Why did Sunak reappoint Raab? – politicalbetting.com
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Will you make 10 posts? What are the odds?martingill said:Humble pie from scott adams
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1617061740759359488?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw0 -
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
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Done it mateMexicanpete said:
Will you make 10 posts? What are the odds?martingill said:Humble pie from scott adams
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1617061740759359488?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw0 -
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.Leon said:I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
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Yes, it's a weird phenomenon. And completely self-sabotaging. When you have several persuasive facts on your side, make up shit instead. Why??kle4 said:
But that just makes the point about being more careful about specific claims which are NOT true (or at least arguable), since including them is not necessary and will just allow the point to be undermined.Stuartinromford said:
Big Picture vs Small Picture.kle4 said:
I think we're in deep shit, but some of those claims just don't seem right.Sean_F said:
Real wages are certainly not lower than in 2004, and we do not have a more limited welfare state than the USA.RochdalePioneers said:
That article offers a pretty damning summary of our position:DougSeal said:“Britain Is Much Worse Off Than It Understands
Things weren’t nearly this bad in the 1970s—but the country’s leaders haven't grasped that yet.” (£)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/03/britain-worse-off-1970s/
"The gap between the U.K.’s reality as portrayed by the dominant narrative of its economy’s performance and real life as experienced by its average citizen has widened to the breaking point."
"Average U.K. real wages are now lower than 18 years ago, which is unprecedented in the country’s peacetime economic history."
"the country has the most limited welfare state of any developed country, including the United States"
"today’s young Britons face paying far more in tax than they will ever receive back in terms of pensions and other benefits."
"Excess deaths have risen while Britain is the only country in Europe suffering from declining life expectancy."
"The U.K. is also running a large, structural trade deficit."
"business investment is running at the lowest level in the G-7."
"The United Kingdom remains one of the most unequal developed countries to this day, according to the Equality Trust."
" there is an abiding belief that the U.K. must be performing well because it is run how an economy should be run according to the dominant narrative"
"This encourages denial about the scale of the country’s underperformance or a tendency to scapegoat others for it—be it the poor for being lazy or immigrants for consuming public services and scarce housing."
When people make baseless assertions, it undermines any point they’re trying to make.
Granted they are asserting that people thinking it cannot be that bad when it is is part of the problem, but some of those are very specific measurable claims which I think are likely to be contestable.
You can have specific claims that are true in themselves, but which aren't an accurate reflection of the overall reality. Leon's thing about life expectancy changes across Europe in 2020-1 is presumably correct, but it don't change the big picture that life expectancy has been going the wrong way in the UK recently and that generally hasn't been happening in other parts of the continent.
We see this in politics all the time of course. Take Boris - there's loads to criticise him about, yet plenty of people will still somehow be able to find things he didn't say or do and use that instead.
Fact is, the UK is in a bit of a pickle, and we are - on several important metrics - being outpaced by our competitors. If the author of that original Foreign Policy piece had stuck to that sober analysis, then who could argue? And his essay would have been impactful and useful
But because - I suspect - he is a bit of a mad Remoaner he had to include some insane claims - "Britain has the only declining life expectancy in Europe", "America has a more generous welfare state than the UK" etc etc, which are so howlingly obviously wrong they would only be believed by a clueless fools like @DougSeal, or @RochdalePioneers -and these nitwits are not the demographic you want to persuade. You should be aiming higher up the intellectual scale
Ah well. Enuff
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So you might make ten posts after all. Shame.martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
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I think it is a rule that one of the pilots is not vaccinated just in case.StuartDickson said:
That’s why there’s a co-pilot.martingill said:pilot suffers cardiac arrest six minutes after landing a flight with 200 passengers on board
https://twitter.com/PTRUMPFORTX2020/status/1620641965019889664?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw1 -
By the way i come here with love in my heart and to inform and educate0
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Well not that impressive frankly as every 1000£ of gdp per head in 1979 should be worth £4,337 per head now so a mere doubling of the figure indicates that gdp per head is in fact a 50% decreaseSean_F said:
GDP per head is more than twice what it was in 1979.DougSeal said:“Britain Is Much Worse Off Than It Understands
Things weren’t nearly this bad in the 1970s—but the country’s leaders haven't grasped that yet.” (£)
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Sorry to tell you this but you won't get much further.martingill said:
Done it mateMexicanpete said:
Will you make 10 posts? What are the odds?martingill said:Humble pie from scott adams
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1617061740759359488?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw0 -
Leon is one of the best posters on hereTres said:
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.Leon said:I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else0 -
Well done, now f*ck off!martingill said:
Done it mateMexicanpete said:
Will you make 10 posts? What are the odds?martingill said:Humble pie from scott adams
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1617061740759359488?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw1 -
Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
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Maybe i get to 2nd base matekjh said:
Sorry to tell you this but you won't get much further.martingill said:
Done it mateMexicanpete said:
Will you make 10 posts? What are the odds?martingill said:Humble pie from scott adams
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1617061740759359488?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw0 -
My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.0 -
Interesting itv report yesterday on ukraine war. Clearly ukraine is struggling round Bakhmut now...maybe a few extra tanks will turn the war0
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is impossible for Ukraine to emerge victorious from this war – Die Welt AFU is running out of people, the enemy adapts better and has a huge amount of supplies, so Ukraine's victory is becoming less likely every day.
