Real elections Jan/Feb Con 20.5% Lib Dem 26.2% Conservatives defended 7 seats in Jan/Feb held 2 lost 5 1 to Inds 4 to Lib Dems . 4 more seats being defended this week
That's true, but also irrelevant. ICM are not asking people how they would vote in local council by-elections.
True , ICM are asking people how they would vote in a non existent General Election .
There's nothing non-existent about it, any more than the coming French or Dutch elections are non-existent.
If you think that the real level of party support is 26% Lib Dem to 20% Conservative, there's a bridge I'd like to sell you.
From this point in the last parliament the swingback wasn't that great, the big plunge came between Feb and May 2012.
Swingback does happen when there has been no swing away - otherwise Labour should have won both the 2001 and 2005 elections by bigger margins than were being indicated by the polls in midterm Neither actually came to pass..
Obama's legacy on crime and race is one of the worst of any modern president. His legacy on foreign policy is the 2nd worst in modern times, after Dubya Bush.
History will eventually judge him quite harshly.
Does the president have much power over the factors which affect crime? I'd have thought it was much more a state or city issue. In fact, as that article points out, crime in some big cities such as New York and LA has continued to fall.
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
Hmm I regret I paid taxes - and still do - to pay for self righteous people like you. The utter scornful superiority of your post suggests you would last 5 minutes in the world which funded your salary..
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
What a load of unvarnished bollocks. I think you view says more about yourself than about others.
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
What a load of unvarnished bollocks. I think you view says more about yourself than about others.
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
So the people working minimum wage on the shop floor are doing it for greed? Ridiculous!
May's not having a honeymoon. She's having a year-long holiday with her new husband, staying in the best hotels, and with lots of great sex. It's the ultra-honeymoon. It makes normal honeymoons seem like a wet winter's weekend in Grimsby.
Sounds like a SeanT anecdote...
I was trying to work him into it, but decided the thought of SeanT and May on a sex-laden holiday together slightly too disturbing. Also, I doubt she does any drugs ...
HMM. At this very moment i am headed on a train down to drizzly Devon, where I am spending a week on my own in a cottage in the middle of Dartmoor. Researching the feeling of the isolating moorland winter for my new thriller. And I'll be writing the thriller, too.
I doubt i will have a real human conversation, face to face, for the entire week.
A boozy weekend in Grimsby doesn't seem so bad right now. As an alternative.
If the solitude gets too much, holler. I'm sure the Good Lady Wifi would rustle up one her "best restaurant in Devon that isn't a restaurant" meals in her Cathedral of Fine Dining. Just not Friday.
PS. It's stopped drizzling here in Devon. Although, maybe not on Dartmoor. Law unto itself that place. On so many levels.
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
What a load of unvarnished bollocks. I think you view says more about yourself than about others.
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
Your response leaves me baffled. Both paras. The second seems a complete non sequitor to the other posts in the thread.
Oh just re-read, highest lead since 1983! Mind boggling.
Mori also had a lead of 18% last Autumn.
Mori has always been susceptible to outliers, it was them who came up with the 52% "Con Gain Glasgow" poll in the Gordon Brown era.
ICM has had its share of outliers too - a week before the 1997 election they had Labour's poll lead down to 5% - and caused some nervousness in Labour ranks - yet Labour went on to win by 13%. ICM has always had a tendency to understate Labour and its most recent adjutments reinforce that.
From this point in the last parliament the swingback wasn't that great, the big plunge came between Feb and May 2012.
Swingback does happen when there has been no swing away - otherwise Labour should have won both the 2001 and 2005 elections by bigger margins than were being indicated by the polls in midterm Neither actually came to pass..
Correction Swingback does NOT happen when there has been no swing away !
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Yet the first paragraph of the report says: "even as crime nationally is near historic lows."
The story is much more complex than can be detailed in a tweet, or in your stupidly pointless two-word addition.
