My wife is off for the first two and half weeks of the summer holidays. (This is LA, so this is from about the 6th of June.)
This leaves me with 16 days to entertain an 8 and a 10 year old.
I'm not going to stay home, because I'd go mad, so am going to bundle them onto a plane and do something. Specifically something awesome that they'll love. I don't mind jumping on a plane for 12 hours if I have to, and I have two million airmiles, so can afford to go practically anywhere.
Suggestions?
Go North young man. Head for Yellowstone and the Rockies. Some of those incredible Giant Redwoods and Mountains. It will be cooler in tge summet heat and a real experience for the kids.
If it were a month later, I’d also recommend the Calgary stampede.
I think we will find that the Commons will vote to leave the Customs Union and that we will end up with something pretty much the same that goes by a different name. The idea that 17.4 million people voted to make it harder and more expensive to export to our biggest market so that we could sign sub-optimal trade deals with countries that have dictated terms to us is a bit far-fetched, but with no real opposition the government can - in practice - get away with anything.
Kensington Palace - @KensingtonRoyal: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London earlier this morning in the early stages of labour.
The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge.
My wife is off for the first two and half weeks of the summer holidays. (This is LA, so this is from about the 6th of June.)
This leaves me with 16 days to entertain an 8 and a 10 year old.
I'm not going to stay home, because I'd go mad, so am going to bundle them onto a plane and do something. Specifically something awesome that they'll love. I don't mind jumping on a plane for 12 hours if I have to, and I have two million airmiles, so can afford to go practically anywhere.
It’s all about that. Economically, it’s a battle to trade a bit of growth for the next 5 years, over the ability and freedom to take advantage of global opportunities over 25 years.
If we choose the former, matters won’t rest there; we’ll be having further big debates about leaving the customs union/rejoining the EU throughout the 2020s.
Nah.
It's like Ireland. How much discussion was there in Ireland about rejoining the United Kingdom post independence?
None. (Even when Ireland was economically stagnating and the UK was surging ahead.)
The UK has chose to leave the EU. It may prosper, or it may elect Jeremy Corbyn, but whatever path is ahead, it is extremely unlikely to involve rejoining the EU.
I think it’s more like 16thC England.
There’s a significant minority who view our split with the EU as illegitimate, and will be agitating for us to rejoin for decades.
I disagree: EU rejoining will be a very minority subject in the decades to come, and our relationship with the EU will wax and wane over time. I suspect that we'll end up rather closer (geography does that) than most Brexiteers would like, but I think the key thing is formal separation.
Formally, yes, I believe. At the end of all this, we will probably move from being semi-detached to semi-attached. People in Britain don't realise the EU is a club operating a system. All the important countries in Europe apart from Russia are part of that system. Third countries like Japan.and increasingly the United States go through that system. The UK won't, I believe, ever leave that system substantially. It will operate to system rules on a do as you are told basis. The effect of leaving the EU is that we no longer have a say on a system we are a part of. Will that bother people? I think it will. It will also have practical consequences as remaining members of the club shape it in their interests, not ours.
Am I right in thinking that the phase 1 agreement pretty much has a customs union baked in as the default backstop option, until and unless the UK can provide satisfaction that they can make something else work on the Irish border? The Tory party as a whole rallied round that position in December.
Ergo: JRM has already accepted a Customs Union agreement, and the efforts of the Soubrettes are somewhat redundant
rcs1000 could well be close to the truth on this one.
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Depends if they are doers or thinkers. Doers I would say a Caribbean island with an engaged environmental-oriented kids club with plenty of waterborne activities and projects.
Thinkers then a drama or music workshop with a performance at the end of it. All levels are usually catered for. Must be plenty of those near you.
Kensington Palace - @KensingtonRoyal: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London earlier this morning in the early stages of labour.
The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge.
Well that will take politics off the media for days as they go way over the top with gushing baby nonsense, names, nappies, sleepless nights, succession, etc
Am I right in thinking that the phase 1 agreement pretty much has a customs union baked in as the default backstop option, until and unless the UK can provide satisfaction that they can make something else work on the Irish border? The Tory party as a whole rallied round that position in December.
Ergo: JRM has already accepted a Customs Union agreement, and the efforts of the Soubrettes are somewhat redundant
rcs1000 could well be close to the truth on this one.
