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  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    I agree. They seem to do this quite often.
  • O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    Sky going over the top as well - but maybe I am just not interested in celebrities
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628

    And then.... McCluskey puts his foot it in - AGAIN

    https://twitter.com/mattlpfoster/status/1030109004515684353

    "What is the response from the leading Jewish community organisations to Corbyn's record of reaching out, of understanding, and of action?"

    They'll let you know, when it happens.
  • AnazinaAnazina Posts: 3,487

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    She was a titan. RIP.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,220
    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    What, you want the Beeb to lead on Labour's reporting to the regulator of his spat with the media over the Jezziah's laying on of wreaths?
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 52,628
    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Response when it's not him: "I can't believe it's not Buttler....."
  • oxfordsimonoxfordsimon Posts: 5,842

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    What, you want the Beeb to lead on Labour's reporting to the regulator of his spat with the media over the Jezziah's laying on of wreaths?
    I would be quite happy with some actual news.

    Singer dying at the age of 76 of natural causes does not seem to be the most important thing going on in the world right now.
  • philiphphiliph Posts: 4,704
    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Ahh. The Vice Captain....
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821
    edited August 2018
    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,220
    edited August 2018
    philiph said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Ahh. The Vice Captain....
    Perhaps a sign for Hammond if he's dropped ;)

    Reasoning is he's only scored 25 runs in the previous 3 innings, Pope can be the backup keeper; Rashid is useful to keep in as a spin option if India make it to Day 5 (Yes yes I know).
  • John_M said:

    Waahey, haven't had a 'Paddys are just like us reely' cretinism for a wee while.

    https://twitter.com/KeohaneDan/status/1030006274811936768

    We should be begging the RoI to take NI off our hands. "No really, it would break our hearts to see a united Ireland, but tell you what, three packets of Jaffa Cakes and it's all yours".
    It’s the DUP you need to bribe, and it will take more than three packets of Jaffa Cakes.
    Quite right, it's always been the majority Protestant population of Northern Ireland that has been adamantly against a united Ireland.
    https://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/07/world/paisley-and-500-protestants-stage-ulster-show-of-force.html
    It's human nature. We get more agitated about losing something we value than gaining something we value less. NI Protestants losing the UK. Remainers losing the EU. Sindyref No voters losing the Union. BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.
  • JonathanJonathan Posts: 21,677

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.

    Cuts bite.
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    And there was me thinking you'd be spending the day with 'The Immaculate Collection' on repeat...
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821
    edited August 2018
    Jonathan said:

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.

    Cuts bite.
    Come off it, it costs money to come up with garbage like that. It would be much cheaper to just report the news. (And don't get me started on the house style for the stories themselves, which seem to insist on a second paragraph quoting someone trashing whatever the first paragraph said).
  • DecrepitJohnLDecrepitJohnL Posts: 13,300

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    What, you want the Beeb to lead on Labour's reporting to the regulator of his spat with the media over the Jezziah's laying on of wreaths?
    I would be quite happy with some actual news.

    Singer dying at the age of 76 of natural causes does not seem to be the most important thing going on in the world right now.
    It is a slow news day. Look at the other stories: the annual A-level results; two stories related to the bridge that collapsed two days ago; a rugby player got a small fine.

    Against that, yes, the death of a superstar in the last few hours probably is the biggest news story. And Sky News, the Telegraph and Mail all agree.
  • AnazinaAnazina Posts: 3,487

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    What, you want the Beeb to lead on Labour's reporting to the regulator of his spat with the media over the Jezziah's laying on of wreaths?
    I would be quite happy with some actual news.

    Singer dying at the age of 76 of natural causes does not seem to be the most important thing going on in the world right now.
    It is a slow news day. Look at the other stories: the annual A-level results; two stories related to the bridge that collapsed two days ago; a rugby player got a small fine.

    Against that, yes, the death of a superstar in the last few hours probably is the biggest news story. And Sky News, the Telegraph and Mail all agree.
    And the New York Times etc etc...
  • philiphphiliph Posts: 4,704
    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Ahh. The Vice Captain....
    Perhaps a sign for Hammond if he's dropped ;)

    Reasoning is he's only scored 25 runs in the previous 3 innings, Pope can be the backup keeper; Rashid is useful to keep in as a spin option if India make it to Day 5 (Yes yes I know).
    So you would go for:
    Cooke, Jennings, Root, Pope, Bairstow, Stokes? Curran? Woakes? Rashid, Broad, Anderson

    3 seamer / allrounders, 5 seamers, is that too many? No place for Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Jamie Porter,

    I think they will play Buttler, leave Stokes out as he is in the process of reacclimatising himself to Cricket.

  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.

    It's become tabloid-ised.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,301
    Anazina said:

    O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    She was a titan. RIP.
    Agreed.
    Let's have a little less dis-R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,814
    edited August 2018
    Mr. JS, worse than that. At least tabloids bother reporting the Corbyn-wreath story, or about rape gangs.

