@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
It will matter if we are fully out. Unless you believe that it is doomed before 2019.
We were fully out for hundreds of years. It didn't stop us from being embroiled in European wars and revolutions and it wouldn't in the future.
Still infinitely less damaging to be embroiled from the outside than being captured and involved in the inside. As much as we suffered in the World Wars etc those on the continent suffered much worse. Same if the EU collapses we will be infinitely better off outside and caught in the aftermath than inside and part of the implosion.
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
Good job Dozy Dave triggered it on June 24th as he promised.
It will matter if we are fully out. Unless you believe that it is doomed before 2019.
We were fully out for hundreds of years. It didn't stop us from being embroiled in European wars and revolutions and it wouldn't in the future.
Still infinitely less damaging to be embroiled from the outside than being captured and involved in the inside. As much as we suffered in the World Wars etc those on the continent suffered much worse. Same if the EU collapses we will be infinitely better off outside and caught in the aftermath than inside and part of the implosion.
In the EU or out of it, the English Channel will still be there.
As fun as it is to watch those anti-Trump demos on which white people carry placards slagging off white people, and to read white columnists raging against white rage, and to see white women in the press tearing their hair out over white women who voted for Trump, it’s time to take down the modern left’s obsession with white people.
For following Trump’s shock ascendancy to the White House – another WHITE institution – it’s become clear what all this ‘white people’ talk really represents. It’s not a radical, post-racist attempt to expose where power lies in society and discuss how it might be challenged. On the contrary, it’s a racially charged, dehumanising expression of class contempt by well-connected white people, and some non-whites, for the wrong kind of white people: bad whites; unthinking whites; the dim or undeserving poor; or what used to be known, in times when vile elitism at least had the decency to be honest, as ‘the underclass’.
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
Hang on, I don't get it. Has something has changed. That can't be right.
Obviously we must have complete and total trust in the government. We must never ask questions lest we damage the negotiating position.
But it's almost as if that things might not be totally super. I don't get it.
... If they now stand ready, were they sitting down before?
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
I fail to see a difference. Those are synonymous.
i don't know the context, but as presented the meaning is quite different
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
There has been a campaign by Clinton voters to try and get electoral college voters to back Clinton. It wouldn't surprise me if a few of them were a bit crazy. Look at the videos of people abusing Trump voters.
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
There has been a campaign by Clinton voters to try and get electoral college voters to back Clinton. It wouldn't surprise me if a few of them were a bit crazy. Look at the videos of people abusing Trump voters.
The enthusiasts on both sides come across equally badly. Although I find the overseas enthusiasts, particularly those lacking votes, a significantly stranger breed.
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
I fail to see a difference. Those are synonymous.
Pasty Scott re-pasting tweets from his oracle, Faisal.
Mr. 1000, a few years ago ITV News ran a story with rising inflation (think it was 3% then), saying it was at a two year high. Moments later the newsreader said prices were 'rising like never before'.
No, goldfish-brain. Rising like two years ago.
Mind you, that's not as facepalmtastic as when Sky News claimed a terrorist attack had seen the first beheading in France's history.
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
There has been a campaign by Clinton voters to try and get electoral college voters to back Clinton. It wouldn't surprise me if a few of them were a bit crazy. Look at the videos of people abusing Trump voters.
The enthusiasts on both sides come across equally badly. Although I find the overseas enthusiasts, particularly those lacking votes, a significantly stranger breed.
Very strange. At least with 619 one gathers he was being paid for it.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
It is very frustrating. When I used to work in retail consulting I heard some great stories about overreliance on %s in marking decisions on margins, profits etc
Justin - do you canvass or talk politics in the street? The reason I ask is that the general reaction to the Labour Party is laughter, outside of big cities.
No it isn't - not in the WWC East Midlands division where I'm canvassing, at least. Perhaps we're all projecting our own contact circles - do you do much canvassing?
As I said the other day, though, quite a few people who usually lean Labour nonetheless think May has been not too bad so far - Brexit but not bonkers - though they do wonder what she'll deliver.
