I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running .
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of time in places like Idaho, Montana, etc you start to understand why people have a very different view of the world & government. I was out there & a massive forrest fire started & I said so the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
Montana and Idaho - combined - have less than 1% of the population of the US. They are no more America than Florida or New York.
In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
Is it still true that only 12% of Americans hold a passport.
There is little reason for Americans to hold a passport. If we didn't need a passport to visit anywhere in Europe, from the Balaerics to Moscow, from Scandinavia to Turkey, then the proportion of Brits to own a passport would likely be a lot lower.
The USA is massive and includes all forms of holiday destinations.
Americans can also travel to much of the West Indies, Mexico and Canada without a passport too, and often get only 2 weeks leave per year, and much of that is visiting relatives.
Given the signs in question were approximately 50 miles from the nearest human habitation, and even 30miles from the nearest mountains with lots of flat featureless desert in between, I think the answer has to be 'anywhere and everywhere.'
Exactly, you can go skiing, hiking, mountain climbing, surfing, adventuring on volcanoes, gambling, shopping and everything else without leaving your own country.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of time in places like Idaho, Montana, etc you start to understand why people have a very different view of the world & government. I was out there & a massive forrest fire started & I said so the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
Montana and Idaho - combined - have less than 1% of the population of the US. They are no more America than Florida or New York.
In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
There is little reason for Americans to hold a passport. If we didn't need a passport to visit anywhere in Europe, from the Balaerics to Moscow, from Scandinavia to Turkey, then the proportion of Brits to own a passport would likely be a lot lower.
The USA is massive and includes all forms of holiday destinations.
Americans can also travel to much of the West Indies, Mexico and Canada without a passport too, and often get only 2 weeks leave per year, and much of that is visiting relatives.
Securing very long land borders with friendly neighbours is an expensive business: it's cheaper to allow passport free travel.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of time in places like Idaho, Montana, etc you start to understand why people have a very different view of the world & government. I was out there & a massive forrest fire started & I said so the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
As a specific example, In Shenandoah, Iowa, a town of about five thousand, much of the fire department is manned by volunteers.
That's very common in the US. I live part of the year in Sag Harbor, and that also has an entirely volunteer fire department.
It's part of a wonderful social coherence. I think Alistair Cooke loved the Midwest.
American citizens don't need a passport to visit Canada and vice-versa. There are plenty of crossing points across the border where there's a hut and no guard.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
Enjoy your visit. I love rural America. The mid-west is great if that's where you're going. I have another friend who likes the South, but I've never been there so I don't know what it's like at first hand.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of time in places like Idaho, Montana, etc you start to understand why people have a very different view of the world & government. I was out there & a massive forrest fire started & I said so the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
I have done whole coast to coast across Canada and USA...trying to explain to people that you drove days without hardly seeing a sole & when it says last gas station for x00 miles it means it is normally greeted by British people with confusion.
I'd be surprised if you saw many fish of any kind across much of the heartland!!
Boris announces in the Times that he has changed his mind and that a leave vote will be just that. This brings him in line with David Cameron and rather contradicts Michael Howard's position (and many others). Leave will need to make a proper case for leaving as this seems to strengthen David Cameron's position, which he has maintained from the beginning
I think Boris is angry, and has now thrown himself full tilt at it, rather than ponce about with half-hearted gestures such as vote out now and we will get a better deal later.
Americans can also travel to much of the West Indies, Mexico and Canada without a passport too, and often get only 2 weeks leave per year, and much of that is visiting relatives.
Securing very long land borders with friendly neighbours is an expensive business: it's cheaper to allow passport free travel.
Mr Trump is going to get the Mexicans to build a wall it seems!
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of time in places like Idaho, Montana, etc you start to understand why people have a very different view of the world & government. I was out there & a massive forrest fire started & I said so the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
I have done whole coast to coast across Canada and USA...trying to explain to people that you drove days without hardly seeing a sole & when it says last gas station for x00 miles it means it is normally greeted by British people with confusion.
I'd be surprised if you saw many fish of any kind across much of the heartland!!
LOL...I did see the typo but couldn't be bothered to fix it.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
Enjoy your visit. I love rural America. The mid-west is great if that's where you're going. I have another friend who likes the South, but I've never been there so I don't know what it's like at first hand.
