This being PB I think OGH should enable a few other options :
1. Moderate "tim" 2. Nick Palmer for LotO 3. Huzzah for the Coalition 4. More repeats of 1979 SNP losses 5. Repel LibDems from Harpenden 6. More LibDem canvassers in Auchentennach 7. A peerage for AH Matlock 8. Mike Smithson "Thining Here" 9. Free the Nuala One
Reading about Mark Thatcher led me to the Wikipedia page for the ruling party of Equatorial Guinea -
"The PDGE has little in the way of a platform or guiding ideology, aside from encouraging foreign investment in the oil sector. Some of the few other tenets of the PDGE are militarism and anti-separatism (which often amounts to Fang chauvinism)"
Tiger gets a 2 shot penalty for an improper drop on 15 yesterday. He just avoided being DQ.
A TV viewer alerted the club, they reviewed a tape of the incident while Tiger was playing 18 and decided there was no penalty.
Then they saw Tiger's post round TV interview, and based on what he said, decided he had gained an advantage, met with him and assessed the 2 shot penalty.
Before this would have meant instant DQ, but with the new rule they decided to assess the penalty.
Seth O Logue is trying for what passes for humour among incompetent Cameroonian spinners. He has to try after tipping Lansley to be PM lest anyone mistake his posts for being anything other than inept spin.
The amusing tea party tories whine when we post and whine when we have other things to do and don't post. The common factor is whining which they love almost as much as faux outrage.
Now if only we had a 'public relations idiot' button for the incompetent spinners....save the site a lot of time..
I doubt there willbe another Margaret Thatcher. Such greatness is rare.
How long before there’s another female PM?
I've no idea. Until women get past the feminist entitlement agenda and demonstrate they actually want to represent all of the population they are never going to appeal to more than half of the electorate (and thats without even thinking about political partisanship).
I believe you're confusing honorary titles awarded to foreigners with hereditary titles that pass by patent/lineage. A number of US citizens have had honorary knighthoods but are not entitled to the prefix "Sir"
I believe you're confusing honorary titles awarded to foreigners with hereditary titles that pass by patent/lineage. A number of US citizens have had honorary knighthoods but are not entitled to the prefix "Sir"
I believe you're confusing honorary titles awarded to foreigners with hereditary titles that pass by patent/lineage. A number of US citizens have had honorary knighthoods but are not entitled to the prefix "Sir"
If the person in question is the son of a UK citizen, even though born in the US,that person is probably entitled to British citizenship.
My daughter acquired a British passport in that manner.
I believe you're confusing honorary titles awarded to foreigners with hereditary titles that pass by patent/lineage. A number of US citizens have had honorary knighthoods but are not entitled to the prefix "Sir"
If the person in question is the son of a UK citizen, even though born in the US,that person is probably entitled to British citizenship.
My daughter acquired a British passport in that manner.
I have two grandaughters born in Thailand, whose mother is Thai and father (my son) is British. They have dual nationality and therefore both British and Thai passports, and consequntly come into UK with their father and go back into Thailand with their mother! With two small children it saves on the queueing!
The present Duke of Atholl (the 12th and with 12 other subsiduary peerages) and head of the only official private army in Europe is a South African citizen.
Both myself and my daughter have dual US/British citizenship, and my wife is in the process of doing the same - 5 passports for 3 people is not enough :-)
Tiger gets a 2 shot penalty for an improper drop on 15 yesterday. He just avoided being DQ.
A TV viewer alerted the club, they reviewed a tape of the incident while Tiger was playing 18 and decided there was no penalty.
Then they saw Tiger's post round TV interview, and based on what he said, decided he had gained an advantage, met with him and assessed the 2 shot penalty.
Before this would have meant instant DQ, but with the new rule they decided to assess the penalty.
He should have been in the club house, cheating means disqualification but they have decided to ignore it using a dodgy ruling to ensure they keep getting the cash in, shameful and hopefully would never be allowed here.
TSE, yes but only down to Don't Knows, in first past the post Salmond is miles ahead.
The thing is, Salmond had a net positive rating of 35% in December 2011 and a lead over a Lamont of over 30%.
Both have evaporated.
Now whether this is a trend or just a blip, time will tell.
