Complete gulf in effort, class and quality at Anfield tonight.
Liverpool went d3cades between winning the First Division and the Premier League. I’ve felt for a while that United May be in for a similar length of wait for their next top flight title. Too much structurally wrong at the club, including how the owners see the club. How sad...
Man Utd have world class players, though perhaps short a decent striker. What is wrong there is like Everton, behind the scenes.
Which Man Utd players do you consider to be world class?
Fernandes, Maguire, Pogba, Wan-Bissaka, Elanga, Sancho, De Gea playing tonight.
De Gea, yes, the rest are nowhere near world class.
They are in the right team.
Mind you, the only one that I would want at Leicester would be Sancho. Maybe Rashford too.
A couple of seasons ago I did a thing of picking a composite XI across the two clubs and I thought De Gea, one other from United and 9 from Liverpool that season.
This season, I honest don't think I'd pick a single United player over any Liverpool player in the XI. Even De Gea, United's best saving grace probably in recent years, I wouldn't put ahead of Alisson.
Although I wonder whether it was wise for the Archbishop of Canterbury to get involved, I “love” that the PM has now accused him of being soft on Putin.
Complete gulf in effort, class and quality at Anfield tonight.
Liverpool went d3cades between winning the First Division and the Premier League. I’ve felt for a while that United May be in for a similar length of wait for their next top flight title. Too much structurally wrong at the club, including how the owners see the club. How sad...
Man Utd have world class players, though perhaps short a decent striker. What is wrong there is like Everton, behind the scenes.
Which Man Utd players do you consider to be world class?
Fernandes, Maguire, Pogba, Wan-Bissaka, Elanga, Sancho, De Gea playing tonight.
De Gea, yes, the rest are nowhere near world class.
They are in the right team.
Mind you, the only one that I would want at Leicester would be Sancho. Maybe Rashford too.
A couple of seasons ago I did a thing of picking a composite XI across the two clubs and I thought De Gea, one other from United and 9 from Liverpool that season.
This season, I honest don't think I'd pick a single United player over any Liverpool player in the XI. Even De Gea, United's best saving grace probably in recent years, I wouldn't put ahead of Alisson.
Souness and Keane said exactly that.
I think with a decent manager, some of those United players would look better, but there’s a reason they aren’t at City or Liverpool, and that is they’re not that special.
Although I wonder whether it was wise for the Archbishop of Canterbury to get involved, I “love” that the PM has now accused him of being soft on Putin.
Boris can’t really help himself, can he.
Is there anything the archbishop isn't soft on apart from maybe actresses?
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
Holy hell he expects it to last another 6 months....well I guess with all that european funding for putins war machine it might do.
Russia = Manchester United
Not being a football fan myself you might possibly have to explain that...
They just got hammered 4-0, and they're supposed to be a world class one of the best in the world clubs but are distinctly ordinary and getting torn apart this year.
Badly managed and appallingly led for the past couple of decades (since the Glazers took over) has left them a pale shadow of their former selves that are getting exposed now. Ring any bells?
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
Holy hell he expects it to last another 6 months....well I guess with all that european funding for putins war machine it might do.
Russia = Manchester United
Not being a football fan myself you might possibly have to explain that...
They just got hammered 4-0, and they're supposed to be a world class one of the best in the world clubs but are distinctly ordinary and getting torn apart this year.
Badly managed and appallingly led for the past couple of decades (since the Glazers took over) has left them a pale shadow of their former selves that are getting exposed now. Ring any bells?
Ah I see so like all our political parties I guess
Manchester United have conceded more league goals against Liverpool this season than they did in 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08 combined.
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
I'd guess this is why the Ukrainians are after deliveries of heavy weaponry now. They want to be in a position to launch successful counter-attacks after blunting the Russian offensive in the Donbas, so that they can avoid the prospect of being stuck in a stalemate with another slice of their territory and citizenry controlled by Putin.
I think there are a lot of people in the West who are scared of what Putin might do if Russia faces a complete military defeat in Ukraine, as opposed to a failure to achieve its maximalist objectives, and so are attempting to calibrate the support provided to Ukraine to aim for an outcome where the Ukrainian state survives, but Putin achieves enough of a victory not to use nuclear weapons out of desperation.
