The French election looking even more likely to be a 2017 re-run – politicalbetting.com
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Why change a tradition?tlg86 said:
Being Russian is going to be shit for the next 100 years.Nigelb said:https://twitter.com/Hromadske/status/1506236417902526465
In Hostomel (Kyiv Oblast), the Russian occupiers burned a stable with horses — most of the animals were killed.
According to the owner, Russian troops first threatened to shoot the horses, but then burned the stable with them1 -
Depends what side of the debate you sit.MattW said:
Does Macron weaponising refugees count?MarqueeMark said:
Weaponising Brexit doesn't count, natch...Leon said:
“Not weaponising division”? Are you mad??Taz said:
How about concentrating on the real issues, rather than a phony war.Leon said:Anti-Woke Culture Wars are working in the USA
Ramp them up over here, Boris
“Democrats working to save their slim majority in the House in November’s elections have been sounding alarm bells lately over research showing that Republican attacks on culture-war issues are working, particularly with center-left, Hispanic and independent voters.”
NYT ($$)
Inflation, cost of living crisis, energy security, levelling up, growing the economy and not weaponising division ?
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Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.
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Dont be silly. The USA is in the driving seat for most things but a PM making a visit isnt one of them, theres no reason Biden would give a shit. It's just a dumb idea on it's own merits.Dura_Ace said:
It's really up to Biden, if he doesn’t want the FLSoJ stirring things up in Kyiv search of a laugh then Johnson's not going.Scott_xP said:No10 confirms that, despite Boris Johnson being "desperate" to go to Ukraine, the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky has not invited him to do as much
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Le multitaskingCarnyx said:
Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.2 -
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
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The British army occupied Germany (and was at war) during the sixties?Fishing said:
I did not hear of e.g. the British Army using it as a weapon of war in occupying Germany during the fifties and sixties.Dura_Ace said:
While every occupying army ever has done it few can match the proclivity of the Russians in this area.BigRich said:
I'v seen a few reports of that in the last few days, using rape as a weapon of war is very very sad. Is possible that this is mostly the Mercenary company Vargner Group who have a history of this and are now fighting in the City of Mariupol where most of these reports are coming from. But it doesn't really matter who is doing it its just Wrong so very very Wrong.Nigelb said:“The Russian military rape women, the dead are just being dumped,” evacuee from Russian-occupied city says
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/03/21/the-russian-military-rape-women-the-dead-are-just-being-dumped-evacuee-from-russian-occupied-city-says/0 -
Have you managed to get your spring booster booked in?Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK1 -
Haven't you seen the discourse here, and in UK politics in the last ten years? Lots of people think we are still at war with the French, never mind the Germans.kamski said:
The British army occupied Germany (and was at war) during the sixties?Fishing said:
I did not hear of e.g. the British Army using it as a weapon of war in occupying Germany during the fifties and sixties.Dura_Ace said:
While every occupying army ever has done it few can match the proclivity of the Russians in this area.BigRich said:
I'v seen a few reports of that in the last few days, using rape as a weapon of war is very very sad. Is possible that this is mostly the Mercenary company Vargner Group who have a history of this and are now fighting in the City of Mariupol where most of these reports are coming from. But it doesn't really matter who is doing it its just Wrong so very very Wrong.Nigelb said:“The Russian military rape women, the dead are just being dumped,” evacuee from Russian-occupied city says
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/03/21/the-russian-military-rape-women-the-dead-are-just-being-dumped-evacuee-from-russian-occupied-city-says/
Edit: to be fair, the British squaddie's favourite enemy was the regiment down the road, in the pubs of Aldershot, or the ferries to UK on a weekend.0 -
I could believe Cummings advising Johnson to make this comment precisely for the reason of not being invited to the EU Council. It would be impossible for Johnson to refuse the invitation, but he surely doesn't want the EU to be the forum for making these decisions.biggles said:
I don’t get the concern over this one. We’re not in the EU so why would we want to bother with their summit? Nothing of military consequence in Europe can be discussed without us in the room, so this just makes the NATO meeting more important, which is surely what we want?Scott_xP said:
MaybeRichard_Tyndall said:If anything the last few weeks have shown that it really doesn't matter how contemptible your politicians are when the country they are leading still holds such political and military power. Sad but true.
The PM would have been invited to the EU summit on Thursday if BoZo wasn't such a dick.
Maybe that matters. Maybe not.
That's why instead Britain has put effort into bilateral and multilateral relationships outside the EU, like the UK-Poland-Ukraine agreement.
I could see Johnson agreeing to a US/UK/EU format of talks, where the EU is one party out of three, but going along to the EU Council where the UK and US will be two voices among thirty - that's not the format Johnson would want.
