I'll never forget the look of incredulity on his face when Cameron said he would 'respect the will of the house' and saw his silly sixth form politics stunt explode in his face. After that, Obama sat on his hands, after that, Putin got stuck in....and after that, the rest is history.
You really feel that Syria would be a better place if Britain and the US had charged in and started killing people for one faction or another? I used to feel like that about Iraq, but I learned better.
You're forgetting that Davis might be needed to vote in/report to the HoC.
And he runs an entire ministry.
Barnier is a politically appointed civil servant.
Dave ran an entire country and caught Eurostar.
And also flew EasyJet and shopped in Morrisons....
Like me, he's a man of the people.
I thought such an admission would result in ones posting privileges being revoked. I was under the impression that posters on pb had to fly a minimum of BA premium economy and shop in Waitrose.
I'll never forget the look of incredulity on his face when Cameron said he would 'respect the will of the house' and saw his silly sixth form politics stunt explode in his face. After that, Obama sat on his hands, after that, Putin got stuck in....and after that, the rest is history.
You really feel that Syria would be a better place if Britain and the US had charged in and started killing people for one faction or another? I used to feel like that about Iraq, but I learned better.
Difficult to see that it could be much worse.
We wouldn't know about that; all we'd know is that we'd killed a lot of people. Politicians can only do what seems best to them at the time, they don't have the luxury of running parallel experiments.
You're forgetting that Davis might be needed to vote in/report to the HoC.
And he runs an entire ministry.
Barnier is a politically appointed civil servant.
Dave ran an entire country and caught Eurostar.
And also flew EasyJet and shopped in Morrisons....
Like me, he's a man of the people.
I thought such an admission would result in ones posting privileges being revoked. I was under the impression that posters on pb had to fly a minimum of BA premium economy and shop in Waitrose.
I laugh at people who think BA Frequent Flyer stuff is top notch.
Now having the Black American Express Charge Card that's a status symbol
Doubt that Trump is worried about NHS back lash over here. Mirror was happy to bash the Tories about NHS malnutrition until Trump tweeted. Then it was back to NHS cares for everyone.
Anna Soubry MP wonderfully bonkers on Newsnight tonight!
It is difficult to see where Anna goes after the Conservatives, although she did imply some third way party. Presumably the new party would be predominantly staffed by anti-Corbyn Blairites. The downside for Anna is that this splits the anti-Tory vote which gives us a sine-die JRM Premiership. Happy days!
Anna Soubry MP wonderfully bonkers on Newsnight tonight!
It is difficult to see where Anna goes after the Conservatives, although she did imply some third way party. Presumably the new party would be predominantly staffed by anti-Corbyn Blairites. The downside for Anna is that this splits the anti-Tory vote which gives us a sine-die JRM Premiership. Happy days!
After Brexit collapses, the Conservatives will be where Anna is now. And the loons can sling their hooks.
I'll never forget the look of incredulity on his face when Cameron said he would 'respect the will of the house' and saw his silly sixth form politics stunt explode in his face. After that, Obama sat on his hands, after that, Putin got stuck in....and after that, the rest is history.
You really feel that Syria would be a better place if Britain and the US had charged in and started killing people for one faction or another? I used to feel like that about Iraq, but I learned better.
Difficult to see that it could be much worse.
We wouldn't know about that; all we'd know is that we'd killed a lot of people. Politicians can only do what seems best to them at the time, they don't have the luxury of running parallel experiments.
Of course the consequences of any intervention by the US/us are unknowable. But to suggest that our 'restraint' somehow ameliorated the situation seems seems equally without foundation.
An early intervention might at least have saved Aleppo and reduced the scale of the refugee problem, denied Russia a foothold in the Eastern Med and perhaps prevented Turkey's drift away from NATO. Equally it might not, but the moral certainty with which it's claimed we made the right decision seems quite wrong to me.
I'll never forget the look of incredulity on his face when Cameron said he would 'respect the will of the house' and saw his silly sixth form politics stunt explode in his face. After that, Obama sat on his hands, after that, Putin got stuck in....and after that, the rest is history.