The draft phase I agreement has customs union and regulatory conformance for Northern Ireland as the backstop. Mrs May just said no British PM would ever agree that arrangement which includes customs borders on the Irish Sea. The DUP that props up her government are adamantly opposed. The alternative is to agree the same for the whole UK. RCS' idea of a time limited backstop is an interesting one that could get Mrs May through to Brexit. It does just kick the can until the main agreement to be decided by 2020
I think we will find that the Commons will vote to leave the Customs Union and that we will end up with something pretty much the same that goes by a different name. The idea that 17.4 million people voted to make it harder and more expensive to export to our biggest market so that we could sign sub-optimal trade deals with countries that have dictated terms to us is a bit far-fetched, but with no real opposition the government can - in practice - get away with anything.
I suspect even that deal is pushing it as far as the Leader of the Opposition is prepared to accept....
Kensington Palace - @KensingtonRoyal: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to St. Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, London earlier this morning in the early stages of labour.
The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge.
Well that will take politics off the media for days as they go way over the top with gushing baby nonsense, names, nappies, sleepless nights, succession, etc
And to underline my point - Sky saying in early stages of labour - 'The great Kate wait - there is a huge amount of excitement and now lets look back at her previous baby births'
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
Numbers are surprisingly strong. Services rose marginally to 54.1, while Manufacturing was broadly flat at an elevated 58.1. (The second number is the big surprise. Most people, including me, expected the weak momentum to continue.)
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
A manifesto that only a minority of MPs were elected on, remember
Depends if they are doers or thinkers. Doers I would say a Caribbean island with an engaged environmental-oriented kids club with plenty of waterborne activities and projects.
Thinkers then a drama or music workshop with a performance at the end of it. All levels are usually catered for. Must be plenty of those near you.
What’s the problem with having a(nother) fantasiist in the HoC?
I hope you don't really believe that.
I will defend our MPs. Most of them are good people much like ourselves: they make mistakes, but try to do a good job for their constituents and what they think is right for the country. You will find every single sin amongst them (and possibly all sins in one or two), but you will also find every virtue.
But this woman seems rather unsuitable. I would not want to be a constituent who gets on her bad side (and it sadly seems that is rather easy to do).
Maybe I should gave added LOL!
Liked the comment posted a few minutes ago about he claiming the RO had ‘lost’ 20,000 of her postal votes!
Depends if they are doers or thinkers. Doers I would say a Caribbean island with an engaged environmental-oriented kids club with plenty of waterborne activities and projects.
Thinkers then a drama or music workshop with a performance at the end of it. All levels are usually catered for. Must be plenty of those near you.
And if they're moochers?
iPad 24/7.
Edit: if they're moochers then perhaps find somewhere with an incidental activity eg. cycling, where they can mooch and pedal (eg. Ile de Re is great for that, so is Mustique, must be a zillion other places).
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
That surely has to be the aim. Ideally, the UK will have engineered a de facto non-exclusive Associate Membership with the EU - an arrangement that Cameron could not achieve. The Referendum result will have been what was required to get us to that outcome.
There have already been several votes on it in the Commons; Govt has won every single one...
What about for a deep and meaningful customs partnership?
The final arrangement will be a single mixed agreement notified to the WTO as an FTA and customs union. These are technical and legal definitions. The title will contain "comprehensive",I have a feeling
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
A manifesto that only a minority of MPs were elected on, remember
Labour had a similar commitment, albeit wrapped in a lot of wool. They pledged to have "fresh negotiating priorities that have a strong emphasis on retaining the benefits of the Single Market and the Customs Union". Not THE Customs Union though.
Bede would give us yet another bank holiday in the spring as the only date known about him is that he died in May, so he's out. You need to add a fourth requirement that he can be used to justify an autumn bank holiday, in light of @OldKingCole's post around half past 7.
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
That surely has to be the aim. Ideally, the UK will have engineered a de facto non-exclusive Associate Membership with the EU - an arrangement that Cameron could not achieve. The Referendum result will have been what was required to get us to that outcome.
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
That surely has to be the aim. Ideally, the UK will have engineered a de facto non-exclusive Associate Membership with the EU - an arrangement that Cameron could not achieve. The Referendum result will have been what was required to get us to that outcome.