    Edited extra bit: to correct myself, shade unfair on the latter as that was covered online (but not in broadcast news).
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,752
    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    usual bollocks
  • Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
  • MJWMJW Posts: 1,728


    I find @NickPalmer airly worrying, shameful even. I thought of myself as on the left of Labour before Corbyn. Always wanted a more economically activist government. Although I never backed Corbyn as I think him a fraud on that front. Lots of empty and unexplained promises, no intellectual justification other than certainty in the inherent goodness of socialism. But that's unimportant. His behaviour on anti-Semitism is not the actions of a good man who should be allowed near office. You say you think this is nonsense? This is the same man who watched a Jewish MP abused and leave the launch of a report into anti-Semitism intears and went over to joke with her abuser. Who left the chamber while other Jewish MPs told the House of the sickening threats and abuse they'd suffered in his name. Who after all this hasn't been able to summon up the courage to personally apologise and explain his past associations with known anti-Semites if the worst kind (Eisen, Salah.) given the clear offence and fear they create among Jews, who entirely understandably worry his election will embolden those who spew bile on Facebook groups adorned with his name and whose moderators he personally knows, and that someone who couldn't see the problem with these views for 40 years will do little to stop them in office.

    And then we have the wreath. It's been proven, with photographic evidence and his own words that he joined in with a commemoration of the masterminds probably the most notorious post-war attack on Jews. Even if you think he did so without malice, and thought he was just commemorating some general Palestinian martyrs, it's deeply offensive to the families of the athletes and at the very least those with family or friends in Israel. Instead of apologising, like a decent human being, he has used the Labour Party apparatus to try and gaslight everyone. Spewing out so many lies It's impossible to keep up. The Labour press team are still pushing the idea that the terrorists weren't buried there when they know perfectly well people are referring to the planners not the physical perpetrators. On their logic Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson are merely a mild mannered wannabe cleric and an aspiring singer. It's Trumpian and terrifying in it's willingness to deceive and gaslight and deny Jews the right to be understandably upset about what is to many a deeply offensive gesture. We're at the point where you and many others within my party are prepared to throw a community under the bus because their complaints don't fit with what you'd like to believe about Jeremy and yourselves, to the point where you'll deny reality itself. It's not about politics - decent people have to speak out.

    Obviously you know him personally, but does it not occur to you that personally pleasant people often do very bad things - especially when they are zealous, intransigent and utterly devoted to their beliefs and unable to admit any error? Something that perfectly describes Corbyn.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,504
    philiph said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Ahh. The Vice Captain....
    Perhaps a sign for Hammond if he's dropped ;)

    Reasoning is he's only scored 25 runs in the previous 3 innings, Pope can be the backup keeper; Rashid is useful to keep in as a spin option if India make it to Day 5 (Yes yes I know).
    So you would go for:
    Cooke, Jennings, Root, Pope, Bairstow, Stokes? Curran? Woakes? Rashid, Broad, Anderson

    3 seamer / allrounders, 5 seamers, is that too many? No place for Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler, Jamie Porter,

    I think they will play Buttler, leave Stokes out as he is in the process of reacclimatising himself to Cricket.

    Jamie Porter will have been called up three times and left out three times. Disheartening. The ECB has already ruined the career prospects of one young Essex quick with such treatmemnt.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,164

    Waahey, haven't had a 'Paddys are just like us reely' cretinism for a wee while.

    https://twitter.com/KeohaneDan/status/1030006274811936768

    Can we please start having IQ and EQ tests for MPs before they are allowed to take their seats. What an utter idiot.
    In Andrew Bridgen's case I'd be surprised if he could pass a cycling proficiency test.
    I believe he either is or was partnered with E. McVey - if so does not endear me much to her.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,504

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    It’s Cavaliers and Roundheads all over again. I assume Cameron has the role of Charles i, in that his political career is OVER!!!
  • AnazinaAnazina Posts: 3,487
    felix said:

    Waahey, haven't had a 'Paddys are just like us reely' cretinism for a wee while.

    https://twitter.com/KeohaneDan/status/1030006274811936768

    Can we please start having IQ and EQ tests for MPs before they are allowed to take their seats. What an utter idiot.
    In Andrew Bridgen's case I'd be surprised if he could pass a cycling proficiency test.
    I believe he either is or was partnered with E. McVey - if so does not endear me much to her.
    McVey is now with the odious Phillip Davies.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,868

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    Lol, a liberal newspaper wants us to ruin our nation with continued EU membership. I'm sure they fully support Trudeau and Jacinda. Fuck that noise.
  • AndyJSAndyJS Posts: 29,395
    The population of Australia has reached 25 million. Interesting that both the UK and Australia have added 10 million people since 1980.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-population-growth-is-changing-melbourne-and-sydney/news-story/31f680a3500b9aed828e85249a768444
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    It’s Cavaliers and Roundheads all over again. I assume Cameron has the role of Charles i, in that his political career is OVER!!!
    he's more Prince Rupert,

    but with less hair.
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,814
    Ms. Anazina/Mr. Felix, as a rule, perhaps not fair to judge people by their significant others. After all, Belisarius' wife is usually regarded poorly.
  • AnazinaAnazina Posts: 3,487

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.


