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And surrounds according to Hancock but do not ask me how they decide the outer limitsdixiedean said:So does this only apply to the City of Leicester?
If so, this appears to be a good way of spreading the virus to the suburbs and surrounding areas pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops.
If you don't stop people moving around you can't control an outbreak.0 -
Apparently the fact that different people within the Labour party are for and against it goes to prove to Scott that the government is all over the place.RobD said:
It is probably a marvelous idea when done by the Germans.Floater said:
So, give us your answerScott_xP said:
So they'll go to fast food outlets further awayMarqueeMark said:The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.
So close the outlets down?
It's a genius plan
The joys of Brexit derangement syndrome
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Yes, everybody's doin' it. Disassociating from Trumpsky, that is.Scott_xP said:0 -
No, the difference between local and national politics.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Contradiction seems to be the order of the dayFoxy said:
The Mayor says he and the local director of Public Health have not been informed about basic stuff like postcodes, doesn't think it is justified, MPs thinking it was too slow.another_richard said:
So some of Leicester Labour are saying that the government has acted too quickly and some of Leicester Labour are saying that the government hasn't acted quickly enough.Scott_xP said:0 -
Dressed better.Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
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Ah Alastair. Welcome back.1
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It makes you think the Government haven't completely fucked this up?Floater said:The joys of Brexit derangement syndrome
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/12776435140300513310 -
Aren't the ads tailored to you? (Probably badly tailored, I accept.)SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!1 -
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=210 -
It includes several contiguous suburbs, and "non essential travel" in and out is banned.dixiedean said:So does this only apply to the City of Leicester?
If so, this appears to be a good way of spreading the virus to the suburbs and surrounding areas pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops.
If you don't stop people moving around you can't control an outbreak.
Leicester schools break for summer earlier than most of the UK, by a week or so. Indeed during "Leeicester fortnight" used to get cheaper holidays and meet up with Glaswegians as they break early too.0 -
Except the Mayor will carry the cam while an MP can get away with italex_ said:
Given a choice between who knows more about a city - the Mayor or its MPs - i would go with the Mayor every time.Foxy said:
The Mayor says he and the local director of Public Health have not been informed about basic stuff like postcodes, doesn't think it is justified, MPs thinking it was too slow.another_richard said:
So some of Leicester Labour are saying that the government has acted too quickly and some of Leicester Labour are saying that the government hasn't acted quickly enough.Scott_xP said:0 -
What’s stopping everyone catching a twenty minute train to Nottingham so they can go down the pub on Saturday? Better pubs in Nottingham anyway!Foxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?0 -
The AR platform is at least unpretentious - but is it pretentious in it's unprenteniousness? The whole "I'm just an M16 vibe"?NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
The PPK in chrome is definitely a fashion faux pax.
2/10 for gun fashion sense.0 -
Like Bolton week. Which was a fortnight. We used to have 2 weeks off, go back for 2 then break for the Summer Holidays.Foxy said:
It includes several contiguous suburbs, and "non essential travel" in and out is banned.dixiedean said:So does this only apply to the City of Leicester?
If so, this appears to be a good way of spreading the virus to the suburbs and surrounding areas pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops.
If you don't stop people moving around you can't control an outbreak.
Leicester schools break for summer earlier than most of the UK, by a week or so. Indeed during "Leeicester fortnight" used to get cheaper holidays and meet up with Glaswegians as they break early too.
Will anyone obey this non-essential travel? Who will enforce it and how?0 -
It wasn’t passing. They had gone through the gate of a private garden. Goodness knows where it was going.Big_G_NorthWales said:
The video I saw was a protest passing but standing with that kind of weaponry on display is sickening, but then this is the US of Donald TrumpCharles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
(But pulling guns was daft.)0 -
A CFO would have been locked up.Malmesbury said:
I've heard it described as like a credit card - fine to transfer small amounts in time (for short periods). Start living off it....Charles said:
Accounting.MightyAlex said:Please help a simpleton out. Presuming the government can borrow at lower rates than private institutions what is the point of the assorted PFI schemes.
The debt is still owed right? Its just shuffled around a little.
Under Major it was a slightly theoretical way of bringing the private sector into operating contracts for assets that couldn’t be sold (a type of privatisation) but was pretty small scale
Brown saw it as a way to spend more than he promised to because someone else paid the upfront and then made oodles of cash for years to come.
There was a company that tried that in the private sector. It was called Enron. I wonder what happened to them?
