I was against UK membership of the EU, I could never join UKIP and be a member alongside other members of such mentality.
I don't have a problem with defending your property by shooting a burglar.
From what I recall of the case he shot one of the intruders in the back. That's problematic.
If you break into someone's home and they have a gun, you deserve whatever you get.
The annual UKIP conference in autumn 2003 in London was a two-day affair, and the first day was a propaganda show open to the public (the second day was for internal party business) so i went along.
The guest speaker for the opening session was the aforementioned Tony Martin, who spoke in favour of UKIP's then obsession-of-the-week in championing the Ordinary Citizen's right to "defend" himself and his home from burglars. He spoke relatively incoherently for a few minutes (he was obviously unaccustomed to public speaking, and I think he was essentially being used by UKIP for its own purposes) and clearly didn't understand the reality of why he had been convicted or imprisoned in the first place.
The vast majority of the audience gave him a huge cheering-and-standing ovation, as if they were hailing some sort of great Hero of the People. I deliberately sat with my arms folded, looking as miserable as possible, to indicate that I disagreed with the prevailing opinion in the hall. As far as i am concerned, Tony Martin was correctly convicted of murder, and it was a miscarriage of justice when his conviction was reduced on appeal to manslaughter.
I was bewildered at the fact that a major political party should be so blinkered in misunderstanding and misrepresenting a basic part of the existing law (they seemed to think that "self-defence" didn't require any element about the amount which was "reasonable", and they obviously thought it was OK for householders to murder burglars willy-nilly with gay abandon).
It was at that moment that I realised that, although I was against UK membership of the EU, I could never join UKIP and be a member alongside other members of such mentality.
There are other issues, such as whether you have the right to use reasonable force to prevent people burgling your property, and what counts as reasonable when you are outnumbered by younger, stronger men. But as it happens Martin shot them while running away. While he undoubtedly did the world a favour, that does have to be illegal. However I think manslaughter was about right, in that a shotgun loaded with birdshot is not normally lethal when used on humans.
The annual UKIP conference in autumn 2003 in London was a two-day affair, and the first day was a propaganda show open to the public (the second day was for internal party business) so i went along.
The guest speaker for the opening session was the aforementioned Tony Martin, who spoke in favour of UKIP's then obsession-of-the-week in championing the Ordinary Citizen's right to "defend" himself and his home from burglars. He spoke relatively incoherently for a few minutes (he was obviously unaccustomed to public speaking, and I think he was essentially being used by UKIP for its own purposes) and clearly didn't understand the reality of why he had been convicted or imprisoned in the first place.
The vast majority of the audience gave him a huge cheering-and-standing ovation, as if they were hailing some sort of great Hero of the People. I deliberately sat with my arms folded, looking as miserable as possible, to indicate that I disagreed with the prevailing opinion in the hall. As far as i am concerned, Tony Martin was correctly convicted of murder, and it was a miscarriage of justice when his conviction was reduced on appeal to manslaughter.
I was bewildered at the fact that a major political party should be so blinkered in misunderstanding and misrepresenting a basic part of the existing law (they seemed to think that "self-defence" didn't require any element about the amount which was "reasonable", and they obviously thought it was OK for householders to murder burglars willy-nilly with gay abandon).
It was at that moment that I realised that, although I was against UK membership of the EU, I could never join UKIP and be a member alongside other members of such mentality.
I'm not so bothered as you are about burglars' rights.
Tory Jim 2016 marks 950 years since the last invasion of England of any note and 50 years since England were any good at football. #landmarks
The Scottish invasion of 1651 was certainly of note, and some would count 1688. England was invaded again in 1745 but it was after the Union so probably doesn't count.
The campaign manager of Republican Ben Carson’s presidential run and another top aide resigned on Thursday amid sliding poll numbers for the retired neurosurgeon.
“Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” communications director Doug Watts said in a statement as he and campaign manager Bennett departed.
Danczuk clearly made a mistake but he did not do anything illegal, given the Labour Party clearly no longer want having suspended him from the party and his hostility to Corbyn there must be a strong possibility he will defect to UKIP
If he indeed defects to UKIP, that is where he would deserve to be. It will be another reckless move.
