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Boris Johnson’s opposition to Indyref2 might be as Herculean as his opposition to a border in the Ir

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  • TheuniondivvieTheuniondivvie Posts: 41,991
    I see the SCon revival in Glasgow is a thing of the past. Pro tip, if you're hooring for folks' votes, spell their constituencies correctly.

    https://twitter.com/no1_nicola/status/1384855057871646720?s=20
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 12,534
    tlg86 said:

    Scott_xP said:

    “Who is the real Boris Johnson?”

    In 2005, he said allowing the sale of Manchester United was “basic Conservative philosophy”

    Now he says “billionaire club owners” are “dislocating” football from communities

    #PoliticsLive https://bbc.in/3xnR9x8 https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1384849725451538435/video/1

    He’s been on something of a journey.

    Arguably, the real problem here is that he’s helped save the owners from themselves.
    In a little way this saga is capitalism working.

    Like with 'New Coke' immensely rich people have a new wheeze for maximising profits.

    With football, like Coke, the ultimate revenue stream comes from consumers - supporters. Sometimes this is disguised as advert revenue, contracts with Megabucks broadcasts etc but it is all the same: no spectators/watchers, no income, no profits.

    Within minutes it was obvious that the new wheeze had a problem - the punters didn't like it. They have the power to close you down by a boycott. They immediately stop the plan and try tom repair the reputational damage.

    Compare that with, say, banks closing branches and all the other rubbish services you get from cartel/monopolies pretending to be free markets.

  • kjhkjh Posts: 11,796
    HYUFD said:

    HYUFD said:

    Scott_xP said:

    “Who is the real Boris Johnson?”

    In 2005, he said allowing the sale of Manchester United was “basic Conservative philosophy”

    Now he says “billionaire club owners” are “dislocating” football from communities

    #PoliticsLive https://bbc.in/3xnR9x8 https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1384849725451538435/video/1

    Boris changes his ideology according to what he needs to do to win an election, in 2005 he was appealing to rich Londoners to win the 2008 Mayoralty and his constituency was in Henley in the wealthy south which is more rowing and regattas than soccer.

    Now his base as Tory leader and PM is white working class football loving Leavers, a lot of whom live in the North of England.

    Hence too 2021 Boris is basically a Brexiteer social democrat, while 2005 Boris was a free marketeer who still supported staying in the EU
    He’s a phenomenal political person but he has absolutely no principles whatsoever.
    He has always had one main principle, advancing his own career
    Your last 2 posts about Boris have been a bit feisty HYUFD. Good for you.
  • Labour second place in Scotland in 2024 has got to value surely
  • solarflaresolarflare Posts: 3,706
    First doses in Scotland seem to have dried up the last couple of days.
  • Philip_ThompsonPhilip_Thompson Posts: 65,826
    I see Juve's Agnelli has now admitted the ESL won't proceed after still claiming this morning that it would.
  • AlistairAlistair Posts: 23,670
    ping said:

    ping said:

    I find it totally bizarre how to this day we have such terrible signal on train lines. As a state-owned company NR should be forced to allow citing of masts wherever they are needed.

    I expect that problem will be solved in the next couple of years, with satellite internet.
    How does satellite internet help improve 4G and 5G connectivity? As backhaul yes but to actually provide the signal you need physical infrastructure on the ground.
    Plonk the satellite dish on the choo choo and plug in a mini-base station, init?
    HYUFD said:

    Scott_xP said:

    “Who is the real Boris Johnson?”

    In 2005, he said allowing the sale of Manchester United was “basic Conservative philosophy”

    Now he says “billionaire club owners” are “dislocating” football from communities

    #PoliticsLive https://bbc.in/3xnR9x8 https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1384849725451538435/video/1

    Boris changes his ideology according to what he needs to do to win an election, in 2005 he was appealing to rich Londoners to win the 2008 Mayoralty and his constituency was in Henley in the wealthy south which is more rowing and regattas than soccer.

    Now his base as Tory leader and PM is white working class football loving Leavers, a lot of whom live in the North of England.

    Hence too 2021 Boris is basically a Brexiteer social democrat, while 2005 Boris was a free marketeer who still supported staying in the EU
    His problem is he now needs to stand up for the economic interests of his new base. This is in direct conflict with his telegraph-reading backers.

    I suspect it’ll be more tempting for Boris to find a new base, than to square that circle.

    If there’s one thing Boris is good at, it’s letting people down.
    This is why it is all culture war all the time now.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 13,821

    Cookie said:

    AlistairM said:

    457,649 new vaccinations registered in 🇬🇧 today

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 84,871 1st doses / 272,929 2nd doses
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2,523 / 50,388
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 13,280 / 11,631
    NI 6,948 / 15,079

    Up from 388K last week. Could be some 700K days later on this week. As someone in the 40-44 age group waiting for my vaccination I am checking the book a vaccine site daily now in anticipation of it opening up.

    Next day or two, I reckon.
    Being in the bracket above, I know no-one in the 45-50 bracket who hasn't at least got a jab booked (I recognise the dangers of generalising from my own bubble!).
    If 40-44 opens up later this week or next, then when do you think 35-39 will open? Early or late next month?
    Early May, I would expect. Not least because of the number of 40-45 which have already been done!
    My friend's brother who is in that category got his by turning up at the local mega-vax centre close to the end of day and asking for one. So it's always worth trying that!
  • Scott_xPScott_xP Posts: 36,000
    Top Tory Calls For Inquiry Into Security Of Prime Minister's Phone After Dyson Text Leak https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/iain-duncan-smith-inquiry-security-boris-johnson-phone-dyson-covid-ventilator-leak
  • CookieCookie Posts: 13,821
    Scott_xP said:

    Top Tory Calls For Inquiry Into Security Of Prime Minister's Phone After Dyson Text Leak https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/iain-duncan-smith-inquiry-security-boris-johnson-phone-dyson-covid-ventilator-leak

    Followed By Inquiry Into Relentless Capitalisation.
  • PulpstarPulpstar Posts: 78,201
    edited April 2021

    That Juventus quote is perfect for the PM.

    Isn't it just
    Calculated from worldometers a few days back

    Tests/million

    India 1,059
    Europe 5,362

    Positivity % 15.88 India ; Europe 4.57%.

    This was a 233943 case day for India.
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  • Pulpstar said:

    That Juventus quote is perfect for the PM.

    Isn't it just
    Calculated from worldometers a few days back

    Tests/million

    India 1,059
    Europe 5,362

    Positivity % 15.88 India ; Europe 4.57%.

    This was a 233943 case day for India.
    Not sure how that relates to the Juventus quote !!!
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