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Boris down sharply on the Betfair next CON leader market. Was a 32% chance at start of month now 22% pic.twitter.com/Bq7X1RSOMT
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I said Boris is crap.
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There's a definite stop Boris movement in the Parliamentary Tory Party.
Probably even more formidable than the stop Osborne movement.0 -
Hundreds of thousands of people if not millons hold offshore based ETFS in their ISAs, mainly based in Luxembourg or Dublin. Come the rule of the Corbynistas there will be no room in the jails and Khmer Rouge style workcamps will be needed.0
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Better stock up on the bog role if the glorious socialist paradise of Venezuela is anything to go by. At least we will all get Fridays off though.gettingbetter said:Hundreds of thousands of people if not millons hold offshore based ETFS in their ISAs, mainly based in Luxembourg or Dublin. Come the rule of the Corbynistas there will be no room in the jails and Khmer Rouge style workcamps will be needed.
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There doesn't need to be a stop Boris movement. Remain are not impressed with him for obvious reasons. Leave were briefly delighted until they saw the limp performance he gave joining the campaign and began to suspect that he still had the fence post up his butt and was watching how the referendum played out, and was preparing for a bit of aftertiming by not really saying a lot about anything, and even then in the pages of the Kippergraph where there was no danger of a Remainer reading it anyway.0
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Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.0
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He's an appalling metro snob.Stark_Dawning said:
Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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So if both Boris and Gove are collapsing on the betting markets today but no one is rising, then who is it that has gotten a boost ?0
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I hope not, unless the voice of moderate toryism is supercilious sneering at the people of Clacton, and suggesting that they party should abandon the third of the electorate that wasn't receptive to right-on modern nostrums and move forward into the new progressive future. Yuck.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Got a feeling the next Tory leader will be NOTA...0
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No problem for the Tories to choose someone who is not popular for their next leader, from a Labour perspective at least.TheScreamingEagles said:There's a definite stop Boris movement in the Parliamentary Tory Party.
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@FrancisUrquhart - It's ironic that the press were telling us that if they were regulated independently then we might not get to hear about scandals involving politicians.0
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Oh yes, Matthew Parris, whose opinions and strongly worded articles move mountains all around the country for decades.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
Unarguably the most powerful person in Britain, millions of people hang from his every word.
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I think Parris had the level of the people of Clacton - they did elect Carswell after all. (And I suspect these days Nigel feels the same.)Indigo said:
I hope not, unless the voice of moderate toryism is supercilious sneering at the people of Clacton, and suggesting that they party should abandon the third of the electorate that wasn't receptive to right-on modern nostrums and move forward into the new progressive future. Yuck.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment...tlg86 said:@FrancisUrquhart - It's ironic that the press were telling us that if they were regulated independently then we might not get to hear about scandals involving politicians.
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I met him when at university, and found him intelligent and charming.Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Leicester win the league today.0
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Need a better second half than the first.SouthamObserver said:Leicester win the league today.
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I was intelligent and charming once (*cough*) before I got grumpy, old and cynical. Parris got elitist, smarmy and sneering instead, age comes for us allrcs1000 said:
I met him when at university, and found him intelligent and charming.Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Aha, so continuing this game of charades, this new bit of revelation points to the newspaper scandal involving the Leveson Inquiry.FrancisUrquhart said:
You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment...tlg86 said:@FrancisUrquhart - It's ironic that the press were telling us that if they were regulated independently then we might not get to hear about scandals involving politicians.
And it's simple, there are not many affairs that involve most of the press besides the Phone Hacking scandal and it's aftermath which was the Leveson Inquiry, since it's not the Hacking one then it's the Leveson one.
Now what would the newspapers do that was naughty and involved the Inquiry and it's recommendations, probably to extract some leniency perhaps ?
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I've always liked Parris, even though our only contact was a half-page article gently making fun of me. He's fluent, readable and thoughtful, though somehow he slightly resembles the old definition of a Tory peer "a man who always weighs up the issues carefully before deciding to vote Conservative."