The campaign manager of Republican Ben Carson’s presidential run and another top aide resigned on Thursday amid sliding poll numbers for the retired neurosurgeon.
“Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” communications director Doug Watts said in a statement as he and campaign manager Bennett departed.
The campaign manager of Republican Ben Carson’s presidential run and another top aide resigned on Thursday amid sliding poll numbers for the retired neurosurgeon.
“Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” communications director Doug Watts said in a statement as he and campaign manager Bennett departed.
The campaign manager of Republican Ben Carson’s presidential run and another top aide resigned on Thursday amid sliding poll numbers for the retired neurosurgeon.
“Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” communications director Doug Watts said in a statement as he and campaign manager Bennett departed.
Tory Jim 2016 marks 950 years since the last invasion of England of any note and 50 years since England were any good at football. #landmarks
The Scottish invasion of 1651 was certainly of note, and some would count 1688. England was invaded again in 1745 but it was after the Union so probably doesn't count.
Quite right too. On that theme, I have just ordered Christopher Hill's 'World turned upside down' as a result of a PBer recommendation - looking forward to it.
Funnily enough some tw*t(s) broke into my sister's house last night. They took hardly anything - we think they may have heard someone get up or something - but God help anyone who is caught by my sister.
From what I can remember of the Martin case, I think what he did was wrong, but he'd been broken into many times before and the local plod couldn't give a toss.
Burglars forfeit any rights the moment they enter the premises.
Does that mean I'm allowed to murder them then? Can I murder them if I think they are a burglar, but they're actually not? Can I pretend that I think they're a burglar, even though I know they're not, and then murder them anyway? Can I lure my intended victim to my house on a pretext, then murder him, then pretend I thought he was a burglar? Is it OK if it's a stray child who has wandered into the house by accident? Is the death of an innocent child a price worth paying for my otherwise unconstrained blood-lust in being allowed to murder people?
@JohnLoony - I suppose the argument would be - it's your responsibility to make sure that they are burglars. That is, even if Mr Pistorius thought he was shooting a burglar - and I don't believe that story for a second - that would not be an excuse. From what I remember Martin lived in a remote farmhouse and didn't have any family so knew that anyone who was in the property shouldn't have been there. He was right.
Tony Martin's problems were (1) he shot them with an unregistered gun he had purchased illegally after his licence had been removed because he had threatened to use his gun to kill any intruders (2) he did not shout a warning (3) they were running away at the time and clearly no threat to him (4) he was trying to either wound or kill them. The jury thought it was the second and found him guilty of murder. The appeal court thought it was the first and found him guilty of manslaughter.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of have a go heroes, he is a very poor role model for the movement.
On that cheerful thought, good night and see you in 2016. Happy New Year everyone.
Tony Martin's problems were (1) he shot them with an unregistered gun he had purchased illegally after his licence had been removed because he had threatened to use his gun to kill any intruders (2) he did not shout a warning (3) they were running away at the time and clearly no threat to him (4) he was trying to either wound or kill them. The jury thought it was the second and found him guilty of murder. The appeal court thought it was the first and found him guilty of manslaughter.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of have a go heroes, he is a very poor role model for the movement.
On that cheerful thought, good night and see you in 2016. Happy New Year everyone.
One of the best outlines of the case I've ever read. Thanks! HYN!
Burglars forfeit any rights the moment they enter the premises.
Does that mean I'm allowed to murder them then? Can I murder them if I think they are a burglar, but they're actually not? Can I pretend that I think they're a burglar, even though I know they're not, and then murder them anyway? Can I lure my intended victim to my house on a pretext, then murder him, then pretend I thought he was a burglar? Is it OK if it's a stray child who has wandered into the house by accident? Is the death of an innocent child a price worth paying for my otherwise unconstrained blood-lust in being allowed to murder people?
It is only in a feudal dictatorship can a fireworks "celebration" take place while a real big fire was burning. Imagine New Year's festivities at Trafalgar Square while the Hilton is ablaze !
I imagine the fire will be out by then. The risk of collapse is more worrying.
Edit - Just forgot I changed time zones, and so it is almost New Years there anyway!!
