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The Lochs (Non Party Independent defence) on Fife
Result: Labour 1,318 (47% +1%), Scottish National Party 1,079 (39% +20%), Conservative 270 (10% +7%), Communist 86 (3%, no candidate in 2012), Green Party 45 (2%, no candidate in 2012)
Labour GAIN from Non Party Independent on the fourth count with a lead of 239 (8%) on a swing of 9.5% from Lab to SNP
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Another First? Good Luck to Harry.0
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A herculean task! Good luck, and good luck to the brave soul who reports to us on what are likely to be the most important elections in the realm on those nights.
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Thank you HH .... PB's tally man par excellence ....
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First after DQs.0
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Walks past the first 4 empty slots to post from the floor by the toilets...0
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Much thanks to Harry. Regrettably, and despite evidence to the contrary, I doubt I have time to pitch in myself. Though the way I'd profile them is to highlight the seats with the most entertaining names and speculating what lies behind it.0
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What about the wife?Scott_P said:Walks past the first 4 empty slots to post from the floor by the toilets...
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Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
Fckn hell.0 -
Where is she? Have you seen her?FrancisUrquhart said:What about the wife?
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On the previous thread - there are four reasons why TM should go to the country sooner rather than later:
1. Strike while the blood hasn't dried on the Lab leadership contest and we might win some really unexpected seats where Momentum stand IndyLab Corbynite candidates against Blairite incumbants and vice versa. Potential for split votes and shock Tory gains amidst all the bad blood on the left.
2. Create an even bigger problem for Lab following the boundary review. Fewer successor seat incumbancies for them to fight over, and ideally some messy contests as per the above still fresh in the memory.
3. Get in before the LibDem comeback materialises. This will probably happen before 2020, and it will be far less affected by the boundary review because those Southern rural seats tend to be fairly large, with growing electorates. So return all those Tories who won in 2015, ideally with an incumbancy bounce and increased majority, while the LD numbers are still in the doldrums.
4. Give some of the old guard one more full term so that they can stand down when it matters - e.g. in the following election once the new boundaries take effect and there are fewer seats to fight for, making things easier for the new intake next time around.0 -
Seems a good opportunity to add my voice to the chorus of thanks to Harry for his work in doing the Thursday evening threads these last I-don't -know-how-many years - always nice to delve a bit into the local minutiae (sp?). Thanks Harry!0
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Lisa is the Islamophobe's Islamophobe.Theuniondivvie said:Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
Fckn hell.0 -
SirBen - interesting thoughts.0
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Dangerous to political assumptions at the moment, but surely she hasn't a chance?John_M said:
Lisa is the Islamophobe's Islamophobe.Theuniondivvie said:Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
Fckn hell.0 -
Despite what people may like to think, there are insufficient racists, even within UKIP. She is backed by Suzanne Evans, though given UKIP's bizarre internal politics that's as much impediment as it is endorsement.Theuniondivvie said:
Dangerous to political assumptions at the moment, but surely she hasn't a chance?John_M said:
Lisa is the Islamophobe's Islamophobe.Theuniondivvie said:Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
Fckn hell.0 -
So I shouldn't vote for her then?Theuniondivvie said:
Dangerous to political assumptions at the moment, but surely she hasn't a chance?John_M said:
Lisa is the Islamophobe's Islamophobe.Theuniondivvie said:Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
Fckn hell. 0 -
Oh god Eddie spheroids is not only on strictly he has a book out which he calls his midlife crisis.0
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The UKIP leadership contenders, collectively, are not a patch on Farage.0
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Harry, the collective brains at http://vote-2012.proboards.com/ will be doing the same...0
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Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?0 -
Thanks Harry ,
The problem with doing any calculations on the Electoral Commissions first provisional boundaries is that in many cases on past performance bear little relationship to the final proposals after at least 1 and probably 2 sets of public consultation .0 -
But will it give her enough support to win?John_M said:
Lisa is the Islamophobe's Islamophobe.Theuniondivvie said:Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
Fckn hell.
A 5 way contest with FPTP and no precedent can be quite unpredictable.0 -
Good luck with the new constituency tallying task Harry, a big but important job.
Unfortunately I can't help too much unless you'd like details of elections in Jumeira, Al Wasl and Umm Sequeim
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Thanks Harry - a worthy endeavour!0
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I'm surprised he didn't call the book Ed Balls...Scott_P said:0 -
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.0 -
Poor old Ed, the cover of his book announcing he is now merely EAKING OUT a living......Scott_P said:0 -
Hadn't thought of that, but surely not very likely.... How would fraudster know the account was not active? Very risky.AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
I think with a giro form one can still credit another's account anyway, can't one?
