I am sure everyone will be delighted the EU want to go to the moon
Why do you care, we've left
I care for the people of europe paying for someone's fantasy
If Europe want to do that, that's their problem, your concern is very odd
Not at all.
It is no different than my care for the peoples of America under Trump
I am not an isolationist, indeed I voted remain
I don't think you did to be honest but either way.
We've left, it's the EU's problem now, not ours.
Why exactly is the scientific exploration of the moon a problem? Because it's not for free?
Is it a problem for NASA, too? They are, after all, providing the Orion vehicle to shuttle personnel from the lunar orbiter to the moon surface. Is it a problem for the Canadian and Japanese space agencies which are taking part in the fun?
What will Buccaneering Blighty do? Will it want to participate and waste mountains of money for a useless vanity project, without total control of the rules and stuff? Or will it heckle from the sidelines.
Well, for starters, this is ESA which has nothing to do with the EU. So British taxpayers will be on the hook.
It is correct to say that ESA has not yet been made an EU agency, but if ESA has nothing at all to do with the EU, why is the EU making such a large contribution to the ESA budget?
I am sure everyone will be delighted the EU want to go to the moon
Why do you care, we've left
I care for the people of europe paying for someone's fantasy
If Europe want to do that, that's their problem, your concern is very odd
Not at all.
It is no different than my care for the peoples of America under Trump
I am not an isolationist, indeed I voted remain
I don't think you did to be honest but either way.
We've left, it's the EU's problem now, not ours.
Why exactly is the scientific exploration of the moon a problem? Because it's not for free?
Is it a problem for NASA, too? They are, after all, providing the Orion vehicle to shuttle personnel from the lunar orbiter to the moon surface. Is it a problem for the Canadian and Japanese space agencies which are taking part in the fun?
What will Buccaneering Blighty do? Will it want to participate and waste mountains of money for a useless vanity project, without total control of the rules and stuff? Or will it heckle from the sidelines.
Well, for starters, this is ESA which has nothing to do with the EU. So British taxpayers will be on the hook.
It is correct to say that ESA has not yet been made an EU agency, but if ESA has nothing at all to do with the EU, why is the EU making such a large contribution to the ESA budget?
Sorry, I should have been more precise and said it wasn't contingent on our EU membership.
I am sure everyone will be delighted the EU want to go to the moon
Why do you care, we've left
I care for the people of europe paying for someone's fantasy
If Europe want to do that, that's their problem, your concern is very odd
Not at all.
It is no different than my care for the peoples of America under Trump
I am not an isolationist, indeed I voted remain
I don't think you did to be honest but either way.
We've left, it's the EU's problem now, not ours.
Why exactly is the scientific exploration of the moon a problem? Because it's not for free?
Is it a problem for NASA, too? They are, after all, providing the Orion vehicle to shuttle personnel from the lunar orbiter to the moon surface. Is it a problem for the Canadian and Japanese space agencies which are taking part in the fun?
What will Buccaneering Blighty do? Will it want to participate and waste mountains of money for a useless vanity project, without total control of the rules and stuff? Or will it heckle from the sidelines.
Well, for starters, this is ESA which has nothing to do with the EU. So British taxpayers will be on the hook.
Let's have a referendum on it, you can vote to Leave?
Why would I do that?
Well if you're not keen on the idea, we can leave the ESA. We seem to want to leave everything else we're part of, so why not add this next? Better on our own, am I right?
What gives you the idea I am not keen on the idea? I'm all for big science projects like these.
This is quite the sort of thing internatonal co-operation should be about. Though with as much private investment as possible, the likes of SpaceX really are starting to open up the heavens.
I am sure everyone will be delighted the EU want to go to the moon
Why do you care, we've left
I care for the people of europe paying for someone's fantasy
If Europe want to do that, that's their problem, your concern is very odd
Not at all.
It is no different than my care for the peoples of America under Trump
I am not an isolationist, indeed I voted remain
I don't think you did to be honest but either way.
We've left, it's the EU's problem now, not ours.
Why exactly is the scientific exploration of the moon a problem? Because it's not for free?
