I am not sure why it should debar anyone. A dual national is not a half-national. Boris Johnson was until recently a US citizen as well as a UK citizen. He could well have been the UK PM.
I understand the reasoning for dual citizens being potentially problematic, at least in direct relations between two nations where the interests might be opposed, but Australia's rule seems unduly harsh, particularly when it seems nationality law in many nations grants citizenship to many people with peripheral connection to their nation, or can be asked for on their behalf without their knowledge by someone else.
Especially as the concept of Australian Citizenship didn't exist until 1948, so everyone was legally a British Subject. I don't see how the constitution can interpreted to classify the UK and Commonwealth countries as "foreign powers".
All over now. Thanks for the nudge that made me a quick couple of beer tokens. I owe you a pint!
I'm nailed on for PB tipster of the year now.
Nope. @Chris_from_Paris nailed on for his Macron tip before anyone had heard of him.
Surely my repeated warning people off backing the Tories in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock whilst sticking money on them at 7/1 must win me some kind of award?
All over now. Thanks for the nudge that made me a quick couple of beer tokens. I owe you a pint!
I'm nailed on for PB tipster of the year now.
Nope. @Chris_from_Paris nailed on for his Macron tip before anyone had heard of him.
Surely my repeated warning people off backing the Tories in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock whilst sticking money on them at 7/1 must win me some kind of award?
Didn't you win an award in 2015 for not backing Jeremy Corbyn as next Labour leader at 969/1?
Match suspended at Goodison... there are violent people on both sides.
Only one giving Nazi salutes however.
I watched the video closely, more closely than you and I know there are many good people among them....
You can tell character from looking at a video? Impressive.
But as I said at the time, I expect the crowd did include some people who were just nostalgic and I hope went eeek if they noticed the Nazis. It is, however, oddly hair-splitting of Trump to focus on these, in the same way as it would be odd if he said that ISIS probably has some chaps who signed up with good intentions, even if it's true.
Match suspended at Goodison... there are violent people on both sides.
Only one giving Nazi salutes however.
I watched the video closely, more closely than you and I know there are many good people among them....
You can tell character from looking at a video? Impressive.
But as I said at the time, I expect the crowd did include some people who were just nostalgic and I hope went eeek if they noticed the Nazis. It is, however, oddly hair-splitting of Trump to focus on these, in the same way as it would be odd if he said that ISIS probably has some chaps who signed up with good intentions, even if it's true.
I don't know if you missed that my post was a gag or not. We were talking about the football.
So virtue signalling is now more important than raising money to fight cancer.
Noted.
You think they couldn't raise money anywhere else?
I'm sure they can, but its a risk for any charity.
Whenever a charity starts taking an overtly political stance they will lose some donors and they have to hope to maybe gain others to offset that. The SJWs might cheer the virtue signalling but they don't have enough money to buy themselves soap.
Catalonian police are now connecting the Las Ramblas van attack with an explosion this morning in Alcanar, a small town in Tarragona about 100km south of Barcelona, in which one person died and several injured, which was reported earlier as a gas explosion
So virtue signalling is now more important than raising money to fight cancer.
Noted.
You think they couldn't raise money anywhere else?
I'm sure they can, but its a risk for any charity.
Whenever a charity starts taking an overtly political stance they will lose some donors and they have to hope to maybe gain others to offset that. The SJWs might cheer the virtue signalling but they don't have enough money to buy themselves soap.
I am sure they know they would lose more donors by associating with Trump.
Still, I expect he's pleased to know he still has a supportier in you!
So virtue signalling is now more important than raising money to fight cancer.
Noted.
You think they couldn't raise money anywhere else?
I'm sure they can, but its a risk for any charity.
Whenever a charity starts taking an overtly political stance they will lose some donors and they have to hope to maybe gain others to offset that. The SJWs might cheer the virtue signalling but they don't have enough money to buy themselves soap.
I am sure they know they would lose more donors by associating with Trump.