Did he tell us in what way the labour party would be better? Somehow I doubt that I would watch the clip but he is to speeches that keep you on the edge of your seat the same as plaice are to competitive bicycling
Manchester United have conceded more league goals against Liverpool this season than they did in 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08 combined.
@shashj European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
I'd guess this is why the Ukrainians are after deliveries of heavy weaponry now. They want to be in a position to launch successful counter-attacks after blunting the Russian offensive in the Donbas, so that they can avoid the prospect of being stuck in a stalemate with another slice of their territory and citizenry controlled by Putin.
I think there are a lot of people in the West who are scared of what Putin might do if Russia faces a complete military defeat in Ukraine, as opposed to a failure to achieve its maximalist objectives, and so are attempting to calibrate the support provided to Ukraine to aim for an outcome where the Ukrainian state survives, but Putin achieves enough of a victory not to use nuclear weapons out of desperation.
Putin cannot be allowed any sort of victory. If he is allowed to portray ukraine as any sort of victory we will be back here in a few years. He needs to be defeated here and now and told to fuck off back to moscow
Although I wonder whether it was wise for the Archbishop of Canterbury to get involved, I “love” that the PM has now accused him of being soft on Putin.
Boris can’t really help himself, can he.
Boris is of course a Roman Catholic, the principal leader of his church is the Pope not Welby.
I note though his C of E predecessor as PM Theresa May joined Welby in criticising the governments Rwanda asylum plans today in Parliament
Although I wonder whether it was wise for the Archbishop of Canterbury to get involved, I “love” that the PM has now accused him of being soft on Putin.
Boris can’t really help himself, can he.
Boris is of course a Roman Catholic, the principal leader of his church is the Pope not Welby.
I note though his C of E predecessor as PM Theresa May joined Welby in criticising the governments Rwanda asylum plans today in Parliament
Do you think that the Archbishop of Canterbury has been soft on Putin, HYUFD?
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Have to say that Manchester United player who came on tonight Hannibal looked very taste and had a decent bite to him.
But I don't think he Cannae hack it at the top level.
He was the only one who looked like he knew what it meant to be Liverpool v Man United, he had passion while the rest of his club just looked like they wanted to go for some chianti and fava beans.
Although I wonder whether it was wise for the Archbishop of Canterbury to get involved, I “love” that the PM has now accused him of being soft on Putin.
Boris can’t really help himself, can he.
Boris is of course a Roman Catholic, the principal leader of his church is the Pope not Welby.
I note though his C of E predecessor as PM Theresa May joined Welby in criticising the governments Rwanda asylum plans today in Parliament
Do you think that the Archbishop of Canterbury has been soft on Putin, HYUFD?
Although I wonder whether it was wise for the Archbishop of Canterbury to get involved, I “love” that the PM has now accused him of being soft on Putin.
Boris can’t really help himself, can he.
Boris is of course a Roman Catholic, the principal leader of his church is the Pope not Welby.
I note though his C of E predecessor as PM Theresa May joined Welby in criticising the governments Rwanda asylum plans today in Parliament
Though, as a good Catholic, I am sure that the PM has taken to heart the Easter Vigil homily by the Archbishop of Westminster;
We see more than an echo of the Exodus in the millions of people who move across the face of our earth, some fleeing violence, others poverty, or the effects of climate change. We see them exploited by people smugglers and by those who traffic them into modern slavery, crimes which we must combat. We know the huge challenges there are, internationally, in finding responses to this issue, responses that must match the desire to help with the limited resources on which there are so many calls. We pray for those whose aim each day is just to survive. And we pray that those who seek solutions do so with compassion, and with regard for the dignity which is innate to every human being. This week’s policy announcement simply lacks these qualities. The reflections of our Vigil this evening are not all comfortable.
As for Boris, we don't know what he said behind those closed doors. But "he didn't tell off Putin" has strong cornered teenager vibes. (And it's pretty dishonest, given that Rev Oilwellby has described the invasion as "an act of great evil".)
