The 7/2 on Leicester to qualify (past Sevilla) looks value.
They are 2-1 down going into their home leg.
I've taken it.
DYOR
I think I once read a statistic that if the first leg of a European tie was won 2-1 by the home side, it was about 50:50 as to who would qualify. So in that respect those odds do look quite good, but I think Sevilla will score at least once in the second leg.
There was another similar stat about a side being up at half time vs winning the game. Didn't make any difference IIRC.
So the majority of people in Stoke who, we are told, feel isolated, who feel that politicians don't reflect their views who are left behind did what all like-minded souls do in that situation - stayed at home and didn't bother to vote.
Surely, with the choice of candidate in this by-election ranging from left-wing Labour, liberal pro-European, UKIP through to the party of Government, they could have found something to justify a trip to the polling station. I would suggest that the problems that lie behind the reason they feel forgotten lies not with politics as a whole.
Like so much in today's society we just have to accept that a significant number of people simply use their status as the forgotten as a crutch - blaming their own apathy on a convenient scapegoat.
Turnout was decent enough - 38%, more than Sleaford & North Hykeham which had 20% more GE turnout than Stoke.
Just run my first ever half-marathon. The furthest I've ever run before is nine miles a few weeks ago, and I set out to do 5.5 miles this morning. Once there I felt good, so thought I'd continue to 10k. Felt good after that, so thought I'd try to beat my best distance. At nine miles, thought that I might as well get to ten.
Then I 'accidentally' headed in a loop away from home, so it was 13.2 miles by the time I got back.
Woohoo!
2 hours 31 minutes, so a very slow time. But I'm very, very happy. Not bad for someone who was told he'd never walk properly again! (I treat that particular surgeon with a certain amount of contempt).
I can really recommend couch-to-5k programs for people who think they cannot run. They break you into it very slowly, in such a way that you barely get very out of breath. What's more, they can make it fun.
Congratulations. I heartily concur. Started couch to 5k at New Year after 30 years of not running. Am now off to do 3k. It is an excellent programme.
Yes, UKIP must now disband, if only for its own sense of pride. It was never really a proper political party. It served as this strange pseudo-party to which hard-right Tories could threaten to defect, or indeed 'defect', in order to terrify Dave into promising an EU referendum. (Witness how many of its 'defectors' are returning to the Tory fold now the project has been completed.) In that sense I feel a sorry for Nuttall and the other committed UKIP supporters - they genuinely seemed to think they were involved in something authentic.
It achieved it's goal. We are leaving the EU, the Tories listen to people outside the metropolis, Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness.
Just like the old days!
But if you strip away the tribal party stuff, and the rhetoric aimed at the faithful what difference has it made?
Labour left office 7 years ago and for a centrist Blairite sort of voter I am struggling to think of any change that has horrified me - have we rolled back devolution, reintroduced fox-hunting or an hereditary HoL, returned to Section 28 on LGBT rights, done away with the minimum wage?
If you see politics in football terms then if you follow Blue City rather than Red United then you can cheer and hoot at the opposition but what practical difference has there been - even the Tory mantra of sound finances has gone out the window as deficits continue and the National Debt rises inexorably.
There's a lot of continuity between governments, but I'd say the two big differences between the current government and Blair/Brown are:-
Just run my first ever half-marathon. The furthest I've ever run before is nine miles a few weeks ago, and I set out to do 5.5 miles this morning. Once there I felt good, so thought I'd continue to 10k. Felt good after that, so thought I'd try to beat my best distance. At nine miles, thought that I might as well get to ten.
Then I 'accidentally' headed in a loop away from home, so it was 13.2 miles by the time I got back.
Woohoo!
2 hours 31 minutes, so a very slow time. But I'm very, very happy. Not bad for someone who was told he'd never walk properly again! (I treat that particular surgeon with a certain amount of contempt).
I can really recommend couch-to-5k programs for people who think they cannot run. They break you into it very slowly, in such a way that you barely get very out of breath. What's more, they can make it fun.
Well done you, Mr. Jessup!
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
Yes, UKIP must now disband, if only for its own sense of pride. It was never really a proper political party. It served as this strange pseudo-party to which hard-right Tories could threaten to defect, or indeed 'defect', in order to terrify Dave into promising an EU referendum. (Witness how many of its 'defectors' are returning to the Tory fold now the project has been completed.) In that sense I feel a sorry for Nuttall and the other committed UKIP supporters - they genuinely seemed to think they were involved in something authentic.
