Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
That's assuming they don't get it from us or anyone else I'm assuming?
That doesn't seem like a safe assumption if it is all over the world by now.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
That only helps if they're vaccinate up to the same level.
If they max out the vaccinations at a lower level and there's countries in Eastern Europe where that has already happened ...
The outlier is Portugal - Delta was seeded there (Goa connection perhaps ?) almost as much as in the UK.
Maybe this Century will see a reversion back to Conservative/Liberal and Labour will decline... Nothing more than a 20th century fad that only won with four leaders (McDonald, Atlee, Wilson and Blair) in 100 years?
It would be amusing if the Liberals in one form or another were to win an outright majority how long it would take them, like Trudeau, to suddenly understand the wonders of FPTP.
Attachment of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada hardly sudden, as Grits have been contesting elections - provincial as well as federal - on that basis since before 1867. And while they've endured several severe defeats under FPTP (just 34 of 308 seats in 2011 GE) for most of confederation the Liberals have been THE Party of Government in the Great White North.
Of course the British Liberal Party had zero problem with FPTP in the age of Gladstone v Disraeli, and for decades thereafter. Wonder why?
No need to wonder, Mr Irish. The 1910 Liberal government was on the point of changing the voting system to a proportional one - but then it was blow off course by other issues, like the Irish question, women's suffrage and the German invasion of Belgium.
Nevertheless, when the Irish Republic was set up, it was with the same proportional voting system, which it enjoys to this day and which the rest of the country was so cruelly deprived of.
Cruelly deprived of...if not having PR is cruelty then sign me up as a masochist. By all means though continue to campaign on it as its a purely technocratic thing that most people really don't care about. You won't get it past a referendum
Except that in Ireland, when the party in power has tried to get rid of PR via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their PR system. The Irish people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper PR system gives them power over the politicians.
Except that in the UK, when the party in power has tried to get rid of FPTP via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their FPTP system. The British people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper FPTP system gives them power over the politicians.
Get rid of FPTP and introducing PR are two quite different things, Mr Thompson. Conservatives always do their best to confuse people - and in your case they seem to have succeeded.
When we last had a referendum, it was to introduce the AV system -- not to support or otherwise FPTP. And AV has nothing at all to do with PR.
In fact, at the time of the referendum, the line from the Conservative Party was "If you really want PR, vote now against AV, and we will introduce PR at a later date." Surely you remember that?
The NZ referendum had two questions, the first whether to replace FPTP, and the second to choose between 4 options.
Not that a referendum would be required if a FPTP government was implementing a manifesto commitment.
A precedent was set by the 2011 referendum though.
I would have voted AGAINST FPTP if PR had been on offer
This 71-page report is rich. And that 60% of infections are getting sequenced (91% are Delta) is quite impressive. It makes the output from CDC and the genomic surveillance in the US particularly weak
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
That's assuming they don't get it from us or anyone else I'm assuming?
That doesn't seem like a safe assumption if it is all over the world by now.
Oh, I'm agreeing that they've got it, and that it will completely dominate their cases in - ohhh... - about three weeks.
But they were lucky that they probably had one tenth of the number of initial cases imported than we did.
I've bet on Scotland and the Draw. I can cash out now at a 25% profit on my stake but I think I'll let it ride for a potential 350% -1000% return (draw and Scotland)
A big belated congratulation to Our Genial Host and to other LDs here---Dr. Foxy et al---on the C&A outcome, especially from a political standpoint. Huzzah.
Maybe this Century will see a reversion back to Conservative/Liberal and Labour will decline... Nothing more than a 20th century fad that only won with four leaders (McDonald, Atlee, Wilson and Blair) in 100 years?
It would be amusing if the Liberals in one form or another were to win an outright majority how long it would take them, like Trudeau, to suddenly understand the wonders of FPTP.
If the Liberal Democrats (I assume you meant them rather than the actual still somehow existing Liberal party) won a majority and then renegaded on the biggest thing they've been campaigning for for the last sixty years, I'd never vote for them again.