    What's your favourite Madonna track Richard? For me, it's a toss up between Border Line and La Isla Bonita. You?
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,044
    Anazina said:

    felix said:

    Waahey, haven't had a 'Paddys are just like us reely' cretinism for a wee while.

    https://twitter.com/KeohaneDan/status/1030006274811936768

    Can we please start having IQ and EQ tests for MPs before they are allowed to take their seats. What an utter idiot.
    In Andrew Bridgen's case I'd be surprised if he could pass a cycling proficiency test.
    I believe he either is or was partnered with E. McVey - if so does not endear me much to her.
    McVey is now with the odious Phillip Davies.
    Just wait until we see the pair of them waving from the steps of No. 10...
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,164
    Jonathan said:

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.

    Cuts bite.
    Nonsense - waste maybe - like the millions frittered away hounding Cliff Richard. Either way they have way more money than other news outlets.
  • Stark_DawningStark_Dawning Posts: 9,683

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    Who wants their silly trade deals anyway? Impertinence. Let's just invade them.
  • AnazinaAnazina Posts: 3,487

    Anazina said:

    felix said:

    Waahey, haven't had a 'Paddys are just like us reely' cretinism for a wee while.

    https://twitter.com/KeohaneDan/status/1030006274811936768

    Can we please start having IQ and EQ tests for MPs before they are allowed to take their seats. What an utter idiot.
    In Andrew Bridgen's case I'd be surprised if he could pass a cycling proficiency test.
    I believe he either is or was partnered with E. McVey - if so does not endear me much to her.
    McVey is now with the odious Phillip Davies.
    Just wait until we see the pair of them waving from the steps of No. 10...
    Not waving, but drowning.
  • felixfelix Posts: 15,164
    Anazina said:

    felix said:

    Waahey, haven't had a 'Paddys are just like us reely' cretinism for a wee while.

    https://twitter.com/KeohaneDan/status/1030006274811936768

    Can we please start having IQ and EQ tests for MPs before they are allowed to take their seats. What an utter idiot.
    In Andrew Bridgen's case I'd be surprised if he could pass a cycling proficiency test.
    I believe he either is or was partnered with E. McVey - if so does not endear me much to her.
    McVey is now with the odious Phillip Davies.
    They obviously have other qualities than the intellectual.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,752

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    Who wants their silly trade deals anyway? Impertinence. Let's just invade them.
    Given that we're reclaiming parliamentary sovereignty can't we just repeal the acts granting them independence?
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 38,868
    edited August 2018

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    Who wants their silly trade deals anyway? Impertinence. Let's just invade them.
    Yes because a newspaper editor has the power to stop a trade deal.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 42,016

    BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.

    I'm surprised, No voters have been such gracious & even tempered winners up to now.

    Still, at least one angry Unionist off the streets.

    https://twitter.com/HeartScotNews/status/1030039126710648832
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,778
    https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1029992201777029121

    Look at me kids. I left school with only 2 'E's and now I'm the UK's leading anti-semite.

    So don't despair if you didn't make the grades.
  • ReggieCideReggieCide Posts: 4,312

    https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1029992201777029121

    Look at me kids. I left school with only 2 'E's and now I'm the UK's leading anti-semite.

    So don't despair if you didn't make the grades.

    that's a bit rough ...... on other ASs
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,778
    Just in case the flames were dying a little on Labour and Jews, Uncle Len has just dropped napalm on the whole thing:

    https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1030130376461754370
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 42,733

    BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.

    I'm surprised, No voters have been such gracious & even tempered winners up to now.

    Still, at least one angry Unionist off the streets.

    https://twitter.com/HeartScotNews/status/1030039126710648832
    "He was photographed at the march with his hood up carrying a Scottish saltire flag and holding a "white pride worldwide" poster."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45207641

    So evidently a proud Scot ...
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,313

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
  • Richard_NabaviRichard_Nabavi Posts: 30,821
    edited August 2018
    Anazina said:

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.


    What's your favourite Madonna track Richard? For me, it's a toss up between Border Line and La Isla Bonita. You?
    I think this one:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDyiYEdTp-U
  • BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.

    I'm surprised, No voters have been such gracious & even tempered winners up to now.

    Still, at least one angry Unionist off the streets.

    https://twitter.com/HeartScotNews/status/1030039126710648832
    He does seem a nice man doesn't he? Well done to the police for finding him before something awful happened.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,301
    edited August 2018

    Anazina said:

    I've completely given up on the BBC News website, but I nipped over to see for myself how it is now. God, it's awful. Hideous to look at, largely comprising pointless small pictures of nothing significant, with a bizarre range of 'top' stories ("Madonna's Sixty Years").