https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1621074744467660800?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw0 -
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
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How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.1 -
Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal0
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Fan as I am of sensible centrist politics and of PR (with certain caveats), I think there are issues with assuming a particular voting system would necessarily ensure specific outcomes.CorrectHorseBattery3 said:My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.0 -
Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops0
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Would probably help though.FrankBooth said:How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
I can only go by anecdote that in the last year a lot of people I know who have never been concerned with counting every penny have been doing so, turning off devices and closing doors to keep in heat etc. So it must be pretty bad I figure.0 -
If we had PR we'd have to have compromise and long-term thinking, that is clearly what this country needs right now.kle4 said:
Fan as I am of sensible centrist politics and of PR (with certain caveats), I think there are issues with assuming a particular voting system would necessarily ensure specific outcomes.CorrectHorseBattery3 said:My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.
The most stable this country has been for many a long day was 2010-2015 however much I hated that they did.0 -
Russia forecast to outperform uk this year...unbelievableFrankBooth said:How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.0 -
The Foreign Policy piece I posted expressly says that the political elite are not aware how badly off the country is, not the whole country.FrankBooth said:How bad a position is the economy in? Hard to say but if it is as bad as Mr Tilford thinks it's clearly about a lot more than rejoining the single market.
The second part of the argument, that we don't understand how badly off we are, is rather contradicted by the 17m people voting for Brexit.0 -
I don't know if anyone's linked to it already, but this interview with Julie Ioffe about Putin and the presidents is well worth an hour of anyone's time:
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Hoever pr would allow far right parties to riseCorrectHorseBattery3 said:
If we had PR we'd have to have compromise and long-term thinking, that is clearly what this country needs right now.kle4 said:
Fan as I am of sensible centrist politics and of PR (with certain caveats), I think there are issues with assuming a particular voting system would necessarily ensure specific outcomes.CorrectHorseBattery3 said:My hope for the next decade is that we go back to proper sensible centrist politics.
We need PR to ensure this happens though.
It's like how people who want a properly cofidied constitution, for all sorts of sensible reasons, also quite unsensibly like to claim it would solve all manner of problems or prevent certain things which a codified constitution would in no way prevent, like legal wrangling over the meaning of statutes.
The most stable this country has been for many a long day was 2010-2015 however much I hated that they did.0 -
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.2 -
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯0 -
Not with any girls you won't.martingill said:
Maybe i get to 2nd base matekjh said:
Sorry to tell you this but you won't get much further.martingill said:
Done it mateMexicanpete said:
Will you make 10 posts? What are the odds?martingill said:Humble pie from scott adams
The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" Scott Adams is now worried what is going to happen in 5 years time. So much for all his fancy analytics.
https://twitter.com/wolsned/status/1617061740759359488?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw0 -
To be fair to Corbyn his hero and (?) role model, Tony Benn was anti-EEC in1975. Caused quite a bit of soul-searching for yours truly!kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.0 -
Unfortunately the covid vax is leading to a rise in disabilities which will affect our economic performance going forward-1
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It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?1 -
The appropriate use of "mate" is a true sign of UK English fluency.0
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It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
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Cor blimey guv, I didnae spot that un.dixiedean said:The appropriate use of "mate" is a true sign of UK English fluency.
