I had already backed Nandy at 6/1 and I’ve been concerned by the drift in her price. But Henry G has a great record on Labour Party matters - so I’ve gone in again at 12/1, (13/1 with Ladbrokes boost).
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
I bet Classic Dom believes he always assiduously assess people only on the quality of their work and never on any non quantifiable features and absolutely not on what he thinks about them on a personal level.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Which gives him a justification to fire any potential threat or rival at any time.
Nandy is my hunch too. Soft Left. Woman. Good on TV. Not much baggage. She touched crazy 50 type prices on Betfair earlier. I did not act sadly.
I am on record as saying Nandy would be the most dangerous for the Tories to have to confront.
She wouldn't, a lettuce has more personality and she voted against the Withdrawal Agreement on every occasion so has no real appeal to Leavers either
I agree. Nandy has shown neither leadership nor charisma, and no Labour leaver will be Leave enough for the frothers, as Caroline Flint found out.
Starmer may well be good at fisking BoZo in parliament, but either Rayner or Jess would get my juices flowing.
The Labour vote fell by 14.8% in Don Valley, one of the lowest in the 'mining belt'
By comparison Ed Miliband and Yvette Cooper saw falls of over 20%.
If a dozen more Labour MPs had voted the same as Caroline Flint in the HoC then we wouldn't now have a Boris majority government.
I am sure that Smeeth, Flint and Onn are greatly comforted by these words.
I see very little evidence that collaborating with the Tories protected those Labour MPs.
Perhaps they thought it was the right thing to do or maybe they realised what the consequences of a general election before Brexit had happened would be.
If so they knew better than the bigoted fools who claimed that Labour MPs didn't need to worry about upsetting Leave voters because a majority of 2017 Labour voters in every constituency were Remainers.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
I think people (as always with Cummings) may be responding to his dramatics by thinking these changes amount to more than they do.
Appealing to weirdos is not new - the MOD have been doing much the same thing. Wanting to cast the net for applicants wider than it is currently - a good thing. Getting rid of office politics, of course you'll never do that, but by coming out as 'anti' office politics you might get more applicants who know that isn't their strength feeling comfortable enough to apply.
I've read a lot of people saying 'I think I could be what he's looking for', and even if at the moment these people aren't serious, I think that's a great thing.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
I think Cummings sees himself as the "right person" that the hire needs to assiduously court favour with and his definition of "playing office politics" leading to a binning is those that don't court his favour.
Anyhoo, I am loving the BBC "Dracula". It's "Sherlock" with gore. The writers are doing such a good job of handling Sister Agatha as a female Doctor it makes me wish they were still writing for "Doctor Who". I know everybody here has the hate on for the Beeb, but I think it's brilliant.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
That's not really my experience, FWIW. Neither where I've been successful in industry and the voluntary sector, nor where I've seen others who were. There's some of that in politics, of course, but the key thing political leaders look for is loyalty followed by competence. They mostly aren't that interested in flattery, Trump being an obvious exception.
Anyhoo, I am loving the BBC "Dracula". It's "Sherlock" with gore. The writers are doing such a good job of handling Sister Agatha as a female Doctor it makes me wish they were still writing for "Doctor Who". I know everybody here has the hate on for the Beeb, but I think it's brilliant.
Horror/Gothic isn't my thing at all - but I am enjoying this. Some very neat twists. Some clever nods. Good amount of humour. Genuinely shocking.
Anyhoo, I am loving the BBC "Dracula". It's "Sherlock" with gore. The writers are doing such a good job of handling Sister Agatha as a female Doctor it makes me wish they were still writing for "Doctor Who". I know everybody here has the hate on for the Beeb, but I think it's brilliant.
Horror/Gothic isn't my thing at all - but I am enjoying this. Some very neat twists. Some clever nods. Good amount of humour. Genuinely shocking.
Really didn't see the end of ep2 coming.
I am pretty certain this isn't a one-off series.
It's outrageous how much it is just a Sherlock photocopy, but as Moffat&Gatiss are the best at doing that sort of drama and they can't drag Cumberbatch and Bilbo back from Marvel, I'm more than happy to take it.
I am also glad they decided to keep Agatha on, She's really good, and when I get my Tardis I'll pop back to 2017 and stand in front of the Doctor Who writers and say "LOOK! THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, YOU DUMB F***S!". Not that I'm twitchy or anything...
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
That's not really my experience, FWIW. Neither where I've been successful in industry and the voluntary sector, nor where I've seen others who were. There's some of that in politics, of course, but the key thing political leaders look for is loyalty followed by competence. They mostly aren't that interested in flattery, Trump being an obvious exception.
