Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
I have never had occasion to look at the Channel 4 news website before, but I see that it doesn't mention the Westminster event at all. Their main story is about Martin McGuinness...
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
We all remember Livingstone's magnificent response to 7/7. Khan hasn't met that standard, for sure..
I think we have to judge Livingstone's reaction in the light of his more recent comments. Any good he may have done was completely undone by what he said in 2015 (and on other occasions)
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
I read them both. I think once in a lifetime was enough
I did enjoy them though
amazon has them both for $1.99 each. But then the Kindle deal of the day the other day was The Ice Twins for $1.99 also.
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
he's taking a back seat
Calm yourself man.
There's suggestions he was busy coordinating the response in London.
Who knew you'd prefer a more PR savvy politician than a politician with substance.
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
he's taking a back seat
Calm yourself man.
There's suggestions he was busy coordinating the response in London.
Who knew you'd prefer a more PR savvy politician than a politician with substance.
so the cant piss and chew gum at the same time argument
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
I read the Constance Garnett translation of War and Peace many years ago and enjoyed it.
Assuming this is an attack by misguided Islamic radicals, how can I as an individual legitimately try to put pressure on the followers of that faith to try to fix their community?
I strongly disapprove of their thinking, but then I do equally disapprove of the thinking of all religions.
I will think a little less of any Muslim I meet after each of these incidents. They're still generally fine people, but a little less fine.
I want to press against this radicalism, and press hard. I don't want to tarnish the good name, or be alienated from the vast majority of Muslims though.
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
In other news Channel 4 headlines reporting that :
Scotland lead Canada 4:0 after two minutes DeGaulle leads in new poll by Cherchez les Femme Research President Trump giving up twitter for Lent Sean Thomas to head the Ben Okri fan club
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
I bought a copy of W&P a couple of weeks ago - £2 for a recent(ish) hardback in the local Oxfam bookshop. I'm not sure if it is the ideal reading material while commuting - I might need a bigger rucksack.
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
It's hard to read it and not think that there is something there though. Anna Karenina too. I think I read the Cossacks too, but that didn't leave an impression.
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
I read them both. I think once in a lifetime was enough
I did enjoy them though
amazon has them both for $1.99 each. But then the Kindle deal of the day the other day was The Ice Twins for $1.99 also.
Robert Graves or SeanT? Well, I already have both Claudius's (Claudii?) on my bookshelf whereas I do not have any of Sean's stuff. I shall chose to remain pure and unsullied by Mr T's professional prose as I read enough of his unprofessional stuff in here
They couldn't have libeled a nicer bloke, could they?
Hard for him to claim for any damage to his reputation. It has probably increased his 'value'
It would be horrendous to see the libel laws being used to force media outlets to pay damages that would arguably be used to fund terrorism...
That's the point - there has been no damage to his reputation so there would be no monetary amount.
I can say Gary glitter interfered with a.n.other and even if it's not true it hasn't damaged his reputation so he can't sue me for libel.
The individual in question doesn't have convictions for violence - so he could claim that calling him a murderer is damage.
Yes, I think he will sue and he will win.
I disagree, he'd need to find somebody to fund his folly which is doubtful given his arguement would be "all muslims need to rise up and kill cops, I've said that many times, I've tried to get to Iraq to kill infidels but never wanted to personally kill the police in this country"
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
With Dele Alli I think it is impetuousness of youth.
I remember when Steven Gerrard was young he committed the worst challenge I had ever seen, on Kevin Campbell, when as one Liverpool fanzine put it, 'Kevin Campbell spent the rest of his life looking for someone with a bollock donor card'
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
With Dele Alli I think it is impetuousness of youth.
I remember when Steven Gerrard was young he committed the worst challenge I had ever seen, on Kevin Campbell, when as one Liverpool fanzine put it, 'Kevin Campbell spent the rest of his life looking for someone with a bollock donor card'
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
so which teams are 'clean' then on your score-card?
