@foxinsoxuk Agree with your last point, but I’m not sure about your point that some men not wanting marriage is symptom of a lack of stake in society. If we go by the YouGov figures there are more women out there that don’t want to get married than men!
@Richard Nabavi Not all those who aren’t keen on marriage are those with children. Some don’t want marriage and children.
Lucky then that neither IDS nor anyone else wants to force marriage or children on people who don't want it.
@Richard Nabavi Not all those who aren’t keen on marriage are those with children. Some don’t want marriage and children.
True, and that's absolutely fine, of course. Statistically they are likely to be less happy and less healthy, both physically and mentally, than those in stable marriages, but it's entirely up to them, and I certainly would never criticise such a choice. Marriage isn't for everyone.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The best advice I ever got on spins was from my Hawk instructor: if it's still spinning at 10,000 feet get out of it and take your ground posting like a man,
In gliders we practice spins from 1,000’ - the spin following a failed winch launch is what kills people. Easily dealt with if well trained though, even if you have a horrible view for a few seconds.
I refused an 800ft spin entry from an instructor in a glider once. Apparently things got heated enough that they overheard us from the launch point below.
I was always glad to get above the 300ft - 400ft point on winch launches. I reserved my polebending for the final phases.
Ha, well done. I’m sure P1 didn’t want to get killed either. 800’ doesn’t give you a lot of time or options, lots of ‘eventualities’ to consider there. Better to look out and watch the ASI during the launch, and react correctly to a failed launch in the first place.
P1 was convinced that we were fine. I was not and I just asserted that since I was effectively PIC then the aircraft was going to do what I wanted so I landed and told him to get out and launched on my own.
@Richard Nabavi Not all those who aren’t keen on marriage are those with children. Some don’t want marriage and children.
True, and that's absolutely fine, of course. Statistically they are likely to be less happy and less healthy, both physically and mentally, than those in stable marriages, but it's entirely up to them, and I certainly would never criticise such a choice. Marriage isn't for everyone.
Sadly some of us find out that marriage isn't for everyone after we get married.
@Richard Nabavi Not all those who aren’t keen on marriage are those with children. Some don’t want marriage and children.
True, and that's absolutely fine, of course. Statistically they are likely to be less happy and less healthy, both physically and mentally, than those in stable marriages, but it's entirely up to them, and I certainly would never criticise such a choice. Marriage isn't for everyone.
Sadly some of us find out that marriage isn't for everyone after we get married.
Really? What is next? That women are holding jobs that blokes should be doing? That we should all be housewives to ensure our children are not neglected and the breadwinner comes home to a warm fire, slippers and his dinner on the table? Should we return to A-line dresses and petticoats?
IDS might be pining for the 1950s, most of us are not.
Why are you inventing things which have absolutely zero to do with what IDS says?
This is part of the underlying issue - we can't have a sensible debate on the massive problems caused by family breakdown because it's a taboo subject amongst many, for some bizarre reason.
It means that one is horror of horrors, judgemental, in saying that some forms of family life produce better outcomes than others.
Really? What is next? That women are holding jobs that blokes should be doing? That we should all be housewives to ensure our children are not neglected and the breadwinner comes home to a warm fire, slippers and his dinner on the table? Should we return to A-line dresses and petticoats?
IDS might be pining for the 1950s, most of us are not.
Why are you inventing things which have absolutely zero to do with what IDS says?
This is part of the underlying issue - we can't have a sensible debate on the massive problems caused by family breakdown because it's a taboo subject amongst many, for some bizarre reason.
Sorry but when politicians start suggesting that lack of marriage is the problem that implies that marriage is the cure. And who are these young men supposed to get married to? Other "problem" young men? No. Apparently they are supposed to find some woman somewhere and marry her.
I do not like being seen as the "cure" for someone else's problems. It is only in the last 100 years that women have stopped being "property" and chattels. So yes - I am touchy about it.
I hope some availed themselves of the 28-1 on Emily a couple of months ago after she deputised for Mr Corbyn at PMQs. This interested me with regards to the next Tory leader market.Gavin Williamson is best-priced at 66-1 in 3 places.I'm adding him to my portfolio of Johnson(Jo) at 100-1.
