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I'd say Raab should be most worried, though Boris doesn't seen keen on a reshuffle, let alone of his First Secretary.1
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Worse for Geronimo.0
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Not their finest hour0
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LAB majority nailed on! If you take note of what is posted on here.
In the real world, not so sure.0 -
Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting1 -
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‘Mr Johnson had been attempting to get Mr Biden on the phone to discuss Kabul falling from Monday morning. The pair eventually talked at close to 10pm on Tuesday.’
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pigeon said:
Sure, but do people keep alpaca's as pets or something? I find it hard to get invested in animals that are logged in my brain as food.Big_G_NorthWales said:0 -
In a different decade, Raab would have fallen on his sword by now. But Johnson can't really sack him for going on holiday when he did pretty much the same thing. But that's two of the top table who really shouldn't be there (Raab and Patel) now?kle4 said:I'd say Raab should be most worried, though Boris doesn't seen keen on a reshuffle, let alone of his First Secretary.
On Topic- the interesting one is The Star. Up to now, they have played their criticism of the government for laughs. This is straighter, and that feels worse.1 -
Lot of excitement on here if LAB go ahead or get within a few percent. Maybe some anti Boris threads 😊Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
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I understand Biden has not spoken to anyone other than BorisCarlottaVance said:‘Mr Johnson had been attempting to get Mr Biden on the phone to discuss Kabul falling from Monday morning. The pair eventually talked at close to 10pm on Tuesday.’
https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1428112078649311239?s=20
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I was going to say intriguing they have gone serious - I feel like they must know the line when their audience won't like a joke.Stuartinromford said:
In a different decade, Raab would have fallen on his sword by now. But Johnson can't really sack him for going on holiday when he did pretty much the same thing. But that's two of the top table who really shouldn't be there (Raab and Patel) now?kle4 said:I'd say Raab should be most worried, though Boris doesn't seen keen on a reshuffle, let alone of his First Secretary.
On Topic- the interesting one is The Star. Up to now, they have played their criticism of the government for laughs. This is straighter, and that feels worse.1 -
Starmer’s first policy success.dixiedean said:Worse for Geronimo.
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Apparently their fleeces and they are good guard animalskle4 said:
Sure, but do people keep alpaca's as pets or something? I find it hard to get invested in animals that are logged in my brain as food.Big_G_NorthWales said:0 -
Biden is a very unimpressive POTUS barely an improvement on the previous occupant.5
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Well, we are always up for something newlondonpubman said:
Lot of excitement on here if LAB go ahead or get within a few percent. Maybe some anti Boris threads 😊Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting1 -
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.2 -
At least with Trump he was unapologetically a tosser.MaxPB said:Biden is a very unimpressive POTUS barely an improvement on the previous occupant.
Talking of similarities between the two, Biden has clearly retained Trump's makeup artist.
https://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos/status/1428101934658080778
Once again (and unironically) Orange Man Bad.0 -
Been interesting reports about this. Merkel, Macron, and Johnson all spoke to each other individually, but until the Johnson-Biden call none of the European leaders had spoken to Biden. Either he was too busy on his summer holidays, or they realise that the whole 'America is Back' noise was just that.CarlottaVance said:‘Mr Johnson had been attempting to get Mr Biden on the phone to discuss Kabul falling from Monday morning. The pair eventually talked at close to 10pm on Tuesday.’
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Re your second paragraph maybe it is time that we accept we cannot be the worlds policemsnStuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.1 -
Disgraceful. Did he speak to Merkel?CarlottaVance said:‘Mr Johnson had been attempting to get Mr Biden on the phone to discuss Kabul falling from Monday morning. The pair eventually talked at close to 10pm on Tuesday.’
https://twitter.com/benrileysmith/status/1428112078649311239?s=20
So much for the special relationship.
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Not just PR savvy, but also with very deep pockets. I'd hazard a guess that the amount of legal costs this alpaca has incurred would buy a very substantial herd of the creatures!pigeon said:1 -
Strange comment. I haven't come across a single person on here who thinks a Labour majority is remotely plausible. Even us lefties are pretty gloomy about the prospects of that.londonpubman said:LAB majority nailed on! If you take note of what is posted on here.
