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The Mirror now becoming the leading backer of King Charles – politicalbetting.com
The Mirror now becoming the leading backer of King Charles – politicalbetting.com
This looks very interesting from a media standpoint because the Mirror has never really been a big backer of the monarchy.
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Conservatives lose 60 seats, and sit on 305. The DUP perhaps only get 7 (punished for the deadlock in Stormont) to mean the 'right' alliance sits on 312. Not enough.
Whilst it would mean the other parties make the majority, but it could be Lab+SNP+LD don't even make a majority and you need the Greens and Plaid (and the equivalent NI parties like the Alliance and SDLP) to get the anti-Tory majority home.
A six party coalition. That would make for a fun Parliament.......
Is this a hereditary feature? Or evidence of some kind of medical condition?
https://twitter.com/guyadams/status/1652217217428213763?s=20
Who’s *really* behind the hugely contentious decision to rename the Brecon Beacons national park? Let’s take a look… 🧵
https://twitter.com/guyadams/status/1652217217428213763?s=61&t=GGp3Vs1t1kTWDiyA-odnZg
All hail Charles the Woke.
I think it falls into the category of “owning the toffs”, the playground left equivalent of owning the libs. Policy for the sake of pissing off the other side is a growth industry.
Far better just to move to a place where the State schools are good.
Or has the National Park renamed itself by adopting the already existing Welsh name for the Brecon Beacons?
I believe it’s the latter.
That goes for his late ex-wife too.
That's the sort of crass comment that can only really be made under a veil of quasi-anonymity of an internet chat site. But still. I wanted to get it off my chest
Freedom of speech only when it suits
Woke: quinoa salad with roasted squash
Bloke: burned bbq sausages with brown sauce
Etc
I doubt many parents will take their children out of existing schools, because that’s disruptive and feels like a betrayal. And they won’t leave a first child in private school but put tte second in state school because that’s favouritism. So it’ll take a while for the VAT change to filter through.
My younger daughter is ebullient and would probably thrive anywhere so it didn’t matter
Given the housing crisis he needs to make rooms/land available.
https://twitter.com/mendelpol/status/1652248935510028290?s=46&t=L9g_woCIqbo1MTuBFCK0xg
Please make it stop.
Job done.
While it is deplorable someone
should do this, I did laugh at her comment that it was horrendous someone would suggest her children should be taken away of her views. I don't think she had expressed any horror when (I think) Doncaster Social Services wanted to take away a child because the parents voted for UKIP.
I did also laugh at, because the Police said there wasn't a criminal offence, she now wants to introduce a new criminal offence dealing specifically with what happened to her.
As usual with Stella Creasy, it's usually all about Stella Creasy...
Rishi Sunak is actually a bit strange, a bit of an oddball but he could lean into that. The problem is that he does this weird Tony Blair "I'm actually really one of the lads and normal my good sir" thing and it comes off very strange.
I also think it’s spiritually and morally better to go to a state school, if you can. You will understand your own country and your compatriots so much better
Public school kids are always faintly and embarrassingly clueless about fundamental aspects of Britain
This is very much a somebody to blame kind of angle.
The oldest two are fine and will do ok in the state sector. But the youngest has a few SEN issues which the private sector would probably manage rather better. But even if we could afford it, I'd want what rather more by way of upsides for the expenditure than appear to be on offer.
That would be quite sad.
https://twitter.com/phillipspobrien/status/1652225290955902977
Tho, interestingly, I have friends who claim they can wank themselves to a Kundalini orgasm if they take a pill beforehand
I’ve had two Kundalini orgasms in my entire life. They are astonishing
Charles won't appease any anti-monarchists or Republicans with this, whilst he may disappoint monarchists.
But seriously there’s a weird reverse snobbery about public school kids I find a bit odd. It’s usually along the lines of them being so isolated and in a bubble they have no idea about “real life”.
It shows a lack of knowledge that people at public schools have a wider exposure to people from different countries and cultures than anyone who isn’t in some cosmopolitan inner city state school. My housemates were literally from all around the world; Thai, Russian, Malaysian, HK, China, India, France, Germany, Switzerland, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Philippines and Scotland.
That same group consisted of Catholic, CofE, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim and atheist.
Their backgrounds were wide ranging from children of overseas politicians, nobles, diplomats, sons of small business owners whose grandparents were helping with the fees and assisted places kids. And the British kids were from all parts of the country from all furthest points of the compass.
And funnily enough we also mixed socially with our peers in the state system out of school.