Very short-sighted of the EU to allow themselves to be riled by Johnson in this way.3 -
As long as it is justified by the impact of the disease, and not just on high cases, then you can make a case. If its purely because there is a lot of covid about, then they absolutely should not keep the restrictions.FrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
There is little evidence that the remaining restrictions in say Scotland are making any difference anyway.2 -
Awaiting to hear from our surgery but all our family apart from ourselves have had covid this year including our son-in-laws elderly and infirm parents in care and it just seemed like a bad cold and they all recovered in a week or soFrancisUrquhart said:
Have you managed to get your spring booster booked in?Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK0 -
Johnson has always played the fool. He hasn't changed since he was a young journalist aspiring to be an MP.FF43 said:
Another one I like:Nigelb said:Pointed comment on that Brexit/Ukraine comparison.
https://twitter.com/ProfTimBale/status/1506214760718680070
As Putin’s invasion loomed, President Zelensky didn’t write two statements – one announcing surrender, the other declaring that Ukraine would fight – to see which would be best for his career...
Zelenskiy was a former clown transformed into one of the great politicians of our age. Johnson is a politician become a clown.
The difference is that Johnson is like one of those actors who is only capable of playing the one role, and always plays that role in every performance. Zelenskyy clearly has a greater range and adaptability - and he's still only 44. Who knows what he might do next once he stops being President of Ukraine?1 -
BTW, that Maxim which someone used to pimp his wheels on the previous thread - where/when was that photo taken? Somalia?Theuniondivvie said:
Le multitaskingCarnyx said:
Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.
It's an old Sov one, the variant with the water filler cap replaced by a tractor cap so you can cram in snow when the cooling water begins to boil away.0 -
FYI, I got my father booked in (Sunday night) using the online booking system before any contact from the GP. Obviously being in Wales, things can sometimes be different.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Awaiting to hear from our surgery but all our family apart from ourselves have had covid this year including our son-in-laws elderly and infirm parents in care and it just seemed like a bad cold and they all recovered in a week or soFrancisUrquhart said:
Have you managed to get your spring booster booked in?Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK1 -
Quite hard to make them work against Starmer, who is very obviously uninterested in rising to baits about culture war - "Whatever, what are the Tories doing about the cost of living?" is a perfectly serviceable response to question about statues and gender and all such stuff. The Tories will look seriously out of touch if they rabbit on about Wokism while letting inflation head for double figures.kjh said:
No doubt they are. It is quite a common tactic to set up a bogyman and then attack it.Leon said:Anti-Woke Culture Wars are working in the USA
Ramp them up over here, Boris
“Democrats working to save their slim majority in the House in November’s elections have been sounding alarm bells lately over research showing that Republican attacks on culture-war issues are working, particularly with center-left, Hispanic and independent voters.”
NYT ($$)3 -
Back to acting. Think of the dramatic roles availableLostPassword said:
Johnson has always played the fool. He hasn't changed since he was a young journalist aspiring to be an MP.FF43 said:
Another one I like:Nigelb said:Pointed comment on that Brexit/Ukraine comparison.
https://twitter.com/ProfTimBale/status/1506214760718680070
As Putin’s invasion loomed, President Zelensky didn’t write two statements – one announcing surrender, the other declaring that Ukraine would fight – to see which would be best for his career...
Zelenskiy was a former clown transformed into one of the great politicians of our age. Johnson is a politician become a clown.
The difference is that Johnson is like one of those actors who is only capable of playing the one role, and always plays that role in every performance. Zelenskyy clearly has a greater range and adaptability - and he's still only 44. Who knows what he might do next once he stops being President of Ukraine?0 -
Thanks and I expect we will hear soonFrancisUrquhart said:
FYI, I got my father booked in (Sunday night) using the online booking system before any contact from the GP. Obviously being in Wales, things can sometimes be different.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Awaiting to hear from our surgery but all our family apart from ourselves have had covid this year including our son-in-laws elderly and infirm parents in care and it just seemed like a bad cold and they all recovered in a week or soFrancisUrquhart said:
Have you managed to get your spring booster booked in?Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
To be fair at our age we do not go out to socialise and are very content in our home with family popping in
Indeed we have had regular feelings of guilt that we have so much while this evil monster Putin is murdererously slaughtering so many innocents0 -
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK0 -
Problem with this analysis is that the EUCO is precisely the meeting where the decision will be made, ie the common position between the EU and the US. This then gets rolled out to the NATO and G7 meetings but no-one is likely to diverge much from that position.LostPassword said:
I could believe Cummings advising Johnson to make this comment precisely for the reason of not being invited to the EU Council. It would be impossible for Johnson to refuse the invitation, but he surely doesn't want the EU to be the forum for making these decisions.biggles said:
I don’t get the concern over this one. We’re not in the EU so why would we want to bother with their summit? Nothing of military consequence in Europe can be discussed without us in the room, so this just makes the NATO meeting more important, which is surely what we want?Scott_xP said:
MaybeRichard_Tyndall said:If anything the last few weeks have shown that it really doesn't matter how contemptible your politicians are when the country they are leading still holds such political and military power. Sad but true.
The PM would have been invited to the EU summit on Thursday if BoZo wasn't such a dick.
Maybe that matters. Maybe not.
That's why instead Britain has put effort into bilateral and multilateral relationships outside the EU, like the UK-Poland-Ukraine agreement.
I could see Johnson agreeing to a US/UK/EU format of talks, where the EU is one party out of three, but going along to the EU Council where the UK and US will be two voices among thirty - that's not the format Johnson would want.