Still, I expect he's pleased to know he still has a supportier in you!
Bloody cancer charity do gooders.
They are still doing the fundraiser and are avoiding association with a crazy racist. Win win!
So virtue signalling is now more important than raising money to fight cancer.
Noted.
You think they couldn't raise money anywhere else?
I'm sure they can, but its a risk for any charity.
Whenever a charity starts taking an overtly political stance they will lose some donors and they have to hope to maybe gain others to offset that. The SJWs might cheer the virtue signalling but they don't have enough money to buy themselves soap.
I am sure they know they would lose more donors by associating with Trump.
Still, I expect he's pleased to know he still has a supportier in you!
Bloody cancer charity do gooders.
They are still doing the fundraiser and are avoiding association with a crazy racist. Win win!
Indeed! What's not to like? Unless you're GeoffM of course!
All over now. Thanks for the nudge that made me a quick couple of beer tokens. I owe you a pint!
I'm nailed on for PB tipster of the year now.
Nope. @Chris_from_Paris nailed on for his Macron tip before anyone had heard of him.
Surely my repeated warning people off backing the Tories in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock whilst sticking money on them at 7/1 must win me some kind of award?
Didn't you win an award in 2015 for not backing Jeremy Corbyn as next Labour leader at 969/1?
All over now. Thanks for the nudge that made me a quick couple of beer tokens. I owe you a pint!
I'm nailed on for PB tipster of the year now.
Nope. @Chris_from_Paris nailed on for his Macron tip before anyone had heard of him.
Surely my repeated warning people off backing the Tories in Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock whilst sticking money on them at 7/1 must win me some kind of award?
Didn't you win an award in 2015 for not backing Jeremy Corbyn as next Labour leader at 969/1?
Yes.
...
Yes.
It could be worse.
You could have been the one laying Corbyn at 969/1.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Probably (b). But then again almost anything at all would be (b).
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Indeed. Where there were a bunch of KKK and a bunch of Swastika-flagged neo-Nazis at last week's protest, there were also a large bunch of more regular Trump-supporting WWC types. And for the past week everyone in the media has been calling that last group, to think of a phrase, the deplorables.
It took me about 15 mins to find an archived copy of Chris Cantwell's OKCupid advert. I thought about posting it here but I figured that would be me being a bastard so I didn't.
On topic, how on earth did the Conservatives get so close in Lanark and Hamilton? That's like running close in Bootle.
Indeed - Ruth Davidson ran a very much more successful campaign in Scotland. Quite a few on here don't quite get how different Scottish politics has become. However, there are serious lessons for English and welsh Tories to learn here.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Also, surprised he didn't use one of the many existing Aryan supremist dating sites.
So virtue signalling is now more important than raising money to fight cancer.
Noted.
You think they couldn't raise money anywhere else?
I'm sure they can, but its a risk for any charity.
Whenever a charity starts taking an overtly political stance they will lose some donors and they have to hope to maybe gain others to offset that. The SJWs might cheer the virtue signalling but they don't have enough money to buy themselves soap.
I am sure they know they would lose more donors by associating with Trump.
Still, I expect he's pleased to know he still has a supportier in you!
Bloody cancer charity do gooders.
They are still doing the fundraiser and are avoiding association with a crazy racist. Win win!
Indeed! What's not to like? Unless you're GeoffM of course!
I was making a serious and non-political point. I'm not sure if you missed it or deliberately chose to ignore it but I'll have one more go.
When a charity decides to go political, they face losing some donors and have to hope that they offset those by gaining others.
Consider the National Trust. They decided to rip up the written legacies of their benefactors over field sports rights on land left to them, for example. They lost some members over that (me, for example). Whether they gained any members on the flip-side is debatable. Similarly with me and the RSPCA on the same subject.
Going all SJW risks alienating some of your philanthropic base. By virtue signalling they are gambling with lifesaving levels of fund raising. That's all. It's not a political thing. Charities should stay out of politics.