Brown spent money but claimed it wasn’t part of the national debt therefore he was living within his budget1 -
Was it the mob taking the photograph?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
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Bizarre. Pretty much every shop has reopened on my local high street in suburban London. Assumed that was the case everywhere.Foxy said:
Not really. Hardly any shops have reopened already, even though they could. The Asian community are rarely pubgoer.ABZ said:
@Foxy Do you see value in this? I'd guess it's very precautionary to make sure numbers come down rapidly...Foxy said:
Yes, in the city everyone is a minority.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Does Leicester have an above average BAME populationFoxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?
There has been no increase in inpatient admissions.
It will make my drive to work a bit quieter again, I suppose, and frighten off the patients that we have gradually enticed back.0 -
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?0 -
Has Soulsby produced any sort of action plan himself ?Foxy said:
The Mayor says he and the local director of Public Health have not been informed about basic stuff like postcodes, doesn't think it is justified, MPs thinking it was too slow.another_richard said:
So some of Leicester Labour are saying that the government has acted too quickly and some of Leicester Labour are saying that the government hasn't acted quickly enough.Scott_xP said:
Simply saying that action isn't necessary can be construed as being lax if other people are demanding action.0 -
Not around here, and Gloucestershire doesn't have much of the bug.Anabobazina said:
Bizarre. Pretty much every shop has reopened on my local high street in suburban London. Assumed that was the case everywhere.Foxy said:
Not really. Hardly any shops have reopened already, even though they could. The Asian community are rarely pubgoer.ABZ said:
@Foxy Do you see value in this? I'd guess it's very precautionary to make sure numbers come down rapidly...Foxy said:
Yes, in the city everyone is a minority.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Does Leicester have an above average BAME populationFoxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?
There has been no increase in inpatient admissions.
It will make my drive to work a bit quieter again, I suppose, and frighten off the patients that we have gradually enticed back.0 -
Plenty of nice pubs in the county of Leics. No need to travel to Shottingham.Anabobazina said:
What’s stopping everyone catching a twenty minute train to Nottingham so they can go down the pub on Saturday? Better pubs in Nottingham anyway!Foxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?0 -
Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
Guido?Charles said:
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?0 -
Some of these BLM protests have got violent. People have been beaten very badly. Some have died, on both sidesNickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
Maybe more relevantly, In this same city, St Louis, on this same day - two days ago - this happened.
https://twitter.com/CMartinForMO/status/1277299606699851777?s=20
Now, the tweeter might be lying, but the video looks quite plausible
So if these protesters - as is ALLEGED - walked into your private gated community, what would you do? Just hope they are peaceful?
I'm not sure British people realise how venomous this is getting in America. And of course America has the 2nd Amendment.
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A friend works in private banking - the stories he tells me, convince me that 90% of the allegedly wealth actually own 1% of their apparent assets.Charles said:
A CFO would have been locked up.Malmesbury said:
I've heard it described as like a credit card - fine to transfer small amounts in time (for short periods). Start living off it....Charles said:
Accounting.MightyAlex said:Please help a simpleton out. Presuming the government can borrow at lower rates than private institutions what is the point of the assorted PFI schemes.
The debt is still owed right? Its just shuffled around a little.
Under Major it was a slightly theoretical way of bringing the private sector into operating contracts for assets that couldn’t be sold (a type of privatisation) but was pretty small scale
Brown saw it as a way to spend more than he promised to because someone else paid the upfront and then made oodles of cash for years to come.
There was a company that tried that in the private sector. It was called Enron. I wonder what happened to them?
Brown spent money but claimed it wasn’t part of the national debt therefore he was living within his budget
Bricks of credit cards rotating the balances, mortgages on top of mortgage.
Then they come in and want to borrow more. To live on....0 -
For $20 you can buy a mask from Joe's campaign with "BIDEN" emblazoned on the front. In blue, of course! AND for every one purchased, Biden campaign is donating one un-branded mask to a "worthy organization" which I presume is NOT the Republican Party.rottenborough said:0 -
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I see lots of..... betting adverts.Charles said:
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?0 -
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).0 -
Funnily enough last time I was in the US we had a gun aimed at us by a lady on her porch because we'd trespassed on her land. Hadn't done it on purpose, of course; we were walking a dog for friends and didn't realise we were on her land.Charles said:
It wasn’t passing. They had gone through the gate of a private garden. Goodness knows where it was going.Big_G_NorthWales said:
The video I saw was a protest passing but standing with that kind of weaponry on display is sickening, but then this is the US of Donald TrumpCharles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
(But pulling guns was daft.)