Very short-sighted of the EU to allow themselves to be riled by Johnson in this way.
It doesn't make the UK completely irrelevant. It's a significant player in the G7 and as you say it's working on the bilaterals. NATO appears to have excluded itself from involvement this conflict but no doubt there are discussions going on about a subset of countries providing security guarantees to Ukraine and the security implications of that for NATO.
I agree the EU should have invited the UK for reasons of protocol even though it doesn't make much difference in practice.1 -
Our data, https://osf.io/yfmxu/ (still only a preprint), suggests that people do very much attend to government rules.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK0 -
Certainly mask wearing in the shopping and recreational areas has disappeared and noticeably much less in the shops as wellNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK0 -
You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
Excess deaths 'too high', says Independent Sage member0 -
The original caption said in use by militants in Ukraine (war in Donbass). I believe there are quite a few about egCarnyx said:
BTW, that Maxim which someone used to pimp his wheels on the previous thread - where/when was that photo taken? Somalia?Theuniondivvie said:
Le multitaskingCarnyx said:
Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.
It's an old Sov one, the variant with the water filler cap replaced by a tractor cap so you can cram in snow when the cooling water begins to boil away.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32098/ukrainian-troops-are-still-using-this-pre-world-war-i-era-maxim-machine-gun-in-combat1 -
I don't want to see him gurning around in Ukraine. He should stay here and concentrate on his phone calls and red boxes. Only time we need to see him is when he goes to the House of Commons.kle4 said:
Dont be silly. The USA is in the driving seat for most things but a PM making a visit isnt one of them, theres no reason Biden would give a shit. It's just a dumb idea on it's own merits.Dura_Ace said:
It's really up to Biden, if he doesn’t want the FLSoJ stirring things up in Kyiv search of a laugh then Johnson's not going.Scott_xP said:No10 confirms that, despite Boris Johnson being "desperate" to go to Ukraine, the country's president Volodymyr Zelensky has not invited him to do as much
https://twitter.com/REWearmouth/status/15062407216737689640 -
And the go to 'expert ' for the mediaFrancisUrquhart said:You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
Excess deaths 'too high', says Independent Sage member0 -
It sounds stupid and you should check it is not a scam. If genuine, probably the test is for human typing rather than a hacker's bot slapping the whole thing in at once. Trouble is, your browser probably will slap it in all at once.NickPalmer said:Yes, the French election defies the best efforts of punters to make it interesting. It's seemingly as sewn up as a North Korean plebiscite.
Totally off-topic, my bank (First Direct) is introducing new security in online transactions, and will ask me to enter my email address, not because they want to know but so they judge whether it's genuine based on how I type it in. How does this work? Dependent on speed, or tendency to make typos, or what?
The only similar behavioural typing thing I've heard of is payday lenders, who apparently judge how much interest to charge you partly on how you move the bar on the online chart when you're exploring what you might get. If you go straight for the maximum amount, they interpret that as being higher risk and charge you more than if you experiment with different levels before trying the maximum. I don't actually like the idea but I can see the logic.0 -
Have you never scheduled a business trip around personal commitments?Scott_xP said:Boris Johnson “cut short” last week’s Middle East-Saudi trip to return for his wife’s birthday party reports the Spectator and Sunday Times
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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-attends-another-party https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1506209989173686273/photo/11 -
Should we base medical recommendations on what happened to one family or use the vast amount of data collected from across the whole population? I had thought it was more sensible to use the national data, but, you know, Big G’s family were fine, so who needs epidemiology?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Awaiting to hear from our surgery but all our family apart from ourselves have had covid this year including our son-in-laws elderly and infirm parents in care and it just seemed like a bad cold and they all recovered in a week or soFrancisUrquhart said:
Have you managed to get your spring booster booked in?Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK0 -
I find mask wearing 'universal' a bit hard to credit Nick. Even in leafy Warminster's Waitrose we are down to about 20% max wearing a mask. Are you living in a town of 80 year olds with no immune system?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Certainly mask wearing in the shopping and recreational areas has disappeared and noticeably much less in the shops as wellNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK1 -
I wouldn't if I was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.StillWaters said:
Have you never scheduled a business trip around personal commitments?Scott_xP said:Boris Johnson “cut short” last week’s Middle East-Saudi trip to return for his wife’s birthday party reports the Spectator and Sunday Times
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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-attends-another-party https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1506209989173686273/photo/1
But frankly it didn't seem to do any harm, since there wasn't much going to be achieved it seems.0 -
Pagel, then Gurdassani, then Reicher.FrancisUrquhart said:You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
Excess deaths 'too high', says Independent Sage member
Also - I thought they were currently below the 5 year average?0 -
Went to the local supermarket this morning. Saw one mask-wearer out of about a dozen people.
Glad the bloody things aren't needed* any longer.