Anyway, he'd naturally concede that he's not always right. Who is? But I've not seen anyone enthuse about Boris in the last few weeks. as a one-off semi-entertainer semi-Mayor he's fine. As a team member, not so much. Arguably, if we'd not had the personalised instution of directly-elected Mayors, neither he nor Ken wpojuld ever have risen to fame.0 -
Awww, you've got me intrigued now.FrancisUrquhart said:
You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment...tlg86 said:@FrancisUrquhart - It's ironic that the press were telling us that if they were regulated independently then we might not get to hear about scandals involving politicians.
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One of my most anti-Cameron Facebook friends has just posted a piece bemoaning the media for 'protecting' Cameron over his tax affairs. Since he's the sort of person who probably wouldn't want to be seen dead reading any right wing newspapers perhaps it's understandable. He's an intelligent guy and the sort of person if you met him you'd think he was pretty clued up.
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@FrancisUrquhart I never understood why Cameron brought someone into the cabinet whose half-brother was involved in a whole heap of trouble..............0
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That's what Jonathan Powell told Boris about Gordon Brown.TheScreamingEagles said:I said Boris is crap.
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No one, that's why extreme partisans are nutjobs, but we still get plenty of them.NickPalmer said:
Anyway, he'd naturally concede that he's not always right. Who is?0 -
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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As all true snobs do.Charles said:
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Hasn't hurt Osborne. Slapping taxes on pasties and grannies did far more damage.hunchman said:@FrancisUrquhart I never understood why Cameron brought someone into the cabinet whose half-brother was involved in a whole heap of trouble..............
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Am not denying he's a snob (although we I met him he was charming and amusing company). He makes a big thing about renting from the Cavendish family which leaves me cold.FrankBooth said:
As all true snobs do.Charles said:
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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He doesn't write for the chavs of Clacton. A friend who is an art critic for the Times thinks he's wonderful and she works with him. I suggested his flights into bitchiness must grate occasionally and she said that was just his sense of humour. I find him rather like David Aaronovich. If you agree with him he can be perceptive and incisive. If you don't he can seem almost paranoidStark_Dawning said:
I think Parris had the level of the people of Clacton - they did elect Carswell after all. (And I suspect these days Nigel feels the same.)Indigo said:
I hope not, unless the voice of moderate toryism is supercilious sneering at the people of Clacton, and suggesting that they party should abandon the third of the electorate that wasn't receptive to right-on modern nostrums and move forward into the new progressive future. Yuck.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Made me chuckle seeing Lily Allen at that protest yesterday, with her £20 million fortune, multiple houses and somebody who employs tax efficiency specialists...oh for a bit of a laugh when drunk once bought a beach...you know how ones does...most of us plebs just buy shit off the shopping channel after too many vinos. Not seen that QVC special where you can buy your own Caribbean beach.FrankBooth said:
As all true snobs do.Charles said:
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
Booo boooo down with the rich..booo...oh wait no not me, not down with me...cos I'm not rich in that way.0 -
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Taken out of context? ;-)chestnut said:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36009544
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To be fair, he's stayed close to the constituency he represented.FrankBooth said:
As all true snobs do.Charles said:
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Parris is simply a grotesque. A joke that only he doesn't get.0
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Well if it's the Leveson Inquiry then the most obvious naughty thing the newspapers did just looking at Wikipedia involved this:JosiasJessop said:
Awww, you've got me intrigued now.FrancisUrquhart said:
You might think that, but I couldn't possibly comment...tlg86 said:@FrancisUrquhart - It's ironic that the press were telling us that if they were regulated independently then we might not get to hear about scandals involving politicians.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leveson_Inquiry
"Maria Miller expenses row.
