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Not quite. It is a topical clue.JonnyJimmy said:
Does that start with si? Or is?Tissue_Price said:
If French roll over he may be blamed (6)JonnyJimmy said:I've skimmed through comments and don't think anyone got the clues I posted earlier so I'm going to post them again, follow by solutions
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It was hearing that one that inspired me to come up with the others.Richard_Tyndall said:
Nah. The best politicsl anagram of all time was Virginia BottomleyJonnyJimmy said:It's my new favourite anagram of all time - World War One is = win lose or draw
I loved my old colleague's - Diane Blackman = animal backend, and our other colleague Barbara Moulds = a Labrador's bum.
But I still can't decide on my favourite political one so far.,
Is it -
Scottish National Party = I train total psychophants
Edward Miliband = weird amid bland
Or
David Cameron- random advice
I'm an evil Tory bigot
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His mum being Scottish was hyped up as well, plus him being pro Brexit. That said, Macron’s attempts to influence Trump pretty much fell on deaf as Trump ripping up the Iran deal, being anti NATO, EU and WTO demonstrates. Any of the European leaders who think they can make influence or control him are kidding themselves.SouthamObserver said:But, but, but ... Churchill bust
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This. Macron is the French Tony Blair. We know how that situation ended (Blair has 76% disapproval rating as of June). Judging by what I’ve seen on Macron’s approval ratings, his sucking up to Trump hadn’t gone down well with French voters.Philip_Thompson said:
He reminds me a lot of Blair.SeanT said:
I read today that Macron is making every single French primary schoolchild learn - and sing - the Marseillaise.JonathanD said:
He's very clever. A mix of right and left - and unashamedly patriotic.
He could be a kind of Clintonesque Reagan for France. If only we had someone as deft and smart in British politics. We are led by morons and liars, Remainers and Leavers alike.0 -
I'm losing the plot on this one. Aren't France the cheese eating surrender monkeys?SeanT said:
I read today that Macron is making every single French primary schoolchild learn - and sing - the Marseillaise.JonathanD said:
He's very clever. A mix of right and left - and unashamedly patriotic.
He could be a kind of Clintonesque Reagan for France. If only we had someone as deft and smart in British politics. We are led by morons and liars, Remainers and Leavers alike.0 -
I don't know, he seems [like Blair] to be willing to buy into his own spin. Blair convinced himself he'd make a success of Iraq . . . I could foresee Macron being arrogant enough to think something similar if he faced a similar scenario.SeanT said:
There are similarities, but I suspect he is considerably more cunning and effective than Blair. I don't think he'd ever join something as dumb as Dubya's Iraq invasion, for instance.Philip_Thompson said:
He reminds me a lot of Blair.SeanT said:
I read today that Macron is making every single French primary schoolchild learn - and sing - the Marseillaise.JonathanD said:
He's very clever. A mix of right and left - and unashamedly patriotic.
He could be a kind of Clintonesque Reagan for France. If only we had someone as deft and smart in British politics. We are led by morons and liars, Remainers and Leavers alike.0 -
Tissue_Price said:
Not quite. It is a topical clue.JonnyJimmy said:
Does that start with si? Or is?Tissue_Price said:
If French roll over he may be blamed (6)JonnyJimmy said:I've skimmed through comments and don't think anyone got the clues I posted earlier so I'm going to post them again, follow by solutions
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Have you been following the World Cup at all?JonnyJimmy said:Tissue_Price said:
Not quite. It is a topical clue.JonnyJimmy said:
Does that start with si? Or is?Tissue_Price said:
If French roll over he may be blamed (6)JonnyJimmy said:I've skimmed through comments and don't think anyone got the clues I posted earlier so I'm going to post them again, follow by solutions
I'm stuck..0 -
If you need to convince yourself that Macron isn't that much like Blair, just imagine how Macron would have handled being undermined by Gordon Brown.0
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And yet Blair won three election victories with never less than a convincing majority and was arguably the single politician who tried to keep the West together, before we deteriorated into a bunch of squabbling children.The_Apocalypse said:This. Macron is the French Tony Blair. We know how that situation ended (Blair has 76% disapproval rating as of June).
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Labour's solution is always to spend more money. Considering that Labour bequeathed the Tories a £175 billion deficit and a significant deficit in the MoD accounts . . . what else were the Tories supposed to do?DecrepitJohnL said:
The French. Labour really ought to be making more of the Tories' decimation of the armed forces. Since Labour left office, the Conservatives have axed 20,000 soldiers -- one fifth of the army, with similar cuts to airmen and sailors. CCHQ likes to use the nuclear question to attack Labour but the scale of cuts has been so great that most voters, especially Conservative voters, will be shocked. And that's just personnel: ships and planes have also vanished,NickPalmer said:
Remember the moment in GE2017 when Corbyn challenged May over police cuts? As Karl Rove advised George Bush: attack your opponent's perceived strengths.