But hey, he's got away with it for tonight, and tied his stooges ever closer to him. After all, they will look really stupid if they ditch him now.
Some proportion of those this year will be for EU student who didn’t need a visa before, right? Still, it seems an encouraging trend.
Ah, I see it only goes to 2019. So not relevant.
EU students presumably didn’t need visas prior to formal Brexit, so this chart only tells us about ex-EU student numbers, which for the UK is going to be a partial view.
Nevertheless, we see a significant displacement from the US thanks to Trump.
So I have spent the past few days “defending” the Rwanda policy to my friends, or at least refusing to condemn it outright.
I see today that scheme is for men only?
Presumably husbands will be separated from their wives; fathers from their children.
Fuck right off. This is an abomination.
I see too the IMF is predicting the UK will be slowest economy between 20 and 24 - essentially static on a per capita basis.
We can’t stand another two years of this. The government needs to fall NOW.
No no no! The only men coming to these shores are terrorists and scroungers. So off they go to Rwanda, The women and children get on these boats to claim asylum because being drowned in the channel is preferable to just claiming asylum in the oh yeah there is no legal way they can claim asylum.
So yeah. Separate families it is. You're against that? Big wet blanket ye are.
To be fair its not hard enough. Lets punish them further! Make them live on Canvey Island! Make them drink tapwater! Fly them out of Manchester Airport!
You sick bastard.
Mrs RP has a build. "Why fly them out at all? The queue at Manchester Airport is never-ending. They'll never escape"
@Gardenwalker its focused on *single* men (I think between ages of 18-25 but not sure about that) - so prone economic migrants. Married men travelling with their family are exempt
Some proportion of those this year will be for EU student who didn’t need a visa before, right? Still, it seems an encouraging trend.
Ah, I see it only goes to 2019. So not relevant.
EU students presumably didn’t need visas prior to formal Brexit, so this chart only tells us about ex-EU student numbers, which for the UK is going to be a partial view.
Nevertheless, we see a significant displacement from the US thanks to Trump.
Did trump legislate against them, or were they simply put off by him?
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
Some proportion of those this year will be for EU student who didn’t need a visa before, right? Still, it seems an encouraging trend.
Ah, I see it only goes to 2019. So not relevant.
EU students presumably didn’t need visas prior to formal Brexit, so this chart only tells us about ex-EU student numbers, which for the UK is going to be a partial view.
Nevertheless, we see a significant displacement from the US thanks to Trump.
Did trump legislate against them, or were they simply put off by him?
Not an expert, but pretty sure there were visa restrictions.
So I have spent the past few days “defending” the Rwanda policy to my friends, or at least refusing to condemn it outright.
I see today that scheme is for men only?
Presumably husbands will be separated from their wives; fathers from their children.
Fuck right off. This is an abomination.
I see too the IMF is predicting the UK will be slowest economy between 20 and 24 - essentially static on a per capita basis.
We can’t stand another two years of this. The government needs to fall NOW.
No no no! The only men coming to these shores are terrorists and scroungers. So off they go to Rwanda, The women and children get on these boats to claim asylum because being drowned in the channel is preferable to just claiming asylum in the oh yeah there is no legal way they can claim asylum.
So yeah. Separate families it is. You're against that? Big wet blanket ye are.
To be fair its not hard enough. Lets punish them further! Make them live on Canvey Island! Make them drink tapwater! Fly them out of Manchester Airport!
You sick bastard.
Mrs RP has a build. "Why fly them out at all? The queue at Manchester Airport is never-ending. They'll never escape"
@Gardenwalker its focused on *single* men (I think between ages of 18-25 but not sure about that) - so prone economic migrants. Married men travelling with their family are exempt
Yes, I got it wrong. Thank goodness, it would be barbaric to split families.
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
Ah you made the mistake of believing what a politician says they are doing instead of looking at what they are actually doing. Not party political as they all do it.
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
May reduced the time a graduate could work after their degree from 2 years to 4 months. It has since been increased to 2 years again, by the current government. I don’t think she formally limited numbers.
She did have an odd bee in her bonnet about counting students in the immigration figures, which never seemed to make sense to me.
