As I said its going to be Nixonesque.. at least Nixon did not have a very annoying voice.
The ghastly mixture of Scottish and woman?
There is absolutely nothing ghastly about my dear Scots wife
Take it up with others, BigG. They seem to think Sturgeon has an annoying voice. Probably the same people who find that Anneliese Dodds "lacks gravitas" and "gets on their nerves."
Anneliese Dodds is simply useless!
We can safely say she`s not captured the public`s imagination, I agree, but this is unfair. She`s very bright and intelligence should count highly IMO.
She doesn't come over as having a grasp on her brief. I don't like McDonnell but he was able to articulate a clear and cogent view, even if I didn't agree with much of it.
It's a weakness shared by much of the LAB front bench. Angela Rayner, Kate Green - really? And all led by a totally uninspiring leader who provides no vision or direction whatsoever.
I don't see this torpedoing independence. Fundamentally that's a question of identity. And the politics of identity is extremely resilient to individual behaviour, see Trump in the USA for a recent example.
I think that's right. The only thing is if some of the swing voters get the sense that an independent Scotland may be corrupt. That said, they are already independent in the realm of law so perhaps it doesn't matter all that much.
That's the point. Loyalists will stick to their team (see here, passim ad nauseam) and swing voters will have priced in "they're politicians, they'll be a bit dodgy" already. The Iraq process didn't do for Blair- even the failure of the policy only dented him.
Every politician has known the joy of thinking "YES. We've really got them this time..." followed by the deflation of realising that it rarely works like that- especially for process stories.
Basically, this is a bubble story. As someone (you know, thingy. Scruffy version of the Mekon. Brexit and slogans. Made up stuff about testing his eyes. Was rude about Carrie so he had to go.) used to put it.
As I said its going to be Nixonesque.. at least Nixon did not have a very annoying voice.
The ghastly mixture of Scottish and woman?
There is absolutely nothing ghastly about my dear Scots wife
Take it up with others, BigG. They seem to think Sturgeon has an annoying voice. Probably the same people who find that Anneliese Dodds "lacks gravitas" and "gets on their nerves."
Anneliese Dodds is simply useless!
We can safely say she`s not captured the public`s imagination, I agree, but this is unfair. She`s very bright and intelligence should count highly IMO.
She would have made an excellent shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. She hasn't grown into the post of Shadow Chancellor at all.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
Remarkable that the UK has the lowest proportion saying the vaccine rollout is going too fast.
A sign of us not having many antivaxxers now?
We have a flu vaccination campaign every autumn and (those of my generation anyway) will remember getting a BCG vaccination as a matter of course. I rememeber I missed mine because I was sick from school that day and was petrified that I was going to die from some horrible disease in years to come. As it turned out the nurse came back two weeks later to mop up stragglers.
Personally I have stuck £50 in her seeing this out. Either the SNP loses one of its most effective communicators, or I win enough for a decent bottle of whiskey.
Personally I have stuck £50 in her seeing this out. Either the SNP loses one of its most effective communicators, or I win enough for a decent bottle of whiskey.
In the circs you could at least spend it on whisky.
Correction taken. For the record, I don't drink either. In fact I don't drink very much at all.
"Some packets of Quavers and a 72-pack of Diet Coke" just didn't have a good ring to it.
please no. But reality is that the office will need to be built which means something is going to have to be knocked down. But thankfully there are a lot of options.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
This is entertaining for those of us with a deep seated interest in politics but I simply can't see it shifting anything outside the four walls of the Scottish Parliament.
I don't know anything about her politics, but Baillie is truly excellent. Her capacity to brush aside the Sturgeon bluster and get back to the essentials, without displaying any apparent irritation, is just mesmerising.
Labour need half a dozen like her in the Shadow Cabinet.
She says her general awareness and suspicion became specific knowledge when presented with specific allegations. Whether true or not, this is a perfectly possible evolution of a situation.
You are a very generous soul....
Also an observant one. And I notice much sudden love for (and trust in) Alex Salmond amongst English enemies of Sindy on the right of politics.
I dislike and distrust Salmond just as much as I have done for the past ten years, but I will admit to being suddenly grateful for his apparent willingness to torpedo his own political movement to settle a personal score.
Also, this is the funniest thing I've seen in ages, so there's that as well.
It's certainly a blast for anyone with a strong aversion to Sindy. That's understandable. As is the blatant bias in the commentary from such individuals.
