What's the 3rd most populated island in the British Isles?
A: Portsea Island (beating the Isle of Wight on population)
That's a great question.
If you want to ask the same thing in a different way you can also ask 'What's the UK's only Island City?' - to which the answer is Portsmouth - but that way you have issues with people asking what the definition of 'island city' is (No, Holyhead is not a city, No, Ely isn't technically on an island despite the 'isle of ely' name), as well as it being easier to guess as you just have to think of coastal cities that might plausibly be on an island.
Firstly, Germany (stupidly IMO) reserves a second dose when someone has the first. That means that - given the optimal 12 week gap - you pretty much guarantee at least half of all AZ vaccines will be unused early in the roll out.
Secondly, there will always be vaccines in the supply chain that have been recieved but not reached distribution centres.
Yes, Germany's roll out of AZ has been appalling, as has France's. But the numbers aren't quite as bad as they look.
And I also don't think that demanding that companies break contractual arrangements is the smartest thing to do right now.
Isn't that also a their own fault though, reserving half of the doses for 12 weeks seems pointless.
As I said, "stupidly IMO"
The point I was making was this is not entirely due to them rubbishing the AZ vaccine, and suffering the consequences, which is what one immediately thinks from readingthe Adam Tooze and Rob Ford tweets.
What's the 3rd most populated island in the British Isles?
A: Portsea Island (beating the Isle of Wight on population)
That's a great question.
If you want to ask the same thing in a different way you can also ask 'What's the UK's only Island City?' - to which the answer is Portsmouth - but that way you have issues with people asking what the definition of 'island city' is (No, Holyhead is not a city, No, Ely isn't technically an island), as well as it being easier to guess as you just have to think of coastal cities that might plausibly be on an island.
I love it how you put it, and it's backed by Google, which shouldn't matter, but will if there's the inevitable stewards enquiry!
Firstly, Germany (stupidly IMO) reserves a second dose when someone has the first. That means that - given the optimal 12 week gap - you pretty much guarantee at least half of all AZ vaccines will be unused early in the roll out.
Secondly, there will always be vaccines in the supply chain that have been recieved but not reached distribution centres.
Yes, Germany's roll out of AZ has been appalling, as has France's. But the numbers aren't quite as bad as they look.
And I also don't think that demanding that companies break contractual arrangements is the smartest thing to do right now.
Isn't that also a their own fault though, reserving half of the doses for 12 weeks seems pointless.
As I said, "stupidly IMO"
The point I was making was this is not entirely due to them rubbishing the AZ vaccine, and suffering the consequences, which is what one immediately thinks from readingthe Adam Tooze and Rob Ford tweets.
Yes but I'd say the majority of it is due to their rubbishing of the vaccine. France are planning a PR war to reverse that perception, Germany will have to do the same.
In both countries the media have been running scare stories on side effects based on a partial reporting of UK data on it. The scepticism has taken root over it and now it's going to be really difficult to unwind.
If you wanted a more obscure question, you could go for ‘how many Prime Ministers have been Irish?’
But it’s rather a complicated answer and depends a bit on how you count Bonar Law and Palmerston, so I would steer clear of it.
(The official answer is two, btw - Shelburne and Wellington. It was inadvisable to remind Wellington of this fact....)
I like that, but I've gone with Disraeli vs. Sarwar as a question to add a topical edge, so if I use that one I'll have to remove DLG, which I don't want to do.
Firstly, Germany (stupidly IMO) reserves a second dose when someone has the first. That means that - given the optimal 12 week gap - you pretty much guarantee at least half of all AZ vaccines will be unused early in the roll out.
Secondly, there will always be vaccines in the supply chain that have been recieved but not reached distribution centres.
Yes, Germany's roll out of AZ has been appalling, as has France's. But the numbers aren't quite as bad as they look.
And I also don't think that demanding that companies break contractual arrangements is the smartest thing to do right now.
