Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
Sounds like they've at least tried to arrange some sort of orderly transition. Like Robert Baratheon, at least they'll say she did this right, this one thing...
Question, why do we think Sunak is a fair bit shorter than Mordaunt in the next PM market? Given that we are always being told there is a big chunk of the party very much against him while that isn't the case with Penny?
Re. the potential cable-cutting. It can be argued that one of the first acts Britain committed during World War One won the war (eventually). Within the first few weeks of the war, we cut all but one of Germany's marine cables (and we had access to that one).
This severely hampered German international communications throughout the war, and aided our signals intelligence. Then in 1917 it allowed the infamous Zimmerman Telegram to be intercepted, which helped bring the US into the war.
Cutting cables nowadays would not have the same effect; but it may prove absolutely awful for trade.
Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
I do have a little sympathy for her but she did bring this on herself and has caused a lot of harm to many people .
Air quality in Seattle is now slightly improved, now AQ1=230 = very unhealthy. So bad it actually woke me up in middle of night (why I'm up working AND typing here).
Wind's are shifting, and sloooooowly begining to bring in clean(er) air from North Pacific, with rain (which we need badly) forecast for Friday into next week.
This is the second time in four or five years we've had MAJOR problem with forest fire smoke. NOT something that was the norm for my first quarter century in the great Pacific Northwest.
Anyone who tries to tell you that global warming isn't real, is blowing smoke up your ass.
Always want the reports, SSI. I was going to say nothing is too arcane for this site. That might not be true - but this is nowhere near the limit of arcanery. Keep it coming!
Air Quality Index for York = 33 = good!
Addendum - Westminster AQI = approx 60 = moderate
AQI 44 in Dublin = Good
I was going to ask you where you got this from and thought Google might answer me - this is quite a good source: https://aqicn.org/map/unitedkingdom/
You mention York: traditionally, AQ in York has been surprisingly poor for a small city due to its location in relation to a number of coal power stations. Almost no coal being burned for UK electricity now, but AQ still relatively poor for a small city. I expect due to traffic.
It's worth noting that, as I understand it, these AQI stats tend to by hyper local - that is, they will be quite different 100 yards away. The primary driver is traffic, and the worst areas in the UK are largely those roads with the heaviest traffic (and with frequent traffic jams).
This is my source, covers the globe. Lots of monitoring sites depending on area, hundreds in Seattle:
Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
I do have a little sympathy for her but she did bring this on herself and has caused a lot of harm to many people .
So did Gordon Brown. And yet neither are comic book villains. Neither were criminals out to enrich themselves. Both were doing what they thought best. And both are humans. There is an element of Greek tragedy to the demise of both: hubris and nemesis.
Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
I do have a little sympathy for her but she did bring this on herself and has caused a lot of harm to many people .
I think many would agree with you but she has to go
This looks to me like she’s been pushed before there’s a firm plan in place re the succession - which is going to make things… interesting… in the coming days
Due to a very late change in plans today I am currently walking round IKEA Lakeside in a suit watching Sky News and talking to you. Nothing to see here...
Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
I do have a little sympathy for her but she did bring this on herself and has caused a lot of harm to many people .
So did Gordon Brown. And yet neither are comic book villains. Neither were criminals out to enrich themselves. Both were doing what they thought best. And both are humans. There is an element of Greek tragedy to the demise of both: hubris and nemesis.
Brown was PM for almost three years... Truss is going to be the shortest PM in history. I think she had it worse.
Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
I do have a little sympathy for her but she did bring this on herself and has caused a lot of harm to many people .
So did Gordon Brown. And yet neither are comic book villains. Neither were criminals out to enrich themselves. Both were doing what they thought best. And both are humans. There is an element of Greek tragedy to the demise of both: hubris and nemesis.
I don't give Brown an easy pass like that. Don't forget the political careers of his own side that Brown destroyed by regularly passing dirt on them to the papers and of course he knew nothing about McBride / Draper sitting right next to him organising a disgusting smear operation.
Must be awful to have achieved your ambition to be PM and then to crash and burn 6 weeks later.
Yes, agreed. All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
I do have a little sympathy for her but she did bring this on herself and has caused a lot of harm to many people .
It was the ultimate in idiotic hubris, thinking she was all powerful and didn’t need to lay any ground or bring anyone else along with her.
She worked with Johnson for too long, and leaned all the wrong lessons.
Blimey. I said earlier today these things always drag on longer than you think. Boris clung on for about 6 months after his position became untenable. This is British politics once again moving surprisingly quickly when it has to.
While they may have trashed their reputation for economic competence, governance, and politics in general, at least the Cons have reclaimed their reputation for being ruthless over getting rid of duff leaders.
Re. the potential cable-cutting. It can be argued that one of the first acts Britain committed during World War One won the war (eventually). Within the first few weeks of the war, we cut all but one of Germany's marine cables (and we had access to that one).
This severely hampered German international communications throughout the war, and aided our signals intelligence. Then in 1917 it allowed the infamous Zimmerman Telegram to be intercepted, which helped bring the US into the war.
Cutting cables nowadays would not have the same effect; but it may prove absolutely awful for trade.
Good for Elon Musk though...
What state is OneWeb in at the moment?
I think something like OneWeb/Starlink depends on the international links as well - I don't think even the intra-satellite laser links in Starlink V2 will have anywhere near the capacity.
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All of us fail from time to time. But few so spectacularly or so publicly. I feel the same slight sickness on her behalf that I did see Gordon Brown's world come crashing down around him with bigoted-woman-gate.
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BREAKING: Liz Truss will make a statement in Downing Street at 1:30pm.
Farewell then,
Liz Truss.
You never should have been PM.
And now you aren't.
And yet neither are comic book villains. Neither were criminals out to enrich themselves. Both were doing what they thought best. And both are humans. There is an element of Greek tragedy to the demise of both: hubris and nemesis.
Which is of course a reverse symbol of what is about to happen to Liz.
For the lolz I'd absolutely love it if she said I'm staying.
https://twitter.com/BergAslak/status/1582802166657736704
Truss is going to be the shortest PM in history. I think she had it worse.
She worked with Johnson for too long, and leaned all the wrong lessons.
LAB: 52% (+3)
CON: 23% (-5)
LDEM: 10% (-1)
GRN: 3% (+2)
via @Survation, 18 - 19 Oct
https://sotn.newstatesman.com/2022/10/britainpredicts
Details: https://www.survation.com/government-and-conservative-party-approval-ratings-fail-to-improve-despite-new-chancellor-reset/
Don't overdo it, though.
https://twitter.com/danbloom1/status/1583012281591664641
...piece on the utter breakdown of the Tory party last night
A Tory MP told me after the vote was watered down: "F***ing c***s! I should have rebelled! I am f***ed in my constituency now!”
“Nothing is off the table and nothing is on the table”
Are they waiting for Larry the Cat to saunter by?
I said earlier today these things always drag on longer than you think. Boris clung on for about 6 months after his position became untenable. This is British politics once again moving surprisingly quickly when it has to.
No crest - party business, i.e. calling a general election
Again..
Only 29 behind.
https://twitter.com/kakape/status/1583073547039432706
"24 hour segment". Truly the voice of the people.
Nice.
Klaxon.
Resigned. No members ballot either if she's gone in a week.