Why should the EU agree to such a thing?
The biased BBC were at an WTO meeting on a prog over the weekend. They identified one of the most important people at global trade negotiations as Liam Fox the EU's trade negotiator.
For obvious reasons that seem to elude the PB intelligentsia - they have more money to spend. Why on earth would the UK be able to out-muscle the EU either directly, or wrt a third country?
I mean NZ plonk is not that nice, no matter how much Virgin Wines tell us it is.
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
I'm thinking Calgary (for a night), Banff, Jasper, [somewhere], Vancouver. That should be perfect for 10 days.
Oohhhhh... I might start off in Regina, as I have very good friends there...
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
The UK will be negotiating its own third country trade deals whether it's in a customs union or not. As those countries are (a) more interested in the EU than us and will negotiate with us in the context of our relationship with the EU and (b) will look to take advantage of our new perceived relative feebleness, it might not make a huge difference in practice. Those deals will be mediocre under any scenario, but politicians can still make a big thing out of the signing ceremony.
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
I'm thinking Calgary (for a night), Banff, Jasper, [somewhere], Vancouver. That should be perfect for 10 days.
Oohhhhh... I might start off in Regina, as I have very good friends there...
Is excellent - I did almost exactly the same but not Vancouver that time. That said, there is whale watching right now in Vancouver so that is always worth a detour for.
And then, who knows, pop on the Sea to Sky Highway, itself a fantastic journey, for a bit of glacier skiing at Whistler, depending on the level of your children.
F1: just a reminder that, with tiny stakes, I've backed Magnussen/Grosjean to win in Azerbaijan (around 501 and 651 with boost, third the odds top 2, Ladbrokes). Last year, a similar bet on Perez at 201 very nearly came off.
The Haas was top of the midfield at the street circuit of Australia, and has the Ferrari engine for straight line power on the massive Azerbaijan straight. Still very much an outside bet, but if misfortune strikes the top teams then I think Haas will be in position to take advantage.
St Alban. First English Martyr, patron saint (per wikipedia) of converts, refugees, and torture victims. Robin Lane Fox says he may not actually have existed, but I don't see that as a dealbreaker in this context.
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
You were asking about Galapogos? Not sure if in this same context. My take on them was that it was fun, but each island was a bit like visiting a zoo: you knew exactly what you were going to see, and the pathways were very restricted. They would no doubt enjoy things like the blue-footed boobies dancing to each other by showing off their feet; the frigate birds with their inflated red throat pouches - and of course the giant tortoises.
But I found the most enjoyment from sailing between the islands, as that provided more that was unexpected - especially a wall of water crossing the sea, that as we got closer proved to be many hundreds of dolphins going like hell towards a shoal of fish. That experience depends on the boat - and I was on a beautiful schooner that I think is no longer in the Pacific. Here is an image from when she was:
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
When we visited Jasper we left our tour bus quite a way out of Town and white water rafted along the Athabasca river, enjoying fabulous scenery and a wonderful experience, before arriving at our log cabins in Jasper.
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
I'm thinking Calgary (for a night), Banff, Jasper, [somewhere], Vancouver. That should be perfect for 10 days.
Oohhhhh... I might start off in Regina, as I have very good friends there...
Fond of sitting still are they? Otherwise it sounds like the road trip from hell.
St Alban. First English Martyr, patron saint (per wikipedia) of converts, refugees, and torture victims. Robin Lane Fox says he may not actually have existed, but I don't see that as a dealbreaker in this context.
Slaughtered following the breach of a Treaty by Rome?
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
When we visited Jasper we left our tour bus quite a way out of Town and white water rafted along the Athabasca river, enjoying fabulous scenery and a wonderful experience, before arriving at our log cabins in Jasper.
You've convinced me
My children will find white water rafting terrifying and exciting.
Guys: thanks for the travel advice. I'm thinking Banff (albeit I went there with a girlfriend once in the distant past) might be good fun. Perhaps rent a car and drive from Calgary to Vancouver...
If only my wife was away during ski season
As @Tyndall has noted, Jasper is a fantastic centre to a zillion activities (cycling, white water rafting, canoeing , kayaking, etc).