It achieved it's goal. We are leaving the EU, the Tories listen to people outside the metropolis, Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness.
Just like the old days!
But if you strip away the tribal party stuff, and the rhetoric aimed at the faithful what difference has it made?
Labour left office 7 years ago and for a centrist Blairite sort of voter I am struggling to think of any change that has horrified me - have we rolled back devolution, reintroduced fox-hunting or an hereditary HoL, returned to Section 28 on LGBT rights, done away with the minimum wage?
If you see politics in football terms then if you follow Blue City rather than Red United then you can cheer and hoot at the opposition but what practical difference has there been - even the Tory mantra of sound finances has gone out the window as deficits continue and the National Debt rises inexorably.
Well I quite obviously don't see politics in football terms as I have voted for three different parties this decade! We are leaving the EU, that is the difference UKIP made, and the one that concerned me most, so I am quite happy too.
I wasn't talking about UKIP I was responding to your comment that "Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness, Just like the old days!" My point is what practical difference is that making?
But if you want to discuss UKIP fine, my take is that in 5 years time people will realise that their "Big Idea" (only idea) was as flawed, as incompetent and as simplistic as their party. The only thing that might save Brexit from being a disaster is that it is not UKIP that has responsibility for delivering it.
I was making a joke that UKIP have got what they wanted... winding the clock back to the old days
Yes, UKIP must now disband, if only for its own sense of pride. It was never really a proper political party. It served as this strange pseudo-party to which hard-right Tories could threaten to defect, or indeed 'defect', in order to terrify Dave into promising an EU referendum. (Witness how many of its 'defectors' are returning to the Tory fold now the project has been completed.) In that sense I feel a sorry for Nuttall and the other committed UKIP supporters - they genuinely seemed to think they were involved in something authentic.
It achieved it's goal. We are leaving the EU, the Tories listen to people outside the metropolis, Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness.
Just like the old days!
But if you strip away the tribal party stuff, and the rhetoric aimed at the faithful what difference has it made?
Labour left office 7 years ago and for a centrist Blairite sort of voter I am struggling to think of any change that has horrified me - have we rolled back devolution, reintroduced fox-hunting or an hereditary HoL, returned to Section 28 on LGBT rights, done away with the minimum wage?
If you see politics in football terms then if you follow Blue City rather than Red United then you can cheer and hoot at the opposition but what practical difference has there been - even the Tory mantra of sound finances has gone out the window as deficits continue and the National Debt rises inexorably.
There's a lot of continuity between governments, but I'd say the two big differences between the current government and Blair/Brown are:-
1. Brexit 2. Curbs on public spending.
I think the degree of continuity also shows that the scope of real choices open to an elected government are far narrower than is often claimed by the politicians standing for office.
Don't knock him, he earnt me £240 in 2 minutes last night.
I was in bed, what did he do?
Sent the Tories to 5-6 - around Evens in Copeland, which I assessed as fair value so I was able to balance up my book a bit, not fully but got 240 of green moved over before the surge settled.
If the price move wouldn't have happened I wouldn't have moved the profit over.
The 7/2 on Leicester to qualify (past Sevilla) looks value.
They are 2-1 down going into their home leg.
I've taken it.
DYOR
I think I once read a statistic that if the first leg of a European tie was won 2-1 by the home side, it was about 50:50 as to who would qualify. So in that respect those odds do look quite good, but I think Sevilla will score at least once in the second leg.
Applying the Copeland changes to the 2015 result in Baxter gives Con maj 150 (old boundaries), 148 (new boundaries).
Adding in a 4 point further swing "back", as someone suggested overnight, gives 226 or 234...
A majority of 234 on the new boundaries would be completely epic - 417 seats out of 600
Then if Scotland decides to become a minor province of the Greater German Reich ("independence" I believe their politicians call it) 417 out of 547.
Not wanting to be part of a Großdeutsches Reich, which is what the EU is becoming, was one of the principal reasons I supported UKIP from 2014-6 and voted leave. However, now that Brexit is happening, UKIP is disintregating into a Dad's Army farce following Farage's departure, and the Tory toff has been replaced by a sensible lady, there is no reason to support UKIP any more. Mr Nuttall is a Walter Mitty character and is a worse leader than Corbyn, who at least appears to be a decent bloke, if incompetent.