Good it was nothing serious, another practice sortie for the QRA who keep us all safe.
I would not mind a little bunt around in a Typhoon, but no spin practice
They only spin it in the sim - it's highly departure resistant. I've spun a Bulldog when I was in my UAS and decided that was enough spinning for the rest of my aviation career.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The Puch was horrible to spin, like the DG505 it takes a couple of turns to come out even when you’ve got the recovery spot on. K13 and G103 much better for check flights!
I did quite a few in K13s, but I could never get the K21 to spin with me solo. The loading was too light. It generally just wound up in a spiral dive and I give up when the g-meter recorded 4.2g on the pullout.
Blimey, who'd have thought so many glider pilots on PB! Did all my training in a Blanik - built like a tank and span (and recovered) beautifully.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The best advice I ever got on spins was from my Hawk instructor: if it's still spinning at 10,000 feet get out of it and take your ground posting like a man,
In gliders we practice spins from 1,000’ - the spin following a failed winch launch is what kills people. Easily dealt with if well trained though, even if you have a horrible view for a few seconds.
I refused an 800ft spin entry from an instructor in a glider once. Apparently things got heated enough that they overheard us from the launch point below.
I was always glad to get above the 300ft - 400ft point on winch launches. I reserved my polebending for the final phases.
Ha, well done. I’m sure P1 didn’t want to get killed either. 800’ doesn’t give you a lot of time or options, lots of ‘eventualities’ to consider there. Better to look out and watch the ASI during the launch, and react correctly to a failed launch in the first place.
P1 was convinced that we were fine. I was not and I just asserted that since I was effectively PIC then the aircraft was going to do what I wanted so I landed and told him to get out and launched on my own.
Sorry but when politicians start suggesting that lack of marriage is the problem that implies that marriage is the cure. And who are these young men supposed to get married to? Other "problem" young men? No. Apparently they are supposed to find some woman somewhere and marry her.
I do not like being seen as the "cure" for someone else's problems. IT is only in the last 100 years that women have stopped being "property" and chattels. So yes - I am touchy about it.
They are supposed to get married to women, assuming they can find someone suitable whom they love, (or nowadays, to other men in some cases), to the mutual benefit of both partners, and most especially to any children. Nothing to get touchy about: just look at the mountain of statistical evidence.
Waitrose has launched a range of half bottles of wine to target middle-class midweek drinkers.
The supermarket said its new line of own-label wines, which provide the equivalent of two large glasses of wine, are the ideal portion size for a couple enjoying a "midweek evening meal".
It is believed to be the first time a major UK supermarket has sold half bottles of own-label wine to discourage consumers from opening a larger bottle.
It comes after numerous studies have warned that a "wine o'clock" culture among the middle-classes is fueling a rise people drinking too much alcohol.
Good it was nothing serious, another practice sortie for the QRA who keep us all safe.
I would not mind a little bunt around in a Typhoon, but no spin practice
They only spin it in the sim - it's highly departure resistant. I've spun a Bulldog when I was in my UAS and decided that was enough spinning for the rest of my aviation career.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The Puch was horrible to spin, like the DG505 it takes a couple of turns to come out even when you’ve got the recovery spot on. K13 and G103 much better for check flights!
I did quite a few in K13s, but I could never get the K21 to spin with me solo. The loading was too light. It generally just wound up in a spiral dive and I give up when the g-meter recorded 4.2g on the pullout.
Blimey, who'd have thought so many glider pilots on PB! Did all my training in a Blanik - built like a tank and span (and recovered) beautifully.
I flew both L-23s and L-13s. Noisey on the ground run
Waitrose has launched a range of half bottles of wine to target middle-class midweek drinkers.
The supermarket said its new line of own-label wines, which provide the equivalent of two large glasses of wine, are the ideal portion size for a couple enjoying a "midweek evening meal".
It is believed to be the first time a major UK supermarket has sold half bottles of own-label wine to discourage consumers from opening a larger bottle.