I'm unsure why you appear to wish to blame Obama for this. You might want to at least partially blame the gun-obsessed Republicans.
Who was president for the last 8 years?
Obama. And as the article (and others) show, the crime figures over his period in office are mixed. Better in some cities, worse in others, but with generally low figures.
In fact, congratulating or blaming any president might be rather silly, as there are long-term falls that might have little directly to do with federal policy. As an example:
Apologies if I have missed this being answered already, but has there yet been any explanation of the cartoon ion the article five threads ago? Who were the people in the cartoon, and who is Geoffrey?
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Obama's legacy on crime and race is one of the worst of any modern president. His legacy on foreign policy is the 2nd worst in modern times, after Dubya Bush.
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
How on earth would you know if you've never worked in the private sector ? The very definition of irrational prejudice.
As someone with some experience of both, I'd say that you meet a fairly similar cross section of humanity, from saints to sociopaths, in both sectors.
Real elections Jan/Feb Con 20.5% Lib Dem 26.2% Conservatives defended 7 seats in Jan/Feb held 2 lost 5 1 to Inds 4 to Lib Dems . 4 more seats being defended this week
That's true, but also irrelevant. ICM are not asking people how they would vote in local council by-elections.
True , ICM are asking people how they would vote in a non existent General Election .
There's nothing non-existent about it, any more than the coming French or Dutch elections are non-existent.
If you think that the real level of party support is 26% Lib Dem to 20% Conservative, there's a bridge I'd like to sell you.
Nope I certainly do not believe the real level of support is LD 26% Con 24% nor do I believe it is 44% Con 8% Lib Dem . The French and Dutch elections have dates in a few weeks when is the next UK GE ?
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Obama's legacy on crime and race is one of the worst of any modern president. His legacy on foreign policy is the 2nd worst in modern times, after Dubya Bush.
As an aside... I don't think the link between President and crime is all that strong. Crime seems to be driven by broader trends....
Hadn't you heard, factchecks are also now accounted to be part of the quivering, shifting mass of f**e n*ws. Random assertion unrestrained by any objective measure is the way ahead.
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Obama's legacy on crime and race is one of the worst of any modern president. His legacy on foreign policy is the 2nd worst in modern times, after Dubya Bush.
History will eventually judge him quite harshly.
Yes it will. But... to be a bit fair the gun crime stats are largely confined to democrat controlled large cities. This is a broader failing of the left in America rather than Obama alone. You can't wholly blame him for the shithole that eg Chicago has become. He is of that crowd but not in control of it.
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Yet the first paragraph of the report says: "even as crime nationally is near historic lows."
The story is much more complex than can be detailed in a tweet, or in your stupidly pointless two-word addition.
I'm unsure why you appear to wish to blame Obama for this. You might want to at least partially blame the gun-obsessed Republicans.
All those cities have Democratic governments, and have had for many a year.
Milwaukee; Democratic mayor since 1960 Chicago; Democratic mayor since 1931 Baltimore:; Democratic mayor since 1967 Memphis; Democratic mayor since 1960?
Not really - to Win she would need at least 10% of Fillon/ anti Pen voters to switch. After all 52-48 is regarded as an overwhelming victory in some places. She would need a black swan event, which we hope will never happen. (Although look at the invasion of Ceuta).
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
What a load of unvarnished bollocks. I think you view says more about yourself than about others.
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
This is not a brilliant medium for nuance, Mr Abroad. It's a good idea to use emoticons when you're being satirical/sarcastic/facetious.
Not really - to Win she would need at least 10% of Fillon/ anti Pen voters to switch. After all 52-48 is regarded as an overwhelming victory in some places. She would need a black swan event, which we hope will never happen. (Although look at the invasion of Ceuta).
Based on that poll she'd only need 6% to switch from Fillon, and anyway I was referring mainly to the trend.
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Yet the first paragraph of the report says: "even as crime nationally is near historic lows."
The story is much more complex than can be detailed in a tweet, or in your stupidly pointless two-word addition.
