Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
It's not just immigrants, it's also Brits. Lots of people want to live further south. Now, why?
Work. Principally the massive pull from the economic success of London.
There is also - loath though I am to admit it - the weather.
Now I very much like Manchester. There is a lot to recommend living here. It's a much more pleasant place to live than London; less hemmed in, more affordable, and we have far better countryside within 90 minutes than London does. Life here is good. But even the most patriotic of Mancunians would swap our weather for London's. Hell, I would swap our weather for Sheffield's.
FAR better is a stretch.
The Peaks are sensational but Suffolk, Norfolk, Chilterns, South Downs, New Forest and eastern Cotswolds within 90 minutes of London.
People up north (thankfully) massively underrate the countryside down south, keeps the crowds away.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
Listening to Boris it will not be extended but 5 eyes cooperation will continue but not as a members
"Villagers 'should rely on torches to see at night': Street lighting in rural areas should be scaled back and SUV drivers hit with higher taxes, Government's climate adviser says
Lord Deben called for lighting in rural areas to be scaled back for the climate He also warned against building hundreds of homes in villages where most workers would have to commute by car - adding to pollution Lord Deben, who served in the Cabinet as John Gummer, also called for higher taxes on sports utility vehicles to reflect their greater carbon emissions"
Fascinating. I have never lived anywhere which isn't pink on that map.
I often wonder whether there is a simple solution to this. If you've ever flown over Britain at night, its striking how so much from street lights goes upwards. I wonder whether a simple curved mirror - a foot or two wide - over the top of the street light would focus much more downwards, allowing us to use lower wattages.
I have no expertise in this or any reason to think I should be better at designing a street light than a street light designer. But still.
(Once that gets off the ground, I'll develop my idea for reducing wear and tear on aircraft tyres.)
Conveyor belt runways, or electric motors that spin up the wheels to 150mph?
Simpler than that - a sort of scoop-windmill on the wheel of the plane, such that when the wheel comes down it starts spinning, ultimately getting close to the relative speed of the plane vs the air. It wouldn't get up to 150mph, because friction. But even getting up to half that would help. Unless the friction of non-spinning tyre on runway is essential to slowing the aircraft down.
Your issue with getting the wheel spinning is going to be inertia - on larger planes they weigh several hundred kilos, and even with a new bearing will still take quite the force to spin up.
The friction of non-spinning tyre on the runway in slowing the plane down, is very marginal.
The biggest problem is going to be increasing wind resistance leading to more fuel burn. Planes have to fly at a set speed on approach, as directed by controllers to space the planes correctly, then reducing to the landing speed based on plane type and weight. The additional drag caused by the scoops means the planes would need to use more throttle, burning more fuel, with the gear down. It’s likely that the additional cost of fuel would be higher than the cost of the wear to the tyres.
Thanks for indulging me in this. But aren't you trying to slow the plane down at that point anyway? When you are coming into land, isn't more drag a good thing - hence the use of flaps?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Another way of looking at population density is that the green blob in the south-east is London. The green blob at the top is Scotland, and is far larger, yet there are more people living in London.
That (implied) argument falls down because of the data level, I'd suggest That green blob at the top is not green because it is averaged out at a national level. That map is averaged out at the level of a local authority ward. The only NIMBY area is a Tory ward, but lots and lots of other wards are green, even in equally Tory and even denser areas such as Morningside or Barnton or the Glasgow area equivalents.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
Why does anyone care about Shamina Begum, she's not a UK citizen.
Because her denaturalisation was spurious. She is not Bangladeshi.
She's not a UK citizen either, the supreme court has said so. Time to move on, she clearly has as we saw in her begging video she referred to the UK continually as "you" rather than "we".
It is not about her, it is about our rights as citizens.
Our right to what? Go and fight for ISIS without facing any consequences? I'm happy to live without that particular right.
To retain citizenship. And not have it removed by a lie, even if that lie is backed by the state. She simply is not and has never been Bangladeshi. If she were, then the decision would be fine. We have exported a terrorist to another country, we should do our bit, try her and lock her up, not waive our hands of responsibility.
The issue is that she would face no justice in the UK because no UK laws were broken. She would come back, the government would make a big deal out of locking her up for a few months and then ultimately it would transpire she didn't commit any acts of terrorism in the UK and the UK doesn't have jurisdiction to try her for crimes committed in Syria. The UK doesn't have any real treason offences that we could try either as Labour got rid of most of them.
Legally disowning her is the best consequence we had in the toolbox. Her inability to come to the UK is all we could really hope for, or the Syrians find her and stick her in jail forever.
We convicted parents on a terrorism charge for sending £223 to their ISIS son. I would be amazed if we couldnt find a law she has broken, given she has admitted some of it.
She's admitted to committing acts of terrorism in Syria. How does a UK court convict her for that?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Have you tried comparing that with a map of existing housing density? It's like saying the passengers on the Titanic had a much greater interest than the public at large, in rowing boats. The sort of hilariously shit point which easily outweighs about 25 or 30 valid ones which you might make. But carry on by all means.
Glasgow and Sutherland are fairly dissimilar in terms of housing density, but you wouldn't know it from that map.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Have you tried comparing that with a map of existing housing density? It's like saying the passengers on the Titanic had a much greater interest than the public at large, in rowing boats. The sort of hilariously shit point which easily outweighs about 25 or 30 valid ones which you might make. But carry on by all means.
Are you saying that people living in areas with lots of housing are happy to see more housing or the converse? It’s hard to make out.
Looking at the map, it seems that people living the major conurbations are much more relaxed & positive about housebuilding than people in the shires are.
Scotland is obviously different - both the shires & the conurbations are positive about house-building. But just step over the border into Northumbria and the attitude changes,
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Have you tried comparing that with a map of existing housing density? It's like saying the passengers on the Titanic had a much greater interest than the public at large, in rowing boats. The sort of hilariously shit point which easily outweighs about 25 or 30 valid ones which you might make. But carry on by all means.
That was my thought. Interestingly, the reds seem to correlate to areas of medium density. High and low density areas are less bothered. Understandable - but bimodal variations (is that right? Where there are two distinct poeaks?) are always interesting.
Yet there is still somethijng in the council juice up north that makes a difference. Different legal and planning systems?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Another way of looking at population density is that the green blob in the south-east is London. The green blob at the top is Scotland, and is far larger, yet there are more people living in London.
Only because most Londoners now rent and many Londoners move to the Home Counties to buy.
However once they have bought those ex Londoners quickly become NIMBYs themselves to protect their views and green space and house price
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Another way of looking at population density is that the green blob in the south-east is London. The green blob at the top is Scotland, and is far larger, yet there are more people living in London.
That (implied) argument falls down because of the data level, I'd suggest That green blob at the top is not green because it is averaged out at a national level. That map is averaged out at the level of a local authority ward. The only NIMBY area is a Tory ward, but lots and lots of other wards are green, even in equally Tory and even denser areas such as Morningside or Barnton or the Glasgow area equivalents.
