This is why the Oxford Comma, much like pineapple not belonging on pizza, and Die Hard not being a Christmas film, is a hill on which I am prepared to die on.
I can’t be arsed to check but I am pretty sure that there have been very few days before today when there were more recorded deaths in Germany than here, possibly none.
Hmmm. I wonder if he isn’t making the same mistake as Obama and surrounding himself with too many older people. Harris, in her 60s, Blinken, 58, Mayorkas, 61, now Yellen, 74.
I hope he brings through some people in their late 40s/early 50s in other roles.
It's also been noticed in France that he's picked several fluent French speakers.
Awww, bless the French. Time was French was THE language of diplomacy, and high culture, spoken by anyone with a decent education, and used fluently as a lingua franca across the world. Also, of course, THE language of the EU (which is one reason the French were traditionally so keen on the EU - as a bulwark of French culture, especially language, then we joined and fucked it up)
Now they are pitiably grateful for some decent and temporary French speakers on the presidential team of a demented 98 year old US leader, even as China officially tweets in English.
There haven't been many reasons to feel triumphantly English in the last decades, but the absolute triumph of English is one of them. We won. And how.
Bizarre sources of national pride:
France - the French language UK - the NHS
any others ?
That's a totally brilliant question. Things which countries are proud of but.... why?
America: food - it's mostly terrible Scotland: friendly people - OMG no Spain: sociable Med warmth, no they are frosty (unlike Italians) England: good governance - well, here we are Germany: sausages :(oddly boring) Canada: Tim Hortons
England: stiff upper lips, understatement
Those are both British traits, rightly or wrongly.
the presentation of something as being smaller or less good or important than it really is. "a master of English understatement"
I don't see what that has to do with anything. I am not aware of 18th century England being farmed for its use of understatement - my understanding is that the opposite is true. The tendency to understate originated (I imagine) in the 19th century, and is tied in with colonialism, notions of polite behaviour amongst the new industrial classes, the importance placed on hard work, thrift and not showing emotion in public, and were cemented in the early 20th century in the wars. All those things evolved in Britain amongst the British, and Scots influenced it and were influenced by it in turn. There's no language or tradition of understatement present in England that isn't present in Scotland too. When you are able to acknowledge these simple concepts and still support Scottish independence, it will indicate maturity.
Britsplainers of Britain to the Jocks are the best 'splainers.
Wow, good grievance-finding. Surely a promotion within the ranks can't be far away?
My prediction for the election was 279-259 and it's annoying to get within about 24,000 switchers of the correct result out of around 155 million votes cast in total.
My prediction for the election was 279-259 and it's annoying to get within about 24,000 switchers of the correct result out of around 155 million votes cast in total.
Wasn’t a bad forecast.
AFAIK @OnlyLivingBoy was the sole PBer to get it spot on on, although he had a slightly different mix of states (-GA, +NC, +ME1 I think?)
They still had hopes of over turning the result then. How those who ended up joining Change UK/TIG, even tried to justify their behaviour, after being elected as MPs on a pledge to respect the referendum result, was beyond me. Quite fitting that they all lost their seats
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
The Sunday night slot is usually for undemanding gentle nostalgia, not usually such innovative stuff. Brave of the BBC to give it such a time, but Steve McQueen deserves it, as do the other talents on display.
@Luckyguy: My point being, the Scots are hardly terrible at it either. If you can find a single example of a phrase of 'English understatement' that isn't also common parlance in Scotland, I'll be not entirely unimpressed.
@Carnyx: That WAS the understatement andf you completely missed it - the distinctive Scots double positive functioning as a negative, as TUD, Stuart D, and Malky will chorus.
My prediction for the election was 279-259 and it's annoying to get within about 24,000 switchers of the correct result out of around 155 million votes cast in total.
Wasn’t a bad forecast.
AFAIK @OnlyLivingBoy was the sole PBer to get it spot on on, although he had a slightly different mix of states (-GA, +NC, +ME1 I think?)
@Luckyguy: My point being, the Scots are hardly terrible at it either. If you can find a single example of a phrase of 'English understatement' that isn't also common parlance in Scotland, I'll be not entirely unimpressed.
@Carnyx: That WAS the understatement andf you completely missed it - the distinctive Scots double positive functioning as a negative, as TUD, Stuart D, and Malky will chorus.
I've always thought of Aye right as a sarcastic rebuke, rather than an example of understatement. Of course Scotland has its own examples of typically Scottish (perhaps even Aberdonian!) understatement, but what I'm arguing is that there's no 'English' understatement. You don't stop hearing 'could have gone better' and the like when you cross the border.
