Prince Charles wrote a gushing thank-you letter to a Russian businessman, offering to meet him, days after receiving a six-figure donation for his charity.
When the gift was made in May last year, Charles told Dmitry Leus, 51, a banker seeking British citizenship, that he was “incredibly grateful” for his “immense generosity” to the Prince’s Foundation and that the money had given him “great comfort”......
....However, the money had to be returned months later after the Prince’s Foundation’s ethics committee raised concerns about the Russian’s background. Leus had been found guilty in Russia of money-laundering before having his conviction overturned.
The prince is now fighting on numerous fronts after a regulator began an investigation of his charity’s dealings with Leus, and The Sunday Times uncovered evidence of possible deception involving his donations, which totalled £535,000.
You don't suppose there is a campaign for King William V going on? The Times is supposed to be the establishment paper. It's not exactly the Morning Star.
I added some more to the original post.
The campaign for King William V seems to be run by Prince Charles with his shocking behaviour.
However, last night Children & the Arts said it had no idea that any money had come to it from Leus, that the letter had not been sent by it and that it was in the process of being wound up. It remains unclear what happened to Leus’s donation. He said he had not ruled out taking legal action.
How is this different to the dodgy Lib Dem donation?
At the time Michael Brown donation was considered legitimate and then a few years later it was found out it was from a criminal but the Lib Dems had spent the money in good faith.
Here the money was donated and then it became clear it was impermissible within weeks and sent back to the donor, who then donated it to another charity close to Prince Charles using a dodgy letter which the senders deny sending (or even writing.)
On the subject of abortion and Texas (sorry I was asleep during the last thread), I can't help feel that the Supreme Court is working for the Democrats.
Let's start with the obvious: legal abortion is broadly popular in the US. And once you include restrictions (only in the first trimester, exceptions for rape and incest, imminent danger to mother's health), then the gap becomes really big - almost at two-to-one.
But let's forget about additional restrictions for a second and let's look at the question "do you think abortion should be legal in most circumstances". Fortunately, the good folks at Pew did state-by-state survey of the US. If you divide the country into three sets:
Pro Choice - where legal in most circumstances beats out illegal in most circumstances by 7.5% or more Pro Life - where illegal in most circumstances is 7.5% or more ahead of legal In the Middle - where neither proposition has a meaningful lead
Well, the Pro Choice states win the Presidency on their own. They get to 276 electoral college votes. The Pro Life states only manage 73 - all of them existing Republican strongholds.
The Republican Party controls all three branches of Florida Government - they have the Governorship, the House, and the Senate. They are about to rush through a carbon copy of Texas's law.
As is their right.
In Florida, should be legal in most circumstances beats out should be illegal by seventeen percentage points. And - by the way - the Texas law does not contain any provisions for rape or incest, or if the mother's life is in danger.
Assuming that Florida Republicans get their law through, this means that there will be headlines about girls who were raped who were unable to get abortions. There will be stories of women who commit suicide, because they were unable to get abortions. There will be stories about friends who drove people to abortion clinics in other states, who end up sued in court (as an aside, this falls so massively outside the interstate commerce clause of the US constitution, it should be enough to strike the Texas law down on its own).
Basically, you know who's going to be motivated to vote in elections next time around: it'll be people who are broadly in favour of abortion.
Roe vs Wade, as I've said many times before, should never have happened. States should have (and would have) legalisated abortion on their own. There would probably be some states today (Utah, Mississippi and a few others) where it was illegal, but in most states women would be able to get abortions.
This was a massive recruiting sargeant for the Republicans - especially as they could argue it had been legalised by the back door.
At the same time, many Pro Choice Republicans weren't that bothered: the Supreme Court covered their asses. (See Collins, Susan.)
That all changes, and the only loser is the Republican Party.
Hope you are very right. Because at the moment the Rep party is not the Rep party, it is the 'reelect Trump, MAGA' party who if they win will destroy democracy in America.
Prince Charles wrote a gushing thank-you letter to a Russian businessman, offering to meet him, days after receiving a six-figure donation for his charity.
When the gift was made in May last year, Charles told Dmitry Leus, 51, a banker seeking British citizenship, that he was “incredibly grateful” for his “immense generosity” to the Prince’s Foundation and that the money had given him “great comfort”......
