@Tissue_Price I bet there are plenty of Lords diehards to vote against relevant legislation, even if say Corbyn and May are in agreement over the WA heading through the Commons.
It's remarkable how often IT professionals can take something that's working perfectly well and then totally fuck it up in the name of "improvements", isn't it?
Apparently George Orwell was commissioned by the British Council to write a piece on British Cookery in 1946. However when he submitted it they declined to use it as it was held to be "unwise to publish it for the continental reader"
However, having read it twice now, I commend it to colleagues, especially the bon viveurs among us. There, I think, quite a few!
@Pulpstar I'd have thought that if (huge if) both Labour and Tory parties had agreed a position on the WA and whipped it through the Commons on a sizeable majority that'd be enough for that same whipping operation to get it through the Lords as well.
TheScreamingEagles wrote, @ 4:40PM Not only is Chris Grayling behind the upgrade of Vanilla, news reaches me that the writers and producers of season two of Westworld were also involved.
No way was Grayling involved; it still works, albeit only after a fashion!
"It's remarkable how often IT professionals can take something that's working perfectly well and then totally fuck it up in the name of "improvements", isn't it?"
Every IT upgrade in history has simultaneously succeeded in increasing complexity and reducing functionality, at least in one crucial respect or another.
It's how the people who do all the IT upgrades keep themselves in work: fixing (usually very slowly and inefficiently) the problems that they have created in the first place. Quite ingenious, really.
@OldKingCole If Grayling were responsible for the downgrade, most of the comments would never appear and those which did would arrive three hours late.
@Black Rook wrote: @OldKingCole If Grayling were responsible for the downgrade, most of the comments would never appear and those which did would arrive three hours late.
@Casino_Royale I think it makes sense for everyone to treat say the 14th March as an absolute deadline for the Withdrawal Agreement, and then apply for the short extension after it is signed for the neccesary UK legislation. Edit: One smart card May and the EU might want to play between themselves is to have an extension granted in March, conditional upon the WA being passed by the House of Commons by the deadline. That heaps maximum pressure on the soft-remainers to pass the deal. There are plenty more of those than ERG in the HoC..
First they take the emoticons, and we fall back... then they take the quote button, and we fall back... the line must be drawn here! this far, and no further!
@Casino_Royale - It's remarkable how often IT professionals can take something that's working perfectly well and then totally fuck it up in the name of "improvements", isn't it?
Can't wait to see what improvements Brexit is going to make the country...
@RobD - First they take the emoticons, and we fall back... then they take the quote button, and we fall back... the line must be drawn here! this far, and no further!
This is where Sunil normally writes "Ни шагу назад!"
@Casino_Royale yeah, we've just gone through a bout of that at work. Something that was just about passable has been axed in favour of something that may work well one day, was supposed to be a cost saving but I've heard deployment went vastly over budget. I'm sure the company that provides the new service will update their roadmap to remove the features we desired in the first place...
Orwell didn't live to see British cooking become rather good. Up until the early 1990s i'd say that'd have stayed pretty much bang on. But British cuisine has come on leaps and bounds in the last 20-25 years.
His points on pubs are interesting too. Explains their precipitous decline. Virtually no men drunk in the home then (and they were virtually all men) and all went to the pub to drink. Now, almost everyone drinks at home and you go to most pubs for a drink or two and a meal, unless you're very lucky to live near a very good community /social wet pub that's still going.
The latest YouGov/ Times voting intention survey sees 41% of Britons saying they would vote Conservative (from 39% in our previous survey in mid-January) while 34% say they would back Labour (unchanged). Elsewhere, the Liberal Democrats are on 10% (from 11%) and votes for other parties stands at 16% (unchanged).
