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  • MangoMango Posts: 1,031
    Andy_JS said:

    Bristol West used to be the most Tory seat in the city. William Waldegrave was the MP until May 1997.

    Now Labour and the Greens get 87% between them. (There have been boundary changes since 1997).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s

    Ha. Great spot.

    And just when I think that current shower of Tories are the most talentless useless arsewits in the history of politics, along you come to remind me of the existence of Waldegrave. Remember, there never was a golden age...
  • algarkirk said:

    Lawyers will be rubbing their hands together.Lots of ships cases come to London. And the High Court has a sub division dealing only with ship matters. Once upon a time it was the wonderfully named 'Probate, Divorce and Admiralty' division.

    A while back during the Egyptian revolution of 2011 our firm's economic intelligence unit flagged up the potential disruption if extreme elements seized or closed the Suez canal for more than 48 hours, I was astonished by the figures.

    I mean I knew just now important the canal was during WWII which is why we and the Axis forces threw everything during the battles of El Alamein to control the Suez canal but in a globalised world it is even more important that it reopens ASAP.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 53,693

    Yes, I've seen a lot of people post that as if it's a killer piece of evidence.

    I don’t buy it. Harry and Meghan got great coverage when Meghan joined the royal family, and for their wedding day in 2018. The Sun even ran an editorial hoping she would bring modernisation. Even the Mail was positive.

    It fell off a cliff during 2018 and 2019 as their behaviour became better know, and the tabloids went for exposing the hypocritical angle (and I suspect they were following public opinion as much as leading it) and then the lawsuits were launched by H&M in late 2019, and then they ended all co-operation with them in early 2020. If you look at those headlines they are *all* in the same 18-month period (Oct 2018 - April 2020) right about the same time all the controversy about their behaviour behind the scenes in the royal household became well-known.

    Simplified, exaggerated and uncompromising? Sure. Groundless and evidence of a racist witch-hunt? No.
    H & M need to be applauded for standing up for the Uighurs in China.
  • MangoMango Posts: 1,031



    I've never felt a need to express a pride in being White and the thought repels me.

    I have felt a desire to express pride in being English on St. George's Day, and would welcome Englishmen (and women) of any race joining me in doing so.

    The two are not related, and I would find it offensive if someone suggested they were.

    One accident of birth is much more important than the other because fish 'n' chips and Spitfires or something?
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 34,301
    edited March 2021
    This is a popular graph in Europe at the moment. Jeremy Cliffe has re-tweeted it, for example.

    https://twitter.com/Mij_Europe/status/1375749495108071426
  • RobDRobD Posts: 60,365
    Andy_JS said:

    This is a popular graph in Europe at the moment. Jeremy Cliffe has re-tweeted it, for example.

    https://twitter.com/Mij_Europe/status/1375749495108071426

    Yeah, the UK paid for doses made by companies in the EU. I'm not sure that qualifies as vaccine nationalism. Blocking exports on the other hand...
  • stodgestodge Posts: 14,485
    ydoethur said:

    And that doesn’t even mention the fact that the Irish Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service went to assist at the Belfast Blitz. Twice. The second time they weren’t even asked, they just turned up. And precious little thanks they ever got for it.

    Dublin was bombed on a number of occasions by the Germans in 1940-41. The German pilots apparently thought they were above Liverpool.
  • rcs1000rcs1000 Posts: 59,436
    Sean_F said:

    They're a pair of extremely well-heeled whiners.
    Hmmm... on that basis, there are quite a few PBers who are like Meghan & Harry...

    [Runs from the comment section screaming in terror]
  • AnneJGPAnneJGP Posts: 3,429
    MaxPB said:

    I think it was 93% in Israel, our dosing strategy is probably going to result in better immunity.

    Ultimately though we have to be grown ups about it, people die of diseases everyday. We can't really treat COVID any differently once there is no real danger of overloading the NHS. That day is coming very soon.
    Won't we always need to treat it differently, in the literal sense? Won't there be a need to have two streams for patients in every department? If it remains as infectious we surely can't have positive/negative patients side by side in outpatients or in the same ward or ICU?