Salmond's net ratings slipped to single figures a few years ago but he maintained a lead over Iain Gray.
So past performance shows Salmond can recover his mojo.
TSE , yes I agree his momentary blip will disappear but to put jimmy Krankie ahead just because of Don't Knows when Alex is miles ahead on Likes is just a unionist trick. She had 37% to his 50% so still miles behind in my book and unbelievable that they found so many Labour donkeys to get her to that level.
TSE, yes but only down to Don't Knows, in first past the post Salmond is miles ahead.
The thing is, Salmond had a net positive rating of 35% in December 2011 and a lead over a Lamont of over 30%.
Both have evaporated.
Now whether this is a trend or just a blip, time will tell.
Salmond's net ratings slipped to single figures a few years ago but he maintained a lead over Iain Gray.
So past performance shows Salmond can recover his mojo.
TSE , yes I agree his momentary blip will disappear but to put jimmy Krankie ahead just because of Don't Knows when Alex is miles ahead on Likes is just a unionist trick. She had 37% to his 50% so still miles behind in my book and unbelievable that they found so many Labour donkeys to get her to that level.
It's not a unionist trick.
There's academic research showing it is much better to compare net ratings as against absolute positive ratings.
The rule was put in place precisely to avoid this - trial by TV. It's to give players some protection.
It's not dodgy at all.
2 shots seems reasonable. They didn't DQ him because they had already reviewed the incident once while he was still playing and ruled there was no infraction. The info they needed didn't come until after the round when he incriminated himself.
TSE, yes but only down to Don't Knows, in first past the post Salmond is miles ahead.
The thing is, Salmond had a net positive rating of 35% in December 2011 and a lead over a Lamont of over 30%.
Both have evaporated.
Now whether this is a trend or just a blip, time will tell.
Salmond's net ratings slipped to single figures a few years ago but he maintained a lead over Iain Gray.
So past performance shows Salmond can recover his mojo.
TSE , yes I agree his momentary blip will disappear but to put jimmy Krankie ahead just because of Don't Knows when Alex is miles ahead on Likes is just a unionist trick. She had 37% to his 50% so still miles behind in my book and unbelievable that they found so many Labour donkeys to get her to that level.
It's not a unionist trick.
There's academic research showing it is much better to compare net ratings as against absolute positive ratings.
The present Duke of Atholl (the 12th and with 12 other subsiduary peerages) and head of the only official private army in Europe is a South African citizen.
And the premier baron of Ireland, the 36th Lord Kingsale, (which whom I was at College when he was plain Mr de Courcy), is a New Zealand citizen. He inherited from a very distant cousin and was extremely fortunate in that his grandfather was born almost nine months' posthumously.
Another finely observed and elegantly-written article from David H.
It's probably too late for Yvette now, isn't it? In all probability, the next leader of the Labour Party will be someone who is currently more junior than her. It could well be a woman, but it's too early to speculate.
Depending on what happens in 2015, the same may be true of the Conservatives.
"Now whether this is a trend or just a blip, time will tell."
Either way, the fact that the SNP remained miles ahead in the same poll ought to tell you something.
I think it's necessary to take a common sense view here. If, and it's a big if, Salmond is still SNP leader in 2016, he will be a bigger net asset to his party than Lamont will be. You don't need a poll to tell you that.
One of the options available to Tiger was to drop the ball as close to his previous location as possible. Initially he was judged to have done so.
However in his interview he said intentionally dropped it a couple of yards behind the spot. That's an incorrect drop - 2 shot penalty.
If he had signed an incorrect score card - instant DQ.
33-7 is in place to protect players from unintentional errors, or if information comes to light after the fact, as happened here.
There was a case quite recently of a player playing a ball in the water, and moving a rock with his foot to get a batter grip. The next day a TV viewer called in, the play was reviewed, and THEN the guy was DQed for signing an incorrect scorecard after 2 shots were assessed on him the next day while he was playing his round. That's what the rule is there to stop.
"Now whether this is a trend or just a blip, time will tell."
Either way, the fact that the SNP remained miles ahead in the same poll ought to tell you something.
I think it's necessary to take a common sense view here. If, and it's a big if, Salmond is still SNP leader in 2016, he will be a bigger net asset to his party than Lamont will be. You don't need a poll to tell you that.