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Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some goodkle4 said:
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?0 -
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2:40 Wetherby - Ballygrifincottage
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Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-644960250 -
The use of 'pal' is a new development I think? Onwards an upwards from 'mate'.0
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Ireland at 42% excess deaths now...horrifying
https://twitter.com/Jimcorrsays/status/1621470905091211272?s=20&t=7tgCYXhxrSGjW9O7N839fw-1 -
Behold the most British person ever. Such precise usage of “mate” and “pal”. I’m left doubting my own nationalitymartingill said:
Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
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If your really lucky i might call you loveohnotnow said:The use of 'pal' is a new development I think? Onwards an upwards from 'mate'.
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I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.martingill said:
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some goodkle4 said:
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?0 -
I will cash out some of my Truss money and have a flutterMoonRabbit said:Betting Post. equestrian performance sport involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys over a set distance for competition. 🐎
2:40 Wetherby - Ballygrifincottage
2:55 Sandown - Coquelicot
3:16 Musselburgh - Collingham
3:30 Sandown - Celebre D'Allen0 -
Have you seen the videos of old men dragged out of their houses mate...they are getting desperate...and im sure kle4 will be a good fighterFrankBooth said:
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.martingill said:
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some goodkle4 said:
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?0 -
Seasonality, fam?martingill said:
Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
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Yes. I think it’s time Russia pulled back to its 2013 borders with Ukraine. Stop the invasion and surrender.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
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Be proud to be british mate...rolled out a dodgy vaccine and about to be humiliated in the ukraine warDougSeal said:
Behold the most British person ever. Such precise usage of “mate” and “pal”. I’m left doubting my own nationalitymartingill said:
Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-644960250 -
How often do I have to repeat this?Tres said:
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.Leon said:I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
https://www.tropiccitybkk.com/
,,,, for some free cocktails. I am afraid you must expect photos, of my "beta-cuck" lifestyle0 -
Aye, petal. 'appens you be reet 'bout that.DougSeal said:
Behold the most British person ever. Such precise usage of “mate” and “pal”. I’m left doubting my own nationalitymartingill said:
Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-644960250 -
Dad’s Army?martingill said:
Have you seen the videos of old men dragged out of their houses mate...they are getting desperate...and im sure kle4 will be a good fighterFrankBooth said:
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.martingill said:
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some goodkle4 said:
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?0 -
I thought you were at the gym?Leon said:
How often do I have to repeat this?Tres said:
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.Leon said:I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
https://www.tropiccitybkk.com/
,,,, for some free cocktails. I am afraid you must expect photos, of my "beta-cuck" lifestyle0 -
Are you from Brum?martingill said:
Be proud to be british mate...rolled out a dodgy vaccine and about to be humiliated in the ukraine warDougSeal said:
Behold the most British person ever. Such precise usage of “mate” and “pal”. I’m left doubting my own nationalitymartingill said:
Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-644960250 -
I was. Then I came back.DougSeal said:
I thought you were at the gym?Leon said:
How often do I have to repeat this?Tres said:
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.Leon said:I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
https://www.tropiccitybkk.com/
,,,, for some free cocktails. I am afraid you must expect photos, of my "beta-cuck" lifestyle
MAN COMES BACK FROM GYM
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Im sure Putin will oblige...meanwhile the grifter zelensky will be back with more demands for money soonDougSeal said:
Yes. I think it’s time Russia pulled back to its 2013 borders with Ukraine. Stop the invasion and surrender.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
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I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.Leon said:
Indeed. But I’m not getting that sense of dangerJonathan said:
Take care. I hear it can be moreish.Leon said:I’m on the Tramadol. 100mg. Slow release
So far so good. It is like very mild heroin
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric0 -
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.FrankBooth said:
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