    I've been wondering from the start of this pandemic whether we need to go back to having isolation hospitals like we did in the past.
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 53,693
    edited March 2021
    Mango said:

    One accident of birth is much more important than the other because fish 'n' chips and Spitfires or something?
    The Spiteful was the fastest British piston-engined plane of WW2 (494 mph), but due to the end of hostilities, only 19 were built!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spiteful
  • MarqueeMarkMarqueeMark Posts: 54,577

    I wonder if we can have a thread on when people will stop underestimating Nicola Sturgeon? By far the most able leading politician on these isles.
    The best at lying and getting away with it for sure..
  • Black_RookBlack_Rook Posts: 8,905

    I live in Llandudno that entirely depends on tourism and has been devastated by covid

    Of course we welcome tourists but suggesting locals concerns should result in them hiding away is hardly diplomatic
    If, theoretically, one were tasked with talking down terrified old ducks then one would approach these matters rather more sensitively and patiently. Fortunately, however, I'm not. I'm writing on an internet discussion forum, and can therefore call out unreasonable or silly behaviour without inducing tears. Hopefully.
  • You could probably say the same about Johnson in all honesty.
    Who didnt underestimate in september to october 2019? It looked like his premiership was as doomed to failure as his predecessor...
  • BluestBlueBluestBlue Posts: 4,556


    Who didnt underestimate in september to october 2019? It looked like his premiership was as doomed to failure as his predecessor...
    Ahem :wink:
  • MangoMango Posts: 1,031
    kinabalu said:

    There's no reason - other than for Right Wing Populists to win votes - to set these things up as being in implacable opposition. I am just as supportive of reducing class inequality as I am of reducing racial inequality. There's no conflict there for me.
    Plus the answer is "mostly not, of course, but in some situations, yes".
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,856
    I have a quiz in about 20 minutes - I have a set of geography questions, but as ever, any more fun ones from you guys would be most appreciated if any spring to mind!
  • stodgestodge Posts: 14,485
    edited March 2021


    Who didnt underestimate in september to october 2019? It looked like his premiership was as doomed to failure as his predecessor...

    I'm afraid that's just not true.

    The inevitability of Johnson calling a GE and winning it was obvious as the Conservative poll share rose remorselessly through the autumn. The problem the Opposition parties had at the time was the more they thought they had Johnson cornered in the Commons the more the country was willing to set him free.
  • MaxPB said:

    I think it was 93% in Israel, our dosing strategy is probably going to result in better immunity.

    Ultimately though we have to be grown ups about it, people die of diseases everyday. We can't really treat COVID any differently once there is no real danger of overloading the NHS. That day is coming very soon.
    I'm just trying to make a good prediction about what will happen as the vaccine is rolled out. I think you're being a little optimistic about how much protection it will give.

    --AS
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022
    edited March 2021
    ping said:

    Forgive my completely amateur analysis from thousands of miles away via a smartphone, but....

    From the pics I’ve seen, the the water seems to be almost up to the top of the banks. I’m not sure high tide can get high enough.

    It looks to me like they need to properly dig down at the banks on either side, then make a channel.

    Just simply dredging a bit, waiting for high tide, hoping and tugging harder seems... unlikely to work.

    /amateuranalysis
    She does look rather stuck, doesn't she?

    The picture under the water, is that the banks are actually quite sloped, with only the middle portion of the canal being deep enough for such a large ship to navigate.

    The bow is very much aground, and there's probably 60m or so of ship in the ground. The stern doesn't look so bad, it appears the first plan is to push hard on the stern to try and turn her round, which is what they've been doing this evening.

    If that doesn't work, then it's going to have to be some very dangerous and careful digging and dredging of the ground around her.

    You're right that there doesn't seem to be much spare hight on the banks, but another metre might make all the difference. Another option might be to dam the canal to create an artificial high tide but, as with everything in this incident, the scale is massive so it would take a lot of time and money - and still might not work!

    The ship is also unstable, she wasn't designed to be supported at the bow and stern, but not in the middle. Any measures to reduce weight such as offloading fuel or cargo, might cause more damage as she twists in the water.

    Here's what the canal looks like. For reference the incident ship has a draught of 15.7m, that's the depth of water she needs to float.
    https://twitter.com/marcelvandenber/status/1374821546225762308
  • SandyRentoolSandyRentool Posts: 22,698
    edited March 2021
    As usual, Devi is right.