All teams foul, none are entirely clean, but spurs have several players who are egregious even for footballers, there's no need to take it personally. I don't support a rival team or anything so I have no reason to have a go at them, but from the football I've watched they do appear particularly bad at that portion of the game.
Ann Hidalgo mayor of Paris organises act of solidarity with London
Eiffel Tower blackout tonight
Par ailleurs, dans un communiqué publié un peu plus tôt, Mme Hidalgo a adressé sa "solidarité" à son homologue londonien, Sadiq Khan, en soulignant que "Paris et Londres ont des liens étroits d'amitié, qui n'ont eu de cesse de se renforcer au fil des dernières décennies". Les deux capitales européennes "partagent un même amour de la liberté et un même attachement à la démocratie" et "ce sont deux villes tolérantes et cosmopolites, ouvertes sur le monde, qui puisent leur force dans leur diversité", a-t-elle souligné.
The first round in the French presidential whittles the candidates down to two in an open vote. It does for the whole spectrum what the party primaries did for parts of it.
To an extent, but if you think that Macron's odds are too short (as you imply), you have to offer a credible scenario by which he loses, commensurate with the odds you think would be fair. Where and why are the votes going to go somewhere else?
If Fillon gets walloped by scandal - so far he has been fairly resilient but his troubles are mounting - then some of his poll score could go to Dupont-Aignan, who would then be a phenomenon and who is already almost on the brink of becoming such. (Le Figaro.)
If Macron then screws up or is outplayed in one or both of the TV debates, he might not get into the second round. Le Pen tried to own the first debate using a Netanyahu-style graph stunt which wasn't too successful, but that doesn't mean it won't be next time. We might get a bunch-up for almost equal-second place. If Macron does make it to the second round I wouldn't fancy his chances in the interround debate: he might rise to the occasion, but he could also be even more nervous than he was last time and crash out.
I have started to read Dupont-Aignan's book about his first 100 days as president (!). His brand image is very much as "Mr Clean".
And whereas the fact the Le Pen is a woman and the other leading candidates are men hasn't been relevant for most people, I am not sure that it isn't much more relevant when viewed from Moscow.
Fair odds for Macron? 2.2 maybe?
PS Note to Le Pen: use bigger type, thicker lines, and a bigger piece of card.
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
It's hard to read it and not think that there is something there though. Anna Karenina too. I think I read the Cossacks too, but that didn't leave an impression.
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
There was another BBC adaptation of a Russian novel around the same time - the KGB moles in the BBC were obviously trying to subvert the lumpen proletariat of the UK - but I cannot recall the title. I enjoyed that one. Something about a (disgraced?) Colonel or Captain having to do something underhand and then going on the run. Onegin? I forget which is pity because the actor was a bit of a dish
Ann Hidalgo mayor of Paris organises act of solidarity with London
Eiffel Tower blackout tonight
Par ailleurs, dans un communiqué publié un peu plus tôt, Mme Hidalgo a adressé sa "solidarité" à son homologue londonien, Sadiq Khan, en soulignant que "Paris et Londres ont des liens étroits d'amitié, qui n'ont eu de cesse de se renforcer au fil des dernières décennies". Les deux capitales européennes "partagent un même amour de la liberté et un même attachement à la démocratie" et "ce sont deux villes tolérantes et cosmopolites, ouvertes sur le monde, qui puisent leur force dans leur diversité", a-t-elle souligné.
Moreover, in a statement published earlier, Mrs. Hidalgo addressed her "solidarity" to her London counterpart, Sadiq Khan, pointing out that "Paris and London have close ties of friendship, To strengthen over the last few decades ". The two European capitals "share the same love of freedom and a single attachment to democracy" and "these are two tolerant and cosmopolitan cities open to the world that draw their strength from their diversity", she stressed .
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
I bought a copy of W&P a couple of weeks ago - £2 for a recent(ish) hardback in the local Oxfam bookshop. I'm not sure if it is the ideal reading material while commuting - I might need a bigger rucksack.
read it from cover from cover. It's beautifully written. Story so so
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
It's hard to read it and not think that there is something there though. Anna Karenina too. I think I read the Cossacks too, but that didn't leave an impression.