I have good news for you: I think it is unlikely that the LDs will outright win a General Election and then fail to implement Proportional Representation.
I'm happy to offer you some good odds if you like.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
Now, they don't sequence as much as us, and the data is inherently backward looking. *But* Delta was 5-20% of cases depending on the country, with Sweden in the lead. That probably means they're 2-3 weeks away from it being the dominant variant. Which is about 6 weeks behind us.
(They do benefit from not having dense towns full of people from the Indian subcontinent, of course. So one would expect a slightly slower initial growth than we had.)
Maybe this Century will see a reversion back to Conservative/Liberal and Labour will decline... Nothing more than a 20th century fad that only won with four leaders (McDonald, Atlee, Wilson and Blair) in 100 years?
It would be amusing if the Liberals in one form or another were to win an outright majority how long it would take them, like Trudeau, to suddenly understand the wonders of FPTP.
Attachment of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada hardly sudden, as Grits have been contesting elections - provincial as well as federal - on that basis since before 1867. And while they've endured several severe defeats under FPTP (just 34 of 308 seats in 2011 GE) for most of confederation the Liberals have been THE Party of Government in the Great White North.
Of course the British Liberal Party had zero problem with FPTP in the age of Gladstone v Disraeli, and for decades thereafter. Wonder why?
No need to wonder, Mr Irish. The 1910 Liberal government was on the point of changing the voting system to a proportional one - but then it was blow off course by other issues, like the Irish question, women's suffrage and the German invasion of Belgium.
Nevertheless, when the Irish Republic was set up, it was with the same proportional voting system, which it enjoys to this day and which the rest of the country was so cruelly deprived of.
Cruelly deprived of...if not having PR is cruelty then sign me up as a masochist. By all means though continue to campaign on it as its a purely technocratic thing that most people really don't care about. You won't get it past a referendum
Except that in Ireland, when the party in power has tried to get rid of PR via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their PR system. The Irish people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper PR system gives them power over the politicians.
Except that in the UK, when the party in power has tried to get rid of FPTP via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their FPTP system. The British people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper FPTP system gives them power over the politicians.
Get rid of FPTP and introducing PR are two quite different things, Mr Thompson. Conservatives always do their best to confuse people - and in your case they seem to have succeeded.
When we last had a referendum, it was to introduce the AV system -- not to support or otherwise FPTP. And AV has nothing at all to do with PR.
In fact, at the time of the referendum, the line from the Conservative Party was "If you really want PR, vote now against AV, and we will introduce PR at a later date." Surely you remember that?
The NZ referendum had two questions, the first whether to replace FPTP, and the second to choose between 4 options.
Not that a referendum would be required if a FPTP government was implementing a manifesto commitment.
A precedent was set by the 2011 referendum though.
I would have voted AGAINST FPTP if PR had been on offer
Same here. What was offered was potentially less proportional, nah.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
That only helps if they're vaccinate up to the same level.
If they max out the vaccinations at a lower level and there's countries in Eastern Europe where that has already happened ...
The outlier is Portugal - Delta was seeded there (Goa connection perhaps ?) almost as much as in the UK.
Sure, but Delta will also tend to encourage vaccinations
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
Now, they don't sequence as much as us, and the data is inherently backward looking. *But* Delta was 5-20% of cases depending on the country, with Sweden in the lead. That probably means they're 2-3 weeks away from it being the dominant variant. Which is about 6 weeks behind us.
(They do benefit from not having dense towns full of people from the Indian subcontinent, of course. So one would expect a slightly slower initial growth than we had.)
People are talking enough about the complete lack of third wave deaths in Sweden.
Losing at this rate. All things being equal, especially after disposing of Croatia, England ought to be beating Scotland. However, one should never, ever underestimate the ability of any English sporting side to make a complete dog's breakfast of it.
