10% lead for Romney last time, although Obama carried it by 1% in 2008.
The usual health warnings needs to be attached for internal polls but it's certainly in line with recent published polling from several red states.
Indiana puzzles me. It seems much more Republican than the neighbouring Midwest states, which seem to be either toss ups or Democrat. Any ideas why? Are the demographics so different?
Indiana was settled by a bigger proportion of Southerners, and a smaller proportion of Catholic immigrants, than its neighbours, and it's less urban than Illinois or Ohio, with a larger White share of the population than Illinois.
Incidentally, saw on Twitter the other day that several hundred schoolboys were captured by an Islamist group. Didn't make the news. Whether that's due to dodgy twittering, terrorism fatigue/covering up or the joys of gender equality, who can say?
The Swiss train attack was well down the running order. Did smile at 'no indication it was terrorism' being the line taken. Apart from the fire and stabbing, presumably...
Incidentally, saw on Twitter the other day that several hundred schoolboys were captured by an Islamist group. Didn't make the news. Whether that's due to dodgy twittering, terrorism fatigue/covering up or the joys of gender equality, who can say?
The Swiss train attack was well down the running order. Did smile at 'no indication it was terrorism' being the line taken. Apart from the fire and stabbing, presumably...
I spoke to a friend who's a copper and he reckons the unstated policy is to not talk about these things. The police are taking the view that the more coverage these things get the more people will copy them. Of course, that wasn't what happened with Jo Cox, but there you go.
Mr. 86, that seems eminently likely, given the downplaying of the stabbing in London [as terrorism] and the new 'lone wolf/mentally disturbed' line seemingly auto-deployed for anyone who doesn't shout 'Aloha, snackbar'.
That's fair of her to say, although I would bet good money either she or some of her supporters have condemned an opponent at some point because they 'endorsed' something by retweeting it.
Mr. 86, that seems eminently likely, given the downplaying of the stabbing in London [as terrorism] and the new 'lone wolf/mentally disturbed' line seemingly auto-deployed for anyone who doesn't shout 'Aloha, snackbar'.
Where's the line between terrorism and attacking a person because you don't like them?
An object lesson in headline writing. Like when the telegraph puts stuff in quotes in the headline to make you think a politician said something only for the article body to reveal it is what an opponent said they think the politician is thinking.
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Why does it matter whether they're a Crown Dependency or not? If the UK government and the rest of the EU are happy to go along with it, there's nothing to stop them signing a treaty allowing part of a member state to stay in the EU (fisheries, CAP, budget, MEPs, Council of Minister representation etc) while the rest of it leaves.
The mismatch between a UK trying to do its own thing on immigration while being part of a Common Travel Area with an area that's still in the EU would be a mess, but they already have that mess because of the Republic of Ireland.
Incidentally, saw on Twitter the other day that several hundred schoolboys were captured by an Islamist group. Didn't make the news. Whether that's due to dodgy twittering, terrorism fatigue/covering up or the joys of gender equality, who can say?
The Swiss train attack was well down the running order. Did smile at 'no indication it was terrorism' being the line taken. Apart from the fire and stabbing, presumably...
Do we know who did it?
According to the Telegraph it was a 27 year old Swiss citizen, which works suggest - if it is terrorism - that it was a second generation immigrant, out possibly a convert.
That's fair of her to say, although I would bet good money either she or some of her supporters have condemned an opponent at some point because they 'endorsed' something by retweeting it.
That's fair of her to say, although I would bet good money either she or some of her supporters have condemned an opponent at some point because they 'endorsed' something by retweeting it.
I think hailing is a step up from endorsing.
The headline may have upsold it a little more than mere endorsement (although we hardly expect nuance from headlines), but the difference is a matter of small degrees, which is the key point, it is in the same vein. When assessing the partisanship of others or trying to determine my own level of partisanship, I ask would the person complaining (or their supporters) do the same if it were their opponent doing what they did (however big or small an action it was).
