As for the thread; I am a firm supporter of fracking. More fracking and less wind turbines are whats needed to create more power. However, I believe that there should be seperate and new companies set up to mine and market this source.
Frack, build houses, expand Heathrow, replace NIMBYs with immigrants and kill all cats.
Sorted.
Ignoring that nonsense, your post in the last thread that quoted Derek Laud, many people on here seem to think it was Farage saying "I've never called anyone racist".
Farage hasn't mentioned race regarding the spot checks or vans has he? He was commenting on Lynton Crosbys covert ukip op when he spoke of "politics of the gutter"
I pointed that out to the Key Stage 2 Tories twice when I saw their lack of understanding. What can you do Sam, Mike gives me these people to work with, I don't choose them
To be fair, you did point it out
It seemed that a whole thread was dominated by a misunderstanding
As a fellow bettor I implore you to follow the horse racing tops of raceclear on twitter... Free everyday, 8 months consecutive profit
That's an impressive ROI, any idea what is in the members area, is it prior notice of the tips?
Sometimes there are a couple of extra bets in the members area, it's not prior notice
re the Scots Casualties in WW1 ..The original poster claimed that the Scots were considered expendable as opposed to other British contingents .. I asked for evidence about that .. which has not been forthcoming..no one really doubts the appalling death figures .. it was the insinuation that Scots were considered expendable ..By whom and why .. evidence please/
The idea of fracking in Finsbury Square, even if the geology were suitable, would be bonkers given the much greater economic use that land is already being put to. The final question doesn't just capture NIMBY voters.
What Political leverage does the UK have re the Gib scenario.Can an EU country arbitrarilly deny overfly rights to another EU country, and charge an entry fee at the border.
Charge the Spanish a fee for access to their embassy in London.
(I think part of the problem - IIRC - is the Gib is technically not part of the EU but a Crown dependency or something. Sure GeoffM can spell out the details).
Perhaps the answer might be full incorporation of Gib into the UK (no idea if the locals would be happy with that, though, and it needs their approval)
edit: with my paranoid Spurs hat on, I reckon it's part of Madrid's campaign to buy Gareth Bale...
@TSE My other half and I have just realised that the luvvie who was talking about "my agent" this and "my agent" that on the next table in a restaurant about a month ago was Matt Smith. We get zero out of ten for celebrity awareness.
3.2% vs 2.9% of the male population - around half the original claim......which was of 147,000 casualties
The Scottish National War Memorial states nearly 150k casualties, so you UKOKers should probably take it up with them.
Don't tell me - tell Scottish Education!
It is estimated that Scotland lost 74000 killed and England and Wales 560000 killed. These both represent just over 1.5% of the 1911 populations. This is exactly what one would expect given that, from 1916, conscription was in force in all three countries.
It's no surprise that a SNP propagandist like ThUD should invent figures to promote his cause. However in this case he's crossed the line into Goebbelsian hate mongering.
Capaldi was in Torchwood Children of Earth ......of course it's all a Unionist plot to cast (another) Scot in the run up to the Indie referendum.....with 1/6 Doctors the Scots are seriously over represented.....
What Political leverage does the UK have re the Gib scenario.Can an EU country arbitrarilly deny overfly rights to another EU country, and charge an entry fee at the border.
Charge the Spanish a fee for access to their embassy in London.
(I think part of the problem - IIRC - is the Gib is technically not part of the EU but a Crown dependency or something. Sure GeoffM can spell out the details).
Perhaps the answer might be full incorporation of Gib into the UK (no idea if the locals would be happy with that, though, and it needs their approval)
edit: with my paranoid Spurs hat on, I reckon it's part of Madrid's campaign to buy Gareth Bale...
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
@TSE My other half and I have just realised that the luvvie who was talking about "my agent" this and "my agent" that on the next table in a restaurant about a month ago was Matt Smith. We get zero out of ten for celebrity awareness.
Not knowing who the current Doctor is, is that even possible?
Do you even know who the current Prime Minister is ?
Capaldi was in Torchwood Children of Earth ......of course it's all a Unionist plot to cast (another) Scot in the run up to the Indie referendum.....with 1/6 Doctors the Scots are seriously over represented.....
What Political leverage does the UK have re the Gib scenario.Can an EU country arbitrarilly deny overfly rights to another EU country, and charge an entry fee at the border.