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
There was another BBC adaptation of a Russian novel around the same time - the KGB moles in the BBC were obviously trying to subvert the lumpen proletariat of the UK - but I cannot recall the title. I enjoyed that one. Something about a (disgraced?) Colonel or Captain having to do something underhand and then going on the run. Onegin? I forget which is pity because the actor was a bit of a dish
There's nothing wrong with developing an interest in TV programmes in that way. I recall I was quite fixated by Dallas - I seem to recall that Victoria Principal held my attention, but I've no idea what the two prominent features of her performance that did so might have been.
Ann Hidalgo mayor of Paris organises act of solidarity with London
Eiffel Tower blackout tonight
Par ailleurs, dans un communiqué publié un peu plus tôt, Mme Hidalgo a adressé sa "solidarité" à son homologue londonien, Sadiq Khan, en soulignant que "Paris et Londres ont des liens étroits d'amitié, qui n'ont eu de cesse de se renforcer au fil des dernières décennies". Les deux capitales européennes "partagent un même amour de la liberté et un même attachement à la démocratie" et "ce sont deux villes tolérantes et cosmopolites, ouvertes sur le monde, qui puisent leur force dans leur diversité", a-t-elle souligné.
Moreover, in a statement published earlier, Mrs. Hidalgo addressed her "solidarity" to her London counterpart, Sadiq Khan, pointing out that "Paris and London have close ties of friendship, To strengthen over the last few decades ". The two European capitals "share the same love of freedom and a single attachment to democracy" and "these are two tolerant and cosmopolitan cities open to the world that draw their strength from their diversity", she stressed .
Eiffel Schmeiffel - what about the lights on Blackpool Tower?
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
With Dele Alli I think it is impetuousness of youth.
I remember when Steven Gerrard was young he committed the worst challenge I had ever seen, on Kevin Campbell, when as one Liverpool fanzine put it, 'Kevin Campbell spent the rest of his life looking for someone with a bollock donor card'
A female friend of mine was very impressed by Kevin Campbell's performance one night. It wasn't football related iirc
Utterly off-topic aside: just discovered that Graves nicked the 'drills were bloodless battles and battles were bloody drills' line (spoken in I, Claudius by Drusus to Tiberius, describing how the army saw the latter as a commander) from Josephus.
It has been years since I read "I, Clavdivs". Heavy going though, Mills & Boon it was not
Vol 2 - Claudius the God - is even tougher. I bought the books when the BBC series came out - still not read them both cover to cover in spite of several attempts.
They're wonderful books. I do think that they're best read with a certain experience of life under your belt though. I'm not sure I'd have liked them if I had read them 10 years prior. I plan to read War and Peace again for roughly those sorts of reasons - I found it hard the first time.
I have never read "War and Peace" and I have no urge to do so, but I do know of a tale told by Isaac Asimov about it. He (Asimov) was at a dinner next to a guest he did not know and who was working hard at conversation with Asimov (one of IA's self-admitted weak points):
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
I bought a copy of W&P a couple of weeks ago - £2 for a recent(ish) hardback in the local Oxfam bookshop. I'm not sure if it is the ideal reading material while commuting - I might need a bigger rucksack.
read it from cover from cover. It's beautifully written. Story so so
The opera is quite hard going. Heard it once, not sure if it has been performed recently.
The first round in the French presidential whittles the candidates down to two in an open vote. It does for the whole spectrum what the party primaries did for parts of it.
To an extent, but if you think that Macron's odds are too short (as you imply), you have to offer a credible scenario by which he loses, commensurate with the odds you think would be fair. Where and why are the votes going to go somewhere else?
If Fillon gets walloped by scandal - so far he has been fairly resilient but his troubles are mounting - then some of his poll score could go to Dupont-Aignan, who would then be a phenomenon and who is already almost on the brink of becoming such. (Le Figaro.)
