To be fair to Boris, the surviving Anglo-Saxon aristocracy finally submitted at Berkhamsted later in 1066, although there were sporadic revolts until 1071 or so.
Nothing on Ruth Davison ruling herself out of a run for Conservative Leader though I see TSE?
I tried writing a thread on that but I failed.
What I wrote ended up being rather callous, or patronising, or somewhat cynical towards Ruth Davidson.
It was very hard to get the right tone on such a moving and sensitive topic.
Is for the same reasons I haven’t done a thread on Alex Salmond’s recent issues.
Ruth Davidson has continued to build street credibility amongst the young especially in Scotland. She has so far been loyal to TM but clearly hates BJ. She is part of the reason that Boris will never by PM of the UK.
In 2011 the final YouGov had Anabelle Goldie's Conservatives with 18% of the 18-24 year old vote. 2016 had Ruth, credibility amongst the young, with 15%.
Ruth's Scottish base is Brexiters and Brexiters are old.
If anybody is struggling to get through work today, just console yourself with the thought that we have a Theresa May Special to look forward to on TV tonight.
Hmm, who to believe - a large employer or a fanatic:
The most revealing thing he said was that he never wanted to leave the EU. Brexit campaigners will end up blaming the voters for their unwanted victory.
They don’t need to be, because the UK is bluffing.
as is Europe
About what? It’s immaterial if the UK isn’t able to follow through on its own bluff.
Europe needs a deal too or Ireland is screwed
In the same sense that Europe needed a deal with Greece or their banks would have been screwed.
so your analysis is the EU will shaft Ireland if its conveneint.
So much for soldiarity
No, my analysis is that the EU would be able to force the UK back to the table long before it came to that. As Ivan Rogers put it, they would be able to choose where there’s continuity and where there isn’t.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
They don’t need to be, because the UK is bluffing.
as is Europe
About what? It’s immaterial if the UK isn’t able to follow through on its own bluff.
Europe needs a deal too or Ireland is screwed
In the same sense that Europe needed a deal with Greece or their banks would have been screwed.
so your analysis is the EU will shaft Ireland if its conveneint.
So much for soldiarity
No, my analysis is that the EU would be able to force the UK back to the table long before it came to that. As Ivan Rogers put it, they would be able to choose where there’s continuity and where there isn’t.
"long before it came to that. "
I note you still dont dismiss the possibility
speaks volumes about the organisation were leaving
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Numbered in order of preference.
I would rather useless May doing basically bugger all than Marxist McIRA. Hopefully the Tories do what the Tories do well and get rid of May and the Lib Dems find somebody who isn't an waste of space OAP to lead them before the next GE.
Those are possible, Labour getting rid of Corbyn or McDonnell seem highly unlikely as the moderates have no backbone and have lost control of the party.
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Nothing on Ruth Davison ruling herself out of a run for Conservative Leader though I see TSE?
I tried writing a thread on that but I failed.
What I wrote ended up being rather callous, or patronising, or somewhat cynical towards Ruth Davidson.
It was very hard to get the right tone on such a moving and sensitive topic.
Is for the same reasons I haven’t done a thread on Alex Salmond’s recent issues.
Ruth Davidson has continued to build street credibility amongst the young especially in Scotland. She has so far been loyal to TM but clearly hates BJ. She is part of the reason that Boris will never by PM of the UK.
In 2011 the final YouGov had Anabelle Goldie's Conservatives with 18% of the 18-24 year old vote. 2016 had Ruth, credibility amongst the young, with 15%.
Ruth's Scottish base is Brexiters and Brexiters are old.
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
I believe it is 62 games in a calendar year. And it isn't as if he didn't play similar amounts the previous 2 years. The lad needs a rest.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Numbered in order of preference.
I would rather useless May doing basically bugger all than Marxist McIRA. Hopefully the Tories do what the Tories do well and get rid of May and the Lib Dems find somebody who isn't an waste of space OAP to lead them before the next GE.
Those are possible, Labour getting rid of Corbyn or McDonnell seem highly unlikely as the moderates have no backbone and have lost control of the party.
'Lib Dems find somebody who isn't an waste of space OAP to lead them before the next GE.'
Norman Lamb was more or less saying that on BBC East yesterday.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Numbered in order of preference.
I would rather useless May doing basically bugger all than Marxist McIRA. Hopefully the Tories do what the Tories do well and get rid of May and the Lib Dems find somebody who isn't an waste of space OAP to lead them before the next GE.
Those are possible, Labour getting rid of Corbyn or McDonnell seem highly unlikely as the moderates have no backbone and have lost control of the party.
Theresa May is not doing bugger all. She is negotiating Brexit. Depending how things turn out and which set of Conservatives you believe, Theresa May's missteps could cost hundreds of billions of pounds. Do you have any idea how many railways, power stations and water boards McIRA would need to nationalise to spend that much money?