On 12 December 2012, it was reported that during a telephone call to The Daily Telegraph Prime Minister David Cameron's spokesman, Craig Oliver, had warned the newspaper against running a critical story on MP's expenses claimed by Culture Secretary Maria Miller because of her role in enacting proposals in the Leveson report. Downing Street denied that any threats were made.[39][40][41] The Telegraph had reported that Miller had claimed £90,000 of expenses between 2005 and 2009 for a house in which her parents were living. Miller herself claimed they were dependents.[42] The Parliamentary Commission for Standards subsequently launched an investigation into Miller's expenses.[43] Writing in The Guardian on 15 December, the journalist Tanya Gold argued the episode demonstrated the need for a free press.[44] "
Now Miller whose role was to implement the recommendations of the Inquiry, as Culture Secretary, was forced to resign after the newspapers revealed her expenses.
I wonder if the recommendations were ever implemented after what happened to Miller.
If you apply Third World standards it not impossible to imagine what the newspapers could have done.0 -
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VARRRRDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY0
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Leicester have fluked their customary goal0
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For today only I'm a big Leicester supporter.0
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When I read Parris I am reminded of this line in Dangerous LiaisonsLuckyguy1983 said:Parris is simply a grotesque. A joke that only he doesn't get.
Monsieur le Vicomte de Valmont, my child...
...whom you very probably don't remember...
...except that he is conspicuously charming...
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Interesting article on the source of the Mossack Fonseca story:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/panama-papers-who-instigated-the-leak-usa-or-russia/0 -
On topic, Boris Johnson has not dealt well with the scrutiny that contenders at the highest level face. He has looked incoherent and ill prepared. If he is to get the top job he needs to up his game. He certainly isn't going to get any help from the incumbent.0
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What a pathetic social climber.Charles said:
Am not denying he's a snob (although we I met him he was charming and amusing company). He makes a big thing about renting from the Cavendish family which leaves me cold.FrankBooth said:
As all true snobs do.Charles said:
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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He also routinely blusters and delegates his way through questions to the Mayors - and if he's had a barnstormer in the HoC, I've neither seen nor heard of itAlastairMeeks said:On topic, Boris Johnson has not dealt well with the scrutiny that contenders at the highest level face. He has looked incoherent and ill prepared. If he is to get the top job he needs to up his game. He certainly isn't going to get any help from the incumbent.
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So that was the angle that the newspapers used, and suddenly this whole newspaper scandal becomes crystal clear.hunchman said:@FrancisUrquhart I never understood why Cameron brought someone into the cabinet whose half-brother was involved in a whole heap of trouble..............
The power of the investigative press is big, it can be used for good or it can be used for evil.
Using Third World standards, this newspaper scandal is not surprising.0 -
The cover up is so often far worse than the actual thing being covered up.Speedy said:
So that was the angle that the newspapers used, and suddenly this whole newspaper scandal becomes crystal clear.hunchman said:@FrancisUrquhart I never understood why Cameron brought someone into the cabinet whose half-brother was involved in a whole heap of trouble..............
The power of the investigative press is big, it can be used for good or it can be used for evil.
Using Third World standards, this newspaper scandal is not surprising.0 -
I think Parris thinks that the inhabitants of Clacton are the most ghastly oiks who had to pay for their own furniture, and who shop at Marks & Spencer.Stark_Dawning said:
I think Parris had the level of the people of Clacton - they did elect Carswell after all. (And I suspect these days Nigel feels the same.)Indigo said:
I hope not, unless the voice of moderate toryism is supercilious sneering at the people of Clacton, and suggesting that they party should abandon the third of the electorate that wasn't receptive to right-on modern nostrums and move forward into the new progressive future. Yuck.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Imagine if the Washington Post had used the Watergate scandal to blackmail Nixon instead of exposing him ?FrancisUrquhart said:
The cover up is so often far worse than the actual thing being covered up.Speedy said:
So that was the angle that the newspapers used, and suddenly this whole newspaper scandal becomes crystal clear.hunchman said:@FrancisUrquhart I never understood why Cameron brought someone into the cabinet whose half-brother was involved in a whole heap of trouble..............
