Is a big part of the solution just an end to our reliance on Saudi oil?
How much of the Wahhabism that spreads across Iran, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan is simply fuelled by their money, which is really our money since we buy so much crude from them?
We, as in the UK buy an insignificant 0.6% of their oil exports. Western Europe collectively buys about 12% of their oil exports.
Over 60% goes to Japan, China, S Korea and India.
Not sure how we, however defined, are supposed to stop that trade without a world war developing.
Interesting, I thought it was mainly the yanks.
The point is that as the world decarbonises there goes Saudis business model. No-one will give a shit anymore.
Of course, in addition to not funding anything it might simply become a civil war ridden hell-hole (like Yemen) or bought up by China, but it also might not have much money to export or propagate extreme Islamism outwith its borders.
US weaned themselves off Saudi oil a number of years ago. For the oil they need, their own via fracking has been revolutionary, there is also still traditional oil and via tar sands of Canada.
It doesn't matter at this point. The ideology is out of the bag. There are enough adherents to the thing that it will spread on its own through online cesspools, with or without Saudi cash. Triply so when the Western left and centre won't stand up against the fundamentals of the ideology as that is "criticizing Islam".
And on would you support an increase in energy bills to fund more renewable energy and lower carbon emissions
Support 30%
Oppose 52%
D/K 18%
Given the news is regularly full of stuff about the evils of climate change ad it regularly crops up on magazine shows and breakfast TV as an issue I am amazed this is not the other way.
Shows there is little mileage in pushing a green agenda if it means higher energy bills, carbon taxes, higher fuel bills and congestion charge zones outside of wealthy metropolitan areas.
We do still new to continue the push to renewables however and we are doing relatively well on that
Some of us are.
'Scotland has narrowly missed a target to generate the equivalent of 100% of its electricity demand from renewables in 2020. New figures reveal it reached 97.4% from renewable sources.'
'Renewables provided a record 43% of the UK’s electricity last year, up from 37% in 2019, according to UK Government statistics.'
Then factor in that 40% of SLab voters are pro-independence.
Meanwhile, back in the real world, the Tories gain a Council seat from the SNP. No evidence here of a huge Pro-Indy swing. The baseline is the 2017 council elections which took place a few weeks before the General Election when the SNP lost over 20 seats and knocked back Nicola's indyref plans.
Mid-Formartine (Aberdeenshire) by-election, first preferences:
Conservative ~ 1480 (45.7%, +11.1) SNP ~ 1205 (37.2%, +11.4) Lib Dem ~ 412 (12.7%, +3.3) Green ~ 144 (4.4%, +4.4)
(Note: Candidates from 2017 not present had 30.1%)
Calling it a “gain” is highly misleading. The Tories topped the poll in 2017 too.
Actually a significant swing TO the Scottish Government parties.
I agree it's not a "real" Tory gain in the Scottish electoral system.
But aren't you going a bit far with "significant swing"? The reality seems to be that people who voted for various indies in 2017 split in various directions.
I'd not take anything at all from this result about the way the wind is blowing - it's an unsurprising result of the sort you'd expect from the area.
Agreed. But it is really quite pathetic when Unionists regularly misrepresent the results of Scottish by elections. STV makes analysis fiendishly difficult.
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
Is a big part of the solution just an end to our reliance on Saudi oil?
How much of the Wahhabism that spreads across Iran, Syria, Pakistan and Afghanistan is simply fuelled by their money, which is really our money since we buy so much crude from them?
The Taliban are primarily Deobandi not Wahhabi. Completely different.
Is it? "Since the late 1970s, the movement is said to have been influenced by Wahhabism in Afghanistan and Pakistan.[3] From the early 1980s to the early 2000s some Deobandis were heavily funded by Saudi Arabia."
I can understand your confusion if your primary source for study of the Islam is Wiki-fucking-pedia.
Deobandi are from the Hanafi madhhab of the Sunni fiqh. Wahhabi are from the Hanbali madhhab.
Apart from the doctrinal differences Wahhabi is a top down state sponsored movement fuelled by Saudi petro dollars. Deobandi has a more communitarian movement based on local sponsors and a network of madrassas.