Charge the Spanish a fee for access to their embassy in London.
(I think part of the problem - IIRC - is the Gib is technically not part of the EU but a Crown dependency or something. Sure GeoffM can spell out the details).
Perhaps the answer might be full incorporation of Gib into the UK (no idea if the locals would be happy with that, though, and it needs their approval)
edit: with my paranoid Spurs hat on, I reckon it's part of Madrid's campaign to buy Gareth Bale...
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Looking at Donations register on Electoral Commission website, you can see which Labour MEP hopefuls have received money from Trade Unions for their campaign.
Unite gave
Lucy Anderson (London) £14,800.00 +3,220.00 Judith Kirton-Darling (North East) £14,275.54
Their other backed candidates don't seem to have received special money to fund their campaign.
Unison gave £3,020.00 + 500 to Sanchia Alasia (who was up against Anderson but she wasn't her main challenger) USDAW gave £8,728.87 to Jayne Shotton (who was Kirton-Darling's only challenger) GMB donated £11,692.00 to Alex Mayer (East)
At least they've got an actor who can actually act. Unlike the two previous doctors.
Now all they need is someone who can actually write sci-fi and create decent plot arcs. Sack Moffat immediately as he is obviously too busy, and get in someone else. (*)
Doctor Who and Sherlock are absolute pants. Moments of brilliance stuck in a mire of crud.
(*) In an evil moment, I just wondered what a SeanT - written Doctor Who would be like ...
"In tonight's episode, the doctor went to the pleasure planet of Eroticon 6, studied the skyline and fought the bad guys - the Larboards - whose secret weapons were two left feet. He beat them by playing a 24-hour continuous-loop tape of a 20th Century Earth politician, Maggie, until their simple brain units fried at exposure to the billiance."
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Spain already considers its colonies territories on and off the Morocco coast as integral parts of Spain. I'm sure Morocco isn't too happy with that!
it was the insinuation that Scots were considered expendable ..By whom and why .. evidence please/
Scots, and possibly even more the Irish, were considered expendable historically.
'MacLeod’s title comes from what General James Wolfe said about his Highland soldiers before the Battle of Quebec in 1759, that it would be “no great mischief if they fall.”
If you believe that these attitudes had entirely disappeared by 1914, fair enough; to me, whether through callousness or stupidity, there seems to be a general air of spendthriftness about command decisions in WWI. There's certainly evidence that Scots troops were viewed as efficient shock troops where casualties were bound to be higher.
At least they've got an actor who can actually act. Unlike the two previous doctors.
Now all they need is someone who can actually write sci-fi and create decent plot arcs. Sack Moffat immediately as he is obviously too busy, and get in someone else. (*)
Doctor Who and Sherlock are absolute pants. Moments of brilliance stuck in a mire of crud.
(*) In an evil moment, I just wondered what a SeanT - written Doctor Who would be like ...
"In tonight's episode, the doctor went to the pleasure planet of Eroticon 6, studied the skyline and fought the bad guys - the Larboards - whose secret weapons were two left feet. He beat them by playing a 24-hour continuous-loop tape of a 20th Century Earth politician, Maggie, until their simple brain units fried at exposure to the billiance."
Admit it. You used to post as Dervish at Outpost Gallifrey.
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Spain already considers its colonies territories on and off the Morocco coast as integral parts of Spain. I'm sure Morocco isn't too happy with that!
I don't care what the Spanish think.
I do care what the Gibraltarians (?) think. Sovereignty means sovereignty.
(I think part of the problem - IIRC - is the Gib is technically not part of the EU but a Crown dependency or something. Sure GeoffM can spell out the details).
Gib is part of the EU having joined the EEC in 1973 along with the UK. There's actually a special clause in the relevant treaty which only covers Gib and makes this work.
Rather like the UK and others, Gib has EU exemptions. Outside the customs union and VAT area, no Common Agricultural Policy; no Schengen. Our government is responsible for incorporating EU law into local law.
Perhaps the answer might be full incorporation of Gib into the UK (no idea if the locals would be happy with that, though, and it needs their approval)
There used to be a political party, the Integration With Britain Party, in the 60's which sort of became the non-party political Integration With Britain Movement. It's a strand of opinion here but not one with huge support. The broad view here is that the constitutional position with our own parliament and constitution under the Crown is settled to the satisfaction of everyone actually involved whose opinions matter (which doesn't include the Spanish).