Undergraduates can work 20 hours per week during their degree (those of us from Fen Poly often forget that one can work during a degree - we were banned from doing so, save for holidays. Maybe at some other places too?)
Some proportion of those this year will be for EU student who didn’t need a visa before, right? Still, it seems an encouraging trend.
Ah, I see it only goes to 2019. So not relevant.
EU students presumably didn’t need visas prior to formal Brexit, so this chart only tells us about ex-EU student numbers, which for the UK is going to be a partial view.
Nevertheless, we see a significant displacement from the US thanks to Trump.
Did trump legislate against them, or were they simply put off by him?
He made it significantly harder for people from certain countries to get student visas.
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
May reduced the time a graduate could work after their degree from 2 years to 4 months. It has since been increased to 2 years again, by the current government. I don’t think she formally limited numbers.
She did have an odd bee in her bonnet about counting students in the immigration figures, which never seemed to make sense to me.
Undergraduates can work 20 hours per week during their degree (those of us from Fen Poly often forget that one can work during a degree - we were banned from doing so, save for holidays. Maybe at some other places too?)
Eh?
I was at Cambridge 92-95 and worked part time (and was allowed to work).
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
May reduced the time a graduate could work after their degree from 2 years to 4 months. It has since been increased to 2 years again, by the current government. I don’t think she formally limited numbers.
She did have an odd bee in her bonnet about counting students in the immigration figures, which never seemed to make sense to me.
Undergraduates can work 20 hours per week during their degree (those of us from Fen Poly often forget that one can work during a degree - we were banned from doing so, save for holidays. Maybe at some other places too?)
Eh?
I was at Cambridge 92-95 and worked part time (and was allowed to work).
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
May reduced the time a graduate could work after their degree from 2 years to 4 months. It has since been increased to 2 years again, by the current government. I don’t think she formally limited numbers.
She did have an odd bee in her bonnet about counting students in the immigration figures, which never seemed to make sense to me.
Undergraduates can work 20 hours per week during their degree (those of us from Fen Poly often forget that one can work during a degree - we were banned from doing so, save for holidays. Maybe at some other places too?)
Eh?
I was at Cambridge 92-95 and worked part time (and was allowed to work).
I recall that at Cotswold College you could only work if approval was granted by your college tutor. That may have changed these days.
Yours truly worked my way through Louisiana State University driving a Yellow Cab in Baton Rouge, three days a week. Usually scheduled classes each semester for Tuesday & Thursday.
Yours truly worked my way through Louisiana State University driving a Yellow Cab in Baton Rouge, three days a week. Usually scheduled classes each semester for Tuesday & Thursday.
From where do you get your interest in British politics? Did you live here at one point?
Good question. Maybe the space aliens implanted anglophilic propaganda deep in my brain?
Have always been interested in history & politics esp. elections, and UK's are highly accessible & reasonably intelligible for Americans.
PROVIDED you do NOT expect us to comprehend cricket terms beyond "sticky wicket" and even then we really don't know a) what's a wicket?; b) what makes it sticky?; or c) why that's a bad thing?
My mom was a bit of an Anglophile - her favorite movie as a teenager was "Mrs Miniver" - and I clearly remember watching on TV with her the declaration (or whatever it was) of Prince Charles as Prince of Wales at Caenarvon (apologies to the Welsh) Castle.
Good question. Maybe the space aliens implanted anglophilic propaganda deep in my brain?
Have always been interested in history & politics esp. elections, and UK's are highly accessible & reasonably intelligible for Americans.
PROVIDED you do NOT expect us to comprehend cricket terms beyond "sticky wicket" and even then we really don't know a) what's a wicket?; b) what makes it sticky?; or c) why that's a bad thing?
Addendum - have visited but never lived in UK
Thanks. I often wonder to what extent the common language helps. Is my understanding of American or Canadian or Australian politics better because we speak a common language, or is my understanding of those things no better that my understanding of German or French or Italian politics, and I just *think* it’s better becuase of the common language. Somewhere in between probably…
I think the polls showing Macron winning by eight to ten points should be very concerning to his team. He needs the narrative to be "neck and neck", because there are many voters who dislike her more than him... But would rather it was other voters that put him back in the Elysees.