Sturgeon might not (and as said she was fair to point out what she did vs what the headline implies). Plenty of her supporters definitely would however, that I think is not in the least bit of doubt.
I seemed to remember reading a couple of years ago that there is big concern in Australia of the reduced participation in sports among younger people and all round fatty fatty bum bum-ness rapidly increasing in a nation known for their active lifestyles given the perfect weather all year round.
Given they don't have the sort of population like China or USA etc, you need wide participation, with people trying lots and lots of sports, in order to be able to find that one golden nugget.
They had AB de Villars (2nd best batsman in the world) on sky last week and it seems in SA, he basically tried every sport going and was damn good at them. If you don't have a massive population, you need lots of people doing this.
Disclaimer: I know nothing. Speculation: other countries have caught up. The Australian Institute of Sport was among the first national programmes to systematically identify and train sporting talent. As well as proper funding, it pioneered modern techniques such as video and proper nutrition. Now similar programmes, even if not run by the government, are more common.
Disclaimer: I know nothing. Speculation: other countries have caught up. The Australian Institute of Sport was among the first national programmes to systematically identify and train sporting talent. As well as proper funding, it pioneered modern techniques such as video and proper nutrition. Now similar programmes, even if not run by the government, are more common.
I think this is why Team GB are the best cyclists, Brailsford and co, have innovated in tech, training and tactics both on the track and the road. They don't just train and race hard, they it do smarter than everybody else.
I'm not sure I would have used exactly the phraseology that Paul Lewis used but who's to say he's necessarily wrong?
Obviously Fox, Johnson and Davis should have a bonding weekend at Chevening to sort things out. Once they have established who gets to use the bathroom first, who does what with trade negotiations should be straightforward.
Essentially yes. Then again look at how over the past three cycles demographics have changed the map - New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada and Virginia. Added to which Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida are all trending blue.
My feeling is that Hillary will do well in the South. It has been Republican for years but she did well in the primaries there and will do well with African Americans and Hispanics. I do not think that Trump is the right sort of Republican for bible bashing white southerners. Too much the New York Yankee.
We can't rule out one or two small, usually heavily Republican states going yellow. Enough people who won't be able to stomach voting for either of the main two.
I think the South is less Libertarian, the Johnson voters are more likely to influence red to blue shifts elsewhere.
I'm not sure I would have used exactly the phraseology that Paul Lewis used but who's to say he's necessarily wrong?
Obviously Fox, Johnson and Davis should have a bonding weekend at Chevening to sort things out. Once they have established who gets to use the bathroom first, who does what with trade negotiations should be straightforward.
I'm not generally a fan of Theresa May but you have to admit she knows how to organize a good Hunger Games.
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The current infighting isn't exactly a great start either. Hopefully May gives him just enough rope and can get rid.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Why does it matter whether they're a Crown Dependency or not? If the UK government and the rest of the EU are happy to go along with it, there's nothing to stop them signing a treaty allowing part of a member state to stay in the EU (fisheries, CAP, budget, MEPs, Council of Minister representation etc) while the rest of it leaves.
The mismatch between a UK trying to do its own thing on immigration while being part of a Common Travel Area with an area that's still in the EU would be a mess, but they already have that mess because of the Republic of Ireland.
I wouldn’t recommend going from Brittany to Waterford in a rubber dinghy, TBH.
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
One silly example of this...fitness first use the team GB brand in their exercise classes.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
Disclaimer: I know nothing. Speculation: other countries have caught up. The Australian Institute of Sport was among the first national programmes to systematically identify and train sporting talent. As well as proper funding, it pioneered modern techniques such as video and proper nutrition. Now similar programmes, even if not run by the government, are more common.
I think this is why Team GB are the best cyclists, Brailsford and co, have innovated in tech, training and tactics both on the track and the road. They don't just train and race hard, they it do smarter than everybody else.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
Disclaimer: I know nothing. Speculation: other countries have caught up. The Australian Institute of Sport was among the first national programmes to systematically identify and train sporting talent. As well as proper funding, it pioneered modern techniques such as video and proper nutrition. Now similar programmes, even if not run by the government, are more common.