    I never expected to say this, but thank God for the Guardian website. At least it has some news, properly reported, even if the comment pieces are full of hate.


    What's your favourite Madonna track Richard? For me, it's a toss up between Border Line and La Isla Bonita. You?
    I think this one:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDyiYEdTp-U
    I guess it's a bit Like a Prayer.

    Though really, I'm surprised you didn't go for True Blue.
  • NigelbNigelb Posts: 71,301

    Just in case the flames were dying a little on Labour and Jews, Uncle Len has just dropped napalm on the whole thing:

    https://twitter.com/DPJHodges/status/1030130376461754370

    TBF, when it comes to truculent hostility, trying to compete with Len is a waste of anyone's time.
  • These are Madonna's two best tracks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU

    and

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI

    I've been to so many Madonna gigs it is unreal.
  • nielhnielh Posts: 1,307
    MJW said:



    I find @NickPalmer airly worrying, shameful even. I thought of myself as on the left of Labour before Corbyn. Always wanted a more economically activist government. Although I never backed Corbyn as I think him a fraud on that front. Lots of empty and unexplained promises, no intellectual justification other than certainty in the inherent goodness of socialism. But that's unimportant. His behaviour on anti-Semitism is not the actions of a good man who should be allowed near office. You say you think this is nonsense? This is the same man who watched a Jewish MP abused and leave the launch of a report into anti-Semitism intears and went over to joke with her abuser. Who left the chamber while other Jewish MPs told the House of the sickening threats and abuse they'd suffered in his name. Who after all this hasn't been able to summon up the courage to personally apologise and explain his past associations with known anti-Semites if the worst kind (Eisen, Salah.) given the clear offence and fear they create among Jews, who entirely understandably worry his election will embolden those who spew bile on Facebook groups adorned with his name and whose moderators he personally knows, and that someone who couldn't see the problem with these views for 40 years will do little to stop them in office.

    SNIP
    ...Instead of apologising, like a decent human being, he has used the Labour Party apparatus to try and gaslight everyone. Spewing out so many lies It's impossible to keep up. The Labour press team are still pushing the idea that the terrorists weren't buried there when they know perfectly well people are referring to the planners not the physical perpetrators. On their logic Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson are merely a mild mannered wannabe cleric and an aspiring singer. It's Trumpian and terrifying in it's willingness to deceive and gaslight and deny Jews the right to be understandably upset about what is to many a deeply offensive gesture. We're at the point where you and many others within my party are prepared to throw a community under the bus because their complaints don't fit with what you'd like to believe about Jeremy and yourselves, to the point where you'll deny reality itself. It's not about politics - decent people have to speak out.

    Obviously you know him personally, but does it not occur to you that personally pleasant people often do very bad things - especially when they are zealous, intransigent and utterly devoted to their beliefs and unable to admit any error? Something that perfectly describes Corbyn.

    Even for a left/liberal, the case for voting conservative is very strong.



  • Sort of related to Madonna.

    They've announced some of the contestants for this year's Strictly.

    Graeme Swann and Faye Tozer from Steps caught my attention. I suspect the latter will be the winner and Swann will be this year's Ed Balls/John Sergeant.
  • O/T. No disrespect to Aretha Franklin, her family and her fans - but I fail to see how her death really qualifies as being sufficiently newsworthy to be the lead story on the BBC website with a live thread dedicated to reaction.

    Yes, she was a significant recording artist and performer. Yes, she broke barriers. But there are far more important things going on in the world.

    A respectful story on the news website - appropriate.

    Making it the lead story? Too much.

    No R E S P E C T ?
  • Does Tom Watson approve of the decision to report the papers to the Press Regulators or not? It is hard to tell

    https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1030097429486624768

    When in a hole keep digging tactic?
  • Morris_DancerMorris_Dancer Posts: 61,814
    Mr. Eagles, I saw that the Cat is on.
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227
    AndyJS said:

    The population of Australia has reached 25 million. Interesting that both the UK and Australia have added 10 million people since 1980.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-population-growth-is-changing-melbourne-and-sydney/news-story/31f680a3500b9aed828e85249a768444

    It could easily have another 25 million. There are vast areas with no humans. Of course, they think it is crowded. Israel has 8m people now and it is mainly a desert. Of course, occupying other people's land has helped.
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,313

    BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.

    I'm surprised, No voters have been such gracious & even tempered winners up to now.

