Ms Toffolo apparently thinks Mogg is " a sex god".Can't quite it see it myself.Surely he has way to go in any shagging competition for the Tory leadership.How big an issue is shaggability with Tory MPs and the largely elderly members of the Tory party?Could this observation be behing the Mogg surge in the betting? Who cares if he's a dangerous climate change denying fossil when Jacob's a sex god?
Jacob Rees Mogg seems to make Tories feel good about themselves, just as Corbyn makes many Labour members feel good about themselves. For that reason, he - like Corbyn - is also going to be a very polarising figure.
Rees Mogg is a Tory who would force me into voting Labour in my marginal Labour constituency, just as I am sure there are many centrists who lean a little further to the right than me who will always vote Tory to keep Corbyn away from power.
My guess is that JRM v Corbyn would be a score draw, as would Johnson v Corbyn. If the Tories skip a generation and find a leader not too closely associated with their right flank and Brexit, the next election is theirs for the taking.
Skip the current generation and go for Ken Clarke?
I'd say give Johnny Mercer a couple of years in a government job and see if he can put some solid achievement next to his extraordinary back story. If he can, then you are looking at a very big majority. However, there are two obstacles: 1. May's sole focus is on ensuring her own position. 2. The Tory membership seems to be getting as fundamental as the Labour one.
I don't know if making it to OF-2 in the Planks is an "extraordinary" back story. They are not exactly a regiment renowned for recruiting the cream of Sandhurst. Plus, everyone will have to SPEAK UP at PMQ.
We all want the "goodies". We all want "safety", lower classroom sizes, a "better", NHS (or more precisely better healthcare), a less polluted environment, better roads, cheaper rail, bigger pensions, more meals on wheels etc etc . No real dispute there. I'm very sympathetic to all of that.
It's the means that's my main issue. Labour policy has quite a history of falling foul of the law of unintended consequences, that can make the outcomes worse (they are far from alone of course but I just think they seem more prone to it). The 2004 Pension Act is one example in my view. Impeccably intentioned, a big improvement in protecting those already with final salary provision, but has ended up contributing to destroying the whole system as a consequence I'm afraid, to the general detriment, which will become apparent in future decades.
And paying for it. There is just no way on God's earth that the last manifesto was going to be paid for by only taxing those more on £85K plus. No way. It was all the unspoken things that were doubtless going to be hit - council tax, NI, IHT, capital gains, stamp duty, "sin taxes", etc etc. At least allow the possibility that if you soak the rich/business too much some will clear off and you will be taxing a high percentage of nothing at all. Which is counter productive.
Now there maybe a case to say "you want the goodies we are all going to have to pay to some extent, the "rich" more, but even you too Mr and Mrs lower down the income scale", but this constant "only those richer than you will pay", undermines credibility. (At least in my view).
And yes we do as a country need a credible alternative, because the present lot are not exactly 5 out of 5 stars are they?
We all want the "goodies". We all want "safety", lower classroom sizes, a "better", NHS (or more precisely better healthcare), a less polluted environment, better roads, cheaper rail, bigger pensions, more meals on wheels etc etc . No real dispute there. I'm very sympathetic to all of that.
It's the means that's my main issue. Labour policy has quite a history of falling foul of the law of unintended consequences, that can make the outcomes worse (they are far from alone of course but I just think they seem more prone to it). The 2004 Pension Act is one example in my view. Impeccably intentioned, a big improvement in protecting those already with final salary provision, but has ended up contributing to destroying the whole system as a consequence I'm afraid, to the general detriment, which will become apparent in future decades.
And paying for it. There is just no way on God's earth that the last manifesto was going to be paid for by only taxing those more on £85K plus. No way. It was all the unspoken things that were doubtless going to be hit - council tax, NI, IHT, capital gains, stamp duty, "sin taxes", etc etc. At least allow the possibility that if you soak the rich/business too much some will clear off and you will be taxing a high percentage of nothing at all. Which is counter productive.
Now there maybe a case to say "you want the goodies we are all going to have to pay to some extent, the "rich" more, but even you too Mr and Mrs lower down the income scale", but this constant "only those richer than you will pay", undermines credibility. (At least in my view).
And yes we do as a country need a credible alternative, because the present lot are not exactly 5 out of 5 stars are they?
We're all going to be rinsed. But Corbyn would rinse us more !
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
And is the increase in violent crime in London and Manchester anything to do with the moped mugging gangs that the police have decided it’s too dangerous to chase in case the poor young muggers might get injured? Questions for Mr Khan and Mr Burnham.
