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FPT: Mr. Llama, sadly I was late getting my glasses, so my eyes were screwed and have since worsened (I'm unable to read without them, and can't see my fingernails about a foot away).
It was Yes, Prime Minister, then, because the book was red. And yes, I did read a lot at night with a torch under the covers.0 -
Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak 43s
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why0 -
Laura Kuenssberg ✔ @bbclaurak
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
Ross Hawkins @rosschawkins
UK stepping up airport security after US does likewise https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dft-statement-on-aviation-security … http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/02/statement-secretary-johnson
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FPT: Mr. Llama, I was just teasing
Caesar wasn't very old, but Antigonus was in his 80s at Ipsus, and Seleucus was in his 70s when he fought with Lysimachus.0 -
Hague's Hearteaters home on leave to see their mums.Tykejohnno said:
Laura Kuenssberg ✔ @bbclaurak
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
Ross Hawkins @rosschawkins
UK stepping up airport security after US does likewise https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dft-statement-on-aviation-security … http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/02/statement-secretary-johnson
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Tory general election campaign fund three times bigger than Labour’s
More to waste I guess.0 -
Number 21 is the greatest link in nighthawks history, I've still not stopped laughing.
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Interesting piece by Peston on the right to be forgotten:
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FPT
"It is Carney's policy to dampen house price rises through public warning, bank regulation and financial risk management leaving him free to use monetary policy solely to maintain low inflation, encourage high employment and support broader economic growth."AveryLP said:The ONS released its Economic Review this morning, which often provides interesting commentary based on a full range of the previous month's individual bulletins.
I highlight just one of its key points for the month, on the housing market:
Average UK house prices in April 2014 were around 6.5% above their pre-downturn peak, although much of this increase is concentrated in London. However, despite this recent rise, households continued to deleverage in Q1 2014. The stock of long term loans as a percentage of gross households’ disposable income has fallen from 133% in 2008 to 118% at the start of 2014.
It was rapid expansion and poor risk management in mortgage lending combined with rampant house price inflation in the early noughties which broke Gordon's promise of "no boom or bust".
One without the other is much less dangerous, and, with recent indicators that heat is being taken out of current house price inflation, the prospects for an extended period of low bank rate have increased.
It is Carney's policy to dampen house price rises through public warning, bank regulation and financial risk management leaving him free to use monetary policy solely to maintain low inflation, encourage high employment and support broader economic growth.
So far he is succeeding.
Alternatively the current London housing bubble isn't primarily to do with mortgages it's to do with oligarchs from various BRICs making cash buys and building skyscrapers as a way of stashing their loot so the usual route of calming housing by raising interest rates won't do much.
Plus the zombie banks couldn't take an interest rate rise yet anyway so it's a lucky escape.
Bonus question: how big an impact will all the fines Barclays are being hit with by US financial investigators for various shenanigans- oddly enough completely missed by UK financial regulators - have on Barclays as a business?
Bonus question 2: are the US financial regulators going to go after UK banks specifically because the competitive advantage UK banks get from Tortuga-on-Thames is eating into New York's business too much?
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FPT:
It's amazing that over 30 years after it was written Yes Minister is still so eminently quotable
Quite so. I think it's also easy to remember so much of it not only because there were so many great, concise or insightful quotes, but because the actual characters were interesting and less two dimensional than a scrap of paper, so what they say sticks in the mind far better than the deliciously enjoyable and pointed exchanges of any political satire Armando Iannucci ever wrote, to pick one modern example. Very good, but exact moments have less staying power in the memory.0 -
I remember reading a story a few days ago about the US potentially asking their allies to beef up security at airports. Maybe the threat has become more credible?TheScreamingEagles said:Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak 43s
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When you look like me, airport security is always beefed up.RobD said:
I remember reading a story a few days ago about the US potentially asking their allies to beef up security at airports. Maybe the threat has become more credible?TheScreamingEagles said:Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak 43s
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
I wonder if it is ISIS getting bolder (see link 11)0 -
Narses was kicking Ostrogothic arse well into his 80s.0
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Mr. M, bad example, I fear. Aside from Narses also being a duplicitous little bastard, he was given resources greater than Belisarius.
It would've probably been better for the Byzantines to just let the friendly Ostrogothic kingdom hang around instead of destroying it and buggering up the Exarchate by excessive taxation and bureaucracy.0 -
Wow, tomorrow's Times' cartoon compares Ed to Julius Caesar, high praise
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Plenty of misery for Labour in Eagles Top 23!