In the real world, not so sure.3 -
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.2 -
Lots of truth there- but I'm not sure that the British psyche is ready to accept that yet, or that Johnson is the leader to help the country make the necessary transition.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Re your second paragraph maybe it is time that we accept we cannot be the worlds policemsnStuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.1 -
And time to accept that we shouldn't be the USA's lapdog.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Re your second paragraph maybe it is time that we accept we cannot be the worlds policemsnStuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.2 -
Ah yes, devomax, that old chestnut. Been tumbleweed status on that one for years now. You seem to be the last fan.HYUFD said:
The reverse. NOM likely means PM Starmer, indyref2 + devomax and a narrow No win and securing of Scotland's position in the Union for a genuine generation more.StuartDickson said:NOM = end of Union?
Also it likely means closer alignment to the SM and CU for GB removing the Irish Sea border also cementing GB closer to NI.
NOM is thus likely bad for the Tories as they lose office, even the DUP may prefer Starmer for the reasons in my second sentence however it would be good for the Union0 -
Davey's been on a bit of a journey over Afghanistan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xs6hzFQzjI&t=60s&ab_channel=ChristianCalgie0 -
Compradore ex-"president" Ashraf Ghani, recipient of the Quisling Medal and the Pétain Prize, has now "landed" in the UAE. I bet he and his family are pleased that he has been reported as landing somewhere. What a lot of travelling he must have done, what with it being stated first that he'd fled to Tajikistan and next to Uzbekistan. Aerial refuelling? Or movements as yet unrevealed? For reasons that are obvious, none of the "stans" will want him, and I strongly doubt his former country of residence the United States (citizenship of which he so bravely renounced) will want him back either. He says he is in talks to return to Afghanistan.[*] Who with - the man in the mirror?
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(*) He also says that rumours that he travelled to the UAE with a large amount of money are "completely baseless" and "lies". Phew! Not as if he'd have to pay anyone to look after him or anything like that. Must have friends all over the place.0 -
Rasmussen tonight has Trump beating Biden if there was another election now
Trump 43%
Biden 37%
Third Party 14%
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2021/election_regrets_most_wouldn_t_vote_to_reelect_biden
(Rasmussen's final 2020 poll had Biden 1% ahead for comparison)0 -
Resume the count?HYUFD said:Rasmussen tonight has Trump beating Biden if there was another election now
Trump 43%
Biden 37%
https://conservativebrief.com/poll-defeat-48729/
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This is right up PB’s street:
‘Sir Tom Devine: Those who think independence threat is receding are living in fool's paradise’
Professor Sir Tom Devine argued the union remains in greater danger than at any time since the 1745 Jacobite rising.
He added: "Remember, 1707 was an agreement between two historic nations. It was not an imposition. What we have now is imposition."
Sir Tom said: "Those in London, and particularly in the political class, who think the problem of the north, the problem of the Scottish question is receding are quite literally living in a fool's paradise."
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19521474.sir-tom-devine-think-independence-threat-receding-living-fools-paradise/0 -
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.
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Tumbleweed status on that particular framing, yes, but there's scope for increasing support for an improvement or relaunch of the union, even with the SNP refusing to play ball if that's the attitude they want to take.StuartDickson said:
Ah yes, devomax, that old chestnut. Been tumbleweed status on that one for years now. You seem to be the last fan.HYUFD said:
The reverse. NOM likely means PM Starmer, indyref2 + devomax and a narrow No win and securing of Scotland's position in the Union for a genuine generation more.StuartDickson said:NOM = end of Union?
Also it likely means closer alignment to the SM and CU for GB removing the Irish Sea border also cementing GB closer to NI.
NOM is thus likely bad for the Tories as they lose office, even the DUP may prefer Starmer for the reasons in my second sentence however it would be good for the Union
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Vote Labour to save the Union, you say? (jots down note)HYUFD said:
The reverse. NOM likely means PM Starmer, indyref2 + devomax and a narrow No win and securing of Scotland's position in the Union for a genuine generation more.