....However, the money had to be returned months later after the Prince’s Foundation’s ethics committee raised concerns about the Russian’s background. Leus had been found guilty in Russia of money-laundering before having his conviction overturned.
The prince is now fighting on numerous fronts after a regulator began an investigation of his charity’s dealings with Leus, and The Sunday Times uncovered evidence of possible deception involving his donations, which totalled £535,000.
After it was decided that the gift could not be accepted by the Prince’s Foundation, Leus was told by its deputy executive director, Chris Martin, that the money had instead gone to another charity of which Charles is patron, Children & the Arts.
"I doubt Johnson can keep his bubble machine blowing out the myth that austerity is over. Whether it’s soaring food bank use from universal credit cuts or the NHS struggling with waiting times, sooner rather than later, enough voters will see through his make-believe politics."
Polly Toynbee
He could keep throwing in some super populist policies each election. I am convinced there will a restoration of capital punishment for cop killers and nonces before Johnson's tenure is finally up
He doesn't believes that it is right, any more than I do. But if it keeps his dream alive, who cares?
If that's what voters want, what's the problem? I wouldn't support it myself though.
This is why we have a sovereign parliament. MPs should be smarter than us ( Richard Burgon excepted) and be voted in to do things on our behalf that we are too stupid to think through ourselves.
When a government decides in order to preserve itself it offers the voters choices that it believes are in the grand-scheme sub-optimal, but deliberately pander to people's basest instincts, the system has failed.
If restoration of capital punishment isn't controversial enough for you, where would you draw the line?
’The food shortages being reported by a growing number of household names are likely to last forever, a leading industry figure has said in a stark warning to the government.
Ian Wright, CEO of the Food & Drink Federation, said the system that for decades had meant British consumers could expect a full range of food or drink items in their supermarkets and restaurants was "over" and probably not coming back.
A shortage of lorry drivers and workers elsewhere in supply chains, compounded by Brexit and the Covid pandemic, has triggered shortages of food and other items in recent weeks…’
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
The Proms starts a couple of hours earlier I thought.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Pointed this out downthread....not only as thick as shit, but thinks he is smarter than the government scientists on every issue.
He attended the University of Oxford, it explains everything.
His comments on Covid-19 make his comments about photographs featuring mirrors look like Nobel Prize winning stuff.
Another failing upwards...
ITV’s Peston admits that ‘every day I stay in work as a middle-class white man is a bonus’ - and says his career probably wouldn’t get off the ground today
Its his shear arrogance that gets me. Everybody makes a mistake, gets things wrong, but he actually believes he is incredibly well versed in maths and science...yet doesn't even understand the most basic things.
’The food shortages being reported by a growing number of household names are likely to last forever, a leading industry figure has said in a stark warning to the government.
Ian Wright, CEO of the Food & Drink Federation, said the system that for decades had meant British consumers could expect a full range of food or drink items in their supermarkets and restaurants was "over" and probably not coming back.
A shortage of lorry drivers and workers elsewhere in supply chains, compounded by Brexit and the Covid pandemic, has triggered shortages of food and other items in recent weeks…’
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
The Proms starts a couple of hours earlier I thought.
That's how they trick you. Last Night of the Proms is a game of two halves and the singalong part is after the watershed (well, 9pm BBC 1). The first half is just posh music.
"I doubt Johnson can keep his bubble machine blowing out the myth that austerity is over. Whether it’s soaring food bank use from universal credit cuts or the NHS struggling with waiting times, sooner rather than later, enough voters will see through his make-believe politics."
Polly Toynbee
He could keep throwing in some super populist policies each election. I am convinced there will a restoration of capital punishment for cop killers and nonces before Johnson's tenure is finally up
He doesn't believes that it is right, any more than I do. But if it keeps his dream alive, who cares?
If that's what voters want, what's the problem? I wouldn't support it myself though.
This is why we have a sovereign parliament. MPs should be smarter than us ( Richard Burgon excepted) and be voted in to do things on our behalf that we are too stupid to think through ourselves.
When a government decides in order to preserve itself it offers the voters choices that it believes are in the grand-scheme sub-optimal, but deliberately pander to people's basest instincts, the system has failed.