I do wonder at your seemingly absolute conviction that your view of this is totally fair and balanced, while ours isn't because we're being unduly influenced by our preconceived notions of what we want to be true and to happen.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
While case rates in the major EU countries don't look that clever, death rates tell a slightly more encouraging story.
An uptick in cases won't show in the deaths for weeks.
The other problem is that an uptick in cases while under significant restrictions is not a good sign.
I'm not sure that's right? There has been an uptick in Italy to be sure, but in Germany (and to a lesser extent France) the cases look stubbornly flat.
So I take it Eck-Gate will be Coulson Mk II - politically devastating in theory, but a story too rambling and arcane to get anyone interested in the real world.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
I'd be quite happy to see SNP losses and LD gains. So as I keep pointing out I don't have skin in the game. I am just calling this as I see it - there isn't remotely enough to hang Sturgeon, and the absurd vast conspiracy allegation will be laughed off by most voters.
What do we know? Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The SNP have no real opposition who can speak out on this and offer a viable alternative. The Tories are more bent than the SNP and Brexit shags them in the areas they are strongest in. Labour imploded and haven't recovered. LibDems and Greens relatively small.
As was suggested upthread, perhaps the biggest potential threat to the SNP is a Salmondist breakway movement.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
She’s badly wounded tho.
I think that's the point. She won't go, unless she chooses to fall on her sword herself.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
please no. But reality is that the office will need to be built which means something is going to have to be knocked down. But thankfully there are a lot of options.
More likely to be in an office park on the edge of town than in the town centre, I imagine.
Remarkable that the UK has the lowest proportion saying the vaccine rollout is going too fast.
A sign of us not having many antivaxxers now?
We have a flu vaccination campaign every autumn and (those of my generation anyway) will remember getting a BCG vaccination as a matter of course. I remember I missed mine because I was sick from school that day and was petrified that I was going to die from some horrible disease in years to come. As it turned out the nurse came back two weeks later to mop up stragglers.
I am - I believe with some justification - highly critical of the way in which the NHS is structured and run (though not of the basic principle of completely free at the point of delivery). I am in favour of a fundamental root and branch reform of the whole system.
But anyone looking at the evidence objectively would have to say that the existence of the NHS in its current form has had a huge and beneficial impact on our ability to both distribute vaccinations and to persuade people to actually have them. People do trust the system overall and that is massively important in something like this.
We do still need to reform the NHS, not least because year in year out, outside of the pandemic, it performs less well than almost any of its counterparts in Europe or the rest of the developed world. But that reform needs to be careful and nuanced to save what is best about the system whilst identifying and changing the parts that have failed us in the past.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
She’s badly wounded tho.
I think that's the point. She won't go, unless she chooses to fall on her sword herself.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
Or - to put it another way - if Salmond is John the Baptist, she is Not The Messiah, She's A Very Naughty Girl.
They are far more common in life that most instinctively think. An absence of coincidences is a sign of living a very quiet life. And even then you get a few.
Similar is differences in people's recollections of events. This is the norm and is (within reason) evidence of probable truth telling. Conversely if multiple people have exactly the same detailed memory of an event that took place a while ago, it's evidence of mendacious collusion. Or it can be.
While case rates in the major EU countries don't look that clever, death rates tell a slightly more encouraging story.
An uptick in cases won't show in the deaths for weeks.
The other problem is that an uptick in cases while under significant restrictions is not a good sign.
I'm not sure that's right? There has been an uptick in Italy to be sure, but in Germany (and to a lesser extent France) the cases look stubbornly flat.
So I take it Eck-Gate will be Coulson Mk II - politically devastating in theory, but a story too rambling and arcane to get anyone interested in the real world.
That's the issue Salmond and the other parties need to fix.
Remarkable that the UK has the lowest proportion saying the vaccine rollout is going too fast.
A sign of us not having many antivaxxers now?
We have a flu vaccination campaign every autumn and (those of my generation anyway) will remember getting a BCG vaccination as a matter of course. I remember I missed mine because I was sick from school that day and was petrified that I was going to die from some horrible disease in years to come. As it turned out the nurse came back two weeks later to mop up stragglers.
I am - I believe with some justification - highly critical of the way in which the NHS is structured and run (though not of the basic principle of completely free at the point of delivery). I am in favour of a fundamental root and branch reform of the whole system.
But anyone looking at the evidence objectively would have to say that the existence of the NHS in its current form has had a huge and beneficial impact on our ability to both distribute vaccinations and to persuade people to actually have them. People do trust the system overall and that is massively important in something like this.