Also it likely means closer alignment to the SM and CU for GB removing the Irish Sea border also cementing GB closer to NI.
NOM is thus likely bad for the Tories as they lose office, even the DUP may prefer Starmer for the reasons in my second sentence however it would be good for the Union1 -
A relaunch you say? Intriguing. Not least because that echoes something in that Herald article I just linked to:YoungTurk said:
Tumbleweed status on that particular framing, yes, but there's scope for increasing support for an improvement or relaunch of the union, even with the SNP refusing to play ball if that's the attitude they want to take.StuartDickson said:
Ah yes, devomax, that old chestnut. Been tumbleweed status on that one for years now. You seem to be the last fan.HYUFD said:
The reverse. NOM likely means PM Starmer, indyref2 + devomax and a narrow No win and securing of Scotland's position in the Union for a genuine generation more.StuartDickson said:NOM = end of Union?
Also it likely means closer alignment to the SM and CU for GB removing the Irish Sea border also cementing GB closer to NI.
NOM is thus likely bad for the Tories as they lose office, even the DUP may prefer Starmer for the reasons in my second sentence however it would be good for the Union
“Mr Martin, a professor at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government, said an important part of the unionist argument will be deciding what sort of union is on offer post-Brexit.”
https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19521474.sir-tom-devine-think-independence-threat-receding-living-fools-paradise/
A new sort of union? A “relaunch”? “On offer”?
“An improvement”? A new framing? Devomax?
This is gonna be fun! It’s not going to be Status Quo v Independence, but A New Sort of Union v Independence. Only slight problem: has anyone asked/told the English?0 -
AZ vaccine unexpectedly catching on among 30s, 40s (S Korea)
https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=3141043 -
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
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Look at this interview with Biden. It’s gibberish. He can’t talk properly, or he gets emotionally weird
‘Biden grew defensive when Stephanopoulos referred to the scenes of distress.
"We've all seen the pictures. We've seen those hundreds of people packed in a C-17. We've seen Afghans falling --"
"That was four days ago, five days ago!" Biden interjected.
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"Yes," Biden replied, but then amended his answer.
"Now exactly what happened, I've not priced in," he said. "But I knew that they're going to have an enormous -- Look, one of the things we didn't know is what the Taliban would do in terms of trying to keep people from getting out. What they would do. What are they doing now? They're cooperating, letting American citizens get out, American personnel get out, embassies get out, et cetera, but they're having -- we're having some more difficulty having those who helped us when we were in there."
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"I hear people say, well you had 2,500 folks in there and nothing was happening. You know, there wasn't any more -- but guess what, the fact was, that the reason that wasn't happening, was the last president negotiated a year earlier that he'd be out by May 1st and that the return, there'd be no attack on American forces. That's what was done. That's why nothing was happening," Biden said.
"I had a simple choice. If I said, 'we're gonna stay,' then we'd better be prepared to put a whole lot hell of a lot more troops in," he concluded.’
Wtf
This isn’t a partisan point. Trump was also gaga. But 2 presidents in a row?
The whole article is worse
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-withdraw-afghanistan-chaos-ensuing/story?id=795079301 -
Did they want to leave before the government collapsed? If not, what kind of planning would have helped?NickPalmer said:
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.1 -
Not often you get a Tory councillor pointing out the upside of a Labour PM. However, before you get too excited, as Philip pointed out earlier today:NickPalmer said:
Vote Labour to save the Union, you say? (jots down note)HYUFD said:
The reverse. NOM likely means PM Starmer, indyref2 + devomax and a narrow No win and securing of Scotland's position in the Union for a genuine generation more.
Also it likely means closer alignment to the SM and CU for GB removing the Irish Sea border also cementing GB closer to NI.
NOM is thus likely bad for the Tories as they lose office, even the DUP may prefer Starmer for the reasons in my second sentence however it would be good for the UnionHYUFD's view on the union distilled:
Tory majority = no IndyRef = good for union.