If Macron then screws up or is outplayed in one or both of the TV debates, he might not get into the second round. Le Pen tried to own the first debate using a Netanyahu-style graph stunt which wasn't too successful, but that doesn't mean it won't be next time. We might get a bunch-up for almost equal-second place. If Macron does make it to the second round I wouldn't fancy his chances in the interround debate: he might rise to the occasion, but he could also be even more nervous than he was last time and crash out.
I have started to read Dupont-Aignan's book about his first 100 days as president (!). His brand image is very much as "Mr Clean".
And whereas the fact the Le Pen is a woman and the other leading candidates are men hasn't been relevant for most people, I am not sure that it isn't much more relevant when viewed from Moscow.
Fair odds for Macron? 2.2 maybe?
PS Note to Le Pen: use bigger type, thicker lines, and a bigger piece of card.
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
so which teams are 'clean' then on your score-card?
All teams foul, none are entirely clean, but spurs have several players who are egregious even for footballers, there's no need to take it personally. I don't support a rival team or anything so I have no reason to have a go at them, but from the football I've watched they do appear particularly bad at that portion of the game.
I seem to recall that Victoria Principal held my attention, but I've no idea what the two prominent features of her performance that did so might have been.
I can imagine ...... (we really need a "rolls-eyes" emoticon around here)
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
With Dele Alli I think it is impetuousness of youth.
I remember when Steven Gerrard was young he committed the worst challenge I had ever seen, on Kevin Campbell, when as one Liverpool fanzine put it, 'Kevin Campbell spent the rest of his life looking for someone with a bollock donor card'
A female friend of mine was very impressed by Kevin Campbell's performance one night. It wasn't football related iirc
My abiding memory of Kevin Campbell is from the Arsenal 90/91 season review video (Champions only losing 1 game, a feat surely never to be beaten).. he was asked how it felt to score his first goal for the club... sat there thinking for about a minute then said he couldn't remember it!
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Rudolf Giuliani led from the fron in 9/11 even Boris got out early when responding to attacks in Paris
You should be ashamed of yourself. Probably I am asking for too much. You and the Alt-Right queen have plumbed new depths and resorted to point scoring.
Equally, the Prime Minister was also not on TV. But no reasonable person would criticise her as she had many, many persons to talk to.
haha another post deleted.. this is just like old times!
The first rule of [blank] is you do not talk about [blank]...
It does raise the question of which sources can be trusted though.. obviously those deemed reliable are not anymore. Shouldn't the posts falsely naming the bloke in jail be deleted? They're still on here
Dirty Dier, like Dele Alli why are Spurs such dirty players?
Manager must encourage it - they've been a dirty team for years, it has to be intentional.
He wasn't really, I was just winding up Scrapheap.
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I'm not watching this game, but Spurs are a dirty team, several of the players are frequently so. That has to be a tactic.
With Dele Alli I think it is impetuousness of youth.
I remember when Steven Gerrard was young he committed the worst challenge I had ever seen, on Kevin Campbell, when as one Liverpool fanzine put it, 'Kevin Campbell spent the rest of his life looking for someone with a bollock donor card'
A female friend of mine was very impressed by Kevin Campbell's performance one night. It wasn't football related iirc
I could tell a story about a footballer .... best not commit to print though :-)
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
It's hard to read it and not think that there is something there though. Anna Karenina too. I think I read the Cossacks too, but that didn't leave an impression.
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
There was another BBC adaptation of a Russian novel around the same time - the KGB moles in the BBC were obviously trying to subvert the lumpen proletariat of the UK - but I cannot recall the title. I enjoyed that one. Something about a (disgraced?) Colonel or Captain having to do something underhand and then going on the run. Onegin? I forget which is pity because the actor was a bit of a dish
There's nothing wrong with developing an interest in TV programmes in that way. I recall I was quite fixated by Dallas - I seem to recall that Victoria Principal held my attention, but I've no idea what the two prominent features of her performance that did so might have been.