Re 12.I wonder whether Sarkozy will finish claiming asylum somewhere, LOL?0 -
Perhaps they are looking to reform the Byzantine empire!TheScreamingEagles said:
When you look like me, airport security is always beefed up.RobD said:
I remember reading a story a few days ago about the US potentially asking their allies to beef up security at airports. Maybe the threat has become more credible?TheScreamingEagles said:Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak 43s
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
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Oh Jesus: Daughter flies to the US on Friday.Tykejohnno said:
Laura Kuenssberg ✔ @bbclaurak
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
Ross Hawkins @rosschawkins
UK stepping up airport security after US does likewise https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dft-statement-on-aviation-security … http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/02/statement-secretary-johnson
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Mr. Gin, there was a suggestion on the news that this might give le Pen a crack at the presidency. I doubt it. A few years ago her father got through to the last two but got hammered then.0
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I agree number 21 is incredibly funny0
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One of my friends pointed out to me today, that he says the role of Caliph in this new Caliphate is a bit like my plans for a Directly Elected Dictator.RobD said:
Perhaps they are looking to reform the Byzantine empire!TheScreamingEagles said:
When you look like me, airport security is always beefed up.RobD said:
I remember reading a story a few days ago about the US potentially asking their allies to beef up security at airports. Maybe the threat has become more credible?TheScreamingEagles said:Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak 43s
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
I wonder if it is ISIS getting bolder (see link 11)
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, will probably just involve a slightly longer queue at the security checkpoint, so just make sure she gets to the airport nice and early. If she has a tight connection on the US side there may be more of a problem; I have been stranded in DC before for missing a connection due to an insane queue for both the customs and security.Cyclefree said:
Oh Jesus: Daughter flies to the US on Friday.Tykejohnno said:
Laura Kuenssberg ✔ @bbclaurak
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
Ross Hawkins @rosschawkins
UK stepping up airport security after US does likewise https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dft-statement-on-aviation-security … http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/02/statement-secretary-johnson0 -
Mr. D, *cough* unlikely, as the Byzantine Empire was a Christian theocracy (the Emperor was Equal of the Apostles and God's Vice-Gerent on Earth), which spent most of its history battling one caliphate or another...0
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#1 Certain policies e.g. unlimited mass immigration, EU, banksterism, windmills etc, are fixed for all of LibLabCon so we're in an odd political situation where because of those fixed policies the lobbyist's parties are all aiming to get the *least fewest* votes instead of the most votes.
Which is why politics is mostly about trivial stuff like how someone eats a bap.
#8 quite possible imo. as the native working class population disappears Lab's ethnic coalition is already splitting into different factions possibly allowing a non-Tory Tory to win the mayor's job. They wouldn't be able to do any Tory stuff though.
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Mr. M, sorry, being rather pedantic/argumentative. Only finishes the Justinian chapters a few days ago, and I'm not a Narses fan.0
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Thank you. She flies into Newark from where she starts a 2-month round the US trip. I don't mind the security provided it WORKS. I confess that I won't stop worrying until I hear that she has landed safely.RobD said:
I wouldn't worry too much about it, will probably just involve a slightly longer queue at the security checkpoint, so just make sure she gets to the airport nice and early. If she has a tight connection on the US side there may be more of a problem; I have been stranded in DC before for missing a connection due to an insane queue for both the customs and security.Cyclefree said:
Oh Jesus: Daughter flies to the US on Friday.Tykejohnno said:
Laura Kuenssberg ✔ @bbclaurak
Dept of Transport says it's stepping up security at airports - won't elabroate on why
Ross Hawkins @rosschawkins
UK stepping up airport security after US does likewise https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dft-statement-on-aviation-security … http://www.dhs.gov/news/2014/07/02/statement-secretary-johnson
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Wowsers...
The same person who leaked Panorama investigation into Lutfur Rahman to Rahman, also downloaded and handed over all the details covert military personnel (amongst other things).
Apparently the BBC team thought it is perfectly safe to a) store all this data together and b) store on dropbox (and from the report it wasn't encrypted either) c) give a un-trusted / inexperience person access to all of this.
It never ceases to amaze me how sloppy people are with data...that and tweeting to the world as if nobody will notice. You would have thought after wikileaks that anybody handling sensitive material wouldn't be a) securing it properly and b) not giving lackeys access to it.
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#5 - Much talk this week of Len's £11m UNITE gift to Labour and the Tory's billionaire garden party for donors,- but what has Clegg's party got in the campaign chest?