The UK is probably going to be a majority muslim country in your lifespan so you really need to get on top of this shit. Disappointing.
1 in 80 just this week. This has been going for 80 weeks. At what point will EVERYONE either have had the bug, been vaxxed, or both? Unless reinfection is a real issue, or the vaccines seriously wane, surely this burns out soon?
It has burned out.
That's why people are banging on about Afghanistan.
I wish someone could tell the 135 folk clogging up our wards including 21 on ICU that is burned out and that they can go home and stop wasting out time.
What's the vaxxed/unvaxxed split ?
Not for the first time, Dura Ace is talking bollocks.
The UK will become majority mixed race, but that's about 2200 to 2220 and quite a different point (Muslims will be nothing like a majority).
Extrapolating a population trend 200 years leads to... no information. 200 years from now every aspect of society will be radically different.
The only remaining religions of any size in 2220 will be the Buddhists, Trumpites, Jedis and Scientologists. I am pretty confident in this, in fact I am willing to lay 5/1 that this is not the case. Stakes up front, of course.
Mr. kle4, possibly. I think Microsoft want an Elder Scrolls VI as a console exclusive, though.
But the wait is ridiculous, especially given the Fallout 76 nonsense. I'm quite intrigued by Obsidian's Avowed, (think Elder Scrolls meets the world of Pillars of Eternity) which is also likely to be an exclusive.
Do what you like, but posting moves of less than 1% on markets that aren’t going to settle for 2-3 years does seem a bit ridiculous.
As does calling it 24/19!!!
Yeah yeah. If that price was shortening you’d see Raab fans pointing out the move.
Do you really think so? I doubt it
Maybe if it shortened from 6/4 to EVS or something, but the moves you are reporting are so small it’s a waste of time. You can move the price in a tenner anyway
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
For many on the right, woke just means people they dont like or agree with. It is a bit like writing an insult or argument in partial caps lock, it becomes INFINITELY more persuasive when woke is added sporadically.
Fact check: Sajid Javid says Dominic Raab, who didn't understand the significance of Dover, didn't read the Good Friday Agreement, and resigned over the deal he negotiated, is one of the "most effective ministers" he has "ever worked with".
Wow! Check this exclusion from the SNP/Green proposed deal:
"While we have agreed to work together to take forward a programme of education reform, private fee-paying independent schools are excluded from this agreement."
Who presumably may have become infected and also need to be culled?
That sounds like the sort of activity for which there could be an obscure criminal offence.
If they really have anonomysed live stock which are supposed to be subject to tracing then they sound ripe for having any licenses removed and all stock safely disposed of.
I think they are all eartagged, microchipped and DNAed, so good luck with the anonymization.
Not sure that that is the case for animals not in the food chain.
Maybe a visiting delegation of local cattle farmers would reinforce the point.
On topic I wonder if Ben Wallace could be the next to go. Not because he will be fired, but resigns. He is doing a stirring effort in defending the Govt position, but he has also appeared very unhappy about what happened. I wonder if he is the sort who although he might want to resign is also someone who doesn't do so when there is a problem that needs sorting first. He seems genuinely upset by what has happened.
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
'Woke' has a simple meaning: 'something I disapprove of', more specifically 'something done or approved of by my opponent who is somewhere to the left of me/more socially liberal than me politically'
I do like the implications that: (i) The British military is not 'woke'. I thought everything in British was woke nowadays? (ii) Biden has transformed the military in 8 months. That's incredible (in the literal sense).
If the alleged contrast between French/British and US military actions is true, it might be more reasonable to say that the US military are more snoozing than woke.
On topic I wonder if Ben Wallace could be the next to go. Not because he will be fired, but resigns. He is doing a stirring effort in defending the Govt position, but he has also appeared very unhappy about what happened. I wonder if he is the sort who although he might want to resign is also someone who doesn't do so when there is a problem that needs sorting first. He seems genuinely upset by what has happened.
Good shout, seems plausible and Bozo doesnt like sacking anyone so it may well be a resignation next.