I only got through War and Peace by taking it as my only book on a tour of Sri Lanka. Even then I skimmed a lot of War in order to get to the Peace stuff which was much more to my taste!
It's hard to read it and not think that there is something there though. Anna Karenina too. I think I read the Cossacks too, but that didn't leave an impression.
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
There was another BBC adaptation of a Russian novel around the same time - the KGB moles in the BBC were obviously trying to subvert the lumpen proletariat of the UK - but I cannot recall the title. I enjoyed that one. Something about a (disgraced?) Colonel or Captain having to do something underhand and then going on the run. Onegin? I forget which is pity because the actor was a bit of a dish
There's nothing wrong with developing an interest in TV programmes in that way. I recall I was quite fixated by Dallas - I seem to recall that Victoria Principal held my attention, but I've no idea what the two prominent features of her performance that did so might have been.
haha another post deleted.. this is just like old times!
The first rule of [blank] is you do not talk about [blank]...
It does raise the question of which sources can be trusted though.. obviously those deemed reliable are not anymore. Shouldn't the posts falsely naming the bloke in jail be deleted? They're still on here
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Rudolf Giuliani led from the fron in 9/11 even Boris got out early when responding to attacks in Paris
You should be ashamed of yourself. Probably I am asking for too much. You and the Alt-Right queen have plumbed new depths and resorted to point scoring.
Equally, the Prime Minister was also not on TV. But no reasonable person would criticise her as she had many, many persons to talk to.
err why ?
I comment on a difference of style between Khan and his peers and you throw a hissy fit.
I suspect his lack of prominence will get noted in places other than here
and yes I do criticise TM for not getting a move on and making a statement
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
Dear me, how sad. You'd actually deprive yourself of the incomparable pleasure of reading one of greatest novels ever written because of some screen adaptation?
You should follow Nabavi's Law: Never, ever, under any circumstances, watch a TV adaptation of a great novel which you haven't yet read. Why spoil your potential enjoyment of the real thing, on the off-chance that the pale imitation isn't too awful?
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Rudolf Giuliani led from the fron in 9/11 even Boris got out early when responding to attacks in Paris
You should be ashamed of yourself. Probably I am asking for too much. You and the Alt-Right queen have plumbed new depths and resorted to point scoring.
Equally, the Prime Minister was also not on TV. But no reasonable person would criticise her as she had many, many persons to talk to.
err why ?
I comment on a difference of style between Khan and his peers and you throw a hissy fit.
I suspect his lack of prominence will get noted in places other than here
and yes I do criticise TM for not getting a move on and making a statement
She is making one now
I don't really see why politicians need to make statements on the quick in these situations. I want to hear what the Police have to say
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Rudolf Giuliani led from the fron in 9/11 even Boris got out early when responding to attacks in Paris
You should be ashamed of yourself. Probably I am asking for too much. You and the Alt-Right queen have plumbed new depths and resorted to point scoring.
Equally, the Prime Minister was also not on TV. But no reasonable person would criticise her as she had many, many persons to talk to.
err why ?
I comment on a difference of style between Khan and his peers and you throw a hissy fit.
I suspect his lack of prominence will get noted in places other than here
and yes I do criticise TM for not getting a move on and making a statement
She is making one now
I don't really see why politicians need to make statements on the quick in these situations. I want to hear what the Police have to say
Exactly. What does a quick statement actually prove ? Look what happened to C4 on trying to be first with the news.
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, a city attacked over 5 hours ago, has not appeared once on camera to reassure the public. Where is he?
I thought he had released some sort of statement?
He did - hours ago.
Linky?
On the Mayor of London twitter feed he released a statement 3 hours ago
he hasnt really got the grasp of this media stuff
why isnt he on the telly
I prefer hearing from the police what's going on basically - as we've seen media can be trying to scoop and politicians can't win re grandstanding / hiding coin.
maybe, but part of his job is to be the focal point of London in times of crisis
Rudolf Giuliani led from the fron in 9/11 even Boris got out early when responding to attacks in Paris
You should be ashamed of yourself. Probably I am asking for too much. You and the Alt-Right queen have plumbed new depths and resorted to point scoring.