I think the polls showing Macron winning by eight to ten points should be very concerning to his team. He needs the narrative to be "neck and neck", because there are many voters who dislike her more than him... But would rather it was other voters that put him back in the Elysees.
Melenchon has been stealing the limelight today by declaring that the legislative elections are really a 'third round' and asking people to 'elect' him as Prime Minister. He's telling his own supporters not to abstain and not to vote for Le Pen, but isn't endorsing Macron.
I think the polls showing Macron winning by eight to ten points should be very concerning to his team. He needs the narrative to be "neck and neck", because there are many voters who dislike her more than him... But would rather it was other voters that put him back in the Elysees.
Melenchon has been stealing the limelight today by declaring that the legislative elections are really a 'third round' and asking people to 'elect' him as Prime Minister. He's telling his own supporters not to abstain and not to vote for Le Pen, but isn't endorsing Macron.
Not to abstain... Not to vote for Le Pen...
That's about as close as you can come to endorsing someone without actually, you know, endorsing someone.
Interesting thread. https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1516162543995162625 To understand the logic behind Z-invasion you have to keep in mind that Russianness = normality. When you are Russified you just become normal. Z-invasion was planned as a gift or humanitarian operation. That's why Ukrainian resistance is so shocking. They don't want to be normal
I’d be interested in @Dura_Ace ’s take on this: Arrogant it may sound, I think that in order to understand cultural context, you need to consume content in a language of the country. Those analysts who consume content in Russian typically view Z-war as inevitable. They saw it coming. But those who don't, are usually surprised
Yep, and it’s scary as hell. There’s a lot of ethical and regulatory issues with some of this stuff, which Western governments in particular are going to have to deal with in the next few years.
What’s for sure, is that China is also far advanced working on the same stuff, but with a very different set of ethical boundaries.
Yep, and it’s scary as hell. There’s a lot of ethical and regulatory issues with some of this stuff, which Western governments in particular are going to have to deal with in the next few years.
What’s for sure, is that China is also far advanced working on the same stuff, but with a very different set of ethical boundaries.
Leon and others go on about the risks of AI taking over the world.
The real risk is people trusting AI's that are not truly 'intelligent'. 'The computer says no' writ large.
Yep, and it’s scary as hell. There’s a lot of ethical and regulatory issues with some of this stuff, which Western governments in particular are going to have to deal with in the next few years.
What’s for sure, is that China is also far advanced working on the same stuff, but with a very different set of ethical boundaries.
Leon and others go on about the risks of AI taking over the world.
The real risk is people trusting AI's that are not truly 'intelligent'. 'The computer says no' writ large.
"But it cannot possibly fail! It's an AI!"
Yes, the inevitable conclusion (and the desired conclusion among the Chinese developers), will be the ease with which someone can be, as a Mr Orwell wrote a century ago, “unpersoned” with no recourse.
Yep, and it’s scary as hell. There’s a lot of ethical and regulatory issues with some of this stuff, which Western governments in particular are going to have to deal with in the next few years.
What’s for sure, is that China is also far advanced working on the same stuff, but with a very different set of ethical boundaries.
Leon and others go on about the risks of AI taking over the world.
The real risk is people trusting AI's that are not truly 'intelligent'. 'The computer says no' writ large.
"But it cannot possibly fail! It's an AI!"
Yes, the inevitable conclusion (and the desired conclusion among the Chinese developers), will be the ease with which someone can be, as a Mr Orwell wrote a century ago, “unpersoned” with no recourse.
I've actually plotted out a story with this sort of thing at its core - to be written as a comedic farce. If I ever learn to write and get the time.
The thing about these graphs which does surprise is the spike after 2016 when conventional wisdom (and I think what I’ve read from some analysts) is that Theresa May and Nick Timothy cut down specifically on the student visa route.
May reduced the time a graduate could work after their degree from 2 years to 4 months. It has since been increased to 2 years again, by the current government. I don’t think she formally limited numbers.
She did have an odd bee in her bonnet about counting students in the immigration figures, which never seemed to make sense to me.