Mid term it is useful to look at Leadership ratings as a better predictor than VI.
Remember when Labour led the SNP but at the same time Iain Grey trailed Alex Salmond in the net Leadership ratings?
The Liverpool Echo was dragging up basically everyone to comment this week
Derek Hutton of Militant: “I would not want to celebrate another human being’s death, or feel sorry for another human being’s family when their relative dies. “But I have to say that I regret that she was born and what she did to Liverpool and most work communities in the country. “I regret that Thatcherism lives on in the policies of this government. I think it will be there for a long time, if we could not defeat Thatcherism in the 80s it is highly unlikely to happen in 2013.”
Edwina Currie (who was born in Liverpool and so she qualifies to be in the local paper): “I am sad to see her go. She was a very good leader and a great Prime Minister.
“I accept she was a hugely controversial figure but that was because she brought about such enormous change in the country, getting it up and running again. “You can’t do that without treading on toes. “My home town was behind the times and in the control of militants and that was to its detriment because money was lost for the area. “Industries like shipbuilding suffered greatly. “A whole of businesses were lost because the unions of the day couldn’t be trusted to deal with management and make business profitable. “Margaret Thatcher was determined that was not going to happen in the country at large.”
Chris A - Some policies, legalisation of cannabis, banning UK entry in Eurovision, increasing pensions, not that silly at all. I see Johnathan King, th dj, stood in 79 too
Please don't bring the likes back. Wall to wall Plato just ruins the site and without being able to preen herself on the likes means she only posts if she's got something to say.
Please don't bring the likes back. Wall to wall Plato just ruins the site and without being able to preen herself on the likes means she only posts if she's got something to say.
That's quite amusing, Roger, given the number of posts you've made on this thread about Sir Mark Thatcher, who is not active in politics and doesn't even live in the UK.
Please don't bring the likes back. Wall to wall Plato just ruins the site and without being able to preen herself on the likes means she only posts if she's got something to say.
The visceral hatred from the left on here for Plato seems quite similar to the way you all feel about Thatcher. You know, you don't actually have to read them you know...
"Mid term it is useful to look at Leadership ratings as a better predictor than VI."
Yes, because as we know Harold Wilson won the 1970 election, and James Callaghan won the 1979 election.
The reality is that you're praying in aid a single poll in which Lamont had a tiny lead on net ratings, and in which Lamont had a much larger number of Don't Knows.
@TwistedFireStopper">I post mainly on a tablet, and all these new buttons are so easy to tap by accident. I'm liking posts left, right and centre by mistake!
Two options - get a bigger tablet or smaller hands!
The Freedom Association are holding a "Tribute" event after Mrs Thatcher's funeral at the Pavilion End pub.
"Confirmed speakers include: STEVE BAKER MP (Conservative) NIRJ DEVA MEP (Conservative) MARTIN DURKIN Producer of 'Margaret: Death of A Revolutionary' (Channel 4, Saturday 13 April 2013 - DON'T MISS IT!) COUNCILLOR DONNA EDMUNDS (UKIP) COUNCILLOR JP FLORU (Conservative) DANIEL HANNAN MEP (Conservative) MARK LITTLEWOOD Director General, The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) MATTHEW SINCLAIR Chief Executive, The TaxPayers' Alliance MARK WALLACE Political campaigner, blogger, writer Other great speakers will be confirmed shortly."
"The visceral hatred from the left on here for Plato seems quite similar to the way you all feel about Thatcher. You know, you don't actually have to read them you know..."
"Mid term it is useful to look at Leadership ratings as a better predictor than VI."
Yes, because as we know Harold Wilson won the 1970 election, and James Callaghan won the 1979 election.
The reality is that you're praying in aid a single poll in which Lamont had a tiny lead on net ratings, and in which Lamont had a much larger number of Don't Knows.
You're confusing best PM/FM polling with best Leader ratings.
Off topic - guilty as charged. But how many times have threads been O/T once a news story breaks, and then some of the O/T comments lead directly into the next thread. Funny old world...