(I think part of the problem - IIRC - is the Gib is technically not part of the EU but a Crown dependency or something. Sure GeoffM can spell out the details).
Gib is part of the EU having joined the EEC in 1973 along with the UK. There's actually a special clause in the relevant treaty which only covers Gib and makes this work.
Rather like the UK and others, Gib has EU exemptions. Outside the customs union and VAT area, no Common Agricultural Policy; no Schengen. Our government is responsible for incorporating EU law into local law.
Perhaps the answer might be full incorporation of Gib into the UK (no idea if the locals would be happy with that, though, and it needs their approval)
There used to be a political party, the Integration With Britain Party, in the 60's which sort of became the non-party political Integration With Britain Movement. It's a strand of opinion here but not one with huge support. The broad view here is that the constitutional position with our own parliament and constitution under the Crown is settled to the satisfaction of everyone actually involved whose opinions matter (which doesn't include the Spanish).
If Gib is part of the EU then there is no need. Spain simply doesn't have the right to impose a fee of that scale
TUFD .I think your opinions on the issue of Scots being expendable are not only offensive but ludicrous.Get the chip off your shoulder and show documentary evidence that what you claim was discussed at high Miltary level or back off..Prejudice is not evidence..
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Spain already considers its colonies territories on and off the Morocco coast as integral parts of Spain. I'm sure Morocco isn't too happy with that!
I don't care what the Spanish think.
I do care what the Gibraltarians (?) think. Sovereignty means sovereignty.
And it's nearer than the Falklands, and we do have a record of successful fleet actions in those parts.
TUFD .I think your opinions on the issue of Scots being expendable are not only offensive but ludicrous.Get the chip off your shoulder and show documentary evidence that what you claim was discussed at high Miltary level or back off..Prejudice is not evidence..
I couldn't give a toss about what you find offensive, tbh, and I think you're getting a bit befuddled about who you're replying to. I didn't mention 'high Miltary level', whatever that is.
Someone mentioned not recognising Matt Smith (Doctor Eleven). When I was in the crowd at the world premiere of Harry Potter 4, I saw David Tennant (Doctor Ten) but didn't recognise him because he was out of context and he hadn't started yet as The Doctor.
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Spain already considers its colonies territories on and off the Morocco coast as integral parts of Spain. I'm sure Morocco isn't too happy with that!
I don't care what the Spanish think.
I do care what the Gibraltarians (?) think. Sovereignty means sovereignty.
And it's nearer than the Falklands, and we do have a record of successful fleet actions in those parts.
At least they've got an actor who can actually act. Unlike the two previous doctors.
David Tennant was the best actor ever to play the Doctor, with a mantelpiece full of awards for his theatre work.
Respectfully disagree. He got one award before Doctor Who (from the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland), a string for Doctor Who (as did Ecclestone for his one year in the show and Matt Smith afterwards), and more awards after he was famous.
He was still mostly pants in Who, though. Most of that was probably the writing, but there are only a few episodes where I would call his acting anything beyond pedestrian. I'd be willing to change my mind if you can give examples. Matt Smith was worse, though.
TUD..You don't seem to give a toss about anything..maybe that is your problem The orignal remark on here, by Redcliffe I think, was that the Scots weere deemed to be expendable as opposed to other regiments or battalions in the British Military...No evidence has been produced to back that up.. do you have any,.
MS tHE british Royal Navy has 78 commisioned ships .18 are major surface combatants, 5 Guided missile Destroyers and 13 Frigates.11 nuclear powered submarines,along with a Aircraft scarrier multiple assault vessels with the fleet auxillery as back up..So no fleet there then
Mr. Jessop, I largely agree. New Who has had some great moments (Blink and the two-parter that introduced the Silence), but a lot of it has been duff. Technobabble deus ex machine is no substitute for a coherent plot.
He was still mostly pants in Who, though. Most of that was probably the writing, but there are only a few episodes where I would call his acting anything beyond pedestrian.
Basically, the US ITC banned sales of certain Apple products because of patent infringement.
Obama has overturned the ban because of its "effect on competitive conditions in the US economy".