You live in Dubai. So what has any of this got to do with you? If I, living in England, spent vast amounts of time on a Dubai website moaning about politics in Dubai would you not find that slightly odd?
On topic, the police also do not want to risk injury of innocent pedestrians and bystanders
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
You can't have lots of good things on the cheap, Nick. I agree.
But your Shadow Chancellor is promising all sorts of improvements and claiming that all of these can be paid for by taxing a few rich people. And this is simply not credible. If we want these good things all of us are going to have to pay more. Labour would gain more respect if it was honest on this point rather than pretending otherwise.
100% agree. It was patently dishonest of Corbyn to claim during the election that his long shopping list of spending could be funded by spending a small rise in corporation tax over and over again and not raising income tax for everyone.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
With all due respect, Nick, this may be a problem with the PPB. It moves you and probably a lot of other Labour people. But in doing that, I wonder if it is speaking to the voters that Labour needs to reach out to in order to win. There are many victims of government policy and they need to be helped, but in order for that to happen Labour has to be in power. That means reaching beyond its comfort zone and talking to those with aspirations, too. How will Labour help them and their families?
Presumably the thinking is (if thinking is the sort of thing they do at Lab HQ) that whereas previously, people accepted that Tories were nasty, but at least they knew how to run the economy, what with all this Brexit shenanigans, they don't appear to be able to run the economy any more so the focus can be solely on their nastiness.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
With all due respect, Nick, this may be a problem with the PPB. It moves you and probably a lot of other Labour people. But in doing that, I wonder if it is speaking to the voters that Labour needs to reach out to in order to win. There are many victims of government policy and they need to be helped, but in order for that to happen Labour has to be in power. That means reaching beyond its comfort zone and talking to those with aspirations, too. How will Labour help them and their families?
Yes, there's a lot in that. I suppose my problem with the latter years of Tony and Gordon was that we focused so exclusively on winning that we rather forgot why we were trying to win, and one reason I like the current approach is that it redresses that balance.
Also, I think we too easily categorise people as sturdy strivers or suffering underclass or other broad groups and assume they lack interest in other groups. I know quite a few people who are very successful but still worry that society around them is crumbling and who would be moved by some of the conversations in the video. As IIRC Sean Fear has observed, even at a selfish level people who are well off don't want society to be so divided as to drive revolutionary change - and most people aren't only selfish either. The belief that a period of focus on the losers from the current system would be healthy is IMO quite widely shared, and some Conservatives who wouldn't want 15 years of Labour government wouldn't mind 5 years of it while the Tories sort themselves out.
Focusing on the losers is perfectly honourable. But see my previous comment.
Also one criticism of Labour that it needs to deal with is that its policies may not help the losers. Indeed, may make things worse for them. It would do Labour good if it actually tried to address these criticisms rather than waving them away.
Reducing low skilled immigration as well as redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor would be policies focused solely on the 'losers'
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
And is the increase in violent crime in London and Manchester anything to do with the moped mugging gangs that the police have decided it’s too dangerous to chase in case the poor young muggers might get injured? Questions for Mr Khan and Mr Burnham.
You live in Dubai. So what has any of this got to do with you? If I, living in England, spent vast amounts of time on a Dubai website moaning about politics in Dubai would you not find that slightly odd?
On topic, the police also do not want to risk injury of innocent pedestrians and bystanders
To be honest , I think Sandpit was more concerned about the politicians mentioned.
Quite scary really. And Corbyn does need to be scrutinised on every one of these points
The Sun aside, which is a nasty right wing rag which sets out to destroy all Labour leaders, nevertheless all his life Corbyn has played student union politics preferring ridiculous postures to well thought out policies.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
Austerity made it harder to cut the deficit.
To be fair, Osborne wasn't half as austere as everyone pretends, though. He knew he had to have some growth for the election, and eased off considerably.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
Austerity made it harder to cut the deficit.
To be fair, Osborne wasn't half as austere as everyone pretends, though. He knew he had to have some growth for the election, and eased off considerably.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
Austerity made it harder to cut the deficit.
To be fair, Osborne wasn't half as austere as everyone pretends, though. He knew he had to have some growth for the election, and eased off considerably.
So you think there has been austerity?
I tried to argue with my bank once that spending more money would reduce my overdraft but they wouldn't have it.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
Austerity made it harder to cut the deficit.
To be fair, Osborne wasn't half as austere as everyone pretends, though. He knew he had to have some growth for the election, and eased off considerably.
