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Dow Jones over 24,000.0
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Conyers has a presser at his home in a few minutes. Even Pelosi is urging him to quit. Franken is cooperating with the ethics investigation into him. Like he has a choice.rcs1000 said:
Franken's position looks very precarious. If any more comes out, I think he has to go.Tim_B said:Meanwhile, the pressure grows on Franken and Conyers to quit.
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Russia vs Saudi Arabia - A match for our times.0
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The GOP are unlikely to vote to impeach Trump as Bannon would ensure virtually the entire GOP Congressional delegation is primaried by Trump loyalists next year and 2020 much as Momentum is getting ready to start deselecting moderate Labour MPs from next summer over here. Every US poll has Republican voters almost as loyal to Trump as Labour voters are to Corbyn.
Unless a midterm landslide for the Democrats next November sees them win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate I do not expect Trump to be impeached.
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Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......0
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I don't think Steve Bannon has the power you think he does.HYUFD said:The GOP are unlikely to vote to impeach Trump as Bannon will ensure virtually the entire GOP Congressional delegation is primaried by Trump loyalists next year and 2020 much as Momentum is getting ready to start deselecting moderate Labour MPs from next summer over here. Every US poll has Republican voters almost as loyal to Trump as Labour voters are to Corbyn.
Unless a midterm landslide for the Democrats next November sees them win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate I do not expect Trump to be impeached.0 -
This is interesting. Obviously, a Trump departure puts Pence in the Oval Office and a more conservative GOP representative in charge. I would expect the GOP to rally behind Pence but as you say how would the Trump loyalists react ? Would we see a schism within the GOP as happened more than a century ago and would Trump run as an independent in 2020 IF he were forced out ?HYUFD said:The GOP are unlikely to vote to impeach Trump as Bannon would ensure virtually the entire GOP Congressional delegation is primaried by Trump loyalists next year and 2020 much as Momentum is getting ready to start deselecting moderate Labour MPs from next summer over here. Every US poll has Republican voters almost as loyal to Trump as Labour voters are to Corbyn.
Unless a midterm landslide for the Democrats next November sees them win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate I do not expect Trump to be impeached.0 -
Apart from PB Tories who?rottenborough said:0 -
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
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I'm assuming he is talking about Farage.Roger said:
Apart from PB Tories who?rottenborough said:0 -
The tax bill looks likely to pass the US Senate today.0
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Trump never expected to win the Presidency, he certainly had realised a long time ago that he was not suitable. But, here is the laugh, as much as he tried to show it, the more popular he became. As far as I can see, when he "lost", he was expecting to go on Fox as the greatest President who never made it and lost to a Clinton/Democrat fix.stodge said:
This is interesting. Obviously, a Trump departure puts Pence in the Oval Office and a more conservative GOP representative in charge. I would expect the GOP to rally behind Pence but as you say how would the Trump loyalists react ? Would we see a schism within the GOP as happened more than a century ago and would Trump run as an independent in 2020 IF he were forced out ?HYUFD said:The GOP are unlikely to vote to impeach Trump as Bannon would ensure virtually the entire GOP Congressional delegation is primaried by Trump loyalists next year and 2020 much as Momentum is getting ready to start deselecting moderate Labour MPs from next summer over here. Every US poll has Republican voters almost as loyal to Trump as Labour voters are to Corbyn.
Unless a midterm landslide for the Democrats next November sees them win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate I do not expect Trump to be impeached.0 -
Pence may well be brought down by Flynn too and Trump still polls even higher than Pence with Republican voters so he could take most of his voters with him if he went third party in 2020 which would open the way to a Sanders Presidency with the conservative vote split much as Perot helped Clinton win in 1992stodge said:
This is interesting. Obviously, a Trump departure puts Pence in the Oval Office and a more conservative GOP representative in charge. I would expect the GOP to rally behind Pence but as you say how would the Trump loyalists react ? Would we see a schism within the GOP as happened more than a century ago and would Trump run as an independent in 2020 IF he were forced out ?HYUFD said:The GOP are unlikely to vote to impeach Trump as Bannon would ensure virtually the entire GOP Congressional delegation is primaried by Trump loyalists next year and 2020 much as Momentum is getting ready to start deselecting moderate Labour MPs from next summer over here. Every US poll has Republican voters almost as loyal to Trump as Labour voters are to Corbyn.