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
It's probably the difference between *having* to do something because you are ordered to, and doing it for fun. Before the little 'un came along I'd think nothing of putting a 40-pound rucksack on my back and hiking for a couple of weeks. But I'd have no itinerary; I could do long or short days according to my wishes.
Listening to podcasts helps massively, something you probably were not allowed to do in the army. I'm currently binging on astronomycast. http://www.astronomycast.com/
The 7/2 on Leicester to qualify (past Sevilla) looks value.
They are 2-1 down going into their home leg.
I've taken it.
DYOR
I think I once read a statistic that if the first leg of a European tie was won 2-1 by the home side, it was about 50:50 as to who would qualify. So in that respect those odds do look quite good, but I think Sevilla will score at least once in the second leg.
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
It's probably the difference between *having* to do something because you are ordered to, and doing it for fun. Before the little 'un came along I'd think nothing of putting a 40-pound rucksack on my back and hiking for a couple of weeks. But I'd have no itinerary; I could do long or short days according to my wishes.
Listening to podcasts helps massively, something you probably were not allowed to do in the army. I'm currently binging on astronomycast. http://www.astronomycast.com/
I have a cousin (female) who does long distance runs. Competitive ones too. She’s believed by the rest of the family to be a changeling, although to be fair her paternal grandfather was, prior to being severely wounded in WWII, a fine athlete.
No, only the people on the screen grab they asked about
Seems utterly pointless. Brown, Blair Abbott??
Khan won't be able to until at least 2020, which leaves only Ummna, Benn and McDonnell there, and I wouldn't really put those in the top 3 of possible next leaders.
No, the people on the screen grab they only asked about
Seems utterly pointless. Brown, Blair Abbott??
Khan won't be able to until at least 2020, which leaves only Ummna, Benn and McDonnell there, and I wouldn't really put those in the top 3 of possible next leaders.
Probably more interested in people who would be recognised, and then internally assessing the kind of politics that that person represents.
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
It's probably the difference between *having* to do something because you are ordered to, and doing it for fun. Before the little 'un came along I'd think nothing of putting a 40-pound rucksack on my back and hiking for a couple of weeks. But I'd have no itinerary; I could do long or short days according to my wishes.
Listening to podcasts helps massively, something you probably were not allowed to do in the army. I'm currently binging on astronomycast. http://www.astronomycast.com/
I have a cousin (female) who does long distance runs. Competitive ones too. She’s believed by the rest of the family to be a changeling, although to be fair her paternal grandfather was, prior to being severely wounded in WWII, a fine athlete.
I'm not an athlete. I'm not fast, but I do have endurance. A tortoise rather than a hare.
It runs in my family too: my paternal grandfather was a great cyclist pre-war. He described pushing a tandem up Jacob's Ladder on Kinder Scout (or the route thereof) with a mate. Or of regularly setting off on a Saturday morning from home in Derby, cycling up to Blackpool, spending the night there, and then cycling back on Sunday. Needless to say, traffic wasn't as bad as it is now.
Some strong and heartfelt words from Prentiss about how Copeland must be the final warning for Labour...but will words turn to action if things do not improve, and how will that action manifest? When must the final lesson be heeded before it is too late?
Some strong and heartfelt words from Prentiss about how Copeland must be the final warning for Labour...but will words turn to action if things do not improve, and how will that action manifest? When must the final lesson be heeded before it is too late?
Perhaps it will emerge in years to come that UKIP was a Tory front all along. It certainly suits them to keep it going, siphoning off Labour voted that the Tories cannot win, allowing them through the middle.
Don't knock him, he earnt me £240 in 2 minutes last night.
I was in bed, what did he do?
Sent the Tories to 5-6 - around Evens in Copeland, which I assessed as fair value so I was able to balance up my book a bit, not fully but got 240 of green moved over before the surge settled.
If the price move wouldn't have happened I wouldn't have moved the profit over.
Lucky no one saw him eat that pie on camera too....
The difference between the 'hard' left and right are very noticeable. The right got itself energised, formed a party, and actually changed the future direction of the country without ever gaining power.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
The PLP strategy has been decent recently. Essentially they ran silent and deep, which makes Corbyn entirely own the Copeland defeat.
I agree entirely with this. They gave him the rope, and he has hanged himself by the neck until, well, nearly dead. But he won't go, and he will lead the Labour party to the biggest catastrophe in their history. At least I very much hope that is what happens, and a decent political force takes over from the stinking cadaver that is left rotting.