#20 - Awesome news, I've been Sherlocked...!0 -
Good evening everyone, just signing into nighthawks tonight to mention that Dimitrov, the guy who beat Murray today, has dated both Serena Williams and Sharapova - just in case anyone didn't know. That is all.0
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Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%0 -
Mr. Urquhart, that's quite depressing.0
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YG Lab 37/Con 35/UKIP 12/LD 8. Usual comments apply...0
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Yeah, never just look at one YouGov (or any poll) in isolation.NickPalmer said:YG Lab 37/Con 35/UKIP 12/LD 8. Usual comments apply...
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Also (apols if already reported), a Labour lead over SNP:
http://labourlist.org/2014/07/labour-take-the-lead-in-holyrood-poll/0 -
Come the election Tim's team are gonna get pounded like a dockside hooker. The writing is on the wall and there are already murmers of discontent in the ranks. Ed was woeful at PMQ's, if he cannot win on the NHS, he really is fecked.
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One has to ask what the f*ck were the BBC doing in possession of secret military information in the first place? Either this story is rubbish or some people ought to be appearing in court.FrancisUrquhart said:Wowsers...
The same person who leaked Panorama investigation into Lutfur Rahman to Rahman, also downloaded and handed over all the details covert military personnel (amongst other things).
Apparently the BBC team thought it is perfectly safe to a) store all this data together and b) store on dropbox (and from the report it wasn't encrypted either) c) give a un-trusted / inexperience person access to all of this.
It never ceases to amaze me how sloppy people are with data...that and tweeting to the world as if nobody will notice. You would have thought after wikileaks that anybody handling sensitive material wouldn't be a) securing it properly and b) not giving lackeys access to it.
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"unlimited mass migration"? - evidence please of party policy.MrJones said:#1 Certain policies e.g. unlimited mass immigration, EU, banksterism, windmills etc, are fixed for all of LibLabCon so we're in an odd political situation where because of those fixed policies the lobbyist's parties are all aiming to get the *least fewest* votes instead of the most votes.
Which is why politics is mostly about trivial stuff like how someone eats a bap.
#8 quite possible imo. as the native working class population disappears Lab's ethnic coalition is already splitting into different factions possibly allowing a non-Tory Tory to win the mayor's job. They wouldn't be able to do any Tory stuff though.
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Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
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"Very grim for Labour"AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
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Sorry, the Byzantine Caliphate ;-)Morris_Dancer said:Mr. D, *cough* unlikely, as the Byzantine Empire was a Christian theocracy (the Emperor was Equal of the Apostles and God's Vice-Gerent on Earth), which spent most of its history battling one caliphate or another...
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This poll Baxtered gives Lab a majority of 24.AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Lab 337 seats, Con 277, LD 11, UKIP Zero.0 -
Tim Montgomerie @TimMontgomerie 1m
I partly asked @JenniRsl to join @TimesOpinion for Lab friendly OpEds. Tmrw she writes: Miliband would be a disaster http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/article4137016.ece …0 -
Lol - just too busy to chatter: a nasty 13000-wordd translation of Lower Austria building regulations. Sample: "The routes of higher-level streets should be identified in the spatial allocation plan in accordance with § 15 (2) No 1 of the Lower Austria Spatial Planning Act 1976, but not specifically dedicated for the purpose." Fun stuff.AveryLP said:<
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
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The original BBC series of House of Cards is being shown in one night on the Drama Channel Saturday July 120
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Nick, are you still on your aol email account?NickPalmer said:
Lol - just too busy to chatter: a nasty 13000-wordd translation of Lower Austria building regulations. Sample: "The routes of higher-level streets should be identified in the spatial allocation plan in accordance with § 15 (2) No 1 of the Lower Austria Spatial Planning Act 1976, but not specifically dedicated for the purpose." Fun stuff.AveryLP said:<
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
I have a suggestion for the PB meet at the Lab conference, wanted to email you my thoughts, if that's ok.0 -
the proof of the pudding is in the eatingperdix said:
"unlimited mass migration"? - evidence please of party policy.MrJones said:#1 Certain policies e.g. unlimited mass immigration, EU, banksterism, windmills etc, are fixed for all of LibLabCon so we're in an odd political situation where because of those fixed policies the lobbyist's parties are all aiming to get the *least fewest* votes instead of the most votes.
Which is why politics is mostly about trivial stuff like how someone eats a bap.