I'm thinking Calgary (for a night), Banff, Jasper, [somewhere], Vancouver. That should be perfect for 10 days.
Oohhhhh... I might start off in Regina, as I have very good friends there...
Fond of sitting still are they? Otherwise it sounds like the road trip from hell.
Calgary to Vancouver is about a 10 hour drive. Over 10 days, that's two hours every other day.
St Alban. First English Martyr, patron saint (per wikipedia) of converts, refugees, and torture victims. Robin Lane Fox says he may not actually have existed, but I don't see that as a dealbreaker in this context.
Slaughtered following the breach of a Treaty by Rome?
I was cravenly skirting round that point for fear of the xenophobic lie hammer.
Do these letters to Graham Brady have an expiry date? If not it is possible that he could be quite near the 48 already. That would seem unfair if now old redundant requests are still in place. Anyone know?
Do these letters to Graham Brady have an expiry date? If not it is possible that he could be quite near the 48 already. That would seem unfair if now old redundant requests are still in place. Anyone know?
Do these letters to Graham Brady have an expiry date? If not it is possible that he could be quite near the 48 already. That would seem unfair if now old redundant requests are still in place. Anyone know?
There is no expiry. They exist until you submit another letter reversing your earlier one.
"Dear Sir Graham,
Sorry about the twelth letter in a week, but I've decided to definitely, absolutely, withdraw my last letter."
Do these letters to Graham Brady have an expiry date? If not it is possible that he could be quite near the 48 already. That would seem unfair if now old redundant requests are still in place. Anyone know?
There is no expiry. They exist until you submit another letter reversing your earlier one.
"Dear Sir Graham,
Sorry about the twelth letter in a week, but I've decided to definitely, absolutely, withdraw my last letter."
A few months ago Tory MPs were publicly handing Sir Graham envelopes with nothing in them to wind him and Mrs May up.
On more than one occasion they did it in front of Gavin Williamson.
I found that hysterical. Where Tory MPs learned such platinum level trolling I do not know.
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
Might.
Why should the EU agree to that?
It would require effectively being in aligned with the Customs Union on almost everything
I think May could just about survive a confidence vote if the issue is staying in the Customs Union, staying in the Single Market or reversing Brexit though would be a different matter
Staying in the Customs Union is a Manifesto commitment though. It can only be staying in a customs union, of some bespoke tailoring.
Given May in December promised enough regulatory alignment to resolve the Irish border issue she might still be able to combine staying in a Customs Union of some form with the UK negotiating its own trade deals
That surely has to be the aim. Ideally, the UK will have engineered a de facto non-exclusive Associate Membership with the EU - an arrangement that Cameron could not achieve. The Referendum result will have been what was required to get us to that outcome.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
The Adulterer doesn't rule out many English monarchs over the past thousand years so I assumed it is taken as read.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
The Adulterer doesn't rule out many English monarchs over the past thousand years so I assumed it is taken as read.
Charles the Homeopathic Adulterer?
It’ll be fun going back and adding the adjectives.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
Wouldn’t distinguish him from the others
(My cousins have the same tradition - Sir Derek the Dragon-Slayer has a particularly good name...)
It seems that Macron isn't turning out how the Guardian hoped:
' The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum.
The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained, and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally. '
It seems that Macron isn't turning out how the Guardian hoped:
' The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum.
The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained, and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally. '
An lo May leads the Brexiter head bangers to soft Brexit and they grovel gratefully at her feet.
If May signs a customs union that prevents FTAs elsewhere, I think most Brexiters on here would oppose her. If she works out some arrangement where she can have a uniquely integrated customs arrangement while still being able to sign full FTAs elsewhere, she will deserve credit from all sides.
It seems that Macron isn't turning out how the Guardian hoped:
' The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum.
The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained, and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally. '
Macron is a smart man. He has realised that the success of social democracy depends on maintaining sufficient support among the working class and doing that requires their concerns on immigration being met.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
Wouldn’t distinguish him from the others
(My cousins have the same tradition - Sir Derek the Dragon-Slayer has a particularly good name...)
Sounds like your cousins are a lot of fun.