No Tory majority = no Tory PM = good for union.0 -
Biden should have said: no deal, to the Taliban, unless we have 3 months to evacuate who we want, at the pace we want. And they should never scuttled from Bagramedmundintokyo said:
Did they want to leave before the government collapsed? If not, what kind of planning would have helped?NickPalmer said:
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.
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Christ he’s beyond useless. Won’t take a single questions at his presser. No way Biden runs again
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They slipped away in the cover of darkness without even telling the Afghan army, lolLeon said:
Biden should have said: no deal, to the Taliban, unless we have 3 months to evacuate who we want, at the pace we want. And they should never scuttled from Bagramedmundintokyo said:
Did they want to leave before the government collapsed? If not, what kind of planning would have helped?NickPalmer said:
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.
America had total air superiority, and relinquished it for nothing
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/5/us-left-bagram-airfield-without-notice-afghan-officials-say0 -
Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
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Maybe I'm being slow but I don't get it. They've *got* the airport, they can get the people they want out. If there's a problem it's getting across the city to the airport, but that's not something you can enforce from the air.Leon said:
Biden should have said: no deal, to the Taliban, unless we have 3 months to evacuate who we want, at the pace we want. And they should never scuttled from Bagramedmundintokyo said:
Did they want to leave before the government collapsed? If not, what kind of planning would have helped?NickPalmer said:
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.
America had total air superiority, and relinquished it for nothing
It's true that if they wanted to take millions of refugees they'd need more time, and ideally a land corridor too. But they don't want to take millions of refugees.0 -
This is just like the Iraq War, all the people who supported the policy are seeing the results of the policy and blaming the implementation.
The difference is that some people opposed the Iraq War, whereas 20 years of war followed by surrender to the Taliban implicates everybody, because you either support continuing the war that brought us to this point or you support surrender to the Taliban.6 -
Food industry supply chain chaos result of Brexit, British poultry association says
Sky News understands that the group has contacted the Home Office about the issue, but has yet to receive a response.
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/food-industry-supply-chain-chaos-result-of-brexit-british-poultry-association-says-12384770
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Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election2 -
Not without Scotland, and certainly not read it on here. Have you been on LabourList again?londonpubman said:LAB majority nailed on! If you take note of what is posted on here.
In the real world, not so sure.0 -
It's important to note that despite the US running away in the middle of the night with no warning, and banning essential ANA maintenance contractors from entering the country, and the US announcing that they expected the ANA to be slaughtered in months, and the US releasing 5,000 of the Taliban's most dedicated fighters, and the US-installed puppet President striking secret deals with the Taliban, that this is fully on the ANA's lack of desire to fight, and the US can't be blamed at all.RobD said:
They slipped away in the cover of darkness without even telling the Afghan army, lolLeon said:
Biden should have said: no deal, to the Taliban, unless we have 3 months to evacuate who we want, at the pace we want. And they should never scuttled from Bagramedmundintokyo said:
Did they want to leave before the government collapsed? If not, what kind of planning would have helped?NickPalmer said:
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.
America had total air superiority, and relinquished it for nothing
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/5/us-left-bagram-airfield-without-notice-afghan-officials-say
Or at least that's what the blue-ticks are telling me.
I'm so incredibly angry about so much of this- for the thousands of Europeans who lost their lives and their limbs, for the 40m Afghans who lost their liberties, country and future, for the 70k+ dead ANA who sacrificed their life against the Taliban only to be slandered by the US President, and every other tragedy that will arise because of the US's callous cowardice.4 -
Per Bruno Macaes on twitter (former Portugese Europe Minister - who has been extensively critical of the EU/US over the past year), things moved very quickly, and the 'intelligence' services had little idea of the reality of the situation.edmundintokyo said:
Did they want to leave before the government collapsed? If not, what kind of planning would have helped?NickPalmer said:
Interesting idea - but there seem to be quite a few Brits still stuck there?edmundintokyo said:
Which people are we talking about? It doesn't seem like British staff were getting stuck, so we're talking about Afghans. Afghans don't have a right to live in Britain, and the British voters don't want them there. One of the main reasons for Brexit was to stop refugees from Syria getting in.NickPalmer said:
I'm sure that's true. What puzzles me - and it's really not a partisan point - is why the evacuation of most people whom we want to get out wasn't quietly started a few weeks ago. Sure, there would have been unsettling rumours, but that would have been a good time for obfuscation - we are just routine redeployments and economies, blah blah. A D-notice would have been appropriate. They wouldn't have got everyone out, but they seem to have only started thinking about it seriously when Kabul collapsed. Yes, they set up some sort of control centre at the airport, but it clearly wasn't ready for efficient operation.Stuartinromford said:
That leaves two problems for the government, though.Big_G_NorthWales said:Inevitable but not sure if the public accept the UK had any choice once Trump and Biden took the decision
The next few polls will be interesting
One is that, even if the withdrawal was inevitable, the scrambled mess feels like it ought to have been done better. I don't know if that's the case or not- defeats are always undignified- but this doesn't make the UK government look competent or humane.