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When there was that kerfuffle a few months ago with the hacking of bank accounts (talktalk?) I called my bank to ask if I was at risk. The guy paused to consider and then told me that with that information it would be possible for the fraudster to transfer money into my account...AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.0 -
I can send you a bank card if you want to carry on with my accountAndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important. 0 -
A decade of two Ministerial salaries reduced to one backbench MP’s and an intern's.MarqueeMark said:
Poor old Ed, the cover of his book announcing he is now merely EAKING OUT a living......Scott_P said:ttps://twitter.com/h_l_thompson/status/769272966643343365
Will no one think about the children + the mortgage...0 -
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer... 0 -
Sense has prevailed.RobD said:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer...
Incidentally, when did Blair lose his one strong ability to gauge the views of the British people. He seems so way off now...0 -
I miss your old avatar! It was very coy.RobD said:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer...0 -
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX.0 -
The Alien one? Can't beat a bit of resplendent May though!Mortimer said:
I miss your old avatar! It was very coy.RobD said:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer...0 -
The smiling May one!RobD said:
The Alien one? Can't beat a bit of resplendent May though!Mortimer said:
I miss your old avatar! It was very coy.RobD said:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer...0 -
They are fine with money whizzing round between different accounts though.TheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX.0 -
I think that one got people a bit hot and bothered. Maybe more bothered than hot thoughMortimer said:
The smiling May one!RobD said:
The Alien one? Can't beat a bit of resplendent May though!Mortimer said:
I miss your old avatar! It was very coy.RobD said:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer... 0 -
She should have taken the 3k to the bookiesTheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX. 0 -
Yup, because they can trace/route those to their original sources.Pulpstar said:
They are fine with money whizzing round between different accounts though.TheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX.
Where the real money laundering/proceeds of low level crime is happening these days is via the prepaid top up debit cards.0 -
Hah, my Mother starts tutting if I place more than a fiver on the grand national.RobD said:
She should have taken the 3k to the bookiesTheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX.0 -
Mystery novelist SK Tremayne has published his/her first article in a national newspaper:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3757386/Slave-girls-aged-six-workers-racked-ill-health-ruthless-exploitation-countless-deaths-barbaric-reality-life-Poldark-s-tin-mines.html0 -
Are they not long for this world, then?TheScreamingEagles said:
Yup, because they can trace/route those to their original sources.Pulpstar said:
They are fine with money whizzing round between different accounts though.TheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX.
Where the real money laundering/proceeds of low level crime is happening these days is via the prepaid top up debit cards.
I remember someone once explaining carousel VAT fraud to me. My first thought was: if you can come up with that, can't you come up with a legitimate business concern?0 -
What's a cheque?Mortimer said:
Hadn't thought of that, but surely not very likely.... How would fraudster know the account was not active? Very risky.AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
I think with a giro form one can still credit another's account anyway, can't one?0 -
TheScreamingEagles said:
Hah, my Mother starts tutting if I place more than a fiver on the grand national.RobD said:
She should have taken the 3k to the bookiesTheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX. My mother was chuffed to bits when I told her my winnings on Leave.
She'd faint if I told her the stake....0 -
If I explained Spread Betting to my mother, and the potential losses on that, she'd need sedating.Mortimer said:TheScreamingEagles said:
Hah, my Mother starts tutting if I place more than a fiver on the grand national.RobD said:
She should have taken the 3k to the bookiesTheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX. My mother was chuffed to bits when I told her my winnings on Leave.
She'd faint if I told her the stake....0 -
You'd have to have a heart of stone....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-371958360
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Quite. Som things are best left to Tory activistsTheScreamingEagles said:
If I explained Spread Betting to my mother, and the potential losses on that, she'd need sedating.Mortimer said:TheScreamingEagles said:
Hah, my Mother starts tutting if I place more than a fiver on the grand national.RobD said:
She should have taken the 3k to the bookiesTheScreamingEagles said:
Not really, the banks have checks and alerts in place when people make large/regular cash deposits (for money laundering/VAT fraud/people using personal accounts for business use)AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
Reminds me a bit of the main point of the Jurassic Park novel. The computer programme was designed to alert people if the number of dinosaurs was less than expected, but didn't tell people if the number was more than expected because no-one thought that would be important.