It comes after numerous studies have warned that a "wine o'clock" culture among the middle-classes is fueling a rise people drinking too much alcohol.
The Conservative party in its current ideological configuration cannot win another election.
The ‘unmarried men’ are a problem message is something I always associated by and large with the American right. It would often be commentators from the American Right that I’d see saying as such (from my Twitter feed). Then again I’m not surprised that someone like IDS is agreeing with them. He’s pretty right wing, after all.
IDS is rather like Ed Miliband in that he is far better at identifying problems than coming up with solutions.
I am much in agreement with his analysis of young men and their alienation from society. Where he falls down is not being tough on the causes. Marriage is a symptom of lack of stake in society, not its answer.
I'd agree with that almost entirely.
Really? What is next? That women are holding jobs that blokes should be doing? That we should all be housewives to ensure our children are not neglected and the breadwinner comes home to a warm fire, slippers and his dinner on the table? Should we return to A-line dresses and petticoats?
IDS might be pining for the 1950s, most of us are not.
If you're not going to engage with the issue seriously, what is the point?
They are saying a big return for council house building - that sounds to me like a very good idea. It's a start on correcting the mistakes made by past Labour and Tory governments.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
The tensions came to a head around the time President Donald Trump delivered a politicized speech in late July to the Boy Scouts of America, an organization Tillerson once led, the officials said.
Just days earlier, Tillerson had openly disparaged the president, referring to him as a “moron,” after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon with members of Trump’s national security team and Cabinet officials, according to three officials familiar with the incident.
While it's unclear if he was aware of the incident, Vice President Mike Pence counseled Tillerson, who is fourth in line to the presidency, on ways to ease tensions with Trump, and other top administration officials urged him to remain in the job at least until the end of the year, officials said.
My guess is that if there’s no earlier election he will have stood down before them.
I disagree - he'll only go if his health fails and I reckon he's in quite good shape.
The odds on Betfair on Corbyn still being in place in 2020 is about 60% probability (compared with about 12% for May). That seems a bit low for both of them.
If May stays as leader then I don't think there will be an early GE. If she is replaced, then I think the parliamentary Tory party will not be able to hold together sufficiently to prevent an early election. That's why it is unlikely she will be replaced until after 2020. They'll just soldier on.
If the Tories were to lose just two by elections it would only require the DUP to abstain for the Government to be vulnerable to a No Confidence vote.
As an occasional lurker, I am wondering if anyone here sees any parallels between Gordon Brown and Theresa May as PM?
Both are facing issues that are bigger than they can manage - Brexit, Global Financial Crisis (and possibly bigger than any can manage).
Both have lost control of the domestic agenda because of the all-encompassing nature of this issue - anyone recall Eco-towns, British jobs for British workers? Now May with council housing and student fee freezes?
Both have lost some control of the idealogues and leadership plotters in their cabinet. They are both attempting to buy them off with red meat.
I suppose one key difference is the fact that Brown didn't go for the snap election and May did.
Also is Boris Johnson Sirte line the equivalent of the David Milliband banana photo?
It doesn't surprise me a lot of men don't want to get married. If the woman decides she doesn't fancy it anymore she can tell you to bugger off and keep the house and stop you seeing the kids.
Good it was nothing serious, another practice sortie for the QRA who keep us all safe.
I would not mind a little bunt around in a Typhoon, but no spin practice
They only spin it in the sim - it's highly departure resistant. I've spun a Bulldog when I was in my UAS and decided that was enough spinning for the rest of my aviation career.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The Puch was horrible to spin, like the DG505 it takes a couple of turns to come out even when you’ve got the recovery spot on. K13 and G103 much better for check flights!
I did quite a few in K13s, but I could never get the K21 to spin with me solo. The loading was too light. It generally just wound up in a spiral dive and I give up when the g-meter recorded 4.2g on the pullout.
Blimey, who'd have thought so many glider pilots on PB! Did all my training in a Blanik - built like a tank and span (and recovered) beautifully.