On topic I wonder if Ben Wallace could be the next to go. Not because he will be fired, but resigns. He is doing a stirring effort in defending the Govt position, but he has also appeared very unhappy about what happened. I wonder if he is the sort who although he might want to resign is also someone who doesn't do so when there is a problem that needs sorting first. He seems genuinely upset by what has happened.
This site is going to be absolutely lit the weekend Taiwan falls.
On current form Westminster and Whitehall will wake up when the five starred red flag is fluttering from the Eiffel tower.
Considering China is over the other side of the world from us almost the whole world would be under Beijing rule if it got that far, it would be the biggest Empire there has ever been
This site is going to be absolutely lit the weekend Taiwan falls.
I think they'll hold out a bit longer than that.
No worries - we’ll still have the endless tag teaming about Scottish Indy from the usuals
And you bleating about it.
Some things are eternal.
Id appreciate a bit of diversity of discussion, if only to avoid you having to refer to the odd ‘revealing of assholes’ comment that you seemed to enjoy recently
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
Newt Gingrich as a reliable impartial source, well there's a first.
1 in 80 just this week. This has been going for 80 weeks. At what point will EVERYONE either have had the bug, been vaxxed, or both? Unless reinfection is a real issue, or the vaccines seriously wane, surely this burns out soon?
It has burned out.
That's why people are banging on about Afghanistan.
I wish someone could tell the 135 folk clogging up our wards including 21 on ICU that is burned out and that they can go home and stop wasting out time.
How many are vaccinated vs unvaccinated?
Without meaning to sound harsh, but sick people being on wards is kind of where they're supposed to be and if this virus is endemic now then there'll always be some on wards, but if there's only a relatively few people there then its pretty much burnt out as much as it will do surely? How many people are on ICU in normal circumstances?
21 people when there's no legal restrictions on socialisations at all anymore doesn't sound like the end of the world.
This site is going to be absolutely lit the weekend Taiwan falls.
On current form Westminster and Whitehall will wake up when the five starred red flag is fluttering from the Eiffel tower.
Considering China is over the other side of the world from us almost the whole world would be under Beijing rule if it got that far, it would be the biggest Empire there has ever been
And on would you support an increase in energy bills to fund more renewable energy and lower carbon emissions
Support 30%
Oppose 52%
D/K 18%
Given the news is regularly full of stuff about the evils of climate change ad it regularly crops up on magazine shows and breakfast TV as an issue I am amazed this is not the other way.
Shows there is little mileage in pushing a green agenda if it means higher energy bills, carbon taxes, higher fuel bills and congestion charge zones outside of wealthy metropolitan areas.
We do still new to continue the push to renewables however and we are doing relatively well on that
Some of us are.
'Scotland has narrowly missed a target to generate the equivalent of 100% of its electricity demand from renewables in 2020. New figures reveal it reached 97.4% from renewable sources.'
'Renewables provided a record 43% of the UK’s electricity last year, up from 37% in 2019, according to UK Government statistics.'
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
You’re wrong. There is an explicit accusation of very definite Wokeness against Chief of Staff Milley
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military • Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
If only MORE American generals had read ‘White Fragility’ they surely wouldn’t be in the mess they now find themselves enduring in Kabul. Critical Race Theory is crucial to understanding urban warfare
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
You’re wrong. There is an explicit accusation of very definite Wokeness against Chief of Staff Milley
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military • Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
The man was checking his White Privilege as he was handing over Bagram. He’s a fucking idiot. America is finished
But what about the Afghan actions is woke?
I'm not one to dismiss the term as pejorative entirely, i think it has its place, but not every action from someone woke is itself woke. And I'd take issue with the idea timidity is part of it, these critical race folk are very untimid unfortunately.
Just to recap, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, thinks his soldiers should read Critical Race Theory, and he personally is trying to understand ‘White Rage’, while the chief of the UK defence staff, General Sir Nick Carter, thinks the Taliban are ‘country boys’ with ‘honour’ who want an ‘inclusive’ new government
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
You’re wrong. There is an explicit accusation of very definite Wokeness against Chief of Staff Milley
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military • Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
The man was checking his White Privilege as he was handing over Bagram. He’s a fucking idiot. America is finished
That’s actually a really positive move that he wants to acknowledge and recognise that. It is part of the healing process and what white Americans need to go through touring their nation to a better place.