Again, there is a reason why the England football team have only won a single major tournament in their entire history, and have never made the final of any of the others. Forget what the crackpot FIFA rankings keep saying about them: they're not the 4th best side in the world. They don't even belong in the top ten.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
That only helps if they're vaccinate up to the same level.
If they max out the vaccinations at a lower level and there's countries in Eastern Europe where that has already happened ...
The outlier is Portugal - Delta was seeded there (Goa connection perhaps ?) almost as much as in the UK.
Sure, but Delta will also tend to encourage vaccinations
Possibly and possibly not.
But even if so it will only have a marginal effect.
And if it leads to an increase from 85% to 86% that's useful, a 60% to 61% increase is less so and a 20% to 21% increase is almost worthless.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
Now, they don't sequence as much as us, and the data is inherently backward looking. *But* Delta was 5-20% of cases depending on the country, with Sweden in the lead. That probably means they're 2-3 weeks away from it being the dominant variant. Which is about 6 weeks behind us.
(They do benefit from not having dense towns full of people from the Indian subcontinent, of course. So one would expect a slightly slower initial growth than we had.)
People are talking enough about the complete lack of third wave deaths in Sweden.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
How up to date is the EU data?
For example the PHE data published today was 4 days old. In contrast, the CDC data is 2 weeks old.
The UK is not only sequencing at high volume, it’s also sequencing at high speed.
I believe that, if England somehow contrive still to win this group, their reward is a tie against the second placed side from the Group of Death.
I wouldn't back this lot against either Germany or Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo. There's every chance that Wales will outdistance England for the second European Championship on the bounce.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
How up to date is the EU data?
For example the PHE data published today was 4 days old. In contrast, the CDC data is 2 weeks old.
The UK is not only sequencing at high volume, it’s also sequencing at high speed.
We can assume - reasonably - that Delta is behind in the EU, because otherwise EU countries would be seeing the same growth in cases we are.
Maybe this Century will see a reversion back to Conservative/Liberal and Labour will decline... Nothing more than a 20th century fad that only won with four leaders (McDonald, Atlee, Wilson and Blair) in 100 years?
It would be amusing if the Liberals in one form or another were to win an outright majority how long it would take them, like Trudeau, to suddenly understand the wonders of FPTP.
Attachment of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada hardly sudden, as Grits have been contesting elections - provincial as well as federal - on that basis since before 1867. And while they've endured several severe defeats under FPTP (just 34 of 308 seats in 2011 GE) for most of confederation the Liberals have been THE Party of Government in the Great White North.
Of course the British Liberal Party had zero problem with FPTP in the age of Gladstone v Disraeli, and for decades thereafter. Wonder why?
No need to wonder, Mr Irish. The 1910 Liberal government was on the point of changing the voting system to a proportional one - but then it was blow off course by other issues, like the Irish question, women's suffrage and the German invasion of Belgium.
Nevertheless, when the Irish Republic was set up, it was with the same proportional voting system, which it enjoys to this day and which the rest of the country was so cruelly deprived of.
Cruelly deprived of...if not having PR is cruelty then sign me up as a masochist. By all means though continue to campaign on it as its a purely technocratic thing that most people really don't care about. You won't get it past a referendum
Except that in Ireland, when the party in power has tried to get rid of PR via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their PR system. The Irish people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper PR system gives them power over the politicians.
Except that in the UK, when the party in power has tried to get rid of FPTP via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their FPTP system. The British people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper FPTP system gives them power over the politicians.
Get rid of FPTP and introducing PR are two quite different things, Mr Thompson. Conservatives always do their best to confuse people - and in your case they seem to have succeeded.
When we last had a referendum, it was to introduce the AV system -- not to support or otherwise FPTP. And AV has nothing at all to do with PR.
In fact, at the time of the referendum, the line from the Conservative Party was "If you really want PR, vote now against AV, and we will introduce PR at a later date." Surely you remember that?
The NZ referendum had two questions, the first whether to replace FPTP, and the second to choose between 4 options.