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That was one of the WORSTmartingill said:
Im sure Putin will oblige...meanwhile the grifter zelensky will be back with more demands for money soonDougSeal said:
Yes. I think it’s time Russia pulled back to its 2013 borders with Ukraine. Stop the invasion and surrender.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
Mate,
PB needs to up its Russian bot game. We are getting the dregs now5 -
Hmmm I may be wrong but you are the one sounding a little desperate Martin. Are they really itching for a deal in Moscow? Anyway it's probably best that I stop engaging with you now.martingill said:
Have you seen the videos of old men dragged out of their houses mate...they are getting desperate...and im sure kle4 will be a good fighterFrankBooth said:
I don't know if things have changed but I believe the Ukrainians only want people with prior military experience. It appears thus far that they can afford to be choosy.martingill said:
Bit like the laziness of endlessly virtue signalling over ukraine mate whilst 150000 lose their lives. Isnt it time to put on your tin hat and go to the frontline whete you can do some goodkle4 said:
It's the laziness of these posts that get me. What's the point?martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
It's a marvellous example in some ways though. Zelensky is sending them to their deaths, eh? And, since you don't mention it, who is actually killing them?0 -
I don't know, reading the article, it could be because we have all had the vaccine.martingill said:
Mmm i wonder why that is palnoneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64496025
How about your views on Trump for a bit of variety? Getting a bit bored with the Ukraine and vaccine stuff.0 -
Xanax is superb. How much you on?LostPassword said:
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.Leon said:
Indeed. But I’m not getting that sense of dangerJonathan said:
Take care. I hear it can be moreish.Leon said:I’m on the Tramadol. 100mg. Slow release
So far so good. It is like very mild heroin
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)0 -
He’s just a smokescreen for the consummate professional DJ41.Leon said:
That was one of the WORSTmartingill said:
Im sure Putin will oblige...meanwhile the grifter zelensky will be back with more demands for money soonDougSeal said:
Yes. I think it’s time Russia pulled back to its 2013 borders with Ukraine. Stop the invasion and surrender.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
Mate,
PB needs to up its Russian bot game. We are getting the dregs now0 -
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯1 -
Always on Saturdays isn’t it.0
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Surely that's @Dura_AceTimS said:
He’s just a smokescreen for the consummate professional DJ41.Leon said:
That was one of the WORSTmartingill said:
Im sure Putin will oblige...meanwhile the grifter zelensky will be back with more demands for money soonDougSeal said:
Yes. I think it’s time Russia pulled back to its 2013 borders with Ukraine. Stop the invasion and surrender.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
Mate,
PB needs to up its Russian bot game. We are getting the dregs now
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Someone covered it on YouTube alreadyLeon said:
I was. Then I came back.DougSeal said:
I thought you were at the gym?Leon said:
How often do I have to repeat this?Tres said:
Can't be much of a holiday if you need this much attention.Leon said:I’m actually going to make a formal request to the moderators that we introduce some kind of minimum IQ threshold for commenters. I don’t see how this retarded, mortifying, intellectually 20-watt drooling from the likes of @DougSeal and @RochdalePioneers benefits the site
It’s like you’re playing a nice game of football with your mates, in the park, then a sort of dwarvish gibbon runs on to the pitch and tries to eat the ball. It’s embarrassing for Doug and Rochdale, as much as anything else
I AM NOT ON HOLIBOBS
I am knapping flints o'the morning, and in the evening I review bars and restaurants for the Gazette
In several minutes I am off to THE 24TH BEST BAR IN THE WORLD
https://www.tropiccitybkk.com/
,,,, for some free cocktails. I am afraid you must expect photos, of my "beta-cuck" lifestyle
MAN COMES BACK FROM GYM
Shocking, I know. Have you thought of journalism as a career? You have a nose for a good story
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That BBC chart certainly doesn't show real wages lower (or equivalent) to their figure in 2004 or 2005. And real wages grew in 2020 and 2021, although they fell in 2022.MightyAlex said:
This is the data he's presenting (After 2 months, % of previous in-work income): https://data.oecd.org/benwage/benefits-in-unemployment-share-of-previous-income.htmSean_F said:
Real wages are certainly not lower than in 2004, and we do not have a more limited welfare state than the USA.RochdalePioneers said:
That article offers a pretty damning summary of our position:DougSeal said:“Britain Is Much Worse Off Than It Understands
Things weren’t nearly this bad in the 1970s—but the country’s leaders haven't grasped that yet.” (£)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/03/britain-worse-off-1970s/
"The gap between the U.K.’s reality as portrayed by the dominant narrative of its economy’s performance and real life as experienced by its average citizen has widened to the breaking point."