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
It's probably the difference between *having* to do something because you are ordered to, and doing it for fun. Before the little 'un came along I'd think nothing of putting a 40-pound rucksack on my back and hiking for a couple of weeks. But I'd have no itinerary; I could do long or short days according to my wishes.
Listening to podcasts helps massively, something you probably were not allowed to do in the army. I'm currently binging on astronomycast. http://www.astronomycast.com/
I have a cousin (female) who does long distance runs. Competitive ones too. She’s believed by the rest of the family to be a changeling, although to be fair her paternal grandfather was, prior to being severely wounded in WWII, a fine athlete.
I'm not an athlete. I'm not fast, but I do have endurance. A tortoise rather than a hare.
It runs in my family too: my paternal grandfather was a great cyclist pre-war. He described pushing a tandem up Jacob's Ladder on Kinder Scout (or the route thereof) with a mate. Or of regularly setting off on a Saturday morning from home in Derby, cycling up to Blackpool, spending the night there, and then cycling back on Sunday. Needless to say, traffic wasn't as bad as it is now.
I don’t know about before War, of course, but in the early to mid 50’s I used regularly to cycle a 25 mile round trip to and from school. That was along a major A road too; no way would that be safe today. People used to do time trial along the A127 in my youth, too!
Last September was peak Corbyn. The result was 313,209 votes to 193,229. Essentially 60,000 people need to change their minds. Given what has happened since the election and a better alternative candidate it really is not beyond the bounds of possibility - especially if the unions are actively against him.
Perhaps it will emerge in years to come that UKIP was a Tory front all along. It certainly suits them to keep it going, siphoning off Labour voted that the Tories cannot win, allowing them through the middle.
There are some odd somethings crawling out from a few stones; what about the national .... UK-wide ....... Leave advert by the DUP funded by an anonymous donor. Before any Leaver complains, there was some dodgy Remain funding, too.
Some strong and heartfelt words from Prentiss about how Copeland must be the final warning for Labour...but will words turn to action if things do not improve, and how will that action manifest? When must the final lesson be heeded before it is too late?
What chance the next catastrophic performance (May locals?) produces no more than another 'final, and we mean final this time' warning? When will they actually *DO* something about the problem?
It can't be long before Carswell returns to the Tory party. The only reason to stay on in Ukip presumably is if he feels T May might somehow back track on the full Brexit. In the meantime I suspect at least some Lib Dem party tacticians will be as keen as the Tories to see Corbyn remain as Lab leader and ensure the mini revival continues. Others though may be sniffing out realignment opportunities.
The difference between the 'hard' left and right are very noticeable. The right got itself energised, formed a party, and actually changed the future direction of the country without ever gaining power.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
As usual on the left the real fight is forgotten in the narcissism of small differences for the much more interesting fight between the People's Front for Judia and the Judean People's Front. The kippers are a bunch of buffoons, but at least they are mostly pulling in the same direction.
Afternoon Ms Cyclefree – if the photo is on the net, just cut'n'paste the URL location and embed. If it is a photo on your PC, you’ll need to upload to a social media site.
Ah OK thanks. Am not on social media so you will all have to do without the sight of Mrs May campaigning amongst an enthusiastic crowd in the main (the only) square in Millom, a place even more remote than Whitehaven and right at the bottom of the Copeland constituency.
Whatever you may think of her, the fact that she is willing to make this sort of effort speaks well of her.
Now, all she has to do is stop those bloody pylons being plastered all across the Whicham valley.........
Some strong and heartfelt words from Prentiss about how Copeland must be the final warning for Labour...but will words turn to action if things do not improve, and how will that action manifest? When must the final lesson be heeded before it is too late?
What chance the next catastrophic performance (May locals?) produces no more than another 'final, and we mean final this time' warning? When will they actually *DO* something about the problem?
Quite. The failed coup has stung the MPs, they won't want to try again unless assured of success, but someone has to actually put their head above the parapet, someone Corbyn cannot ignore. It has to be the unions, en masse. Even if they think he believes and says the right things, if he damages the cause what good does that do their members?
The difference between the 'hard' left and right are very noticeable. The right got itself energised, formed a party, and actually changed the future direction of the country without ever gaining power.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
As usual on the left the real fight is forgotten in the narcissism of small differences for the much more interesting fight between the People's Front for Judia and the Judean People's Front. The kippers are a bunch of buffoons, but at least they are mostly pulling in the same direction.
