Amazing really that the UK Govt has not made preparations for a smart border, at all as far as I can see, because if there is no smart border there will be SM/CU membership.
Did our current PM and Chancellor of the Exchequer vote for or against SM/CU membership in 2016?
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
It is a great graphic, but doesnt it just show that (apart from the GFC of 2008-9) that we are out of phase with the other G7 countries. We seem to bounce from top to bottom of the group fairly regularly. Not that I think that we will be top for a while.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
It is a great graphic, but doesnt it just show that (apart from the GFC of 2008-9) that we are out of phase with the other G7 countries. We seem to bounce from top to bottom of the group fairly regularly. Not that I think that we will be top for a while.
It looks as if the UK growth rate hasn't altered by very much over the past 8 years.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
If she were slightly younger, Judge Judy would be a better celebrity candidate than Oprah to run against Trump.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Trump's gonna appoint Roy Moore when the next vacancy on the Supreme Court arises.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Trump's gonna appoint Roy Moore when the next vacancy on the Supreme Court arises.
It is a great graphic, but doesnt it just show that (apart from the GFC of 2008-9) that we are out of phase with the other G7 countries. We seem to bounce from top to bottom of the group fairly regularly. Not that I think that we will be top for a while.
It looks as if the UK growth rate hasn't altered by very much over the past 8 years.
Are you suggesting that we have abolished Tory boom and bust?
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised to see that happen! GMB keeps having her on for some reason.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Trump's gonna appoint Roy Moore when the next vacancy on the Supreme Court arises.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Trump's gonna appoint Roy Moore when the next vacancy on the Supreme Court arises.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Trump's gonna appoint Roy Moore when the next vacancy on the Supreme Court arises.
Too old. Ann Coulter could have thirty years of judging ahead of her.
On topic, the coalition also extended the opportunity (right) to have a parish or town council to areas that don't have one, such as all of London. I believe there is only one, maybe two, parts of London that have taken this up; another little-known aspect of local government?
One point about all these electric planes, cars and what have you, that I question, is where is all this electricity going to come from?
Last year the SNP shouted out that renewables were powering Scotland's homes for all of a couple of weeks in the year. Sounds fine until you realise that the power to homes is only 40% of all the power required, the other 60% is required for business and industry, including for electric trains.
Hinckley C, the Swansea Lagoons and other renewable technologies will only be able to provide a very small percentage of the power required to power all those new travel technologies, plus the homes, buildings and industries that will need to come into being to support them.
Do we really want windmills all over our green and pleasant land, fields of solar panels rather than filled with cows, sheep or crops.
Please do not mention Fusion or some other mythical technologies, unless there is some kind of unexpected amazing wonder breakthrough of the kind we have been promised for the past 50 years we will be stuffed..
Ps: In mentioning the SNP, I would say that any government would be only too happy to spin the news given half a chance. Just the SNP seems to be able to do spin better than all those e***n windmills.
Yes, we should have loads more wind and solar. Only a teeny tiny fraction of Britain is built on, we can easily have loads more renewables installed.
If we are going to go full-on with renewables then we also require huge investment in energy storage to kick in when it is cold, dark and the air is still. Otherwise we still need to build loads of gas-fired plants that sit there doing bugger all most of the time.
If we want dispatchable green energy then either renewables plus storage or thermal plant with CO2 capture is the solution.
Saying that renewables are cheaper is false if you don't include the cost of storage or back-up generation.
Yes, but remember that gas turbines, particularly open cycle ones, are small, maintenance light, and cheap to buy A 400mw OCGT would cost between an eighth and a fifth of a new coal plant, would have lower operating and maintenance costs, and would be more flexible.
It is a great graphic, but doesnt it just show that (apart from the GFC of 2008-9) that we are out of phase with the other G7 countries. We seem to bounce from top to bottom of the group fairly regularly. Not that I think that we will be top for a while.
Isn't that bounce simply an artefact of the way the data is being treated? You only have one data point for the UK, and it is being compared to the average of 6 over bits of data. So the variability of the UK data point will inevitably be greater.
But I agree it is a great graph. Not much sign of the supposed poor economic management of the last Labour government incidentally.
It doesn't show what they claim at all. It shows we started dropping relative to the rest of the G7 half way through 2014. Osborne's great stewardship?