It was not intended to make the argument you refute. How could it be, when comparing the two green areas of Scotland and London, which differ so greatly in population density yet are both green?
Why does anyone care about Shamina Begum, she's not a UK citizen.
Because her denaturalisation was spurious. She is not Bangladeshi.
She's not a UK citizen either, the supreme court has said so. Time to move on, she clearly has as we saw in her begging video she referred to the UK continually as "you" rather than "we".
It is not about her, it is about our rights as citizens.
Our right to what? Go and fight for ISIS without facing any consequences? I'm happy to live without that particular right.
To retain citizenship. And not have it removed by a lie, even if that lie is backed by the state. She simply is not and has never been Bangladeshi. If she were, then the decision would be fine. We have exported a terrorist to another country, we should do our bit, try her and lock her up, not waive our hands of responsibility.
The issue is that she would face no justice in the UK because no UK laws were broken. She would come back, the government would make a big deal out of locking her up for a few months and then ultimately it would transpire she didn't commit any acts of terrorism in the UK and the UK doesn't have jurisdiction to try her for crimes committed in Syria. The UK doesn't have any real treason offences that we could try either as Labour got rid of most of them.
Legally disowning her is the best consequence we had in the toolbox. Her inability to come to the UK is all we could really hope for, or the Syrians find her and stick her in jail forever.
We convicted parents on a terrorism charge for sending £223 to their ISIS son. I would be amazed if we couldnt find a law she has broken, given she has admitted some of it.
She's admitted to committing acts of terrorism in Syria. How does a UK court convict her for that?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Anyway after many hours hospital sent Husband home without really doing anything. Told to come back if still not better.
The system's fucked. I was in A&E for 16 hours when I fucked myself in that recent motorbike accident. I couldn't face going back so I cut my cast off with a pneumatic rotary die grinder and made my own splint with thermoplastic off eBay and velcro tape. Got a megaton yield thermonuclear bollocking of Mrs DA for this act of hardy self-reliance.
I'm curious, do you experience fear?
Not any more. I've been to Boundary Park as a visiting Leeds fan on a February night in the 80s. Apart from the more or less continuous close quarters combat the piss was frozen solid in the urinals.
Emma Raducanu on returning to the UK - "It's good to be home". How can that be true, Twitter has assured me that she's definitely Romanian, she's clearly mistaken.
Max on returning to Zürich - "It's good to be home". How can that be true, Max has assured me that he definitely “really loathes” German, he's clearly mistaken.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Another way of looking at population density is that the green blob in the south-east is London. The green blob at the top is Scotland, and is far larger, yet there are more people living in London.
That (implied) argument falls down because of the data level, I'd suggest That green blob at the top is not green because it is averaged out at a national level. That map is averaged out at the level of a local authority ward. The only NIMBY area is a Tory ward, but lots and lots of other wards are green, even in equally Tory and even denser areas such as Morningside or Barnton or the Glasgow area equivalents.
It was not intended to make the argument you refute. How could it be, when comparing the two green areas of Scotland and London, which differ so greatly in population density yet are both green?
Sorry, yes, thinking of what other posters were saying/implying.
Why does anyone care about Shamina Begum, she's not a UK citizen.
Because her denaturalisation was spurious. She is not Bangladeshi.
She's not a UK citizen either, the supreme court has said so. Time to move on, she clearly has as we saw in her begging video she referred to the UK continually as "you" rather than "we".
It is not about her, it is about our rights as citizens.
Our right to what? Go and fight for ISIS without facing any consequences? I'm happy to live without that particular right.
To retain citizenship. And not have it removed by a lie, even if that lie is backed by the state. She simply is not and has never been Bangladeshi. If she were, then the decision would be fine. We have exported a terrorist to another country, we should do our bit, try her and lock her up, not waive our hands of responsibility.
The issue is that she would face no justice in the UK because no UK laws were broken. She would come back, the government would make a big deal out of locking her up for a few months and then ultimately it would transpire she didn't commit any acts of terrorism in the UK and the UK doesn't have jurisdiction to try her for crimes committed in Syria. The UK doesn't have any real treason offences that we could try either as Labour got rid of most of them.
Legally disowning her is the best consequence we had in the toolbox. Her inability to come to the UK is all we could really hope for, or the Syrians find her and stick her in jail forever.
We convicted parents on a terrorism charge for sending £223 to their ISIS son. I would be amazed if we couldnt find a law she has broken, given she has admitted some of it.
She's admitted to committing acts of terrorism in Syria. How does a UK court convict her for that?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Have you tried comparing that with a map of existing housing density? It's like saying the passengers on the Titanic had a much greater interest than the public at large, in rowing boats. The sort of hilariously shit point which easily outweighs about 25 or 30 valid ones which you might make. But carry on by all means.
That was my thought. Interestingly, the reds seem to correlate to areas of medium density. High and low density areas are less bothered. Understandable - but bimodal variations (is that right? Where there are two distinct poeaks?) are always interesting.
Actually it's less of a point than I thought it was. Hardly any red in the Scots central belt, no green in the far NE of England, and the cut off actually is the border, pretty much. But perhaps the national psyche feels there is room to expand generally.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Have you tried comparing that with a map of existing housing density? It's like saying the passengers on the Titanic had a much greater interest than the public at large, in rowing boats. The sort of hilariously shit point which easily outweighs about 25 or 30 valid ones which you might make. But carry on by all means.
So, London, Merseyside and Tyneside have low housing density? Wow! You sure do learn a lot at PB.
On streetlights, we have been on that one as a country for about 15 years, and now about 60% of streetlights are leds , which are not necessarily cheaper to run than sodium (orange) lights, but are more directed and last far longer.
If you want to know the lifecycle cost of a lamp post and light (minus energy I think), then build a housing estate. Part of your S106 agreement will be a sum for provision and maintenance them for 25 years. It is well into 4 figures per lighting pole.
The main benefit of LEDs is how long they last, which reduces maintenance a lot.
Cost of conversion is a couple of hundred per lamp post; annual savings are about £30. Quick but a far slower payback than converting your house lights; mine paid back in 18 months back in 2013.
A huge benefit of LEDs for self-managed landlords has been the reduction in phonecalls on Saturday afternoons "can you come and change a lightbulb?".
On dark skies, it looks like all the National Parks will end up with them, and perhaps AONBs. A mate in Fovant in Dorset, (who has a passive haus that paus for his Council Tax in FIT income) which is in one, says they just all carry torches after dark.
This is the current status. ~6o% replaced, ~30% reduction in power used (industry numbers though..). And control of floodlights is a common planning condition. The visual impression of the graphic is interestingly misleading due to the drawing.