Pine forest, chicken fried steak and humidity. Alabama is flat. The state animal is a run-over dog. I lived in the South for five years...
Boris announces in the Times that he has changed his mind and that a leave vote will be just that. This brings him in line with David Cameron and rather contradicts Michael Howard's position (and many others). Leave will need to make a proper case for leaving as this seems to strengthen David Cameron's position, which he has maintained from the beginning
I think Boris is angry, and has now thrown himself full tilt at it, rather than ponce about with half-hearted gestures such as vote out now and we will get a better deal later.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of tim
Montana and Idaho - c In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
Is it still true that only 12% of Americans hold a passport.
There is little reason for Americans to hold a passport. If we didn't need a passport to visit anywhere in Europe, from the Balaerics to Moscow, from Scandinavia to Turkey, then the proportion of Brits to own a passport would likely be a lot lower.
The USA is massive and includes all forms of holiday destinations.
Indeed, the British are not that much better travelled when you consider travel outside Europe. Only 44% of Britons have been to North America, 30% have been to Africa, 27% to Asia, 14% to Australia and 12% to South America.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. Snip .
I have done whole coast to coast across Canada and USA...trying to explain to people that you drove days without hardly seeing a sole & when it says last gas station for x00 miles it means it is normally greeted by British people with confusion.
I remember driving across from the Big Sur to Vegas back in 1979 and seeing a sign that read "absolutely nothing for 90 miles
Boris announces in the Times that he has changed his mind and that a leave vote will be just that. This brings him in line with David Cameron and rather contradicts Michael Howard's position (and many others). Leave will need to make a proper case for leaving as this seems to strengthen David Cameron's position, which he has maintained from the beginning
I think Boris is angry, and has now thrown himself full tilt at it, rather than ponce about with half-hearted gestures such as vote out now and we will get a better deal later.
Exactly, you can go skiing, hiking, mountain climbing, surfing, adventuring on volcanoes, gambling, shopping and everything else without leaving your own country.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
Montana and Idaho - combined - have less than 1% of the population of the US. They are no more America than Florida or New York.
In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
There is little reason for Americans to hold a passport. If we didn't need a passport to visit anywhere in Europe, from the Balaerics to Moscow, from Scandinavia to Turkey, then the proportion of Brits to own a passport would likely be a lot lower.
The USA is massive and includes all forms of holiday destinations.
All that stuff is more fun to do in another culture though!!
I would be very surprised if the torrent of pro leave comments in the press and media haven't helped leave in this weekends polls. If they haven't leave needs to be worried
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
snip
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of tim
Montana and Idaho - c In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
Is it still true that only 12% of Americans hold a passport.
There is little reason for Americans to hold a passport. If we didn't need a passport to visit anywhere in Europe, from the Balaerics to Moscow, from Scandinavia to Turkey, then the proportion of Brits to own a passport would likely be a lot lower.
The USA is massive and includes all forms of holiday destinations.
Indeed, the British are not that much better travelled when you consider travel outside Europe. Only 44% of Britons have been to North America, 30% have been to Africa, 27% to Asia, 14% to Australia and 12% to South America.
Boris announces in the Times that he has changed his mind and that a leave vote will be just that. This brings him in line with David Cameron and rather contradicts Michael Howard's position (and many others). Leave will need to make a proper case for leaving as this seems to strengthen David Cameron's position, which he has maintained from the beginning
I think Boris is angry, and has now thrown himself full tilt at it, rather than ponce about with half-hearted gestures such as vote out now and we will get a better deal later.
However i think Michael Howard is spot on.
You seem to be contradicting yourself
Why?
You say Boris has thrown himself full tilt at it rather than vote out now and we will get a better deal but vote out now and get a better deal is Michael Howard's position
Now, this is interesting. Looks like Osborne has decided not to hike taxes and piss off the Conservative base too much more, to me, but go for more spending cuts instead:
Some people charged with spending public money need locking up.
From 2012:
' Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend.
The Committee on Climate Change says that councils can make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in areas such as housing, traffic and waste.
Its report says that some councils are taking action but many others are not, which threatens national climate goals.
But with many councils struggling with finance, the committee says more government support may be needed.