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
If the Republicans hold the Senate, this Autumn, and if either Ginsburg or Kennedy retire or die before 2020, (and I'd say the likelihood of both is high) then Trump will be able to appoint another hardline conservative to SCOTUS.
Yep. Don’t forget about Breyer as well - he’s 80. Looks like Roberts will be the swing vote lol.
Certainly if Trump were to appoint Ann Coulter.
Trump's gonna appoint Roy Moore when the next vacancy on the Supreme Court arises.
Too old. Ann Coulter could have thirty years of judging ahead of her.
It is a great graphic, but doesnt it just show that (apart from the GFC of 2008-9) that we are out of phase with the other G7 countries. We seem to bounce from top to bottom of the group fairly regularly. Not that I think that we will be top for a while.
Isn't that bounce simply an artefact of the way the data is being treated? You only have one data point for the UK, and it is being compared to the average of 6 over bits of data. So the variability of the UK data point will inevitably be greater.
But I agree it is a great graph. Not much sign of the supposed poor economic management of the last Labour government incidentally.
The graph does start in 2008, and the UK was bottom of the pile coming out of the recession.
God bless Populus, they've just sent me this email.
We are looking for people who will be watching the British Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday 8th July and are interested in using brand new technology to analyse your experience.
The new technology will help F1 improve the viewer experience using the biometric meter which will analyse your galvanic skin response and heart rate throughout the race
You will be paid £50 if you are selected for the study!
To find out more and to see if you qualify for the study, please complete the survey below.
God bless Populus, they've just sent me this email.
We are looking for people who will be watching the British Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday 8th July and are interested in using brand new technology to analyse your experience.
The new technology will help F1 improve the viewer experience using the biometric meter which will analyse your galvanic skin response and heart rate throughout the race
You will be paid £50 if you are selected for the study!
To find out more and to see if you qualify for the study, please complete the survey below.
Just don't think of AV randomly during the race... you'll completely throw their analysis.
God bless Populus, they've just sent me this email.
We are looking for people who will be watching the British Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday 8th July and are interested in using brand new technology to analyse your experience.
The new technology will help F1 improve the viewer experience using the biometric meter which will analyse your galvanic skin response and heart rate throughout the race
You will be paid £50 if you are selected for the study!
To find out more and to see if you qualify for the study, please complete the survey below.
News › UK › UK Politics Tory MPs could refuse to back tax rises for £20bn NHS boost, says Jacob Rees-Mogg Influential backbencher said Philip Hammond would be moving into 'dangerous territory' if he ditched a manifesto pledge to keep taxes low
In my experience logjams in parish level government occur in market towns which have party political types on them, whereas most parishes do not, or tiny parishes where too few care and you can end up with personalised factions of only a few people causing all manner of problems. Given the level of support parishes get, I would not be surprised if there is not considerable illegality even going on in some, by accident a lot of the time, as a result of the dysfunction I have seen in some.
For all that I have not come across a parish poll like this before. Sounds interesting, frankly.
News › UK › UK Politics Tory MPs could refuse to back tax rises for £20bn NHS boost, says Jacob Rees-Mogg Influential backbencher said Philip Hammond would be moving into 'dangerous territory' if he ditched a manifesto pledge to keep taxes low
Excuse for May to sack him for breaching collective responsibility on Cabinet commitment to leave the single market while also appeasing Welsh Tories annoyed by his Swansea tidal lagoon decision?
News › UK › UK Politics Tory MPs could refuse to back tax rises for £20bn NHS boost, says Jacob Rees-Mogg Influential backbencher said Philip Hammond would be moving into 'dangerous territory' if he ditched a manifesto pledge to keep taxes low
Surely he will say they will still be lower than a Labour government.
Mitch McConnell just posted a picture of him and Gorsuch after the news of the SCOTUS upholding the travel ban broke: https://twitter.com/team_mitch/status/1011615705568071681?s=21 Yeah, the US isn’t just going to go back to normal after Trump’s presidency. I don’t think Dems will ever move past what happened with Garland.
At the time, I thought it a big mistake on the part of the Republicans, as they'd end up with someone to the left of Garland. But, they gambled and won.
Every time I look to what’s happening in America, I feel beyond lucky to live in this country. Several of these SCOTUS decisions are thousand times worse than Brexit.
A thousand times worse? Strong words indeed.
It is their country and legal system, so I try not to be too judgemental, but some of the cases and decisions, and how often it sounds like politics is the primary consideration (though not always) do worry me.