Paddy Power have the election odds out for the NIA. I'm going to try and put something together but first look is that they have not been very well thought out.
@christopherhope: Jeremy Corbyn's day has just got worse. The train which was meant to take him to Stoke for his belated victory lap has been cancelled.
@christopherhope: Jeremy Corbyn's day has just got worse. The train which was meant to take him to Stoke for his belated victory lap has been cancelled.
At least he won't have to worry about finding somewhere to sit.
@christopherhope: Jeremy Corbyn's day has just got worse. The train which was meant to take him to Stoke for his belated victory lap has been cancelled.
Jezza doesn't have a lot of luck with trains....If only they were re-nationized
@christopherhope: Jeremy Corbyn's day has just got worse. The train which was meant to take him to Stoke for his belated victory lap has been cancelled.
At least he won't have to worry about finding somewhere to sit.
Well, well - so much for the European Arrest Warrant. A French trader charged by the SFO in relation to the rigging of Euribor (like Libor) cannot, according to the French courts, be extradited even under the EAW because what he did happened on French territory and wasn't outlawed when it happened.
Interesting for two reasons: odd to suggest that conspiracy to commit fraud was not illegal in France in 2005. And it sends out a very poor signal re the French authorities' willingness to police their financial system.
Also an interesting question of where what he did had effect. So if he was trading in London registered bonds, even from Paris, did that not have effect here? I would have thought so.
ESMA are very quickly going to look pretty ridiculous if they seek to exclude London from the regulation of financial trading across the Continent. The pressure to accept UK regulation as equivalent (effectively allowing the Single Passport) can only be helped by idiocies like this.
It's one reason why I'm skeptical about France's claims that it can replace the UK as Europe's financial centre.
Being seen as a place where a trader can get away with this sort of behavior is not - or should not be - an advantage. The bad smell emanating from traders such as this attaches itself to everyone.
Afternoon Ms Cyclefree – if the photo is on the net, just cut'n'paste the URL location and embed. If it is a photo on your PC, you’ll need to upload to a social media site.
Ah OK thanks. Am not on social media so you will all have to do without the sight of Mrs May campaigning amongst an enthusiastic crowd in the main (the only) square in Millom, a place even more remote than Whitehaven and right at the bottom of the Copeland constituency.
Whatever you may think of her, the fact that she is willing to make this sort of effort speaks well of her.
Now, all she has to do is stop those bloody pylons being plastered all across the Whicham valley.........
The difference between the 'hard' left and right are very noticeable. The right got itself energised, formed a party, and actually changed the future direction of the country without ever gaining power.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
The far left is not interested in defeating the Tories. It's enemy is the centre-left. What the far left wants is to turn the Labour party into something akin to a mass movement with MP-delegates in the Commons as an added extra. It's ambition is for the workers to seize power through protest and uprising. It really is. Obviously, that is never going to happen, so it is currently stuck, hoping that something will turn up.
Just run my first ever half-marathon. The furthest I've ever run before is nine miles a few weeks ago, and I set out to do 5.5 miles this morning. Once there I felt good, so thought I'd continue to 10k. Felt good after that, so thought I'd try to beat my best distance. At nine miles, thought that I might as well get to ten.
Then I 'accidentally' headed in a loop away from home, so it was 13.2 miles by the time I got back.
Woohoo!
2 hours 31 minutes, so a very slow time. But I'm very, very happy. Not bad for someone who was told he'd never walk properly again! (I treat that particular surgeon with a certain amount of contempt).
I can really recommend couch-to-5k programs for people who think they cannot run. They break you into it very slowly, in such a way that you barely get very out of breath. What's more, they can make it fun.
Well done you, Mr. Jessup!
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
To make swimming interesting, get a waterproof MP3 player and download podcasts. I listen to Planet Money, Freakonomics Radio, and the PB podcast while I swim
Paddy Power have the election odds out for the NIA. I'm going to try and put something together but first look is that they have not been very well thought out.
@christopherhope: Jeremy Corbyn's day has just got worse. The train which was meant to take him to Stoke for his belated victory lap has been cancelled.
At least he won't have to worry about finding somewhere to sit.
Just run my first ever half-marathon. The furthest I've ever run before is nine miles a few weeks ago, and I set out to do 5.5 miles this morning. Once there I felt good, so thought I'd continue to 10k. Felt good after that, so thought I'd try to beat my best distance. At nine miles, thought that I might as well get to ten.