A new "hospital" opening today. The Tories have redefined the term hospital to mean ward
They deserve to be mocked for this. Its as bad as 'new' money announcements that are partly already announced money.
Of course Labour never did this....
Of course they did. Whoever does it should be mocked. Some examples take more piss than others.
Do you have a source for when Labour redefined hospital to mean ward?
I was referring to the reference to money announcements that are are partly already announced but the specifics hardly matter.
There are many political behaviours that are not partisan behaviours, they are done by everyone, like obfuscation and cherry picking. It's only the degree that changes.
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
You’re wrong. There is an explicit accusation of very definite Wokeness against Chief of Staff Milley
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military • Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
The man was checking his White Privilege as he was handing over Bagram. He’s a fucking idiot. America is finished
That’s actually a really positive move that he wants to acknowledge and recognise that. It is part of the healing process and what white Americans need to go through touring their nation to a better place.
This site is going to be absolutely lit the weekend Taiwan falls.
On current form Westminster and Whitehall will wake up when the five starred red flag is fluttering from the Eiffel tower.
Considering China is over the other side of the world from us almost the whole world would be under Beijing rule if it got that far, it would be the biggest Empire there has ever been
Just to recap, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, thinks his soldiers should read Critical Race Theory, and he personally is trying to understand ‘White Rage’, while the chief of the UK defence staff, General Sir Nick Carter, thinks the Taliban are ‘country boys’ with ‘honour’ who want an ‘inclusive’ new government
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
This site is going to be absolutely lit the weekend Taiwan falls.
On current form Westminster and Whitehall will wake up when the five starred red flag is fluttering from the Eiffel tower.
Considering China is over the other side of the world from us almost the whole world would be under Beijing rule if it got that far, it would be the biggest Empire there has ever been
The Mongols say hi.
If the Chinese conquered everywhere from China to France they would also have conquered most of Europe, Russia, India and the Middle East too and much of Africa.
The Mongols only conquered China, Korea, Persia and much of modern day Russia and the Caucuses
A new "hospital" opening today. The Tories have redefined the term hospital to mean ward
Gosh - never heard of any government ever do anything like that before...
Whats annoying is that its a seriously good development - £35M worth of treatment areas, diagnostics and so on. Its not a new bloody hospital - don't say that. Just say look at this great £35M new treatment and diagnostic centre. When I was treated in 2012 I was on an ageing ward, with outpatients in ageing settings. It all worked, but really needed a bit of money. It can make a difference. Just don't bloody oversell it...
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
You’re wrong. There is an explicit accusation of very definite Wokeness against Chief of Staff Milley
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military • Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
The man was checking his White Privilege as he was handing over Bagram. He’s a fucking idiot. America is finished
But what about the Afghan actions is woke?
I'm not one to dismiss the term as pejorative entirely, i think it has its place, but not every action from someone woke is itself woke. And I'd take issue with the idea timidity is part of it, these critical race folk are very untimid unfortunately.
The Afghan action is incompetent, in part because the focus of leadership is engaged on irrelevant issues - that's the accusation.
This site is going to be absolutely lit the weekend Taiwan falls.
On current form Westminster and Whitehall will wake up when the five starred red flag is fluttering from the Eiffel tower.
It's already in the Raabster's office!
A "What do you mean, the entire gearbox needs replacing" kind of face.
Dont say that, you'll make everyone sympathise with him.
I had a once yearly career meeting with a not much loved prof years ago. Midway, the Mercedes garage rang about the service, and I watched the colour drain from his face, as he weakly croaked 'how much?'. I took great delight in recounting this to most of the rest of the department...
'It is humiliating to have British and French troops go into Kabul to rescue their citizens while American troops are ordered to stay hidden in the airport. Is this what the Biden-Austin-Milley “Woke” military will be like—timid, ineffective, unable to get the job done' https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
A good example of woke over usage. It can mean different things to different people but that just looks like adding it to something unrelated.