In my experience logjams in parish level government occur in market towns which have party political types on them, whereas most parishes do not, or tiny parishes where too few care and you can end up with personalised factions of only a few people causing all manner of problems. Given the level of support parishes get, I would not be surprised if there is not considerable illegality even going on in some, by accident a lot of the time, as a result of the dysfunction I have seen in some.
For all that I have not come across a parish poll like this before. Sounds interesting, frankly.
Fine by me, but I still don't see how we get that, or the government survives it if it is.
News › UK › UK Politics Tory MPs could refuse to back tax rises for £20bn NHS boost, says Jacob Rees-Mogg Influential backbencher said Philip Hammond would be moving into 'dangerous territory' if he ditched a manifesto pledge to keep taxes low
Extraordinary. Rees-Mogg has blown apart Theresa's 'Brexit Dividend', which was surely calculated to make Brexit impossible to oppose.
On betting and parents: I did just mention it in passing but don't bang on about it. A year or two ago, my father asked me to put a bet on the Grand National (something or other Arthur was the horse's name). I put a little on for myself, on the basis I'd be pissed off if he won via my account and I didn't actually make anything.
....
The horse won.
My mother would need sedating if she ever found out how spread betting works and that I dabble a lot in it.
Your mother would need sedating if she ever you out about a lot you get up to...
Let me guess your aerial shot is nowhere near where you live.
Based on the aerial shot, no one does. The farmer might be annoyed though. Just pointing out it was factually incorrect to say that there was no space.
I suspect the actual issue is one of timings for compulsory purchase. If the government had started in - say - 2016 there would be no problem. But with just nine months to go ...
Let me guess your aerial shot is nowhere near where you live.
Based on the aerial shot, no one does. The farmer might be annoyed though. Just pointing out it was factually incorrect to say that there was no space.
I suspect the actual issue is one of timings for compulsory purchase. If the government had started in - say - 2016 there would be no problem. But with just nine months to go ...
It's a WW1 mobilisation problem. Once you start, it sets off a chain reaction and you can't stop.
If they'd done that, car factories would have closed, Northern Ireland would be in flames, and their Brexit strategy would lie in ruins.
ber's ban on its licence by London's transport regulator, Transport for London, (TfL) to operate in the city has been overturned in court...Following a court hearing, the company has been granted a licence but it has been put on probation for 15 months
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "After years of operating poorly in London, Uber has now accepted that TfL's action in refusing to renew their licence was totally justified. Today our stance has been vindicated by the court
It seems Uber haven't got the five years they were originally after, but are TfL 'totally justified' given the ban has still been overturned, albeit with probation?
Let me guess your aerial shot is nowhere near where you live.
Based on the aerial shot, no one does. The farmer might be annoyed though. Just pointing out it was factually incorrect to say that there was no space.
I suspect the actual issue is one of timings for compulsory purchase. If the government had started in - say - 2016 there would be no problem. But with just nine months to go ...
Just say that the farmers are thwarting Brexit for their own greed. Then pass a law allowing the government to seize any land at no cost. (The government have already annoyed most of their natural supporters so why not add landowners to the mix?)
That land, which may look flat in Google Maps, is not very flat in reality: https://binged.it/2KszbE8
Does anyone here have an idea on how much space are would be required, because there doesn't look like that much 'flat' land usable thereabouts - at least without going up the 'cliff' to the north...
Today's Tesco Strawberry score is a nondescript eight:
Angus Pethshire Fife Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Cambrdigeshire Herefordshire Kent
Of more interest was the appearance of some Herefordshire gooseberries meaning British strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries and gooseberries are all available.
The embrace is in some ways an awkward one. Hours after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Arron Banks sent a congratulatory text message to Nigel Farage summing up their achievement.
“In the last day we have won the referendum, fucked Cameron, fucked Corbyn, caused a second referendum in Scotland, caused a discussion of a united Ireland…”, Banks wrote to Farage, who fronted Banks’s Leave.eu campaign.
Let me guess your aerial shot is nowhere near where you live.
Based on the aerial shot, no one does. The farmer might be annoyed though. Just pointing out it was factually incorrect to say that there was no space.
I suspect the actual issue is one of timings for compulsory purchase. If the government had started in - say - 2016 there would be no problem. But with just nine months to go ...
