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I'm not sure that nationalising is the answer, that would hand the unions a huge victory and send a message to all other franchise employees. Unfortunately we are at the stage where ploughing on is the least worst option.AlastairMeeks said:0 -
Inflation is up 33% in a month, that's astronomical.Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right.0 -
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors0 -
Of course, no discussion about electric cars is complete without reference to the astonishing Porsche 918 Spyder. It's a plug-in hybrid, so exempt from road tax and congestion charge, and qualifies for all sorts of incentives from governments.
It also does 0-60mph in 2.2 seconds, 0-100 in 4.9s, 217mph flat out and holds the production car lap record around the Nurburgring.
Yours for a million quid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_918_Spyder
But seriously, this is where the tech is now, give it a few years and the price will come down somewhat.0 -
Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).0 -
One of the most reliable car on UK roads is a Toyota Prius which has a rather large battery..logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
Battery repairs are cheap because individual cells are replaceable. A new battery is £3k...0 -
Mr. Eagles, I'm still awaiting the collapse of Western Civilisation
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It is very reminiscent of the excuse Ross came out with when he slept with Chloe.MaxPB said:
That's what I used to tell my parents!TheScreamingEagles said:Bless,
Yaya Toure has apologised for his drink driving conviction, stating that he 'unintentionally consumed alcohol'.
Ross: I made a mistake, okay?
Rachel: A mistake? What were you trying to put it in, her purse?0 -
I learned an interesting stat recently: 90% of the national fleet is replaced every 7 years - that is, only 10% of cars on the road are more than 7 years old. Seems a quick turnaround, given how well cars last nowadays, no? Anyway, that gives a starting point for how quickly you can reasonably implement a policy like that.JosiasJessop said:
I can understand that, but I'm not sure how consumers are supposed to react to this new war on diesel, given just a few years ago they were being given incentives to buy them!MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
Slightly tongue-in-cheek, how long before electric cars become the new enemy?0 -
Electric cars are the end of Western Civilisation.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, I'm still awaiting the collapse of Western Civilisation
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I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open.Sandpit said:
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.philiph said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
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I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.0 -
Fixed it for you.TheScreamingEagles said:Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..0 -
It would be gross folly. Where would they save a single deposit? Corby?dr_spyn said:
A more mischievous ploy would have been to stand as a one-off in Richmond Park....0 -
Dave resigned, George was sacked by the Gordon Brown in £995 leather pants.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Fixed it for you.TheScreamingEagles said:Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..0 -
Yes, that was a good one. The eventual answer being that you should use a/c on the motorway and windows open around town, as the windows open going fast really screws up the airflow around the car.PlatoSaid said:
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open.Sandpit said:
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.philiph said:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.0 -
Plus, firearms and their ammunition were cheaper to make, and the raw materials didn't take decades to grow or have to be imported from Spain. And your battalion of musketeers takes up a lot less frontage than your thousand archers.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
But the point is that theoretically superior technologies often do get replaced with stuff that is actually pretty rubbish for perfectly good but not always obvious reasons.
Though nobody ever told Mad Jack Churchill that, apparently.0 -
Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.0
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My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problemSlackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
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It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.rottenborough said:I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
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Generic lager displacing proper beer?JosiasJessop said:
The initial ones were inferior - including ones by Nokia AFAICR. It was the iPhone that made the other functions worthwhile over the slight loss in telephony function (e.g. battery life). Mainly as telephony became very much a subsidiary function.williamglenn said:
The initial smartphones were inferior at the function of being a mobile telephone but they still put Nokia out of business.JosiasJessop said:
That was a competition between two new technologies. I'm talking about a replacement; as if DVDs had been the dominant tech for a decade and was then replaced with VHS.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
VHS and Betamax?JosiasJessop said:GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
But yes, that's a good answer to the question posed.0 -
Tehy'll have to be, our road network couldn't take the strain of the extra cars, regardless of how you run them.Jonathan said:In the era of electric, driverless cars will trains still be a thing?
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How does a grand on TM's leather trousers compare with the cost of one of the suits worn by some of the more flash MP's?TheScreamingEagles said:
Dave resigned, George was sacked by the Gordon Brown in £995 leather pants.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Fixed it for you.TheScreamingEagles said:Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..0 -
Good second order differential there.TheScreamingEagles said:
Inflation is up 33% in a month, that's astronomical.Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right.0 -
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).0 -
I think Richard Burgon and Emily Thornberry might also be contendersTissue_Price said:
It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.rottenborough said:I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
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Mr. Rex, ha, I've read of him. Splendid fellow. Mad as a brush.