@Casino Royale Indeed, and I agree about pubs. I remember, about 1955, being driven through industrial South Wales and remarking to my father (who came from that area) that there seemed very few of the off-licences that were beginning to proliferate in South Essex. 'It's because' he told me 'the wicked people who drink do it in pubs, not at home'. When I was at what is now Sunderland University a few years later it was rare to see a female in a pub, except the two or three that the students used, and then only in term time.
So France and Italy are going to go to war, huh? From this I conclude the following:
* It will be the first war with two-hour lunch breaks. * The food will be fabulous... * ...as will be the uniforms * Many will die but the deaths will be depicted in the appropriate style, the French in Renaissance style with good use of colour and the Italians more baroque, with more vivid colours and composition. Both will have good command of chiaroscuro and be later exhibited. * The winner will be Germany
First they take the emoticons, and we fall back... then they take the quote button, and we fall back... the line must be drawn here! this far, and no further!
@OldKingCole All rings true. Methodism and the temperance movement were strong in South Wales, weren't they?
Makes you wonder how men used to meet women, really. I've never been socially conservative about that sort of thing and refused to join two gentleman's clubs because of it. (not to make a feminist point, incidentally, but because I didn't want to spend £1,200 a year for the privilege of hanging round with a load of dull old farts on a Friday night without a single lady in sight.)
"They are also inclined to despise rabbits, and rabbit-rearing for the table has never been extensively practiced in Britain. On the other hand they will eat young rooks, which are shot in May and baked in pies...."
"The fish fried in oil to which the British working classes are especially addicted is definitely nasty, and has been an enemy of home cookery, since it can be bought everywhere in the big towns, ready cooked and at low prices...."
"The other main category of puddings – milk puddings – is the kind of thing that one would prefer to pass over in silence, but it must be mentioned, since these dishes are, unfortunately, characteristic of Britain. They are preparations of rice, semolina, barley, sago or even macaroni, mixed with milk and sugar and baked in the oven. The one made with barley is somewhat less bad then the others: the one made with macaroni is intolerable to any civilised palate...."
Only 19% of Labour voters think it was right to leave the EU in the latest YouGov .
And yet clueless Corbyn thinks he should continue to ignore Remainers .
Two different polls with conservative leads of 7% in the last week and today he torpedoes the second referendum, notwithstanding Starmer clinging on with non convincing statements it is still on the table.
Lots of labour mps and members must be in turmoil as Corbyn facilltates leaving the EU
Only 19% of Labour voters think it was right to leave the EU in the latest YouGov .
And yet clueless Corbyn thinks he should continue to ignore Remainers .
Two different polls with conservative leads of 7% in the last week and today he torpedoes the second referendum, notwithstanding Starmer clinging on with non convincing statements it is still on the table.
Lots of labour mps and members must be in turmoil as Corbyn facilltates leaving the EU
Corbyns desperate attempt to please both sides is going to end in tears . Brexit is a right wing project and instead of making the case that a Tory Brexit will harm poorer communities he’s delusionally throwing Remainers under a bus . All the Labour talent bar Starmer is on the backbenches whilst the front bench is full of clueless Corbyn groupies !
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Apparently George Orwell was commissioned by the British Council to write a piece on British Cookery in 1946. However when he submitted it they declined to use it as it was held to be "unwise to publish it for the continental reader"
However, having read it twice now, I commend it to colleagues, especially the bon viveurs among us. There, I think, quite a few!
Not only is Chris Grayling behind the upgrade of Vanilla, news reaches me that the writers and producers of season two of Westworld were also involved.
No way was Grayling involved; it still works, albeit only after a fashion!
Every IT upgrade in history has simultaneously succeeded in increasing complexity and reducing functionality, at least in one crucial respect or another.
It's how the people who do all the IT upgrades keep themselves in work: fixing (usually very slowly and inefficiently) the problems that they have created in the first place. Quite ingenious, really.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-legislation-list-factbox/factbox-what-brexit-legislation-does-britain-still-need-to-pass-before-eu-exit-idUKKCN1PW1FV
Does anyone reckon that little lot will go through?