Just say that the farmers are thwarting Brexit for their own greed. Then pass a law allowing the government to seize any land at no cost. (The government have already annoyed most of their natural supporters so why not add landowners to the mix?)
You can't really threaten No Deal properly unless you have dictatorial control of the economy so just pass a Brexit War Measures Act and put the Remoaners in internment camps.
Today's Tesco Strawberry score is a nondescript eight:
Angus Pethshire Fife Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Cambrdigeshire Herefordshire Kent
Of more interest was the appearance of some Herefordshire gooseberries meaning British strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries and gooseberries are all available.
But does anyone actually like gooseberries ?
One of the finest fruits. Particularly good in an open puff pastry pie with strawberries or as a sauce for grilled mackerel.
News › UK › UK Politics Tory MPs could refuse to back tax rises for £20bn NHS boost, says Jacob Rees-Mogg Influential backbencher said Philip Hammond would be moving into 'dangerous territory' if he ditched a manifesto pledge to keep taxes low
Surely he will say they will still be lower than a Labour government.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
The 90-year strike price might have been the nail in the coffin. Hinkley C only has 35 years.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
The 90-year strike price might have been the nail in the coffin. Hinkley C only has 35 years.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
I don't get it. The party of business says fuck business. The party doing better in Wales says fuck wales. The party winning unexpected seats in Scotland says Fuck Scotland. Is the plan to piss absolutely everyone off on the altar of crash Brexit? Is the utopia of crashing out with no deal and no prep and no friends really worth smashing everything else they've been fighting for?
Let me guess your aerial shot is nowhere near where you live.
Based on the aerial shot, no one does. The farmer might be annoyed though. Just pointing out it was factually incorrect to say that there was no space.
I suspect the actual issue is one of timings for compulsory purchase. If the government had started in - say - 2016 there would be no problem. But with just nine months to go ...
It's a WW1 mobilisation problem. Once you start, it sets off a chain reaction and you can't stop.
If they'd done that, car factories would have closed, Northern Ireland would be in flames, and their Brexit strategy would lie in ruins.
They have a Brexit strategy? Who knew?
In more important news, 3 Foxes in the Nigeria line up. Lets see the Argies go home!
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
Oh and for DUP pet projects in NI
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
And HS2
This decision along with others has led to me questioning my membership and if I as a loyal member feel like this what does it say about the conservatives generally
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
The 90-year strike price might have been the nail in the coffin. Hinkley C only has 35 years.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
I don't get it. The party of business says fuck business. The party doing better in Wales says fuck wales. The party winning unexpected seats in Scotland says Fuck Scotland. Is the plan to piss absolutely everyone off on the altar of crash Brexit? Is the utopia of crashing out with no deal and no prep and no friends really worth smashing everything else they've been fighting for?
As Bakunin once observed "The urge to destroy is also a creative urge".
The embrace is in some ways an awkward one. Hours after Britain voted to leave the European Union, Arron Banks sent a congratulatory text message to Nigel Farage summing up their achievement.
“In the last day we have won the referendum, fucked Cameron, fucked Corbyn, caused a second referendum in Scotland, caused a discussion of a united Ireland…”, Banks wrote to Farage, who fronted Banks’s Leave.eu campaign.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
Makes it even more likely May has to sack Greg Clark sooner rather than later then
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
The 90-year strike price might have been the nail in the coffin. Hinkley C only has 35 years.
The technology is a leading first for Wales with the prospect of considerable interest worldwide and in enormous advances in tidal power. But we are only Wales, very sad and short sighted
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
The 90-year strike price might have been the nail in the coffin. Hinkley C only has 35 years.
Good to see the document has been thoroughly proofread:
4.1.3 The Parties shall each use their reasonable endeavours to procure that the first (1st) Draft Contributions Notice is verified by the Independent Financial Verifier in accordance with paragraph 10.17 (Operator calculations will be verified) of Schedule 8 (Annual Review Programme) or determined by an Independent Expert in accordance with Section Error! Reference source not found.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
I don't get it. The party of business says fuck business. The party doing better in Wales says fuck wales. The party winning unexpected seats in Scotland says Fuck Scotland. Is the plan to piss absolutely everyone off on the altar of crash Brexit? Is the utopia of crashing out with no deal and no prep and no friends really worth smashing everything else they've been fighting for?