The other is that, even if it's true that the UK isn't in a position to undertake global military action independently of the USA... it's not nice to explicitly bump up against that reality. At least some of the thinking behind support for the Johnson government is based on the assumption that the UK has more global power than it actually has; the gap between Truly Global Power (USA, China, anyone else?) and Best of the Rest is really very big.
I get that their advice was that the Afghans would hold on for a while, but anyone could see that that wasn't a certainty, simply an assessment. Some worst-case thinking would have indicated a better approach.
Now, it's true that *this week* the voters want to let Afghan refugees in. But they didn't want them two weeks ago, and they won't want them two months from now. The British government particularly doesn't want them because it'll be blamed if a refugee commits a terrorist attack.
You don't make a big secret plan for something you don't intend to do.0 -
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/14276553835191623741 -
He’s done a May hasn’t he?Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election0 -
Leon said:
Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
https://twitter.com/macaesbruno/status/14281400938737868811 -
He's not that bad, surely, even when you take the blackface into account.StuartDickson said:
He’s done a May hasn’t he?Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election0 -
What's wrong with "re" now?williamglenn said:
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/14276553835191623741 -
My affinity with Bruno Macaes' worldview and takes is no doubt totally unrelated to his decidedly Anglophilic slant...williamglenn said:Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
https://twitter.com/macaesbruno/status/14281400938737868810 -
I don't see the Canadian election on betfair, are any bookies taking bets on Canadian GE? if so what are the odds?Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election0 -
She sells sea shells to she-cover from the she-cession.williamglenn said:
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/1427655383519162374
Personally I think he is woman shaming, blaming them for an economic downturn and demanding they are responsible coming back from it.0 -
Finally, women can get back to work while men get in the kitchen.FrancisUrquhart said:
She sells sea shells to she-cover from the she-cession.williamglenn said:
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/1427655383519162374
Personally I think he is woman shaming, blaming them for an economic downturn and demanding they are responsible coming back from it.
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I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.1 -
Too busy running things in the background.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.0 -
Looks like it. I don't think the Conservatives will benefit, it's more likely to be the New Democratic Party and the Greens.StuartDickson said:
He’s done a May hasn’t he?Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election0 -
Good question, I don't know at the moment.BigRich said:
I don't see the Canadian election on betfair, are any bookies taking bets on Canadian GE? if so what are the odds?Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election0 -
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.2 -
The "she-cession" - he's blaming women? That's gutsy.williamglenn said:
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/14276553835191623740 -
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Omg
https://twitter.com/richardgrenell/status/1428096454782951435?s=21
Sorry for posting at like 3am but fucking hell. This gets worse1 -
I have no idea who the tweeter isrcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428036967443451904/photo/10 -
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=212 -
I thought the grown-up professionals were supposed to be back in charge of America?Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=212 -
I would be careful with that guy....Charles said:
I have no idea who the tweeter isrcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428036967443451904/photo/10 -
U.S. COVID update: More than 1,000 new deaths for second day in a row
- New cases: 174,785
- Average: 140,549 (+2,153)
- In hospital: 91,134 (+2,653)
- In ICU: 22,509 (+595)
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Yes, this starts to feel more like an American Suez. Total national humiliation. An entire political generation disgraced.rcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.0 -
Thx - any particular reason?FrancisUrquhart said:
I would be careful with that guy....Charles said:
I have no idea who the tweeter isrcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428036967443451904/photo/10 -
The interesting one is The Times.Stuartinromford said:
In a different decade, Raab would have fallen on his sword by now. But Johnson can't really sack him for going on holiday when he did pretty much the same thing. But that's two of the top table who really shouldn't be there (Raab and Patel) now?kle4 said:I'd say Raab should be most worried, though Boris doesn't seen keen on a reshuffle, let alone of his First Secretary.