The power of the investigative press is big, it can be used for good or it can be used for evil.
Using Third World standards, this newspaper scandal is not surprising.
But Deep Throat was looking initially to extract concessions regarding the succession in the FBI.0 -
5 minutes extra time at Sunderland...0
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Good afternoon, everyone.
Not a Conservative, but I wouldn't back Boris to be PM.0 -
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I do not see Boris as being party leader, never had. One can only assume that his support has come from the Leavers within the party and as his performance on EURef to date has proved somewhat suboptimal, they are slowly going off him.0
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The main thing Boris has going for him is that his flustered, confused, incoherent mish-mash of responses to the EU entirely chimes with that of many Brits.....0
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Just time for Vardy to complete his braceMarqueeMark said:5 minutes extra time at Sunderland...
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Surely every football supporter (and a large proportion of the indifferent) in the country, apart from Spurs, Arsenal and City fans are willing the Foxes to take the title. Just f*cking marvellous.0 -
The Champions League will be interesting next year. I'd be surprised if our champions get past Calais0
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All big clubs win when they aren't playing particularly well.......Roger said:Leicester have fluked their customary goal
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When did Leicester last concede a goal? It seems to have been ages ago.0
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Mr. Anorak, biggest underdogs since Brawn GP.0
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Biggest underdog victory since David and Goliath (hat tip to the late great Sid Waddell).Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Anorak, biggest underdogs since Brawn GP.
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Spoken like a true snob. Looking down on the little people. The plain truth is that the Foxes are the best team in the land at the minute, the league table doesn't lie.Roger said:The Champions League will be interesting next year. I'd be surprised if our champions get past Calais
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About 8 hours....DavidL said:When did Leicester last concede a goal? It seems to have been ages ago.
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Nottinghamshire wouldn't have him.Charles said:
Who's lived in Derbyshire for 20 years...Plato_Says said:He's an appalling metro snob.
Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Mr. Anorak, is that a reference to Brawn or Leicester?0
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I was listening to the barnstormer between West Ham and Arsenal on the radio the other day. R5L went through the goals Arsenal had scored against other top sides. 3, 2, 2, 3 etc... Quite a haul !DavidL said:When did Leicester last concede a goal? It seems to have been ages ago.
They won none of them..
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Were they underdogs? Honda tanked so badly in 2008 that Ross Brawn quickly diverted resources to the 2009 car and the new rules. His team very quickly worked out that KERS was a waste of time and built a very quick and reliable car. It was only an underdog story in the sense that Honda pulled the plug on the team and Brawn had to get together the backing to keep the team going.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Anorak, biggest underdogs since Brawn GP.
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I think that is conflating two things. A section of the party, well before the referendum was making itself felt, knew that Dave was likely to be going, and Boris was at that time felt to be a n obvious choice, if one either didn't like Osborne, or didn't fancy his chances. If Boris had plumped for Remain, the remainers would probably still see him in that light because Dave would still be carrying the remain campaign. As it happened he plumped for leave, calculating, we assume, that it would give him a clearer run at the leadership. What he seems to have overlooked it there is no cover in Leave, he is supposed to be the big beast on the team, and has fallen short, worse than that he has been conspicuously been upstaged by the bookish and very marmite Mr Gove. I think Boris going for Leave might have been a fatal mistake in his climb up the greasy pole.SimonStClare said:I do not see Boris as being party leader, never had. One can only assume that his support has come from the Leavers within the party and as his performance on EURef to date has proved somewhat suboptimal, they are slowly going off him.
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Mr. 86, barely making the grid, laying off a lot of staff and having almost no budget or means to develop during the season made Brawn an underdog.0
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Leicester. Brawn had a secret weapon (a cunning interpretation of the rules) which has happened in other years. Brabham in '78 tried it with their floor fan (which was banned, but otherwise they'd have walked it).Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Anorak, is that a reference to Brawn or Leicester?