One of the reasons my parents left HSBC after banking with them for nearly 40 years was they refused to take an above normal cash deposit (around 3k) because my Mother didn't have a receipt for where the cash from, because a fortnight earlier my Dad had deposited £300 in cash for selling his phone to CEX. My mother was chuffed to bits when I told her my winnings on Leave.
She'd faint if I told her the stake.... 0 -
Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.0
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I think you're mistaking this place with whatnottowatch .com ....although that said last night it was whattowatchreadandplay .comDavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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It seems that at least 110 minutes of that must be down to you!DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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You could always tell her that it's like buying a house with a mortgage, only the charges are less and it's a bit quicker.TheScreamingEagles said:If I explained Spread Betting to my mother, and the potential losses on that, she'd need sedating.
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The new Labour Councillor is a supporter of Scottish independence. Could this be Scottish Labour's new strategy for winning elections?0
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It seems that at least 110 minutes of that must be down to you!ReggieCide said:< class="Quote" rel="DavidL">Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
Family viewing allegedly. God, it was bad.0 -
I watched The Force Awakens 11 times at the cinema, including the midnight showing.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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Your mental. I will never watch it again.TheScreamingEagles said:
I watched The Force Awakens 11 times at the cinema, including the midnight showing.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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For the sake of all concerned it is best ifRichard_Nabavi said:
You could always tell her that it's like buying a house with a mortgage, only the charges are less and it's a bit quicker.TheScreamingEagles said:If I explained Spread Betting to my mother, and the potential losses on that, she'd need sedating.
i) My mother isn't aware of the existence of spread betting
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ii) The level of my potential exposures in spread betting0 -
What the Americans call a check.ReggieCide said:
What's a cheque?Mortimer said:
Hadn't thought of that, but surely not very likely.... How would fraudster know the account was not active? Very risky.AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
I think with a giro form one can still credit another's account anyway, can't one?0 -
... that ditzy waitresses present you with at the end of the meal?AndyJS said:
What the Americans call a check.ReggieCide said:
What's a cheque?Mortimer said:
Hadn't thought of that, but surely not very likely.... How would fraudster know the account was not active? Very risky.AndyJS said:
If you wanted to launder cash using someone else's forgotten bank account, it would be very useful. Just get hold of their card. Don't need the pin, at least not for a few years.Mortimer said:
For all those nefarious payer-inners....AndyJS said:O/T:
Paid a cheque in at the bank today and was surprised to find I didn't need to enter my pin-code with my card. Isn't that a bit of a security risk?
I think with a giro form one can still credit another's account anyway, can't one?0 -
The flirty woman from Breakfast is presenting Newsnight tonight. Can't remember her name. (No offence).0
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Fear not, you can rely on the PB omerta.TheScreamingEagles said:
For the sake of all concerned it is best ifRichard_Nabavi said:
You could always tell her that it's like buying a house with a mortgage, only the charges are less and it's a bit quicker.TheScreamingEagles said:If I explained Spread Betting to my mother, and the potential losses on that, she'd need sedating.
i) My mother isn't aware of the existence of spread betting
or
ii) The level of my potential exposures in spread betting0 -
I very much enjoyed it when I saw it at the cinema. When I tried to watch it at home, I was bored senseless.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
That being said, Rogue One looks AWESOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj1zb9sMY0 -
This is a woman who thought I had a gambling addiction because I bought 5 pounds worth of lottery tickets for one draw. I think it was a mega rollover.Richard_Nabavi said:
Fear not, you can rely on the PB omerta.TheScreamingEagles said:
For the sake of all concerned it is best ifRichard_Nabavi said:
You could always tell her that it's like buying a house with a mortgage, only the charges are less and it's a bit quicker.TheScreamingEagles said:If I explained Spread Betting to my mother, and the potential losses on that, she'd need sedating.
i) My mother isn't aware of the existence of spread betting
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ii) The level of my potential exposures in spread betting0 -
"Your mental"?DavidL said:
Your mental. I will never watch it again.TheScreamingEagles said:
I watched The Force Awakens 11 times at the cinema, including the midnight showing.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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So, Billions. Yes or no?0
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I remember becoming incredibly bored after the main characters conveniently bumped into Han Solo. I just could not get into it no matter how much I wanted to. I debated whether to go to sleep until the end but for some reason stuck it out.rcs1000 said:
I very much enjoyed it when I saw it at the cinema. When I tried to watch it at home, I was bored senseless.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
That being said, Rogue One looks AWESOME
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The TV show? Absolutely loved it, and it does have a reference to Robert in it.Mortimer said:So, Billions. Yes or no?