"the key thing political leaders look for is loyalty"
Yes, who you choose to be loyal to IS office politics.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
Not necessarily. If you pick up a good salary and good experience, and it keeps going for over 18 months, it doesn't look that bad on your CV and you've got a great response to the "why did you leave your last job" question.
The Scottish Parliament needs full fiscal autonomy.
Jarvid must cut National Insurance-Holyrood can’t overturn that Tory tax cut ...
I don't know why more Tories aren't more worried about Scotland going independent? If that happens under a Tory government you will lose English support. Don't for a second think it will bring political advantage to the the Conservative and Unioist party.
The Scottish Parliament needs full fiscal autonomy.
Jarvid must cut National Insurance-Holyrood can’t overturn that Tory tax cut ...
I don't know why more Tories aren't more worried about Scotland going independent? If that happens under a Tory government you will lose English support. Don't for a second think it will bring political advantage to the the Conservative and Unioist party.
Brexit kills Sindy.
Scots with mortgages and pensions in British pounds won’t touch the Euro with a barge pole.
Anyhoo, I am loving the BBC "Dracula". It's "Sherlock" with gore. The writers are doing such a good job of handling Sister Agatha as a female Doctor it makes me wish they were still writing for "Doctor Who". I know everybody here has the hate on for the Beeb, but I think it's brilliant.
Horror/Gothic isn't my thing at all - but I am enjoying this. Some very neat twists. Some clever nods. Good amount of humour. Genuinely shocking.
The Scottish Parliament needs full fiscal autonomy.
Jarvid must cut National Insurance-Holyrood can’t overturn that Tory tax cut ...
I don't know why more Tories aren't more worried about Scotland going independent? If that happens under a Tory government you will lose English support. Don't for a second think it will bring political advantage to the the Conservative and Unioist party.
The Tories won a majority of 156 at the last general election in England.
The Tories remain committed to the Union which is why they had a manifesto commitment to block indyref2 for their full 5 year term but the biggest losers from Scottish independence would be Labour and the left
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
Not necessarily. If you pick up a good salary and good experience, and it keeps going for over 18 months, it doesn't look that bad on your CV and you've got a great response to the "why did you leave your last job" question.
Being involved in a project which is (obviously) going to crash and burn is no fun, irrespective of the salary. Working on something that works, on the other hand, is fun. And you're more likely to keep drawing the salary if, you know, the project doesn't die.
The Scottish Parliament needs full fiscal autonomy.
Jarvid must cut National Insurance-Holyrood can’t overturn that Tory tax cut ...
I don't know why more Tories aren't more worried about Scotland going independent? If that happens under a Tory government you will lose English support. Don't for a second think it will bring political advantage to the the Conservative and Unioist party.
Brexit kills Sindy.
Scots with mortgages and pensions in British pounds won’t touch the Euro with a barge pole.
If the SNP had been smart they’d have grabbed May’s deal.
Now SINDY + EU = hardest of hard borders with rUK ( which accounts for 4 times as much of Scotland’s trade than the EU.) That will become progressively clearer as the “Irish sea it isn’t a border really” gets implemented.
The Scottish Parliament needs full fiscal autonomy.
Jarvid must cut National Insurance-Holyrood can’t overturn that Tory tax cut ...
I don't know why more Tories aren't more worried about Scotland going independent? If that happens under a Tory government you will lose English support. Don't for a second think it will bring political advantage to the the Conservative and Unioist party.
Brexit kills Sindy.
Scots with mortgages and pensions in British pounds won’t touch the Euro with a barge pole.
If the SNP had been smart they’d have grabbed May’s deal.
Now SINDY + EU = hardest of hard borders with rUK ( which accounts for 4 times as much of Scotland’s trade than the EU.) That will become progressively clearer as the “Irish sea it isn’t a border really” gets implemented.
That's right, people make these decisions based on economic logic and not emotion about whether they like the people governing them.
Anyhoo, I am loving the BBC "Dracula". It's "Sherlock" with gore. The writers are doing such a good job of handling Sister Agatha as a female Doctor it makes me wish they were still writing for "Doctor Who". I know everybody here has the hate on for the Beeb, but I think it's brilliant.
Horror/Gothic isn't my thing at all - but I am enjoying this. Some very neat twists. Some clever nods. Good amount of humour. Genuinely shocking.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
Yup, get on the right side of the right people, that's always the game plan at any company. Also, learn when and how to say no to senior management. Those are my two tips for getting ahead in life.
If asked to join an obviously doomed project, you have to say no, no matter how much the CEO begs you.
Not necessarily. If you pick up a good salary and good experience, and it keeps going for over 18 months, it doesn't look that bad on your CV and you've got a great response to the "why did you leave your last job" question.