    And she'd walk it on Strictly.
  • BluestBlueBluestBlue Posts: 4,556
    edited March 2021
    Cyclefree said:

    ID cards under the pretext of dealing with Covid?

    No. Just no. Vaccines deal with Covid. The health service deals with those vaccines cannot help.

    No to a Chinese-style social credit system.

    No fucking way.

    And no to a blasphemy law introduced by the back door using the weaselly concept of offence, a way of allowing bullies of all types to stop others saying what they think and imposing their views on everyone else.

    I am sick of hearing about people being offended. I really could not care less. You can choose whether or not to take offence. Politeness is given freely not demanded on the pain of threats. If you can't take criticism, whether unfair or not, piss off to an uninhabited island. A free society is meant for adults not over-sensitive toddlers.

    Indeed, it is getting to the stage that in order to uphold our right to think and say what we want we will have to be as rude as possible to whichever snowflake is complaining that day until they get the fucking point. And when they do then we can go back to being courteous and polite - because we choose to be - not because we are too scared to upset the stupid narcissistic babies.

    My only regret is that I have but one pair of hands with which to applaud this excellent post...
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758
    Leon said:

    No one is entirely sure, in truth

    And early references cognating Alba (Albion, Albany) with the whole or part of the British Isles seem to refer to the white cliffs of Dover, which is piquant for Eck Salmond

    "Middle English from Medieval Latin Albania (“Scotland”), from Scottish Gaelic Alba (“Scotland”), from Old Irish Albu (“Britain, Scotland”), from Proto-Celtic *albiyū (“world”, literally “white (place)”) (compare Old Welsh elbid (“world”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰos (“white”), possibly in reference to the White Cliffs of Dover. Doublet of Albania."

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Albany
    This is the backstory

    http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/marshall/england/england-1.html
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,274

    I'm just trying to make a good prediction about what will happen as the vaccine is rolled out. I think you're being a little optimistic about how much protection it will give.

    --AS
    It's certain we need more data. MaxPB - pound on NHS England to get some stats on vaccinated + 21 days vs admissions and deaths?
  • CharlesCharles Posts: 35,758

    If everything is really still closed, sunbathe on Hampstead Heath and get some vitamin D.

    Many individual doctors take vitamin D and prescribe it to patients when possible, knowing that it gives immunity in large enough amounts. But the neanderthals in NICE / NHS management / PHE oppose, er, saving lives

    See http://www.drdavidgrimes.com/2020/11/covid-19-vitamin-d-deaths-of-doctors.html
    He's a retired NHS consultant gastroenterologist. See his later blog about an intervention in S. Spain last December; vitamin D saved 1,000s of lives.

    David Davis MP - who has a biochemistry degree - probably knows more than the other 649 MPs put together on the subject and gave a useful interview on Y.Tube. He's hit a brick wall, though, within the govt.

    The NHS is beyond repair. If you want a long healthy life and don't want to be on 5-10 (mostly expensive and patented) drugs by the time you're 70, stay away from it.
    The data on vitamin D, especially in high doses, is decidedly mixed
  • SandpitSandpit Posts: 56,022

    Which continent is Evergiven stuck on

    Asia or Africa
    How many sets of locks does a ship usually go through, as it travels along the Suez Canal?

    Answer - none!

    (the big locks are in the Panama Canal).
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,274
    Cyclefree said:

    ID cards under the pretext of dealing with Covid?

    No. Just no. Vaccines deal with Covid. The health service deals with those vaccines cannot help.

    No to a Chinese-style social credit system.

    No fucking way.

    And no to a blasphemy law introduced by the back door using the weaselly concept of offence, a way of allowing bullies of all types to stop others saying what they think and imposing their views on everyone else.

    I am sick of hearing about people being offended. I really could not care less. You can choose whether or not to take offence. Politeness is given freely not demanded on the pain of threats. If you can't take criticism, whether unfair or not, piss off to an uninhabited island. A free society is meant for adults not over-sensitive toddlers.

    Indeed, it is getting to the stage that in order to uphold our right to think and say what we want we will have to be as rude as possible to whichever snowflake is complaining that day until they get the fucking point. And when they do then we can go back to being courteous and polite - because we choose to be - not because we are too scared to upset the stupid narcissistic babies.