"Average U.K. real wages are now lower than 18 years ago, which is unprecedented in the country’s peacetime economic history."
"the country has the most limited welfare state of any developed country, including the United States"
"today’s young Britons face paying far more in tax than they will ever receive back in terms of pensions and other benefits."
"Excess deaths have risen while Britain is the only country in Europe suffering from declining life expectancy."
"The U.K. is also running a large, structural trade deficit."
"business investment is running at the lowest level in the G-7."
"The United Kingdom remains one of the most unequal developed countries to this day, according to the Equality Trust."
" there is an abiding belief that the U.K. must be performing well because it is run how an economy should be run according to the dominant narrative"
"This encourages denial about the scale of the country’s underperformance or a tendency to scapegoat others for it—be it the poor for being lazy or immigrants for consuming public services and scarce housing."
When people make baseless assertions, it undermines any point they’re trying to make.
On this metric the UK does particularly badly.
The real wage stat: the BBC say the UK matched the 2005 real wage peak in 2020. I'm sure the last years high inflation and relatively low wage growth has had some effect on this.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51543521
So no not baseless but as always the stats are chosen. Also I see you're not contesting the inequality, declining life expectancy and growing generational gap in state support.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/933075/wage-growth-in-the-uk/
Making a claim about the welfare state, overall, based upon one measure, is intellectually dishonest. Being poor in the US is a good deal worse than it is in the UK (although the median standard of living is much higher).
I'd grant the inequality and generational unfairness, but I'd contest the falling life expectancy. Of course it dropped during the pandemic, but it rose slowly up till 2020.0 -
Raab was at LMH while I was at Trinity. We went to the same graduation ceremony.0
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Had a fourth dose recently in Ireland. This means I now have the triple-V special - two primary doses of AZ, a half-dose Moderna as my first booster, and the bivalent Pfizer booster that targets BA4 and BA5.noneoftheabove said:
It is err, halting, next week anyway?martingill said:
It is important to get the vaccine rollout halted...the vaccinated have made their bed nowCorrectHorseBattery3 said:I just do not understand the minds of these anti vaxxers, who here are they convincing?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-64496025
Thanks Science! Thanks responsible democratic governments in Britain and Ireland!0 -
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.MoonRabbit said:
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.FrankBooth said:
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?4 -
That'll be quite exciting (!) ... PB involved in the talks.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
I'd nominate NigelB and Nick Palmer to bat for us. A hawk and a dove, and both mature types who won't be overmatched by tough devious little Putin.1 -
Do I detect a sly weekend cheerful cheekiness creeping into your bant today? Go on admit it. ☺️Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
For someone who posted so damn Adam Ant you are not even reading let alone replying to my thought provoking posts ever ever again, you sadly appear to be struggling.0 -
Now come on. We want Hyufd.kinabalu said:
That'll be quite exciting (!) ... PB involved in the talks.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
I'd nominate NigelB and Nick Palmer to bat for us. A hawk and a dove, and both mature types who won't be overmatched by tough devious little Putin.
