The Times front page has a story about a government IT director buying Amazon cloud services and then going to work for them. The Times worries (so far as I can see because it is paywalled) about revolving door rules but there is another, unasked question.
How many US government services are hosted by British providers? I'm guessing the answer is none because of national security masking protectionism. That is a lesson our government (of either party) needs to learn.
I'm guessing none because the market leaders are all American companies.
The story is a little surprising because we have been told that the Data Commissioner requires privileged information to be stored in the EU unless you are able to immediately produce evidence that the storage out of the EU meets all EU regulations. Frankly this looks like protectionism to me too but I am not clear why this hurdle did not apply to the government.
US cloud companies (the big ones) have datacentres in Europe.
Maybe but they don't warrant that is where your data is going to be held. Of course the government is a rather more important client than me....
US government contracts specify that data servers must be physically located within the USA.
UK givernment is not allowed to do the same, they’re only allowed to specify that data is stored within the EU. Maybe your data’s in a Romanian data centre where those who monitor quality are paid off and those in charge earn €300 a month.
There are a lot of things to do on Brexit but removing restrictions on the storage of data in the US with the largest and most competent tech companies in the world must surely be on the list.
A I showed earlier IDS' final poll as leader had the Tories on 35% and Hague got 31% and Howard got 33% so arguably he may have done slightly better than Howard rather than worse than Hague.
Brent East did for him but the Tories still came third there in 2005 under Howard (their candidate was Kwasi Kwarteng)
Perhaps there was also the realisation an election campaign against Blair and Charles Kennedy might not have played to IDS's strengths.
There are a lot of things to do on Brexit but removing restrictions on the storage of data in the US with the largest and most competent tech companies in the world must surely be on the list.
Reducing data protection standards is what "Take Back Control" was all about...
Apologies - that was pretty awful. One thought on yesterday's events - was Verstappen's engine one of the very few Renaults which didn't blow up because it was the latest upgrade... or do we need to factor in the possibility of mechanical failure for him again at the next GP ?
Once again I make the point that for the Tories to get rid of May immediately after a general election in which more people voted for her as PM since Thatcher's 1987 landslide in seats would have been an affront to democracy, and the Tories would have been rightly lambasted, not least on here, for presenting a leader to the voters during the election, and then imposing another unelected by the voters on the country immediately afterwards.
As for Tory ruthlessness, it is the greatest ruthlessness of all to keep her on as PM while she serves their purpose and then ditching her mid term or closer to the next election and replacing her with a more electable leader.
There are a lot of things to do on Brexit but removing restrictions on the storage of data in the US with the largest and most competent tech companies in the world must surely be on the list.
Reducing data protection standards is what "Take Back Control" was all about...
It won't reduce them, it will simply move one of the many layers of protectionism that the EU currently imposes on us.
The Times front page has a story about a government IT director buying Amazon cloud services and then going to work for them. The Times worries (so far as I can see because it is paywalled) about revolving door rules but there is another, unasked question.
How many US government services are hosted by British providers? I'm guessing the answer is none because of national security masking protectionism. That is a lesson our government (of either party) needs to learn.
I'm guessing none because the market leaders are all American companies.
The story is a little surprising because we have been told that the Data Commissioner requires privileged information to be stored in the EU unless you are able to immediately produce evidence that the storage out of the EU meets all EU regulations. Frankly this looks like protectionism to me too but I am not clear why this hurdle did not apply to the government.
US cloud companies (the big ones) have datacentres in Europe.
Maybe but they don't warrant that is where your data is going to be held. Of course the government is a rather more important client than me....
US government contracts specify that data servers must be physically located within the USA.
UK givernment is not allowed to do the same, they’re only allowed to specify that data is stored within the EU. Maybe your data’s in a Romanian data centre where those who monitor quality are paid off and those in charge earn €300 a month.
There are a lot of things to do on Brexit but removing restrictions on the storage of data in the US with the largest and most competent tech companies in the world must surely be on the list.
Difficult one. Obviously there’s plenty of US companies who’ll store data, but the issue is that of legal jurisdiction regarding access to it.