    I'm offended that you're offended by the snowflakes offended by....

    I am coming to the conclusion that being offended and being polite about it is vital to a polite society.

    Anyone who can't take the craick should *get* the Wogdon & Barton.....
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,856
    You're probably right, but I doubt walking would get her very high marks.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,575
    edited March 2021

    I have a quiz in about 20 minutes - I have a set of geography questions, but as ever, any more fun ones from you guys would be most appreciated if any spring to mind!

    Who was the last Prince of Wales to be born in Wales?

    Answer - Henry V, victor of Agincourt.

    Alternatively, who was the last King in Britain to die in battle?

    Answer James IV of Scotland, battle of Flodden 1513.

    (The last king of England was Richard III, Bosworth 1485.)
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,856
    Charles said:

    The data on vitamin D, especially in high doses, is decidedly mixed
    Vitamin D supplements are not a reliable source. That doesn't mean it's not a vital vitamin.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,842

    It's certain we need more data. MaxPB - pound on NHS England to get some stats on vaccinated + 21 days vs admissions and deaths?
    I can make an email, I'm not hopeful that they'll want to release that information just yet as it will result in loads of news stories about how people who got the vaccine still died of COVID and how he one dose strategy is to blame etc...
  • FishingFishing Posts: 5,515

    I have a quiz in about 20 minutes - I have a set of geography questions, but as ever, any more fun ones from you guys would be most appreciated if any spring to mind!

    Which is the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa? Equatorial Guinea
    Which are the only two double-landlocked countries in the world (i.e. landlocked countries surrounded by countries that are themselves landlocked)? Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan
    Which lake contains a fifth of the world's fresh liquid water? Lake Baikal
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,274

    Vitamin D supplements are not a reliable source. That doesn't mean it's not a vital vitamin.
    The evidence is that chronic Vitamin D deficiency is bad.

    The evidence that Vitamin D is a wonder drug that can do X, is exactly like the old Vitamin C is a wonder drug that can do Y stuff. Found only by those who can invent evidence from noise.

  • BluestBlueBluestBlue Posts: 4,556
    edited March 2021
    Charles said:

    This is the backstory

    http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/marshall/england/england-1.html
    I did wonder which text you were referencing the other day. This one is great, and much better than Pomponius Mela's brief local aetiological tale of Hercules fighting Neptune's sons Alebion and Dercynus on a beach near Marseille and needing a hailstorm of rocks from Jupiter to finish them off...
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 62,402
    Andy_JS said:

    Bristol West used to be the most Tory seat in the city. William Waldegrave was the MP until May 1997.

    Now Labour and the Greens get 87% between them. (There have been boundary changes since 1997).

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_West_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Elections_in_the_2010s

    It lost Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Henleaze, which were more Tory inclined and went into Bristol North-West, but added Clifton East, Easton, and Lawrence Hill - which are far more left-wing.

    That said, the shift in votes reflects that of the urban middle/upper-middle class electorate.

    It's been particularly pronounced amongst educated female graduate: I can think of four friends of mine, all female, who were at Bristol with me and Tory/pro-Thatcher etc. in 2000 who now vote Labour or Green.
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,274
    MaxPB said:

    I can make an email, I'm not hopeful that they'll want to release that information just yet as it will result in loads of news stories about how people who got the vaccine still died of COVID and how he one dose strategy is to blame etc...
    They publicly released numbers at a press conference at No. 10 on that.

    So that cat is out of the bag and sunning itself in the garden.....
  • StockyStocky Posts: 10,280
    Cyclefree said:

    ID cards under the pretext of dealing with Covid?

    No. Just no. Vaccines deal with Covid. The health service deals with those vaccines cannot help.

    No to a Chinese-style social credit system.

    No fucking way.

    And no to a blasphemy law introduced by the back door using the weaselly concept of offence, a way of allowing bullies of all types to stop others saying what they think and imposing their views on everyone else.

    I am sick of hearing about people being offended. I really could not care less. You can choose whether or not to take offence. Politeness is given freely not demanded on the pain of threats. If you can't take criticism, whether unfair or not, piss off to an uninhabited island. A free society is meant for adults not over-sensitive toddlers.