So you think there has been austerity?
Spending as a percentage of GDP has fallen from about 48% in 2010 to about 42% now, Osborne had he stayed Chancellor wanted to reduce it to 35%, about the same as the tax take
No offence to anyone but curling is pretty ridiculous. Watching it and listening to the commentary makes it seem more absurd still.
@HansFiene: The Winter Olympics are fun because 85% of the events would kill you if you tried them: Giant slalom - dead Half pipe - dead Ski jumping - dead Curling - fine Luge - dead Skeleton - backwards dead
No offence to anyone but curling is pretty ridiculous. Watching it and listening to the commentary makes it seem more absurd still.
Curling is a great sport to play however. Experts and beginners can play together and both will get a lot of enjoyment out of it at their different skill levels.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
And is the increase in violent crime in London and Manchester anything to do with the moped mugging gangs that the police have decided it’s too dangerous to chase in case the poor young muggers might get injured? Questions for Mr Khan and Mr Burnham.
You live in Dubai. So what has any of this got to do with you? If I, living in England, spent vast amounts of time on a Dubai website moaning about politics in Dubai would you not find that slightly odd?
On topic, the police also do not want to risk injury of innocent pedestrians and bystanders
Yes I spend time abroad, that doesn’t mean that I want my home country’s capital city to get a reputation as a place where tourists avoid because there’s a good chance of getting mugged - and the police not giving a shit in case it infringes the human rights of the criminals, or they hurt themselves when on mopeds with no helmets.
New York and Barcelona, among other places, have had that reputation in years past, and the cities’ mayors worked bloody hard to turn them around. What does Mr Khan have to say about the police refusing to chase violent criminals? He is the elected representative in charge of policing in London.
I’ll leave you to guess how the police in Dubai might react to such crime.
I don't think Latin is a must have, but I recommend it. There's something thrilling about communicating with a writer from two thousand years ago who thought he had something important to say and you're the one he is talking to.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
Austerity made it harder to cut the deficit.
To be fair, Osborne wasn't half as austere as everyone pretends, though. He knew he had to have some growth for the election, and eased off considerably.
So you think there has been austerity?
I tried to argue with my bank once that spending more money would reduce my overdraft but they wouldn't have it.
Yes but unlike you the B of E can just print some more to bail the bank out.
I don't think Latin is a must have, but I recommend it. There's something thrilling about communicating with a writer from two thousand years ago who thought he had something important to say and you're the one he is talking to.
That's a lovely way of putting it.
I think the issue is the teachers. I was fairly mathematically inclined, and at middle school I had a maths teacher who nurtured that inclination and allowed it to grow. Whereas I found history at school to be a boring task of learning names and dates by rote, and in no way exciting. Which is a shame, because as I've grown older I've found history increasingly engaging.
Much of it is down to teachers. And sadly, what catches the mind and imagination of one child, might leave another cold and unenthused.
The situation in 2018 is very different indeed to that of 2016. Most British people are now aware of the intricacies of our relationship with the EU, most people are now better informed and on that basis a second referendum would be fairer than the first.
“But what if we lost?” I’m often asked by people on my side. Well – easy. This time Remainers would be obliged for the sake of the whole country to respect the result and shut up (for a bit). There is no guarantee at all that Remain would win – but a second vote on the deal would at least put this tiresome and protracted engagement to rest.
No offence to anyone but curling is pretty ridiculous. Watching it and listening to the commentary makes it seem more absurd still.
Curling is a great sport to play however. Experts and beginners can play together and both will get a lot of enjoyment out of it at their different skill levels.
Mr Mogg cuts a dashing patrician figure with at a distance politness and a willingness to debate and andwer questions. It works to a degree, except to me it seems a vaneer that;s peeling at the edges and if you try to scratch at the curly bits he either snarls or comes out some disnegenious bullshit.
What fixed this is my mind was whole gay marriage debate. He was very vocal in his opposition, whether because of his hate the sin not the sinner (traditional christian position), or because Cameron was for (pathetic) or to curry favour with the grass roots. But there he was on TV spouting off that is was not the right time to do this, we were in the middle of an economic crisis, some other time etc. It was such obvious bullshit. The gay marriage conumed more column inches than actual parliamentry time, it cost almost nothing to do and it was a matter of equality. I failed to see how much higher economic growth would have been if the gays had to lump it. Hearing hime burble on I could see that in reality there would never be time in the governments busy schedule if it was up to him.