Edited extra bit: *mandated would be a better word.2 -
Just back from Sainsbury's where mask-wearing was around the two thirds mark.Big_G_NorthWales said:
Certainly mask wearing in the shopping and recreational areas has disappeared and noticeably much less in the shops as wellNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK0 -
Thought this might be of interest:
'Historic England puts aerial photos of nation’s past online'
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/mar/22/historic-england-puts-aerial-photos-of-nations-past-online
No link in the article, unhelpfully, so go here: https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos/3 -
Not in Edinburgh. Masks still mandated here and still abided by as much as they ever have been. Indeed the local pharmacy now employs someone at peak periods to enforce their rule of no more than three people inside the store at a time, but doesn't ever have to tell anyone to put a mask on.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
Feels like a lot of wasted effort to me, but perhaps the illusion of control is reassuring for others.0 -
There's a time value to tanks, as well as money.Dura_Ace said:
Jonathan "Simple Sword of Truth" Aitken paid $5m for a T-80 when he was Minister of Defence Procurement.MarqueeMark said:
Give it a week and the price will be down to a bottle of vodka and a pot noodle....JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.1 -
At least Ukraine has largely robbed them of the oxygen of publicity....FrancisUrquhart said:You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
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My family have lots of whats app groups and while it is known cases are rising there seems no appetite to go down the more restrictions routebondegezou said:
Should we base medical recommendations on what happened to one family or use the vast amount of data collected from across the whole population? I had thought it was more sensible to use the national data, but, you know, Big G’s family were fine, so who needs epidemiology?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Awaiting to hear from our surgery but all our family apart from ourselves have had covid this year including our son-in-laws elderly and infirm parents in care and it just seemed like a bad cold and they all recovered in a week or soFrancisUrquhart said:
Have you managed to get your spring booster booked in?Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
And you can dismiss my family, but this is a widely held view in the country
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"Going home to see the wife" is a euphemism for "I'm getting nowhere with these talks, may as well go home...."StillWaters said:
Have you never scheduled a business trip around personal commitments?Scott_xP said:Boris Johnson “cut short” last week’s Middle East-Saudi trip to return for his wife’s birthday party reports the Spectator and Sunday Times
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https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-attends-another-party https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1506209989173686273/photo/11 -
Ukrainian Defence Minister being very complimentary about UK support.
"The first to provide us with serious weapons....your role is special"
And contrasts with "the passivity of other countries".
I wonder who he means??
https://twitter.com/timmyvoe/status/1505923717813129216
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It would be nice if it didn't take the potential of the outbreak of WWIII for their end of the world is nigh stuff not to be getting publicity.MarqueeMark said:
At least Ukraine has largely robbed them of the oxygen of publicity....FrancisUrquhart said:You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
Excess deaths 'too high', says Independent Sage member3 -
If you could write that in English it would help?FF43 said:
Wokeism does bother me. It's not benign. It aims to disrespect people those they accuse of being Woke, to be offensive and to other their targets. To the extent it's successful, it undermines civic society.TimS said:
Let's be honest the identitarian left and right both love nothing more than a bit of culture war. It's a nice playground game that helps them to get outraged under controlled conditions, is distracting from real tricky political issues and leaves them with a feeling of virtue. It's the wars of religion de nos jours.Stuartinromford said:
Most of those are either caused by government actions or, at best, are global tides that Johnson can do no more about than Canute did.Taz said:
How about concentrating on the real issues, rather than a phony war.Leon said:Anti-Woke Culture Wars are working in the USA
Ramp them up over here, Boris
“Democrats working to save their slim majority in the House in November’s elections have been sounding alarm bells lately over research showing that Republican attacks on culture-war issues are working, particularly with center-left, Hispanic and independent voters.”
NYT ($$)
Inflation, cost of living crisis, energy security, levelling up, growing the economy and not weaponising division ?
They bang on about Culture Wars because that's pretty much all they've got.
I would hazard a guess based on social media that perhaps 15-20% of the population really indulge in culture warring, with roughly a 50:50 split between those outraged by "far right bigotry" and those equally offended by "left wing woke nonsense". Perhaps another 40-50% of the population have a mild leaning towards one side or the other, the Anglican church of these particular wars of religion (I'd put myself in that camp), and the rest don't even know it's happening.0 -
No, I'm in Godalming, Surrey, and mostly shop in Sainsbury. Average age of shoppers about 40-50, I suppose. You occasionally do see someone without a mask and the shop no longer asks for it, but it's certainly over 90%.turbotubbs said:
I find mask wearing 'universal' a bit hard to credit Nick. Even in leafy Warminster's Waitrose we are down to about 20% max wearing a mask. Are you living in a town of 80 year olds with no immune system?
It was always a high-mask area as I remember when we debated this last year. As it's all voluntary, I don't think it need bother anyone, but if it became mandatory in shops again, people round here would mostly shrug. It's totally different to night clubs etc., where I can see that wearing a mask would spoil the fun unless it's, um, specialised. Almost nobody buys groceries for fun.0 -
Also find Nick's reporting of people voluntarily curbing social activity surprising. Certainly not the case in my bit of middle-aged suburban GM.turbotubbs said:
I find mask wearing 'universal' a bit hard to credit Nick. Even in leafy Warminster's Waitrose we are down to about 20% max wearing a mask. Are you living in a town of 80 year olds with no immune system?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Certainly mask wearing in the shopping and recreational areas has disappeared and noticeably much less in the shops as wellNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
My mum and dad (both in their 70s) and wife currently have it; one daughter has just had the all clear and gone back to school. All have been a bit poorly but had they been that ill in 2019 would have put it down to a bad cold. And we didn't curb social activity because there was a bad cold going around.