Don't believe the "UK is useless" obsessives; this one is mainly just happening.
One benefit of the LEDs in streetlamps is EV charging. For some reason, quite a few street lamps are wired for 32A - nearly all for over 20A.... Which means when you switch over, there is a quite alot of spare capacity.
Round where I live, in West London, there is a quiet, on going program of replacing the street lamps with ones with charging units built into the base.
I would hope that a suitble proportion of new lamp posts those installed since say 2015 alteady have provision for a plug-in module for say 7kW charging already in place.
That's roughly when I had my nearly free charger installed at home, and I can't see any reason for them not to have done so.
“I think there has definitely been a lack of support from advertisers. Advertisers don't want to be associated with negative publicity,” he said. “Almost all of our advertisers have chosen not to be on the channel and news of Andrew Neil departing will be an even bigger concern to the advertisers still on there.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
The row between Australia/US and France over the sub deal has nothing to do with Brexit and will not affect it. The UK would have joined the deal even if it was still fully in the EU system. And it's not as if Italian, Spanish or German arms firms will stop selling to Australia.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
OF we get the EU as well, it can be FUKEU, which is good for a defence organisation. And for Brexiteers.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
OF we get the EU as well, it can be FUKEU, which is good for a defence organisation. And for Brexiteers.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
Is that photo really worth OGH's bandwidth? Other than illustrating the Showbiz for ugly people point it doesn't mean much outside the Swedish expat Scotch subculture. Who is it?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Canada. Average of last 12 polls. Last day of poliing Sept 13-15. Parties highest and lowest scores disregarded.
Lib 31.8 (-1.3) Con 31.4 (-2.9) NDP 19.5 (+3.5) BQ 6.6 (-1.0) PPC 6.5 (+4.9) GP 3.4 (-3.2) Changes with previous election.
Not much movement. Slight closing for the Tories.
Re. Turnout, which will be key. The NDP lead amongst the young Also have traditionally been victims of tactical voting in close elections.. Expect them to undershoot. Libs pretty consistent amongst the age range. BQ always turnout. They may do better. Big unknown is PPC turnout. Will they vote? Will some/many/very few end up voting Tory through gritted teeth? Will they outnumber the left's "harrumph but go on then" vote for Justin? We really don't have any evidence to answer that. Also. Much more postal voting and advance voting too. We can't say what a factor that will be. It is super close.
The row between Australia/US and France over the sub deal has nothing to do with Brexit and will not affect it. The UK would have joined the deal even if it was still fully in the EU system. And it's not as if Italian, Spanish or German arms firms will stop selling to Australia.
It's much more likely that such a deal wouldn't have taken place or a much more watered down version without the more ambitious tech/research sharing aspects would have been mooted.
Liz Truss’s role as trade secretary has made her popular with the grassroots desperate for evidence of an economic rationale for Brexit. The Prime Minister might have been wary about promoting someone so ambitious to one of the great offices of state (Truss is now Foreign Secretary) but I suspect he thinks it is in his interests that it is not just the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, who is discussed as a possible successor. It is never good for a prime minister to have only one obvious successor.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
Is that photo really worth OGH's bandwidth? Other than illustrating the Showbiz for ugly people point it doesn't mean much outside the Swedish expat Scotch subculture. Who is it?
It's Jim Murphy. He's a good looking chap, but would look better in a hijab pushing a triple pram. Phwaor.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Have you tried comparing that with a map of existing housing density? It's like saying the passengers on the Titanic had a much greater interest than the public at large, in rowing boats. The sort of hilariously shit point which easily outweighs about 25 or 30 valid ones which you might make. But carry on by all means.
So, London, Merseyside and Tyneside have low housing density? Wow! You sure do learn a lot at PB.
Good point, but you need to be quicker on the draw round here.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
Is that photo really worth OGH's bandwidth? Other than illustrating the Showbiz for ugly people point it doesn't mean much outside the Swedish expat Scotch subculture. Who is it?
Better use of Mike’s bandwidth than The Tank Commander’s AI impersonation.
The EU was blindsided by last night's announcement of the new AUKUS alliance. The Commission says it 'was not informed about this project' and is now asking for 'more information'. A spox insists: 'It will have no impact on our bilateral relations with the partners in question.'
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
OF we get the EU as well, it can be FUKEU, which is good for a defence organisation. And for Brexiteers.
Probably need Frexit first, to justify including the F, but that would make the acronym even more apt. Get Germany out too as separate members and you can get to the past tense...
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
The EU was blindsided by last night's announcement of the new AUKUS alliance. The Commission says it 'was not informed about this project' and is now asking for 'more information'. A spox insists: 'It will have no impact on our bilateral relations with the partners in question.'
It's amazing that this very wide ranging project that has clearly been discussed for months didn't leak out. This is why no EU country has been invited to join. Involving any of the 27 nations means the whole world will know immediately.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
Independent Scotland could give USASUK or AUSSUK. But I think getting France, Canada and South Korea on board would really open up the childish swearing possibilities.
The original SEA 1000 requirements for the Australian submarine were screaming out for nuclear propulsion. The distances to be covered at speed, the endurance needs, crew life support, power and cooling. Sticking to a non-nuclear policy was challenged at the time.
France makes great submarines. Nuclear and non-nuclear.
France has never shared nuclear propulsion with anyone, and were not going to do so with Australia. Even the Anglo-French "Entente Nucleaire" design cooperation was hard to arrange, between nuke powers, and mainly bringing your own homework to shared design and test facilities.
Once Australia crossed the point of recognising nuclear propulsion fits their large-area surveillance role far better than diesel, batteries and Stirling Engines, France were never going to give them a reactor.
It also wasn't a shock to France, regardless of official statements above sharp cutlery and vertebrae.
There is not a chance France were not approached for nuclear propulsion once SEA 1000 was diving deep into details and subsequently replied "Non".
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Country with population density of 65/sqkm has fewer NIMBYs than country with 434- whodathunk it?
I hadn't heard the SNP advance "less NIMBYism" as one of Scotland's alleged moral superiorities before - one to add to the list!
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
Is that photo really worth OGH's bandwidth? Other than illustrating the Showbiz for ugly people point it doesn't mean much outside the Swedish expat Scotch subculture. Who is it?
Better use of Mike’s bandwidth than The Tank Commander’s AI impersonation.
Yes, but 54kb = approx 27,000 words, however they are generated.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
The chap who made his own unintentionally Delphic prediction of not losing a single seat to the SNP in the 2015 GE. Mr Jim Murphy, the 3rd or 4th (one does lose count) prev manager of Slab.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
The EU was blindsided by last night's announcement of the new AUKUS alliance. The Commission says it 'was not informed about this project' and is now asking for 'more information'. A spox insists: 'It will have no impact on our bilateral relations with the partners in question.'