Unless a midterm landslide for the Democrats next November sees them win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate I do not expect Trump to be impeached.0 -
He has already managed to get Roy Moore picked as Alabama GOP Senate candidate against the GOP establishment's choice Luther Strange (who even Trump endorsed)rcs1000 said:
I don't think Steve Bannon has the power you think he does.HYUFD said:The GOP are unlikely to vote to impeach Trump as Bannon will ensure virtually the entire GOP Congressional delegation is primaried by Trump loyalists next year and 2020 much as Momentum is getting ready to start deselecting moderate Labour MPs from next summer over here. Every US poll has Republican voters almost as loyal to Trump as Labour voters are to Corbyn.
Unless a midterm landslide for the Democrats next November sees them win control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate I do not expect Trump to be impeached.0 -
First time in a long while I’ve agreed with Dan Hodges.rottenborough said:0 -
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OT. All those insinuating on Harry's parentage might want to look at the Windsor bald patch.
(Unless of course Mike was known to be in the region of Highgrove 33 years ago)0 -
Isn't baldness passed down from the maternal side?Roger said:OT. All those insinuating on Harry's parentage might want to look at the Windsor bald patch.
(Unless of course Mike was known to be in the region of Highgrove 33 years ago)0 -
"Basically admits"? There's photographic evidence, he's admitted it and apologized. Nothing basic about it.Alistair said:0 -
Precisely - and some of those devilish details are exactly the ones which are most relevant to Irish border problem.foxinsoxuk said:
I think that possible, but not certain. What issues are covered are the devil in the detail. Agricultural standards? financial services? etc.SouthamObserver said:
We are looking at a Canada-style final deal. The EU has made that clear on a number of occasions. So we do know where we would be heading.foxinsoxuk said:
Not quite true. The A50 negotiations are QMV, a trade deal needs unanimity. In reality though the distinction is academic as the EU27 have held solidarity very well.Richard_Nabavi said:
They don't have a veto, it's QMV.IanB2 said:Since they have a veto, surely it is just a statement of the obvious.
In any case, it also works the other way. If 'no deal' is unacceptable to Ireland - which it is - then presumably 'no deal' is unacceptable to the EU.
Lord only knows why they are playing silly games over this, when it's as plain as a pikestaff that border arrangements depend crucially on the final EU-UK relationship which they are refusing to discuss. Just weird.0 -
I find the behaviour of the retired policeman in the Green quite extraordinary. Keeping a police notebook is a disgrace. This was not his personal property but police property, potentially containing relevant evidence. The fact that it has been taken means that its probative evidence is nil. The chain of evidence has been broken. No-one can have any confidence that what is written in it was written at the time, was accurate and has not been tampered with.
Second, investigating what is on a computer, who accessed it and whem requires a very accurate and forensically tight investigation in order to maintain the integrity of the evidence. It is not a simple matter of opening a computer and rooting round to have a look. The mere act of doing that, if not done properly, with an audit trail of what is done, risks destroying evidence, such as the metadata contained on the computer itself.
The likelihood of this being done, given that the focus of the original investigation was not pornography, is not high.
So the information being put out in the public domain risks damaging Green’s character with no real possibility of the allegations being proved or disproved. It is quite disgraceful for the police to leak details of an investigation and the justification that this is to protect or defend a senior officer really does not stack up. There was no public interest in revealing information in the first place.
It does seem to me that the target here may not be Green himself but his close ally, Mrs
May, who was not seen as the police’s friend and spoke some hard truths to them. Attacking one of her few allies, especially at a time when she is perceived as weak, might be one way of getting their revenge.
Very poor and very worrying behaviour by some in the police.0 -
Na, it's alright if it's a Tory minister at the receiving end.Cyclefree said:I find the behaviour of the retired policeman in the Green quite extraordinary. Keeping a police notebook is a disgrace. This was not his personal property but police property, potentially containing relevant evidence. The fact that it has been taken means that its probative evidence is nil. The chain of evidence has been broken. No-one can have any confidence that what is written in it was written at the time, was accurate and has not been tampered with.
Second, investigating what is on a computer, who accessed it and whem requires a very accurate and forensically tight investigation in order to maintain the integrity of the evidence. It is not a simple matter of opening a computer and rooting round to have a look. The mere act of doing that, if not done properly, with an audit trail of what is done, risks destroying evidence, such as the metadata contained on the computer itself.