Mr. Eagles, trousers*, not pants. Honestly.0 -
Dunno, but mentioning it really irks Mrs May and her staff.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
How does a grand on TM's leather trousers compare with the cost of one of the suits worn by some of the more flash MP's?TheScreamingEagles said:
Dave resigned, George was sacked by the Gordon Brown in £995 leather pants.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Fixed it for you.TheScreamingEagles said:Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..0 -
My old man's Messerschmitt only runs on 2 stroke. Very cool car though. (Google KR200 if you want a pic).PlatoSaid said:
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problemSlackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
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You still have to be able to see the enemy in order to hit him!MarqueeMark said:
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).0 -
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
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Mr. Mark, true (incidentally, that musket weakness also applies to crossbows).0
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*has image of Merlin engine in bits over the kitchen table....*PlatoSaid said:
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problemSlackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.0 -
I was told I'd make an excellent spin doctor.TheWhiteRabbit said:
Good second order differential there.TheScreamingEagles said:
Inflation is up 33% in a month, that's astronomical.Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right.0 -
Mr. Eagles, I see your grasp of history remains feeble as ever.0
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That's on my watch list. Have you tried Shooter? I'm liking that a lot as well as Narcos S2.Sandpit said:
Yes, that was a good one. The eventual answer being that you should use a/c on the motorway and windows open around town, as the windows open going fast really screws up the airflow around the car.PlatoSaid said:
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open.Sandpit said:
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.philiph said:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.
Designated Survivor is hilariously bad - a gigantic plot with a tiny cast. It makes 24 look credible. Kiefer Sutherland seems very keen on this sort of stuff.0 -
Don't give the BBC ideas!TheScreamingEagles said:
Inflation is up 33% in a month, that's astronomical.Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right.0 -
Not in them days. Amazing how stuff can date so rapidly.TheScreamingEagles said:
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
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logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
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The Morning Star calls this liberation.
Syrian pro-government forces have been entering homes in eastern Aleppo and killing those inside, including women and children, the UN says.
The UN's human rights office said it had reliable evidence that in four areas 82 civilians were shot on the spot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-383016290 -
I like my diesel, and as I only do about 2k miles/year (London life for you) then I don't fret too much about the pollution.Slackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.0 -
Will take a look at Shooter, thanks. Designated Survivor is on my watch list, sounded promising but maybe I'll shunt it down a few places.PlatoSaid said:
That's on my watch list. Have you tried Shooter? I'm liking that a lot as well as Narcos S2.Sandpit said:
Yes, that was a good one. The eventual answer being that you should use a/c on the motorway and windows open around town, as the windows open going fast really screws up the airflow around the car.PlatoSaid said:
I watched a MythBusters on this where they drove identical vehicles round a test track to compare AC vs Windows Open.Sandpit said:
Most of them can do 150 miles yes, but that's not the same as getting from London to Brighton and back, including slow traffic, heating or a/c as appropriate etc. The Tesla Model S could do it, but not anything cheaper without a very nervous driver for the last few miles.philiph said:
ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Je_995cdI
On a similar subject, and noting the name of one poster on here this morning, there's a new show 'White Rabbit Project' on Netflix this week - fun and geeky science show featuring the old Mythbusters build team of Kari, Grant and Tory. I've seen the first couple and it's good so far.
Designated Survivor is hilariously bad - a gigantic plot with a tiny cast. It makes 24 look credible. Kiefer Sutherland seems very keen on this sort of stuff.0 -
I am green on a fair sprinkling of likely candidates and a couple of outliers such as return by Ed Balls. Not on Thornberry though. May have to top up again in the new year.TheScreamingEagles said:
I think Richard Burgon and Emily Thornberry might also be contendersTissue_Price said:
It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.rottenborough said:I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
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Mr. Borough, Stargate: SG-1 was quite good. In early series they still had floppy disks. By the end things were almost up to date (major change since, which I think was in Atlantis, was the tablet).0
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Surely not even the new Labour 'membership' are stupid enough to elect someone who sneers at their core vote quite so much as Lady Nugee?rottenborough said:
I am green on a fair sprinkling of likely candidates and a couple of outliers such as return by Ed Balls. Not on Thornberry though. May have to top up again in the new year.TheScreamingEagles said:
I think Richard Burgon and Emily Thornberry might also be contendersTissue_Price said:
It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.rottenborough said:I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
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As someone who had some very expensive leather trousers - but not as pricey as Mrs May - they're a bugger and very unforgiving.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
How does a grand on TM's leather trousers compare with the cost of one of the suits worn by some of the more flash MP's?TheScreamingEagles said:
Dave resigned, George was sacked by the Gordon Brown in £995 leather pants.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Fixed it for you.TheScreamingEagles said:Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..