Is it a problem for NASA, too? They are, after all, providing the Orion vehicle to shuttle personnel from the lunar orbiter to the moon surface. Is it a problem for the Canadian and Japanese space agencies which are taking part in the fun?
What will Buccaneering Blighty do? Will it want to participate and waste mountains of money for a useless vanity project, without total control of the rules and stuff? Or will it heckle from the sidelines.
Well, for starters, this is ESA which has nothing to do with the EU. So British taxpayers will be on the hook.
Let's have a referendum on it, you can vote to Leave?
Why would I do that?
Well if you're not keen on the idea, we can leave the ESA. We seem to want to leave everything else we're part of, so why not add this next? Better on our own, am I right?
What gives you the idea I am not keen on the idea? I'm all for big science projects like these.
This is quite the sort of thing internatonal co-operation should be about. Though with as much private investment as possible, the likes of SpaceX really are starting to open up the heavens.
I look forward to the next discovery from the LHC.. the pepsi neutrino.
Matt Hancock needs to be sacked, that joke isn't even funny.
I mean I've got a joke about Covid-19 but it is really tasteless.
Can we sack Hancock for something he has seriously done wrong? Like overseen a complete shambles that is Track and No Trace, spending something like £12b.
Matt Hancock needs to be sacked, that joke isn't even funny.
I mean I've got a joke about Covid-19 but it is really tasteless.
Can we sack Hancock for something he has seriously done wrong? Like overseen a complete shambles that is Track and No Trace, spending something like £12b.
I can’t help feeling sacking him for the inability to tell a good joke is more in keeping with the government ethos.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
Matt Hancock needs to be sacked, that joke isn't even funny.
I mean I've got a joke about Covid-19 but it is really tasteless.
Can we sack Hancock for something he has seriously done wrong? Like overseen a complete shambles that is Track and No Trace, spending something like £12b.
He really needs to go. Politically inept, incompetent and is totally out of his depth.
Anyone with any knowledge of D Harding’s track record at TalkTalk would have not even considered her
Since we're talking about ESA, I'll just casually drop in the fact that I presented a mission study at ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) and ESTEC (European Space Technology Centre) that they commissioned and subcontracted to a research team I once worked for. Oh, and I got the mission control tour.
I doubt anything else I ever do in my career will get close to that
Biden will only be wooed by dumping the internal markets bill or getting a trade deal with the EU otherwise no matter how much wooing Boris and his ministers do there will still be no US and UK trade deal under a Biden presidency.
However I would not write off Trump yet either, at this stage in 2016 Hillary was already measuring the curtains for the Oval Office
Matt Hancock needs to be sacked, that joke isn't even funny.
I mean I've got a joke about Covid-19 but it is really tasteless.
Can we sack Hancock for something he has seriously done wrong? Like overseen a complete shambles that is Track and No Trace, spending something like £12b.
He really needs to go. Politically inept, incompetent and is totally out of his depth.
Anyone with any knowledge of D Harding’s track record at TalkTalk would have not even considered her
The NHS app though has worked extremely well, have already scanned my barcode at the cinema, cafes etc
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I feel like governments forge links with whoever wins regardless - a lot of the 'proof' of overly close links seemed to be diplomatic nicities which others have done to an even greater degree without criticism.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
Don't forget Kinnock lost.
Nothing inevitable about that in 1992. Despite the Sheffield rally and the ousting of Thatcher Labour gained 42 seats compared with 1987.
Seems like the common thread is coming out of lockdown too early and not having strict enough rules.
We could have been a New Zealand.
I think that may be taken it a bit too far, in suggesting there are no differing factors which might impact our situation compared to theirs other than lockdown policy. It may well be part of it, but with very different countries I think it is possible to ignore other contributory factors if only focusing on one element.
Seems like the common thread is coming out of lockdown too early and not having strict enough rules.
We could have been a New Zealand.
I think that may be taken it a bit too far, in suggesting there are no differing factors which might impact our situation compared to theirs other than lockdown policy. It may well be part of it, but with very different countries I think it is possible to ignore other contributory factors if only focusing on one element.