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It's also completely inaccurate. If you hang out on hacktivist forums, the perpetrators are pretty well known. (That are anonymous, obviously, but have long histories.)hunchman said:Interesting article on the source of the Mossack Fonseca story:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/panama-papers-who-instigated-the-leak-usa-or-russia/
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If the scandal broke pretty much immediately, do you think it would add enough fuel to the fire to bring Cameron down?FrancisUrquhart said:
The cover up is so often far worse than the actual thing being covered up.Speedy said:
So that was the angle that the newspapers used, and suddenly this whole newspaper scandal becomes crystal clear.hunchman said:@FrancisUrquhart I never understood why Cameron brought someone into the cabinet whose half-brother was involved in a whole heap of trouble..............
The power of the investigative press is big, it can be used for good or it can be used for evil.
Using Third World standards, this newspaper scandal is not surprising.
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Mr. Anorak, a few other teams also had the double diffuser early on, though.0
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If I was one of these high worth individuals exposed, and found it is because a site admin can't click "update" on WP console, I would be a more than a tad pissed...rcs1000 said:
It's also completely inaccurate. If you hang out on hacktivist forums, the perpetrators are pretty well known. (That are anonymous, obviously, but have long histories.)hunchman said:Interesting article on the source of the Mossack Fonseca story:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/panama-papers-who-instigated-the-leak-usa-or-russia/
Edit to add: they got in because the site was running an old version of WordPress :-)
That would also be consistent with the fact that the "Hackers" were getting new info even after the initial leak (upto the end of 2015 I believe) i.e. it wasn't a disgruntled ex-employee who dumped what they could on to USB drives and legged it.0 -
Fair point. It was absolutely an underdog victory but whereas Brawn were a dachshund to the Big Team alsations, Leicester were a chihuahua under a steam-roller compared to the Big Team Cerburuses.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Anorak, a few other teams also had the double diffuser early on, though.
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They ran an unpatched copy of WordPress on a server inside the firewall.FrancisUrquhart said:
If I was one of these high worth individuals exposed, and found it is because a site admin can't click "update" on WP console, I would be a more than a tad pissed...rcs1000 said:
It's also completely inaccurate. If you hang out on hacktivist forums, the perpetrators are pretty well known. (That are anonymous, obviously, but have long histories.)hunchman said:Interesting article on the source of the Mossack Fonseca story:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/panama-papers-who-instigated-the-leak-usa-or-russia/
Edit to add: they got in because the site was running an old version of WordPress :-)
That would also be consistent with the fact that the "Hackers" were getting new info even after the initial leak (upto the end of 2015 I believe).
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WBA scored 2 against us on 1 March. Nothing since.Pulpstar said:
I was listening to the barnstormer between West Ham and Arsenal on the radio the other day. R5L went through the goals Arsenal had scored against other top sides. 3, 2, 2, 3 etc... Quite a haul !DavidL said:When did Leicester last concede a goal? It seems to have been ages ago.
They won none of them..
Emphasises the importance of defence.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!
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I accept that Brawn could have gone under before it made the grid, but once they did they were always favourites. Perhaps RedBull should have done better, but it wasn't like Brawn were genuinely a new team and not just a rename. The equivalent to Leicester's achievement in F1 would be Haas winning the championship next season.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Anorak, a few other teams also had the double diffuser early on, though.