@Jonny. "You know, you don't actually have to read them you know... "
Don't be ridiculous. It's like going to the Louvre and trying to look at the paintings when every other one is just rubbish graffiti. It's impossible and makes the experience dull and unrewarding. It's nothing to do with left or right. But as I suggested when she isn't playing to the morons gallery the same doesn't apply.
"James I can either listen to your opinions and anecdotes or the polling from Scotland's most accurate pollster.
Forgive me if I choose to listen to Ipsos Mori."
Feel free, old chap. That's an eight-point SNP lead.
"Just pointing out that she's leading Alex Salmond on the net leadership ratings."
And Malcolm and I are simply pointing out the obvious shortcomings in that observation. But please forgive me for making you ratty - I don't want to get 'accidentally' banned again...
Mid term it is useful to look at Leadership ratings as a better predictor than VI. Remember when Labour led the SNP but at the same time Iain Grey trailed Alex Salmond in the net Leadership ratings?
Yeah, but Gray trailed Salmond by between c.10-30pts - I think I can live with 1pt difference at the moment. I'm pretty sure if the 31% DKs get to know Johann that it won't be an unalloyed positive for her!
@Roger you're really telling me that you can't see that all the attacks (many of them quite personal) on Plato come from the left on here? That's ridiculous; any fool could see it. Just like even a fool could see that all the attacks on Tim for his irritating repetition come from the right, but I doubt any of us on the right would be ridiculous enough to deny it.
The story in The Times that the chemists at Porton Down have confirmed some kind of chemical weapon in ground samples from Syria will not come as a surprise to anyone who followed the conflict.
Its appearance and timing are really the questions. The US President in particular talked of the red line that use of such weapons represented then the administration promptly denied they could be confirmed used when evidence emerged a while back. Such lame talk has only encouraged other attempts to use it and the Syrians are playing an interesting game using agents with a lower kill rate both for military effect and also to test world opinion.
This leak story is designed to add pressure both to those who are talking the talk but hiding behind others skirts and at the same time add fuel to the UN probe on the claims of chemical weapons use. The failure to confirm what the weapon was, potentially due to a short lifespan, or the sources are not prepared to say. Interestingly the sources of this latest news are in the British and French press. Figures.
Forget the global grandstanding and consider what is happening on the ground. I reported on here previously that some of Assad's elite forces were being kitted out with the necessary equipment and processes to operate in a NBC environment. Interestingly when this was noted, these forces were deployed in the Homs area, which is one of areas where hard evidence has emerged of chemical weapons use in an incident a few months back. In addition to measures being taking outside the Syrian border for the heavy use by the regime or possible seizure of such weapons by rebels, rebels in some areas are getting provided countermeasures supplied to them. So far the supply appears to have been noted in the South of the country where what is widely seen as Western, Jordanian & Saudi supported forces are active.
Forget the talk so far by the West. Everything is pointing an to assumption that chemical weapons are in use and will be used. It will then come down to whether the VX or Sarin comes out in notable quantities. At that point the West will find its words tested.
Korea: I mentioned in the last 48 hours about the Chinese boosting their military presence on the North Korean border, a sign of the seriousness of tensions. It appears this was around 4,500-5000 strong increase of PLA units. The attempt by the US to reel back and offer concession to the North Koreans is full effect. It will be interesting to see if this has its hoped for impact or just encourages the North's government to keep up the cycle of provocation.
I would hope so in the same way Irish can have dual British/Irish nationality
Northern Irish people are entitled to Irish citizenship but people born in the Republic of Ireland arent generally entitled to British nationality.
Easiest passport to get of what I'd call globally recognisable countries (followed possibly by Brazil). All I had to do was turn up in a big green leprachaun hat at the relevant location.
@Jonny. "You know, you don't actually have to read them you know... "
Don't be ridiculous. It's like going to the Louvre and trying to look at the paintings when every other one is just rubbish graffiti. It's impossible and makes the experience dull and unrewarding. It's nothing to do with left or right. But as I suggested when she isn't playing to the morons gallery the same doesn't apply.
If you would like to define who you are characterising as morons, then it will be evident whether it is only a moron who can recognise others who are of that same ilk.
Something I'm very proud of. Though we had a dodgy referendum a few years back that introduced the first limits on citizenship for people born on the island.
Something I'm very proud of. Though we had a dodgy referendum a few years back that introduced the first limits on citizenship for people born on the island.