You need to get out and talk to the WWC.. mention Corbyn and you'll understand. The WWC I come into contact with think Corbyn is a joke. They wont vote Labour whilst he is leader. That's why the 33% figure for Labour VI is a joke.
If you knew Eastwood you'd know it's overwhelmingly WWC, and they're the people I'm talking to - got back from several hours there this morning. You're mostly mistaken as far as they're concerned (not entirely, but 90% - conversely people attracted because of him are also infrequent in the division). Quite possibly the people you talk to feel differently. It's a mistake to lump all WWC voters into one basket - they vary, just like every other ethnic group.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
I just had to explain to a friend that the tax rate wouldn't need to double for the amount of tax paid to double.
Clinton stabbed Caesar FACT! Escariot translated into English is Clinton FACT! The snake in the Garden of Eden came from Whitewater petting zoo, run by the Clintons FACT!
Justin - do you canvass or talk politics in the street? The reason I ask is that the general reaction to the Labour Party is laughter, outside of big cities.
No it isn't - not in the WWC East Midlands division where I'm canvassing, at least. Perhaps we're all projecting our own contact circles - do you do much canvassing?
As I said the other day, though, quite a few people who usually lean Labour nonetheless think May has been not too bad so far - Brexit but not bonkers - though they do wonder what she'll deliver.
You need to get out and talk to the WWC.. mention Corbyn and you'll understand. The WWC I come into contact with think Corbyn is a joke. They wont vote Labour whilst he is leader. That's why the 33% figure for Labour VI is a joke.
If you knew Eastwood you'd know it's overwhelmingly WWC, and they're the people I'm talking to - got back from several hours there this morning. You're mostly mistaken as far as they're concerned (not entirely, but 90% - conversely people attracted because of him are also infrequent in the division). Quite possibly the people you talk to feel differently. It's a mistake to lump all WWC voters into one basket - they vary, just like every other ethnic group.
But we don't have to convince each other, eh?
Nick - surely most WWC voters are at work on a Friday morning? Weren't you speaking to the Underclass?
Mr. 1000, a few years ago ITV News ran a story with rising inflation (think it was 3% then), saying it was at a two year high. Moments later the newsreader said prices were 'rising like never before'.
No, goldfish-brain. Rising like two years ago.
Mind you, that's not as facepalmtastic as when Sky News claimed a terrorist attack had seen the first beheading in France's history.
One 'blooper' I heard was when one of the Kennedys was lost at sea in a plane. it was the format.
"Jackie Kennedy speaking about her unspeakable loss."
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
Richard Nixon said once "The rate of increase in inflation is decreasing". Which as someone commented was the first time a 4th differential had been used in politics.
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
Hang on, I don't get it. Has something has changed. That can't be right.
Obviously we must have complete and total trust in the government. We must never ask questions lest we damage the negotiating position.
But it's almost as if that things might not be totally super. I don't get it.
... If they now stand ready, were they sitting down before?
You are advocating they should ignore the courts if the judgement goes against them?
Clinton stabbed Caesar FACT! Escariot translated into English is Clinton FACT! The snake in the Garden of Eden came from Whitewater petting zoo, run by the Clintons FACT!
Clinton stabbed Caesar FACT! Escariot translated into English is Clinton FACT! The snake in the Garden of Eden came from Whitewater petting zoo, run by the Clintons FACT!
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
Hang on, I don't get it. Has something has changed. That can't be right.
Obviously we must have complete and total trust in the government. We must never ask questions lest we damage the negotiating position.
But it's almost as if that things might not be totally super. I don't get it.
... If they now stand ready, were they sitting down before?
In all seriousness, Kanye West is an immensely successful businessman/celebrity, polarising, charismatic - not a world apart from Trump himself, so I can see why he would prefer him. Kanye4Prez2024 is the one to watch!
