During the four years of Trump the Republicans have lost the House, the Senate and the Presidency –
During the four years of Trump the Republicans have lost the House, the Senate and the Presidency – politicalbetting.com
Back in November 2016 when Trump won his unexpected presidential victory over Hillary Clinton the party controlled the Senate, the House of Representatives and after Obama stood down two months later the White House.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-derbyshire-55560814
Weren't Derbyshire the ones that got the drones out last March?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-51697800
"According to the report, the factories claim to be part of the supply chain for 83 well-known global brands, including Nike, Apple and Dell."
Thank God they didn't bring a Scotch egg.....
The prevailing effect is toxic on the wider public.
No obvious route out of this GOP conundrum.
SAD!
Personally, I think that would be a mistake. His conduct this last month has been completely unacceptable and dangerous to a democracy. Locking up 50 or 500 or 5000 of those naïve fools who did his bidding is not enough. It needs to be made crystal clear than even the President is not above the law and will suffer the consequences of criminal incitement and sedition. If that, in passing, destroys the political career of Ted Cruz then that is a win win for me.
If we are getting more non EU migration then that means we have made it easier for skilled non EU migrants to come here, which is a good thing; and policy.
If we are getting fewer unskilled minimum wage EU migrants on tax credits, but more skilled non EU migration then that is an improvement. It is not saying nothing has changed unless your intention is to stop migration. Is that your intention? It is not mine.
So not a breach then
The police seem absolutely determined to lose public trust.
OT but coincidentally, this is from the Speccy. Knives being sharpened?
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-johnsons-scotland-problem
J&J is the big one that could really help. One shot, no -70 million degrees. Could do 1000s and 1000s of a day via drive through.
But here's the thing. It really isn't all right.
The right is completely split in America. The party elite and the Trumpist base despise each other totally. The latter will not turn out for the former, as Georgia showed, and what follows is a hugely bitter primaries battle between the two factions ahead of 2022. When millions will not turn out again and the democrat hegemony intensifies.
Meanwhile, the Democrats will be deliberating just how much of a Jihad they want to declare on the many millions of Americans who turned out for Trump and now have zero faith in their country, its electoral system and its institutions.
Trump showed his millions of supporters a glimpse of an America they were comfortable with and where they were welcome and valuable citizens.
They are not going back to the likes of Romney. Not now. Not ever.
I can't find any serious scientific posts which confirm this. The Russians say don't drink too much before and after theirs but that's about it.
Edit; New Scientist says no problem with Pfizer vaccine.
Although I was tongue in cheek re wanting to hear a counter argument, because this has happened to me a couple of times in the last few days (I am obviously a pushover), I genuinely wanted to read a counter argument to you to see if I could be persuaded back the other way.
Oil tanker stormed by SBS was denied port access by France and Spain
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/27/oil-tanker-stormed-by-sbs-was-denied-port-access-by-france-and-spain#:~:text=Oil tanker stormed by SBS was denied port access by France and Spain,-This article is&text=An oil tanker that was,leading up to the incident.
"The Prime Minister knows that to lose Scotland would be a resigning matter. And there’s a chance he wouldn’t even be allowed to get that far: his party might not keep a leader who looked close to losing the union.
Rishi Sunak is viewed by Tory strategists as the cabinet minister with the best appeal in Scotland, outranking both Starmer and Gordon Brown among Scottish swing voters."
It creates, how shall we say "A Level Playing Field" for immigration.
They can hardly object, can they?
That makes 57m mRNA doses of approved vaccines, 100m adenovirus from AZ approved and 52m adenovirus from J&J nearing approval. Have to say our vaccine portfolio really is world beating. Hats off to the taskforce.
I wouldn't mess with the Polis.....
https://twitter.com/BigBrotherWatch/status/1347264640552759296?s=20
There is a handy "Shop a Neighbour" online form:
https://www.scotland.police.uk/secureforms/covid19/
Apart from HYUFD who isn't worried (or welcoming) of another referendum?