I think this is why Team GB are the best cyclists, Brailsford and co, have innovated in tech, training and tactics both on the track and the road. They don't just train and race hard, they it do smarter than everybody else.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
Win/win.
Yes for most, but not if the point was to discredit Brexiters, as EPG suggested.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
Win/win.
Yes for most, but not if the point was to discredit Brexiters, as EPG suggested.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
Win/win.
Yes for most, but not if the point was to discredit Brexiters, as EPG suggested.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
The point was to discredit people who supported Brexit, simple as. Not to promote the democratic outcome of the referendum, or to promote talent to high office.
Seems a bit risky - what if the end up doing a good job?
Win/win.
Yes for most, but not if the point was to discredit Brexiters, as EPG suggested.
Win if Fox is discredited and can go back to his den. Win if in fact he’d learned his lesson and used the grey matter he has, or at least had when a student.
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Why does it matter whether they're a Crown Dependency or not? If the UK government and the rest of the EU are happy to go along with it, there's nothing to stop them signing a treaty allowing part of a member state to stay in the EU (fisheries, CAP, budget, MEPs, Council of Minister representation etc) while the rest of it leaves.
The mismatch between a UK trying to do its own thing on immigration while being part of a Common Travel Area with an area that's still in the EU would be a mess, but they already have that mess because of the Republic of Ireland.
All theoretically possible, but the United Kingdom would start to look less like one country, i.e. exactly what Sturgeon wants. Passport checks along the entire English-Scottish border would be much more drastic than checks at airports/seaports connecting GB and NI, which seems like the obvious solution to the CTA issue.
That said, there are still all kinds of potential problems. What if a piece of law passed by Parliament conflicts with EU law? Would it be struck down in Scotland by the ECJ? Would only English/Welsh/NI MPs get to vote on such a piece of legislation? We'd have to define territorial waters between Scotland/rest of UK for fishing purposes too.
I should also note that team GB aren't resting on their laurels, I am aware of them working with a leading UK uni on some very cool tech for the next generation of GB Olympians.
On topic - given that "attractiveness to the wider electorate" has ceased to be a criteria for a potential Labour leader for the foreseeable future, it is realistic to think that virtually anyone could be the next leader. Large sections of the "membership" no longer exists to support the Labour party - they exist to support Corbyn and Corbynism. Not that Smith will be much better - aside from Trident it appears that most of his policy platform is pretty far left as well - and certainly to the left of what Miliband was offering.
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Why does it matter whether they're a Crown Dependency or not? If the UK government and the rest of the EU are happy to go along with it, there's nothing to stop them signing a treaty allowing part of a member state to stay in the EU (fisheries, CAP, budget, MEPs, Council of Minister representation etc) while the rest of it leaves.
The mismatch between a UK trying to do its own thing on immigration while being part of a Common Travel Area with an area that's still in the EU would be a mess, but they already have that mess because of the Republic of Ireland.
All theoretically possible, but the United Kingdom would start to look less like one country, i.e. exactly what Sturgeon wants. Passport checks along the entire English-Scottish border would be much more drastic than checks at airports/seaports connecting GB and NI, which seems like the obvious solution to the CTA issue.
That said, there are still all kinds of potential problems. What if a piece of law passed by Parliament conflicts with EU law? Would it be struck down in Scotland by the ECJ? Would only English/Welsh/NI MPs get to vote on such a piece of legislation? We'd have to define territorial waters between Scotland/rest of UK for fishing purposes too.
The rest of the EU wouldn't be happy to go along with it, so all other discussion is moot.
I should also note that team GB aren't resting on their laurels, I am aware of them working with a leading UK uni on some very cool tech for the next generation of GB Olympians.
I do wish they'd get a decent team costume sorted out. It's impossible to see our competitors at a distance/the faded Union Jack logo is totally covered by the number bib. The Jamaicans, Chinese and Aussies are instantly spotable. Are there rules to prevent us using our flag as the whole swim cap or team shorts? The Jamaican ladies have one black and one yellow arse cheek!