Shit that isn't good news. Hopefully it is the Germans just being overly cautious, as they were in the week following Paris, where they cancelled some events and there was no harm to the public.
Burglars forfeit any rights the moment they enter the premises.
Does that mean I'm allowed to murder them then? Can I murder them if I think they are a burglar, but they're actually not? Can I pretend that I think they're a burglar, even though I know they're not, and then murder them anyway? Can I lure my intended victim to my house on a pretext, then murder him, then pretend I thought he was a burglar? Is it OK if it's a stray child who has wandered into the house by accident? Is the death of an innocent child a price worth paying for my otherwise unconstrained blood-lust in being allowed to murder people?
It does in Texas.
There was a case some years back = don't remember which state - where a Korean high school kid went to pick up his date for the prom and went to the wrong house. He spoke poor heavily accented english and the homeowner couldn't understand what he was saying, felt threatened, and shot and killed him through the front door.
Burglars forfeit any rights the moment they enter the premises.
Does that mean I'm allowed to murder them then? Can I murder them if I think they are a burglar, but they're actually not? Can I pretend that I think they're a burglar, even though I know they're not, and then murder them anyway? Can I lure my intended victim to my house on a pretext, then murder him, then pretend I thought he was a burglar? Is it OK if it's a stray child who has wandered into the house by accident? Is the death of an innocent child a price worth paying for my otherwise unconstrained blood-lust in being allowed to murder people?
Fred Barras got what was coming to him. Are we supposed to think he was a nice kind burglar, who was just popping in to polish the silverware?
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She is also saying that at least 2 other skyscrapers have had fires this year alone.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03538/dubai_fire3_3538905b.jpg
Young, politically engaged Labour voters were over-represented in surveys while older Tories were under-represented, study finds
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/dec/31/uk-2015-general-election-opinion-polling-systematic-bias
December 2014, a far cry from December 2015. https://t.co/CItIm7mIpR
In which case, Basil might have been rested a year or more earlier ...
I am indulging in a complete immersion day of football. Right now it's the Peach Bowl from Atlanta, Houston v Florida State. I don't have a dog in the fight though I like Florida State.
Then it's the college football playoff semi-finals - Oklahoma v Clemson, Alabama v Michigan State.
Go Tigers! Roll Tide!
My nightmare is a Clemson v Alabama final. Clemson is just a few miles up the road, and I've supported Bama for over 30 years. Luckily the final is on my birthday so I could go out for dinner if I can find a restaurant with no TVs.
I do enjoy when Corbynites say "Don't trust the polls"when we are 8 points behind. Mate, the problem is that polls were biased in our favour
Don't forget, the clock goes forward by one year at midnight.
It was a very qualified "no injuries" I think. It would be amazing if everyone escaped it was packed for the firework display but let's very much hope so!
I think their fire alarms and sprinkler systems will need some adjustment as well.
Today in 1967, the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys played in 'The Ice Bowl'. The average wind chill was -36 degrees
The arrests, event cancellations and 'largest number of police on duty' reports are now all well within the news domain.
Curiously though a prominent British passport holder who fights for IS, has been urging followers to go for New Years Day.
Only one problem, he's been sending these ideas via a well known, apparently secure encrypted messaging application.
There is a weak link in the chain somewhere.
Apple today announced that it has developed a breast implant that can store and play music.
The iTit will cost from $499 to $699 depending on cup and speaker size.
This is considered a major social breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them.
If Dubai hoped this wouldn't ruin the PR, it is even worse. Sky split screen looks terrible, as you see the reflections of fireworks and lights onto the building that is on fire.
Newspaper Letter Of The Day
https://t.co/VrbgvR9nEv https://t.co/mR4EorGWU5
An eye witness described people fighting and clambering over each other to get out.
Sky reporter " would you describe it as panic"
Eye witness " errr... Yes"
Where do they get these dumbass reporters?
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/world/couple-found-guilty-planning-7-7-anniversary-attack-article-1.2480089
As we look back on 2015, this is still my favourite political tweet of the year. https://t.co/LsOct09vJk
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/may/04/russell-brand-endorsed-labour-tories-should-be-worried
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11594126/It-is-the-end-of-David-Camerons-career-The-worst-election-night-predictions.html
AFAICR India had significant problems with people taking portable cookers on trains and even planes, leading to several disasters. Saudia Flight 163 might have crashed because of the use of such cookers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudia_Flight_163
There has to be a reason, if the number is as much an aberration as it appears.