The likelihood of this being done, given that the focus of the original investigation was not pornography, is not high.
So the information being put out in the public domain risks damaging Green’s character with no real possibility of the allegations being proved or disproved. It is quite disgraceful for the police to leak details of an investigation and the justification that this is to protect or defend a senior officer really does not stack up. There was no public interest in revealing information in the first place.
It does seem to me that the target here may not be Green himself but his close ally, Mrs
May, who was not seen as the police’s friend and spoke some hard truths to them. Attacking one of her few allies, especially at a time when she is perceived as weak, might be one way of getting their revenge.
Very poor and very worrying behaviour by some in the police.0 -
There’s a lot of allowable deductions against income tax that are eliminated by this bill, the aim of course is to make tax simpler, but as always those losing out are making lots of noise while the majority who gain say nothing.RobD said:
The graduate students’ issue can probably be fudged with a change in their contract to work better within the new tax rules.0 -
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Makes a change from leftie protestors, foootball fans or trade unionists being fitted up...RobD said:
Na, it's alright if it's a Tory minister at the receiving end.Cyclefree said:I find the behaviour of the retired policeman in the Green quite extraordinary. Keeping a police notebook is a disgrace. This was not his personal property but police property, potentially containing relevant evidence. The fact that it has been taken means that its probative evidence is nil. The chain of evidence has been broken. No-one can have any confidence that what is written in it was written at the time, was accurate and has not been tampered with.
Second, investigating what is on a computer, who accessed it and whem requires a very accurate and forensically tight investigation in order to maintain the integrity of the evidence. It is not a simple matter of opening a computer and rooting round to have a look. The mere act of doing that, if not done properly, with an audit trail of what is done, risks destroying evidence, such as the metadata contained on the computer itself.
The likelihood of this being done, given that the focus of the original investigation was not pornography, is not high.
So the information being put out in the public domain risks damaging Green’s character with no real possibility of the allegations being proved or disproved. It is quite disgraceful for the police to leak details of an investigation and the justification that this is to protect or defend a senior officer really does not stack up. There was no public interest in revealing information in the first place.
It does seem to me that the target here may not be Green himself but his close ally, Mrs
May, who was not seen as the police’s friend and spoke some hard truths to them. Attacking one of her few allies, especially at a time when she is perceived as weak, might be one way of getting their revenge.
Very poor and very worrying behaviour by some in the police.0 -
A referendum in December would have been interesting!Danny565 said:0 -
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg0 -
Unless it's to play golf at his course in Scotland, I reckon a visit to the UK anytime soon is very unlikely and he's sure to be strongly discouraged by all concerned from making such a triprcs1000 said:
What if he comes as a private citizen?peter_from_putney said:This afternoon's news re: Michael Flynn plus the tiff between La May and Trump make Ladbrokes odds of 6/4 against Trump visiting the U.K. during 2018 look pretty good value, but as ever DYOR.
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The sofascore app has a nice little interactive predictor.OchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
https://www.sofascore.com/world-cup/
I reckon we have to come top of the group to dodge Germany in the QF, though instead we get Brazil.
I am really looking forward to it, I have SF tickets in St Petersburg for me and Fox jr.
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A moron with poor judgement doesn’t stop being that because of one choice. Am I referring to Charles or Trump? Both fit the bill.TheScreamingEagles said:There's been a discussion in the office about Trump's State visit.
Just imagine if Charles was King, he'd be likely to publicly say he wouldn't entertain Trump on his visit.
Then where would we be?
Trump has the potential to irrevocably harm the US presidency through his behaviours. But is that worse than a person who is clearly very, very dim but doesn’t have the wit to understand that?0 -
His courses in Scotland are losing memberships and profits. Looking at the legal situation, there are too many who like to see him arrested. Ex-besties Salmon and Sturgeon don't want to be seen anywhere near him, now!peter_from_putney said:
Unless it's to play golf at his course in Scotland, I reckon a visit to the UK anytime soon is very unlikely and he's sure to be strongly discouraged by all concerned from making such a triprcs1000 said:
What if he comes as a private citizen?peter_from_putney said:This afternoon's news re: Michael Flynn plus the tiff between La May and Trump make Ladbrokes odds of 6/4 against Trump visiting the U.K. during 2018 look pretty good value, but as ever DYOR.