Then I 'accidentally' headed in a loop away from home, so it was 13.2 miles by the time I got back.
Woohoo!
2 hours 31 minutes, so a very slow time. But I'm very, very happy. Not bad for someone who was told he'd never walk properly again! (I treat that particular surgeon with a certain amount of contempt).
I can really recommend couch-to-5k programs for people who think they cannot run. They break you into it very slowly, in such a way that you barely get very out of breath. What's more, they can make it fun.
Well done you, Mr. Jessup!
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
To make swimming interesting, get a waterproof MP3 player and download podcasts. I listen to Planet Money, Freakonomics Radio, and the PB podcast while I swim
Yes, UKIP must now disband, if only for its own sense of pride. It was never really a proper political party. It served as this strange pseudo-party to which hard-right Tories could threaten to defect, or indeed 'defect', in order to terrify Dave into promising an EU referendum. (Witness how many of its 'defectors' are returning to the Tory fold now the project has been completed.) In that sense I feel a sorry for Nuttall and the other committed UKIP supporters - they genuinely seemed to think they were involved in something authentic.
It achieved it's goal. We are leaving the EU, the Tories listen to people outside the metropolis, Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness.
Just like the old days!
But if you strip away the tribal party stuff, and the rhetoric aimed at the faithful what difference has it made?
Labour left office 7 years ago and for a centrist Blairite sort of voter I am struggling to think of any change that has horrified me - have we rolled back devolution, reintroduced fox-hunting or an hereditary HoL, returned to Section 28 on LGBT rights, done away with the minimum wage?
If you see politics in football terms then if you follow Blue City rather than Red United then you can cheer and hoot at the opposition but what practical difference has there been - even the Tory mantra of sound finances has gone out the window as deficits continue and the National Debt rises inexorably.
There's a lot of continuity between governments, but I'd say the two big differences between the current government and Blair/Brown are:-
1. Brexit 2. Curbs on public spending.
But Brexit wasn't down to the government, it was the referendum. If it had been up to the Tory government we would not have left, Even May doesn't support Leaving she is just implementing the result and trying to make the best of it.
As for curbs on public spending Labour would be getting the dog's abuse if it were running the current deficit.
It's really all about partisan cheering and rhetoric for the core vote, In reality nothing much really changes. What did the "hated" Labour government do during its 13 years in office that has been actually reversed in the last 7 years?
The difference between the 'hard' left and right are very noticeable. The right got itself energised, formed a party, and actually changed the future direction of the country without ever gaining power.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
As usual on the left the real fight is forgotten in the narcissism of small differences for the much more interesting fight between the People's Front for Judia and the Judean People's Front. The kippers are a bunch of buffoons, but at least they are mostly pulling in the same direction.
Yes, UKIP must now disband, if only for its own sense of pride. It was never really a proper political party. It served as this strange pseudo-party to which hard-right Tories could threaten to defect, or indeed 'defect', in order to terrify Dave into promising an EU referendum. (Witness how many of its 'defectors' are returning to the Tory fold now the project has been completed.) In that sense I feel a sorry for Nuttall and the other committed UKIP supporters - they genuinely seemed to think they were involved in something authentic.
It achieved it's goal. We are leaving the EU, the Tories listen to people outside the metropolis, Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness.
Just like the old days!
But if you strip away the tribal party stuff, and the rhetoric aimed at the faithful what difference has it made?
Labour left office 7 years ago and for a centrist Blairite sort of voter I am struggling to think of any change that has horrified me - have we rolled back devolution, reintroduced fox-hunting or an hereditary HoL, returned to Section 28 on LGBT rights, done away with the minimum wage?
If you see politics in football terms then if you follow Blue City rather than Red United then you can cheer and hoot at the opposition but what practical difference has there been - even the Tory mantra of sound finances has gone out the window as deficits continue and the National Debt rises inexorably.
There's a lot of continuity between governments, but I'd say the two big differences between the current government and Blair/Brown are:-
1. Brexit 2. Curbs on public spending.
But Brexit wasn't down to the government, it was the referendum. If it had been up to the Tory government we would not have left, Even May doesn't support Leaving she is just implementing the result and trying to make the best of it.
As for curbs on public spending Labour would be getting the dog's abuse if it were running the current deficit.