If restoration of capital punishment isn't controversial enough for you, where would you draw the line?
Hanging, drawing and quartering for treason?
Burning at the stake for not conforming to the C of E? (Bit of an obvious problem there.)
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
He's thick as mince.
Oh come! Nothing wrong with mince, when cooked with shallots and served with decent spuds and fresh peas.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
And yet like the editor of the lancet, will still be in their job despite displaying massive incompontence and spreading fake news.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
He's thick as mince.
I disagree. I think he knows exactly what he's doing.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Pointed this out downthread....not only as thick as shit, but thinks he is smarter than the government scientists on every issue.
He attended the University of Oxford, it explains everything.
His comments on Covid-19 make his comments about photographs featuring mirrors look like Nobel Prize winning stuff.
The traditional job of journalists is to know lots of people, not lots of facts. Peston's (or Marr's or Laura K's) value is the black book of Westminster and Whitehall contacts who provide gossip and stories, half of whom they shared university with.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
He's thick as mince.
2nd class degree apparently. Another PPE.
Maybe a public petition to close that degree course down would improve British public life immeasurably?
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Pointed this out downthread....not only as thick as shit, but thinks he is smarter than the government scientists on every issue.
He attended the University of Oxford, it explains everything.
His comments on Covid-19 make his comments about photographs featuring mirrors look like Nobel Prize winning stuff.
Another failing upwards...
ITV’s Peston admits that ‘every day I stay in work as a middle-class white man is a bonus’ - and says his career probably wouldn’t get off the ground today
Its his shear arrogance that gets me. Everybody makes a mistake, gets things wrong, but he actually believes he is incredibly well versed in maths and science...yet doesn't even understand the most basic things.
Having a father who was a Labour Lord certainly didn't harm his prospects! Is the son of a Lord really "middle class"?
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
He's thick as mince.
Oh come! Nothing wrong with mince, when cooked with shallots and served with decent spuds and fresh peas.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Christ almighty. Beyond comprehension. How many times would Peston have been told by medics, stats peeps and epidemiologists that most people in this age groups are now vaxxed so that is why they are appearing in the infection stats?
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
He's thick as mince.
I disagree. I think he knows exactly what he's doing.
No....smart shit stirring leaves enough up to interuptation. The whole incident with chemicals and testing, having JVT completely dismantle him on his own show. Smart people wanting to push a narrative don't let themselves get in that situation of being totally owned on national telly....then have it happen again....
Further on the Food & Drink Federation, here is one from last week.
2/9/2021 £2bn fall in Exports in First Half Catastrophe:
18/6/2021 £2bn fall in Exports in First Quarter Disaster
Now, if those numbers are true exports are back to normal in the second quarter...
Not only bullshitters, but woefully incompetent bullshitters.
MEDIA.....STATISTICS...TOOOOOOO CONFUSING.....Unless you are Prof Peston, and then obviously he is more of an expert than every member of SAGE and iSAGE combined on every aspect of maths and science.
Indeed statistics can be confusing. Per the FDF, there was a £2 billion fall in exports to the EU in Q1 and in a later press release a £2 billion fall in overall exports in H1 where a rise in non-EU exports failed to compensate for a fall in EU exports.
The misleading part is omission. To not let the reader know that EU food & drink exports have rebounded to roughly pre-brexit levels:
Thank-you. I think that rather nails it. It's misleading for them to claim "disaster" without also noting the recovery in Q2.
An it would be fair to point out continuing challenges given the small 4% decline from 2018 and the changed border arrangements.
Where did you get the pic - I was looking for something similar? I could only find it at twitter links.
Though we should note that the FDF comparisons were with 2019.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Pointed this out downthread....not only as thick as shit, but thinks he is smarter than the government scientists on every issue.
What's worse, he never corrects the record / deletes those tweets, he just moves on to the next horseshit thing that pops into his head.
Peston: "But I am surprised these statistics have received so little attention and have occasioned so little debate."
Jeez. Has he being living under a rock for the last few months with absolutely no internet connection?
My parents have made a point of watching two doctors that appear just after 9am on BBC Breakfast on Saturday mornings. The lady in Edinburgh seemed exasperated explaining the reason again and brought up the example of wearing seatbelts as a comparison.