Being involved in a project which is (obviously) going to crash and burn is no fun, irrespective of the salary. Working on something that works, on the other hand, is fun. And you're more likely to keep drawing the salary if, you know, the project doesn't die.
Unfortunately, one does not work for "fun". And all projects end. The trick is to use project n as a stepping stone to project n+1.
It appears the US have killed a guy called Qasim Soleimani in Bagdhad this evening, whether deliberately or accident.
Don't know him? Look him up. He is head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards operations outside Iran and is a very large, pretty much legend, of a figure to many. The man who has directed countless operations & attacks on US & wider Western interests over many years.
If this is confirmed, in real military and potentially fuse lighting terms, it is a more significant kill than Bin Laden ever was.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
There is significant opposition to Iranian influence in Iraq as the ongoing street protests and associated violence can testify to, but I cannot begin to tell you how notable this guy is. Its like killing the head of the KGB or CIA, the guy is that significant possibly more so as he is/was a very hands on bloke.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
There is significant opposition to Iranian influence in Iraq as the ongoing street protests and associated violence can testify to, but I cannot begin to tell you how notable this guy is. Its like killing the head of the KGB or CIA, the guy is that significant possibly more so as he is/was a very hands on bloke.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
There is significant opposition to Iranian influence in Iraq as the ongoing street protests and associated violence can testify to, but I cannot begin to tell you how notable this guy is. Its like killing the head of the KGB or CIA, the guy is that significant possibly more so as he is/was a very hands on bloke.
Drone strike by all acounts and exceptionally accurate. The amount of US airlift into the region over the last 24-48 hours is way above normal operations so the US is certainly working on the assumption that there will be trouble.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
“Put it this way. Other than the Supreme Leader Khamenei and maybe the president, he looms larger in Iran than almost any other figure,” said Zakaria. “He is regarded as personally incredibly brave. The troops love him, and he has been the kind of mastermind of Iran’s policies in Syria, in Iraq. So when General Petraeus was fighting the Iraq war, the surge, I remember him telling me that Soleimani was his principle antagonist.
General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force, has been killed by US forces in Iraq. The Pentagon confirmed he was killed "at the direction of the president".
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
I think Cummings sees himself as the "right person" that the hire needs to assiduously court favour with and his definition of "playing office politics" leading to a binning is those that don't court his favour.
Well exactly. That passage of his at least is either delusional or dishonest.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
There is significant opposition to Iranian influence in Iraq as the ongoing street protests and associated violence can testify to, but I cannot begin to tell you how notable this guy is. Its like killing the head of the KGB or CIA, the guy is that significant possibly more so as he is/was a very hands on bloke.
I'd heard of him before, which given general ignorance of the region says something about his profile.
Apart from deliver Brexit and a stonking majority what’s he ever done ?
But yeah how dare he try and make things better..
His success in certain areas- and I thought this chap Levido was supposed to be mastermind of the majority- doesnt mean people should think he will be a success in a very different one, or more to the point that they should want him to succeed in it depending on what his aims are.
If you play office politics, you will be discovered and immediately binned.
Is the quote of a man who is an idiot. The point of office politics is you don't detect it. It is done in secret.
This is the kind of empty platitude that some says to look tough and on the ball but there is absolutely zero to back it up.
It's also fundamentally bullshit. Almost everyone I know who's successfully climbed the greasy poll, whether at Goldman or anywhere else, has done it by assiduously courting favour with the right people.
That's office politics.
That's not really my experience, FWIW. Neither where I've been successful in industry and the voluntary sector, nor where I've seen others who were. There's some of that in politics, of course, but the key thing political leaders look for is loyalty followed by competence. They mostly aren't that interested in flattery, Trump being an obvious exception.
I don't see how that contradicts the point - loyalty to him personally or his aims over other factors would be a way of courting his favour, it doesnt have to mean obsequiousness. Lack of interest in obvious flattery hardly denotes a lack of office politics - seems pretty naive to believe that if someone shuns Trump style vanity then their favour cannot be won through other means.
Political leaders in particular get sucked up to and praised in more subtle ways all the time.
...Apart from deliver Brexit and a stonking majority what’s he ever done ?....
Who do you think is running the country: Cummings or Boris? Genuine question.
Boris - if DC doesn’t cut the mustard he is out. But his leash is currently pretty long.
The civil service needs a kick up the Backside - welcome it.
I'm not sure they do.
Every organisation in the world needs to continually update itself.
Spoiler - nobody who isn’t a civil servant or is shagging a civil servant will care two hoots for any teeth gnashing - probably they will enjoy it.