I, for one, am delighted to see that Liam Fox is confident, and if not has "contingency plans".
@OldKingCole If Grayling were responsible for the downgrade, most of the comments would never appear and those which did would arrive three hours late.
Very true!
Edit: One smart card May and the EU might want to play between themselves is to have an extension granted in March, conditional upon the WA being passed by the House of Commons by the deadline.
That heaps maximum pressure on the soft-remainers to pass the deal. There are plenty more of those than ERG in the HoC..
Took me back to my childhood with some of the food, too. Treacle tart with 'top of the milk' was a favourite
Mr. NorthWales, brave to make an actual prediction.
I'd thought the 11 December vote, which ended up being pulled, would've been lost, leading to a second referendum. Which shows my prophetic powers.
Can't wait to see what improvements Brexit is going to make the country...
This is where Sunil normally writes "Ни шагу назад!"
Nothing has changed.
Corbyn and Red Team on the slide?
What a hecking mess.
Orwell didn't live to see British cooking become rather good. Up until the early 1990s i'd say that'd have stayed pretty much bang on. But British cuisine has come on leaps and bounds in the last 20-25 years.
His points on pubs are interesting too. Explains their precipitous decline. Virtually no men drunk in the home then (and they were virtually all men) and all went to the pub to drink. Now, almost everyone drinks at home and you go to most pubs for a drink or two and a meal, unless you're very lucky to live near a very good community /social wet pub that's still going.
https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/02/07/voting-intention-conservatives-41-labour-34-3-4-fe
Live footage: https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1093501481003700225
TM 40
DN 39
CORBYN 19 (not a misprint 19% )
Countdown to SDP2...
Indeed, and I agree about pubs. I remember, about 1955, being driven through industrial South Wales and remarking to my father (who came from that area) that there seemed very few of the off-licences that were beginning to proliferate in South Essex. 'It's because' he told me 'the wicked people who drink do it in pubs, not at home'.
When I was at what is now Sunderland University a few years later it was rare to see a female in a pub, except the two or three that the students used, and then only in term time.
* It will be the first war with two-hour lunch breaks.
* The food will be fabulous...
* ...as will be the uniforms
* Many will die but the deaths will be depicted in the appropriate style, the French in Renaissance style with good use of colour and the Italians more baroque, with more vivid colours and composition. Both will have good command of chiaroscuro and be later exhibited.
* The winner will be Germany
Is there anything better? Not sure there is.
NEW THREAD
lol.
i think Old King Cole might want to re-read what he wrote in his final paragraph!
(Blushing face)
May’s strategy is clear.
Tell all MPs that they will be forced by statute to use Vanilla rather than WhatsApp unless they sign off the deal.
Makes you wonder how men used to meet women, really. I've never been socially conservative about that sort of thing and refused to join two gentleman's clubs because of it. (not to make a feminist point, incidentally, but because I didn't want to spend £1,200 a year for the privilege of hanging round with a load of dull old farts on a Friday night without a single lady in sight.)
And yet clueless Corbyn thinks he should continue to ignore Remainers .
"They are also inclined to despise rabbits, and rabbit-rearing for the table has never been extensively practiced in Britain. On the other hand they will eat young rooks, which are shot in May and baked in pies...."
"The fish fried in oil to which the British working classes are especially addicted is definitely nasty, and has been an enemy of home cookery, since it can be bought everywhere in the big towns, ready cooked and at low prices...."
"The other main category of puddings – milk puddings – is the kind of thing that one would prefer to pass over in silence, but it must be mentioned, since these dishes are, unfortunately, characteristic of Britain. They are preparations of rice, semolina, barley, sago or even macaroni, mixed with milk and sugar and baked in the oven. The one made with barley is somewhat less bad then the others: the one made with macaroni is intolerable to any civilised palate...."
Lots of labour mps and members must be in turmoil as Corbyn facilltates leaving the EU