The committee is the government's statutory adviser on climate change, and has recommended progressively tighter carbon budgets for the UK leading towards the legally binding goal of an 80% cut from 1990 levels by 2050.
"We've got national carbon budgets with ambitious emission cuts built into them, and if we weren't to address the cuts local authorities can make, we'd not meet the targets," said David Kennedy, the committee's chief executive. '
Indeed there is lots councils can do and much of it will save money not cost extra. But if councils are duplicating work etc then that is not sensible.
All these issues in their responsibility have to happen anyway. Being efficient and energy efficient etc good, being inefficient in making work to look like you're doing something bad.
No idea if Bradford is good or bad on this. Though I could make a guess.
One of the cuts is bin collection moving from weekly to fortnightly,only this week we have been told one bin per household,are they taking the Pi$$.
Bradford has a reputation for been a sh!thole,well with all the fly tipping it will earn it.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I spend a few weeks a year down in Cornwall and there are plenty of people there that have never crossed the Tamar.
When I was doing a locum in Truro some years back I admitted a man in his eighties who had only spent one night outside Cornwall. He went to an agricultural show in Gloucester, but didn't enjoy it because he was worried about his cows.
Those of us who flit around the world forget quite what a big deal travel is to some people. I get some patients in Coalville who would rather go untreated than go to Leicester for treatment. It is 14 miles away!
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Now, this is interesting. Looks like Osborne has decided not to hike taxes and piss off the Conservative base too much more, to me, but go for more spending cuts instead:
Some people charged with spending public money need locking up.
From 2012:
' Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend.
The Committee on Climate Change says that councils can make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in areas such as housing, traffic and waste.
Its report says that some councils are taking action but many others are not, which threatens national climate goals.
But with many councils struggling with finance, the committee says more government support may be needed.
The committee is the government's statutory adviser on climate change, and has recommended progressively tighter carbon budgets for the UK leading towards the legally binding goal of an 80% cut from 1990 levels by 2050.
"We've got national carbon budgets with ambitious emission cuts built into them, and if we weren't to address the cuts local authorities can make, we'd not meet the targets," said David Kennedy, the committee's chief executive. '
Indeed there is lots councils can do and much of it will save money not cost extra. But if councils are duplicating work etc then that is not sensible.
All these issues in their responsibility have to happen anyway. Being efficient and energy efficient etc good, being inefficient in making work to look like you're doing something bad.
No idea if Bradford is good or bad on this. Though I could make a guess.
One of the cuts is bin collection moving from weekly to fortnightly,only this week we have been told one bin per household,are they taking the Pi$$.
Bradford has a reputation for been a sh!thole,well with all the fly tipping it will earn it.
Conwy Council is attempting to reduce bin collection to once a MONTH and this despite several years of 5% annual council tax rises.
Boris announces in the Times that he has changed his mind and that a leave vote will be just that. This brings him in line with David Cameron and rather contradicts Michael Howard's position (and many others). Leave will need to make a proper case for leaving as this seems to strengthen David Cameron's position, which he has maintained from the beginning
I think Boris is angry, and has now thrown himself full tilt at it, rather than ponce about with half-hearted gestures such as vote out now and we will get a better deal later.
However i think Michael Howard is spot on.
You seem to be contradicting yourself
Why?
You say Boris has thrown himself full tilt at it rather than vote out now and we will get a better deal but vote out now and get a better deal is Michael Howard's position
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
Very true I fear. The royal family would fit right in, however, just as Alaskan Inuits do with their totem poles.
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
We could make POTUS Trump a big, bold offer to switch with California ?
On topic: good results for the LibDems and Labour in this months elections, no sign of a backlash against the Remain parties, nor of Leavers flocking to the polls fervently.
While Corbyn remains personally hard to sell, the overall Labour brand does not seem discredited.
I adore Death Valley. It's the most extreme , intriguing and breathtaking place I've ever experienced.
So hot it fries you dry, so barren only the hardiest animals and plants survive. Yet they appear. At night,the sky is inky black/full of stars and all is silent.
There's Disney dunes, sandstorms, ice and dead volcanoes that try to suck you in.
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
Very true I fear. The royal family would fit right in, however, just as Alaskan Inuits do with their totem poles.