    Indeed, it is getting to the stage that in order to uphold our right to think and say what we want we will have to be as rude as possible to whichever snowflake is complaining that day until they get the fucking point. And when they do then we can go back to being courteous and polite - because we choose to be - not because we are too scared to upset the stupid narcissistic babies.

    Oh what an excellent post - you have me all fired up! And it's because of these stupid narcissistic babies that we are to be imprisoned on this island despite other countries wanting and needing us to visit.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,842
    Cyclefree said:

    ID cards under the pretext of dealing with Covid?

    No. Just no. Vaccines deal with Covid. The health service deals with those vaccines cannot help.

    No to a Chinese-style social credit system.

    No fucking way.

    And no to a blasphemy law introduced by the back door using the weaselly concept of offence, a way of allowing bullies of all types to stop others saying what they think and imposing their views on everyone else.

    I am sick of hearing about people being offended. I really could not care less. You can choose whether or not to take offence. Politeness is given freely not demanded on the pain of threats. If you can't take criticism, whether unfair or not, piss off to an uninhabited island. A free society is meant for adults not over-sensitive toddlers.

    Indeed, it is getting to the stage that in order to uphold our right to think and say what we want we will have to be as rude as possible to whichever snowflake is complaining that day until they get the fucking point. And when they do then we can go back to being courteous and polite - because we choose to be - not because we are too scared to upset the stupid narcissistic babies.

    A temporary physical ID card I could just about deal with. An automated facial recognition system linked up to a government database, however, is something out of the Chinese communist party's playbook. It's obvious that these public health people are now privately briefing these ideas out and linking them to "saving the NHS" just as they were previously briefing out needing cases to fall for the unlockdown rather than hospitalisations. They all need to be sacked yesterday. To some degree I'm actually quite glad to have Professor Whitty at the helm, he seems to be quite sensible and has on many occasions destroyed the arguments of these public health zealots who would have us a die of loneliness and starvation to avoid death by anything else.
  • JohnLilburneJohnLilburne Posts: 6,623

    Vitamin D supplements are not a reliable source. That doesn't mean it's not a vital vitamin.
    Which is why I go out in the sun in summer, only use sunblock when necessary, and eat plenty of eggs and oily fish especially in winter.
  • YBarddCwscYBarddCwsc Posts: 7,172
    ydoethur said:

    Who was the last Prince of Wales to be born in Wales?

    Answer - Henry V, victor of Agincourt.

    Who was the first Prince of Whales?

    And who did he kill ?
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,842

    They publicly released numbers at a press conference at No. 10 on that.

    So that cat is out of the bag and sunning itself in the garden.....
    Ultimately I can ask. I think they just need to add a vaccinated/unvaccinated filter to the case, hospitalisation and deaths page.
  • LindonLightLindonLight Posts: 96
    edited March 2021
    stodge said:

    I'm afraid that's just not true.

    The inevitability of Johnson calling a GE and winning it was obvious as the Conservative poll share rose remorselessly through the autumn. The problem the Opposition parties had at the time was the more they thought they had Johnson cornered in the Commons the more the country was willing to set him free.
    That's not quite true either. You're obviously absolutely correct about 'the country' but for a time as CursingStonge quite rightly states, Johnson's premiership was hovering in the balance. Why so? Because the remainer parliament had him and could have removed him.

    The day the Supreme Court ruled against him they could have easily held a (winning) vote of no confidence with a caretaker prime minister. It was right there for the taking.

    But for Jeremy Corbyn it would have happened.
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,274
    MaxPB said:

    Ultimately I can ask. I think they just need to add a vaccinated/unvaccinated filter to the case, hospitalisation and deaths page.
    I have just emailed them asking for that - vaccinated + 21 days especially.
  • YBarddCwscYBarddCwsc Posts: 7,172

    It lost Westbury-on-Trym, Stoke Bishop and Henleaze, which were more Tory inclined and went into Bristol North-West, but added Clifton East, Easton, and Lawrence Hill - which are far more left-wing.

    That said, the shift in votes reflects that of the urban middle/upper-middle class electorate.