I flew both L-23s and L-13s. Noisey on the ground run
That's just the rivets settling into their seats for the flight
The time to get worried with a Blanik is when there's no creaking because it probably means you've forgotten to put the wings on!
As an occasional lurker, I am wondering if anyone here sees any parallels between Gordon Brown and Theresa May as PM?
Both are facing issues that are bigger than they can manage - Brexit, Global Financial Crisis (and possibly bigger than any can manage).
Both have lost control of the domestic agenda because of the all-encompassing nature of this issue - anyone recall Eco-towns, British jobs for British workers? Now May with council housing and student fee freezes?
Both have lost some control of the idealogues and leadership plotters in their cabinet. They are both attempting to buy them off with red meat.
I suppose one key difference is the fact that Brown didn't go for the snap election and May did.
Also is Boris Johnson Sirte line the equivalent of the David Milliband banana photo?
welcome to the mad house :-)
Last point: no, i dont think so, as a photo can easily be reproduce over and over. The joke takes more effort to reproduce.
Plus, 99.5% of the population will have no idea where/what Sirte is.
As an occasional lurker, I am wondering if anyone here sees any parallels between Gordon Brown and Theresa May as PM?
Both are facing issues that are bigger than they can manage - Brexit, Global Financial Crisis (and possibly bigger than any can manage).
Both have lost control of the domestic agenda because of the all-encompassing nature of this issue - anyone recall Eco-towns, British jobs for British workers? Now May with council housing and student fee freezes?
Both have lost some control of the idealogues and leadership plotters in their cabinet. They are both attempting to buy them off with red meat.
I suppose one key difference is the fact that Brown didn't go for the snap election and May did.
Also is Boris Johnson Sirte line the equivalent of the David Milliband banana photo?
Some of us have been pointing out for over a year that Mrs May was a pound shop Gordon Brown.
There are definitely some similarities in their political fortunes. May, however, screwed up her election campaign far more than Brown did.
Thanks for the welcome (I am a regular lurker).
I think you are right that she made a hash of her snap election. *But* if she does keep going until the next election. Maybe, like Brown, she will be harder to shift than the opposition expect. She could even bring the band back together like Brown did.
I hope some availed themselves of the 28-1 on Emily a couple of months ago after she deputised for Mr Corbyn at PMQs. This interested me with regards to the next Tory leader market.Gavin Williamson is best-priced at 66-1 in 3 places.I'm adding him to my portfolio of Johnson(Jo) at 100-1.
As an occasional lurker, I am wondering if anyone here sees any parallels between Gordon Brown and Theresa May as PM?
Both are facing issues that are bigger than they can manage - Brexit, Global Financial Crisis (and possibly bigger than any can manage).
Both have lost control of the domestic agenda because of the all-encompassing nature of this issue - anyone recall Eco-towns, British jobs for British workers? Now May with council housing and student fee freezes?
Both have lost some control of the idealogues and leadership plotters in their cabinet. They are both attempting to buy them off with red meat.
I suppose one key difference is the fact that Brown didn't go for the snap election and May did.
Also is Boris Johnson Sirte line the equivalent of the David Milliband banana photo?
struggling to write this but evidently Brown was the wiser. He knew that 100% of power today is worth the XX% probability of power tomorrow bestowed via a GE (for all values of XX up to and including 99.9999%).
Men working for the BBC earn an average of 9.3% more than women, an audit of the corporation's staff pay has found.
The audit covered rank-and-file staff rather than on-air presenters and senior managers.
The figure compares with a UK average of 18% and BBC director general Tony Hall said it showed the BBC was "in a better place than many organisations".
Good it was nothing serious, another practice sortie for the QRA who keep us all safe.
I would not mind a little bunt around in a Typhoon, but no spin practice
They only spin it in the sim - it's highly departure resistant. I've spun a Bulldog when I was in my UAS and decided that was enough spinning for the rest of my aviation career.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The Puch was horrible to spin, like the DG505 it takes a couple of turns to come out even when you’ve got the recovery spot on. K13 and G103 much better for check flights!