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
I believe it is 62 games in a calendar year. And it isn't as if he didn't play similar amounts the previous 2 years. The lad needs a rest.
I never understood this. Yes it sounds a lot but its a little over one game a week. Surely a healthy young man at the peak of his physical fitness ought to be able to manage that?
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
I believe it is 62 games in a calendar year. And it isn't as if he didn't play similar amounts the previous 2 years. The lad needs a rest.
Agreed, though lethargy is harder to spot in someone slow of thought and movement even when they are fresh. A long rest from England duty for Kane would allow Southgate to experiment with some modern, flexible, high-paced counter-attacking football.
They don’t need to be, because the UK is bluffing.
as is Europe
About what? It’s immaterial if the UK isn’t able to follow through on its own bluff.
Europe needs a deal too or Ireland is screwed
In the same sense that Europe needed a deal with Greece or their banks would have been screwed.
so your analysis is the EU will shaft Ireland if its conveneint.
So much for soldiarity
No, my analysis is that the EU would be able to force the UK back to the table long before it came to that. As Ivan Rogers put it, they would be able to choose where there’s continuity and where there isn’t.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Numbered in order of preference.
I would rather useless May doing basically bugger all than Marxist McIRA. Hopefully the Tories do what the Tories do well and get rid of May and the Lib Dems find somebody who isn't an waste of space OAP to lead them before the next GE.
Those are possible, Labour getting rid of Corbyn or McDonnell seem highly unlikely as the moderates have no backbone and have lost control of the party.
Theresa May is not doing bugger all. She is negotiating Brexit. Depending how things turn out and which set of Conservatives you believe, Theresa May's missteps could cost hundreds of billions of pounds. Do you have any idea how many railways, power stations and water boards McIRA would need to nationalise to spend that much money?
McIRA recently described £500bn of extra expenditure as "not much" didn't he?
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
You do know that in the last three seasons Harry Kane has won two Premier League Golden Boots as well as the World Cup Golden Boot? He must be doing something right.
Always said, McIRA is far more dangerous than Corbyn.
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
Whereas Theresa Mays priorities are 1. Her position as PM 2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power 4. The interests of the the British people.
Numbered in order of preference.
I would rather useless May doing basically bugger all than Marxist McIRA. Hopefully the Tories do what the Tories do well and get rid of May and the Lib Dems find somebody who isn't an waste of space OAP to lead them before the next GE.
Those are possible, Labour getting rid of Corbyn or McDonnell seem highly unlikely as the moderates have no backbone and have lost control of the party.
Theresa May is not doing bugger all. She is negotiating Brexit. Depending how things turn out and which set of Conservatives you believe, Theresa May's missteps could cost hundreds of billions of pounds. Do you have any idea how many railways, power stations and water boards McIRA would need to nationalise to spend that much money?
McIRA recently described £500bn of extra expenditure as "not much" didn't he?
Well, it's only half the trillion pounds Jacob Rees-Mogg was talking about the other day.
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
You do know that in the last three seasons Harry Kane has won two Premier League Golden Boots as well as the World Cup Golden Boot? He must be doing something right.
They don’t need to be, because the UK is bluffing.
as is Europe
About what? It’s immaterial if the UK isn’t able to follow through on its own bluff.
Europe needs a deal too or Ireland is screwed
In the same sense that Europe needed a deal with Greece or their banks would have been screwed.
so your analysis is the EU will shaft Ireland if its conveneint.
So much for soldiarity
No, my analysis is that the EU would be able to force the UK back to the table long before it came to that. As Ivan Rogers put it, they would be able to choose where there’s continuity and where there isn’t.
Do you think a husband should be able to force his wife back from asking for a divorce?
Nothing on Ruth Davison ruling herself out of a run for Conservative Leader though I see TSE?
I tried writing a thread on that but I failed.
What I wrote ended up being rather callous, or patronising, or somewhat cynical towards Ruth Davidson.
It was very hard to get the right tone on such a moving and sensitive topic.
Is for the same reasons I haven’t done a thread on Alex Salmond’s recent issues.
Ruth Davidson has continued to build street credibility amongst the young especially in Scotland. She has so far been loyal to TM but clearly hates BJ. She is part of the reason that Boris will never by PM of the UK.
In 2011 the final YouGov had Anabelle Goldie's Conservatives with 18% of the 18-24 year old vote. 2016 had Ruth, credibility amongst the young, with 15%.
Ruth's Scottish base is Brexiters and Brexiters are old.
Yeah, because Ruth is such a fan of Brexit.
Pillock.
How does this contradict what he said? Regardless of Davidson's personal position on Brexit, isn't it well-established that the Scottish Tories gained MUCH more with Leave voters than Remain voters?