I cannot explain the anti business and innovation attitude and it makes me hope TM will get a grip and show the door to the hard Brexiteers including Boris
That land, which may look flat in Google Maps, is not very flat in reality: https://binged.it/2KszbE8
Does anyone here have an idea on how much space are would be required, because there doesn't look like that much 'flat' land usable thereabouts - at least without going up the 'cliff' to the north...
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
The 90-year strike price might have been the nail in the coffin. Hinkley C only has 35 years.
Good to see the document has been thoroughly proofread:
4.1.3 The Parties shall each use their reasonable endeavours to procure that the first (1st) Draft Contributions Notice is verified by the Independent Financial Verifier in accordance with paragraph 10.17 (Operator calculations will be verified) of Schedule 8 (Annual Review Programme) or determined by an Independent Expert in accordance with Section Error! Reference source not found.
That was quick Reference management is one of the banes of my existence.
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
Oh and for DUP pet projects in NI
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
And HS2
This decision along with others has led to me questioning my membership and if I as a loyal member feel like this what does it say about the conservatives generally
I remember the feeling well there was no alternative for me after the Iraq invasion.
Resigned my party membership and voted for LDs at the subsequent GE.
Chesterfield was LD gain Paul Holmes smashed Reg Race (Tony Benns replacement in the Town)
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
Makes it even more likely May has to sack Greg Clark sooner rather than later then
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
I don't get it. The party of business says fuck business. The party doing better in Wales says fuck wales. The party winning unexpected seats in Scotland says Fuck Scotland. Is the plan to piss absolutely everyone off on the altar of crash Brexit? Is the utopia of crashing out with no deal and no prep and no friends really worth smashing everything else they've been fighting for?
The Liberals actually have a longer record of being the party of business than the Tories, the Liberals and their predecessors the Whigs were the party of the merchant and industrial classes while the Tories were the party of the landed gentry. The Tories only became the party of business once the Liberals declined as the working class got the vote and the Labour Party replaced them as the main opponents to the Conservative Party allied with the trade unions.
I also fail to see what the Tories have done recently to hit Scotland, they gained seats in 2017 despite theiir Brexit stance and on a Unionist platform. Indeed at the 2016 Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections the Tories got a higher voteshare in Scotland than in Wales
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
There is no MMT for Wales.
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
Oh and for DUP pet projects in NI
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
And HS2
This decision along with others has led to me questioning my membership and if I as a loyal member feel like this what does it say about the conservatives generally
I remember the feeling well there was no alternative for me after the Iraq invasion.
Resigned my party membership and voted for LDs at the subsequent GE.
Chesterfield was LD gain Paul Holmes smashed Reg Race (Tony Benns replacement in the Town)
Chesterfield was gained by the LibDems in 2001 on a near 9% swing:
Uproar in Welsh Assembly today over the lagoon decision including from the Welsh Conservative leader with a motion tomorrow seeking the abolition of the position of Secretary of State for Wales
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
I don't get it. The party of business says fuck business. The party doing better in Wales says fuck wales. The party winning unexpected seats in Scotland says Fuck Scotland. Is the plan to piss absolutely everyone off on the altar of crash Brexit? Is the utopia of crashing out with no deal and no prep and no friends really worth smashing everything else they've been fighting for?
The Liberals actually have longer record of being the party of business than the Tories, the Liberals and their predecessors the Whigs were the party of the merchant and industrial classes while the Tories were the party of the landed gentry. The Tories only became the party if business once the Liberals declined and the Labour Party replaced them as the main opponents to the Conservative Party.
I also fail to see what the Tories have done recently to hit Scotland, they gained seats in 2017 despite theiir Brexit stance and on a Unionist platform. Indeed at the 2016 Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections the Tories got a higher voteshare in Scotland than in Wales
The Tories have traditionally been a party which back small businesses - the shopkeeper, the local manufacturer etc etc. Only recently has it become the party of hedge fund managers, the city and multi national corporations like say Airbus which has been bankrolled by ten billion euro plus in taxpayer subsidies.
If you need billions in taxpayer subsidies when your main competitors don't are you really a true private sector business?
Technically the same is true in Westminster. Cabinet Ministers are appointed by the Criwn - the PM can ask them to resign but only the Queen can fire them
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“There is no space” for customs checks at Dover and Channel Tunnel “literally on the cliff edge” says Eurotunnel boss John Keefe.
https://twitter.com/rafsanchez/status/1011571272826982400
But I agree it is a great graph. Not much sign of the supposed poor economic management of the last Labour government incidentally.