Not that a referendum would be required if a FPTP government was implementing a manifesto commitment.
A precedent was set by the 2011 referendum though.
I would have voted AGAINST FPTP if PR had been on offer
Anything would be better than FPTP; this insistence on voting perfectionism prevents any progress being made a all. We had a once in a generation opportunity to shift the dial a little in the right direction & one of the reasons we (as a population) blew it was because of that segment who refused to vote for AV because it wasn’t PR.
/Obviously/ it wasn’t PR: It was still a sight better than FPTP, but that wasn’t enough. Sigh.
Needs pointing out again that England are on ITV. Disappointment nailed on.
I was so convinced that this would be painful that I didn't even start watching it. I'm clothes shopping instead. Well, browsing really. I already spent a mint earlier in the week but I want more. But I shouldn't. Not really.
But anyway, that torment isn't nearly so agonising as watching England try to play football. I'm reliant mainly on you lot to convey the depths of the misery.
COVID outbreak in Manatee County, Florida government kills two IT staffers, hospitalizes three others. "The only staffer in the department who didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated."
COVID outbreak in Manatee County, Florida government kills two IT staffers, hospitalizes three others. "The only staffer in the department who didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated."
Maybe this Century will see a reversion back to Conservative/Liberal and Labour will decline... Nothing more than a 20th century fad that only won with four leaders (McDonald, Atlee, Wilson and Blair) in 100 years?
It would be amusing if the Liberals in one form or another were to win an outright majority how long it would take them, like Trudeau, to suddenly understand the wonders of FPTP.
Attachment of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada hardly sudden, as Grits have been contesting elections - provincial as well as federal - on that basis since before 1867. And while they've endured several severe defeats under FPTP (just 34 of 308 seats in 2011 GE) for most of confederation the Liberals have been THE Party of Government in the Great White North.
Of course the British Liberal Party had zero problem with FPTP in the age of Gladstone v Disraeli, and for decades thereafter. Wonder why?
No need to wonder, Mr Irish. The 1910 Liberal government was on the point of changing the voting system to a proportional one - but then it was blow off course by other issues, like the Irish question, women's suffrage and the German invasion of Belgium.
Nevertheless, when the Irish Republic was set up, it was with the same proportional voting system, which it enjoys to this day and which the rest of the country was so cruelly deprived of.
Cruelly deprived of...if not having PR is cruelty then sign me up as a masochist. By all means though continue to campaign on it as its a purely technocratic thing that most people really don't care about. You won't get it past a referendum
Except that in Ireland, when the party in power has tried to get rid of PR via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their PR system. The Irish people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper PR system gives them power over the politicians.
Except that in the UK, when the party in power has tried to get rid of FPTP via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their FPTP system. The British people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper FPTP system gives them power over the politicians.
Get rid of FPTP and introducing PR are two quite different things, Mr Thompson. Conservatives always do their best to confuse people - and in your case they seem to have succeeded.
When we last had a referendum, it was to introduce the AV system -- not to support or otherwise FPTP. And AV has nothing at all to do with PR.
In fact, at the time of the referendum, the line from the Conservative Party was "If you really want PR, vote now against AV, and we will introduce PR at a later date." Surely you remember that?
No I don't remember that. I'd love you to quote anything official from the Conservative Party saying they'd introduce PR, because I'm pretty sure that's not the case.
You know full well that the Conservative Party says whatever is needed in order to win an election. Our PB Tories keep telling us that. In official documents they say one thing, and in the media their candidates and MPs will say something quite different. I think they call this "messaging". The aim, in this case, was to persuade Lib Dem voters not to support AV. I felt very tempted. But, of course, you cannot trust the Tories.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
How up to date is the EU data?
For example the PHE data published today was 4 days old. In contrast, the CDC data is 2 weeks old.
The UK is not only sequencing at high volume, it’s also sequencing at high speed.