Somebody who will never shift his position no matter what the reality of the situation is perfect for this, where the first requirement is not to concede any Ukrainian territory whatsoever and move straight on to the reparations.2 -
Can we please have martingill unbanned? Someone needs to update us about the Lancaster Bomber which was found on the moon
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Your paymaster can have peace any time he wishes.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
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That bomber obviously had me as navigator.RochdalePioneers said:Can we please have martingill unbanned? Someone needs to update us about the Lancaster Bomber which was found on the moon
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You moon people often?JosiasJessop said:
That bomber obviously had me as navigator.RochdalePioneers said:Can we please have martingill unbanned? Someone needs to update us about the Lancaster Bomber which was found on the moon
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I spoke in glowing terms of Betty’s amazing Tea Rooms a few times before realising it was too obvious to survive long without ban hammer and I needed to be more subtle about it.DougSeal said:
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.MoonRabbit said:
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.FrankBooth said:
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?1 -
That would explain it. I'm on the placebo-level dose of 0.25mg.Leon said:
Xanax is superb. How much you on?LostPassword said:
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.Leon said:
Indeed. But I’m not getting that sense of dangerJonathan said:
Take care. I hear it can be moreish.Leon said:I’m on the Tramadol. 100mg. Slow release
So far so good. It is like very mild heroin
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)0 -
Xanax is great but I got a prescription from a private consultant in about 2008 (GFC related stuff) but asked to come off it when I found myself internally justifying taking one to deal with the “anxiety” of getting on the train at Maze Hill.Leon said:
Xanax is superb. How much you on?LostPassword said:
I'm either on a homeopathic dose, or I'm resistant to the effects of Xanax. It's not having a massive effect on me.Leon said:
Indeed. But I’m not getting that sense of dangerJonathan said:
Take care. I hear it can be moreish.Leon said:I’m on the Tramadol. 100mg. Slow release
So far so good. It is like very mild heroin
I’ve done most drugs and this one is not going to enslave me (as things stand). I feel mellow, comfortable, slightly drowsy, affable. It’s like super mild Xanax plus a hit of gin. It’s not intense or euphoric
You can take up to 2mg no worries (apart from the hideous lifethreatening withdrawal, if you get addicted, which is all too easy - but hey: minor details)0 -
Martin Gill banned?
The lord giveth and the lord taketh away.2 -
See what I just did 🤗MoonRabbit said:
I spoke in glowing terms of Betty’s amazing Tea Rooms a few times before realising it was too obvious to survive long without ban hammer and I needed to be more subtle about it.DougSeal said:
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.MoonRabbit said:
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.FrankBooth said:
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
Anyway shush, we got to be quiet - dear Gf is about to watch Arsenal try to break down Everton’s 10 man defence.
Loving the use of Decoure as Defensive Forward, he’ll be man of match playing that role I reckon.0 -
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.2 -
Gill's post was distinctly fishy.FrankBooth said:Martin Gill banned?
The lord giveth and the lord taketh away.2 -
Malc for Ambassador to the UN.kinabalu said:
That'll be quite exciting (!) ... PB involved in the talks.martingill said:Dont you think its time pbs changed their mind on the war and looked at a peace deal
I'd nominate NigelB and Nick Palmer to bat for us. A hawk and a dove, and both mature types who won't be overmatched by tough devious little Putin.4 -
All the time.ydoethur said:
You moon people often?JosiasJessop said:
That bomber obviously had me as navigator.RochdalePioneers said:Can we please have martingill unbanned? Someone needs to update us about the Lancaster Bomber which was found on the moon
Which reminds me of a story: I was walking along the Pembrokeshire Path one March afternoon. Off the path to the left in the distance, amongst the grass and the heather, I saw what I thought was a bald head bobbing up and down. It looked a little odd, and as I approached long the path, it disappeared and was replaced, moments later, by two faces.0 -
I can manage the short posts. I am working on my comprehension skills for when it comes to reading your dissertations.MoonRabbit said:
Do I detect a sly weekend cheerful cheekiness creeping into your bant today? Go on admit it. ☺️Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
For someone who posted so damn Adam Ant you are not even reading let alone replying to my thought provoking posts ever ever again, you sadly appear to be struggling.
Have a nice day.1 -
He should ROE back a little....ydoethur said:
Gill's post was distinctly fishy.FrankBooth said:Martin Gill banned?
The lord giveth and the lord taketh away.
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Very off-topic, but their slogan made me smile : https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-64519500
"A waste collection firm in Brighton has been told by lawyers for the Lord of the Rings franchise to change its name.
Lord of the Bins collects household, building and office waste across East Sussex and West Sussex.
The company also claimed they were ordered to ditch their slogan, One Ring to Remove It All."
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He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.Sean_F said:
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?0 -
Corrections and clarifications department hard at work:RochdalePioneers said:Can we please have martingill unbanned? Someone needs to update us about the Lancaster Bomber which was found on the moon
https://mobile.twitter.com/NickSDickinson/status/1321779533389787137/photo/20 -
Yep that was such an opportunity for him and he blew it.LostPassword said:
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.Sean_F said:
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?1 -
He was no Salmond.Daveyboy1961 said:
He should ROE back a little....ydoethur said:
Gill's post was distinctly fishy.FrankBooth said:Martin Gill banned?
