Annalena Baerbock to succeed Merkel? – politicalbetting.com
Annalena Baerbock to succeed Merkel? – politicalbetting.com
Finland has one. New Zealand has one. Is Germany about to join the list of countries with young, dynamic female premiers breathing new life into democratic politics?
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They didn't do another one for over five years.
I really did think I was born too late....
This was just two hours ago
Now, according to the Telegraph, an extension of lockdown is a "tough call". You could argue that this is journalistic hyperbole, but the Telegraph is, shall we say, not unconnected to the prime ministerial mind
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/johnson-faces-tough-call-mondays-reopening-indian-variant-cases/
But my fav album of the 90s by far was Nirvana’s Nevermind.
I did see Oasis at Knebworth, blur & Weller at Chelmsford and Black Grape at Brixton though, but the two I missed were quite legendary concerts I think.
On the more important topic of best albums from the 90s, sorry to be unpatriotic but my favourite is an American one - Bat Out Of Hell II.
Think that Greens led by Baerbock have a real fighting chance of ending up as the greasy poll of German politics, and forming the next government in coalition with ______?
My own thought is that it would likely be best for them & her to hook up with the Union.
My other thought is that die Linke is flirting with NOT making 5% nationally, though they'd still win some constituency seat IF that happens, nicht wahr?
I actually managed to see a Michael Jackson concert once. When I say this, younger people look at me as if I was at the Battle of Gettysburg.
PS Underworld (2nd Toughest In Infants) is what I still listen to from the 90s
Did you ever go to see a Jimmy Savile event? And how do the juniors react?
It is actually difficult to see how they can avoid extending lockdown. Why take the risk?
We are maybe eight weeks from near-total vaccination. What does 8 weeks of pubgoing and hotel-visiting gain us, if, by staying locked down instead, we definitely avoid another catastrophic third wave that shuts the entire country for months, and kills tens of thousands?
It will be brutally cruel for the hospitality industry - and me - but it makes ruthless sense. I can easily see them doing it.
As the Telegraph says, it is a Tough Call
I grew up in NZ. We did not get Jimmy Savile.
Radiohead - The Bends
Nirvana - Nevermind
Pulp - Different Class
Blur - Modern Life is Rubbish
Oasis - Definitely Maybe
REM - Monster
Portishead - Dummy
Leftfield - Leftism
Moby - Everything is Wrong
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Pearl Jam - 10
What am I missing?
Damn. I almost didn't comment on this thread and not just because work has kept me busy to an unreasonable hour.
Cyclefree once again holds our hypocrisy, arrogance and delusions to the fire and my toes are burning. I really, really struggle to have sympathy with IRA bastards who murdered so many of our people or their fellow travellers. I have an instinctive sympathy for soldiers doing their job for us under enormous stress having been trained within an inch of their lives to respond extremely and disproportionately violently to any threat. I remember my late father telling me that quite a number of officers in Germany resigned their commissions, so appalled were they that the Paras had been let loose on a British street. They should never have been there, that is not what they were trained for.
I want to make excuses but I can't. If this is indeed a country that respects justice and the rule of law as opposed to being hypocritical about it we must, absolutely must, be rigorous in investigating and punishing our men when they fall below the high standards that we claim to set ourselves. I hate it but she is right. We have let ourselves down badly in investigating our dirty war (and it was a war, even although we pretended otherwise). Justice delayed is justice denied and the delays here are egregious and wrong. Bugger.
Ha, had I waited just a couple of minutes more I could have avoided posting this. Double bugger.
How do I tell her that, because of the unfreezing process, I have no inner-monologue...?
Different Class might be the best British Album of the nineties.
Screamadelica would be up there on the list too IMO.
IIRC I said on this site that if Boris' "lax" attitude to the border - specifically with India in this case - led to another lockdown, I would never vote Tory again
I stand by that
https://twitter.com/PaulJSweeney/status/1392819321747951616?s=20
Of those mentioned Nirvana - Nevermind is about the only one I was listening to at that point.
Police Scotland had to intervene to prevent serious problems when some HO types rocked up on the first day of Eid (and with some other political timings too, though I'm not sure they were alert enough to Scotland to realise that) to take a couple of gents away. I believe that the HO types kept them in the van for a whole day, but may be wrong.