Good job he didn't get a red could have got me about -8..
Eh? Eh?
Then how come I can't get my beer coz there's a CO2 shortage?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44613652
It's all a conspiracy, I tells ya!
Also: entropy.
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https://twitter.com/muradahmed/status/1011511802616799233
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Tory MPs could refuse to back tax rises for £20bn NHS boost, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Influential backbencher said Philip Hammond would be moving into 'dangerous territory' if he ditched a manifesto pledge to keep taxes low
For all that I have not come across a parish poll like this before. Sounds interesting, frankly.
That's enough to keep the party united.
It is their country and legal system, so I try not to be too judgemental, but some of the cases and decisions, and how often it sounds like politics is the primary consideration (though not always) do worry me. Fine by me, but I still don't see how we get that, or the government survives it if it is.
https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/swml2#T_WOKING
I’m on 1L49.
If they'd done that, car factories would have closed, Northern Ireland would be in flames, and their Brexit strategy would lie in ruins.
ber's ban on its licence by London's transport regulator, Transport for London, (TfL) to operate in the city has been overturned in court...Following a court hearing, the company has been granted a licence but it has been put on probation for 15 months
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: "After years of operating poorly in London, Uber has now accepted that TfL's action in refusing to renew their licence was totally justified. Today our stance has been vindicated by the court
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44612837
It seems Uber haven't got the five years they were originally after, but are TfL 'totally justified' given the ban has still been overturned, albeit with probation?
https://binged.it/2KszbE8
Does anyone here have an idea on how much space are would be required, because there doesn't look like that much 'flat' land usable thereabouts - at least without going up the 'cliff' to the north...
The Telstar Mechta will replace the Telstar 18, the Adidas ball used throughout the group stage.
Angus
Pethshire
Fife
Nottinghamshire
Staffordshire
Cambrdigeshire
Herefordshire
Kent
Of more interest was the appearance of some Herefordshire gooseberries meaning British strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, cherries and gooseberries are all available.
But does anyone actually like gooseberries ?
“In the last day we have won the referendum, fucked Cameron, fucked Corbyn, caused a second referendum in Scotland, caused a discussion of a united Ireland…”, Banks wrote to Farage, who fronted Banks’s Leave.eu campaign.
https://medium.com/@marcusleroux/the-dup-didnt-think-brexit-would-be-this-complicated-e0dabc645fa2
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nhs-funding-boost-tory-mp-vote-jacob-rees-mogg-conservatives-brexit-a8415801.html
Make no mistake this was a seriously bad decision for Wales and terrible for Welsh conservatives
Only for West London new runways and the NHS in England.
Oh and for DUP pet projects in NI
You have my sympathy Big G
Really bad Politics by this Chaotic Government
In more important news, 3 Foxes in the Nigeria line up. Lets see the Argies go home!
This decision along with others has led to me questioning my membership and if I as a loyal member feel like this what does it say about the conservatives generally
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hinkley-point-c-funded-decommissioning-programme
Brexiteers for Year Zero, advance!
Now I'm wondering what I can get Myland Community Council to hold a referendum on...
4.1.3 The Parties shall each use their reasonable endeavours to procure that the first
(1st) Draft Contributions Notice is verified by the Independent Financial Verifier in
accordance with paragraph 10.17 (Operator calculations will be verified) of
Schedule 8 (Annual Review Programme) or determined by an Independent
Expert in accordance with Section Error! Reference source not found.
Resigned my party membership and voted for LDs at the subsequent GE.
Chesterfield was LD gain Paul Holmes smashed Reg Race (Tony Benns replacement in the Town)
https://deadline.com/2018/06/skyfalls-rory-kinnear-the-crowns-john-heffernan-join-benedict-cumberbatchs-brexit-1202416606/
I also fail to see what the Tories have done recently to hit Scotland, they gained seats in 2017 despite theiir Brexit stance and on a Unionist platform. Indeed at the 2016 Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections the Tories got a higher voteshare in Scotland than in Wales
https://twitter.com/Osi_Suave/status/1010241497176961025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
I don't know what Reg Race did to cause that but I doubt it was losing Tony Benn's personal vote because Benn never had one.
If you need billions in taxpayer subsidies when your main competitors don't are you really a true private sector business?