I notice from the front pages seems to have learned from their initial incorrrct reports on how effective the oxford vaccine is. Check BBC website....nope still...sniffs....fiddles with mic...WROOONGGG...
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
That is a shame as it was very good but I'm really not surprised - people may not be racist but they just aren't interested in the history of others different to themselves
Well, the government has just destroyed my daughter’s business.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
That's disappointing. Real quality TV but if the first didn't find an audience the second certainly won't
Is there a market on when Trump will sack Giuliani?
The more interesting question is whether Giuliani sues for non-payment of fees, or Trump sues for malpractice.
Rudy is just doing what any sensible lawyer does, start the clock and rack up as many legal fees as possible, it does not matter whether Trump loses he still gets paid
Is there a market on when Trump will sack Giuliani?
The more interesting question is whether Giuliani sues for non-payment of fees, or Trump sues for malpractice.
Rudy is just doing what any sensible lawyer does, start the clock and rack up as many legal fees as possible, it does not matter whether Trump loses he still gets paid
Is there a market on when Trump will sack Giuliani?
The more interesting question is whether Giuliani sues for non-payment of fees, or Trump sues for malpractice.
Rudy is just doing what any sensible lawyer does, start the clock and rack up as many legal fees as possible, it does not matter whether Trump loses he still gets paid
Yep, Trump is renowned for paying up for services rendered, especially when those services result in failure.
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
That is a shame as it was very good but I'm really not surprised - people may not be racist but they just aren't interested in the history of others different to themselves
It might be as Foxy says that prime time slot is usually filled with the bodyguard or poldark. Nothing too hard on a sunday night before the start of a new week.
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that Clinton saying he should not concede if Trump is leading in the vote count on election night with absentee ballots still to come in?
“Some sort of a deal, some scrap of a deal, gives us something to build on”?
So the only way for leavers to save brexit is the no deal brexit route. Any form of compromise, any form of deal, is just allowing remainers to build us back closer in future.
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
That's disappointing. Real quality TV but if the first didn't find an audience the second certainly won't
Small Axe 2nd episode last night got 1.2m (5.8% audience share) - a very, very low figure for prime-time BBC1.
“Some sort of a deal, some scrap of a deal, gives us something to build on”?
So the only way for leavers to save brexit is the no deal brexit route. Any form of compromise, any form of deal, is just allowing remainers to build us back closer in future.
For diehard No Deal Brexiteers the only acceptable form of Brexit is one that bricks up the channel tunnel and blows up Dover
Well, the government has just destroyed my daughter’s business.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Thanks a fucking bunch!
I apologise for not doing more to stop this lot from getting elected. I could have campaigned; I didn't. I could have donated to another party; I didn't.
I voted Lib Dem in a safe Labour seat, a decision I do not regret. But I knew this lot would be bad for the country, even if I could not predict exactly how. I knew.
Well, the government has just destroyed my daughter’s business.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Thanks a fucking bunch!
Is there any evidence hospitality is less at risk? Plus you can still go to pubs and drink with a meal in Tier 2 and just drink in Tier 1, only in Tier 3 are they takeaway only.
“Some sort of a deal, some scrap of a deal, gives us something to build on”?
So the only way for leavers to save brexit is the no deal brexit route. Any form of compromise, any form of deal, is just allowing remainers to build us back closer in future.
For diehard No Deal Brexiteers the only acceptable form of Brexit is one that bricks up the channel tunnel and blows up Dover
So who thinks the future of this we will be build back closer? And closer, And closer.
Boris and his government have made it clear, demonstrating the fact, no further national votes are required before signing deals with EU, because he’s not having one on this deal.
Well, the government has just destroyed my daughter’s business.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Thanks a fucking bunch!
I apologise for not doing more to stop this lot from getting elected. I could have campaigned; I didn't. I could have donated to another party; I didn't.
I voted Lib Dem in a safe Labour seat, a decision I do not regret. But I knew this lot would be bad for the country, even if I could not predict exactly how. I knew.
And you all knew too. Deep down, you knew.
Knew what? That there would be a once-in-a-century pandemic the next year, that the government would have to lock down the economy to save lives, that it would have to borrow unprecedented sums - hundreds of billions in mere months - and still not be able to spend enough to make everyone happy?
And the sodding Lib Dems would have saved us from all of that? Dream on.