    Still, at least one angry Unionist off the streets.

    https://twitter.com/HeartScotNews/status/1030039126710648832
    "He was photographed at the march with his hood up carrying a Scottish saltire flag and holding a "white pride worldwide" poster."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45207641

    So evidently a proud Scot ...
    Funny how Scottish Nationalists so keen to point out he isn't one of theirs. They perhaps need to look at the SNP history of links to fascism and Nazi sympathisers. I am sure not all SNP members are bigots, but the clue is right there, in the name.
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227
    edited August 2018
    AndyJS said:

    The population of Australia has reached 25 million. Interesting that both the UK and Australia have added 10 million people since 1980.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-population-growth-is-changing-melbourne-and-sydney/news-story/31f680a3500b9aed828e85249a768444



    It could easily have another 25 million. There are vast areas with no humans. Of course, they think it is crowded. Israel has 8m people now and it is mainly a desert. Of course, occupying other people's land has helped.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 42,992
    edited August 2018
    surby said:

    AndyJS said:

    The population of Australia has reached 25 million. Interesting that both the UK and Australia have added 10 million people since 1980.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-population-growth-is-changing-melbourne-and-sydney/news-story/31f680a3500b9aed828e85249a768444

    It could easily have another 25 million. There are vast areas with no humans. Of course, they think it is crowded. Israel has 8m people now and it is mainly a desert. Of course, occupying other people's land has helped.
    I think out of your last ten posts, ten have been how you don't like the Jews.
  • Mr. Eagles, I saw that the Cat is on.

    He is.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
  • Pro_RataPro_Rata Posts: 5,291
    MJW said:



    I find @NickPalmer ....worrying, shameful even. I thought of myself as on the left of Labour before Corbyn. Always wanted a more economically activist government. Although I never backed Corbyn as I think him a fraud on that front. Lots of empty and unexplained promises, no intellectual justification other than certainty in the inherent goodness of socialism.... His behaviour on anti-Semitism is not the actions of a good man who should be allowed near office... This is the same man who watched a Jewish MP abused and leave the launch of a report into anti-Semitism intears and went over to joke with her abuser. Who left the chamber while other Jewish MPs told the House of the sickening threats and abuse they'd suffered in his name. Who after all this hasn't been able to summon up the courage to personally apologise and explain his past associations with known anti-Semites if the worst kind (Eisen, Salah.) given the clear offence and fear they create among Jews, who entirely understandably worry his election will embolden those who spew bile on Facebook groups adorned with his name and whose moderators he personally knows, and that someone who couldn't see the problem with these views for 40 years will do little to stop them in office.

    And then we have the wreath. It's been proven, with photographic evidence and his own words that he joined in with a commemoration of the masterminds probably the most notorious post-war attack on Jews. Even if you think he did so without malice, and thought he was just commemorating some general Palestinian martyrs, it's deeply offensive to the families of the athletes and at the very least those with family or friends in Israel. Instead of apologising, like a decent human being, he has used the Labour Party apparatus to try and gaslight everyone. Spewing out so many lies It's impossible to keep up. The Labour press team are still pushing the idea that the terrorists weren't buried there when they know perfectly well people are referring to the planners not the physical perpetrators. On their logic Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson are merely a mild mannered wannabe cleric and an aspiring singer. It's Trumpian and terrifying in it's willingness to deceive and gaslight and deny Jews the right to be understandably upset about what is to many a deeply offensive gesture. We're at the point where you and many others within my party are prepared to throw a community under the bus because their complaints don't fit with what you'd like to believe about Jeremy and yourselves, to the point where you'll deny reality itself. It's not about politics - decent people have to speak out.

    Obviously you know him personally, but does it not occur to you that personally pleasant people often do very bad things - especially when they are zealous, intransigent and utterly devoted to their beliefs and unable to admit any error? Something that perfectly describes Corbyn.

    +1000
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,752

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on
    Remain forecasts of doom were based on the risk that Brexit would happen in a meaningful sense. Two years on, that risk has been substantially mitigated.
  • NorthofStokeNorthofStoke Posts: 1,758
    nielh said:

    MJW said:



    I find @NickPalmer airly worrying, shameful even. I thought of myself as on the left of Labour before Corbyn.

    SNIP

    Obviously you know him personally, but does it not occur to you that personally pleasant people often do very bad things - especially when they are zealous, intransigent and utterly devoted to their beliefs and unable to admit any error? Something that perfectly describes Corbyn.

    Even for a left/liberal, the case for voting conservative is very strong.



    Sadly it is. Unless your Labour candidate is an explicit opponent of Corbyn who would defy the whip then it is a moral imperative to vote in the most effective way to defeat Labour if Corbyn or a similar figure is still leader at the time of the next election.
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227
    TOPPING said:

    surby said:

    AndyJS said:

    The population of Australia has reached 25 million. Interesting that both the UK and Australia have added 10 million people since 1980.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-population-growth-is-changing-melbourne-and-sydney/news-story/31f680a3500b9aed828e85249a768444

    It could easily have another 25 million. There are vast areas with no humans. Of course, they think it is crowded. Israel has 8m people now and it is mainly a desert. Of course, occupying other people's land has helped.
    I think out of your last ten posts, ten have been how you don't like the Jews.
    Which part do you not agree with ?