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
@faisalislam: October: "We will trigger Article 50 before the end of March " November: "We stand ready to trigger Article 50 by end of March" #brexitology
Hang on, I don't get it. Has something has changed. That can't be right.
Obviously we must have complete and total trust in the government. We must never ask questions lest we damage the negotiating position.
But it's almost as if that things might not be totally super. I don't get it.
... If they now stand ready, were they sitting down before?
You are advocating they should ignore the courts if the judgement goes against them?
Are you sympathetic to the Peter Hitchens view that the only (legitimate) way to get out of the EU is to elect a parliament that is committed to doing so?
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
Richard Nixon said once "The rate of increase in inflation is decreasing". Which as someone commented was the first time a 4th differential had been used in politics.
I make that a third differential
Price 1st: Inflation 2nd: Inflation increasing 3rd: Rate of increase of inflation
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
If there hadn't been the ridiculous outcry about Fiona Woolf being an acquaintance of Leon Brittan we'd be in a much better place.
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
If there hadn't been the ridiculous outcry about Fiona Woolf being an acquaintance of Leon Brittan we'd be in a much better place.
Or the ridiculous outcry about Baroness Butler-Shloss being Lord Havers's sister. But the whole process was ridiculous from the start.
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
My memory of Cathy film was that it was re-shown a couple of times by BBC when I was just about old enough to see it in the 1970s. According to wikipedia it was rebroadcast 11 August 1976. So Farron would be too young.
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
My memory of Cathy film was that it was re-shown a couple of times by BBC when I was just about old enough to see it in the 1970s. According to wikipedia it was rebroadcast 11 August 1976. So Farron would be too young.
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
It has been shown many times. Tim Farron didn't say he watched it when it was first broadcast.
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
If there hadn't been the ridiculous outcry about Fiona Woolf being an acquaintance of Leon Brittan we'd be in a much better place.
As Brittan has now been cleared, can't she be reappointed?
"After the first transmission in 1966, the play was repeated on BBC1 on 11 January 1967, 13 November 1968 and again on BBC2 on 11 August 1976. It was also screened by Channel 4 on 31 March 1993 as part of a season of programmes on homelessness, and by BBC Four in a season on the same subject in 2006. BBC Four also aired this drama on 5 and 11 June 2003 (shown as part of Time Shift). On 31 July 2016 it was repeated on BBC Four as part of a retrospective on 1966 & repeated again on BBC Four on 13 November 2016."
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
If there hadn't been the ridiculous outcry about Fiona Woolf being an acquaintance of Leon Brittan we'd be in a much better place.
As Brittan has now been cleared, can't she be reappointed?
Wasn't he home secretary at the time that Geoffrey Dickens was supposed to have handed in his dossier? That would probably be enough to get her thrown out again.
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
My memory of Cathy film was that it was re-shown a couple of times by BBC when I was just about old enough to see it in the 1970s. According to wikipedia it was rebroadcast 11 August 1976. So Farron would be too young.
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
My primary school (private) played it to us, along with the excellent 'Kes' and a couple of others (I think "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" was one, and p'haps 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner').
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
If there hadn't been the ridiculous outcry about Fiona Woolf being an acquaintance of Leon Brittan we'd be in a much better place.
As Brittan has now been cleared, can't she be reappointed?
Would she even want the gig now? I can't imagine it was a pleasant experience for her.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
Richard Nixon said once "The rate of increase in inflation is decreasing". Which as someone commented was the first time a 4th differential had been used in politics.
I make that a third differential
Price 1st: Inflation 2nd: Inflation increasing 3rd: Rate of increase of inflation
Inflation Increase in inflation Rate of increase in inflation Decrease in rate ?
This illustrates one of the problems with Twitter. In an essay, Tim would probably tell us the circumstances in which he first watched it. But in 140 characters, he misses these details out and so sounds like a dick. It's very difficult to convey anything other than the rawly factual (a la Britain elects) in a single tweet and NOT risk sounding like a dick.