I care. And I'm not a civil servant nor am I shagging one. I don't get off on causing hardship to people I don't like.
I'm not even concerned about the hardship, but I also have an aversion to gurus seeking to stir things up as an end in itself. Oh sure they always say it's for a good reason and theres usually a sluggish environment that does indeed need updating, but how many of these types are hammers in search of a nail rather than genuinely persuadable to methods or directions they dont already support?
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
Some people are difficult to replace in effectiveness.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
That should work, provided the Iranians don't come up with a clever counterstrategy like promoting somebody else, thus replacing the assassinated leader with a new leader
Some people are difficult to replace in effectiveness.
Most of the Commentators I have read have been saying it’s difficult to underestimate the importance of this - and Iranian retaliatory action is guaranteed.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Great to see Henry G active again on PB.com ... and quite apart from the Next Leader Contest, just in time for his brilliant tipping on the Australian Open Tennis. He's absolutely right of course as regards the number of wannabe leaders who won't even make it onto the ballot paper (three maximum I would guess) and on this basis Lisa Nandy looks good value for money, although the smart money seems to be piling onto Keir Starmer. Maybe it's just me but RL-B looks an awful choice. Personally I've preferred backing Starmer over recent months to be the next PM at around 20/1-25/1. Obviously his price has shortened considerably since 12 Dec and he's currently best priced at 12/1 with bet365 (only half that price with Laddies), for those prepared prepared to wait that long.
How would Sir Humphrey Appleby deal with Cummings?
Some kind of trick to make him think he had won while actually ensuring his reforms only applied to small teams or were easily reversible. If he could delay by getting it to be 'trialled' on SpAds only I imagine he would.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Isn't America Great Again though, when it's troops go swaggering through the world killing brown people?
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Isn't America Great Again though, when it's troops go swaggering through the world killing brown people?
So you think Trump is deliberately killing/targeting "brown people". What a load of shite.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Isn't America Great Again though, when it's troops go swaggering through the world killing brown people?
So you think Trump is deliberately killing/targeting "brown people". What a load of shite.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Isn't America Great Again though, when it's troops go swaggering through the world killing brown people?
So you think Trump is deliberately killing/targeting "brown people". What a load of shite.
https://www.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1212932812485136385 What's especially puzzling however is that this comes so soon after Trump and Putin's lovein. Soleimani was one of Putin's friends in the regime, the man tipped as Putin's choice for next President of Iran and a key figure in Putin's Syria strategy.
So either Putin will be ready to explode or - just possibly - we are seeing Trump used, wittingly or otherwise, as part of a power struggle. With Putin I suppose you never quite know.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Isn't America Great Again though, when it's troops go swaggering through the world killing brown people?
I think this individual’s record was orders of magnitude more important than the colour of his skin.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003.
https://www.twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1212932812485136385 What's especially puzzling however is that this comes so soon after Trump and Putin's lovein. Soleimani was one of Putin's friends in the regime, the man tipped as Putin's choice for next President of Iran and a key figure in Putin's Syria strategy.
So either Putin will be ready to explode or - just possibly - we are seeing Trump used, wittingly or otherwise, as part of a power struggle. With Putin I suppose you never quite know.
Interestingly we have not, as yet, had an official Russian response, as far as I can tell.
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
Starmer's been an opponent of the Iraq war since 2003. You're right that more Americans getting killed in Iraq it might make voters more receptive to a Sanders kind of agenda, though.
Isn't America Great Again though, when it's troops go swaggering through the world killing brown people?
So you think Trump is deliberately killing/targeting "brown people". What a load of shite.
Well, how would you describe his policy?
Why don't you try and describe it.. sensibly... without the emotive racist element
On topic, I hope Henry is right. Nandy would be my first choice. However, I am not sure he is. You need 5% of the overall membership of affiliates and unions combined to get nominated. When you think of the union memberships that basically means you need a big union to support you. I cannot see Nandy getting that.
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If I was the HR director I would be on the war path tonight.
Go Lisa!
I see very little evidence that collaborating with the Tories protected those Labour MPs.
That's office politics.
That might be enough to make Cummings look twice at them. As they re-apply for their current job....
In response to your tip I backed Nandy at 18 and have now been able to lay her off at 12 to repair some of my Starmer hole.
Yeh, that's right, Starmer was why Labour voters whose parents and grandparents had always voted Lab, turned away.
Naught to do with the Blessed Corbyn.
*That's* office politics...
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-01-02/julian-castro-quits-the-2020-presidential-race
If so they knew better than the bigoted fools who claimed that Labour MPs didn't need to worry about upsetting Leave voters because a majority of 2017 Labour voters in every constituency were Remainers.