Undergraduates can work 20 hours per week during their degree (those of us from Fen Poly often forget that one can work during a degree - we were banned from doing so, save for holidays. Maybe at some other places too?)
Eh?
I was at Cambridge 92-95 and worked part time (and was allowed to work).
I was there from 91, and we definitely were not. Maybe it was the change to the 3 digit userids that heralded the change.
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This season, I honest don't think I'd pick a single United player over any Liverpool player in the XI. Even De Gea, United's best saving grace probably in recent years, I wouldn't put ahead of Alisson.
Boris can’t really help himself, can he.
I think with a decent manager, some of those United players would look better, but there’s a reason they aren’t at City or Liverpool, and that is they’re not that special.
@shashj
European official: "we’ll see a stalemate in four to six months as Russian troops control the Luhansk region, a part of the Donbas, and a small land bridge...By the fall, both Russia and Ukraine might agree to comprehensive negotiations"
https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1516509561150189576
With apologies to Manchester United ...
Badly managed and appallingly led for the past couple of decades (since the Glazers took over) has left them a pale shadow of their former selves that are getting exposed now. Ring any bells?
David de Gea has conceded four times as many Premier League goals at Anfield in 2022 as Alisson.
https://twitter.com/RichJolly/status/1516521322154799105
Piers Morgan
@piersmorgan
This was devastating.
Starmer’s most powerful & effective moment as Labour leader. 👇👇
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1516480448544874502
Manchester United have conceded more league goals against Liverpool this season than they did in 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07 and 2007/08 combined.
https://twitter.com/danielstorey85/status/1516523880252428295
I think there are a lot of people in the West who are scared of what Putin might do if Russia faces a complete military defeat in Ukraine, as opposed to a failure to achieve its maximalist objectives, and so are attempting to calibrate the support provided to Ukraine to aim for an outcome where the Ukrainian state survives, but Putin achieves enough of a victory not to use nuclear weapons out of desperation.
I note though his C of E predecessor as PM Theresa May joined Welby in criticising the governments Rwanda asylum plans today in Parliament
But I don't think he Cannae hack it at the top level.
Newsnight.
How to help Ukraine 20220419_0122
1) Give the refugees money: Disasters Emergency Committee
Web: https://www.dec.org.uk/how-you-can-help
By phone: call 0370 60 60 900.
By post: make your donation payable to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, PO Box 999, London EC3A 3AA. The form is here: https://www.dec.org.uk/sites/default/files/GetInvolved/postal_donation_form.pdf
By paypal, card, bank transfer etc: see https://www.dec.org.uk/how-you-can-help
2) Give the refugees money: British Red Cross
Web: https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal
By phone: 0300 023 0820
By post: https://static.redcross.org.uk/-/media/BritishRedCross/Forms/Postal-donation-form-2021-May.ashx
By paypal, card, bank transfer etc: see https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal
Note: @MaxPB and others point out that the BRC (and DEC?) treat Russian and Ukranian refugees equally. If you don't want that, try one of the ones below
3) Fight alongside them: Ukraine International Legion
Web: https://fightforua.org/ or https://theinternationallegion.org/
See also: https://kyivindependent.com/national/to-combat-russia-ukraine-invites-foreign-fighters-heres-how-to-apply/
See also: https://kyivindependent.com/national/want-to-help-ukraines-military-as-a-foreigner-heres-what-you-can-do/
People who have done it IRL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHrGd0BcLmA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6_Azyen5cE
Note: @Pulpstar points out that this option is highly dangerous and people should DYOR before joining.
4) Give the Ukranian Armed Forces money: Come Back Alive
Come Back Alive (Povertaysya Zhyvym) is a Kyiv-based charity working for the military in Ukraine. It provides defensive equipment (reconnaisance drones, body armor, thermal imagers, laptops, etc)
Web: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/
By paypal, card, bank transfer etc: https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate
5) Suggested by PBers
@darkage: https://www.gofundme.com/f/delivering-emergency-supplies-to-ukraine
@NorthofStoke: https://www.gofundme.com/f/helpukraine
We see more than an echo of the Exodus in the millions of people who move across the face of our earth, some fleeing violence, others poverty, or the effects of climate change. We see them exploited by people smugglers and by those who traffic them into modern slavery, crimes which we must combat. We know the huge challenges there are, internationally, in finding responses to this issue, responses that must match the desire to help with the limited resources on which there are so many calls. We pray for those whose aim each day is just to survive. And we pray that those who seek solutions do so with compassion, and with regard for the dignity which is innate to every human being. This week’s policy announcement simply lacks these qualities. The reflections of our Vigil this evening are not all comfortable.