The Royal Family would be abolished, as would tbe House of Lords. The Constitution specifically bans titles of nobility.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
That has always been my experience, other than this one total douche pulled me for going too slowly through town, made me walk the line etc, checked out all my documents & after it all checked out informed me I wasn't welcome in town & escorted me out..
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
snip
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of tim
Montana and Idaho - c In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
Is it still true that only 12% of Americans hold a passport.
There is little reason for Americans to hold a passport. If we didn't need a passport to visit anywhere in Europe, from the Balaerics to Moscow, from Scandinavia to Turkey, then the proportion of Brits to own a passport would likely be a lot lower.
The USA is massive and includes all forms of holiday destinations.
Indeed, the British are not that much better travelled when you consider travel outside Europe. Only 44% of Britons have been to North America, 30% have been to Africa, 27% to Asia, 14% to Australia and 12% to South America.
Are we still prattling on about that hoary old canard about americans and passports?
The point is really that while a majority of Americans have been to Mexico or Canada or another US state and a majority of Britons have been to continental Europe only a minority have been beyond that
Just doing a quick data grab, I see that California has a gdp of about 2.4 trillion usd, a population of about 40 million, and an area of about 165,000 square miles, whereas the figures for the UK are 2.9 trillion, 65 million, and 93,000.
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Do you think Republicans would be keen to accept a new state, the largest in the union, which permanently elected Democrats?
Very true I fear. The royal family would fit right in, however, just as Alaskan Inuits do with their totem poles.
The Royal Family would be abolished, as would tbe House of Lords. The Constitution specifically bans titles of nobility.
I think the problem is not so much that people can't see Trump is a bloody awful candidate. He clearly is. He's elderly, rude, arrogant, ineffectual, dishonest, not very intelligent, in all likelihood corrupt and inexperienced in the ways of politics.
The real problem is that all the other candidates have all bar one of those vices, and they can hardly make a virtue out of political experience when people are fuming with politicians and want to kick the whole lot often in the metaphorical genitals.
So I think it is possible he can win both the nomination and the election. That's not a good outcome, but there is no good outcome from this point anyway. From a wider perspective Clinton's awareness of foreign affairs might make her a more useful president from our point of view, but her past record in domestic affairs cannot even be called disastrous without running the risk of undue generosity.
It's a completely avoidable catastrophe and it would actually be funny if the consequences were not so serious.
Most people think the USA is new York or florida, because that is where they have been on their holidays. If you go and spend significant amount of time in places like Idaho, Montana, etc you start to understand why people have a very different view of the world & government. I was out there & a massive forrest fire started & I said so the state will call on the specialist teams right? Sure, they will be here in 2-3 days, so until then we will fight it.
Montana and Idaho - combined - have less than 1% of the population of the US. They are no more America than Florida or New York.
In many ways, what is so underappreciated about the US is how different San Diego is from Providence, Seattle from Tampa, Chicago from New Orlean, etc etc etc.
Its a massive continental wide country. And don't people in Queensland call New South Walesers 'cockroaches'? Continental wide countries create continental wide differences.
Now, this is interesting. Looks like Osborne has decided not to hike taxes and piss off the Conservative base too much more, to me, but go for more spending cuts instead:
Some people charged with spending public money need locking up.
From 2012:
' Local authorities across the UK should have a statutory duty to combat climate change, government advisors recommend.
The Committee on Climate Change says that councils can make major cuts in greenhouse gas emissions in areas such as housing, traffic and waste.
Its report says that some councils are taking action but many others are not, which threatens national climate goals.
But with many councils struggling with finance, the committee says more government support may be needed.
The committee is the government's statutory adviser on climate change, and has recommended progressively tighter carbon budgets for the UK leading towards the legally binding goal of an 80% cut from 1990 levels by 2050.
"We've got national carbon budgets with ambitious emission cuts built into them, and if we weren't to address the cuts local authorities can make, we'd not meet the targets," said David Kennedy, the committee's chief executive. '
Indeed there is lots councils can do and much of it will save money not cost extra. But if councils are duplicating work etc then that is not sensible.
All these issues in their responsibility have to happen anyway. Being efficient and energy efficient etc good, being inefficient in making work to look like you're doing something bad.