You think that until the latest 'I knew I was Irish' claimant Tom Cruise rocks up....
Jack of Kent @JackofKent 4h Andrew Wakefield, a man whose abuse of libel proceedings appalled even Sir David Eady: http://bit.ly/XJ6QMr (para 32-38). #LibelReform
Yet again we have the lazy and false assumption that Sir David Eady spent his entire judicial career out to stifle freedom of speech. Quite why a case which was decided against the person abusing the process of the court in order to inhibit freedom of speech, should be seen as evidence of the need to reform the law of defamation is not apparent or explained.
Comments
1. Moderate "tim"
2. Nick Palmer for LotO
3. Huzzah for the Coalition
4. More repeats of 1979 SNP losses
5. Repel LibDems from Harpenden
6. More LibDem canvassers in Auchentennach
7. A peerage for AH Matlock
8. Mike Smithson "Thining Here"
9. Free the Nuala One
"The PDGE has little in the way of a platform or guiding ideology, aside from encouraging foreign investment in the oil sector. Some of the few other tenets of the PDGE are militarism and anti-separatism (which often amounts to Fang chauvinism)"
Sounds like New Labour.
I wonder what happens if you mark something as Troll.
"AFAIK Sir Mark's only son is an American citizen. Doesn't that mean he can't inherit the title, and if so, what happens to it?
There is no bar to foreigners succeeding to hereditary titles.
His biggest problem is not the reactions of other posters but getting onto to the thread in the first place.
Both I and James, his most loyal supporter, have tried to help by counselling him not to attempt entry sideways.
Unfortunately he hasn't listened to his friends and often gets his hindquarters stuck in the doors. The result is all too frequently a gullible mess.
I beg pardon?
Actually, the new features are a bit like Disqus on speed...
A TV viewer alerted the club, they reviewed a tape of the incident while Tiger was playing 18 and decided there was no penalty.
Then they saw Tiger's post round TV interview, and based on what he said, decided he had gained an advantage, met with him and assessed the 2 shot penalty.
Before this would have meant instant DQ, but with the new rule they decided to assess the penalty.
A short paneqyric entitled "The Story of O" should suffice.
Seth O Logue is trying for what passes for humour among incompetent Cameroonian spinners. He has to try after tipping Lansley to be PM lest anyone mistake his posts for being anything other than inept spin.
The amusing tea party tories whine when we post and whine when we have other things to do and don't post. The common factor is whining which they love almost as much as faux outrage.
Now if only we had a 'public relations idiot' button for the incompetent spinners....save the site a lot of time..
I doubt there willbe another Margaret Thatcher. Such greatness is rare.
How long before there’s another female PM?
I've no idea. Until women get past the feminist entitlement agenda and demonstrate they actually want to represent all of the population they are never going to appeal to more than half of the electorate (and thats without even thinking about political partisanship).
Alas, Thatcherism is a luxury that so few of us can afford.
"I thought Americans couldn't have titles?"
I believe you're confusing honorary titles awarded to foreigners with hereditary titles that pass by patent/lineage. A number of US citizens have had honorary knighthoods but are not entitled to the prefix "Sir"
My daughter acquired a British passport in that manner.
Even with the constipation icon.
And for any self-respecting Tory, that's all that should count.
The present Duke of Atholl (the 12th and with 12 other subsiduary peerages) and head of the only official private army in Europe is a South African citizen.
Both myself and my daughter have dual US/British citizenship, and my wife is in the process of doing the same - 5 passports for 3 people is not enough :-)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22125412
Both have evaporated.
Now whether this is a trend or just a blip, time will tell.
Salmond's net ratings slipped to single figures a few years ago but he maintained a lead over Iain Gray.
So past performance shows Salmond can recover his mojo.
There's academic research showing it is much better to compare net ratings as against absolute positive ratings.
The rule was put in place precisely to avoid this - trial by TV. It's to give players some protection.
It's not dodgy at all.
2 shots seems reasonable. They didn't DQ him because they had already reviewed the incident once while he was still playing and ruled there was no infraction. The info they needed didn't come until after the round when he incriminated himself.