Beautiful South - Blue is the Colour & Miaow
He & his band were near the end of their show, when Doc asked the crowd, "What should we play now?"
People starting shouting out suggestions. I was toward the back of the throng - this was outdoors at the Fairgrounds race track - and started booming out, "TENNESSEE STUD!!"
Did this a few times. Then Doc turned to the band, and they struck up . . . Tennessee Stud.
Doc watson - Tennessee Stud (written by Jimmy Driftwood)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1wOQnLh6A
https://twitter.com/BBCRosAtkins/status/1392945053853786116?s=20
RHCP - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Massive Attack - Blue Lines
Beck - Odelay (but prefer Midnite Vultures)
U2 - Achtung Baby
Bjork - Debut
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Air - Moon Safari
Belle & Sebastián - Boy with the Arab Strap
Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind
Buena Vista Social Club OST
Suede - Suede
Roots - Things Fall Apart
Edit: Super Furry Animals - Fuzzy Logic!
My first gig was UFO at Southampton Gaumont. Heavy Metal Heaven.
Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
And no "best album" list should ever contain any U2.
But my point is more related to the psychology of those in government. How many rulers around the world have been praised for their relaxed, laissez-faire approach to the virus?
None. Not even Sweden, any more
The only governments that have prospered have been those which clamped down hard and early. NZ, Oz, East Asia, Germany (at first). The vaccine has offered a 2nd life to some, but that now risks being squandered
Given that we have stopped worrying about debt, the tendency will always be to err on the side of caution. With a new variant growing exponentially, and a "question mark" over its susceptibility to vaccines, the easy move is to keep us locked down
I imagine they are arguing this intensely, in Downing Street, right now
The colour and the shape by Foo fighters
Dookie by Green day
Good stuff by the B52's
Hitler bad vandals good by the vandals
There is nothing left to lose by Foo fighters
Throttle junkies by soil
From here to eternity live by the clash
Anything by the damned
System of a down by System of a down
Welcome to the park by Abney park
My first album. Much less embarrassing than my first single (2 become 1. On tape....)
So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star is the nineties album that I play most often. The languid dream pop is perfect.
Sturgeon re-tweeted:
https://twitter.com/HumzaYousaf/status/1392880965228314625?s=20
"To take this action at any time in Scotland is unwelcome"
Aubrey Allegretti
@breeallegretti
Stark warning issued by DHSC tonight, in light of India variant’s spread:
“We cannot rule out re-imposing economic and social restrictions at a local or regional level if evidence suggests they are necessary to contain or suppress a variant which escapes the vaccine.”
Guns N Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Worth a mention for November Rain and Don't Cry alone.
Steven Swinford
@Steven_Swinford
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10m people could receive their second jabs early amid mounting concern about the spread of the Indian variant of coronavirus
The rollout for the over-50s could be accelerated to protect the most vulnerable
There’s concern June 21 phase of roadmap could be delayed
His last album “Prodigal Son” shows he’s still got it.
The Foo Fighters and The Clash.
There’s a definite correlation.
I saw Rocking Ry on the Get Rhythm tour, a week before seeing Springsteen at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. That was definitely a week to remember.
That'll do nicely. A game in hand now, 4 behind Chelsea, 6 behind Leicester, but those two need to play each other so its still in our hands now.
They will allow the pub-opening on Monday, then they will look at the Indian Variant data next Thursday, and they will panic, and then close everything again
like Christmas, redux
It is no exaggeration to say Boris could fall, over this. He is so tied to the vaccine success. If the Tories are seen to have squandered it, thru their insane open borders policy (why? why? why?) then he might be gone in a year or less
@janemerrick23
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Really striking to see B1617.2’s increase here in a short space of time
https://twitter.com/janemerrick23/status/1392923550852517890
@Fraser_Knight
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Warning from Health Secretary the government will not hesitate to take further action to get Indian variant under control.
All positive tests in London are also now going to be prioritised for sequencing to see if they’re a result of a mutation.
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Can a Tory, any Tory, please explain the open borders policy?? What the fucking holy fuck was gained by allowing flights from India for an extra three weeks?
WHAT???