#8 quite possible imo. as the native working class population disappears Lab's ethnic coalition is already splitting into different factions possibly allowing a non-Tory Tory to win the mayor's job. They wouldn't be able to do any Tory stuff though.
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Labour majority of 24 will be very grim for Avery and his ilk.TheScreamingEagles said:
This poll Baxtered gives Lab a majority of 24.AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Lab 337 seats, Con 277, LD 11, UKIP Zero.0 -
Well I am pretty sure it isn't rubbish. They have already run the program about this military unit and we know that this individual took a big pile of data in relation to Rahman investigation. It now seems to be claimed that the person just dumped a big pile of it, and in there was the other much more sensitive investigation.HurstLlama said:
One has to ask what the f*ck were the BBC doing in possession of secret military information in the first place? Either this story is rubbish or some people ought to be appearing in court.FrancisUrquhart said:Wowsers...
The same person who leaked Panorama investigation into Lutfur Rahman to Rahman, also downloaded and handed over all the details covert military personnel (amongst other things).
Apparently the BBC team thought it is perfectly safe to a) store all this data together and b) store on dropbox (and from the report it wasn't encrypted either) c) give a un-trusted / inexperience person access to all of this.
It never ceases to amaze me how sloppy people are with data...that and tweeting to the world as if nobody will notice. You would have thought after wikileaks that anybody handling sensitive material wouldn't be a) securing it properly and b) not giving lackeys access to it.
twitter.com/suttonnick/status/484426986329501696
Are we surprised? Really? This is just yet another example of all sorts of organizations having appalling practices for handling data (sensitive or not).
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Architects should be restricted to using their pencils to draw not write.NickPalmer said:
Lol - just too busy to chatter: a nasty 13000-wordd translation of Lower Austria building regulations. Sample: "The routes of higher-level streets should be identified in the spatial allocation plan in accordance with § 15 (2) No 1 of the Lower Austria Spatial Planning Act 1976, but not specifically dedicated for the purpose." Fun stuff.AveryLP said:<
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Otherwise this happens:
“The site is located at a critical pivot, a node juxtaposed between two major orientations”, and “the inherent challenge is to express, represent and stimulate the values of a society constructed as an open-source system: a portal to a world that showcases the imbrications of a cultural melting pot.”
Even if it could be translated into English, it would be void of meaning.
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Kippers below 13 for the 3rd night in a row - first time since March.0
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Great to see you back murali.murali_s said:
Labour majority of 24 will be very grim for Avery and his ilk.TheScreamingEagles said:
This poll Baxtered gives Lab a majority of 24.AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Lab 337 seats, Con 277, LD 11, UKIP Zero.
I have spent the evening admiring your arse. Not half as pert as Jack's though.
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That never stopped anyone attempting to translate de Saussure, Barthes, Sartre, Derrida, Lacan, Althusser et al. into English...AveryLP said:Even if it could be translated into English, it would be void of meaning.
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Iraq:
Shia split...
So yesterday the tensions between Sunni tribes and ISIS were laid bare, Yet in the last 24 hours, the Iraqi governments forces have been engaged south east of Baghdad in the Shia herartlands slugging it out against the supporters of a radical Shia cleric, Ayatollah Sayed Sarkhi Hasani.
Hasani spat the dummy of big time Shia Ayatollah Sistani's and declares one of his own against the Maliki regime. Hasani doesn't do Iran and he doesn't like Maliki.
The clashes have gone as far as Maliki's forces going direct to Hasani's own doorstep.
In short its increasingly hard to know who exactly the Maliki government fully represent, other than Iran.
The US appear to adding more troops to the Baghdad green zone. I posted the other night about the possibility of an evacuation of personnel out to a more secure location. To do that is going to need the additional; firepower being brought in.
On the security stuff for airports, there is awareness that newer types of bombs are in circulation. The real reason for pushing the measures out now is because not so much of the explosives, but the movements of some of those with US & 'non-hostile' passports who could board flights to the US. What we don't know is if they have identified specific people or some people have left battlefields.
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Yes, and do!TheScreamingEagles said:
Nick, are you still on your aol email account?
I have a suggestion for the PB meet at the Lab conference, wanted to email you my thoughts, if that's ok.
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Sent.NickPalmer said:
Yes, and do!TheScreamingEagles said:
Nick, are you still on your aol email account?