They don’t need to be, because the UK is bluffing.
as is Europe
About what? It’s immaterial if the UK isn’t able to follow through on its own bluff.
Europe needs a deal too or Ireland is screwed
In the same sense that Europe needed a deal with Greece or their banks would have been screwed.
so your analysis is the EU will shaft Ireland if its conveneint.
So much for soldiarity
No, my analysis is that the EU would be able to force the UK back to the table long before it came to that. As Ivan Rogers put it, they would be able to choose where there’s continuity and where there isn’t.
Do you think a husband should be able to force his wife back from asking for a divorce?
If anybody is struggling to get through work today, just console yourself with the thought that we have a Theresa May Special to look forward to on TV tonight.
Thanks , was going to watch the Bodyguard instead , to get an insight on previous female home secretaries.
If anybody is struggling to get through work today, just console yourself with the thought that we have a Theresa May Special to look forward to on TV tonight.
Thanks , was going to watch the Bodyguard instead , to get an insight on previous female home secretaries.
It's jolly good - but Killing Eve on BBC3 and iPlayer box set is even better
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
You do know that in the last three seasons Harry Kane has won two Premier League Golden Boots as well as the World Cup Golden Boot? He must be doing something right.
Not looking good for Spurs at moment.Two defeats , new ground still not ready.
The president of the European Commission is ignoring his own legal staff's advice to issue a position statement in the long-simmering border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. Has he gone quiet to help the Croatian prime minister, who is a member of the same political party?
If anybody is struggling to get through work today, just console yourself with the thought that we have a Theresa May Special to look forward to on TV tonight.
Thanks , was going to watch the Bodyguard instead , to get an insight on previous female home secretaries.
It's jolly good - but Killing Eve on BBC3 and iPlayer box set is even better
On the subject of removing the tired, overpromoted and incompetent from the front line... Pochettino claims in the Times this morning that he would never drop Kane. He truly has become the new Rooney for club and country.
You do know that in the last three seasons Harry Kane has won two Premier League Golden Boots as well as the World Cup Golden Boot? He must be doing something right.
Not looking good for Spurs at moment.Two defeats , new ground still not ready.
Stalin and Mao were generally unwilling to risk full-scale wars with other great powers, whereas Hitler was willing, and actually started two (with the Soviet Union and the United States) himself. So on international relations, one can perhaps marginally prefer those two to Hitler.
On domestic repression, there is nothing to choose between them. They were of course all utterly ruthless psychopaths who attached no value whatsoever to human life.
On economic matters, Hitler was less incompetent than Stalin and Mao. His policies may have somewhat revived the German economy in the mid-1930s, albeit largely accidentally, since their purpose was to rearm. He never achieved anything like the Great Leap Forward or the self-imposed madness of collectivisation, and ditched the socialist part of National Socialism fairly quickly. As a result, the German economy only started to collapse in the final two years of the war.
But overall, three blights on humanity and we can at least be glad that no leaders of any great power dares to be quite as bad as them today.
Mao was deemed to have committed three errors for every seven things he did right. Whatever else he did wrong (it was a lot) he nevertheless lifted China out of poverty where previously 20,000 people a day were dying in Shanghai, and lead the overthrow of course of the Japanese oppressors.
After that, to borrow a popular colloquialism, he went a bit mad. The Great Leap was shocking and callous although at heart was an intention to leap forward greatly and it was often the local cadres, admittedly in fear, who overstated the returns and hence ensured the death and chaos. As for the Cultural Revolution, yes absolutely guilty, repressive, horrible.
People were dying of starvation in their hundreds and thousands, millions in fact, under Mao while he was taking the Chinese out of poverty. If you’re dead I suppose you are no longer poor but it seems to me to be nonsense to say that Mao lifted China out of poverty as if it was to his credit. Lots of other countries lifted themselves out of poverty during the same period - but without the death and bloodshed. Mao was a monster.
Deng Xiao Ping thought that the average Chinese was actually poorer in 1976 than in 1950.
Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao were unquestionably the most evil rulers of the twentieth century. Trying to work out which was the most evil is impossible,
They don’t need to be, because the UK is bluffing.
as is Europe
About what? It’s immaterial if the UK isn’t able to follow through on its own bluff.
Europe needs a deal too or Ireland is screwed
In the same sense that Europe needed a deal with Greece or their banks would have been screwed.
so your analysis is the EU will shaft Ireland if its conveneint.
So much for soldiarity
No, my analysis is that the EU would be able to force the UK back to the table long before it came to that. As Ivan Rogers put it, they would be able to choose where there’s continuity and where there isn’t.
Do you think a husband should be able to force his wife back from asking for a divorce?
If anybody is struggling to get through work today, just console yourself with the thought that we have a Theresa May Special to look forward to on TV tonight.