Say no to Edward I and yes to Edward The Hammer of the Scrotum Scots.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
Berthe au Grand Pied, Pépin le Bref, Charlemagne, Charles le Chauve - the French have a tradition of distinguishing epithets. DNA being what it is we can expect Charles the Bald to be followed by William the Bald and George the Bald.
My wife is off for the first two and half weeks of the summer holidays. (This is LA, so this is from about the 6th of June.)
This leaves me with 16 days to entertain an 8 and a 10 year old.
I'm not going to stay home, because I'd go mad, so am going to bundle them onto a plane and do something. Specifically something awesome that they'll love. I don't mind jumping on a plane for 12 hours if I have to, and I have two million airmiles, so can afford to go practically anywhere.
Suggestions?
Queenstown in the south island of New Zealand. Spectacular landscapes and midwinter snow
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
Wouldn’t distinguish him from the others
(My cousins have the same tradition - Sir Derek the Dragon-Slayer has a particularly good name...)
Sounds like your cousins are a lot of fun.
Say no to Edward I and yes to Edward The Hammer of the Scrotum Scots.
I wonder if Scottish nationalism would have been a thing had his son not been incompetent.
My wife is off for the first two and half weeks of the summer holidays. (This is LA, so this is from about the 6th of June.)
This leaves me with 16 days to entertain an 8 and a 10 year old.
I'm not going to stay home, because I'd go mad, so am going to bundle them onto a plane and do something. Specifically something awesome that they'll love. I don't mind jumping on a plane for 12 hours if I have to, and I have two million airmiles, so can afford to go practically anywhere.
Suggestions?
Ask the kids what they would like to do, you may get some good ideas
My wife is off for the first two and half weeks of the summer holidays. (This is LA, so this is from about the 6th of June.)
This leaves me with 16 days to entertain an 8 and a 10 year old.
I'm not going to stay home, because I'd go mad, so am going to bundle them onto a plane and do something. Specifically something awesome that they'll love. I don't mind jumping on a plane for 12 hours if I have to, and I have two million airmiles, so can afford to go practically anywhere.
Suggestions?
Horse back riding in Montana
Hiking and biking in Teleride
Beaches in SoCal
Northern California is much nicer. A couple of days in Monterey taking in the aquarium ? (my kids loved it at that age).
One place for 16 days, and I suspect you'd still go mad.... move around.
Forget changing our patron saint. I mean what better emblem for England than some Johnny Foreigner from the Middle East taking over the job of an indigenous Englishman?
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
Wouldn’t distinguish him from the others
(My cousins have the same tradition - Sir Derek the Dragon-Slayer has a particularly good name...)
Sounds like your cousins are a lot of fun.
Say no to Edward I and yes to Edward The Hammer of the Scrotum Scots.
I wonder if Scottish nationalism would have been a thing had his son not been incompetent.
Every Scot is a nationalist. The only argument is what that means. Edward I, that most aggressive of monarchs could hammer the Scots, but the English could never get their occupations to pay or sustain themselves. Apart from Cromwell, won had the best organised state of premodern times and he found it a struggle.
How could Theresa May have made the vote on the customs union a confidence issue? Or is she simply saying that if she lost that vote, she'd resign?
Seems like a brave tactic to me if that was what was being floated. It would radically bring down the number of disaffected pro-EU MPs required to force her departure.
It seems that Macron isn't turning out how the Guardian hoped:
' The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum.
The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained, and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally. '
My wife is off for the first two and half weeks of the summer holidays. (This is LA, so this is from about the 6th of June.)
This leaves me with 16 days to entertain an 8 and a 10 year old.
I'm not going to stay home, because I'd go mad, so am going to bundle them onto a plane and do something. Specifically something awesome that they'll love. I don't mind jumping on a plane for 12 hours if I have to, and I have two million airmiles, so can afford to go practically anywhere.
Suggestions?
Ask the kids what they would like to do, you may get some good ideas
Africa. Vic Falls to see Vic Falls, upmarket safari in Botswana. 8-10 year olds want to see elephants, not landscapes.
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The Duchess travelled by car from Kensington Palace to the Lindo Wing at St. Mary’s Hospital with The Duke of Cambridge.
Hiking and biking in Teleride
Beaches in SoCal
Ergo: JRM has already accepted a Customs Union agreement, and the efforts of the Soubrettes are somewhat redundant
rcs1000 could well be close to the truth on this one.