I'm unsure why you appear to wish to blame Obama for this. You might want to at least partially blame the gun-obsessed Republicans.
Who was president for the last 8 years?
Obama. And as the article (and others) show, the crime figures over his period in office are mixed. Better in some cities, worse in others, but with generally low figures.
In fact, congratulating or blaming any president might be rather silly, as there are long-term falls that might have little directly to do with federal policy. As an example:
May's not having a honeymoon. She's having a year-long holiday with her new husband, staying in the best hotels, and with lots of great sex. It's the ultra-honeymoon. It makes normal honeymoons seem like a wet winter's weekend in Grimsby.
Sounds like a SeanT anecdote...
I was trying to work him into it, but decided the thought of SeanT and May on a sex-laden holiday together slightly too disturbing. Also, I doubt she does any drugs ...
HMM. At this very moment i am headed on a train down to drizzly Devon, where I am spending a week on my own in a cottage in the middle of Dartmoor. Researching the feeling of the isolating moorland winter for my new thriller. And I'll be writing the thriller, too.
I doubt i will have a real human conversation, face to face, for the entire week.
A boozy weekend in Grimsby doesn't seem so bad right now. As an alternative.
Hope you enjoy the trip. I'm quite jealous - after two and a half years looking after a child, I'd love to get away for a week on my own, even if it meant staying in a tent on Dartmoor. In fact, especially if it involved staying in a tent on Dartmoor ...
I recently read The Fire Child. Sadly I didn't find it anywhere near as good as the Ice Twins: oddly you didn't really capture the essence of Cornwall well, at least in my eyes. Perhaps you were overly familiar with it? Also, the underlying mystery didn't feel as strong.
Still an enjoyable read though. Thanks.
I was just thinking the same thing - a whole week with no human company at all and a wild landscape to enjoy solitude in. What bliss! But then, I have a houseful of small daughters. Whom, of course, I love dearly, and who would make the solitude all the more enjoyable with the knowledge that I had them to return to. (Actually, the last time I was away from them, 36 hours was about as long as I lasted before I was pining to return to them.) Still, a whole week alone in a wild British landscape. What a treat. I hope you've got a good supply of beer / whisky / wine to enjoy in the evening.
Sean, my favourite location you've written about was Heysham. No other author to my knowledge has included the Heysham - Isle of Man ferry in a novel, nor used its choice over the Liverpool ferry as a plot device.
May's not having a honeymoon. She's having a year-long holiday with her new husband, staying in the best hotels, and with lots of great sex. It's the ultra-honeymoon. It makes normal honeymoons seem like a wet winter's weekend in Grimsby.
Sounds like a SeanT anecdote...
I was trying to work him into it, but decided the thought of SeanT and May on a sex-laden holiday together slightly too disturbing. Also, I doubt she does any drugs ...
HMM. At this very moment i am headed on a train down to drizzly Devon, where I am spending a week on my own in a cottage in the middle of Dartmoor. Researching the feeling of the isolating moorland winter for my new thriller. And I'll be writing the thriller, too.
I doubt i will have a real human conversation, face to face, for the entire week.
A boozy weekend in Grimsby doesn't seem so bad right now. As an alternative.
Hope you enjoy the trip. I'm quite jealous - after two and a half years looking after a child, I'd love to get away for a week on my own, even if it meant staying in a tent on Dartmoor. In fact, especially if it involved staying in a tent on Dartmoor ...
I recently read The Fire Child. Sadly I didn't find it anywhere near as good as the Ice Twins: oddly you didn't really capture the essence of Cornwall well, at least in my eyes. Perhaps you were overly familiar with it? Also, the underlying mystery didn't feel as strong.
Still an enjoyable read though. Thanks.