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Pointed this out downthread....not only as thick as shit, but thinks he is smarter than the government scientists on every issue.
What's worse, he never corrects the record / deletes those tweets, he just moves on to the next horseshit thing that pops into his head.
Peston: "But I am surprised these statistics have received so little attention and have occasioned so little debate."
Jeez. Has he being living under a rock for the last few months with absolutely no internet connection?
No no no, you have it all wrong, he is incredibly keen on maths and science and is constantly reading about the subject such that he is ahead of the curve compared to the government and their covid advisors.
"I doubt Johnson can keep his bubble machine blowing out the myth that austerity is over. Whether it’s soaring food bank use from universal credit cuts or the NHS struggling with waiting times, sooner rather than later, enough voters will see through his make-believe politics."
Polly Toynbee
He could keep throwing in some super populist policies each election. I am convinced there will a restoration of capital punishment for cop killers and nonces before Johnson's tenure is finally up
He doesn't believes that it is right, any more than I do. But if it keeps his dream alive, who cares?
If that's what voters want, what's the problem? I wouldn't support it myself though.
This is why we have a sovereign parliament. MPs should be smarter than us ( Richard Burgon excepted) and be voted in to do things on our behalf that we are too stupid to think through ourselves.
When a government decides in order to preserve itself it offers the voters choices that it believes are in the grand-scheme sub-optimal, but deliberately pander to people's basest instincts, the system has failed.
If restoration of capital punishment isn't controversial enough for you, where would you draw the line?
In recent years, this idea is no longer true. Many MP's coming through the system do not come across as being particularly smart at all, the classic example of this is Nick Clegg being replaced by Jared O'Mara. The smart people avoid politics nowadays, The Elite politicians are being replaced by hobbyist activists and veteran local councillors who are causing untold amounts of chaos.
There is an idea that elitism is a bad thing; I don't agree when it comes to representative democracy.
Further on the Food & Drink Federation, here is one from last week.
2/9/2021 £2bn fall in Exports in First Half Catastrophe:
18/6/2021 £2bn fall in Exports in First Quarter Disaster
Now, if those numbers are true exports are back to normal in the second quarter...
Not only bullshitters, but woefully incompetent bullshitters.
MEDIA.....STATISTICS...TOOOOOOO CONFUSING.....Unless you are Prof Peston, and then obviously he is more of an expert than every member of SAGE and iSAGE combined on every aspect of maths and science.
Indeed statistics can be confusing. Per the FDF, there was a £2 billion fall in exports to the EU in Q1 and in a later press release a £2 billion fall in overall exports in H1 where a rise in non-EU exports failed to compensate for a fall in EU exports.
The misleading part is omission. To not let the reader know that EU food & drink exports have rebounded to roughly pre-brexit levels:
Thank-you. I think that rather nails it. It's misleading for them to claim "disaster" without also noting the recovery in Q2.
An it would be fair to point out continuing challenges given the small 4% decline from 2018 and the changed border arrangements.
Where did you get the pic - I was looking for something similar? I could only find it at twitter links.
Though we should note that the FDF comparisons were with 2019.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
My take on SPOTY - The broadcasters (bbc) and presenters are a lot more woke than the voters so even though Daley will be fawned over and hundreds of references to him being gay and how great that a gay man wins a diving comp he will not win. Funny enough wokeness is also pro tennis and hence overegged by the likes of the BBC so i think Raducanu will have to win the US open to win the award . A lot of voters have got used to Brit/England winning at things so it would be a bit shameful to go back to giving it to somebody for a good try.
"I doubt Johnson can keep his bubble machine blowing out the myth that austerity is over. Whether it’s soaring food bank use from universal credit cuts or the NHS struggling with waiting times, sooner rather than later, enough voters will see through his make-believe politics."
Polly Toynbee
Switch Johnson for May or Cameron…or Major… or Thatcher and you have a Polly column from any time in the last 30+ years
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
What journalist has had a good COVID and not shown themselves up as a total moron for whom Bayes Theorem is just beyond their intellectual capabilities?
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
Pointed this out downthread....not only as thick as shit, but thinks he is smarter than the government scientists on every issue.