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Actually from memory his argument was more nuanced than that. He was saying that as we become more tolerant as a society and more people have a university education residents like those in Clacton will get left behind. So the Tories should not pander to their prejudices but leave them to Ukip and wait for evolution to do its jobSean_F said:
I think Parris thinks that the inhabitants of Clacton are the most ghastly oiks who had to pay for their own furniture, and who shop at Marks & Spencer.Stark_Dawning said:
I think Parris had the level of the people of Clacton - they did elect Carswell after all. (And I suspect these days Nigel feels the same.)Indigo said:
I hope not, unless the voice of moderate toryism is supercilious sneering at the people of Clacton, and suggesting that they party should abandon the third of the electorate that wasn't receptive to right-on modern nostrums and move forward into the new progressive future. Yuck.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Head -> Desk -> Thud Thud Thud....rcs1000 said:
They ran an unpatched copy of WordPress on a server inside the firewall.FrancisUrquhart said:
If I was one of these high worth individuals exposed, and found it is because a site admin can't click "update" on WP console, I would be a more than a tad pissed...rcs1000 said:
It's also completely inaccurate. If you hang out on hacktivist forums, the perpetrators are pretty well known. (That are anonymous, obviously, but have long histories.)hunchman said:Interesting article on the source of the Mossack Fonseca story:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/panama-papers-who-instigated-the-leak-usa-or-russia/
Edit to add: they got in because the site was running an old version of WordPress :-)
That would also be consistent with the fact that the "Hackers" were getting new info even after the initial leak (upto the end of 2015 I believe).
Appalling level of security.0 -
Sturgeon leads the virtue signallers on the march.0
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That doesn't sound very nuanced to me.Roger said:
Actually from memory his argument was more nuanced than that. He was saying that as we become more tolerant as a society and more people have a university education residents like those in Clacton will get left behind. So the Tories should not pander to their prejudices but leave them to Ukip and wait for evolution to do its jobSean_F said:
I think Parris thinks that the inhabitants of Clacton are the most ghastly oiks who had to pay for their own furniture, and who shop at Marks & Spencer.Stark_Dawning said:
I think Parris had the level of the people of Clacton - they did elect Carswell after all. (And I suspect these days Nigel feels the same.)Indigo said:
I hope not, unless the voice of moderate toryism is supercilious sneering at the people of Clacton, and suggesting that they party should abandon the third of the electorate that wasn't receptive to right-on modern nostrums and move forward into the new progressive future. Yuck.Stark_Dawning said:Say what you like about Matthew Parris, but he's the voice of a certain strand of moderate Toryism. The man has a following. His philippic against Johnson might prove deadly. I'm convinced to this day that it was a withering article that Parris wrote in 2003 that did for IDS.
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Big Sam hanging Rodwell out to dry
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Mr. 86, still think that's a bit harsh. It was only in Brazil (not last race, maybe penultimate) that Button actually clinched the title with an excellent drive.
And let us not forget the heroic 70/1 tip that one young morris dancer offered (and, stupidly, did not even bet on. My lesson has since been learnt).
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Forwarding port 80 is not a security policyFrancisUrquhart said:
Head -> Desk -> Thud Thud Thud....rcs1000 said:
They ran an unpatched copy of WordPress on a server inside the firewall.FrancisUrquhart said:
If I was one of these high worth individuals exposed, and found it is because a site admin can't click "update" on WP console, I would be a more than a tad pissed...rcs1000 said:
It's also completely inaccurate. If you hang out on hacktivist forums, the perpetrators are pretty well known. (That are anonymous, obviously, but have long histories.)hunchman said:Interesting article on the source of the Mossack Fonseca story:
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/panama-papers-who-instigated-the-leak-usa-or-russia/
Edit to add: they got in because the site was running an old version of WordPress :-)
That would also be consistent with the fact that the "Hackers" were getting new info even after the initial leak (upto the end of 2015 I believe).
Appalling level of security.0 -
YES I AM!! Mark Steel just tweeted: "It's like a cat winning the Grand National"foxinsoxuk said:
WBA scored 2 against us on 1 March. Nothing since.Pulpstar said:
I was listening to the barnstormer between West Ham and Arsenal on the radio the other day. R5L went through the goals Arsenal had scored against other top sides. 3, 2, 2, 3 etc... Quite a haul !DavidL said:When did Leicester last concede a goal? It seems to have been ages ago.
They won none of them..
Emphasises the importance of defence.