New Zealand is also heading for recession, Germany and S Korea are better models than New Zealand
Matt Hancock needs to be sacked, that joke isn't even funny.
I mean I've got a joke about Covid-19 but it is really tasteless.
Can we sack Hancock for something he has seriously done wrong? Like overseen a complete shambles that is Track and No Trace, spending something like £12b.
He really needs to go. Politically inept, incompetent and is totally out of his depth.
Anyone with any knowledge of D Harding’s track record at TalkTalk would have not even considered her
The NHS app though has worked extremely well, have already scanned my barcode at the cinema, cafes etc
It may do but, as someone who is overall responsible for the Health S
It’s a weird thing to say. A fair few replies to that Tweet make the point it’s the sort of conspiracy theory Trump might make but why is Biden making it.
The actions of the Democrats over the past few days have been odd. Nancy P bringing up the 25th and the drugs approval issue and now this statement from Biden
Calling IDS and Graham Brady!!! Time to get House of Commons debating all this. As per @Cyclefree
I'm sure there are the votes for the measures, or something close to it, I really don't get why the debate scares the government so much. May was the same over A50.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
Don't forget Kinnock lost.
Nothing inevitable about that in 1992. Despite the Sheffield rally and the ousting of Thatcher Labour gained 42 seats compared with 1987.
Yeah 1992 was a good election for Labour in the long run, avoided Black Wednesday and they set in place 1997.
If Starmer does that, he will get a lot of credit from me.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
Don't forget Kinnock lost.
Nothing inevitable about that in 1992. Despite the Sheffield rally and the ousting of Thatcher Labour gained 42 seats compared with 1987.
Fair point, if Starmer gained 42 Tory seats in 2024 it would be a hung parliament and 323 Tory seats and Boris would need DUP MPs to stay in power
Since we're talking about ESA, I'll just casually drop in the fact that I presented a mission study at ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) and ESTEC (European Space Technology Centre) that they commissioned and subcontracted to a research team I once worked for. Oh, and I got the mission control tour.
I doubt anything else I ever do in my career will get close to that
Nice. I spent some time at ESTEC as a student, very cool place, had the tour of the assembly bay where they had a few things that launched. Kind of wish I went into that area now, way more interesting than where I ended up.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
It seems possible she is objectionable in her own right, of course. Harry clearly wants to be shooting pheasant and drinking beer with his mates and going to army dinners in the UK. Best they just get the divorce in sooner than later, and everyone is happy.
I think you misunderstimate the power of love.
The power of love is a curious thing, Make a one man weep, make another man sing, Change a hawk to a little white dove, More than a feeling, that's the power of love.
But there was this story in the Mail today, which I found interesting..
I think Harry is a bit beyond a telling off. The effective break from the institution following his whining about not getting to do things his way, I should think means he has no incentive to accept a telling off quietly, and if it is reported as a telling off why would he take that?
Family drama, sure, but that's already on the table with his outspokenness, it's no bar.
He should have been an early royal, some of them got some rough treatment - I've been reading about the Prussians, and Frederick William I locked his son up and, among other things, forced him to watch the execution of his best friend, for his defiance.
Since we're talking about ESA, I'll just casually drop in the fact that I presented a mission study at ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) and ESTEC (European Space Technology Centre) that they commissioned and subcontracted to a research team I once worked for. Oh, and I got the mission control tour.
I doubt anything else I ever do in my career will get close to that
Very cool. What was the mission concept, if I can ask?
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
The polls do seem to indicate a slight movement to the Conservatives and away from Labour
It is quote extraordinary why Labour are not well ahead
Reading this forum you would think the conservatives are consigned to defeat
Maybe but far from convincing at present
Bless, you're reading way too much into sub MOE changes.
Are you saying labour shouldn't be ahead
Not 10 months into a Parliament following an election in which incumbent was re-elected with a big majority. Did not happen post -1959 - 1966 - 1983 - 1987 - 1997 -2001. Starmer is outperforming Gaitskell in 1960 and Kinnock in 1988.
Don't forget Kinnock lost.