What's worse, he never corrects the record / deletes those tweets, he just moves on to the next horseshit thing that pops into his head.
Peston: "But I am surprised these statistics have received so little attention and have occasioned so little debate."
Jeez. Has he being living under a rock for the last few months with absolutely no internet connection?
They haven't been debated by Professor Peston (FRS, DipSHit) and his dinner party chums. Therefore they haven't been seen by Real People. Just by a bunch of statistical experts, medical experts, etc. They aren't... Really Real.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
There is ONE bar open in Zurich international; terminal 1. Saturday evening. 7.45pm.
One
Be careful guys, it’s still hell out there
You not got access a the first class lounge? Having to slum it with the plebs.
Swissair kindly bought my flights. But yes. Prole class.
That said I estimate this trip would have cost something like £7,000 for 6 days, if I’d been unfortunate enough to be ponying up my own wonga
Genuine question, if one had come into a decent amount of money selling shovels to idiots buying NFTs, would you recommend a trip there? Asking for a friend.
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
That’s hilarious. If he wins. That’s basically Frexit
Nah, he's just saying it to try to get elected. He won't actually do anything to try to implement it should he win. He'll be 71 by the time of the election so he'd unlikely to want a second term. Five years of being President would do him nicely.
There is ONE bar open in Zurich international; terminal 1. Saturday evening. 7.45pm.
One
Be careful guys, it’s still hell out there
You not got access a the first class lounge? Having to slum it with the plebs.
Swissair kindly bought my flights. But yes. Prole class.
That said I estimate this trip would have cost something like £7,000 for 6 days, if I’d been unfortunate enough to be ponying up my own wonga
Genuine question, if one had come into a decent amount of money selling shovels to idiots buying NFTs, would you recommend a trip?
Absolutely, but only if you are loaded. It is insanely pricey. Once you get beyond that it is a lovely country.
The food is still highly variable - it’s much much better in the Italian south (where it is world class)
Great Swiss hotels are some of the greatest hotels in the world (this is true across the country). They have been doing tourism longer than anyone on earth - and it shows
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
Isn't this specifically related to inbound EU migration, and that France should not be obliged to take X% of immigrants from outside the EU. Cakeism granted, but not the "Barnier wants Frexit because he is so impressed with Brexit" narrative we get here, every time the issue is mentioned.
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
That’s hilarious. If he wins. That’s basically Frexit
Nah, he's just saying it to try to get elected. He won't actually do anything to try to implement it should he win. He'll be 71 by the time of the election so he'd unlikely to want a second term. Five years of being President would do him nicely.
Dunno. It’s quite a big promise. He’d have to do ‘something’ or he’d look a total idiot. I get the sense M Barnier does not like appearing an idiot
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
Isn't this specifically related to inbound EU migration, and that France should not be obliged to take X% of immigrants from outside the EU. Cakeism granted, but not the "Barnier wants Frexit because he is so impressed with Brexit" narrative we get here, every time the issue is mentioned.
Saying that he wants French law to be supreme over EU law is definitely Frexit. But I doubt he said precisely that
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
Isn't this specifically related to inbound EU migration, and that France should not be obliged to take X% of immigrants from outside the EU. Cakeism granted, but not the "Barnier wants Frexit because he is so impressed with Brexit" narrative we get here, every time the issue is mentioned.
In the 80s and 90s there was a strain in French politics, not always of the Right, that said that the EEC (and then EU) needed to be a protectionist superpower, to preserve "European values" in the emerging global world. Essentially extending traditional French state intervention to the continental scale....
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
Not sure why the Guardian is so anti Last Night of the Prom or indeed the Boat race given the average reader of of their paper is a lot more likely to participate or watch either than the average bloke or gal-Perhaps a case of Robert Peston levels of self loathing (with his krap about being a middle aged white man and so lucky to be in a job there of )
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
Lot of volatility in the Canadian polls currently. Note the big jump in support for Bernier (NOT Barnier) and the People's Party of Canada. Liberals just ahead in Ontario but BQ leading in Quebec.
Betfair's recovery was shorter than Labour's, and it's down again.
Is the problem the number of people trying to bet on tonight's tennis match?
Too early for that. We will never be told because although the big tech companies are invariably open about what crashed and why, ordinary companies hide behind false claims of "planned maintenance".