We do still need to reform the NHS, not least because year in year out, outside of the pandemic, it performs less well than almost any of its counterparts in Europe or the rest of the developed world. But that reform needs to be careful and nuanced to save what is best about the system whilst identifying and changing the parts that have failed us in the past.
Horses for courses. The structure of the NHS came about from it being born of the crisis of the Second World War so it is not surprising that it handles a crisis very well. In future, as this outbreak of Coronavirus disappears into the rear view mirror, its limitations will come into focus again. But not yet.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
She’s badly wounded tho.
I think that's the point. She won't go, unless she chooses to fall on her sword herself.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
Salmond didn’t officially ‘lead’ the referendum last time, Sturgeon was in fact the SNP referendum leader fwiw.
Interesting to consider what part Salmond might play, but leading the Yes campaign won’t be one of the possibilities.
To be fair Maguire and Pierce are the political media's Ant and Dec, they always appear on together. Though making out like they hate each other and each others politics, you almost never see one without the other.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
She’s badly wounded tho.
I think that's the point. She won't go, unless she chooses to fall on her sword herself.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
Very good point. She's too damaged. There will need to be a change at the top and it is very unclear who the successor could be. "Honest John" Swinney has suffered collateral damage and Forbes and Robertson are hardly compelling - certainly compared to Sturgeon or Salmond. Can't think of anybody else. Maybe Malc should step up to the plate?
please no. But reality is that the office will need to be built which means something is going to have to be knocked down. But thankfully there are a lot of options.
More likely to be in an office park on the edge of town than in the town centre, I imagine.
Could be either.
Inland Revenue in Nottingham is fantastic architecture a few minutes walk from the town centre.
I think this is the death embrace for Sturgeon, this affair will define her remaining leadership term until ultimately dragging her down.
There is simply too much for it not to.
The question for me is merely whether it drags her under quickly or slowly.
Independence, however it progresses, may act as an elephant in the room that she is glad to point out, but will not save her from this elephant sitting in its more customary corner, or the need to strew the room with a whole menagerie of dead cats and squirrels on the way as she clings on.
More importantly, perhaps, is that in the short to medium term it gives Boris all the political cover he needs to refuse the request for another referendum *even if the SNP win an overall majority* this year. Citing concerns "given recent events" over whether a referendum would be free and fair, he can now - with apparent justification - punt this into the long grass by appointing a Royal Commission on a future Scotttish referendum. He might appoint another RC to look into apparent politicisation of the Scottish Civil Service, while he's at it...
I think this is a good point - Are there are enough Scots who will see that the Crown Office's behaviour to fatally undermine any attempt to hold a credible referendum? I think so but that's just a guess really. I have to say the chances of Denmark or Sweden voting to allow another Hungary into the EU are vanishingly small - the sense of a gently corrupt little country run by a nationalist cabal might be unfair,but from the mainland of Europe that's what it currently looks like.
At the hearing today Ms Sturgeon also claimed ignorance about a total of 30 sexual harassment complaints against five SNP ministers - while continuing to claim that she first learned of the allegations against Mr Salmond at a meeting with him at her house on April 2.
Oh sure! But I come back to who benefits from a leak? It isn't the people trying to do Salmond is it, its Salmond himself. If as alleged a senior government official was going around leaking a name that was already out there in a way that compromised their own investigation, then the fuck-up of the investigation by the government was even more egregious than I thought...
please no. But reality is that the office will need to be built which means something is going to have to be knocked down. But thankfully there are a lot of options.
More likely to be in an office park on the edge of town than in the town centre, I imagine.
Could be either.
Inland Revenue in Nottingham is fantastic architecture a few minutes walk from the town centre.
People saying that really don't know Darlington - and remember the original plan was for an out of town office which has been vetoed.
The Town Centre has plenty of suitable places - it's just a matter of working out which eyesore provides the appropriate amount of space.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
She’s badly wounded tho.
I think that's the point. She won't go, unless she chooses to fall on her sword herself.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
Very good point. She's too damaged. There will need to be a change at the top and it is very unclear who the successor could be. "Honest John" Swinney has suffered collateral damage and Forbes and Robertson are hardly compelling - certainly compared to Sturgeon or Salmond. Can't think of anybody else. Maybe Malc should step up to the plate?
Blackford - then global warming will accelerate with all the hot air.
I think this is the death embrace for Sturgeon, this affair will define her remaining leadership term until ultimately dragging her down.
There is simply too much for it not to.
The question for me is merely whether it drags her under quickly or slowly.