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Ha Ha Ha , Little England has spoken
Far from it. I want to keep the UK united with Scotland as a full part, not semi-detached.
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
Conversely I think it is just bollox, as we hear from the EBC commentators often , "England , oops I mean Team GB are leading". Not sure what the FA could learn from it , hard for them to rebrand from Team England.
I should also note that team GB aren't resting on their laurels, I am aware of them working with a leading UK uni on some very cool tech for the next generation of GB Olympians.
I do wish they'd get a decent team costume sorted out. It's impossible to see our competitors at a distance/the faded Union Jack logo is totally covered by the number bib. The Jamaicans, Chinese and Aussies are instantly spotable. Are there rules to prevent us using our flag as the whole swim cap or team shorts? The Jamaican ladies have one black and one yellow arse cheek!
They were designed by Stella McCartney, they are fashion...wellI think that is what the idea was.
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
Conversely I think it is just bollox, as we hear from the EBC commentators often , "England , oops I mean Team GB are leading". Not sure what the FA could learn from it , hard for them to rebrand from Team England.
When was they last time they said "England, I mean Team GB"?
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
Conversely I think it is just bollox, as we hear from the EBC commentators often , "England , oops I mean Team GB are leading". Not sure what the FA could learn from it , hard for them to rebrand from Team England.
I don't see the connection to the FA, but I can't recall a single commentator referring to England in the context of the Olympics.
I should also note that team GB aren't resting on their laurels, I am aware of them working with a leading UK uni on some very cool tech for the next generation of GB Olympians.
I do wish they'd get a decent team costume sorted out. It's impossible to see our competitors at a distance/the faded Union Jack logo is totally covered by the number bib. The Jamaicans, Chinese and Aussies are instantly spotable. Are there rules to prevent us using our flag as the whole swim cap or team shorts? The Jamaican ladies have one black and one yellow arse cheek!
They were designed by Stella McCartney, they are fashion...
At least they didn't have gold lame armpits like 2012 - they were truly awful.
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Ha Ha Ha , Little England has spoken
Far from it. I want to keep the UK united with Scotland as a full part, not semi-detached.
I would prefer fully detached rather than being a sub region of England
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
We could do with him in the cricket right now though.
The best day of cricket I have ever watched live was when atherton batted all day at Trent bridge against Donald, Pollock & kallis to save the game. Donald was lightening that day, the wicketkeeper looked scared from 30 yards behind the stumps!
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
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I don't get it?
He was at Cambridge, and he was highly unpopular. Apparently he came back to his locker once to find somebody had written 'God' across it in large letters.
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Ha Ha Ha , Little England has spoken
Far from it. I want to keep the UK united with Scotland as a full part, not semi-detached.
I would prefer fully detached rather than being a sub region of England
Scotland's not a sub region of England, but whatever. It would be a sad thing if Scotland ended a highly successful partnership of more than 300 years to be subsumed in a daft supranational project and ruled from Belgium.
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
We could do with him in the cricket right now though.
The best day of cricket I have ever watched live was when atherton batted all day at Trent bridge against Donald, Pollock & kallis to save the game. Donald was lightening that day, the wicketkeeper looked scared from 30 yards behind the stumps!
He did better than that. At Trent Bridge, he actually went and won the game with his unbeaten 98 (although he later admitted he should have been given out caught behind early on off Donald).
It was Old Trafford where he batted to save the match with Stewart, but he was out hiking hooking on the final morning leaving Croft and Fraser to block the last over.
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
.
I don't get it?
He was at Cambridge, and he was highly unpopular. Apparently he came back to his locker once to find somebody had written 'God' across it in large letters.
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
We could do with him in the cricket right now though.
The best day of cricket I have ever watched live was when atherton batted all day at Trent bridge against Donald, Pollock & kallis to save the game. Donald was lightening that day, the wicketkeeper looked scared from 30 yards behind the stumps!