It's probably too late for Yvette now, isn't it? In all probability, the next leader of the Labour Party will be someone who is currently more junior than her. It could well be a woman, but it's too early to speculate.
Depending on what happens in 2015, the same may be true of the Conservatives.
Either way, the fact that the SNP remained miles ahead in the same poll ought to tell you something.
I think it's necessary to take a common sense view here. If, and it's a big if, Salmond is still SNP leader in 2016, he will be a bigger net asset to his party than Lamont will be. You don't need a poll to tell you that.
If he'd been told the ruling while still playing, it would have been a 2 shot penalty.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/indepth/margaret_thatcher/herlifeandtimes/
Northern Echo's leader calling for North East to retain dignity and not celebrate her death even if they all suffered because of her.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/features/comment/10344665.Retaining_our_dignity/
However in his interview he said intentionally dropped it a couple of yards behind the spot. That's an incorrect drop - 2 shot penalty.
If he had signed an incorrect score card - instant DQ.
33-7 is in place to protect players from unintentional errors, or if information comes to light after the fact, as happened here.
There was a case quite recently of a player playing a ball in the water, and moving a rock with his foot to get a batter grip. The next day a TV viewer called in, the play was reviewed, and THEN the guy was DQed for signing an incorrect scorecard after 2 shots were assessed on him the next day while he was playing his round. That's what the rule is there to stop.
Remember when Labour led the SNP but at the same time Iain Grey trailed Alex Salmond in the net Leadership ratings?
Will only make things more tribal.
Derek Hutton of Militant: “I would not want to celebrate another human being’s death, or feel sorry for another human being’s family when their relative dies.
“But I have to say that I regret that she was born and what she did to Liverpool and most work communities in the country.
“I regret that Thatcherism lives on in the policies of this government. I think it will be there for a long time, if we could not defeat Thatcherism in the 80s it is highly unlikely to happen in 2013.”
Edwina Currie (who was born in Liverpool and so she qualifies to be in the local paper): “I am sad to see her go. She was a very good leader and a great Prime Minister.
“I accept she was a hugely controversial figure but that was because she brought about such enormous change in the country, getting it up and running again.
“You can’t do that without treading on toes.
“My home town was behind the times and in the control of militants and that was to its detriment because money was lost for the area.
“Industries like shipbuilding suffered greatly.
“A whole of businesses were lost because the unions of the day couldn’t be trusted to deal with management and make business profitable.
“Margaret Thatcher was determined that was not going to happen in the country at large.”
(no mentions of eggs)
Don't miss quotes by all possible Merseyside MPs, former MPs, the chairman of Liverpool Conservatives, Shaun Woodward, the Royale Family actor, the Hillsbrough Association, a lady who washed Thatcher's hair in the 70s and so on:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2013/04/08/mersey-politicians-and-campaigners-react-to-news-of-margaret-thatcher-s-death-100252-33138116/
Agreed, it was a good rule change, Tiger hasnt been treated any more favourably than another player would have been.
Yeah right - Plato is clearly the only person on here who posts too often!
Yes, because as we know Harold Wilson won the 1970 election, and James Callaghan won the 1979 election.
The reality is that you're praying in aid a single poll in which Lamont had a tiny lead on net ratings, and in which Lamont had a much larger number of Don't Knows.
Two options - get a bigger tablet or smaller hands!
"Confirmed speakers include:
STEVE BAKER MP (Conservative)
NIRJ DEVA MEP (Conservative)
MARTIN DURKIN Producer of 'Margaret: Death of A Revolutionary' (Channel 4, Saturday
13 April 2013 - DON'T MISS IT!)
COUNCILLOR DONNA EDMUNDS (UKIP)
COUNCILLOR JP FLORU (Conservative)
DANIEL HANNAN MEP (Conservative)
MARK LITTLEWOOD Director General, The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
MATTHEW SINCLAIR Chief Executive, The TaxPayers' Alliance
MARK WALLACE Political campaigner, blogger, writer
Other great speakers will be confirmed shortly."
http://www.pavilionendpub.co.uk
http://www.tfa.net
It blows a hole in the space-time continuum. Complaining about a PB post being off-topic is like complaining about Boris Johnson being a buffoon.
Is there an option for agreeing with the literal sentiment of that post, but disagreeing with the sarcasm?