On Topic- the interesting one is The Star. Up to now, they have played their criticism of the government for laughs. This is straighter, and that feels worse.
Anyone serious knows this is about Biden, not our government. Realistically once Biden pulled out there was no way the UK could or should remain without the USA. Not a single sane person says otherwise.
But sure, "Raab should have fallen on his sword" for Biden's decision . . . ookay then 😕0 -
From memory he is a big Trumpster who loves a good conspiracy theory. Pushed the likes of pizzagate etc.Charles said:
Thx - any particular reason?FrancisUrquhart said:
I would be careful with that guy....Charles said:
I have no idea who the tweeter isrcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428036967443451904/photo/10 -
I feel like I've stepped into the Twilight Zone reading that.williamglenn said:
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/1427655383519162374
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Ah. Hard pass then.FrancisUrquhart said:
From memory he is a big Trumpster who loves a good conspiracy theory. Pushed the likes of pizzagate etc.Charles said:
Thx - any particular reason?FrancisUrquhart said:
I would be careful with that guy....Charles said:
I have no idea who the tweeter isrcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1428036967443451904/photo/10 -
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You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.0 -
We are all going to need regular boosters....
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9905631/Double-jabbed-catch-Delta-variant-just-likely-spread-Covid-unvaccinated.html0 -
A bitter has-been and an uncompromising zealot, neither of whom need to pay attention to real world compromises and can use their soapboxes as they please.Mexicanpete said:.
You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.
Do you think that a PM May (or even a PM Tugenhadt) after two decades in Afghanistan, having faced the Biden withdrawal which wasn't even discussed with the PM before the decision was made, would have said "the UK is staying behind, we'll continue to fight the Taliban unilaterally ourselves".0 -
Makes sense when you consider the original words are "he-covery" and "he-cession". Oh, hang on...Philip_Thompson said:
I feel like I've stepped into the Twilight Zone reading that.williamglenn said:
Trudeau was saying they need a “she-covery” from the “she-cession”.Andy_JS said:Wrt the Canadian election:
The average Liberal lead in the 10 polls conducted before the election was called was 8.4%, (or 8.3% if you take the final 11 polls before it was called). In the 11 polls conducted since the election was called, it has been 4.5%. So their lead has already pretty much halved in just 3 days, and we have more than 10 polls which makes the figures convincing IMO.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2021_Canadian_federal_election
https://twitter.com/andrewlawton/status/1427655383519162374
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The UK has no power to do these sort of things unilaterally. The US does but decided not to.Mexicanpete said:.
You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.1 -
I predicted a couple of days ago that this situation may mean that Biden doesn't serve out his full term.rcs1000 said:
I do believe this is the single most important observation of the day.FrancisUrquhart said:
I am surprised he can remember as far back as 4 or 5 days.Leon said:Jesus. This is the worst one. He’s a confused and tearful old man, way way out of his depth. This is desperate
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428100689692090371?s=21
One thing that is noticeable, the Vice President is nowhere to be seen.
Where is Kamala?
Now, she may be wooden. And she may be a dreadful politician. But she's not a complete idiot. She could no doubt answer questions, and merely come over as dull and functional. But she isn't obviously suffering from dementia.
My guess (and it's only a guess) is that she's getting her revenge. Biden* handed her a bunch of impossible problems that will generate only negative press for the VP.
And now Biden needs her. And she doesn't want to be anywhere near the shit show.
Could she actually plunge the knife into Biden early in his term? If so, would it be enough to force Biden from office?