We can assume - reasonably - that Delta is behind in the EU, because otherwise EU countries would be seeing the same growth in cases we are.
Quite a few EU positivity rates are well above the UK’s - so how up to speed they are on cases, time will tell.
Well, it's there too. But there's a quantitive difference in the size of the Indian diaspora in European countries compared to the UK.
If you look at the Wikipedia numbers, there isn't a single EU country in the top 25 nations by size of Indian ethnic origin.
So, my guess is that EU countries maybe had one tenth of the number of Delta cases seeded, which means that it's growing from a lower base. It effectively give them a six week headstart over us.
It's rampant in Moscow, which has signifiant links with all major European cities, so they may not be as far behind as that.
We know almost exactly how far the EU is behind us, because on Weds there was the data from EU countries on percentage by variant - and was posted on this board.
How up to date is the EU data?
For example the PHE data published today was 4 days old. In contrast, the CDC data is 2 weeks old.
The UK is not only sequencing at high volume, it’s also sequencing at high speed.
We can assume - reasonably - that Delta is behind in the EU, because otherwise EU countries would be seeing the same growth in cases we are.
Quite a few EU positivity rates are well above the UK’s - so how up to speed they are on cases, time will tell.
Sure: but given the number being tested is relatively constant, then we should be able to see relative moves in case numbers. And right now we haven't see it.
My point is not a complicated one. The EU countries will get hit. They haven't gotten hit as badly as us yet, because they had far less seeding from India (due to a much smaller Indian diaspora).
I don't think this is a particularly controversial point.
Maybe this Century will see a reversion back to Conservative/Liberal and Labour will decline... Nothing more than a 20th century fad that only won with four leaders (McDonald, Atlee, Wilson and Blair) in 100 years?
It would be amusing if the Liberals in one form or another were to win an outright majority how long it would take them, like Trudeau, to suddenly understand the wonders of FPTP.
Attachment of Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party of Canada hardly sudden, as Grits have been contesting elections - provincial as well as federal - on that basis since before 1867. And while they've endured several severe defeats under FPTP (just 34 of 308 seats in 2011 GE) for most of confederation the Liberals have been THE Party of Government in the Great White North.
Of course the British Liberal Party had zero problem with FPTP in the age of Gladstone v Disraeli, and for decades thereafter. Wonder why?
No need to wonder, Mr Irish. The 1910 Liberal government was on the point of changing the voting system to a proportional one - but then it was blow off course by other issues, like the Irish question, women's suffrage and the German invasion of Belgium.
Nevertheless, when the Irish Republic was set up, it was with the same proportional voting system, which it enjoys to this day and which the rest of the country was so cruelly deprived of.
Cruelly deprived of...if not having PR is cruelty then sign me up as a masochist. By all means though continue to campaign on it as its a purely technocratic thing that most people really don't care about. You won't get it past a referendum
Except that in Ireland, when the party in power has tried to get rid of PR via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their PR system. The Irish people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper PR system gives them power over the politicians.
Except that in the UK, when the party in power has tried to get rid of FPTP via a referendum, the people have always voted to keep their FPTP system. The British people are both well informed and experienced, and know that a proper FPTP system gives them power over the politicians.
Get rid of FPTP and introducing PR are two quite different things, Mr Thompson. Conservatives always do their best to confuse people - and in your case they seem to have succeeded.
When we last had a referendum, it was to introduce the AV system -- not to support or otherwise FPTP. And AV has nothing at all to do with PR.
In fact, at the time of the referendum, the line from the Conservative Party was "If you really want PR, vote now against AV, and we will introduce PR at a later date." Surely you remember that?
No I don't remember that. I'd love you to quote anything official from the Conservative Party saying they'd introduce PR, because I'm pretty sure that's not the case.
You know full well that the Conservative Party says whatever is needed in order to win an election. Our PB Tories keep telling us that. In official documents they say one thing, and in the media their candidates and MPs will say something quite different. I think they call this "messaging". The aim, in this case, was to persuade Lib Dem voters not to support AV. I felt very tempted. But, of course, you cannot trust the Tories.