Many of these patents are iniquitous, and Apple has been at the forefront of exploiting them. If the ban is overturned, then Samsung and others will have a right to be aggrieved.
TUD..You don't seem to give a toss about anything..maybe that is your problem The orignal remark on here, by Redcliffe I think, was that the Scots weere deemed to be expendable as opposed to other regiments or battalions in the British Military...No evidence has been produced to back that up.. do you have any,.
I certainly don't give a toss about silly, old fools and their illiteracies.
TUD..You don't seem to give a toss about anything..maybe that is your problem The orignal remark on here, by Redcliffe I think, was that the Scots weere deemed to be expendable as opposed to other regiments or battalions in the British Military...No evidence has been produced to back that up.. do you have any,.
I certainly don't give a toss about silly, old fools and their illiteracies.
In any case it was the Australians and the Canadians who were the shock troop of the Army in WW1 and who got all the tough jobs.
The ending of Top gear was quite splendid this evening.
And now, here is some politics...
A poll from YouGov on Thursday gave Labour a lead of five points, meaning the party is at its lowest ebb since January 2012 after David Cameron’s veto of the EU’s fiscal pact.
“The Australians have changed their leader and have surged from -12 in the polls to plus 2,” said one former senior Miliband supporter.
“It’s still not clear what [Miliband] stands for, what he wants to do if he ever gets into Downing Street,” said the former Miliband supporter. “Morale is bad.”
I don't think I've ever watched an episode of Top Gear from start to finish, just bits and pieces.
I used to really like it and then it got silly - I tend to tune in when a bunch of tweets say WOW. The last bit of tonight's show was brilliant - but what terrible scheduling by BBC2 to have the next prog about why Germans are great at making cars...
TUD..You don't seem to give a toss about anything..maybe that is your problem The orignal remark on here, by Redcliffe I think, was that the Scots weere deemed to be expendable as opposed to other regiments or battalions in the British Military...No evidence has been produced to back that up.. do you have any,.
I certainly don't give a toss about silly, old fools and their illiteracies.
In any case it was the Australians and the Canadians who were the shock troop of the Army in WW1 and who got all the tough jobs.
Oh, I'm sure they were, Mother Empire was never reluctant to make use of her wild colonial boys. On the whole it didn't tend to be the 2nd Yokelshires though.
TUD..You don't seem to give a toss about anything..maybe that is your problem The orignal remark on here, by Redcliffe I think, was that the Scots weere deemed to be expendable as opposed to other regiments or battalions in the British Military...No evidence has been produced to back that up.. do you have any,.
I certainly don't give a toss about silly, old fools and their illiteracies.
In any case it was the Australians and the Canadians who were the shock troop of the Army in WW1 and who got all the tough jobs.
Oh, I'm sure they were, Mother Empire was never reluctant to make use of her wild colonial boys. On the whole it didn't tend to be the 2nd Yokelshires though.
I assume your premise is somehow english lives were being saved, that just doesn't stack up. The tough jobs were given to the most aggressive units. It's the same in every army. The english units just were'nt as aggressive as the colonials in WW1. If more scots were shock troops in WW1 that may be the case. Niall Ferguson makes a similar point in The Pity of War.
I don't think I've ever watched an episode of Top Gear from start to finish, just bits and pieces.
I used to really like it and then it got silly - I tend to tune in when a bunch of tweets say WOW. The last bit of tonight's show was brilliant - but what terrible scheduling by BBC2 to have the next prog about why Germans are great at making cars...
I note the German program forgot to mention how popular the 1956 version of the Morris Oxford ended up being on the Subcontinent
Regarding Sade, the amusing thing is that most Americans think she's either from the USA or London but in fact she grew up in a small village on the edge of Clacton-on-Sea. And the rest of the band are from Hull.
I saw a comment on YouTube recently by an American saying something like "Isn't it fantastic to see a black American band playing real music".
Regarding Sade, the amusing thing is that most Americans think she's either from the USA or London but in fact she grew up in a small village on the edge of Clacton-on-Sea. And the rest of the band are from Hull.
I saw a comment on YouTube recently by an American saying something like "Isn't it fantastic to see a black American band playing real music".
The tough jobs were given to the most aggressive units. It's the same in every army. The english units just were'nt as aggressive as the colonials in WW1. If more scots were shock troops in WW1 that may be the case. Niall Ferguson makes a similar point in The Pity of War.