I mentioned before that Polish and German friends are getting anti-AZN statements from *doctors*
Some of it is anti-vax grade stuff - "AZN *causes* variants in the virus"...
That's really quite scary.
But here's the good news. CV19 seems designed to shake people out of anti-vax shit.
Some places will be back to normal in eight to ten weeks, and others won't. We're seeing the headlines in German newspapers already, and it's going to get more and more pronounced.
Simply, being anti-vax is going to seriously negatively affect you (and your country).
If you wanted a more obscure question, you could go for ‘how many Prime Ministers have been Irish?’
But it’s rather a complicated answer and depends a bit on how you count Bonar Law and Palmerston, so I would steer clear of it.
(The official answer is two, btw - Shelburne and Wellington. It was inadvisable to remind Wellington of this fact....)
I like that, but I've gone with Disraeli vs. Sarwar as a question to add a topical edge, so if I use that one I'll have to remove DLG, which I don't want to do.
The idea that Jewishness means ethnic minority is contentious at best so you might want to steer clear. Disraeli was not religiously Jewish as the family had previously converted.
Which is the only football league club to have won a Rugby League Championship?
Had to look that up - is it Bradford PA?
Bradford City. As Manningham, the original champions. PA were also originally a rugby club. Both later switched to football. Manningham changed their name to get bigger crowds. Perhaps a better question might be which in sport did Bradford City win a national championship?
Which is the only football league club to have won a Rugby League Championship?
Had to look that up - is it Bradford PA?
Bradford City. As Manningham, the original champions. PA were also originally a rugby club. Both later switched to football. Manningham changed their name to get bigger crowds. Perhaps a better question might be which in sport did Bradford City win a national championship?
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
Which is the only football league club to have won a Rugby League Championship?
Had to look that up - is it Bradford PA?
Bradford City. As Manningham, the original champions. PA were also originally a rugby club. Both later switched to football. Manningham changed their name to get bigger crowds. Perhaps a better question might be which in sport did Bradford City win a national championship?
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
We are just getting into the zone where the *cases* for the will start cratering for the wrinkles
Note the faster descent for 85+ and 75-84 in the last graph.
Which is the only football league club to have won a Rugby League Championship?
Had to look that up - is it Bradford PA?
Bradford City. As Manningham, the original champions. PA were also originally a rugby club. Both later switched to football. Manningham changed their name to get bigger crowds. Perhaps a better question might be which in sport did Bradford City win a national championship?
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
Remember that a lot of higher-risk people in lower age bands have been vaccinated too.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
Remember that a lot of higher-risk people in lower age bands have been vaccinated too.
And also that cases are the better indicator here - because admissions and (especially) deaths are such a lagging indicator.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Trump could be as influential on the GOP as Thatcher was after her fall from power, even if he does not run again his endorsement will be key for whoever gets the nomination as Thatcher's endorsement was to Major, Hague and IDS when they won the Tory leadership
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
Remember that a lot of higher-risk people in lower age bands have been vaccinated too.
Plus lag. We have single dosed nearly 20 million people, but many won’t have had a lot of time to develop significant immunity, and then not get infected, if that makes sense. It’s also set against the effects of the lockdown, so cases are falling for every group. The key stats to watch are deaths and hospitalisation. I think soon we will be at quite low deaths, and once the current tranche of patients exit hospital, the Covid wards will scale back significantly.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Christian Vieri was a decent all rounder (he grew up in Oz). He was asked at a presser who his sporting hero was. Told bemused Italian journalists about Allan Border at great length.
Edit. I give up. @tlg86 is all over me with the quick tap penalties.
Christian Vieri was a decent all rounder (he grew up in Oz). He was asked at a presser who his sporting hero was. Told bemused Italian journalists about Allan Border at great length.
Edit. I give up. @tlg86 is all over me with the quick tap penalties.
Sorry! I actually didn't know about this until this week.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
You can see that she might think that she never really got a chance.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
You can see that she might think that she never really got a chance.