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
Not sure why the Guardian is so anti Last Night of the Prom or indeed the Boat race given the average reader of of their paper is a lot more likely to participate or watch either than the average bloke or gal
It's a bit like Illegal! Immigrants! Do! Stuff! in the Daily Mail. Gets the steam up in the comment section....
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
It worries me that you’re a doctor. You’re not the brightest
Women's Final, two in the mens doubles final (Salisbury won), Salisbury one set up in mixed doubles final at the moment and Brit also in the final of men's wheelchair final and Brits still in wheelchair doubles, and got to semi-final in women's wheelchair.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
Not sure why the Guardian is so anti Last Night of the Prom or indeed the Boat race given the average reader of of their paper is a lot more likely to participate or watch either than the average bloke or gal-Perhaps a case of Robert Peston levels of self loathing (with his krap about being a middle aged white man and so lucky to be in a job there of )
Not sure many Guardian readers could bear to watch Last Night of the Proms. I couldn't and I'm not a Guardian reader.
Fernandez the higher-ranked player. A bit of patriotism in the betting?
Fernandez should be favourite, surely?
Its a global market, with pinnacle the biggest bookmaker and they are banned in the UK. Very tough game to price and think it could be closer to choice but its not based on patriotic money.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
Lol, yeah, I read the Guardian every day, and I had no idea today was The Last Night of the Proms!
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
Not sure why the Guardian is so anti Last Night of the Prom or indeed the Boat race given the average reader of of their paper is a lot more likely to participate or watch either than the average bloke or gal-Perhaps a case of Robert Peston levels of self loathing (with his krap about being a middle aged white man and so lucky to be in a job there of )
Not sure many Guardian readers could bear to watch Last Night of the Prom. I couldn't and I'm not a Guardian reader.
Of course they do , so they can secretly like it and then write how awfullly white and middle class it is. A bit like when undercover reporters used to act shocked when they did (numerous) undercover visits to sex shows in Soho in the 1960s 70s
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
Lol, yeah, I read the Guardian every day, and I had no idea today was The Last Night of the Proms!
What is the proms thing you all talk of about anyway? Is there much betting?
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
Lol, yeah, I read the Guardian every day, and I had no idea today was The Last Night of the Proms!
Likewise.
Anyway they have f*cked up at the Proms cos everyone else will be watching tennis tonight.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
Lol, yeah, I read the Guardian every day, and I had no idea today was The Last Night of the Proms!
You don’t read it very diligently. They’ve actually got TWO articles about LNOTP
This one is a review of their own coverage over the years, with a helpful reference to ‘the Nuremberg Rallies’
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
Lol, yeah, I read the Guardian every day, and I had no idea today was The Last Night of the Proms!
This one is a review of their own coverage over the years, with a helpful reference to ‘the Nuremberg Rallies’
Beautiful melancholy feeling in Zurich airport. Almost empty, yet everything gleams. Obscure jazz plays over trays of Tissot watches. A fine sunset flares in fruit liqueur colours, over the black Alps beyond the glass
’The food shortages being reported by a growing number of household names are likely to last forever, a leading industry figure has said in a stark warning to the government.
Ian Wright, CEO of the Food & Drink Federation, said the system that for decades had meant British consumers could expect a full range of food or drink items in their supermarkets and restaurants was "over" and probably not coming back.
A shortage of lorry drivers and workers elsewhere in supply chains, compounded by Brexit and the Covid pandemic, has triggered shortages of food and other items in recent weeks…’
Lot of volatility in the Canadian polls currently. Note the big jump in support for Bernier (NOT Barnier) and the People's Party of Canada. Liberals just ahead in Ontario but BQ leading in Quebec.
Some very different numbers than in other polls.
Yes. The PPC are surging, there is no doubt. Quite how much is disputed. That BQ score would yield 51 seats. Double what most are predicting. And the vast majority from the Liberals, denying Trudeau most seats.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
Not sure why the Guardian is so anti Last Night of the Prom or indeed the Boat race given the average reader of of their paper is a lot more likely to participate or watch either than the average bloke or gal-Perhaps a case of Robert Peston levels of self loathing (with his krap about being a middle aged white man and so lucky to be in a job there of )
Not sure many Guardian readers could bear to watch Last Night of the Prom. I couldn't and I'm not a Guardian reader.