It's really all about partisan cheering and rhetoric for the core vote, In reality nothing much really changes. What did the "hated" Labour government do during its 13 years in office that has been actually reversed in the last 7 years?
A Labour government would never have offered such a referendum. Labour would have made cuts after 2009, but they would have relied even more on higher taxes than the current government has.
Yes, UKIP must now disband, if only for its own sense of pride. It was never really a proper political party. It served as this strange pseudo-party to which hard-right Tories could threaten to defect, or indeed 'defect', in order to terrify Dave into promising an EU referendum. (Witness how many of its 'defectors' are returning to the Tory fold now the project has been completed.) In that sense I feel a sorry for Nuttall and the other committed UKIP supporters - they genuinely seemed to think they were involved in something authentic.
It achieved it's goal. We are leaving the EU, the Tories listen to people outside the metropolis, Labour are unelectable, and the LDs are back to being cosy nothingness.
Just like the old days!
But if you strip away the tribal party stuff, and the rhetoric aimed at the faithful what difference has it made?
Labour left office 7 years ago and for a centrist Blairite sort of voter I am struggling to think of any change that has horrified me - have we rolled back devolution, reintroduced fox-hunting or an hereditary HoL, returned to Section 28 on LGBT rights, done away with the minimum wage?
If you see politics in football terms then if you follow Blue City rather than Red United then you can cheer and hoot at the opposition but what practical difference has there been - even the Tory mantra of sound finances has gone out the window as deficits continue and the National Debt rises inexorably.
There's a lot of continuity between governments, but I'd say the two big differences between the current government and Blair/Brown are:-
1. Brexit 2. Curbs on public spending.
I think the degree of continuity also shows that the scope of real choices open to an elected government are far narrower than is often claimed by the politicians standing for office.
Precisely, I read someone down thread saying it would be "epic" if the Tories won 400 seats at the next GE and I thought, yes, but what practical difference is it actually going to make?
The difference between the 'hard' left and right are very noticeable. The right got itself energised, formed a party, and actually changed the future direction of the country without ever gaining power.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
As usual on the left the real fight is forgotten in the narcissism of small differences for the much more interesting fight between the People's Front for Judia and the Judean People's Front. The kippers are a bunch of buffoons, but at least they are mostly pulling in the same direction.
UKIP/AFL wasn't formed as a right wing party, and the the internecine squabbles as Farage took control were pretty angry. Also, I'm not sure if one elected member punching another counts as mostly pulling in the same direction.
Does the LOTO have to be British. Wonder if Labour could import some foreign talent, does that Bayrou chap (Now he has ruled himself out the French elecs) speak English - could he be their Wenger ? Obama is another possibility, though I doubt he is interested in the job to put it mildly.
To be fair, she is doing what UKIP want. There is no need for parties to exist for the sake of it, its about getting things done, not just being a brand
To be fair, she is doing what UKIP want. There is no need for parties to exist for the sake of it, its about getting things done, not just being a brand
Well, well - so much for the European Arrest Warrant. A French trader charged by the SFO in relation to the rigging of Euribor (like Libor) cannot, according to the French courts, be extradited even under the EAW because what he did happened on French territory and wasn't outlawed when it happened.
Interesting for two reasons: odd to suggest that conspiracy to commit fraud was not illegal in France in 2005. And it sends out a very poor signal re the French authorities' willingness to police their financial system.
Also an interesting question of where what he did had effect. So if he was trading in London registered bonds, even from Paris, did that not have effect here? I would have thought so.
ESMA are very quickly going to look pretty ridiculous if they seek to exclude London from the regulation of financial trading across the Continent. The pressure to accept UK regulation as equivalent (effectively allowing the Single Passport) can only be helped by idiocies like this.
It's one reason why I'm skeptical about France's claims that it can replace the UK as Europe's financial centre.
Being seen as a place where a trader can get away with this sort of behavior is not - or should not be - an advantage. The bad smell emanating from traders such as this attaches itself to everyone.
Surely the whole point of the EAW is that the merits of the case don't get discussed, only that the correct process has been followed by the (in this case British) authorities in making the request. Or is this slightly different because it has to consider the EAW as it was a decade ago?
Does the LOTO have to be British. Wonder if Labour could import some foreign talent, does that Bayrou chap (Now he has ruled himself out the French elecs) speak English - could he be their Wenger ? Obama is another possibility, though I doubt he is interested in the job to put it mildly.