    Australia could be inhabited by 25m people or Israel has occupied other people's land ?

    It appears it is the latter. By the way, there is a UN resolution 242 passed unanimously.
  • OldKingColeOldKingCole Posts: 33,504

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    We have lost the European Medicines Agency and a large number of investment forms are making plans to move much of their busiess out of UK. Starter.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,176
    Bowie got 15 minutes at the top of the Six O'Clock, how much time will they give to Franklin?
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    You missed out that we have entered a recession in the Manufacturing sector. Both 1st and 2nd quarters had negative growth.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on
    Remain forecasts of doom were based on the risk that Brexit would happen in a meaningful sense. Two years on, that risk has been substantially mitigated.
    just crap really

    and ompanies dont invest on a one month time frmae they look several years ahead. So investment should have stopped now. But it hasnt.
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 42,733
    surby said:

    TOPPING said:

    surby said:

    AndyJS said:

    The population of Australia has reached 25 million. Interesting that both the UK and Australia have added 10 million people since 1980.

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/how-population-growth-is-changing-melbourne-and-sydney/news-story/31f680a3500b9aed828e85249a768444

    It could easily have another 25 million. There are vast areas with no humans. Of course, they think it is crowded. Israel has 8m people now and it is mainly a desert. Of course, occupying other people's land has helped.
    I think out of your last ten posts, ten have been how you don't like the Jews.
    Which part do you not agree with ?

    Australia could be inhabited by 25m people or Israel has occupied other people's land ?

    It appears it is the latter. By the way, there is a UN resolution 242 passed unanimously.
    No, it's the fact that you make a connection in every post about how awful Israel is, even when there is no connection. It's almost as though you want to spread hatred.

    It's particularly stupid in this case, as Australia as a country exists because it occupied other people's land ...
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415
    surby said:

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it agains that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    You missed out that we have entered a recession in the Manufacturing sector. Both 1st and 2nd quarters had negative growth.
    first I could believe becasue of the weather, second will get revised upwards as it always does
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227

    Does Tom Watson approve of the decision to report the papers to the Press Regulators or not? It is hard to tell

    https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1030097429486624768

    When in a hole keep digging tactic?
    What can you do ? Labour vote is increasing.
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227
    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Ahh. The Vice Captain....
    Perhaps a sign for Hammond if he's dropped ;)

    Reasoning is he's only scored 25 runs in the previous 3 innings, Pope can be the backup keeper; Rashid is useful to keep in as a spin option if India make it to Day 5 (Yes yes I know).
    If the pitch is produced in the same way , no need to have Rashid.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,778
    surby said:

    Does Tom Watson approve of the decision to report the papers to the Press Regulators or not? It is hard to tell

    https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1030097429486624768

    When in a hole keep digging tactic?
    What can you do ? Labour vote is increasing.
    Len McCluskey is the last straw surely for any Labour MP with even a scintilla of decency?

    "petulant trolling" - his words about Jewish complaints.

    For the love of God, moderates need to resign the whip and stop a Labour government under these people.
  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 42,016

    BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.

    I'm surprised, No voters have been such gracious & even tempered winners up to now.

    Still, at least one angry Unionist off the streets.

    https://twitter.com/HeartScotNews/status/1030039126710648832
    "He was photographed at the march with his hood up carrying a Scottish saltire flag and holding a "white pride worldwide" poster."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45207641

    So evidently a proud Scot ...
    On that basis I guess the several photos of him with a UF also make him a proud Brit. Interesting that media outlets want to show a far right SDL supporter who has regularly barracked Yes marches (& been arrested for attacking an indy marcher) with a Saltire.
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227

    surby said:

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it agains that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    You missed out that we have entered a recession in the Manufacturing sector. Both 1st and 2nd quarters had negative growth.
    first I could believe becasue of the weather, second will get revised upwards as it always does
    Really ? Manufacturing output fell 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. It will be revised up by more than that ? Which planet are you on ? Sorry, I forgot. Brexitland.
  • surbysurby Posts: 1,227

    surby said:

    Does Tom Watson approve of the decision to report the papers to the Press Regulators or not? It is hard to tell

    https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1030097429486624768

    When in a hole keep digging tactic?
    What can you do ? Labour vote is increasing.
    Len McCluskey is the last straw surely for any Labour MP with even a scintilla of decency?

    "petulant trolling" - his words about Jewish complaints.