Independence, however it progresses, may act as an elephant in the room that she is glad to point out, but will not save her from this elephant sitting in its more customary corner, or the need to strew the room with a whole menagerie of dead cats and squirrels on the way as she clings on.
More importantly, perhaps, is that in the short to medium term it gives Boris all the political cover he needs to refuse the request for another referendum *even if the SNP win an overall majority* this year. Citing concerns "given recent events" over whether a referendum would be free and fair, he can now - with apparent justification - punt this into the long grass by appointing a Royal Commission on a future Scotttish referendum. He might appoint another RC to look into apparent politicisation of the Scottish Civil Service, while he's at it...
I think this is a good point - Are there are enough Scots who will see that the Crown Office's behaviour to fatally undermine any attempt to hold a credible referendum? I think so but that's just a guess really. I have to say the chances of Denmark or Sweden voting to allow another Hungary into the EU are vanishingly small - the sense of a gently corrupt little country run by a nationalist cabal might be unfair,but from the mainland of Europe that's what it currently looks like.
So they don't really want UK back, either?
The difference is the UK government has no interest in going back.
I'll be honest, I'm still not sure I could explain to someone what this is all about and I certainly couldn't argue who's right and wrong. But the behaviour of the SNP in the last couple of the weeks has been utterly appalling.
I remember when people thought Sturgeon was a politician at the top of her game
And then I watch her performance today.....
Problem is very few people are going to be watching her performance.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
She’s badly wounded tho.
I think that's the point. She won't go, unless she chooses to fall on her sword herself.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
Salmond didn’t officially ‘lead’ the referendum last time, Sturgeon was in fact the SNP referendum leader fwiw.
Interesting to consider what part Salmond might play, but leading the Yes campaign won’t be one of the possibilities.
Salmond? Must be joking. He'll have no role at all. Likewise Sturgeon. They cancel each other out. The feuders will surely be put out to pasture, but not in adjoining fields.
As I said its going to be Nixonesque.. at least Nixon did not have a very annoying voice.
The ghastly mixture of Scottish and woman?
There is absolutely nothing ghastly about my dear Scots wife
Take it up with others, BigG. They seem to think Sturgeon has an annoying voice. Probably the same people who find that Anneliese Dodds "lacks gravitas" and "gets on their nerves."
Are you implying that Anneliese Dodds HAS gravitas?
No strong opinion on her as yet. But "gravitas" is very often code for "entitled chap who is used to holding forth and I am used to listening to". Don't kid yourself otherwise.
As I said its going to be Nixonesque.. at least Nixon did not have a very annoying voice.
The ghastly mixture of Scottish and woman?
There is absolutely nothing ghastly about my dear Scots wife
Take it up with others, BigG. They seem to think Sturgeon has an annoying voice. Probably the same people who find that Anneliese Dodds "lacks gravitas" and "gets on their nerves."
Are you implying that Anneliese Dodds HAS gravitas?
No strong opinion on her as yet. But "gravitas" is very often code for "entitled chap who is used to holding forth and I am used to listening to". Don't kid yourself otherwise.
That will bring a huge number of weekly food shopping bills within contactless.
Current limit is £45.
Worth remembering it's limitless with mobile devices. Though not many seem to know that.
I had my MOT last week which required a new suspension and other considerable repairs so not cheap at all. Bill was over £500 and I tapped my phone and it went through immediately. The mechanic was shocked it worked, he had no idea that was possible.
While case rates in the major EU countries don't look that clever, death rates tell a slightly more encouraging story.
An uptick in cases won't show in the deaths for weeks.
The other problem is that an uptick in cases while under significant restrictions is not a good sign.
I'm not sure that's right? There has been an uptick in Italy to be sure, but in Germany (and to a lesser extent France) the cases look stubbornly flat.
Cases are rising slowly, in France and Germany, but that is with very significant restrictions.
Social distancing works, masks work, but the effect of lockdowns could depend on your demographics and population density because you are pushing large groups of people to live on top of one another which can in certain localities (such as South African townships and Indian slums) actually make things worse. The problem is there is little rhyme nor reason and for every example I come up with there is a counter example. After reading this report from South Africa I am becoming reasonably sure they are able to unlock as they are at the moment at the cost of tens of thousands of lives -
I don't see this torpedoing independence. Fundamentally that's a question of identity. And the politics of identity is extremely resilient to individual behaviour, see Trump in the USA for a recent example.