On topic, how on earth did the Conservatives get so close in Lanark and Hamilton? That's like running close in Bootle.
Indeed - Ruth Davidson ran a very much more successful campaign in Scotland. Quite a few on here don't quite get how different Scottish politics has become. However, there are serious lessons for English and welsh Tories to learn here.
One Nation Toryism, social liberalism, europhile and with a sense of humour?
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Also, surprised he didn't use one of the many existing Aryan supremist dating sites.
I've always found that you've got to be okay with big tattoos on big women if you're going to have a decent selection to pick from.
Not a lot of upside for the Conservatives in that list. They are likely to lose as many seats to Labour as they win off the SNP, as the Unionist tactical vote unwinds and Labour becomes more credible as winners of seats. 15 to 30 seats for Labour is entirely doable.
Not especially likely at all. Not a single Tory seat where Labour are anywhere near them. You'd need a landslide performance to achieve that and current polling [ yes, I know] suggests no such thing.
But several of the Tory gains were due to Labour voters voting tactically to defeat the SNP and doing so unaware of the Labour surge taking place in the later stages of the campaign. Most of them are likely to feel they misdirected themselves with the result that next time Labour could win from third place in seats such as East Renfrew , Stirling etc where Labour's vote share could well jump from circa 20% to circa 35%.
Lol - and pigs might fly. You have no more idea than anyone what motivated people to vote Tory. Who knows what could happen next time.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
The servers are in San Francisco but OKCupid are owned by the same company as Match.com, the "Match Group". They are based in Dallas, Texas. So that would be the liberal Texas elite.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Indeed. Where there were a bunch of KKK and a bunch of Swastika-flagged neo-Nazis at last week's protest, there were also a large bunch of more regular Trump-supporting WWC types. And for the past week everyone in the media has been calling that last group, to think of a phrase, the deplorables.
This is undoubtedly true. However, Cantwell is a raging anti-Semite, and all-round nasty piece of work. OK Cupid has a duty of care.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Indeed. Where there were a bunch of KKK and a bunch of Swastika-flagged neo-Nazis at last week's protest, there were also a large bunch of more regular Trump-supporting WWC types. And for the past week everyone in the media has been calling that last group, to think of a phrase, the deplorables.
Were there really? Walking with KKK members, chanting "blood and soil"?, flying Nazi flags and fascist symbols?
If I were a regular Joe at such a rally, I would do a reverse ferret very quickly, just as I would if I were to be at anti-war rally if people started flying Hamas flags and making anti-semetic remarks.
Finally - some useful science! Whisky/water dilution.
Published today in Nature Bjorn C. G. Karlsson and Ran Friedman
Despite the growing knowledge of the nature of water-alcohol mixtures on a molecular level, much less is known on the interaction of water, alcohol and small solutes. In particular, the nature of the interaction between the solvent and taste-carrying molecules, such as guaiacol, is not known. To address this gap, we used MD simulations to study the distribution of guaiacol in water-alcohol mixtures of different concentrations. Our simulations revealed that guaiacol is present at the air-liquid interface at ethanol concentrations that correspond to the alcohol content of bottled or diluted whiskies. Because the drink is consumed at the interface first, our findings help to understand why adding water to whisky helps to enhance its taste. A molecular understanding of the nature of taste compounds in water-alcohol mixtures allows for optimizing the taste of alcoholic spirits. [...] Overall, there is a fine balance between diluting the whisky to taste and diluting the whisky to waste.
On topic, how on earth did the Conservatives get so close in Lanark and Hamilton? That's like running close in Bootle.
Indeed - Ruth Davidson ran a very much more successful campaign in Scotland. Quite a few on here don't quite get how different Scottish politics has become. However, there are serious lessons for English and welsh Tories to learn here.
One Nation Toryism, social liberalism, europhile and with a sense of humour?