I am also deeply dubious on his position abortion saying it was just a private matter etc.
While many may think such rights are no largely won, the reality they can wither on vine if access to employee arbitration is cut, funding is elimnated for clinics, family planning, or prosecution of those who flout the law.
As can be seen when the government goes mendacious as in the USA, many states have elminated abortion clinics by constantly increasing standards that strangley require expensive rebuilding of buildings for wider corriders and doors etc, or cutting funding to fmailt planing in general and most state provided pre natal care. Many fly over states either no longer have any clinics or just down to one or two in the main cities.
I don't trust JRM and if you follow the BTL comments on a conservative website their seems to sizeable element that just wants the right to be nasty to those groups they don't like. I fear JRM might not even feed that side of the COnservative ID that much, but benign neglect on that front, or worse how for example thought Section 28 was not a big deal, just a bit or red meat to feed the backwoodsman.
I don't think Latin is a must have, but I recommend it. There's something thrilling about communicating with a writer from two thousand years ago who thought he had something important to say and you're the one he is talking to.
I loved the fact that at school I was told that Pliny's description of the lava flow at Pompeii (which I was translating) involved some considerable artistic licence before pyroclastic flows were properly understood or appreciated. His description was indeed spot on.
The situation in 2018 is very different indeed to that of 2016. Most British people are now aware of the intricacies of our relationship with the EU, most people are now better informed and on that basis a second referendum would be fairer than the first.
“But what if we lost?” I’m often asked by people on my side. Well – easy. This time Remainers would be obliged for the sake of the whole country to respect the result and shut up (for a bit). There is no guarantee at all that Remain would win – but a second vote on the deal would at least put this tiresome and protracted engagement to rest.
This piece makes a very good case for a second referendum:
I think he makes a better case for simply not bothering.
The two sides are entrenched and a sort of equilibrium has emerged and it will persist until something external perturbs it. If another EU country exited or if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
It is a shambles, but without a major event pointing the finger clearly at Brexit or the EU, this stasis will continue.
Really quite a moving PPB in my opinion, though probably too long for most viewers. Whether and how to link these issues to politics is a difficult question, but when the causes seem to be politicial somho you have to.
Nick are the Tories more to blame for austerity, or for not cutting the deficit?
And is the increase in violent crime in London and Manchester anything to do with the moped mugging gangs that the police have decided it’s too dangerous to chase in case the poor young muggers might get injured? Questions for Mr Khan and Mr Burnham.
You live in Dubai. So what has any of this got to do with you? If I, living in England, spent vast amounts of time on a Dubai website moaning about politics in Dubai would you not find that slightly odd?
On topic, the police also do not want to risk injury of innocent pedestrians and bystanders
Yes I spend time abroad, that doesn’t mean that I want my home country’s capital city to get a reputation as a place where tourists avoid because there’s a good chance of getting mugged - and the police not giving a shit in case it infringes the human rights of the criminals, or they hurt themselves when on mopeds with no helmets.
New York and Barcelona, among other places, have had that reputation in years past, and the cities’ mayors worked bloody hard to turn them around. What does Mr Khan have to say about the police refusing to chase violent criminals? He is the elected representative in charge of policing in London.
I’ll leave you to guess how the police in Dubai might react to such crime.
Are you sure teenagers being the wrong end of a Glock17 is the answer? The day after a mass shooting in Florida, do we really want to venture down that route?
if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
Jaguar Land Rover is one to keep an eye on.
They are in the middle of a multi-million pound investment at Gaydon, and with the latest sales figures are struggling to pay for it
No offence to anyone but curling is pretty ridiculous. Watching it and listening to the commentary makes it seem more absurd still.
Curling is a great sport to play however. Experts and beginners can play together and both will get a lot of enjoyment out of it at their different skill levels.
Played for the first time over Christmas - was a lot of fun. Not convinced the brushing made much difference...
The two sides are entrenched and a sort of equilibrium has emerged and it will persist until something external perturbs it. If another EU country exited or if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
It is a shambles, but without a major event pointing the finger clearly at Brexit or the EU, this stasis will continue.
As I said last night, investment is diverting from the UK to the continent on a big scale. Foreign Direct Investment in 2017 was one tenth that of 2016. Idiot Liam Fox was bragging about FDIs, claiming it was a record-breaking year in 2017. Investment in motor manufacturing is down to less than a half over two years and these are supposedly boom times. Andreas Drombet the Bundesbank chief who was all for keeping the City in the European system for continuity has now given up and told banks based in Britain just get it over with and move to the rEU. There's no point hanging on.