It's amazing that this very wide ranging project that has clearly been discussed for months didn't leak out. This is why no EU country has been invited to join. Involving any of the 27 nations means the whole world will know immediately.
At least 18 months of secrecy. No wonder Australia France relations are very badly damaged.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
Is that not him?
I don't understand posters who use anything other than a neutral, passport-style photograph of themselves.
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
It's not so much the language as the lack of content (it would get very dull here if every other post was "wow, X is hot").
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
On streetlights, we have been on that one as a country for about 15 years, and now about 60% of streetlights are leds , which are not necessarily cheaper to run than sodium (orange) lights, but are more directed and last far longer.
If you want to know the lifecycle cost of a lamp post and light (minus energy I think), then build a housing estate. Part of your S106 agreement will be a sum for provision and maintenance them for 25 years. It is well into 4 figures per lighting pole.
The main benefit of LEDs is how long they last, which reduces maintenance a lot.
Cost of conversion is a couple of hundred per lamp post; annual savings are about £30. Quick but a far slower payback than converting your house lights; mine paid back in 18 months back in 2013.
A huge benefit of LEDs for self-managed landlords has been the reduction in phonecalls on Saturday afternoons "can you come and change a lightbulb?".
On dark skies, it looks like all the National Parks will end up with them, and perhaps AONBs. A mate in Fovant in Dorset, (jammy sod with a passive haus that pays for his Council Tax in FIT income) which is in one, says they just all carry torches after dark.
This is the current status. ~6o% replaced, ~30% reduction in power used (industry numbers though.). And control of floodlights is a common planning condition. The visual impression of the graphic is interestingly misleading due to the drawing.
Don't believe the "UK is useless" types; this one is mainly just happening.
BiB: Is a landlord supposed to change lightbulbs? Seems a faff, that seems like routine maintenance. I've always just replaced my own bulbs - and the only time I've ever had a deposit charged about 11 years ago (very awkward landlord who I think was seeking to make money from it) included charging for replacement bulbs in a room where I'd reported the bulbs kept blowing so I'd stopped bothering to replace them as there must I think have been something wrong with the wiring there.
The original SEA 1000 requirements for the Australian submarine were screaming out for nuclear propulsion. The distances to be covered at speed, the endurance needs, crew life support, power and cooling. Sticking to a non-nuclear policy was challenged at the time.
France makes great submarines. Nuclear and non-nuclear.
France has never shared nuclear propulsion with anyone, and were not going to do so with Australia. Even the Anglo-French "Entente Nucleaire" design cooperation was hard to arrange, between nuke powers, and mainly bringing your own homework to shared design and test facilities.
Once Australia crossed the point of recognising nuclear propulsion fits their large-area surveillance role far better than diesel, batteries and Stirling Engines, France were never going to give them a reactor.
It also wasn't a shock to France, regardless of official statements above sharp cutlery and vertebrae.
There is not a chance France were not approached for nuclear propulsion once SEA 1000 was diving deep into details and subsequently replied "Non".
Just listened to Boris's statement on AUUKUS. It seems obvious that we're just talking a weapons-procurement project here. The idea that this is going to replace NATO with a myriad of other nations queuing up to join seems utterly laughable.
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
It's not so much the language as the lack of content (it would get very dull here if every other post was "wow, X is hot").
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
The point is surely that by abandoning Islamic dress codes she is demonstrating - or seeking to demonstrate - a break with her past views, rather than seeking to appeal to the SeanT perv brigade?
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
It's not so much the language as the lack of content (it would get very dull here if every other post was "wow, X is hot").
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
The point is surely that by abandoning Islamic dress codes she is demonstrating - or seeking to demonstrate - a break with her past views, rather than seeking to appeal to the SeanT perv brigade?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
Is that not him?
I don't understand posters who use anything other than a neutral, passport-style photograph of themselves.
Edit to fcuk up the photo urls.
My avatar is the fictional character was chosen to convey an idea of my political angle (more a distillation of my politics than truly representative, though he is in fact a rounded and nuanced character), which I thought more helpful than a picture of an unremarkable looking middle aged man you've never met. Though to people who have never seen Parks and Recreation it is of no use at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swanson
I had no idea Stuart's picture wasn't of him. Who is it?
The original SEA 1000 requirements for the Australian submarine were screaming out for nuclear propulsion. The distances to be covered at speed, the endurance needs, crew life support, power and cooling. Sticking to a non-nuclear policy was challenged at the time.
France makes great submarines. Nuclear and non-nuclear.
France has never shared nuclear propulsion with anyone, and were not going to do so with Australia. Even the Anglo-French "Entente Nucleaire" design cooperation was hard to arrange, between nuke powers, and mainly bringing your own homework to shared design and test facilities.
Once Australia crossed the point of recognising nuclear propulsion fits their large-area surveillance role far better than diesel, batteries and Stirling Engines, France were never going to give them a reactor.
It also wasn't a shock to France, regardless of official statements above sharp cutlery and vertebrae.
There is not a chance France were not approached for nuclear propulsion once SEA 1000 was diving deep into details and subsequently replied "Non".
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Why don't those attitudes translate into votes? It's been a long time since Scotland voted Conservative but England usually does. Same with Wales, been Labour as long as I can remember. There's a really odd divide growing between unionists and nationalists in that unionists seem quite keen on emphasising polls over votes. I believe that attitude is a mistake.
The clues in the names - "Unionists" prefer cooperation, "Nationalists" division - by pretending there are differences in attitudes where none exist...
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Why don't those attitudes translate into votes? It's been a long time since Scotland voted Conservative but England usually does. Same with Wales, been Labour as long as I can remember. There's a really odd divide growing between unionists and nationalists in that unionists seem quite keen on emphasising polls over votes. I believe that attitude is a mistake.
The clues in the names - "Unionists" prefer cooperation, "Nationalists" division - by pretending there are differences in attitudes where none exist...
But you're a ferocious British Nationalist anyway, so that is meaningless.
It's the Scottish National, not Nationalist, Party as you know full well.
Nothing worse than a peeved loser who failed in Scotland and is now an uber unionist zealot. You can only pity someone with such a chip on their shoulder, tries even harder than Brown did to be English.
Just listened to Boris's statement on AUUKUS. It seems obvious that we're just talking a weapons-procurement project here. The idea that this is going to replace NATO with a myriad of other nations queuing up to join seems utterly laughable.
I’m not convinced the rest of five eyes were kept out the loop, more likely asked and declined.
“Excuse me, we are going to play a geopolitical power game with China, similar to the successful one we played with Russia in Syria. Would you like a bigger Red Cross painted on your country?”
If this is the right announcement, then it is at least ten years too late.
It’s looking in the real light of this morning as a bit of a fig leaf, truth is It has been failure to combat China up to now, and continued failure going forward behind this fig leaf announcement. Soft power and economics is where the real fight is. The West isn’t even in the same pond.