He did better than that. At Trent Bridge, he actually went and won the game with his unbeaten 98 (although he later admitted he should have been given out caught behind early on off Donald).
It was Old Trafford where he batted to save the match with Stewart, but he was out hiking on the final morning leaving Croft and Fraser to block the last over.
You are right...it was the Donald vs atherton match up that is imprinted in my mind...I have never seen anybody bowl that fast (never saw akhtar bowl live) and he definitely touched it in the way through...He also batted with jack Russell in SA for some crazy number of hours.
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
We could do with him in the cricket right now though.
The best day of cricket I have ever watched live was when atherton batted all day at Trent bridge against Donald, Pollock & kallis to save the game. Donald was lightening that day, the wicketkeeper looked scared from 30 yards behind the stumps!
He did better than that. At Trent Bridge, he actually went and won the game with his unbeaten 98 (although he later admitted he should have been given out caught behind early on off Donald).
It was Old Trafford where he batted to save the match with Stewart, but he was out hiking on the final morning leaving Croft and Fraser to block the last over.
He also batted with jack Russell in SA for some crazy number of hours.
He batted for over 9 hours I think - Russell for something like 5 for the grand total of 29.
Seems odd to write that - when he played for Gloucestershire he batted at three in onedayers because he was a good shotmaker cum slogger.
Richard Burgon - the counter example to the obsession of "widening participation" at top universities.
We could mention Mike Atherton at this juncture.
We could do with him in the cricket right now though.
The best day of cricket I have ever watched live was when atherton batted all day at Trent bridge against Donald, Pollock & kallis to save the game. Donald was lightening that day, the wicketkeeper looked scared from 30 yards behind the stumps!
He did better than that. At Trent Bridge, he actually went and won the game with his unbeaten 98 (although he later admitted he should have been given out caught behind early on off Donald).
It was Old Trafford where he batted to save the match with Stewart, but he was out hiking on the final morning leaving Croft and Fraser to block the last over.
You are right...it was the Donald vs atherton match up that is imprinted in my mind...and he definitely touched it in the way through...He also batted with jack Russell in SA for some crazy number of hours.
Everyone knew he'd gloved it except the umpire (Merv Kitchen, was it?). If DRS had been in place, we'd have lost that match.
He was at Cambridge, and he was highly unpopular. Apparently he came back to his locker once to find somebody had written 'God' across it in large letters.
Very able man in many ways, that said.
I thought the Atherton story was that someone wrote FEC on his locker. Which was either Future England Captain or had the word "Educated" in between two less savoury terms
He was at Cambridge, and he was highly unpopular. Apparently he came back to his locker once to find somebody had written 'God' across it in large letters.
Very able man in many ways, that said.
I thought the Atherton story was that someone wrote FEC on his locker. Which was either Future England Captain or had the word "Educated" in between two less savoury terms
You may be right, I don't have the book to hand to check. It may be there was a second incident when he was captaining the A-tour, where he didn't exactly make friends either.
Should say I saw Chapman pitch in MLB last year from about 20 rows back...for those that don't know he regularly hits 105mph. Makes them likes of Anderson and co in the cricket look like they are sending it down in slow motion.
He was at Cambridge, and he was highly unpopular. Apparently he came back to his locker once to find somebody had written 'God' across it in large letters.
Very able man in many ways, that said.
I thought the Atherton story was that someone wrote FEC on his locker. Which was either Future England Captain or had the word "Educated" in between two less savoury terms
I thought that it was his Old Trafford locker where that was written.
I have put a small sum on Burgon, though, to be honest, I feel it almost inconceivable a 50/1 political bet could possibly come off. It's hard to think of any such example.
What did OGH get on Barack Obama as the next President? Or is that what you were referring to?
I thought he tipped it rather than actually put the money down?
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
Conversely I think it is just bollox, as we hear from the EBC commentators often , "England , oops I mean Team GB are leading". Not sure what the FA could learn from it , hard for them to rebrand from Team England.