Err, no! She was PM with a majority and voluntarily gave it up.
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
Remember that a lot of higher-risk people in lower age bands have been vaccinated too.
True. But I would have expected 'cases' among the oldies to have declined almost to nothing, in comparison to the others. I would expect almost all cases now to be among the under 65s. Instead of which decline among the oldies has been by a bit more - but not an overwhelming amount more - than other age groups.
The decline in the oldies - hasn't been as much as one might have imagined. I want to believe the vaccine is working - but I'm struggling to see *that* much difference in decline between the vaccinated and unvaccinated sections of the population. Can anyone reassure me?
Remember that a lot of higher-risk people in lower age bands have been vaccinated too.
True. But I would have expected 'cases' among the oldies to have declined almost to nothing, in comparison to the others. I would expect almost all cases now to be among the under 65s. Instead of which decline among the oldies has been by a bit more - but not an overwhelming amount more - than other age groups.
The oldies will mount a lower response to the jab as their immune system is less good. The effect will come through.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
You can see that she might think that she never really got a chance.
Err, no! She was PM with a majority and voluntarily gave it up.
Sure. but there's no doubt that external factors were far more important.
Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters?
Neither. There’s no ideology; just an idol at whose feet they worship.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/man-who-refused-bow/618156/ ... “I don’t have a constitutional duty to defend against a guy that is a jerk and maybe says some things I don’t like,” Kinzinger told me, explaining what had pushed him to finally break with the president. “I do when he’s getting ready to destroy democracy—and we saw that culminate on January 6th.”
This was the sort of language a number of Republicans used in the immediate aftermath of the riot. “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on January 13. But by the end of the month, McCarthy was traveling hat in hand to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump.
“I was really pissed—I wasn’t surprised, but I was really upset,” Kinzinger said. “And to have seen it in just such a short amount of time go from ‘Donald Trump bears blame’ to ‘I’m going to go down and kiss the ring’ because you want to win your speakership. I mean, really? It’s that important? For what?”...
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
Gordon Brown and John Major kept their own counsel. Mr Heath, Mrs Thatcher and Tony Blair, not so much.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
You can see that she might think that she never really got a chance.
Err, no! She was PM with a majority and voluntarily gave it up.
Although she didn’t have a majority. She needlessly lost 13 seats at the 2017 General Election and lost the majority she had inherited.
She was forced into a supply and demand coalition with the unionists.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
You can see that she might think that she never really got a chance.
Err, no! She was PM with a majority and voluntarily gave it up.
Although she didn’t have a majority. She needlessly lost 13 seats at the 2017 General Election and lost the majority she had inherited.
She was forced into a supply and demand coalition with the unionists.
Sorry, I meant she gave up the majority by calling the election.
What must really annoy her is that things could not have worked out so well for Boris without that election.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
Most ex PMs have in recent years had the quiet dignity to leave the political scene behind.
Sadly not Theresa May.
Gordon Brown and John Major kept their own counsel. Mr Heath, Mrs Thatcher and Tony Blair, not so much.
Brown is happy to pontificate wherever they'll have him.
Cameron has done very well to keep quiet (Given the special Brexit circumstances).
Heath was very quiet, Thatcher, given the circumstances, astonishingly so. Major never really had that much to say anyway.
Dont know if this has been mentioned before but Starmer saying it was terrible Serco was paying dividend was stupid and arrogant as well. With universal pension schemes for all employment many low paid workers will have shares in it for a start and secondly why shoudn't it pay a dividend? Thats what private companies do. If he thinks they messed up track and trace then say they should be sued for it not attack the completely normal way private companies give cash back to shareholders
What decade saw the last US Civil War pension paid?
Presumably a late marriage to a young bride or possibly a war widow.
I think the year is 2016 (according to toptenz on youtube- 10 facts that will seem wrong (or something like that ) ) a kid of a young wife of a veteren.
Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters?
Neither. There’s no ideology; just an idol at whose feet they worship.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/man-who-refused-bow/618156/ ... “I don’t have a constitutional duty to defend against a guy that is a jerk and maybe says some things I don’t like,” Kinzinger told me, explaining what had pushed him to finally break with the president. “I do when he’s getting ready to destroy democracy—and we saw that culminate on January 6th.”
This was the sort of language a number of Republicans used in the immediate aftermath of the riot. “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on January 13. But by the end of the month, McCarthy was traveling hat in hand to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump.
“I was really pissed—I wasn’t surprised, but I was really upset,” Kinzinger said. “And to have seen it in just such a short amount of time go from ‘Donald Trump bears blame’ to ‘I’m going to go down and kiss the ring’ because you want to win your speakership. I mean, really? It’s that important? For what?”...
Quite - is dignity worth that much, even if you don't have any actual values?
Christian Vieri was a decent all rounder (he grew up in Oz). He was asked at a presser who his sporting hero was. Told bemused Italian journalists about Allan Border at great length.
Edit. I give up. @tlg86 is all over me with the quick tap penalties.
Sorry! I actually didn't know about this until this week.
Check Wikipedia, but IIRC I'm sure a number of the big historic Italian football teams were founded in part as cricket clubs. Genoa and AC spring to mind.
Agreed. We are boring and actually quite shit. Surprised more people haven’t realised this.
The box kick....again and again and again....today wasn't the worst for that, but since the WC, that has been England's gameplan.
It’s predictable and dull.
Eddie Jones most go. We are a dour team.
England on field are clearly leaderless / thickos....today it was absolutely crystal clear old French ref would give a penalty against the defending team for merely breathing on the opposition player, so it was vitally important to be the ones with the ball as much as possible. What did England do, kicccccccccckkkkkkk.....rather than go through the phases for a couple of minutes, until old Pierre the ref decided he hadn't been involved.enough and finds a penalty.
What decade saw the last US Civil War pension paid?
The last Union pensioner was Albert Woolson who died in 1956, but that was not the end of Civil War pensions. The last known widow died in 2008 and there were still at least two dependents receiving benefits in 2012.
Christian Vieri was a decent all rounder (he grew up in Oz). He was asked at a presser who his sporting hero was. Told bemused Italian journalists about Allan Border at great length.
Edit. I give up. @tlg86 is all over me with the quick tap penalties.
Sorry! I actually didn't know about this until this week.
Check Wikipedia, but IIRC I'm sure a number of the big historic Italian football teams were founded in part as cricket clubs. Genoa and AC spring to mind.
Indeed (apologies my edit button still just greys everything).
Justin incoming in 5...4...3....2...1....to tell.us it is still a good poll for Labour because of a similar situation in 1894.
SKS fans please explain
Labour going backward in every poll.
Dont blame me I voted Nandy (DBMIVN)
Its far from over for Gordon Brittas lookalikey....Boris is still useless and COVID has cost the country a small fortune and the economic fallout will scar the nation for years to come.
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The point I was making was this is not entirely due to them rubbishing the AZ vaccine, and suffering the consequences, which is what one immediately thinks from readingthe Adam Tooze and Rob Ford tweets.
But it’s rather a complicated answer and depends a bit on how you count Bonar Law and Palmerston, so I would steer clear of it.
(The official answer is two, btw - Shelburne and Wellington. It was inadvisable to remind Wellington of this fact....)
In both countries the media have been running scare stories on side effects based on a partial reporting of UK data on it. The scepticism has taken root over it and now it's going to be really difficult to unwind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtHvetGnOdM
But here's the good news. CV19 seems designed to shake people out of anti-vax shit.
Some places will be back to normal in eight to ten weeks, and others won't. We're seeing the headlines in German newspapers already, and it's going to get more and more pronounced.
Simply, being anti-vax is going to seriously negatively affect you (and your country).