How has Trump attacked this, has he posted anything yet?
After seeing the French Foreign Minister complaining and saying that the AUKUS deal is a "stab in the back" and "betrayed" France, I wonder if @TheScreamingEagles might end up joining the Boris Johnson fan club?
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
It's not so much the language as the lack of content (it would get very dull here if every other post was "wow, X is hot").
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
HTG generally stands for hard to get, not hot teenage girl. Not sure if Leon was aware, and obviously those groups have an overlap, especially for certain middle aged men.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
Is that not him?
I don't understand posters who use anything other than a neutral, passport-style photograph of themselves.
Edit to fcuk up the photo urls.
My avatar is the fictional character was chosen to convey an idea of my political angle (more a distillation of my politics than truly representative, though he is in fact a rounded and nuanced character), which I thought more helpful than a picture of an unremarkable looking middle aged man you've never met. Though to people who have never seen Parks and Recreation it is of no use at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swanson
I had no idea Stuart's picture wasn't of him. Who is it?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
You don't think attitudes bleed into politics? In that case what is the reason for the politics of one part of the Union being driven for decades by anti immigration, anti EU rightwingers and it's population voting for that/them, and another part of the Union very much not voting for that/them? Are politics and political parties essentially irrelevant to the population at large?
You think people vote SNP because they believe their guff about Scotland being morally superior with more enlightened attitudes than England and on the inevitable path to independence?
Or because they think they'll do a better job of screwing money out of Westminster for Scotland?
Ah well, we're narrowing it down at least. Hard heided cynical Jocks vote for a party that's pro EU and immigration but only cos they'll screw the lovely English for more money. Lovely English vote for an anti EU and immigration party cos they *checks notes* prefer cooperation.
Got it.
Carlotta has contracted HYFUD disease and gets more rabid by the day.
“I think there has definitely been a lack of support from advertisers. Advertisers don't want to be associated with negative publicity,” he said. “Almost all of our advertisers have chosen not to be on the channel and news of Andrew Neil departing will be an even bigger concern to the advertisers still on there.
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
It's not so much the language as the lack of content (it would get very dull here if every other post was "wow, X is hot").
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
The point is surely that by abandoning Islamic dress codes she is demonstrating - or seeking to demonstrate - a break with her past views, rather than seeking to appeal to the SeanT perv brigade?
Or trying whatever she can to achieve her aims?
My guess is that she'd heard that Topping was going to be Home Secretary after the reshuffle and so enquired as to what he liked in a woman
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
For a reason. SLab are the last hope for the Union.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Why don't those attitudes translate into votes? It's been a long time since Scotland voted Conservative but England usually does. Same with Wales, been Labour as long as I can remember. There's a really odd divide growing between unionists and nationalists in that unionists seem quite keen on emphasising polls over votes. I believe that attitude is a mistake.
The clues in the names - "Unionists" prefer cooperation, "Nationalists" division - by pretending there are differences in attitudes where none exist...
You dodged my question, which I regret. Really, I'm interested in hearing why social attitude surveys are basically worthless in predicting bulk voting behaviour. I think it's an interesting question.
Carlotta is only interested in bashing Scotland, it is her life.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Why don't those attitudes translate into votes? It's been a long time since Scotland voted Conservative but England usually does. Same with Wales, been Labour as long as I can remember. There's a really odd divide growing between unionists and nationalists in that unionists seem quite keen on emphasising polls over votes. I believe that attitude is a mistake.
The clues in the names - "Unionists" prefer cooperation, "Nationalists" division - by pretending there are differences in attitudes where none exist...
LOL, Lady Haw Haw transmits more guff
Also cf Unione Corse, USSR. Ugely cooperative guys.
Have to say I usually think a lot of @TOPPING's posts but I'm very disappointed in the way they're talking about women now. I would not be at all happy if it were my daughter being spoken about in the way, as I am sure they would agree if it were theirs.
Can we just leave this kind of language at the door and just try and be a bit more respectful. This kind of language adds nothing to the debate and turns us into other sites which I purposefully come here to avoid.
If it continues, I will consider posting elsewhere.
It's not so much the language as the lack of content (it would get very dull here if every other post was "wow, X is hot").
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
HTG generally stands for hard to get, not hot teenage girl. Not sure if Leon was aware, and obviously those groups have an overlap, especially for certain middle aged men.
Well, this site is always an education. But possibly one overseen by Gavin Williamson...
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
You don't think attitudes bleed into politics? In that case what is the reason for the politics of one part of the Union being driven for decades by anti immigration, anti EU rightwingers and it's population voting for that/them, and another part of the Union very much not voting for that/them? Are politics and political parties essentially irrelevant to the population at large?
You think people vote SNP because they believe their guff about Scotland being morally superior with more enlightened attitudes than England and on the inevitable path to independence?
Or because they think they'll do a better job of screwing money out of Westminster for Scotland?
Ah well, we're narrowing it down at least. Hard heided cynical Jocks vote for a party that's pro EU and immigration but only cos they'll screw the lovely English for more money. Lovely English vote for an anti EU and immigration party cos they *checks notes* prefer cooperation.
Got it.
Carlotta has contracted HYFUD disease and gets more rabid by the day.
The original SEA 1000 requirements for the Australian submarine were screaming out for nuclear propulsion. The distances to be covered at speed, the endurance needs, crew life support, power and cooling. Sticking to a non-nuclear policy was challenged at the time.
France makes great submarines. Nuclear and non-nuclear.
France has never shared nuclear propulsion with anyone, and were not going to do so with Australia. Even the Anglo-French "Entente Nucleaire" design cooperation was hard to arrange, between nuke powers, and mainly bringing your own homework to shared design and test facilities.
Once Australia crossed the point of recognising nuclear propulsion fits their large-area surveillance role far better than diesel, batteries and Stirling Engines, France were never going to give them a reactor.
It also wasn't a shock to France, regardless of official statements above sharp cutlery and vertebrae.
There is not a chance France were not approached for nuclear propulsion once SEA 1000 was diving deep into details and subsequently replied "Non".
I do think reality is now dawning on the French of what Brexit really means for the standing of the EU (and by association France).
The UK brought a lot to the EU table and instead of accomodating the world's 5th largest economy, permanent UN security council member and major military power, the EU beancounters decided that losing the UK was a better choice than accomodating us. Now when key global decisions are being made the EU has got no presence, it's not in the room.
I have no love of the continual fracturing of the western alliance, however, it looks set to ramp up. I expect this new agreement will pull Japan, South Korea and India in as associate members fairly soon. I doubt any EU nation will be invited. Ultimately the US will want a very, very tightly closed circle on tech sharing. No single EU country can be trusted to keep the circle closed.