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Also, surprised he didn't use one of the many existing Aryan supremist dating sites.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
This is the guy who was on vice youtube saying he wants more violence in charlotteville, was cauhht on camera on the march making anti-semitic remarks, and was hilariously on twitter crying about how he isnt a violent raciat, so he is being unfsirly targetted by the police.
So he is a violent racist wanted by the police you are defending
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Indeed. Where there were a bunch of KKK and a bunch of Swastika-flagged neo-Nazis at last week's protest, there were also a large bunch of more regular Trump-supporting WWC types. And for the past week everyone in the media has been calling that last group, to think of a phrase, the deplorables.
Were there really? Walking with KKK members, chanting "blood and soil"?, flying Nazi flags and fascist symbols?
If I were a regular Joe at such a rally, I would do a reverse ferret very quickly, just as I would if I were to be at anti-war rally if people started flying Hamas flags and making anti-semetic remarks.
Yeah, Its like going on a britains first march really. You go on that, no moaning about why people assume.your a racist
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
This is the guy who was on vice youtube saying he wants more violence in charlotteville, was cauhht on camera on the march making anti-semitic remarks, and was hilariously on twitter crying about how he isnt a violent raciat, so he is being unfsirly targetted by the police.
So he is a violent racist wanted by the police you are defending
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
I was making a serious and non-political point. I'm not sure if you missed it or deliberately chose to ignore it but I'll have one more go.
When a charity decides to go political, they face losing some donors and have to hope that they offset those by gaining others... Going all SJW risks alienating some of your philanthropic base. By virtue signalling they are gambling with lifesaving levels of fund raising. That's all. It's not a political thing. Charities should stay out of politics.
A few months ago I was in a second-hand bookshop and working on the grounds that God does not forgive you if you leave without buying one, I bought a copy of John Simpson's "A Mad World, My Masters" for about 50p. In it he relates his interviews of various ne'er-do-wells. One of them was with Maurice Rossel, the International Red Cross delegate who visited Theresienstadt in 1944 and reported that conditions there were fair and reasonable. Rossel's rationale was that criticising the Nazis would serve no purpose other than prevent further visits by the Red Cross. A defensible point-of-view but one that neutered the Red Cross and saved no lives
The reason why I bring this up is that charities are frequently faced with circumstances that can only be described as political. It is a little-known fact that in the first few days of any given disaster the first-responders are mostly Christian charities, who receive much funding from the various North American congregations, and how to deal with the politics of disaster is always a problem. But the idea that charities should stay out of politics is difficult to defend, since they spend a lot of their time in it up to their neck.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Also, surprised he didn't use one of the many existing Aryan supremist dating sites.
White racist match sites do sound pretty depressing:
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
Also, surprised he didn't use one of the many existing Aryan supremist dating sites.
White racist match sites do sound pretty depressing:
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
I understand without Googling the Voltarian precept about defending to the death the right to say it, although I did have to check that "Voltarian" was a word. But it would be difficult to extend that to an absolute right to go on a dating website.
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
This is the guy who was on vice youtube saying he wants more violence in charlotteville, was cauhht on camera on the march making anti-semitic remarks, and was hilariously on twitter crying about how he isnt a violent raciat, so he is being unfsirly targetted by the police.
So he is a violent racist wanted by the police you are defending
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
The police are looking for him as we speak go do just that.
There is no obligation on society (or dating sites) to acceot despicable arseholes
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
I understand without Googling the Voltarian precept about defending to the death the right to say it, although I did have to check that "Voltarian" was a word. But it would be difficult to extend that to an absolute right to go on a dating website.
@619 also celebrated a different racist toss pot being sacked. He clearly thinks they should be persecuted. I disagree: I believe in robust engagement.
And failing that, well, let's just say we have other options...
I am not sure why it should debar anyone. A dual national is not a half-national. Boris Johnson was until recently a US citizen as well as a UK citizen. He could well have been the UK PM.