Scary thing about that kind of situation is that you're never entirely sure the idiot holding the gun isn't going to shoot.
This happened in upper NY State, near Lake Placid. Not exactly the wild west.0 -
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=200 -
I'm now getting ads for pillows. What's caused that?Malmesbury said:
I see lots of..... betting adverts.Charles said:
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?0 -
Many are still closed here - many cafes and restaurants are having a rip-out-and-rebuild.Anabobazina said:
Bizarre. Pretty much every shop has reopened on my local high street in suburban London. Assumed that was the case everywhere.Foxy said:
Not really. Hardly any shops have reopened already, even though they could. The Asian community are rarely pubgoer.ABZ said:
@Foxy Do you see value in this? I'd guess it's very precautionary to make sure numbers come down rapidly...Foxy said:
Yes, in the city everyone is a minority.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Does Leicester have an above average BAME populationFoxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?
There has been no increase in inpatient admissions.
It will make my drive to work a bit quieter again, I suppose, and frighten off the patients that we have gradually enticed back.
Laugh at this - the charity shops are nearly all closed. Why you ask? Well, it is hard to get volunteers to work in a shop at the moment. And the charities don't want to pay for full staff for the shops - they normally cut the hours of the paid staff by padding it out with the volunteers.0 -
Don't worry "FDR" Johnson is launching his "New Deal" in Dudley tomorrow.Scott_xP said:
It makes you think the Government haven't completely fucked this up?Floater said:The joys of Brexit derangement syndrome
https://twitter.com/faisalislam/status/1277643514030051331
Johnson comparing himself to Roosevelt perhaps.demonstrates that Covid-19 might affect one's self-awareness.0 -
rottenborough said:
Will they be open?Foxy said:
Plenty of nice pubs in the county of Leics. No need to travel to Shottingham.Anabobazina said:
What’s stopping everyone catching a twenty minute train to Nottingham so they can go down the pub on Saturday? Better pubs in Nottingham anyway!Foxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?0 -
The theoretical point of PFI was that it would allow risk sharing. Say there was demand for a bridge in East London. A firm would build and operate the bridge, and would get paid according to how many people used it. If the bridge was less popular than expected, or the costs of building it overran, then it would be the private sector that was on the hook.MaxPB said:
It used to be an off the books liability. It isn't now so it doesn't get used.MightyAlex said:Please help a simpleton out. Presuming the government can borrow at lower rates than private institutions what is the point of the assorted PFI schemes.
The debt is still owed right? Its just shuffled around a little.
However, as @MaxPB points out, it was mostly used to hide government debt.0 -
So that woman actually faked statements by the "Cambridge Police"??!CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=200 -
I think Paul Staines owns the company that sources most of the ads for blogs in the U.K. Forget what it’s called.Benpointer said:
Guido?Charles said:
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?0 -
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
The Voyager tanker/transports mentioned in the header are prime example of why this is stupid. It's already cost more than if we'd bought them. And we are restricted in what the RAF can do with them.rcs1000 said:
The theoretical point of PFI was that it would allow risk sharing. Say there was demand for a bridge in East London. A firm would build and operate the bridge, and would get paid according to how many people used it. If the bridge was less popular than expected, or the costs of building it overran, then it would be the private sector that was on the hook.MaxPB said:
It used to be an off the books liability. It isn't now so it doesn't get used.MightyAlex said:Please help a simpleton out. Presuming the government can borrow at lower rates than private institutions what is the point of the assorted PFI schemes.
The debt is still owed right? Its just shuffled around a little.
However, as @MaxPB points out, it was mostly used to hide government debt.0 -
On topic - in US of A we've got a SERIOUS backlog re: infrastructure. If you recall, Trumpsky made a big deal about how he was going to tackle this problem - probably made the difference in Wisconsin to mention just one close 2016 outcome.
SO what's Our Fearless Leader done about it? ZILCH. Despite fact it was one Trump plank that many Democrats could support.
IF he'd even tried to act like he was interested, he MIGHT be doing a bit better than he is today. And given that the race will probably tighten a bit - but not enough for the MAGAman - by November, then any progress toward his alleged goal would have potential to maybe put him over the top.
Especially since most of the projects that could be tackled are OUTDOOR construction jobs, most of which would be possible to work on despite the pandemic. And would be helping boost the economy & employment at this critical juncture.