Your average state school kid will go through their time with a cohort from a pretty similar demographic because of catchment areas. A state school in a wealthy part of Cheshire might have as many wealthy kids but probably drawn from a pretty identikit background and a comp in inner city Southampton is going to generally have kids from similar backgrounds.
So no school system gives kids some total “real” insight into the makeup of the country and if you go to your state school in a very white middle class area then you can’t fling shit at public school kids re having their finger on the pulse of the nation as they will have had a narrower experience of people in their formative years.
When I was an MP, a far-right group made a nonsense allegation against me. I was told unofficially by the police that they could see it was rubbish and not to worry, they'd deal with it eventually with minimal priority. It took a year or so before they formally notified me that the complaint had been dismissed. That was a year of minor "what if..." worry that I'd have been glad to be spared..
This sort of thing discourages quite blameless people from going into politics, since every constituency may have a nutter willing to try on anything that might bother you and your family. Clearly serious allegations should be pursued, but random ones raised without evidence should be treated as wasting police time.
As for the 'whataboutery' the usual left response when hypocrisy is pointed out.
On the other hand I have seen the big advantage you get from a really good private school - eg Westminster, Winchester, Eton - in terms of lifelong networks
Was here in the Ks -
I believe you are talking about this case: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2012/nov/24/ukip-foster-parents-children-removed-social-workers ? This was about the placement of foster children with two foster carers who were UKIP members. No-one’s actual children were removed. There were 3 EU migrant children who had been in the household for 8 weeks. The actions were widely condemned across the political spectrum.
Rishi Sunak’s allies say he achieved Job 1 of his premiership in his first 6 months: stabilising the Tories and starting to close the polls
But they warn Job 2 in the next 6 months is far harder: avoiding getting stuck
Tory ministers, strategists and advisers fear Sunak risks losing momentum and hitting a ceiling in the polls, as policy problems and political dramas pile up again
They are worried his 5 pledges are looking harder than first hoped
Sunak has closed the poll gap from 27 points to around 15, winning back typical Tory voters, aides say
Polls likely to narrow further ahead of general, both sides say
But the next group is far harder, and without them Tories still looking at a big loss
https://twitter.com/alexwickham/status/1652250394561503232?s=20
My slight counterpoint to this was that you were a MP and therefore were able to call upon a level of contact others may not have. Ordinary people also get subjected to this sort of thing and don't have recourse to a page in The Times. SC has never shown any interest - as far as I know - in protecting people from this sort of action. The first time it seems to have sprung into her head is when she has been subjected to it.
Wales requires bi lingual signs and names by law so it seems it has ignored this requirement and I understand a challenge is coming
As someone who lives in Wales, is half Welsh and all our children and grandchildren are Welsh, there is no problem using the Welsh name or indeed the English one
Only 29% of residents in Wales speak Welsh and in the case of the Beacons there is a huge holiday industry in and around them and they will no doubt continue to use Beacons
Furthermore support for Welsh Independence is at just 18%
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/growth-support-welsh-independence-hit-26344646
I used to believe it was all nonsense, tantrism, chakras, all that - woo woo silliness
And then I had one with my then wife. I won’t go into gory details - is it even noon in the UK?! - but it starts at the base of the spine and the energy of pleasure shoots to the rest of the body - but mainly it goes up into the heart and lungs and then it explodes out of your head. Making your head wobble like a comedy Hindu shopkeeper
It lasts about five times as long (at least) as a normal orgasm and is five times as intense. Amazing
I had my 2nd one in a ‘Tantric workshop’
Never since, sadly. But at least I have been there
As to something called 5 pledges. Maybe I am getting forgetful, but I follow politics. I cannot name, not will anyone I know, off the cuff what any of these pledges are. There are no votes in this.
I think Keir Starmer has 5 pledges too. Ditto.
It added: "In view of the bilingual nature of these communities... we will continue to use both the official Welsh (Arfordir Penfro) and English versions of the national park's name."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-65274952
Meanwhile, the Scottish government is plastering places in signs with Gaelic in areas it was never spoken.
Once Labour changes the rules on VAT and charitable status, the last of the non-ultra rich British-based kids now there will be forced to leave. The most famoust schools have a huge ready market and profile in Asia, which will step in instead, and fill the gap.
A great place for Neolithic stones, in France, is Lozere
It’s the emptiest department in France but full of weird mysterious history. Lost France. I love it
Mine teaches children air rifle shooting from the age of 6, and is having a whole day dedicated to writing letters to the King congratulating him on his coronation next Friday. It also has its main school hall dedicated to British engineering feats, with a model spitfire and concorde the kids have helped to make hanging from the ceiling.
It is not left-wing. They focus hugely on outdoors education and the holistic individual development of the child.