When was they last time they said "England, I mean Team GB"?
lat time I heard it was on rugby , luckily I have avoided most of this as its pap
O/t (Is Brexit ever, though?) but this has appeared on a Facebook page I look at :"Denmark-based academic Ulrik Pram Gad has suggested the UK could seek inspiration from Greenland, which withdrew from the EEC in 1985 while the rest of the Kingdom of Denmark remained.” It’s from an Irish newspaper and apparently St Nicola’s in favour of it.
I make no comment, I simply report!
So a bit like how the UK is in the EU but Guernsey and Jersey aren't. Of course, Scotland is a full part of the UK, not a Crown Dependency. Sturgeon knows that - this whole charade is just so that when she calls another secession referendum she can pretend to have been reasonable and considered other options. Personally I think Theresa should just call her bluff and hold the referendum anyway.
Ha Ha Ha , Little England has spoken
Far from it. I want to keep the UK united with Scotland as a full part, not semi-detached.
I would prefer fully detached rather than being a sub region of England
Scotland's not a sub region of England, but whatever. It would be a sad thing if Scotland ended a highly successful partnership of more than 300 years to be subsumed in a daft supranational project and ruled from Belgium.
We obviously have differing ideas of what "successful" means.
I'm not sure I would have used exactly the phraseology that Paul Lewis used but who's to say he's necessarily wrong?
Obviously Fox, Johnson and Davis should have a bonding weekend at Chevening to sort things out. Once they have established who gets to use the bathroom first, who does what with trade negotiations should be straightforward.
What a deeply unimpressive trio they are. The Tories are very lucky that Labour have made themselves unelectable. But lumbering the country with such preening lighweights makes Labour's implosion even more unforgiveable.
I have put a small sum on Burgon, though, to be honest, I feel it almost inconceivable a 50/1 political bet could possibly come off. It's hard to think of any such example.
What did OGH get on Barack Obama as the next President? Or is that what you were referring to?
I thought he tipped it rather than actually put the money down?
Fairly sure he put money on it. Seem to remember a special post about the day he collected his winnings.
Interesting to read those threads - among other things, the suggestion that Jon Huntsman might succeed Obama, that Osborne would not be Chancellor, and that Cameron's successor was likely not even an MP.
My main insight from this piece is that Cambridge really churn out some duffers.
How very dare you madam. We've also produced some of country's finest, for example, Nick Clegg, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Sir Anthony Blunt.
Has Cambridge produced any top-rate politician since Pitt the Younger?
My main insight from this piece is that Cambridge really churn out some duffers.
How very dare you madam. We've also produced some of country's finest, for example, Nick Clegg, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Sir Anthony Blunt.
Has Cambridge produced any top-rate politician since Pitt the Younger?
My main insight from this piece is that Cambridge really churn out some duffers.
How very dare you madam. We've also produced some of country's finest, for example, Nick Clegg, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Sir Anthony Blunt.
Has Cambridge produced any top-rate politician since Pitt the Younger?
Define 'top-rate'.
I jest. Setting the bar at Pitt or better is not entirely reasonable.
I'm not sure I would have used exactly the phraseology that Paul Lewis used but who's to say he's necessarily wrong?
Obviously Fox, Johnson and Davis should have a bonding weekend at Chevening to sort things out. Once they have established who gets to use the bathroom first, who does what with trade negotiations should be straightforward.
What a deeply unimpressive trio they are. The Tories are very lucky that Labour have made themselves unelectable. But lumbering the country with such preening lighweights makes Labour's implosion even more unforgiveable.
TBF although it's normally true that the opposition needs to be electable to discourage the government from doing things it dislikes, in this case the Prime Minister is trying to keep Britain in the EU, which has historically been a Labour goal as well.
My main insight from this piece is that Cambridge really churn out some duffers.
How very dare you madam. We've also produced some of country's finest, for example, Nick Clegg, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Sir Anthony Blunt.
Has Cambridge produced any top-rate politician since Pitt the Younger?
Define 'top-rate'.
I jest. Setting the bar at Pitt or better is not entirely reasonable.