You really feel that Syria would be a better place if Britain and the US had charged in and started killing people for one faction or another? I used to feel like that about Iraq, but I learned better.
Difficult to see that it could be much worse.
We wouldn't know about that; all we'd know is that we'd killed a lot of people. Politicians can only do what seems best to them at the time, they don't have the luxury of running parallel experiments.
Of course the consequences of any intervention by the US/us are unknowable. But to suggest that our 'restraint' somehow ameliorated the situation seems seems equally without foundation.
An early intervention might at least have saved Aleppo and reduced the scale of the refugee problem, denied Russia a foothold in the Eastern Med and perhaps prevented Turkey's drift away from NATO. Equally it might not, but the moral certainty with which it's claimed we made the right decision seems quite wrong to me.
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Seriously, what is going on with apple. The whole point of buying into the apple eco system is they control the software and hardware so this stuff shouldn't happen, yet IOS11 has been a shit show.
It's obviously just a status thing with DD as travel by CrabAir is, by any measure, less pleasurable and convenient than any commercial alternative.
I've had the pleasure twice. The first time I had to get to the Falklands to join my ship and reported to BZN where I and my other passengers were treated like Sobibor inmates for 3 days until they got a Tristar working. The second time was coming back from Cyprus after shredding a few target banners. The nose u/c on a VC-10 collapsed with a full fuel load and they had to do a 10 HOUR full power ground run to lighten it enough so that if could be jacked up. That trip had a five day delay.
It's obviously just a status thing with DD as travel by CrabAir is, by any measure, less pleasurable and convenient than any commercial alternative.
I've had the pleasure twice. The first time I had to get to the Falklands to join my ship and reported to BZN where I and my other passengers were treated like Sobibor inmates for 3 days until they got a Tristar working. The second time was coming back from Cyprus after shredding a few target banners. The nose u/c on a VC-10 collapsed with a full fuel load and they had to do a 10 HOUR full power ground run to lighten it enough so that if could be jacked up. That trip had a five day delay.
Quite apart from the expense, Eurostar must be a lot quicker.
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Yes, the collapse of the LD and UKIP vote has made it more reliable
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Yes, the collapse of the LD and UKIP vote has made it more reliable
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
That only makes sense if the Brexit effect is as strong next time as it was last time. If the Brexit effect unwinds, the next election will be as unreliable (in terms of UNS) as the last one, the only difference being that we have a better chance of seeing the changes (such as Tories regaining Canterbury and Labour regaining Mansfield, etc.) coming.
Quite apart from the expense, Eurostar must be a lot quicker.
Way quicker. He's got to get out to RAF Northolt, board the mighty 146 (five APUs connected by a selection of electrical faults) bob across the channel and then land at the military side of Zaventem. It's a right fuck on.
You're forgetting that Davis might be needed to vote in/report to the HoC.
And he runs an entire ministry.
Barnier is a politically appointed civil servant.
Dave ran an entire country and caught Eurostar.
And also flew EasyJet and shopped in Morrisons....
Like me, he's a man of the people.
Our local Church of Scotland was demolished and everyone now worships at the first Church of Aldi on its site. I've been very impressed, and consider it to be a metaphor for the change in society during my time in Scotland.
David Davies is claiming he was physically threatened and bullied, but the video screened by Sky News shows him aggressively standing over someone telling them that 17 million people voted to Leave.
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Yes, the collapse of the LD and UKIP vote has made it more reliable
One would have thought that the current Brexit situation would be tailor-made for the LDs, and they'd be on about 30% in the polls, with many Remainers rallying to their cause as the most pro-EU party. That they're on 6% instead is a bit of a mystery.
I wasn’t in favour of intervening in Syria but I have to admit that the alternative has been pretty appalling.
Yes, But so, I suspect, would Iraq have been if we'd not intervened. The difficulty about drawing lessons from history is that you never get to see the alternative history. I think that we are all too ready to assume that our chosen course of action is better (or worse) than the alternative - this sort of thing is genuinely difficult, and it's possible for decent people to come to different conclusions.