I have a suggestion for the PB meet at the Lab conference, wanted to email you my thoughts, if that's ok.0 -
My eyes being what they are I have no chance of reading the picture on twitter. So I am short on detail. However, from what you say it would seem clear that there is prima facie evidence of crime against someone in the BBC and, possibly, elsewhere. After all the fuss the BBC has made about journalists breaking the law in recent years I expect they have already been on the 'phone to plod and Chris Patten will be getting a first report from the Director General in the morning.FrancisUrquhart said:
Well I am pretty sure it isn't rubbish. They have already run the program about this military unit and we know that this individual took a big pile of data in relation to Rahman investigation. It now seems to be claimed that the person just dumped a big pile of it, and in there was the other much more sensitive investigation.HurstLlama said:
One has to ask what the f*ck were the BBC doing in possession of secret military information in the first place? Either this story is rubbish or some people ought to be appearing in court.FrancisUrquhart said:Wowsers...
The same person who leaked Panorama investigation into Lutfur Rahman to Rahman, also downloaded and handed over all the details covert military personnel (amongst other things).
Apparently the BBC team thought it is perfectly safe to a) store all this data together and b) store on dropbox (and from the report it wasn't encrypted either) c) give a un-trusted / inexperience person access to all of this.
It never ceases to amaze me how sloppy people are with data...that and tweeting to the world as if nobody will notice. You would have thought after wikileaks that anybody handling sensitive material wouldn't be a) securing it properly and b) not giving lackeys access to it.
twitter.com/suttonnick/status/484426986329501696
Are we surprised? Really? This is just yet another example of all sorts of organizations having appalling practices for handling data (sensitive or not).0 -
You don't read them in the original language?Life_ina_market_town said:
That never stopped anyone attempting to translate de Saussure, Barthes, Sartre, Derrida, Lacan, Althusser et al. into English...AveryLP said:Even if it could be translated into English, it would be void of meaning.
That's Wadham for you.
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Yougov. 2nd July 2013
lab 40, con 32, kip 13, LD 90 -
Tories the only party up since this time last year, whilst the other parties are down.TGOHF said:Yougov. 2nd July 2013
lab 40, con 32, kip 13, LD 9
Interesting.0 -
Sorry for delay Tonight YG lab 334 con 274 ld 16 other 26AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Ed is crap is PM 301 days to go. Ed is crap is PM in every poll in Jun/July including Ashcroft crossover poll0 -
I'm off for the night, but thought I'd leave you with this amusing vignette...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGbrJWtTAL0
A little dated, but still great
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But maj compared to the you gov from 12 months ago today ?bigjohnowls said:
Sorry for delay Tonight YG lab 334 con 274 ld 16 other 26AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Ed is crap is PM 301 days to go. Ed is crap is PM in every poll in Jun/July including Ashcroft crossover poll
Like a car running out of petrol ...0 -
It is marvelous. Ed seems at risk of losing his deposit!TheScreamingEagles said:
Number 21 is the greatest link in nighthawks history, I've still not stopped laughing.
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It's ironic that the BBC, one of the most vociferous critics of phone hacking and all things Murdoch, sees nothing wrong in invading the privacy of military personnel and causing potential harm to them through its careless handling of sensitive information. I hope someone goes to prison over this, but won't be holding my breath.HurstLlama said:
My eyes being what they are I have no chance of reading the picture on twitter. So I am short on detail. However, from what you say it would seem clear that there is prima facie evidence of crime against someone in the BBC and, possibly, elsewhere. After all the fuss the BBC has made about journalists breaking the law in recent years I expect they have already been on the 'phone to plod and Chris Patten will be getting a first report from the Director General in the morning.FrancisUrquhart said:
Well I am pretty sure it isn't rubbish. They have already run the program about this military unit and we know that this individual took a big pile of data in relation to Rahman investigation. It now seems to be claimed that the person just dumped a big pile of it, and in there was the other much more sensitive investigation.HurstLlama said:
One has to ask what the f*ck were the BBC doing in possession of secret military information in the first place? Either this story is rubbish or some people ought to be appearing in court.FrancisUrquhart said:Wowsers...
The same person who leaked Panorama investigation into Lutfur Rahman to Rahman, also downloaded and handed over all the details covert military personnel (amongst other things).
Apparently the BBC team thought it is perfectly safe to a) store all this data together and b) store on dropbox (and from the report it wasn't encrypted either) c) give a un-trusted / inexperience person access to all of this.