(*) E.g. the aptly-named Torch earlier in the year:
http://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/23/torch-tower-skyscraper-dubai-fire/
There are eye witness claims in this case that despite fire raging right outside of people's apartments, the alarms still weren't sounding nor sprinklers going off.
(salutes screen, slopes off into forest clutching bow...lost to sight, smash cut to black, credits...)
Maybe they should have gone for those helicopter drops.
But, of course, they had the NY celebrations to worry about !
I think the Emirs overplayed their hand and looked really insensitive. The show must go on is probably right in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Not when a full scale fire is raging.
I also don't buy this "no casualties" announcement within 25 minutes.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g295424-d1176106-Reviews-The_Address_Downtown_Dubai-Dubai_Emirate_of_Dubai.html
Did you notice Al-Jazeera was the least informative ? I expected them to be right at the place. Maybe they have to work within restrictions, more than anyone else being Qataris.
I see this year's Die Hard reenactment by the Nakatomi Plaza Xmas Party Guild is a bit full on. https://t.co/47LZHoPUlB
The guest speaker for the opening session was the aforementioned Tony Martin, who spoke in favour of UKIP's then obsession-of-the-week in championing the Ordinary Citizen's right to "defend" himself and his home from burglars. He spoke relatively incoherently for a few minutes (he was obviously unaccustomed to public speaking, and I think he was essentially being used by UKIP for its own purposes) and clearly didn't understand the reality of why he had been convicted or imprisoned in the first place.
The vast majority of the audience gave him a huge cheering-and-standing ovation, as if they were hailing some sort of great Hero of the People. I deliberately sat with my arms folded, looking as miserable as possible, to indicate that I disagreed with the prevailing opinion in the hall. As far as i am concerned, Tony Martin was correctly convicted of murder, and it was a miscarriage of justice when his conviction was reduced on appeal to manslaughter.
I was bewildered at the fact that a major political party should be so blinkered in misunderstanding and misrepresenting a basic part of the existing law (they seemed to think that "self-defence" didn't require any element about the amount which was "reasonable", and they obviously thought it was OK for householders to murder burglars willy-nilly with gay abandon).
It was at that moment that I realised that, although I was against UK membership of the EU, I could never join UKIP and be a member alongside other members of such mentality.
2016 marks 950 years since the last invasion of England of any note and 50 years since England were any good at football. #landmarks
From what I recall of the case he shot one of the intruders in the back. That's problematic.
If you break into someone's home and they have a gun, you deserve whatever you get.
We do gloss over 1688 though.
“Barry Bennett and I have resigned from the Carson campaign effective immediately,” communications director Doug Watts said in a statement as he and campaign manager Bennett departed.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/31/ben-carson-top-aides-quit-republican-campaign
It doesn't look good. He was reduced to saying how many honorary degrees he has. It's over 60
From what I can remember of the Martin case, I think what he did was wrong, but he'd been broken into many times before and the local plod couldn't give a toss.
Can I murder them if I think they are a burglar, but they're actually not?
Can I pretend that I think they're a burglar, even though I know they're not, and then murder them anyway?
Can I lure my intended victim to my house on a pretext, then murder him, then pretend I thought he was a burglar?
Is it OK if it's a stray child who has wandered into the house by accident? Is the death of an innocent child a price worth paying for my otherwise unconstrained blood-lust in being allowed to murder people?
Whatever the rights and wrongs of have a go heroes, he is a very poor role model for the movement.
On that cheerful thought, good night and see you in 2016. Happy New Year everyone.
BREAKING: German police warn of imminent terror attack in Munich https://t.co/IS30tfH61N https://t.co/Og78vS2IOr
Edit - Just forgot I changed time zones, and so it is almost New Years there anyway!!
Venezuela Supreme Court blocks opposition's parliamentary super-majority in 'judicial coup': Judges granted go... https://t.co/KuqG4hyje2