The Tories have maintained spending on the MoD at the NATO 2% threshold and yes there have been cuts that nobody would want in an ideal world. But Labour didn't bequeath an ideal world, they left a disastrous mess that had to be cleaned up.0 -
Bring it on. He hasn't the numbers and he knows it.surby said:
The suicide option is on.TheScreamingEagles said:Jacob Rees-Mogg
Theresa May must keep her Brexit customs union promise or risk being overthrown by Tory MPs.
At Chequers, the Prime Minister must stick to her "no deal is better than a bad deal" mantra, or risk splitting the Conservative Party like Sir Robert Peel
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/07/01/history-bodes-tory-prime-minister-defies-party-theresa-may/0 -
Oh, a world cup clue.. I am following but still none the wiser!Tissue_Price said:
Have you been following the World Cup at all?JonnyJimmy said:Tissue_Price said:
Not quite. It is a topical clue.JonnyJimmy said:
Does that start with si? Or is?Tissue_Price said:
If French roll over he may be blamed (6)JonnyJimmy said:I've skimmed through comments and don't think anyone got the clues I posted earlier so I'm going to post them again, follow by solutions
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And yet, despite winning three elections with convincing majorities, and ‘trying to hold the West together’ he is now a politically toxic figure. He’s arguably a big reason as to why we have both Brexit and Corbyn.viewcode said:
And yet Blair won three election victories with never less than a convincing majority and was arguably the single politician who tried to keep the West together, before we deteriorated into a bunch of squabbling children.The_Apocalypse said:This. Macron is the French Tony Blair. We know how that situation ended (Blair has 76% disapproval rating as of June).
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One would have to have a heart of stone not to laugh as Brexiteer fantasy merchants meet reality.TheScreamingEagles said:0 -
"Si roll" over = Lloris [semi-&lit.]JonnyJimmy said:
Oh, a world cup clue.. I am following vu still none the wiser!Tissue_Price said:
Have you been following the World Cup at all?JonnyJimmy said:Tissue_Price said:
Not quite. It is a topical clue.JonnyJimmy said:
Does that start with si? Or is?Tissue_Price said:
If French roll over he may be blamed (6)JonnyJimmy said:I've skimmed through comments and don't think anyone got the clues I posted earlier so I'm going to post them again, follow by solutions
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I remember when the Manchester attack happened during the GE2017 I assumed that it would lead to an instinctive swing to the Tories or at least halt the modest improvement that Labour was having at the time. But I think if anything it helped Labour. I think that maybe those of us old enough to remember the cold war are a bit out of date about defence compared to younger voters. Rockets and tanks might be a good way to prevent an invasion, but dealing with terrorism needs softer skills.DecrepitJohnL said:
The French. Labour really ought to be making more of the Tories' decimation of the armed forces. Since Labour left office, the Conservatives have axed 20,000 soldiers -- one fifth of the army, with similar cuts to airmen and sailors. CCHQ likes to use the nuclear question to attack Labour but the scale of cuts has been so great that most voters, especially Conservative voters, will be shocked. And that's just personnel: ships and planes have also vanished,NickPalmer said:
Remember the moment in GE2017 when Corbyn challenged May over police cuts? As Karl Rove advised George Bush: attack your opponent's perceived strengths.0 -
Ah nice! I was going for a word, but that's really goodTissue_Price said:
"Si roll" over = Lloris [semi-&lit.]JonnyJimmy said:
Oh, a world cup clue.. I am following vu still none the wiser!Tissue_Price said:
Have you been following the World Cup at all?JonnyJimmy said:Tissue_Price said:
Not quite. It is a topical clue.JonnyJimmy said:
Does that start with si? Or is?Tissue_Price said:
If French roll over he may be blamed (6)JonnyJimmy said:I've skimmed through comments and don't think anyone got the clues I posted earlier so I'm going to post them again, follow by solutions
I'm stuck..0 -
There not much to do on drug prices.rkrkrk said:Nice thread header. Tax deductible savings accounts will only ever be a very small part of the picture i think. Even in Singapore i think they are something like 10% of THE. I'm wary of expanding the amount of tax free savings when we already have such generous ISA allowances.
I think drug prices are an area that can be squeezed a bit. I think the current medical trials model is skewed towards expensive innovations and misses some things that could save money. But overall i think its normal that as a society ages, and becomes wealthier, that we would spend more money on health. We don't have to be scared of that.
U.K. Gx prices are among the lowest in the developed world. NICE is tough on pharmacoeconomics. In any event they are only around 12% of the budget
Inevitably it’s staff costs that are the biggest piece0