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Unusual role reversal given normally he was the one getting blown.kinabalu said:
Yep that was such an opportunity for him and he blew it.LostPassword said:
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.Sean_F said:
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?0 -
As an Arse-o-phile I fear a New Manager Bounce for Everton today.MoonRabbit said:
See what I just did 🤗MoonRabbit said:
I spoke in glowing terms of Betty’s amazing Tea Rooms a few times before realising it was too obvious to survive long without ban hammer and I needed to be more subtle about it.DougSeal said:
I used to be on Mossad’s payroll to post on here but I found the CIA paid better.MoonRabbit said:
Attempts at internet misinformation hits this blog like an iceberg hitting a martini - we are too damn shrewd, intelligent, switched on, full of SME’s, and above all we have an RCS who possesses the IP of every troll farm between here and alpha centuri and he’s probably even banned you (enlighten us how is Russia’s space programme these days - can you even afford spy balloons) already before I came round from my night out snooze in the bath.FrankBooth said:
At least they didn't use Russian covid vaccines or they'd probably have lost a whole lot more people. Helps to explain why they are fighting.martingill said:Horrible situation in ukraine 150000 good ukrainians killed as zelensky sends them to their death while he pontificates on the world stage and his wife shops
If I can offer some advice a bit more subtlety may be required on your part. Going straight from vaccines to Ukraine is a bit of a red flag.
If you think the hard time you are about to get is quite brutal, stick around and see what we do to each other.
BTW, how much do they pay you?
Anyway shush, we got to be quiet - dear Gf is about to watch Arsenal try to break down Everton’s 10 man defence.
Loving the use of Decoure as Defensive Forward, he’ll be man of match playing that role I reckon.0 -
I've trained my mind not to go there.ydoethur said:
Unusual role reversal given normally he was the one getting blown.kinabalu said:
Yep that was such an opportunity for him and he blew it.LostPassword said:
He captained the ship of state while Johnson narrowly avoided death in hospital.Sean_F said:
What was Raab doing in April 2020 that made him popular?Mexicanpete said:
I am sure you can spin it in his favour.MoonRabbit said:
Show-time.kle4 said:
Well, he at least showed humour for one brief moment in fairnessTimS said:Absolutely right that Corbyn is a deeply arrogant man. A toxic combination of arrogant and sanctimonious, as well as humourless and factional. And thick.
Such a relief he’s no longer relevant. I look forward to the time we can say the same about his right wing alter ego Lord Frost. Cut from very similar arrogant ideological cloth.
On topic. What a huge shock in Eagles polling graph. I almost feel like not believing it. There was a time when Raab was popular? 😯
Almost every blow the Conservatives have suffered over the past 18 months has been self-inflicted, from MPs and ministers lining their pockets, to sexual assault, to bullying.
There's a Red Dwarf episode that involves a what-if scenario where JFK isn't assassinated, and ends up deeply unpopular, with hilarious consequences that might appeal particularly to those fond of a conspiracy theory or two.
Imagine what Johnson's reputation would have been had he succumbed to Covid in April 2020?0 -
With all due respect I think you are one that's ignoring what's going on around you. Fortunately the numbers believing Brexit was a mistake keeps climbing month by month. I expect it to hit 70% by the end of this year.Alanbrooke said:
Thats the one in your head where you ignore whats happening around you.kjh said:
I must be living in a parallel universe.Alanbrooke said:
I dont consider it a disaster that we could vaccinate at our own pace, dont have to share energy to keep the german chemcial industry going, are not on the hook for billions to pay of EU recovery programmes and can support Ukraine as we wish.Scott_xP said:
Which is why they are now delighted, and Brexit is more popular than ever.Alanbrooke said:Voting leave was sensible for lots of people and they did.
Oh, wait...
Brexit is a disaster. It was not sensible to vote for disaster.
The benefit for Remain inclined people is we are not being fed the constant diet of EU fk ups and expected to pay for them. Mrs Merkel led the EU for and trashed it , the bills are still coming in.0