It never ceases to amaze me how sloppy people are with data...that and tweeting to the world as if nobody will notice. You would have thought after wikileaks that anybody handling sensitive material wouldn't be a) securing it properly and b) not giving lackeys access to it.
twitter.com/suttonnick/status/484426986329501696
Are we surprised? Really? This is just yet another example of all sorts of organizations having appalling practices for handling data (sensitive or not).0 -
Guillem Balague (@GuillemBalague)
02/07/2014 22:36
As it stands Alexis not part of the deal for Suárez. But not definitive. Despite personal agreemnt with Arsenal, LFC hope to convince him0 -
Well quite remarkably the You Gov site saysTGOHF said:Yougov. 2nd July 2013
lab 40, con 32, kip 13, LD 9
June 30 - July 1 (2013) 33 38 8 12 7 -5
June 30 - July 1 (2014 33 38 8 11 9 -5
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Wheras yesterdays poll is exactly the same as a year earlier see my previous post. Absolutely Zero movementTGOHF said:
But maj compared to the you gov from 12 months ago today ?bigjohnowls said:
Sorry for delay Tonight YG lab 334 con 274 ld 16 other 26AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Ed is crap is PM 301 days to go. Ed is crap is PM in every poll in Jun/July including Ashcroft crossover poll
Like a car running out of petrol ...0 -
Bed Time for me.
Mrs BJO is demanding I "turn that damn laptop off and get up them dancers"
Night all maybe tomorrow will produce a poll where Ed is crap is not PM0 -
"The failure to tackle female genital mutilation (FGM) is a "national scandal" with as many as 170,000 victims in the UK, MPs have said.
Failures by ministers, police and other agencies have led to the "preventable mutilation of thousands of girls", the Home Affairs Committee said.
It blamed a "misplaced concern for cultural sensitivities" for inaction, and called for a national action plan."
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A bit much to compare two arbitrary opinion polls. The trend is more informative:bigjohnowls said:
Wheras yesterdays poll is exactly the same as a year earlier see my previous post. Absolutely Zero movementTGOHF said:
But maj compared to the you gov from 12 months ago today ?bigjohnowls said:
Sorry for delay Tonight YG lab 334 con 274 ld 16 other 26AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Ed is crap is PM 301 days to go. Ed is crap is PM in every poll in Jun/July including Ashcroft crossover poll
Like a car running out of petrol ...
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Unfortunately not been updated since 5th June..RobD said:
A bit much to compare two arbitrary opinion polls. The trend is more informative:bigjohnowls said:
Wheras yesterdays poll is exactly the same as a year earlier see my previous post. Absolutely Zero movementTGOHF said:
But maj compared to the you gov from 12 months ago today ?bigjohnowls said:
Sorry for delay Tonight YG lab 334 con 274 ld 16 other 26AveryLP said:
Has BJO Baxtered the vote shares yet?TheScreamingEagles said:Sleazy broke Labour etc
Sun Politics @Sun_Politics 9s
YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead back down to two points: CON 35%, LAB 37%, LD 8%, UKIP 12%
Or 'pouter claimed the resurrection of Basil?
Very grim for Labour. Almost silenced Nick Palmer.
Ed is crap is PM 301 days to go. Ed is crap is PM in every poll in Jun/July including Ashcroft crossover poll
Like a car running out of petrol ...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/UK_opinion_polling_2010-2015.png
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Anyone know where I can bet on Nick Clegg for EU commissioner?0
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Daily Telegraph - Ed Miliband is being 'gamed out', warns Cruddas0
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Tour de France — Betfair markets:
http://www.betfair.com/exchange/cycling/market?id=1.111308163#id=1.112627958
Winner:
Froome 2.06
Contador 3.35
Nibali 14.5
Valverde 32
Talansky 40
Van Garderen 65
Costa 75
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Another great selection by TSE. Number 19 is brill - Ed Balls should study it.
No 23: Hmm, I wouldn't say it's controversial. More a case of a very disagreeable but unfortunately necessary decision by a great leader. For all his flaws, Churchill got the big picture right, and this is one example. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say it was the turning point: after this, the world realised that Britain was serious.0 -
Oh Sir Winston did the right thing.Richard_Nabavi said:Another great selection by TSE. Number 19 is brill - Ed Balls should study it.
No 23: Hmm, I wouldn't say it's controversial. More a case of a very disagreeable but unfortunately necessary decision by a great leader. For all his flaws, Churchill got the big picture right, and this is one example. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say it was the turning point: after this, the world realised that Britain was serious.
Sinking the French navy in peacetime is acceptable, in war it is mandatory.
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It's interesting that, from his History of WWII, this is the one decision which seems to have caused him anguish.TheScreamingEagles said:Oh Sir Winston did the right thing.