Depends if they are doers or thinkers. Doers I would say a Caribbean island with an engaged environmental-oriented kids club with plenty of waterborne activities and projects.
Thinkers then a drama or music workshop with a performance at the end of it. All levels are usually catered for. Must be plenty of those near you.
Give me strength
True to form, AEP is wrong. (As was I.)
Numbers are surprisingly strong. Services rose marginally to 54.1, while Manufacturing was broadly flat at an elevated 58.1. (The second number is the big surprise. Most people, including me, expected the weak momentum to continue.)
Why should the EU agree to that?
Requirements:
1. Needs to be a man. (Sorry: patron saints tend to be men.)
2. Has to have been born in England.
3. Needs a pronounceable name.
Having scanned this list - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anglo-Saxon_saints - I'm not finding many options.
St Bede?
Edit: if they're moochers then perhaps find somewhere with an incidental activity eg. cycling, where they can mooch and pedal (eg. Ile de Re is great for that, so is Mustique, must be a zillion other places).
If only my wife was away during ski season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_the_Martyr
Previously considered patron saint of England. martyrdom at the hands of a foreign power, born in England, good name.
And if not, we can go: "wot no Chad?'
Liam Foxthe EU's trade negotiator.For obvious reasons that seem to elude the PB intelligentsia - they have more money to spend. Why on earth would the UK be able to out-muscle the EU either directly, or wrt a third country?
I mean NZ plonk is not that nice, no matter how much Virgin Wines tell us it is.
Oohhhhh... I might start off in Regina, as I have very good friends there...
Famous for:
1. Restructuring the monestaries to make them a profitable enterprise
2. Tweaking the devil’s nose with a pair of sugar tongs
3. Simultaneously holding the roles of Archbishop of Canterbury, chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord Chancellor
4 (and I realise this may not be a positive) Being the Patron Saint of investment bankers
And then, who knows, pop on the Sea to Sky Highway, itself a fantastic journey, for a bit of glacier skiing at Whistler, depending on the level of your children.
The Haas was top of the midfield at the street circuit of Australia, and has the Ferrari engine for straight line power on the massive Azerbaijan straight. Still very much an outside bet, but if misfortune strikes the top teams then I think Haas will be in position to take advantage.
But I found the most enjoyment from sailing between the islands, as that provided more that was unexpected - especially a wall of water crossing the sea, that as we got closer proved to be many hundreds of dolphins going like hell towards a shoal of fish. That experience depends on the boat - and I was on a beautiful schooner that I think is no longer in the Pacific. Here is an image from when she was:
http://www.oocities.org/galapagostrips/rembrandt.htm
Obviously...
My children will find white water rafting terrifying and exciting.
But most importantly... exhausting...
That doesn't sound too bad.
"Dear Sir Graham,
Sorry about the twelth letter in a week, but I've decided to definitely, absolutely, withdraw my last letter."
On more than one occasion they did it in front of Gavin Williamson.
I found that hysterical. Where Tory MPs learned such platinum level trolling I do not know.
#TheresaMustStay #TheresaIsTheGOAT
Can we instead drop the French practice of giving our monarchs numbers after their name.
Let us go back to giving our monarchs adjectives after their names.
So when Charles becomes King he is known as Charles/George the Adulterer.
It’ll be fun going back and adding the adjectives.
Edward the Nazi.
George the Mad
Edward the G Spot Experimenter.
(My cousins have the same tradition - Sir Derek the Dragon-Slayer has a particularly good name...)
' The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum.
The bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained, and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally. '
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43860880
The Remain patron saint, clearly, is St Pancras Eurostar.
Say no to Edward I and yes to Edward The Hammer of the Scrotum Scots.
(Why be limited by Rome's narrow criteria ?)
A couple of days in Monterey taking in the aquarium ? (my kids loved it at that age).
One place for 16 days, and I suspect you'd still go mad.... move around.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/22/government-aware-for-years-that-hostile-environment-hurt-windrush-generation
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/988341365137395712
https://twitter.com/AngryScotland/status/988342520320020480
Seems like a brave tactic to me if that was what was being floated. It would radically bring down the number of disaffected pro-EU MPs required to force her departure.