Looking forward to reading your further analysis on Ireland. It’s always refreshing to see an idiot , who can do nothing but whine, speak.
COVID outbreak in Manatee County, Florida government kills two IT staffers, hospitalizes three others. "The only staffer in the department who didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated."
Understandably people seem to be focused on the covid hospitalization rate and the consequent "long covid" rate. Do many vaccinated people who suffer the virus also get long covid?
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That doesn't seem like a safe assumption if it is all over the world by now.
If they max out the vaccinations at a lower level and there's countries in Eastern Europe where that has already happened ...
The outlier is Portugal - Delta was seeded there (Goa connection perhaps ?) almost as much as in the UK.
I am happy to teach you how to be modest as my own modesty is legendary.
This 71-page report is rich. And that 60% of infections are getting sequenced (91% are Delta) is quite impressive.
It makes the output from CDC and the genomic surveillance in the US particularly weak
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Foden the pick of the England forwards so far.
@Stocky ’s 1-0 tip @26 was a decent value bet
But they were lucky that they probably had one tenth of the number of initial cases imported than we did.
Available at 29/1 pre KO
I can cash out now at a 25% profit on my stake but I think I'll let it ride for a potential 350% -1000% return (draw and Scotland)
Scotland the better team in the first half
Now, they don't sequence as much as us, and the data is inherently backward looking. *But* Delta was 5-20% of cases depending on the country, with Sweden in the lead. That probably means they're 2-3 weeks away from it being the dominant variant. Which is about 6 weeks behind us.
(They do benefit from not having dense towns full of people from the Indian subcontinent, of course. So one would expect a slightly slower initial growth than we had.)
Truly amazing.
Or the hacking attempt of their computer systems.
Should bring Henderson and Grealish on to provide some purpose.
Again, there is a reason why the England football team have only won a single major tournament in their entire history, and have never made the final of any of the others. Forget what the crackpot FIFA rankings keep saying about them: they're not the 4th best side in the world. They don't even belong in the top ten.
I used to argue with my old boss about Kane, he has been saying he was over rated for about five seasons. But I cant really say I agree
But even if so it will only have a marginal effect.
And if it leads to an increase from 85% to 86% that's useful, a 60% to 61% increase is less so and a 20% to 21% increase is almost worthless.
England don’t look like tournament winners.
Mind you I have seen him look very anonymous for Spurs, then score from nothing.
Edit: Now 9.8 to win.
Damn it.
For example the PHE data published today was 4 days old. In contrast, the CDC data is 2 weeks old.
The UK is not only sequencing at high volume, it’s also sequencing at high speed.
"I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert,
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime"
I wouldn't back this lot against either Germany or Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo. There's every chance that Wales will outdistance England for the second European Championship on the bounce.
Doing pretty well so far.
We're shocking. Lucky to get a draw......
/Obviously/ it wasn’t PR: It was still a sight better than FPTP, but that wasn’t enough. Sigh.
Scotland 10.5
Draw 2.3
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/en/football/uefa-euro-2020/england-v-scotland-betting-30421049
But anyway, that torment isn't nearly so agonising as watching England try to play football. I'm reliant mainly on you lot to convey the depths of the misery.
https://twitter.com/lookner/status/1405981855631937539
COVID outbreak in Manatee County, Florida government kills two IT staffers, hospitalizes three others. "The only staffer in the department who didn’t contract the coronavirus was vaccinated."
My point is not a complicated one. The EU countries will get hit. They haven't gotten hit as badly as us yet, because they had far less seeding from India (due to a much smaller Indian diaspora).
I don't think this is a particularly controversial point.
https://twitter.com/thecourieruk/status/1405986207675432960?s=20
https://twitter.com/Holbornlolz
That was more of a penalty than the one VAR awarded against Robertson in the Brighton match earlier on this season.