You’re wrong. There is an explicit accusation of very definite Wokeness against Chief of Staff Milley
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military • Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
The man was checking his White Privilege as he was handing over Bagram. He’s a fucking idiot. America is finished
But what about the Afghan actions is woke?
I'm not one to dismiss the term as pejorative entirely, i think it has its place, but not every action from someone woke is itself woke. And I'd take issue with the idea timidity is part of it, these critical race folk are very untimid unfortunately.
The Afghan action is incompetent, in part because the focus of leadership is engaged on irrelevant issues - that's the accusation.
A bit tenuous a connection, not least since woke is used generically as an insult. If only they did keep to specifics. And it sure doesn't seem the principal reason for incompetence so if anything itd help distract from other reasons.
Those "country boys" who believe in being "inclusive":
"The Taliban's true colours: Islamists beat Afghans for carrying the national flag and ban female presenters from TV - as reports describe brutal torture and executions away from the Western media in Kabul"
Just to recap, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, thinks his soldiers should read Critical Race Theory, and he personally is trying to understand ‘White Rage’, while the chief of the UK defence staff, General Sir Nick Carter, thinks the Taliban are ‘country boys’ with ‘honour’ who want an ‘inclusive’ new government
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
Do you know what Critical Race Theory is?
Yes. I know exactly what it is. And it is pernicious bullshit
Just to recap, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, thinks his soldiers should read Critical Race Theory, and he personally is trying to understand ‘White Rage’, while the chief of the UK defence staff, General Sir Nick Carter, thinks the Taliban are ‘country boys’ with ‘honour’ who want an ‘inclusive’ new government
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
These people probably have masters. The poison is higher up.
A new "hospital" opening today. The Tories have redefined the term hospital to mean ward
They deserve to be mocked for this. Its as bad as 'new' money announcements that are partly already announced money.
Of course Labour never did this....
Of course they did. Whoever does it should be mocked. Some examples take more piss than others.
Do you have a source for when Labour redefined hospital to mean ward?
I was referring to the reference to money announcements that are are partly already announced but the specifics hardly matter.
There are many political behaviours that are not partisan behaviours, they are done by everyone, like obfuscation and cherry picking. It's only the degree that changes.
I would agree with the general point, but I think there is a world of difference between "bigging up" a ward into a hospital, and re-announcing funding as "new".
It just treats the electorate as fools and stupid....but then again...
Just to recap, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, thinks his soldiers should read Critical Race Theory, and he personally is trying to understand ‘White Rage’, while the chief of the UK defence staff, General Sir Nick Carter, thinks the Taliban are ‘country boys’ with ‘honour’ who want an ‘inclusive’ new government
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
Remember the Taliban are just ‘country boys’ with a sense of ‘honour’ and they merely desire a new ‘inclusive’ government. They’ve been on a journey. They probably read ‘Afghan fragility’ at night
In other news they
‘Set a woman on fire in the north for bad cooking’ and they are ‘shipping young women abroad to neighbouring countries in coffins to be used as sex slaves’
Just to recap, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, Gen Mark Milley, thinks his soldiers should read Critical Race Theory, and he personally is trying to understand ‘White Rage’, while the chief of the UK defence staff, General Sir Nick Carter, thinks the Taliban are ‘country boys’ with ‘honour’ who want an ‘inclusive’ new government
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
Do you know what Critical Race Theory is?
Yes. I know exactly what it is. And it is pernicious bullshit
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For your information, PB headers are regularly based on analysis of sub-samples.
https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1428698660691447809?s=20
Some things are eternal.
That's a UK equivalent of 86.5k
But the wait is ridiculous, especially given the Fallout 76 nonsense. I'm quite intrigued by Obsidian's Avowed, (think Elder Scrolls meets the world of Pillars of Eternity) which is also likely to be an exclusive.
Maybe if it shortened from 6/4 to EVS or something, but the moves you are reporting are so small it’s a waste of time. You can move the price in a tenner anyway
And 24/19??? No
Some Halo fans are pleased by that trend.