As an IT consultant, my question is which company do I use for data storage that can’t be disclosed to country X? To be fair most of the larger cloud providers now use encrypition good enough to defeat most government efforts.
Apologies - that was pretty awful. One thought on yesterday's events - was Verstappen's engine one of the very few Renaults which didn't blow up because it was the latest upgrade... or do we need to factor in the possibility of mechanical failure for him again at the next GP ?
If I was putting money on the 2018 F1 champion right now it would be on Verstappen.
Success in politics cannot be defined as making it to PM,not least because most people who get there make a hash of it and leave with their reputation diminished.
Yes - Eden might have had a reputation as one of the great might-have-beens, had he not actually been PM...
Success in politics cannot be defined as making it to PM,not least because most people who get there make a hash of it and leave with their reputation diminished.
Yes - Eden might have had a reputation as one of the great might-have-beens, had he not actually been PM...
Once again I make the point that for the Tories to get rid of May immediately after a general election in which more people voted for her as PM since Thatcher's 1987 landslide in seats would have been an affront to democracy, and the Tories would have been rightly lambasted, not least on here, for presenting a leader to the voters during the election, and then imposing another unelected by the voters on the country immediately afterwards.
As for Tory ruthlessness, it is the greatest ruthlessness of all to keep her on as PM while she serves their purpose and then ditching her mid term or closer to the next election and replacing her with a more electable leader.
Nothing in your first paragraph would have held though had May, as widely expected, have resigned in the Friday after the election.
It's hardly surprising. There are going to be lots of stories coming out, with abuse and lesser offences in all directions - i.e. not just against women. The really amazing thing is that anyone's surprised given the famous casting-couch culture.
I daresay someone will be along soon to say the victims should have become hairdressers if they didn't want to be felt up by the talent ...
I still think the most interesting stories are those that haven’t come out - those of the A-list actresses and models who enthusiastically embraced the casting couch and have been introducing their young friends to the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Terry Richardson. Will they ever be considered part of the problem?
In a second you are going to realise what grooming means and then feel foolish.
Apologies - that was pretty awful. One thought on yesterday's events - was Verstappen's engine one of the very few Renaults which didn't blow up because it was the latest upgrade... or do we need to factor in the possibility of mechanical failure for him again at the next GP ?
If I was putting money on the 2018 F1 champion right now it would be on Verstappen.
A season too early, perhaps - though if Mercedes radical redesign for next season doesn't work out (they are reportedly going for the same high rake philosophy that everyone else has spent the last three seasons developing), he might just do it.
Apologies - that was pretty awful. One thought on yesterday's events - was Verstappen's engine one of the very few Renaults which didn't blow up because it was the latest upgrade... or do we need to factor in the possibility of mechanical failure for him again at the next GP ?
Christian Horner insists that it’s a TAG-Heuer engine despite the engineers all over their cars in Renault shirts.
Rumours yesterday suggested the STR engine issues are related to the installation, and won’t affect the factory team or RB, but I’m sceptical.
Success in politics cannot be defined as making it to PM,not least because most people who get there make a hash of it and leave with their reputation diminished.
Yes - Eden might have had a reputation as one of the great might-have-beens, had he not actually been PM...
Eden was, as PM, sabotaged by Churchill. The latter should have resigned 6 months after either the 1951 election or 6 months after the Coronation.
Once again I make the point that for the Tories to get rid of May immediately after a general election in which more people voted for her as PM since Thatcher's 1987 landslide in seats would have been an affront to democracy, and the Tories would have been rightly lambasted, not least on here, for presenting a leader to the voters during the election, and then imposing another unelected by the voters on the country immediately afterwards.
As for Tory ruthlessness, it is the greatest ruthlessness of all to keep her on as PM while she serves their purpose and then ditching her mid term or closer to the next election and replacing her with a more electable leader.
Nothing in your first paragraph would have held though had May, as widely expected, have resigned in the Friday after the election.
It would because she was the Tory leader who millions of people had voted for. If she had resigned the next day, she and the Tory party would have been accused of foisting an unelected prime minister on the country. Can you think of a single PM in our history who has resigned the day after he or she was re-elected as PM?
