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EDIT: Also, second. Like Hofer.
REALLY PROUD
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/austria-opens-the-polls-to-16-year-olds-943706.html
I did think about seguing in a reference to Ultravox too.
https://twitter.com/b_judah/status/805472357779468288
Nicholas Farrell: "The followers of the M5S cult meet each other only in small local groups called Meetup — which, again, is similar to Scientologists — and use the internet not the telephone to communicate." I knew a few Meetup groups were nutty, but I had no idea that Meetup as a whole was that bad.
Van Der Bellen 2.062.920; 51.7
Hofer 1.928.530; 48.3
An Oxford graduate is suing the university for £1m claiming the “appallingly bad” and “boring” teaching cost him a first-class degree and prevented him from having a successful career.
Faiz Siddiqui, who studied modern history at Brasenose College, told the high court he believes he would have had a career as an international commercial lawyer if he had been awarded a first rather than the 2:1 he achieved 16 years ago.
If he wins, the case could open the floodgates to similar claims from students complaining about inadequate teaching, unsuitable accommodation and poor decisions.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/dec/04/graduate-sues-oxford-university-1m-failure-first-faiz-siddiqui?CMP=twt_a-education_b-gdnedu
Honestly, he'd have been better off going to Trump University than Oxford.
But on the whole I prefer your original.
(For those who don't know, 'hope' in German is 'hoffnung'.)
Edited because autocorrect cannot deal with German.
If he had made it as a commercial lawyer, he'd have asked himself why it has taken 16 years to sue for the alleged breach.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38201570
It's slightly bemusing that the government sponsored a report into the future of Network Rail (Shaw Report) in March didn't (I think) recommend this.
There's also the issue that if this goes ahead, the first crash that happens will automatically be blamed on the changes. Given the unprecedented recent safety record on the nationalised railway, that would be politically troubling.
Oxford University argues that the claim is baseless and should be struck out because of the number of years that have passed since Siddiqui graduated.
The university admitted it had “difficulties” running the module in the year Siddiqui graduated because half of the teaching staff responsible for Asian history were on sabbatical leave at the same time.
It would have been somewhat larger if I hadn't made the mistake of trusting Bob Smithson instead of my own judgement
And another Betfair prediction failure - someone must be losing a fortune on that site.
Surely they can't have got the Italian referendum wrong as well ?
Years ago, playing Devil's advocate, I did a piece on 'Nuremberg: Victor's Justice' and I cited General Melchett from that episode on the hypocrisy when it comes to wars.
Captain Darling: So you see, Blackadder, Field Marshall Haig is most anxious to eliminate all these German spies.
General Melchett: Filthy hun weasels, fighting their dirty underhand war!
Captain Darling: And fortunately, one of our spies...
General Melchett: Splendid fellows, brave heroes risking life and limb for Blighty!
No 1.45
Grayling's a 'headbanger', using Ken Clarke's apparent term for rabid right-wing 'colleagues'. I fear the worst. It was Grayling who f****d up prisons so much that to have Gove take over was like a breath of fresh air.
Ladbroke Grove 1999, Hatfield 2000, Potters Bar 2002 ... here we come again? Hope not.
Austrian results page:
http://wahl16.bmi.gv.at/
The percentages in Austria before postals are almost the same as the Brexit percentages.
However there are many problems with this new scheme, especially where multiple operators run trains over the same route.
It turned out a private National Rail was a bad idea. But that is not the proposal.
I am however sceptical as to whether anything needs to change (and whether the exceptional reasons on the Cambridge to Oxford line exist elsewhere)
https://twitter.com/RTaylor_LibDem/status/805468439229976576
Tomorrow Renzi will resign. By this time next week we'll have a new Italian government.
And almost nothing will have changed. This is not a referendum on pro-EU vs anti-EU, or anything like that. Is is a referendum on whether to reform the Italian houses of parliament to make them less liable to gridlock and to increase the role of the executive.
I think a fair number of Grillo supporters will vote Yes, and a lot of Renzi supporters No. I don't think any of us should read too much into this vote.
I don't know whether or not it will improve things, but if the TOCs had more skin in the game when it comes to maintaining the network, perhaps they'd be less likely to demand that NR keep the railway open all of the time and instead helped NR keep on top of the maintenance.
https://s13.postimg.org/n0mtihgwn/Map_of_Italy_blankt7.png
Highest Vicenza 67.86%
Lowest Crotone 39.25%
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trust-politicians-all-time-low-survey-reveals-1594788
While Leave voters were apparently turned off by Boris Johnson because they "didn't believe what he was saying", Nick Clegg was deemed particularly trustworthy by Remain voters.
One said: "I wish we'd heard more from Nick Clegg."
And Grayrigg, which could have been much, much worse than the one fatality, was down to NR's incompetence. Yet for some reason the left didn't make much less noise about it ...
Having said that, NR's very good at two of their tasks: maintenance and renewal. Where they're failing massively is in the third, enhancements.
Edit: edited stupidity ... )
If this is a No, and M5S wins, then it would have little power, be at the mercy of events, etc., etc. (Worth noting M5S has lost 13 of its 109 MPs through defections to other parties since they were elected in 2014...)
Longer term, you may well be right.
It does seem like the Italian vote has been bunged in with the rest of the populist movement tests for the sake of a good story, when the actual vote has little to do with it - would be like attributing the AV referendum loss to a populist backlash.
I shall therefore content myself with saying he is a stunt performed by the Greek god of sex.
My money is on "No" however !
Venezuela issues new banknotes after inflation
Venezuela is issuing new higher-value notes to help deal with some of the practical problems of soaring inflation. A backpack full of cash is often required to pay bills at a restaurant or supermarket.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38201575
Not that he ever actually won one in Germany either, although his party topped the poll in a couple of inconclusive elections. The closest he came was second to Hindenburg in 1932.