You could be right. But if now is the best time to go for it, and it's a 52/48 either way situation, it could mean the chance is missed and does not come back for quite some time.
Just browsing some self-catering cottages online for a holiday in late June. There truly are some sublimely beautiful places in Devon.
We are so lucky to live on such a blessed plot.
To add to your collection if you fancy something unusual - my cousin and her husband in Devon have a converted windmill holiday home - it's a series of rooms on different floors with fab views at the top. I've stayed there a couple of times and it's good fun. Not for anyone who doesn't like steep stairs though.
I'll be honest, I'm still not sure I could explain to someone what this is all about and I certainly couldn't argue who's right and wrong. But the behaviour of the SNP in the last couple of the weeks has been utterly appalling.
Is it much more complicated than "the ruling SNP cabal decided Salmond was persona non grata. They then (ab)used all the powers of the State to try to destroy him, including criminal prosecution, and then lied about it when they were found out"? That feels pretty simple to me.
That will bring a huge number of weekly food shopping bills within contactless.
Current limit is £45.
Worth remembering it's limitless with mobile devices. Though not many seem to know that.
I had my MOT last week which required a new suspension and other considerable repairs so not cheap at all. Bill was over £500 and I tapped my phone and it went through immediately. The mechanic was shocked it worked, he had no idea that was possible.
Trouble is you have to unmask to get Face ID with an iPhone. As you try to pay
That will bring a huge number of weekly food shopping bills within contactless.
Current limit is £45.
Other systems have interesting limits
Sainsbury's claim that Apple Pay will work up to 10,000 pounds, in their stores...
£10k is a strange artificial cap as far as I know officially there isn't a limit I thought. Officially if you had the cash or credit I think you could buy a car or even a house with Apple in theory at least.
I'll be honest, I'm still not sure I could explain to someone what this is all about and I certainly couldn't argue who's right and wrong. But the behaviour of the SNP in the last couple of the weeks has been utterly appalling.
Is it much more complicated than "the ruling SNP cabal decided Salmond was persona non grata. They then (ab)used all the powers of the State to try to destroy him, including criminal prosecution, and then lied about it when they were found out"? That feels pretty simple to me.
Perhaps, I was thinking more about explaining the evidence that proves that.
please no. But reality is that the office will need to be built which means something is going to have to be knocked down. But thankfully there are a lot of options.
More likely to be in an office park on the edge of town than in the town centre, I imagine.
Could be either.
Inland Revenue in Nottingham is fantastic architecture a few minutes walk from the town centre.
People saying that really don't know Darlington - and remember the original plan was for an out of town office which has been vetoed.
The Town Centre has plenty of suitable places - it's just a matter of working out which eyesore provides the appropriate amount of space.
And 800 (?) staff is not really a huge office building.
Just browsing some self-catering cottages online for a holiday in late June. There truly are some sublimely beautiful places in Devon.
We are so lucky to live on such a blessed plot.
I am even luckier - I live here full time in one of the most beautiful parts of Devon.
If you come down here, please do drop by!
I'd love that.
Am in the south - it's about two and half hours if you are on the north coast! But let me know nearer the time. I'm sure I can steer you towards some good eating and drinking establishments. Some good walking too.
And if anyone else is heading down here, don't be shy.
That will bring a huge number of weekly food shopping bills within contactless.
Current limit is £45.
Worth remembering it's limitless with mobile devices. Though not many seem to know that.
I had my MOT last week which required a new suspension and other considerable repairs so not cheap at all. Bill was over £500 and I tapped my phone and it went through immediately. The mechanic was shocked it worked, he had no idea that was possible.
Trouble is you have to unmask to get Face ID with an iPhone. As you try to pay
Does Apple not allow fingerprints?
I unlock with my finger with my against the back of my Samsung S9. See no reason to use the face stuff, fingerprint is fine for me.
Such arcane nonsense! Either Nicola is a genius or those lining up against her are hopeless. I'd go so far as to say her standing will have been improved after this morning's showing.
She has framed her defense in such a way that misogynists line up behind Alex and those who think women aren't playthings for his edification line up behind her.
It's a convincing and persuasive position and the only cut through from this morning's questions. Who cares who said what to who on March 29th? The public will make up their own minds who are the goodies and baddies.
Incidentally If Murdo McLeod is the brightest tool in the Unionist box then God help Unionism!
She says her general awareness and suspicion became specific knowledge when presented with specific allegations. Whether true or not, this is a perfectly possible evolution of a situation.
Of course it is. She's a lefty so all can be explained and justified. Nothing to see here.