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Trump, for all his failings, cannot *irrevocably* harm the presidency. He's not even the worst president.AnExileinD4 said:
A moron with poor judgement doesn’t stop being that because of one choice. Am I referring to Charles or Trump? Both fit the bill.TheScreamingEagles said:There's been a discussion in the office about Trump's State visit.
Just imagine if Charles was King, he'd be likely to publicly say he wouldn't entertain Trump on his visit.
Then where would we be?
Trump has the potential to irrevocably harm the US presidency through his behaviours. But is that worse than a person who is clearly very, very dim but doesn’t have the wit to understand that?0 -
KönigsbergOchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
Kaliningrad is just its Communist name!0 -
We can avoid both Germany and Brazil by simply finishing bottom of the group.foxinsoxuk said:
The sofascore app has a nice little interactive predictor.OchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
https://www.sofascore.com/world-cup/
I reckon we have to come top of the group to dodge Germany in the QF, though instead we get Brazil.
I am really looking forward to it, I have SF tickets in St Petersburg for me and Fox jr.0 -
To be fair, he's trying his best on that score.david_herdson said:
Trump, for all his failings, cannot *irrevocably* harm the presidency. He's not even the worst president.
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Enjoy the trip, whoever you get to watch in the semi-final. Although it will obviously be good if it’s England!foxinsoxuk said:
The sofascore app has a nice little interactive predictor.OchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
https://www.sofascore.com/world-cup/
I reckon we have to come top of the group to dodge Germany in the QF, though instead we get Brazil.
I am really looking forward to it, I have SF tickets in St Petersburg for me and Fox jr.0 -
I’d
Which president in living memory, or indeed after the end of the 19th Century would you say is worse? Before then is irrelevant ancient history for most.david_herdson said:
Trump, for all his failings, cannot *irrevocably* harm the presidency. He's not even the worst president.AnExileinD4 said:
A moron with poor judgement doesn’t stop being that because of one choice. Am I referring to Charles or Trump? Both fit the bill.TheScreamingEagles said:There's been a discussion in the office about Trump's State visit.
Just imagine if Charles was King, he'd be likely to publicly say he wouldn't entertain Trump on his visit.
Then where would we be?
Trump has the potential to irrevocably harm the US presidency through his behaviours. But is that worse than a person who is clearly very, very dim but doesn’t have the wit to understand that?0 -
OK, yes! And, if you were wanting to tweak a few Western noses, where would you put one of the stadia to annoy so many ex-under states and remind them of your power over them, still....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
Kaliningrad is just its Communist name!0 -
I reckon the worst was Crooked Hillary.AnExileinD4 said:I’d
Which president in living memory, or indeed after the end of the 19th Century would you say is worse? Before then is irrelevant ancient history for most.david_herdson said:
Trump, for all his failings, cannot *irrevocably* harm the presidency. He's not even the worst president.AnExileinD4 said:
A moron with poor judgement doesn’t stop being that because of one choice. Am I referring to Charles or Trump? Both fit the bill.TheScreamingEagles said:There's been a discussion in the office about Trump's State visit.
Just imagine if Charles was King, he'd be likely to publicly say he wouldn't entertain Trump on his visit.
Then where would we be?
Trump has the potential to irrevocably harm the US presidency through his behaviours. But is that worse than a person who is clearly very, very dim but doesn’t have the wit to understand that?0 -
German perhaps. Polish at a stretch (but only those who remember* the third division of Poland). Do you really think that many people, frankly many politicians, could point to East Prussia on a map?OchEye said:
OK, yes! And, if you were wanting to tweak a few Western noses, where would you put one of the stadia to annoy so many ex-under states and remind them of your power over them, still....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
Kaliningrad is just its Communist name!
*not through living through it, perhaps0 -
Or dead football fans......foxinsoxuk said:
Makes a change from leftie protestors, foootball fans or trade unionists being fitted up...RobD said:
Na, it's alright if it's a Tory minister at the receiving end.Cyclefree said:I find the behaviour of the retired policeman in the Green quite extraordinary. Keeping a police notebook is a disgrace. This was not his personal property but police property, potentially containing relevant evidence. The fact that it has been taken means that its probative evidence is nil. The chain of evidence has been broken. No-one can have any confidence that what is written in it was written at the time, was accurate and has not been tampered with.