They're very unforgiving, stretch unless you never sit down or bend your knees, and need you to be at least a size smaller - or they'll do it for you after a single wear.0 -
It's a joke. There was a recent Iron Man comic with a flashback to 1992 and one of characters says 'There's something not right about him, I'll google him' IN 1992Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, I see your grasp of history remains feeble as ever.
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@HurstLlama's post about *point blank* was fascinating - the whole arc stuff et al.MarqueeMark said:
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
Perhaps someone with Google Fu can find it.0 -
Patrick said:
My old man's Messerschmitt only runs on 2 stroke. Very cool car though. (Google KR200 if you want a pic).PlatoSaid said:
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problemSlackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
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God help them, but yes.TheScreamingEagles said:
I think Richard Burgon and Emily Thornberry might also be contendersTissue_Price said:
It will be the left that does for Corbyn in the end. We might be looking at a Lewis - Nandy contest.rottenborough said:I have just topped up by bets on Clive Lewis being next Labour leader. Currently on BF he is just ahead of Starmer as the two favourites.
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Mr. Eagles, so was my comment!
If it makes you feel any better, I'm having a flash sale for Saint Lucy's Day. Free book with code FY45U at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/313503
Edited extra bit: should stress it's Journey to Altmortis that's free.0 -
The best battery for renewable power is pumped storage. We need another 10 Dinorwigs. That'd transform wind and solar viability.MarkHopkins said:logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
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Longest kill shot?Carolus_Rex said:
You still have to be able to see the enemy in order to hit him!MarqueeMark said:
But archers have a huge advantage in firing at their enemy with an arc. Muskets require line of site to the enemy. Even the lowest of berms would make the archers safe until musketeers came within bayonet range.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Rex, not just early firearms. Even by the Napoleonic era, a thousand English archers with longbows would chewed up a battalion of musketeers quite nicely.
However, archery's a lot harder to learn and gain sufficient strength/stamina in, whereas the guns were a lot easier. (Point and shoot, enormous shoulder muscles not required).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MK4SEoBFXk0 -
You'd 'Vlib' him in 1992TheScreamingEagles said:
It's a joke. There was a recent Iron Man comic with a flashback to 1992 and one of characters says 'There's something not right about him, I'll google him' IN 1992Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, I see your grasp of history remains feeble as ever.
http://www.wordstream.com/articles/internet-search-engines-history0 -
MarqueeMark said:
*has image of Merlin engine in bits over the kitchen table....*PlatoSaid said:
My Spitfire only runs on 4*. Thankfully, it's in bits right now so this isn't a problemSlackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
Her cylinder head was on the kitchen worktop for weeks...0 -
I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me.0 -
I don't recall ever being that worried about being hit by the milk float. Funny isn't it though. Those things worked fine 40 years ago.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. P, there's some discussion about deliberately making noise for electric cars. Hooves clopping could be one.
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The only next Labour leader candidates I'm red on are David Miliband and Owen Smith. Otherwise I'm heavily green all round.
I'm reasonably comfortable with this.0 -
That's nothing. I'm regularly called a member of the liberal metropolitan elite.MaxPB said:I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me.0 -
Absolutely, you have a fully-paid up life membership.MaxPB said:I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me.0 -
Surely a petrol engine would be better for you? I'd always thought that diesels, with their higher purchase costs but better longevity, lower running costs and lower CO2 output, are more suited to high mileage folk like company reps; while petrols, with their lower purchase price and particulate emissions, are better for short, urban trips.Anorak said:
I like my diesel, and as I only do about 2k miles/year (London life for you) then I don't fret too much about the pollution.Slackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.0 -
A friend of mine has made suits for David Cameron, and they don't cost less than £995Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
How does a grand on TM's leather trousers compare with the cost of one of the suits worn by some of the more flash MP's?TheScreamingEagles said:
Dave resigned, George was sacked by the Gordon Brown in £995 leather pants.Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Fixed it for you.TheScreamingEagles said:Morris_Dancer said:Inflation at two year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38300919
Or "barely half the desired rate". We should take note of the direction of travel, but it's hardly astronomical.