I understand the agreement is to be signed in the US next week with Boris travelling there and India and Japan invited to the ceremony
I really do not think our remainer colleagues have even started to understand what a devastating and profound blow this is, not just to France, but the EU itself
And the BBC may finally wake up to this and cover it
I have no dog in the fight, but why do Leavers think that Look, Brexit fucked up the EU, is a banker of an argument?
It's not an argument so much as it is the reality of "Brexit means Brexit" as the EU kept telling us over "cherry picking" and such. It was always going to cut both ways but loads of remainers and the EU in general had blinded themselves to the reality of downside risks to the EU of Brexit. Not being in the room was pointed out as a huge downside risk to them of leaving, they brushed it off and acted as though the same level of security cooperation would exist. I remember having discussions with people on here about it and the general remain/EU assumption was that the UK would continue to play a full part in the defence of the EU, it was very obviously not going to happen that way.
Now everyone needs to live within that new reality. The UK brought the EU with it when we were members, now we won't.
I have no issue with that. EU membership for me was about the single market, common standards, freedom of movement, shared values. Defence cooperation was and is NATO, and now depending on how it develops AUKUS.
The French will be seething but these things happen. They will have to suck it up (but will no doubt also look for ways to get their own back).
We cannot ignore France however, they are the strongest European military power alongside us within NATO in terms of containing Putin's Russia. They have also played a key role with us in Africa in taking on jihadis.
Yes we can share technologies and enable Australia to have nuclear submarines but at the end of the day it is regional powers in the Far East and Oceania ie not only Australia but Japan and South Korea and maybe India who need to take the lead on containing Xi's China under US leadership. We can provide support but we remain a power in Europe and the Atlantic mainly, since the end of the British Empire we are not a global superpower and since the Hong Kong handover there has been no danger of China threatening British territory directly
Careful, you don't want to go on the record in a "HYUFD Unbellyfeel Brexit" way.
Yes, it's a deal, and stiffing the French is never to be sniffed at, but is it that big a deal? And had it happened in, say, 2011, would it have looked that different?
In 2011 though of course it was Cameron and Sarkozy leading on taking action in Libya to stop a Gaddaffi bloodbath.
The fact is even post Brexit the EU is our largest trading destination for UK exports and France our closest military partner in maintaining security in Europe and Africa, yes we can be global Britain too but that does not mean forgetting our own backyard
They did a grand job in Libya , really improved things big time.
BETTING ANGLE: she'll be on the front cover of Vogue, or another glossy, within six months.
Just because she got a stylist, and did her hair and make-up, doesn’t mean that she stopped being a terrorist.
She says she regrets what she did as a 15-yr old. While I appreciate most 15yr olds don't express their rebellious nature by travelling to war zones to become a child bride of an fundamentalist terrorist group, but she was a child at the time.
And is seemingly repentant now.
She looks like Kamran Akmal in a wig
Jamie Bulger’s murderers were children too, it wouldn’t do for them to be on tv asking for a second chance or for people to say how handsome they are now.
Why not? If they were repentant? Or do we keep certain people in jail for ever? Or do we keep everyone in jail for ever? And who gets to override the courts' decision on the matter.
Isam is talking about before serving their time not after.
Right.
I’m talking about ever.
I knew that.
First thing you’ve got right today!
The day hasn't dawned when you are able to assess what's right or wrong.
Haha 😛 pomposity for brunch!
If I were 25 years younger, I still wouldn’t fancy ugly 22 year olds who’ve knocked out 3 kids already though
Stay classy, Sam.
Don’t be so irked you feel the need into slip into lefty faux friendliness.
I’m not the one fantasising over 2/10 women a third of my age, mind you
I see the conversation went right over your head big time.
I do think reality is now dawning on the French of what Brexit really means for the standing of the EU (and by association France).
The UK brought a lot to the EU table and instead of accomodating the world's 5th largest economy, permanent UN security council member and major military power, the EU beancounters decided that losing the UK was a better choice than accomodating us. Now when key global decisions are being made the EU has got no presence, it's not in the room.
I have no love of the continual fracturing of the western alliance, however, it looks set to ramp up. I expect this new agreement will pull Japan, South Korea and India in as associate members fairly soon. I doubt any EU nation will be invited. Ultimately the US will want a very, very tightly closed circle on tech sharing. No single EU country can be trusted to keep the circle closed.
I understand the agreement is to be signed in the US next week with Boris travelling there and India and Japan invited to the ceremony
I really do not think our remainer colleagues have even started to understand what a devastating and profound blow this is, not just to France, but the EU itself
And the BBC may finally wake up to this and cover it
I have no dog in the fight, but why do Leavers think that Look, Brexit fucked up the EU, is a banker of an argument?
It's not an argument so much as it is the reality of "Brexit means Brexit" as the EU kept telling us over "cherry picking" and such. It was always going to cut both ways but loads of remainers and the EU in general had blinded themselves to the reality of downside risks to the EU of Brexit. Not being in the room was pointed out as a huge downside risk to them of leaving, they brushed it off and acted as though the same level of security cooperation would exist. I remember having discussions with people on here about it and the general remain/EU assumption was that the UK would continue to play a full part in the defence of the EU, it was very obviously not going to happen that way.
Now everyone needs to live within that new reality. The UK brought the EU with it when we were members, now we won't.
I have no issue with that. EU membership for me was about the single market, common standards, freedom of movement, shared values. Defence cooperation was and is NATO, and now depending on how it develops AUKUS.
The French will be seething but these things happen. They will have to suck it up (but will no doubt also look for ways to get their own back).
We cannot ignore France however, they are the strongest European military power alongside us within NATO in terms of containing Putin's Russia. They have also played a key role with us in Africa in taking on jihadis.
Yes we can share technologies and enable Australia to have nuclear submarines but at the end of the day it is regional powers in the Far East and Oceania ie not only Australia but Japan and South Korea and maybe India who need to take the lead on containing Xi's China under US leadership. We can provide support but we remain a power in Europe and the Atlantic mainly, since the end of the British Empire we are not a global superpower and since the Hong Kong handover there has been no danger of China threatening British territory directly
Careful, you don't want to go on the record in a "HYUFD Unbellyfeel Brexit" way.
Yes, it's a deal, and stiffing the French is never to be sniffed at, but is it that big a deal? And had it happened in, say, 2011, would it have looked that different?
In 2011 though of course it was Cameron and Sarkozy leading on taking action in Libya to stop a Gaddaffi bloodbath.
The fact is even post Brexit the EU is our largest trading destination for UK exports and France our closest military partner in maintaining security in Europe and Africa, yes we can be global Britain too but that does not mean forgetting our own backyard
They did a grand job in Libya , really improved things big time.
They stopped Gaddaffi massacring hundreds of thousands
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Why don't those attitudes translate into votes? It's been a long time since Scotland voted Conservative but England usually does. Same with Wales, been Labour as long as I can remember. There's a really odd divide growing between unionists and nationalists in that unionists seem quite keen on emphasising polls over votes. I believe that attitude is a mistake.