How can we correct them if we don't read them?
Whereas you're merely confusing Johann Lamont with a winner.
The last person to use it was Silvio and he appeared happy with the results.
Don't be ridiculous. It's like going to the Louvre and trying to look at the paintings when every other one is just rubbish graffiti. It's impossible and makes the experience dull and unrewarding. It's nothing to do with left or right. But as I suggested when she isn't playing to the morons gallery the same doesn't apply.
Forgive me if I choose to listen to Ipsos Mori.
And I've not said Lamont is a winner.
Just pointing out that she's leading Alex Salmond on the net leadership ratings.
I vow to thee my country (following Sir Winston - orchestral arrangement & Lady Di - sung)
Sir Winston: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Xkr8z3lEo
Lady Di: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmeQ_M7fPMw
Love Divine all loves excelling
To be a pilgrim (sung at Sir Winston's funeral)
Even Roger will find it difficult to avoid tapping his toes to these tunes.
When it come to Plato you're starting to sound just like the 'moaner' Lisa!
Forgive me if I choose to listen to Ipsos Mori."
Feel free, old chap. That's an eight-point SNP lead.
"Just pointing out that she's leading Alex Salmond on the net leadership ratings."
And Malcolm and I are simply pointing out the obvious shortcomings in that observation. But please forgive me for making you ratty - I don't want to get 'accidentally' banned again...
Don't forget to check the pb2 pre-race article, which has not only a tip, but some interesting thoughts in the comments too:
http://politicalbetting.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/china-pre-race.html
@Avery.
Even Roger will find it difficult to avoid tapping his toes to these tunes.
As long as they aren't drowned out by those doing the Poznan outside. I'd hate the extravagant affair to stretch into a second day
The story in The Times that the chemists at Porton Down have confirmed some kind of chemical weapon in ground samples from Syria will not come as a surprise to anyone who followed the conflict.
Its appearance and timing are really the questions. The US President in particular talked of the red line that use of such weapons represented then the administration promptly denied they could be confirmed used when evidence emerged a while back. Such lame talk has only encouraged other attempts to use it and the Syrians are playing an interesting game using agents with a lower kill rate both for military effect and also to test world opinion.
This leak story is designed to add pressure both to those who are talking the talk but hiding behind others skirts and at the same time add fuel to the UN probe on the claims of chemical weapons use. The failure to confirm what the weapon was, potentially due to a short lifespan, or the sources are not prepared to say. Interestingly the sources of this latest news are in the British and French press. Figures.
Forget the global grandstanding and consider what is happening on the ground. I reported on here previously that some of Assad's elite forces were being kitted out with the necessary equipment and processes to operate in a NBC environment. Interestingly when this was noted, these forces were deployed in the Homs area, which is one of areas where hard evidence has emerged of chemical weapons use in an incident a few months back. In addition to measures being taking outside the Syrian border for the heavy use by the regime or possible seizure of such weapons by rebels, rebels in some areas are getting provided countermeasures supplied to them. So far the supply appears to have been noted in the South of the country where what is widely seen as Western, Jordanian & Saudi supported forces are active.
Forget the talk so far by the West. Everything is pointing an to assumption that chemical weapons are in use and will be used. It will then come down to whether the VX or Sarin comes out in notable quantities. At that point the West will find its words tested.
Korea: I mentioned in the last 48 hours about the Chinese boosting their military presence on the North Korean border, a sign of the seriousness of tensions. It appears this was around 4,500-5000 strong increase of PLA units. The attempt by the US to reel back and offer concession to the North Koreans is full effect. It will be interesting to see if this has its hoped for impact or just encourages the North's government to keep up the cycle of provocation.
The SNP are all in favour of dual nationality - AlanBrooke was furious. (In spite of being a dual national himself.)
But they are entitled to practically all the rights of British citizenship if they live here. How else do you get the chance to "vote Green", Neil?
If you would like to define who you are characterising as morons, then it will be evident whether it is only a moron who can recognise others who are of that same ilk.
Bloody hell - Off Topic, Disagree, Agree, Like.
Monsieur Smithson with zese options you are spoiling us !
These people really are stupid.
Passing on it this time though.
plus royaliste que le roi
plus royaliste que la reine