I did quite a few in K13s, but I could never get the K21 to spin with me solo. The loading was too light. It generally just wound up in a spiral dive and I give up when the g-meter recorded 4.2g on the pullout.
Blimey, who'd have thought so many glider pilots on PB! Did all my training in a Blanik - built like a tank and span (and recovered) beautifully.
I flew both L-23s and L-13s. Noisey on the ground run
That's just the rivets settling into their seats for the flight
The time to get worried with a Blanik is when there's no creaking because it probably means you've forgotten to put the wings on!
Lol, sounds like the ‘50s K8, or the old wooden Ka6. If it’s not creaking you didn’t rig it right!
Sorry but when politicians start suggesting that lack of marriage is the problem that implies that marriage is the cure. And who are these young men supposed to get married to? Other "problem" young men? No. Apparently they are supposed to find some woman somewhere and marry her.
I do not like being seen as the "cure" for someone else's problems. IT is only in the last 100 years that women have stopped being "property" and chattels. So yes - I am touchy about it.
They are supposed to get married to women, assuming they can find someone suitable whom they love, (or nowadays, to other men in some cases), to the mutual benefit of both partners, and most especially to any children. Nothing to get touchy about: just look at the mountain of statistical evidence.
Do keep in mind that I have been married for nearly 30 years. I am not against marriage per se, but marriage is not medicine / therapy
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The best advice I ever got on spins was from my Hawk instructor: if it's still spinning at 10,000 feet get out of it and take your ground posting like a man,
In gliders we practice spins from 1,000’ - the spin following a failed winch launch is what kills people. Easily dealt with if well trained though, even if you have a horrible view for a few seconds.
I refused an 800ft spin entry from an instructor in a glider once. Apparently things got heated enough that they overheard us from the launch point below.
I was always glad to get above the 300ft - 400ft point on winch launches. I reserved my polebending for the final phases.
Ha, well done. I’m sure P1 didn’t want to get killed either. 800’ doesn’t give you a lot of time or options, lots of ‘eventualities’ to consider there. Better to look out and watch the ASI during the launch, and react correctly to a failed launch in the first place.
The Conservative party in its current ideological configuration cannot win another election.
He's actually making some very good points. Family breakdown is a major social issue:
“Cohabitation is a very different relationship from marriage,” he said. “It is inherently unstable.”
He went on: “The answer I think is because cohabitation suits one of the partners more than the other. Almost invariably it suits the man, because they have to make good on their commitment and when that commitment is facing them they then withdraw.”
Not much to disagree with there. Look at the number of households where the father has scarpered, leaving the mother, and society, to pick up the pieces. And on every measure, from educational attainment to mental health to physical health to financial stability to crime, children in those households are statistically much more likely to be heavily disadvantaged.
But of course the left don't care about that.
I have quite a bit of sympathy with IDS there.There is no justification for the State having to pick up the bill for absent fathers, and I wish to see them pursued relentlessly to meet their financial responsibilities to children. Unlike student tuition fees their liabilities should never be written off - even if they end up having deuctions from their State Pensions.
As an occasional lurker, I am wondering if anyone here sees any parallels between Gordon Brown and Theresa May as PM?
Both are facing issues that are bigger than they can manage - Brexit, Global Financial Crisis (and possibly bigger than any can manage).
Both have lost control of the domestic agenda because of the all-encompassing nature of this issue - anyone recall Eco-towns, British jobs for British workers? Now May with council housing and student fee freezes?
Both have lost some control of the idealogues and leadership plotters in their cabinet. They are both attempting to buy them off with red meat.
I suppose one key difference is the fact that Brown didn't go for the snap election and May did.
Also is Boris Johnson Sirte line the equivalent of the David Milliband banana photo?
struggling to write this but evidently Brown was the wiser. He knew that 100% of power today is worth the XX% probability of power tomorrow bestowed via a GE (for all values of XX up to and including 99.9999%).
Brown had a healthy majority, May had a slender one. Five years with a massive majority would have been more powerful than 3 years with a slender one.
Instead of course she's got years without one. Oops.