No idea if Bradford is good or bad on this. Though I could make a guess.
One of the cuts is bin collection moving from weekly to fortnightly,only this week we have been told one bin per household,are they taking the Pi$$.
Bradford has a reputation for been a sh!thole,well with all the fly tipping it will earn it.
Conwy Council is attempting to reduce bin collection to once a MONTH and this despite several years of 5% annual council tax rises.
I see the word 'attempting' Bradford's population growing with large families,you have to have 7 in family to get a bin a little bigger for two weeks,can't be done.
Louis theroux told BBC bosses in 2001 that Saville slept with a 15 year old...but nobody knew anything. Remember Saville was still abusing until 2006.
An interesting and saddening example of why teachers are very strongly told never ever to agree to talk to a child in confidence. Because if they tell you something like this, you are then royally stuffed insofar as you either have to break a confidence or conceal a felony.
In fairness to Theroux, he probably didn't realise just what he was about to find out when he agreed.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
That has always been my experience, other than this one total douche pulled me for going too slowly through town, made me walk the line etc, checked out all my documents & after it all checked out informed me I wasn't welcome in town & escorted me out..
Times - Boris u-turn...Apparently out is now definitely out.
I read his suggestion as Out but with a new arrangement (EG EFTA) in the first place anyway.
But for someone so erudite as he is, it wasn't very clear exactly what he meant.
How politics works:
(1) Politician states his position (2) Journalists misunderstand or misinterpret the position (3) Politician re-states his position in words of one syllable so even journalists can't misinterpret or misunderstand (4) Journalists cry "U turn!"
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
That has always been my experience, other than this one total douche pulled me for going too slowly through town, made me walk the line etc, checked out all my documents & after it all checked out informed me I wasn't welcome in town & escorted me out..
Price is probably the main factor, even a long weekend in New York is about twice the price of a week in Spain
Now, this is interesting. Looks like Osborne has decided not to hike taxes and piss off the Conservative base too much more, to me, but go for more spending cuts instead:
It wasn't so many years ago that from New Year to Budget Day the Chancellor would rarely be seen.
Now we get Osborne drivelling on "The economy is smaller than we thought ... "
Is that an admission that his predictions have been crap ?
OBRs predictions. He is talking about 'may' need. The govt is in fact quite a few billion better off over the next few years because of lower than expected interest rates on borrowing. It strikes me that as long as the govt are seen to be pressing down on spending then those rates will stay low and maybe lower. Capital Economics has calculated the rush to safe havens by investors is driving down the rates of interest on government bonds. This will reduce government spending by £2bn this year – and by £21bn over the five years to 2020.
The fact that Osborne is pressing the importance of spending restraint on departments is a good thing its something which needs never to be forgotten.
Louis theroux told BBC bosses in 2001 that Saville slept with a 15 year old...but nobody knew anything. Remember Saville was still abusing until 2006.
An interesting and saddening example of why teachers are very strongly told never ever to agree to talk to a child in confidence. Because if they tell you something like this, you are then royally stuffed insofar as you either have to break a confidence or conceal a felony.
In fairness to Theroux, he probably didn't realise just what he was about to find out when he agreed.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
Enjoy your visit. I love rural America. The mid-west is great if that's where you're going. I have another friend who likes the South, but I've never been there so I don't know what it's like at first hand.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
That has always been my experience, other than this one total douche pulled me for going too slowly through town, made me walk the line etc, checked out all my documents & after it all checked out informed me I wasn't welcome in town & escorted me out..
Price is probably the main factor, even a long weekend in New York is about twice the price of a week in Spain
Now, this is interesting. Looks like Osborne has decided not to hike taxes and piss off the Conservative base too much more, to me, but go for more spending cuts instead:
It wasn't so many years ago that from New Year to Budget Day the Chancellor would rarely be seen.
Now we get Osborne drivelling on "The economy is smaller than we thought ... "
Is that an admission that his predictions have been crap ?
OBRs predictions. He is talking about 'may' need. The govt is in fact quite a few billion better off over the next few years because of lower than expected interest rates on borrowing. It strikes me that as long as the govt are seen to be pressing down on spending then those rates will stay low and maybe lower. Capital Economics has calculated the rush to safe havens by investors is driving down the rates of interest on government bonds. This will reduce government spending by £2bn this year – and by £21bn over the five years to 2020.