Maybe there's a pilot production line ready in their Swiss production line. Would be very interested to know.
So, ISIS now know that all they have to do to storm the Capitol is assemble some 10,000 white hicks wearing MAGA regalia and get their President to tell them to do it. Yeah, I can see how ISIS could replicate that at will.
If Giuliani's voicemail, intended for one of them, is anything to go by then I think there will be enough evidence to prosecute some of them too.
I hope that the only route back for the GOP lies in splitting on anti and pro-coup lines.
I fear that it won't happen and that there are too many voters willing to support it.
Remember also the Pennsylvania State Senate where the Republican majority was able to stop a Democrat from being seated. That's on the pro-coup side of the divide. Has that been resolved now?
Stuff like that.
Right now, the system could not be better designed to give the impression of fraud, even when there is none.
So suspect you are right
Let the snobbery commence.
https://twitter.com/SophiaSleigh/status/1347522499966341120
- Wait for a MAGA riot/attack on building.
- Get your guys to dress up MAGA style
- Go in with the crowd
Imagine, say the Mumbai attackers in the crowd at the Capitol. They wait until they are in....
@debs63 Its not over yet. We are waiting for the 11th hour, which I have been told is this weekend. I have been ridiculed too by my family but we can say I told you so! Winking face
7:58 AM · Jan 8, 2021·Twitter
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No wonder your family are ridiculing you Debbie. You're in Wales so he's not even your president. It's like being gutted when Mugabe was deposed.
1. ease and scale of production/availability of reagents for production
2. price
3. ease and cost of distribution
4. duration of viability in storage
5. one vs two dose requirements
As you say, what a great position to be in.
“yesterday was the worst day for the Republican Party since Lincoln’s assassination.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/after-capitol-riot-trump-officials-rush-to-keep-him-from-sparking-another-conflictat-home-or-abroad
In rank order they are:
1. Our security - the ability of China to threaten and blackmail us with superior technology in AI, cyber, embedded technology in the West etc. This is similar to the nuclear blackmail of the cold war and has superseded it. The West needs to develop competing technologies.
2. Economic - the ability of China to outcompete the West in terms of trade and use its economic muscle to threaten smaller players eg Australia. We need economic and trade alliances.
3. Human rights - we are rightly dismayed by China's treatment of its own people but we should recognise that there is very little we can do about it. The priority should be our own security.
As agreed when the UK originally pre-ordered the vaccine, supplies will begin to be delivered to the UK from spring once Moderna expands its production capability.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/01/06/europe/moderna-approval-eu-intl/index.html
Serious question.
Hopefully a short term problem now their competitors are approved.
No, this attack is a one and done.
The midterms in 2022 will be a different story, Trump will not be on the ballot or even President, if the Biden-Harris administration has a low approval rating the GOP are likely to at least retake the House on the usual midterm protest vote
In fact, we just ended up paying more for imports.
We are all quite a bit poorer than we were in early 2016.
David Herdson, Casino, DavidL, Big G and more are the Tory Unionists whose views on the subject are more realistic. I don't see any absence of concern from them.
They're all at it
An indicative referendum without Westminster approval is illegal and can be ignored.
Plus good point in that article 'But it was a rare time Nicola was off kilter,’ says a Tory MP. ‘They escalated the horrors of no deal so much that just getting a deal seemed OK, no matter what wasn’t or was in it.’
They're not designed to deter every and all forms of conflict, and nor should they be, but they are an essential part of our defensive arsenal. We have them in case a prospective aggressor calculates they could attack the UK, or our interests, directly without inviting an American response. So, they both serve to strengthen the Western alliance, which helps make our corner of the world such a safe and peaceful one, and our own hard power.
I know others have equally strong views on this, but count me out from the unilateralists please. It's an ultimate insurance policy that I'm happy to have - and pay for - and helps me sleep soundly at night.
They have put this family at risk.
I am of the opinion that there will be other angry crowd gatherings with the same potential.
As you say, what happens next depends on the response.