Off the top of my head, all of the following holders of at least one Great Office were at Cambridge:
Stanley Baldwin Iain Macleod Ken Clarke Michael Howard Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman (postgraduate) Lord Palmerston (postgraduate)
I am sure there are more, but considering that includes the most electorally successful leader of all time, the first leader of a political party from a religious minority, the only philosopher ever to be PM and one of Britain's most famous war leaders, I think they've done OK.
I think Edinburgh is the only other university that has provided more than one PM.
I have to say I really don't like the DRS rules with "umpire's call". Either we trust Hawkeye is accurate or it isn't, and Hawkeye claim their testing (plus independent oversight) proves their tech is incredibly accurate.
I know in tennis they have full view of the ball, rather than "predicted" direction of travel, but there they go with whatever Hawkeye shows, not well it clipped the line so it is umpires call.
I keep noticing countries by their absence in some events. I look around for their competitors and either they aren't there, or aren't well placed. Some have obvious doping issues, others have lost their mojo or strategic way, others are upcoming.
It's fun, but a bit weird.
I find it amazing that East Germany has no-one in any event. They used to do so well, often 3rd in the medals table
My main insight from this piece is that Cambridge really churn out some duffers.
How very dare you madam. We've also produced some of country's finest, for example, Nick Clegg, Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, Donald Maclean, and Sir Anthony Blunt.
Has Cambridge produced any top-rate politician since Pitt the Younger?
Define 'top-rate'.
I jest. Setting the bar at Pitt or better is not entirely reasonable.
Off the top of my head, all of the following holders of at least one Great Office were at Cambridge:
Stanley Baldwin Iain Macleod Ken Clarke Michael Howard Arthur Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman (postgraduate) Lord Palmerston (postgraduate)
I am sure there are more, but considering that includes the most electorally successful leader of all time, the first leader of a political party from a religious minority, the only philosopher ever to be PM and one of Britain's most famous war leaders, I think they've done OK.
I think Edinburgh is the only other university that has provided more than one PM.
It's not bad but were it a boat race, they'd be about 15 lengths back. Different question on Nobel Laureates, mind.
I have to say I really don't like the DRS rules with "umpire's call". Either we trust Hawkeye is accurate or it isn't, and Hawkeye claim their testing (plus independent oversight) proves their tech is incredibly accurate.
I know in tennis they have full view of the ball, rather than "predicted" direction of travel, but there they go with whatever Hawkeye shows, not well it clipped the line so it is umpires call.
I think the point about DRS is it's not designed to be perfect, merely to remove the completely dud decision: Hussain given out LBW having cut the ball for four in 1999 springs to mind. Umpire's call shows it was marginal and therefore there is insufficient evidence to say they were completely wrong.
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The Swiss train attack was well down the running order. Did smile at 'no indication it was terrorism' being the line taken. Apart from the fire and stabbing, presumably...
Cat lovers more intelligent:
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/12-signs-of-intelligence-that-will-surprise-you--ZkV93RjarDZ?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100
Katarina Johnson-Thompson-Johnson
https://thelionandunicorn.wordpress.com/2016/08/12/obscure-olympians-5-the-3rd-earl-of-kimberley/
Police have not given the man's ethnic origin or that of the police officer, but did say he was armed with a stolen handgun and had an arrest record.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-37075729
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1604473/man-has-his-throat-slit-before-being-stabbed-multiple-times-in-front-of-horrified-families-in-margate/
Attacker escapes, no description bar age, no motive given.
Thankfully and amazingly the victim is still alive.
I'm not sure I would have used exactly the phraseology that Paul Lewis used but who's to say he's necessarily wrong?
The mismatch between a UK trying to do its own thing on immigration while being part of a Common Travel Area with an area that's still in the EU would be a mess, but they already have that mess because of the Republic of Ireland.
According to the Telegraph it was a 27 year old Swiss citizen, which works suggest - if it is terrorism - that it was a second generation immigrant, out possibly a convert.
Also the retirement of Thorpe robs them of lots of swimming medals.