Equally, the Prime Minister was also not on TV. But no reasonable person would criticise her as she had many, many persons to talk to.
err why ?
I comment on a difference of style between Khan and his peers and you throw a hissy fit.
I suspect his lack of prominence will get noted in places other than here
and yes I do criticise TM for not getting a move on and making a statement
She is making one now
I don't really see why politicians need to make statements on the quick in these situations. I want to hear what the Police have to say
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
Dear me, how sad. You'd actually deprive yourself of the incomparable pleasure of reading one of greatest novels ever written because of some screen adaptation?
You should follow Nabavi's Law: Never, ever, under any circumstances, watch a TV adaptation of a great novel which you haven't yet read. Why spoil your potential enjoyment of the real thing, on the off-chance that the pale imitation isn't too awful?
I saw the Superb TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited before reading the novel. I actually enjoyed the book more after seeing the TV series. But that is very rare.
To me this is still the best TV adaptation of a novel.
I did watch the BBC adaptation in the late 70s although I was probably too young to appreciate it (I was still at secondary school). I decided to skip the book on the strength of it.
Dear me, how sad. You'd actually deprive yourself of the incomparable pleasure of reading one of greatest novels ever written because of some screen adaptation?
Ummm... yes, I suppose so. I can read "Married posh woman runs off with eligible bachelor" in OK Magazine and it will even have photos.
You should follow Nabavi's Law: Never, ever, under any circumstances, watch a TV adaptation of a great novel which you haven't yet read. Why spoil you potential enjoyment of the real thing, on the off-chance that the pale imitation isn't too awful?
I did watch the BBC mini-series of Shogun before I read the book. The book was way, way better.
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I saw the Superb TV adaptation of Brideshead Revisited before reading the novel. I actually enjoyed the book more after seeing the TV series. But that is very rare.
Comments
https://twitter.com/mayoroflondon/status/844631399713947648
Guest: How do you think technology will affect the novel? Would War & Peace have been better if Dostoyevsky had had a word processor?
IA: No. It would have been exactly the same.
Guest: How can you be so sure of that?
IA: Because War & Peace was written by Tolstoy.
End of conversation.....
There's suggestions he was busy coordinating the response in London.
Who knew you'd prefer a more PR savvy politician than a politician with substance.
Rudolf Giuliani led from the fron in 9/11 even Boris got out early when responding to attacks in Paris
Lallana 16/1 backers denied by the beans on toast
Dier was the victim of the bad challenge, the German player pretended to be hurt to cover up his nefariousness
I strongly disapprove of their thinking, but then I do equally disapprove of the thinking of all religions.
I will think a little less of any Muslim I meet after each of these incidents. They're still generally fine people, but a little less fine.
I want to press against this radicalism, and press hard. I don't want to tarnish the good name, or be alienated from the vast majority of Muslims though.
Any ideas?
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https://twitter.com/telebusiness/status/844622484271841280
Condolences to victims/injured and their families.
Could easily have been me and my mum, we were walking on Westminster Bridge only on Sunday
unlike certain footballers loosely associated with a team from somewhere up there.
I remember when Steven Gerrard was young he committed the worst challenge I had ever seen, on Kevin Campbell, when as one Liverpool fanzine put it, 'Kevin Campbell spent the rest of his life looking for someone with a bollock donor card'
Chortle.
Eiffel Tower blackout tonight
Par ailleurs, dans un communiqué publié un peu plus tôt, Mme Hidalgo a adressé sa "solidarité" à son homologue londonien, Sadiq Khan, en soulignant que "Paris et Londres ont des liens étroits d'amitié, qui n'ont eu de cesse de se renforcer au fil des dernières décennies".