Watched Sarah Champion on the BBC earlier talking about the Child Abuse Inquiry. She managed to get Alexis Jay, Amber Rudd and Orgreave all in the same sentence. I see other Labour MPs touring the media knifing Alexis Jay.
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
If there hadn't been the ridiculous outcry about Fiona Woolf being an acquaintance of Leon Brittan we'd be in a much better place.
As Brittan has now been cleared, can't she be reappointed?
Would she even want the gig now? I can't imagine it was a pleasant experience for her.
Probably not. Given the reaction of the Shirley Oaks group, you do wonder whether there's any value in the thing at all. They seem happy enough just publishing their own 'report'.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
Richard Nixon said once "The rate of increase in inflation is decreasing". Which as someone commented was the first time a 4th differential had been used in politics.
I make that a third differential
Price 1st: Inflation 2nd: Inflation increasing 3rd: Rate of increase of inflation
Inflation Increase in inflation Rate of increase in inflation Decrease in rate ?
Depends if he meant that the rate of increase in inflation was decreasing at an increasing rate? Or merely that it (the rate of increase of inflation) was negative.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
Richard Nixon said once "The rate of increase in inflation is decreasing". Which as someone commented was the first time a 4th differential had been used in politics.
I make that a third differential
Price 1st: Inflation 2nd: Inflation increasing 3rd: Rate of increase of inflation
Inflation Increase in inflation Rate of increase in inflation Decrease in rate ?
That's just a negative number, not another differential.
Let's say inflation
0.1%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.7%
Increase in inflation
0.3%, 0.2%, 0.1%
Thus the rate of increase in inflation is decreasing.
I assume what Nixon meant was that although the inflation rate was still rising, at least it was rising slower.
"After the first transmission in 1966, the play was repeated on BBC1 on 11 January 1967, 13 November 1968 and again on BBC2 on 11 August 1976. It was also screened by Channel 4 on 31 March 1993 as part of a season of programmes on homelessness, and by BBC Four in a season on the same subject in 2006. BBC Four also aired this drama on 5 and 11 June 2003 (shown as part of Time Shift). On 31 July 2016 it was repeated on BBC Four as part of a retrospective on 1966 & repeated again on BBC Four on 13 November 2016."
This illustrates one of the problems with Twitter. In an essay, Tim would probably tell us the circumstances in which he first watched it. But in 140 characters, he misses these details out and so sounds like a dick. It's very difficult to convey anything other than the rawly factual (a la Britain elects) in a single tweet and NOT risk sounding like a dick.
The only people who seem to have mastered Twitter stylistically are Donald Trump and Rupert Murdoch.
This illustrates one of the problems with Twitter. In an essay, Tim would probably tell us the circumstances in which he first watched it. But in 140 characters, he misses these details out and so sounds like a dick. It's very difficult to convey anything other than the rawly factual (a la Britain elects) in a single tweet and NOT risk sounding like a dick.
Let's face it - with or without twitter - Tim Farron is a dick!
"After the first transmission in 1966, the play was repeated on BBC1 on 11 January 1967, 13 November 1968 and again on BBC2 on 11 August 1976. It was also screened by Channel 4 on 31 March 1993 as part of a season of programmes on homelessness, and by BBC Four in a season on the same subject in 2006. BBC Four also aired this drama on 5 and 11 June 2003 (shown as part of Time Shift). On 31 July 2016 it was repeated on BBC Four as part of a retrospective on 1966 & repeated again on BBC Four on 13 November 2016."
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
My memory of Cathy film was that it was re-shown a couple of times by BBC when I was just about old enough to see it in the 1970s. According to wikipedia it was rebroadcast 11 August 1976. So Farron would be too young.
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
My primary school (private) played it to us, along with the excellent 'Kes' and a couple of others (I think "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" was one, and p'haps 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner').
Kes really stuck with me. The others... less so.
Golly, your primary school must have been posh. At mine we had a piece of classical music on the gramophone at morning assembly (followed by an explanation as to the composer and why that piece was significant) and that was it in terms of external audio-visual content.