Once again I make the point that for the Tories to get rid of May immediately after a general election in which more people voted for her as PM since Thatcher's 1987 landslide in seats would have been an affront to democracy, and the Tories would have been rightly lambasted, not least on here, for presenting a leader to the voters during the election, and then imposing another unelected by the voters on the country immediately afterwards.
As for Tory ruthlessness, it is the greatest ruthlessness of all to keep her on as PM while she serves their purpose and then ditching her mid term or closer to the next election and replacing her with a more electable leader.
Nothing in your first paragraph would have held though had May, as widely expected, have resigned in the Friday after the election.
She and the Tories would have been accused of foisting an unelected PM on the country. Can you name me a single PM in 400 years who has resigned the day after he or she has been re-elected as PM?
It's hardly surprising. There are going to be lots of stories coming out, with abuse and lesser offences in all directions - i.e. not just against women. The really amazing thing is that anyone's surprised given the famous casting-couch culture.
I daresay someone will be along soon to say the victims should have become hairdressers if they didn't want to be felt up by the talent ...
I still think the most interesting stories are those that haven’t come out - those of the A-list actresses and models who enthusiastically embraced the casting couch and have been introducing their young friends to the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Terry Richardson. Will they ever be considered part of the problem?
In a second you are going to realise what grooming means and then feel foolish.
The question remains the same - will the famous female groomers of young women to powerful men be sufficiently vilified?
F1: blimey. Betfair already has the 2018 title markets up.
Not really got going yet. Put down 230 for Alonso.
Interestingly, Ladbrokes, which also has a market, has McLaren and Renault drivers shorter than Force India. It's a shame the latter don't have a bit more cash.
I think it's too soon for Renault. They need a bit more time, in my view. None of the Ladbrokes odds tempt me at the moment.
Edited extra bit: I should clarify, those are the odds, not my stake, on Alonso
The BBC this am seemed to have gone into Lewis Hamilton overdrive (not as good as the Bachman Turner sort), suggesting that Hamilton could equal Schumacher's record of 7 titles by 2020. Shades of English footie team chicken counting hype?
Not that I'm suggesting Hamilton isn't vastly more capable than the current English football team.
'I could be in No 10 by Christmas' Jeremy Corbyn insists he can oust Theresa May.
"GLOATING Jeremy Corbyn today insisted that he could be prime minister by Christmas."
You're quoting an article from June 11th - I don't think it was beyond the realms of possibility at that point, with the Tories yet to agree a deal with the DUP.
It's hardly surprising. There are going to be lots of stories coming out, with abuse and lesser offences in all directions - i.e. not just against women. The really amazing thing is that anyone's surprised given the famous casting-couch culture.
I daresay someone will be along soon to say the victims should have become hairdressers if they didn't want to be felt up by the talent ...
I still think the most interesting stories are those that haven’t come out - those of the A-list actresses and models who enthusiastically embraced the casting couch and have been introducing their young friends to the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Terry Richardson. Will they ever be considered part of the problem?
In a second you are going to realise what grooming means and then feel foolish.
The question remains the same - will the famous female groomers of young women to powerful men be sufficiently vilified?
Mr. B, hard to say on the engine front. A similar thing happened at the preceding race too, so it seems the new version might be more reliable.
Mr. L (2), Not sure about the odds. If the Renault engine is competitive and reliable enough that adds Alonso into the mix.
It may be a regional thing. Here a tinker is a name for an itinerant person, typically a Gypsy, of doubtful honesty and reliability. Using it as an abusive term is arguably racist and evidence of racial stereotyping in a way that may have problems with the Equality Act. Having looked it up online I see in other areas it is used to describe a mischievous child which is certainly consistent with your use.
F1: blimey. Betfair already has the 2018 title markets up.
Not really got going yet. Put down 230 for Alonso.
Interestingly, Ladbrokes, which also has a market, has McLaren and Renault drivers shorter than Force India. It's a shame the latter don't have a bit more cash.
I think it's too soon for Renault. They need a bit more time, in my view. None of the Ladbrokes odds tempt me at the moment.