Of course they do , so they can secretly like it and then write how awfullly white and middle class it is. A bit like when undercover reporters used to act shocked when they did (numerous) undercover visits to sex shows in Soho in the 1960s 70s
The Guardian is amusing to read on culture sometimes. I recall one column, where the writer was venting his spleen at the following. Apparently, some Mexican people liked the total fake portrayal of the Day of The Dead in Mexico City in the Bond film. So much so, that they were trying to make it actually happen like that.
The writer went off on one about Cultural Purity. I wondered whether he would stray into writing about the Volkish Soul, at one point.
Fernandez the higher-ranked player. A bit of patriotism in the betting?
Fernandez should be favourite, surely?
Both are lowly ranked compared to who would be expected to be in the final, so it might be considered a crapshoot. I mean, is the 100th best player in the world that much better than the 150th for example? Raducanu has had the more dominant path to the final (albeit in part as she has not played as many high ranked players as Fernandez) so maybe that is it.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
I haven't seen anything on it in the Guardian today. Could you direct me to it?
It worries me that you’re a doctor. You’re not the brightest
And the write up you link to is hardly Woke angst.
Personally, I have never watched it, but more to do with no particular liking for classical music on the telly than anything else.Just about tolerable live, but broadcast? Not for me.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
The thing I never understand about the Last Night angst, the Boat Race etc etc is that it is such a small part of national life - you can ignore it trivially.
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The guardian publishes this wank because their idiot readers lap it up. Every year. Without fail. It’s no better or worse than another express article about sizzling weather or princess diana
Not sure why the Guardian is so anti Last Night of the Prom or indeed the Boat race given the average reader of of their paper is a lot more likely to participate or watch either than the average bloke or gal-Perhaps a case of Robert Peston levels of self loathing (with his krap about being a middle aged white man and so lucky to be in a job there of )
Not sure many Guardian readers could bear to watch Last Night of the Prom. I couldn't and I'm not a Guardian reader.
Of course they do , so they can secretly like it and then write how awfullly white and middle class it is. A bit like when undercover reporters used to act shocked when they did (numerous) undercover visits to sex shows in Soho in the 1960s 70s
The Guardian is amusing to read on culture sometimes. I recall one column, where the writer was venting his spleen at the following. Apparently, some Mexican people liked the total fake portrayal of the Day of The Dead in Mexico City in the Bond film. So much so, that they were trying to make it actually happen like that.
The writer went off on one about Cultural Purity. I wondered whether he would stray into writing about the Volkish Soul, at one point.
How the eff do they think culture works ? Peston level stupidity.
So who will be watching Last Night of the Proms tonight? Someone's got to make sure all the old songs are still there while the rest of us watch the tennis. You'd think Channel 4 would have splashed it on their website but no.
Let’s hope somebody is, choleric EU flag count by the Gammons has become a fine tradition.
As is, equally, a hand wringing series of articles in the guardian saying ‘how can we let this jingoistic Rule Britannia nonsense go on’
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
As one knocks out even the flimsiest of PB posts it's a struggle to not accidentally reveal that one's thoughts have turned yet again to "hot teen girls".
Comments
https://twitter.com/AdamJardy/status/1436722232781381632?s=20
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/11/scots-dont-want-early-referendum-support-independence-slides/
Poor old chippy nats
Here the money was donated and then it became clear it was impermissible within weeks and sent back to the donor, who then donated it to another charity close to Prince Charles using a dodgy letter which the senders deny sending (or even writing.)
https://twitter.com/StigAbell/status/1436742738729443330
He spreads more fake news than a Russian troll factory.
When a government decides in order to preserve itself it offers the voters choices that it believes are in the grand-scheme sub-optimal, but deliberately pander to people's basest instincts, the system has failed.
If restoration of capital punishment isn't controversial enough for you, where would you draw the line?
The American empire is finally crumbling
BY ARIS ROUSSINOS"
https://unherd.com/2021/09/how-bin-ladens-prophesies-came-true/
What's worse, he never corrects the record / deletes those tweets, he just moves on to the next horseshit thing that pops into his head.