I was just thinking the same thing - a whole week with no human company at all and a wild landscape to enjoy solitude in. What bliss! But then, I have a houseful of small daughters. Whom, of course, I love dearly, and who would make the solitude all the more enjoyable with the knowledge that I had them to return to. (Actually, the last time I was away from them, 36 hours was about as long as I lasted before I was pining to return to them.) Still, a whole week alone in a wild British landscape. What a treat. I hope you've got a good supply of beer / whisky / wine to enjoy in the evening.
Sean, my favourite location you've written about was Heysham. No other author to my knowledge has included the Heysham - Isle of Man ferry in a novel, nor used its choice over the Liverpool ferry as a plot device.
As a very young child I have a memory of going on a day-trip to Isle of Man on a ferry. I believe it was from Cleveleys (N. Blackpool) though.
There's a bit more to it than that, this has just affected the timing. The stress of it though is highlighted by Enda appearing on TV without his hair being lacquered in position.
Given the current opinion polls, we could easily see a simple reversal of the current position with FF replacing FG. What would really be useful is if an election rid the Dail of the some of the most parochial and, to be charitable, colourful independents that I've yet seen. That looks unlikely.
I do rather wonder if it would actually be in May's interests to lose narrowly in Copeland.
I think back to Eastleigh - the biggest bum steer from a by-election in recent times. It convinced the Lib Dems that the polls were wrong, and that a "56 by-elections" strategy was the way to go. That was a disastrous miscalculation.
If Labour hold both by-elections, it will fuel the "it'll be alright on the night - ignore the MSM" tendency in Labour.
The calculation is different for UKIP in Stoke, of course. They need their leader in Parliament to emerge from Farage's big shadow, and to make their strategy against Labour look credible to funders.
Just noticed Theresa May sitting very near the throne in the Lords chamber!
Constitutional bullying by the unelected/mandateless PM
Aren't all prime ministers unelected, except by their constituency?
Indeed.
As for mandateless... I trust an eighteen point lead in the polls are de facto a mandate for her and her government.
Of course if a general election is desired to deliver a firmer mandate... by all means let's crack on with that - indeed I have a feeling May is minded to do just that if the Lords block Brexit.
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Yet the first paragraph of the report says: "even as crime nationally is near historic lows."
The story is much more complex than can be detailed in a tweet, or in your stupidly pointless two-word addition.
I'm unsure why you appear to wish to blame Obama for this. You might want to at least partially blame the gun-obsessed Republicans.
All those cities have Democratic governments, and have had for many a year.
Milwaukee; Democratic mayor since 1960 Chicago; Democratic mayor since 1931 Baltimore:; Democratic mayor since 1967 Memphis; Democratic mayor since 1960?
Well quite - but Obama was half Black and a Democrat!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FFS - anyone with eyes can see the horrors these residents endure, whilst middle class whites from Georgetown parade their virtue.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
Since mansplaining is a man condescendingly telling a woman what things mean, I assume trumplaining means the media is condescendingly telling people what trump's words mean rather than just quoting his words verbatim?
Labour is finished. Social democracy likewise. The political space is now monopolised by selfishness.
You think people vote for a party who promises to takes money away from people who are richer than and give some if it to themselves, is not selfish? Or to take money away from those that operate in the private sector to spend more on public services where they work ?
Don't be under any illusion that many people vote for more taxation for anything other than hard pure self interest.
I am retired now but I always refused to work in the private sector. The only reason anyone works there is greed. What I didn't appreciate at the time was how many public sector workers were also full of greed.
What a load of unvarnished bollocks. I think you view says more about yourself than about others.
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
This is not a brilliant medium for nuance, Mr Abroad. It's a good idea to use emoticons when you're being satirical/sarcastic/facetious.
Wall Street Journal Murder rates in Chicago, Baltimore, Milwaukee and Memphis have returned to levels not seen since the 1990s https://t.co/Rzw0lYHrDY
Yet the first paragraph of the report says: "even as crime nationally is near historic lows."
The story is much more complex than can be detailed in a tweet, or in your stupidly pointless two-word addition.
I'm unsure why you appear to wish to blame Obama for this. You might want to at least partially blame the gun-obsessed Republicans.