It is utterly ridiculous position for a settler nation like Australia. How many Aussies don't have a British parent or Irish grandparent or aren't descendants of other nations that grant citizenship on the basis of ancestry. Julia GIllard was presumably British too as her parents were Welsh - so should have been disbarred from being PM.
You might well find half the Senate and Lower house would be ineligible to serve in parliament - effectively anyone who isn't a pure Aussie going back two generations to WWI or earlier could be caught under the rules.
I was making a serious and non-political point. I'm not sure if you missed it or deliberately chose to ignore it but I'll have one more go.
When a charity decides to go political, they face losing some donors and have to hope that they offset those by gaining others... Going all SJW risks alienating some of your philanthropic base. By virtue signalling they are gambling with lifesaving levels of fund raising. That's all. It's not a political thing. Charities should stay out of politics.
A few months ago I was in a second-hand bookshop and working on the grounds that God does not forgive you if you leave without buying one, [snip]
We may disagree on many things but we do share that particular and very important moral code!
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
I understand without Googling the Voltarian precept about defending to the death the right to say it, although I did have to check that "Voltarian" was a word. But it would be difficult to extend that to an absolute right to go on a dating website.
@619 also celebrated a different racist toss pot being sacked. He clearly thinks they should be persecuted. I disagree: I believe in robust engagement.
And failing that, well, there are other options...
On another point: you quoting Voltaire is OK but me quoting Dostoyevsky isn't?
I was making a serious and non-political point. I'm not sure if you missed it or deliberately chose to ignore it but I'll have one more go.
When a charity decides to go political, they face losing some donors and have to hope that they offset those by gaining others.
Consider the National Trust. They decided to rip up the written legacies of their benefactors over field sports rights on land left to them, for example. They lost some members over that (me, for example). Whether they gained any members on the flip-side is debatable. Similarly with me and the RSPCA on the same subject.
Going all SJW risks alienating some of your philanthropic base. By virtue signalling they are gambling with lifesaving levels of fund raising. That's all. It's not a political thing. Charities should stay out of politics.
I don't think that's necessarily true. Take an example with opposite colours. Say you're a charity in Venezuala trying to alleviate desperate poverty, and the Government keeps making matters worse. Do you just keep plugging on, or do you say something to draw attention to the source much of the problem? I think there's a case for the latter, and it's more a judgment issue that a simple right or wrong.
I can see it the other way too - in the Red Cross example that viewcode cites, I think that though actually lying to appease a monstrous government goes too far (he should perhaps have at least declined to comment), I value the Red Cross for not taking political stances - we need some who are trusted by everyone to be discreetly helpful to victims.
Where I do agree is that charities should acknowledge good work by people who some of their staff might personally not support. i currently work as Head of Policy for an animal welfare charity, and have said publically that Michael Gove is potentially the best Secretary of State for DEFRA in 20 years in view of his recent excellent speeches. It's simply true, and my private political persuasion is irrelevant.
I am not sure why it should debar anyone. A dual national is not a half-national. Boris Johnson was until recently a US citizen as well as a UK citizen. He could well have been the UK PM.
It is utterly ridiculous position for a settler nation like Australia. How many Aussies don't have a British parent or Irish grandparent or aren't descendants of other nations that grant citizenship on the basis of ancestry. Julia GIllard was presumably British too as her parents were Welsh - so should have been disbarred from being PM.
You might well find half the Senate and Lower house would be ineligible to serve in parliament - effectively anyone who isn't a pure Aussie going back two generations to WWI or earlier could be caught under the rules.
She renounced her British citizenship prior to entering parliament.
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
I understand without Googling the Voltarian precept about defending to the death the right to say it, although I did have to check that "Voltarian" was a word. But it would be difficult to extend that to an absolute right to go on a dating website.
@619 also celebrated a different racist toss pot being sacked. He clearly thinks they should be persecuted. I disagree: I believe in robust engagement.
And failing that, well, there are other options...