Les deux capitales européennes "partagent un même amour de la liberté et un même attachement à la démocratie" et "ce sont deux villes tolérantes et cosmopolites, ouvertes sur le monde, qui puisent leur force dans leur diversité", a-t-elle souligné.
If Macron then screws up or is outplayed in one or both of the TV debates, he might not get into the second round. Le Pen tried to own the first debate using a Netanyahu-style graph stunt which wasn't too successful, but that doesn't mean it won't be next time. We might get a bunch-up for almost equal-second place. If Macron does make it to the second round I wouldn't fancy his chances in the interround debate: he might rise to the occasion, but he could also be even more nervous than he was last time and crash out.
I have started to read Dupont-Aignan's book about his first 100 days as president (!). His brand image is very much as "Mr Clean".
And whereas the fact the Le Pen is a woman and the other leading candidates are men hasn't been relevant for most people, I am not sure that it isn't much more relevant when viewed from Moscow.
Fair odds for Macron? 2.2 maybe?
PS Note to Le Pen: use bigger type, thicker lines, and a bigger piece of card.
There was another BBC adaptation of a Russian novel around the same time - the KGB moles in the BBC were obviously trying to subvert the lumpen proletariat of the UK - but I cannot recall the title. I enjoyed that one. Something about a (disgraced?) Colonel or Captain having to do something underhand and then going on the run. Onegin? I forget which is pity because the actor was a bit of a dish
Moreover, in a statement published earlier, Mrs. Hidalgo addressed her "solidarity" to her London counterpart, Sadiq Khan, pointing out that "Paris and London have close ties of friendship, To strengthen over the last few decades ".
The two European capitals "share the same love of freedom and a single attachment to democracy" and "these are two tolerant and cosmopolitan cities open to the world that draw their strength from their diversity", she stressed .
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If Macron then screws up or is outplayed in one or both of the TV debates, he might not get into the second round. Le Pen tried to own the first debate using a Netanyahu-style graph stunt which wasn't too successful, but that doesn't mean it won't be next time. We might get a bunch-up for almost equal-second place. If Macron does make it to the second round I wouldn't fancy his chances in the interround debate: he might rise to the occasion, but he could also be even more nervous than he was last time and crash out.
I have started to read Dupont-Aignan's book about his first 100 days as president (!). His brand image is very much as "Mr Clean".
And whereas the fact the Le Pen is a woman and the other leading candidates are men hasn't been relevant for most people, I am not sure that it isn't much more relevant when viewed from Moscow.
Fair odds for Macron? 2.2 maybe?
PS Note to Le Pen: use bigger type, thicker lines, and a bigger piece of card.
How much are you offering at 2.2 ?
http://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/discipline/fairplay
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/782658/london-terror-atack-snp-minister-meltdown-holyrood-suspension
(QPR away in a 3-1 victory)
Equally, the Prime Minister was also not on TV. But no reasonable person would criticise her as she had many, many persons to talk to.
I comment on a difference of style between Khan and his peers and you throw a hissy fit.
I suspect his lack of prominence will get noted in places other than here
and yes I do criticise TM for not getting a move on and making a statement
as I post la Theresa appears
no sign of the Invisible Khan
You should follow Nabavi's Law: Never, ever, under any circumstances, watch a TV adaptation of a great novel which you haven't yet read. Why spoil your potential enjoyment of the real thing, on the off-chance that the pale imitation isn't too awful?
I don't really see why politicians need to make statements on the quick in these situations. I want to hear what the Police have to say
Also pleased to hear her condemn it as an act of terrorism. No attempt to excuse it away.
keep calm and carry on
To me this is still the best TV adaptation of a novel.
I did watch the BBC mini-series of Shogun before I read the book. The book was way, way better.
"The attack on the British Parliament is an attack on parliaments, freedom, and democracy everywhere.” @TurnbullMalcolm on #LondonAttack https://t.co/TBtrKQSddN
I report incorrect news in good faith, you are fake news, he's being sued for slander.