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Yes, the collapse of the LD and UKIP vote has made it more reliable
One would have thought that the current Brexit situation would be tailor-made for the LDs, and they'd be on about 30% in the polls, with many Remainers rallying to their cause as the most pro-EU party. That they're on 6% instead is a bit of a mystery.
A poll today had Labour falling to 30% if they abandoned all opposition to Brexit and sided with the Tories on the issue while the LDs would rise to 22%.
Labour would also see a slight fall if it fully opposed Brexit, though not as much. Hence Corbyn will likely stay on the fence as long as possible on Brexit
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Yes, the collapse of the LD and UKIP vote has made it more reliable
One would have thought that the current Brexit situation would be tailor-made for the LDs, and they'd be on about 30% in the polls, with many Remainers rallying to their cause as the most pro-EU party. That they're on 6% instead is a bit of a mystery.
A poll today had Labour falling to 30% if they abandoned all opposition to Brexit and sided with the Tories on the issue while the LDs would rise to 22%.
Labour would also see a slight fall if it fully opposed Brexit, though not as much. Hence Corbyn will likely stay on the fence as long as possible on Brexit
I wasn’t in favour of intervening in Syria but I have to admit that the alternative has been pretty appalling.
Yes, But so, I suspect, would Iraq have been if we'd not intervened. The difficulty about drawing lessons from history is that you never get to see the alternative history. I think that we are all too ready to assume that our chosen course of action is better (or worse) than the alternative - this sort of thing is genuinely difficult, and it's possible for decent people to come to different conclusions.
The regime used chemical weapons on its own people.
It continues to use chemical weapons on its own people.
The Chemical weapons Treaty has been shown to be toothless, with the major international players repeatedly failing to act on transgressions.
This, I would argue, is very bad for us in the long term.
I think now we have had a post Brexit general election which distorted things somewhat with bigger average swings against the Tories in more strongly Remain areas the next general election will see UNS more applicable
UNS works best in a two-party election. If we assume that Lab+Con will exceed 80-85% combined, then I think it'll still be useful
Yes, the collapse of the LD and UKIP vote has made it more reliable
One would have thought that the current Brexit situation would be tailor-made for the LDs, and they'd be on about 30% in the polls, with many Remainers rallying to their cause as the most pro-EU party. That they're on 6% instead is a bit of a mystery.
A poll today had Labour falling to 30% if they abandoned all opposition to Brexit and sided with the Tories on the issue while the LDs would rise to 22%.
Labour would also see a slight fall if it fully opposed Brexit, though not as much. Hence Corbyn will likely stay on the fence as long as possible on Brexit
Would love to see the actual questions asked given who commissioned the survey. The article refers to being asked if people wanted Labour to 'side with the Tories on Brexit'. Rather a loaded question if true - do you object to Brexit or to siding with the Tories or both?
Did any of these people read the Labour manifesto on Brexit before they voted for them?
It's obviously just a status thing with DD as travel by CrabAir is, by any measure, less pleasurable and convenient than any commercial alternative.
I've had the pleasure twice. The first time I had to get to the Falklands to join my ship and reported to BZN where I and my other passengers were treated like Sobibor inmates for 3 days until they got a Tristar working. The second time was coming back from Cyprus after shredding a few target banners. The nose u/c on a VC-10 collapsed with a full fuel load and they had to do a 10 HOUR full power ground run to lighten it enough so that if could be jacked up. That trip had a five day delay.
I thought only HurstLama, formerly (apparently, sadly) of this parish referred to CrabAir. I never did find out why.
It's obviously just a status thing with DD as travel by CrabAir is, by any measure, less pleasurable and convenient than any commercial alternative.
I've had the pleasure twice. The first time I had to get to the Falklands to join my ship and reported to BZN where I and my other passengers were treated like Sobibor inmates for 3 days until they got a Tristar working. The second time was coming back from Cyprus after shredding a few target banners. The nose u/c on a VC-10 collapsed with a full fuel load and they had to do a 10 HOUR full power ground run to lighten it enough so that if could be jacked up. That trip had a five day delay.