On another point: you quoting Voltaire is OK but me quoting Dostoyevsky isn't?
I was making a serious and non-political point. I'm not sure if you missed it or deliberately chose to ignore it but I'll have one more go.
When a charity decides to go political, they face losing some donors and have to hope that they offset those by gaining others... Going all SJW risks alienating some of your philanthropic base. By virtue signalling they are gambling with lifesaving levels of fund raising. That's all. It's not a political thing. Charities should stay out of politics.
A few months ago I was in a second-hand bookshop and working on the grounds that God does not forgive you if you leave without buying one, [snip]
We may disagree on many things but we do share that particular and very important moral code!
It's worse than you think: it's only when you get back home that you remember that you already have that book...
I can never get a complete set of a series, with covers from the same period, of the same size. It goes paperback, paperback, paperback, hardback, larger paperback, missing, American paperback with the yellow-edged paper...
When my ship comes in I will replace all my books with consistent copies that line up, on shelves of the same size and colour. Problem is that at that point the universe will be complete and the stars will start going out...
Do you think this will (a) help persuade him / followers / potential followers that they are wrong; or (b) reinforce their views that they are an oppressed minority despised by the liberal California elite?
This is the guy who was on vice youtube saying he wants more violence in charlotteville, was cauhht on camera on the march making anti-semitic remarks, and was hilariously on twitter crying about how he isnt a violent raciat, so he is being unfsirly targetted by the police.
So he is a violent racist wanted by the police you are defending
I could quote Voltaire but you probably wouldn't understand.
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
I am not sure the mis-attributed Voltaire quote is supposed to extend to direct incitement to violence.
Not a lot of upside for the Conservatives in that list. They are likely to lose as many seats to Labour as they win off the SNP, as the Unionist tactical vote unwinds and Labour becomes more credible as winners of seats. 15 to 30 seats for Labour is entirely doable.
Not especially likely at all. Not a single Tory seat where Labour are anywhere near them. You'd need a landslide performance to achieve that and current polling [ yes, I know] suggests no such thing.
But several of the Tory gains were due to Labour voters voting tactically to defeat the SNP and doing so unaware of the Labour surge taking place in the later stages of the campaign. Most of them are likely to feel they misdirected themselves with the result that next time Labour could win from third place in seats such as East Renfrew , Stirling etc where Labour's vote share could well jump from circa 20% to circa 35%.
Lol - and pigs might fly. You have no more idea than anyone what motivated people to vote Tory. Who knows what could happen next time.
You appear not to understand how 'swing' is calculated. Beyond that ,however, it has to be significant that whilst across Scotland the Labour vote went up by 3% , in seats such as East Renfrew - Stirling - Aberdeen South - Ochil & Perthshire South - and Ayr,Carrick - the Labour vote fell back from its 2015 level. It is not unreasonable to assume that that was due to tactical voting with the result that the Labour vote has been suppressed in those seats. Next time I would expect that to unwind with Labour polling well beyond its 2015 vote shares there.
Thanks though it is at least a platform for the 2019 town council elections. I got about 37%, in the 2016 district elections the Tories got 34% in the same ward so it was alright. The last town council elections were fought in May 2015 when Dave won his majority. The LDs put out 6 leaflets and threw the book at it over the local plan so while I am obviously disappointed to lose it at least got my name known and is something to build on but we need more action days locally and more leaflets
Epping Town Council Hemnall ward Lib Dem gain from Conservative
LD 805 Con 481
The Conservative candidate was our very own HYUFD
Commiserations to HYUFD. Putting oneself up for election is admirable, and there is no shame in not succeeding.
So often it is the political tide, and not the candidate. Better luck next time.
Ditto. He's not my color but HYUFD's a decent sort and I am sure he would have made a good Councillor.
Thanks Peter and we all have to start somewhere, Cherry the LD candidate has fought 1 town and 1 district campaign unsuccessfully before winning tonight and well done her
British consumers could benefit from the removal of all tariffs because the UK would be able to import goods at lower prices from countries on which the EU imposes high tariffs, such as oranges from South Africa, according to the IEA.