Nothing inevitable about that in 1992. Despite the Sheffield rally and the ousting of Thatcher Labour gained 42 seats compared with 1987.
Fair point, if Starmer gained 42 Tory seats in 2024 it would be a hung parliament and 323 Tory seats and Boris would need DUP MPs to stay in power
In reality 323 seats would be enough for Johnson to continue , but I would also expect losses to SNP and LDs which would probably take them below 315. I also believe that Labour gains in 1992 could have ended up between 55 and 60.
SLAB and SCON are going to be beneficiaries when the national UK situation is no better?
It only takes the SNP to lose a few seats on 2016 and there is a Unionist majority, plus most of Scotland is now in effective lockdown with all the economic damage that will do by January unlike most of rUK
Since we're talking about ESA, I'll just casually drop in the fact that I presented a mission study at ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) and ESTEC (European Space Technology Centre) that they commissioned and subcontracted to a research team I once worked for. Oh, and I got the mission control tour.
I doubt anything else I ever do in my career will get close to that
Nice. I spent some time at ESTEC as a student, very cool place, had the tour of the assembly bay where they had a few things that launched. Kind of wish I went into that area now, way more interesting than where I ended up.
Ditto. Although where I ended up involves a lot of economic modelling, which right now if nothing else is definitely interesting.
Since we're talking about ESA, I'll just casually drop in the fact that I presented a mission study at ESOC (European Space Operations Centre) and ESTEC (European Space Technology Centre) that they commissioned and subcontracted to a research team I once worked for. Oh, and I got the mission control tour.
I doubt anything else I ever do in my career will get close to that
Very cool. What was the mission concept, if I can ask?
It was a conceptual Mars communications relay using ion engines to access specific types of orbit that wouldn't otherwise be conventionally accessible.
How much of a snowflake do you have to be to triggered by that joke?
Being right wing and offended by Muslims, comedians and Churchill not being a saint, and the like, has become so fashionable that it is a reflex for many now. Even when it isn't appropriate. Like replying "Whatever" to anything you didn't like was 10 years ago.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
Abstain and complain.
And obtain (No 10. Maybe)
Yep. I think letting the Northern mayors take the lead is clever. Shows they aren't the London Party. And that the Tories aren't the Northern Party. Northern Tory Mps and Mayors are reluctant to go on the record.
Matt Hancock needs to be sacked, that joke isn't even funny.
I mean I've got a joke about Covid-19 but it is really tasteless.
Can we sack Hancock for something he has seriously done wrong? Like overseen a complete shambles that is Track and No Trace, spending something like £12b.
He really needs to go. Politically inept, incompetent and is totally out of his depth.
Anyone with any knowledge of D Harding’s track record at TalkTalk would have not even considered her
The NHS app though has worked extremely well, have already scanned my barcode at the cinema, cafes etc
It may do but, as someone who is overall responsible for the Health S
It’s a weird thing to say. A fair few replies to that Tweet make the point it’s the sort of conspiracy theory Trump might make but why is Biden making it.
The actions of the Democrats over the past few days have been odd. Nancy P bringing up the 25th and the drugs approval issue and now this statement from Biden
Except the isn't a conspiracy theory, the evidence is plain to see. Ironically the very next post to yours provides an excellent example of of Trumps bodies are up to.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
Abstain and complain.
And obtain (No 10. Maybe)
Yep. I think letting the Northern mayors take the lead is clever. Shows they aren't the London Party. And that the Tories aren't the Northern Party. Northern Tory Mps and Mayors are reluctant to go on the record.
The North is not the same as northern cities.
Labour ** made that mistake last year.
** To be fair lots of London based people make that mistake.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
The Trump presidency reminds me ever more of the armchair fascism satirised in this song. It also helps that some of the best known lines are eerily descriptive of the last week or so.
Late to the party, but I have been very surprised parliament has not attempted to take a more active role after an initial grace period of ceding authority (via reduced oversight of the executive) during the first stages of the emergency. Particularly given it developed a bit of a taste for pushing boundaries against the executive in the last parliament (admittedly many of the more bold members there are now gone). And particularly when parliament would probably agree, like the public, with much of what the government has done (if disputing the competence of some of it), and would probably not delay outcomes in any appreciable way.