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I can understand it in a pharmacy or health environmentLostPassword said:
Not in Edinburgh. Masks still mandated here and still abided by as much as they ever have been. Indeed the local pharmacy now employs someone at peak periods to enforce their rule of no more than three people inside the store at a time, but doesn't ever have to tell anyone to put a mask on.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
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They do?bondegezou said:
Our data, https://osf.io/yfmxu/ (still only a preprint), suggests that people do very much attend to government rules.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
Or they say they do?1 -
I have no words to describe the tedium induced by @Scott_P actions…Applicant said:
Whatever happened to "actions speak louder than words"?Richard_Tyndall said:
Seriously they shouldn't.Scott_xP said:Seriously, people should be concerned about this 👇
I've read a lot of criticism of the UK in the European press over decades, but there was always a basic respect, even fondness - nothing like the quasi unanimous contempt with which this man is now viewed all over the continent
https://twitter.com/AlexTaylorNews/status/1505964667608391683
https://twitter.com/AlexTaylorNews/status/1505958746673102848
If anything the last few weeks have shown that it really doesn't matter how contemptible your politicians are when the country they are leading still holds such political and military power. Sad but true. And I say that as someone who detests Johnson.2 -
It's very silly and time to move on TBH. Seems far more relaxed in Northern Ireland . The difference with Scotland is palpable. I went to Belfast just over a week ago and perhaps a majority wearing masks on buses but hardly anybody wearing them in shops or food outlets.LostPassword said:
Not in Edinburgh. Masks still mandated here and still abided by as much as they ever have been. Indeed the local pharmacy now employs someone at peak periods to enforce their rule of no more than three people inside the store at a time, but doesn't ever have to tell anyone to put a mask on.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
Feels like a lot of wasted effort to me, but perhaps the illusion of control is reassuring for others.0 -
WTF.....daddy what do you do for a job.....I don't fancy being on their trainee programme.
Veritasium - Making Antivenom From The World's Deadliest Snakes
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Is it the co-author of @bondegezou's paper?FrancisUrquhart said:You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
Excess deaths 'too high', says Independent Sage member
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Still desperate to cling onto any relevance and her fleeting 15 minutes of fameFrancisUrquhart said:You don't get 3 guesses over which member....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xvDHvHXA6A
Excess deaths 'too high', says Independent Sage member
It never ceases to amaze me, given how wrong diet sage have been at many times in the pandemic, how they still get given this level of prominence by media outlets.2 -
I find this incredibleNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
Covid has nearly disappeared from London life. Mask wearing is down to about 15-20%. Sometimes it is 0%.
Probably the last conspicuous bit of Covid panto are the big clear plastic divides in shops, at tills, and so on. They are surely useless, but probably quite a faff to remove, so many still have them
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There has been some evidence those plastic screens might even well make things worse, because they block the circulation of fresh air.Leon said:
I find this incredibleNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
Covid has nearly disappeared from London life. Mask wearing is down to about 15-20%. Sometimes it is 0%.
Probably the last conspicuous bit of Covid panto are the big clear plastic divides in shops, at tills, and so on. They are surely useless, but probably quite a faff to remove, so many still have them3 -
My daughter has it and gave me a fright by reporting that: "It literally feels like my lungs are blocked up it's really weird"NickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
So I panicked and bought her a pulse oximeter online which said her O2 was at 97% - so that's okay.0 -
So tempted to drive over to Godalming. I know it's metaphorically a million miles from Woking, but what Nick says is very different 10 miles away.1
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Cookie said:
Also find Nick's reporting of people voluntarily curbing social activity surprising. Certainly not the case in my bit of middle-aged suburban GM.turbotubbs said:
I find mask wearing 'universal' a bit hard to credit Nick. Even in leafy Warminster's Waitrose we are down to about 20% max wearing a mask. Are you living in a town of 80 year olds with no immune system?Big_G_NorthWales said:
Certainly mask wearing in the shopping and recreational areas has disappeared and noticeably much less in the shops as wellNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
My mum and dad (both in their 70s) and wife currently have it; one daughter has just had the all clear and gone back to school. All have been a bit poorly but had they been that ill in 2019 would have put it down to a bad cold. And we didn't curb social activity because there was a bad cold going around.
It certainly is not the case round here either.
We were out in Durham on Saturday and it was thriving, really busy. People just carrying on like normal.2 -
Talking of Covid precautions, I just heard that my 50-something stepmother has got Covid
This is *ironic* as she is immuno-compromised and takes more precautions than anyone I know. Literally. She does not meet people indoors, she always wears a good mask (practically a diving helmet) she never goes to pubs/restaurants/theatres, and she has been doing this for two solid years
And yet she has still caught Omicron BA2 (presumably)
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Of course messaging is tailored, but I believe when Zelensky talked to the German parliament he did talk about their initial actions not being fast enough, so they don't just praise and praise to make supporters happy, they do try to build on the guilt some feel for not doing more by pointing out where we don't do enough (the no fly zone criticism applying to everyone of course).Burgessian said:Ukrainian Defence Minister being very complimentary about UK support.