All those cities have Democratic governments, and have had for many a year.
Milwaukee; Democratic mayor since 1960 Chicago; Democratic mayor since 1931 Baltimore:; Democratic mayor since 1967 Memphis; Democratic mayor since 1960?
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
He did the same with Clinton and uranium. The fact checkers went into overdrive saying he lied, and that she didn't give away 20% of the US supply of uranium. No they cried, she gave away 20% of the US production of uranium.
Fascinating to see how these driverless vehicles can react to things like a dog walking onto the track. Vehicles that can react to children running into the world will in the future prevent a lot of tragedies.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
He did the same with Clinton and uranium. The fact checkers went into overdrive saying he lied, and that she didn't give away 20% of the US supply of uranium. No they cried, she gave away 20% of the US production of uranium.
It's so blinking obvious and has been for yonks - but the MSM are like moths to his flame.
They've lost their minds - and it's beyond funny. I've read some interesting articles on this - will dig out
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
Since mansplaining is a man condescendingly telling a woman what things mean, I assume trumplaining means the media is condescendingly telling people what trump's words mean rather than just quoting his words verbatim?
What a load of unvarnished bollocks. I think you view says more about yourself than about others.
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
This is not a brilliant medium for nuance, Mr Abroad. It's a good idea to use emoticons when you're being satirical/sarcastic/facetious.
He means it.
Cheers kle4, that has helped. Didn't know that. But rest is still not that clear. Why 'on'? Doesn't that contradict a verbatim report? And what is all the stuff about seeing what's in his heart. Just seems a nonsense bunch of words.
This is an extract of DT's verbatim words:
"But I met Mike Pompeo, and it was the only guy I met. I didn’t want to meet anybody else. I said, cancel everybody else. Cancel. Now, he was approved, essentially, but they're doing little political games with me. He was one of the three. Now, last night, as you know, General Mattis, fantastic guy, and General Kelly got approved. (Applause.) And Mike Pompeo was supposed to be in that group. It was going to be the three of them. Can you imagine all of these guys? People respect you know, they respect that military sense. All my political people, they're not doing so well. The political people aren’t doing so well but you. We're going to get them all through, but some will take a little bit longer than others."
Donald J Trump Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!
Cheers kle4, that has helped. Didn't know that. But rest is still not that clear. Why 'on'? Doesn't that contradict a verbatim report? And what is all the stuff about seeing what's in his heart. Just seems a nonsense bunch of words.
This is an extract of DT's verbatim words:
"But I met Mike Pompeo, and it was the only guy I met. I didn’t want to meet anybody else. I said, cancel everybody else. Cancel. Now, he was approved, essentially, but they're doing little political games with me. He was one of the three. Now, last night, as you know, General Mattis, fantastic guy, and General Kelly got approved. (Applause.) And Mike Pompeo was supposed to be in that group. It was going to be the three of them. Can you imagine all of these guys? People respect you know, they respect that military sense. All my political people, they're not doing so well. The political people aren’t doing so well but you. We're going to get them all through, but some will take a little bit longer than others."
Bayrou, who was set to announce his decision today on whether or not he will stand in the French presidential election, says he will now only declare on Wednesday.
That's the same day that Macron has scheduled for revealing his budgetary framework.
So it's fairly clear he will either stand (most likely, I think) or endorse Macron.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
Interesting fact that I heard the other day. USA is the only country where the reported rape rate of males is higher than females. Apparently this is accounted for by the very high incarceration rate in the USA.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
Interesting fact that I heard the other day. USA is the only country where the reported rape rate of males is higher than females. Apparently this is accounted for by the very high incarceration rate in the USA.
Alinos @mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
I'm sure I am being dim, but what does that mean?
That the MSM pervert his words to mean what they want - in preference to reporting them.
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
Interesting fact that I heard the other day. USA is the only country where the reported rape rate of males is higher than females. Apparently this is accounted for by the very high incarceration rate in the USA.