IF the Donald gave a rat's ass. But he don't, not one dropping's worth.0 -
Being a lawyer in St Louis is clearly quite a profitable bizanother_richard said:
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=200 -
It’s only charity shops that are closed here, everything else is open and trading seemingly well. I did wonder why the charity shops were closed. Now I know! Thanks.Malmesbury said:
Many are still closed here - many cafes and restaurants are having a rip-out-and-rebuild.Anabobazina said:
Bizarre. Pretty much every shop has reopened on my local high street in suburban London. Assumed that was the case everywhere.Foxy said:
Not really. Hardly any shops have reopened already, even though they could. The Asian community are rarely pubgoer.ABZ said:
@Foxy Do you see value in this? I'd guess it's very precautionary to make sure numbers come down rapidly...Foxy said:
Yes, in the city everyone is a minority.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Does Leicester have an above average BAME populationFoxy said:
I drive down the Humberstone rd everyday, and no sign of what you say. Where do you get your info?MarqueeMark said:
The problem seems to be large numbers of youngsters hanging around outside fast food outlets.Scott_xP said:local lockdown in Leicester
Probably means locals will move outside the area and spread it further
So close the outlets down?
There has been no increase in inpatient admissions.
It will make my drive to work a bit quieter again, I suppose, and frighten off the patients that we have gradually enticed back.
Laugh at this - the charity shops are nearly all closed. Why you ask? Well, it is hard to get volunteers to work in a shop at the moment. And the charities don't want to pay for full staff for the shops - they normally cut the hours of the paid staff by padding it out with the volunteers.0 -
She sounds nice:LadyG said:
So that woman actually faked statements by the "Cambridge Police"??!CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
https://twitter.com/Peter___Ward/status/12776502841441361990 -
I am sure someone with far more legal knowledge will say it is not as simple as that but I would imagine an effective way to stop businesses sacking employees for their political views would be to say that damages for employees sacked unlawfully for their political views should be uncapped in the same way they are for race / sex / disability etc discrimination claimsFrankBooth said:Don't usually do this but can I recommend a petition. It relates to Nick Buckley who was sacked from the charity Mancunian Way (an organisation he founded which helps disadvantaged young people) because he made some unflattering remarks about BLM on a blog post - essentially their 'marxism' will prove divisive. A few hundred people then petitioned th trustees to remove for horror of horrors, criticising BLM.
https://www.change.org/p/silent-majority-reinstate-nick-buckley-as-ceo-of-mancunian-way-charity?recruiter=false&recruited_by_id=705f7a60-b9eb-11ea-9d53-81144f3056380 -
Too much talk of bouncingScott_xP said:I thought this was a parody
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1277716726281617415
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Well, at least it keeps the tumbleweed on his head clamped down. However, methinks the PM never saw the killer GOP ad of Mike Dukakis on top of the tank with a helmet that made him look like a cartoon character?Scott_xP said:I thought this was a parody
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/12777167262816174150 -
Well, it does make her look quite mad. As does this, she tweets praise about herself in the third person, pretending to be "others" on her account. lolwilliamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
https://twitter.com/PriyamvadaGopal/status/1277509403990806528?s=200 -
In many parts of the US you can buy palatial homes for the price of a Zone 1 flat.LadyG said:
Being a lawyer in St Louis is clearly quite a profitable bizanother_richard said:
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=200 -
She has two tweets from the same fake Cambridge Police Twitter account.williamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
https://twitter.com/Peter___Ward/status/1277581103369519105?s=20
https://twitter.com/Peter___Ward/status/1277581105202450438?s=200 -
You should perhaps try and think about something other than Trump for a while. PB's personalised ads are clearly telling you something!SeaShantyIrish2 said:On topic - in US of A we've got a SERIOUS backlog re: infrastructure. If you recall, Trumpsky made a big deal about how he was going to tackle this problem - probably made the difference in Wisconsin to mention just one close 2016 outcome.
SO what's Our Fearless Leader done about it? ZILCH. Despite fact it was one Trump plank that many Democrats could support.
IF he'd even tried to act like he was interested, he MIGHT be doing a bit better than he is today. And given that the race will probably tighten a bit - but not enough for the MAGAman - by November, then any progress toward his alleged goal would have potential to maybe put him over the top.
Especially since most of the projects that could be tackled are OUTDOOR construction jobs, most of which would be possible to work on despite the pandemic. And would be helping boost the economy & employment at this critical juncture.