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
The Sunday night slot is usually for undemanding gentle nostalgia, not usually such innovative stuff. Brave of the BBC to give it such a time, but Steve McQueen deserves it, as do the other talents on display.
The BBC knew it was never a ratings winner so put it up against IAC where it wouldn't be expected to do any better.
What else would you advise a candidate who is running against someone who had set out in public, before the election, how he intended to claim victory before all the votes were counted ?
It was very good advice.
Though had Biden lost by five figure margins in several states, as Trump has, I seriously doubt he would have continued to drag it through the courts, beyond the point of inviting ridicule from judges of both political persuasions.
“Some sort of a deal, some scrap of a deal, gives us something to build on”?
So the only way for leavers to save brexit is the no deal brexit route. Any form of compromise, any form of deal, is just allowing remainers to build us back closer in future.
For diehard No Deal Brexiteers the only acceptable form of Brexit is one that bricks up the channel tunnel and blows up Dover
So who thinks the future of this we will be build back closer? And closer, And closer.
Boris and his government have made it clear, demonstrating the fact, no further national votes are required before signing deals with EU, because he’s not having one on this deal.
There will certainly be a lot of political impetus toward that. However, I think having left, there are now larger dynamic forces at play that will pull us further apart from the continent politically and economically, regardless of what some politicians would like.
Well, the government has just destroyed my daughter’s business.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Thanks a fucking bunch!
I apologise for not doing more to stop this lot from getting elected. I could have campaigned; I didn't. I could have donated to another party; I didn't.
I voted Lib Dem in a safe Labour seat, a decision I do not regret. But I knew this lot would be bad for the country, even if I could not predict exactly how. I knew.
And you all knew too. Deep down, you knew.
Knew what? That there would be a once-in-a-century pandemic the next year, that the government would have to lock down the economy to save lives, that it would have to borrow unprecedented sums - hundreds of billions in mere months - and still not be able to spend enough to make everyone happy?
And the sodding Lib Dems would have saved us from all of that? Dream on.
"But I knew this lot would be bad for the country, even if I could not predict exactly how. I knew."
You knew Boris Johnson was lazy and incompetent. We all did.
Is there a market on when Trump will sack Giuliani?
The more interesting question is whether Giuliani sues for non-payment of fees, or Trump sues for malpractice.
Rudy is just doing what any sensible lawyer does, start the clock and rack up as many legal fees as possible, it does not matter whether Trump loses he still gets paid
He's expecting to get paid?
Cash up front, from campaign funds, if he has any sense. (Slight flaw in that thought.)
Foxy. What did you make of the second in the Steve McQueen 'Small Axe' series?
I liked it, having lived with a West Indian bloke in a 2 bed flat in South London in the Eighties, I got some but not all the references. Great music, and acting and good to see a Black British story told that isn't centered on the sharp end of racism.
Me too. I liked it a lot. Brave of the BBC I thought. It was somewhere between an art installation and a film. I just hope people stay with it. Wonderfully shot
Apparently the first one did very poorly in the ratings, only just over 1 million tuned in for what is a prime slot.
That is a shame as it was very good but I'm really not surprised - people may not be racist but they just aren't interested in the history of others different to themselves
Not sure that holds up. Costume dramas like Poldark or Downton Abbey always did well, despite very different lives.
Ultimately these stories are still seen as Black stories rather than British stories.
I notice from the front pages seems to have learned from their initial incorrrct reports on how effective the oxford vaccine is. Check BBC website....nope still...sniffs....fiddles with mic...WROOONGGG...
The account of the vaccine's effectiveness you object to originates with AZ. If they were unhappy with the version of that account being given by the press, it's not like Andrew Pollard hasn't been all over the media all day with a chance of putting them right. Is he wrong about everything too?
Is there a market on when Trump will sack Giuliani?
The more interesting question is whether Giuliani sues for non-payment of fees, or Trump sues for malpractice.
Rudy is just doing what any sensible lawyer does, start the clock and rack up as many legal fees as possible, it does not matter whether Trump loses he still gets paid
Most sensible lawyers don’t destroy their reputations in public, though.
“Some sort of a deal, some scrap of a deal, gives us something to build on”?
So the only way for leavers to save brexit is the no deal brexit route. Any form of compromise, any form of deal, is just allowing remainers to build us back closer in future.
For diehard No Deal Brexiteers the only acceptable form of Brexit is one that bricks up the channel tunnel and blows up Dover
So who thinks the future of this we will be build back closer? And closer, And closer.
Boris and his government have made it clear, demonstrating the fact, no further national votes are required before signing deals with EU, because he’s not having one on this deal.