Precisely the point I made earlier.
'There's certainly evidence that Scots troops were viewed as efficient shock troops where casualties were bound to be higher.'
The tough jobs were given to the most aggressive units. It's the same in every army. The english units just were'nt as aggressive as the colonials in WW1. If more scots were shock troops in WW1 that may be the case. Niall Ferguson makes a similar point in The Pity of War.
Precisely the point I made earlier.
'There's certainly evidence that Scots troops were viewed as efficient shock troops where casualties were bound to be higher.'
Well if you wish to follow up that line then it.s because the Scots enjoyed a fight. So if they get stuck in more readily they're going to have higher causalties, goes with the turf. And if you're a general planning a war you deploy the better units for the tough jobs.
Anecdotally I knew a WW1 veteran from the 36th division he used to recount that scots if captured would ditch their badges and gear and calim to be Irish since the germans would give them a good kicking over if they discovered they were scots as they disliked scots units for their aggressiveness.
Ed Miliband has been pressed to hold urgent talks with union bosses amid fears that his sweeping reforms to party funding will bankrupt Labour.
one of his MPs has warned him that he risks endangering the party’s existence. Ian Lavery, the MP for Wansbeck and a former president of the National Union of Mineworkers, said that Labour could lose as much as £9 million. “This is the biggest political gamble in the history of the Labour Party,” he said. “People are not queuing to join Labour, quite the opposite.”
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Spain already considers its colonies territories on and off the Morocco coast as integral parts of Spain. I'm sure Morocco isn't too happy with that!
I don't care what the Spanish think.
I do care what the Gibraltarians (?) think. Sovereignty means sovereignty.
And it's nearer than the Falklands, and we do have a record of successful fleet actions in those parts.
But these days we do not have a fleet .
That is a bit unkind. We have aircraft carriers without any aircrafts on them. Apparently, holding onto a few Harriers for a couple of years would have broken the defence budget. The budget for gin and tonic , I imagine, is safe !
well, she might have been, but if you have lived in Holland-on-Sea from the ages of 4 to 18 I think that makes you an Essex Girl. A bit like you Mr Essex Boy Sunil (and me, I was born in Newbury Park and grew up in Rayleigh).
I believe I lived in Brook Road, over the road from the tube station. But I was only 2 when I moved to "proper" Essex so don't really remember the Ilford bit of my life.
But I have spent almost as long in Kerala as you :-) (er... a week or so, so probably not)
I believe I lived in Brook Road, over the road from the tube station. But I was only 2 when I moved to "proper" Essex so don't really remember the Ilford bit of my life.
But I have spent almost as long in Kerala as you :-) (er... a week or so, so probably not)
Oh I've been back quite a few times on holiday, so not quite as long as me. One year during Uni summer break, I spent 7 weeks there
Brook Road, eh? Yes it's still there, so is The Avenue pub. However, the Green Gate now a McDonald's, The Horns Tavern now a Costcutter.
So where are you & your family from? I enjoyed Kochi old town, and a trip on the backwaters where I drank too much toddy :-( I think Periyar is in kerala too but we didn't see any tigers despite promises :-(
Anecdotally I knew a WW1 veteran from the 36th division he used to recount that scots if captured would ditch their badges and gear and calim to be Irish since the germans would give them a good kicking over if they discovered they were scots as they disliked scots units for their aggressiveness.
Ladies from Hell and all that. The Canadians did similar in WWII, though it wasn't a good kicking they were trying to avoid. They tended to have the lowest prisoner capture rates, and the Germans returned it with interest.
So where are you & your family from? I enjoyed Kochi old town, and a trip on the backwaters where I drank too much toddy :-( I think Periyar is in kerala too but we didn't see any tigers despite promises :-(
I was born in Kannur (Cannanore) and normally stay down the road in Kozhikode (Calicut), both in the north of Kerala. I've been to Kochi and to Periyar. Didn't see any tigers either when I went (last in 2007), but a pleasant enough boat ride! It's just inside Kerala,
Gib already comes under SW England for the Euro elections. Why not give them an MP at Westminster?
Because it would need a referendum in Gib to change their status & it comes with plenty of other complexities.
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Spain already considers its colonies territories on and off the Morocco coast as integral parts of Spain. I'm sure Morocco isn't too happy with that!