IF the Donald gave a rat's ass. But he don't, not one dropping's worth.0 -
This'll do wonders for the tourist trade.....
https://twitter.com/BBCHelena/status/1277718063123705856?s=200 -
Isn't it a key bit of media management to never, ever be photographed in a hat?Scott_xP said:I thought this was a parody
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/12777167262816174150 -
Buy a yacht 50m. Borrow 25m against it at very low interest rates as it is very secure. Rinse and repeatMalmesbury said:
A friend works in private banking - the stories he tells me, convince me that 90% of the allegedly wealth actually own 1% of their apparent assets.Charles said:
A CFO would have been locked up.Malmesbury said:
I've heard it described as like a credit card - fine to transfer small amounts in time (for short periods). Start living off it....Charles said:
Accounting.MightyAlex said:Please help a simpleton out. Presuming the government can borrow at lower rates than private institutions what is the point of the assorted PFI schemes.
The debt is still owed right? Its just shuffled around a little.
Under Major it was a slightly theoretical way of bringing the private sector into operating contracts for assets that couldn’t be sold (a type of privatisation) but was pretty small scale
Brown saw it as a way to spend more than he promised to because someone else paid the upfront and then made oodles of cash for years to come.
There was a company that tried that in the private sector. It was called Enron. I wonder what happened to them?
Brown spent money but claimed it wasn’t part of the national debt therefore he was living within his budget
Bricks of credit cards rotating the balances, mortgages on top of mortgage.
Then they come in and want to borrow more. To live on....
But I guess it depends which private bank your friend works at...0 -
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.0 -
So all that talk about Biden and the Democrats making strides in the Catholic vote.....LadyG said:
Some of these BLM protests have got violent. People have been beaten very badly. Some have died, on both sidesNickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
Maybe more relevantly, In this same city, St Louis, on this same day - two days ago - this happened.
https://twitter.com/CMartinForMO/status/1277299606699851777?s=20
Now, the tweeter might be lying, but the video looks quite plausible
So if these protesters - as is ALLEGED - walked into your private gated community, what would you do? Just hope they are peaceful?
I'm not sure British people realise how venomous this is getting in America. And of course America has the 2nd Amendment.0 -
And the second point is the defamatory quote, while fake, is also totally true.williamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
She was claiming they said something relevant to her case. Which they did, but it's not the account of the Cambridge police, so its likely made up.williamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
The Julius Caesar of the Woke LegionsLadyG said:
Well, it does make her look quite mad. As does this, she tweets praise about herself in the third person, pretending to be "others" on her account. lolwilliamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
https://twitter.com/PriyamvadaGopal/status/1277509403990806528?s=200 -
Profitable, no doubt. However, this land pirate has obviously NOT invested any of his filthy lucre in a basic art appreciation course. What a palace of poop!LadyG said:
Being a lawyer in St Louis is clearly quite a profitable bizanother_richard said:
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=200 -
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.0 -
Yes, I think he's got it wrong, and let her off the hook (Because she does have questions to answer)Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
But he's mixed up the fake tweets with some real tweets AND he's overdone the police angle, as williamglenn says she just got the wrong link, hardly a sacking ofence0 -
Roof will be a bugger to maintainLadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=201 -
I don't believe it is fake.CarlottaVance said:
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1276857563108331520?s=200 -
MessageSpace.Charles said:
I think Paul Staines owns the company that sources most of the ads for blogs in the U.K. Forget what it’s called.Benpointer said:
Guido?Charles said:
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?0 -
Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=200 -
Would faking a tweet count as “impersonating a police officer”?LadyG said:
So that woman actually faked statements by the "Cambridge Police"??!CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
Mafia Rococò - reminds me of a place I saw in St Lucia... The guy who owned that one was doing 25 in Club Fed. For the obvious.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Profitable, no doubt. However, this land pirate has obviously NOT invested any of his filthy lucre in a basic art appreciation course. What a palace of poop!LadyG said:
Being a lawyer in St Louis is clearly quite a profitable bizanother_richard said:
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=200 -
To me it looks like they have two twitter accounts, the Cambridge Police, and they quote each other so are both legit. This is the legit one quoting the alleged fake one.LadyG said:
Yes, I think he's got it wrong, and let her off the hook (Because she does have questions to answer)Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
But he's mixed up the fake tweets with some real tweets AND he's overdone the police angle, as williamglenn says she just got the wrong link, hardly a sacking ofence
https://twitter.com/CambsCops/status/1276863700050247683?s=200 -
Although the fake account published very specific “statements”regarding her case. Effectively she was fraudulently impersonating the policewilliamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=210 -
What strange media management.isam said:
To me it looks like they have two twitter accounts, the Cambridge Police, and they quote each other so are both legitLadyG said:
Yes, I think he's got it wrong, and let her off the hook (Because she does have questions to answer)Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
But he's mixed up the fake tweets with some real tweets AND he's overdone the police angle, as williamglenn says she just got the wrong link, hardly a sacking ofence
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I would guess traditional British-style political canvassing, knocking on doors , is absent from American elections?Peter_the_Punter said:
Funnily enough last time I was in the US we had a gun aimed at us by a lady on her porch because we'd trespassed on her land. Hadn't done it on purpose, of course; we were walking a dog for friends and didn't realise we were on her land.Charles said:
It wasn’t passing. They had gone through the gate of a private garden. Goodness knows where it was going.Big_G_NorthWales said:
The video I saw was a protest passing but standing with that kind of weaponry on display is sickening, but then this is the US of Donald TrumpCharles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
(But pulling guns was daft.)