I thought only HurstLama, formerly (apparently, sadly) of this parish referred to CrabAir. I never did find out why.
The Senior Service refers to the lightly disguised civilians of the RAF as 'crabs'. Due to the similarity of the colour of their uniforms and the 'blue unction' or 'crabfat' traditionally dispensed in vast quantities for the treatment of genital lice in the RN.
It's obviously just a status thing with DD as travel by CrabAir is, by any measure, less pleasurable and convenient than any commercial alternative.
I've had the pleasure twice. The first time I had to get to the Falklands to join my ship and reported to BZN where I and my other passengers were treated like Sobibor inmates for 3 days until they got a Tristar working. The second time was coming back from Cyprus after shredding a few target banners. The nose u/c on a VC-10 collapsed with a full fuel load and they had to do a 10 HOUR full power ground run to lighten it enough so that if could be jacked up. That trip had a five day delay.
I thought only HurstLama, formerly (apparently, sadly) of this parish referred to CrabAir. I never did find out why.
The Senior Service refers to the lightly disguised civilians of the RAF as 'crabs'. Due to the similarity of the colour of their uniforms and the 'blue unction' or 'crabfat' traditionally dispensed in vast quantities for the treatment of genital lice in the RN.
Ah; the medicament also known in civilian life, IIRC, as Navvies Butter. Not easy to make, either, because of the mercury involved.
The usual argument is timing and the ability to work aboard (last time I hitched a lift with a friend it allowed us to avoid 2 changes and the conversation we had on board was well worth the cost)
For a route like Paris/London it’s much harder to justify charter as a good use of money
The centre-right remains in a very clear lead, but is still on course for only 43 to 48% of the seats in both the Chamber and the Senate. They will have to find a way to get some left-wing support or some defectors (it is rather common for individual Italian MPs or small parties to switch sides) to get a working majority. Meanwhile, the 5 stars leader Di Maio has denied any willingness to lead a great coalition, probably ensuring that he will not become PM.
Regarding the two Betfair markets: - the 5SM remains logically the strong favourite to get most seats in the Chamber (1.16/1.39). Forza Italia (11/60) now seems unlikely to beat them, while even the best seat projections for the Democratic Party (4/10) gives them 10 seats less than 5SM.
- on the next PM market, Gentiloni has the lowest odds (2.84/4.7) although his main chance would only be a long stalemate. As Forza Italia has a clear polling lead (at least 2 points) on the Northern League, the FI candidate, Tajani, seems better-placed than his odds suggest (3.3/4) .
A word of caution: all these polls were taken before the anti-immigrant shooting during the weekend, the shooter being a former Northern League activist. We should see in the next few days if it has an impact.
The AfD now look as though they've definitely picked up some support since the German election, as do the Greens (though beware of INSA, whose results bearly always differ from everyone else's for some reason). The SPD and liberal FDP are fractionally down, the Left fractionally up, but no obvious big losers.
I'll never forget the look of incredulity on his face when Cameron said he would 'respect the will of the house' and saw his silly sixth form politics stunt explode in his face. After that, Obama sat on his hands, after that, Putin got stuck in....and after that, the rest is history.
You really feel that Syria would be a better place if Britain and the US had charged in and started killing people for one faction or another? I used to feel like that about Iraq, but I learned better.
I agree with:
Evidence of the use, or likely use, of banned chemical weapons in Syria should be met with a “meaningful response” within the Security Council, the United Nations disarmament affairs chief said on Monday.
Milliband blocked that, emboldened Assad and the rest is history.
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Fake new though
Either that or Trump got the idea for a space cannon on PB.
Now having the Black American Express Charge Card that's a status symbol
Doubt that Trump is worried about NHS back lash over here. Mirror was happy to bash the Tories about NHS malnutrition until Trump tweeted. Then it was back to NHS cares for everyone.
Am sure @Morris_Dancer can help to fire him off.
https://twitter.com/thetimes/status/960645461710458880
https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/960635877130227713
Worth watching both. Only one of them was interrupted with a question. You get one guess.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42945709
But to suggest that our 'restraint' somehow ameliorated the situation seems seems equally without foundation.