"The first to provide us with serious weapons....your role is special"
And contrasts with "the passivity of other countries".
I wonder who he means??
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Yes. Get ridFrancisUrquhart said:
There has been some evidence those plastic screens might even well make things worse, because they block the circulation of fresh air.Leon said:
I find this incredibleNickPalmer said:
Not round here. Masks still universal in supermarkets and everyone I know is curbing social activity and taking LFTs before every meeting. Restaurants are busy, but with staff masked and spacing between seats. Various major events are still being postponed. The perception is that it's getting worse again as we all know people who've got it and mostly report it's quite nasty - not really that people think they'll die, but that they'll have an unpleasant two weeks, so just not worth it for the sake of shopping without a mask. As always it';s a cost-benefit thing - if people really want to do something they will and take any reasonable risk, but if they're not that bothered then they won't.Big_G_NorthWales said:
He can do what he likes but by the evidence around this area nobody is listening anymoreFrancisUrquhart said:Wales' first minister is not ruling out keeping the country's remaining Covid restrictions beyond their expiry date of next Monday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-politics-60834936
Indeed I would suggest that is across the UK
Covid has nearly disappeared from London life. Mask wearing is down to about 15-20%. Sometimes it is 0%.
Probably the last conspicuous bit of Covid panto are the big clear plastic divides in shops, at tills, and so on. They are surely useless, but probably quite a faff to remove, so many still have them1 -
Perhaps, but most people if they see stuff from at all will see it in the context of a news headline about 'experts', and even if that number is few it can have disproportionate impact.Farooq said:90% of comments I see about iSage are people complaining about them having the oxygen of publicity.
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I see #sendherback is trending on twitter. Seems to be prevalent in a particular dank little corner of my own polity, nice teeth and cared for nails seem to be great triggers of rage for these people.0
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Does anyone have any data on the Covid risks for the very old (85+) and the, er, immuno-compromised?
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Our support in Ukraine is interesting, as I don't believe we have a large Ukrainian population or descendents, so any historic support given was presumably very much about geo political goals than any cultural/domestic sympathy from a significant chunk of our country being catered to (by contrast there are apparently 1.4m Canadians of Ukrainian descent)1
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They don't seem to have got the message that we're irrelevant now we're not in the EU any more and that Boris is a clown who never does anything right.Burgessian said:Ukrainian Defence Minister being very complimentary about UK support.
"The first to provide us with serious weapons....your role is special"
And contrasts with "the passivity of other countries".
I wonder who he means??
https://twitter.com/timmyvoe/status/1505923717813129216
I will forward them some articles by Adonis, Mandelson and Heseltine.
On second thoughts, they probably have enough problems.2 -
No evidence of anyone taking extra precautions here in SE London. We are fully back to normal. I think most people are at the "get it over with" stage now. If masking or limiting social interaction slow down the spread then that simply means we all get Covid in May, when our vaccine immunity has waned further, instead of March and April. It's a timing difference.
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When they've won the war maybe, eh?Fishing said:
They don't seem to have got the message that we're irrelevant now we're not in the EU any more.Burgessian said:Ukrainian Defence Minister being very complimentary about UK support.
"The first to provide us with serious weapons....your role is special"
And contrasts with "the passivity of other countries".
I wonder who he means??
https://twitter.com/timmyvoe/status/1505923717813129216
I will forward them some articles by Adonis, Mandelson and Heseltine.
On second thoughts, they probably have enough problems.1 -
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Clicking on it as a search term it seems to be mostly people criticising it (2 in 20 were seemingly genuinely using it before I stopped), so hopefully it is a grubby little corner indeed.Theuniondivvie said:I see #sendherback is trending on twitter. Seems to be prevalent in a particular dank little corner of my own polity, nice teeth and cared for nails seem to be great triggers of rage for these people.
But it does endorse the rule about not overpanicking about things trending, since if we're lucky a good proportion of those adding to it trending are condemning the thing trending.0 -
How unpleasant. Twitter really can be a cesspit.Theuniondivvie said:I see #sendherback is trending on twitter. Seems to be prevalent in a particular dank little corner of my own polity, nice teeth and cared for nails seem to be great triggers of rage for these people.
I also notice #ungratefulcow is trending !!!!0 -
I assume the FSB is occupied with other stuff at the moment but if they're looking in, if the PB Company of Gentlemen Freedom Fighters ever reaches the kill zones of Ukraine they now know that they just need to get their guys masked up and the GFFs will run screeching from the field.0
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🧵1/I have done an analysis of those responding to #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe's interview, specifically focusing on those calling her an 'ungrateful cow' for not showing enough deference or gratitude to the UK government. The Brexit partisanship on the topic is startling. Read on! https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1506210844190859265/photo/1Theuniondivvie said:I see #sendherback is trending on twitter. Seems to be prevalent in a particular dank little corner of my own polity, nice teeth and cared for nails seem to be great triggers of rage for these people.