Sadly, true.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58277008
Radical progressiveWow! Check this exclusion from the SNP/Green proposed deal:
"While we have agreed to work together to take forward a programme of education reform, private fee-paying independent schools are excluded from this
agreement."
https://twitter.com/paulhutcheon/status/1428706242583728128?s=20
Headline made me laugh, but Anne Widdecombe & Christopher Biggins are furious!!
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/15915644/theatre-upsetting-romeo-juliet-samaritans/amp/
I do like the implications that:
(i) The British military is not 'woke'. I thought everything in British was woke nowadays?
(ii) Biden has transformed the military in 8 months. That's incredible (in the literal sense).
If the alleged contrast between French/British and US military actions is true, it might be more reasonable to say that the US military are more snoozing than woke.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/politics/15920968/dominic-raab-finally-joins-tory-foreign-affairs-group/
Without meaning to sound harsh, but sick people being on wards is kind of where they're supposed to be and if this virus is endemic now then there'll always be some on wards, but if there's only a relatively few people there then its pretty much burnt out as much as it will do surely? How many people are on ICU in normal circumstances?
21 people when there's no legal restrictions on socialisations at all anymore doesn't sound like the end of the world.
FCO minister James Cleverly and Raab's former boss David Davis have both hit the tweet button describing him as a workaholic.
https://twitter.com/rowenamason/status/1428713439036334080
https://twitter.com/UKCovid19Stats/status/1428704380291796994?s=20
On the brighter side, deaths still flat-ish
‘America’s top general defends study of critical race theory by military
• Gen Mark Milley says he wants to understand ‘white rage’’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/24/critical-race-theory-general-mark-milley-defence-military
The man was checking his White Privilege as he was handing over Bagram. He’s a fucking idiot. America is finished
I'm not one to dismiss the term as pejorative entirely, i think it has its place, but not every action from someone woke is itself woke. And I'd take issue with the idea timidity is part of it, these critical race folk are very untimid unfortunately.
It's a new cancer ward in an existing hospital..
And we wonder why the West is in retreat. The Chinese must piss themselves laughing on a daily basis
Referendum: 2
Gender Identity: 4
https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/agreement/2021/08/scottish-government-and-scottish-green-party-shared-policy-programme/documents/scottish-government-and-scottish-green-party-draft-shared-policy-programme/scottish-government-and-scottish-green-party-draft-shared-policy-programme/govscot:document/SG+SGP+Talks+-+Draft+Policy+Programme+-+FINAL+-+OFFSEN.pdf
There are many political behaviours that are not partisan behaviours, they are done by everyone, like obfuscation and cherry picking. It's only the degree that changes.
The Mongols only conquered China, Korea, Persia and much of modern day Russia and the Caucuses
Slater says not a devolved matter but acknowledges FM’s change of direction on it.
Says “hands tied” while Scotland not independent....
Never seen the SNP and Green leaderships so reluctant to talk about reserved matters
https://twitter.com/paulhutcheon/status/1428717836898381827?s=20
When I was treated in 2012 I was on an ageing ward, with outpatients in ageing settings. It all worked, but really needed a bit of money. It can make a difference. Just don't bloody oversell it...
https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1428712218112233472
"The Taliban's true colours: Islamists beat Afghans for carrying the national flag and ban female presenters from TV - as reports describe brutal torture and executions away from the Western media in Kabul"
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9911361/Taliban-beat-Afghans-carrying-national-flag-crackdown-protests-sweeping-nation.html
It just treats the electorate as fools and stupid....but then again...
https://unherd.com/2021/08/anti-racism-is-an-american-dream/
"The Godfather of Critical Race Theory
Unlike today's activists, Derrick Bell wanted to save America
BY TOMIWA OWOLADE"
In other news they
‘Set a woman on fire in the north for bad cooking’ and they are ‘shipping young women abroad to neighbouring countries in coffins to be used as sex slaves’
https://news.sky.com/story/afghanistan-live-updates-scramble-to-evacuate-diplomats-and-embassy-workers-from-kabul-continues-12385846
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9911019/New-Zealand-extends-Delta-outbreak-lockdown.html