The clues in the names - "Unionists" prefer cooperation, "Nationalists" division - by pretending there are differences in attitudes where none exist...
You dodged my question, which I regret. Really, I'm interested in hearing why social attitude surveys are basically worthless in predicting bulk voting behaviour. I think it's an interesting question.
Carlotta is only interested in bashing Scotland, it is her life.
I had hoped someone else might pick up the mantle though. I don't expect a fair assessment from either extreme, but I still think the question is good.
I do think reality is now dawning on the French of what Brexit really means for the standing of the EU (and by association France).
The UK brought a lot to the EU table and instead of accomodating the world's 5th largest economy, permanent UN security council member and major military power, the EU beancounters decided that losing the UK was a better choice than accomodating us. Now when key global decisions are being made the EU has got no presence, it's not in the room.
I have no love of the continual fracturing of the western alliance, however, it looks set to ramp up. I expect this new agreement will pull Japan, South Korea and India in as associate members fairly soon. I doubt any EU nation will be invited. Ultimately the US will want a very, very tightly closed circle on tech sharing. No single EU country can be trusted to keep the circle closed.
I understand the agreement is to be signed in the US next week with Boris travelling there and India and Japan invited to the ceremony
I really do not think our remainer colleagues have even started to understand what a devastating and profound blow this is, not just to France, but the EU itself
And the BBC may finally wake up to this and cover it
I have no dog in the fight, but why do Leavers think that Look, Brexit fucked up the EU, is a banker of an argument?
It's not an argument so much as it is the reality of "Brexit means Brexit" as the EU kept telling us over "cherry picking" and such. It was always going to cut both ways but loads of remainers and the EU in general had blinded themselves to the reality of downside risks to the EU of Brexit. Not being in the room was pointed out as a huge downside risk to them of leaving, they brushed it off and acted as though the same level of security cooperation would exist. I remember having discussions with people on here about it and the general remain/EU assumption was that the UK would continue to play a full part in the defence of the EU, it was very obviously not going to happen that way.
Now everyone needs to live within that new reality. The UK brought the EU with it when we were members, now we won't.
I have no issue with that. EU membership for me was about the single market, common standards, freedom of movement, shared values. Defence cooperation was and is NATO, and now depending on how it develops AUKUS.
The French will be seething but these things happen. They will have to suck it up (but will no doubt also look for ways to get their own back).
We cannot ignore France however, they are the strongest European military power alongside us within NATO in terms of containing Putin's Russia. They have also played a key role with us in Africa in taking on jihadis.
Yes we can share technologies and enable Australia to have nuclear submarines but at the end of the day it is regional powers in the Far East and Oceania ie not only Australia but Japan and South Korea and maybe India who need to take the lead on containing Xi's China under US leadership. We can provide support but we remain a power in Europe and the Atlantic mainly, since the end of the British Empire we are not a global superpower and since the Hong Kong handover there has been no danger of China threatening British territory directly
Careful, you don't want to go on the record in a "HYUFD Unbellyfeel Brexit" way.
Yes, it's a deal, and stiffing the French is never to be sniffed at, but is it that big a deal? And had it happened in, say, 2011, would it have looked that different?
In 2011 though of course it was Cameron and Sarkozy leading on taking action in Libya to stop a Gaddaffi bloodbath.
The fact is even post Brexit the EU is our largest trading destination for UK exports and France our closest military partner in maintaining security in Europe and Africa, yes we can be global Britain too but that does not mean forgetting our own backyard
They did a grand job in Libya , really improved things big time.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
Independent Scotland could give USASUK or AUSSUK. But I think getting France, Canada and South Korea on board would really open up the childish swearing possibilities.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
For a reason. SLab are the last hope for the Union.
Also your only hope for an indyref2, you will never get one from a Tory government again
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
Is that not him?
I don't understand posters who use anything other than a neutral, passport-style photograph of themselves.
Edit to fcuk up the photo urls.
My avatar is the fictional character was chosen to convey an idea of my political angle (more a distillation of my politics than truly representative, though he is in fact a rounded and nuanced character), which I thought more helpful than a picture of an unremarkable looking middle aged man you've never met. Though to people who have never seen Parks and Recreation it is of no use at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swanson
I had no idea Stuart's picture wasn't of him. Who is it?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Given Scotland is such a welcoming, open and liberal country, why do very many more immigrants choose to live in England? It's a puzzle!
Yes Jim, we feel the love.
I know you want it to be a meme, a bit like Private Eye and 'that' photo of Andrew Neil, but I genuinely have no idea who this is or the point you are making.
That he has an unhealthy obsession with Scottish Labour leaders? This, and the avatar...
For a reason. SLab are the last hope for the Union.
Also your only hope for an indyref2, you will never get one from a Tory government again
So you're once in a generation shite is exactly that? Who'd have thunk?
Not as different as some would like you to believe:
In Scotland, England and Wales, people are united in their belief that equality (78%, 76%, 78%), tolerance (83%, 83%, 83%), liberty (86%, 87%,83%), and diversity (82%, 82%, 80%) are important to making them proud of their nation.
The poll also showed that people are across the three nations are largely agreed on controversial social questions around limits on immigration, the nature of British history, and the balance between equality and opportunity in society.
On priorities, people in all three nations said that making the NHS the best healthcare system in the world needed to be the clear top focus for government.
Similarly, people across all the countries of the UK prioritised a dignified retirement for old people, fighting climate change, and making sure every child has the best education as other top priorities.
Scottish VI SNP 50% SCon 29% SLab 16% SGP 1% SLD 1% oth (presumably Alba) 2%
Boris Johnson net approval Midlands -4 London -9 South -17 North -18 Wales -23 N Ireland -34 Scotland -46 UK -17
Duh. Someone who can't tell the difference between voting intentions and attitudes - which Nationalists keep insisting are different when they are in fact virtually identical....if anything, England a little more tolerant.....
Yeah, that’s right, English and Scottish attitudes are identical.
Regression poll by Electoral Calculus and FindoutnowUK for Property Chronicle shows where the Nimbys are in Britain. Some areas (green) want more property development locally, and others (red) don't.
Is Boris making a statement about AUUKUS in the House today? If so, Sir Keir should go with the following questions.
Does this new alliance require us to provide specific military capabilities? If so will they require additional funding.
Will we be legally obliged to commit combat troops under the new alliance and if so under what circumstances?
Intelligence is to be shared. What intelligence is to be shared with whom. Are there any restrictions on what intelligence we must share and who decides this?
Technology is to be shared. Ditto.
Will this new alliance require the permanent stationing of British armed forces in the Indo-Pacific region?
Surely the most important question is could no-one think of a better acronym than AUUKUS? Because if they can't I doubt they can save us anyway.
Small point but it is now AUKUS
CAUKUS by next month?
China?!