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That's less going to Veritasium, more Dignitasium.....FrancisUrquhart said:WTF.....daddy what do you do for a job.....I don't fancy being on their trainee programme.
Veritasium - Making Antivenom From The World's Deadliest Snakes
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And, judging by my family anecdata, literally EVERYONE is now getting it, even those entombed in lead chambers, 40 metres beneath the surface of the Faroe IslandsTimS said:No evidence of anyone taking extra precautions here in SE London. We are fully back to normal. I think most people are at the "get it over with" stage now. If masking or limiting social interaction slow down the spread then that simply means we all get Covid in May, when our vaccine immunity has waned further, instead of March and April. It's a timing difference.
So there ain't no stopping it, just accept that you will get a dose0 -
.My Canadian daughter in law and family are all Ukraine descentkle4 said:Our support in Ukraine is interesting, as I don't believe we have a large Ukrainian population or descendents, so any historic support given was presumably very much about geo political goals than any cultural/domestic sympathy from a significant chunk of our country being catered to (by contrast there are apparently 1.4m Canadians of Ukrainian descent)
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For the solicitors amongst PB, I assume this means sanctions aren't very effective?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60825983
So Mr. Usmanov doesn't own the properties. Instead a Trust owns them, of which he is presumably the sole beneficiary (though probably not the Trustee) so that's completely different I assume to owning them personally.0 -
While Cameron has one famous quote about Twitter, another telling line of his was that Twitter is not Britain.
And for that, we should be grateful.2 -
Faroe Islands have the highest recorded case rate in the world. Just under 70 cases per 100 pop, but a fatality rate of only 0.08%.Leon said:
And, judging by my family anecdata, literally EVERYONE is now getting it, even those entombed in lead chambers, 40 metres beneath the surface of the Faroe IslandsTimS said:No evidence of anyone taking extra precautions here in SE London. We are fully back to normal. I think most people are at the "get it over with" stage now. If masking or limiting social interaction slow down the spread then that simply means we all get Covid in May, when our vaccine immunity has waned further, instead of March and April. It's a timing difference.
So there ain't no stopping it, just accept that you will get a dose2 -
New @YouGov poll: almost two-thirds of Britons (63%) say the government is handling the economy badly
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Not a fan generally of hemicyclical arrangement, but I'm liking the Italian Parliament chamber compared to some others. Classy. From Zelensky's address.
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Same old...
https://mobile.twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1506239276094165002
NEW: Damning report by HMIC into corruption in Met Police finds the force is "not fit for purpose".
- Cash, jewellery, drugs regularly 'go missing'. Access code for one store was scribbled on the door
- Over 100 new recruits have previous convictions for crimes including theft
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Twitter is not just "not Britain" it "is Russia, and sometimes China"Morris_Dancer said:While Cameron has one famous quote about Twitter, another telling line of his was that Twitter is not Britain.
And for that, we should be grateful.
Many of the more incendiary remarks, on almost any US/UK political topic, are generated by computers or geeks in Novosibirsk, to accentuate western divisions on any hot topic - from Scottish Nationalism to January 6
And they fire up both sides of any argument. It is so easy to do3 -
@michaelh992
🚩Ukrainian armed forces claim that they have cut the Russian supply lines to Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel near #Kyiv - major development if confirmed (and if Ukrainian forces can hold their position)
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It's an even better one than his more famous one. Matt Singh from Number Cruncher has it as his twitter header (though it seems as though Cameron actually put it the other way around).Morris_Dancer said:While Cameron has one famous quote about Twitter, another telling line of his was that Twitter is not Britain.
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L'overload cognitifTheuniondivvie said:
Le multitaskingCarnyx said:
Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.2 -
Let's just hope that BJ doen't 'accidentally' include it in a speech.kle4 said:
Clicking on it as a search term it seems to be mostly people criticising it (2 in 20 were seemingly genuinely using it before I stopped), so hopefully it is a grubby little corner indeed.Theuniondivvie said:I see #sendherback is trending on twitter. Seems to be prevalent in a particular dank little corner of my own polity, nice teeth and cared for nails seem to be great triggers of rage for these people.
But it does endorse the rule about not overpanicking about things trending, since if we're lucky a good proportion of those adding to it trending are condemning the thing trending.
'It read a lot better..'0 -
We'd noticed. 😊Leon said:
Twitter is not just "not Britain" it "is Russia, and sometimes China"Morris_Dancer said:While Cameron has one famous quote about Twitter, another telling line of his was that Twitter is not Britain.
And for that, we should be grateful.
Many of the more incendiary remarks, on almost any US/UK political topic, are generated by computers or geeks in Novosibirsk, to accentuate western divisions on any hot topic - from Scottish Nationalism to January 6
And they fire up both sides of any argument. It is so easy to do2 -
Twitter isn't Britain, it's extremist, filthy-minded Britain with too much time on its hands.Morris_Dancer said:While Cameron has one famous quote about Twitter, another telling line of his was that Twitter is not Britain.