    It's been particularly pronounced amongst educated female graduate: I can think of four friends of mine, all female, who were at Bristol with me and Tory/pro-Thatcher etc. in 2000 who now vote Labour or Green.
    Of course, Bristol West was subject to the 'Remain Alliance' in 2019, so the LibDems stood down for the Greens.

    That is why Labour + Greens = 87 % in Bristol West.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 62,402
    "We think we have a culture war in Britain because there is one on Twitter, which is unrepresentative, a false mirror. “Social media literally hands the microphone to those people down the back who heckle all the time,” says Tim Dixon, the co-founder of More in Common, a think tank working in France, Germany, the UK and the US that is devoted to “uniting divided societies”. “It’s a handful of people — 80 per cent of tweets come from 2 per cent of the population.” It is normal to dehumanise on Twitter. Long-developed strategies for human agreement do not work there, so they do not exist there."

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/culture-wars-how-divided-is-britain-black-lives-matter-brexit-megxit-q8h5660ks
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,842

    I have just emailed them asking for that - vaccinated + 21 days especially.
    I'll do the same on Monday when I'm back in the office.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,177
    Get Anas Sarwar in the Commons
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,924

    I mean - he’s a helluva lot better than Leonard. But even a potato was, so..
    If only SKS could be as punchy
  • MalmesburyMalmesbury Posts: 54,274

    Which is why I go out in the sun in summer, only use sunblock when necessary, and eat plenty of eggs and oily fish especially in winter.
    Alternatively, wonder into a decent chemist. They all sell (these days) the 20,000iu capsules. One a week of that would put your Vitamin D levels on the moon.
  • dr_spyndr_spyn Posts: 11,307

    Of course, Bristol West was subject to the 'Remain Alliance' in 2019, so the LibDems stood down for the Greens.

    That is why Labour + Greens = 87 % in Bristol West.
    It was Bristol North West where the Green stood down.

    Thangham Debbonaire still had to fight off Molly Scott Cato.
  • MaxPBMaxPB Posts: 39,842

    Get Anas Sarwar in the Commons

    Isn't this the problem SLAB have, anyone with any talent just ends up in Westminster leaving the second/third raters in Scotland.
  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 34,301
    edited March 2021

    Of course, Bristol West was subject to the 'Remain Alliance' in 2019, so the LibDems stood down for the Greens.

    That is why Labour + Greens = 87 % in Bristol West.
    The more important point is that right of centre parties could only muster 13%, less than in Glasgow East for example.
  • GallowgateGallowgate Posts: 20,177
    MaxPB said:

    Isn't this the problem SLAB have, anyone with any talent just ends up in Westminster leaving the second/third raters in Scotland.
    There's Labour talent in Westminster?
  • RogerRoger Posts: 20,476
    Cyclefree said:

    ID cards under the pretext of dealing with Covid?

    No. Just no. Vaccines deal with Covid. The health service deals with those vaccines cannot help.

    No to a Chinese-style social credit system.

    No fucking way.

    And no to a blasphemy law introduced by the back door using the weaselly concept of offence, a way of allowing bullies of all types to stop others saying what they think and imposing their views on everyone else.

    I am sick of hearing about people being offended. I really could not care less. You can choose whether or not to take offence. Politeness is given freely not demanded on the pain of threats. If you can't take criticism, whether unfair or not, piss off to an uninhabited island. A free society is meant for adults not over-sensitive toddlers.

    Indeed, it is getting to the stage that in order to uphold our right to think and say what we want we will have to be as rude as possible to whichever snowflake is complaining that day until they get the fucking point. And when they do then we can go back to being courteous and polite - because we choose to be - not because we are too scared to upset the stupid narcissistic babies.

    That would be impressive if it was written by anyone other than you. The person who was finding anti semitic tropes where no one else could see them. Imagine people being offended by a scribble on a wall.
  • Casino_RoyaleCasino_Royale Posts: 62,402

    "We think we have a culture war in Britain because there is one on Twitter, which is unrepresentative, a false mirror. “Social media literally hands the microphone to those people down the back who heckle all the time,” says Tim Dixon, the co-founder of More in Common, a think tank working in France, Germany, the UK and the US that is devoted to “uniting divided societies”. “It’s a handful of people — 80 per cent of tweets come from 2 per cent of the population.” It is normal to dehumanise on Twitter. Long-developed strategies for human agreement do not work there, so they do not exist there."