Scary thing about that kind of situation is that you're never entirely sure the idiot holding the gun isn't going to shoot.
This happened in upper NY State, near Lake Placid. Not exactly the wild west.
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Well yes, if the local security situation is such that you are likely to find a protest march going across your front lawn any time and the only way you can feel safe is by arming yourself with heavy weaponry, property prices are likely to be a bit on the low side.williamglenn said:
In many parts of the US you can buy palatial homes for the price of a Zone 1 flat.LadyG said:
Being a lawyer in St Louis is clearly quite a profitable bizanother_richard said:
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=203 -
Ah right, thanks. Well, he's stopped bombarding me with ads for plus size bras and has moved on to pillows. Tbh I am not sure the targeting is that clever.Charles said:
I think Paul Staines owns the company that sources most of the ads for blogs in the U.K. Forget what it’s called.Benpointer said:
Guido?Charles said:
Guido controls the ads...SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
IIRC you are a (semi professional?) Democrat activist?
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Someone just had the same thought as I did -Malmesbury said:
Mafia Rococò - reminds me of a place I saw in St Lucia... The guy who owned that one was doing 25 in Club Fed. For the obvious.SeaShantyIrish2 said:
Profitable, no doubt. However, this land pirate has obviously NOT invested any of his filthy lucre in a basic art appreciation course. What a palace of poop!LadyG said:
Being a lawyer in St Louis is clearly quite a profitable bizanother_richard said:
It looks like one of the hotels SeanT visits.LadyG said:
Have you seen inside? It's quite somethingCharles said:
No. They got scared and reacted stupidly.NickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
I mean if the crowd had reacted differently they would have been absolutely f*cked.
I suspect I would have barricaded the doors and hidden. But may be I’m
a coward.
(By the way it is a monstrosity of a house).
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1277450119592521729?s=20
https://twitter.com/GlobalistWhore/status/12774515859000811530 -
I'm not sure Roosevelt turned a recession into the Great Depression but his spending didn't actually help that muchBenpointer said:Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=20
https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/
The thing that got the US out of the Great Depression was WW II0 -
The tweeter is a gun-rights-advocating, Trump loving Republican, so maybe treat with caution.MrEd said:
So all that talk about Biden and the Democrats making strides in the Catholic vote.....LadyG said:
Some of these BLM protests have got violent. People have been beaten very badly. Some have died, on both sidesNickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
Maybe more relevantly, In this same city, St Louis, on this same day - two days ago - this happened.
https://twitter.com/CMartinForMO/status/1277299606699851777?s=20
Now, the tweeter might be lying, but the video looks quite plausible
So if these protesters - as is ALLEGED - walked into your private gated community, what would you do? Just hope they are peaceful?
I'm not sure British people realise how venomous this is getting in America. And of course America has the 2nd Amendment.
But the bigger point is true, these protests are often very violent, increasingly so, and if a big march came through the gate of your house, and you were an obvious target - pink polo shirt wearing white billionaire - you can see why you might get a bit jumpy.
I agree with Charles. They got scared - and acted stupid.
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LadyG said:
I don't believe it is fake.CarlottaVance said:
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1276857563108331520?s=20
Only one of them has a Blue Tick....0 -
Can we please cancel everyone involved in that mess? Please?isam said:
To me it looks like they have two twitter accounts, the Cambridge Police, and they quote each other so are both legit. This is the legit one quoting the alleged fake one.LadyG said:
Yes, I think he's got it wrong, and let her off the hook (Because she does have questions to answer)Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
But he's mixed up the fake tweets with some real tweets AND he's overdone the police angle, as williamglenn says she just got the wrong link, hardly a sacking ofence
https://twitter.com/CambsCops/status/1276863700050247683?s=200 -
Be very interesting to see how the Leicester lockdown will work. As I write above, you can get on a train at Leicester station and be standing at the bar in Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham, in 30 minutes. So you have pretty much every pub in central Nottingham within very easy reach. If young people had been planning a pub day on Saturday, what’s stopping them doing that? Are they going to prevent people getting on the train?