Edited extra bit: I should clarify, those are the odds, not my stake, on Alonso
The BBC this am seemed to have gone into Lewis Hamilton overdrive (not as good as the Bachman Turner sort), suggesting that Hamilton could equal Schumacher's record of 7 titles by 2020. Shades of English footie team chicken counting hype?
Not that I'm suggesting Hamilton isn't vastly more capable than the current English football team.
Mr. Divvie, I must concur with Mr. Sandpit's reaction (backed Hamilton to win SPOTY) so if the BBC want to go overboard, and you're probably right, that's fine by me.
Once again I make the point that for the Tories to get rid of May immediately after a general election in which more people voted for her as PM since Thatcher's 1987 landslide in seats would have been an affront to democracy, and the Tories would have been rightly lambasted, not least on here, for presenting a leader to the voters during the election, and then imposing another unelected by the voters on the country immediately afterwards.
As for Tory ruthlessness, it is the greatest ruthlessness of all to keep her on as PM while she serves their purpose and then ditching her mid term or closer to the next election and replacing her with a more electable leader.
Nothing in your first paragraph would have held though had May, as widely expected, have resigned in the Friday after the election.
It would because she was the Tory leader who millions of people had voted for. If she had resigned the next day, she and the Tory party would have been accused of foisting an unelected prime minister on the country. Can you think of a single PM in our history who has resigned the day after he or she was re-elected as PM?
I don't entirely disagree with you - I am just being a bit pedantic on a couple of points.
Firstly, had May chosen to follow Cameron's lead and resign the day after an electoral setback, the Tories could hardly be blamed for choosing a new leader. I am sure Corbyn would have claimed that he had more legitimacy but we don't have a presidential system - whichever party or parties can command the support of the HoC decides who is PM. Which brings me to my 2nd point:
May was not re-elected as PM; we don't elect the PM.
'I could be in No 10 by Christmas' Jeremy Corbyn insists he can oust Theresa May.
"GLOATING Jeremy Corbyn today insisted that he could be prime minister by Christmas."
You're quoting an article from June 11th - I don't think it was beyond the realms of possibility at that point, with the Tories yet to agree a deal with the DUP.
And not long after that a senior Tory MP told me more or less the same thing.
UK givernment is not allowed to do the same, they’re only allowed to specify that data is stored within the EU. Maybe your data’s in a Romanian data centre where those who monitor quality are paid off and those in charge earn €300 a month.
This is yet another Brexit scare story. Bidding must be open to all, but the final decision is up to the buyer. UK government departments invariably host with either UK-based providers or Amazon/Microsoft.
EU data protection rules a) protect EU citizens from misuse of data and b) help level the playing field for EU-based data centres including UK SMEs - but still, HMRC recently helped one go under by switching a big contract to Amazon. Expect more of that if rules are loosened after Brexit.
F1: blimey. Betfair already has the 2018 title markets up.
Not really got going yet. Put down 230 for Alonso.
Interestingly, Ladbrokes, which also has a market, has McLaren and Renault drivers shorter than Force India. It's a shame the latter don't have a bit more cash.
I think it's too soon for Renault. They need a bit more time, in my view. None of the Ladbrokes odds tempt me at the moment.
Edited extra bit: I should clarify, those are the odds, not my stake, on Alonso
The BBC this am seemed to have gone into Lewis Hamilton overdrive (not as good as the Bachman Turner sort), suggesting that Hamilton could equal Schumacher's record of 7 titles by 2020. Shades of English footie team chicken counting hype?
Not that I'm suggesting Hamilton isn't vastly more capable than the current English football team.
Good news - I’m on Lewis for SPOTY at 10/1.
It does seem like Hamilton is the current default go-to for SPOTY when no one else shines. Only other person i can think of is Chris Froome for winning the TDF
I expect that there are quite a few men in the public eye who are feeling rather nervous today.
We’re going on a bear witch hunt. I’m not scared.
Maybe.
Personally, if I'd made a drunken pass at a 14 year old boy in my bedroom, I think I'd remember it even at 30 years' distance.
Yes. I also suspect that someone, well, perverted enough to do that once is unlikely to have exercised restraint on every other occasion. But we shall see.
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Will be interesting to see the average age of the 36 - is it a generational issue ?