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!
It's an utter, utter delight. You must be in dreamland.
[I half-arsedly follow Carlisle, for what it's worth. Jimmy Glass, eh.]0 -
Come on Roger. I'm a City blue, thru fik and fin- but the Leicester story is fantastic. This afternoon will be the first time I want Utd to win for a very, very long time. I want Leicester to steamroller the league- not win by a a nose.
Next year things normal service will return- but this year, the Leicester story is just so wonderfully romantic.Roger said:Leicester have fluked their customary goal
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Apparently Ron Dennis had a lot of money on Brawn winning.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. 86, still think that's a bit harsh. It was only in Brazil (not last race, maybe penultimate) that Button actually clinched the title with an excellent drive.
And let us not forget the heroic 70/1 tip that one young morris dancer offered (and, stupidly, did not even bet on. My lesson has since been learnt).0 -
Mr. 86, I should stress, I am not Ron Dennis nor did I receive a tip from him
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Ridiculous to say that Matthew Parris is any kind of careerist or snob. He was pouring vitriol over Blair when the rest of the right-wing media were swallowing his vacuous soundbites and grovelling to Campbell. Parris was a voice in the wilderness back then, flying the flag for Toryism when everyone else couldn't wait to abandon it. Had he wanted to ingratiate himself with the establishment or advance himself he would have joined that motley chorus.0
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They used to say the last time Man City got into Europe the fans pulled the mainsail down and threw the cannon overboardTwistedFireStopper said:
Spoken like a true snob. Looking down on the little people. The plain truth is that the Foxes are the best team in the land at the minute, the league table doesn't lie.Roger said:The Champions League will be interesting next year. I'd be surprised if our champions get past Calais
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Nothing comes within a country mile of Leicester. There is no sporting story of any type of comparison. It is wonderfully intoxicating- and I say that as confirmed Man City fan. Of course the title will return back to Manchester next year under Pep. But for this year we can loan it out to those Midland Foxes. And maybe this year the mighty Blues can win the Champions League to add another inviting twist to an exhilarating season.Anorak said:
Leicester. Brawn had a secret weapon (a cunning interpretation of the rules) which has happened in other years. Brabham in '78 tried it with their floor fan (which was banned, but otherwise they'd have walked it).Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Anorak, is that a reference to Brawn or Leicester?
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In terms of long odds against shots, Leicester winning the Prem is the daddy of them all.0
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A Scottish newspaper has published the injuction couple's names:
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/10/scottish-newspaper-reveals-identity-superinjunction-couple0 -
New York - Fox
Trump 54 .. Kasich 22 .. Cruz 15
Clinton 53 .. Sanders 37
Clinton 53 .. Trump 37
Sanders 54 .. Trump 35
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/10/fox-news-poll-trump-clinton-rule-empire-state.html
Pennsylvania - Fox
Trump 48 .. Cruz 22 .. Kasich .. 20
Clinton 49 .. Sanders 38
Clinton 44 .. Trump 44
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/04/10/fox-news-poll-trump-holds-huge-lead-in-pennsylvania-clinton-up-over-sanders.html0 -
I made my first trip to the Etihad Stadium yesterday. Very little atmosphere in the ground which is a pity because the owners have conspicuously thrown loads of money at the placetyson said:Come on Roger. I'm a City blue, thru fik and fin- but the Leicester story is fantastic. This afternoon will be the first time I want Utd to win for a very, very long time. I want Leicester to steamroller the league- not win by a a nose.
Next year things normal service will return- but this year, the Leicester story is just so wonderfully romantic.Roger said:Leicester have fluked their customary goal
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Who would have thought six months ago I would rush home from my boozy, Italian Sunday lunch to excitedly check the result of Sunderland vs Leicester and then give a full on IDS double, knuckle fist pump when I found it out. These are strange times indeed.Pulpstar said:
In terms of long odds against shots, Leicester winning the Prem is the daddy of them all.
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