No offence to anyone but curling is pretty ridiculous. Watching it and listening to the commentary makes it seem more absurd still.
Curling is a great sport to play however. Experts and beginners can play together and both will get a lot of enjoyment out of it at their different skill levels.
Played for the first time over Christmas - was a lot of fun. Not convinced the brushing made much difference...
Then I would suggest that you weren't doing it right. There was a fascinating off topic link the other day about an article about why ice is slippery which was relevant. It is all to do with there being a fine layer of liquid on the surface that reduces friction. The brushing is designed to increase the volume of liquid on the surface of the ice so that the stone moves more smoothly over it and therefore both goes further and turns more. If you want the stone to go less far you simply don't sweep.
The two sides are entrenched and a sort of equilibrium has emerged and it will persist until something external perturbs it. If another EU country exited or if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
It is a shambles, but without a major event pointing the finger clearly at Brexit or the EU, this stasis will continue.
As I said last night, investment is diverting from the UK to the continent on a big scale. Foreign Direct Investment in 2017 was one tenth that of 2016. Idiot Liam Fox was bragging about FDIs, claiming it was a record-breaking year in 2017. Investment in motor manufacturing is down to less than a half over two years and these are supposedly boom times. Andreas Drombet the Bundesbank chief who was all for keeping the City in the European system for continuity has now given up and told banks based in Britain just get it over with and move to the rEU. There's no point hanging on.
No doubt all of this explains why we are now enjoying the longest increase in manufacturing output for about 20 years. Or not.
The two sides are entrenched and a sort of equilibrium has emerged and it will persist until something external perturbs it. If another EU country exited or if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
It is a shambles, but without a major event pointing the finger clearly at Brexit or the EU, this stasis will continue.
As I said last night, investment is diverting from the UK to the continent on a big scale. Foreign Direct Investment in 2017 was one tenth that of 2016. Idiot Liam Fox was bragging about FDIs, claiming it was a record-breaking year in 2017. Investment in motor manufacturing is down to less than a half over two years and these are supposedly boom times. Andreas Drombet the Bundesbank chief who was all for keeping the City in the European system for continuity has now given up and told banks based in Britain just get it over with and move to the rEU. There's no point hanging on.
Do you have a link for FDI down 90%? I haven’t seen that elsewhere...
The two sides are entrenched and a sort of equilibrium has emerged and it will persist until something external perturbs it. If another EU country exited or if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
It is a shambles, but without a major event pointing the finger clearly at Brexit or the EU, this stasis will continue.
As I said last night, investment is diverting from the UK to the continent on a big scale. Foreign Direct Investment in 2017 was one tenth that of 2016. Idiot Liam Fox was bragging about FDIs, claiming it was a record-breaking year in 2017. Investment in motor manufacturing is down to less than a half over two years and these are supposedly boom times. Andreas Drombet the Bundesbank chief who was all for keeping the City in the European system for continuity has now given up and told banks based in Britain just get it over with and move to the rEU. There's no point hanging on.
No doubt all of this explains why we are now enjoying the longest increase in manufacturing output for about 20 years. Or not.
No, thats caused by the collapse in the pound, and strong growth in our primary export market: the EU.
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Who cares if he's a dangerous climate change denying fossil when Jacob's a sex god?
https://twitter.com/rcolvile/status/964068495616040961
We all want the "goodies". We all want "safety", lower classroom sizes, a "better", NHS (or more precisely better healthcare), a less polluted environment, better roads, cheaper rail, bigger pensions, more meals on wheels etc etc . No real dispute there. I'm very sympathetic to all of that.
It's the means that's my main issue. Labour policy has quite a history of falling foul of the law of unintended consequences, that can make the outcomes worse (they are far from alone of course but I just think they seem more prone to it). The 2004 Pension Act is one example in my view. Impeccably intentioned, a big improvement in protecting those already with final salary provision, but has ended up contributing to destroying the whole system as a consequence I'm afraid, to the general detriment, which will become apparent in future decades.
And paying for it. There is just no way on God's earth that the last manifesto was going to be paid for by only taxing those more on £85K plus. No way. It was all the unspoken things that were doubtless going to be hit - council tax, NI, IHT, capital gains, stamp duty, "sin taxes", etc etc. At least allow the possibility that if you soak the rich/business too much some will clear off and you will be taxing a high percentage of nothing at all. Which is counter productive.