She always looks more Prime Ministerial compared to Boris. Boris has his 'Boris is Boris, Boris the Buffoon' act which is the only thing he can do. But she's fatally wounded.
McD would still be Chancellor under Thornberry. Let that sink in.
Not necessarily. What is striking about Thornberry is that until she allied herself with Corbyn post 2015, there was next to nothing in her record that would suggest she would follow that course. Doing so has it turned out enabled her to climb the greasy pole with alacrity. Who knows what course she would seek to take the Labour Party on if she makes it to the top? Remember that Wilson and Kinnock also gained the leadership standing as the candidates of the left.
McD would still be Chancellor under Thornberry. Let that sink in.
Not necessarily. What is striking about Thornberry is that until she allied herself with Corbyn post 2015, there was next to nothing in her record that would suggest she would follow that course. Doing so has it turned out enabled her to climb the greasy pole with alacrity. Who knows what course she would seek to take the Labour Party on if she makes it to the top? Remember that Wilson and Kinnock also gained the leadership standing as the candidates of the left.
I suppose. But I doubt Red Len or Lansmans will allow her the leadership without guarantees on McD.
I may have spoken too soon. This is indeed more personal, and there's a softness and appeal to conscience that never comes across when she is ranting about Brexit or Corbyn.
I did a lot of glider flying at one point and spin practice was mandatory - especially in a Puchacz. Seeing nothing but the ground in front of you and approaching at 100kts was "interesting". It really made you lean back in your seat
The best advice I ever got on spins was from my Hawk instructor: if it's still spinning at 10,000 feet get out of it and take your ground posting like a man,
In gliders we practice spins from 1,000’ - the spin following a failed winch launch is what kills people. Easily dealt with if well trained though, even if you have a horrible view for a few seconds.
I refused an 800ft spin entry from an instructor in a glider once. Apparently things got heated enough that they overheard us from the launch point below.
I was always glad to get above the 300ft - 400ft point on winch launches. I reserved my polebending for the final phases.
Ha, well done. I’m sure P1 didn’t want to get killed either. 800’ doesn’t give you a lot of time or options, lots of ‘eventualities’ to consider there. Better to look out and watch the ASI during the launch, and react correctly to a failed launch in the first place.
She always looks more Prime Ministerial compared to Boris. Boris has his 'Boris is Boris' act that he can only do. But she's fatally wounded.
I think you will find she has just secured her position for the foreseable future, like it or not
Her future was secure beforehand. No suicidal Cons MP is going to risk another unelected (by the country) leader and would face overwhelming calls for a GE.
She always looks more Prime Ministerial compared to Boris. Boris has his 'Boris is Boris' act that he can only do. But she's fatally wounded.
I think you will find she has just secured her position for the foreseable future, like it or not
That just tells us how poor the alternatives are for the Tories though. If someone significantly better than her was around, they’d be dropping her as soon as they could.
she's now spoken out against stopping people travelling across the world, and against petty nationalism. Presumably she'll be cancelling Brexit by the end of the speech?
She always looks more Prime Ministerial compared to Boris. Boris has his 'Boris is Boris' act that he can only do. But she's fatally wounded.
I think you will find she has just secured her position for the foreseable future, like it or not
That just tells us how poor the alternatives are for the Tories though. If someone significantly better than her was around, they’d be dropping her as soon as they could.
To become PM, by whatever route, means that you can stand up and perform on demand. Impressively so, we are talking about PM here, not a reality show contestant. But as you say, everything is relative.
She is a hugely capable politician, but relative to others before and, I hope, after, she is a poor PM, has little imagination, is overwhelmed by events, and will not be missed once she has left. People might have spared a sympathetic thought for her, had she not called the election and then done so badly.
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Sounds like it may be a fork of the Miliband program.
I do not like being seen as the "cure" for someone else's problems. It is only in the last 100 years that women have stopped being "property" and chattels. So yes - I am touchy about it.
This interested me with regards to the next Tory leader market.Gavin Williamson is best-priced at 66-1 in 3 places.I'm adding him to my portfolio of Johnson(Jo) at 100-1.