That said I was probably a couple of decades before you.
Justin - do you canvass or talk politics in the street? The reason I ask is that the general reaction to the Labour Party is laughter, outside of big cities.
No it isn't - not in the WWC East Midlands division where I'm canvassing, at least. Perhaps we're all projecting our own contact circles - do you do much canvassing?
As I said the other day, though, quite a few people who usually lean Labour nonetheless think May has been not too bad so far - Brexit but not bonkers - though they do wonder what she'll deliver.
You need to get out and talk to the WWC.. mention Corbyn and you'll understand. The WWC I come into contact with think Corbyn is a joke. They wont vote Labour whilst he is leader. That's why the 33% figure for Labour VI is a joke.
If you knew Eastwood you'd know it's overwhelmingly WWC, and they're the people I'm talking to - got back from several hours there this morning. You're mostly mistaken as far as they're concerned (not entirely, but 90% - conversely people attracted because of him are also infrequent in the division). Quite possibly the people you talk to feel differently. It's a mistake to lump all WWC voters into one basket - they vary, just like every other ethnic group.
But we don't have to convince each other, eh?
Nick - surely most WWC voters are at work on a Friday morning? Weren't you speaking to the Underclass?
I don't want to get all prolier-than-thou - but many WWC work hours other than Mon-Fri 9-5.30. In fact, there's probably an argument that work patterns are a better indication of class nowadays than income.
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
My memory of Cathy film was that it was re-shown a couple of times by BBC when I was just about old enough to see it in the 1970s. According to wikipedia it was rebroadcast 11 August 1976. So Farron would be too young.
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
My primary school (private) played it to us, along with the excellent 'Kes' and a couple of others (I think "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" was one, and p'haps 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner').
Kes really stuck with me. The others... less so.
Golly, your primary school must have been posh. At mine we had a piece of classical music on the gramophone at morning assembly (followed by an explanation as to the composer and why that piece was significant) and that was it in terms of external audio-visual content.
That said I was probably a couple of decades before you.
I'd never go to a *posh* school Mr L. I am a pleb, after all ...
"Nick - surely most WWC voters are at work on a Friday morning? Weren't you speaking to the Underclass?"
I suspect we all live in our own bubble. But judging by my Face Book friends, there are a few Jezzarites - and they also tend to be strong Brexiteers.
But when push comes to shove, the Brexit bit is the strongest. I also suspect that's why Kinnock Jr and John McDonnell have begun to get the message - they're pedalling back as fast as they can on blocking Article 50.
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
My memory of Cathy film was that it was re-shown a couple of times by BBC when I was just about old enough to see it in the 1970s. According to wikipedia it was rebroadcast 11 August 1976. So Farron would be too young.
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
My primary school (private) played it to us, along with the excellent 'Kes' and a couple of others (I think "A Day in the Death of Joe Egg" was one, and p'haps 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner').
Kes really stuck with me. The others... less so.
Golly, your primary school must have been posh. At mine we had a piece of classical music on the gramophone at morning assembly (followed by an explanation as to the composer and why that piece was significant) and that was it in terms of external audio-visual content.
That said I was probably a couple of decades before you.
My primary school was not in the least bit posh - I'd go as far as to say it was terrible (this was the early 80s and uselessness was very much in vogue in teaching) -,and yet telly played quite a large part in the weekly pattern of school life. probably because it let the teachers off having to do any teaching for half an hour or so.
There's a tiny difference between those statements. Only someone who considers a 0.1% rise a spike in inflation would consider the meaning to be dissimilar.
I hate people who say "the inflation rate doubled", when they mean it ticked up an almost infinitesimal amount.
Richard Nixon said once "The rate of increase in inflation is decreasing". Which as someone commented was the first time a 4th differential had been used in politics.
I make that a third differential
Price 1st: Inflation 2nd: Inflation increasing 3rd: Rate of increase of inflation
We are seeing a moderation in the rate at which the increase in inflation is decelerating?