Now there maybe a case to say "you want the goodies we are all going to have to pay to some extent, the "rich" more, but even you too Mr and Mrs lower down the income scale", but this constant "only those richer than you will pay", undermines credibility. (At least in my view).
And yes we do as a country need a credible alternative, because the present lot are not exactly 5 out of 5 stars are they?
On topic, the police also do not want to risk injury of innocent pedestrians and bystanders
To be fair, Osborne wasn't half as austere as everyone pretends, though. He knew he had to have some growth for the election, and eased off considerably.
https://yougov.co.uk/news/2018/02/15/english-maths-science-and-computing-are-most-impor/
Might as well make shove ha'penny an Olympic sport too.
Giant slalom - dead
Half pipe - dead
Ski jumping - dead
Curling - fine
Luge - dead
Skeleton - backwards dead
History should also be higher.
The skills/knowledge I learned in history, classics, latin alongside maths and the sciences helped me so much in my professional career.
New York and Barcelona, among other places, have had that reputation in years past, and the cities’ mayors worked bloody hard to turn them around. What does Mr Khan have to say about the police refusing to chase violent criminals? He is the elected representative in charge of policing in London.
I’ll leave you to guess how the police in Dubai might react to such crime.
They make more noise than women tennis players.
I'm in a hotel room, anyone walking by will be thinking I'm watching porn.
I think the issue is the teachers. I was fairly mathematically inclined, and at middle school I had a maths teacher who nurtured that inclination and allowed it to grow. Whereas I found history at school to be a boring task of learning names and dates by rote, and in no way exciting. Which is a shame, because as I've grown older I've found history increasingly engaging.
Much of it is down to teachers. And sadly, what catches the mind and imagination of one child, might leave another cold and unenthused.
https://thepinprick.com/2018/02/15/brexit-is-a-civil-war-and-a-second-referendum-is-the-only-viable-path-to-a-lasting-peace/
The situation in 2018 is very different indeed to that of 2016. Most British people are now aware of the intricacies of our relationship with the EU, most people are now better informed and on that basis a second referendum would be fairer than the first.
“But what if we lost?” I’m often asked by people on my side. Well – easy. This time Remainers would be obliged for the sake of the whole country to respect the result and shut up (for a bit). There is no guarantee at all that Remain would win – but a second vote on the deal would at least put this tiresome and protracted engagement to rest.
What fixed this is my mind was whole gay marriage debate. He was very vocal in his opposition, whether because of his hate the sin not the sinner (traditional christian position), or because Cameron was for (pathetic) or to curry favour with the grass roots. But there he was on TV spouting off that is was not the right time to do this, we were in the middle of an economic crisis, some other time etc. It was such obvious bullshit. The gay marriage conumed more column inches than actual parliamentry time, it cost almost nothing to do and it was a matter of equality. I failed to see how much higher economic growth would have been if the gays had to lump it. Hearing hime burble on I could see that in reality there would never be time in the governments busy schedule if it was up to him.
I am also deeply dubious on his position abortion saying it was just a private matter etc.
While many may think such rights are no largely won, the reality they can wither on vine if access to employee arbitration is cut, funding is elimnated for clinics, family planning, or prosecution of those who flout the law.
As can be seen when the government goes mendacious as in the USA, many states have elminated abortion clinics by constantly increasing standards that strangley require expensive rebuilding of buildings for wider corriders and doors etc, or cutting funding to fmailt planing in general and most state provided pre natal care. Many fly over states either no longer have any clinics or just down to one or two in the main cities.
I don't trust JRM and if you follow the BTL comments on a conservative website their seems to sizeable element that just wants the right to be nasty to those groups they don't like. I fear JRM might not even feed that side of the COnservative ID that much, but benign neglect on that front, or worse how for example thought Section 28 was not a big deal, just a bit or red meat to feed the backwoodsman.
LOL. Nice try.
The two sides are entrenched and a sort of equilibrium has emerged and it will persist until something external perturbs it. If another EU country exited or if some company laid off thousands of workers because of Brexit then movement of some sort will happen.
My money is rather simply on industry wondering what the heck it is going to do in 2019. There is absolutely sod-all guidance from the politicians and so industrial and investment decisions will have to be made in that vacuum.
It is a shambles, but without a major event pointing the finger clearly at Brexit or the EU, this stasis will continue.
They are in the middle of a multi-million pound investment at Gaydon, and with the latest sales figures are struggling to pay for it
Not convinced the brushing made much difference...
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I haven’t seen that elsewhere...