And what exactly is this high tariff we're currently paying on oranges from South Africa? 0%!
British consumers could benefit from the removal of all tariffs because the UK would be able to import goods at lower prices from countries on which the EU imposes high tariffs, such as oranges from South Africa, according to the IEA.
And what exactly is this high tariff we're currently paying on oranges from South Africa? 0%!
British consumers could benefit from the removal of all tariffs because the UK would be able to import goods at lower prices from countries on which the EU imposes high tariffs, such as oranges from South Africa, according to the IEA.
And what exactly is this high tariff we're currently paying on oranges from South Africa? 0%!
Until people stand for election I don't think they fully understand the absolute power the electorate holds - hence the insouciance some appear to hold when it comes to respecting their decisions.....
Good article - the Times would have reported the IFG report (Brexit Disaster) the Mail the IEA (Brexit Triumph) - I've observed before, the Guardian, reporting both, is about the only reliable source on Brexit....
They are all 0% too. The erga omnes duty you're looking at is the default that does not apply to South Africa or any other country with preferential access.
Three fundraising giants decided to pull events from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, signaling a direct blowback to his business empire from his comments on Charlottesville's (Virginia) racial unrest.
Here's the Hollywood Reporter scoop on James Murdoch's Trump criticism:
“I can’t even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis. Or Klansmen, or terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, and others must all agree on this, and it compromises nothing for them to do so.”
Until people stand for election I don't think they fully understand the absolute power the electorate holds - hence the insouciance some appear to hold when it comes to respecting their decisions.....
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Decent trading bet, ahem.
I'm on PB for the P not the B - I'll stick to commenting on things I know about in future.
Oh...
Noted.
The mayor is quoted as saying "locals should stay away as we want calmness to prevail"
I'm not entire sure that's what he meant...
I'm tempted to go watch the fun...
But as I said at the time, I expect the crowd did include some people who were just nostalgic and I hope went eeek if they noticed the Nazis. It is, however, oddly hair-splitting of Trump to focus on these, in the same way as it would be odd if he said that ISIS probably has some chaps who signed up with good intentions, even if it's true.
Whenever a charity starts taking an overtly political stance they will lose some donors and they have to hope to maybe gain others to offset that. The SJWs might cheer the virtue signalling but they don't have enough money to buy themselves soap.
Still, I expect he's pleased to know he still has a supportier in you!
https://twitter.com/okcupid/status/898249291382345729
They are still doing the fundraiser and are avoiding association with a crazy racist. Win win!
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Yes.
You could have been the one laying Corbyn at 969/1.
When a charity decides to go political, they face losing some donors and have to hope that they offset those by gaining others.
Consider the National Trust. They decided to rip up the written legacies of their benefactors over field sports rights on land left to them, for example. They lost some members over that (me, for example). Whether they gained any members on the flip-side is debatable. Similarly with me and the RSPCA on the same subject.
Going all SJW risks alienating some of your philanthropic base. By virtue signalling they are gambling with lifesaving levels of fund raising. That's all. It's not a political thing. Charities should stay out of politics.
If I were a regular Joe at such a rally, I would do a reverse ferret very quickly, just as I would if I were to be at anti-war rally if people started flying Hamas flags and making anti-semetic remarks.
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The Conservative candidate was our very own HYUFD
Published today in Nature
Bjorn C. G. Karlsson and Ran Friedman
Despite the growing knowledge of the nature of water-alcohol mixtures on a molecular level, much less is known on the interaction of water, alcohol and small solutes. In particular, the nature of the interaction between the solvent and taste-carrying molecules, such as guaiacol, is not known. To address this gap, we used MD simulations to study the distribution of guaiacol in water-alcohol mixtures of different concentrations. Our simulations revealed that guaiacol is present at the air-liquid interface at ethanol concentrations that correspond to the alcohol content of bottled or diluted whiskies. Because the drink is consumed at the interface first, our findings help to understand why adding water to whisky helps to enhance its taste. A molecular understanding of the nature of taste compounds in water-alcohol mixtures allows for optimizing the taste of alcoholic spirits. [...] Overall, there is a fine balance between diluting the whisky to taste and diluting the whisky to waste.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06423-5
So often it is the political tide, and not the candidate. Better luck next time.