Sturgeon might not (and as said she was fair to point out what she did vs what the headline implies). Plenty of her supporters definitely would however, that I think is not in the least bit of doubt.
Given they don't have the sort of population like China or USA etc, you need wide participation, with people trying lots and lots of sports, in order to be able to find that one golden nugget.
They had AB de Villars (2nd best batsman in the world) on sky last week and it seems in SA, he basically tried every sport going and was damn good at them. If you don't have a massive population, you need lots of people doing this.
Including here, where we have lottery-funded institutes of sport (a name that hints at Australian inspiration) and stipends for elite athletes, as well as sport-specific programmes.
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/our-work/investing-in-sport/how-uk-sport-funding-works
"Comedian and columnist David Mitchell described the British Olympic Association's decision to create a nickname and rebrand their representative team as "capitalism's final victory" and "pathetic", going on to say that anyone who thought rebranding the Olympic squad has helped win more medals "are either morons or they think our athletes are".[9] Scottish columnist Gerry Hassan commented that "Team GB represents something which is a fiction and an illusion which doesn’t correspond with any political form.[10]"
The fact that it annoys idiots like that so much means we're on the right track. I have to say the rebrand to Team GB has been a masterstroke both in terms of marketing and in terms of sporting achievement and the spirit with the athletes. You can tell that the rowers are happy when the swimmers do well and the swimmers are jubilant when the the track and field athletes perform and everyone wants to tune in to the cycling every evening. I remember 1996, it didn't seem like that was the case then. The FA should look at that and learn the lessons.
People were surprised at Johnson's appointment. I was far more surprised that Fox was allowed back into the fold. I really, really do not rate him. The Werrity affair was damning.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/aussies-rules-turned-sinking-british-swimmers-into-medal-machine-qzzx96qb7
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/08/12/trump_supporters_haven_t_been_affected_by_trade_or_immigration_at_all_study.html
http://bikeroute.com/WhyBent.php.
That said, there are still all kinds of potential problems. What if a piece of law passed by Parliament conflicts with EU law? Would it be struck down in Scotland by the ECJ? Would only English/Welsh/NI MPs get to vote on such a piece of legislation? We'd have to define territorial waters between Scotland/rest of UK for fishing purposes too.
We could do with him in the cricket right now though.
Very able man in many ways, that said.
It was Old Trafford where he batted to save the match with Stewart, but he was out
hikinghooking on the final morning leaving Croft and Fraser to block the last over.Edit - autocorrect sucks.
http://www.timeout.com/london/blog/five-maps-that-quantify-exactly-how-rammed-london-is-021816?utm_source=Outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign={London: RSS}&utm_content=53452968&cid=lon~ppc~{London:RSS}~otb~tai~me~53452968~20160814065837
Seems odd to write that - when he played for Gloucestershire he batted at three in onedayers because he was a good shotmaker cum slogger.
I thought that it was his Old Trafford locker where that was written.
New polls put Clinton across 270 electoral votes in the polling-based map. http://ow.ly/2FSE303bxje
This one also mentions profits:
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2008/11/07/is-it-now-game-on-for-the-general-election/
Interesting to read those threads - among other things, the suggestion that Jon Huntsman might succeed Obama, that Osborne would not be Chancellor, and that Cameron's successor was likely not even an MP.
Well, not all bets at 50-1 come in.
I mean
The farting commie
Burgon
This is the most preposterous bet and thread ever on PB.
Given the state of labour it's probably nailed on.
Stanley Baldwin
Iain Macleod
Ken Clarke
Michael Howard
Arthur Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (postgraduate)
Lord Palmerston (postgraduate)
I am sure there are more, but considering that includes the most electorally successful leader of all time, the first leader of a political party from a religious minority, the only philosopher ever to be PM and one of Britain's most famous war leaders, I think they've done OK.
I think Edinburgh is the only other university that has provided more than one PM.
I know in tennis they have full view of the ball, rather than "predicted" direction of travel, but there they go with whatever Hawkeye shows, not well it clipped the line so it is umpires call.