Indeed. But it's going to be bloody hilarious watching them try to go after Boris' wallpaper after that performance by Nicola Maduro...
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It's a weakness shared by much of the LAB front bench. Angela Rayner, Kate Green - really? And all led by a totally uninspiring leader who provides no vision or direction whatsoever.
If you come down here, please do drop by!
Every politician has known the joy of thinking "YES. We've really got them this time..." followed by the deflation of realising that it rarely works like that- especially for process stories.
Basically, this is a bubble story. As someone (you know, thingy. Scruffy version of the Mekon. Brexit and slogans. Made up stuff about testing his eyes. Was rude about Carrie so he had to go.) used to put it.
She hasn't grown into the post of Shadow Chancellor at all.
Look at people like Rochdale and kinabalu brushing this off as much ado about nothing and they're interested in politics.
malcolmg seems to be the only Scottish Nationalist or lefty (I don't think he's actually left?) that seems to view this as extremely serious. Apologies for any others that do that I've missed.
She looks guilty as sin but I think she'll get away with it because of partisan politics.
"Some packets of Quavers and a 72-pack of Diet Coke" just didn't have a good ring to it.
The other problem is that an uptick in cases while under significant restrictions is not a good sign.
Labour need half a dozen like her in the Shadow Cabinet.
https://twitter.com/utb_smith/status/1367041833637982210?s=21
Who comes next?
What do we know? Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The SNP have no real opposition who can speak out on this and offer a viable alternative. The Tories are more bent than the SNP and Brexit shags them in the areas they are strongest in. Labour imploded and haven't recovered. LibDems and Greens relatively small.
As was suggested upthread, perhaps the biggest potential threat to the SNP is a Salmondist breakway movement.
I wouldn't put money on her going right now. But I would put money on her never leading the Referendum, whenever it comes.
https://twitter.com/euanmccolm/status/1367069864834326529?s=20
But anyone looking at the evidence objectively would have to say that the existence of the NHS in its current form has had a huge and beneficial impact on our ability to both distribute vaccinations and to persuade people to actually have them. People do trust the system overall and that is massively important in something like this.
We do still need to reform the NHS, not least because year in year out, outside of the pandemic, it performs less well than almost any of its counterparts in Europe or the rest of the developed world. But that reform needs to be careful and nuanced to save what is best about the system whilst identifying and changing the parts that have failed us in the past.
https://twitter.com/RaynerSkyNews/status/1367061740052242436
Similar is differences in people's recollections of events. This is the norm and is (within reason) evidence of probable truth telling. Conversely if multiple people have exactly the same detailed memory of an event that took place a while ago, it's evidence of mendacious collusion. Or it can be.
Cases are rising slowly, in France and Germany, but that is with very significant restrictions.
Make it simple enough that people understand.
Interesting to consider what part Salmond might play, but leading the Yes campaign won’t be one of the possibilities.
Inland Revenue in Nottingham is fantastic architecture a few minutes walk from the town centre.
At the hearing today Ms Sturgeon also claimed ignorance about a total of 30 sexual harassment complaints against five SNP ministers - while continuing to claim that she first learned of the allegations against Mr Salmond at a meeting with him at her house on April 2.
The Town Centre has plenty of suitable places - it's just a matter of working out which eyesore provides the appropriate amount of space.
https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1367071144948465672?s=20
Current limit is £45.
I had my MOT last week which required a new suspension and other considerable repairs so not cheap at all. Bill was over £500 and I tapped my phone and it went through immediately. The mechanic was shocked it worked, he had no idea that was possible.
Sainsbury's claim that Apple Pay will work up to 10,000 pounds, in their stores...
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-rips-through-south-african-townships-leaving-a-generation-facing-a-world-without-adults-12229065
at the same time...
https://www.heraldlive.co.za/lifestyle/leisure/2021-02-12-popular-zwide-venue-reopens-with-a-bang-on-valentines-day/
http://www.devonwindmills.co.uk/
And if anyone else is heading down here, don't be shy.
I unlock with my finger with my against the back of my Samsung S9. See no reason to use the face stuff, fingerprint is fine for me.
She has framed her defense in such a way that misogynists line up behind Alex and those who think women aren't playthings for his edification line up behind her.
It's a convincing and persuasive position and the only cut through from this morning's questions. Who cares who said what to who on March 29th? The public will make up their own minds who are the goodies and baddies.
Incidentally If Murdo McLeod is the brightest tool in the Unionist box then God help Unionism!