Be very interesting indeed to see how it works. It’s something of a testbed for the local lockdown model.0 -
https://twitter.com/econbartleby/status/1277200745834647552?s=20MrEd said:
I'm not sure Roosevelt turned a recession into the Great Depression but his spending didn't actually help that muchBenpointer said:Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=20
https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/
The thing that got the US out of the Great Depression was WW II0 -
Incidentally I don't k ow if people saw the video of OAPs yelling at each other in Florida but the important thing about it was it wa
It is a point of faith amongst the Libertarian set that FDR caused the depression.Benpointer said:Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=20
A simple examination of the time line as to when stimulus was applied and removed by FDR and the preceding administration would show that to be utter, utter bollocks but it is a matter of absolute truth for many on the economic right.0 -
Did she explain why she's such a dope? Reminds me of the group (in Olympia, WA a few years ago) that barred White people from attending an anti-racism event.LadyG said:
Well, it does make her look quite mad. As does this, she tweets praise about herself in the third person, pretending to be "others" on her account. lolwilliamglenn said:
Rumbled? His first point hinges on her linking the wrong Twitter handle for Cambridge Police. It's hardly important.CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
https://twitter.com/PriyamvadaGopal/status/1277509403990806528?s=20
You can explain away as long as you like, but when you run out of breath, you're still down the bottom of a deep, self-dug hole.0 -
This is odd:LadyG said:
I don't believe it is fake.CarlottaVance said:
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1276857563108331520?s=20
https://twitter.com/cambscops - blue tick
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops - no blue tick0 -
Oh, they were stupid but I think I would be slightly worried as well if a mob came through that looked as though it could easily cause damage.LadyG said:
The tweeter is a gun-rights-advocating, Trump loving Republican, so maybe treat with caution.MrEd said:
So all that talk about Biden and the Democrats making strides in the Catholic vote.....LadyG said:
Some of these BLM protests have got violent. People have been beaten very badly. Some have died, on both sidesNickPalmer said:
By pulling guns? You approve?Charles said:
There was a mob on their front lawn. How should they have reacted?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Horrificwilliamglenn said:The Republicans have got a new poster couple.
https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1277628850130780160?s=21
Maybe more relevantly, In this same city, St Louis, on this same day - two days ago - this happened.
https://twitter.com/CMartinForMO/status/1277299606699851777?s=20
Now, the tweeter might be lying, but the video looks quite plausible
So if these protesters - as is ALLEGED - walked into your private gated community, what would you do? Just hope they are peaceful?
I'm not sure British people realise how venomous this is getting in America. And of course America has the 2nd Amendment.
But the bigger point is true, these protests are often very violent, increasingly so, and if a big march came through the gate of your house, and you were an obvious target - pink polo shirt wearing white billionaire - you can see why you might get a bit jumpy.
I agree with Charles. They got scared - and acted stupid.
At some point, Biden is going to have to take a stand on this and outright condemn - forcefully - the rioters.0 -
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But the other one is also real.CarlottaVance said:LadyG said:
I don't believe it is fake.CarlottaVance said:
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1276857563108331520?s=20
Only one of them has a Blue Tick....0 -
Govey, definitely not a power hungry fanatic that makes a bad situation worse.Benpointer said:Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=201 -
More like - by the yacht on £50 million loan. Then it turns out the yacht was really £40 million. £5 million was to keep the life style rolling. £5 million probably went to the yacht broker who set the whole thing up, complete with inflated price....Charles said:
Buy a yacht 50m. Borrow 25m against it at very low interest rates as it is very secure. Rinse and repeatMalmesbury said:
A friend works in private banking - the stories he tells me, convince me that 90% of the allegedly wealth actually own 1% of their apparent assets.Charles said:
A CFO would have been locked up.Malmesbury said:
I've heard it described as like a credit card - fine to transfer small amounts in time (for short periods). Start living off it....Charles said:
Accounting.MightyAlex said:Please help a simpleton out. Presuming the government can borrow at lower rates than private institutions what is the point of the assorted PFI schemes.
The debt is still owed right? Its just shuffled around a little.