Of course, if France replaced Australia we'd be left with FUKUS or replacing US then AUFUK, both of which could be quite apt
Independent Scotland could give USASUK or AUSSUK. But I think getting France, Canada and South Korea on board would really open up the childish swearing possibilities.
Nothing will beat UKok.
Ladbrokesexchange.com when Ladbrokes first took over Betdaq is hard to beat. Brings together political betting and the trans debate all in one url.
While I'm pleased to see Truss replace Raab, the best part of the Reshuffle for me is Gove to Housing.
Gove is someone unafraid to upset vested interests and blobs. If he can tackle the NIMBYs and get a Housing policy that works then that would be tremendous for this country.
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The Peaks are sensational but Suffolk, Norfolk, Chilterns, South Downs, New Forest and eastern Cotswolds within 90 minutes of London.
People up north (thankfully) massively underrate the countryside down south, keeps the crowds away.
https://twitter.com/BloombergUK/status/1438447534586871813?s=20
Strangely they do a roaring trade in dry goods in Jakarta....
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/universal-jurisdiction
One block may be that Begum is no longer a British subject.
Scotland has the space most of England doesn't for large amounts of new development.
However if Scotland wants to take most of the UK's future immigrants fine
Looking at the map, it seems that people living the major conurbations are much more relaxed & positive about housebuilding than people in the shires are.
Scotland is obviously different - both the shires & the conurbations are positive about house-building. But just step over the border into Northumbria and the attitude changes,
However once they have bought those ex Londoners quickly become NIMBYs themselves to protect their views and green space and house price
That's roughly when I had my nearly free charger installed at home, and I can't see any reason for them not to have done so.
“I think there has definitely been a lack of support from advertisers. Advertisers don't want to be associated with negative publicity,” he said. “Almost all of our advertisers have chosen not to be on the channel and news of Andrew Neil departing will be an even bigger concern to the advertisers still on there.
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/media-buyers-andrew-neils-departure-gb-news-big-concern/1727375
https://twitter.com/APHClarkson/status/1438442151822647298?s=20
What are the error margins on a recursive analysis?
Parties highest and lowest scores disregarded.
Lib 31.8 (-1.3)
Con 31.4 (-2.9)
NDP 19.5 (+3.5)
BQ 6.6 (-1.0)
PPC 6.5 (+4.9)
GP 3.4 (-3.2) Changes with previous election.
Not much movement. Slight closing for the Tories.
Re. Turnout, which will be key. The NDP lead amongst the young Also have traditionally been victims of tactical voting in close elections.. Expect them to undershoot.
Libs pretty consistent amongst the age range.
BQ always turnout. They may do better.
Big unknown is PPC turnout. Will they vote? Will some/many/very few end up voting Tory through gritted teeth? Will they outnumber the left's "harrumph but go on then" vote for Justin?
We really don't have any evidence to answer that.
Also. Much more postal voting and advance voting too. We can't say what a factor that will be.
It is super close.
Liz Truss’s role as trade secretary has made her popular with the grassroots desperate for evidence of an economic rationale for Brexit. The Prime Minister might have been wary about promoting someone so ambitious to one of the great offices of state (Truss is now Foreign Secretary) but I suspect he thinks it is in his interests that it is not just the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, who is discussed as a possible successor. It is never good for a prime minister to have only one obvious successor.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/conservatives/2021/09/the-real-winners-and-losers-of-boris-johnsons-cabinet-reshuffle
Elected Tory expresses anti-immigrant sentiment. Hardly news.
https://twitter.com/nickgutteridge/status/1438452284883705856?s=20
Wait until France assumes EU Presidency.....
The original SEA 1000 requirements for the Australian submarine were screaming out for nuclear propulsion. The distances to be covered at speed, the endurance needs, crew life support, power and cooling. Sticking to a non-nuclear policy was challenged at the time.
France makes great submarines. Nuclear and non-nuclear.
France has never shared nuclear propulsion with anyone, and were not going to do so with Australia. Even the Anglo-French "Entente Nucleaire" design cooperation was hard to arrange, between nuke powers, and mainly bringing your own homework to shared design and test facilities.
Once Australia crossed the point of recognising nuclear propulsion fits their large-area surveillance role far better than diesel, batteries and Stirling Engines, France were never going to give them a reactor.
It also wasn't a shock to France, regardless of official statements above sharp cutlery and vertebrae.
There is not a chance France were not approached for nuclear propulsion once SEA 1000 was diving deep into details and subsequently replied "Non".
https://twitter.com/TotherChris/status/1438448919420280836?s=20
I don't understand posters who use anything other than a neutral, passport-style photograph of themselves.
Edit to fcuk up the photo urls.
There's a legitimate point that Begum has changed her appearance/style to be (or at least, having the effect of being) much more sympathetic to a UK press. Prettier if you like, but also - more importantly - looking more 'Western' by which I mean having an appearance that would not be acceptable to ISIS. I'd not really have a problem with "she's made herself look hot to appeal to the UK press a lot more" although it's not the language I'd use.
For Leon's point the other day about Raducanu doing well off-court with the press partly due to looks, it's a legitimate point. The thing that made me cringe there was finding out that he has an acronym for (apparently) hot teenage girl.
Do you refer to the coming weekend as ‘this weekend’ or ‘next weekend’? The nation is divided, and age is key
All Britons: 'this' 40% / 'next' 56%
18-29 year olds: 61% / 31%
30-39: 51% / 41%
40-49: 47% / 52%
50-59: 27% / 71%
60+: 25% / 70%
https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1438454306932510724?s=20
But then again today is Thursday and the question was asked Monday/Tuesday.....
That is this change isn’t it, diesel to nuclear?
Mon/Tues - next weekend is probably same as this weekend
Fri - next weekend is the weekend after this weekend
Weds/Thurs - ambiguous
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Swanson
I had no idea Stuart's picture wasn't of him. Who is it?
Will it have happened by this weekend?
*Is inspired to put Harvest on on Prime music*
“Excuse me, we are going to play a geopolitical power game with China, similar to the successful one we played with Russia in Syria. Would you like a bigger Red Cross painted on your country?”
If this is the right announcement, then it is at least ten years too late.
It’s looking in the real light of this morning as a bit of a fig leaf, truth is It has been failure to combat China up to now, and continued failure going forward behind this fig leaf announcement. Soft power and economics is where the real fight is. The West isn’t even in the same pond.
How has Trump attacked this, has he posted anything yet?
The issue is that it isn't, so the shit they get from the Wokerati increasingly isn't worth it.
Limp wristed snowflake. Save money and buy a house.
Gove is someone unafraid to upset vested interests and blobs. If he can tackle the NIMBYs and get a Housing policy that works then that would be tremendous for this country.
I'm not holding my breath though.
https://twitter.com/AndrewSelous/status/1438449536456925184/photo/1