A few years ago I read a report on American prisons, and the view of American prison officers was that prison rape was one of those things prisoners had to deal with. If they didn't want to get raped, they shouldn't commit crimes.
Real elections Jan/Feb Con 20.5% Lib Dem 26.2% Conservatives defended 7 seats in Jan/Feb held 2 lost 5 1 to Inds 4 to Lib Dems . 4 more seats being defended this week
With all due respect I think the Tories will take losing a few parish councils on low turnouts if they can win a big Westminster majority. The Lib Dems are the party for Richmond Park but these figures suggest the Tories are a national party (and that now includes Scotland).
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If you think that the real level of party support is 26% Lib Dem to 20% Conservative, there's a bridge I'd like to sell you.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
PS. It's stopped drizzling here in Devon. Although, maybe not on Dartmoor. Law unto itself that place. On so many levels.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/20/ireland-pm-enda-kenny-fine-gael-expected-resign-police-scandal
For some reason the BBC pronunciation of Mosul in Iraq seems to be moving closer to that of Mousehole in Cornwall.
Swingback does NOT happen when there has been no swing away !
In fact, congratulating or blaming any president might be rather silly, as there are long-term falls that might have little directly to do with federal policy. As an example:
http://www.aei.org/publication/us-violent-crime-is-lowest-in-44-years-and-half-the-rate-in-1991-so-why-have-we-become-the-united-states-of-swat/
This is rather interesting, as the UK charts seem remarkably similar. What happened in the early- to mid-nineties that may have changed behaviour?
t'Internet? A lag from the banning of leaded petrol?
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/dueling-claims-on-crime-trend/
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/10/obamas-numbers-october-2016-update/
As an aside... I don't think the link between President and crime is all that strong.
Crime seems to be driven by broader trends....
The very definition of irrational prejudice.
As someone with some experience of both, I'd say that you meet a fairly similar cross section of humanity, from saints to sociopaths, in both sectors.
Corbyn, unpopular? Surely fake news?
Random assertion unrestrained by any objective measure is the way ahead.
@mkhammer Not the press's job to Trumpsplain to the public. Take his words and report on them. They don't need to see what's in his heart!
All those cities have Democratic governments, and have had for many a year.
Milwaukee; Democratic mayor since 1960
Chicago; Democratic mayor since 1931
Baltimore:; Democratic mayor since 1967
Memphis; Democratic mayor since 1960?
Sean, my favourite location you've written about was Heysham. No other author to my knowledge has included the Heysham - Isle of Man ferry in a novel, nor used its choice over the Liverpool ferry as a plot device.
I'll get my coat.
Given the current opinion polls, we could easily see a simple reversal of the current position with FF replacing FG. What would really be useful is if an election rid the Dail of the some of the most parochial and, to be charitable, colourful independents that I've yet seen. That looks unlikely.
I think back to Eastleigh - the biggest bum steer from a by-election in recent times. It convinced the Lib Dems that the polls were wrong, and that a "56 by-elections" strategy was the way to go. That was a disastrous miscalculation.
If Labour hold both by-elections, it will fuel the "it'll be alright on the night - ignore the MSM" tendency in Labour.
The calculation is different for UKIP in Stoke, of course. They need their leader in Parliament to emerge from Farage's big shadow, and to make their strategy against Labour look credible to funders.
As for mandateless... I trust an eighteen point lead in the polls are de facto a mandate for her and her government.
Of course if a general election is desired to deliver a firmer mandate... by all means let's crack on with that - indeed I have a feeling May is minded to do just that if the Lords block Brexit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5iEK-IEzw
Scotland
Con: 31
Lab: 20
SNP: 38
LibD: 5
UKIP: 3
Green:3
(Health warning, base size 145...)
FFS - anyone with eyes can see the horrors these residents endure, whilst middle class whites from Georgetown parade their virtue.
http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/technology/amazon-says-to-create-5000-jobs-in-uk
Should help calm the nerves of the Remainiacs.