I think the problem is that Starmer is trying to have it both ways. He wants to say that he agrees with restrictions (if they're popular and working) while disagreeing with things if they're unpopular and not. But he doesn't know which is which until he can see with hindsight.
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
Abstain and complain.
And obtain (No 10. Maybe)
Yep. I think letting the Northern mayors take the lead is clever. Shows they aren't the London Party. And that the Tories aren't the Northern Party. Northern Tory Mps and Mayors are reluctant to go on the record.
The North is not the same as northern cities.
Labour ** made that mistake last year.
** To be fair lots of London based people make that mistake.
Why? Is January when we will see the Starmer/ Johnson crossover?
Clearly the economic consequences of Sturgeon's actions will have devastated the Scottish hospitality industry by then, hence the protests yesterday
It will be as bad here in Wales. Paul Davies taking the Senedd in May?
Well a Unionist majority at Holyrood and a Tory majority in Cardiff would be a dream result certainly
The latter wouldn't be for me! Can you imagine Andrew RT Davies' smug face on BBC Wales 24/7!
I have been in the car with RT a great guy and certainly would be a delight to see his celebrations and the misery on the faces of Welsh Labour and Plaid after a Welsh Tory majority
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Since the virus spreads via people, and what is said in Parliament (and elsewhere) changes how people act, then yes the virus does respond to it.
See all the talk of "the last hoorah" drinking in pubs for instance as an example of this.
Anyone with any knowledge of D Harding’s track record at TalkTalk would have not even considered her
I doubt anything else I ever do in my career will get close to that
However I would not write off Trump yet either, at this stage in 2016 Hillary was already measuring the curtains for the Oval Office
https://twitter.com/hendopolis/status/1315040570298044421?s=20
The actions of the Democrats over the past few days have been odd. Nancy P bringing up the 25th and the drugs approval issue and now this statement from Biden
https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1315046964191518720?s=20
If Parliament had to vote first Starmer would need to reach an opinion up front. That's the one thing he doesn't want to have to do.
If Starmer does that, he will get a lot of credit from me.
Comedian Nabil Abdulrashid received a flood of new complaints as he returned to the stage for the Britain's Got Talent final.
This time he upset some fans with a joke about British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Addressing the previous complaints about his act he said:
"What did I say to offend anybody? You'd think I came out and said something really inflammatory like 'Winston Churchill was black.'"
He then added: "By the way he was. I can prove it, when was the last time you met a white man called Winston?"
BGT viewers took to Twitter to complain.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/tv/britains-talent-comedian-nabil-abdulrashid-19085224
How much of a snowflake do you have to be to triggered by that joke?
Family drama, sure, but that's already on the table with his outspokenness, it's no bar.
He should have been an early royal, some of them got some rough treatment - I've been reading about the Prussians, and Frederick William I locked his son up and, among other things, forced him to watch the execution of his best friend, for his defiance.
https://twitter.com/ElectionMapsUK/status/1315005481665138688?s=20
https://twitter.com/RadioForthNews/status/1314620993390940161?s=20
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1314998881126625280
Like replying "Whatever" to anything you didn't like was 10 years ago.
This might not end well in so many different ways.
Shows they aren't the London Party.
And that the Tories aren't the Northern Party. Northern Tory Mps and Mayors are reluctant to go on the record.
Trump's favorite Florida retirement home The Villages hosts a golfcart rally for BIDEN - and criticize the President's COVID response and 'loser' war dead comments
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8825661/A-senior-warning-sign-Trump-Go-Biden-cry-Villages.html
SNP honeymoons over today.
I am in complete agreement.
https://twitter.com/BallotBoxScot/status/1314975310945964032?s=20
Labour ** made that mistake last year.
** To be fair lots of London based people make that mistake.
Not sure about the video.
https://youtu.be/5RIlRhXXQjg
Meanwhile Bozo only has tomorrow left to figure out what he's going to announce on Monday. What a buffoon he is.
Night all.
Night all.