As for Boris, we don't know what he said behind those closed doors. But "he didn't tell off Putin" has strong cornered teenager vibes. (And it's pretty dishonest, given that Rev Oilwellby has described the invasion as "an act of great evil".)
But hey, he's got away with it for tonight, and tied his stooges ever closer to him. After all, they will look really stupid if they ditch him now.
@dkaushik96
In case you were wondering how the global race for talent is going, here are some trends.
US = 😢
UK, Australia, Canada = 🚀
https://twitter.com/dkaushik96/status/1516182724041744386
I had to work tonight at a meeting. I was frankly relieved. Watching this lot play is just dispiriting. None of them seem to care.
2021 was an all time record which is truly remarkable given the effect of Covid. The previous record was in 2010.
Nevertheless, we see a significant displacement from the US thanks to Trump.
Thank goodness, it would be barbaric to split families.
She did have an odd bee in her bonnet about counting students in the immigration figures, which never seemed to make sense to me.
Undergraduates can work 20 hours per week during their degree (those of us from Fen Poly often forget that one can work during a degree - we were banned from doing so, save for holidays. Maybe at some other places too?)
Considering contrast with her private-in-public morning, and his party-in-private then lie about it later.
Doubt I'm alone in connecting those dots. But unlike me, most of the others are UK voters.
Yeh right.
Maybe I am being overly optimistic, but i doubt many actual buyers of the express agree that Johnson is not a lying scumbag unfit for office.
> Putinist bots & trolls working overtime in the Kremlin?
> Putinist bots & trolls working overtime in Conservative Campaign HQ?
> extreme Woke elements enraged by PB anti-Woke warriors?
> space aliens concerned Leon & Moonbeam are getting too close to the awful truth?
> the list of potential, usual & unusual suspects is endless!
I was at Cambridge 92-95 and worked part time (and was allowed to work).
I think we were allowed to work for the university or college a few hours a week but no, you couldn’t just take a job at Robert Sayle. Matric 2001.
Have always been interested in history & politics esp. elections, and UK's are highly accessible & reasonably intelligible for Americans.
PROVIDED you do NOT expect us to comprehend cricket terms beyond "sticky wicket" and even then we really don't know a) what's a wicket?; b) what makes it sticky?; or c) why that's a bad thing?
Addendum - have visited but never lived in UK
I mean, Nepal has a Maoist Centerist Party? How wild is that?
And personally have soft spot for Vaderland Party of Liechtenstein. God knows why!
https://twitter.com/UPR_Asselineau/status/1516517023479644175
That's about as close as you can come to endorsing someone without actually, you know, endorsing someone.
(Normal site access knackered still, btw....)
Get well soon
https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1516162543995162625
To understand the logic behind Z-invasion you have to keep in mind that Russianness = normality. When you are Russified you just become normal. Z-invasion was planned as a gift or humanitarian operation. That's why Ukrainian resistance is so shocking. They don't want to be normal
I’d be interested in @Dura_Ace ’s take on this:
Arrogant it may sound, I think that in order to understand cultural context, you need to consume content in a language of the country. Those analysts who consume content in Russian typically view Z-war as inevitable. They saw it coming. But those who don't, are usually surprised
You can plant an undetectable backdoor in any deep learning model
https://twitter.com/neuroecology/status/1516565594283384837
Get well soon, Mr. Smithson.
What’s for sure, is that China is also far advanced working on the same stuff, but with a very different set of ethical boundaries.
The real risk is people trusting AI's that are not truly 'intelligent'. 'The computer says no' writ large.
"But it cannot possibly fail! It's an AI!"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61157909