Thanks , was going to watch the Bodyguard instead , to get an insight on previous female home secretaries.
The writer had Theresa May as his model; the actor Amber Rudd. Now rewatch the masturbation scene.
I'm not convinced by the argument that we live in the worst of times, despite the state of the Labour and Conservative parties.
I think our politics is rather consumed by Brexit (and in Labour's case, anti-semitism) but as someone who remembers the seventies, I'd say we're definitely better off - and not just in material terms....
In global terms we're still in the top 20 and second only to Germany among the big EU countries:
I'm not convinced by the argument that we live in the worst of times, despite the state of the Labour and Conservative parties.
Actually things are pretty darn good, full employment, balanced budget and low sustained inflation. We have a lot of issues bubbling away for the future. The struggle local authorities have with funding elderly care which is just going to get worse and worse etc
I'm not convinced by the argument that we live in the worst of times, despite the state of the Labour and Conservative parties.
I think our politics is rather consumed by Brexit (and in Labour's case, anti-semitism) but as someone who remembers the seventies, I'd say we're definitely better off - and not just in material terms....
In global terms we're still in the top 20 and second only to Germany among the big EU countries:
Although politics rather passed over my head a child (and growing up in a middle class household in Mill Hill in the 1970's was undoubtedly enjoyable) my impression from such books as The Writing on the Wall, by Phil Whitehead, was that things were pretty chaotic. Class conflict and political violence were much worse then than now.
I'm not convinced by the argument that we live in the worst of times, despite the state of the Labour and Conservative parties.
Actually things are pretty darn good, full employment, balanced budget and low sustained inflation. We have a lot of issues bubbling away for the future. The struggle local authorities have with funding elderly care which is just going to get worse and worse etc
That post is the pb equivalent of Wile E Coyote holding up a sign after he's run off the end of the cliff. Though in fairness to Mr Coyote, he's usually aware of his problem.
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Edit. Date correction.
https://twitter.com/robblackie_oo/status/1040627807817277440
Ruth's Scottish base is Brexiters and Brexiters are old.
There is an incredible narrative around who Ruth is enthusing amongst Scottish voters that the numbers completely defy.
https://twitter.com/HuffPostUKPol/status/1041615245675048960
https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status/1041610612692983809?s=21
So much for soldiarity
it's like trying to leave the Sopranos
Corbyn is a moron wed to a world view that hasn't changed in 40 years and he finds it incredibly difficult to say anything that opposes it. Hence why he had to be dragged to adopt the IHRA and even then wanted a clause that would have totally overshadowed everything.
McIRA lies with ease and is comfortable saying whatever it takes to get his hands on power and impose his Marxist views.
I note you still dont dismiss the possibility
speaks volumes about the organisation were leaving
https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1041598672134447104
its Oxford does the MA in Mediocre
1. Her position as PM
2. The maintenance of her bit of the Tory party in power
4. The interests of the the British people.
Numbered in order of preference.
Those are possible, Labour getting rid of Corbyn or McDonnell seem highly unlikely as the moderates have no backbone and have lost control of the party.
Away from A50, life goes on:
https://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2018/09/westminster-ignoring-councils-because-brexit-says-bob-kerslake?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_term=
On Topic Fantasy Island
Pillock.
Norman Lamb was more or less saying that on BBC East yesterday.
Emily or Clive for me succeed Corbyn
Hmm nice organisation to be part of..........
https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1041621962219577344
Edit: I see Alastair already pointed this out.
The president of the European Commission is ignoring his own legal staff's advice to issue a position statement in the long-simmering border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia. Has he gone quiet to help the Croatian prime minister, who is a member of the same political party?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/eu-commission-chief-silent-in-slovenia-croatia-dispute-a-1228169.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/russia/article-6172497/Novichok-suspects-drug-fuelled-night-cannabis-prostitutes-75-night-London-hotel.html
Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao were unquestionably the most evil rulers of the twentieth century. Trying to work out which was the most evil is impossible,
Surely a thread beckons?
We are f*cked!! Thanks a bunch you ugly thick Brexiteers!
https://twitter.com/gsoh31/status/1041599295370223616
I’m sure you’re an oil painting too.
A knee in the groin would not be out of the question!!
In global terms we're still in the top 20 and second only to Germany among the big EU countries:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/these-are-the-happiest-countries-in-the-world/
He's not on the same page as Michael Gove.
I did wonder the other day if, given the size of his majority we could be heading for a Portillo moment in Uxbridge next election!
There's polling on that showing Leavers are dirty minging gits.
http://www2.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2016/11/24/and-now-what-you-really-wanted-to-know-about-leave-and-remain-voters-how-often-they-change-their-underpantsknickers/
Oh, sorry, the Mail on Sunday!