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Damn. Now I am going to have to watch it. Was all keen and then saw the Amazon Prime trailer and it actually put me off.TheScreamingEagles said:
The TV show? Absolutely loved it, and it does have a reference to Robert in it.Mortimer said:So, Billions. Yes or no?
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I haven't seen it... do tellTheScreamingEagles said:
The TV show? Absolutely loved it, and it does have a reference to Robert in it.Mortimer said:So, Billions. Yes or no?
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https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/769291290014023684Mortimer said:
Damn. Now I am going to have to watch it. Was all keen and then saw the Amazon Prime trailer and it actually put me off.TheScreamingEagles said:
The TV show? Absolutely loved it, and it does have a reference to Robert in it.Mortimer said:So, Billions. Yes or no?
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See the post/tweet at 10.52pmrcs1000 said:
I haven't seen it... do tellTheScreamingEagles said:
The TV show? Absolutely loved it, and it does have a reference to Robert in it.Mortimer said:So, Billions. Yes or no?
Billions is about a supposedly amoral Hedge Fund Manager Bobby Axelrod, and in his office he has a book by Robert Smithson0 -
It made $2.068 billion at the box office so I am afraid I doubt Lucasfilm and Walt Disney will be too concerned it did not live up to your expectations this evening!DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
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Some years ago I once tried to explain to my mother my annual (relatively modest) NET PROFIT from gambling/poker.TheScreamingEagles said:
This is a woman who thought I had a gambling addiction because I bought 5 pounds worth of lottery tickets for one draw. I think it was a mega rollover.
Her reply:
'But what about all the times you lost? The trouble with you gamblers is that you always remember when you win and forget all the occasions when you lose'.
Since then I haven't bothered raising the topic...0 -
I love how some comments still manage to blame immigrants. Ffs.AndyJS said:Mystery novelist SK Tremayne has published his/her first article in a national newspaper:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3757386/Slave-girls-aged-six-workers-racked-ill-health-ruthless-exploitation-countless-deaths-barbaric-reality-life-Poldark-s-tin-mines.html0 -
I blame the phone. Ahem.rcs1000 said:
"Your mental"?DavidL said:
Your mental. I will never watch it again.TheScreamingEagles said:
I watched The Force Awakens 11 times at the cinema, including the midnight showing.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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TSE's comment recently inspired me to take my first ride on the Transpennine Express today - between Manchester and Leeds via Huddersfield.
Been six years since I last visited Leeds, when I arrived via the East Coast Line via Doncaster.0 -
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
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Won't that happen after Article 50 though?HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
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I'm afraid after all the ukip big guns weren't allowed to stand, I feel she has as good a chance as the rest.Theuniondivvie said:
Dangerous to political assumptions at the moment, but surely she hasn't a chance?John_M said:
Lisa is the Islamophobe's Islamophobe.Theuniondivvie said:Fckn hell.
Did anyone watch the Lisa Duffy interview on C4?
I know I'm not in the UKIP demographic, but...
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Yay.0
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That beats my little brother's (he's 35 now!) nine watchings of the Phantom Menace in 1999TheScreamingEagles said:
I watched The Force Awakens 11 times at the cinema, including the midnight showing.DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
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OK, not a classic like the 1970s/80s trilogy but a huge, huge improvement on the 1990s/2000s prequel trilogy!DavidL said:Just watched the force awakens which is the premier on Sky. It was terrible, unbelievably bad. Why was I not warned on PB? Nearly 2 hours I am never getting back.
My only whinge is that Luke didn't say a thing upon seeing Rey for the first time.0 -
Lets see what "brexit means brexit" actualy means anyone gets excited.HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/769276404278198294
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Imagine if he was still Shadow Chancellor during E.U ref....MarqueeMark said:
Poor old Ed, the cover of his book announcing he is now merely EAKING OUT a living......Scott_P said:0 -
If she goes ahead and triggers BREXIT and its terms without consulting parliament, the Tory rebels will not have a chance to force her to agree BREXIT only on their own termsRobD said:
Won't that happen after Article 50 though?HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
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' And it was only when I properly researched the subject for my latest novel that I realised the epic, terrifying scale of Cornwall’s metal-mining past, and the way it poignantly intertwines with my immediate family.AndyJS said:Mystery novelist SK Tremayne has published his/her first article in a national newspaper:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3757386/Slave-girls-aged-six-workers-racked-ill-health-ruthless-exploitation-countless-deaths-barbaric-reality-life-Poldark-s-tin-mines.html
I am Cornish, and I grew up surrounded by the faded memories of Cornish industry: uncles who knew all about metallurgy, great aunts who could talk knowledgeably of ‘the deads’ or spoil from a Cornish mine.