So he is a violent racist wanted by the police you are defending
If he's broken the law then prosecute him and lock him up.
In a free society people have the right to be despicable arseholes.
The reason why I bring this up is that charities are frequently faced with circumstances that can only be described as political. It is a little-known fact that in the first few days of any given disaster the first-responders are mostly Christian charities, who receive much funding from the various North American congregations, and how to deal with the politics of disaster is always a problem. But the idea that charities should stay out of politics is difficult to defend, since they spend a lot of their time in it up to their neck.
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wndk85/inside-the-sad-world-of-racist-online-dating
While SJW snowflakes bang like belt fed bazookas. sad face!
http://www.thedailybeast.com/icelands-incest-prevention-app-gets-people-to-bump-their-phones-before-bumping-in-bed
There is no obligation on society (or dating sites) to acceot despicable arseholes
And failing that, well, let's just say we have other options...
You might well find half the Senate and Lower house would be ineligible to serve in parliament - effectively anyone who isn't a pure Aussie going back two generations to WWI or earlier could be caught under the rules.
I can see it the other way too - in the Red Cross example that viewcode cites, I think that though actually lying to appease a monstrous government goes too far (he should perhaps have at least declined to comment), I value the Red Cross for not taking political stances - we need some who are trusted by everyone to be discreetly helpful to victims.
Where I do agree is that charities should acknowledge good work by people who some of their staff might personally not support. i currently work as Head of Policy for an animal welfare charity, and have said publically that Michael Gove is potentially the best Secretary of State for DEFRA in 20 years in view of his recent excellent speeches. It's simply true, and my private political persuasion is irrelevant.
I can never get a complete set of a series, with covers from the same period, of the same size. It goes paperback, paperback, paperback, hardback, larger paperback, missing, American paperback with the yellow-edged paper...
When my ship comes in I will replace all my books with consistent copies that line up, on shelves of the same size and colour. Problem is that at that point the universe will be complete and the stars will start going out...
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/898324500852256768
https://twitter.com/britainelects/status/898325976802672640
Leaving EU without deal would not be a disaster, says thinktank.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/aug/18/leaving-eu-without-deal-would-not-be-a-disaster-says-thinktank
British consumers could benefit from the removal of all tariffs because the UK would be able to import goods at lower prices from countries on which the EU imposes high tariffs, such as oranges from South Africa, according to the IEA.
And what exactly is this high tariff we're currently paying on oranges from South Africa? 0%!
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/0805102210?country=ZA#import
http://exporthelp.europa.eu/thdapp/display.htm?page=it/it_Tips__TricksOnEUTariffs.html
Until people stand for election I don't think they fully understand the absolute power the electorate holds - hence the insouciance some appear to hold when it comes to respecting their decisions.....
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/0805219011?country=ZA
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/0805220011?country=ZA#import
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/0805219091?country=ZA#import
https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/trade-tariff/commodities/0805290021?country=ZA#import
https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/898345325139640321
Three fundraising giants decided to pull events from President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Thursday, signaling a direct blowback to his business empire from his comments on Charlottesville's (Virginia) racial unrest.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-cleveland-clinic-mar-a-lago-20170817-story.html
“I can’t even believe I have to write this: standing up to Nazis is essential; there are no good Nazis. Or Klansmen, or terrorists. Democrats, Republicans, and others must all agree on this, and it compromises nothing for them to do so.”
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-murdoch-rips-trump-standing-up-nazis-is-essential-1030778