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/culture-wars-how-divided-is-britain-black-lives-matter-brexit-megxit-q8h5660ks

    "We think we have a culture war in Britain because the EU referendum and the election of President Trump in 2016 were five months apart. We look at America with its real culture war and we think we are like them. But we aren’t. “The dynamics in the UK are quite distinctive. Brits aren’t as ideological,” says Dixon, who has sat through “countless hours of focus groups”. His conclusion is that British people are “moderators. They look for common ground. They don’t take pride in taking the strongest view.”
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 14,012

    The best at lying and getting away with it for sure..
    Boris and Nicola together in a class of their own. Fascinating tussle also, as it sort of looks as if one of them must lose a very particular battle. IMHO the chances of Scottish independence (as opposed to lots of huffing and puffing) are very small and Nicola knows that perfectly well. She must have to be content possessing a fiefdom but having an overlord. She has performed this well so far.

  • Andy_JSAndy_JS Posts: 34,301
    "Race and False Hate Crime Narratives
    written by Heather Mac Donald"

    https://quillette.com/2021/03/25/race-and-false-hate-crime-narratives
  • YBarddCwscYBarddCwsc Posts: 7,172
    Andy_JS said:

    The more important point is that right of centre parties could only muster 13%, less than in Glasgow East for example.
    It was one of the most Remain-dominated constituencies in the country. So, I am not too surprised.

    The Right could only muster 16 % in Cambridge.
  • CyclefreeCyclefree Posts: 25,651
    Roger said:

    That would be impressive if it was written by anyone other than you. The person who was finding anti semitic tropes where no one else could see them. Imagine people being offended by a scribble on a wall.
    What on earth are you talking about?
  • Luckyguy1983Luckyguy1983 Posts: 30,856

    Alternatively, wonder into a decent chemist. They all sell (these days) the 20,000iu capsules. One a week of that would put your Vitamin D levels on the moon.
    Not reliably so. They aren't actual Vitamin D (which can't be synthesised) they're the precursors of it - it's up to your body if it makes any.
  • CatManCatMan Posts: 3,228
    This thread has got a Vitamin D shot
  • bigjohnowlsbigjohnowls Posts: 22,924

    Get Anas Sarwar in the Commons

    Airdrie & Shotts
  • algarkirkalgarkirk Posts: 14,012

    My only regret is that I have but one pair of hands with which to applaud this excellent post...
    Nearly all the full time career offence taking people have a remarkable tendency to be able to dish it out but not take it. It may be bias but I see this more from progressives/left than from other. Have they any idea whatsoever how offensive a poster proclaiming 'Kill the Bill' is to ordinary opinion - or cop families. Dare I suggest that it is as offensive as the N word?
  • Sunil_PrasannanSunil_Prasannan Posts: 53,693

    It was one of the most Remain-dominated constituencies in the country. So, I am not too surprised.

    The Right could only muster 16 % in Cambridge.
    The Right got less than 49% across the UK.
  • ydoethurydoethur Posts: 73,575
    Cyclefree said:

    What on earth are you talking about?
    With Roger, it’s usually better and quicker not to inquire and assume he’s just got confused.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 51,292
    Roger said:

    That would be impressive if it was written by anyone other than you. The person who was finding anti semitic tropes where no one else could see them. Imagine people being offended by a scribble on a wall.
    The mural was obviously antisemitic, but you do have a point. If making Free Speech an icon, then we have to include free speech that is overtly offensive. Holocaust denial, homophobia, full on racism, incel misogyny, flag burners, all need to be protected.

    It is not just Muslims that would have to have much thicker skins.
  • FoxyFoxy Posts: 51,292
    algarkirk said:

    Nearly all the full time career offence taking people have a remarkable tendency to be able to dish it out but not take it. It may be bias but I see this more from progressives/left than from other. Have they any idea whatsoever how offensive a poster proclaiming 'Kill the Bill' is to ordinary opinion - or cop families. Dare I suggest that it is as offensive as the N word?
    Kill the Bill is an old slogan. Kill the Parliamentary Bill, not the Old Bill.

  • AnabobazinaAnabobazina Posts: 23,795
    She’s right in what respect?
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