    For the love of God, moderates need to resign the whip and stop a Labour government under these people.
    I think you are right. People who feel strongly should resign and leave the party.
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,313
    Alanbrooke:
    "remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them. "

    You obviously only read the Daily Telegraph if you think the "areas of pain" as you call them are not being spelled out (I assume "areas of pain" are the job losses that you think are worth it to reach your golden state of Utopia). So which form of self harm are you in favour of; minimal or big; Chequers or WTO? I assume neither will cause loss of your own job (assuming you are not retired?). Apparently many leavers are in favour of their own family members losing their jobs for the Great Cause, Amen.
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,778
    Chuka walking would transform politics in this country imho.
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,752

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it again and again. WE HAVEN'T LEFT YET! did you hear that? There is still a very important choice over whether we want a small amount of self-harm or a large amount in exchange for the benefits that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on
    Remain forecasts of doom were based on the risk that Brexit would happen in a meaningful sense. Two years on, that risk has been substantially mitigated.
    just crap really

    and ompanies dont invest on a one month time frmae they look several years ahead. So investment should have stopped now. But it hasnt.
    Looking several years ahead, the base case for any rational outside observer is that Brexit will have burnt itself out by then.
  • Danny565Danny565 Posts: 8,091

    These are Madonna's two best tracks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU

    and

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI

    I've been to so many Madonna gigs it is unreal.

    'Frozen' is my favourite, hell the whole 'Ray of Light' album is fantastic.

    (P.S. When are you going to work some Madonna puns into thread titles)
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415
    surby said:

    surby said:

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it agains that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    You missed out that we have entered a recession in the Manufacturing sector. Both 1st and 2nd quarters had negative growth.
    first I could believe becasue of the weather, second will get revised upwards as it always does
    Really ? Manufacturing output fell 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. It will be revised up by more than that ? Which planet are you on ? Sorry, I forgot. Brexitland.
    lol

    if you follow GDP figures we get some startling revisions,
  • rottenboroughrottenborough Posts: 62,778
    surby said:

    surby said:

    Does Tom Watson approve of the decision to report the papers to the Press Regulators or not? It is hard to tell

    https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1030097429486624768

    When in a hole keep digging tactic?
    What can you do ? Labour vote is increasing.
    Len McCluskey is the last straw surely for any Labour MP with even a scintilla of decency?

    "petulant trolling" - his words about Jewish complaints.

    For the love of God, moderates need to resign the whip and stop a Labour government under these people.
    I think you are right. People who feel strongly should resign and leave the party.
    No alternative now. The virus, the poison, that is Corbynism is deep in the system.

    These people will viciously attack anyone who disagrees with them and their leader.

    The jews are the canaries in the coal mine.

    We should all be very afraid.

  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,313

    surby said:

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it agains that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    You missed out that we have entered a recession in the Manufacturing sector. Both 1st and 2nd quarters had negative growth.
    first I could believe becasue of the weather, second will get revised upwards as it always does
    You really are deluded. It is official, Brexit is a religion and Mr Alanbrooke is a fully paid up disciple.
  • TOPPINGTOPPING Posts: 42,992
    surby said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    Pulpstar said:

    philiph said:

    The pressing question is who will England leave out of the squad for Trent Bridge, and to stay on topic, how will it influence the choice of the next Conservative Party leader?

    Buttler.
    Ahh. The Vice Captain....
    Perhaps a sign for Hammond if he's dropped ;)

    Reasoning is he's only scored 25 runs in the previous 3 innings, Pope can be the backup keeper; Rashid is useful to keep in as a spin option if India make it to Day 5 (Yes yes I know).
    If the pitch is produced in the same way , no need to have Rashid.
    Israel spins more than Rashid everyone should be furious.
  • JosiasJessopJosiasJessop Posts: 42,733

    BTW I suspect the anger in the event of a Sindyref2 Yes would be immense - it would make Brexit look like a tea party.

    I'm surprised, No voters have been such gracious & even tempered winners up to now.

    Still, at least one angry Unionist off the streets.

    https://twitter.com/HeartScotNews/status/1030039126710648832
    "He was photographed at the march with his hood up carrying a Scottish saltire flag and holding a "white pride worldwide" poster."

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45207641

    So evidently a proud Scot ...
    On that basis I guess the several photos of him with a UF also make him a proud Brit. Interesting that media outlets want to show a far right SDL supporter who has regularly barracked Yes marches (& been arrested for attacking an indy marcher) with a Saltire.
    Yes, the media are all out to get you. Really. In the meantime, we know that flying the Saltire makes you a Unionist ... ;)
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    surby said:

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top be spelled out to you doesn't it agains that no leaver, swivel-eyed or not can actually articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on

    the UK is still the top zone for overseas investors in Europe and thats with 6 months to go before we leave

    we have record employment

    real wages are rising

    GDP last quarter grew faster than nearly eavery EU country

    there are strawberries in the shops

    so discredited doom mongering

    there are of course valid points remain could make where we will take some pain, but nobodys making them.
    You missed out that we have entered a recession in the Manufacturing sector. Both 1st and 2nd quarters had negative growth.
    first I could believe becasue of the weather, second will get revised upwards as it always does
    You really are deluded. It is official, Brexit is a religion and Mr Alanbrooke is a fully paid up disciple.
    I dont comment much on Brexit threads except when remainers publish unmitigated twaddle

    Scaremongering and gloom fundamentally undermine every argument you have as you go way over the top
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,313
    Pretty serious development. Maybe there is hope
  • oxfordsimonoxfordsimon Posts: 5,842

    Chuka walking would transform politics in this country imho.