Or is it a state/federal issue?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/20/uk-borrowing-and-growth-better-than-expected-for-budget-says-report
Maybe these experts aren't too bad after all...
Driverless Roborace car crashes at speed in Buenos Aires
The good news was that no driver was harmed...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39027477
The whole MSM tone is to insult him as stupid, and his voters. I've seen a dozen UK MSM claim he lied about a Swedish terrorist attack - he never said anything like this - but they're glorying in a strawman they made up to knock him.
He brought up Sweden to prod millions into Googling it. And yet again, it worked.
Anyone daft enough to believe what the MSM say is naive.
They've lost their minds - and it's beyond funny. I've read some interesting articles on this - will dig out
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/02/we-should-practice-truth-statistics-even-when-it-hurts
There are plenty of people in, say, the drug discovery business, or any number of innovative product and service companies, where the personal drive is to improve the world.
Indeed, most of the research on the matter I've seen is that people who tend to be financially successful in innovative fields are so not because they seek profit, but that they are doing what they like to do and what they are driven to do, and it is that passion that helps them succeed (putting in the effort, shrugging off the setbacks, overcoming the obstacles).
So you have it exactly the wrong way around. People who tend to be most financially successful in innovation fields are so because they were not driven by money but by passion.
Re-read that and you'll see you've considerably over-egged your pudding.
Frankly, the only people I care about are the ones who issue death threats. Without exception, they should be believed, and obeyed.
This is not a brilliant medium for nuance, Mr Abroad. It's a good idea to use emoticons when you're being satirical/sarcastic/facetious.
He means it.
Cheers kle4, that has helped. Didn't know that. But rest is still not that clear. Why 'on'? Doesn't that contradict a verbatim report? And what is all the stuff about seeing what's in his heart. Just seems a nonsense bunch of words.
This is an extract of DT's verbatim words:
"But I met Mike Pompeo, and it was the only guy I met. I didn’t want to meet anybody else. I said, cancel everybody else. Cancel. Now, he was approved, essentially, but they're doing little political games with me. He was one of the three. Now, last night, as you know, General Mattis, fantastic guy, and General Kelly got approved. (Applause.) And Mike Pompeo was supposed to be in that group. It was going to be the three of them. Can you imagine all of these guys? People respect you know, they respect that military sense. All my political people, they're not doing so well. The political people aren’t doing so well but you. We're going to get them all through, but some will take a little bit longer than others."
Donald J Trump
Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!
Sounds like I was being rude to you, but I just can't cut and paste properly.
I was actually thanking you. Oh dear!
My post should have been:
Cheers kle4, that has helped. Didn't know that. But rest is still not that clear. Why 'on'? Doesn't that contradict a verbatim report? And what is all the stuff about seeing what's in his heart. Just seems a nonsense bunch of words.
This is an extract of DT's verbatim words:
"But I met Mike Pompeo, and it was the only guy I met. I didn’t want to meet anybody else. I said, cancel everybody else. Cancel. Now, he was approved, essentially, but they're doing little political games with me. He was one of the three. Now, last night, as you know, General Mattis, fantastic guy, and General Kelly got approved. (Applause.) And Mike Pompeo was supposed to be in that group. It was going to be the three of them. Can you imagine all of these guys? People respect you know, they respect that military sense. All my political people, they're not doing so well. The political people aren’t doing so well but you. We're going to get them all through, but some will take a little bit longer than others."
That's the same day that Macron has scheduled for revealing his budgetary framework.
So it's fairly clear he will either stand (most likely, I think) or endorse Macron.
Ah! thought 5% was a bit low for 'others' incidentally does anyone know what the 6th largest UK wide party is? is it still Respect?
@MichaelPDeacon "Nice chamber you got here, be a shame if anything...happened to it."
titters
https://youtu.be/RqaIgeQXQgI
https://twitter.com/PrisonPlanet/status/833632650837495810