An early intervention might at least have saved Aleppo and reduced the scale of the refugee problem, denied Russia a foothold in the Eastern Med and perhaps prevented Turkey's drift away from NATO. Equally it might not, but the moral certainty with which it's claimed we made the right decision seems quite wrong to me.
https://twitter.com/alloveranthony/status/960645845757644800
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/05/pressure-grows-on-dpd-and-theresa-may-after-courier-dies-of-diabetes?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_b-gdnnews#link_time=1517866464
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372388-trump-accuses-dems-of-treasonous-behavior
https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/960488737389137922?ref_src=twcamp^share|twsrc^m5|twgr^email|twcon^7046|twterm^1
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/02/05/apple-iphone-x-glitch-leaves-owners-unable-take-calls/amp/
Seriously, what is going on with apple. The whole point of buying into the apple eco system is they control the software and hardware so this stuff shouldn't happen, yet IOS11 has been a shit show.
I've had the pleasure twice. The first time I had to get to the Falklands to join my ship and reported to BZN where I and my other passengers were treated like Sobibor inmates for 3 days until they got a Tristar working. The second time was coming back from Cyprus after shredding a few target banners. The nose u/c on a VC-10 collapsed with a full fuel load and they had to do a 10 HOUR full power ground run to lighten it enough so that if could be jacked up. That trip had a five day delay.
I see Mr Barnier had time to meet some bankers:
https://twitter.com/MichelBarnier/status/960579969989660672
https://twitter.com/DavidTCDavies/status/960646795842981889
Labour would also see a slight fall if it fully opposed Brexit, though not as much. Hence Corbyn will likely stay on the fence as long as possible on Brexit
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/corbyn-risks-losing-young-voters-if-labour-backs-leaving-the-eu-a3758201.html?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true
It continues to use chemical weapons on its own people.
The Chemical weapons Treaty has been shown to be toothless, with the major international players repeatedly failing to act on transgressions.
This, I would argue, is very bad for us in the long term.
Did any of these people read the Labour manifesto on Brexit before they voted for them?
Steve Hilton says the former Prime Minister told him the civil service 'believe it’s their job to actually run the country'"
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tony-blair-david-cameron-steve-hilton-deep-state-conspiracy-a8196036.html
For a route like Paris/London it’s much harder to justify charter as a good use of money
Ixe (01/02)
Centre-right 35.3 (-0.1)
5 stars movement 28.7 (-0.5)
Centre-left 25.8 (+0.4)
Far-left 7.3 (+0.3)
Termometro Politico (02/02)
Centre-right 36.3
5 stars movement 26.8
Centre-left 26.1
Far-left 5.6
Bidimedia (02/02)
Centre-right 35.9 (-0.1)
Centre-left 29.1 (+0.7)
5 stars movement 26.2 (-0.8)
Far-left 5 (-0.9)
The centre-right remains in a very clear lead, but is still on course for only 43 to 48% of the seats in both the Chamber and the Senate. They will have to find a way to get some left-wing support or some defectors (it is rather common for individual Italian MPs or small parties to switch sides) to get a working majority. Meanwhile, the 5 stars leader Di Maio has denied any willingness to lead a great coalition, probably ensuring that he will not become PM.
Regarding the two Betfair markets:
- the 5SM remains logically the strong favourite to get most seats in the Chamber (1.16/1.39). Forza Italia (11/60) now seems unlikely to beat them, while even the best seat projections for the Democratic Party (4/10) gives them 10 seats less than 5SM.
- on the next PM market, Gentiloni has the lowest odds (2.84/4.7) although his main chance would only be a long stalemate. As Forza Italia has a clear polling lead (at least 2 points) on the Northern League, the FI candidate, Tajani, seems better-placed than his odds suggest (3.3/4) .
A word of caution: all these polls were taken before the anti-immigrant shooting during the weekend, the shooter being a former Northern League activist.
We should see in the next few days if it has an impact.
http://www.wahlrecht.de/umfragen/