The fact that Osborne is pressing the importance of spending restraint on departments is a good thing its something which needs never to be forgotten.
Very convenient.
The government spends more money to set up a new quango so that the government can blame the new quango for the government not meeting its Budget predictions.
If you go to rural parts of this country, Westminster feels a very long way away.
I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
That has always been my experience, other than this one total douche pulled me for going too slowly through town, made me walk the line etc, checked out all my documents & after it all checked out informed me I wasn't welcome in town & escorted me out..
Price is probably the main factor, even a long weekend in New York is about twice the price of a week in Spain
Certainly helps to know the right people if you want to travel in style!
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I can only imagine (until I visit this Summer) what the rural US feels like.
However i think Michael Howard is spot on.
I mean I'm in favour of cuts rather than tax rises, but I thought we had "extra money " !
By contrast 28% of Americans have been to Europe, 14% to Asia, 13% to South America, 6% to Australia and 5% to Africa. So we are better travelled than Americans but not vastly so!
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/11/21/british-people-far-more-well-travelled-americans/
Honestly, it's so wonderful. Free, yet innate conservative culture makes it all very safe.
Bradford has a reputation for been a sh!thole,well with all the fly tipping it will earn it.
Second GOP governor endorses Trump:
https://twitter.com/bterris/status/703333154732396544
The dam is truly broken.
Those of us who flit around the world forget quite what a big deal travel is to some people. I get some patients in Coalville who would rather go untreated than go to Leicester for treatment. It is 14 miles away!
So why not turn BREXIT into USENTER become the 51st state and bugger the EU. Maybe we could help them with their gun problem. Or not.
Who is next to endorse Trump?
But don't worry the OBR will find some more behind the back of the magic money tree.
Some money exists in the real world and some money would be better described as being more 'theoretical' or perhaps as an article of faith.
Its the money which is theoretically needed to balance the books in five years time.
Trump is proving way smarter than many have given him credit for. That includes the Democrats...
I got done for speeding in Snowflake, Arizona. I haggled - argued that the car I had wasn't actually capable of doing that speed. Got it down to $20 fine....
You tend to find that virtually everybody in rural US is a diamond. They will go hugely out their way to help if anything goes wrong.
While Corbyn remains personally hard to sell, the overall Labour brand does not seem discredited.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statewide_opinion_polling_for_the_United_States_presidential_election,_2016
http://www.270towin.com/
I adore Death Valley. It's the most extreme , intriguing and breathtaking place I've ever experienced.
So hot it fries you dry, so barren only the hardiest animals and plants survive. Yet they appear. At night,the sky is inky black/full of stars and all is silent.
There's Disney dunes, sandstorms, ice and dead volcanoes that try to suck you in.
I've never been more thrilled or sated.
And don't people in Queensland call New South Walesers 'cockroaches'? Continental wide countries create continental wide differences.
In fairness to Theroux, he probably didn't realise just what he was about to find out when he agreed.
I assume ?
Too much for a ticket or assume it's like here and therefore dull?
(1) Politician states his position
(2) Journalists misunderstand or misinterpret the position
(3) Politician re-states his position in words of one syllable so even journalists can't misinterpret or misunderstand
(4) Journalists cry "U turn!"
He is talking about 'may' need. The govt is in fact quite a few billion better off over the next few years because of lower than expected interest rates on borrowing. It strikes me that as long as the govt are seen to be pressing down on spending then those rates will stay low and maybe lower.
Capital Economics has calculated the rush to safe havens by investors is driving down the rates of interest on government bonds.
This will reduce government spending by £2bn this year – and by £21bn over the five years to 2020.
The fact that Osborne is pressing the importance of spending restraint on departments is a good thing its something which needs never to be forgotten.
His Weekend shows on Netflix are gobsmacking. He gets liposuction and does porn to show the worlds he sees.
He's immense psycho cojones.
It'd be hideous otherwise. I'm happy in Sahara heat and sand boots, humidity kills me.
He took me to NYC First Class for a weekend.
The government spends more money to set up a new quango so that the government can blame the new quango for the government not meeting its Budget predictions.