Second, investigating what is on a computer, who accessed it and whem requires a very accurate and forensically tight investigation in order to maintain the integrity of the evidence. It is not a simple matter of opening a computer and rooting round to have a look. The mere act of doing that, if not done properly, with an audit trail of what is done, risks destroying evidence, such as the metadata contained on the computer itself.
The likelihood of this being done, given that the focus of the original investigation was not pornography, is not high.
So the information being put out in the public domain risks damaging Green’s character with no real possibility of the allegations being proved or disproved. It is quite disgraceful for the police to leak details of an investigation and the justification that this is to protect or defend a senior officer really does not stack up. There was no public interest in revealing information in the first place.
It does seem to me that the target here may not be Green himself but his close ally, Mrs
May, who was not seen as the police’s friend and spoke some hard truths to them. Attacking one of her few allies, especially at a time when she is perceived as weak, might be one way of getting their revenge.
Very poor and very worrying behaviour by some in the police.
The dog that did not bark in the Leveson inquiry and all the hacking hoo-ha was the role of the police.
It is still very worrying that some police officers, including their former Head of Ethics (as heard on WATO today) seem not to understand the basics of their trade or, indeed, the law.0 -
And Sunil, have a look at the history of the Teutonic Knights, the fortress and why the Russian's want to hang on to it.....OchEye said:
OK, yes! And, if you were wanting to tweak a few Western noses, where would you put one of the stadia to annoy so many ex-under states and remind them of your power over them, still....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
Kaliningrad is just its Communist name!0 -
Or Tannenburg.OchEye said:
And Sunil, have a look at the history of the Teutonic Knights, the fortress and why the Russian's want to hang on to it.....OchEye said:
OK, yes! And, if you were wanting to tweak a few Western noses, where would you put one of the stadia to annoy so many ex-under states and remind them of your power over them, still....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
Kaliningrad is just its Communist name!0 -
At the SF I will be supporting anyone but the Germans. Not in Leningrad!SandyRentool said:
We can avoid both Germany and Brazil by simply finishing bottom of the group.foxinsoxuk said:
The sofascore app has a nice little interactive predictor.OchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
https://www.sofascore.com/world-cup/
I reckon we have to come top of the group to dodge Germany in the QF, though instead we get Brazil.
I am really looking forward to it, I have SF tickets in St Petersburg for me and Fox jr.0 -
As an aside, looking at the previous thread and football, an interesting question is what would be the consequences of Israel qualifying for the World Cup which has been bought by Qatar.0
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Not sure, but I'm hoping it happens.AnExileinD4 said:As an aside, looking at the previous thread and football, an interesting question is what would be the consequences of Israel qualifying for the World Cup which has been bought by Qatar.
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SeanT may have had a point after all.TheScreamingEagles said:Oh my, looks like the Republic of Ireland are taking back control.
https://twitter.com/lisaocarroll/status/9366441605216788480 -
That would be rather amusing for the diplomats to sort out.tlg86 said:
Not sure, but I'm hoping it happens.AnExileinD4 said:As an aside, looking at the previous thread and football, an interesting question is what would be the consequences of Israel qualifying for the World Cup which has been bought by Qatar.
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St Petersburg is just lovely, do make time to see the Russian Museum (I'd prioritize it over the Hermitage if you'd be short on time), full of amazing Russian artists that are totally unknown in the West. And if you can afford it, the Grand Hotel Europe is a magical place to stay.foxinsoxuk said:
The sofascore app has a nice little interactive predictor.OchEye said:
Suggest you have a look at a map, Kaliningrad! A small Russian satellite state right in the middle of EU states. Then take a look at the other stadiums, Putin is not just putting a middle finger up, he's sticking his fist up....Sunil_Prasannan said:
KönigsbergOchEye said:Don't think anyone has twigged yet, but Kalinagrad for goodness sake? Putin is sticking a metaphorical middle finger to the world......
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Königsberg
https://www.sofascore.com/world-cup/
I reckon we have to come top of the group to dodge Germany in the QF, though instead we get Brazil.
I am really looking forward to it, I have SF tickets in St Petersburg for me and Fox jr.0 -
Now that I've bagged the first....