Theresa May is safe until a) she decides she's had enough or b) Brexit looks like it will have an OK resolution. Otherwise, why would you agitiate to get the top job - and walk straight into a kicking from the voters? Being remembered as the shortest ever PM who let in Jeremy Corbyn - and consequently, facilitated the UK's biggest ever economic disaster - hardly an attractive epitaph is it, Boris? Theresa May: on and on..... Nailed on.
I rather thought were were already facing the UK`s biggest ever economic disaster... 100% home-made by the Conservative Party...
I think the electorate need to take a little of the responsibility ? No good voting for Brexit and then complaining, should it kill growth for a few years (though it's entirely fair to say the current lot are making a horlicks of the negotiations with the EU). And you can't entirely blame the government for the continuing rise in household debt.
I accept that, up to a point. However, it was the stupid Conservatives who set up the Brexit referendum, with a meaningless question, which left room for any number of damaging interpretations afterwards - and all to keep together the unholy alliance which is the Conservative Party.
They would have done better to grasp the nettle years ago, and decide whether they were a progressive party with an international outlook and a growing economy; or a party still yearning for Victorian social values, and an unfounded belief in their own entitlement. And then split.
We might then have had a proper re-alignment of British politics. Instead we have two over-large unstable coalitions masquerading as Labour and Conservatives. And when it comes to election time, they both fight on both sides of the argument. And we end up with the most unstable government anybody could ever imagine.
Slick SCon PR machine not oiled enough, or too well oiled? Maybe it wasn't that slick in the first place.
Why not just say nowt? If she were a Westminster politician you could get a "she must have known something" argument off the ground, but not as things stand. Silly woman.
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Anyone else think this could lead to a number of by-elections over the next 12-18 months?
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Anyone else think this could lead to a number of by-elections over the next 12-18 months?
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Anyone else think this could lead to a number of by-elections over the next 12-18 months?
Just like expenses didn’t!
Garnier has support of his constituency assoc apparently.
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Anyone else think this could lead to a number of by-elections over the next 12-18 months?
Just like expenses didn’t!
Expenses did lead to a few by elections, when the MPs were convicted.
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Anyone else think this could lead to a number of by-elections over the next 12-18 months?
Just like expenses didn’t!
Expenses did lead to a few by elections, when the MPs were convicted.
True, but I was thinking of the last round! Election expenses.
'I could be in No 10 by Christmas' Jeremy Corbyn insists he can oust Theresa May.
"GLOATING Jeremy Corbyn today insisted that he could be prime minister by Christmas."
Can we bet on that?
He does know that the DUP abstaining gives the Tories a majority of the MPs who take their seats?
Even if there was a GE there isn't much time to get it done this year.
Old news alert!...
You guys are all missing the fact that the Express article is dated 11th June 2017 !!
It shows how far JC was from reality if he thought the Cons would self destruct.
The guy is thick, clueless and his ego has ballooned out of control.
Sounds like Liam Fox and David Davis.
I told the Tory MP I was talking to that JC becoming PM with the present House would mean a Tory split and was assured they wouldn’t. And history says they don’t!
If there are 36 Conservative male MPs of whom complaints have been made by Commons workers, that's just under 15% of all Conservative male MPs. It's legitimate to talk about a real culture problem (which may not just be a Conservative problem of course).
Anyone else think this could lead to a number of by-elections over the next 12-18 months?
Just like expenses didn’t!
But only because the next GE was bound to happen within a year. More than 20 MPs across the parties agreed to stand down or were deselected for the next election.
I expect that there are quite a few men in the public eye who are feeling rather nervous today.
We’re going on a bear witch hunt. I’m not scared.
Personally, if I'd made a drunken pass at a 14 year old boy in my bedroom, I think I'd remember it even at 30 years' distance.
Unless it was a not-uncommon event.......I think it's fair to say that in seeking to dig himself out of one hole, Mr Spacey has dug himself another one.....
Mr. Eagles, hmm. Didn't even realise the recall law went through. How does it work? 10,000 condemnatory tweets triggers a by-election?