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Obviously we must have complete and total trust in the government. We must never ask questions lest we damage the negotiating position.
But it's almost as if that things might not be totally super. I don't get it.
... If they now stand ready, were they sitting down before?
"22-year-old Michael Banerian, one of Michigan’s 16 Electoral College voters, told the Detroit News that he has received a deluge of hateful messages from leftists, including numerous death threats.
“I’ve had people talk about shoving a gun in my mouth and blowing my brains out. And I’ve received dozens and dozens of those emails. Even the non-threatening-my-life emails are very aggressive,” said Banerian, adding that he has been labeled a “hateful bigot” by the same people who are violently threatening him.
The Detroit News verified that in one of the emails, a Hillary supporter vowed to “put a bullet” in his mouth, while Michigan Republican Party spokeswoman Sarah Anderson said that other electors “are also receiving threats”.
http://www.infowars.com/anti-trump-protesters-threaten-to-put-a-bullet-in-the-brain-of-michigan-elector/
http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2016/08/10/the-list-of-clinton-associates-whove-died-mysteriously-check-it-out/#.V_5fGSWyz86.facebook
There's 46 of them.
No, goldfish-brain. Rising like two years ago.
Mind you, that's not as facepalmtastic as when Sky News claimed a terrorist attack had seen the first beheading in France's history.
But we don't have to convince each other, eh?
Escariot translated into English is Clinton FACT!
The snake in the Garden of Eden came from Whitewater petting zoo, run by the Clintons FACT!
"Jackie Kennedy speaking about her unspeakable loss."
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/799627053033197569
I fully expect the name Michael Mansfield QC to be mentioned by Labour, if it hasn't already. So much for the faux outrage about "survivors." They just never learn.
Price
1st: Inflation
2nd: Inflation increasing
3rd: Rate of increase of inflation
https://twitter.com/timfarron/status/798919423214178304
Almost as good as Blair watching Milburn scoring those goals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007492r/the-wednesday-play-cathy-come-home
But, it was shown again by Ch4 in 1990s as part of a season on homelessness.
"What made you go into politics?
I joined Shelter after watching a repeat of Cathy Come Home on TV."
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2012/04/mp-interview-tim-farron
"After the first transmission in 1966, the play was repeated on BBC1 on 11 January 1967, 13 November 1968 and again on BBC2 on 11 August 1976. It was also screened by Channel 4 on 31 March 1993 as part of a season of programmes on homelessness, and by BBC Four in a season on the same subject in 2006. BBC Four also aired this drama on 5 and 11 June 2003 (shown as part of Time Shift). On 31 July 2016 it was repeated on BBC Four as part of a retrospective on 1966 & repeated again on BBC Four on 13 November 2016."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Come_Home
Kes really stuck with me. The others... less so.
Increase in inflation
Rate of increase in inflation
Decrease in rate ?
It's very difficult to convey anything other than the rawly factual (a la Britain elects) in a single tweet and NOT risk sounding like a dick.
Let's say inflation
0.1%, 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.7%
Increase in inflation
0.3%, 0.2%, 0.1%
Thus the rate of increase in inflation is decreasing.
I assume what Nixon meant was that although the inflation rate was still rising, at least it was rising slower.
So, when was Cathy screened in around 1985 or 86 such that he was fired up to join Shelter and then LibDems?
He says it was on TV and therefore not a repeat shown at school as Mr Jessop mentions.
That makes me wonder: I would have seen them in the 1979 to 1982 timeframe - i.e. before VHS (I think). What would they have played them off?
That said I was probably a couple of decades before you.
"Nick - surely most WWC voters are at work on a Friday morning? Weren't you speaking to the Underclass?"
I suspect we all live in our own bubble. But judging by my Face Book friends, there are a few Jezzarites - and they also tend to be strong Brexiteers.
But when push comes to shove, the Brexit bit is the strongest. I also suspect that's why Kinnock Jr and John McDonnell have begun to get the message - they're pedalling back as fast as they can on blocking Article 50.