Is he being deliberately obtuse just to get a clickbait hit for itv.com?
His comments on Covid-19 make his comments about photographs featuring mirrors look like Nobel Prize winning stuff.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1486225/Robert-peston-julia-hartley-brewer-itv-latest-covid-press-conferences-boris-johnson-vn
ITV’s Peston admits that ‘every day I stay in work as a middle-class white man is a bonus’ - and says his career probably wouldn’t get off the ground today
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9960383/Every-day-stay-work-middle-class-white-man-bonus-Robert-Peston-says.html
Its his shear arrogance that gets me. Everybody makes a mistake, gets things wrong, but he actually believes he is incredibly well versed in maths and science...yet doesn't even understand the most basic things.
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/movers/ian-wright-to-step-down-as-ceo-of-the-fdf/654186.article
http://staticlive.icaew.com/speakers/iain-wright.html
Burning at the stake for not conforming to the C of E? (Bit of an obvious problem there.)
Having one single UK football team?
Maybe a public petition to close that degree course down would improve British public life immeasurably?
Mostly served with lots of spices.
Jeez. Has he being living under a rock for the last few months with absolutely no internet connection?
An it would be fair to point out continuing challenges given the small 4% decline from 2018 and the changed border arrangements.
Where did you get the pic - I was looking for something similar? I could only find it at twitter links.
Though we should note that the FDF comparisons were with 2019.
One
Be careful guys, it’s still hell out there
There is an idea that elitism is a bad thing; I don't agree when it comes to representative democracy.
They are as predictable as Daily Mail photos of hot teen girls jumping up and down, celebrating their A Level results
And both are as British as, well, the Last Night of the Proms
I attended, too. Though they did kick me out a couple of times.
That said I estimate this trip would have cost something like £7,000 for 6 days, if I’d been unfortunate enough to be ponying up my own wonga
Michel Barnier calls for a national referendum on immigration & for France to regain its “legal sovereignty in order to no longer be subject to the judgments” of the European Courts. Monsieur Cherry Picker!"
https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1436655468991197191
Mind you, there is nothing quite like watching idiots marooning their cars in the Thames, by parking on boat ramps without permission, while seated in a good pub. There is something very calming about sipping a pint and watching the water crawling towards the morons Chelsea tractor......
The food is still highly variable - it’s much much better in the Italian south (where it is world class)
Great Swiss hotels are some of the greatest hotels in the world (this is true across the country). They have been doing tourism longer than anyone on earth - and it shows
He’s a real threat to macron, surely
Fernandez 6/4
Fernandez the higher-ranked player. A bit of patriotism in the betting?
Fernandez should be favourite, surely?
https://poll.forumresearch.com/data/b0cc5e28-d576-46fd-8376-ac0df5c8fe95Federal Election Poll - Sept 11th 2021.pdf
Lot of volatility in the Canadian polls currently. Note the big jump in support for Bernier (NOT Barnier) and the People's Party of Canada. Liberals just ahead in Ontario but BQ leading in Quebec.
Some very different numbers than in other polls.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/10/rewrite-rule-britannia-what-would-you-do-with-the-last-night-of-the-proms?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Women's Final, two in the mens doubles final (Salisbury won), Salisbury one set up in mixed doubles final at the moment and Brit also in the final of men's wheelchair final and Brits still in wheelchair doubles, and got to semi-final in women's wheelchair.
Anyway they have f*cked up at the Proms cos everyone else will be watching tennis tonight.
This one is a review of their own coverage over the years, with a helpful reference to ‘the Nuremberg Rallies’
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/10/a-jolly-revel-or-britains-answer-to-a-nuremberg-rally-how-the-guardian-has-reviewed-the-last-night-of-the-proms?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
From the Grocer interview.
The writer went off on one about Cultural Purity. I wondered whether he would stray into writing about the Volkish Soul, at one point.
But on paper, certainly, Fernandez should win.
And the write up you link to is hardly Woke angst.
Personally, I have never watched it, but more to do with no particular liking for classical music on the telly than anything else.Just about tolerable live, but broadcast? Not for me.
Peston level stupidity.
Unless presumably your are Peter Mandelson then you demand how important you are, and steal someone's First Class place.