The Bill provides for a recall petition to be triggered if a Member is sentenced to a prison term or is suspended from the House for at least 21 sitting days. If either occurred, the Speaker would give notice to a petition officer, who in turn would give notice to parliamentary electors in the constituency.
A petition would then be open for signing for eight weeks. If at the end of that period at least 10 per cent of eligible electors had signed the petition, the seat would be declared vacant and a by-election would follow. The Member who was recalled could stand in the by-election.
I expect that there are quite a few men in the public eye who are feeling rather nervous today.
We’re going on a bear witch hunt. I’m not scared.
Personally, if I'd made a drunken pass at a 14 year old boy in my bedroom, I think I'd remember it even at 30 years' distance.
Unless it was a not-uncommon event.......I think it's fair to say that in seeking to dig himself out of one hole, Mr Spacey has dug himself another one.....
I wish they'd stick to politicians and leave talented thespians out of this witch-hunt
F1: blimey. Betfair already has the 2018 title markets up.
Not really got going yet. Put down 230 for Alonso.
Interestingly, Ladbrokes, which also has a market, has McLaren and Renault drivers shorter than Force India. It's a shame the latter don't have a bit more cash.
I think it's too soon for Renault. They need a bit more time, in my view. None of the Ladbrokes odds tempt me at the moment.
Edited extra bit: I should clarify, those are the odds, not my stake, on Alonso
The BBC this am seemed to have gone into Lewis Hamilton overdrive (not as good as the Bachman Turner sort), suggesting that Hamilton could equal Schumacher's record of 7 titles by 2020. Shades of English footie team chicken counting hype?
Not that I'm suggesting Hamilton isn't vastly more capable than the current English football team.
Good news - I’m on Lewis for SPOTY at 10/1.
It does seem like Hamilton is the current default go-to for SPOTY when no one else shines. Only other person i can think of is Chris Froome for winning the TDF
Actually thinking about it, the recall law could trigger a few by elections without the need for criminal convictions.
s1 (4) of the Recall of MPs Act 2015 allows a recall if: "The second recall condition is that, following on from a report from the Committee on Standards in relation to the MP, the House of Commons orders the suspension of the MP from the service of the House for a specified period of the requisite length." (5) A specified period is “of the requisite length” for the purposes of subsection (4) if— (a) where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, the period specified is of at least 10 sitting days, or (b) in any other case, the period specified (however expressed) is a period of at least 14 days."
So any suspension of 14 days or more is enough. If the condition is met the Speaker must notify the returning officer in the relevant constituency unless an election is due within 6 months.
Are the Whips really going to let MPs suffer such a fate in a minority government?
Theresa May is safe until a) she decides she's had enough or b) Brexit looks like it will have an OK resolution. Otherwise, why would you agitiate to get the top job - and walk straight into a kicking from the voters? Being remembered as the shortest ever PM who let in Jeremy Corbyn - and consequently, facilitated the UK's biggest ever economic disaster - hardly an attractive epitaph is it, Boris? Theresa May: on and on..... Nailed on.
I rather thought were were already facing the UK`s biggest ever economic disaster... 100% home-made by the Conservative Party...
I think the electorate need to take a little of the responsibility ? No good voting for Brexit and then complaining, should it kill growth for a few years (though it's entirely fair to say the current lot are making a horlicks of the negotiations with the EU). And you can't entirely blame the government for the continuing rise in household debt.
I accept that, up to a point. However, it was the stupid Conservatives who set up the Brexit referendum, with a meaningless question, which left room for any number of damaging interpretations afterwards - and all to keep together the unholy alliance which is the Conservative Party.
They would have done better to grasp the nettle years ago, and decide whether they were a progressive party with an international outlook and a growing economy; or a party still yearning for Victorian social values, and an unfounded belief in their own entitlement. And then split.
We might then have had a proper re-alignment of British politics. Instead we have two over-large unstable coalitions masquerading as Labour and Conservatives. And when it comes to election time, they both fight on both sides of the argument. And we end up with the most unstable government anybody could ever imagine.
Quite - it was only the '100%' bit I objected to. That seems to let the electorate off way too lightly from any responsibility for the consequences of their votes.