Appealing to weirdos is not new - the MOD have been doing much the same thing. Wanting to cast the net for applicants wider than it is currently - a good thing. Getting rid of office politics, of course you'll never do that, but by coming out as 'anti' office politics you might get more applicants who know that isn't their strength feeling comfortable enough to apply.
I've read a lot of people saying 'I think I could be what he's looking for', and even if at the moment these people aren't serious, I think that's a great thing.
Really didn't see the end of ep2 coming.
I am pretty certain this isn't a one-off series.
2: start applying for the next job soon after starting this one.
Always good to have an escape route...
I am also glad they decided to keep Agatha on, She's really good, and when I get my Tardis I'll pop back to 2017 and stand in front of the Doctor Who writers and say "LOOK! THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT, YOU DUMB F***S!". Not that I'm twitchy or anything...
Yes, who you choose to be loyal to IS office politics.
Apart from deliver Brexit and a stonking majority what’s he ever done ?
But yeah how dare he try and make things better..
Jarvid must cut National Insurance-Holyrood can’t overturn that Tory tax cut ...
No evidence he can inspire people in a positive way - CF Education
Scots with mortgages and pensions in British pounds won’t touch the Euro with a barge pole.
The civil service needs a kick up the Backside - welcome it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_England
The Tories remain committed to the Union which is why they had a manifesto commitment to block indyref2 for their full 5 year term but the biggest losers from Scottish independence would be Labour and the left
Spoiler - nobody who isn’t a civil servant or is shagging a civil servant will care two hoots for any teeth gnashing - probably they will enjoy it.
Now SINDY + EU = hardest of hard borders with rUK ( which accounts for 4 times as much of Scotland’s trade than the EU.) That will become progressively clearer as the “Irish sea it isn’t a border really” gets implemented.
Don't know him? Look him up. He is head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards operations outside Iran and is a very large, pretty much legend, of a figure to many. The man who has directed countless operations & attacks on US & wider Western interests over many years.
If this is confirmed, in real military and potentially fuse lighting terms, it is a more significant kill than Bin Laden ever was.
Some kind of major sweep on leaders of Iraqi shi'te militias, effectively run by Soleimani also appears to be underway. This is a major attempt to throttle Iranian influence, which is massive, in the country.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/iraq-3-katyusha-rockets-fired-baghdad-airport-200102232817666.html
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/qasem-soleimani-is-a-revered-figure-in-iran-and-his-death-will-force-the-country-to-respond-fareed-zakaria/
The Pentagon confirmed he was killed "at the direction of the president".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50979463
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1212924762827046918?s=20
1) Iran
2) World War 3
3) Soleimani
4) Baghdad
https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1212934867865997312?s=20
Political leaders in particular get sucked up to and praised in more subtle ways all the time.
The Anti-War guys are going to be politically energised.
Also beware a usual failure of Pentagon plans, here is a war game from 2004:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/12/will-iran-be-next/303599/
https://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/coma/images/issues/200412/2004-12-fallows-iran.pdf
Their plan in 2004 was to have 3 divisions and a brigade to drive 1000 miles over many tall mountain ranges, siege Tehran and get out all in 5 days, brought to you by the same people who planned the Iraq War.
Of course the Civilian leaders involved were appalled by the such terrible planning:
"Companies deciding which kind of toothpaste to market have much more rigorous, established decision-making processes to refer to than the most senior officials of the U.S. government deciding whether or not to go to war"
https://twitter.com/EricColumbus/status/1212929154460590080
Now the political question is how many american soldiers will have to die for Trump to lose re-election ?
He's absolutely right of course as regards the number of wannabe leaders who won't even make it onto the ballot paper (three maximum I would guess) and on this basis Lisa Nandy looks good value for money, although the smart money seems to be piling onto Keir Starmer. Maybe it's just me but RL-B looks an awful choice. Personally I've preferred backing Starmer over recent months to be the next PM at around 20/1-25/1. Obviously his price has shortened considerably since 12 Dec and he's currently best priced at 12/1 with bet365 (only half that price with Laddies), for those prepared prepared to wait that long.
Although will the lure of a Trump trade deal be a siren call?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/mar/17/foreignpolicy.iraq1
What's especially puzzling however is that this comes so soon after Trump and Putin's lovein. Soleimani was one of Putin's friends in the regime, the man tipped as Putin's choice for next President of Iran and a key figure in Putin's Syria strategy.
So either Putin will be ready to explode or - just possibly - we are seeing Trump used, wittingly or otherwise, as part of a power struggle. With Putin I suppose you never quite know.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4743464.stm