George and Dave were right to resign..0 -
Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
My brother's another, much smaller straw. Lifelong labour party member, now utterly fed up with Corbyn and very seriously considering switching to Lib Dems.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
Safety is a paramount consideration, so I guess Mazda has taken that into account:MarkHopkins said:logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/env/i-eloop/0 -
Is that supposed to mean anything or is it some experiment in verbal salad?Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
Yep. But the replacement cost outweighs the benefits at this point in time. Bought it when I was doing 15k a year or more. C'est la vie, as they say in foreign parts.FeersumEnjineeya said:
Surely a petrol engine would be better for you? I'd always thought that diesels, with their higher purchase costs but better longevity, lower running costs and lower CO2 output, are more suited to high mileage folk like company reps; while petrols, with their lower purchase price and particulate emissions, are better for short, urban trips.Anorak said:
I like my diesel, and as I only do about 2k miles/year (London life for you) then I don't fret too much about the pollution.Slackbladder said:
I confess i have a diesel at the moment, but i'll be changing back to petrol one next year.MikeSmithson said:
The focus at the moment should be on getting the diesel killers off the roads which is what Sadiq Khan is pressing for in London.JosiasJessop said:
It's another example of people betting the future on technology that isn't here yet. Yes, there are electric cars, but the ones that exist are at neither the price point or performance (e.g. range) to replace fossil-fuelled cars.GIN1138 said:Third - Like the car manufacturers when Jezza has banned petrol cars!
I'm struggling to think of when an inferior technology last replaced a superior one (at least from the consumers' point of view).
Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.0 -
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
How'd you price up Lab vs Lib Vote % next GE?AlastairMeeks said:
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/808624503685345280
And you @Tissue_Price0 -
That's what I was going to ask. I can't make sense of it at all.Stark_Dawning said:
Is that supposed to mean anything or is it some experiment in verbal salad?Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
Lithium batteries are also not exactly renowned for their stability, but can usually be engineered to be safe enough for commercial use.logical_song said:
Safety is a paramount consideration, so I guess Mazda has taken that into account:MarkHopkins said:logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/env/i-eloop/0 -
The biggest electric shock I ever got was from the capacitor in a fan. Unplugged, it threw me across the office, and left me dazed for a while after. It was a truly weird and sobering experience.logical_song said:
Safety is a paramount consideration, so I guess Mazda has taken that into account:MarkHopkins said:logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
http://www.mazda.com/en/innovation/technology/env/i-eloop/
I've seen my TV jump and home phone zapped by lightning - this was personal.0 -
Nationalisation is the inevitable knee-jerk reaction from the noisy left, just as the Reagan-Air Traffic Controllers solution is the inevitable knee-jerk reaction from the noisy right.MaxPB said:
I'm not sure that nationalising is the answer, that would hand the unions a huge victory and send a message to all other franchise employees. Unfortunately we are at the stage where ploughing on is the least worst option.AlastairMeeks said:
Not sure that either solution will have any positive effect but that doesn't mean we won't get the one or the other.0 -
The globalist elite is Mark Carney and George Osborne, while the metropolitan liberal elite is Jez and Diane. #winningTheScreamingEagles said:
That's nothing. I'm regularly called a member of the liberal metropolitan elite.MaxPB said:I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me.0 -
My central expectations are probably something like:isam said:
How'd you price up Lab vs Lib Vote % next GE?AlastairMeeks said:
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/808624503685345280
And you @Tissue_Price
Con 43
Lab 23
LD 16
UKIP 8
Others 10
So on that basis, and given that it's all very volatile, maybe Lab 1/3 vs LD 9/4 ???0 -
Just tried to cram a bit too much into a tweet, I think. There's an implied "join the Lib Dems" at the end.Stark_Dawning said:
Is that supposed to mean anything or is it some experiment in verbal salad?Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
Dinorwig is worth visiting, very impressive.Patrick said:
The best battery for renewable power is pumped storage. We need another 10 Dinorwigs. That'd transform wind and solar viability.MarkHopkins said:logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
Flow batteries and cryo storage are just two other methods being developed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-197856890 -
Perhaps your consternation about getting to Bath means you qualify for both descriptions.MaxPB said:
The globalist elite is Mark Carney and George Osborne, while the metropolitan liberal elite is Jez and Diane. #winningTheScreamingEagles said:
That's nothing. I'm regularly called a member of the liberal metropolitan elite.MaxPB said:I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me. 0 -
I thought 72/28!! We are herdingTissue_Price said:
My central expectations are probably something like:isam said:
How'd you price up Lab vs Lib Vote % next GE?AlastairMeeks said:
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/808624503685345280
And you @Tissue_Price
Con 43
Lab 23
LD 16
UKIP 8
Others 10
So on that basis, and given that it's all very volatile, maybe Lab 1/3 vs LD 9/4 ???0 -
@AlastairMeeks I'm slowly adding Keir Starmer to the red list, it is Jeremy Corbyn and a hundred dwarves. I'm not sure that anyone bar perhaps Lewis should be sub 9-1.AlastairMeeks said:The only next Labour leader candidates I'm red on are David Miliband and Owen Smith. Otherwise I'm heavily green all round.