I expect that there are quite a few men in the public eye who are feeling rather nervous today.
We’re going on a bear witch hunt. I’m not scared.
Personally, if I'd made a drunken pass at a 14 year old boy in my bedroom, I think I'd remember it even at 30 years' distance.
Unless it was a not-uncommon event.......I think it's fair to say that in seeking to dig himself out of one hole, Mr Spacey has dug himself another one.....
I wish they'd stick to politicians and leave talented thespians out of this witch-hunt
So the talented thespian who complained of Spacey's behaviour when he was 14 years old should have kept his mouth shut?
Because he is a cheeky chappy, he calls it as he sees it, he gets all the dynamics around boxing and his division, and the most frequent object of his criticism is himself.
As to the boxing side, well as they say he can only beat what's in front of him and he has done that to date.
Senior Tory MPs blocked moves to give Commons researchers and secretaries extra protection from sexual harassment, it can be revealed today.
The powerful 1922 Committee of backbenchers mobilised against an attempt made by David Cameron to create a binding code of conduct that would have included a right for staff members to seek arbitration.
Mr Cameron attempted to persuade the Speaker and other party leaders to support the measures following a sex scandal but his move met resistance from MPs, said sources.
Perhaps someone can name me a prime minister who who was forced to resign by his or her party just day, or weeks or months after being re-elected by the voters as prime minister. You have 400 years worth of prime ministers to choose from.
F1: blimey. Betfair already has the 2018 title markets up.
Not really got going yet. Put down 230 for Alonso.
Interestingly, Ladbrokes, which also has a market, has McLaren and Renault drivers shorter than Force India. It's a shame the latter don't have a bit more cash.
I think it's too soon for Renault. They need a bit more time, in my view. None of the Ladbrokes odds tempt me at the moment.
Edited extra bit: I should clarify, those are the odds, not my stake, on Alonso
The BBC this am seemed to have gone into Lewis Hamilton overdrive (not as good as the Bachman Turner sort), suggesting that Hamilton could equal Schumacher's record of 7 titles by 2020. Shades of English footie team chicken counting hype?
Not that I'm suggesting Hamilton isn't vastly more capable than the current English football team.
Good news - I’m on Lewis for SPOTY at 10/1.
It does seem like Hamilton is the current default go-to for SPOTY when no one else shines. Only other person i can think of is Chris Froome for winning the TDF
Chris Froome won the Shanghai Criterion yesterday which was regarded as an extra unofficial stage of the TDF.
Mr. Topping, both Froome and Hamilton have achieved historic triumphs this year. Hamilton's a global megastar and the country's most successful ever F1 driver. Froome won the Tour de France and, er, that other one this year.
Both cycling and F1 have furnished winners in the past so there is a vote base for them to tap into.
I'm not saying Joshua shouldn't be favourite, it's the shortness of the odds that surprises me.
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One thought on yesterday's events - was Verstappen's engine one of the very few Renaults which didn't blow up because it was the latest upgrade... or do we need to factor in the possibility of mechanical failure for him again at the next GP ?
As for Tory ruthlessness, it is the greatest ruthlessness of all to keep her on as PM while she serves their purpose and then ditching her mid term or closer to the next election and replacing her with a more electable leader.
As an IT consultant, my question is which company do I use for data storage that can’t be disclosed to country X? To be fair most of the larger cloud providers now use encrypition good enough to defeat most government efforts.
Rumours yesterday suggested the STR engine issues are related to the installation, and won’t affect the factory team or RB, but I’m sceptical.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/815836/jeremy-corbyn-prime-minister-by-christmas
'I could be in No 10 by Christmas' Jeremy Corbyn insists he can oust Theresa May.
"GLOATING Jeremy Corbyn today insisted that he could be prime minister by Christmas."
Mr. B, hard to say on the engine front. A similar thing happened at the preceding race too, so it seems the new version might be more reliable.
Mr. L (2), Not sure about the odds. If the Renault engine is competitive and reliable enough that adds Alonso into the mix.
He does know that the DUP abstaining gives the Tories a majority of the MPs who take their seats?