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/observations/2017/07/gavin-williamson-cunning-tory-chief-whip-tarantula-his-desk
Yes, way more fun than Brexit or leadership, you and I will disagree all day on that!!
Waitrose has launched a range of half bottles of wine to target middle-class midweek drinkers.
The supermarket said its new line of own-label wines, which provide the equivalent of two large glasses of wine, are the ideal portion size for a couple enjoying a "midweek evening meal".
It is believed to be the first time a major UK supermarket has sold half bottles of own-label wine to discourage consumers from opening a larger bottle.
It comes after numerous studies have warned that a "wine o'clock" culture among the middle-classes is fueling a rise people drinking too much alcohol.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/03/waitrose-launches-half-bottles-wine-mid-week-drinkers/
Sure that will cement relationships between Dublin and Brussels
To all those who think the EU is so wonderful how can they justify them meddling in sovereign Nations tax affairs
If a Leader of a Party, let alone a PM, can't generate excitement at her own Party Conference then what is the point?
A lot of potential here.
It's a start on correcting the mistakes made by past Labour and Tory governments.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on the verge of resigning this past summer amid mounting policy disputes and clashes with the White House, according to multiple senior administration officials who were aware of the situation at the time.
The tensions came to a head around the time President Donald Trump delivered a politicized speech in late July to the Boy Scouts of America, an organization Tillerson once led, the officials said.
Just days earlier, Tillerson had openly disparaged the president, referring to him as a “moron,” after a July 20 meeting at the Pentagon with members of Trump’s national security team and Cabinet officials, according to three officials familiar with the incident.
While it's unclear if he was aware of the incident, Vice President Mike Pence counseled Tillerson, who is fourth in line to the presidency, on ways to ease tensions with Trump, and other top administration officials urged him to remain in the job at least until the end of the year, officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-s-fury-trump-required-intervention-pence-n806451
Don't trip over your daggers guys.
Both are facing issues that are bigger than they can manage - Brexit, Global Financial Crisis (and possibly bigger than any can manage).
Both have lost control of the domestic agenda because of the all-encompassing nature of this issue - anyone recall Eco-towns, British jobs for British workers? Now May with council housing and student fee freezes?
Both have lost some control of the idealogues and leadership plotters in their cabinet. They are both attempting to buy them off with red meat.
I suppose one key difference is the fact that Brown didn't go for the snap election and May did.
Also is Boris Johnson Sirte line the equivalent of the David Milliband banana photo?
The time to get worried with a Blanik is when there's no creaking because it probably means you've forgotten to put the wings on!
There are definitely some similarities in their political fortunes. May, however, screwed up her election campaign far more than Brown did.
Last point: no, i dont think so, as a photo can easily be reproduce over and over. The joke takes more effort to reproduce.
Plus, 99.5% of the population will have no idea where/what Sirte is.
I think you are right that she made a hash of her snap election. *But* if she does keep going until the next election. Maybe, like Brown, she will be harder to shift than the opposition expect. She could even bring the band back together like Brown did.
Choosing her Remainer chief of staff would be a strange move then.
The audit covered rank-and-file staff rather than on-air presenters and senior managers.
The figure compares with a UK average of 18% and BBC director general Tony Hall said it showed the BBC was "in a better place than many organisations".
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-41497265
The BBC motto really should be "we got it right".
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41493014
"The british dream" is all wrong.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4947610/Venezuelan-baseball-gets-10million-country-starves.html
She worked hard, and wanted her family to get on.
And her grandchildren include three professors and a prime minister.
That's an error: implying that you have to be something like a professor or top politician to have 'got on'.
Instead of course she's got years without one. Oops.
She says people think she is not emotional.
She does not mind being called the ice maiden - “although perhaps George Osborne did take the analogy a little too far”.
Absolutely brilliant!
I didn't play, unfortunately.
She is a hugely capable politician, but relative to others before and, I hope, after, she is a poor PM, has little imagination, is overwhelmed by events, and will not be missed once she has left. People might have spared a sympathetic thought for her, had she not called the election and then done so badly.
Johnny-come-latelys. What about a Skylark 2?
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