I'm reasonably comfortable with this.0 -
It's an excellent article. The entire Tory philosophy since 1977 has been sell our country's assets down the river. Managed decline and asset stripping. And New Labour was happy to confer its assent through continuity policies. How can you take back control over this?Scott_P said:Paging Southam...
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/808567440036810752
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.0 -
Another 10 Dinorwigs would be great, but finding suitable sites for them might be a problem!logical_song said:
Dinorwig is worth visiting, very impressive.Patrick said:
The best battery for renewable power is pumped storage. We need another 10 Dinorwigs. That'd transform wind and solar viability.MarkHopkins said:logical_song said:
Batteries are a big problem for both cars and storing renewable power, but an awful lot of effort is being put into improving batteries. If supercapacitors can also be improved they would help enormously in electric transport.JosiasJessop said:
The lifespan of electric cars (and particularly battery life) is another significant issue.Pulpstar said:
I might get one for my next car, however I fully intend to get as near to 200,000 miles or so in my '09 diesel 207 as possible (65k atm).JosiasJessop said:
Only if the electric cars perform as well as the current generation of fossil-fuel engined cars at the same price or lower.williamglenn said:
It's the latter, but expect road tax to be gradually ramped up and the cars to become less and less viable as the refuelling network dries up.JosiasJessop said:Also, are all petrol cars banned, or only new ones from being registered? If the former there'll be chaos and uproar. If the latter then grandfather rights will make cars purchased immediately before the ban rather valuable.
They're not there on range, and nowhere near on price.
Am hoping perhaps the tech/price points/charging points have caught up by then...
http://www.graphenea.com/pages/graphene-supercapacitors
I thought that the problem with large capacitors is that although they can charge rapidly, they can also discharge rapidly. Which means that when they go wrong, they don't burn, they explode.
Perhaps they'll overcome this 'feature' but until they do, it will not be safe enough for cars.
Flow batteries and cryo storage are just two other methods being developed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-197856890 -
This gives a Con majority of 134 on current boundaries (given a separate Scottish input too): http://bit.ly/2gvDLOTTissue_Price said:
My central expectations are probably something like:isam said:
How'd you price up Lab vs Lib Vote % next GE?AlastairMeeks said:
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/808624503685345280
And you @Tissue_Price
Con 43
Lab 23
LD 16
UKIP 8
Others 10
So on that basis, and given that it's all very volatile, maybe Lab 1/3 vs LD 9/4 ???0 -
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It's amazing how much 'old' telly, even a few decades old is now completely outdated by modern tech. About 90% of old comedy and probably 95% of old dedective shows simply don't work in this day and age of mobiles, internet social media etc.TheScreamingEagles said:
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
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Just because you voted leave doesn't stop you being elite!PlatoSaid said:
Did you tell them you campaigned for Leave in London?MaxPB said:I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me.
Trump's the elite. He's an oligarch.0 -
I'm intrigued by your description of the UK post-1977 - one of the world's most successful economies in that time - as "asset stripping"...Monksfield said:
It's an excellent article. The entire Tory philosophy since 1977 has been sell our country's assets down the river. Managed decline and asset stripping. And New Labour was happy to confer its assent through continuity policies. How can you take back control over this?Scott_P said:Paging Southam...