She also seems to be messaging people who pointed out she was a strong supporter of Crabb to try and get them to retract or something.
https://twitter.com/lauraewaddell/status/924761496957194241
Not that I'm suggesting Hamilton isn't vastly more capable than the current English football team.
https://twitter.com/IainDale/status/924933216112345088
Mr. L, hmm. You're still a tinker
Firstly, had May chosen to follow Cameron's lead and resign the day after an electoral setback, the Tories could hardly be blamed for choosing a new leader. I am sure Corbyn would have claimed that he had more legitimacy but we don't have a presidential system - whichever party or parties can command the support of the HoC decides who is PM. Which brings me to my 2nd point:
May was not re-elected as PM; we don't elect the PM.
EU data protection rules a) protect EU citizens from misuse of data and b) help level the playing field for EU-based data centres including UK SMEs - but still, HMRC recently helped one go under by switching a big contract to Amazon. Expect more of that if rules are loosened after Brexit.
https://www.politico.eu/article/glyphosate-ban-fears-grow-could-disrupt-global-trade/amp/
Next thing, the EU will be banning chlorine in water salad chicken.....
bearwitch hunt. I’m not scared.Although I expect mud to be thrown at opponents and people on your 'side' defended as usual.
Personally, if I'd made a drunken pass at a 14 year old boy in my bedroom, I think I'd remember it even at 30 years' distance.
They would have done better to grasp the nettle years ago, and decide whether they were a progressive party with an international outlook and a growing economy; or a party still yearning for Victorian social values, and an unfounded belief in their own entitlement. And then split.
We might then have had a proper re-alignment of British politics. Instead we have two over-large unstable coalitions masquerading as Labour and Conservatives. And when it comes to election time, they both fight on both sides of the argument. And we end up with the most unstable government anybody could ever imagine.
https://twitter.com/Tim_R_Dawson/status/924611858547576832
You guys are all missing the fact that the Express article is dated 11th June 2017 !!
The guy is thick, clueless and his ego has ballooned out of control.
https://twitter.com/MattHancock/status/924952312740794369
I just don't think my love of country could chime with the voters. Or at least, not British ones.
Not helped by the fact most people can't name a country song less than twenty years old.
'You know, Radiohead is a fine band, but they stole everything from Coldplay. Like Radiohead is the poor man's Coldplay.'
http://tinyurl.com/yauuyonp
A petition would then be open for signing for eight weeks. If at the end of that period at least 10 per cent of eligible electors had signed the petition, the seat would be declared vacant and a by-election would follow. The Member who was recalled could stand in the by-election.
https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/recallofmps.html
"The second recall condition is that, following on from a report from the Committee on Standards in relation to the MP, the House of Commons orders the suspension of the MP from the service of the House for a specified period of the requisite length."
(5) A specified period is “of the requisite length” for the purposes of subsection (4) if—
(a) where the period is expressed as a number of sitting days, the period specified is of at least 10 sitting days, or
(b) in any other case, the period specified (however expressed) is a period of at least 14 days."
So any suspension of 14 days or more is enough. If the condition is met the Speaker must notify the returning officer in the relevant constituency unless an election is due within 6 months.
Are the Whips really going to let MPs suffer such a fate in a minority government?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/30/hollywood-plot-thickens-dagenham-film-studio-london-sadiq-khan
https://twitter.com/leedrutman/status/924708445521108992
Economic with the actualite? Who knows but he batted it away ok enough for me.
As to the boxing side, well as they say he can only beat what's in front of him and he has done that to date.
Senior Tory MPs blocked moves to give Commons researchers and secretaries extra protection from sexual harassment, it can be revealed today.
The powerful 1922 Committee of backbenchers mobilised against an attempt made by David Cameron to create a binding code of conduct that would have included a right for staff members to seek arbitration.
Mr Cameron attempted to persuade the Speaker and other party leaders to support the measures following a sex scandal but his move met resistance from MPs, said sources.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/revealed-backbenchers-blocked-bid-to-shield-staff-from-sex-pest-mps-a3671276.html
Both cycling and F1 have furnished winners in the past so there is a vote base for them to tap into.
I'm not saying Joshua shouldn't be favourite, it's the shortness of the odds that surprises me.