    And the media will, after a brief honeymoon, start (at least some of the papers will) going after the stories that dissuaded him from running back in 2015.

    Build them up, knock them down is the way certain outlets like to work.
  • AlanbrookeAlanbrooke Posts: 25,415

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on
    Remain forecasts of doom were based on the risk that Brexit would happen in a meaningful sense. Two years on, that risk has been substantially mitigated.
    just crap really

    and ompanies dont invest on a one month time frmae they look several years ahead. So investment should have stopped now. But it hasnt.
    Looking several years ahead, the base case for any rational outside observer is that Brexit will have burnt itself out by then.
    Have you ever taken an investment decision ?
  • williamglennwilliamglenn Posts: 51,752

    Our friends in Canada and New Zealand are staging an intervention.

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-britains-friends-have-a-duty-to-intervene-on-brexit/

    “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes, and for similar reasons we call upon our respective governments to weigh in officially on Brexit.

    Canada and New Zealand are no longer semi-autonomous dominions of the British Empire, of course – a status that, ironically, would have given them more standing and more opportunity to express their concerns – but the deep and abiding historical ties that bind them to Britain nevertheless justify what might otherwise be an inappropriate intervention in the country’s sovereign domestic affairs.

    The fact is that Britain stands at the precipice of disaster. Prime Minister Theresa May has no workable plan to withdraw from the European Union that would avoid calamity.

    A load of whining parroting the same old tired lies about how Brexit will be a disaster without acknowledging that the assumptions underpinning that also said we should have a recession and mass unemployment now.

    When are Remainers going to face up to reality and stop lying?
    quite

    Brexit could be worth discussion if the remainers could actually place realistic arguments about the implications instead of the armageddon nonsense that has been their mantra for the past three years. Instead they push discredited arguments which simply fall at the first fence. However we;re now at the pioint where theyve painted thmselves into a corner and dont know how to get out of it. Extreme Brexiteers share their dilemna.
    Oh dear, it really has top articulate.
    remains forecasts of doom were based on the vute not on the transition period. Two years on
    Remain forecasts of doom were based on the risk that Brexit would happen in a meaningful sense. Two years on, that risk has been substantially mitigated.
    just crap really

    and ompanies dont invest on a one month time frmae they look several years ahead. So investment should have stopped now. But it hasnt.
    Looking several years ahead, the base case for any rational outside observer is that Brexit will have burnt itself out by then.
    Have you ever taken an investment decision ?
    Political risk is part of all investment decisions of the scale you're talking about. Brexit is merely a variable in the political risk equation. It's certainly not a law of physics.
  • tlg86tlg86 Posts: 26,176
    Pretty damning report from the BBC on the Didsbury Mosque:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44729727
  • Danny565 said:

    These are Madonna's two best tracks.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDwb9jOVRtU

    and

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI

    I've been to so many Madonna gigs it is unreal.

    'Frozen' is my favourite, hell the whole 'Ray of Light' album is fantastic.

    (P.S. When are you going to work some Madonna puns into thread titles)
    I have a stint as guest editor coming up, just for you, I'll work in some Madonna puns.

    As an 'Allo 'Allo fan I may also work in a reference to Van Klomp's finest painting.
  • Nigel_ForemainNigel_Foremain Posts: 14,313
    Alanbrooke: "I dont comment much on Brexit threads except when remainers publish unmitigated twaddle

    Scaremongering and gloom fundamentally undermine every argument you have as you go way over the top"

    Fair enough, facts and economic probabilities are not strong enough to change the minds of The Faithful. however bad it gets it will all be the EU's fault. I hope you continue to enjoy the prayer meetings and the great leadership we are going to get from the "New Improved Establishment - Guaranteed to get Your Old Etonians Even More Right Wing Than Ever Before "
  • surby said:

    surby said:

    Does Tom Watson approve of the decision to report the papers to the Press Regulators or not? It is hard to tell

    https://twitter.com/tom_watson/status/1030097429486624768

    When in a hole keep digging tactic?
    What can you do ? Labour vote is increasing.
    Len McCluskey is the last straw surely for any Labour MP with even a scintilla of decency?

    "petulant trolling" - his words about Jewish complaints.

    For the love of God, moderates need to resign the whip and stop a Labour government under these people.
    I think you are right. People who feel strongly should resign and leave the party.
    You Gov poll on Corbyn and the wreath controversy not good as his personal ratings fall

    I see no way the UK would elect someone with these ratings to be PM
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