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/808567440036810752
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.0 -
I would have thought, without too much detailed analysis, the Lib Dems' chances of getting a higher vote share than Labour, even with all the volatility, could not be better than 10% (and I feel that I'm being generous to the sandalistas there). No I'm not taking bets on that.isam said:
I thought 72/28!! We are herdingTissue_Price said:
My central expectations are probably something like:isam said:
How'd you price up Lab vs Lib Vote % next GE?AlastairMeeks said:
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/808624503685345280
And you @Tissue_Price
Con 43
Lab 23
LD 16
UKIP 8
Others 10
So on that basis, and given that it's all very volatile, maybe Lab 1/3 vs LD 9/4 ???0 -
I wish twitter existed when The West Wing was on.Slackbladder said:
It's amazing how much 'old' telly, even a few decades old is now completely outdated by modern tech. About 90% of old comedy and probably 95% of old dedective shows simply don't work in this day and age of mobiles, internet social media etc.TheScreamingEagles said:
It ain't over until she changes her relationship status on Facebook.Morris_Dancer said:Mr. Eagles, Rachel's fault. You can't call for a break then complain when you get a break. It's like hosting an orgy and complaining your husband's sleeping with someone else.
Just imagine Toby's reaction to stuff said on Twitter.0 -
Stood in Stafford 2015?AlastairMeeks said:
This is someone whose moniker used to be KateVotesLabour - so as you say, a straw in the wind worth taking note of.Tissue_Price said:Major straw in the wind. She applied to be the candidate in the Oldham by-election IIRC.
https://twitter.com/KateGodfrey_/status/8086245036853452800 -
Even though I'm going to Switzerland to work rather than avoid tax and my girlfriend is Swiss and not Russian?Richard_Nabavi said:
Absolutely, you have a fully-paid up life membership.MaxPB said:I've been called a member of the globalist elite by someone at work today.
Apparently having a foreign girlfriend and moving to Switzerland qualifies me. 0 -
Mr. Max, Maximus Elitius?0
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I'm wary of laying Sir Keir Starmer. For starters, he appears to have some real talent, which marks him out from most of the putative competition.Pulpstar said:
@AlastairMeeks I'm slowly adding Keir Starmer to the red list, it is Jeremy Corbyn and a hundred dwarves. I'm not sure that anyone bar perhaps Lewis should be sub 9-1.AlastairMeeks said:The only next Labour leader candidates I'm red on are David Miliband and Owen Smith. Otherwise I'm heavily green all round.
I'm reasonably comfortable with this.0 -
One man's wealth creator is another's, err, asset stripper.TheWhiteRabbit said:
I'm intrigued by your description of the UK post-1977 - one of the world's most successful economies in that time - as "asset stripping"...Monksfield said:
It's an excellent article. The entire Tory philosophy since 1977 has been sell our country's assets down the river. Managed decline and asset stripping. And New Labour was happy to confer its assent through continuity policies. How can you take back control over this?Scott_P said:Paging Southam...
https://twitter.com/guardian/status/808567440036810752
What will happen when the CDEs realise they've been duped again by Bozo and assorted other demagogues? How do you deliver the outcome they want, which is better jobs, with higher pay? A question I've asked on here repeatedly in various guises and only had 1-2 attempts at an answer.0 -
I'll have £100 on Lab 1-3 vs Lib Dems vote share next GE if anyone is offering 0
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Having some real talent may well count against him.AlastairMeeks said:I'm wary of laying Sir Keir Starmer. For starters, he appears to have some real talent, which marks him out from most of the putative competition.
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Taking of Sir Keir
Labour 'will fight for a soft Brexit' says Keir Starmer
Labour's Brexit spokesman today said the party would fight for soft-Brexit that gives British businesses easy access to trade.
Sir Keir Starmer said Labour has a clear plan for the country after it quits the EU, while the Government “veers” between the “undefined” and “vague”.
He used his speech at Bloomberg LP’s European headquarters in Central London today to say the party would fight any strategy that “tears us apart from our EU partners”.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-will-fight-for-a-soft-brexit-says-keir-starmer-a3418976.html0 -
Will Sadiq Khan ban hospitals, firms from the use of diesel back up power generators?0
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