If they can hang on for a few weeks, Ed Milliband's hero François Hollande should be available.
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1. Brexit
2. Curbs on public spending.
However, as far as I am concerned no programme can ever make running for the sake of it fun. In the mob, when not on operations, we had to run every day except Sunday (the distances varied depending on the weight carried and the time allowed). Stamina training they called it and I hated every minute of it. Essential it may have been, but by the cringe it was tedious. A forced or speed march across Dartmoor (or any of the training grounds) I didn't mind so much but just running was too awful.
A few years back my quack recommended I took up swimming for exercise. That was even worse. Going up and down a pool for forty minutes was almost the definition of boredom.
Dirtiest/filthiest tackle since Dirk Diggler went 6 months without washing.
If the price move wouldn't have happened I wouldn't have moved the profit over.
Not that I'm complaining.
http://kassiesa.net/uefa/forum/view.php?archive=2012&topic=20120824150854.xml
Listening to podcasts helps massively, something you probably were not allowed to do in the army. I'm currently binging on astronomycast.
http://www.astronomycast.com/
Khan won't be able to until at least 2020, which leaves only Ummna, Benn and McDonnell there, and I wouldn't really put those in the top 3 of possible next leaders.
Probably more interested in people who would be recognised, and then internally assessing the kind of politics that that person represents.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44NAEVYsJvQ
It runs in my family too: my paternal grandfather was a great cyclist pre-war. He described pushing a tandem up Jacob's Ladder on Kinder Scout (or the route thereof) with a mate. Or of regularly setting off on a Saturday morning from home in Derby, cycling up to Blackpool, spending the night there, and then cycling back on Sunday. Needless to say, traffic wasn't as bad as it is now.
Mr. Mawbs, yes, the new, deliciously orange McLaren has been compared to both Arrows and Spyker.
The left got their man into the leadership of the Labour party and then said 'meh'.
Where's their fight? Where's their ambition? Where's their belief?
"Jeremy Corbyn is one of the most popular politicians in the country at this moment in time. "
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2017/feb/24/stoke-and-copeland-byelections-corbyn-allies-blame-disunity-for-labours-historic-defeat-politics-live
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People used to do time trial along the A127 in my youth, too!
The issues in Copeland weren’t about Jeremy Corbyn. The issues in Copeland were about jobs and about the economy. People were worried about those.
"The issues in Copeland weren’t about Jeremy Corbyn. The issues in Copeland were about jobs and about the economy. People were worried about those."
Quite right, Ian. That's why the Conservative won.
There are some odd somethings crawling out from a few stones; what about the national .... UK-wide ....... Leave advert by the DUP funded by an anonymous donor.
Before any Leaver complains, there was some dodgy Remain funding, too.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/23/politics/fbi-refused-white-house-request-to-knock-down-recent-trump-russia-stories/index.html
It's one reason why I'm skeptical about France's claims that it can replace the UK as Europe's financial centre.
Being seen as a place where a trader can get away with this sort of behavior is not - or should not be - an advantage. The bad smell emanating from traders such as this attaches itself to everyone.
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As for curbs on public spending Labour would be getting the dog's abuse if it were running the current deficit.
It's really all about partisan cheering and rhetoric for the core vote, In reality nothing much really changes. What did the "hated" Labour government do during its 13 years in office that has been actually reversed in the last 7 years?
Precisely, I read someone down thread saying it would be "epic" if the Tories won 400 seats at the next GE and I thought, yes, but what practical difference is it actually going to make?
Wonder if Labour could import some foreign talent, does that Bayrou chap (Now he has ruled himself out the French elecs) speak English - could he be their Wenger
Obama is another possibility, though I doubt he is interested in the job to put it mildly.
https://twitter.com/tamcohen/status/835104955967160320
https://order-order.com/2017/02/24/dimbleby-calls-copeland-wrong/
Conservatives 2.08 4.00 Back 23-Feb-17 23:15 4.32
Conservatives 2.08 28.00 Back 23-Feb-17 23:16 30.24
Conservatives 2.08 35.00 Back 23-Feb-17 23:16 37.80
Conservatives 2.02 85.00 Back 23-Feb-17 23:16 86.70
Conservatives 1.75 100.00 Back 23-Feb-17 23:18 75.49
https://twitter.com/reuters/status/834904047056482308
Essentially he couldn't give a shit how Europe organises itself as that is their business, not his.