Sinking the French navy in peacetime is acceptable, in war it is mandatory.
An extraordinary man for extraordinary times.
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Nerd question: I thought the deal in parliament was that you had to address the Speaker. So how come Ed could say this to Cameron in PMQs today?
"You promised the reorganisation in the NHS would make things better - it's made things worse. Worse on access to cancer treatment, worse on A&E waits, worse on GP access, the NHS is getting worse on your watch. And there's only one person to blame and it's you”0 -
Lol, panic on the streets of YouGov.
As BobaFett might say 'look at the trend!!'0 -
Eds an idiot and Bercow doesn't care?Richard_Nabavi said:Nerd question: I thought the deal in parliament was that you had to address the Speaker. So how come Ed could say this to Cameron in PMQs today?
"You promised the reorganisation in the NHS would make things better - it's made things worse. Worse on access to cancer treatment, worse on A&E waits, worse on GP access, the NHS is getting worse on your watch. And there's only one person to blame and it's you”0 -
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It'll either be Froome or Contador, Froome looked slightly vulnerable at Romandie - I'm staying out - Have Froome to win the Tour 5 times (4 more) @ 20-1 with ladbrokes.AndyJS said:Tour de France — Betfair markets:
http://www.betfair.com/exchange/cycling/market?id=1.111308163#id=1.112627958
Winner:
Froome 2.06
Contador 3.35
Nibali 14.5
Valverde 32
Talansky 40
Van Garderen 65
Costa 75
Porte 850 -
Robert Peston - why won't they let me fellate Breznhevs corpse?AndyJS said:Robert Peston — "Why has Google cast me into oblivion?"
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The French only lost a battleship Bretagne at Mers el Kebir, albeit with heavy loss of life. Many more vessels were lost on 27th Nov 1942 at Toulon when they scuttled what remained of their fleet to stop the Germans getting their hands on them. This was in the wake of the German occupation of Vichy in response to the Allies' Operation Torch in North Africa on 8th Nov 1942.Richard_Nabavi said:
It's interesting that, from his History of WWII, this is the one decision which seems to have caused him anguish.TheScreamingEagles said:Oh Sir Winston did the right thing.
Sinking the French navy in peacetime is acceptable, in war it is mandatory.
An extraordinary man for extraordinary times.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France-Pakistan_relationsTheScreamingEagles said:
Oh Sir Winston did the right thing.Richard_Nabavi said:Another great selection by TSE. Number 19 is brill - Ed Balls should study it.
No 23: Hmm, I wouldn't say it's controversial. More a case of a very disagreeable but unfortunately necessary decision by a great leader. For all his flaws, Churchill got the big picture right, and this is one example. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say it was the turning point: after this, the world realised that Britain was serious.
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But if Froome breaks a collarbone in the third week (for example) Porte should still be up there. No idea about the prices, but I think its going to be a cracking race.Pulpstar said:
It'll either be Froome or Contador, Froome looked slightly vulnerable at Romandie - I'm staying out - Have Froome to win the Tour 5 times (4 more) @ 20-1 with ladbrokes.AndyJS said:Tour de France — Betfair markets:
http://www.betfair.com/exchange/cycling/market?id=1.111308163#id=1.112627958
Winner:
Froome 2.06
Contador 3.35
Nibali 14.5
Valverde 32
Talansky 40
Van Garderen 65
Costa 75
Porte 85
This is a very interesting piece:
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/cyclist-chris-froome-is-right-in-the-eye-of-the-storm-30391816.html
Nothing but admiration for Paul Kimmage
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A big thank you to TSE for the ED M Tinder link.
It has given me a really good laugh on an otherwise dull night shift.
On the TdF, agree that it is more open than the last couple of years after seeing Froomy not looking so great on the Dauphine.
Valverde could be a good pick for the podium.0 -
on 19. I get quite frustrated with English media's reporting of Japan. I was interested to find out which party this lad belonged to, but had to watch the video, figure out his name in kanji when search japanese wikipedia..
would it be too much for japan correspondents to type "who stands as an independent" or "representing the unpopular Nishinomiya restoration party as its only representative" or something?
Sad to say, to some degree, the media people just don't care, and "uh uh uh japanese man crying funny uh uh". Really would be nice if they engaged a bit more.
Having said all that. It was quite a performance. At least all those onsen visits have him looking pretty youthful at 47.0 -
Wonder what the odds are on Wiggo for next year (riding for Garmin). (I don't think he'll go for the GC, but Garmin looks like a strong possibility).Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:A big thank you to TSE for the ED M Tinder link.