Under Major it was a slightly theoretical way of bringing the private sector into operating contracts for assets that couldn’t be sold (a type of privatisation) but was pretty small scale
Brown saw it as a way to spend more than he promised to because someone else paid the upfront and then made oodles of cash for years to come.
There was a company that tried that in the private sector. It was called Enron. I wonder what happened to them?
Brown spent money but claimed it wasn’t part of the national debt therefore he was living within his budget
Bricks of credit cards rotating the balances, mortgages on top of mortgage.
Then they come in and want to borrow more. To live on....
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It is probably to spite Gary Lineker.0
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It's definitely real though - 8,000 followers and a history of very authentic tweets. No one could fake all thatrottenborough said:
This is odd:LadyG said:
I don't believe it is fake.CarlottaVance said:
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1276857563108331520?s=20
https://twitter.com/cambscops - blue tick
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops - no blue tick0 -
If its fake its quite a good job, there are pages of posts about new PCs being passed out, local crims being caught, missing dogs etc etc.LadyG said:
But the other one is also real.CarlottaVance said:LadyG said:
I don't believe it is fake.CarlottaVance said:
She says the Police are handling it and cites a fake Twitter account in support.Alistair said:
His argument is that the fake quote the Sarah Vine apologised for spreading is both fake and that it is not fake?CarlottaVance said:Fen Poly social justice warrior rumbled:
https://twitter.com/peter___ward/status/1277581100248903680?s=21
I don't quite follow.
https://twitter.com/CambridgeCops/status/1276857563108331520?s=20
Only one of them has a Blue Tick....
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Pubs showing Leicester play CP on Sky might be busy, but I suspect hard to find in Nottingham...Anabobazina said:Be very interesting to see how the Leicester lockdown will work. As I write above, you can get on a train at Leicester station and be standing at the bar in Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem, Nottingham, in 30 minutes. So you have pretty much every pub in central Nottingham within very easy reach. If young people had been planning a pub day on Saturday, what’s stopping them doing that? Are they going to prevent people getting on the train?
Be very interesting indeed to see how it works. It’s something of a testbed for the local lockdown model.0 -
Surely if Leicester is locked down, the station will be shut and trains will pass through without stopping there?Anabobazina said:ttps://twitter.com/nikkih_27/status/1277714589225046017?s=21
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Which aspect of today's lunacy are your referring to?justin124 said:It is probably to spite Gary Lineker.
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1939 being when World War II started and the US both ramped up its own preparations and started supplying goods for the Allies and benefited from large military orders, before becoming directly involved in the war in 1941. Roosevelt died in 1945. I rest my case.Benpointer said:
https://twitter.com/econbartleby/status/1277200745834647552?s=20MrEd said:
I'm not sure Roosevelt turned a recession into the Great Depression but his spending didn't actually help that muchBenpointer said:Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=20
https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/
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Have you read Jim Grant's The Forgotten Depression? It makes an excellent case for why economies bounce back quicker without intervention, than with it.MrEd said:
I'm not sure Roosevelt turned a recession into the Great Depression but his spending didn't actually help that muchBenpointer said:Got to laugh - that idiot Hannan thinks FDR caused the Depression...
https://twitter.com/DanielJHannan/status/1277188128269373441?s=20
https://fee.org/articles/fdrs-folly-how-roosevelt-and-his-new-deal-prolonged-the-great-depression/
The thing that got the US out of the Great Depression was WW II
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Others may have already have pointed this out so apologies if that is the case.SeaShantyIrish2 said:Off topic - Mike S, you say, and I'm sure sincerely, that you hate Trumpsky. Hear Hear!
BUT when I log into PB, tend to see ads for - guess who?!?!
Know you need to pay the freight, and wouldn't ask but you did use the H-word. Just wondering, aren't there enough OTHER advertisers out there? Couldn't you dump this trash over the side and sail away?
NOTE that anything to do with PB is ultimately YOUR decision. AND methinks that maybe you have little to no control over ads, esp. ones directed to right (or rather left)-thinking 'Mericans such as myself. BUT am curious, which is why I ask.
Thanks yet again & in advance for all you do for us PBers!
But the ads you see have nothing to do with the PB website and everything to do with your own browsing history, location and preferences. I have been looking at sites for buying orchard stuff the last few days so all the ads I see are basically about tree protection and netting. If I were to spend a day looking at sites for archaeology supplies then the ads I would, see would start to reflect that. It is all about the cookies on your own computer, not anything Mike prefers on the site.0