And for that, we should be grateful.
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12/ I will update keywords later but interesting to see who else is involved. Brexit campaign-funder and Putin apologist @Arron_banks has been joining the pile on casting aspersions on #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe - and getting a lot of engagement https://twitter.com/marcowenjones/status/1506217530607742978/photo/10
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Actually learnt a new phrase in French today: la surcharge cognitiveTimT said:
L'overload cognitifTheuniondivvie said:
Le multitaskingCarnyx said:
Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.0 -
I bet you are a wow at dinner parties.Theuniondivvie said:
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the warsDura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.0 -
Mr. Farooq, it seems faintly bizarre to me that you're dismissing the importance of real people (as opposed to deliberate provoking sorts) and bots.
Of course that matters. That's the whole point.1 -
Farooq said:
I think you're missing the point. Whether these are real people or bots, the overlap between Brexit/antiwoke and the (sadly predictable) misogyny and abuse is the thing. The people sending these tweets understand their audience to be receptive to this kind of hatred. These attitudes are correlated. That tells us something, it is useful information not to be lightly dismissed.Morris_Dancer said:While Cameron has one famous quote about Twitter, another telling line of his was that Twitter is not Britain.
And for that, we should be grateful.
It took me 3 seconds to find my first Russian bot
His tweet:
"Ungrateful cow , moo moo"
His profile?
https://twitter.com/DavidJo66933798
"5 followers"
"Joined in March 2022"
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President Z continues to push the hot buttons. This, to Italy:
President Zelensky speaking to the Italian Parliament:
“The Russians destroying our fuel depots & from exporting wheat.
It will lead to a food crisis in North Africa, sending thousands and thousands of migrants toward your shores unless this war is stopped.
We need sanctions”2 -
Another one
"Got help me for defending Boris Johnson but this ungrateful cow paid the price for her own arrogance and stupidity.
As it is she got off lightly."
'Got' instead of God? Really?
And the profile:
Robert in the UK
@RobertintheUK1
White working British man
Joined March 2022
1 Following
1 Follower
"White working British man"
Yes, that's how British people describe themselves
This is laughable. We are being played by Russia. Calm the F down5 -
It's is hard to say which was more barking - British of French tank design between the wars.TimT said:
Actually learnt a new phrase in French today: la surcharge cognitiveTimT said:
L'overload cognitifTheuniondivvie said:
Le multitaskingCarnyx said:
Yes. In one of them (the Char B family) the main gun was fixed in the hull, no traverse, so the driver did the aiming and firing as well as the driving (admittedly with a continuously variable oil-hydraulic transmission if memory serves, though I might be wrong on that point). One other chap loaded the main gun in between. I think the fourth just sat around and handed the commander ammunition when the commander wasn't too busy aiming and firing his own turret cannon [edit], commanding and keeping on top of situational awareness. Not the most balanced workforce ever. Can't recall who operated the radio ...Theuniondivvie said:
Golly, I’ve not been keeping up, can an MBT get away with only 3 crew? I recall at least one of the Russian tanks has automatic loading for the main gun, the T80 I guess.Dura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the wars and they tended to go for one man turrets (ie the commander had to do a helluva lot) because of the manpower shortage after WWI.
vs
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True. Reading the study, however, it looks as though two-thirds of all inheritance money flows directly from the late parent to the adult children.tlg86 said:
It does assume that inheritances only go to children rather than grandchildren. And, of course, the bank of mum and dad comes into its own at the point of inheritance.Carnyx said:
Thanks for the constructive and helpful contribution to the discussion (not being sarcastic).Andy_Cooke said:On ages of inheritance.
From the ONS:
"The age distribution of those receiving an inheritance is quite different from those receiving a gift or loan. Inheritances become more common as individuals age, with a peak in receipt among those aged 55 to 64 years. This is consistent with Gardiner (2017), who estimated, based on parents’ life expectancies, that the most common age at which today’s 20- to 35-year-olds in the UK will inherit is age 61 years (PDF, 482KB). "
It's a mixed picture, though: more millennials will actually inherit more money than previous generations (due to rising house prices) - but, crucially, not until late in life (age 61, as said, being the most common age).
"Even those who can expect to get a share of parental property wealth will get it far later than is optimal. Because of the challenges of releasing wealth from properties that are being lived in, it’s reasonable to expect that these assets will mainly be passed down in inheritances rather than gifts. Based on their parents’ life expectancies, we estimate that the most common age at which 20-35 year olds inherit will be 61. This means that wealth boosts will come not at the expensive child-rearing stage when a larger home is more necessary, but when they are approaching retirement."3 -
Women have been known to faint dead way at my explanation of the magazine design of the Chauchat mg.TOPPING said:
I bet you are a wow at dinner parties.Theuniondivvie said:
Been reading a bit about French tank design between the warsDura_Ace said:
I wonder if he killed the other two crew.JosiasJessop said:Interesting if true:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZuJV-MTZO/
The first Russian soldier to hand over a fully-working T-80 tank to the Ukrainians. He will get $10k after the war, and can apply for Ukrainian citizenship.2