It has given me a really good laugh on an otherwise dull night shift.
On the TdF, agree that it is more open than the last couple of years after seeing Froomy not looking so great on the Dauphine.
Valverde could be a good pick for the podium.
Stage 1 looking tasty. Cavendish? tantrums in the bus if he doesn't I'd guess0 -
Daily Mail have gone big on what they call "a ticking timebomb that could shake Westminster". This could get very awkward for all sorts of people.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2678576/Leon-Brittans-faulty-memory-ticking-timebomb-shake-Westminster-Tory-peer-faces-questions-1980s-files-complied-MP-Geoffrey-Dickens-Westminster-paedophile-ring.html0 -
Quite possible with Wiggo moving to Garmin he did say something about his mate Vaughters a little while ago.dugarbandier said:
Wonder what the odds are on Wiggo for next year (riding for Garmin). (I don't think he'll go for the GC, but Garmin looks like a strong possibility).Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:A big thank you to TSE for the ED M Tinder link.
It has given me a really good laugh on an otherwise dull night shift.
On the TdF, agree that it is more open than the last couple of years after seeing Froomy not looking so great on the Dauphine.
Valverde could be a good pick for the podium.
Stage 1 looking tasty. Cavendish? tantrums in the bus if he doesn't I'd guess
Kittel is shorter price for Stage 1 iirc.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2678376/Google-deletes-MailOnline-searches-lying-referee-right-forgotten-kicks-European-searches.html
"'MailOnline intends to regularly publish lists of articles deleted from Google's European search results so people can keep track of what has been deleted."
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head says Kittel, but hope Cavendish can do itHertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Quite possible with Wiggo moving to Garmin he did say something about his mate Vaughters a little while ago.dugarbandier said:
Wonder what the odds are on Wiggo for next year (riding for Garmin). (I don't think he'll go for the GC, but Garmin looks like a strong possibility).Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:A big thank you to TSE for the ED M Tinder link.
It has given me a really good laugh on an otherwise dull night shift.
On the TdF, agree that it is more open than the last couple of years after seeing Froomy not looking so great on the Dauphine.
Valverde could be a good pick for the podium.
Stage 1 looking tasty. Cavendish? tantrums in the bus if he doesn't I'd guess
Kittel is shorter price for Stage 1 iirc.0 -
Labour ( Peter Madeley ) won first seat on Craven District Council (Skipton west) for 15 yrs0
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Congratulations and welcome to the board.madeleypeter said:Labour ( Peter Madeley ) won first seat on Craven District Council (Skipton west) for 15 yrs
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Agreed. would love to see Cav in yellow when the peloton charges past me at Epping on Monday.dugarbandier said:
head says Kittel, but hope Cavendish can do itHertsmere_Pubgoer said:
Quite possible with Wiggo moving to Garmin he did say something about his mate Vaughters a little while ago.dugarbandier said:
Wonder what the odds are on Wiggo for next year (riding for Garmin). (I don't think he'll go for the GC, but Garmin looks like a strong possibility).Hertsmere_Pubgoer said:A big thank you to TSE for the ED M Tinder link.
It has given me a really good laugh on an otherwise dull night shift.
On the TdF, agree that it is more open than the last couple of years after seeing Froomy not looking so great on the Dauphine.
Valverde could be a good pick for the podium.
Stage 1 looking tasty. Cavendish? tantrums in the bus if he doesn't I'd guess
Kittel is shorter price for Stage 1 iirc.
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I think I've seen this sort of thing before, I think newspapers change quotes from third to first person to make it more exciting fRichard_Nabavi said:Nerd question: I thought the deal in parliament was that you had to address the Speaker. So how come Ed could say this to Cameron in PMQs today?
"You promised the reorganisation in the NHS would make things better - it's made things worse. Worse on access to cancer treatment, worse on A&E waits, worse on GP access, the NHS is getting worse on your watch. And there's only one person to blame and it's you”0 -
Well done Councillor on blowing your own trumpet on your first PB post. You'll fit in nicely on PB.madeleypeter said:Labour ( Peter Madeley ) won first seat on Craven District Council (Skipton west) for 15 yrs
However disgracefully you omitted all the juicy campaign details and the scores on the doors for the candidates and new council make-up.
Such dereliction of duty on PB from elected personages leads to exile on ConHome for a week for a first offence.
Must do better.
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