I don't know the answer. But it's far from impossible. Could Afghanistan be America's Suez? With Biden playing the Eden role?
And perhaps Suez is the better analogy than Tehran or Saigon.
* Well, really Biden's team.
** Eden, too long in the shadows... I like it.0 -
Thanks for clearing that up for me.RobD said:
The UK has no power to do these sort of things unilaterally. The US does but decided not to.Mexicanpete said:.
You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.
Not what Theresa, Tom and several others were suggesting though.
A UK led US-free NATO task force was what they had in mind I believe.1 -
They're wrong.Mexicanpete said:
Thanks for clearing that up for me.RobD said:
The UK has no power to do these sort of things unilaterally. The US does but decided not to.Mexicanpete said:.
You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.
Not what Theresa, Tom and several others were suggesting though.
What did Theresa ever manage to achieve unilaterally?
Do you honestly believe for a fraction of a second that if Theresa was still PM we'd have remained after Biden's unilateral withdrawal decision?
I don't and I don't think you honestly hand on heart believe that either. So why pretend we should listen to disgraced ex PMs like that?2 -
I think people are getting carried away on the political implications of this. Sooner or later there will be another crisis somewhere else in the world, this time one that can be addressed by bombing some brown people, Biden will bomb some brown people, and the blob will be back on side.5
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I clarified "unilateral" in my edit.Philip_Thompson said:
They're wrong.Mexicanpete said:
Thanks for clearing that up for me.RobD said:
The UK has no power to do these sort of things unilaterally. The US does but decided not to.Mexicanpete said:.
You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.
Not what Theresa, Tom and several others were suggesting though.
What did Theresa ever manage to achieve unilaterally?
Do you honestly believe for a fraction of a second that if Theresa was still PM we'd have remained after Biden's unilateral withdrawal decision?
I don't and I don't think you honestly hand on heart believe that either. So why pretend we should listen to disgraced ex PMs like that?
For what it's worth I am not beating up on Biden or Johnson, unlike Leon and HYUFDStarmer.
I don't like the moral compass direction of the exit, but to an extent Biden's hands were tied by Doha. The shambolic US exit strategy (strategy?,-I jest) happened on Biden's watch and is thus all down to Biden and military intelligence and the CIA.
The shambolic UK exit, as opposed to France who I believe evacuated two weeks ago is whose doing?0 -
Angina attack over! Back to bed.0
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New South Wales, which includes Sydney, reports 681 new coronavirus cases, the biggest one-day increase on record
New Zealand's coronavirus outbreak more than doubles in size with 11 new cases, the biggest one-day increase since August 20200 -
I’m sure this is right. Everyone tends to overreact.edmundintokyo said:I think people are getting carried away on the political implications of this. Sooner or later there will be another crisis somewhere else in the world, this time one that can be addressed by bombing some brown people, Biden will bomb some brown people, and the blob will be back on side.
Still, Kamala’s silence is deafening0 -
I think this kind of illustrates the problem with her position, because not being seen talking about it much won't let her off the hook. Health-permitting if Biden is doing well he'll run again, and if he's not doing well then she'll be tainted too.rcs1000 said:
I’m sure this is right. Everyone tends to overreact.edmundintokyo said:I think people are getting carried away on the political implications of this. Sooner or later there will be another crisis somewhere else in the world, this time one that can be addressed by bombing some brown people, Biden will bomb some brown people, and the blob will be back on side.
Still, Kamala’s silence is deafening0 -
Other NATO countries said no thank you. It was reported earlier that Ben Wallace had called around the other European capitals to no avail.Mexicanpete said:
Thanks for clearing that up for me.RobD said:
The UK has no power to do these sort of things unilaterally. The US does but decided not to.Mexicanpete said:.
You missed Boris in the Commons today then?RobD said:
America looks unbelievably diminished today.Leon said:Humiliation heaped on humiliation
https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1428078568794382336?s=21
I don't personally believe either UK or US are diminished, but then I'm not Theresa May or Tom Tugenhadt.
Not what Theresa, Tom and several others were suggesting though.
A UK led US-free NATO task force was what they had in mind I believe.4
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