For an industry which only closed in the Seventies — when the last Cornish mines yielded to competition from Malaysia and Australia — the tale of Cornish mining goes back all the way to the Bronze Age. '
Sean's 'proper research' didn't extend as far as:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_in_Cornwall_and_Devon#Later_modern_period
' The collapse of the world tin cartel in 1986 was the end for Cornish and Devonian tin mining. The most recent mine in Devon to produce tin ore was Hemerdon Mine near Plympton in the 1980s. The last Cornish tin mine in production at South Crofty closed in 1998. Work enabled the re-opening of the Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in south-west Devon as Drakelands Mine in 2015. '
And a very early BBC website article on the 1998 closure of the last Cornish tin mine:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/53614.stm
He is right though about it being health destroying work.0 -
Almost certainly some single market access for some controlled free movement ie a fudgeNoEasyDay said:
Lets see what "brexit means brexit" actualy means anyone gets excited.HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/7692764042781982940 -
Yes but they won't know what type it is at the time of the vote.HYUFD said:
If she goes ahead and triggers BREXIT and its terms without consulting parliament, the Tory rebels will not have a chance to force her to agree BREXIT only on their own termsRobD said:
Won't that happen after Article 50 though?HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
twitter.com/SkyNews/status/7692764042781982940 -
We forget Blair won elections on falling turnouts.Mortimer said:
Sense has prevailed.RobD said:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/theresa-may-will-trigger-brexit-negotiations-without-commons-vot/
Just waiting for the inevitable squealing from those lawyers
Also this makes my dream of a holographic May appearing before the Council to execute Article 50 is one step closer...
Incidentally, when did Blair lose his one strong ability to gauge the views of the British people. He seems so way off now...0 -
I fear you are correct, though hopefully IDS, the Dr and Davis will hold her toes to the fire.HYUFD said:
Almost certainly some single market access for some controlled free movement ie a fudgeNoEasyDay said:
Lets see what "brexit means brexit" actualy means anyone gets excited.HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/769276404278198294
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They only want one type, exit from the single market and no free movement, a parliamentary vote would have given them the chance to force May's handRobD said:
Yes but they won't know what type it is at the time of the vote.HYUFD said:
If she goes ahead and triggers BREXIT and its terms without consulting parliament, the Tory rebels will not have a chance to force her to agree BREXIT only on their own termsRobD said:
Won't that happen after Article 50 though?HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
twitter.com/SkyNews/status/7692764042781982940 -
How exactly would it have forced her hand?HYUFD said:
They only want one type, exit from the single market and no free movement, a parliamentary vote would have given them the chance to force May's handRobD said:
Yes but they won't know what type it is at the time of the vote.HYUFD said:
If she goes ahead and triggers BREXIT and its terms without consulting parliament, the Tory rebels will not have a chance to force her to agree BREXIT only on their own termsRobD said:
Won't that happen after Article 50 though?HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
twitter.com/SkyNews/status/7692764042781982940 -
Would never have predicted that Trump's doctor might look like this.
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/769293280945246208
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Article 50'is a trigger for leaving.HYUFD said:
They only want one type, exit from the single market and no free movement, a parliamentary vote would have given them the chance to force May's handRobD said:
Yes but they won't know what type it is at the time of the vote.HYUFD said:
If she goes ahead and triggers BREXIT and its terms without consulting parliament, the Tory rebels will not have a chance to force her to agree BREXIT only on their own termsRobD said:
Won't that happen after Article 50 though?HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
twitter.com/SkyNews/status/769276404278198294
Very distinct from the actual structure of what that leaving means.
For me we need that trigger asap...before the paddy pantsdown of this world get a head of steam up for another referendum. If the economy turns down, which i have to say seems increasingly unlikely.0 -
They may try but it is May who decides and she said she wanted 'controlled free movement' in the leadership campaign for a reason, in contrast Leadsom said she wanted an end to free movementNoEasyDay said:
I fear you are correct, though hopefully IDS, the Dr and Davis will hold her toes to the fire.HYUFD said:
Almost certainly some single market access for some controlled free movement ie a fudgeNoEasyDay said:
Lets see what "brexit means brexit" actualy means anyone gets excited.HYUFD said:
However that also means she avoids any problems from the Tory awkward squad if Brexit is not the hard Brexit they wantMP_SE said:The Remoaners are going to have a fit when they see tomorrow's Telegraph:
https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/7692764042781982940