Perhaps a better question might be which in sport did Bradford City win a national championship?
https://twitter.com/nick_clark/status/1365629580460118021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_(Park_Avenue)_A.F.C.#Rugby_football
Hence not Milano.
Quite a lot of football clubs formed around railway works. Not many as successful as Newton Heath though.
What sort of council thinks that a bench is so dangerous?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_C.F.C.
Note the faster descent for 85+ and 75-84 in the last graph.
The question of what to do with ex-leaders is a hardy perennial for political parties everywhere.
The Conservatives have John Major, William Hague, Iain Duncan-Smith, Michael Howard, David Cameron and Theresa May in their ex-leaders club and they have certainly played very different roles since ceasing to be leader whether in support of or criticising the current leadership.
Labour have Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn and that's not been problem-free either.
It's easier when the ex-leader never got to the top job but when you have a former Prime Minister and Cabinet colleague behind you (as Thatcher had with Heath and Johnson does with May), it's even more problematic as the former Prime Minister is able to bring their own gravitas to the subject.
So much depends on whether the party itself has moved on - seven years after her departure, Thatcher's endorsement of William Hague proved significant in 1997. She had a much longer shadow over the Party than Blair or Brown had on Labour.
Indeed, parties are often very quick to move on from some leaders as the mood of the party changes abruptly but in the case of the GOP let's not forget the wounds are still open and the body warm. In 1990, some Conservative associations threatened to deselect MPs who voted against Thatcher but a more pragmatic approach prevailed. Has the GOP got any sense of pragmatism or is ideological purity all that matters? In a sense, that's the difference between a party and a faction.
It's the same question all parties confront - what is the price of power?
I know a few clubs do go tours to Italy to play against Italian sides.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_cricket_team
Sadly not Theresa May.
https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2022977
Of course, the censors were very much more worried about Delilah's fair-skinned child, and the encouragement of "miscegnation".
He was asked at a presser who his sporting hero was.
Told bemused Italian journalists about Allan Border at great length.
Edit. I give up. @tlg86 is all over me with the quick tap penalties.
I'm no May fan.
There’s no ideology; just an idol at whose feet they worship.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/man-who-refused-bow/618156/
... “I don’t have a constitutional duty to defend against a guy that is a jerk and maybe says some things I don’t like,” Kinzinger told me, explaining what had pushed him to finally break with the president. “I do when he’s getting ready to destroy democracy—and we saw that culminate on January 6th.”
This was the sort of language a number of Republicans used in the immediate aftermath of the riot. “The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said on January 13. But by the end of the month, McCarthy was traveling hat in hand to Mar-a-Lago to meet with Trump.
“I was really pissed—I wasn’t surprised, but I was really upset,” Kinzinger said. “And to have seen it in just such a short amount of time go from ‘Donald Trump bears blame’ to ‘I’m going to go down and kiss the ring’ because you want to win your speakership. I mean, really? It’s that important? For what?”...
She was forced into a supply and demand coalition with the unionists.
What must really annoy her is that things could not have worked out so well for Boris without that election.
Cameron has done very well to keep quiet (Given the special Brexit circumstances).
Heath was very quiet, Thatcher, given the circumstances, astonishingly so. Major never really had that much to say anyway.
Blair - history has been unkind.
What decade saw the last US Civil War pension paid?
Get rid of one dimensional Eddie Jones.
RFU, make that call to Shaun Edwards!
This question'll help.
Utah has the highest proportion of Mormons of any US states. What are numbers two and three?
Eddie Jones most go. We are a dour team.
Labour = England
https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/how-italy-s-football-giants-began-as-cricket-clubs
https://twitter.com/cymrocarn/status/1365754461050843137?s=21
Maybe it's an early batch. Good news, nonetheless.
(The Swiss plant is due to reach 800,000 doses per day by the end of April.)
Labour going backward in every poll.
Dont blame me I voted Nandy (DBMIVN)