I don't care what the Spanish think.
I do care what the Gibraltarians (?) think. Sovereignty means sovereignty.
And it's nearer than the Falklands, and we do have a record of successful fleet actions in those parts.
But these days we do not have a fleet .
That is a bit unkind. We have aircraft carriers without any aircrafts on them. Apparently, holding onto a few Harriers for a couple of years would have broken the defence budget. The budget for gin and tonic , I imagine, is safe !
You do know it was Labour who sold off the naval version of harrier, don't you?
Thought Kerala was gorgeous, would go back but there are too many places to visit (and with better beer). Next time I go to India I want to do the north and Nepal too.
I'm still using spices from Kumily though, they're a bit old by now but still seem fresher and stronger than what you get in the supermarket.
You do know it was Labour who sold off the naval version of harrier, don't you?
Which left the navy using the RAF Harriers from carriers. Now the Conservatives have sold all our remaining Harriers to the US Marines, scrapped the old carriers and cannot work out what to do with the new ones.
TUD..You don't seem to give a toss about anything..maybe that is your problem The orignal remark on here, by Redcliffe I think, was that the Scots weere deemed to be expendable as opposed to other regiments or battalions in the British Military...No evidence has been produced to back that up.. do you have any,.
I certainly don't give a toss about silly, old fools and their illiteracies.
Richard Dodd has selective amnesia. I said that 26.4% casualties in WW1 wereScottish against a British average of less than half that, under 12% when Scots included and less than 11% in non Scottish soldiers. That shows deaths skewed towards Scottish soldiers, presumably as they were in the areas that people got shot more often. Two and a half times more likely to die. That is not by accident. Face facts Richard. I would say that such evidence, left in the fields of France and Belgium including my dad's uncle in December 1916, is obvious to anyone.
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2/3 today inc a 17/2 winner
The Scottish government claims "around 100,000":
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/20thand21stcenturies/worldwarone/index.asp
The Scottish National War Memorial states nearly 150k casualties, so you UKOKers should probably take it up with them.
He played a WHO Doctor in World War Z
3/1
Kaching!
I'm so excited.
(I think part of the problem - IIRC - is the Gib is technically not part of the EU but a Crown dependency or something. Sure GeoffM can spell out the details).
Perhaps the answer might be full incorporation of Gib into the UK (no idea if the locals would be happy with that, though, and it needs their approval)
edit: with my paranoid Spurs hat on, I reckon it's part of Madrid's campaign to buy Gareth Bale...
Who???
It's no surprise that a SNP propagandist like ThUD should invent figures to promote his cause. However in this case he's crossed the line into Goebbelsian hate mongering.
Do you even know who the current Prime Minister is ?
The Pompei one
It may need to be the answer if Spain doesn't grow up, but I have no idea of the complexities involved and ancillary implications. Perhaps they can be used as a model for DevoMax post 2015...
Unite gave
Lucy Anderson (London) £14,800.00 +3,220.00
Judith Kirton-Darling (North East) £14,275.54
Their other backed candidates don't seem to have received special money to fund their campaign.
Unison gave £3,020.00 + 500 to Sanchia Alasia (who was up against Anderson but she wasn't her main challenger)
USDAW gave £8,728.87 to Jayne Shotton (who was Kirton-Darling's only challenger)
GMB donated £11,692.00 to Alex Mayer (East)
Now all they need is someone who can actually write sci-fi and create decent plot arcs. Sack Moffat immediately as he is obviously too busy, and get in someone else. (*)
Doctor Who and Sherlock are absolute pants. Moments of brilliance stuck in a mire of crud.
(*) In an evil moment, I just wondered what a SeanT - written Doctor Who would be like ...
"In tonight's episode, the doctor went to the pleasure planet of Eroticon 6, studied the skyline and fought the bad guys - the Larboards - whose secret weapons were two left feet. He beat them by playing a 24-hour continuous-loop tape of a 20th Century Earth politician, Maggie, until their simple brain units fried at exposure to the billiance."
It has been pissing it down both sides of the Pennines.
Tomorrow is unlikely to see a lot of play when that happens.
I did advise not to lay the draw.