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I watched the report and it struck me as very flaky. Everyone agrees that no crime was committed, and the evidence was limited to something the guy wrote in his notebook (means nothing for the reasons you describe) and his verbal account of events. Totally bizarre.Cyclefree said:I find the behaviour of the retired policeman in the Green quite extraordinary. Keeping a police notebook is a disgrace. This was not his personal property but police property, potentially containing relevant evidence. The fact that it has been taken means that its probative evidence is nil. The chain of evidence has been broken. No-one can have any confidence that what is written in it was written at the time, was accurate and has not been tampered with.
Second, investigating what is on a computer, who accessed it and whem requires a very accurate and forensically tight investigation in order to maintain the integrity of the evidence. It is not a simple matter of opening a computer and rooting round to have a look. The mere act of doing that, if not done properly, with an audit trail of what is done, risks destroying evidence, such as the metadata contained on the computer itself.
The likelihood of this being done, given that the focus of the original investigation was not pornography, is not high.
So the information being put out in the public domain risks damaging Green’s character with no real possibility of the allegations being proved or disproved. It is quite disgraceful for the police to leak details of an investigation and the justification that this is to protect or defend a senior officer really does not stack up. There was no public interest in revealing information in the first place.
It does seem to me that the target here may not be Green himself but his close ally, Mrs
May, who was not seen as the police’s friend and spoke some hard truths to them. Attacking one of her few allies, especially at a time when she is perceived as weak, might be one way of getting their revenge.
Very poor and very worrying behaviour by some in the police.0 -
I'll ask again, why was A50 included in the Lisbon Treaty?Richard_Nabavi said:
They don't have a veto, it's QMV.IanB2 said:Since they have a veto, surely it is just a statement of the obvious.
In any case, it also works the other way. If 'no deal' is unacceptable to Ireland - which it is - then presumably 'no deal' is unacceptable to the EU.
Lord only knows why they are playing silly games over this, when it's as plain as a pikestaff that border arrangements depend crucially on the final EU-UK relationship which they are refusing to discuss. Just weird.
Any State which secedes under A50, bar Cyprus, Malta, or Greece, will have a land border with the EU. But, we're led to believe that Europe's finest diplomatic minds are incapable of devising ways of maintaining a soft land border with a country which does secede (despite being able to maintain such a border with Norway and Switzerland).
So why include an Article that was never intended to be acted upon?0 -
Warren Harding.AnExileinD4 said:I’d
Which president in living memory, or indeed after the end of the 19th Century would you say is worse? Before then is irrelevant ancient history for most.david_herdson said:
Trump, for all his failings, cannot *irrevocably* harm the presidency. He's not even the worst president.AnExileinD4 said:
A moron with poor judgement doesn’t stop being that because of one choice. Am I referring to Charles or Trump? Both fit the bill.TheScreamingEagles said:There's been a discussion in the office about Trump's State visit.
Just imagine if Charles was King, he'd be likely to publicly say he wouldn't entertain Trump on his visit.
Then where would we be?
Trump has the potential to irrevocably harm the US presidency through his behaviours. But is that worse than a person who is clearly very, very dim but doesn’t have the wit to understand that?
And I wouldn't write off the pre-1900 presidents. Ancient history or not, they count - not least because the baneful shadow of Andrew Johnson still hangs over the country to some extent.0 -
The border with Norway and Switzerland does not meet the requirements that the *UK* side has already committed to in order to uphold the Good Friday Agreement. The position of the UK and Ireland is unique.Sean_F said:
I'll ask again, why was A50 included in the Lisbon Treaty?Richard_Nabavi said:
They don't have a veto, it's QMV.IanB2 said:Since they have a veto, surely it is just a statement of the obvious.
In any case, it also works the other way. If 'no deal' is unacceptable to Ireland - which it is - then presumably 'no deal' is unacceptable to the EU.
Lord only knows why they are playing silly games over this, when it's as plain as a pikestaff that border arrangements depend crucially on the final EU-UK relationship which they are refusing to discuss. Just weird.
Any State which secedes under A50, bar Cyprus, Malta, or Greece, will have a land border with the EU. But, we're led to believe that Europe's finest diplomatic minds are incapable of devising ways of maintaining a soft land border with a country which does secede (despite being able to maintain such a border with Norway and Switzerland).
So why include an Article that was never intended to be acted upon?
PS, Greece has a large border with Bulgaria.0