There will certainly be a lot of political impetus toward that. However, I think having left, there are now larger dynamic forces at play that will pull us further apart from the continent politically and economically, regardless of what some politicians would like.
Well, the government has just destroyed my daughter’s business.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Thanks a fucking bunch!
I know it is very grim; I really hope she can make it through to the Spring. It should be a very good spring and summer next year if she can hold on, but I know its not easy. Best of luck to her.
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Yours is the sort of sentence up with which we will not put.
https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1330910999847858176?s=19
https://twitter.com/pswidlicki/status/1330988864614313993?s=20
Biden 1.03
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Toiling is not an activity I associate with Johnson.
AFAIK @OnlyLivingBoy was the sole PBer to get it spot on on, although he had a slightly different mix of states (-GA, +NC, +ME1 I think?)
https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1330993306344566785?s=20
https://twitter.com/Paul1Singh/status/1330994103472054281?s=20
https://twitter.com/GerryFlynn20/status/1330912198726725636?s=20
Is there a market on when Trump will sack Giuliani?
Hey, BoZo really has been playing Pharmy, Pharm...
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@Luckyguy: My point being, the Scots are hardly terrible at it either. If you can find a single example of a phrase of 'English understatement' that isn't also common parlance in Scotland, I'll be not entirely unimpressed.
@Carnyx: Aye, right.
@Luckyguy1983: On you go then.
@Carnyx: That WAS the understatement andf you completely missed it - the distinctive Scots double positive functioning as a negative, as TUD, Stuart D, and Malky will chorus.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hillary-clinton-says-biden-should-not-concede-2020-election-under-n1238156
@Luckyguy1983: On you go then.
@Carnyx: That WAS the understatement andf you completely missed it - the distinctive Scots double positive functioning as a negative, as TUD, Stuart D, and Malky will chorus.
I've always thought of Aye right as a sarcastic rebuke, rather than an example of understatement. Of course Scotland has its own examples of typically Scottish (perhaps even Aberdonian!) understatement, but what I'm arguing is that there's no 'English' understatement. You don't stop hearing 'could have gone better' and the like when you cross the border.
We will need at least another month of complete lockdown again in January or February.
If she ends up in Tier 2 and the rules aren’t changed or more support provides, it’s over.
If people can only come with the people they live with, there simply will not be enough business to keep her going until Easter. What’s more, the government still hasn’t said what is to happen on NY’s Eve or over Xmas. Without that trade, there is no chance.
Meanwhile people can cram into busy shops which will have none of the precautions hospitality venues have put in place and into tubes and buses. The 4 places which are riskiest for the virus are schools, universities, hospitals and shops. But guess who gets shafted?
It wouldn’t matter so much if there was proper support. But there isn’t. Such businesses have to pay rent, gas, electricity, phone, WiFi, insurance, water, NI and pension contributions etc - and the grant does not come even close to helping with that. Nor does furlough. And it’s not as if such places have earned the fat to see them through. The only period during which they have been able to trade even close to normal was between 4 July to 24 September.
If anyone thinks that just over 2 months trading out of a year is sufficient to keep a business going, I have a bridge in Nigeria to sell them.
Thanks a fucking bunch!
https://youtu.be/CzJJoNhvQOM
So the only way for leavers to save brexit is the no deal brexit route. Any form of compromise, any form of deal, is just allowing remainers to build us back closer in future.
(Source: Digital Spy "Ratings Thread")
I could have campaigned; I didn't. I could have donated to another party; I didn't.
I voted Lib Dem in a safe Labour seat, a decision I do not regret. But I knew this lot would be bad for the country, even if I could not predict exactly how. I knew.
And you all knew too. Deep down, you knew.
Boris and his government have made it clear, demonstrating the fact, no further national votes are required before signing deals with EU, because he’s not having one on this deal.
Oh, wait, get over it.
https://twitter.com/BNODesk/status/1331002007449112579?s=19
And the sodding Lib Dems would have saved us from all of that? Dream on.
What else would you advise a candidate who is running against someone who had set out in public, before the election, how he intended to claim victory before all the votes were counted ?
It was very good advice.
Though had Biden lost by five figure margins in several states, as Trump has, I seriously doubt he would have continued to drag it through the courts, beyond the point of inviting ridicule from judges of both political persuasions.
You knew Boris Johnson was lazy and incompetent. We all did.
(Slight flaw in that thought.)
Ultimately these stories are still seen as Black stories rather than British stories.
Damn.