'MacLeod’s title comes from what General James Wolfe said about his Highland soldiers before the Battle of Quebec in 1759, that it would be “no great mischief if they fall.”
http://tinyurl.com/m2p8ct6
If you believe that these attitudes had entirely disappeared by 1914, fair enough; to me, whether through callousness or stupidity, there seems to be a general air of spendthriftness about command decisions in WWI. There's certainly evidence that Scots troops were viewed as efficient shock troops where casualties were bound to be higher.
I do care what the Gibraltarians (?) think. Sovereignty means sovereignty.
Rather like the UK and others, Gib has EU exemptions. Outside the customs union and VAT area, no Common Agricultural Policy; no Schengen. Our government is responsible for incorporating EU law into local law. There used to be a political party, the Integration With Britain Party, in the 60's which sort of became the non-party political Integration With Britain Movement. It's a strand of opinion here but not one with huge support. The broad view here is that the constitutional position with our own parliament and constitution under the Crown is settled to the satisfaction of everyone actually involved whose opinions matter (which doesn't include the Spanish).
It is nice to have a Doctor who is older than me.
Felt weird to have a Doctor younger than me.
I couldn't give a toss about what you find offensive, tbh, and I think you're getting a bit befuddled about who you're replying to. I didn't mention 'high Miltary level', whatever that is.
He was still mostly pants in Who, though. Most of that was probably the writing, but there are only a few episodes where I would call his acting anything beyond pedestrian. I'd be willing to change my mind if you can give examples. Matt Smith was worse, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tennant#Awards_and_nominations
TSE: No idea who Dervish is/was, but he must have had a sound mind. ;-)
It would be interesting to get SO's opinion on this story:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23566422
Basically, the US ITC banned sales of certain Apple products because of patent infringement.
Obama has overturned the ban because of its "effect on competitive conditions in the US economy".
Many of these patents are iniquitous, and Apple has been at the forefront of exploiting them. If the ban is overturned, then Samsung and others will have a right to be aggrieved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmG0bV2KZyI&
And now, here is some politics... http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/44c77ec6-fb97-11e2-8650-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2b1fye8Uu
Conference is going to be fun
This was UK number 1 exactly 30 years ago this week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_a2-Pve4g
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/local_hero/
I watched it recently and, although it was very good, I don't think I would have given it 10/10.
Another way of putting it is that just as I was getting into the film it ended.
Paul Young had a string of seriously good hits in 1983: Wherever I Lay My Hat, Come Back and Stay, and Love of the Common People.
The only problem I have with him is that he kept electro-funk band Freeez's greatest ever track I.O.U. from the number one spot.
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I saw a comment on YouTube recently by an American saying something like "Isn't it fantastic to see a black American band playing real music".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sade_Adu
'There's certainly evidence that Scots troops were viewed as efficient shock troops where casualties were bound to be higher.'
I still don't get your Churchill avatar!
Anecdotally I knew a WW1 veteran from the 36th division he used to recount that scots if captured would ditch their badges and gear and calim to be Irish since the germans would give them a good kicking over if they discovered they were scots as they disliked scots units for their aggressiveness.
Actually mildly amusing.
I believe I lived in Brook Road, over the road from the tube station. But I was only 2 when I moved to "proper" Essex so don't really remember the Ilford bit of my life.
But I have spent almost as long in Kerala as you :-) (er... a week or so, so probably not)
Brook Road, eh? Yes it's still there, so is The Avenue pub. However, the Green Gate now a McDonald's, The Horns Tavern now a Costcutter.
So where are you & your family from? I enjoyed Kochi old town, and a trip on the backwaters where I drank too much toddy :-( I think Periyar is in kerala too but we didn't see any tigers despite promises :-(
The Canadians did similar in WWII, though it wasn't a good kicking they were trying to avoid. They tended to have the lowest prisoner capture rates, and the Germans returned it with interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periyar_National_Park
Thought Kerala was gorgeous, would go back but there are too many places to visit (and with better beer). Next time I go to India I want to do the north and Nepal too.
I'm still using spices from Kumily though, they're a bit old by now but still seem fresher and stronger than what you get in the supermarket.
http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/chancellor-would-block-scotland-from-keeping-pound-1-3029712
I would say that such evidence, left in the fields of France and Belgium including my dad's uncle in December 1916, is obvious to anyone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/10222092/Cameron-strategy-guru-attacks-Clarkes-Ukip-remarks.html